Chapter 414 This is the Ogata-style! (draws the gun) [Blast Update 1W8]
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Although he only exchanged one move with this "double-sworded man in black", through this move alone, Oufen could tell that this "double-sworded man in black" was no ordinary person.
——No time to waste here...
Ogata is now rushing to Yoshiwara.
So he let go of the handle of Da Shi Tian's sword with his left hand, touched his left waist, and pulled out Da Zi Zi.
Looking at Ogata who had changed his swords, the "man in black with two swords" raised his eyebrows in surprise.
After switching to the double sword, Ogata didn't hesitate at all, took Da Shitian and Da Zizai, and took the initiative to kill the "double sword man in black".
Da Shi Tian and Da Zi Zai turned into two rays of silver light and enveloped the "man in black with two swords".
Ogata swung his two swords and slashed at the "man in black with two swords" everywhere.
However - no matter how Ogata swings his sword, the "Man in Black with Two Swords" can always accurately block or avoid every move he makes.
While taking every move from Ogata, the "Double Sword Man in Black" can also launch fierce counterattacks against Ogata from time to time.
Although his fierce counterattack was ineffective.
Just like every attack from Ogata was received, every attack from the "Double Sword Man in Black" was also received by Ogata.
The more Ogata fought, the more surprised he became.
He didn't hold anything back.
He showed his true ability in every move.
But no matter how he attacks, this "double-sword man in black" can accurately defuse it and then counterattack.
The powerful strength of the "double-sword man in black" surprised Ogata.
Ogata couldn't help but recall the reminder that his uncle had just given him - Shuntaro, the leader of the "Four Heavenly Kings", was nearby!
--This guy……
Ogata's face darkened.
——Is it Shutaro...
Of course - the reason why Ogata is surprised now is not only because the "double-sword man in black" in front of him is powerful, but there is actually another reason.
That is: he always feels that this "double-sword man in black" has an indescribable and unknown feeling of familiarity...
Ogata didn't know that the "man in black with two swords" who was fighting with him had the same idea as him.
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——This guy... is so strong!
Shuntaro could not suppress the shock in his heart.
Although Shuntaro knew that this "white fox" was a difficult character to deal with after fighting against him, he didn't expect it to be so difficult to deal with.
The two sides have exchanged offense and defense for more than ten rounds, but the fight is still inextricable and there is no clear winner.
——Who is this guy... Why... I always feel like he is familiar...
After seeing this "white fox" for the first time, Shuntaro felt a sense of familiarity.
I always feel like I have seen this person somewhere...
clang!
The two swords of "White Fox" and Shuntaro's two swords were in an "X" shape, colliding heavily and exerting force on each other.
Because the two swords were held against each other, Shuntaro could clearly see what the "White Fox"'s sword looked like.
He had been focusing on the duel with the "White Fox" just now, so Shuntaro never had time to pay attention to the "White Fox"'s sword.
Until now - the two swords were held together, and the "White Fox"'s sword was only a short distance away from him. Shuntaro finally noticed the "White Fox"'s sword.
The two knives of "White Fox", whether the handle or the tandem, are all beautiful blue and gold in color - very familiar.
Looking at these two familiar swords, memories emerged from Shuntaro's mind like a rising tide.
As the memory emerged, Shuntaro's eyes widened in surprise.
He finally understood why the "white fox" felt familiar.
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Ogata Moto and the "Man in Black with Two Swords" held up their swords and used their horns to fight.
But for some reason, the "man in black with two swords" suddenly widened his eyes.
He looked like he had seen something surprising.
Although I don't know what happened to the "Man in Black with Two Swords", his sudden mood swings were tantamount to exposing his own flaws and giving Ogata a chance.
Ogata quickly took a step back, quit the struggle with the "double-sword man in black", and then swung his sword horizontally at the "double-sword man in black" face.
Due to the violent fluctuations in emotions, Shuntaro's reaction was slower.
Even though he retreated and avoided Ogata's sword, Daeshukten's blade still cut through the cloth wrapped under the eyes of the "man in black with two swords".
Half of the face of "The Man in Black with Two Swords" was revealed.
Although the cloth on his face was cut open, the "man in black with two swords" immediately picked up the cut cloth again and tied it on his face.
But Ogata still saw half of the face of the "man in black with two swords" in this short period of time.
Just like the "man in black with two swords" just now, Ogata's eyes are now wide open.
"Hey! What are you doing?!"
"Hurry up! Here! It seems there are samurai fighting!"
"Everyone, stop it! Just surrender and capture him!"
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At this moment, noisy noises and footsteps suddenly sounded outside the alley.
Ogata and the "Man in Black with Two Swords" both looked towards the entrance of the alley.
They saw officials carrying various types of fishing gear running towards them quickly.
Ogata thought to himself:
——Have the officials arrived...
There was such a big commotion here. It would not attract official officials, but it would be quite strange.
Looking at the official officer running towards this side quickly, the "man in black with double swords" took the lead in putting the two swords in his hands back on his back, and then with two steps, he jumped onto the roof next to him, and then quickly disappeared.
Seeing the "man in black with two swords" take the initiative to put away his sword and escape from the battle, Ogata also put away his two sabers.
Ogata did not chase the "man in black with two swords".
Compared with chasing the "double sword man in black", there is an obviously more urgent thing waiting for Ogata to do.
"I feel like there are more and more problems..."
After sighing softly like this, Ogata held on to the saber at his waist and ran towards another alley...
He ignored the shouts of the officials behind him.
Increased his speed to the top speed.
While getting rid of the officer's pursuit, he rushed towards Yoshiwara.
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Shuntaro didn't want to have contact with official officials.
If you attack the officials of the shogunate, you will cause a lot of trouble.
So after seeing the official officer appear, Shuntaro took the initiative to put away his knife and fled the alley.
After escaping until the official figure was no longer visible, Shuntaro turned back and looked in the direction of the alley where he had just fought the "White Fox".
His eyes were filled with complex colors.
"Shuntaro-sama!"
A series of noisy footsteps appeared from beside Shuntaro.
Shuntaro followed the sound and saw that it was Shutaro and the others.
"Shuntaro-sama! I finally found you! How's it going? Did you find the traitorous ninja?" Shutaro asked.
"We have found him," Shuntaro said softly, "but the traitorous ninja had other accomplices, so I let him escape. Although I asked the rest of my subordinates to chase him, I don't know if I can catch him.
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"And there are accomplices?!" Zhou Taro gritted his teeth, "What a difficult guy...!"
"Anyway -" Shuntaro said calmly, "Let's be prepared for the possibility that tonight's mission may fail..."
"Shuntaro-sama! Shuntaro-sama!"
Before Shuntaro could finish speaking, a sharp shout suddenly sounded from behind Shutaro, interrupting Shutaro's words.
Shuntaro turned his head and saw a panting and sweating ninja running towards him.
Shuntaro frowned - in his impression, there was no such person among his subordinates tonight.
"Shuntaro-sama! Ha...ha...I finally found you!"
"Who are you? I don't remember you among my subordinates tonight."
"Lord Shuntaro! I just came out of the village! I'm here to report to you!"
The ninja's face was full of panic.
"Shuntaro-sama! Please go back to the village now!"
"Go back to the village now? What happened?" Master Shuntaro's frown deepened.
"Yan, Lord Yanma is dead!"
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Edo, Yoshiwara——
"Ha..." Qingemon yawned loudly.
A young official walking behind Keemon smiled and said: "Sir Keemon, you look very sleepy. You haven't had any rest, okay?"
"Yes, we caught a thief this morning. After interrogating him for several hours from day to night, the guy finally admitted that he was also responsible for the previous thefts. He was exhausted..."
After saying that, Keiemon yawned loudly again.
Tonight, Keiemon is on the night shift.
It is already early in the morning, and the gate of Yoshiwara has long been closed, leaving only the small sleeve gate next to the gate for people to enter and exit.
At this time, not many people come in or out of the sleeve gate anymore.
All tourist houses are closed.
There are no tourists on the street anymore.
Tourists who choose to stay overnight in Yoshiwara begin to immerse themselves in the gentle countryside.
The only people who would be walking around the streets of Yoshiwara at this time were the official servants of the Shirobei Club.
The Shirobei Club, which shoulders the important responsibility of governing and protecting Yoshiwara, will never close its doors no matter what time it is.
Tonight, the officers on the night shift, carrying lanterns with the word "club" printed on them, patrolled the streets of Yoshiwara and stood sentry at various posts.
Keemon, who happened to be on the night shift tonight, led four of his subordinates on a night patrol on a street on the east side of Yoshiwara.
In this boring and boring patrol mission, the most suitable activity to pass the time is nothing more than small talk.
"Hey, have you heard? The shogunate seems to have sent more troops to Ezo again." An official said casually.
"More troops?" Keiemon asked, "How many more troops?"
"It seems that 500 troops from the Aizu Domain have been added. There should be 5,000 troops gathered in Ezodina now."
"The strength of 5,000 troops... tsk tsk tsk, it's a veritable army... How many years has it been since the shogunate assembled such a large force?"
"Ha." A certain official sneered, "I heard from a samurai friend of mine that the shogunate's finances are quite tight now because of the large number of troops assembled in Ezo."
"The shogunate has also declined now..." the official continued, "200 years ago, during the decisive battle with the Toyotomi family, the shogunate could mobilize nearly 200,000 troops, but now it only mobilizes 5,000 troops in Ezo.
The situation has put a financial strain on the economy."
"I've been hearing news about Ezo Land lately. I heard that Lucia has frequently sent expedition teams to Ezo Land during this period."
"Yes, the shogunate gathered heavy troops in Ezochi just to guard against the Lucia Kingdom."
"Speaking of Lucia Country..." Keimon, who had been listening quietly just now, said with a faint look of memories on his face, "Have you ever heard of Lin Ziping?"
"Lin Ziping? Never heard of it."
"A samurai?"
"Lin Ziping...ah, I've heard of this name before, it's that 'strange man', right?"
"That's right." Qingweimen nodded, "It's that 'strange man' Lin Ziping."
"'Strange man'... Lord Keiemon, what's so 'strange' about this guy? Tell us about it."
Most people like to hear about strange people and strange things.
The few officials who didn't know why Lin Ziping was there all cast curious glances at Qingweimen.
"About the specific story of Lin Ziping... I don't know much about it. I just heard some stories about this man from a tourist who came to Yoshiwara before."
Keiemon cleared his throat and continued:
"I heard that Lin Ziping is a person who behaves very strangely."
"Instead of reading the good Four Books and Five Classics, read some messy books."
"It's just a matter of reading some random books. He is not an honest and settled person. He always writes to the shogunate and makes some weird suggestions."
"It's like opening up the sea ban."
"Reorganize the army."
"Ask the shogunate to develop the Ezo land."
"Use force to stop the Lucia Kingdom from invading the Ezo Territory."
"I understand and agree with the use of force to stop the Lucia Kingdom's invasion of Ezo Land." An official responded, "But what does it mean to open the maritime ban and develop Ezo Land? Are there any benefits to these two?
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"That's right. In the ice and snow of Ezo, there are not even a few pieces of arable land suitable for farming. What is there to develop?"
"That's why I say that Lin Ziping is a 'strange person'." Qingweimen said with a smile, "Because he always says some weird words and does some weird things, so he is called a 'strange person'... eh
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Before Keiemon could finish his words, he was cut off by the shock that welled up in his heart.
This involuntarily gave Keiemon a strong sense of shock that his body was falling, and even made Keiemon stop unconsciously.
Keiemon saw the light.
A red and orange light emerged from the distance.
And this beautiful light is getting brighter at a speed visible to the naked eye.
It was obviously a very beautiful color, but Keiemon only felt chills standing on end, a chill rising from the soles of his feet and spreading throughout his body.
Without any hesitation, Keiemon's body moved one step ahead of his brain.
He lifted up his hakama and ran towards the place where the light came out.
The four subordinates who were following Keemon had the same reaction as Keemon.
After seeing this ray of light, they were stunned at first. When they found Keimon lifting up his hakama and starting to run wildly, the four of them finally came to their senses and hurriedly followed him.
As he got closer to the light, Keiemon gradually heard screams and screams.
He has spent most of his life in Yoshihara, and Keemon has long known the layout of Yoshihara by heart.
After taking shortcuts one after another, Keiemon finally saw the true nature of this light.
Just as Keiemon guessed - it was flames.
Red and orange flames enveloped a dilapidated two-story low house.
The flames had already followed the timber and climbed to other surrounding houses at an extremely fast speed. The burning timber collapsed and fell.
The flames engulfed everything that could catch fire, spewing out a large number of sparks, and the scorching wind carried little sparks and blew them onto Keemon's face.
Sparks prick the skin, thick smoke irritates the eyes and nose, and just taking a breath will cause a burning pain in the throat.
Seeing the blazing flames in front of him, Keiemon's face instantly turned pale.
This is a residential area of Yoshiwara,
It's early morning now.
At this time, almost all residents in the residential area were still asleep, so many people did not realize that there was a fire.
Only a few people who lived close to the burning house were awakened by the thick smoke, and then screamed when they saw the flames.
Although Keiemon was also startled by the flames, fear and shock took over his body for a moment, and Keiemon immediately took back control of his body.
Keiemon turned around and quickly issued orders one after another to the four subordinates behind him.
"Everyone listen!"
"Go back to the Shirobei club and wake up Shirobei-sama!"
"Go outside Yoshiwara and call all the town fire fighters you can!"
"Go to all parts of Yoshiwara and call all my colleagues who are patrolling now to support me!"
"You will evacuate the nearby residents with me!"
Keemon issued orders one after another in an orderly manner.
After Keemon issued all the orders in an orderly manner, the four people responded in unison, and then began to do everything in accordance with the orders Keemon had just issued.
When Keiemon and his subordinates who he had just ordered to stay and help evacuate nearby residents split into two groups, they couldn't help but turn their heads and look at the flames that were spreading faster and faster.
--damn it!
Keiemon couldn't help but cursed in his heart.
It's October now, a time when the weather is dry.
In addition--recently, the night wind has been very strong every night.
Fire borrows the power of wind, and wind aids the power of fire.
With the help of the wind, the flames seemed to be showing off their power like crazy and invading...
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Guasheng doesn't have to work the night shift tonight.
So she went to bed early.
When he was sleeping soundly, a series of noisy sounds suddenly woke Guasheng up.
He opened his eyes, lifted the quilt covering his body, sat up, and listened carefully.
The sounds of chaotic footsteps and noisy screams poured into Gua Sheng's ears one by one.
"What's going on...?!" Gua Sheng frowned and muttered in a low voice.
He quickly sat up and ran to the window next to him. After opening the window, Guasheng saw that it was already a mess outside.
The home Guasheng lives in has only one floor, and he can see the outside scene just by opening the window.
Everyone was either empty-handed or carrying a bunch of things on their backs, running away in a panic - this was the scene that greeted Gua Sheng's eyes.
At this time, an old woman who was familiar with Gua Sheng happened to pass by Gua Sheng's window, so Gua Sheng quickly called out to the old woman.
"Mother-in-law! What happened?"
"Oh! Xiaoxiu, I just wanted to find you!" The old woman rushed to Guasheng's window holding a big cloth bag.
"There's a fire in Yangwu Town! The fire is so big! Everyone is running for their lives! Xiaoxiu, you should run away too!"
"There's a fire?!" Guasheng's face changed and his pupils shrank slightly.
Yoya Town is located to the west of Yoshiwara.
The place where Gua Sheng lives is located to the east of Yoshihara.
Although the fire was not located nearby, the surrounding residents still changed their minds when they heard the fire. They dragged their families and all their valuable luggage and fled toward Yoshiwara.
Japan has always been a narrow and densely populated country due to its numerous mountainous areas.
In order to accommodate as many people as possible, the houses are usually placed next to each other.
Or simply a row of houses directly connected into one, your east wall is my west wall. Such houses are called "longhouses". In order to meet the living needs of such a large population, longhouses are a very common type of house.
The houses are close together, and each house is made of wood and paper, so once a fire breaks out, it will basically burn a large area.
The fear of fire is engraved in the bones of everyone in this era.
The wandering girls and common people living in Yoshiwara are even more afraid of fire.
The "Furisode Fire" that burned two-thirds of Edo to the ground more than a hundred years ago and killed 100,000 people completely destroyed Yoshiwara.
In that "Furisode Fire Incident", many poor wandering girls died because they were hindered by their gorgeous clothes and could not run flexibly.
The current Yoshiwara is the "New Yoshiwara" built on the Nippon Embankment after the "Old Yoshiwara" was destroyed by the "Furisode Fire".
Because Yoshihara had already been destroyed by fire once in the not-too-distant past, the people of Yoshihara were extremely afraid of fire.
Even without being told by others, Gua Sheng could guess that Yoshihara must be in chaos now, and people from all over the place were rushing out of Yoshihara at this time.
"Mother-in-law, thank you for informing me. You should run away quickly."
With a serious look on his face, Gua Sheng warned the old lady and closed the window.
Gua Sheng did not pack her belongings and valuables as a gift.
Instead, he picked up the wooden knife placed next to the quilt and rushed out of the room.
The reason why he only took the wooden knife and nothing else was obvious - Gua Sheng did not intend to escape like the others.
She is an official of the Shirobei Guards Station. The sense of justice and responsibility that has always existed in Gua Sheng's heart makes her have only one thought: hurry up and support the people who must be evacuating Yoshiwara or putting out the fire.
colleagues.
Because he was in a hurry to get to the fire site, Guasheng was not going to waste precious time changing clothes and putting on socks.
Gua Sheng is only wearing a white yukata. Apart from this white yukata, there is no other cloth on her body.
Although as a girl, it seemed a little unruly to go out wearing only a white yukata, but Gua Sheng didn't care about that much now.
Carrying the wooden knife, he quickly rushed out of the room and headed straight for the door of the house along the corridor.
When he was only about 7 steps away from the door of the house, Guasheng's pupils suddenly shrank.
The next moment, Gua Sheng stamped his feet and then jumped back.
As soon as Gua Sheng jumped away, a short gun penetrated from top to bottom through the ceiling above where she was just standing, and pierced the place where Gua Sheng was just standing.
If it weren't for Guasheng's quick reaction just now, Guasheng would have been pierced by this ninja sword.
Gua Sheng jumped back, and as soon as his feet touched the ground, he heard a frivolous voice from the ceiling:
"Oh? You were able to dodge it, Eitaro. It seems that your skills still need to be improved. You actually made a woman dodge your thrust."
"I'm sorry, I will exercise more in the future,"
As the voice fell, the short gun was withdrawn.
After the short gun was retracted above the ceiling, the ceiling pierced by the short gun was moved away.
Then four people jumped down from the ceiling.
The leader had a frivolous smile on his face.
Looking at this young man with a frivolous smile, Guasheng's expression suddenly changed.
"Hey~~" The "frivolous man" looked Gua Sheng up and down several times before showing a sly smile, "Although I often come to Yoshiwara and often hear your name, this is the first time I've taken a serious look at you.
Where is the face."
"Look carefully, you look very good-looking. Your feet are also small and very cute."
"Your face is enough for you to be the number one tourist girl."
Gua Sheng ignored the compliments the "frivolous man" had just given her.
He just silently raised the wooden knife in his hand and held it tightly with both hands.
"You are finally here..."
"I didn't expect that the person who came was actually you Ji Tairou..."
"Huh?" "The frivolous man" - Ji Tairou raised his eyebrows, "'Finally'? Why did your words just now sound like you knew we would come to your door?"
"And—you actually know me?"
Guasheng's eye sockets were slightly red at this time.
"Do you still remember the Guasheng Dojo that you massacred four years ago?"
"Is it a dojo?" Ji Tairou chewed the word in his mouth for a while, and then said with a look of realization on his face, "Oh! I remembered it."
"Four years ago, I did take over this task."
"I still remember this mission very clearly."
"The mission I received at that time was to rush to a sword hall called the Guasho Dojo in the Kamakura area and kill all its owners and their families."
"The reason why I remember this mission very clearly is because I was not completely successful in that mission."
"When we counted the bodies afterwards, we found that the 12-year-old daughter of the museum owner was missing."
"Because I couldn't find her no matter how hard I searched, the mission was not successfully completed and I was scolded by Lord Enma."
Having said this, Ji Taro once again turned his attention to Gua Sheng and looked at Gua Sheng up and down.
"Gua Sheng Dojo... Gua Sheng Xiu... Are you a survivor of that night four years ago?"
Gua Sheng did not respond to Ji Tailang's words.
It's just that his eyes became redder.
He held the wooden knife tighter.
"...It seems that it is indeed the case."
"I remember that the restaurant owner's daughter should be named 'Gua Shenghui'."
"Did you change your name?"
"Forget it, such a trivial matter doesn't matter."
Kitaro smiled happily.
"I never thought there would be such a coincidence in this world."
"I was able to meet the person I missed killing four years ago."
"This trip is really the right one..."
Before Ji Tairou finished speaking, he saw a white shadow flash in front of him.
After the melon was born, it kicked off and rushed towards Gokutaro.
After Jitaro entered his attack range, he thrust his sword forward and stabbed him.
Gua Sheng's sudden attack forced Ji Tairou to take the initiative to cut off the conversation.
If it were any other person with ordinary skills, he might not even be able to react and be defeated by Gua Sheng.
What a pity - Gua Sheng's opponent is Gokutaro.
Ji Tairou's expression didn't change, he just took a quick step to his side.
It's like measuring it in advance with a ruler.
Ji Tairou's dodge distance was just enough to dodge Gua Sheng's stab.
After dodging Gua Sheng's stabbing blow, Ji Tairou knelt down and kicked Gua Sheng's calf at a speed that was blinding.
"Well……!"
Guasheng let out a low cry of pain, quickly took a few steps back, and distanced himself from Ji Tairou.
While staring at Kitaro, he used the corner of his eyes to look at the place where Kitaro kicked him just now.
"Don't worry!" Ji Tairou shrugged, "I just stopped exerting my strength, your legs are fine."
"Are you kidding me?!" Gua Sheng roared at Ji Taro.
Ji Tairou had every chance to inflict heavy damage on Gua Sheng just now.
But he didn't do that.
Not only did he attack the calf, which was not a vital part, but he also withdrew his strength, only causing Gua Sheng pain and not breaking Gua Sheng's leg.
"I just don't want to kill you so quickly." Ji Tairou showed a smile without any warmth, "I ran into the person I missed killing four years ago - it's rare to encounter such an interesting thing, I don't want to kill you so quickly
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Listening to Ji Tairou's almost humiliating speech, Gua Sheng gritted his teeth as hard as if he wanted to crush his own teeth.
Then he raised his sword and struck at Gokutaro again.
Gua Sheng used all the sword skills she knew one by one.
The swordsmanship she used was a set of swordsmanship she created that was suitable for women.
It is mainly a powerful stabbing technique that can use all the strength of the body. It can well make up for the weakness of women who are not as strong as men.
But it's just making up for it.
When facing a powerful man, this difference in strength is not so easy to make up for.
No matter how Gua Sheng attacks, Ji Taro can easily dodge Gua Sheng's attacks.
Kitaro did not draw his weapon.
He didn't even assume a fighting stance, hanging his hands naturally. He just kept dodging Gua Sheng's attacks.
He would raise his legs from time to time, and attack those parts of Guasheng's body that would not be fatal even if they were injured, with a force that would not seriously injure Guasheng.
Gua Sheng knew that Ji Tailang was fighting her with a "playing" attitude.
But she could do nothing but feel sad and angry.
The "battlefield" was switched from the corridor to the living room.
After this one-sided battle continued for a while, Ji Tairou yawned.
Then he raised his leg much faster than every previous attack and kicked Guasheng's soft stomach hard.
Gua Sheng, whose facial features were twisted together in pain, flew backwards for a few steps and hit the wall behind him heavily.
This wall happens to be the wall with Ogata's portrait on it.
This wall happened to be replaced with a new portrait of Ogata.
Because this picture was newly posted not long ago, the glue is not strong enough.
After Gua Sheng hit the wall, the portrait was shaken off the wall due to the strong impact and fell lightly to the ground.
After falling to the ground, Guasheng covered his stomach with one hand and supported the ground with the other hand to prop up his upper body.
The taste of "iron" comes from my mouth.
Ogata's portrait fell from the wall and happened to fall beside Gua Sheng.
Gua Sheng turned his head and looked at Ogata's portrait.
Looking at Ogata's portrait, complex emotions appeared on Gua Sheng's face.
Among these complex emotions, determination dominates.
Gua Sheng stretched out his left hand, grabbed the portrait of Ogata, and held it against his chest as if he were protecting some fragile treasure.
"Fighting with women is really no fun." Ji Tairou curled his lips, "No matter how far you practice, you can't make up for the innate physical gap."
"Tired of playing."
"If you were the daughter of the museum owner who escaped four years ago, you would only be 16 years old this year."
"Although you are considered an adult, you still look like a child."
"I don't want to kill children or people who look like children unless I have to. Killing them doesn't give me any sense of accomplishment."
"Hey, you two."
Ji Tairou turned to look at the two subordinates behind him.
"I'll leave this girl to you two to deal with."
"After killing her, chop off her head."
"Eitaro, let's go. The smell of burning flames has already spread...it's a bit unpleasant. I don't want to stay here anymore. Let's go outside and get some fresh air."
"Yes!" The young man who had been waiting quietly beside him, holding a short gun, responded respectfully.
"Hey! Wait!" Gua Sheng stood up again and roared at Ji Taro, "Don't leave!"
"Don't leave?" Ji Tairou showed a sarcastic smile, "You can't even stop me, how can you have the confidence to tell me to 'don't leave'?"
After that, Ji Taro ignored Guasheng and led Eitaro out of the room.
Guasheng wanted to chase after him.
But the two ninjas who had just been ordered by Gitarou to stay and deal with the melons gathered around...
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Gokutaro and Eitaro left Guao's house one after the other.
In order to avoid smelling the unpleasant burnt smell, Gokutaro and Eitaro walked all the way to a place far away from Guasheng's home, and then stood on the roof of a house.
After taking a deep breath of fresh air, Jitaro looked at the fire in the distance that had spread badly, and smiled at Eitaro beside him:
"Eitaro, I haven't done such an interesting mission in a long time. I can't get enough of the scene of the flames burning everything."
"Well, yes." Eitaro smiled.
"Huh? Eitaro, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so depressed?"
Eitaro is Gokutaro's old partner.
Almost five years ago, Gokutaro and Eitaro successfully completed a mission that was so dangerous that it almost cost them both their lives.
The two met on this mission five years ago.
Because their personalities are so compatible and they have experienced life and death together, they have always been inseparable.
Gokutaro has always regarded Eitaro as his best partner and friend.
Gokutaro even went to Yoshiwara to have fun, and he always took Eitaro with him.
Whenever he encounters any mission, Gokutaro will try his best to take Eitaro with him.
Because they have a close friendship and usually stay together, Gokutaro felt that Eitaro seemed to be in a bad mood tonight.
"Master Jitaro, don't pay attention to me." Eitaro shook his head gently, "I just feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach. Maybe I ate something wrong today."
"Oh? Then do you want to take a poop?"
"No need. It's not the kind of stomach pain that makes you want to poop, it's just that you just feel a little uncomfortable in your stomach."
"That's it..." Gokutaro patted Eitaro's shoulder hard, "Then after we return to Shiranui, you can drink some medicine."
After saying that, Gokutaro once again turned his attention to the fire in the distance.
After looking at the fire raging in the distance for a while, Kitaro turned his gaze and looked at the full moon above his head.
Is it a sunny day tonight or a full moon night?
Looking at the full moon above his head, Ji Taro raised his right hand.
Aim your right palm towards the full moon, and then slowly close your palm.
This look is like trying to hold the moon in your hands.
"After tonight, my achievements will be even more dazzling..."
In an almost emotional tone, Gokutaro continued to whisper to Eitaro beside him.
"If this continues, it won't be impossible to replace Shuntaro and become the most promising person to take over as the next Enma."
If we say who is the most promising person to become the next Enma now, it is undoubtedly Shuntaro.
Shuntaro is undoubtedly the strongest. Although he always carries out every task with a careless attitude, no matter what the task is, Shuntaro can always complete it successfully.
With his strong strength and excellent talents, the call for "Shuntaro to be the next Enma" is the highest.
Ji Tailang has always been dissatisfied with this.
Kitaro is not a person without ideals.
His ideal is to become the next Enma and the next most powerful person in Shiranui.
He knew that he could spend his whole life and still not be able to surpass Shuntaro in terms of personal strength.
In order to make up for this disadvantage of his own, Ji Tairou faced every task with all his heart.
Showing a much stronger talent than Shutaro - this is the only place where Jitaro has a chance to defeat Shutaro.
And these efforts of Ji Tailang have finally paid off in recent years.
The calls for "Gokutaro to take over the position of Enma" are getting louder and louder.
The power of "Gokutaro supporters" is almost rivaling that of "Shuntaro supporters".
Bang bang bang...
At this moment, a series of footsteps sounded around Jitaro.
Eight of their Shiranui genin quickly ran towards Gokutaro.
Arriving in front of Gokutaro, the eight genin knelt down on one knee, and the leader loudly reported to Gokutaro:
"Lord Jitarō, we finally found you. We have completed the task of setting the fire!"
"Yeah." Ji Tailang nodded, "Thank you for your hard work."
Tonight, in addition to Eitaro, Enma also sent 2 chunin and 10 genin to Kitaro.
Ji Tairou divided his men into two groups.
One group was composed of the eight genin, responsible for setting fires and causing chaos.
The other group was led by Gokutaro himself, and he led Eitaro and the two chunin to take advantage of the chaos and go straight to Gua Sao's house to kill Gua Sao.
"Now just wait for those two people to lift Guasheng's head." Ji Tailang said softly.
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Gua Sheng could see that the two people in front of him were far different from Ji Tailang in terms of strength.
If it was at its peak and it was one-on-one, Guasheng should be able to win.
But now it was one versus two, and Gua Sheng had already been injured by Ji Taro just now, so even though he kept fighting hard, he still gradually fell into a disadvantage.
Under the combined attack of the two men, Gua Sheng was kicked to the ground again.
He used his wooden knife to support the ground, trying to stand up again - but Guasheng found that he no longer had the strength to stand up.
——Is this... the end...
A hint of despair and unwillingness appeared on Guasheng's face.
Looking at Gua Sheng, who already looked desperate, the two chuunin began to whisper.
"Hey, this girl looks very cute. It feels a pity to kill her like this. Why not..."
"There is no 'why', kill her quickly so that we can return to life with Lord Gokutaro as soon as possible."
"All right……"
The persuaded chuunin, and the chuunin who had insisted on killing Gua Sheng quickly from the beginning, walked quickly towards Gua Sheng with their own ninja swords in hand...
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Bang!
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Gua Sheng had already closed her eyes, preparing to face the ninja sword that was about to chop off her head.
But when they were all ready, they suddenly heard a muffled sound coming from beside them.
Whether it was melons or the two chuunin, they were all attracted by this strange sound.
Guasheng opened his eyes and looked around.
I only saw a familiar figure, and at the feet of this figure there were fragments of paper windows on the ground.
"Mashima-kun?!"
Looking at this figure, a surprised cry emerged from Guasheng's throat.
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After being able to get out of the fight with that guy due to the sudden intervention of the official, Ogata rushed towards Yoshiwara at a speed that could be called "running wildly".
As he approached the Nippon Embankment, Oubon saw the flames rising into the sky from Yoshiwara.
The fire that broke out in Yoshihara just at this moment filled Ogata's heart with an ominous premonition.
This made Ogata deeply realize that someone might really want to harm Gua Sheng.
After approaching Yoshiwara's gate, Oban saw a dense flow of people escaping out of Yoshiwara along the Yoshiwara gate and Sodemon.
The dense flow of people blocked the gate of Yoshihara.
There is no way to enter Yoshiwara through normal means.
So Ogata could only find a deserted place, and then use the stealth technique of Shiranui-ryu to climb over the tall wooden wall surrounding Yoshiwara.
Ogata has never been more grateful than he is now that he has upgraded the Shiranui-ryu stealth technique to the "intermediate level".
If it were an "elementary" stealth technique, there would be no way to climb over such a tall city wall.
Ogata visited Gua Sheng's home once, and he remembered where Gua Sheng's home was.
Because he has worked in Yoshihara for a period of time, Ogata also knows what shortcuts can be taken.
After turning into Yoshihara, Ogata took shortcuts and arrived at Gua Sheng's home.
The shortcut Ogata took led directly to the window of the living room of Guasheng's house.
Because he didn't want to waste time walking slowly through the main entrance, Ogata chose to directly break through the window made of paper and wood and rush directly into Guasheng's home.
As soon as he broke through the window and rushed into Gua Sheng's home, Oubang saw Gua Sheng kneeling on the ground with one knee, covered in bruises.
and two men in black standing in front of Gua Sheng.
Guasheng and the two men in black were located in the corridor connected to the living room, so Ogata could see Guasheng and others as soon as he broke through the window in the living room, which happened to be opposite to the corridor.
"Mashima-kun?!"
Looking at Ogata who suddenly appeared, Gua Sheng, who was shocked, couldn't help but shout out Ogata's pseudonym.
Ogata just wanted to say something to Gua Sheng.
The two men in black standing in front of Gua Sheng raised their knives and charged towards Ogata to kill him.
Although it was unclear who this person was and why he appeared here, in order to prevent any witnesses from appearing during the "Erasure of the Melon Show", the two chuunin came towards Ogata without any hesitation, intending to kill Ogata and silence him.
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Maybe there are other ninjas from Shiranui around. If we wait too long, other ninjas might come to reinforce us.
Ogata's trip was just to save Gua Sheng, not to have a head-on battle with the ninjas in Shiranui.
In order to take melons out of here as soon as possible, Ogata decided to use the fastest way to win when fighting against enemies in this era.
Bang!
Bang!
Ogata took out Kasumi Nagi from his arms and shot each of the two chunin in the chest.
The distance between these two ninjas and Ogata was just a stone's throw away.
At such a short distance, even someone like Ogata, who has never practiced marksmanship, can accurately hit the opponent's chest.
The projectile penetrated the chests of the two chunin.
The momentum of the two chunin's forward movement was momentarily halted.
While holding his chest, he slowly fell down with a face full of pain...
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Bang...
Bang...
The sound of two iron cannons firing reached Kitaro's ears.
"What happened?!"
Gokutaro, who was waiting for the two chuunin to lift Guasheng's head, opened his eyes wide and looked towards the place where the two iron cannons fired.
That's the direction of Gua Sheng's home.
Gokutaro, with an ominous premonition in his heart, led Eitaro and the eight genin who had returned to life and rushed towards Kuao's home.
As soon as he arrived at Guaou's house, Gokutaro saw the two chuunin who had fallen to the ground dead.
Both were shot in the chest.
The chest is one of the most vital parts of a person's body. Without armor, if you are hit by iron cannon projectiles at a very short distance, you will basically die.
Two of his subordinates were dead, and Gua Shengxiu was missing.
"Asshole...!"
Kitaro's face turned red with anger.
He could guess what happened by thinking with his buttocks.
Someone must have come to save that Guashengxiu.
In which direction they fled is completely unknown.
"...It's not over yet."
Kitaro didn't want tonight's mission to end in failure.
If tonight's mission fails, it will bring an ugly mark to Gokutaro's achievements.
It will have an extremely negative impact on his future competition for the position of Balrog.
So, the gloomy Ji Tairou took out a dark meatball from his arms...