Before reading this chapter, I recommend you to read Chapter 352 "The Strangeness of Source One" and Chapter 353 "Don't Be So Arrogant Within My Attack Range". I buried one in these two chapters until this chapter
It was just revealed, but it seems that no readers have noticed the foreshadowing about Mamiya before.
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Among all the people, only Amachi recognized what Shintaro looked like because he was the "original ninja" in Shiranui.
On the way to pursue Shintaro, A-Machi frequently climbed tall trees to look for Shintaro.
Although his close combat ability is mediocre, in addition to his good level of jujitsu, Atachi is average in the three arts of stealth, breath holding, and assassination. But he is also a kunoichi after all. Climbing a tree like this is not suitable for him.
It's nothing to her.
A large tree several meters high, Omachi can climb up as if flying.
Although this example may not sound very nice, Atachi's climbing speed is really like that of a monkey.
Since he has no idea of Shintaro's whereabouts, he can only rely on Amachi's eyes to track him.
Atachi's eyesight is very good. Even a bee hundreds of meters away can be clearly seen by Atachi. His dynamic vision is excellent. This is one of the reasons why Atachi's marksmanship is so good.
After climbing up a tall tree again, crouching on a thick trunk and quickly looking around, A-Machi finally saw the face he had been looking for.
"I saw Shintaro!"
As Machi jumped down from the tree, he said to Lin and others under the tree.
"Shintaro went in that direction!" Amachi pointed in a certain direction, "There are three people following him!"
"Your eyesight is really amazing..." After praising Atachi for helping him a lot, Lin waved her hand and motioned for the people around her to follow and pursue Shintaro.
Every time they walked a certain distance, Atachi would climb a nearby large tree or a higher house to confirm and correct their pursuit direction.
When A-Machi climbed up a tree again, she suddenly saw more than twenty black figures approaching them from the north at great speed.
Looking at these twenty or so black figures, A-Machi's pupils shrank slightly, and then he hurriedly shouted to Lin and others below:
"An enemy is approaching!"
As soon as A-Machi's warning sounded, more than twenty black figures jumped out from Lin and others' field of vision.
Looking at the more than twenty men in black who suddenly appeared, different people had different expressions.
Almost everyone, headed by Lin and Mamiya, had serious expressions on their faces, staring closely at the twenty or so men in black who suddenly appeared.
Only Yuan Yi showed strong surprise when he saw these twenty-odd men in black... no, to be precise, after seeing the black costumes on these twenty-odd men in black.
This group of men in black are all full of murderous intent, and you can tell at a glance that they are coming with bad intentions.
And in fact - it is indeed the case.
As soon as this group of men in black appeared, an old man in the leader waved his hand, and a kunai shot out from his palm and flew straight towards Yuan Yi.
Facing this shuriken that was so fast that only its afterimage could be seen, Genichi didn't even move his brows. He only turned his body slightly to one side to avoid the shuriken.
After the shuriken flew past him, Genichi murmured in a volume that only he could hear clearly:
"This method..."
Seeing that this group of men in black launched an attack on them, and after confirming that these men were enemies, Lin no longer hesitated and waved to the gunners behind her.
Although looking at the attire of these men in black, they did not seem to be ninjas from Shiranui, Lin had no interest in knowing the identities of these enemies.
Now she just wants to use the big cannon to blow away these people, and then continue to chase Shintaro.
However, as soon as Lin raised her hand, Yuan Yi shouted to Lin loudly:
"Xiao Lin, you take the rest of the people to chase that Shintaro."
"I'll stay and deal with these people."
As soon as Yuan Yi finished speaking, Lin cast a puzzled look at Yuan Yi.
"I have a deep grudge with this group of people." Yuan Yi said softly, "My grudge with them must be settled by myself. No one can interfere."
"Hey!" Yuan Yi shouted to the group of men in black, "I should be your target, right?"
The leader of the old man said solemnly:
"Our target is only Kinoshita Genichi. We don't care whether the others are dead or alive, where they are going or what they are going to do."
"...I understand." After looking at the serious-faced Genichi for a while, Lin nodded vigorously, "Let's go."
Lin led everyone around the group of men in black.
As expected, this group of men in black did not attack Lin, A-Machi and the others, and just let them leave.
After Lin and the others left, only Yuan Yi and the twenty-odd men in black were left standing facing each other.
"Are you from Iga?"
Yuan Yi's tone was full of affirmation, even though the sentence pattern he used was that of a question.
"I haven't seen this costume for a long time. I haven't seen it for 40 years..."
"The unique technique of throwing shurikens has also not been seen in 40 years."
Just after seeing the black costumes of these men in black, memories that had been sealed for a long time began to emerge in Yuan Yi's mind.
After seeing the way the old man threw shurikens just now, Genichi finally determined the identity of this group of people - the ninjas of Iga.
The old man who just threw the shuriken at Yuan was Hannosuke.
"Since you still remember our Iga costumes and shuriken throwing techniques..." Hannosuke said in a calm tone.
"Of course I remember it." Genichi smiled, "After all - the battle with you Iga no Sato 40 years ago was the first time I used the Mugo Two Sword Style to fight against someone."
"This is a very meaningful battle to me. It's hard not to remember it deeply for you ninjas in Iga."
"I never thought that I would be able to see this costume and Iga no Sato's ninjutsu again in my lifetime."
"...Genichi." The black shadow gradually increased on Hannosuke's face, "I have been waiting for a full 40 years, and finally I have the opportunity to take revenge on you."
"The revenge for the destruction of Iga no Sato... I will take it back from you now!"
Hannosuke slowly pulled out the ninja sword from his waist.
After Hannosuke drew his sword, the other subordinates behind him drew their own weapons.
The expression on his face did not show any change. Yuan Yi put his hands on the hilt of the Yangshen and Yanrong swords on his left waist.
Canglanglanglang...
As the blade was pulled out inch by inch, the sword light reflected by Yangshen and Yanrong under the sunlight gradually covered Yuan Yi's face.
"bring it on."
The left and right hands holding Yan Rong and Yang Shen naturally dropped down.
“I didn’t expect to… become Iga’s enemy again…!”
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Shintaro took three of his cronies to look for Etaro.
"Sir Shintaro!" One of the three cronies shouted at Shintaro, "Those people are still chasing us!"
Shintaro glanced behind him and frowned.
As early as just now, Shintaro noticed a group of people following them from a distance.
Shintaro originally wanted to ignore them and get rid of them directly.
But I didn't expect that these people were chasing me very closely, and they couldn't get rid of them even if they wanted to.
Shintaro is now a little worried that the group of people following him far behind may be the group of people with big guns...
If a bunch of "Ku" were following them, Shintaro wouldn't care.
But if the group of people with big guns are following them, it is a threat that cannot be ignored.
"Sir Shintaro." Another confidant asked, "What should we do? Should we continue to ignore them?"
"...Follow me." After being silent for a while, Shintaro ran towards a dojo not far away that was usually used to train newcomers.
While running towards the dojo, Shintaro took out a black pill from his arms.
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"They ran into that house!" Amachi, who had just located Shintaro and the others' positions once again, jumped down from the tree, "That house seems to be a dojo specially used for training ninjutsu."
"Dojo?" Lin frowned.
Because A-Machi was not familiar with the "Shin Shiranui" that moved its base to Edo, so A-Machi could only roughly infer that the house might be a dojo based on the size and shape of the house.
Lin asked the gunners to conduct a final inspection of the big tubes in their hands, and then, under the guidance of Atachi, they rushed straight towards the dojo.
When they first entered the dojo, the first impression they had on Lin was that it was quiet and they couldn't hear any sound - but this was normal, after all, no one would be training in this dojo at this time.
After opening the door of the dojo, the first thing that caught everyone's eyes was a corridor that was neither too long nor too short.
There are no doors or windows on both sides of the corridor, only a wooden sliding door at the end of the other side.
After quickly rushing to the sliding door and opening it, Lin and others saw a fairly spacious dojo.
The layout and appearance of this dojo is similar to that of an ordinary swordsmanship dojo, but there are many instruments placed around the venue that neither Lin nor Mamiya can name.
After entering the dojo, they saw three ninjas.
After Lin and others opened the wooden door and appeared, the three ninjas immediately raised their weapons and charged at Lin and others without any explanation.
After Amachi quickly glanced at the faces of these three people, he immediately said to Lin:
"None of them are Shintaro!"
After learning that none of these three people were Shintaro, Lin frowned slightly and waved her hand to the gunner behind her, signaling them not to open the door.
In fact, they don't have many shells left, so they must save as much as possible so that they can be used against Shintaro later.
"Kuro, follow me."
"yes!"
After putting the gunners on standby, Lin led Mamiya to kill the three ninjas.
Although it was 2 vs. 3, Lin and Mamiya were far stronger than these three people, so these three ninjas were quickly eliminated by Lin and Mamiya.
However - just when Lin and Mamiya had finished taking care of the three ninjas, a sudden change occurred.
Bang!
A sudden sound exploded.
A piece of ceiling on the upper side behind the gunners was suddenly kicked down.
Then a figure fell together with the kicked ceiling.
While this figure was falling, five smaller black shadows flew out from this figure.
These 5 little black shadows are 5 shurikens.
These five shurikens flew towards the large barrel carried by the five gunners.
Then he accurately shot the triggers of these five large barrels.
As soon as the figure landed on the ground, it immediately rushed towards Lin and the gunners.
Although this figure was moving very fast, and his movements created afterimages, Amachi, with his amazing eyesight, quickly recognized who this figure was.
"It's Shintaro!" Atachi reminded everyone around him loudly.
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Just now, Shintaro had been thinking about how to deal with these people who were chasing them.
If the group of people who had been following them were the ones using big guns, it would be very troublesome, so Shintaro decided to kill all the people who were following them.
Then he led his three cronies into the dojo.
These three cronies stayed in the dojo, while he lurked on the ceiling, responsible for sneak attacks on the people who were following them.
If the group of people following them had big guns, his three cronies would be responsible for the feint attack to attract the enemy's attention, while he would seize the opportunity to destroy the threatening big guns - this was Shintaro's plan.
These three of his cronies were all loyal to Toyotomi, like dead soldiers, so they knew that they who were responsible for the feint attack might die, but these three people still nodded and agreed to Shintaro's plan without hesitation.
Judging from the current situation, Shintaro's plan is very successful.
Because as soon as they entered the dojo, they saw three enemies rushing towards them, Lin and the others' attention was subconsciously drawn away.
Shintaro also appeared from the ceiling behind the gunners in time and began to destroy these large cannons.
Under normal circumstances, Shintaro would naturally not have the ability to throw 5 shurikens in such a short period of time and accurately hit a target as small as the trigger.
However - these are not "normal circumstances".
Shintaro had already taken "Yaksha Pill" before entering this dojo.
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Shintaro's goal was to destroy the large tube, so he did not kill the gunners.
Because it takes too much time to kill the gunner, it is faster to destroy the big barrel directly.
With the blessing of "Yaksha Realm", Shintaro's speed and accuracy of throwing shurikens also increased sharply.
In the short period of time after jumping from the ceiling to standing on the ground, he successfully threw 5 shurikens and destroyed 5 large barrels.
After landing, Shintaro rushed towards the remaining four large tubes.
Clang! Clang!
After rushing to the nearest gunners who were still carrying the intact barrels, Shintaro swung the knife in his hand twice and chopped off the trigger.
Then he threw another shuriken, breaking the trigger of a large barrel far away from him.
Just before Shintaro was about to kill the last intact big tube, Makimura and Asai finally reached him.
It wasn't until Shintaro broke all eight of their large tubes that Makimura and Asai finally stopped in front of Shintaro - it wasn't that they were slow to react.
But Shintaro's speed is too fast.
Shintaro did not fight with Makimura and Asai.
Instead, he once again showed his superb speed and directly bypassed Makimura and Asai.
Makimura and Asai, who couldn't stop Shintaro, were stunned.
It's just that - just as Shintaro bypassed Makimura and Asai, two more people stopped in front of him.
It was Rin and Mamiya who just ran to deal with the three ninjas responsible for the feint attack.
"Prepare for bombardment!" Lin slashed at Shintaro with her sword while shouting at the gunners who had the only intact barrels left.
When Lin slashed at Shintaro with her sword, Mamiya also launched an attack on Shintaro almost at the same time.
After hearing Lin's order, the two gunners holding the undamaged barrels immediately began loading.
clang!
clang!
Shintaro swung his sword twice and deflected the swords of Lin and Mamiya.
The huge force transmitted along the blade made both Lin and Mamiya have a look of shock on their faces.
Shintaro also took advantage of this opportunity and threw another shuriken.
This time, the shuriken shot did not damage the trigger of the barrel.
Instead, it flew straight into the muzzle of the big barrel.
Then there was a huge "clang" sound.
You don't need to think about it to know - this big tube must have been damaged by Shintaro.
Lin took a few steps back and looked at Shintaro now.
The veins exposed outside the clothes popped out, and the skin turned dark red. Vaguely, some thin gas similar to steam could be seen ejecting from the body - this is what Shintaro looked like at this time.
"Is this...the 'Yaksha Realm'...!" Lin gritted her teeth.
This is Lin... no, I should say - this is the first time everyone present has seen the "Yaksha Realm".
Before, they had only heard from Ogata and had never seen what the "Yaksha Realm" was like.
But now, they finally feel the power of "Yaksha Realm" for themselves.
Everyone present looked solemnly at Shintaro who had entered the "Yaksha Realm".
In less than 10 seconds, all their big tubes were damaged.
"...You all get out of here." After Lin pondered for a moment, she said in a deep voice to the gunners, "Quickly leave!"
Now that the big barrels have been destroyed, there is no point for these gunners to stay here anymore.
If they continued to stay here, they might be accidentally injured, so Lin asked them to leave quickly.
The gunners had already been stunned by Shintaro's amazing shuriken throwing technique.
After receiving Lin's order, they immediately left the dojo in a hurry.
Shintaro ignored these gunners and allowed them to leave.
Because he could tell at a glance - they were all a bunch of worthless bastards.
These people who came to stop him just now are the truly noteworthy masters.
"Although I don't know who you are, you are really amazing..." Shintaro said softly, "You actually used a big tube to destroy Shiranui, which has a history of more than 200 years."
Although Shintaro's words just now sounded like praise, his tone was full of resentment.
After witnessing these people destroying Shiranui, boundless resentment began to emerge in Shintaro's heart.
He lurked in Shiranui for 6 years, and finally managed to completely control Shiranui, but these people suddenly came out and destroyed Shiranui.
No words can describe Shintaro's current mood.
He decided to put aside the matter of escaping for now.
Let’s kill all these hateful people first!
Shintaro rushed towards Makimura who was closest to him.
Shintaro's speed was so fast that only afterimages were left behind, Makimura's pupils suddenly shrank in shock.
After Shintaro rushed into his sight, Makimura immediately subconsciously waved the Odachi sword in his hand and aimed at Shintaro with a powerful and heavy slash.
Makimura is not a "skill" swordsman, he has always been a "power" swordsman.
Relying on a strong body, a unique size advantage, and wielding an Odachi sword that is much longer than an ordinary sword to suppress the enemy - this is Makimura's swordsmanship style.
If he had not entered the "Yaksha Realm", Shintaro might be quite afraid of Makimura's slashing.
But now that he has entered the "Yaksha Realm", Shintaro is not afraid to take Makimura's sword.
But in order not to waste his energy, and in order not to damage his ninja sword, Shintaro did not choose to catch it forcefully. Instead, he turned his body to one side to avoid Makimura's slash, and then took advantage of the situation to get close to Makimura's body, clenching his left hand into a fist.
Blast towards Makimura's belly.
Makimura released his left hand holding the knife, put his left hand in front of Shintaro's fist, and blocked Shintaro's fist with his left forearm.
But after blocking Shintaro's fist, Makimura immediately felt a heartbreaking pain coming from his left arm.
The huge force coming from his left arm made Makimura take a few steps back.
After stabilizing his body, Makimura looked at his left arm - it had begun to become red and swollen, and it must have been fractured.
Just when Shintaro was about to chase Makimura and kill him in one breath, a sharp shout suddenly came from behind him:
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Shintaro knew it without even looking - he must be a gengen-ryu person.
After all, this Qi Hesheng sound is so recognizable.
Shintaro can't even take Makimura's sword, let alone the sword of a current user.
Without even looking behind him, Shintaro followed the sound and dodged Asai's knife.
Asai and Lin killed Shintaro from different directions at the same time.
Shintaro dodged Asai's sword, and happened to be in front of Lin.
Lin tightened her grip on the Yama in her left hand and was about to swing her sword at Shintaro when she saw a ray of light coming towards her - Shintaro, one step faster than him, aimed at Lin's neck and swung his sword.
knife.
Lin could only give up the attack, raised the two swords in her hands, placed them in an "X" shape, and used the blades of the Muga 2-sword style to block Shintaro's sword.
But when Shintaro's ninja sword collided with her Yama and Zhenkishin, the power transmitted from the blade to her arms far exceeded Rin's imagination.
Lin's eyes widened in shock. She kicked her feet firmly on the ground and transferred all her strength to her arms, but she still couldn't compete with Shintaro's strength.
At the moment when Lin was in trouble, Mamiya rushed to Shintaro's side.
Mamiya lowered his center of gravity, holding the sheath of the katana with his left hand, and holding the handle of the katana with his right hand. Maintaining the sword-drawing posture, he rushed to Shintaro's side and used the sword-drawing slash.
Shintaro was not going to stand there stupidly and endure Mamiya's sword slash. He pushed Lin away with both hands and quickly retreated, avoiding Mamiya's sword slash.
Seeing that the blow missed, Mamiya quickly put the sword back into its sheath, and at an astonishing speed, he once again took the stance of drawing the sword, preparing to use the second drawing technique on Shintaro who was still within his attack range.
However, before Mamiya could draw his sword again, he saw a cold light coming towards him quickly - it was Shintaro's blade.
Looking at the tip of the knife that was rapidly enlarging within his field of vision, Mamiya's pupils shrank suddenly.
Even though he turned his head away as fast as he could, the tip of Shintaro's knife still drew a bloody mark on Mamiya's left cheek.
Mamiya's eyes were full of surprise.
Because he saw clearly just now - he was clearly the first to take the stance of drawing the sword.
When he got into the stance of drawing the sword, Shintaro still didn't assume any stance, but Shintaro still quickly drew the sword one step faster than him.
At this time, Shimiya's eyes were full of surprise, but on the other hand, Shintaro's eyes were full of pride.
Stabbing - is Shintaro's best sword skill.
Through the sword-drawing technique that Mamiya used just now, Shintaro could see that Mamiya is an expert in drawing swords.
The characteristics of Ba Dao Shu are speed, accuracy, and killing with one blow.
So he just deliberately used his best thrust to deal with Mamiya, in order to tell Mamiya - look, my sword speed is far superior to your sword drawing skills.
But at this moment, out of the corner of his eye, Shintaro suddenly caught a glimpse of a girl squatting in a corner not far away.
The girl pointed at him with a short thing.
Shintaro still has some knowledge about firearms.
So he could tell at a glance - the thing the girl was holding was a short gun.
Shintaro's pupils shrank suddenly in shock.
Bang!
Atachi pulled the trigger, and the deafening sound of projectiles coming out of the chamber was heard.
Almost at the same moment when Atachi pulled the trigger, he quickly jumped to the side.
The scorching bullet flew against his right thigh.
After narrowly dodging Sou Sakura's bullets, Shintaro felt cold sweat begin to form on his forehead.
As for the person who shot Shintaro just now—that is, Atachi, she now looked shocked.
A-Machi knew clearly that with her close combat ability, going up to fight Shintaro would only be a hindrance, so since the battle started, she had been crouching not far away, preparing to use her best skills to provide support.
Just now, because Shintaro had been fighting with others, A-Machi could not find the best time to shoot.
Until just now, A-Machi finally found the long-awaited shooting opportunity, but it was a pity that Shintaro discovered A-Machi who was preparing to sneak attack him at the last moment.
He was secretly glad that he had discovered A-Machi just in time.
If he had taken one step at night just now, his body might have been shot through by the bullet.
The "Yaksha Realm" only greatly increases a person's physical strength.
But no matter how much it is increased, it is still a mortal body, and it is impossible to block firearms.
Armachi, holding a short blunderbuss, instantly became the most threatening person among all the people present in Shintaro's mind.
Shintaro had a sullen face and put his hand to his waist, preparing to take out his shuriken to kill Omachi.
But before his hands reached his waist, Makimura and Asai were killing him from different directions, leaving him no time to use the shuriken. He could only concentrate on dealing with Makimura and Asai who were coming towards him.
"Tsk..." Lin moved her fingers that were sore from receiving a slash from Shintaro just now, while staring at Shintaro who was fighting with Makimura and Asai, thinking about the strategy.
Although the five of them are currently fighting against Shintaro and one of them, and they have a numerical advantage, the series of battles with Shintaro just now showed a cruel fact - even if they have the numerical advantage, Shintaro still has the advantage.
Got the upper hand.
If they don't find a way, they might lose.
Just when Lin pursed her lips and thought about how to win...
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"...Lord, can you help me delay Shintaro's two sticks of incense?"
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Mamiya, who had been standing next to Lin expressionlessly since just now, looking at Shintaro not far away, who didn't know what he was thinking, suddenly said softly to Lin.
Lin first cast a surprised look at Mamiya.
Then I quickly understood what Mamiya just said.
"Kuro, do you want to use that? Aren't you still unable to guarantee that you can enter that state every time?"
As soon as Lin finished speaking, Mamiya took off the saber from his waist, then sat cross-legged on the ground, placed the saber on his leg, and said:
"Yes, I can't guarantee that I will be able to enter that state yet."
"But now I can only take a gamble."
"With the advantage of numbers, there should be no way to defeat Shintaro."
"So - try your luck."
After saying that, Mamiya closed his eyes.
The chest rises and falls with a special rhythm.
"...I understand." Lin nodded with a serious face, "We will help you delay the time."
After saying that, Lin clenched the two swords in her hands and killed Shintaro.
Atachi, who was crouching not far away, now looked confused.
She couldn't figure out what Mamiya was doing when he suddenly sat cross-legged and assumed a meditative posture.
But she didn't dare to ask Mamiya, because she instinctively felt that it was best not to disturb Mamiya now.
After looking at Mamiya carefully for a while, Atachi found that the rhythm of Mamiya's chest rising and falling was very familiar.
She had seen the same breathing rhythm in Ogata.
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After Lin joined the battle, the pressure on Makimura and Asai became much less.
Makimura's left arm was broken in the battle just now, but even with only one arm left, he still retains considerable combat power.
Although they are no match for Shintaro who has entered the "Yaksha Realm", Lin and others are all masters without exception.
Moreover, Lin and the others both belong to Calabash House and have lived under the same roof for a long time. They have developed a tacit understanding without even realizing it, and there is no situation where they would hinder each other when they cooperate against enemies.
Makimura relied on his advantage in attack distance to perform "long-range suppression" on Shintaro.
Asai, who practiced the fierce display style, faced Shintaro head-on.
Lin, on the other hand, took the initiative to take charge of the auxiliary attack, seizing the opportunity to launch an attack on Shintaro.
Being besieged by three masters who have a tacit understanding, even if they enter the "Yaksha Realm", it is difficult for Shintaro to immediately determine the winner in a short period of time.
Of course - for Shintaro, the biggest threat right now is naturally Atachi, who is holding Sosakura, looking for opportunities, and ready to sneak attack on him at any time.
To Shintaro, the Sozakura in A-Machi's hand was like a sword hanging over his head, and he didn't know when it would fall and pierce his head.
Shintaro thinks about getting rid of Amachi immediately all the time.
But because Rin and the others kept fighting with him, Shintaro not only had no chance to get close to Atachi, but also had no chance to use kunai to deal with Atachi.
The existence of A-Machi forced Shintaro to devote part of his mind to being wary of A-Machi.
Unable to concentrate all his attention on Lin, Makimura, and Asai, it was even more difficult for Shintaro to quickly determine the winner.
——What is that person doing?
Taking advantage of the air raid of the battle, Shintaro glanced at Mamiya sitting cross-legged on the ground not far away from the corner of his eye, and his heart was full of doubts.
He was experienced in many battles, and it was his first time to fight against an enemy who suddenly sat down on the spot.
Not only Shintaro was confused, Makimura and Asai were also very confused. They didn't know why Mamiya didn't come to help at such a critical moment, but sat down where he was.
They wanted to ask Lin, but the fight was in full swing and they had no time to talk, so the two of them could only suppress their doubts for the time being.
Because Shintaro and Lin were fighting together, it became increasingly difficult to find opportunities to hit Shintaro without accidentally injuring the three Lins.
Finally - at this moment, Atachi finally had the best shooting opportunity she had been waiting for.
Bang!
Don't hesitate to pull Suying's trigger.
Shintaro has always paid attention to Amachi.
So after seeing Atachi pull the trigger again, he immediately jumped to the side.
Although he had already dodged immediately, the hot projectile still rubbed against his left rib. Although it did not hit his body, it also took away some flesh.
The burning pain coming from his left rib made Shintaro's expression become particularly gloomy, a bit terrifyingly gloomy.
The bullet speed of Suying projectiles is too fast, far exceeding that of ordinary muskets. Even if it enters the "Yaksha Realm", there is no guarantee that it can be evaded 100%.
After experiencing Sosakura's power once again, the threat level in Shintaro's mind increased to another level.
——That woman is so annoying!
Shintaro said bitterly in his heart.
He has not forgotten that the executioner Ittosai is also in Shiranui now.
Although Shuntaro has been asked to hold off Ittosai, his opponent is the living legend after all, and Shintaro doesn't know if Shuntaro has the ability to hold off Ittosai.
If we continue like this, I'm sure Ittosai will come.
These people are already annoying enough, but if another Ittosai comes to help, Shintaro cannot imagine the consequences.
After all, the "Yaksha Realm" is not invincible. Even if it is besieged by so many masters, it will still be defeated.
And if he continued like this, he might be accidentally attacked and killed by Atachi at some point.
The first two times I was able to successfully dodge Sosakura's bullets were purely due to the help of "Yaksha Realm" and the timely observation of A-Machi preparing to shoot him.
If he had been distracted for a moment, the scorching bullet might have entered his body.
Shintaro made a mistake and dodged Makimura's Odachi again.
While dodging Makimura's knife, Shintaro dodged in front of Asai.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Asai slashed at Shintaro with the sword he had been holding high.
At the same moment that Asai let out a monkey cry unique to the genryu style and struck the sword in his hand towards Shintaro, Shintaro lifted the sword in his hand, pressed the handle of the sword against his left palm, and pointed the tip at Asai - this is what he is good at
Shintaro's special skill in stabbing skills: Toad Sword.
Kick the ground with both feet, transfer the force from the feet to the arms, and then thrust the sword out - because this method of exerting force by slamming the ground with both feet is a bit like squatting and jumping toad, so Shintaro used it
Named "Toad Sword".
When Asai waved the sword in his hand, Shintaro had not yet taken his stance.
But before Asai's sword could hit him, Shintaro quickly took the "Toad Sword" stance and launched an attack on Asai.
After Shintaro used the "Toad Sword", the ninja sword in his hand turned into a stream of light and discharged towards Asai at an extremely fast speed.
clang!
Asai's blade collided with Shintaro's tip.
Shintaro's thrust blocked Asai's slash.
The moment he blocked Asai's slash, his swords struck each other. Shintaro's ninja sword touched Asai's sword, and a series of sparks were fired out, stabbing Asai.
Shintaro's ninja sword penetrated Asai's body.
However, because Asai's sword and Shintaro's ninja sword collided in mid-air just now, the trajectory of Shintaro's stabbing was slightly deviated, so Shintaro's sword did not hit Asai's vital part.
Shintaro originally wanted to give Asai a stabbing blow, but Lin and Makimura on the side would not allow him to do so.
Lin and Makimura launched a flanking attack on Shintaro from two sides.
Shintaro withdrew his ninja sword from Asai, then quickly retreated, dodged the attacks of Lin and Makimura, and assumed the "Toad Sword" posture again.
This time, Shintaro's sword was aimed at Lin.
Just as Shintaro was about to thrust out his sword, another gunshot rang out.
Omachi took advantage of the gap where there was no one around Shintaro and fired a third time.
This time, Soyakura's projectile finally hit Shintaro successfully.
However - because Shintaro's movements were so fast, even Atachi had trouble shooting him accurately.
The projectile hit Shintaro's left hip.
Shintaro let out a low cry of pain, then endured the pain and used the "Toad Sword" on Lin.
clang!
There was another sound of swords clashing.
Lin originally planned to use stepping steps to dodge Shintaro's move, but found that she couldn't dodge it at all, so she could only temporarily use the blade to defend herself.
Then what happened to Asai just now happened to Lin again - Lin's two knives were deflected by Shintaro's knife, and the tip of the knife pierced Lin's right shoulder.
It was also too late to finish off Lin because Makimura was coming.
At the same time as Makimura rushed towards Shintaro, Amachi pulled the trigger for the fourth time.
Unfortunately, the shot this time was ineffective.
Shintaro has already defeated Lin and Asai, and the pressure has been greatly reduced, allowing him to devote more attention to guarding against Omachi.
While quickly dodging the fourth projectile flying towards him, Shintaro dodged in front of Makimura.
This time, Shintaro did not attack Samaki Village again.
Instead, he raised the ninja sword in his hand to receive Makimura's slash.
clang!!
Shintaro caught Makimura's sword steadily.
The tremendous force coming from the blade made Shintaro grit his teeth.
Using both arms, Shintaro pushed Makimura's knife away, and then aimed at Makimura, who had the door wide open, and slashed at him.
Makimura is also a man with rich combat experience.
After his knife was pushed away, he quickly and subconsciously took half a step back.
It was this half-step back that saved him - Shintaro's knife only cut open his flesh and did not damage his internal organs.
The blade slipped out of Makimura's body. Before Makimura fell, Shintaro hurriedly pulled out the shuriken from his waist with his free left hand.
No one can hinder him now.
He couldn't wait to quickly kill Atachi, who had caused him so much suffering since the beginning of the war.
The only injury he currently has on his body - the injury on his left hip, was caused by Atachi.
If A-Machi hadn't been waiting for an opportunity to shoot him, making him unable to concentrate all the time, he would have defeated Rin and the others long ago.
Shintaro drew out his shuriken, and at the moment he was about to throw the shuriken at Omachi, a sound of breaking wind sounded from beside him.
Shintaro's pupils shrank slightly and he quickly jumped away, but the shuriken had already flown out of his palm and could not be taken back.
However, when the shuriken flew out, it was still affected by Shintaro who suddenly jumped away, and the flight path was slightly skewed.
The shuriken that originally flew straight towards Omachi's chest instead flew straight to Omachi's right shoulder.
Although when he saw Shintaro taking out a shuriken from his waist, Atachi was ready to dodge.
But Shintaro threw the shuriken so fast that A-Machi had no time to avoid it.
The shuriken accurately hit A-Machi's right shoulder. As A-Machi screamed in pain, due to the injury to his right shoulder, his right hand was unstable and Sozakura flew out of A-Machi's hand.
Sliding on the ground, he finally stopped when he was about ten steps away from Omachi.
The person who stabbed Shintaro just now was Lin.
Lin's right shoulder had just been hit by Shintaro's "Toad Sword", and now she can no longer hold the sword with her right hand. Therefore, Lin can no longer use the double swords and can only use her left arm to hold Yama——
This should be considered a blessing among misfortunes, because Lin is left-handed. Fortunately, it was her right shoulder that was injured, not her left shoulder.
Frowning and glaring at Lin who came to hinder him, Shintaro turned around and killed Lin.
The trauma that Atachi had just caused to his left hip was still aching, but it did not affect Shintaro's ability to play.
With the help of Makimura and Asai, and with her own health intact, Lin and the others are no match for Shintaro.
Now both Makimura and Asai have fallen to the ground due to injuries and have lost their fighting ability. Lin's right shoulder is also injured now. Under such circumstances, Lin is no match for Shintaro alone.
However - even though she knew that she was definitely no match for Shintaro, there was no trace of fear or flinching on Lin's face.
While fighting with Rin, Shintaro seized the gap and threw another shuriken at Machi, who was holding his injured right shoulder and going to retrieve Sosakura.
Since there was only an injured Lin left to compete with him, Shintaro couldn't even find an opening to throw a shuriken like before.
However, because his main energy and attention was on dealing with Lin, Shintaro's shuriken was not carefully aimed, so the shuriken did not hit A-machi's vitals and only hit A-machi's left thigh.
Atachi let out a cry of pain again and fell to the ground.
Due to his thigh injury, he was temporarily unable to stand up again.
But even though he couldn't stand up for the time being, A-Machi still crawled firmly towards the place where Su Ying fell, trying to pick up Su Ying.
After temporarily eliminating the threat of Atachi, Shintaro focused all his attention on the duel with Lin.
Although Lin has a high fighting spirit, the difference in strength cannot be made up for by spirit.
After only parrying a few moves, Lin's Yama was knocked away by Shintaro.
After losing Yama, Lin still didn't show the slightest fear on her face.
He quickly reached for his waist and pulled out the Wakizashi Kinishin.
However - as soon as Lin pulled out the Shinkishin, Shintaro aimed a powerful and heavy blow at Lin again.
Lin Kankan raised the Zhenguishen in her hand to defend herself.
However, due to her daughter's birth, strength is Lin's weakness.
Using one hand to defend against Shintaro's two hands who had entered the "Yaksha Realm" - the result can be imagined.
As soon as Zhenkijin collided with Shintaro's ninja sword, Lin was unable to withstand the huge force, causing Zhenkijin to escape like Enma just now.
"...I have to praise you." Shintaro said in a calm tone to Lin, who no longer had any swords on her body, "There are not many women who are proficient in swordsmanship. This is the first time I have seen a female swordsman as strong as you.
"
"Tell me your name. I want to know the name of a rare female swordsman like you."
"I don't have a name that I can tell the enemy." Lin responded without thinking.
"Yeah, forget it."
Shintaro raised the sword in his hand, pointed the tip of the sword at Lin, and assumed a "Toad Sword" posture.
Makimura and Asai, who fell to the ground, wanted to get up to rescue, but the injuries on their bodies made it difficult for them to move.
Looking at Lin, who was already facing Shintaro's sword, a hint of despair began to appear on their faces.
And A-Machi is still a few steps away from her Suying.
Everyone is powerless to stop Shintaro...
However--
"Um?"
Just when he was about to thrust out the knife in his hand, Shintaro's pupils suddenly shrank.
Shintaro had been busy fighting with these people just now, so Shintaro didn't look carefully at Lin's face.
Now that the distance between the two was closer, and he had the time to look carefully at Lin's face, Shintaro's face and pupils were filled with a look of astonishment.
"Hello!"
For some reason, Shintaro released the "Toad Sword" stance that was ready to go.
While glaring hard at Lin's face, he asked in a deep voice:
"Let me ask you! Do you have any brothers or sisters?!"
"...I don't need to answer any of your questions." Although she didn't understand why Shintaro asked her this question for no reason, Lin still answered coldly.
Lin's answer made Shintaro grit his teeth in displeasure.
Just when he was about to say something more——
…
call--!
…
An extremely sharp sound of breaking wind suddenly sounded from his back.
After hearing the sound of breaking wind coming from behind, Shintaro felt that all the hairs on his body stood up.
Relying on his fighting instinct, Shintaro rolled sideways in an unsightly posture.
However - even though Shintaro quickly dodged it, a stinging pain still came from his back.
After rolling on the ground a few times and regaining his balance, Shintaro immediately raised his hand and touched his back.
As soon as his fingers touched his back, Shintaro felt hot blood - the blood coming out of his wound.
"You guy...?!" Shintaro looked at the man who opened a wound on his back in shock.
"...It seems to have been successful." Lin looked at the man in front of her who was still maintaining the posture of drawing the knife, with a smile on her face, "It's really...I've been waiting for you for a long time..."
"Sorry... I kept you waiting for so long."
The person who just managed to get close to Shintaro and slashed his back was Mamiya.
As Mamiya spoke, he slowly turned his head and looked at Shintaro not far away.
After Mamiya looked at him, Shintaro discovered that there seemed to be some strange light shining in Mamiya's eyes at this time.
There was no emotion at all in the pupils of his eyes, and they looked neither sad nor happy.
Shintaro is still in shock until now.
He didn't realize just now that Mamiya was approaching him from behind.
Moreover, he had clearly escaped as quickly as possible, but Mamiya's knife still managed to leave a huge horizontal scar on his back.
Although not fatal, it is very painful.
Mamiya didn't say a word to Shintaro.
After looking at Makimura and Asai who fell to the ground, he slowly put the sword in his hand back into the scabbard...
Snap!
A huge kicking sound was heard.
Mamiya turned into an afterimage and rushed towards Shintaro.
Mamiya's speed made Shintaro's eyes widen in shock.
After rushing to Shintaro, Mamiya used his sword to slash.
The light of the sword flew towards Shintaro, who barely raised the sword in his hand to defend himself.
clang!
Just as Mamiya's speed just now shocked Shintaro, the power of Time Palace also shocked Shintaro.
Mamiya attacked Shintaro like a violent storm.
His sword turned into streaks of light and enveloped Shintaro.
After exchanging offense and defense with Mamiya for more than ten times, the shock on Shintaro's face became more intense.
Now Mamiya seems to be a different person compared to just now.
Whether it's the eyes or the strength.
"You guy!" Shintaro looked for an opening and yelled, "What did you do?!"
"I have no obligation to answer any of your questions." After responding to Shintaro calmly, the knife in Mamiya's hand moved faster.
Shintaro didn't know why Mamiya suddenly became so strong.
Now Mamiya can compete with him who has entered the "Yaksha Realm"... No, it should be said that he can have the upper hand in the battle with him who has entered the "Yaksha Realm" - even though Shintaro is very reluctant to admit it,
But this is always true.
——What on earth did he do?!
While Shintaro yelled in fear in his heart, he gritted his teeth and tried his best to fight against Mamiya.
Mamiya's katana and Shintaro's ninja sword collided dozens of times in mid-air at a blinding speed.
A-Machi had already picked up her Su Ying just now.
But she couldn't find any chance to support Mamiya.
Because now Mamiya seems to be stuck with Shintaro, unable to find a good time to shoot.
After Shintaro realized that Mamiya should not be underestimated at this time, he also put away all contempt, tensed every nerve in his body, and went all out to fight against Mamiya.
clang!
clang!
clang!
…
The sound of sharp blades clashing sounded at a rhythmic frequency.
As if they had agreed in advance, Mamiya and Shintaro suffered minor and major injuries alternately.
But in general——Shintaro's injuries appeared faster.
After forcing Shintaro back with one blow, Mamiya saw the opportunity and put the sword back into its sheath.
Then in the next moment, the sword light popped out from the scabbard and swept towards Shintaro's chest.
The clothing and flesh on Shintaro's right chest were all cut to pieces.
Shintaro endured the severe pain and launched a counterattack against Mamiya.
He waved the ninja sword in his hand and hooked Nakamiya's right thigh from bottom to top, drawing a bloody streak in one breath.
But this injury is just a small injury that is not painful or itchy, and it cannot even affect Mamiya's strength.
Shintaro suddenly jumped back a few steps to put some distance between himself and Mamiya.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
While Shintaro was breathing heavily, he glared fiercely at Mamiya in front of him.
He had begun to pant, but Mamiya's breathing only became heavier.
Not only that, Mamiya also had far fewer injuries than him.
It's clear who has the advantage now.
"Bastard...! Bastard...!"
Shintaro cursed loudly.
The situation of the battle is already obvious - if he continues to waste time like this with Mamiya, he will definitely lose.
After pursing his lips and thinking about countermeasures, Shintaro tightened his grip on the ninja sword in his hand, kicked off his back foot, and jumped towards Mamiya.
He slashed at Mamiya twice.
And his two swords were undoubtedly blocked by Mamiya.
However, the moment the second knife was blocked, Shintaro quickly withdrew his knife.
The handle of the knife is pressed against his left palm, and the tip of the knife is pointed at Mamiya - this is the posture of his signature skill "Toad Sword".
The next moment the posture was formed, the tip of the knife pierced Mamiya's chest.
Shintaro's attack was more powerful and faster than any previous attack, which made Mamiya look a little surprised in his eyes, which had been unwavering since just now.
Stab is an attack that is very difficult to defend against, so Mamiya did not choose to defend, but chose to jump to the side to dodge.
It's just that Shintaro's "Toad Sword" was too fast. Even though Mamiya had already dodged in time, the tip of Shintaro's sword still took away part of the flesh and blood on Mamiya's right rib.
After seeing that his attack had a good effect, Shintaro's face showed a bit of satisfaction and pride.
——He can't deal with my "Toad Sword"!
Shintaro shouted excitedly in his heart.
Happy to find a chance to win.
After quickly retracting the stabbing knife, Shintaro rushed towards Mamiya again.
After squaring swords with Mamiya several times again, Shintaro once again assumed the "Toad Sword" posture.
This time, Mamiya didn't dodge.
Instead, he calmly put his sword back into its scabbard, and at the same moment that Shintaro positioned the "Toad Sword", he took the sword-drawing stance.
With just one glance, Shintaro knew what Mamiya was planning to do - to compete with him in sword speed.
Let's see which one is faster with his drawn sword or Shintaro's toad sword.
Seeing Mamiya displaying his sword-drawing stance, Shintaro not only did not flinch at all, but actually became a little excited.
Because - he is very confident in his sword drawing skills.
choke--!
Mamiya unsheathed his sword.
At the same moment when Mamiya drew his sword, Shintaro also thrust out the sword in his hand.
The two launched their attacks at the same moment.
However - Shintaro's sword is one step faster than Mamiya's.
Shintaro's sword penetrated the flesh under Mamiya's left collarbone.
And Mamiya had just pulled his sword out of its sheath.
A low cry of pain came from Mamiya's throat.
Just before Shintaro's sword pierced Nakamiya, Mamiya's body instinctively turned aside, otherwise what was pierced would not have been the flesh under his left collarbone, but his left chest.
After seeing that his toad sword defeated Mamiya's sword-drawing technique and successfully left a serious wound on Mamiya's body, the look of pride on Shintaro's face became even more intense.
After quickly withdrawing the ninja sword from Mamiya's body, Shintaro jumped back a few steps, widening the distance between himself and Mamiya.
Lin, Atachi, Makimura, and Asai are all watching the battle.
When they saw that Mamiya was defeated by Shintaro's Toad Sword, they all showed surprise, shock and worry.
But only Lin's expression remained unchanged.
While Mamiya and Shintaro were fighting, Lin silently went to do a simple bandage for Asai, who was seriously injured.
While bandaging, he also silently watched the battle between Mamiya and Shintaro.
Lin looked at Mamiya who was fighting to the death with Shintaro with calm eyes from the beginning to the end.
Even after seeing that Mamiya couldn't deal with Shintaro's Toad Sword, he still looked calm without a trace of worry on his face.
It’s as if he isn’t worried about Mamiya losing at all.
"Do you think your third-rate sword-drawing skills can be faster than my toad sword?" Shintaro yelled arrogantly at Mamiya.
Just now, he succeeded in injuring Mamiya in one step, which makes Shintaro very proud now.
Mamiya ignored Shintaro's provocation just now. He raised his left hand and touched the new wound under his left collarbone.
"Third-rate swordsmanship..." Mamiya, expressionless, lowered his head and glanced at his left palm, which was covered in blood.
"Originally I didn't want to use that move against you. After all, if I use that move against you, I feel like I'm losing value."
Mamiya said softly.
"But what you just said made me very unhappy."
"Really, there is nothing we can do..."
After saying that, Mamiya slowly put the sword in his hand back into the scabbard.
"Do you know?" Mamiya said softly while retracting the sheath, "Let me tell you a little trick on how to use the sword drawing technique."
"This is a skill like the sword drawing technique. If you pop the sword out of the sheath in advance, the speed will be much faster."
"Ah?" Shintaro looked at Mamiya, who was talking nonsense seriously, as if he were looking at a fool, "What are you talking about? Who doesn't know about this kind of thing?!"
"No, you don't know."
Mamiya's sword has been completely sheathed.
"You just know it will be faster, but do you know how much faster it will be?"
After finishing speaking, Mamiya lowered his body weight and ran towards Shintaro as fast as he was flying on the ground.
Looking at Mamiya who was taking the initiative to kill him, Shintaro was stunned for a moment, and then showed a ferocious smile with a hint of excitement.
Mamiya took the initiative to attack him - which actually facilitated his attack.
Shintaro stayed still, pointing the tip of the sword at Mamiya, with the bottom of the handle touching the palm of his left hand, and once again assumed the "Toad Sword" posture.
He planned to kill Mamiya with one strike from the Toad Sword, whose attack speed was far faster than Mamiya's!
After seeing Shintaro displaying the Toad Sword stance, Mamiya's expression did not change at all.
He didn't dodge or make any defensive moves.
Only press your left hand on the sheath opening.
The thumb of his left hand curled up and pressed against the tangent of the knife, causing the knife to pop out of the sheath a few inches.
Then he raised his right hand and grasped the handle of the knife tightly.
After Mamiya tightened his grip on the handle of the knife, he successfully rushed into the range where his knife could hit Shintaro.
It's just that - his and Shintaro's attack distances are the same.
In other words - he also entered Shintaro's attack range.
Looking at Mamiya who seemed to be flying into the flames, a touch of pride appeared on Shintaro's face.
Just when Shintaro was about to thrust out the sword in his hand and kill Mamiya——
A murmur came from Mamiya's mouth:
"Feiyan Canxinliu"
mysteries
--moment!"
…
…
--Um?
Shintaro looked at the scene in front of him in confusion.
Because everything within his field of vision was turned upside down.
Above is the floor and below is the ceiling.
Everything is upside down.
Not only was everything upside down, Shintaro also felt that his vision was falling rapidly.
Everything in his field of vision was rapidly passing through his field of vision from bottom to top - as if his body was falling.
——What’s going on?
Shintaro wanted to move his body.
But I found that I couldn't drive my body at all.
Just as Shintaro was thinking in horror about what was going on, the scene that appeared in front of him told him the answer - Mamiya maintaining the sword-drawing posture, and a body without a head standing in front of Mamiya.
Shintaro... no, it should be said that Shintaro, who only had one head left, recognized it - this was his body.
——I...was beheaded?! When?! When was I beheaded?!
Shintaro wanted to scream in terror.
But now he can't speak at all.
He tried his best to remember everything that had just happened.
He only remembered Mamiya rushing into his attack range.
Just when he was about to use the Toad Sword... the scene in front of him suddenly turned upside down.
And until his head was chopped off, Shintaro didn't see clearly when Mamiya drew the sword just now.
Boom.
Shintaro's head finally fell to the ground, making a dull sound.
After landing, Shintaro began to feel that his vision began to blur and turn black.
The fear of death instantly occupied his entire brain.
He instinctively wants to resist death.
However - with only one head left, he obviously couldn't do anything.
In the end, he could only watch helplessly as darkness filled his entire field of vision, and finally - completely lost all consciousness.
When did he draw the sword? This was the last sentence that remained in Shintaro's mind.
…
…
After using Arcana Setsuna to chop off Shintaro's head, Shintaro's body fell softly.
After Shintaro fell, Mamiya sheathed the sword and swung it away.
After the blade was sheathed, the strange light in Mamiya's eyes slowly dissipated.
After the strange light in his eyes dissipated, Mamiya's breathing suddenly became rapid, and he had to take a big breath in and out.
The fatigue that kept pouring out of her body made Mamiya unable to help but kneel on one knee, her chest feeling like it was about to explode.
"The 'No-Self Realm' is really overbearing..." Mamiya smiled bitterly, "It only took such a short time, but my physical strength was almost exhausted..."