After saying a harsh word, the strong man strode away.

As soon as the strong man left, a young man who happened to have witnessed what happened just now quickly ran toward Tang Shen from a short distance away.

"Old man, are you okay?" The young man cast a caring look at Tang Shen.

"It's okay..." A bitter look appeared on Tang Shen's face, "It's just that the left shoulder I accidentally bumped into him just now is a little painful..."

Tang Shen said while rubbing his left shoulder.

"That guy is really..." The young man raised his eyes and looked in the direction where the strong man left just now, "You have the nerve to be cruel to an old man for such a small thing."

While complaining about the rudeness of the strong man just now, the young man bent down and helped Tang Shen pick up the crutch that he accidentally dropped after bumping into the strong man.

Holding the crutch with his right hand and lifting it up, the young man's expression suddenly changed.

"Old man, is your crutch filled with lead? Why is it so heavy?"

Tang Shen's crutch is not extremely heavy, but for a wooden crutch, it seems a bit too heavy.

After taking the crutch back, Tang Shen smiled:

"Who would use a lead-filled crutch? My crutch is just made of special wood, which makes it a little heavier."

"Thank you, young man."

After thanking the young man, Tang Shen quickly came to his trolley that was standing next to him, pushed the trolley, and headed straight towards his home.

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Both Ogata and Omachi are people who are used to living a rough life.

A-Machi has received corresponding ninja training, and he often had to sleep in the open during those missions.

Not to mention Ogata, in the more than a year since he left Hirose Domain, he has spent slightly more days sleeping outdoors than staying in comfortable hotels.

Therefore, the two of them did not feel uncomfortable with their current "trip to Ezoji".

During the day, we followed the map and headed straight towards the Ezo settlement closest to Matsumae Domain. At night, we took turns sleeping. When one of them was sleeping, the other person was responsible for sleeping.

Before they knew it, the two of them left Matsumae Domain and headed north all the way, which happened five days ago.

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A-Machi looked at the sun in the distant sky, which had set very low in the west, and murmured in a low voice: "It's going to be dark soon..."

As soon as A-Machi finished speaking, Orie on the side answered in a helpless tone:

"That's the only bad thing about winter. It gets dark too fast."

According to Ogata's calculation, it's probably just past 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

But at this time, in Ezo, which is quite far north in latitude, it is almost dark.

"Speed ​​up your pace a little." Ogata looked around and said, "This place is not very suitable for camping."

Ogata and the others are currently in a forest.

Surrounded by dense trees, it is not suitable for camping.

"Yes." Atachi nodded lightly and followed Ogata to speed up the pace.

Before they had gone a few steps, Ogata and Omachi suddenly heard several strange noises.

After following the sound and looking around, it turned out to be two deer.

These two deer have long and large antlers on their heads, and there are a few white spots on their smoky brown hair. They are very majestic. Even if they are covered with thick fur, you can feel the powerful power contained in their four hooves.

The two deer seemed to have discovered Ogata and Omachi.

Without even looking at Ogata and Omachi, they spread their hooves and quickly left their sight.

Looking at the two deer leaving in a hurry, A-Machi let out a low sigh:

"There are so many deer in Ezo Land..."

During the five days they spent deep in the hinterland of the Ezo region north of the Matsumae Domain, Ogata and Omachi didn't see a single person other than the two of them.

Be it Kazuto, Ezo, or Lucian, Ogata and the others didn't see anyone.

On the contrary, I have seen a lot of animals.

So far, the animal that Ogata and Omachi have seen the most is deer. Followed by various small animals such as squirrels and rabbits.

Deer can be seen almost everywhere. Every time you walk a certain distance, you can see a deer.

Because they have seen deer so many times, Ogata and Omachi are no longer surprised when they see deer.

"Those two deer just now were really big." A-Machi said casually, "They should be the biggest deer we have ever seen."

"Speaking of big, this kind of deer is not considered big." Ogata smiled, "I heard that in the countries of Tang Tu and Nanman, there is a kind of deer called 'moose'. These deer are called big."

"A moose is basically 6 to 8 feet tall (one foot: 30 centimeters) in terms of shoulder height alone."

"Ah, I've heard other people talk about this kind of animal before." A-Machi nodded, "If I have the chance, I really want to see with my own eyes whether this moose is really as big as the rumors say."

"In addition to moose, I also want to see what a unicorn looks like."

A-Machi touched his swan neck.

"I heard that unicorns have very long necks, as long as 3 or 4 kilometres. (1 kilo: 1.818 meters)"

"And I heard that as long as you touch a unicorn, you will be blessed with its auspiciousness, and you will become lucky for a while."

"I wonder if it is really so magical. If I have the chance, I really want to see the Kirin with my own eyes."

Time on the road has always been boring.

So in order to pass the time, Ogata and Omachi would often chat casually about random topics like now.

Although Ogata has never seen a moose in person, he has seen related photos on the Internet of a moose standing next to a car.

With the moose as a reference, the car became petite.

This picture made Ogata intuitively feel the hugeness of the moose, which gave Ogata a great impact.

The "Qilin" that Atachi just mentioned has this rather domineering name, but it is actually just an animal that is very common in Africa.

This animal is a giraffe.

Why are giraffes called unicorns? This all starts with a eunuch named Zheng He.

During Zheng He's voyage to the West in the early Ming Dynasty, he discovered giraffes in East Africa.

Because the appearance of the giraffe was very similar to the appearance of the unicorn recorded in the book, Zheng He concluded that the giraffe was the legendary auspicious beast unicorn, and excitedly brought the unicorn back home.

In this way, Zheng He successfully changed Japan's name for giraffes.

As a time traveler, Ogata naturally knows that the so-called Kirin is just an ordinary animal, not a legendary auspicious beast, and touching it will not be tainted with any auspiciousness.

But Ogata was not in a position to explain the true face of Kirin to A-Machi, and he couldn't bear to break A-Machi's beautiful fantasy about Kirin.

Therefore, Ogata could only show a slightly weird smile and casually responded:

"I can only hope that one day in the future, the shogunate will be able to send people across the sea like the Ming Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty, and pull back one and two unicorns like Zheng He did."

"This way we can also have a glimpse of Qilin."

"Hmm... Actually, compared to Kirin..." A-Machi thought for a moment, "I would rather have the shogunate bring back lions and tigers."

"Lions and tigers?" Ogata asked, "Why?"

"Because lions and tigers are animals we don't have in Japan." Amachi said, "I have heard that lions and tigers are very ferocious animals since I was a child."

"I don't know who is more ferocious, a lion or a tiger, or a wild boar or a bear."

"I think the wild boar is stronger. There is probably no animal more powerful than the wild boar in the world."

"Huh? Have you ever encountered a wild boar?" Ogata asked.

"Yeah. Before I left Shiranui, I met a wild boar during a certain mission."

"The companion who was in charge of that mission with me was accidentally attacked by this wild boar."

"He stayed in bed for half a year before he could get out of bed."

Japan has neither lions nor tigers.

Although there are no lions or tigers, there are wild boars in Japan.

Because there are no other equally ferocious animals for comparison, and the wild boar is indeed quite ferocious, an idiom related to the wild boar was born: the pig advances by leaps and bounds.

It means moving forward courageously.

"Fortunately, there are no wild boars here in Ezo." Atachi shrank his neck, "I heard that even the most experienced hunters would not dare to stab wild boar casually."

"The wild boar is very stupid. If you anger it, it will not give up until it kills you with its fangs."

"So when hunting wild boars, either the wild boar dies or you die. If you can't kill the wild boar in one blow, you're doomed."

"Although there are no wild boars here in Ezo, there are equally scary animals, bears." Ogata said with a bitter smile.
To be continued...