Ryuzumi tightened his shoulders and slid a little down from the battle just now, and shook off a little blood from the blade with a shake of his right hand, and then looked around.

The sound of footsteps and the clanging of blades overhead, as well as the sound of a similar sound somewhere on the first floor, seemed to be the only one in the Ikeda House where she stood at the door, silent and detached—if not counting the ronin who had fainted at her feet.

Liu Quan took a deep breath and decided to rush to the second floor to have a look first. In her memory, both in history and in the world she experienced, the fierce battles on the second floor were even more moving - not to mention, both Kondo and Okita were on the second floor. Although Shinpachi and Okita were both on the first floor, and Heisuke was still wounded in the forehead on the first floor, but if you think about it carefully, it is also the second floor that is more likely to have an accident - Kondo and Okita are outnumbered on the second floor, and there are more possibilities and opportunities for the time-retraced march to do something, not to mention that Kondo and Okita are probably more important than the other Shinsengumi members in Ikedaya, right?

Liu Quan clenched the sword in his hand and rushed to the top of the stairs.

At the top of the stairs on the first floor, there was already a ronin upside down—he wasn't wearing a light onion hatori, which indicated his identity—and Ryuizumi nearly tripped over him.

She tentatively kicked the man. The man didn't move.

Liu Quan ignored the man, jumped over the man's body with a light jump, and walked directly up the stairs, rushing to the second floor.

At this moment, there was no candlelight or oil lamp lighting in the Ikeda House, and I could barely distinguish the movement of the people with the help of the moonlight shining in the windows here and there.

As soon as Ryuzumi rushed to the second floor, he heard the voice that was supposed to be Kondo, and he shouted energetically. However, the voice didn't seem to be close to her, so she decided to start at the top of the stairs and sweep through the rooms one by one, In addition to looking for traces of the time-tracing march that might appear here, she also had to pay attention to the situation of the Shinsengumi fighting, and beware of the time-traced march to snatch the victory that the Shinsengumi must get-

She had just checked two rooms—there was no one fighting in them, but there were one or two ronins on the floor who seemed to be no longer moving—when she heard a roar coming from the next room!

The voice that made the roar seemed to be extremely young, not like the muffled roar of a marching march back in time, and Liu Quan couldn't figure out who the owner of the voice was—for it wasn't familiar to her memory—but being able to make such a roar meant that the other party was not in a good situation, and she immediately turned and rushed to the room where she had appeared, and ran to the next room.

As soon as she rushed to the door of the next room, she was suddenly stunned.

The moonlight shining through the window of this room was almost completely obscured by the large monsters in the room, whose bodies were emitting black gas, and in the middle of the monster's encirclement was a young man dressed in a light green feather. At his feet, two ronin-looking men fell backwards. Through the faint rays of moonlight, Ryuzumi noticed that there seemed to be a dark mark under the two ronin-looking figures, which gradually spread on the tatami mats—probably the blood that flowed from the body after being cut down.

However, that's not the point.

Because in the next second, one of the monsters—Liu Quan recognized it as a fallen great sword—and slashed at the young man in the head with great strength.

With a clang, the young man raised his knife to block the blow. However, the next moment, his blade let out a terrifying thud—

The tip of the knife is broken.

Liu Quan's eyes widened!

Okita ...... Jun ......?!"

The only thing that broke the tip of the knife in the battle of Ikedaya was Okita Soji's "California Kiyomitsu", right......?!

Of course, the young man heard her exclaim the last name in a loud voice. Although the tip of his favorite knife had been broken, he still held the knife firmly against the monster's knife, and snorted coldly: "What are you still standing there for? Are you intimidated by these monsters?"

Liu Quan suddenly realized that he was shocked, and immediately rushed into the house.

The young man, who was different in appearance and voice from the one she was familiar with, but who was undoubtedly the historical Okita Soji, glanced at her quickly, his eyes lit up slightly when he saw the light green haori on her body, and his voice became brighter—it was the tone of his speech to his companion rather than his enemy.

"Watch out for these monsters! they seem to have a strong ability to recover, no matter how many stabs they take, they can recover quickly-"

Before he could finish his words, his voice froze in mid-air.

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that the young Shinsengumi soldier who rushed in raised his sword before he could finish speaking, and in no regard for the invisible rules of being a samurai, slashed down from behind a monster and slashed at the monster's back—

With a flash of the blade, the monster let out a terrible scream, and its body was cut in half, and the black qi emitted from its body became thicker and thicker—after the black qi dissipated, the monster's body also disappeared without a trace!

Okita was stunned for a moment.

"How, how could it ......?!"

He muttered to himself, but he didn't delay his battle—he jerked his arms forward with both hands, and pushed the tall foe in front of him with the help of his strength, and as soon as the enemy took a step back, he quickly changed his moves, and stabbed forward as swift as a fly—

However, the tip of his favorite knife, "California Kiyomitsu", has been broken. Even if it wasn't broken, it didn't seem like he could kill these monsters that suddenly broke into this room and were covered in black gas.

In retrospect, he had actually stabbed these monsters in the bodies many times during the fierce battle just now. However, these monsters did not cry out in pain, let alone lose their fighting power in the slightest, and still let out a terrible roar, and surrounded him without the spirit of a samurai, as if they were going to kill him!

He couldn't hold back for a long time in the heat of battle, and he couldn't help but let out a roar that contained anger and anxiety.

He knew that there were far more unscrupulous ronins who had gathered in Ikedaya tonight than the Shinsengumi who had broken into Ikedaya to arrest them, and that everyone had to fight one to ten, each of whom had to fight multiple enemies, and it was unlikely that they would have a chance to come to his aid in time. Of course, he doesn't need support - he's never been the weak, trouble-making guy!

However, the battle, which had been going smoothly before, was reversed after the appearance of these monsters who were covered in black gas and would not die no matter how they were killed.

He was dragged in this room by these monsters, and he could no longer rush out to support everyone and Kondo-kun in time, and he didn't know how the battle between everyone and Kondo-kun was going in other parts of Ikedaya-this situation made him anxious, and he urgently needed to win here as soon as possible and rush out!

The next moment, he realized that someone had finally appeared at the door.

However, before he could rejoice, he suffered an even heavier blow - the tip of his knife actually broke!

Right now...... What should I do?!The light in this room was too dim, he couldn't even see who the person who came to support him was, he could only vaguely see the light green feather weave on the other party's body, indicating that he and himself were companions;

His thoughts interrupted again. Because an even more incredible scene happened before his eyes.

The flat soldier who looked vague at the moment actually had very good skills.

And every time he stabbed those monsters, he was able to cut through the bodies of those monsters and take their lives—nothing like his own futile attacks.

"Drink!"

The newcomer let out a high-pitched shout, jumped up and slashed at the huge monster in front of him with a black breath of black gas.

The knife stabbed the monster in the shoulder, and the monster made a ho-ho sound in its throat, and slowly turned around with a slight stiffness, as if to raise the huge great sword in his hand—he had never seen anyone swing such a huge sword in battle with the same freedom as these monsters—and slashed at the new creature who dared to attack him.

But the monster was too slow.

The newcomer was unrelenting. Even in the face of the greatest of enemies of all sizes—the dangerous enemy that even he had not been able to destroy just now—he did not waver.

After stabbing the monster in the shoulder blade, he pulled the knife out with all his might, and instead of retreating, he swept the knife under the monster's ribs before the monster could fully turn around and attack him.

The knife seemed to be doing his best. Okita heard him let out an almost sharp "Drink!" and slashed down with a knife in both hands.

In the dimly lit room, Okita could only see the outline of his thin figure like a teenager, maintaining a posture of taking a step forward, the ponytail with a high bundle behind his head and the light onion feather weaving draped on his shoulders floated slightly because of this attack action, and at the moment when the blade cut through the darkness, the moonlight happened to shine on the sharp blade in his hand, and a silver reflection shone out, illuminating his facial features-

The massive monster let out a low roar, and its body turned into black smoke in the darkness before curling away.

Then, in this room, only the two ronins who had been cut down by Okita before were left, and they were still lying motionless on the tatami mats.

and the leader of the Ichiban group of the Shinsengumi, Soji Okita.

And the Shinsengumi team member who arrived later-

A look of surprise flashed across Okita's face, but his voice sounded like it had regained its previous calmness.

"Oh~ Your skills are so good, Kiyohara. ”

The young swordsman, known as the "Heavenly Sword of the End of the Bakugawa Shogun", crossed the sword in his hand, took a look at the position of the broken blade through the moonlight thrown in from the window, and narrowed his eyes.

"You have enough swordsmanship to slay monsters—well, I'll be sure to praise Mr. Hijikata when I go back. ”

The author has something to say: October 7:

The author is already a wasted person......

In my hometown, I almost ran away from two legs.

I came back feeling more tired than I was before the holiday...... I can't sleep today and can't get up [no

In short, from today onwards, we will resume the daily update~~

I hope my brain hole can satisfy everyone~~

PS. Thank you little angel wllll for the mines!(づ ̄3 ̄)づ╭~