The so-called "a mess" and "a river of blood" is nothing more than that!

The first thing that caught my eye was the ground full of corpses! There was almost no place to stay!

Pounce forward; turn around and run away; cry in sorrow; twist the facial features... all kinds of postures and strange expressions.

Just based on this picture of "a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood", it is not difficult to imagine the brutality of the battle.

At this moment, Hijikata Toizan and the others suddenly heard heavy breathing:

"Huh...! Huh...! Huh...! Huh...!"

A warrior was leaning against the wall not far away, his head hanging down.

If it weren't for his chest and shoulders still rising and falling, this person would really look like he was dead.

Because of the dim light and the fact that the man was covered in blood, Hijikata Toizo and others took a closer look for a while before they recognized that the man was wearing a light green haori.

Soon, they saw each other's faces clearly.

"Uncle Yuan!"

Toshizo Hijikata, who has always been known as a "cold-faced devil", rarely showed a frightened and worried expression after seeing the tragic situation of Genzaburo Inoue.

Ignoring the corpses and pools of blood on the ground, he stepped forward and rushed to Inoue Genzaburo to steady his body.

"Uncle Yuan! Uncle Yuan!"

"Stop shaking... I feel very uncomfortable now... If you shake a few more times, I will vomit all over you."

Genzaburo Inoue slowly raised his head - his face was covered in blood, with almost no clean spots.

"Hijikata, you are finally here..."

"Uncle Yuan, are you okay? Are you injured?"

"I'm fine...Thanks to this chainmail, I didn't suffer any major injuries. I'm just...exhausted...so tired that I feel like vomiting...Oh...it's a pity that I got the knife..."

As he spoke, he turned to look at the knife beside his leg - the Oshu Shirakawa resident Kanazune Aoto gave him was already in terrible shape.

The blade is covered with large and small gaps, turning into a saw-like shape.

Fortunately, the blade has not been twisted or deformed, and it has not yet reached the point of being scrapped.

As long as the blade is sharpened, it can still be used.

It's just that the lifespan of this knife has been greatly shortened. If it suffers such serious trauma again, it will never be repaired.

Anyone who has used a sword knows that when swinging a sword to kill someone, the front half of the blade is mainly used to kill the enemy.

The front half of his saber was stained dark red by blood and grease, as if red ink had been splashed on it.

Those layers of fat...if you scraped them off, you could even fry a whole plate of vegetables!

It's hard to imagine how many people Inoue Genzaburo killed in tonight's battle...

"Hijikata, I don't have the strength to move...

"Go and see how the little master is doing..."

"He will definitely not have an easy time dealing with Miyabe Daizo and his bodyguards alone..."

Hijikata Toshizo nodded vigorously.

"Well, I understand. Uncle Yuan, you should have a good rest first. Leave the rest to us!"

After sending Niimi Nishiki to carry Inoue Genzaburo out of Ikeda House, he led Serizawa Kamo and Nakazawa Sadage and continued walking deeper into the second floor.

In a short time, they successfully arrived at the deepest room, which was the room where Miyabe Daizo, Katsura Kogoro and others were meeting.

The level of blood inside the room was even worse than outside the room.

Knife marks of varying lengths and depths covered every corner of the room.

Toshizo Hijikata just glanced around and found a familiar figure——

"Ah Sui... you guys... came too late... what were you doing?"

Isamu Kondo leaned against the window sill, sitting on the ground with his body covered in blood. The moonlight shone from behind, barely illuminating the smile on his face.

"We came here at full speed, please forgive us."

Seeing that Kondo Isamu was still alive and that all his body parts were intact, Toshizo Hijikata breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let me explain in advance...I was not injured...just...a small cut on my right leg...the blood on my body belongs to the enemy..."

Suddenly, a hoarse voice suddenly came from the other corner:

"You...are all...short-sighted...insects...!"

Hijikata Toizan and others turned around to look - the corner of the wall was filled with layers of corpses, forming a hill-like shape.

On this "hill", a dying middle-aged man barely raised his upper body and glared at Hijikata Toshizo and others.

"Ah Sui, this guy is Miyabe Daizo... He is just a weak scholar, and I knocked him down with just one blow... But his bodyguards are quite capable..."

No one saw Isamu Kondo fighting just now... This is really a pity.

He alone faced many martial arts masters whose strength was equal to that of Genzaburo Inoue and Heisuke Toudo, and won the final victory... With such a record, he lived up to the name of "the fourth generation head of the natural Rishin-ryu clan"!

For Miyabe Daizo, all the changes tonight were both unexpected and made him extremely sad and angry.

I wanted to use tonight's meeting to drag Katsura Kogoro here so that he would not hinder the plan to "burn Kyoto".

But I never thought...his "praying mantis" would be eaten by the "oriole"!

His grief and anger were so extreme that his eyes were splitting.

"Watch...history...will be written by us...!"

Hijikata Toshizo said calmly:

"I don't know who will ultimately write history, but it will definitely not be a defeated general like you."

Serizawa glanced at him and asked calmly:

"Do I need to introduce the wrong person?"

Serizawa Kamo's "goodwill" was like a needle, deeply hurting Miyabe Daizo's self-esteem.

He was supposed to have only one breath left, but suddenly burst out with strength——

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh...!"

He raised the broken knife in his hand and howled at Kondo Isamu.

Hijikata Toizo was about to raise his sword to intercept, but Isamu Kondo jumped up faster and swung his sword to hit the side of Miyabe Daizo's neck.

Under normal circumstances, Kondo Isamu would definitely be able to decapitate Miyabe Daizo with this sword.

However, due to his current exhaustion, his knife only cut a few inches into his neck.

However, such an injury could be fatal.

Miyabe Daizo instantly collapsed on the ground, his body twitched a few times, and then his eyes widened, completely lifeless.

Hijikata Toizo glanced at the body of Miyabe Daizo, then withdrew his gaze as if disgusted, and turned to look around.

"Akatsu, where are Xiaoji and Nagakura? Where is Saito who just arrived first?"

Kondo Isamu's face instantly darkened.

"I have been concentrating on dealing with Miyabe Daizo, so I don't know the specific situation..."

"All I know is that they are working together to deal with a powerful enemy."

"I just vaguely heard that they thought the corridor was too narrow, so they moved to the rooftop..."

Hearing this, Tossan Hijikata couldn't help but be startled, and then he immediately raised his ears - there was indeed a faint sound of gold and iron hitting each other from the direction of the roof!

They quickly climbed out of the window and moved to the roof.

There was no one on the roof of Ikeda House.

Hijikata Toizan looked around and finally found Souji and others - on the roof of a shop 20 meters away, four figures collided and intertwined repeatedly!

While holding his sword, Hannya quickly glanced at the chief commanders, Nagakura Shinpachi and Saito Ichi who surrounded him in the shape of a "pin".

Looking at Saitoichi on the left, Hannya curled his lips:

"What a master of no leakage! I haven't met a master of no leakage as strong as you in a long time!"

Saito ignored the conversation and silently stood up and swung his sword to attack the enemy.

Seeing Saito's move, Souji and Nagakura Shinpachi immediately stepped forward to cooperate.

The three of them coordinated with each other, attacked alternately, and launched a continuous offensive, leaving no chance for Prajna to breathe.

Natural Rishin-ryu, Shinto Muken-ryu, and Mudō-ryu—the three masters of the Shinsengumi, who studied under different schools, work together to defeat powerful enemies.

Such a grand occasion is indeed rare to see!

Prajna, who enjoys this grand occasion alone, is indeed a monster with unfathomable strength!

Even if he singled out the three top players of the Shinsengumi, he showed no sign of weakness!
To be continued...