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Suddenly, a huge figure enveloped Souji from the side.

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

Matsuda Shigesuke raised his sword above his head and roared towards Souji.

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

Because she had already sensed the arrival of someone——

Dang!

The two blades collided in the air, bursting out blue-white sparks.

A sturdy and dashing warrior who was also wearing a light green feather cloth rushed out from the side and helped Souji block the knife.

"Really, Shinpachi, why did you come just now? Brother Kondo and I have fought for several rounds."

Souji said, casting a look of pretended anger at the other party.

Shinpachi Nagakura and Genzaburo Inoue, who were responsible for the second wave of offensive, have already entered the battlefield!

Shinpachi Nagakura grinned.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting!"

"Shinto Munen-ryu, captain of the Shinsengumi Second Division, Nagakura Shinpachi, here I come!"

After saying that, he used a fierce force to deflect Matsuda Shigesuke's sword.

The surging force transmitted back along the blade made Matsuda Shigesuke scream in pain.

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

Nagakura Shinpachi saw the opportunity, stepped forward, and chopped down with force - although the blade was fierce, it did not feel the solid hand of cutting flesh and breaking bones.

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

Nagakura Shinpachi's favorite sword - Banshu Zuba Yamashige - cut the air in vain, and only the tip of the knife scratched the corner of Matsuda Shigesuke's clothes.

Seeing this, Nagakura Shinpachi raised his eyebrows, and his two corners of his mouth extended to the left and right, and his mood was high:

"Oh, you have some skills!"

Before he finished speaking, he was seen to be full of energy, rushing forward, and fighting with Matsuda Shigesuke.

On the other side——

"Little Master!"

Inoue Genzaburo shouted.

Before he finished speaking, he had arrived——he stood firmly behind Kondo Isami.

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

"Uncle Gen, I'll leave my back to you!"

"Little Master, same here!"

The faint silver moonlight leaked in from the window.

The two stood back to back, and the two famous swords——Nagasone Kotetsu and Oshu Shirakawa Kanetsu——were stained with moonlight.

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

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

One of them stared at Inoue Genzaburo and shouted:

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

Inoue Genzaburo said lightly:

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

At the moment when he announced his home, Oshu Shirakawa Sumi Kanetsugu shook and knocked away the moonlight! Draw a thrilling curve in the air!

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

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

"Hah aaaaaaaa——!"

He first deflected the oblique blade, then sank his strength into his waist, accumulating strength——the two actions of "deflecting the blade" and "accumulating strength" were completed almost at the same time.

In an instant, Nagasone Kotetsu blew up a gust of wind.

The first knife forced back the enemy in front of him.

The second knife cut the arm of the enemy in front of him.

The last knife seemed to have eyes, and it chopped down the enemy hiding in the blind spot of vision.

After three knives, the "front line" surrounding Kondo Isami suddenly collapsed.

"Mr. Miyabe! Quick! Go this way!"

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

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

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

It's worthy of being a sonnō faction! Even "how to escape" has to cause internal strife.

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

Miyabe Teizo was not good at martial arts, and his skills were slightly better than ordinary people, but limited.

Therefore, in order to ensure his personal safety, he was 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 those who were unwilling to fight the Shinsengumi, so they pretended to protect Miyabe Teizo from behind.

Roughly speaking, there were about ten people.

They formed a three-layer human wall inside and three-layer outside, blocking Miyabe Teizo behind them.

If Kondo Isami wanted to take Miyabe Teizo's rank, he had to tear open these human walls one by one.

Looking around, the scene was too chaotic.

To say that it was "a mess" was a compliment.

Those brave warriors rushed to the front, to the place close to the Shinsengumi.

Those cowardly people kept pushing to the back, to the place far away from the Shinsengumi.

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

However, it was precisely because of this chaos that Miyabe Teizo and others had difficulty moving. Until now, they have not escaped from this place and are still dawdling in the corner.

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

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

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

As long as the heads of these three people are taken off, it is almost equivalent to the victory of the Shinsengumi!

Kondo Isami "huffed" to take a breath, then shook the sword and shook off the blood on the blade, while attacking Miyabe Teizo!

Miyabe Teizo saw this and shouted:

"Be careful! The director of the Shinsengumi is coming!"

Instantly, the bodyguards in front of him immediately held their breath and stood ready, with swords lined up, motionless as a mountain, daunting!

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

"Hah aaaaaaaaaa——!"

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

When his hand rose, with a swoosh, the vertically slashed Kotetsu led to a whirlwind.

The momentum was so fierce that it seemed to cut the man in two.

However, the opponent did not dodge, but held the sword in his hand diagonally in front of his chest and took the blow!

With a clang——the two blades collided in the air.

Kotetsu was intact, but the opponent's blade had a conspicuous gap.

After approaching Kondo Isami's slash, the opponent groaned in pain, took a half step back, and then stabilized his body.

In the next breath, he used a superb force-relieving technique to push Kotetsu aside——Kotetsu was close to his blade, and "crackled" slid towards the tip of his blade, creating a series of sparks.

Kondo Isami felt that the force that was originally pressing forward in his hand was suddenly released to the side, causing his posture to become unstable.

The enemies on both sides saw that Kondo Isami had a flaw, and immediately attacked, attacking Kondo Isami's vital points from a tricky angle.

At this moment, Kondo Isami showed the super strength of "the fourth generation head of the Tennen Rishin-ryu family".

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

After pulling away from each other, Kondo Isami exhaled the turbid air that had just been locked in his lungs, and then greedily swallowed fresh air to even out 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.

—— Miyabe Teizo's bodyguards are indeed not simple characters...!

Kondo Isami is not sure about the strength of the other bodyguards.

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

According to Kondo Isami's own estimation, these three men were all as strong as Inoue Genzaburo and Fujido Heisuke!

Fighting against multiple masters of this level at the same time... Even someone as strong as Kondo Isami would never have it easy.

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

"Are you Kondo Isami of the Shinsengumi? Just like the rumors, you are a guy with a fierce face! '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?!"

Faced with Miyabe Teizo's rebuke, Kondo Isami sneered.

"You are about to die, but you are still chattering."

"Although I don't want to waste time talking to a dying person, since you mentioned the 'trend of the times', I will talk to you a little bit."

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

"But I know that there is only one 'trend' in this world, 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:

"Hmph! You are really talking to a cow! Winner? Just you? You, the running dogs of the shogunate, I advise you not to be too proud too soon!"

"You don't believe it? Well, stop rapping here! Since we are both samurai, we should speak with swords!"

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

The target he chose was the man who had just caught his slash.

The offensive he released now - as if a knife was slashing down from a cliff - was really incredible!

The "whirring" wind pressure alone was enough to make people's scalps numb.

I don't know if the man didn't react or was too confident in his skills. He didn't dodge, but just like before, he spread his feet, lowered his center of gravity, and prepared to approach Fujiyu's knife.

In a blink of an eye, the impact and roar shook the atmosphere.

Dang! !

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 on the blade of Kotetsu.

Even Kotetsu was like this, let alone the opponent's knife - with the collision as the center, spider-web-like fine lines appeared, and it seemed that it could no longer be used.

The man was unable to withstand the huge force and retreated violently, crashing into the second wall of people behind him, causing the originally perfect formation to suddenly become disordered.

Kondo Isami seized this opportunity and roared and swung Kotetsu.

His talent of "lonely courage" was brought to the extreme!

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

He fought against many enemies alone, and fought against Miyabe Teizo's bodyguards alone, without losing the upper hand!

Seeing Kondo Isami 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, the blade sounded - a cold blade rushed over unexpectedly! Straight to her snow-white neck!

Feeling the air pause slightly, Souji instinctively squatted down.

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

Then, Souji jumped to the side to increase the distance between him and the attacker.

After seeing the attacker's appearance, Souji was shocked 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, he saw a tall figure walking out of the darkness - it was Katsura Kogoro.

As a swordsman who had 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 faintly:

"Katsura Kogoro, you are a big figure in the Sonnō faction. I thought you would run away in a hurry 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 of our Sonnō faction."

"I can't watch him die here!"

As he spoke, he raised the blade, and the cold light flashed.

"This opportunity is rare, let me experience the skills of the 'Heavenly Sword'!"

After that, he held up the knife steadily.

"Shinto Munen-ryu, Katsura Kogoro!"

Souji saw this and smiled:

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

She raised her sword to the middle.

"Tennen Rishin-ryu, Okita Souji!"

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...

"Now! Run!"

"We can't die here!"

The two Sonjo warriors took advantage of the fierce battle and no one was paying attention to them to sneak out of the room, crawling through the corridor and stairs, and hurriedly came to the entrance of the first floor.

They secretly rejoiced, thinking that they had escaped - but they didn't know that there were already two people waiting outside the gate.

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

Yoshimura Kanichiro stood firm, raised his sword from the middle, and trembled like a wagtail's tail - a textbook version of the Hokushin Ittoryu sword-holding posture.

He was about to escape, but suddenly encountered two obstacles... The two Sonjo warriors were panicked, and burst out with a strong desire to survive, and then stimulated the power in their bodies to the maximum extent.

"The running dogs of the shogunate! Get out of here!"

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

Although his skills were insufficient, his momentum was sufficient.

As a fellow disciple who was highly favored by Yamanami Keisuke, Yoshimura Kanichiro had the strong strength to deal with Nagakura Shinpachi and Saito Ichi for a while!

He stood half a step to the side calmly and avoided the opponent's slash.

While dodging, he lowered the blade and raised the lower section.

When the two were about to meet, he swung his knife upwards - the blade splashed with blood.

With just one blow, the man had no signs of life, and after groaning a few times, he fell forward and fell flat on his face.

At the same time, Soma Shukei was fighting fiercely with another Sonjo patriot.

In comparison, among the Shinsengumi, which was full of strong men, Soma Shukei's skills were not outstanding.

But fortunately, the opponent he was dealing with was weaker than him.

He sold a flaw to attract the opponent to attack.

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

Before Soma Shukei and Yoshimura Kanichiro could catch their breath, they saw several more people escaping from Ikeda's house...

...

...

When they learned that there was a master guarding the gate, some people took another way and tried to escape from the back door.

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

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

"I'm here to die!"

The "female giant" Nakazawa Koto shouted, swinging the naginata in her hand like a wick.

Although the blade of the female naginata is very slender, when you swing the naginata in a circle, the terrifying power that erupts from the leverage effect is indeed a heavy weapon!

With one blow from her, the dwarf who was caught off guard became much shorter again.

Long weapons such as naginata and spears can only exert their greatest power in open areas - that is why 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 working together, one was responsible for "mid-range strikes" and the other was responsible for "close-range kills."

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

Still the same sentence - the desire to survive can greatly stimulate people's potential.

In order to survive, someone gritted his teeth and lurked secretly, waiting for the best opportunity to take action.

With limited actual combat experience, he realized that Toudo Heisuke was not someone to be trifled with, and Nakazawa Qin was the best "breakthrough".

At this moment, there was a man who had a moment and fought with Nakazawa Qin for several rounds. He saw this opportunity, howled and rushed forward, raised his knife and slashed straight to Nakazawa Qin's waist and abdomen. .

If this blow hits, even if Nakazawa Qin doesn't die, he will be seriously injured and fall to the ground.

He originally thought that this move could directly kill Nakazawa Qin and create a bloody path, with a sinister smile on his face.

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

He raised his eyes and looked up - the blade cut open Nakazawa Qin's feather fabric, but the cut did not reveal the white and tender skin, but revealed the dark armor.

Suddenly, the man's eyes widened in grief and indignation, and he murmured half in annoyance and half in grievance:

"Chain armor...?!"

This murmur became the last word in his life.

Todo Heisuke stepped forward, and with a flash of white light, he fell to the ground with a sad and angry expression.

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…

Kyoto, Nawate Street (east of Kamogawa), somewhere——

Hijikata Toshizo and others waited silently outside the alley for Aoto's return.

Qingdeng's absence was not long.

It's only a little over 5 minutes.

However, this short period of more than 5 minutes gave Hijikata Toizan and others the illusion of more than 5 hours.

His general went off alone with an unknown person... This situation would make anyone worried.

Although they were extremely concerned and wanted to go into the alley and follow him to have a look, they did not dare to disobey Qingdeng's order and could only wait silently.

At this moment when everyone was secretly anxious, a handful of people including Hijikata Toshizo and Saito Ichi suddenly seemed to sense something and all turned their heads to the west.

Shinmi Nishiki looked at Serizawa Kamo who made the same move and couldn't help but ask:

"Serizawa, what's wrong?"

Serizawa Duck said calmly:

"Someone is coming."

Before he finished speaking, there was a sound of rapid footsteps in the distance - a figure faintly appeared on the street in the west.

Hijikata Tosei squinted his eyes and watched intently.

About 5 seconds later, he growled:

"It's Yamazaki!"

The person who came was none other than Yamazaki Hao, who ran all the way to the east of Kamogawa River after leaving Ikedaya, and then followed Nawate Street to find him.

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

After huffing and puffing, he came to Hijikata Toshizo. He didn't bother to catch his breath and asked out of breath:

"Lord, where is my lord? Where is my lord?!"

Before Hijikata Toizan and the others could answer, Aoden's voice came out suddenly:

"I'm here!"

Qingdeng walked out of the alley in three steps and two steps at a time.

Seeing Aonto return safely, Hijikata Toizan and others breathed a sigh of relief.

Yamazaki Hao didn't know what Qingteng was doing. When he saw Qingteng coming, he hurriedly reported:

"Lord! It's Ikedaya! The meeting place for Miyabe Daizo, Katsura Kogoro and others is Ikedaya! Director Kondo and the others have already engaged each other! The battle is fierce! Please go to support quickly!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone at the scene was naturally surprised.

In the next breath, they all turned their heads and looked at Qingdeng.

A flash of surprise briefly flashed across Qingden's cheeks, but he quickly returned to normal.

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

"...Susan, you will be responsible for leading the team next! You lead everyone to support Ikedaya! I will be there soon!"

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PS: Thanks to the book friend [Axin Butler] for reminding me, it turns out that Qingden had heard about the character "Miss Sumire" from Matsudaira Yongbao as early as Chapter 101 of Volume 3.

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