Suppressed breathing.

Although she was not in the water, Isshikika was holding her breath as if diving.

Plop, plop, plop, plop...

Hear his heart beating extremely powerfully.

Her heart was beating so hard that Isshikika couldn't help but wonder if the three uninvited guests could hear her heartbeat.

The hair on the top of the head felt warm air flow, which was Ogata's breath.

At this moment, Isshikika curled up in Ogata's arms with her back leaning against Ogata.

Although the two people's current posture is quite ambiguous, Isshikihua has no thoughts related to the matter of men and women in her heart.

The sound of footsteps outside was like a heavy hammer hitting Yisekhua's heart, making it impossible for any distracting thoughts to arise in Yisekhua's heart...

Is it really okay to hide here...

Isshiki Ka looked around at the cramped environment she was currently in with worried eyes.

This abandoned Buddhist temple has no furniture at all.

The only two things are the solid Buddhist altar against the north wall and the wooden Buddha statue placed on the altar.

Ogata and Isshikika are now hiding in the gap between the Buddha statue and the wall behind it.

The gap between the Buddha statue and the wall is extremely narrow, but fortunately Ogata is a slender person, while Isshikika is very slim except for the buttocks and bear part which have a little more flesh than ordinary people.

So if the two of them squeeze hard, they can still squeeze into the gap.

Standing on the Buddhist altar and hiding behind the Buddha statue, Isekika, as a devout Buddhist, was quite resistant to this kind of thing.

But the situation was urgent, and she couldn't bear to hide like that.

Although Zang successfully hid it, Isshikika didn't feel relaxed at all.

After all, the place where they were hiding was not very hidden.

As long as you run to both sides of the Buddha statue, you can see the two people crowded behind the Buddha statue.

Footsteps are approaching.

Across the Buddha statue, Isshiki Hua heard three footsteps coming from different directions, from the south of the Buddhist hall, slowly leaning towards the Buddha statue in the north of the Buddhist hall, leaning towards them.

Even without Ogata slowly introducing her, Isshikika could guess that the three people outside who broke into the temple without any explanation must be the same people who have been chasing Ogata tonight.

And they... were also the ones who kidnapped her grandfather and parents.

While Isshikika pressed her chest with one hand, trying to use this method to reduce her heartbeat that was accelerating due to tension and resentment, she raised her head and let her eyes follow Ogata's face.

When people feel nervous or uneasy, they often subconsciously look at people who can bring them a sense of security.

When his eyes caught up with Ogata's face, he saw a face with half-closed eyes and a calm expression.

His look seemed to say: This situation is just a minor situation, there is nothing to be afraid of.

For some reason, seeing Ogata's calm and calm expression, Isshiki was surprised, and her originally rapid heartbeat slowly slowed down.

If Isshikika could hear what Ogata is thinking now, she might be even more surprised.

Because Ogata is not just as simple as looking calm.

Under his calm and calm appearance, his brain was spinning and thinking rapidly.

Ever since the three Iga ninjas broke in, Ogata had been thinking about how to kill them all as quickly as possible if something unexpected happened.

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The man on the left takes 7 steps, the man in the middle takes 7 steps, the man on the right takes 6 steps...

Ogata half-closed his eyes, focused most of his energy and attention on his ears, and listened carefully to the positions of the three Iga male ninjas, as well as them and the Buddha statue...that is, Ogata and Isshikika are now

The spacing of hiding places.

It seems that it is probably impossible to hope that they will not come to check the back of the Buddha statue.

The person on the right is walking the fastest now... He should be the first person to come to the side of the Buddha statue.

Ogata clenched the katana in his hand and faced his right hand.

It was exactly as Ogata guessed.

The person on Ogata's right is the fastest.

The other two walked in the Buddhist hall with a gentle pace that even ants might not trample to death, but his footsteps were very fast.

In just two breaths, this person had already arrived... in front of the Buddha statue.

There was only less than 2 steps away from Ogata and Isshikika who were hiding behind the Buddha statue.

At this time, Isshikika also tightened her grip on the wakizashi given to her by Hatsuko, and swallowed hard, ready to stab someone with the knife in her hand whenever she saw someone appear in front of her.

Ogata and Isshikika had already grasped the swords in their hands tightly, ready to kill at any time.

Just when the ninja who was closest to the Buddha statue and could see Ogata and the others just one or two steps further was about to step forward.

"etc."

The silence of the Buddhist hall was suddenly broken.

This is the voice of the ninja farthest from the Buddha statue.

After saying "wait a minute", the person went on to say:

"It's too dangerous for you to get close to me like this. You must learn to use ninja weapons effectively."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Feng heard a very slight abnormal sound above his head.

When I looked up, I saw that the top of the Buddha statue in front of me was covered with a noose made of hemp rope.

Ogata's pupils shrank slightly.

He instantly realized what the ninja wanted to do.

And the scene that happened next perfectly confirmed Ogata's conjecture.

Boom!

After a rope was put around the Buddha's head, the ninja who was farthest from the Buddha immediately pulled back.

Wooden Buddha statues are not heavy at all.

Under his pull, the Buddha statue fell forward heavily as if it had fallen.

The Buddha statue collapsed, and Ogata and Isshikika who were hiding behind the statue were naturally exposed to everyone.

The sudden change shocked Isshikika, who had never seen wind and waves.

And while she was still stunned in place

call!

Wind pressure blew up beside her.

Ogata, has already started to move.

At the same moment when the Buddha statue was pulled down, Ogata quickly reacted and launched a counterattack.

Ogata jumped towards the ninja who was farthest away from him and Isshikika and pulled down the Buddha statue without running. He used gravity to chop down the katana held high above his head.

The ninja's expression changed, and he quickly pulled out the wakizashi from his waist and hurriedly faced the enemy.

After Ogata "flyed" out, Isshikika finally realized it, clutched the wakizashi in his hand as if waking up from a dream, and rushed towards the ninja closest to the Buddha statue.

Even if it is a sick flying dragon, the dragon is still a dragon.

Dang! Dang! Dang!

Ogata swung his sword three times to break through the ninja's frontal defense, and then pierced the man's throat with his sword in front of him.

Bang bang bang bang!

There were rapid footsteps coming from the side.

Looking sideways, he saw another ninja running towards the windows not far away that they had just kicked open, intending to escape.

Ogata did not chase immediately, but instead reached into his arms first, took out something shiny with metallic luster, and threw it hard towards the back of the escaping ninja.

The object thrown by Ogata was his pistol Umeizen.

Umeizen and Kasumi Nagi are now unusable due to water damage, but their hard shells can still be used as concealed weapons for the time being.

Ume Ran accurately hit the fleeing ninja on the back, causing the fleeing ninja's figure to freeze.

And Ogata also saw this opportunity, rushed forward, and slashed the fleeing ninja's back hard. After staggering forward for a few steps, he also stepped forward and walked away from the one who was stabbed to death by Ogata first.

Following in the footsteps of the ninja, he collapsed to the ground and stopped moving.

Isshikika's strength is not as good as Ogata's, and she is not good at using wakizashi either, so after Ogata has eliminated two ninjas with clean movements, Isshikika is still fighting with the enemy in front of her.

However, the struggle between Isshikika and her enemy can be declared over at this point.
To be continued...