Should I say it's good luck? After promising to help Kinoshita Mai investigate the "Tsuji Zhan Incident", Qingto was already prepared for a protracted war.
After all, there are only two of them, and they have no more manpower and resources to mobilize. They just rely on the "waiting and waiting" method to wait for the suspect to show up. They don't know how long it will take until the year of the monkey.
But who would have thought - on the first night when he promised to help Mai Kinoshita, he met a highly suspicious suspect...
Qingdeng sometimes feels that his luck is really mysterious.
Things of very low probability often happen to him suddenly.
Just over a month ago, after learning that the red-faced brothers had fled from Kansai to Kanto, the Edo Executive Office held a meeting to remind the officers of the "Three Times" to pay attention to the red-faced brothers when patrolling the streets in the future. s meeting.
At this meeting, the official who presided over the meeting from the Osaka Administrative Office in Kansai specifically mentioned some important information about the red-faced brothers.
While Aoto and Kinoshita Mai silently followed the red-faced brothers and their younger brothers, they silently recalled what they had heard and heard at that meeting.
The brothers were among the most difficult of criminals to deal with: random murderers.
Analyzing the actions of the two brothers so far, it is not difficult to deduce that the reason why these brothers are killing people indiscriminately is because they simply want to kill people.
It's not for money or sex, and it doesn't matter the gender or age of the person it kills, as long as it's a human being.
The elder brother, Yoshikawa Ichitaro, is a reckless man who is good at using the Odachi sword. He has only brute strength and little ingenuity.
The younger brother Yoshikawa Kojiro is the opposite of his elder brother. His personal strength is quite average, but his mind is quite good.
It is said that his younger brother Yoshikawa Kojiro is a very clever and cunning person.
He can tell lies that are completely contrary to reality so sincerely that it is difficult to find any flaws.
A large part of the reason why the two brothers have not been arrested and brought to justice is because their younger brother Kojiro is there to "make suggestions". On the way from Kansai to Kanto, he came up with various harmful tricks to avoid danger many times. For peace.
For example: when being chased by officials with no way to escape, they would use extremely sincere and emotional lies to deceive kind-hearted civilians into lending them shelter or food.
In a word - a group of extremely vicious thugs.
In line with his current extremely light footsteps, Qingdeng also slowed down his breathing a lot.
There are no brick roads in the Huiduo settlement area. It is all a pile of mud, which absorbs the footsteps of Qingdeng and others very well.
Ayoto and Mai Kinoshita were like dancing on a grid, constantly flashing in the shadows of the houses, keeping a distance of about 7 or 8 meters from the red-faced brothers.
For a long time, he didn't notice that he was being followed by the red-faced brothers and others. They seemed to be looking for something, and they crept deeper into the Huiduo settlement while looking left and right.
What are they looking for? As soon as this question popped up in Qingdeng's mind, he suddenly stopped when he saw the red-faced brothers and others in front of him.
The red-faced brothers stopped, and Qingden and Kinoshita Mai had to stop themselves. They retracted into the back of a thatched hut and only poked half of their faces out to observe the situation.
The red-faced brother and his younger brothers were all focused on somewhere in front of them.
Looking from the hiding place of Ayoto and Kinoshita Mai, we could just see what the red-faced brothers were looking at - they were all looking at a little girl who was curled up on the street.
This little girl was about 14 years old, very thin, and the bones in her limbs seemed to be screwed on with screws, and they were not screwed very tightly, as if her hands and feet would be detached from the torso at any time.
The clothes on her body were torn and old, stained with disgusting filth. Because the girl was too thin, the clothes that were no different from rags on the girl were like hanging on a dead branch. Made of hangers in general.
The girl hugged her legs tightly with her arms and was sleeping soundly on the dirty street.
Except for this girl, there was no one else waiting on the street.
After the red-faced brother and others took a closer look at the little girl, you looked at me and I looked at you.
Then... Qingdeng saw them all smiling in a way that made people feel uncomfortable just looking at them.
The sword flashed.
The eight warriors, headed by the red-faced brother, drew their swords with silent "gentle" movements, and then walked towards the girl with the same "gentle" steps, twirling their feet and hands.
The girl who slept too sweetly... her little chest was still rising and falling rhythmically.
No sign of danger approaching!
Whether it was Qingto or Kinoshita Mai, their expressions suddenly changed at this time.
No matter who it is, they can now see what the red-faced brothers want to do!
The moment his pupils shrank slightly, Qingden reacted quickly - his expression condensed, and while he put his right hand towards the orange water on his left waist, he put his left foot out behind the house where he was hiding.
Next to him, Mai Kinoshita moved a little faster than him.
"That's it!" Kinoshita danced flexibly and jumped to the center of the street facing the red-faced brothers and others.
Kinoshita Mai's shout broke the silence around her like breaking a mirror.
The red-faced brothers and their younger brothers were startled, and then quickly followed the sound and looked towards Kinoshita Mai who was standing behind them.
The girl who was awakened by Kinoshita Mai's shout opened her eyes blankly.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw the red-faced brother and others standing not far in front of her, holding bright swords.
The little blood on his face was so frightened that it all faded away. He screamed in terror and ran away from the red-faced brother and the others.
Kinoshita Mai's shouts and the girl's screams completely disrupted the silence around them.
The people living in the houses on both sides of the street who were already sleeping soundly were awakened by the sudden noise. They put their heads to the window or door in confusion to see what was going on.
After catching a glimpse of Qingdeng, the red-faced brothers and others confronting each other, and seeing the knives in their hands and waists, their expressions changed drastically, and then they retracted their heads into the house.
The houses on both sides that had become noisier just now became extremely quiet again.
No one dared to watch, and no one dared to come out.
Huiduo, who have been discriminated against and treated completely like livestock, basically suffer from extremely severe "anthropophobia".
After ordinary civilians saw the scene of "two groups of warriors confronting each other", those who were bolder might dare to go and watch the excitement.
But few people dare to do such a thing.
A life that is not valued by the world... is so humble.
Qingto didn't say anything about Kinoshita Mai's move of jumping out from behind the house to stop the red-faced brothers and others - if it weren't for Kinoshita Mai's movements being slightly faster than him, she would have shouted out to stop the gang. He is the man who wants to commit murder.
Aoto, who was moving a little slower than Kinoshita Mai, was now standing next to Kinoshita Mai while maintaining his right hand on the handle of the tangerine water sword.
The red-faced brothers and others no longer cared about the escaped girl. They all frowned and looked at Qingto and Kinoshita Mai with vigilant eyes.
"Who?!" His elder brother, Ichitaro, asked Ayoto and Kinoshita Mai loudly with a hoarse voice like rust being rubbed.
You don’t need to know—Qingden originally wanted to answer this in a false voice.
However... when he just opened his mouth, Kinoshita Mai next to him had already responded one step ahead of him——
Kinoshita Mai flattens her palms into a palm shape, raises her arms above her head, palms facing up, and bends her right leg high.
"That's right, Cat Monk!"
Qingdeng: "..."
The group of red-faced brothers: "..."
Whether it was the people around Kinoshita Mai or the people standing opposite her, they were all silent and staring at Kinoshita Mai, who was standing firmly on one foot.
Kinoshita Mai's behavior, which was almost like performance art, made the red-faced brothers and the others look confused, shocked, confused, and at a loss.
But the younger brother, Kojiro, reacted quickly.
He quickly regained his composure, and then frowned: "Cat Monk... Oh, you are the Phantom Thief who is very famous recently..."
Kojiro pursed his lips thoughtfully.
He did not ask who Qingteng, who was standing next to Kinoshita Mai and wearing a black fox mask, was.
After he looked at Qingdeng for a few times, he smiled in a friendly and harmless way.
"Master Mao Xiaoseng, I have long admired your name!"
"I have heard about your deeds for a long time and have admired you for a long time."
After briefly complimenting Kinoshita Mai with a sincere tone that left no room for fault, Kojiro suddenly changed his tone.
"I wonder why you show up here?"
"In a place like this, there shouldn't be any evil people who are full of evil and worth having you steal their property."
Kinoshita Mai ignored the question raised by Kojiro.
She silently lowered her raised arms and right leg, and stared at everyone standing opposite her with eyes that did not hide her disgust at all.
I have to say - the black scarf on Mai Kinoshita's face is really useful.
After using it to cover most of her face, Kinoshita Mai no longer looked like her usual introvert and shy self.
With the infinite sense of security provided by this scarf, Kinoshita Mai asked Kojiro and others righteously:
"Recently, there have been many poor people here who were brutally beheaded by Tsuji... Were those people killed by you?"
"I didn't expect that after you, the red-faced brothers, caused harm to Kansai, you would then go to Kanto to do evil."
Kojiro remained calm.
But after hearing Kinoshita Mai call out his name accurately, the kind smile that had always been on his face was restrained by him at a speed visible to the naked eye.
They were caught walking towards the little girl with a knife just now. Kinoshita Mai accurately told about the recent frequent Tsuji slashing incidents here. Their identities have been recognized. Kinoshita Mai clearly showed that the person who came here was evil... Kojiro realized that at the moment There is no need to pretend to be stupid.
His younger brothers, as well as his elder brother Ichitaro, all have great trust in their "think tank". They all continue to hold the sword tightly while focusing their attention on Kojiro.
"...Master Mao Xiaoseng, what we want to do and what we want to do should have nothing to do with you, right?"
Kojiro is smiling but not smiling.
"You are a thief who steals people's money, and you are a fellow traveler with us."
"For the sake of us all being on the same journey, let's go our separate ways."
"You just pretend you haven't seen us tonight, and we'll leave immediately."
As soon as Kojiro finished speaking, Kinoshita Mai said loudly with a look of disgust in her eyes:
"What do you mean by a fellow traveler? Don't compare me to you scum!"
"Let's just go ahead and catch you! We are here specifically to catch you!"
Kojiro stared at Kinoshita Mai expressionlessly, and then sneered: "...I happened to have heard recently - that cat monk is a weirdo who can help officials catch thieves."
"I didn't expect this rumor to be true."
"It's hard to understand. Although you only steal money from evil people, in the final analysis, you are just a thief."
"As a thief, he actually helped catch thieves... without any reward. At most, he only gained some illusory fame..."
After saying that, Kojiro sneered disdainfully, then tilted his head and looked around.
"Facing the cat monk who is famous for his speed and his ability to fly over walls and walls... it is not that difficult for us to escape under your nose..." After murmuring like this to himself... Kojiro His eyes turned cold, and he winked at Ichitaro and others beside him.
Ichitaro grinned, let out a ferocious laugh, and then took the lead in raising the Odachi in his hand above his head.
The shadow of the knife swayed - the red-faced brothers and the others raised their knives and cast vicious glances at Qingdeng and Mao Xiaoseng.
As expected of the Renzhan Group, which has killed countless people... After deciding to kill Qingdeng and the others, there was no hesitation or hesitation.
Looking at the group of perverted murderers who had already raised their knives and whose intentions were quite obvious, Qingden silently stretched out the thumb of his left hand that had been holding the scabbard, pressed it against the blade, and opened the scabbard with a "click" mouth.
There are 8 opponents, and there are only 2 on our side. The enemy who has a numerical advantage has no idea of their strength at all - but the strange thing is... He led Saito and others to attack the enemy surrounded by the anti-barbarian group before. The same feeling as Fanshu Tiaosuo emerged. Is it because I have fought too many times against enemies with numerical superiority so far, so I am used to this kind of scene?
Qingden didn't feel scared at all.
Worried that the opponent's strength is far stronger than they expected, and that he and Kinoshita Mai will be unable to compete? Are you worried that something will happen to you and Kinoshita during the dance?
Qingdeng had no such feelings at all.
At this moment, Qingdeng felt extremely calm.
There was still a hint of expectation in my heart.
With a "crack" sound, Qingdeng pulled out Ju Shui, held Ju Shui in front of him in a Xia frame, pointed the tip of the cold light directly at the red-faced brother.
"Hahaha! I've always heard that the cat monk is a female ninja!" My brother, Ichitaro, laughed excitedly. "I want to see if the rumors are true!"
Ichitaro carried his Odachi, kicked off the ground with his back foot, and rushed towards Ayoto and Kinoshita Mai.
"Brother!" Kojiro said quickly, "kill the one wearing the fox mask and holding the knife first!"
After reminding his brother loudly, Kojiro turned to the other brothers behind him and shouted:
"Katero, Tsuruzaburo, Toagoro! The three of you go deal with the cat monk! It doesn't matter if you kill him! The others will deal with the man wearing the fox mask with me and my brother!"
Aoden has a knife in his hand, while the cat monk is bare-handed - Kojiro subconsciously identifies Aoto as "the one who needs to be killed first"!
Odachi - As the name suggests, it is a tachi that is far longer and wider than the average dachi.
The length of the Odachi used by Ichitaro is about 1.7 meters.
The biggest advantage of the Odachi is naturally its length and weight.
Only those with great swordsmanship can wield the astonishingly heavy Odachi sword.
Swordsmen who use the Odachi as a weapon basically use the upper stance - because only by using the upper section can the length advantage of the Odachi be brought into full play and the power of the Odachi fully demonstrated.
This was the first time Seito had fought against a swordsman wielding an Odachi. After seeing Ichitaro charging towards him with the sword on his right shoulder, he silently gathered his thoughts.
Phew—Ichitaro's Odachi struck hard at Aoto's head with an aura that seemed to crush Aoto.
Although the power of Ichitaro's attack was strong... but the speed was average.
Aoto, who used his "Eagle Eye" to see through Ichitaro's movements, quickly jumped to the side and dodged Ichitaro's attack.
Kojiro and their three younger brothers arrived at this time.
Because Ichitaro needed a certain amount of space to swing his sword, they left the "frontal" position to Ichitaro, while the others stood on the side of Aoto and other positions, planning to flank Aoto from different directions.
Their idea of concentrating their numerical advantage to kill Qingdeng first is actually very beautiful.
However... after seeing Kojiro and the others surrounding him, a faint smile flashed across Qingto's face.
Group fights... What Qingden is least afraid of is group fights!
In the system list, the "lonely" talent begins to shine goldenly as the effect is activated!
This group of perverted murderers who tried to gang up on Qingdeng directly triggered Qingdeng's "combat talent", which should be said to be the most powerful!
The heart begins to beat faster.
A large amount of adrenaline is secreted.
The senses become clear.
Power continuously gushes out from the limbs and bones.
An ugly man with pimples and pimples on his face stood behind Qingdeng. He held a lower-level knife in his hand and struck Qingdeng from bottom to top.
The ugly man's swordsmanship is very unstable - one glance shows that his swordsmanship is quite average.
In addition to this ugly man, Kojiro, who was standing in front and left of Aoto, also launched an attack at the same moment. He was holding a knife from above, and the blade was approaching from the top.
He is just like the ugly man. Just by looking at the posture of holding the knife and the movement of swinging the knife, you can tell that he is more powerful than skilled. At a glance, you can tell that his swordsmanship is quite average. It seems that the information about the red-faced brothers is not wrong. The younger brother Xiao Jiro's personal prowess is not outstanding.
In addition, a tall man standing side by side with Kojiro also slashed his sword horizontally at this time.
3 knives, coming from 3 different directions.
There were attacks coming from three different directions - the three people led by Kojiro seemed to think they could see Aoto being chopped to death by random swords due to his inability to fight one against three, so the expressions began to appear on their faces. A proud, ferocious smile.
At this lightning opportunity, Qingdeng quickly glanced at the positions of the three people and confirmed their attack direction.
These three slashes coming from different directions look very scary at first glance, but in fact they are all striking in their own way, and they do not coordinate with each other!
And this gave Qingdeng an opportunity to take advantage of.
Qingdeng made a mistake in his steps and easily dodged the advances of the ugly man on the left.
While dodging the ugly man's attack, Qingden swung Ju Shui horizontally, deflecting the tall man's horizontal slash with a "clang" sound.
The two knives collided, and the huge reaction force was transmitted along the blade to Qingdeng's arms. Qingdeng directly used this reaction force to knock back his orange water, and quickly drew the orange water in an arc. The line, which ended horizontally above the head, blocked Kojiro's downward slash.
Qingdeng just like Tangwo defused the attack of these three people.
Standing directly in front of Aoto, Ichitaro once again shouted and slashed at Aoto with a chop that seemed to be able to crush a person. However, his attack, which had more than enough power but lacked speed, was easily dodged by Aoto again. .
At this moment, Qingden couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
After the first round of confrontation with the red-faced brothers and others, Qingdeng found that this group of people was...much weaker than he expected!
Even for Ichitaro, who was said to be quite good at using the Odachi sword, Aoto didn't feel any sense of threat.
Since time traveling, Qingdeng has frequently engaged in life-and-death real sword battles with powerful enemies from all walks of life, including Suehiro Moriyoshi before him, and Kamino, the leader of the anti-barbarian group later.
Because he often faced powerful enemies, now he had a rare opportunity to "abuse the enemy", and Qingdeng still felt a little unaccustomed to it.
Since the enemy in front of him was far weaker than he expected... Ju Shui's blade suddenly became sharper!
Qingdeng took his sights on the fighter plane, and spotted the gap in front of him on his left where the tall man who had just been stabbed by him had not had time to rearrange his posture, and he galloped forward like a furious wave! The orange water in his hand turned into silver-white sword light, falling from left to right towards the tall man's neck like a shooting star!
Qingdeng's horizontal slash was much faster than the tall man's horizontal slash he had just used on Qingdeng!
Before the tall man could react, the main artery in his neck was cut open, and blood spurted out instantly. He subconsciously raised his hand to cover his neck, which was constantly spurting blood, trying to stop the blood from splattering, and let out a "ho ho ho" sound. After a few meaningless roars, he collapsed to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, Qingdeng's offensive did not stop, and he pounced on the dwarf, one of the five people who was also responsible for attacking Qingdeng, but until now, he had not been able to seize the opportunity to swing a knife at Qingdeng.
This guy didn't expect that Qingdeng would suddenly attack him. The little man who didn't expect Qingdeng's attack could only raise the sword in his hand and stab at Qingdeng in a hurry.
It's a coincidence - the sword skill Aomori used on this guy happened to be a thrusting skill: the Mimyo Sword of Natural Rishin-ryu.
The two swords stabbed each other almost at the same time.
However - Qingdeng's sword pierced the guy's throat directly, and the guy's sword was still more than a fist away from Qingdeng's body.
——What a classic novice mistake...
Qingdeng thought to himself.
This little man made the most classic and easiest mistake for newbies in swordsmanship - not knowing the range of his attack.
The height of this little man is just over 1.5 meters.
There is a full 25 centimeters difference in height between Qingdeng and Qingdeng, and his arm length is naturally far less than Qingdeng.
There is such a huge difference in body shape between the two of them, and the knives in their hands are both ordinary-length knives, so it is inevitable that Qingdeng's orange juice can stab this guy first.
In just the blink of an eye, Qingden, who was one against five, killed two of their companions in front of everyone - the red-faced brothers and the younger brothers who were still standing, all of them had their eyes widened now. , looking horrified.
Not good - Kojiro screamed in his mind.
This guy in the fox mask is a master!
Realizing that they had no numerical advantage, they were unable to do anything to Kojiro, Ayoto, and made a quick decision: "Withdraw! Leave these two alone..."
Kojiro loudly gave the order to retreat.
But he was only halfway through speaking, and he had no time to say the rest of the words.
Due to the shock and emotional turmoil, Kojiro's posture became a little unstable.
This fleeting flaw was clearly reflected in Qingdeng's eyes.
Qingdeng saw it correctly and took a lunge like a spring! Without hesitation, he swung his sword at Kojiro and killed him!
The orange juice in Qingto's hand drew a bright light in the air, and followed Qingto's body and flicked towards Kojiro.
Looking at Qingteng jumping in front of him, Kojiro's pupils suddenly shrank, and he subconsciously raised his knife to strike Qingteng, trying to force Qingteng back.
But - Qingdeng neither dodged nor defended.
Kojiro's sword and body collided heavily with Aoden's sword and body that rushed towards him.
"ah!"
A piercing scream.
The screamer is Kojiro.
Kojiro held his abdomen that was bleeding continuously, took a few steps back, and then lay on his back.
On the other hand, Qingteng, who still maintained his sword-drawing posture, was unscathed.
【Ding! Scan to talent]
[Successfully copied talent: "Trickster"]
[Talent introduction: When lying, the face does not blush and the heart does not beat, making it difficult for people to detect anything strange]
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