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Chapter 820: So you are also a member of the Great Salt Party! [5100]

The so-called "utterly routed army" is nothing more than this.

Miss Jin and the others were shocked and stunned.

Looking up, Qing Deng's posture in battle - the steps to evade attacks, the techniques of wielding the sword, the transformation between offense and defense, the connection between one move and another - from the body posture to the details of the fingertips, everything is exquisite, profound, and smooth, which is pleasing to the eye!
There is no doubt that this is an exquisite move that can only be performed by someone who has reached the pinnacle of both technical skills and combat experience!

Calling her a “dancer”…I’m afraid that’s not quite right.

Qing Deng's movements are superb but not graceful enough.

To be precise... Qing Deng at the moment is more like a killing machine that specializes in swinging a knife!
Kill the enemy as soon as you meet him, with bold and vigorous movements, and pursue efficiency. If you can kill the enemy with one blow, you will never use a second blow. Reduce your own consumption to the lowest point and maximize the enemy's casualties!

Before they knew it, Miss Jin and the others had fallen into a daze, neither speaking nor moving, like clay sculptures or wooden carvings.

About 5 seconds later, Miss Jin was the first to react and shouted:

"Don't just stand there! Go help!"

As she spoke, she took out six shurikens from her waist, grabbed three in each hand, then kicked the window in front of her, aimed at the few unlucky guys closest to her, took a deep breath, and swung her hands violently - all six shurikens were thrown out.

The unstoppable Qing Deng before them had already made the patriots so overwhelmed that they had no time to take care of anything else.

Therefore, faced with this sudden shuriken attack, the warriors were completely unable to react.

By the time they heard the sound of breaking wind, it was too late.

The six shurikens thrown by Miss Sumire hit the target without missing a single one.

Those unlucky guys she targeted were all hit - two died on the spot, and the other two were seriously injured, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.

The places she aimed at were all vital parts such as wrists, ankles, neck, and head that could kill people directly or make them lose their ability to fight.

She threw out multiple shurikens in one breath; she threw them without aiming, and her hit rate was extremely high... Miss Sumire's superb throwing skills were fully demonstrated at this moment.

When Miss Jin and others came to reinforce, Qing Deng, who had sharp ears, had already noticed their movements.

He continued to swing his sword at the enemy while glancing at them out of the corner of his eye.

After witnessing Miss Sumire's wonderful technique in throwing shuriken, Qing Deng couldn't help but cheer in his heart.

Qing Deng had seen many people who were skilled in using katana, wakizashi, spear, and naginata.

However, he had rarely seen anyone who was good at using shuriken.

He couldn't help but think: the girls around him who knew martial arts not only had different personalities, but also were good at using different weapons.

Souji is good at using the katana, Sanako is good at using the naginata, Mai is good at using fists and feet, Tenshoin is good at using bows and arrows, and Miss Sumire is good at using shuriken.

After daydreaming for a while, Qing Deng quickly cleared his mind of distracting thoughts and refocused his attention on the battle at hand.

Although anyone with a discerning eye could see that Qing Deng alone was enough to take over the warehouse and wipe out all the enemies, and he didn't need any help from Miss Jin and the others, the feeling of "others are busy while I just watch" was really frustrating.

So, under the leadership of Miss Sumire, Ebina Ye Zong and the female ninjas all joined the battle.

Ebina Ye Zong drew his sword, shouted, rushed into the chaos, aimed at a patriot, and slashed him on the head.

The strike was brilliant; the blade drew a graceful curve in mid-air and directly cut off half of the forehead.

The next moment, while regulating his breathing, he assumed the Zanshin stance, pulled the knife back to his chest, and after charging his strength, chopped down the next enemy.

Ebina Ye Zong's swordsmanship skills are not outstanding, but he has rich combat experience and is a veteran who has been through many battles.

At the same time that Ebina Ye Zong stood up to fight, Miss Sumire and her female kunoichi began to display their abilities.

Miss Jin was not bragging, her subordinates were indeed very good at using hidden weapons.

They were seen spreading out, each occupying a commanding position, and then pulling out shurikens that glowed coldly from various parts of their bodies.

Suddenly, a "shuriken rain" began to fall in the warehouse!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Qing Deng heard a dense and tingling sound of breaking wind above his head.

Shuriken cut out thrilling afterimages in the air and attacked the patriots from all directions.

Immediately following the sound of breaking wind, there were screams and groans one after another.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

“Ugh…! My hand…! My hand is pierced…!”

"You actually used hidden weapons! You are too despicable! Come down and fight it out if you have the guts!"

In response to the "complaints" from the patriots, Ms. Sumire said with an impatient look:

"What are you yelling about? You blind bastards! This is how we female ninjas fight!"

Except for gifted people like Souji, the muscle strength and physical fitness of most women are far inferior to those of men.

Therefore, if women want to kill enemies like men, they have to find another way and choose weapons that are suitable for them and can make up for the gap between men and women.

For example, spears and naginata have the advantage of distance.

Or perhaps hidden weapons like shuriken and kunai.

Even if she is a woman, when she throws the shuriken with force, it is enough to defeat the thief and kill the enemy!
Among the "shuriken rain" flying all over the sky, the shurikens thrown by Miss Sumire are the most accurate and powerful.

If she didn't raise her hand, it would be fine. But if she raised her hand, a patriot would fall to the ground screaming or die instantly.

His skills were so superb that even Qing Deng couldn't help but be tempted and began to think about poaching him.

Of course, Qing Deng still has self-awareness.

He didn't think that he could "kidnap" the intelligence chief of the Great Salt Party with just a few words or by tempting him with fame and fortune.

After successively meeting my grandson Chutaro, Ebina Ye Zong, Miss Sumire and other members of the Great Salt Party, Qing Deng finally understood that in this environment where the Great Salt Party was repeatedly hunted down, those who would still join the Great Salt Party were basically a group of determined idealists.

Over the past twenty years, the shogunate's unremitting pursuit of the Great Salt Party has had a "reverse filtering" effect.

Those who were weak-willed would have quit long ago.

Most of those who stayed behind were a group of hard-core people who were ready to face death and had a heart as hard as stone.

If there was enough time, Qing Deng might adopt a "cat playing with mouse" mentality, slowly and interestingly playing with this group of people in front of him, and grabbing a few talents at the same time.

But now, the four big words "Burning Kyoto" are like a sword of Damocles hanging over Qingdeng's head, making him dare not relax.

In addition, he was also concerned about the situation at Ikeda House and was always thinking about it.

Therefore, he now only wanted to take over the warehouse as soon as possible, kill the lunatics headed by Yoshida Toshima, resolve the crisis of the "Kyoto Fire", and then rush to Ikedaya to check the situation.

When attacking the warehouse, he asked casually, "Which one is Yoshida Minoru?"

But after all this time, he still didn't know who Yoshida Minoru was.

But it doesn't matter.

——As long as you keep swinging your sword and kill all the enemies in front of you, you will be able to kill Yoshida Minoru!

After holding this simple idea, Qing Deng leaped out like a wild beast and tore the patriot to pieces.

With the support of Miss Jin and others, the current battle situation...needs no further elaboration.

When the only opponent was Niou, the patriots were completely defeated.

Now, not only is Niou here, but there is also a veteran soldier who has been through many battles, and there are countless shurikens flying above his head... The battle situation has become one-sided! There is no possibility of turning defeat into victory!
Except for a few people who were still fighting bravely, the rest of the survivors had lost all desire to fight and fled.

Of course, before they could escape far, they were knocked to the ground one after another by the shurikens of Miss Sumire and others.

After a while, the sounds of fighting gradually stopped and the scene returned to silence.

Looking around, all the patriots within sight were wiped out.

The vast majority of them fell under Qingdeng's knife.

Those who were still alive were all injured and had completely lost their combat effectiveness.

Under Miss Sumire's instructions, the female kunoichi jumped down from a high place and divided into two groups.

A group of people ran towards the large wooden boxes stacked deep in the warehouse - leading the team was A Tao.

When they opened the wooden boxes, the air was suddenly filled with the pungent smell of kerosene and the bitter smell of gunpowder - the boxes were filled with bottles of kerosene and boxes of gunpowder!

This amount of kerosene and gunpowder is more than enough to burn down half of Kyoto!
Ah Tao excitedly shouted to Miss Jin:
"Ms. Sumire! Found it! The kerosene and gunpowder are here!"

Another group of people rushed towards those who were still alive - led by Amei.

"do not move!"

"be honest!"

"If you still want to live, just listen to us!"

The female ninjas frowned, trying to look ferocious, and used their hands and feet to capture those lucky survivors.

Being able to escape from Qing Deng's sword - from this point of view, they were indeed lucky. Obviously, the ferocious looks that the female kunoichi showed to intimidate the patriots were completely unnecessary.

Although these guys managed to survive, they were all injured. The ones with the lightest injuries were unable to stand up and completely lost the ability to resist.

After Miss Sumire landed gracefully, she did not rush to look for kerosene and gunpowder or capture the surviving warriors like other female ninjas, but instead bent down and carefully examined the faces of the dead.

For those who were lying face down and whose appearance could not be seen clearly, she also turned over their faces and bodies.

Such behavior seems like he is looking for someone.

Seeing this, Qing Deng couldn't help but ask:
"Ajin, what are you doing?"

Miss Sumire answered without even looking up:
"I'm looking for Yoshida Minoru."

"Yoshida Minoru? Do you know what Yoshida Minoru looks like?"

Ms. Jin smiled meaningfully.

"Aki, have you forgotten? I am the 'No. 1 Geisha in Kyoto'."

"'There is no spirit below a man's navel'. Whether they are the Sonnō faction or the Shogunate faction, they all like to surround themselves with women."

"Before the 'August 18th Coup', the Sonnōjō faction particularly liked to hold banquets and meetings in Gion."

"After a while, I have seen all the prominent figures in the Zunrang faction with my own eyes."

"I have seen that Yoshida Minoru several times."

"He always follows Kusaka Genzui's ass, always saying 'expel the barbarians' and 'heavenly punishment'. He is a very gloomy and cruel guy."

"If we can successfully kill this man, it would be considered as removing a great evil from this world."

There is no spirit within a man's three inches below his navel - this is a classic proverb from the Edo period.

As the name suggests, this sentence is complaining that all men are perverts.

Since Miss Sumire recognized Yoshida Toshima's appearance, Qing Deng felt relieved.

Yoshida Toshima was one of the leaders of the crazy plan of "burning Kyoto".

If this person is not eliminated, tonight's "joint operation" will be far from perfect.

The overall situation is now decided.

The next task is to clean up the battlefield.

However... at this moment, Qing Deng's ears trembled slightly - his talent "Wind Perception +3" was activated - and he suddenly heard the "squeaking" sound of the bowstring being tightened!

His expression suddenly changed slightly and he turned his head to look like lightning.

I saw a patriot covered in blood, leaning against the wall, gritting his teeth and pulling the bow in his hand with force.

There was a shuriken stuck in his neck, and his breath was gradually weakening, as if he would die at any time.

The man used up all the remaining strength in his body and stretched the bow in his hand into a full moon.

The place where that cold light was aimed at... was exactly the back of Ebina Ye Zong!
Ebina Ye Zong was regulating his breathing and did not notice the crisis behind him.

When Qing Deng discovered this person, the bowstring was already taut, the arrow was nocked and aligned, and the entire bow was ready to shoot at any time!
"Mr. Ebina! Get down!"

While Qing Deng shouted loudly, he turned his right wrist and changed the way he held the knife from a normal grip to an inverted grip. Then, with a javelin-throwing motion, he aimed at the man's head and threw the Vairocana in his hand with force.

Almost at the same moment when Qing Deng threw the knife, the man loosened his fingers that were tightly gripping the bowstring -

Whoosh!
The originally tense force suddenly bounced off from between his arms!

The arrow shot out!

Qing Deng’s reminder was timely.

But... compared to the speed at which the other party shot the arrow, his reminder was still half a step slower!
When Qing Deng reminded him, although Ebina Ye Zong didn't understand what was going on, he still quickly lay down.

The speed at which he crouched... was obviously not as fast as the speed at which the arrow flew!

It was clear at a glance that he was unable to dodge!

At this critical moment, a spear suddenly fell from the sky!

The spear was as straight as a meteor, cutting through the atmosphere, diagonally cutting through everyone's vision, and then accurately intercepting the arrow in mid-air.

The spear and the arrow - the strength of the two is obvious.

With a "click" sound, the spear easily broke the arrow just like breaking a toothpick.

The arrow broke into two pieces and fell to the ground in boredom.

As for the spear, its remaining force did not diminish as it penetrated straight into the ground, leaving only the shaft and half of the spear head outside.

At the same moment when the spear cut off the arrow, the Vairocana thrown by Qingdeng hit the attacker right in the forehead.

"Brain-opening" on the physical level... The man's eyes bulged out, then rolled back, revealing the whites of his eyes like a dead fish, and then his head tilted back as if being pulled, and he died completely.

From the sneak attack with the bow to Qing Deng's warning and rescue, to the sudden killing spear... everything happened in milliseconds.

Because the incident happened suddenly, Miss Jin and the others were stunned for 2 or 3 seconds before they came to their senses belatedly.

When Qing Deng saw the spear falling from the sky, he was immediately surprised.

He threw out the spear and accurately intercepted the high-speed flying arrow in mid-air... Based on his sharp eyesight and superb spear-wielding skills, the owner of this spear must be a martial arts master!
At this moment, Miss Jin and the others also looked confused as if they were in a fog.

However, after just a moment, they seemed to realize something and slowly showed expressions of sudden enlightenment on their faces.

Qing Deng first glanced at the two broken arrows on the ground, then looked upwards in the direction where the spear was shot from - on the beam stood a huge figure.

The move of "throwing the spear and breaking the arrow" just now was very chic and elegant.

But the owner of this gun... although it cannot be said that he has nothing to do with the words "cool" and "elegant", it can be said that he is very different.

The man's body shape is the best interpretation of the word "pot-bellied".

Even wearing a loose kimono, it couldn't hide the fat, bulging belly.

The unshaved hair of Yuedai is messy and looks like a bird's nest.

His face was also dirty and looked quite greasy.

At first glance, he is just an unkempt man.

However, after seeing this person, Qing Deng was surprised.

The reason for this is that he recognized this person.

"Mr. Dongcheng...?"

The other party was no one else but Shintaro Tojo, who had just come to Beijing to take up the post of "Kyoto Director" not long ago!
Under the gaze of everyone, Tojo Shintaro staggered his steps and jumped down.

Bang - when this huge "meatball"-like body fell to the ground, the entire ground immediately shook slightly, which showed how heavy it was.

Why was Tojo Shintaro here? Although Qing Deng had this question in his mind, he soon figured out the answer.

But... this answer made it difficult for him to adapt to it for a while.

"You fat guy, you're too slow!"

Miss Sumire glared at Tojo Shintaro unhappily.

The other party spread his hands:

"I'm sorry, I'm here at full speed. Fortunately, I'm not too late. It's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early."

Watching the interaction between Ms. Sumire and Tojo Shintaro... no matter how surprised Qing Deng was, he could only accept this fact.

"…Today is such a good day."

Qing Deng looked at Miss Sumire, then looked at Tojo Shintaro, and continued in a half-joking, half-serious tone:

"People who usually hide their true colors have all revealed their true colors tonight."

At this point, he turned his head and looked at Tojo Shintaro:
"So you are the 'combat expert' that Jin has been talking about!"

The only combatant Miss Sumire could immediately mobilize tonight, besides Ebina Ye Zong, was another person - Qing Deng didn't care about this at all.

I thought to myself, “It doesn’t matter who he is, as long as he doesn’t hold me back and can be of use, it’s fine.”

He never expected that the person Miss Jin was talking about would actually be someone he knew...!
As soon as Qing Deng finished speaking, Dongcheng Shintaro smiled slightly:
"He is both a retainer of the shogunate and a member of the Great Salt Party... This is not surprising, right?"

"Isn't that what my grandson Chutaro is like?"

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