Two moves. Saburo Nagato lasted only two moves in Nagato Munechika’s hand this time. However, it was not something to be happy about. His katana had been swept away to the ground. At the same time, there was a trace of bright red blood on his wrist.
Saburo Nagato covered his wound painfully and looked at his brother in horror. Katana that was not sharpened [1] yet was so sharp!
“You learned the secret secretly.” Nagato Munechika snorted coldly.
“I didn’t!”
“Brother, I…” Saburo Nagato knelt on the ground in horror. “Brother, I am more suitable than Shinji to learn the secret sword art of the Nagato family! Please make me a real samurai!”
“Send Haru Narukami to me.”
“What?!”
“Nagato Munechika! How dare you!”
“Don’t forget what you learned secretly.”
Nagato Munechika left indifferently, “Only tonight.”
After the beginning of the spring, Saburo Nagato led ten people to the battlefield to join the army under the congratulations of the villagers without expression.
In the same year, Chizuko Nagato was born.
In a few years, Saburo Nagato only came back a few times before leaving in a hurry.
Chizuko Nagato was six years old, Haru Narukami passed away. Saburo Nagato returned to Nagato’s home alone to recover from his injuries.
“Yes.”
…
Saburo Nagato in front of Zixing and Mo Xiaofei was as though in a dream. He looked at Haru Narukami in the cell, confessing little by little what he had done.
“Death is horrible.” He turned pale, recalling the events on the battlefield, “Some people have intestines hanging on my body; some people’s heads flew towards me. I was buried in the corpse until night. It seems that there are countless resentful spirits by my side. I can’t feel the temperature at all. After returning to Nagato’s house, I couldn’t even pick up the katana once. Never even once.”
“I dare not face you even more.” Saburo Nagato said painfully, “Haru. I traded you for something from my brother but failed to make contributions on the battlefield. In the end, I had to escape back to this place. Maybe I should die. But I don’t even dare to die.”
The voice was not loud. In this quiet dungeon, it was enough for Zixing and Mo Xiaofei, hiding nearby, to hear it. Haru Narukami was imprisoned here on the excuse that she died out of illness. The reason was that she went crazy and spoke about the deal between Saburo Nagato and Nagato Munechika one day.
Saburo Nagato roared.
“I’m not a coward. Nagato Munechika!”
He took a deep look at Haru Narukami, “Haru! I will bring Nagato Munechika’s head to see you!”
Turning around and running, this man thought he was in a dream, which gave him the courage.
Mo Xiaofei and Zixing were silent.
After a long time, Zixing said calmly, “This time, the time doesn’t seem to be reset.”
Mo Xiaofei gave Chizuko Nagato a sad look. The things Saburo Nagato had done were enraging. He could not even be called a man.
It was just that, even in the real world outside of movies, there had always been a lot of incidents like this. Even in this civilized society, it seemed…
“In your male-dominated society?” Zixing sneered.
Mo Xiaofei took a deep breath but meditated in his heart the scripture that Zixing gave him.
“Saburo Nagato thought he was still in his drunk dream. He was too excited. Maybe he would go to deal with Nagato Munechika.” Zixing frowned suddenly.
…
The cherry blossom tree withered a lot at once. Countless sakura fell from the sky like a rain of flowers.
“Boss!”
Dazhe appeared on a hillside.
But seeing Dazhe tugging at his clothes at this time and then sniffing around, he just walked two steps away. Then, he took two steps back as if remembering something.
“What’s the matter?” Luo Qiu watched Dazhe’s actions curiously.
“Nothing. I’m dirty!”
Luo Qiu was taken aback, then nodded, “Where’s You Ye?”
“She should be back soon, saying that she has to deal with some things.” Dazhe dared not say that the maid was going for the laundry right now.
“Okay, ask!”
Boss Luo looked at the cherry blossom tree and asked in a low volume, “Do you think women are only there to compliment men?”
[1] Unsharpened refers to the official procedure to sharpen the knife before using it. The main goal of this procedure is to remove the oxidized metal.
