Chapter 416 Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck
In order to keep warm and save materials, the wooden houses are built relatively low, because people with their height and body shape do not need too much space.

It was a little dim in the low wooden house, but the lit fire pit brought light and dispelled a lot of cold air. The old tatami underfoot also exuded the smell of sunshine, making people feel comfortable, especially after a day of traveling, one can't help but sit down and warm themselves by the fire.

"I haven't been here for a while. How's the situation around here?" Benimaru Taro smiled and waved his hand, motioning them to sit down, then asked.

"Is there a problem?" Seeing the slightly hesitant expressions on the two people's faces, Benimaru Taro knew that something was wrong, but he was no longer the ronin who was eager to stand out. He did not rush them, but gave them some time.

"We can't be sure about this." Jingxia and Oda looked at each other first, then spoke.

"Before, some villagers spotted a suspicious figure when they went up the mountain to chop firewood. However, we organized people to search the mountain many times, but we never found anything suspicious. We thought the villagers had seen it wrong, but recently people have seen strange shadows one after another, and they are getting closer and closer to the village, which makes the villagers very uneasy." Jingxia bent down with his hands on the tatami, and told this matter to Hongwan Taro respectfully but with a bit of uneasiness.

In the past, Benimaru Taro would have thought that the other party was suspicious and would have scolded him, but after learning about the One Hundred Demons Night Parade, he did not dare to be careless, especially when it came to anything strange.

"Very good. Only those who don't miss any suspicious places are qualified security guards. But you must report it earlier next time." Hongwan Taro first nodded to show his approval of their actions, and then said.

There are so many messed up things now that even Taro Benimaru has to be extremely cautious and ask them to report early, mainly because he is afraid that they will all die and their superiors won't even know about it.

Once a report is made, the Public Security Bureau headquarters will send personnel to investigate. Even if nothing is found, they will come once a month for three months to prevent accidents. As for what kind of accidents, you can tell by looking at the regulations.

There are never any regulations without reason. If there are, it is because there are painful precedents.

"Hi!" The two of them breathed a sigh of relief and responded quickly.

In fact, both of them understood everything, but rules are rules. Even if they are not responsible, if they spend time and effort reporting it but find nothing, it will leave an impression of incompetence and making a fuss to their superiors.

They are disabled and have no hope of promotion in this life, but there is hope for their offspring, so they have no choice but to be cautious, otherwise they would not take the initiative to risk going up the mountain.

After sending someone back to report, Benimaru Taro began to organize people to prepare for a mountain search.

There were surprisingly enough people, because it had long been a routine to train foot soldiers in spare time, and now it was winter, the slack season for farming, so they casually gathered a hundred strong foot soldiers from the surrounding areas. Together with the fifty people brought by Benimaru Taro, they were more than enough to fight a battle in any small daimyo.

They cooked all the rice they brought, made it into rice balls and gave each person two. Morale immediately improved.

Sometimes Yan Xu even wondered if something had been added to the rice from Japan, and the effect was like taking drugs.

Anyway, with enough manpower and good morale, Benimaru Taro felt more at ease. He drew his samurai sword and pointed it at the mountain. After keeping a distance from each other, they began to climb the mountain. The foot soldiers were all recruited from nearby. They were familiar with the mountain roads. With their large numbers, they were fearless. They also hunted rabbits and caught some wild game on their waists.

Now that it is winter, every bite of food is very important, so even though Benimaru Taro saw it, he had no intention of stopping it.

As long as you don't go too far, he won't say anything, because these are just farmers and it's not a waste of time to emphasize discipline on them.

Just as everyone was approaching the mountain, a familiar gunshot was suddenly heard from the mountain. As soon as Benimaru Taro heard it, he knew it was the musket provided by the Moroboshi family, and immediately turned around and gave orders.

"Jingxia, Oda, lead the foot soldiers down the mountain immediately and form a battle line to prepare for support." Benimaru Taro immediately ordered the two samurai to lead the largest number of foot soldiers to evacuate the battlefield, because he knew very well that these foot soldiers were weak in strength and lax in discipline, and were only suitable for fighting positional battles in groups on flat ground. On the mountain with a complex environment, facing the enemy in twos and threes could easily trigger a chain reaction, resulting in defeat and escape.

"Heavy cruisers line up and prepare to fire, light cruisers stand on both sides and prepare to engage!" After clearing the area, Taro Benimaru immediately ordered his men to prepare for the battle. However, when he saw the three women and a raccoon cat fleeing in a panic that day, he couldn't help but spit, secretly cursing his bad luck.

This combination of three women and one raccoon cat was very famous in Amano Castle. Born as adventurers, they joined the Moroboshi family after making great contributions. They could be said to have risen rapidly in the world. But then it was as if they were cursed. Every time they went on a mission, they would encounter accidents, and they were unlucky with their teammates. Whoever joined their team would either die or be seriously injured. After sending away the seventh teammate, no one dared to join their team anymore.

The Moroboshi family simply sent a team to follow them every time they went on a mission, and provide immediate support if an accident occurred. This actually achieved considerable results. But today, an accident obviously happened, because if the reinforcements had been useful, they would not have to flee in such a panic.

"Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck!" Izumi had a sad face. She ran over the obstacles skillfully and complained desperately. It was hard for her, an Onmyoji, to complete such a difficult move and still have so much physical strength.

Long and Asha on the side turned a deaf ear to Izumi's complaints, but from the numb looks on their faces it was clear that they were not much better.

Only Doudouwan was focused on running, with the bean bag swinging high into the air and his movements so agile that it made people feel distressed.

The three people and the raccoon cat are now regarded as the incarnation of the god of poverty in Amano Castle. If they had not joined the Moroboshi family, they would have had trouble even getting food.

But they were also helpless, as if they were cursed. Even the simplest tasks would lead to accidents and they would have to flee in embarrassment.

You have to know that the strength of these three of them is not bad. The opponent's strength was extraordinary to force them to flee in embarrassment. This is also the reason why the teammates who joined later were frequently injured.

Fortunately, the Moroboshi family did not give up on them. Instead, they sent a support force to follow them, allowing them to gain a lot of merit in an alternative way, but they would rather... In fact, it doesn't matter what form it is, as long as they can gain merit. After all, the Moroboshi family has a lot of good things, but there are more merits that need to be exchanged.

But their bad luck had obviously increased again, and this time even the reinforcements could not hold out, forcing them to run for help once again, so they were really unlucky.

(End of this chapter)