The unknown person who suddenly jumped from the roof of a nearby house was wearing a special hat just like the "showman".
There is a circle of black gauze sewn around the edge of the hat.
The black gauze hanging naturally can just cover his face, so that outsiders can't even see his appearance clearly.
The biggest difference between this man and other samurai is that his katana and wakizashi are inserted into his right waist.
At the same time, he also holds a sword in his left hand - he is a left-handed swordsman.
While Hasegawa, who was facing a formidable enemy, was staring closely at the new uninvited guest in front of him, Imai on the side asked Hasegawa in a deep voice:
"Hasegawa-sama...do you need to pursue the samurai wearing light green feathers and the 'Liuguang Hachiman'?"
"...No need." Hasegawa said solemnly, "Now...deal with the 'Buddha Enemies' first! Imai, go and call out all the people left in the verandah! The rest form a team!"
Following Hasegawa's order, the fire thieves and officials behind him immediately started to move.
Neat queues formed behind Hasegawa.
"Throw!"
As soon as Hasegawa's order came out, the officers behind him immediately threw bamboo tubes at the "Buddha Enemies" and "Shengenryu Masters" in front.
Facing the bamboo tubes that were thrown at them, the "Exerting Masters" raised their swords and took a stance, preparing to cut off the bamboo tubes that were flying towards them one by one.
However - before these bamboo tubes flew over, the "Buddha Enemy" grabbed the collar of the "Master of the Demonstration Style" and took a few steps back, avoiding these bamboo tubes at a distance without touching these bamboo tubes.
"Tsk..." Seeing that the "Buddha Enemy" and the "Master of Demonic Style" avoided the bamboo tubes they threw, Hasegawa's face became more serious.
After pulling the "Exhibition Style Master" back, "Buddha Enemy" turned his head and whispered a few words into the "Exhibition Style Master"'s ear.
Because the distance was too far and the volume of the "Buddha Enemy" was too low, Hasegawa could not hear clearly what the "Buddha Enemy" and the "Master of the Demonstration Style" said.
I only saw "Buddha Enemy" finish whispering to "Exhibition Style Master", "Exhibition Style Master" nodded slightly, then put the tip of the knife in his hand back to the sheath, and put it back into the sheath.
Then he turned around and left the place quickly.
Only the "Buddha Enemy" was left standing there holding a knife.
Hasegawa had no intention of pursuing the "manifestation-style master".
After all, the "Buddha's Enemy" is more important than that unknown "sight stream master".
"'Buddha Enemy'!" Hasegawa said solemnly, "Maybe I should praise your courage. I haven't found you yet, but you came to me on your own initiative."
"Is the guy who used Satsuma's manifestation style just now your new subordinate?"
"I thought the only one of your subordinates was the 'Liuguang Hachiman' wearing a rare gadget."
"Buddha's Enemy" remained silent.
Regarding the big words Hasegawa just said, "Buddha Enemy" seemed to have no intention of talking to him.
"...'Buddha Enemy', you are still the same. You never speak and you never show your face."
"But it doesn't matter. I'm not interested at all in your voice or appearance."
"Be obedient and let's catch him!"
Hasegawa shouted sharply and at the same time clenched the knife in his hand.
"Put down the knife in your hand that doesn't belong to you!"
The "Buddha Enemy" remained silent.
He didn't put down the black knife in his hand obediently according to what Hasegawa just said.
However, Hasegawa had long expected that the "Buddha's Enemy" would not cooperate with him at all.
He originally didn't think that he could persuade the "Buddha's enemy" to surrender with just a few words.
If the "Buddha's enemies" were so easy to deal with, they would have brought the "Buddha's enemies" to justice long ago.
The reason why Hasegawa talked so much with the "Buddha Enemy" just now was purely to gain time.
To buy time for the iron gunners who just broke into the outer border to return.
Hasegawa calmly turned his head slightly, observing the movement behind him with the corner of his eye.
The iron gunners are currently filing out of the swimming pool.
According to Hasegawa's visual inspection, two-thirds of the iron gunners had successfully rushed out of the swimming pool.
Looking at the iron gunners who were gradually coming back, Hasegawa thought to himself:
——Very good... almost... just a little bit...
Just when Hasegawa was happy about the rapid return of the iron gunners——
Crack!
He suddenly heard the sound of straw sandals hitting the ground in front of him.
Hasegawa quickly returned his attention to his front.
I saw the "Buddha Enemy" carrying his black knife and rushing towards Hasegawa!
——Damn it! The timing of the attack was so well chosen! It happened to be just before the iron gunners were ready!
While Hasegawa felt angry at the timing of the "Buddha's enemy"'s attack, he clenched the sword in his hand with both hands——
"Hasegawa-sama! Be careful!"
A young shout sounded behind him.
Then, a young official holding a sword on his waist rushed out from the queue behind Hasegawa and greeted the "Buddha Enemy".
This young official was none other than the newcomer whom both Hasegawa and Imai were very optimistic about - Heitaro Tachibana.
The reason why Tachibana Heitaro is favored by Hasegawa and Imai is partly because of his good case-handling abilities, and partly because his swordsmanship is quite good compared to his peers.
Tachibana rushed to Hasegawa with a single stride, then drew his sword in his hand and struck at the "Buddha Enemy" in front of him.
clang!
Orange's sword collided with "Buddha's enemy"'s black sword in mid-air.
"Well..."
The moment after the two men's swords collided with each other in mid-air and sparked a few sparks, Tachibana let out a low cry of pain.
And this cry of pain was a bit unbelievable.
Tachibana felt as if he had hit a brick wall.
No matter how hard he tried, he could not push the "Buddha Enemy" in front of him.
Although others cannot see the appearance of "Buddha Enemy" because "Buddha Enemy" is wearing a special bamboo hat, others can still see his figure.
The body of "Buddha Enemy" is not very tall.
Judging from the swelling of the clothes on his body, "Buddha's enemy" shouldn't have a very strong figure.
But this guy, who was neither tall nor strong, kept pressing on Tachibana, making Tachibana feel incredibly powerful.
——Huh? This guy's breathing...
Because the two of them were holding each other's swords, Tachibana could clearly see the rise and fall of the "Buddha enemy"'s chest in front of him.
Tachibana looked at the bullying state on the chest of "Buddha Enemy" and was surprised to find that "Buddha Enemy" was not breathing at a very regular rhythm like ordinary people.
Instead, he breathes in a... although very regular, but quite weird rhythm.
Tachibana has never seen such a breathing rhythm...