I formed the strongest swordsman group

Edo is very noisy tonight.

Since the rise of the Qingshui clan, its dominance has been constantly challenged by other forces.

In order to whitewash himself, Yakuza often puts himself in the skin of a businessman or a knight.

In the final analysis, the essence of Yakuza is always "violence".

Therefore, endless fighting is the norm in the underground world.

In recent years, many emerging Yakuza groups who are not afraid of tigers, as well as extreme forces who want to get a share of the prosperous Kanto, have attacked the Shimizu clan one after another.

In addition, occasionally there are some warriors who consider themselves highly skilled and want to imitate the chivalrous men who draw their swords and help each other in market novels, in an attempt to suppress the Qingshui clan and eliminate harm for the people.

However, no matter whether it is due to self-interest or purely wanting to be a hero, no matter what, as long as they challenge the Qingshui clan, their final endings are very similar.

The former was either merged or killed from top to bottom.

As for the latter... their fate is even simpler. Either he escaped from other places and never dared to come to Kanto again, or he was given a seat in Edo Bay and contributed a lot to the fishery in the Pacific Ocean.

Three years ago, there was a master swordsman who had obtained the Katori Shinto-style exempt from universal transmission. He was very angry because his favorite girl was bullied by a certain cadre of the Shimizu clan.

The swordsman, who was just in his prime, stood up angrily under the rush of blood, turned into a beauty in a rage, put on his saber, and went straight to find that person to settle accounts.

And then... there is no more.

Since that night, no one has seen him and his lover again...

One night later, someone witnessed several Yakuzas of the Shimizu clan striding towards Edo Bay carrying a large wooden barrel containing something unknown...

All in all, with the full support of the Fazhu Party, the Qingshui clan used blood and broken bones bit by bit to instill an unshakable hegemony in the extreme world of Kanto!

Of course, unless the government has completely lost its authority and grass-roots management capabilities, and is reduced to a sham, no matter how powerful the Jido organization is, it will be difficult to confront the government with violent machines such as the police and the army-this is beyond doubt The truth, no matter ancient or modern, east or west.

Although the Edo shogunate is currently in decline, it is far from weak enough that even Yakuza can bully it.

However, the leadership of the Qingshui clan is not stupid. Of course they know that as long as the gang of well-dressed Yue Qing Yunke at the top of the shogunate are willing and willing to do the coolie, even if the Qingshui clan grows two or three times bigger, it will not be enough to bully them.

[Note·Yueqing Yunke: Japanese idiom, initially referring to the public officials of the Kyoto court, and later generally referring to high-ranking carnivores]

Therefore, the Qingshui clan allocates a huge amount of money every year to bribe and buy off officials at all levels of the shogunate, and spare no effort to manage relationships and dredge contacts.

Who would have trouble with money?

What's more, the policy of governing the country that the Edo shogunate adhered to and has continued is "strive for stability in all things."

Affected by this atmosphere, the suffocating bureaucracy has always enveloped the shogunate.

As long as they don't provoke too much, the shogunate officials who take "don't make trouble for me" as the highest action goal are willing to turn a blind eye to the dirty behavior of the Qingshui clan.

Ever since, the Qingshui clan had more umbrellas, and the officials of the shogunate had money.

It can be said that "everyone is happy" - only ordinary people suffer.

As time passed, fewer and fewer people or forces dared to oppose the Qingshui clan.

No one dared to play wild in the territory of the Qingshui clan.

No one dared to challenge the Qingshui clan's soldiers head-on.

Today, whether it is the common people in Kanto or the insiders of the Qingshui clan, they have come to the same consensus - the Qingshui clan is the local emperor of Kanto!

Its casinos, well-known establishments, underground banks and other venues are against Edo... no! It is an inviolable existence for the general public in the entire Kanto.

But now—just tonight, these "noble" forbidden areas were actually broken one by one by that man...by "King Ren" Ju Qingdeng as if entering no one's land!

From Kan'ei Temple to Shinagawa.

From Naito Shinjuku to Onakigawa

【Note·Kan'ei Temple is at the north end of Edo; Shinagawa is at the south end; Naito Shinjuku is at the west end; Konagigawa is at the east end】

Throughout the whole night, Qingdeng ran in the bloody storm!

He is like a hunter with a keen sense of smell and extraordinary mobility, galloping, jumping, swinging a knife, hunting

Every time a stronghold of the Qingshui clan is destroyed, he will go straight to the next "field" without stopping.

Whether it's an insignificant place or an important casino with a lot of money, it's like the streets in the morning, let Qingdeng come and go as he pleases!

No one can stop him.

No one can stop him!

The heavy news that "'King Ren' Ju Qingdeng attacked the Qingshui clan" spread from the people to the government, and from the government to the people.

One pass ten, ten pass one hundred, one hundred pass one thousand.

Soon, the silence of the night was broken.

The originally deserted streets were suddenly crowded with anxious figures of officials from various departments such as the Huofu Bandit Reform, the "Three Returns" of the Enforcement Office, and Zifan.

They suddenly received a summoning order and had to get up from the warm quilt. When they first assembled in their respective government offices, they all had stinky faces.

But after learning the reason for the sudden and urgent summoning of them, all of them showed shock and disbelief.

The Qingshui clan suffered heavy losses, and their strongholds fell one after another?

Is it just one person who created this situation single-handedly?

And that person, or the "King Ren" Ju Qingdeng who had been missing for a long time?

What is the purpose of "King Ni" suddenly attacking the Qingshui clan?

Does he have accomplices?

Where is he now?

Countless questions and incomprehensions, like a sledgehammer falling from the sky, hit the officials' heads heavily.

It made them dizzy.

It smashed them into a fog.

What should we do next——Officials all turned their attention to their superiors and leaders for "applying for instructions".

In fact, their superiors and leaders were also at a loss at this time, as if they were in a daze.

After weighing the pros and cons, they could only vaguely issue the order "all go to the street to look for Juqingdeng", and temporarily put on a gesture of "we have nothing to eat".

Compared with the sluggish action of the government, the reaction of the victim...that is, the Qingshui clan is undoubtedly much faster.

After receiving the news of "King Ren's attack", Luo Sha immediately dispatched troops at the first time.

But...it all happened so suddenly.

Although Luo Sha's remedial work was not untimely, his deployment speed couldn't keep up with Qing Deng's attack speed!

Qingdeng acted alone, without the burden of his companions.

With the blessing of talents such as "leading the horse +1" and "iron lung +1", Qingdeng's movement speed far exceeds that of ordinary people.

What's more, he has also received formal ninja training in the New Imperial Court, and has super mobility "even on a wall that is only palm-width, and he can still walk on flat ground".

10 minutes ago, he was listening to the music of Mimi in Yoshihara.

Ten minutes later, he may appear near the Nihonbashi, overlooking the bustling downtown.

There is a saying that if you prepare the front, you will be widowed; if you prepare the back, you will be widowed; if you prepare the left, you will be widowed on the right; if you have prepared the right, you will be widowed on the left;

If, like sprinkling pepper, you deploy your defenses everywhere, you will invisibly disperse your strength, and give up the great opportunity to "break down one by one" to Qingdeng.

Therefore, Rakshasa can only concentrate its troops in important strongholds.

As for other less important places...you can only ask for luck!

However... even though he was so cautious, it didn't ease Raksha's frown.

Because just now, he received a piece of bad news: a certain area that he had focused on fortifying was still under Qingdeng's knife!

It wasn't until the dawn of the sky, when the soft white light of dawn filled the streets and alleys of Edo, that Qingdeng finally stopped his attack.

In just one night, Qingdeng destroyed 13 strongholds of the Qingshui clan! Hundreds of Yakuza were killed by him!

The news that "'Nioh' Tachibana Qingdeng kicked the Shimizu Clan 13 times in a row and defeated more than a hundred enemies in just one night" swept through the entire Edo like a whirlwind, and then spread to the Kanto and even further distant places.

Since the collapse of the Koi Group, Nioh, who has been silent until now, his figure standing with a sword broke into the world's sight again after half a year!

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...

The morning after the Shimizu Clan was severely injured——

Edo--

On the red dirt road, the dry and cold north wind howled past.

At first glance, everything is as usual.

Men and women came and went.

The large truck pulling goods rampaged among pedestrians.

However, if you observe carefully, you will definitely find that the atmosphere of the town has completely changed.

"Hey, do you know what happened last night?"

"I knew it earlier."

"Oh, this is really... a feeling of 'when I wake up, the whole Kanto has changed'."

"'Changing the sky' is not likely to happen. The Qingshui clan has deep roots, and such a little trauma is not enough to overthrow it."

"However, being kicked in a full 13 games, even the rich and powerful Qingshui clan will feel a deep heartache, right?"

"Tch, what do you know? For a Yakuza organization at the level of the Qingshui clan, what is a loss of money? Losing money is a small matter, but losing face is a big deal! Yakuza can give up everything, except losing face ! If the Qingshui clan doesn’t try to save face as soon as possible, how will people treat them afterwards?”

"Well...that's not wrong."

"Why did that Ju Qingdeng have trouble with the Qingshui clan? Is there any enmity between them?"

"who knows."

"Hmph, I didn't expect that nasty Qingshui clan to have such a bad day, it deserves it!"

"Hush, shut up! Be careful that walls have ears!"

...

Conversations similar to this can be heard everywhere.

Logically speaking, if such a major news happened, it would definitely be published on the tile board the next day.

However, the tile vendors were frightened by the coercion of the Qingshui clan, and did not dare to publish any information related to last night's events on the tile board.

The so-called "tile tabloids" can be understood as newspapers in the Edo period.

At the beginning of the 17th century, a kind of reading material similar to newspapers appeared for the first time in Osaka, the "capital of commerce", called "tile boards".

It is an unofficial reading that is freely printed and sold by the people.

To make tile readings, clay is first carved, then fired into tiles, which are then used to print the contents onto paper.

With the development of technology, tile boards are no longer limited to clay board printing, and tile boards printed on wood boards have also appeared.

The tile club will report various types of news, including civil wars, riots, murders, earthquakes, fires, black ships, and other news-like information, as well as love murders, vendettas, freaks, child prodigies, Gossip and legends of entertainment nature such as legends of rare and exotic animals.

Tile peddlers read aloud today's hot news on the street and sell it to citizens—this is one of the most common street scenes in metropolises such as Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka.

The Qingshui clan can rely on their own power to force the tile peddlers to shut up.

But no matter how powerful they are, they can't stop Yoyo's mouth.

Teahouses, izakayas, bathhouses... wherever people gather, there are discussions about Qingdeng's righteous deeds.

Yes, acts of kindness.

However, it is impossible for any human being with a normal head to have a good impression of the polar group.

The people of Edo have long hated the Shimizu clan, who did all kinds of evil.

It's just suffering from being powerless to resist, so I can only swallow my breath.

Therefore, after learning that Qingdeng had achieved the feat they had always wanted to do but dared not do, they all felt a sense of retribution and anger.

The men look fascinated.

The women's eyes glowed.

The hearts of thousands of people in Edo were all touched by the same person.

...

...

Edo, Yoshiwara——

After listening to the report of his subordinates, Gua Shengxiu, who was "the same heart in Yoshihara," smiled bitterly, and said to himself:

"This Ju Qingdeng... really looks like Mr. Ogata... If you don't sing, you'll be fine, and once you sing, your jaw will drop..."

...

...

Edo, the settlement of Westerners——

Elodie jumped down from the chair and looked at Leroy in front of her in surprise.

"Miss Leroy, the teacher has shown up? Tell me in detail!"

...

...

Edo, Sanwei Museum——

"A Sui! A Sui!"

"Don't be so loud, it's too loud, I heard you."

Hijikata Toshizo turned his helpless gaze to Isamu Kondo behind him.

"A Sui, you..."

Kondo's words had just begun when he was interrupted by Hijikata:

"I already know about the incident about the 'Orange Night Attacking the Qingshui Clan'."

"You already know? Well, save my saliva. Ah Sui, from your point of view, why did Mr. Ju conflict with the Qingshui clan?"

"How do I know this kind of thing?"

The native said angrily.

"I'm not the roundworm in his stomach."

Speaking of this, the earth side stopped for a while.

Er, while showing a thoughtful expression, he continued the conversation.

"The only thing that is certain now... is that Tachibana is determined to fight the Qingshui clan."

Hijikata smacked his lips with a "tsk".

"I kicked him 13 times... I don't even save face... This is completely an endless relationship..."

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...

Edo, Senjiya——

clack clack...

With a touch of beautiful bright red, it gallops at a fast speed to the Qianshiwu not far away.

Xi wears red clothes, is petite, and has agility—it is Mai Kinoshita.

"Mr. Kiryu! Mr. Kiryu!"

Kinoshita Mai pushed open the shop door, and shouted anxiously, emotionally:

"Mr. Kiryu, Tachibana-kun... Huh?"

As soon as she opened her mouth, the rest of the words got stuck in her throat.

The reason for this is all because there is a tall and tall figure that she did not expect standing in the room of thousands of things.

"Yo, young master, it's been a long time."

Yahachi Makimura, standing in front of Kiryu, pushed the bamboo hat on her head and smiled slightly.

"I'm back."

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As far as the order of appearance is concerned, Kinoshita Mai is indeed the first heroine of the book.

Qingdeng met Kinoshita Wu first, and then he met Zongsi, Ai Luodi, Sanako, and Tianzhangyuan respectively.