Inada Juzo slashed at Chuzaemon Kawanishi with his sword, but his attack was blocked by Chuzaemon Kawanishi with his left wakizashi. After controlling Inada Juzo's sword, Chuzaemon Kawanishi swung

The katana in his right hand hit the vital point of Inada Juzo.

After Inada Juzo's body shook a few times, he leaned back and lay down on the ground, lifeless.

Kawanishi Chuzaemon, who can serve as the deputy captain of Ii's bodyguards, is naturally very skilled in swordsmanship.

However... there is no shortage of masters with outstanding swordsmanship among the patriots.

The second person to break through the defense line and attack the sedan was Hirokako Nojiro.

His sword drew a sharp arc, approaching Chuzaemon Kawanishi's neck, and Chuzaemon Kawanishi raised his sword to block it.

At this time, Arimurajizaemon comes!

He seized the opportunity and took advantage of the moment when Chuzaemon Kawanishi was fighting with Hirokako Kojiro. He deceived him and advanced in, slashing at Chuzaemon Kawanishi's vitals.

Chuzaemon Kawanishi narrowly avoided this fatal attack, but his left shoulder was accidentally slashed by Arimurajizaemon.

The fourth patriot who arrived at the sedan - Kurosawa Chuzaburo - arrived at this moment.

Arimura Jizaemon, Kurosawa Chuzaburo, and Hirokako Konojiro attacked Kawanishi Chuzaemon from three different directions.

Kawanishi Chuzaemon, who was unable to defeat the six-handed man with two fists, finally received a fatal blow.

But before he died, he used the remaining strength in his body to carry out the last counterattack before death. He slashed vertically from Hirokazu Nojiro's forehead to the corner of his mouth, which made his teeth feel sore.

The sound of bones breaking was heard.

Hirokako Nojiro let out a shrill scream and fell to the ground, his body convulsing uncontrollably.

Arimurajizaemon no longer bothered to check on his companions.

After finally beheading Chuzaemon Kawanishi, Arimura Jizaemon gritted his teeth, kicked the ground with both feet, and rushed towards the sedan like an arrow from a string!

"Tenchu——!"

Arimurajizaemon put all his strength on the knife in his hand and stabbed the knife into the sedan.

The sharp sword tip pierced the body of Ii Naoki, who was now covered in cold sweat and unable to move due to damage to his waist and spine.

"Cough, cough!" The blood flowing from Naobi's mouth and nose has dyed most of Naobi's body red, "Is this... the end of it..."

"Get out! National traitor!"

Arimurajizaemon reached into the sedan with a big move, grabbed Ii Naoki by the lapel, and pulled Ii Naoki out of the sedan.

Being dragged to the snow, Naoki Ii squeezed out the last bit of strength left in his body and pulled out the wakizashi from his waist.

Arimura Jizaemon swung his sword in a high-level stance and slashed at Ii Naomi's neck, but Ii Naomi used the wakizashi in his hand to deflect it away.

If he is in his prime, Naomi Ii, who is proficient in Iaido and has good attainments in jujitsu and other fighting arts, is not afraid of fighting all the way so far, Arimurajizaemon is already quite tired.

However... his waist and spine have been broken by bullets, his lower body has completely lost consciousness, and he can exert less than 10% of his strength.

Parrying Arimurajizaemon's slashing attack - this is the limit of what Ii Naoki can do at the moment.

He was unable to defend himself from Arimura Jizaemon's second attack.

"Cough, cough..." Ii Naobi coughed up some more sticky blood mixed with saliva.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Ii Naoki...he suddenly laughed.

On this bloody battlefield, when his life was about to be in danger, he showed a magnanimous smile.

"As expected... I fell into the hands of... you guys... who think that you can usher in a new era just by relying on swords and killing..."

"Stupid rats...! Be superstitious about swords and killing... will only lead this country to evil ways...!"

Naoki Ii's words, which he spoke with the last of his strength, were ultimately misleading.

Arimura Jizaemon, who was now in a high state of excitement, could no longer hear any sounds.

He raised the knife in his palm high again.

The shadow cast by the blade blocked Ii Naoki's vision.

Ii Naobi laughed a few more times, tilted his head back, and rested the back of his head on the thick snow.

His eyes, which were gradually losing their luster, looked at the sky where "black clouds were overwhelming the city."

"What should be done about the future of the shogunate...?"

He asked the sky.

Arimurajizaemon's sharp blade swung down.

Naoki Ii's neck instantly spurted blood.

The head fell to the ground.

Ii Naobi's magnanimity was mixed with a bit of regret and...apologetic smile, which bloomed in a pool of blood.

The blood spurted out from the severed head of Ii Naomi and splashed all over Arimura Jizaemon's face.

After Arimura Jizaemon wiped the blood spattered on his face, he reached out and grabbed Ii Naomi's head and raised it high: "Take off the head of the national thief——!!"

Looking at the head held high by Arimura Jizaemon, Sekitetsunosuke, who was responsible for staying behind and giving on-site command, had his cheeks rosy with excitement: "Good job, Arimura.

!Well done!”

This bloody fight to the death lasted for about a quarter of an hour, and they finally achieved a brilliant victory!

Due to the surprise attack in the heavy snow and the lack of time to remove the sheath on the handle of the knife, a large number of Jingyi guards were killed without even being able to put up a decent resistance.

Those who were still alive either fainted, or their morale collapsed after seeing Naomi Ii's head being taken away, and they fled.

The battlefield that screamed to kill Zhentian suddenly returned to silence.

The patriots retreated in all directions as planned.

Arimura Jizaemon, who personally took off Ii Naoki's head, shoulders the important task of taking away the head.

He and Hirokako Nojiro, who was seriously injured with a sword in his forehead, fled toward the Hibiya Gate.

The warm blood that had filled every part of his body slowly faded away... Arimurajizaemon felt that the pain was returning to his body bit by bit.

Limbs, trunk, head...there is no place in the whole body that does not hurt.

Looking down, he saw that the number of wounds on his body was shocking.

My body hurts, but my mood feels so good.

Neither he nor Hirokako Nojiro beside him noticed at this time - behind them, there was a seriously injured man holding a knife, limping through the snow, chasing them both.

The name of the seriously injured person is Ogawara Hidenoshima.

He had just fought desperately on the battlefield, fighting until he suffered several wounds and passed out.

When he woke up, he happened to see the scene where Naoki Ii's head was chopped off and taken away.

His own lord was killed, and his head was taken away... Such humiliation, Hidenoshima Ogawara could not bear it no matter what!

Driven by this emotion of grief and indignation, Hidenobu Ogawara felt new strength constantly pouring out of his body.

With this new surge of power, Ogawara Hidenoshima stubbornly pursued Arimura Jizaemon and Hirokako Jiro regardless of his own injuries.

The sound of his footsteps was obscured by the wind and snow.

In addition, Arimura Jizaemon and the others were all seriously injured and in extremely poor condition, so they did not notice the pursuers behind them at all...

Ogawara Hidenoshima successfully approached Arimura Jirozaemon behind him and struck with his sword without any hesitation!

The blade of the blade hit the back of Murajizaemon's head, making a huge and terrifying gash.

Blood trickled out from this large wound, and in the blink of an eye, all the fabric on Arimurajizaemon's back body was dyed red.

Seeing that there were pursuers, Hirokako Nojiro quickly turned around and slashed Hidenoshima Ogawara to the ground.

Ogawara Hidenoshima, who was lying on his back, struggled a few times and then... stopped moving.

"Ugh...!" The dizziness and severe pain were so strong that Arimurajizaemon felt as if his body was being twisted and torn into pieces.

After taking a few staggering steps forward, Arimurajizaemon could no longer hold on and fell to the ground.

"Hirooka-kun...I seem to...can't do it anymore..."

"Haha..." Hirokako Nojiro laughed a few times, "I can't do it either... I can't stand anymore..."

Arimura Jizaemon raised his head and found that he had fallen right in front of the gate of Wakatoshi: Endo Tajimamomo's mansion.

"I'm right here...I'll kill myself...!"

Arimurajizaemon braced himself physically and mentally, and assumed a sitting posture.

He placed Ii Naoki's head beside him, pulled open the lapel of his kimono, and exposed his belly.

Hirokako Konojiro looked at Arimura Jirozaemon's posture, grinned a few times, then swayed a few more steps forward, and came to the gate of the Sakai family's mansion: "

Then I...just become a benevolent person here..."

After saying that, Hirokako Nojiro knelt down on the ground, pulled open the skirt of his kimono, and exposed his belly.
To be continued...