Even though the other party was trying his best to suppress it, a complex emotion still appeared in his cheeks.

Nostalgia, sadness, resentment, resentment, unwillingness...the complexity of these emotions is difficult to describe in specific words.

Through Prajna's blunt words just now, Qingden understood something - but the sudden increase of "doubts" far outweighed the "enlightenment".

To be honest, he is completely confused now and full of questions.

However, there is one thing he is sure of - no matter what, we must take down this guy first!

It only takes one glance to tell that Prajna's current condition is not good.

Even if hundreds of minions attack together, Qingdeng is not afraid at all and does not even frown.

But if we are besieged by masters of the same level as Souji and Nagakura Shinpachi... even if it's Aito, it will never be easy!

Qingden looked calm on the surface, but secretly he had quietly concentrated his strength on his toes, staring closely at Prajna while paying attention to Souji's condition, ready to pounce forward at any time.

Now he just hopes that Souji can regain his strength as soon as possible and then escape from Prajna's feet.

In this way, he can fight Prajna without any worries.

Although his action of accumulating energy was very subtle, Prajna saw through it at a glance.

"Ju Qingden, I have been looking forward to a hearty and all-out duel with you."

"However, it is a pity that I no longer have the strength to fight with you now."

As he spoke, he raised his hand to wipe the blood from his forehead.

"I originally planned to fight you again after defeating your subordinates."

"Unexpectedly, your subordinates are much stronger than I expected."

Speaking of this, he specifically squinted his eyes and glanced at Souji, who was lying on his side at his feet, breathing heavily and not yet recovering from the severe pain.

"I almost died just now."

"Let's leave the duel between you and me until next time."

He paused for a moment, then curved the corners of his mouth and adopted a meaningful tone.

"The duel between you and me will eventually come - in the near future."

Hearing this, anyone with long ears and a brain can tell that Prajna wants to escape!

Qingden and Hijikata Shisan and others beside him immediately tensed up.

At this moment when the atmosphere suddenly became tense... Hannya actually flew up and kicked Souji at his feet!

The General Secretary, who had completely lost the ability to move, was unable to resist at all.

She groaned in pain, and then rolled down along the eaves.

In just a blink of an eye, her body flipped over the eaves and fell straight to the ground!

Based on the current state of the General Secretary, there is simply no way for him to make a sacrifice.

If you fall to the ground without taking any action...even if you don't die, you will still be seriously injured!

At this distance, there is no time to save Souji - for ordinary people, this is indeed the case.

Whether to pursue Prajna or to rescue Souji - in Qingteng's eyes, this is not even a multiple-choice question.

Qingteng ran to the headquarters without thinking!

After taking only five steps, he used the momentum of his forward motion to rush toward the falling Souji like a gust of wind.

At the critical moment, he accurately hugged Souji in mid-air - at this moment, Souji's head was less than 3 inches from the ground.

Qingden hugged Souji tightly and protected her in his arms. Under the action of inertia, the two of them rolled a few meters away before finally slowly regaining their balance.

At the same time as he kicked Souji away, Hannya turned back, his feet turned into wind, his arms turned into wings, and he ran straight into the darkness in the distance.

Aoto and Toshizo Hijikata once again played a tacit cooperation.

Even without prior discussion, the two tacitly acted separately.

When Aoto flew to rescue Souji, Toshizo Hijikata took over the command and shouted loudly:

"Chase! Don't let this guy get away!"

At present, Prajna's combat power is greatly reduced... No matter from which angle you look at it, now is the best time to deal with this enemy!

While Hijikata Toshizo was shouting like this, he raised his sword and caught up with him.

Serizawa Duck and Nakazawa Sadashi followed quickly.

As a top expert who can defeat Souji and others, how fast is Prajna?

Even if his physical strength is now weakened, his distance is still beyond the reach of ordinary people.

But in the blink of an eye, his figure had already disappeared.

Even though Hijikata Toizan and others tried their best, they were still unable to close the distance between the two sides.

On the other side, Souji, who had saved his life, coughed a few times, and then hurriedly said to Qingteng:

"Ji Jun...don't worry about me...go and chase..."

The general manager successfully escaped.

At this point, Qingdeng no longer has any worries.

He nodded gently and laid the Chief Secretary flat on the ground.

At this time, Saitoichi, who was slightly injured, caught up.

"Ah Yi, I will ask you to take care of Xiao Si."

Saito nodded vigorously.

After entrusting the general secretary to Saito Ichi, Aoto immediately backed up and faced the direction of Hannya's escape.

"One horse takes the lead +4", "Nine bulls and two tigers +3", "Elephant's core +9"... All talents related to muscle strength are activated!

In an instant, Qingdeng disappeared from the spot - he had appeared several meters away, with strong wind pressure hanging behind him!

He made no reservations and pushed his speed to the extreme.

Its speed is so fast that people with poor eyesight may not be able to catch it!

If you look down from the air, you can see that the distance between Qingden and Prajna is rapidly shrinking.

If Prajna hadn't lured Qingdeng away with the chief commander just now and bought himself some time, how could he have escaped Qingdeng's control?

If nothing else happens, as long as Qingden is given another 10 seconds... no, 7 seconds! He can catch up with Prajna.

However... Qingdeng no longer has this chance...

When Aoden set out to pursue him, Prajna had already fled to a bridge over the Kamogawa River.

Suddenly, Qingdeng heard Prajna's voice coming from far away in the dark night ahead:

"Ju Qingden! Help me bring a message to the master!"

"Although he probably didn't believe me when I said this, I did always remember him and always regarded him as my mentor."

"I will never forget his great kindness."

"I treat him sincerely...I fully hope that he will treat me sincerely too!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he jumped over the guardrail of the bridge and jumped into the Kamogawa River.

With a "pop" sound, Prajna fell into the river.

When Hijikata Toshizo and others rushed to the railing, they saw only circles of ripples.

Nakazawa Sadat only stretched out the lantern in his hand conspicuously, barely illuminating a small area of ​​the river below the railing.

With the lighting capabilities of the lantern, it is enough to illuminate the surface of the river, but forget about what is below the river surface.

Looking around, all he could see was pitch black.

Prajna seemed to be melting into the water, its figure could not be found at all, and its movement could not be heard.

Hijikata Toshizo gritted his teeth and ordered without giving up:

"Search along the river! If you find anything, remember to shout a warning and never fight him alone!"

Serizawa Kamo and Nakazawa Sada just obeyed the order silently, dispersed and looked in different directions.

Although no one said it explicitly, everyone knew in their hearts that the possibility of finding Prajna was extremely slim.

Kamogawa is the mother river of Kyoto, running through Kyoto from north to south.

It's late at night now, and visibility is extremely poor.

God knows in which direction he fled and where he landed.

With their small manpower, even if they break their legs, they may not be able to find Prajna.

At this time, Qingdeng arrived slowly.

He held his hand on the railing and stared at the river expressionlessly.

Say nothing, just thinking.

…

…

In order to find Hannya and Katsura Kogoro who successfully escaped from Ikedaya, Aoto transferred a large team of people from the Shinsengumi camp in Mibu Township and launched a blanket search.

Qingdeng's search force was huge.

What a pity... everyone was busy until dawn, but could not find Hannya and Katsura Kogoro.

Not to mention finding them, not even the slightest clue could be found.

This result was within Qingdeng's expectation.

Looking for two people in the huge Kyoto is like looking for a needle in a haystack, so it is a matter of course that you cannot find them.
To be continued...