Chapter 245 After the Heroes of the Trial Guards vs. 'The Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda'
The ronin suddenly roared, startling the passers-by around him.
The roar of the ronin continued at this time.
"Damn! You damn rebels are not done yet, are you?"
"You bunch of disloyal and unjust rebels who dare to rebel will all be punished!"
"By killing you, I am doing justice for heaven! I am upholding justice!"
"What? Are you not convinced? If not, just draw the sword!"
After roaring, the ronin threw the big wooden box on his back to the ground with a "clang" sound.
Panting heavily, Ronin threw himself on the wooden box and opened the lid - what was inside the box was a red and black armor with extremely mottled armor plates.
Ronin poured the armor out of the box, and then put on the armor parts one by one with extremely skillful movements.
If there is a sharp-eyed and careful person present now, he will definitely notice that this ronin's eyes are extremely red, and the whites of his eyes are covered with red bloodshot eyes like flesh worms.
"Ah ah!"
"Hey, come on, come on! This man seems to be a madman!"
"How dare you join in this kind of excitement? Let's go, let's go!"
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The ronin roared hysterically into the air in front of him, took out his armor and put it on - such a crazy behavior caused everyone around him to panic and flee in all directions.
Of course - there were still some people who were either too full to eat or had brain problems who stopped and watched with interest.
"Hey, Ashito! What are you doing?!"
At this time, what was extremely rare was that the police were dispatched extremely quickly. Unlike in the past, the officials did not arrive until the incident was over.
Four members of our own police force, who happened to be maintaining security nearby and carrying long sticks, hurried over from the east intersection and surrounded the ronin with horns.
"Your Majesty! Please put down the spear in your hand! Take off your armor!"
The leader of these four officials - a middle-aged man with very square features and a hint of awe-inspiring righteousness between his brows, held the hand in his hand.
Warriors with a "martial" background have armor - this is not a strange thing.
The martial arts families with a slightly more prestigious family will have one or even several pieces of ancestral armor collected at home.
However, having armor at home and taking the armor out on the street and wearing it are two different things!
"Your Majesty! Can you hear me? Please put down the spear in your hand! Take off the armor!"
The righteous middle-aged man repeated this sentence three times in a row... However, the ronin seemed to have not heard it and turned a deaf ear. He just silently buried his head in putting on his armor.
In the blink of an eye, he had put on the last armor component, the right arm armor.
After realizing that the ronin's state of consciousness was worse than he expected and that he was completely unable to communicate with him, the righteous middle-aged man squinted his eyes and winked at the person next to him.
The man nodded understandingly, put away the long stick in his hand, and left quickly, preparing to call more people over and contact the "Three Chapters" warriors.
After assigning his companions to move for support, the righteous middle-aged man turned his attention to Ronin again.
"Your Majesty, you..."
The righteous middle-aged man originally wanted to say something to stabilize Ronin's mood, so as to buy time for the arrival of follow-up reinforcements.
However... things like accidents always come suddenly.
The righteous middle-aged man had just had time to say "you" when he saw a huge cold light filling his field of vision.
Although it only took a moment, the righteous middle-aged man could barely see what was happening - the ronin, who had put on the armor, removed the holster of the large gun in his hand as fast as lightning, revealing the well-maintained parts inside.
He had a very good gun blade, and then, with a movement like swatting a mosquito, he used the gun with one arm and swept the long gun blade towards him.
The so-called "big body gun", as the name suggests, is a long gun with an extra long and huge spear head.
The large gun in Ronin's hand is almost straight and equal in width from the tip to the bottom of the handle, with a total length of nearly 2 meters.
The gun blade, which is about three fingers wide, takes up 60cm of it...
Such a weapon... is a first-class murder weapon on the battlefield!
At this moment, the ronin showed the power of this weapon with a bloody scene - the gun blade that swept towards the righteous middle-aged man sank in and cut through without any hindrance like a hot knife cutting through butter.
The body of a healthy middle-aged man.
The gun blade cut into his right side of the abdomen, and then cut out from his left shoulder...
The upper body of the righteous middle-aged man lost his support and flew sideways under the action of inertia - his eyes were filled with confusion, confusion and fear... and then he quickly lost his energy.
The smooth spearhead without any trace of blood traced a half-arc, returned to Ronin, and then came out for the second time.
This time, the sharp spearhead penetrated the body of the official standing behind Ronin's left side.
The spearhead, which was 3 fingers wide and 60cm long, directly pierced the man's body with a horrifyingly large hole that penetrated from front to back.
Immediately afterwards, Ronin swept to the right, and his clothes, flesh, and bones... were all cut to pieces by the gun blade.
The gun head continued to sweep towards the last official who was still standing.
The man's reaction was quite quick, and he hurriedly turned sideways to protect the long stick in his hand towards his chest.
The timing of the defense was perfect. The long stick accurately intercepted the barrel of the gun.
However...their strengths are too far apart.
The power of the big gun was so powerful that the moment it hit the long stick, the stick was bent and cracked.
The official felt an overwhelming force coming from the stick to his palms, arms, and even his whole body.
Kara - the bones of the two palms and two arms turned into dozens of fragments, and then the broken stick body in his hand hit his chest hard, and the huge shock penetrated the stick body and clothes, shocking him
sternum and internal organs.
"Cough, cough, cough, cough!"
Cough... no, it was the official who vomited a lot of blood. Like a kite with a broken string, he "flyed" lightly to a few steps away, and then collapsed softly as if he had lost the support of his bones.
If there is too much air coming in and little air coming out, it must be hopeless.
In the blink of an eye, the three members of his own department who surrounded Ronin were all transformed into corpses of different shapes.
"Come on, traitors, let's have a good show of strength. If I can kill you once, I can kill you a second time!"
The ronin wiped the blood spattered on his face, then spread his legs vigorously and readied his gun.
"Tada Koemon, come out!"
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Edo, Ryogoku Bridge, somewhere——
"Because the smell was so fragrant, when I came back to my senses, I found that I was already eating and drinking in front of that squid stall... Harada, are you an idiot?" Nagakura said angrily, with his hands folded in his sleeves.
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"Because I was fascinated by the martial arts performance, when I came back to my senses, I found that I couldn't find you, Mr. Tachibana, and you, so you have no right to call me an idiot." Harada replied not to be outdone.
"Stop arguing! You two are idiots!" Kondo, who was walking behind Nagakura and Harada, compared his hands to two knives and slashed each of them on the head with moderate force.
"I'm sorry..." Heisuke Toudou said with an embarrassed smile while rubbing the back of his head, "I'm so stupid that I would be squeezed out..."
"Hahahaha, don't say that." Inoue, who was walking side by side with Toudou, laughed a few times, "There are indeed a lot of people coming to tonight's fireworks display. Even I can't guarantee that I won't be crowded by the crowd.
Let’s go! Don’t blame yourself!”
"Ah Sui." Kondo turned to look at Hijikata beside him, "You have been laughing disgustingly since just now... What? Are you in love with another woman?"
Hijikata, who was walking side by side with Kondo, looked refreshed.
"Hmm... that's about it." Hijikata straightened the clothes on his upper body and tightened his belt, "She is such a nice and good woman..."
The energy and time required to retrieve Nagakura and others greatly exceeded the expectations of Kondo, Inoue, and Saito.
When Nagakura and others successfully recovered the prize, the fireworks show had already begun.
While heading to the meeting place agreed upon with Ayoto and the General Director: the east bridge entrance of Ryogoku Bridge, I met Hijikata who was looking for the "large army" after chatting with the girl.
So, after a lot of hard work and coincidence, everyone finally gathered together.
"How long will it take before the fireworks show ends?" Harada asked.
"There's about a quarter of an hour or two left," Inoue replied.
"Oh! What? There is still a lot of time. There is enough time to enjoy the fireworks."
"That's true." Kondo continued, "But let's speed up the pace a little bit. Tachibana-kun, Souji and the others must be impatient with us."
Under the leadership of Kondo, the group of people accelerated their pace and rushed to the fireworks show.
However, at this time, they suddenly heard the sky rising in front of them.
A large number of tourists rushed toward Kondo and others in panic, and fled in the opposite direction to Kondo and others.
Accompanying the noisy footsteps were bursts of screaming and wailing.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!"
"Quick! Run away!"
"Don't crowd! Don't crowd! Everyone, please listen to my command! Please escape in this direction!"
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"Hey, hey, hey...what's going on?" Todo looked dumbfounded at the crowds of people running around.
Saito sniffed hard, then his face darkened, and his left hand subconsciously touched the saber on his right waist: "It smells of blood...!"
"Blood?" Harada was startled, "Are the anti-foreign patriots killing people indiscriminately again? Is there any mistake, killing people at the venue of a fireworks display?"
"Who knows...! Hey! Uncle!" Nagakura grabbed a middle-aged man who passed by him, "Did something happen in front?"
The middle-aged man looked unhappy when he was suddenly pulled over and his escape was blocked.
But after seeing Nagakura's strong body, ferocious face, the sword at his waist, and the large number of warriors beside Nagakura, the lines on the middle-aged man's face softened instantly.
"Master Samurai, don't go any further! There is a lunatic in front of you who is wearing armor and holding a big gun and killing people! Many people have died! Run away! In this situation... we can only wait for the fire to deal with the thieves.
The reformed troops are coming to suppress the formation!"
"A madman wearing armor and holding a big gun?" Nagakura opened his eyes.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! No, don't-!"
A girl's scream came from the front like a sharp arrow, piercing everyone's eardrums.
"It looks like we can't watch the fireworks show tonight..." Before Kondo muttered like this, his body had already started to move - he held on to the saber on his waist, lowered his body's center of gravity, and charged straight forward.
The others were stunned for a moment and then quickly caught up.
Passing by countless tourists and houses on both sides of the street, Kondo and others saw a hellish scene after turning a corner.
Corpses...lots of corpses.
At a rough count, there were more than twenty corpses scattered throughout the street in front of them.
These corpses include men and women, old and young, some are petty officials dressed as servants, and some are civilians wearing ordinary clothes...
Although the genders and identities of the victims were different, they had one thing in common: basically none of their bodies were intact.
Or the body has been poked with a hole as big as the mouth of a cup, or some part of the limb has been lost, or it has become torn apart, and the upper or lower body cannot be found...
The blood flowed into the pestle, and the corpses were measured by the water.
A ronin wearing an armor splattered with a large amount of blood and body fluids, holding a large gun with a rod that was dripping blood, strutted towards a delicate woman who was trembling with tears on her face.
The little girl's frail body was huddled in the corner of a deserted outdoor tea stall.
The scream that Kondo and the others just heard came from the mouth of this little girl.
"Rebel!" After walking to a position where the gun blade could hit the little girl, Ronin raised the big gun in his hand above his head, "Suffer death!"
"Ahhhhhhhh!" The girl closed her eyes tightly, raised her hands and covered her face with all her strength.
"Bastard! Stop!" Kondo roared, drew his sword in his hand, and rushed towards Ronin.
Although Kondo was the fastest to react and struck first, there was one person who arrived behind him. He passed by Kondo at a speed so fast that only a shadow of his body was left, and rushed to Ronin first.
Heisuke Toudo is the one who leads the way!
The talent of "taking the lead" makes Todo's running speed far beyond what other people can match.
There is absolutely no need to show mercy when faced with such a lunatic who cares so little about human life.
Toudo let out a "haaaaah" and used all his strength to strike down with the force of the saber held in front of him in a mid-body stance!
The place he aimed at was the Ronin's head.
However, Ronin was too tall... Ronin was 1.9 meters tall, which was astonishing in this era.
To ask Todo, who is only a little over 1.5 meters tall, to split the head of a tall man who is 1.9 meters tall... it is too strong and difficult to handle.
Therefore, Toudo had to lower his attack height and cut Ronin's right arm instead.
A bright white blade suddenly shot out, causing Ronin's pupils to shrink suddenly in shock.
The next moment, Ronin showed off a set of moves that showed the style of a martial arts master and a person who has experienced many battles.
He quickly released his right hand and actively used his armored right arm to face the white blade that had not yet accelerated to its maximum speed.
clang!
The white blade collided with the arm armor.
The white blade failed to break through the defense, leaving only a white mark on the armor.
At this time, Kondo and others arrived.
Kondo, Hijikata, Saito, and Nagakura, the four of them surrounded Ronin from four different directions.
4 shining blades illuminated the Ronin's face.
Ronin glanced sideways and scanned the positions of Kondo and others. He did not choose to fight forcefully, but used his right arm to push away Toudou's sword, and then relied on his superb footwork to take several steps back.
This person obviously has such a huge body and wears a set of heavy armor, but his steps and movement are surprisingly flexible and agile.
"Girl, let's go!" Inoue stood in front of the girl who was almost killed just now with a knife in his hand. While protecting the girl behind him, he did not yell at her.
At the same time, Harada urged and protected the people still staying nearby to evacuate quickly.
Although the girl survived the disaster, she was so frightened that two of her three souls were missing, and only one of her seven souls was left.
With a dull look on her face, she didn't even have time to say "thank you". She even forgot to retrieve the clogs she accidentally dropped just now, and hurriedly ran away into the distance while crawling and rolling.
"So many rebels are here again..."
Ronin glanced at Kondo and the others who were surrounding him in a fan-shaped formation, and grinned.
"Okay! Then I will kill them all today!"
Having said that, Ronin lowered his center of gravity, spread his legs with his left foot in front and his right foot behind him, and held the big gun in his hand in front of him with the tip of the gun pointing diagonally at the sky.
"I am one of the 'Twenty-Four Takeda Generals', a descendant of Mitsuru Tada: Tada Koemon! Rebels! I think you are quite capable! Tell me your name!"
"You are rebelling against the party...!" Hijikata said with a bad mouth, "It seems that you are really a delirious lunatic! A lunatic like you deserves to know our names..."
"No leakage, Saito Kazuo."
"Hey! Saito! Don't be so honest!" Hijikata said frantically.
Except for Saito Seiji, who honestly reported his family name, everyone else ignored Tada Koemon.
"Hmph! Don't you want to say your name...that's fine!"
Tada Koemon slightly narrowed his bloodshot eyes, opened his mouth and let out a breath of thick air.
"As samurai, you don't want to serve your country. Instead, you follow rebels like Oshio Heihachiro to start a rebellion! You incited the peasants to attack the shogunate and made Osaka the miserable state it is today. It is truly an unforgivable crime!"
After hearing these words from Tada Koemon... to be precise, after hearing the name "Oshio Heihachiro", the expressions of Kondo and the others changed.
Oshio Heihachiro... No one knows this name, no one knows it.
It is both a belief for some people... and a taboo for some people!
Just when everyone was shocked that Tada Koemon suddenly said the name of this great man, Tada Koemon suddenly shouted loudly.
"Drink! Rebel! Die!"
The long gun blade was like a poisonous snake coming out of its hole, biting Kondo who was standing directly in front of it.
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"Ahem...no, it's okay."
Souji cleared his throat vigorously and patted his chest.
"I just accidentally choked on the spit."
Hearing what the Director-General said, Qingto immediately looked relieved.
"It turns out I was just choking on the spit... Really, seeing you coughing so hard, I thought something was wrong with you."
"Hahaha, I'm sorry." Souji reached out and stroked the ponytail on the back of his head, "I made you worry."
The director-general's cough had the effect of "unintentionally inserting a willow tree into a tree".
She suddenly coughed violently, causing Kinoshita Mai and Sanako to cast worried glances at her. They did not bother to glare at Aomori with murderous intent, and the tense atmosphere was relieved again.
Now that there was nothing major going on with the General Director, Qingteng was relieved - he was able to refocus his mind on how to solve the crisis at hand.
Although Souji's help provided him with great help, it visibly improved the mood of the two girls...especially Kinoshita Mai, and saved Ban Qingden's image in the hearts of the two girls, but he still couldn't help it.
After all, the company's assistance only treats the symptoms rather than the root cause.
If he wants to survive the current crisis, he has to rely on himself.
His mind began to spin again, and he rethought how he should explain his "ambiguous behavior with two girls at the same time" to Mai Zuo.
However... the gears in Qingdeng's head began to move——
"Hey! Everyone, listen! Evacuate in this direction!"
A loud and anxious shout suppressed the sound of fireworks and interrupted his thoughts.
Qingdeng, as well as the people who heard the shouting, followed the sound and saw several members of his own department carrying long sticks, continuing to shout with panic on their faces.
"There is a dangerous madman in Itamachi 2-chome! Get out of here! Don't stay here anymore!"
The officials' shouting caused many people to show displeasure.
"What? Leave? I haven't seen enough fireworks yet!"
"I just got here, and I haven't even had time to take a look at the fireworks!"
"What happened? What crazy person?"
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In order to avoid causing panic, officials used the euphemistic term "dangerous madman" instead of clearly stating that he was a terrifying figure who went around killing people with a large gun and many people had been killed.
"Master, master." Elodie looked at the rioting crowd around her and said nervously, "What's going on? Could it be that people from the Expulsion Faction are killing people randomly again?"
The cruel actions of the radical anti-barbarians in recent years have made foreigners like Elodie and ordinary Edo people almost suffer from "post-traumatic stress disorder". Whenever they hear that there is a riot, they will
Subconsciously I thought it was a trick created by the radical anti-barbarian faction.
An unexpected accident happened unexpectedly... Qingden, who was in the Asura Field without bothering to pay attention to Wu, smiled at Elodie and said comfortingly:
"No need to be nervous. I, Okita-kun, Amu, and Sanako-san are all here. No matter what accident happens, there is no need to be afraid."
After finishing speaking, Qingdeng suddenly heard a series of metallic clangs coming from the distance.
The sound is very soft...if you don't pay attention, you will miss it.
Qingdeng quickly closed his eyes, focused all his attention on his ears, and carefully felt all the movements brought by the wind - "Gathering God" and "Wind Perceiver" were activated.
The huge sound of breaking wind...should be the sound of some giant weapon dancing...a spear?
There were many sounds of sword swings... The dense sounds of sword swings were mixed with many very familiar screams... It was Kondo and the others' voices!
"... Elodie, come down here for a moment." Qingden raised his head without changing his expression and said to Elodie who was straddling his neck.
"Huh? Okay, okay."
Qingden put Elodie down and handed her to Kinoshita Mai.
"A Wu, Elodie, I would like you to take care of her for the time being."
"Huh?" Kinoshita Mai was stunned, "Qingden, where are you going?"
"I heard the sound of Kondo-kun and the others fighting with someone... I want to go check out the situation."
After saying that, Qingdeng held on to Dingguishen on his waist and rushed towards the direction where the sound of battle came from.
When the Souji and Sanako saw this, they were stunned for a moment, and then quickly followed up.
The closer you get to the place where the sound is coming from, the more you can hear the intense collision of iron tools that makes your teeth ache, as well as the terrifying roars and roars.
After running quickly and slowly, Qingdeng finally found those familiar figures.
On the street ahead, which was covered with blood and broken limbs, Tada Koemon's big gun drew an arc in the air. The long and sharp spear tip used its length to force back those who wanted to escape.
Nagakura and Todo are close to him on the left.
When he waved again, Saito tried to approach him from the right, but Inoue was also forced back.
Immediately afterwards, Tada Kouemon sent the gun forward and stabbed Hijikata and Harada who were directly in front of him, but Hijikata blocked them with his sword.
Soon enough, a sturdy figure spotted the right opportunity and swooped in front of Tada Koemon...it was Kondo!
Kondo successfully broke through the blockade of the big gun, got close to Tada Koue's door, and slashed him down with the sword in his hand.
Kondo's slashing attack did not bring any panic to Tada Kouemon's face. He did not guard or dodge - he just calmly took a small step back and generously gave up his chest to
Kondo chops.
Snap!
The force of Kondo's attack was not bad... but the result was just an extra scratch on Tada Kouemon's armor.
Not only did he fail to break through the defense, but he also broke the knife - there was a gap in the blade of Kondo's saber.
"Haaah!"
There was a loud squeak as the gun barrel pressed towards Kondo.
Kondo had no choice but to retreat and quickly retreated to a place where Tada Koemon's big gun could not hit him.
"Not bad! Rebels! Come again! Let me see what else you are capable of!"
Tada Koemon laughed arrogantly and shouted.
At this time, Kondo, who had retreated to a safe area, noticed that the general had rushed here, and now happened to be standing not far away from him, including Aoto, Souji and Sanako.
"Hey, Tachibana, Souji, you are here."
Kondo grinned, revealing a helpless and resentful bitter smile.
"I have never realized so sincerely as now that the spear is truly the 'King of the Battlefield' and why civilians are not allowed to hide armor privately."
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One of the author's favorite comics: Kubo, the original author of "Death", published an illustration of the original Gotei 13 a few days ago. It is so handsome and I like it so much. I must give it to everyone.
Kang, when you get rich in the future, the author must hire a cheating painter to draw a group photo for Qingnog and the General Secretary in the style of the picture →→→
