Volume 1 Chapter 18 (1/2)

Chapter 18Meeting Yaa like this? Sakura walked inside the thick forest As she wiped her sweat, she never stopped thinking of this question Sometimes she felt as if her independent nature caused her to hurt people

After she went to Suwa froaki were to her Now that she was leaving Suruga for Suwa, she’d miss Yoshi+moto too, whohts tuht and rong She had no choice but to go forward

Since she went to Suruga by hiding in a grain carriage, she didn’t know the way After she asked around, so the forest in the mountains was the fastest route

Ever since Sakura was a kid, she has always loved to hike and have adventures One farmer advised her not to cross the e intosoiven her to buy a hat, and cut a bamboo stick as protection She didn’t knohat kind of lies Yiu had told for her since she has left, but in the last six awa family has not received any clear news about Suwa It see was affected by her With Takeda nobutora losing power, and Harunobu beco the leader of the family, the alliance with Suould be broken sooner or later, and a ould start She better hurry back to protect Yiu, and to prevent tragedies

As the wind swept through her hair, she looked up at the waning sun She needed to find a cave to rest in before nightfall It was really inconvenient that she didn’t have any caon horn rock in her pocket, she hts in the underworld, but she regretted actually trying to live on the road Horses were the only kind of transportation in ancient tiine she was inin theAs Sakura walked, she listened for noises around her In an instant, she turned and pointed her bamboo stick between two pine trees

“Who’s there? Show yourself!”

“You’re a smart one You actually found me”

A man walked out frohost, ht, she could see the ht foot stuck out in an odd way He wore shabby black clothes and a black samurai’s sword A few strands of hair covered his face n of life on his square face, he looked like a zombie

“Yamamoto Kansuke?” Reflectively, Sakura uttered the ly man didn’t look surprised He came closer to her with his samurai sword Every step he took seemed to carry a cold draft

“You snuck off froa, and you know my naht? Confess and tell ht let you live” The sword, glinting a blue light, pointed at her brow, glaring even in the fading light

“Ninja? Do I look like a ninja to you? You’re really off here If I was a ninja, I’d have noticed you right aould I let you point your sword at me?” Sakura bit her lips and backed up a step