The sound of gunfire and explosions naturally made Atachi, who was unable to get up and go out, even more anxious and eager to know what was going on outside.

Ogata did not immediately answer the question that Atachi hurriedly asked.

He walked to A-Machi with the knife in hand, sat down next to him, and then said calmly:

"The shogunate army indeed fired artillery, but it was not used to bombard the city wall, but was fired on the ground outside the fortress. It should only be used to scare the residents of Red Moon Fortress."

Ogata briefly described everything he had just witnessed on the city wall in as simple a sentence as possible.

After learning about the current situation outside through Ogata's mouth, Atachi asked:

"So...how are the residents of Red Moon Fortress doing now?"

"Now..." Ogata showed a helpless smile, "It's very chaotic outside..."

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"Hey! Esuma!"

Aisuma, who was busy, suddenly heard someone calling her.

Following the sound, she saw a dozen teenagers, probably only in their teens, running toward her uneasily with fear on their faces.

"Aisuma! I heard that if we don't open the city, the people outside the city will kill us all. Is this true?" One of the dozen teenagers asked Aisuma urgently.

"Where did you hear these rumors?" Aisuma argued without thinking, "Of course it's false!"

"But, but..."

When the young man wanted to say something else, Aisuma said first:

"Don't worry! Our bows are not for display! Even if those Kazuo people outside the city want to attack us, they may not be our opponents!"

Aisuma looked confident and patted the bow on her back.

"And father...ah, no, Chanup and the others have already started discussing countermeasures!"

"They must be able to find a way to drive away the Kazu people outside the city!"

"You should go home now and stop listening to rumors that come from nowhere."

These dozen teenagers looked at each other.

Aisuma's words just now had some effect, and the uneasiness on the faces of many of the teenagers faded slightly.

Finally, they left Aisuma with different expressions and expressions.

Aisuma let out a long sigh as she watched the dozen teenagers leave.

Immediately afterwards, the expression on her face changed extremely quickly.

The original confident smile was gone, only tiredness remained.

After Gui Yizheng's "capitulation performance" ended, Chanup, who was standing on the city wall and witnessed the whole process, immediately took action. He organized a small group of people and put them in charge of maintaining order in the Red Moon Fortress.

.

Aisuma is one of this small group of people who were chosen.

From just now, Aisuma has been running around to maintain order.

Since just now, Aisuma has not rested.

From just now, Aisuma has seen all kinds of strange chaos...

This group of uninvited guests outside the city completely destroyed the original stability and tranquility of Red Moon Fortress.

No matter where you are in the Red Moon Fortress, all you can see is "chaos".

Some were frightened and looked panicky or howled loudly.

Some people who didn’t know what happened asked Esuma about it.

There were people with hot blood, carrying spears and bows and arrows, shouting loudly that they wanted to fight to the death with the people outside the city.

But the largest number of them still looked uneasy like the group of teenagers just now, asking Aisuma what they should do next, or verifying whether some rumors they heard from somewhere were correct.

In order to appease these people, Aisuma had to tell some white lies.

For example, what Esuma just said to these Kazuto, "Our bow is not inferior to Kazuto's", is a white lie...

Thanks to the hard work of Esuma and those responsible for maintaining order, although there is an atmosphere of panic everywhere in the Red Moon Fortress, no vicious incidents have occurred until now, and the order has not completely collapsed.

Aisuma raised her hands, rubbed her cheeks vigorously, cheered up, and prepared to continue to devote herself to the work of maintaining order.

But at this moment, out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly saw an extremely familiar figure sitting in an inconspicuous corner not far away.

"Otunpui? What are you doing here?"

Aisuma walked quickly towards the familiar figure of her brother.

At this time, Otunpuyi was sitting in that inconspicuous corner with a dull face.

It wasn't until he heard his sister's voice that Otunpuyi finally seemed to wake up, belatedly raised his head and looked at his sister.

"elder sister……"

Just now, when the people gathered on the city wall dispersed, Otonpuyi walked down the city wall with the crowd.

However, Otunpui has no memory of walking down the city wall, walking here, and sitting in this inconspicuous corner.

At that time, his whole body and mind were immersed in shock... and he had no time to care about things outside him...

"Don't sit here stupidly." Aisuma said, "You go home now."

After saying that, Aisuma raised her hand to pull Otunpuyi's arm but did not pull Otunpuyi up.

Otunpuyi was resisting her pull.

"Sister..." Otonpui murmured in a low voice, "Kazuto's army... turns out to be so powerful... It's more powerful than I imagined... It even has that kind of weapon... that kind of weapon

If a weapon hits a person, the whole body will be broken into pieces..."

Listening to Otunpuyi's words, Aisuma not only frowned.

"Don't say such incomprehensible words!" Aisuma shouted, "go home quickly!"

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"Retannoe! It's all you people who are blocking us! That's why we missed the opportunity to escape from here!" The middle-aged man, who had always been a staunch "main escaper", blushed and said to Lei Tannoe.

The "war faction" headed by Tannoe cursed loudly.

After the "deterrent performance" directed and performed by Gui Yizheng, the senior officials of the Red Moon Fortress, headed by Chanup, naturally gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

As soon as the meeting began, the "escape faction" began to accuse the "war faction".

People from the "main escape faction" believe that it is because the "main war faction" is stubborn and obstructs them that they have created a bad situation in which "until the moment before Kazuto's troops came to the city, a final countermeasure was not decided", and

The best opportunity to escape was missed.

Naturally, the "war faction" headed by Retannoe would not be scolded there.

"Huh!" Retannoe snorted coldly, "I don't dislike you for obstructing us, but you started to accuse us first!"

After Retannoe took the initiative, other "militant" people joined in the war of words.

In the small and medium-sized room, three forces were immediately divided into the warring faction, the fleeing faction, and the "neutral faction" who did not participate in the scolding war between the two factions and remained silent.

Chanup is a member of the "neutral faction".

Chanup smoked silently without saying a word as in every meeting he had attended in the past. His expressionless face made it difficult to guess what he was thinking now.

When the "war of abuse" between the two factions reached a fever pitch, an unhurried voice suddenly sounded and intervened in the "war of abuse."

"Okay, let's stop arguing. Everyone, can you... listen to what I, the head of Kapasi Village, have to say?"

As soon as these words fell, the two groups of people who were scolding each other fell silent and turned to look at the owner of the words, a middle-aged man with ferocious scars on his face.

This middle-aged man's face was extremely terrifying, with a scar slashing from his left forehead to the right corner of his mouth.

Everyone who had fallen silent, including Chanup who had been smoking with his head down, also raised their heads and looked at the middle-aged man.

Look at the head of Kapasi Village.

This middle-aged man’s name is Upanu.

It was the head of the Kapasi village who participated in the "Battle of Kunasi Limenasi".

"...Upanu." Retannoe said first, "It's so rare that you actually want to talk."

Chanup is not lonely. He is not the only one who remains silent in every meeting.

Like Chanup, Upanu rarely spoke in every meeting, always smoking and remaining silent. He neither spoke of fight nor flight.

Seeing Uppanu taking the initiative to speak at this time, many people couldn't help but become curious and wanted to hear what Uppanu had to say.

After everyone's eyes were focused on Upanu, Upanu silently picked up the pipe in his hand, took a strong puff, and then said quietly:

"It's definitely impossible to escape now."
To be continued...