"Everyone is the same, right? You're talking as if I can eat my fill. What's the matter? Everyone is hungry, but you're the only one who's special, right?"

"you……"

"Ahem... quiet down, quiet down. Stop arguing, both of you."

The village chief knocked the wooden board on the ground hard with his crutch, making a "dong dong" sound.

"I understand everyone's problem. Tomorrow, I will go and beg the shogunate army to transfer some food to us. If that doesn't work, we can buy it. The war is tense now, and there is nothing we can do about the arable land. I hope everyone understands."

"Village head, you always beg those shogunate soldiers every time... Sir, the problem is that we have never received a response, and the problem has never been solved. They are too lazy to even fool us."

In the quiet atmosphere of the shrine, someone started talking nonsense.

Now people were quieter.

You can hear the needle drop.

Suddenly, a voice sounded in the corner of the crowd.

"I think it's better to go to Haigi Island. I heard that working in a factory there only requires eight hours of sitting, and you don't have to do any hard work. Food and accommodation are provided, and there's also Mora."

"Cough cough cough..."

When the village chief heard this, he started coughing even more frantically, and his crutch hit the ground with a "dong dong dong" sound.

"Be careful what you say."

The village chief looked at the man in the corner, then looked at the silent crowd below.

In the past, there would be people who would stand up and accuse, claiming that everything they had was Kaigi Island's fault, and that if Kaigi Island had not resisted, their lives would not have been so bad.

But some time ago, another group of refugees came from Inazuma Castle, and from their mouths, the beautiful fantasies of some people in Himuki Village were ruthlessly shattered.

Even if there was no Haigi Island, their lives would still be getting worse and worse.

Especially after the shogunate army stationed here caused increasing trouble to their lives, and the generals of the shogunate army turned a blind eye to this and kicked them around like a ball several times.

After being interrupted like this, the village chief didn't know what to say, and the meeting in Feimu Village had to end hastily.

A few people in the corner followed the crowd leaving the shrine and walked at the end of the team. Gradually, they broke away from the main group and came to a cave in Himuk Village.

"How about it?"

The man inside saw them coming back and hurriedly stood up and asked.

"Brother, I've spoken out. This time, no one will blame Kaigi Island or speak for the shogunate anymore."

"That means that the shogunate's series of actions have successfully aroused the indignation of the people of Himiki Village. This time, perhaps we really have hope of leading everyone in the village to a good place."

The people in the hut are members of an underground working group from Haigi Island, responsible for promoting Haigi Island's policies and striving to attract population to Haigi Island.

However, the shogunate troops are stationed here in layers, so he must hide himself first.

He was originally a villager of Feimu Village. He was familiar with Feimu Village and the surrounding terrain. He had a hiding place and some connections in Feimu Village. The people in front of him were his younger brother and several of his friends.

In just a few days, he had successfully developed these people into his subordinates.

"Brother, what you said, that everyone can have good meals, no longer have to worry about being hungry, no longer have to worry about being tested by the sea ghosts when going out, is it really happening now? Are you lying to me?"

The leading teenager, the younger brother, hesitated and spoke slowly.

The man looked at his brother, whose body was thin due to lack of food and malnutrition. He reached out his hand and slowly placed it on his brother's head and rubbed it.

"Yes, there must be! We will definitely have it too!"

Chapter 114: Don’t Take It Out of Context - Excerpt from “Don’t Take It Out of Context”

"The shogunate army wiped out 10,000 enemies and occupied the southern part of Yamashita!"

"The shogunate army, which is becoming more and more courageous, will soon reach the northern part of Yamato Island, which is solid."

"Under the wise leadership of the Tenryo Bugyo-sama, the shogunate army will march from one victory to another!"

《Eternity is at hand!》

"The gap between the enemy and us is huge. According to the generals of the shogunate army, the advantage is on us!"

Generals of the Shogunate Army: "???"

what?

No, what are you talking about?

I clearly said "The gap in strength between the enemy and us is too great. It is difficult for our army to confront the Haiji army head-on. The advantage is not on our side at all." How did it become "the advantage is on my side" in your mouth?

Ah? ? ?

Is it possible to shorten a sentence like this?

Is that what the news reports say?

Is it you who reported this by taking out-of-context abbreviations?

what?

You journalists are always thinking about making big news. If there is any deviation in the reporting in the future, you will be held responsible, do you know?

No, now there is a deviation!

Immediately, he jumped out of the bed, rushed out of the tent with his samurai sword in hand, ready to settle the score with the newspaper office.

But just as he reached the entrance of the camp, he was stopped by Kujo Masahiro.

"What are you going to do?"

Kujo Masahito looked at the furious generals on the front line and felt fortunate that he arrived in time.

If this young man gets involved in the storm of the shogunate, he might not even know how he died.

"Master Jiujo! I'm going to settle accounts with that reporter! Take a look at what he wrote. If we allow such people to stir up trouble, when will we be able to get enough support and quell the rebellion?"

"Do you really think that the master of the family knows nothing?"

Kujo Masahito said this without any emotion, leaving the generals on the front line stunned.

"Then why..."

"Don't ask questions that you don't have to ask. You just need to know that this is part of the plan."

"Part of the plan... including the casualties of more than 3,000 of our brothers? Are they also part of the plan? They rushed forward and were killed in a single blow! They were all my brothers!"

"..."

Kujo Masahito remained silent.

He didn't know how to explain it all.

More than three thousand people...

What a heavy number.

Since the disaster five hundred years ago, when has the Shogunate army suffered casualties on such a scale?

“They didn’t even get a good look at the enemy’s face, they didn’t even see it.”

"We knew nothing about this and foolishly rushed forward, falling down row by row like wheat being mowed. We were hurt badly enough by that shitty intelligence, and those reporters, those reporters, they are still spreading rumors to cover up the truth!"

"Cough cough cough..."

The generals at the front line were so angry that they could hardly breathe, and their wounds, which had just stabilized, began to bleed again.

"You are seriously injured now, you need to rest."

Kujo Masahito didn't say anything more about what he said, but stared at the oozing blood and changed the subject.

"I don't need a break! I need an explanation!"

The generals at the front waved the newspapers in their hands vigorously, and the high-quality paper produced by Yaedo crackled in the air.

"I told you, you need to rest."

Kujo Masahito's tone became stern.

"You should stay in your tent and not go anywhere."

The wounded general at the front looked at Kujo Masahiro in surprise.

After a long time, he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll obey your orders."

Then he turned around and returned to his tent, lying quietly on the bed to rest.

When Kujo Masahito saw him like this, he turned and left.

On the way back to his tent, he called a nurse to treat his wounds. Then, sitting in the main seat in the tent, Kujo Masahiro fell silent.

He had read before when he was studying that the Fontaine people once proposed a concept called "technological explosion" in their science fiction novels.

This word was originally used to describe the rapid development of Fontaine technology. In that science fiction novel, it refers to a backward and weak party that, under certain conditions, makes rapid progress and can surpass the originally powerful party in a very short period of time.

The people of Liyue also have a similar concept, it’s called… enlightenment or something?

It basically means that you suddenly understand something, then break through the bottleneck, reach the next level, and then progress rapidly.

It doesn’t matter what it’s called, but now it’s obvious that this is the situation of the Haiqi Army.

They did not take seriously the Coral Palace Guards, which had a small number of people in the past, or the Sea Army, whose quality of soldiers had dropped significantly after expansion.

There is no doubt that this is the weak and pitiful party.

But the other side was armed with unknown weapons and caused tons of damage to the shogunate army.

The other side had apparently surpassed them, the originally powerful side, through some means similar to technological explosion.

Now, their situation is precarious.

After thinking about it, Kujo Masahiro took out a pen and paper and wrote a letter to his father far away in Inazuma Castle, reporting the situation on the front line.

"Tian Ling worships the great ginseng:

I have ascertained the situation at the front line. Our army has indeed suffered heavy casualties. The Haiji Army is no longer what it used to be. We are far from being able to catch up with them.

I ask Lord Tianling to consider this matter carefully and deal with it as soon as possible to avoid any further complications.

In addition, the news reports in Inazuma Castle seem to be biased. I would like to ask for clarification.

——Masahito Kujo”

Of course, Kujo Masahito had to send the letter to Tenryo Bugyo as quickly as possible.

The next day, Kujo Takayuki received the letter.

After reading the letter, Kujo Takayuki felt nothing in his heart and even felt like laughing.

"They are just some ordinary people's tricks. They can beat some ordinary shogunate soldiers, but how can they compare with the ultimate sword! As long as the general takes action, everything will be fine."

Even if their weapons are more powerful, so what?

As long as the general is still here, they have to listen to his orders!

As for those news reports.

How can we measure what is real or not?

Regardless of the situation in front, the key point is that Haigi Island was attacked. He "mobilized" a large amount of resources and made a large number of "personnel adjustments" to deal with it, and the response was 100% or even 90% successful, achieving brilliant results.

Look at this, annihilating 30,000 enemies, how nice it sounds.

This is what matters.

However, if this is Masahito's opinion...

Then I still have to give an answer.

After thinking for a while, Kujo Takayuki wrote down two sentences.

"Eternity is what we pursue; obedience is the duty of a soldier."

The implication is to tell Zhengren not to think too much and just do what he is told, because it is all for eternity.

Another thing is to send a message to Zhengren, asking him to open the passage and not stop the refugees from passing through.

On Yamen Island, Kujo Masahito could only sigh when he received the letter and the news that Kujo Takayuki had released the people.

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