Kinoshita Mai suddenly murmured.

Her petite body seemed to have suddenly lost its support, swaying slightly and almost collapsing to the ground.

But fortunately, before his body was about to sit on the ground, he stabilized his body's center of gravity in time.

"We survived...!"

She repeated what she had just said, then raised her head and looked up at Qingden, who was much taller than her.

Aoto, who felt Kinoshita Mai's gaze, lowered his chin and looked at Kinoshita Mai.

The moment their eyes met, a cute smile flickered on Kinoshita's cheeks.

A bright smile with a hint of shyness, revealing sincere emotions without pretense.

Thousands of words are melted into this smile.

This long night of continuous fighting in various parts of Edo was finally over... Thinking of this, and looking at the smile on Mai Kinoshita's face who had accompanied him through life and death without any regrets tonight, Qingto couldn't help but smile.

"Ah...I almost forgot..."

At this moment, Qingdeng suddenly remembered - there is another guy who has not been completely solved yet...

Qingden put away the smile on his face, turned his head and looked behind him on his left side, looking at the place where Kamino had just fallen to the ground.

As soon as he turned his eyes away, Qingdeng's expression became startled.

The ground where Kamino, a living person, should have been lying... now there was only a pool of blood and a string of dense blood stains extending towards the alley in the distance.

"You still have the strength to escape..."

Looking at the string of blood stains that were obviously left by Kamino when he escaped, Qingden couldn't help but show a surprised expression.

After starting the fight to the death with Kamaitachi, neither Aoto nor Mai Kinoshita had any energy left to take care of Kamino.

Qingteng did not expect that Kamino would still have the strength to escape secretly when no one had time to pay attention to him.

Kamino escaped... but Qingden didn't feel the slightest bit annoyed or anxious.

His chest was completely cut open, he was bleeding heavily, and his lungs were chopped off... With injuries like this, there was no way he could escape.

It's impossible to survive.

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“Ho…! Ho…! Ho…! Ho…! Ho…!”

Kamino was holding on to the dirty alley wall next to him and breathing hard.

Although every time he took a breath, the severed left lung felt so severe that Kamino almost fainted, he still endured the pain and continued to breathe hard.

If he doesn't inhale, the feeling of lack of oxygen will only make him more uncomfortable.

However... no matter how hard Kamino inhaled, he felt like he couldn't take it all in.

Rather, it seemed that the more he inhaled, the less air Kamino felt he could take in.

In order to make himself feel better, Kamino no longer held his head up, he lowered his head and let it hang on his chest.

Such an action forced Kamino to see the huge wound on his chest.

——What a shame... you actually... figured out my secret technique by observing my shadow...

Although he only saw it for a moment, Kamino was sure that he saw it correctly - when Qingteng took the initiative to rush towards him who planned to use his "secret technique" to end the duel, Qingteng was not observing his body movements;

Watch his shadow under the moon.

In order to prevent his opponents from discovering what techniques he used to extend the attack distance, he adopted a posture that allowed him to hide his sword and arms behind his back when using his "secret technique".

In the end, Qingdeng just relied on observing his shadow under the moon and predicting the timing of his sword attack based on the changes in the shadow of his hand. He finally succeeded in evading his secret technique and gave him a fatal blow.

——Damn it...! Damn it...!

Kamino was so angry that he wanted to let out a loud roar.

He had made so many preparations for tonight, for the complete destruction of the Edo settlement.

Purchase a large amount of kerosene from the smuggler. After all the kerosene purchased from the smuggler was lost due to the activities of the fox monk and the cat monk, he turned to the Rakshasa to buy kerosene...

In order to smoothly transport kerosene into the settlement, Natsume Yue, the daughter of Natsume Sohachiro, was kidnapped...

In order to find out the architectural layout of the residence; to find out the list of guests attending the Bright Ball; to find out where the camps of the guards at the residence are, I spent a lot of money to talk to Lan Fang, the doctor who lives in the residence: Huatian.

Shichiro started the deal. They paid, and Hanada Shichiro relied on his status to help them get this valuable information...

I have made so many preparations just to fulfill my long-cherished wish to "destroy the Edo Residence" tonight.

As a result, because of Ju Qingden... and because of this national traitor, they were once again defeated.

This time, not only did the entire group suffer heavy losses, but even my own life was in danger...

"Ahem...!"

My throat has been coughed until it becomes hoarse, and I almost lose consciousness after coughing.

Since just now, his hands and feet have been as cold as if they were immersed in ice water. This coldness began to gradually spread along his limbs throughout his body, and Kamino was so cold that his body began to tremble uncontrollably.

My head felt dizzy...and it became more and more dizzy, so dizzy that I could hardly tell where the sky was and where the earth was.

Completely relying on the willpower of "I don't want to die, I want to live", Kamino dragged his remaining body and persisted in escaping until now.

But no matter how strong your willpower is, it will eventually have its limit.

Kamino's right foot suddenly tripped on a protrusion on the ground beneath his feet, causing him to fall forward.

This bump that tripped up Kamino was the last straw that broke the camel's back for Kamino.

Kamino, who fell heavily to the ground, put his hands on the ground and tried to get up, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't stand up again.

"Is this... the end of it..."

Staring at the ground in front of his nose, Kamino took a deep breath, used up his last bit of strength, and sat upright on the ground with his knees bent. He pulled out the only weapon left on his body - the waistband, and at the same time, he opened the kimono on his upper body.

The skirt of his clothes exposed his belly.

——Since death is certain... let's commit suicide beautifully like a real samurai...

Kamino tried his best to straighten his waist, holding the wakizashi in his right hand, and pointed the tip of the flat wakizashi sword at his left abdomen, with a tragic expression on his face.

——If he died by committing seppuku...then I would not have lived up to my name as a samurai!

——In this way, I can be regarded as a proud person despite my defeat.

——Just follow my long-cherished wish and just do a three-character cut!

In addition to the most common "Ichimonjiri", there are many other types of laparotomy methods, such as: "Jumonjiri" and "Sanmonjiri".

Sanmonji cut: As the name suggests, it is a laparotomy method in which three cuts are made across the abdomen to directly cut out a "three" character.

Because it is too painful, no one has successfully completed the "Sanmonjiri" since the emergence of this crazy method of suicide.

Kamino, who has always considered himself a "real samurai" and strictly regulates himself by Bushido, has always longed for "Sanmonjiri".

A long time ago, Kamino decided that if someone could complete the "Sanmonjiri", that person would be a samurai among samurai and a role model for samurai!

Ever since, Kamino secretly made up his mind: if one day in the future, he needs to have a caesarean section, then he must challenge this "Sanmonjiri" that no one has ever succeeded in!

Kamino, who made up his mind to commit seppuku to express his will, decided to make three straight cuts on his stomach in one go.

However... just as Kamino put the sharp tip of the wakizashi's knife close to the left side of his abdomen, and felt the coldness of the tip on his skin, Kamino's movements suddenly stopped.

——Piercing the knife into the stomach and slicing it open... This must be very painful...

Kamino gritted his teeth and cursed secretly. Then, while trying to clear his mind and get rid of these chaotic thoughts in his mind, he used his right hand hard, trying to pierce the knife into his stomach.

But no matter how hard he tried, no matter how hard he gathered his mind and body, he just couldn't stab the knife into his stomach.

The severe pain of the stomach being cut open; the internal organs flowed all over the floor; you can't cry out for pain during a caesarean section, you have to endure the pain, keep your face straight, and cut your stomach beautifully without a groan; there are no mistakes around you

People must walk the last part of their lives in the severe pain of having their stomachs cut open... These thoughts, these imaginations of what will happen if they have a caesarean section, flooded into Kamino's mind one after another.

The tragic expression on Kamino's face disappeared.

The tragic feeling turned into fear and shrinking, and cold sweat soaked his entire face.

My right hand began to tremble...the wakizashi in my hand trembled along with the palm of my right hand.

Finally, after hesitating repeatedly and struggling for less than 10 seconds, Kamino forcefully shook away the right hand holding the knife pointed at his right abdomen, keeping the sharp knife tip far away from his stomach.

Snap, snap, snap, snap...

Suddenly, Kamino suddenly heard the sound of soft footsteps coming from ahead.

Thinking that the pursuers were coming, Kamino quickly turned his head and looked forward.

The person who came was not Qingden, Kinoshita Mai, or a heavily armed officer.

They were two arrogant ronin who both had knives on their waists, their hair was messy, their clothes were crookedly worn.

The faces of the two ronin were very red, and the stench of wine on their bodies could be smelled from a distance.

When Kamino looked at them, the two drunken ronin also noticed Kamino.
To be continued...