"Let's go, let's go! We're from the 'rejecting barbarians' faction!"
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Many people around the area screamed and fled in all directions when they heard the louder "Tenchu" sound and saw the warriors drawing their swords and rushing toward Qingden and his friends.
Some nearby stall owners also abandoned their vendors and fled temporarily for fear of being affected and implicated.
——Damn it, are you here again?!
After being stunned for a moment by the sudden "Tianchu" sound, Qingden immediately came back to his senses and gritted his teeth.
Suddenly a group of warriors shouted "Heavenly Punishment" and rushed towards them. Qingdeng subconsciously concluded that this group must be another "radical anti-barbarian faction" who came to hunt him down.
Qingdeng is not a person who likes to swear.
But at this moment, he couldn't help but curse in his heart.
It had only been a few days since the "Radical Anti-Barbarians" attacked him again. The frequency of attacks, as well as the execution ability of Ayoto even after they came to Fujisawa Juku, made Ayoto feel uncomfortable.
Somewhat annoyed and fed up.
——Have you been following me...or have you been preparing to ambush me here in Fujisawa-juku...
"Ah ah--!"
Qingden, who was glaring at the incoming enemy, turned his head slightly and used the corner of his eye to look at the three Kinoshita dancers standing next to him.
The scream just now came from the mouth of the masked girl.
Kinoshita Mai's face turned pale, and then she quickly protected the masked girl behind her.
Also protecting the masked girl behind her was the "light yellow woman" who remained silent and wore a light yellow kimono. Like a mother bird protecting her chicks, she opened her arms and, together with Mai Kinoshita, pulled the masked girl away.
Protect behind you.
Qingdeng couldn't help but feel a little guilty about these three women.
The three women stood beside Qingdeng.
From the perspective of these three women, this group of "radical anti-barbarians" seemed to be coming towards them, so it was natural for them to be frightened.
His guilt that his own affairs had implicated others quickly turned into anger.
Qingdeng, whose face was as dark as water, drew out his saber with a "clop" sound.
"Saito!"
Uh-huh... Saito, who was standing behind him, also drew his sword.
No matter whether they followed them all the way or learned through some channels that Aoto would come to Fujisawa, setting up an ambush here early would be fine for Aoto - just draw his sword and kill them!
Without any excessive verbal communication, Qing and Zhai "activated" at the same time with a tacit understanding, like two arrows from the string, rushing side by side towards this group of "radical anti-foreigners"!
There were four "radical anti-barbarian faction" attacking this time, which was less than half the number in the previous attack.
Among the four "radical anti-foreigners", the one who rushed to the front was a short boy who was probably only 1.45 meters tall.
In just a blink of an eye, Qingdeng rushed to the position where his sword could cut the short man——
Pfft.
Qingdeng raised his knife and struck without hesitation. The short man's forehead was split open by Qingdeng's knife.
If possible, Qingdeng would not want to chop this short man on the head.
The skull is one of the hardest parts of the human body. Although Qingdeng's sword is one of the best in sharpness and toughness, if it is used to cut hard skulls all the time, the lifespan of the sword will be greatly reduced.
But there was no way - the height difference between Qing Deng and this short boy was too big. The height difference between the two was nearly 30 centimeters.
This short guy is so tall, so it would be most convenient to memorize "Split Huashan with force" by pointing directly at his forehead.
Qingdeng's current swordsmanship is not sophisticated enough to use more skillful means to take away this short boy's life.
In a life-and-death fight, you don't care about the life of the knife. You must first defeat the enemy. If the knife breaks, you can send it for repair or replace it with a new one. If the person is gone, there is nothing.
The feeling of his forehead being broken continued to spread along the blade to Qingdeng's palms.
Killing an enemy successfully - this should be a joyful thing.
But at this moment, a trace of doubt appeared between Qingdeng's eyebrows.
Qingdeng now only feels an...unexplainable sense of disobedience...
The first sense of inconsistency is the attire of this group of people.
In the past, the "radical anti-foreigners" who attacked Qingdeng would wear bamboo hats with deep rims to hide their faces.
Qingdeng just wanted to quickly deal with this gang of lunatics who came to trouble him again, so he noticed at this moment that none of the four people who attacked this time were wearing hats to hide their faces.
Everyone showed their faces without hesitation.
At the same time, Qingdeng also noticed that these people all looked like poor wanderers.
The so-called ronin is a samurai who has lost a lord to serve.
Losing a lord to serve meant losing one's position. He could no longer serve as an official like Qingdeng and had to find another way out on his own.
These four people have a very standard appearance of ronin - their bodies are sloppy, the dirt on their bodies is so thick that it feels like you can rub off fist-sized mud balls, their clothes are so dirty that you can't even see the original color, and everyone's cheeks are dark.
His face was deeply sunken, his eyes were cloudy, and he looked like he had not eaten a meal for a long time and was extremely malnourished.
If it weren't for the knife hanging on their waist, it would be hard to tell the difference between them and beggars.
The second sense of inconsistency is the expression that Dwarf showed just now.
Although he only saw it for a moment, when he slashed the short boy's forehead with his knife, Qingto felt that he vaguely saw the short boy showing a kind of expression... as if he did not expect Qingto and Saito to kill them.
The shocked expression coming over...
Saito was not as thoughtful as Aoto, and he was keenly aware of these inconsistencies.
After pulling out his sword and killing the four people with Aoto on the left and right, Saito became extremely focused.
Focus on killing people.
He is worthy of being the bodyguard Arima and others spent a lot of money to find for Qingto.
The exquisiteness of swordsmanship cannot be matched by Qingdeng, who can only swing the sword straight forward and "wide open and wide".
The group Qingdeng and his friends encountered this time were weaker than the group of "radical anti-foreigners" they encountered three days ago.
The steps are sloppy and the arms are weak.
It's no wonder, after all, they look like they haven't had a good meal for a long time, and it's hard to imagine what strength they can have.
After rushing into the enemy group with Qingdeng at the same time, he used his cassock to slash at someone's body with a diagonal knife, cutting from the right shoulder to the left abdomen.
Then he slightly raised the tip of the knife and pierced the heart of the other guy beside him. When he retracted the knife, it swept the body of the person next to him. In just a blink of an eye, he killed the other three people for Qingden.
“Ahhhh——!”
At this moment, a scream filled with fear came from behind Qingdeng and pierced his eardrums.
It's the voice of the masked girl.
Qingden quickly looked back - Kinoshita Mai, the masked girl, and the pale yellow woman were still standing where they were.
In front of the three of them, two samurai who looked like sloppy ronin appeared out of nowhere, holding up the bright swords in their hands, and started killing the three of them...
