Then, Tachibana heard the sound of sharp blades cutting through the air behind him.
The blade in Hasegawa's hand turned into a dazzling sword light and swept towards the "Buddha Enemy" who was wrestling with Tachibana.
"Buddha's Enemy" pushed forward fiercely, pushing Tachibana away in front of him, ending the struggle with Tachibana, and immediately raised the black sword in his hand to block Hasegawa's horizontal slash.
"Tachibana!" Hasegawa shouted at Tachibana again, "Get back quickly! He is not an opponent you can handle!"
"Hasegawa-sama!" Tachibana responded, "I'm here to help you!"
However - Tachibana's petition was immediately rejected by Hasegawa.
"No need! Go back quickly!"
Hasegawa and Tachibana have never tried to cooperate with each other to kill enemies before.
Cooperating with strangers will only get in the way and prevent you from exerting your due strength.
Imai, who has collaborated with Hasegawa the most and has the best understanding with each other, is now organizing the iron gunners to line up.
Therefore, Hasegawa can only rely on himself to entangle the "Buddha's Enemy" for the time being.
Tachibana did not dare to disobey Hasegawa's order, so she could only obey Hasegawa's order and return to the queue obediently.
call--!
The sound of breaking wind roared towards Hasegawa's face.
Facing the black knife that was slashing towards his face, Hasegawa didn't change his expression and swung the knife to meet it.
clang!
clang!
clang!
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The clashing sound of sharp blades continued.
The "Buddha Enemies" have been engaged in close combat with Hasegawa, so that the officers armed with bows, arrows, iron cannons and other long-range weapons dare not attack the "Buddha Enemies" for fear of accidentally injuring Hasegawa.
clang!
After fending off another slash from the "Buddha Enemy", Hasegawa glanced at the blade in his hand.
The originally intact sword in Hasegawa's hand now had several gaps on the blade.
Looking at these gaps, Hasegawa couldn't help but feel his heart sinking.
As the commander of the Fire Thief Kai, the sword used by Hasegawa is naturally no ordinary sword.
Although it is not a great sword, it is still a good sword made by a good craftsman.
But this good sword of mine is now full of gaps.
And the black knife in the hand of the "Buddha Enemy" was intact.
The blade of this black knife is still as intact as new, as if it has never been used.
"...It is truly worthy of being called the Great Treasure Sword 'Enma'... The name of Honjoji Temple's treasure is truly worthy of its name..." Hasegawa muttered at a volume that only he could hear clearly.
"Hasegawa-sama!"
At this moment, Imai's voice sounded from behind Hasegawa.
"It's ready!"
Although Imai didn't say clearly that everything was ready, Hasegawa could tell what Imai meant as soon as he heard it - the iron gunners who had just broken into the arcade had all withdrawn from the arcade and lined up!
However - before Hasegawa had time to respond to Imai's shouting, he caught a glimpse of the "Buddha Enemy" in front of him suddenly turning around...
Then without any hesitation, he ran in a direction away from their thieves.
While running, "Buddha Enemy" put the tip of the black knife in his hand back to the sheath of the scabbard on his right waist, and then put the knife back into the sheath. While holding the knife on his waist, he was within sight of Hasegawa and others.
He quickly shrank his figure...
"Chase!" Hasegawa gritted his teeth, "Hurry up and chase!"
Having said that, Hasegawa took the lead in sheathing his sword, and then led his men to pursue the fleeing "Buddha Enemy".
"Buddha's enemies" have not always walked on the high road.
After Haseide led his men to pursue him, the "Buddha Enemy" turned to the right, made two "da-da" sounds, and jumped onto the roofs of neighboring houses, and then on the roofs of various houses.
Moving in progress.
Hasegawa and his subordinates are not as skilled as "Buddha Enemy", who can jump up to the roofs of private houses and move on top of them with such dexterity.
"Shoot!" Hasegawa ordered, "It doesn't matter if you hit the 'Buddha Enemy'! Knock him off the roof!"
With Hasegawa's order? His subordinates no longer have any worries.
The person holding the bow and arrow picked up the bow and arrow in his hand? The person holding the iron cannon picked up the iron cannon in his hand and shot at the "Buddha enemies" who were moving on the roofs of various houses...
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"Ha ha ha ha……"
Mamiya and Ogata were galloping in a mountain near Matsucho, one behind the other.
"It should be enough to escape here..."
Glancing at Mamiya behind him and Ogata, he slowly slowed down his pace while saying this.
Ogata glanced behind him.
"Who were those guys wearing black uniforms? holding bows and arrows? and holding iron cannons..." Ogata asked Mamiya while wiping the sweat from his face.
"Fire for thieves," Mamiya replied, "a yamen specifically responsible for catching vicious thieves and arsonists."
"Their current leader is Hasegawa Heizo. He is a very troublesome guy."
"These guys not only have the privilege of drawing swords, but they can also use bows, arrows, iron cannons and other weapons."
"So they are a special army, right? A special army whose mission is to catch vicious thieves and arsonists."
"Although their main duty is to catch vicious thieves and arsonists, because of their high abilities, they are occasionally sent by the shogunate to catch vicious murderers."
"So -" Ogata grinned, "Are these officials here to arrest me?"
"It's very possible." Mamiya cast a meaningful look at Ogata? "But it's also possible that they are not here to catch you, but to catch the vicious criminals who are also in that Yukaku? It's just that you happen to be here.
Just being there.”
"I don't care who those guys want to arrest." Ogata waved his hand. "Anyway, no matter who they want to arrest, it won't affect what I want to do next."
"What I have to do next remains the same - get my money back quickly and leave here quickly. Mamiya, have you successfully found the Negishi family's headquarters?"
"Of course." Mamiya shrugged, "Our luck is quite good - after you entered the arcade just now, a dwarf ran back to the base camp of their Negishi family to report the news."
"And I successfully followed that dwarf and found their base camp."
"Let's go, Ogata-kun. Their base camp is deep in this mountain."
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"Did you find it?"
"No, not found..."
"What about over there?"
"No..."
"Damn...where is that guy going?"
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Interactions and scoldings similar to this were heard constantly throughout Matsucho.
The "Buddha Enemies" that can move on the roof have much more diverse routes than Hasegawa and the others.
Although the officers kept tilting arrows and projectiles at the "Buddha Enemy", because the "Buddha Enemy" was too fast and the "Buddha Enemy" seemed to have experience in avoiding these long-range weapons, these arrows and projectiles were tilted towards him.
When I got arrows, none of the projectiles successfully hit the "Buddha enemy".
The "Buddha Enemy" spun, turned, and jumped on the roof.
In an instant, they disappeared from the sight of Hasegawa and the others, who could only run lazily on the ground...