Ronin suddenly roared, startling the passers-by around him.
The roar of the Ronin continued at this time.
"Damn! You damn rebels are not done yet, are you?"
"You bunch of disloyal and unjust rebels who dare to rebel will all be punished!"
"By killing you, I am doing justice for heaven! I am upholding justice!"
"What? Are you not convinced? If not, just draw the sword!"
After roaring, the ronin threw the big wooden box on his back to the ground with a "clang" sound.
Panting heavily, Ronin threw himself on the wooden box and opened the lid - what was inside the box was a red and black armor with extremely mottled armor plates.
Ronin poured the armor out of the box, and then put on the armor parts one by one with extremely skillful movements.
If there is a sharp-eyed and careful person present now, he will definitely notice that this ronin's eyes are extremely red, and the whites of his eyes are covered with red bloodshot eyes like flesh worms.
"Ah ah!"
"Hey, come on, come on! This man seems to be a madman!"
"How dare you join in this kind of excitement? Let's go, let's go!"
…
The ronin roared hysterically at the air in front of him, took out his armor and put it on - such a crazy behavior caused everyone around him to panic and flee in all directions.
Of course - there were still some people who were either too full to eat or had brain problems who stopped and watched with interest.
"Hey, Ashita! What are you doing?!"
At this time, what was extremely rare was that the police were dispatched extremely quickly. Unlike in the past, the officials did not arrive until the incident was over.
Four members of our own police force, who happened to be maintaining security nearby and carried long sticks, hurried from the east intersection and surrounded the ronin with their horns.
"Your Majesty! Please put down the spear in your hand! Take off your armor!"
The leader of these four officials - a middle-aged man with very square facial features and a hint of awe-inspiring righteousness between his eyebrows, held the hand in his hand.
It is not unusual for samurai warriors with a "martial" background to wear armor.
The martial arts families with a slightly more prestigious family would have one or even several pieces of ancestral armor collected at home.
However, having armor at home and taking the armor out on the street and wearing it are two different things!
"Your Majesty! Can you hear me? Please put down the spear in your hand! Take off the armor!"
The righteous middle-aged man repeated this sentence three times in a row...but the ronin turned a deaf ear as if he hadn't heard it. Just silently immersed himself in putting on his armor.
In the blink of an eye, he had put on the last armor component—the right arm armor.
After realizing that the ronin's state of consciousness was worse than he expected and that he was completely unable to communicate with him, the righteous middle-aged man squinted his eyes and winked at the person next to him.
The man nodded understandingly, put away the long stick in his hand, and left quickly, preparing to call more people over and contact the "Three Chapters" warriors.
After assigning his companions to move for support, the righteous middle-aged man turned his attention to Ronin again.
"Your Majesty, you..."
The righteous middle-aged man originally wanted to say something to calm Ronin's mood, so as to buy time for the arrival of follow-up reinforcements.
However... things like accidents always come suddenly.
The righteous middle-aged man had just had time to say "you" when he saw a huge cold light filling his field of vision.
Although it only took a moment, the righteous middle-aged man could barely see what was happening - the ronin, who had put on the armor, removed the holster of the large gun in his hand as fast as lightning, revealing the well-maintained parts inside. A very good gun blade, and then, with a movement like swatting a mosquito casually, he used the gun with one arm to sweep the long gun blade towards him.
The so-called "big body gun", as the name suggests, is a long gun with an extra long and huge spear head.
The large gun in Ronin's hand is almost straight and equal in width from the tip to the bottom of the handle, with a total length of nearly 2 meters.
The gun blade, which is about three fingers wide, takes up 60cm of it...
Such a weapon... is a first-class murder weapon on the battlefield!
At this moment, the ronin showed the power of this weapon with a bloody scene - the gun blade swept towards the righteous middle-aged man, sinking in and cutting through without any hindrance like a hot knife cutting through butter. The body of a healthy middle-aged man.
The gun blade cut into his right side of the abdomen, and then cut out from his left shoulder...
The upper body of the righteous middle-aged man lost his support and flew sideways under the influence of inertia - his eyes were filled with confusion, confusion and fear... and then he quickly lost his energy.
The smooth spearhead without any trace of blood traced a half-arc, returned to Ronin's body, and then came out for the second time.
This time, the sharp spearhead penetrated the body of the official standing behind Ronin's left side.
The spearhead, which was 3 fingers wide and 60cm long, directly pierced the man's body with a horrifyingly large hole that penetrated from front to back.
Immediately afterwards, Ronin swept to the right, and his clothes, flesh, and bones... were all cut to pieces by the gun blade.
The gun head continued to sweep towards the last official who was still standing.
The man's reaction was quite quick, and he hurriedly turned sideways to protect the long stick in his hand towards his chest.
The timing of the defense was perfect. The long stick accurately intercepted the barrel of the gun.
However...the strength of each other is too far apart.
The power and strength of the big gun were so great that the moment it hit the long stick, the stick was bent and cracked.
The official felt an overwhelming force spreading from the stick to his palms, arms, and even his whole body.
Kara - the bones of the two palms and two arms turned into dozens of fragments, and then the broken stick in his hand hit his chest hard, and the huge shock penetrated the stick and clothes, shocking him sternum and internal organs.
"Cough, cough, cough, cough!"
Cough... no, it was the official who vomited a lot of blood. Like a kite with a broken string, he "flyed" lightly to a few steps away, and then collapsed softly as if he had lost the support of his bones. There is too much air coming in and little air coming out. It must be hopeless.
In the blink of an eye, the three members of his own department who surrounded Ronin turned into corpses of different shapes.
"Come on, traitors, let's have a good show of strength. If I can kill you once, I can kill you a second time!"
The ronin casually wiped the blood splattered on his face, then spread his legs vigorously and readied his gun.
"Tada Koemon, come out!"
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Edo, Ryogoku Bridge, somewhere——
"Because the smell was so fragrant, when I came back to my senses, I found that I was already eating and drinking in front of that squid stall... Harada, are you an idiot?" Nagakura said angrily, with his hands folded in his sleeves. .
"Because I was fascinated by the martial arts performance, when I came back to my senses, I found that I couldn't find you, Mr. Tachibana and the others. You have no right to call me an idiot." Harada replied not to be outdone.
"Stop fighting! You two are idiots!" Kondo, who was walking behind Nagakura and Harada, compared his hands to two hand knives, and slashed each of them on the head with moderate force.
"I'm sorry..." Heisuke Toudou said with an embarrassed smile while rubbing the back of his head, "I'm so stupid that I would be squeezed out..."
"Hahahaha, don't say that." Inoue, who was walking side by side with Toudou, laughed a few times. "There are indeed a lot of people coming to tonight's fireworks display. Even I can't guarantee that I won't be crowded by the crowd." Go away! Don’t blame yourself!”
"Ah Sui." Kondo turned to look at Hijikata beside him, "You have been laughing disgustingly since just now... What? Are you having sex with another woman?"
Hijikata, who was walking side by side with Kondo, looked refreshed.
"Hmm... more or less." Hijikata straightened his upper body clothes and tightened his belt, "She is such a nice and good woman..."
The energy and time required to retrieve Nagakura and others greatly exceeded the expectations of Kondo, Inoue, and Saito.
When Nagakura and others successfully recovered the prize, the fireworks show had already begun.
While heading to the meeting place agreed upon with Ayoto and Souji: the east bridge entrance of Ryogoku Bridge, he met Hijikata who was looking for the "large army" after chatting up the girl.
So, after a lot of hard work and coincidence, everyone finally gathered together.
"How long will it take before the fireworks show ends?" Harada asked.
"There's about a quarter of an hour or two left," Inoue replied.
"Oh! What? There is still a lot of time. There is enough time to enjoy the fireworks."
"That's true." Kondo continued, "But let's speed up the pace a little bit. Tachibana-kun and Souji must be impatient with us."
Under the leadership of Kondo, the group of people accelerated their pace and rushed to the fireworks show.
However, at this time, they suddenly heard the sky rising in front of them.
A large number of tourists rushed toward Kondo and others in panic, and fled in the opposite direction to Kondo and others.
Accompanying the noisy footsteps were bursts of screaming and wailing.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!"
"Quick! Run away!"
"Don't crowd! Don't crowd! Everyone, please listen to my instructions! Please escape in this direction!"
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"Hey, hey, hey...what's going on?" Todo looked dumbfounded at the crowds of people running around.
Saito sniffed hard, then his face darkened, and his left hand subconsciously touched the saber on his right waist: "It smells of blood...!"
"Blood?" Harada was startled, "Are the anti-foreign patriots killing people indiscriminately again? Is there any mistake, killing people at the venue of a fireworks display?"
"Who knows...! Hey! Uncle!" Nagakura grabbed a middle-aged man who passed by him, "Did something happen up front?"
The middle-aged man showed displeasure when he was suddenly grabbed and his escape was blocked.
But after seeing Nagakura's strong body, ferocious face, the sword at his waist, and the large number of samurai beside Nagakura, the lines on the middle-aged man's face softened instantly.
"Master Samurai, don't go any further! There is a lunatic in front of you who is wearing armor and holding a big gun and killing people! Many people have died! Run away! In this situation... we can only wait for the fire to deal with the thieves. The reformed troops are coming to suppress the formation!"
"A madman wearing armor and holding a big gun?" Nagakura opened his eyes.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! No, don't-!"
A girl's scream came from the front like a sharp arrow and penetrated everyone's eardrums.
"It looks like we can't watch the fireworks show tonight..." Before Kondo muttered like this, his body had already started to move - he held on to the saber on his waist, lowered his body's center of gravity, and charged straight forward.
The others were stunned for a moment and then quickly caught up.
They passed countless tourists and houses on both sides of the street until they turned a corner and saw a hellish scene.
Bodies...lots of bodies.
At a rough count, there were more than twenty corpses scattered throughout the street in front of them.
These corpses include men and women, old and young, some are petty officials dressed as servants, and some are civilians wearing ordinary clothes...
Although the victims had different genders and identities, they had one thing in common: basically none of their bodies were intact.
Or the body has been poked with a hole as big as the mouth of a cup, or some part of the limb has been lost, or it has become fragmented, and the upper or lower body cannot be found...
The blood flowed into the pestle, and the corpses were measured by the water.
A ronin wearing an armor splattered with a large amount of blood and body fluids, holding a large gun with a rod that was dripping blood, strutted towards a trembling and tearful girl. The little girl's frail body was huddled in the corner of a deserted outdoor tea stall.
The scream that Kondo and the others heard just now came from the mouth of this little girl.
"Rebel!" After walking to a position where the gun blade could hit the little girl, Ronin raised the large gun in his hand above his head, "Suffer death!"
"Ahhhhhhhh!" The girl closed her eyes tightly and raised her hands to cover her face.
"Asshole! Stop!" Kondo roared, drew his sword in his hand, and rushed towards Ronin.
Although Kondo was the one who reacted the fastest and took action first, there was one person who arrived first, passing by Kondo's side at such a speed that only a shadow of his body was left, and rushed to Ronin first.
The one who leads the way is Toudo Heisuke!
The talent of "taking the lead" makes Toudou's running speed far beyond what other people can match.
There is absolutely no need to show mercy in the face of such a lunatic who cares so little about human life.
Toudo let out a "haaaaah" and used all his strength to strike down with the force of the saber held in front of him in a mid-body stance!
The place he aimed at was the Ronin's head.
However, Ronin was too tall... Ronin was an astonishing 1.9 meters tall in this era.
To ask Todo, who is only a little over 1.5 meters tall, to split the head of a tall man who is 1.9 meters tall... it is too strong and difficult to handle.
Therefore, Toudo had to lower his attack height and cut Ronin's right arm instead.
A bright white blade suddenly shot out, causing Ronin's pupils to shrink suddenly in shock.
The next moment, Ronin showed off a set of moves that showed the style of a martial arts master and someone who has experienced many killings.
He quickly released his right hand and took the initiative to use his armored right arm to face the white blade that had not yet accelerated to its maximum speed.
clang!
The white blade collided with the arm armor.
The white blade failed to break through the defense, leaving only a white mark on the armor.
At this time, Kondo and others arrived.
Kondo, Hijikata, Saito, and Nagakura, the four of them surrounded Ronin from four different directions.
4 shining blades illuminated Ronin's face.
Ronin glanced sideways and scanned the positions of Kondo and others. He did not choose to fight head-on. Instead, he used his right arm to push away Toudou's sword, and then took several steps back with his superb footwork.
This person obviously has such a huge body and wears a set of heavy armor, but his steps and movements are surprisingly flexible and agile.
"Girl, let's go!" Inoue stood in front of the girl who was almost killed just now, holding a knife. While protecting the girl behind him, Inoue would not shout at her.
At the same time, Harada urged and protected people still staying nearby to evacuate quickly.
Although the girl survived the disaster, she was so frightened that two of her three souls were missing, and only one of her seven souls was left.
With a dull look on her face, she didn't even have time to say "thank you" and forgot to retrieve the clogs she accidentally dropped just now. She crawled and rolled in a hurry and ran away into the distance.
"So many rebels are here again..."
Ronin glanced at Kondo and the others who were surrounding him in a fan-shaped formation, and grinned.
"Okay! Then I will kill them all today!"
Having said that, Ronin lowered his center of gravity, spread his legs with his left foot in front and his right foot behind him, and held the big gun in his hand in front of him with the tip of the gun pointing diagonally towards the sky.
"I am one of the 'Twenty-Four Takeda Generals', a descendant of Mitsuru Tada: Tada Koemon! Rebels! I think you are quite capable! Tell me your name!"
"You are rebelling against the party...!" Hijikata said with a bad mouth, "It seems that you are really a delirious lunatic! A lunatic like you deserves to know our names..."
"No leakage, Saito Kazuo."
"Hey! Saito! Don't be so honest!" Hijikata said frantically.
Except for Saito who told his family honestly and honestly, everyone else ignored Tada Yuemon.
"Hmph! Don't you want to say your name...that's fine!"
Tada Koemon slightly narrowed his bloodshot eyes, opened his mouth and let out a breath.
"As samurai, you don't want to serve your country. Instead, you follow rebels like Oshio Heihachiro to start a rebellion! You incited the peasants to attack the shogunate and made Osaka the miserable state it is today. It is truly an unforgivable crime!"
After hearing these words from Tada Koemon... to be precise, after hearing the name "Oshio Heihachiro", the expressions of Kondo and the others changed.
Oshio Heihachiro... no one knows this name, no one knows it.
It is both a belief for some people... and a taboo for some people!
Just when everyone was shocked that Tada Koemon suddenly said the name of this great man, Tada Koemon suddenly shouted.
"Drink! Rebel! Die!"
The long gun blade was like a poisonous snake coming out of its hole, biting Kondo who was standing directly in front of it.
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"Ahem...no, it's okay."
Souji vigorously cleared his throat and patted his chest.
"I just accidentally choked on the spit."
Hearing what Souji said, Qingto immediately looked relieved.
"It turns out you just choked on the spit... Really, seeing you coughing so hard, I thought something was wrong with you."
"Hahaha, I'm sorry." Souji reached out and stroked the ponytail on the back of his head, "I made you worry."
The director-general's cough had the effect of "unintentionally inserting a willow tree into a tree".
Her sudden violent cough made Kinoshita Mai and Sanako all cast worried glances at her, and they did not bother to glare at Qingto with murderous intent, and the tense atmosphere was relieved again.
Now that there was nothing major going on with the Director-General, Qingteng was relieved - he could refocus his mind on how to solve the crisis at hand.
Although Souji's help to the rescue provided him with great help, visibly improving the mood of the two girls...especially Kinoshita Mai, and saving Ban Qingden's image in the hearts of the two girls, he still couldn't help it. After all, the company's assistance only treats the symptoms rather than the root cause.
If he wants to survive the current crisis, he has to rely on himself.
My mind started spinning again, and I rethought how I should explain my behavior of "making ambiguous moves with two girls at the same time" to Wu and Zuo.
However... the gears in Qingdeng's head began to move——
"Hey! Everyone, listen! Evacuate in this direction!"
A loud, anxious shout interrupted his thoughts, overpowering the sound of fireworks.
Qingdeng and the people who heard the shouts followed the sound and saw several members of his own department carrying long sticks, who continued to shout with panic on their faces.
"There is a dangerous madman in Itamachi 2-chome! Get out of here! Don't stay here anymore!"
The officials' shouting caused many people to show displeasure.
"What? Leave? I haven't seen enough fireworks yet!"
"I just got here, and I haven't even had time to take a look at the fireworks!"
"What happened? What crazy person?"
…
In order to avoid causing panic, officials used the euphemistic term "dangerous madman" instead of clearly stating that he was a terrifying figure who went around killing people with a large gun and many people had been killed.
"Master, master." Elodie looked at the rioting crowd around her and said nervously, "What's going on? Could it be that the people of the Expulsion Faction are killing people randomly again?"
The cruel actions of the radical anti-barbarians in recent years have made foreigners like Elodie and ordinary Edo people almost suffer from "post-traumatic stress disorder". Whenever they hear that there is a riot, they will Subconsciously, I thought it was a trick created by the radical anti-barbarian faction.
An unexpected accident happened suddenly... Qingden, who didn't care about Wu and Zuo's Shura field anymore, smiled at Elodie and said comfortingly:
"No need to be nervous. I, Okita-kun, Amu, and Miss Sanako are all here. No matter what accident happens, there is no need to be afraid."
After finishing speaking, Qingdeng suddenly heard a series of metallic clangs coming from the distance.
The sound is very soft...if you don't pay attention, you will miss it.
Qingdeng quickly closed his eyes, focused all his attention on his ears, and carefully sensed all the movements brought by the wind - "Gathering God" and "Wind Perceiver" were activated.
The huge sound of breaking wind...should be the sound of some giant weapon dancing...a spear?
There were many sounds of sword swings... The dense sounds of sword swings were mixed with many very familiar cries... It was Kondo and the others' voices!
"... Elodie, come down here for a moment." Qingden raised his head without changing his expression and said to Elodie who was straddling his neck.
"Huh? Okay, okay."
Qingden put Elodie down and handed her to Kinoshita Mai.
"A Wu, Elodie, I would like you to take care of her for the time being."
"Huh?" Kinoshita Mai was stunned, "Qingto, where are you going?"
"I heard the sound of Kondo-kun and the others fighting with someone... I want to go check out the situation."
After saying that, Qingden held on to Dingguishen on his waist and rushed towards the direction where the sound of fighting came from.
When Souji and Sanako saw this, they were stunned for a moment, and then quickly followed.
The closer you get to the place where the sound comes from, the more you can hear the dense collision of iron tools that makes your teeth ache, as well as the terrifying roars and screams.
After hurriedly galloping, Qingdeng finally found those familiar figures.
On the street ahead, which was covered with blood and broken limbs, Tada Koemon's big gun drew an arc in the air. The long and sharp spear tip used its length to force back those who wanted to escape. Nagakura and Toudo are close to him on the left.
When he waved again, Saito and Inoue, who wanted to approach him from the right, were also forced back.
Immediately afterwards, Tada Kouemon sent the gun forward and stabbed Hijikata and Harada who were directly in front of him, but Hijikata blocked it with his sword.
Soon enough, a sturdy figure, looking at the right moment, dodges in front of Tada Koemon... It's Kondo!
Kondo successfully broke through the blockade of the big gun, got close to Tada Koue's door, and slashed down with the sword in his hand.
Kondo's slashing attack did not bring any panic to Tada Kouemon's face. He did not guard or dodge - he just calmly took a small step back and generously gave up his chest to Kondo chops.
Snap!
The force of Kondo's attack was not bad... but the result was just an extra scratch on Tada Kouemon's armor.
Not only did he fail to break through the defense, but he also damaged the knife - there was a gap in the blade of Kondo's saber.
"Haaah!"
There was a loud squeak as the gun barrel pressed towards Kondo.
Kondo had to retreat and quickly retreated to the place where Tada Koemon's big gun could not hit.
"Not bad! Rebels! Come again! Let me see what else you are capable of!"
Tada Koemon laughed and shouted arrogantly.
At this time, Kondo, who had retreated to a safe area, noticed Aoto, Souji and Sanako who were standing not far from him as the general rushed here.
"Hey, Tachibana, Souji, you are here."
Kondo grinned, revealing a helpless and resentful bitter smile.
"I have never felt so sincerely as I do now that the lance is truly the 'king of the battlefield' and why civilians are no longer allowed to hide armor."
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One of the author's favorite comics: Kubo, the original author of "Death", published an illustration of the original Gotei 13 a few days ago. It is so handsome and I like it so much. I must give it to everyone. Kang, when you get rich in the future, the author must hire a bad artist to draw a group photo of Qingnobo and Souji in the style of this picture →→→
