Rebirth of Japan's Sekiro Legacy

Chapter 173 Rope Dart
It was a long, small wooden box tied with red string.

"Can I open it?"

"Please."

Nozomi Arakawa untied the red rope, opened the box, and took out what looked like a entangled snake inside.

"This is..." Arakawa looked at Dogen.

"This is a rope dart." Daoxuan said, "It was originally developed for ninjas, but considering that you are going to do this task, I gave it to you. I hope it can help you."

"Are you using me as an experiment?" Arakawa looked at Dogen.

"Why not?" Daoxuan smiled, "An extra weapon is not a bad thing for you."

"Is the quality of this thing really good?" Nozomi Arakawa muttered.

He knew that this thing was the rope dart used by Sekiro's ninja 20 years later, but he didn't expect this thing to be developed so early.

And from the appearance, it looks more like... a launcher, but it also has a power device, and it still needs the force of the wrist.

As expected of a pharmacist and mechanism master, he was able to make such an exquisite ninja prosthetic hand later.

"The quality is still good," Daoxuan said, "It adopts the principle of the weapon from the West—the blunderbuss. The special 'claws' can even hook stones, but it has not been put into actual combat. I can't take it. My old ninja friends came to do the experiment."

"I understand." Arakawa Wang put the rope dart into his arms, and lightly clamped the horse's flank.

The horse raised its hooves slightly and exhaled a warm snort.

"If you can come back, remember to tell me about any shortcomings." Daoxuan smiled, "It will be easier for me to improve."

Arakawa Wang nodded on horseback, and then under the cover of night, he galloped towards the headquarters of the chief general of the inner government.

... * ...

The moon and stars are rare, above the field.

Soldiers had their eyeballs pecked out, their wounds torn open, and crows and vultures feasted.

Suddenly, a passionate neighing sound came from a distance, alarming the scavengers.

Accompanied by the neighing sound, there was also the sound of horseshoes.

Arakawa Wang rode his horse across the wilderness, and the clear moonlight shone on the blood-stained land, adding a touch of desolation.

There was still half an hour away from Tokugawa Nobuhito's location, and Arakawa stepped up his horse and accelerated his speed.

Assassinating a defeated general is not too difficult for Nomo Arakawa at the moment.

In fact, Nozomi Arakawa felt that he spent more time on the road than on the assassination.

After a while, Yuandi could already see the lights of the camp.

Arakawa dismounted his horse and tied it to a tree.

It is not suitable to ride a horse any further. At night, the sound of horseshoes is too loud, and more importantly, when we encounter things like weeds, the noise is very easy to attract people's attention.

Arakawa leaned forward and moved forward. Using the passive skill [Silence], he moved toward the enemy's base camp almost silently.

Halfway through the advance, Nozomi Arakawa stopped in his tracks, motionless like a statue.

The night was dark, very dark.

But this is not a problem for Arakawa Wang, he can see in the dark, so he can naturally see the red armored soldiers on the tree.

The army is stationed, how can it be possible not to keep watch?

There are several enemies lurking not only on the trees, but also on the ground, well hidden.

There were no fewer than six enemies exposed to Nozomi Arakawa's sight.

It's definitely not just this group of people.

Taking advantage of the fact that the enemy didn't notice him, and without hesitation, Nozomi Arakawa strengthened his hearing.

Hear the sound.

Not far away, the bonfire was burning vigorously, and the firewood was crackling.

In the tents in the distance, the wounded were wailing.

There is also the sound of snoring when someone is taking a nap.

Not only that...

Makoto Arakawa could clearly hear the babbling, crying, scolding, everyone's murmuring in tents or hiding behind rocks.

In the center of the tent held by several samurai, Nobuhito Arakawa heard Tokugawa Nobuhito's angry reprimand, and he could even hear his violent heartbeat because of his anger.

It's no wonder that Weiming City fell, and the Neifu was like a child whose toys were taken away, so he would naturally lose his temper.

And Tokugawa Nobuhito, as the guard of the city, will naturally be punished after returning.

Then, Nozomi Arakawa locked on to the sentry in the forest.

Killing these Sentinels one by one would be foolish.

Nozomi Arakawa roughly estimated the time, and it is now about three to four o'clock in the middle of the night.

The sentry may have a shift time. If after killing these people, the shift changer comes but can't find anyone, it will definitely attract attention. At that time, it will be a little difficult for Nozomi Arakawa's assassination operation.

Imagine, when your companion disappears inexplicably, as a normal person, would you choose to check it alone, or would you choose to call someone to look for it together?
So Nozomi Arakawa's choice now is to... slip past without anyone noticing.

The real assassination is done quietly, like "just kill everyone and no one will know you sneaked in" is also a way.

But the problem is that this camp is huge, at least there are hundreds of soldiers, not to mention that there are powerful enemies like warriors and generals inside.

Arakawa Wang thought that he did not have the ability to "sneak in" like Master Kong, so he could only assassinate honestly.

But how?

These people are sentinels, and their positions cover the entire arc. It is too difficult to break in from the front or the side.

These people are not NPCs in the game, but real people, not deaf and blind, and their IQs are online.

As soon as there is any suspicious sign, they may yell directly, and then come together to check the situation, and will never give you a chance to shoot and kill.

When hundreds of people rush out, Arakawa Wang will be in big trouble.

Nozomi Arakawa only hated that he didn't have Yueyintang now, otherwise things would be much easier to handle.

But nothing in the world is difficult for those who set their minds on it. After careful consideration for a while, Nozomi Arakawa came up with an idea.

I still have the rope dart given by Daoxuan in my hand, don't I?

Quietly, Nozomi Arakawa withdrew from the forest.

When he came outside, Nozomi Arakawa stayed away first, and found a safer place to try the rope dart.

The rope dart came out of his hand and firmly hooked on the thick branch. Nozomi Arakawa pulled it hard, but the strength was not bad.

The only downside is that the sound is slightly louder when launching, but it is still within the acceptable range.

If you have this, it will be easy to handle.

Nozomi Arakawa quickly moved between the trees with the help of hook claws.

Originally on the ground, he had to receive double defenses from the trees and the ground, but now he only had to worry about the sentries in the trees.

With the help of [Sound Suppression], he walked through the shadows almost silently.

At this moment, Nobuhito Arakawa was the watcher. He firmly remembered the positions of all the sentries. Whenever their eyes wandered through the forest, Nobuhito Tokugawa was one step closer to death.Because while these sentries were moving their sights, Nozomi Arakawa was always able to accurately grasp the blind spots of their vision and move, and the sound he made was inaudible.

One of the main senses that humans use to perceive the outside world is hearing and vision.

Visually, Nozomi Arakawa caught their blind spots when they moved their eyes, and [Silencing] provided a great help in terms of hearing. Although there will be some sound when the rope dart is fired, the few miscellaneous soldiers peeing not far away are perfect. provided him with auditory cover.

Finally, Arakawa lightly landed on a thick branch, hiding himself with the lush leaves.

He had already passed through the forest, and under his feet were tents with the Tokugawa family crest.

　There is Chapter 3 tonight

　　
　
(End of this chapter)