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Chapter 817: The Shinsengumi shows its might! The Sonnenjo faction is smitten! [Leopard update 6K]

Suddenly, a huge figure loomed over Souji from the side.

"You are 'Heavenly Sword', right?! What an arrogant title! Let me, Matsuda Shigesuke, come and meet you!"

Matsuda Shigesuke raised his sword above his head and rushed towards Souji with a roar.

Souji turned his head and glanced at the other party, but did not take any action.

Because she had sensed someone's arrival——

  clang!

The two blades collided in the air, producing bluish-white sparks.

A sturdy and dashing samurai, also wearing a light green haori, rushed out from the side and helped Souji block the knife.

"Really, Shinpachi, why did you guys just come? Kondou-nii and I have been fighting for several rounds."

Souji said this while casting a look of mock reproach at the other person.

  Nagakura Shinpachi and Inoue Genzaburo, who are in charge of the second wave of offensive, have entered the battlefield!

Nagakura Shinpachi grinned.

"Sorry for keeping you waiting!"

"Shinto Munen-ryu, Shinsengumi Second Division Captain, Nagakura Shinpachi, here you go!"

After saying this, he secretly exerted a strong force and deflected Matsuda Shigesuke's knife.

The tremendous force transmitted back along the blade caused Matsuda Shigesuke to cry out in pain.

The blade, which could not be retracted, was raised high up, and the center of the body was directly exposed to Shinpachi Nagakura.

Nagakura Shinpachi seized the opportunity, took a step forward, and chopped down with all his might - although the knife was powerful, it did not give the solid feeling of cutting flesh or breaking bones.

It turned out that Matsuda Shigesuke saw through Nagakura Shinpachi's intention, and at the critical moment he showed flexibility that was extremely inconsistent with his body shape. He swiftly retreated half a step and dodged the knife.

Nagakura Shinpachi's favorite sword - Banshu Sumitayama Ujishige - tried in vain to cut through the atmosphere, and only the tip of the sword scratched the corner of Matsuda Shigesuke's clothes.

Seeing this, Nagakura Shinpachi raised his eyebrows, and the corners of his mouth stretched to the left and right, his emotions high:

"Oh, you have some skills!"

Before he finished speaking, he perked up his spirits, rushed forward and started fighting with Matsuda Shigesuke.

the other side--

"Little master!"

Inoue Genzaburo shouted.

Before he finished speaking, the person had arrived - he stood firmly behind Kondo Isami.

Kondo Isami turned his head slightly and glanced at Inoue Genzaburo with a smile on his face:

"Uncle Yuan, I'm counting on you to take care of my back!"

"Young Master, same here!"

Faint silver moonlight leaked in from the window.

The two men stood back to back, their two famous swords - Naga-sone Kotetsu and Oshu Shirakawa Kanetsu - stained with moonlight.

The enemies surrounding them from all directions did not make them show any fear.

Inoue Genzaburo adopted a mid-section stance, his eyes swept around, carefully observing the three opponents in front of him.

One of them glared at Inoue Genzaburo and shouted:

"Tell me your name! I don't kill nameless people!"

Inoue Genzaburo said calmly:

"Tennen Rishin-ryu, captain of the Shinsengumi Sixth Division, Inoue Genzaburo."

At the moment he announced his home, Oshu Shirakawa Sumi Kanesho suddenly broke through the moonlight and drew a thrilling curve in the air!

The next moment, blood splattered - the guy who had just shouted "Tell me your name" screamed, covered his bloody chest, and staggered towards his companion.

Almost at the same time, Kondo Isami on the opposite side stretched out his arms, and his sword energy surged——

“Drink aaaaaaaaaa——!”

He first deflected the knife that was coming at him diagonally, then focused his strength on his waist to accumulate power - the two actions of "deflecting the knife" and "accumulating power" were completed almost simultaneously.

In an instant, Nagazone Kotetsu created a strong wind.

The first blow forced back the enemy in front.

The last blow injured the arm of the enemy diagonally in front of him.

The last knife seemed to have eyes, chopping down the enemy hiding in the blind spot.

With three slashes, the "front line" surrounding Kondo Isami suddenly collapsed.

"Mr. Miyabe! Quick! This way!"

"No! We can't go that way! It takes too long to walk up the stairs, let's just climb through the window!"

"Are you stupid? It's too dangerous this high!"

"At this point, no matter how dangerous it is, we have to jump!"

They are indeed the Zonjo faction! They even quarrel over “how to escape”.

Kondo Isami wiped the sweat and splashed blood from his face, then turned to look at Miyabe Teizo.

Miyabe Teizo is not good at martial arts. His skills are slightly stronger than ordinary people, but limited.

Therefore, in order to ensure his personal safety, he is always surrounded by a large number of skilled bodyguards.

At this moment, he was compressed into a corner of the room, with bodyguards with extraordinary aura standing in front of him, and a good-for-nothing who was unwilling to go forward to fight with the Shinsengumi, so he pretended to protect Miyabe Teizo in the back.

Roughly speaking, there are about ten people.

They formed a human wall with three layers inside and three layers outside, blocking Gongbe Dingzang behind them.

If Kondo Isami wants to take the throne from Miyabe Teizo, he will have to tear through this wall of people one by one.

Looking around, the scene was too chaotic.

To say that the situation was a mess would be an exaggeration.

Those brave and skilled fighters rushed forward, toward the Shinsengumi.

Those cowards who were afraid of death kept pushing to the back, away from the Shinsengumi.

It was a mess and it was difficult to move forward.

However, it was precisely thanks to this chaos that Miyabe Teizo and others found it difficult to move, and until now they have not escaped from here and are still lingering in the corner.

Kondo Isami, who regards Miyabe Teizo as his biggest target, has been keeping a close eye on him.

Even when he was fighting with a sword, he always used the corner of his eyes to capture and lock onto the figure of Miyabe Tingzo, not letting him leave his sight.

Miyabe Teizo, Katsura Kogoro, Yoshida Toshima - the heads of these three people are the most important and valuable.

As long as we take down the heads of these three people, it will almost be a victory for the Shinsengumi!

  Kondo Isami took a breath, then shook his sword and shook off the blood remaining on the blade, while attacking Miyabe Teizo!

Seeing this, Miyabe Takuzo shouted:

"Watch out! The Shinsengumi chief is coming!"

  In an instant, the bodyguards in front of him immediately held their breath and stood on full alert, with swords and knives lined up, standing still as a mountain, which was intimidating!

As for those guys who retreated here under the guise of "protecting Mr. Miyabe" and were unwilling to go forward to fight, they quickly dispersed to the left and right and fled.

“Drink aaaaaaaaaa——!”

With a powerful shout, Kondo Isami raised his sword above his head, adopted the Eight-pair Stance, and rushed straight towards Miyabe Teizo's bodyguards and the enemy closest to him.

As his hand rose, with a whoosh, the vertical chop of the tiger sword brought about a whirlwind.

The momentum was so fierce that it seemed as if it could cut the man in half.

Unexpectedly, the opponent did not dodge, but instead held the sword in his hand diagonally across his chest and took the blow head-on!

With a clang sound, the two blades collided in the air.

Kotetsu's sword was intact, but there was a noticeable gap on the opponent's blade.

After Fuji Yong's forceful slash, the opponent groaned in pain, took a half step back, and then stabilized his body.

The next moment, he used a superb force-dissipating technique to push Kotetsu to the side - Kotetsu stuck close to the edge of his blade, and slid towards the tip of his blade with a "crackling" sound, creating a series of sparks.

Kondo Issuna felt that the force that was originally pressing down on his hands was suddenly released to the side, causing his posture to become unstable.

Seeing Kondo Isami's weakness, the enemies on both sides immediately stepped forward and attacked, striking at Kondo Isami's vital points from tricky angles.

At this moment, Kondo Isami demonstrated his extraordinary strength as the "fourth generation head of the Tennen Rishin-ryu family."

In a flash, Kondo Isami steadied his body, adjusted his posture, and then jumped away as nimbly as a cat, unharmed.

After creating some distance, Kondo Isami exhaled the foul air that had been trapped in his lungs, then greedily inhaled fresh air and regulated his breathing.

This is his personal habit. When the battle situation is tense, he will subconsciously hold his breath to concentrate and improve his attention.

  ——It turns out that Miyabe Teizo’s bodyguards are no ordinary people...!

Kondo Isami has no idea about the strength of the other bodyguards.

He had a clear look at the strength of the three people he had just faced.

According to Kondo Isami's own estimation, these three people all have the same powerful strength as Inoue Genzaburo and Fujido Heisuke!

Fighting against multiple masters of this level at the same time...even for someone as strong as Kondo Isami, it would never be easy.

At this time, Miyabe Teizo, who had been staring at Kondo Isami, suddenly spoke:

"Are you Kondo Isami of the Shinsengumi? Just as the rumors say, you are a ferocious guy! 'Respect the King and Expel the Barbarians' is the trend of the times! Do you think you can go against the trend with just a sword?!"

In response to Miyabe Teizo's rebuke, Kondo Isami sneered.

"Death is imminent, yet he still keeps on talking."

"Although I don't want to waste time talking to a dying person, since you mentioned the 'trend of the times', I will chat with you for a while."

"I don't know if there is such a thing as a 'big trend' in this world."

"But I know that there is only one 'trend' in this world, and that is 'the winner is the king, the loser is the bandit'!"

"Let's not talk about the future for now."

"But at least tonight, we will be the winners!"

After hearing this, Miyabe Takuzo's face darkened and he gritted his teeth:

"Humph! You are really talking to a cow! The winner? Just you? You lackeys of the shogunate, I advise you not to get complacent too soon!"

"You don't believe it? Well, stop talking nonsense! Since we are both warriors, we should speak with swords!"

  Before he finished speaking, Kondo Yutora leaped out! He flew into the air, and using the potential energy of falling and his own weight, he chopped down Kotetsu who was raised above his head.

The target he chose was the person who had just taken his attack.

  The attack he released now - like a knife slashing down from a cliff - was truly formidable!

Just the whistling wind pressure is enough to make one's scalp tingle.

I don't know if that person didn't react in time or was too confident in his own skills, but he didn't dodge. Instead, he spread his feet, lowered his center of gravity, and prepared to approach Teng Yong's knife just like before.

In an instant, the impact and roar shook the atmosphere.

clang! !

The sharp blades rubbed against each other, making a sharp noise that almost tore the eardrums. The strong impact like an explosion caused a gap to appear on the blade of Kotetsu's blade.

Even Kotetsu was like this, let alone the opponent's sword - spider-web-like cracks appeared centered on the point of collision, and it was obvious that it could no longer be used.

The man was unable to withstand the huge force and retreated violently, directly crashing into the second human wall behind him, causing the originally intact formation to suddenly become disrupted.

Kondo Isami seized the opportunity and swung Kotetsu with a roar.

The talent of "lonely courage" is brought to the extreme!

He swung his sword to the left, deflecting the attack from the enemy on the left, then adjusted the direction of the sword to force back the enemy on the right, and then when he pulled the sword back to his hand, he successfully cut the arm of the enemy in front of him.

He fought against many enemies alone and took on Miyabe Teizo's bodyguards on his own without losing the upper hand!

Seeing that Kondo Isami was fighting fiercely, Souji, who was not far away, was about to go forward to help after knocking down another person.

At this moment, in the thick darkness beside her, a blade made a sound—a cold blade rushed over unexpectedly! Straight towards her snow-white neck!

The moment he felt the air pause slightly, Souji squatted down instinctively.

While dodging, Kaga Kiyomizu on her right hand drew an arc in the air, crossed the air, accurately intercepted the attack, changed its trajectory, and deflected it to the side.

Then, Souji jumped to the side, creating some distance between himself and the attacker.

  After seeing the attacker's appearance clearly, Souji was startled at first, then showed a half-smile:

"No wonder the slash just now was so sharp, it turned out to be you."

As soon as Souji finished speaking, a tall figure walked out of the darkness - it was Katsura Kogoro.

As a swordsman who had also been in the Edo martial arts world, Souji naturally recognized the "Swordsman Kogoro" who was once famous in Edo.

Souji glanced at the knife in Katsura Kogoro's hand and said quietly:

"Katsura Kogoro, you are a big shot of the Sonnōjō faction. I thought you would run away to save your life, but I didn't expect you to stay and fight."

  Katsura Kogoro said in a deep voice:

"Mr. Miyabe is an important leader among us Zunyi patriots."

"I can't just watch him die here!"

As he spoke, he raised the blade, flashing a cold light.

"This is a rare opportunity, let me experience the power of the Heavenly Sword!"

After saying this, he held the knife steadily.

"Shinto Muken-ryu, Katsura Kogoro!"

  Seeing this, the General smiled slightly:

"That's a coincidence. I've wanted to compete with the famous 'Swordsman Kogoro' for a long time."

She said as she raised the knife to mid-section.

"Tennen Rishin-ryu, Okita Souji!"

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"Now! Run away!"

"We can't die here!"

While the battle was raging and no one was paying attention to them, the two warriors secretly ran out of the room, crawled through the corridors and stairs, and hurriedly came to the entrance on the first floor.

They secretly rejoiced, thinking they had escaped - little did they know that two people were already waiting outside the door.

Seeing that the enemy had finally fled here, Soma Shukei and Yoshimura Kanichiro both raised their blades.

Yoshimura Kanichiro was seen firmly planted on his feet, rising from the middle, with the tip of his sword trembling like a wagtail's tail - it was truly a textbook version of the Hokushin Ittoryu sword-holding stance.

Just when they were about to escape successfully, they suddenly encountered two obstacles... The two patriots were so frightened that they burst out with a strong desire to survive, and then stimulated the strength in their bodies to the maximum extent.

"You running dog of the shogunate! Get out of here!"

One of them drew his sword, raised it above his head, and chopped at Yoshimura Kanichiro's forehead.

Although lacking in skills, he had more than enough momentum.

As a fellow student who is highly regarded by Yamanami Keisuke, Yoshimura Kanichiro possesses the strong strength to be able to hold his own for a while even against Nagakura Shinpachi and Saito Hajime!

He calmly took a half step to the side to avoid the opponent's attack.

While dodging, he lowered the blade and raised it.

When the two were about to pass each other, he swung his knife upwards - drops of blood splashed from the blade.

With just one blow, the man showed no signs of life. After groaning a few times, he fell forward and landed on his face.

At the same time, Soma Shukei was engaged in a fierce battle with another Sonjo patriot.

In comparison, among the Shinsengumi, which is full of strong people, Soma Shukei's skills are not outstanding.

But fortunately, the opponent he is currently facing is weaker than him.

He exposed a flaw to attract the opponent to attack.

When the opponent was fooled, he jumped up lightly and easily dodged the opponent's knife. When his body began to fall downward, the knife in his hand chopped down in the air and hit the opponent's face.

Before Soma and Yoshimura Kanichiro could catch their breath, several more people escaped from Ikeda's house...

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When they learned that there was an expert guarding the main gate, some people took another approach and tried to escape through the back door.

The first person to escape to the back door was a dwarf who was less than 1.5 meters tall - in fact, this height was not considered short in the Edo period.

When the dwarf pushed open the back door and smelled the hot and humid air outside, he immediately saw a huge figure -

"Come and die!"

The "female giant" Koto Nakazawa shouted loudly and waved the naginata in her hand like picking up a wick.

Don’t be fooled by the slender blade of the female naginata. When you swing the naginata in a round shape, the terrifying power unleashed by the leverage effect makes it a real heavy weapon!

With just one strike from her, the dwarf was caught off guard and became even shorter.

Long weapons such as naginata and spears can only exert their greatest power in open areas - for this reason, Kondo Isami deployed Nakazawa Koto outside Ikeda's house.

The people responsible for guarding the back door are Fujido Heisuke and Nakazawa Koto.

They were seen dividing the work, one was responsible for "medium-range strikes" and the other was responsible for "killing the enemy at close range."

A katana and a naginata tightly blocked the back door, preventing anyone from escaping.

As I said before - the desire to survive can greatly stimulate human potential.

In order to survive, someone gritted his teeth, lurked secretly, and waited for the best time to strike.

With his limited practical experience, he realized that Fujido Heisuke was not someone to be trifled with, and that Nakazawa Koto was the best "breakthrough point".

At this moment, a man who was quite skilled had fought with Zhongze Qin for several rounds - he seized the opportunity, rushed forward with a howl, raised his knife and chopped directly at Zhongze Qin's waist and abdomen.

If this attack hits, even if Zhongze Qin doesn't die, she will be seriously injured and fall to the ground.

He originally thought that this move could kill Nakazawa Qin directly and fight his way out of it, with a grim smile on his face.

But who would have known... when he chopped down with the knife, his palm did not feel the solid feeling of cutting flesh and breaking bones, but was instead painfully shocked, as if he had hit something hard.

Looking up, the blade cut through Nakazawa Koto's haori, but the gap did not reveal her fair skin, but rather her pitch-black armor.

  Instantly, the man widened his eyes in grief and indignation, and murmured half in annoyance and half in grievance:

"Chain mail...?!"

This whisper became the last words he uttered in his life.

Fujido Heisuke took a step forward, a white light flashed, and he fell to the ground with a sad and angry expression.

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Kyoto, Nawate-dori (east of Kamo River), somewhere——

Hijikata Toshizo and others were silently waiting outside the alley for Qing Deng's return.

Qing Deng wasn't away for long.

At most, it’s only more than 5 minutes.

However, these short 5 minutes gave Hijikata Toshizo and others the illusion that it was more than 5 hours.

Our general left alone with an unknown person... Anyone would be worried about this situation.

Even though they were extremely concerned and wanted to walk into the alley and take a look, they did not dare to disobey Qing Deng's order and could only wait silently where they were.

Just when everyone was secretly anxious, a very small number of people including Hijikata Toshizo and Saito Hajime suddenly seemed to sense something and turned their heads to the west.

  Looking at Serizawa Kame who was doing the same thing, Niimi Nishiki couldn't help but ask:

"Serizawa, what's wrong?"

Serizawa Duck said calmly:

"somebody is coming."

Before he finished speaking, there was the sound of hurried footsteps coming from afar - a figure appeared faintly on the street in the west.

Hijikata Toshizo narrowed his eyes and looked intently.

About 5 seconds later, he growled:

"It's Yamazaki!"

The person who came was Yamazaki Mori, who had left Ikeda-ya, ran all the way to the east of Kamogawa, and then followed Nawate-dori to find him.

Running such a long distance without stopping was too much for even Yamazaki Zheng.

  After he came to Hijikata Toshizo panting, he didn't even bother to catch his breath and asked breathlessly:

"Where is the lord? Where is the lord?!"

  Before Hijikata Toshizo and the others could answer, Qing Deng's voice suddenly came:

"I'm here!"

Qing Deng walked out of the alley in two steps at a time.

Seeing Qing Deng return safely, Hijikata Toshizo and others breathed a sigh of relief.

Yamazaki Zheng didn't know where Qing Deng was. When he saw Qing Deng coming, he hurriedly reported:

"My lord! It's Ikedaya! Miyabe Teizo, Katsura Kogoro and others are having a meeting at Ikedaya! Chief Kondo and his men have already engaged the enemy! The battle is intense! Please go and support them as soon as possible!"

When these words were spoken, everyone at the scene was naturally surprised.

The next moment, they all turned their heads and looked at Qing Deng.

A hint of surprise briefly flashed across Qing Deng's cheeks, but he quickly returned to normal.

After thinking for a moment, he turned to look at Hijikata Toshizo:

"… Toshizo, you will be in charge of the team from now on! Lead everyone to support Ikedaya! I'll be there soon!"

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PS: Thanks to the book friend [Axin Butler] for reminding me that as early as Chapter 3 of Volume 101, Qing Deng had already heard of the person "Miss Sumire" from Matsudaira Yoshiyasu.

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