Ogata Ittousai, Kinoshita Genichi and their associates, as well as Shibata, a traitor who had obviously betrayed Hatsumi along with him... No matter what, Yoshihisa could not think of a reason to turn a blind eye to these people in front of him.
Yoshihisa was not surprised at all that Shibata was here. This person and Hatsumi had always been partners. The sight of Shibata and Ogata's companions standing together was only within Yoshihisa's expectation.
For Yoshihisa, there is no doubt that the most urgent thing at the moment is to get back to Nikki Maru and help Toyotomi.
If he jumped back into the sea and swam back to Nikki Maru without "cleaning up" the companions of Ogata Ittosai and Kinoshita Genichi on the shore, he would most likely be attacked from behind by these people.
Last night at Ryūsui-dera Temple in Osaka, Yoshihisa could clearly see that the woman with a well-developed bear part and wearing a Shiranui ninja outfit had quite exquisite skills in using firearms and could carry out long-distance accurate shooting.
Although the current rain does not seem like the weather for the use of firearms, for the sake of caution, Yoshihisa decided to "clean up" all the companions of Ogata Ittosai and Kinoshita Genichi.
Jump back into the sea with confidence and rush back to Nikki Maru.
Needless to say, the enemy has already drawn his weapons.
Asai, who was standing at the front, quietly held the sword in his hand to the upper right section, taking a posture that showed his flow.
"Shimada, Shibata." He whispered to his companions behind him, "I will be responsible for frontal containment later, and you two will wait for opportunities to attack on the left and right sides."
"Miss Azuki and...Miss Atachi. You two are responsible for standing in the distance and providing support."
"Ms. Atachi, cheer up. I will try my best to get the best shooting opportunity for you."
When Amachi's name was called, Asai emphasized his tone.
The attentive Amachi naturally noticed the subtle change in Asai's tone when he called her name.
Thinking of Asai's last words, "I will try my best to get the best shooting opportunity for you," Atachi nodded lightly with understanding.
"Asa, Asai-senpai" At this time, after Asai gave this series of instructions, Shimada, the "defeatist counselor" swallowed hard, "This guy... is not the one with the 'immortal power'"
The leader of He Zhili? Can we win?"
"Shimada." Asai raised the corner of his mouth, and a faint smile appeared on his handsome face, "Do you know an ancient saying passed down from generation to generation in our Satsuma Show?"
"When you fight with someone, you don't need to think about winning or losing."
Having said this, Asai paused.
Take a deep breath.
Save up enough strength.
Then, he shouted in Satsuma dialect:
"If you push hard, it's okay!" (Translation: If you risk your life, you'll be fine!)
[Note: The dialect in the Satsuma region of Japan is very different from the standard Japanese language. The difference between the two is similar to the difference between Wenzhou dialect and Mandarin. In order to allow you to understand more intuitively the difference between the Satsuma dialect and standard Japanese.
Because of the differences, this book decided to use Cantonese, which the author is more familiar with, to express the Satsuma dialect]
After shouting "Hold on" that no one present could understand, Asai, who showed no timidity on his face, raised his sword high and charged towards Yoshihisa fearlessly like a man in charge!
While running towards Yoshihisa, Asai opened his mouth wide and let out the core skill of the display style: "Simian cry".
The huge cry directly suppressed the sound of wind, rain and waves around him.
[Note: Monkey cry: A special kind of ki sound in Satsuma's Kyomeryu style. The sound is very loud and extremely terrifying. There are often some timid people who are emitted by the other side when fighting against masters of Kyemonryu.
The ape’s cry scared me so much that I wet my pants]
After Asai launched the charge, Shimada and Shibata couldn't help but be stunned for a few moments before finally coming to their senses. They gritted their teeth, picked up their weapons, and followed Asai to charge.
Listening to Asai's words of "hard ass" and the now classic "ape cry", Yoshihisa immediately recognized the identity of Asai's Satsuma.
"Satsuma Hayato... Humph, Satsuma's bravery is truly well-deserved." Looking at Asai who was actively attacking him, Yoshihisa raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and looked at Asai with a little more admiration.
[Note: Satsuma Hayato: a good name for Satsuma men. Satsuma people are famous for their bravery and fighting. In the eyes of people from other areas of ancient Japan, Satsuma people are synonymous with the fighting nation. This is why the Edo shogunate has always been so afraid of Satsuma.
One of the important reasons for the vassalage]
While making a "monkey cry", Asai rushed straight towards him. Yoshihisa was indeed full of momentum, but he had experienced many battles, and he immediately saw Asai's strength on the outside and his strength on the inside.
Although Asai had been suppressing the pain in his waist and abdomen and trying hard to make his movements look more normal, Yoshihisa could still tell at a glance that Asai had serious injuries on his waist and abdomen.
At the same time, he also saw that Shimada had a leg injury.
Are 2 of the 5 people seriously injured...
The opponent in front of him was much weaker than Jijiu imagined...
However, Jijiu did not show any carelessness.
With a tight face and a solemn expression, Jijiu shook his hands, quickly assembled the gun in his palm, lowered his body weight, and took a stance.
As soon as the white blade flashed and he reached a distance where his sword could hit Yoshihisa, Asai immediately used the momentum of his forward thrust to slash down Yoshihisa's Tenling Gai.
Although Yoshihisa had already consumed a lot of energy when fighting Genichi on the Nikki Maru and later when rescuing Hatsumi in the sea, it was more than enough to deal with the already injured Asai.
Yoshihisa dodged and led the attack, taking half a step to the side. While dodging Asai's sword, he launched a counterattack, flicked the tail of his gun, and struck Asai's vital part.
Asai wanted to retreat and dodge, but He Jijiu's blow was too fast and difficult to dodge.
In desperation, Asai could only retract the saber and put it up, hold his breath, exert all his strength, and prepare to receive Yoshihisa's blow head-on.
Although Asai has a handsome face and a very tall figure, he is actually a "powerful" swordsman like Makimura with his current skill.
He was obviously known for his strength, but after Yoshihisa's gun butt collided with his sword, his expression immediately changed.
Asai felt as if a mad cow had hit him.
Both arms were numb immediately, and the blade of the expensive sword in his hand was slightly tilted by the smash. Asai hugged the knife that was struck back, and retreated several steps before finally stopping his retreat.
It was normal for Asai to be unable to catch Yoshihisa's gun, but it was abnormal for him to catch it.
After all, the former is just an ordinary person, without the extraordinary skills like Mamiya, and still has injuries on his body, while the latter is a monster with "immortal power" in his body.
Yoshihisa wanted to make up for the blow, which directly killed Asai, but fortunately Shimada and Shibata's swords came in time to kill him.
Although Shimada always looks shrunken because he has not seen the storms of the world, but when fighting with others, he does not lack vigor and bravery at all.
He endured the pain in his leg, gritted his teeth, and swung the knife into Jijiu's head.
Shibata, who was Hatsuko's follower, suppressed his fear of his former "immediate boss" at this time, grasped his most powerful weapon: wakizashi, and cooperated with Shimada to launch an attack on Yoshihisa.
Jijiu originally wanted to use the barrel of his gun to fend off the attacks of the two men, but just when he moved the short gun forward, his pupils suddenly shrank slightly.
Then, he suddenly changed his tactics and no longer chose to block Shimada and Yoshihisa's attacks. Instead, he jumped hard one after another and used dodge to neutralize Shimada and Shibata's attacks.
As soon as he jumped back, a loud gunshot suddenly exploded, and a hot projectile wiped off the tip of Jijiu's nose who had just jumped back.
That woman... actually has a short musket that can be used on such a rainy day...
Jijiu frowned and glanced sideways at Atachi who was not far away.
Among this group of people, the woman is indeed the greatest threat...
At this moment, A-Machi was standing not far away, holding Suzakura tightly in both hands, and the muzzle of the gun, still filled with gunpowder smoke, was pointed directly in the direction of Yoshihisa.
Although Asai just shouted "Take it hard", he is not a reckless man who only knows how to "Take it hard".
He knew quite well that it was simply impossible for them, the "old, weak, sick and disabled", to defeat Yoshijiu, a real "non-human" in the true sense of the word, through a head-on fight.
Therefore, he regarded Atachi, who possesses powerful firearms and superb shooting skills, as the most important factor in whether they can win.
Asai knew: Atachi possessed a firearm that could be fired even on rainy days.
Only by allowing Atachi to use his musket to launch a surprise attack would he have any chance of winning.
Therefore, when he issued the "combat instructions" just now, he emphasized to Amachi that he would try his best to get the best shooting opportunity for her.
Therefore, he would take the initiative to rush towards Yoshihisa, in order to prevent Yoshihisa from launching the first attack and not allowing Yoshihisa to get close to Amachi, forcing Yoshihisa to fight them from a distance, so as to keep the battlefield away from Amachi and make it easier for Amachi to start shooting.
After listening to Asai's "combat instructions" just now, Amachi instantly understood what Asai meant. So after Asai, Shimada and the others rushed towards Yoshihisa, she was silently prepared to launch shooting support at any time.
There are only a few firearms that Omachi currently owns: 5 Kentucky long rifles, 2 short muskets: Sozakura and Hizakura. The pistols will only be soaked by the sea water if they are brought there, so they cannot be used at all.
It was useful, so before crossing the sea to pursue the second ship, Ogata temporarily entrusted Kasumi Nagi and Umeizen to her custody.
Hizakura, Umeizen and the five Kentucky long rifles are all flintlock firearms and cannot be fired on such a rainy day.
Anyway, they were of no use for the time being, so the five Kentucky long rifles were temporarily thrown aside on the ground by Atachi as they were in the way.
Therefore, the only firearms that A-machi currently has on hand are the two revolver-type pistols made by her and her father that can fire as usual as long as the entire gun body is not thrown into the water: Suzaku
and Kasumi Nagi.
After Asai and others had a hand-to-hand encounter with Yoshihisa, Atachi has been observing and searching.
Wait for the best shooting opportunity to appear.
Omachi did not wait too long. Yoshihisa, who was preparing to block Shimada and Shibata's swords, moved his short gun forward and stood still on the spot. There were no obstacles around him that would hinder his aim.
There's never been a more perfect time to shoot.
Seeing that the precious opportunity had arrived, A-Machi immediately took out Soyakura from his arms without any hesitation, aimed at Yoshihisa's head, and pulled the trigger.
Her timing, as well as the speed with which she drew, aimed, and fired the gun, were all impeccable.
It's a pity...she didn't expect that since the beginning of the war, Jijiu had regarded her as the "potential biggest threat" and had been carefully observing all her actions.
Last night's "Battle of Ryusuji Temple", the precise shooting of Omachi who was squatting on the beam of the house really left a deep impression on Yoshihisa.
Yoshihisa, who has served the Toyotomi clan for many years, is naturally accustomed to the powerful power and terrorist threat of muskets.
Although the common sense in his mind told Jijiu that there was no need to use firearms on such a heavy rainy day, Jijiu still chose to be cautious. When facing the rushing Asai and others, he kept observing Ah with the corner of his eye.
All actions of the town.
Gu Hao
It is precisely because of this that Yoshihisa was able to dodge the shot just shot by A-Machi. After seeing A-Machi suddenly put his hand into his arms, he relied on the extraordinary agility and reaction speed given by the "power of immortality" to kill him in time.
He retreated to avoid Atachi's sniper attack.
Feeling the slightly burning tip of his nose after the projectile passed by, Yoshihisa secretly felt a little lucky that he had been paying attention to A-Machi's every move. If not, he might have been hit by A-Machi's surprise attack just now.
Asai, who had been knocked back several steps by Yoshihisa just now, has now completely recovered.
After he relaxed his numb arms for a moment, he raised his knife again and attacked Jijiu from the front.
At this time, Shimada and Shibata, who were standing on the left and right of Asai, also cooperated with Asai and launched an attack on Yoshihisa.
Facing Asai and others who were attacking from three different directions, Yoshihisa only glanced at them calmly, then took a deep breath and lowered his body weight.
Bang!
Yoshihisa first flew up with his right foot and kicked Shibata who was on his right.
Shibata, who couldn't even follow Yoshihisa's kick with his eyes, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his stomach, as if his intestines had been broken. Yoshihisa's foot kicked Shibata firmly in the stomach.
"Ahem!" Shibata opened his mouth uncontrollably, saliva flying. His body was centered on the kicked part, bent into an arch shape, and he flew backwards, and the wakizashi in his palm flew out.
While kicking Shibata away, Yoshihisa stabbed Asai directly in front of him with his spear.
The head of Jijiu's spear is like a fierce snake emerging from its cave.
Asai could only barely keep up with Yoshihisa's speed and had no time to dodge. He instinctively raised his knife and struck at the spear pointed by Yoshihisa, preparing to block Yoshihisa's attack. However, as he was not as powerful as Yoshihisa, he only succeeded in letting go of the spear.
The direction of the thrust was slightly shifted, but Yoshihisa's attack could not be completely deflected.
The stabbing attack that originally came straight to Yoshihisa's chest was blocked by Asai, and the gun head was slightly lowered. The head of the gun was pressed against Asai's shoulder, passing by Asai's body, and flying away some of Asai's flank.
Skin and flesh.
Normally, this would be just an ordinary skin injury.
But as luck would have it, the place where Yoshihisa's spearhead struck... was exactly the place where Asai was injured in the battle of Ryusuji Temple last night.
The wound, which was always hot and red, received another blow from Yoshihisa, which cut off a lot of flesh and caused severe pain. The blood on Asai's face instantly dissipated, and a large amount of cold sweat spewed out from his forehead.
When he came out, most of the strength in his body was dissipated by the severe pain, and he could not even stand firmly, and his body fell to the ground.
After stabbing Asai down with one blow, Yoshihisa turned the gun body like a windmill. The short gun drew a beautiful arc in a clockwise direction. The tail of the gun used the centrifugal force brought by the rotating gun body to hit Yoshihisa.
Shimada on the left.
It was difficult for Asai to cope with Yoshihisa's strength and speed, let alone Shimada who lacked strength and combat experience.
Facing the spear tail swung by Yoshihisa, Shimada turned his attack into defense and blocked the spear tail with his blade.
As a member of the Gourd House that regards large gold as the basic unit of buying things, Shimada naturally uses a sword that is not a bargain. The sword in his hand is also sold on the market, and each one costs 100 taels.
A great knife that can never be taken off.
Therefore, after Yoshihisa's gun butt collided with Shimada's saber, Shimada's saber was not broken, only the blade was slightly skewed.
The butt of Yoshihisa's gun hit Shimada's left arm against the bent saber, and then hit Shimada's left arm, hitting his left rib, and finally knocked Shimada away like a baseball.
Tian fell to the ground.
Shimada's defense worked a lot, successfully dissipating a lot of the force on the tail of Yoshihisa's gun, so when Yoshihisa's gun hit his left arm and ribs, it only broke Shimada's left arm.
, left rib cracked.
Although this kind of injury is not fatal, it is obvious that Shimada will not be able to launch any more threatening attacks on Yoshihisa in a short period of time.
Yoshihisa only used 3 blows to knock Shibata, Asai, and Shimada to the ground in one breath.
Bang!
At this time, gunshots rang out again.
Not far away, Atachi pulled the trigger on Yoshihisa again.
Just now, when she saw Yoshihisa evading her first surprise attack, A-Machi was indeed a little panicked, but she quickly calmed down, held the gun steady, and continued to look for the best shooting opportunity calmly.
However... after discovering that A-Machi possesses a short musket that can be fired even on rainy days, Yoshihisa has regarded A-Machi as his biggest threat in this battle.
Yoshihisa, who had increased his vigilance towards Omachi and observed Omachi's every move more carefully, once again dodged the flying bullets before Omachi pulled the trigger.
Jijiu frowned slightly and thought to himself:
This woman... really needs to be killed immediately.
Although the physical enhancement brought by the "immortal power" makes Yoshihisa confident that he can dodge every bullet shot by A-Machi, firearms are firearms after all, and if he keeps ignoring A-Machi who possesses such a powerful weapon,
, Jijiu could never feel at ease.
Asai and the others who had been knocked down were no longer a threat for the time being. So Yoshihisa turned around and rushed down the mountain like a tiger, towards the direction of Atachi and Asuki!
He decided to deal with the big threat of Atachi first, and then slowly deal with the others.
…
…
(That, that, that, that! Miss Chuchuchuchuchuchuguang! First meeting!)
(……who are you?)
(My, my, my, my, my name is Shibata! You, you are so beautiful! This, this, this, this time, I can go on a mission with you, I, I am so happy...ah, no, I am honored!)
(...Although you excitedly said to a 12-year-old girl, "You are so beautiful," which made me feel a little nervous, but I still thank you for the compliment. You actually have a surname. It's really rare. This is the first time I've seen it.
To the Iga ninjas who have their own surname, if your surname is Shibata, what is your first name?)
(Well... my surname is not Shibata. I have no surname. Shibata is my name. My original name is actually "Tanjiro". Because I like Shiba Inu, I changed my name to this.)
(Oh...Shiba Inu, I also like Shiba Inu very much.)
(Woof woof woof!)
(… Even if you lie down on the ground and learn how to bark like a dog, you won’t turn into a Shiba Inu… Stand up quickly, it’s so embarrassing.)
(Woof woof woof!)
…
Am I...dying...?
Shibata, who was lying on his back with his belly in his hands, looked at the sky that was still raining heavy rain, and asked himself in his heart.
For some reason, Shibata recalled the scene when he first met Hatsuko.
He had heard before that when people are about to die, they will recall some past events in their lives.
Shibata, who had been kicked by Yoshihisa with a firm stomach, now felt as if his intestines had been broken into countless sections.
Now...it's not time to die yet...at least...you have to make sure Miss Chuguang is completely safe...before you die.
Shibata gritted his teeth, encouraged himself in his heart, and tried to stand up.
But the severe pain in his abdomen made it difficult for him to just hold up his upper body.
And as soon as he raised his head, he saw Yoshihisa carrying his short gun and heading straight for Atachi and Asuki.
Damn it...! Is there no way... that can defeat that bastard?!
Shibata pursed his lips tightly, slowly clenched his hands on the ground, and dug his fingers deeply into his flesh.
what else……?!
Is there anything else I can do?
Shibata looked a little confused on his face, looking around, trying to find something that could come in handy in the current battle.
And just when Shibata was looking around for something that could come in handy,
Um?
Shibata's expression suddenly froze, and his head looking around stopped.
All he could see was that his head was dazed, and his eyes were staring straight at... Chu Guang, who had passed out on the stone beach not far away.
…
…
Looking at Yoshihisa running toward them, A-Machi, and A-Zhu standing next to A-Machi, their expressions changed.
A-Machi has traveled with Ogata for so long and seen so many great storms with Ogata. Without even realizing it, he has developed a determination and courage that is far superior to ordinary people.
But even so, after seeing Yoshihisa heading towards them with a murderous look on his face, A-Machi's face turned pale uncontrollably.
If A-Machi was like this, let alone A-Zhu, who had never seen much of the world. Not only did A-Zhu's face turn pale, his hands holding Wakizashi also started to tremble slightly.
Asai and the others have been knocked down.
Xuan Zheng, an old guy who doesn't have any weapons on his body, has basically zero combat power.
In other words... the only two kunoichi who are still capable of fighting Yoshihisa are Atachi and Asuki.
Under the misty heavy rain, the battlefield at this moment turned into... a duel between the three ninjas, Yoshihisa, Atachi and Asuki.
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The reason why Hatsuko's follower was named "Shibata" is because the image he created for this person was that of "Shiba Inu".
Silly and loyal, Chuguang is an obedient dog (no derogatory meaning).