Naganosuke looked at A-Machi who inflicted a fatal wound on him without any hesitation with resentful and frightened eyes.

He felt a large amount of blood spurting out from the wound in his throat, and some blood even splashed onto Atachi's face and hair.

Even though most of his face was covered in blood, A-Machi's expression and eyes remained firm.

Hurry up and die for me - Omachi's eyes silently explained these words to Naganosuke.

The degree of loss of physical strength is directly proportional to the degree of blood loss.

In the blink of an eye, Naganosuke didn't even have the strength to lift a finger.

The vision in front of me began to become dim.

Memories of the past flashed through my mind.

He has been receiving strict ninja training since he can remember...

Because of her talent, she was nicknamed "Iga Star". In terms of talent, she is second only to that woman among the younger generation...

He is extremely talented, so he looks down on his peers and doesn't want to partner with these idiots, so he likes to be alone...

I, who was called the "star of tomorrow"... failed like this...?

And the defeat was so humiliating, even a single move cost him his life...

It shouldn't be...

As the "Star of Iga"...will I lose to a female ninja?

Impossible, how could I lose to a mere female ninja? Naganosuke wanted to roar like this, but because his throat was pierced, he can only utter unknown syllables like "ho ho ho".

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Like a flashback, the chest rose and fell violently for a while and then stopped moving.

Naganosuke's eyes, which had lost any luster, were wide open.

Even when he stopped breathing, Naganosuke's eyes were still full of confusion and unwillingness.

His godless eyes looked at the sky, as if asking the gods in the sky: Why? Why did I lose?

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…

"Hahaha……"

At this time, A-Machi felt like his body had been hollowed out.

This is a phenomenon that often occurs when tense nerves are released at once.

After the tense nerves relaxed, A-Ting realized that the clothes on his back were wet with her cold sweat.

Feeling that his legs were a little weak and he couldn't even stand unsteadily, Atachi pulled back the kunai that had pierced Naganosuke's throat, and then fell to the ground regardless of the dust on the ground.

"It was... so dangerous just now..." Amachi murmured while wiping the blood that had just spurted out from Naganosuke's throat and splashed on her face.

She just won very close to it.

Naganosuke is very strong - judging from the fact that he can catch up with Amachi without blushing or out of breath, his physical ability alone is far superior to Amachi's.

After knowing that it would be difficult for him to compete head-on with Naganosuke if Sozakura lost control and Hizakura could not use it, A-Machi decided to take a gamble.

Just bet this guy is an arrogant person.

Just bet that this guy underestimated her and was careless.

First, she pretended to surrender to further paralyze the guy. After the guy came closer and was within the distance that her feet could kick, she used a kunai between her toes to sneak attack on his face.

If you can kill him with one blow, that would be the best. If you can't kill him with one blow, then at least you have to blind his eyes.

After the sneak attack is successful, pick up the wakizashi on the ground or pull out the other two kunai hidden on your body to give him a finishing blow.

The above is the battle plan that Atachi urgently came up with just now after he realized that he could not confront this person head-on.

There are two major difficulties in this combat plan.

The first major difficulty is that Naganosuke must be careless and underestimate the enemy, despise Amachi, or at least not pay attention to Amachi's feet.

The second biggest difficulty was whether Atachi could let the kunai fall to her feet smoothly, and then grasp it accurately with her toes.

A-Machi has never tried this strategy of "grabbing a kunai with his toes to sneak up on the enemy" before. Whether he can successfully grab a kunai with his toes, A-Machi has no idea at all, and is completely betting on it.

A gamble” mentality.

As for kicking Naganosuke in the face, it wasn't difficult for Atachi.

Her body has the kind of constitution that is "naturally flexible". And Shiranui-ryu jujitsu happens to be her strong point.

When she and Ogata usually practice equestrian skills alternately on each other's bodies, the most common thing Ogata says to her is: Omachi, your body is so soft.

If any of the two major difficulties mentioned above are wrong, then Atachi's battle plan will end in failure.

That's why A-Ting said "It's so dangerous", and that's why the clothes on her back were wet with cold sweat.

After regaining some strength, Atachi stood up and took back her wakizashi, kunai and other weapons one by one.

While taking the weapon back, A-Machi frequently raised his eyes to look at Naganosuke's body. He thought to himself:

——This man's clothes... really look familiar... Where have I seen them before...

Just now, when he saw Naganosuke for the first time, Amachi felt that the clothes on this man were very familiar.

I always feel like I have seen clothes like this before.

But for a moment, I just couldn't remember when I had seen this outfit before.

When he took back all the wakizashi and kunai, and was about to pick up Sozakura who had been kicked far away, Atachi's beautiful eyebrows suddenly jumped.

——Yes...I remembered...!

Fragments of past memories flashed through A-Machi's mind.

She suddenly remembered - Naganosuke's clothes were quite similar in style to Ashuki's Iga kunoichi uniform.

Immediately afterwards, fragments of memories of the conquest of Shiranui last autumn flashed through A-Machi's mind.

During the conquest of Shiranui, she followed Lin, Genichi and others and encountered a group of Iga ninjas.

And the costumes of the Iga ninjas are exactly the same as the clothes worn by Naganosuke...

A-Machi pursed her lips tightly, and slowly clasped her hands that were hanging down naturally.

——Why are Iga’s ninjas here?!

While shouting like this in her heart, she quickly ran to the place where Suying fell.

After picking up Suying, he rushed towards the west with an anxious face.

This is the direction of the hotel where they currently live.

Amachi was hoping and praying in her heart.

I prayed that when I returned to the hotel, I would see a safe and sound Efang and said to her with worry: What's wrong with you? Why is there so much blood splattered on your body?

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Osaka, somewhere——

After splitting Sakuma's head with a jumping slash, Ogata unleashed a violent storm of attack on the musketeer beside him.

Ogata originally thought that these musketeers did not have swords on them now. Once they started a hand-to-hand combat with them, they would be defeated without any means of resistance.

But Ogata discovered that he was wrong.

These musketeers have a very high will to fight.

When Ogata got close to him, not many people showed fear.

Those who were closer to Ogata directly lifted the flintlock gun in their hands, used it as a fire stick, and swung it towards Ogata with great force.

Those far away from Ogata, even if no one was commanding them, consciously retreated, distanced themselves from Ogata, and pointed their guns at Ogata.

The high fighting will of these people surprised Ogata, and at the same time, it also made Ogata not dare to be careless.

Ogata was not afraid of the musketeers who kept distance from him and planned to shoot him.

Their gun formation was in chaos, and Ogata was surrounded by their comrades. The musketeers who planned to shoot Ogata were afraid of shooting their comrades because they were afraid of shooting.

On the contrary, it was those who used the flintlock guns in their hands as blunt weapons, which caused a little trouble for Ogata.

One after another flintlock guns were swung at Ogata's body.

If it were normal, Ogata would naturally not be afraid of these enemies who only used the flintlock in close combat out of sheer desperation.

However...Ogata's physical condition is extremely poor.

Every part of my body aches, my head hurts and swells, there is a "thumbling" sound inside my skull, and my body temperature keeps rising.

Reaction ability, perception, strength, agility...all are greatly reduced.

Even though he had entered the "state of selflessness", facing the flintlock guns swung at him, Ogata was still accidentally hit twice.
To be continued...