After Ogata and his party passed through the gate of the inner city wall and officially entered the Red Moon Fortress, they separated from Aisuma and others.

Aisuma and others went to recover.

Ogata and the others were first led to an open space not far from the gate of the inner city wall.

Ogata and the others were not left to dry for too long.

Soon, a group of young people came.

This group of people approached Chepke and talked enthusiastically to him.

After the conversation, Chepke excitedly brought Aizan to Ogata and Atachi.

"Mashima Goro, Omachi!" Chepke said, "Chanupu came to me and wanted to discuss with me in detail the detailed process and details of our stay in Qina Village. (Ainu language)"

Ayzan translated word for word.

"In addition to me, Chanup also found you two. I hope you two can follow me there. He really wants to see you. (Ainu language)"

"Chanup?" Ogata raised his eyebrows and nodded after thinking for a while, "Well, I understand."

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Ogata, A-machi, Chepke, and several senior officials of Qina Village, led by several young people wearing the iconic bright red costumes of the Red Moon Fortress, headed towards the depths of the Red Moon Fortress at a leisurely pace.

Walk everywhere.

Along the way, Ogata kept looking around.

The scenery he saw along the way was no different from the scenery Ogata had seen when he visited Kuma Village and other villages before.

The Ainu, who were still in a tribal civilization, naturally did not have the ability to build any majestic palaces or any straight and spacious stone avenues.

Built on both sides of the road are Ainu-style huts made of stone, wood, straw and other materials.

Underfoot is a dirt road that has been constantly trampled by people and has gradually become solid over time. Probably to make it easier for people to walk, the snow on the road has been cleared away, revealing the original gray-brown appearance of the road.

When the weather is nice, the dust is flying.

When it rains, it turns into a mess of mud, like a swamp.

Sitting in such an advanced fortress, but still living a primitive Ainu tribal life - this gave Ogata an indescribable feeling of weirdness.

This feeling is like having a mansion with thousands of square meters, but setting up an extremely cheap camping tent in the lobby of the mansion, and then eating, clothing and sleeping in this tent...

Naturally, there were many people watching along the way.

Perhaps it was because many people had already received the news about the guests coming to the fortress, so there were quite a few villagers surrounding Ogata and the others, and watching Ogata and the others.

These people who came to join in the fun mainly came to see Ogata and Amachi.

They looked at Ogata and Omachi as if they were looking at rare animals in a zoo, and pointed at Ogata and the others in a low voice.

While Ogata was observing the living environment of the residents of Red Moon Fortress, he was also carefully observing the gazes of the onlookers.

The onlookers cast a variety of looks on them.

Have curiosity.

Have doubts.

There is indifference.

Of course, there is nothing less - hostility.

Ogata noticed that most of the people who looked at him curiously were very young people.

And those who cast hostile glances at him were from all ages.

The reminder that Chepke told Ogata before appeared in Ogata's mind at this moment: Red Moon Fortress just took in a group of people who were homeless due to the defeat in the war with Kazuto.

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Chanup's home is located in the center of the fortress, and because the Red Moon Fortress is not an extremely big super fortress, Ogata and the others arrived at their destination quickly.

As the most powerful person in the Red Moon Fortress, Chanupu, the house he lives in has not changed much from the houses in which the others live.

The only difference is probably that Chanup's home is bigger.

After arriving at their destination, the young man who led Ogata and the others shouted something into the house.

Then, a deep response sounded in the room.

When the response fell, those who were leading the way for Ogata and the others stepped aside and motioned for Ogata and the others to come in.

Ogata untied the Daishiten from his waist, carried it with his right hand, and followed the others through the door.

After entering Chanup's house, Ogata saw a middle-aged man in his prime sitting cross-legged on the ground.

This middle-aged man had a dark blue turban on his head, long hair, and a thick beard on his face that only exposed his mouth and two eyes.

Because of age, the middle-aged man's hair and beard are a little whiter.

But his graying hair and beard were incompatible with his energetic appearance.

At this time, Chepke, who was walking in front of Ogata, whispered to Ogata and Atachi behind him:

"This is Chanup."

As soon as Chepke's introduction ended, the middle-aged man...or Chanup put on a warm smile and said loudly:

"Chepke! You are finally here. Your movements are much faster than I thought! Stop standing and come sit down! (Ainu language)"

After saying something to Chepke in Ainu, he turned his head and spoke to Ogata and Amachi in Japanese:

"These two must be Majima Goro and Omachi. Come on, come and sit."

Although Chanup's Japanese is fluent, his pronunciation is not standard, and Ogata can't understand some words, but overall he can understand what Chanup is saying.

"You speak Japanese very well." Ogata sat cross-legged next to Chanupu and placed the Great Buddha on the floor on the right.

Ogata is no longer surprised by Ainu people who can speak Japanese.

Ever since he entered the Ezo region and started contacting the Ezo people, Ogata found that he could always meet people who happened to speak Japanese and people who could translate him into Japanese.

So until now, Ogata has never worried about communication issues.

"Hahahaha." Chanup laughed heartily, "I used to...had a friend named Kazuto, and I learned Japanese from that friend."

After saying that, with a flash of memories in his eyes, Chanup picked up the pipe and the cloth bag containing the tobacco leaves next to him.

As soon as he put the cigarette in his mouth, he immediately took it off his mouth as if he remembered something.

"You don't mind the smell of smoke, do you?" Chanup asked Ogata and Atachi.

Ogata shook his head.

Atachi also shook his head.

After asking Ogata and Atachi, Chanupu turned to Ainu and asked the senior officials of Qina Village who came here with Chepke if they cared about the smell of smoke.

Chepke was an old acquaintance of Chanup, so Chanup knew that Chepke didn't mind the smell of smoke, so he didn't ask him.

After confirming that no one around him cared about the smell of smoke, Chanup put the cigarette in his mouth again, put the tobacco leaves, lit the cigarette, and started smoking heavily.

The two ethnic groups, the Kazuto and the Ainu, have been in love with each other for thousands of years. During these thousands of years of intense friction, the cultures of the two ethnic groups have also been constantly communicating and learning from each other.

Many items from the Ainu were passed down to Kazuto society - such as dog sleds.

Many of Kazuto's items were also passed down to Ainu society - such as pipes and tobacco leaves.

Ogata has been looking at Chanup carefully since just now.

It can be said that he has heard of Chanup's name for a long time.

Ogata had heard of Chanup's name a long time ago.

According to the various rumors Ogata heard about Chanup, Ogata had a vague impression of Chanup before he saw Chanup in person - to use one word to describe Chanup,

That is a heroic figure.

At the beginning, it was he who led several tribesmen to go south in search of a new home, and finally succeeded in finding this fortress abandoned by the Lucians.

After becoming the most powerful person in this fortress as expected, he worked hard to govern and gradually made the Red Moon Fortress grow.

According to Chepke and others, the current total population of Red Moon Fortress is over a thousand people. Looking across the entire Ezo Territory, there should be no second Ainu village with a population greater than that of Red Moon Fortress.

Now, after seeing this hero with his own eyes, Ogata found that Chanupu looked kind and gentle, not at all like the supreme ruler of a settlement with a population of thousands, but more like an ordinary uncle next door.

After taking two strong puffs on the cigarette and blowing out two smoke rings, Chanup turned his head and smiled at Ogata:

"Mr. Majima, welcome to Heye Zhe."

"I have heard about your deeds in detail from Chepke before."

"Although I have known for a long time that you are a very young person, I still feel very emotional after seeing your young face with my own eyes."

"To have such great skills at such a young age is really amazing and rare."

"Thank you for saving our compatriots."
To be continued...