Chapter 905: Kenshin Uesugi? ! Takeda Shingen? ! |
Shima Mitsuhiro picked up the remote control and changed the photo on the screen to a video.
In the video, more than a hundred small drones suddenly took off and headed towards Shimazu Residence.
When these small drones reached the sky above Shimazu Residence, dense gunfire was heard from Shimazu Residence, and drones were constantly shot down.
However, because these small drones have a small target area and are very fast, in the end, more than twenty drones broke through the outer firepower net of Shimazu Residence.
Then, these small drones suddenly disassembled in the air, and a micro drone flew out from inside. This micro drone hovered in the air for a moment, then flew towards the sea at a speed that was invisible to the naked eye, and the bottom of these micro drones was flashing.
"This is a new type of nested drone developed by our Warrior Faction's laboratory. The outer small drone is faster and has a stronger body compared to ordinary drones; the real breakthrough is the micro drone inside. This micro drone exceeds the speed of sound and can fly along a predetermined path without a signal. We installed a continuous shooting camera on this micro drone, so it can continuously take photos above the mansion and finally land on the sea several kilometers away," Shima Mitsuhiro said seriously.
"I see, can this drone be used to carry small bombs? If we have enough drones, we can directly carry out a decapitation operation on Shima Takeshi after determining his location," Ding Kun suggested.
Unfortunately, Shima Mitsuhiro shook his head and said helplessly, "The payload of this drone is too low, so the power of the bomb it can carry is too small. At most, it will only cause Shima Takeshi some minor injuries. Moreover, unless it is a super low-altitude dive bombing, the hit rate of this drone's bombing is less than ten percent. Besides, according to the current known information, Shima Takeshi has not left Shimazu Residence these days, so we cannot use weapons of mass destruction because my relatives are still in Shimazu Residence."
As Shima Mitsuhiro spoke, his eyes turned red.
Unfortunately, the rich and powerful are ruthless, especially for a family like the Shimazu Family, which has been passed down for hundreds of years. The internal grievances and entanglements can be written into a novel of millions of words.
So Ryuusei and others firmly believe one thing—if possible, Shima Mitsuhiro would definitely send bombers to flatten Shimazu Residence, leaving no one alive... This way, the position of the head of the Shimazu Family would be his.
Of course, Shima Mitsuhiro probably wouldn't do such a thing because he knows that he and Shimazu Nakano alone cannot support a family.
However, Liu Xing and others still gave Shima Mitsuhiro face and pretended to be very moved.
After some false pretenses, Liu Xing and others returned to the main topic.
"I have arranged for people to investigate which faction these foreign ninjas belong to, but we should not have too much hope because ninjas have disappeared for many years under my influence. With the development of the times, except for those who know some real magic spells, other ordinary ninjas cannot escape the ubiquitous surveillance cameras and infrared scans, nor can they withstand the sweep of several machine guns. Therefore, the dozens of ninjas originally raised by our Shimazu Family have all changed jobs in the past twenty or thirty years," Shima Mitsuhiro said, shaking his head.
Liu Xing thought for a moment and asked, "Maybe these people are just dressed like ninjas, but they are actually a group of samurai?"
Hearing Liu Xing say this, Shima Mitsuhiro laughed and replied, "Samurai are even less likely. After the Meiji Restoration, most families stopped recruiting samurai because ninjas could still assassinate ordinary people, but samurai could only guard the house. After all, samurai are much more expensive than death warriors. So, except for a batch of hereditary retainers, the other samurai of our Shimazu Family have been gradually dismissed. Therefore, the samurai left in our Shimazu Family now are just honorary titles, and their swordsmanship may not even be as good as mine, a university club enthusiast."
Shima Mitsuhiro paused and continued, "As far as I know, there is currently only one family in Island Nation that still retains a certain number of regular samurai, and that is the Uesugi family. The Uesugi family has many temples under its name, so they use the name of monk soldiers to keep many samurai serving their family. However, the Uesugi family has been declining in recent years, so although they claim to have five hundred monk soldiers, there may actually be only one hundred left."
Although Jianzhen crossed the sea, the Buddhism of Island Nation soon went astray, especially during the Sengoku period. Many daimyo chose to become monks to stabilize people's hearts or to use the influence of Buddhism, but they just shaved their heads and got a dharma name, and soon continued to be their big landlords.
Influenced by these daimyo, the composition of monks became complicated. Many pirates and bandits pretended to become monks and even occupied temples to open black markets, turning originally pure temples into places mixed with dragons and snakes. As a result, many abbots of large temples became warlords with a large number of monk soldiers.
So, in the battlefields of the Sengoku period, monk soldiers were always present.
As for the soul figure of the Uesugi family, the Dragon of Echigo, Uesugi Kenshin, he was a Buddhist, so the proportion of monk soldiers in his troops was very high. Therefore, after the Sengoku period ended, the Uesugi family retained many temples as their private property... Yes, most of the temples and shrines in Island Nation are family properties with ownership rights.
Therefore, compared to other families that could only raise a small number of samurai due to the suppression of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the Uesugi family continued to maintain a considerable number of samurai under the name of monk soldiers.
"However, I think these outsiders have nothing to do with the Uesugi family because I heard that the Uesugi family has not chosen a side yet. It is currently the only large family in Island Nation that is neutral, and the Public Faction has not forced them to join," Yin En said doubtfully.
Shima Mitsuhiro nodded and smiled, "Although the Uesugi family's strength has declined, neither the Public Faction nor our Warrior Faction has the ability to force the Uesugi family to take sides. The Uesugi family has a significant influence on ordinary people due to its many temples, so its control over the surrounding areas is even greater than our Shimazu Family. Therefore, the Public Faction does not want to provoke the Uesugi family... And I heard a rumor that the war god is still alive!"
The war god Shima Mitsuhiro mentioned is Uesugi Kenshin.
"Oh, where did you hear that?" Zhang Jingxu immediately asked.
Shima Mitsuhiro thought for a moment and said seriously, "This rumor has been circulating among various families, so I cannot guarantee its authenticity, although I believe it to some extent. The widely accepted cause of the war god's death is a brain hemorrhage caused by excessive drinking, leading to his sudden death on the way to attack the Oda family. However, since only those around the war god knew about his death, there has been a rumor since the day of his death that the war god was pretending to be dead to deceive the Oda family into attacking him. After all, the war god is called the war god because he is proficient in strategy."
"However, rumors are just rumors. Until the Uesugi family continued to decline during the Sengoku period, the war god did not 'resurrect', so people began to believe that the war god was truly dead. However, because everyone's attention was focused on the then-thriving Oda family, no one paid much attention to the declining Uesugi family. But after the incident at Honnoji, rumors of the war god's imminent return suddenly spread to the ears of the heads of various families, and the source of this rumor was the Hojo family, who had been fighting with the Uesugi family for many years."
"The reason why the Hojo family spread this rumor is because their ninjas, while spying on the Uesugi family, suddenly heard members of the Uesugi family's collateral branch talking about the war god. They said they would go to the holy land to meet the war god in a few days, asking him to come out and pacify the world. Because now that Oda Nobunaga is dead at Honnoji, no one in the entire Island Nation can compare with the war god... Although I am a descendant of the Shimazu family, the war god is the Sengoku figure I admire the most. So I believe that if the war god had come out after the incident at Honnoji, he could definitely unify the world."
"Back to the point, the ninja initially thought that the Uesugi family's collateral members were joking, so he didn't take it seriously. After returning to the hideout, he talked about it with his companions. One of his companions took it more seriously and suggested following those Uesugi family members. After all, they could find the Uesugi family's holy land, which would be a great achievement."
"So, the Hojo family's ninjas each followed a member of the Uesugi family. A few days later, they discovered that all members of the Uesugi family, regardless of age or gender, gathered together and took a boat to a small island. Only one of the Hojo family's ninjas managed to get on the boat. When this ninja returned to the hideout, he was already delirious and had many inexplicable wounds on his body. It seemed like he had been simultaneously shot, stabbed, burned, and frozen. So the other ninjas immediately took him back to the Hojo family's territory."
"The ninja died on the way back, but before he died, he mumbled a lot. The general content was that the war god was not dead and had attained Buddhahood, gaining supreme power. After receiving this news, the Hojo family immediately passed it on to the surrounding families, fearing that if the war god was really as the ninja said, they might become the first target when the war god came out."
Attained Buddhahood?
Supreme power?
At this point, Shima Mitsuhiro took a sip of water and continued, "You may not know, but at that time, each family had the support of mythical creatures and secret cults. So, upon hearing this rumor, the families adopted a 'better to believe it than not' attitude. Because when the war god first appeared, there was a rumor that he had been favored by a Great Old One! Therefore, led by the Hojo family, the families adjacent to the Uesugi family's territory formed a siege, ready to attack the war god at any time. But as time passed, there was no sign of the war god."
Hearing this, Liu Xing couldn't help but say, "So, we can't rule out the possibility that the war god is still alive. But as a price for living until now, he should have many restrictions, such as not being able to leave the Uesugi family's holy land."
"How is this different from the sixth demon king of the Oda family, Oda Nobunaga?" Yin En said subconsciously.
Then, realizing something, Liu Xing and the others looked at each other.
If Oda Nobunaga's resurrection was just an isolated case, then the news of Uesugi Kenshin's survival made Liu Xing and the others start to wonder if the historical figures of the Sengoku period, especially the 'soul' figures of each family, are still 'alive' in the world?
Since the name of this event is Public-Military Conflict, it wouldn't be out of place for Oda Nobunaga, Uesugi Kenshin, and others to participate.
Thinking of this, Liu Xing couldn't help but remember Takeda Hirotsugu. Liu Xing recalled that Takeda Hirotsugu mentioned that the Takeda family was able to obtain a large amount of gold mines in their territory because of Takeda Shingen's good relationship with the local ghouls. Those ghouls are still secretly supporting the now completely declined Takeda family.
But would those ghouls really be so sentimental and support the Takeda family for so many years without asking for anything in return?
This is obviously unrealistic.
So, rather than believing that those ghouls are sentimental, Liu Xing prefers to believe that Takeda Shingen is still alive, or that Takeda Shingen has become a ghoul!
After all, Takeda Shingen's death in history is also full of doubts."
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