"Boy, who are you? Please tell me your name!"

The short samurai glanced at Nasu Shingo.

"I've said it before, you don't need to panic, I'm not your enemy. If you want to see the evidence..."

At this moment, time around me seemed to have stopped.

The next moment, time resumes its flow.

At the same moment that the "time standstill" was lifted, a blade stopped steadily in front of Nasu Shingo's throat.

Uh-huh—the sound of drawing a sword followed closely.

"If I wanted to kill you, you would all have died long ago."

The short samurai holds the sword in his right hand and supports the sheath with his left hand, maintaining the posture of drawing the sword.

As long as he has that will, he can take Nasu Shingo's life just by gently moving the knife forward!

Nasu Shingo's eyes widened.

Yoshimura Tontaro and others were even more disbelieving.

I saw the blade first, and then heard the sound of drawing the sword... What a superb skill in drawing the sword!

Nasu Shingo is considered one of the strongest people in the Tenchu ​​team.

A hero like him couldn't even react and was restrained!

"……I see."

Yoshimura Tontaro continued with a sullen face:

"I believe you are a friendly force, please put down the knife!"

"Well, as long as you want to believe me."

The short samurai nodded slightly and put away the sword in his hand.

"Anyway... let me introduce myself now."

"I am in the lower reaches of the river Hikosai. I have been ordered by Kusaka Genrui to come to assist you."

Hegami Yanzhai—when they heard this name, everyone present took a breath.

Matsumoto Kuitou exclaimed:

"Are you that person Zhan Yanzhai?!"

The name of "Hitoko Hikosai" is known to everyone inside and outside Kyoto!

The short samurai...that is, Kawakami Hikosai, said in a neutral tone:

"I do have such a nickname."

“But I dare not call myself a ‘human killer’.”

"In my opinion, the only samurai from ancient times to the present who is qualified to bear the name of 'human slayer' is the legendary 'Eternal Sword Master' Ogata Issei."

"I just killed some ignorant lackeys of the shogunate. It's not worth mentioning at all."

"Even if they kill hundreds or thousands of these scoundrels, it's nothing."

After a brief period of astonishment, Yoshimura Torataro could not restrain his excitement and asked:

Kawagami Hikosai spoke very elegantly, not like a swordsman who killed countless people at all, but more like an elegant scholar.

"Kusaka Genrui...Did Choshu send people to support us?"

Heshang Yanzhai nodded:

"Yes. In order to support you, Kusaka-kun sent 200 martial arts masters headed by me. My comrades are not far behind me."

Kawagami Hikosai's words cheered up the atmosphere at the scene.

However, after only "vibrating" for a moment, it quickly declined again.

Matsumoto Kuitou frowned:

"Now that things have happened, what's the use of Changzhou's reinforcements..."

His muttering immediately aroused the resonance and echo of the others.

"Yes! Why didn't you come until now?"

"We have already finished fighting, and you are so late!"

"If you could arrive in time, we might not be defeated!"

…

In the face of everyone's accusations, Kawagami Hikosai remained calm and didn't even move his brows. He just said lightly:

"I already heard about the big defeat yesterday."

"It's a pity that we couldn't catch up with this battle."

"I was thinking that you might escape to Shishi County, so I came here instead...Thank you for God's blessing for allowing me to find you."

"We haven't lost yet!"

"We still have Takatori Castle, don't we?"

"Retreat to Takatori Castle immediately and fight the Shinsengumi in a cage battle - this is our only chance to turn defeat into victory!"

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Five thousand leopards have reappeared in the world! They almost evolved into six thousand leopards! Leopard Leopard has been very sad recently and is determined not to let it go bad! From today on, I will work hard to make ten thousand leopards reappear! (Jingleo)
Chapter completed!