Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

He couldn't help but think of the former director of the Shinsengumi, Isamu Kondo, a little out of place.

Come to think of it, Mr. Kondo also has an inexplicable attachment to "Tiger Torch"... He spent [-] gold and bought a tiger torch that was obviously a fake from a knife shop.Not only did he stubbornly believe that it was the real Toru, but after the Ikedaya battle, because of the sturdiness of the fake Toru, he specially hired a swordsmith and rewarded him with an extra five taels...

In other words, the young woman in front of her is indeed very close to the painting style of their newly elected chief in a strange way, isn't she?

For some reason, this thought suddenly eased his expression.

He did not seriously point out, "No, this 'Ichiki Ikshin' must be a counterfeit, because the real 'Ichiki Ikshin' was dedicated to His Majesty by the Owari Tokugawa family in the third year of Bunkyu, and it is now the Royal Family Yuwu, how can you get it?"

After thinking about it, he finally said ambiguously: "...Really."

Before he could figure out what to say next, he heard the enemy army in the distance as if they had received some order for a while, and the sound of bullets flying across rang out there.

Immediately, the direction in which the Pure Justice team was supposed to defend became confused.People shouting, chaotic footsteps, swishing stray bullets flying by, it is almost possible to imagine a scene of hell on earth just by those sounds.

Moreover, those monsters that descended from the sky will not wait for their opponents to calmly prepare before launching an offensive.

The monsters with blood-red eyes, tall stature, and black air all over their bodies swarmed towards Tathagata Hall with howls.

And from their actions, Liu Quan finally determined the goal of the time retrograde army this time.

They will not help the already exhausted Shinsengumi and Aizu Domain to come back and win that incredible victory—but will accelerate the process of Shinsengumi and Aizu Domain disappearing!For tonight alone, they want to let an important figure of the Shinsengumi—the former leader of the third division, the current captain of the Aizu Shinsengumi Saito Kazu—go against the truth of history and die here!

She didn't have time to elaborate on her inferences, so she could only hold the "one phase one shock" in her hand and shouted: "Three Riyue! One phase! Everyone follow me!" Then, she jumped out of the trench.

And Saito didn't have time to ask her why she only asked those people he brought to follow her to fight those monsters, so he just watched her - and the two handsome young men and the three young boys with baby faces ——jumped up almost at the same time, rushing towards the monsters that were several times bigger than them.

The sharp blades made the buzzing sound of metal colliding, accompanied by the sound of wind and sand during the battle, as well as the monsters' howling and howling in pain, constantly resounding in the wilderness in front of Saito.

Even, those battle sounds once covered up the chaotic gunshots and noises from the direction of the Chunyi team's retreat, as well as the splashing water from the direction of Kanigawa.

Saito knew that he should now calmly assign defensive tasks to the few remaining members of the newly selected team in the Tathagata Hall, and send someone to meet the team members who retreated in the direction of the Chunyi team, and he sent to support the team members earlier. , and then send another person to Kanigawa to see how much time he has left to attack the Satsuma infantry with all his strength regardless of the Chofu national service team crossing the river... Then send a few more people to meet the front of the Satsuma soldiers— —

Before his thoughts were fully formed, he paused in astonishment!

He noticed that every time she and the hands she brought killed a monster, one big orange-red hole in the sky would be healed.And the dozen or so monsters, although they had the upper hand in number, did not seem to be their opponents, and the big holes in the sky gradually disappeared one by one——

Suddenly, from Saito's point of view, a monster so tall that it almost blocked the sky appeared from the other side of a small mound very close to him-but he didn't notice it at first.

The monster may have landed on the other side of the small mound when it landed earlier, and that mound was not the main direction they attacked, so the young woman who claimed to be "Kazuo Shinoda" Didn't pay attention there.

And Saito's attention was divided partly on her fighting situation, so when the huge black figure suddenly revealed its full figure behind him, what he noticed first was, It turned out to be a raging murderous aura suddenly attacking from behind!

Before Saito had time to look back, his body reacted subconsciously like a conditioned reflex—he suddenly lowered his body in the trench and rolled on the spot; the moment he bent down, a violent blow The wind of the knife swept past his head!

However, he had already made the movement of falling to the ground and dodging. Although the trench was extremely narrow and restricted his retreat, he was still able to face the sky on his back after a roll, and thus clearly saw the source of the blade wind just now——

A tall monster who seemed to be wearing a straw hat with the brim pressed down so low that the face could not be seen clearly, was holding a large sword in his hand.There was an ominous blackness on the blade of the Odachi; as if realizing that he had dodged the blow, the monster let out a low, angry growl from its throat, and raised the sword with both hands again!

Under this posture, it is obviously impossible for Saito to raise his sword to fight it; however, the narrow trench prevents him from continuing to turn over and dodge.Let's put it this way - he is almost trapped in this shallow, crude trench; unless someone jumps out to hold the opponent's knife now, buying him a precious little time, giving him a chance to turn over Stand up and jump out of the trenches to fight against him, otherwise he will have no choice but to wait for death.

A strong anger and unwillingness suddenly surged into Saito's heart.However, he didn't have time to think more deeply.

The battle-hardened body reacts before the brain.He picked up the favorite knife that fell beside him due to the roll just now, and had already cut the blade in many places, and raised it in front of him, pouring almost all the strength of his body into his hands, and waited quietly. The condescending heavy blow of the monster holding the big sword in front of him——

Swish!

What he waited for was a sound of metal breaking through the air.

A short knife cut through the extremely dull air, and flew straight towards the monster holding the big sword!It's just that in the blink of an eye, no one can clearly see how the accident happened, and no one has time to respond. The dagger has already made a sound and pierced into the monster's right shoulder!

Although this could not kill the monster, the knife on the shoulder did delay the monster's movement for a moment.It raised its horned head high and let out a roar as if offended.

...But the next moment, that roar suddenly stopped!

Because, along with the dagger that flew over, there was another figure rushing over!

The young woman named "Kazuo Shinoda" dragged her own Taidao known as "One Stage One Shock", lowered her body and charged forward as hard as she could, her whole body was stretched like an arrow that left the string.Saito just fell on his back in the trench like this, without even seeing clearly how she moved, he saw the side of his field of vision cut off by the shape of the trench, and her figure leaping up in mid-air suddenly appeared there!Then, before he could stop, he swung his knife at the monster in front of him!

Although all of this happened in a short while, from Saito's perspective, Kazuo Shinoda's series of movements suddenly slowed down as if they were slowly turning pictures on a revolving lantern.

She jumped up from the edge of the trench and jumped over the top of the trench. While in the air, she held the handle of the knife with her right hand, and quickly moved her left hand to the end of the handle. The monster's chest, using the momentum of the forward rush, lowered the upper body, and pressed almost the weight of the whole body onto the sword in his hand-the next moment, with a bang, the sword pierced straight through the monster's chest!

Saito:! ! !

The monster let out a louder scream, and then, like the other stabbed monsters, it turned into a black smoke and disappeared into the night.

There was a snap, the sound of her footsteps landing lightly on the other side of the trench.

Saito just lay on his back on the soil at the bottom of the trench, and heard that she seemed to pick up the short knife that flew over and stabbed the monster's right shoulder near where she landed, and then shouted: "Thanks! Hakata! ", and then it seemed that the dagger was thrown back to someone not far away.

Immediately, a youthful voice full of vigor—with a distinct Kyushu accent—raised somewhere above his head.

"Wow——you, your masculinity has increased by fifty points!"

Saito: "..."

Ah, what is this young boy with a Kyushu accent who seems to be about to change his voice talking about?

He felt a slight confusion in his head. At this time, just because there were other people walking around the top of the trench, some untamped muck from the hole fell down; in order not to be confused by the sand, he subconsciously closed his eyes .

Immediately, a slightly panting but still smiling voice rose above his head.

"Hey, are you okay?"

Saito opened his eyes when he heard the sound, and saw Shinoda Kazuo half-kneeling on the edge of the trench, looking down at his situation with his head down.

Seeing that he opened his eyes and his expression didn't show any pain, she seemed relieved, opened her mouth and smiled, bent her upper body lower naturally, and stretched out a hand towards him, As if to give him a helping hand, to pull him up from the bottom of the ditch.

However, Saito just kept his eyes open, staring at the right hand stretched out from above him, but didn't move for a while.

The fingers of that hand were spread open, and there was a new bloodstain on the back of the hand.Saito just lay on his back at the bottom of the ditch, watching Kazuo Shinoda leaning over to pull him, almost occupying most of his field of vision; now it's the middle of the night, and the moonlight seems to be getting brighter , the bright moonlight projected from behind her, inlaid a thin layer of silver on her outline.

"... Mr. Shannan... as early as the second year of Yuanzhi, he passed away."

he said abruptly.

She seemed to be slightly taken aback, and there seemed to be a layer of confusion between the facial features that were not so clear due to the backlight.

Saito continued: "But Mr. Hijikata is still there. He has gone to Sendai."

Having said that, he took a deep breath, and instead of reaching out to reach her hand that was reaching out to him, he said quietly: "...you go to him. He is the one who was there at the beginning. The person in Osaka who helped you... If you want to repay your favor, you should also find him..."

Shinoda Kazuo seemed to have a hint of surprise on his face because he suddenly mentioned these two names.Then, in front of his eyes, that layer of astonishment gradually turned into melancholy, and finally became invisible.

"I understand what you mean." She still kept the gesture of reaching out to him, and said, "You want me to leave here and go to Mr. Hijikata because his place is safer than here, right? "

Saito said nothing.

Shinoda Kazuo didn't seem to intend to get any answer from him.The corners of her lips curled slightly, and a puzzling smile appeared on her face.

"I can't go to him. . . . I can't go there, Mr. Hijikata . . . " she said softly.

"...So, I can only repay you. Just accept it so readily." The trace of melancholy that appeared in her eyes was quickly swept away, she raised her head to look at the night, and then turned her head back Zhang glanced at the direction where the Chunyi team was supposed to be defending before, and finally turned his gaze back, and landed on his face condescendingly.

"...Because if you don't accept it quickly, the enemy will kill you soon. At that time, there is nothing you can do if you don't want to accept it." There was a ghostly smile in her voice again.

Saito sighed, finally stood up slightly, stretched out his hand towards her, grasped her extended hand, and stood up with strength.

Then he heard her laugh rather pleasantly.

"Very good.... You, your masculinity has increased by [-] points."

Saito: "..."

Ah, isn't this plagiarizing the lines of that Kyushu-accented boy just now?However, what is "masculinity" and what is the meaning of what she said, for some reason, he doesn't want to know at all.

Saito borrowed the power of Shinoda Kazuo to pull him, and pressed the edge of the trench with his left hand at the same time, turned over and jumped onto the ground.

But at the moment when he stood firmly on the ground, there seemed to be some huge noise in the distance.

With a buzzing sound, there was an ominous sound in the air piercing the darkness, and then a ball of fire exploded not too far away from them.

The powerful flame rolled up a group of turbulent airflow, which instantly lifted the sand, dust and trees on the ground, and a huge shock wave exploded, almost overturning the people around the flame.

In fact, the explosion point of the flame was still a little away from the Tathagata Hall's position, but the air current was lifted instantly, making Saito and the others unable to stand still, and staggered a few times.

Saito subconsciously held Shinoda Kazuo's arm and stabilized her body's center of gravity in time.

The impact point of this shell was very inaccurate, but Saito immediately became extra vigilant.

This might just be a round of test firing by the enemy.After two or three shells passed, they found the exact location, and the Tathagata Hall was about to be engulfed in flames.

In any case, when the shells came, it was better to hide in the trench than to stand on the ground as a target; Saito immediately shouted: "Everyone! Back into the trench and hide!"

Immediately, he grabbed Shinoda Kazuo's wrist, turned back again, and jumped back into the trench.Almost at the same time, a shell whizzed towards them——

Fortunately, the shell passed over the Tathagata Hall and landed in the woods on the hillside behind.The ground shook with a bang, and there was also the sound of trees creaking, breaking and falling, which was very ear-piercing.

Saito heard Kazuo Shinoda beside him coughing as he choked on dust.She coughed and asked, "Why...?"

"Yasuke Cannon." Saito replied succinctly. At the same time, he reached out to the bottom of the ditch, groped for a while, picked up a rifle/gun that had been thrown there before, and carefully poked out half of his face, and put the rifle / The gun rests on the edge of the ditch.

Shinoda Kazuo seemed to have finally managed to calm his breathing. Just as he was about to speak, a man came trotting over with his waist down.

"Captain! Shuntaro may not be able to..."

It was Arai, the young man who stopped the so-called "suspicious person" with a rifle/gun earlier.

He was also gray-faced at the moment, and his hat was blown away by the airflow. His face was black, but there was a white vertical line under his eyes.When he got closer, Saito realized that the vertical line turned out to be his tears washing away the dust and dirt covering his face.

"That guy Ikeda can't be found either. They were all on the side of the Chunyi team just now..." There was a hint of crying in Arai's young voice.

Saito sighed slightly inwardly.