A samurai who doesn't want to be a daimyo is not a good onmyoji

Chapter 82 Tobi Kato
"Where is the head of the Ashgaru group?" Kato Danzo was really interested.

Although he is not short of money because of his strong ninjutsu, one hundred dan is not a small number. What is more important is the meaning behind it.

The status of ninjas in Nibon has always been extremely low, even worse than ordinary farmers.

Even the most famous and possibly the most powerful leader of the Iga ninja force in Nippon today, Momochi Santao who once helped the general, could not successfully obtain the status of even the lowest samurai.

This is all because of the samurai's fear and disdain for ninjas with extraordinary abilities.

Samurai are good at frontal combat, and they like to fight on the battlefield, while ninjas are like rats in the dark, and are best at reconnaissance and assassination, which of course will not be trusted by them.

So the appeal of Asai Nagamasa's promise to Kato Danzo can be imagined. After all, the reason why he decided to leave his hometown where he had lived for decades was not only because he sensed that the entire world was changing. It's because he wants to seek a true warrior identity.

But happiness came so suddenly that Kato Danzo couldn't believe it for a while. After all, even the original general broke his promise and failed to grant the status of a samurai to Momochi Santao who helped him.

"Why should I believe that you can really guarantee to give me the status of a samurai?" Upon hearing this, Asai Nagamasa knew that the other party's emotional intelligence was indeed as low as expected.

However, he still solemnly promised the other party: "I am the young master of the Asai family. As long as you help me, I can decide to reward you with part of the territory near Lake Biwa."

Samurai is not just a title, but more importantly the land and farmers behind it. Without land and farmers, there is no real samurai at all. They are just rootless duckweeds and ronin.

However, Kato Danzo still seemed to have some concerns, so he did not agree immediately.

Asai Nagamasa suddenly felt a little unhappy. He felt that the price he offered was not low, and the other party was a little too ignorant. No wonder the other party recorded in history was also famous for his low emotional intelligence.

But at the same time, he also found somewhat helplessly that if he were to change places, he would probably make the same choice, because he could roughly understand why the other party had such an attitude.

On the one hand, it is because no matter which force he is in, a young master who has just entered the Yuan server is unlikely to have much say. On the other hand, it is also because the previous Asai Nagamasa was too low-key. He had no reputation at all. Therefore, it is sometimes difficult to win trust. Not everyone will bow to the small businessman before.

But understanding is understanding, but it doesn't mean that he still has to smile at the other person, even if he does need the other person's strength.

He immediately snorted: "You can trust me. Although I am still just a young master, many important officials in the family support me, and the lord of Miyabe City, Miyabe Tsurun, is mine. With your Ability, it must be easy to know the authenticity of this matter.”

Seeing that Asai Nagamasa seemed to be dissatisfied, Kato Danzo finally realized: "I'm sorry, Asai-sama, I'm not doubting your strength."

Asai Nagamasa waved his hand: "Forget it, that's not important. I can understand you. After all, I really don't have any reputation outside of Kitaomi."

"So what's your decision now? Whether you choose to help me and get the head of the Ashgaru group immediately, or leave here, you can decide with one word!"

Kato Danzo stared at Asai Nagamasa intently for two seconds, and then looked at the male half-demon in the center of the river, whose struggle gradually became less intense and his voice gradually lowered. He couldn't help but smile: "Very good, Asai-sama." , you successfully convinced me."

"However," he then changed his tone, "I don't want to work for the Asai family for the time being. I would like to discuss the remuneration a little bit."

Although the opponent was a legendary monster he had never encountered before, the promise of becoming a samurai was too tempting for him, not to mention that the person waiting to be rescued by him was not an ordinary person. He also got double pay, so he agreed.

Asai Nagamasa immediately knew that Kato Danzo definitely didn't like the current Asai family. He probably still wanted to work for the Uesugi family and the Takeda family.

After all, the dragon and the tiger have been at odds with each other in the Kanto region for many years, and they have fought several times without deciding the winner. For a capable ninja like him, there is definitely a place where he can show off his talents.

Although he was slightly dissatisfied, he quickly put this point aside, and nodded in agreement very readily: "As long as you can destroy or capture the token in Qiao Ji's hand and rescue Fengxuhe Xiaoliu, you can change it to another one." condition."

He did not ask the other party what conditions he wanted to change, because time did not allow it. What's more, as long as Kato Danzo was not stupid, he would never put forward excessive conditions.

Since he doesn't want to work for the Asai family, he just wants some gold and silver treasures, right?
"Hahaha, very good, then I would like to thank Mr. Asai for your generosity!"

With a long laugh, Kato Danzo immediately started to move.

With his movement, Asai Nagamasa truly understood what kind of skill he, who was known as Hibi Kato, was because he was good at running and jumping.

He was running so fast that phantoms appeared behind him. It was clear that the small woods he was in were hundreds of meters away from the broken bridge, but in less than five seconds, he had completely This distance has been crossed!
And something even more surprising to Asai Nagamasa happened. Kato Danzo did not stop, nor did he mean to slow down at all, but continued running directly on the fast river!

This time, not only Asai Nagamasa was surprised, but Hashihime was obviously taken aback for a moment, she didn't know why this man who suddenly appeared could make such a move.

Could it be that, like himself, he also possesses some kind of divinity of the water system?
At this moment when she was stunned, Kato Danzo took action very decisively.

I saw two cold lights flashing by. Qiao Ji immediately screamed and covered her eyes, but the blood still couldn't stop flowing slowly from between her fingers. She kept holding the token in her hand tightly. Also fell down.

Kato Danzo stretched out his hand again, and the green token suddenly began to float toward him as if it was held by an invisible big hand.

At the same time, Kato Danzo also stretched his other hand towards the direction of the broken bridge and made a dragging motion.

Only then did Asai Nagamasa discover that at some point, two almost colorless threads appeared in Kato Danzo's hand. One connected him to Broken Bridge, and the other connected him to Hashihime's token. .

It was such a thin silk thread that supported him to make such a dangerous move. He was indeed Tobi Kato!

Asai Nagamasa immediately drew his bow and arrow, and shot at Hashihime, who was still covering her face. He took advantage of her illness to kill her!But his movement was still a little slow, Qiao Ji screamed suddenly, and then pulled out violently, her strength was so great that an eyeball was directly pulled out following her movement, there Suddenly, only a dark bloody hole was left.

At the same time, waves surged around Hashihime, and the arrow shot by Asai Nagamasa was completely knocked away in an instant.

With only one eye left, Hashihime looked at the bloody needle in her hand and the broken eyeball that was completely pierced. She finally could no longer maintain her original elegance and demureness.

"Ah, you hateful men, let's all die here today!"

Following Hashihime's angry scolding, the river that was rushing down suddenly stopped. In the next moment, a large amount of river water suddenly burst out in all directions. Haizuka Koroku, who had just woken up, didn't even have time to complain. Together with his group of kappa boys, he was swept to the bottom of the river.

But the worst one was Kato Danzo. As he had caused heavy damage to Hashihime, he was undoubtedly chosen as the key target of the attack. Water arrows were fired at him as if they were free of charge.

Although he tried his best to dodge using various body techniques, and even seemed to use some kind of bone shrinking technique in the end to shrink his body into a sphere with a diameter of less than half a meter, he still could not completely avoid such a fierce force. He began to attack his hands continuously, and blood soon stained his clothes red.

As Hashihime continued to cast spells, waves kept coming. Although Asai Nagamasa kept trying to harass the opponent with bows and arrows, it was of almost no use.

Just a few meters away from the broken bridge, Kato Danzou was unfortunately hit again after all. His thighs and shoulders were hit several times one after another. At this time, another huge wave rolled over. Where to go.

Asai Nagamasa couldn't help shouting immediately: "Kato!"

Although the other party made him a little angry before, his brave fighting later saved everything in an instant. Asai Nagamasa really couldn't bear to see the other party die so tragically.

Although Kato Danzo has no emotional intelligence, he is a man who keeps his promises and is worth getting to know.

But the river was turbulent and he couldn't see anyone except the mad Qiao Ji.

At this time, Axiu suddenly ran forward a few meters and grabbed a kunai that was usually only used by ninjas.

Behind the kunai is a nearly completely transparent silk thread that is dozens of meters long, and at the other end of the silk thread is a token glowing with green light. It is the token used by Hashihime to control those kappas. .

Although Kato Danzo encountered misfortune, he still persisted in completing the tasks assigned to him by Asai Nagamasa until the last moment.

At this time, Asai Nagamasa no longer bothered to continue searching for Kato Danzo. He quickly took the token from Axiu's hand, and then he and Axiu retreated tens of meters away and reached the bridge. Beyond the limit range of Ji Shui's arrow spell.

He is not good at water fighting. Axiu is temporarily unable to fight in the water due to physical reasons. It is not a smart choice to fight Qiao Ji near the river who is currently going crazy.

Anyway, now they have the token in hand, and Qiao Ji hates men extremely. After suffering such a heavy blow and having the token taken away, she will surely come to him soon.

Sure enough, after venting for about 2 minutes, Hashihime finally calmed down. At this time, Asai Nagamasa also keenly noticed that the light rain in the sky had become sparse, and the surrounding fog had further become lighter. It seemed that the bridge Ji's strength has begun to weaken.

"Damn man, why aren't you dead yet?!"

Although the other party's voice was very soft, Asai Nagamasa still felt a deep resentment when he was watched by Hashihime's one-eyed eye.

He immediately couldn't help but ask: "Why do you hate all men so much?"

The story of Hashihime is widely circulated, and there are many versions. In the legend, she is sometimes a human, sometimes a demon, and sometimes a god. Some of her hatred of men is because of jealousy, some because of betrayal, and some simply because His nature is evil.

And because in the legend of Nippon, there is a bridge girl on every bridge, so even at this point, Asai Nagamasa is still not completely sure of the origin of the other party, and this is likely to affect his next response. measure.

Qiao Ji replied without hesitation: "Of course because they all deserve to die, they will only betray! He is obviously engaged to me, but he is secretly with another woman, and she is only a celebrity woman!"

Asai Nagamasa thought. He heard many details from this sentence, but he still needed further confirmation.

"So, you've never thought about whether it was your own fault? Maybe it's because you, as a goddess, are too strong and even make him unable to resist, so he chooses a human woman, right?"

Hashihime paused when she heard this, but then her voice suddenly rose several levels: "As a member of the gods, he betrayed me because of a mere human woman. Shouldn't he deserve to die?"

Asai Nagamasa suddenly understood. It seemed that this Hashihime was indeed a god. It was no wonder that even if she degenerated into a monster, she still had such powerful power.

But as a god, why did she wake up so suddenly?You must know that even in Abe Seimei's era when demons were dancing and yin and yang magic was extremely popular, gods were basically just legends.

As powerful as Abe Seimei, he has actually only met a few gods, and they are all lower-level gods in charge of the underworld of the underworld. This is because as an onmyoji, he has concluded several shikigami contracts with Minotaur Horsemen and others in the underworld.

Combined with what happened in Jusanying Village before, Asai Nagamasa always felt that there might be a big conspiracy behind this.

Nibon is said to have 800 million gods. Although most of the gods are very weak, even if one tenth or even one percent of the gods have the strength of Hashihime, the entire Nibon will never be able to resist their power.

What if they all degenerated into monsters like Hashihime.
Gee, this is really a terrifying conjecture.

(End of this chapter)