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Should I say it was good luck? After agreeing to help Kinoshita Mai investigate the "Tsuji Zhan Incident", Aoto was already prepared for a protracted war.
After all, there are only two of them, and they have no more manpower and resources to mobilize. They just rely on the "wait and wait" method to wait for the suspect to show up. They don't know how long it will take until the year of the monkey and the horse.
But who would have expected - on the first night when he agreed to help Mai Kinoshita, he met a highly suspicious suspect...
Qingdeng sometimes feels that his luck is really mysterious.
Things of very low probability often happen to him suddenly.
Just over a month ago, after learning that the red-faced brothers had fled from Kansai to Kanto, the Edo Executive Office held a meeting to remind the officers of the "Three Times" to pay attention to the red-faced brothers when patrolling the streets in the future.
s meeting.
At this meeting, the official who presided over the meeting from the Osaka Administrative Office in Kansai specifically mentioned some important information about the red-faced brothers.
While Aoto and Mai Kinoshita silently followed the red-faced brothers and their younger brothers, they silently recalled what they had heard and heard at that meeting.
The brothers belong to that most difficult type of criminals: random murderers.
After analyzing the actions of the two brothers so far, it is not difficult to deduce that the reason why these two brothers are killing people everywhere is simply because they want to kill people.
It's not for money or sex, and it doesn't matter the gender or age of the person you kill, as long as it's a human being.
The elder brother, Yoshikawa Ichitaro, is a reckless man who is good at wielding the Odachi. He has only brute strength and little ingenuity.
The younger brother Yoshikawa Kojiro is the opposite of his elder brother. His personal strength is quite average, but his mind is quite good.
It is said that his younger brother Yoshikawa Kojiro is a very clever and cunning person.
He can tell lies that are completely contrary to reality so truthfully that it is difficult to find any flaws.
A large part of the reason why the two brothers have not been arrested and brought to justice is because their younger brother Kojiro is there to "make suggestions". On the way from Kansai to Kanto, he came up with various harmful tricks to avoid danger many times.
For peace.
For example: when being chased by officials with no way to escape, they would use extremely sincere and emotional lies to deceive kind-hearted civilians into lending them shelter or food.
In a word - they are a group of extremely vicious thugs.
In line with his current extremely light footsteps, Qingdeng also slowed down his breathing a lot.
There are no brick roads in the Huiduo settlement, and there is only a pile of mud on the ground, which absorbs the footsteps of Qingdeng and others very well.
Ayoto and Mai Kinoshita were like dancing on a grid, constantly flashing in the shadows of various houses, always maintaining a distance of about 7 or 8 meters from the red-faced brothers.
For a long time, he didn't notice that he was being followed by the red-faced brother and the others, as if they were looking for something, they crept forward deeper into the Huiduo settlement, looking left and right.
What are they looking for? As soon as this question popped up in Qingdeng's mind, he suddenly stopped when he saw the red-faced brothers and others in front of him.
The red-faced brothers stopped, and Qingtou and Kinoshita Mai had to stop themselves and retracted into the back of a thatched hut, only sticking out half of their faces to observe the situation.
I saw the red-faced brother and his younger brothers, all focusing their attention on somewhere in front of them.
Looking from the hiding place of Qingnobo and Kinoshita Mai, we could just see what the red-faced brothers were looking at - they were all looking at a little girl who was curled up on the side of the street.
This little girl is about 14 years old, very thin, and the bones in her limbs seem to be screwed on with screws, and they are not screwed very tightly, as if her hands and feet will be detached from the torso at any time.
The clothes on her body were torn and old, stained with disgusting filth. Because the girl was too thin, the clothes that were no different from rags on the girl were like hanging on a dead branch.
The clothes hangers are generally made.
The girl hugged her legs tightly with her arms and was sleeping soundly on the dirty street.
Except for this girl, there was no one else waiting on the street.
After the red-faced brothers and others took a closer look at the little girl, you looked at me and I looked at you.
Immediately afterwards... Qingdeng saw them all showing evil smiles that made people feel uncomfortable just looking at them.
The light of the knife flashed.
The eight samurai, headed by the red-faced brother, drew their swords with silent "gentle" movements, and then walked towards the girl with the same "gentle" steps, twirling their feet and hands.
The girl who slept too sweetly... her little chest was still rising and falling rhythmically.
No sign of danger approaching!
Whether it was Qingto or Kinoshita Mai, their expressions suddenly changed at this time.
No matter who you are, you can now see what the red-faced brothers want to do!
The moment his pupils shrank slightly, Qingden reacted quickly - his expression condensed, and while he put his right hand towards the orange juice on his left waist, he put his left foot out behind the house where he was hiding.
Next to him, Mai Kinoshita moved a little faster than him.
"That's it!" Kinoshita danced flexibly and jumped to the center of the street facing the red-faced brothers and others.
Kinoshita Mai's shouting broke the silence around her like breaking a mirror.
The red-faced brothers and their younger brothers were startled, and then quickly followed the sound and looked towards Kinoshita Mai who was standing behind them.
The girl who was awakened by Kinoshita Mai's yell opened her eyes blankly.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw the red-faced brother and others standing not far in front of her, holding bright swords.
The little blood on his face was so frightened that it all faded away. He screamed in terror and ran away from the red-faced brother and the others.
Kinoshita Mai's shouts and the girl's screams completely disrupted the silence around her.
Those who lived in the houses on both sides of the street, who were already sleeping soundly, were awakened by the sudden noise. They put their heads to the window or door in confusion to see what happened.
After catching a glimpse of Qingdeng, the red-faced brothers and others confronting each other, and seeing the knives in their hands and waists, their expressions changed drastically, and then they retracted their heads into the house.
The houses on both sides that had become noisier just now became extremely quiet again.
No one dared to watch, and no one dared to come out.
Huiduo, who have been discriminated against and treated completely like livestock, basically suffer from extremely severe "anthropophobia".
After ordinary civilians saw a scene like "two groups of warriors confronting each other", those who were bolder might dare to go and watch the excitement.
But few people dare to do such a thing.
A life that is not valued by the world... is so humble.
Regarding Kinoshita Mai's move of jumping out from the back of the house to stop the red-faced brothers and others, Qingto didn't say anything - if Kinoshita Mai hadn't moved a little faster than him, she would have stopped the gang.
He is the madman who wants to commit murder.
Aoto, who was moving a little slower than Kinoshita Mai, was now standing next to Kinoshita Mai while maintaining the movement of pressing his right hand on the handle of the tangerine water sword.
The red-faced brothers and others no longer cared about the escaped girl. They all frowned and looked at Qingto and Kinoshita Mai with vigilant eyes.
"Who?!" His elder brother, Ichitaro, asked Ayoto and Kinoshita Mai loudly with a hoarse voice like rust being rubbed.
You don't need to know - Qingden originally wanted to answer this in a false voice.
However... when he just opened his mouth, Kinoshita Mai beside him had already responded one step ahead of him——
Kinoshita Mai flattens her palms into a palm shape, raises her arms above her head, palms facing up, and bends her right leg high.
"That's right, Cat Monk!"
Qingdeng: "..."
The group of red-faced brothers: "..."
Both the people around Kinoshita Mai and the people standing opposite her were silent and staring at Kinoshita Mai, who was standing firmly on one foot.
Kinoshita Mai's behavior, which was almost like performance art, made the red-faced brothers and the others look confused, shocked, confused, and at a loss.
But the younger brother, Kojiro, reacted quickly.
He quickly regained his composure, and then frowned: "Cat Monk... Oh, you are the recently famous Phantom Thief..."
Kojiro pursed his lips thoughtfully.
He did not ask who Qingteng, who was standing next to Kinoshita Mai and wearing a black fox mask, was.
After he looked at Qingdeng for a few times, he smiled in a friendly and harmless way.
"Master Cat Monk, I have long admired your name!"
"I have heard about your deeds for a long time and have admired you for a long time."
After simply complimenting Kinoshita Mai with a sincere tone that left no room for fault, Kojiro suddenly changed his tone.
"I wonder why you show up here?"
"In a place like this, there should be no evil people who are full of evil and worthy of letting you steal their property."
Kinoshita Mai ignored the question posed by Kojiro.
She silently lowered her raised arms and right leg, and stared at everyone standing opposite her with eyes that did not hide her disgust at all.
I have to say - the black scarf on Mai Kinoshita's face is really useful.
After using it to cover most of her face, Kinoshita Mai no longer looked like her usual introvert and fearful self.
With the infinite sense of security provided by this scarf, Kinoshita Mai asked Kojiro and others righteously:
"Recently, there have been frequent sightings of poor people who were brutally beheaded by Tsuji... Were those people killed by you?"
"I didn't expect that after your red-faced brothers caused harm to Kansai, you would then go to Kanto to do evil."
Kojiro remained calm at first.
But after hearing Kinoshita Mai call out his name accurately, the kind smile that had always been on his face was restrained by him at a speed visible to the naked eye.
They were caught just walking towards the little girl with a knife. Kinoshita Mai accurately told about the recent frequent Tsuji beheading incidents here. Their identities have been recognized. Kinoshita Mai clearly showed that the person who came here was evil... Kojiro realized that at the moment
There is no need to pretend to be stupid anymore.
His younger brothers, as well as his elder brother Ichitaro, all have great trust in their "think tank". They all continue to hold the sword tightly while focusing their attention on Kojiro.
"...Master Mao Xiaoseng, what we want to do and what we want to do should have nothing to do with you, right?"
Kojiro is smiling but not smiling.
"You are a thief who steals people's money, and you are a fellow traveler with us."
"For the sake of us all being on the same journey, let's go our separate ways."
"You just pretend you haven't seen us tonight, and we'll leave immediately."
As soon as Kojiro finished speaking, Kinoshita Mai said loudly with a look of disgust in her eyes:
"What do you mean by a fellow traveler? Don't compare me to you scum!"
"Let's just go ahead and capture you! We are here specifically to capture you!"
Kojiro stared at Kinoshita Mai expressionlessly, and then sneered: "...I happened to have heard recently - that cat monk is a weirdo who can help officials catch thieves."
"I didn't expect this rumor to be true."
"It's hard to understand. Although you only steal money from those evil people, in the final analysis, you are just a thief."
"As a thief, he actually helped the Fengxing Bureau catch thieves... without any reward, at most he only gained some illusory fame..."
After saying that, Kojiro sneered disdainfully, then tilted his head and looked around.
"Facing the cat monk who is famous for his speed and his ability to fly over walls and walls... it will be very difficult for us to escape under your nose..." After murmuring like this in a soliloquy tone... Kojiro
His eyes turned cold, and he winked at Ichitaro and others beside him.
Ichitaro grinned, let out a ferocious laugh, and then took the lead in raising the Odachi in his hand above his head.
The shadow of the knife flickered - the red-faced brothers and the group raised their knives one after another and cast vicious glances at Qingdeng and Mao Xiaoseng.
It is indeed a group that has killed countless people... After deciding to kill Qingdeng and silence them, there was no hesitation or hesitation.
Seeing this group of perverted murderers who had already raised their knives and whose intentions were quite obvious, Qingden silently stretched out the thumb of his left hand that had been holding the scabbard, pressed it against the blade, and opened the scabbard with a "click"
mouth.
There are 8 opponents, and there are only 2 on our side. The enemy with the numerical advantage has no idea of their strength at all - but the strange thing is... He led Saito and others to attack the enemy surrounded by the anti-barbarian group before.
The same feeling as in Fanshu Tiaosuo emerged. Is it because I have fought too often with enemies who have a numerical advantage so far, so I am used to this kind of scene?
Qingden didn't feel scared at all.
Worried that the opponent's strength is much stronger than they expected, he and Kinoshita Mai will be unable to compete? Are they worried that something unexpected will happen to themselves and Kinoshita Mai?
Qingdeng had no such feelings at all.
At this moment, Qingdeng felt extremely calm.
There was still a hint of expectation in my heart...
With a "crack" sound, Qingdeng pulled out Ju Shui, held Ju Shui in front of him in a rosy frame, and pointed the gleaming tip of the knife directly at the red-faced brother.
"Hahaha! I've always heard that the cat monk is a female ninja!" My brother, Ichitaro, laughed a few times in an excited tone, "I want to see if the rumors are true!"
Ichitaro carried his Odachi, kicked off the ground with his back foot, and rushed towards Ayoto and Mai Kinoshita.
"Brother!" Kojiro said quickly, "kill the one wearing the fox mask and holding the knife first!"
After reminding his brother loudly, Kojiro turned to the other brothers behind him and shouted:
"Katero, Tsuruzaburo, Toagoro! The three of you go deal with the cat monk! It doesn't matter if you kill him! The others will deal with the man wearing the fox mask with me and my brother!"
Aoden has a knife in his hand, while the cat monk is bare-handed - Kojiro subconsciously identifies Aoto as "the one who needs to be killed first"!
Odachi - As the name suggests, it is a tachi that is far longer and wider than the average dachi.
The total length of the Odachi used by Ichitaro is about 1.7 meters.
The biggest advantage of the Odachi is naturally its length and weight.
Only those with a powerful swordsmanship can wield the astonishingly heavy Odachi sword.
Swordsmen who use the Odachi as a weapon basically use the upper stance - because only by using the upper stance can the length advantage of the Odachi be brought into full play and the power of the Odachi be fully demonstrated.
This was the first time Seito had fought against a swordsman wielding an Odachi. After seeing Ichitaro charging towards him with the sword on his right shoulder, he silently gathered his thoughts.
Phew - Ichitaro's Odachi struck hard at Aoto's head with an aura that seemed to crush Aoto.
Although the power of Ichitaro's attack was strong... but the speed was average.
Aoto, who used his "Eagle Eye" to see through Ichitaro's movements, quickly jumped to the side and dodged Ichitaro's blow.
Kojiro and their three younger brothers arrived at this time.
Because Ichitaro needed a certain amount of space to swing his sword, they left the "frontal" position to Ichitaro, while the others stood on the side of Aoto and other positions, planning to flank Aoto from different directions.
Their idea of using their numerical advantage to kill Qingdeng first is actually very good.
However... after seeing Kojiro and others surrounding him, a faint smile quickly flashed across Qingto's face.
Group fights... What Qingden is least afraid of is group fights!
In the system list, the "lonely" talent begins to shine goldenly as the effect is activated!
The group of perverted murderers who tried to gang up on Qingdeng directly triggered Qingdeng's "combat talent", which should be said to be the most powerful!
The heart's beating speed begins to increase.
A large amount of adrenaline is secreted.
The senses become clear.
Power continuously gushes out from the limbs and bones.
Standing behind Qingdeng was an ugly man with pimples and acne on his face. He held a knife in his lower stance and struck Qingdeng from bottom to top.
The ugly man's sword skills are very unstable - one glance shows that his swordsmanship is quite average.
In addition to this ugly man, Kojiro, who was standing in front of and to the left of Aoto, also launched an attack at the same moment. He was holding a knife from above, and the blade was approaching from the top.
He is just like the ugly man. Just by looking at the posture of holding the knife and the movement of swinging the knife, you can tell that he is more powerful than skilled. At a glance, you can tell that his swordsmanship is quite average. It seems that the information about the red-faced brothers is not wrong. The younger brother, Xiao
Jiro's personal strength is not outstanding.
In addition, a tall man standing side by side with Kojiro also slashed his sword horizontally at this time.
3 knives, coming from 3 different directions.
Attacks came from three different directions - the three people headed by Kojiro seemed to think they could see Aoden being chopped to death by random swords because he was unable to fight one against three, so the expressions began to appear on their faces.
A proud, ferocious smile.
At this lightning opportunity, Qingdeng quickly glanced at the positions of the three people and confirmed their attack direction.
These three slashes coming from different directions look very scary at first glance, but in fact they are all striking in their own way, and they do not coordinate with each other!
And this gave Qingdeng an opportunity to take advantage of.
Qingdeng made a mistake in his steps and easily dodged the advances of the ugly man on the left.
While dodging the ugly man's attack, Qingden swung Ju Shui horizontally, deflecting the tall man's horizontal slash with a "clang" sound.
The two knives collided, and the huge reaction force was transmitted along the blade to Qingdeng's arms. Qingdeng directly used this reaction force to knock back his orange water, and quickly drew the orange water in an arc.
The line, with its horizontal end at the top of the head, blocked Kojiro's downward slash.
Qingdeng just like Tangwo defused the attack of these three people.
Ichitaro, who was standing directly in front of Aoto, once again shouted and slashed at Aoto that seemed to be able to crush a person. However, his attack, which had more than enough strength but insufficient speed, was easily dodged by Aoto again.
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At this moment, Qingden couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
After the first round of confrontation with the red-faced brothers and others, Qingdeng found that this group of people was...much weaker than he expected!
Even for Ichitaro, who was said to be very good at using the Odachi, Aoto didn't feel any sense of threat.
Since time traveling, Qingdou has frequently engaged in life-and-death real sword battles with powerful enemies from all walks of life, including Suehiro Moriyoshi before him, and Kamino, the leader of the anti-barbarian group after him.
Since he often faced powerful enemies, now he had a rare opportunity to "riddle with others", and Qingdeng still felt a little unaccustomed to it.
Since the enemy in front of him was far weaker than he expected... Ju Shui's blade suddenly became sharper!
Qingdeng looked at the fighter plane and saw the gap in front of him on the left where the tall man who had just been stabbed by him had not had time to rearrange his posture. He galloped forward like a furious wave! The orange water in his hand turned into silvery white.
The light of the sword fell from left to right towards the tall man's neck like a meteor!
Qingdeng's horizontal slash was much faster than the tall man's horizontal slash he had just used on Qingdeng!
Before the tall man could react, the main artery in his neck was cut open, and blood spurted out instantly. He subconsciously raised his hand to cover his neck, which was constantly spurting blood, trying to stop the blood from splattering, and let out a "ho ho ho" sound.
After a few meaningless roars, he collapsed to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, Qingden's offensive did not stop, and he pounced on the dwarf, one of the five people who was also responsible for attacking Qingden, but until now, he had not been able to seize the opportunity to swing a knife at Qingden.
This guy didn't expect that Qingdeng would suddenly attack him. The little man, who was not expecting Qingdeng's attack, could only raise the sword in his hand and stab at Qingdeng in a hurry.
It's a coincidence - the sword skill Aomori used on this guy happened to be a thrusting skill: the Mimyo Sword of Natural Rishin-ryu.
The two swords struck each other almost at the same time.
However - Qingdeng's sword pierced the guy's throat directly, and the guy's sword was still more than a fist away from Qingdeng's body.
——What a classic novice mistake...
Qingdeng thought to himself.
This little man made the most classic and most common mistake for newbies in swordsmanship - not knowing the range of his attack.
The height of this little man is only just over 1.5 meters.
There is a full 25cm difference in height between Qingdeng and Qingdeng, and his arm length is naturally far less than that of Qingdeng.
There is such a huge difference in body shape between the two of them, and the knives in their hands are both ordinary-length knives, so it is inevitable that Qingdeng's orange water can stab this guy first.
In just the blink of an eye, Qingden, who was one against five, killed two of their companions in front of everyone - the red-faced brothers, and the younger brothers who were still standing, all of them had their eyes widened now.
, looking horrified.
Not good - Kojiro screamed in his heart.
This guy in the fox mask is a master!
Realizing that they had no numerical advantage, they were unable to do anything to Kojiro, who was Seito, and made a quick decision: "Withdraw! Leave these two alone..."
Kojiro loudly gave the order to retreat.
But he was only halfway through speaking, and he had no time to say the rest of the words.
Due to the shock and emotional turmoil, Kojiro's posture became a little unstable.
This fleeting flaw was clearly reflected in Qingdeng's eyes.
Aomori saw it right, and made a lunge like a spring! Without any hesitation, he swung his sword at Kojiro and killed him!
The orange juice in Qingto's hand drew a bright light in the air, and followed Qingto's body and flicked towards Kojiro.
Looking at Qingteng who jumped in front of him, Kojiro's pupils shrank suddenly and he subconsciously raised his knife to strike Qingteng, trying to force Qingteng back.
But——Qingdeng neither dodge nor defend.
Kojiro's sword and body collided heavily with Aomori's sword and body that rushed towards him.
"ah!"
A piercing scream.
The screamer is Kojiro.
Kojiro covered his abdomen, which was bleeding continuously, took a few steps back, and then lay on his back.
On the other hand, Qingteng, who still maintained his sword-drawing posture, was unscathed.
[Ding! Talent scanned]
[Successfully copied talent: "Trickster"]
[Talent introduction: When lying, the face does not blush and the heart does not beat, making it difficult for people to detect anything strange]
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