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Hearing the clamor of his bandits, the leader sneered.

"That'll be easy!"

"Listen up, boys! Seventy miles away, there's a village called Maple Village! It's said to be protected by a shrine maiden. With the shrine maiden's protection, that village must be much stronger than the ones we robbed before, which were filled with starving farmers! This winter, we'll target villages like this!"

"Don't worry, my little ones! You will never go hungry if you follow me, Rakshasa Demon Kansuke!"

Hearing the confident orders from their leader Rakshasa Gui Kanzhu, all the bandits became excited and shouted in unison.

"Ohhh! Long live the boss!"

"What are you waiting for, Chief? Let's go and wipe out that village!"

"Kill them all!"

Seeing the bandits getting more and more excited and shouting that they wanted to kill everyone in the village, Rakshasa Demon VII2 (III) Phosphorus Affairs? 镹泣叄四 Kansuke couldn't help but nod his head in satisfaction and revealed a sinister smile.

"Hey guys! Today, let's hurry up and get closer to Maple Village. Then, at night, we'll find a cave in the mountains and have a good night's sleep!"

"Tomorrow during the day, I, Luoshagui, will personally lead a few people to scout the situation in Maple Village. Once everything is secure, we will rush into the village late tomorrow night and kill everyone! We will also take away everything we can!"

Having said that, Rakshasa Demon Kansuke couldn't help but stick out his tongue and lick the corners of his cracked mouth. His original sinister smile completely turned into a hideous laugh, and he gave a loud order.

"Hey boys! You must remember to act quickly! Kill everyone we can see and take away everything we can. Then we will leave quickly and set a huge fire to burn the village to ashes!"

Upon hearing the cruel and bloody order from their leader, the dozen or so bandits who were galloping on their horses, who had committed countless murders and atrocities and whose hands had already taken countless lives, could not help but cheer excitedly.

"Oh oh oh!"

After committing countless evil deeds on this land, these cruel and bloodthirsty bandits have long fallen in love with the pleasure of robbing and killing. This cruel pleasure has seeped into the bandits' bones and become a part of their lives.

Wild bandits like them were the only thing that was not lacking in this Warring States era filled with famine, war and poverty.

PS1: Book recommendation, the new work of His Highness Fate, the Seven Aids of the Bamboo Forest, which I recommended before. "How can women be as fun as games!"

After traveling back in time and becoming the eldest daughter of the Shirogane family, Shirogane Chisa, in order to escape poverty, today's Shirogane Chisa is also working hard to make games that drive players crazy and make them unable to put it down.

Ishigami Yu: "The old thief Shirogane is not good enough. The new Sekiro is actually set in the ancient Warring States period. This theme is so nostalgic that it's been rehashed so much. It's boring."

Gabriel: "Yeah, yeah. Just looking at the subject matter and the name, it's not as interesting as Undertale, Dark Souls, and Bloodborne. I won't buy it. Don't try to cheat me out of my wages."

Doma Mai: "The old thief Baiyin has fallen from the altar!"

After the game's release, Shirogane Chisa looked at the 9.5 rating and the record-breaking first-day sales, resting her chin on her hand and smiling meaningfully. "So, that missing 0.5 point was too easy after all, huh?"

PS2: Those who play with Xiaogui are all good people. (I am sure)

Volume 5: The Shrine Maidens of the Warring States Period: Chapter 285: The Bandits Detected

Maple Village, a rural area in the eastern Musashi region.

afternoon.

Yesterday, the villagers of Maple Village harvested the rice in one large rice field after another, leaving only pale yellow straw on the land. Today, the villagers are preparing to burn all the straw on the land into ash to prepare for farming in the spring after the cold winter.

Of course, it was not just for this reason that the villagers couldn't wait to burn the dry straw on the land the next day. It was also a preventive measure to cover up the fact that the bandits passing through the remote village of Maple Village discovered that Maple Village had harvested a large amount of grain.

This approach is not too cautious. The dry and clumping straw can easily let the roaming bandits know that Maple Village has stored a lot of food, which is extremely dangerous.

Fifty years had passed since this land entered the turbulent Warring States Period. Although the daimyo and local samurai encouraged farmers to cultivate, and the shogun in Kyoto issued orders to the daimyo in various regions to cultivate more fertile land, food remained extremely scarce in the current Warring States Period, compared to the peaceful and stable past.

In the Warring States era, if a remote, virtually unknown village like Maple Village were to learn that it had a good harvest, bandits and vagrants from within a hundred miles would flock to plunder the village. Therefore, the people of Maple Village were so quick to prepare to burn all the straw on the land.

After a little preparation, the villagers each used fire to light the dry straw. Soon, dozens of fires were burning on the land where rice was planted. The scene was quite spectacular.

The flames that started in the vast rice fields slowly expanded, burning large areas of dry straw into gray ash, which fell on the land, allowing the land to absorb the nutrients in it.

Every rice field is guarded by villagers to prevent the open flames of burning straw from igniting the mountains and forests and causing major fires.

Not only did almost all the villagers go out to burn straw, but the witch in white and red skirt also stopped outside the large rice fields, watching the people in the village working to prevent any accidents from happening.

Dozens of open fires quickly burned all the dry straw on the land into gray ash, which was then put out by the villagers. The black and gray ash that fell on the surface soil was also turned into the soil by the villagers with hoes and other farm tools, fully leveling the large rice fields.

Looking at the dozens of open flames burning large pieces of straw being extinguished one by one, Platycodon breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, in the mountains not far from the large rice fields of Maple Village.

"Chief, look!"

Hiding under the bushes, a bandit pointed at the villagers who had put out all the open flames and whispered greedily.

"Those villagers have put out all the fires."

"Leader, you are right. This village has harvested a lot of food!"

Also looking at the villagers and the large area of ​​land covered with black and gray ash, another bandit also showed a sinister grin.

"Our harvest this time will definitely be huge! Chief!"

"Hey, of course. This village is protected by a miko."

Looking at the shrine maiden in white and red skirt at the edge of the vast rice fields in the distance, the bandit leader Rakshasa Ki Kansuke also revealed a sinister sneer.

"It's much better than the villages we plundered before, which were filled with villagers starving to death!"

"Come on, boys, let's go back and reunite with our brothers!"

Standing up, Rakshasa Ki Kansuke pulled up the other two bandits, looked again at the villagers who were starting to return to Maple Village, and sneered.

"During the day, these villagers burned the straw on the land. Then, after dark, I, Rakshasa Demon Kansuke, will turn this village into a sea of ​​fire!"

Hearing what Rakshasa Demon Kanzhu said, the other two bandits also revealed greedy grins as if they knew what was going on.

The three bandits who came to scout the situation left the forest where they were hiding with great pride. However, neither their leader Luosha Gui Kanzhu nor his two bandits noticed that all their actions were seen by others even though they were there for covert reconnaissance.

After the bandits left, a young man with gray hair quietly descended from a big tree not far away.

Looking at the bandits' backs gradually disappearing into the forest, Shang Yang seemed lost in thought.

Originally, he just noticed that there seemed to be some malicious bandits hiding here, but when Rakshasa Gui Kanzhu revealed his name in a conversation with his men, Shang Yang gave up the plan to kill these three evil bandits here.

"Rakshasa Demon Kansuke..."

After repeating the name softly, Shang Yang shook his head.

It was actually this person...

Shang Yang didn't care and let the bandit leader Luosha Gui Kanzhu lead his men away. He also turned around and slowly left the forest.

A few minutes later, in Maple Village.

After burning the straw in the large fields outside the village, the villagers returned to their homes to take care of their own chores. There was still a lot to prepare, and the cold winter was about to come in a few months. For the poor farmers of the past era, winter was a harsh season where they could be in danger of losing their lives if they were not careful.

Kikyo had returned to the village shrine earlier to confirm the protective barrier set up on the Four Souls Jade. Meanwhile, Shang Yang, who was strolling back to the village, happened to notice a half-demon from the Western Dog Demon clan.

A half-demon with two dog ears was lying carelessly on a pile of straw that the villagers had haphazardly piled up in the village, with his face up and snoring. There were a few children standing around Inuyasha curiously, observing his lazy appearance as he slept soundly.

It was very rare that Inuyasha did not take advantage of Kikyo's absence from the shrine today to try to steal the Shikon Jewel.

However, there was nothing that could be done about it. Yesterday, when the villagers were harvesting rice, Inuyasha was so excited (and stupid) that he wanted to show off how powerful he was in front of a group of children in the village. Not only did he carry the rice harvested by the villagers and deliver it to each household in a very short period of time, but he also ran and jumped around in the large harvested rice fields with several children on his back for the entire afternoon.

This would have been nothing, but last night, several weak and inexperienced monsters sneaked into the Maple Village, forcing Inuyasha to teach them how to behave one by one with his Soul-Dispersing Iron Claws. He didn't sleep well that night, so he was snoring in the straw pile in broad daylight.

PS1: Keep pushing the book, I sincerely recommend this novel.

Sakurai Eru was very distressed.

How can I express my love to this super cute, gentle white-haired girl?

I am also a girl, will the other party accept it?

The disparity between their statuses is too great...9霖⑥@斯卤旗!吧$亻尔吧...will there be a generation gap?

but……

Anyway, why don’t you find an opportunity to confess first?

So Sakurai Eru sat in the position of student council president of Shuchiin Junior High School and quietly watched Shirogane Kei who was writing something.

Want to kiss her lips.

PS2: This is a yuri novel. I've already subscribed to it automatically and have been following its updates in real time. The writing and plot are both excellent. Although I really want to trade a chapter with the author, I can't contact him. (Sigh)

PS3: Let me emphasize again that those who take Xiaogui sister to play a game are all good people, and those who let Xiaogui sister be the heroine are even better people!

PS4: I will always like Kei Shirogane and Miko Iino.

Volume 5: Miko of the Warring States Period: Chapter 286: Wild Thief Spider

Seeing Inuyasha sleeping soundly and the children surrounding him curiously, there was even a little girl staring at Inuyasha's moving ears, and she bravely tried to reach out and pull Inuyasha's ears.

Seeing this scene, Shang Yang, who felt quite bored, left without paying any attention to the little girl who was about to pull Inuyasha's dog ears.

Anyway, you are not the one being pulled around, so let the child be if she wants to. This is also a beneficial process for children to understand the world.

At the same time, in a forest not far from Maple Village.

The leader of the bandit gang, Rakshasa Ki Kansuke, and his two men were riding horses, leisurely heading towards the desolate valley where the other men were temporarily stationed. After finding the horses tied in the mountains along the way back, Rakshasa Ki Kansuke and his two men hurried back without panic.

At this moment, a loud shout suddenly came from the dense forest next to them.

"Master Chief, please stop and listen to me!"

Suddenly hearing this loud shout, the bandit leader Luosha Gui Kanzhu and the other two bandits were stunned for a moment, pulled the reins, and stopped deep in the forest.

Looking at the surrounding dense forest with suspicion, Rakshasa Demon Kansuke casually pressed the hilt of the knife at his waist and shouted loudly into the depths of the dense forest.

"Who is there?!"

"Don't be nervous, respected leader!"

As Rakshasa Demon Kansuke finished speaking, a strange man wearing an inconspicuous dark gray linen robe and a conical hat walked out from the shadows deep in the forest, grinning with a strange and meaningful expression.

"I am also a person similar to you gentlemen."

"I have come to visit you, Lord Chief, simply to tell you something that I'm sure you'll be very interested in..."

Having said that, a vicious smile appeared on the face of this strange man.

"It's information about a treasure held by the miko who lives in that Maple Village."

Late at night, in a desolate valley.

The dry branches burned, making crackling sounds, and the bright flames illuminated a part of the valley.

"Can it fulfill people's wishes?"

Hearing the narration of the strange man in front of him, the bandit leader Rakshasa Ki Kansuke couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"That's really an incredible treasure, but..."

Having said that, Rakshasa Ki Kansuke glanced at the strange man in front of him whose face was full of greed and bad expression, and sneered.

"If it's such a good thing, why don't you steal it yourself?"

"I really want to steal it."

Hearing this, the strange man seemed to spread his hands helplessly.

"But that shrine maiden named Kikyo is not so easy to deceive. I am alone, and it is impossible for me to attack the village and steal the treasure."

"Is that so? That's fine."

Hearing this answer, Rakshasa Demon Kansuke nodded slowly without comment, picked up the wine jug and took a sip of wine, revealing a smug smile.

"We were planning on robbing that village anyway, so if we could get that treasure you mentioned, that would be fantastic. Oh, brother, come to think of it, I haven't told you my name yet. My name is Rakshasa Kansuke, what's yours?"

Hearing this, the strange man smiled strangely and spoke slowly, enunciating each word.

"I don't deserve such preferential treatment from the leader."

"My name is Ghost Spider."

"Oh... well, Brother Ghost Spider, since you came all the way here to tell me this good news, I have to express my gratitude as a brother."

After taking another big gulp of wine, Rakshasa Demon Kansuke still smiled smugly.

　"Tell me, brother, what do you want? Money or food? After we rob that Maple Village, we can give you some of it!"

"Haha, neither."

Hearing this, the strange man Ghost Spider smiled as if he didn't care.

"As long as you, the leader, can snatch the treasure from that miko Kikyo—the Four Souls Jade—and let me see what kind of precious treasure it is, I will be satisfied."