04. Taboo sword

Takasugi Shinsaku really plays a good tune, the tune is mournful but interesting, it is easy to immerse people in it, a man who fought and killed at the end of the shogunate, it is rare to have such tenderness in his heart.

At this time, only he and Katsura Kogoro were left in the house, and Katsura still had a glass of wine that he hadn't finished, and he closed his eyes slightly while listening to the music while drinking, thinking about things.

"I'll leave for Kyoto early tomorrow morning, and I'll spend the night in my upstairs room today."

Katsura said

"I'm going to take that boy to Kyoto."

As soon as the words fell, the sound of the piano stopped.

Takasugi asked him, "Why don't you really need an 'executioner' in person?" "The executioner is the one who wields a butcher's knife, and Katsura has taken a fancy to Kenshin's swordsmanship, so he wants this ignorant boy to be an executioner wielding a butcher's knife for the justice he wants.

How cruel.

"I remember your glory in Edo very well." Jin Zuo said with a smile, the tone was like a joke with an old friend, but there was a question hidden in the joke.

"When you were in Edo, you could serve as the head of the Shinto Nianryu Training Hall, and you can definitely be regarded as an invincible swordsman except for Sakamoto Ryoma of the Beichen Sword......"

The four words of this invincible swordsman are full of irony.

Katsura Kogoro didn't seem to answer Jinzuo, he walked to the door indifferently and pushed it open and was about to leave, but he stopped again with one foot out of the door.

"I'd like to do that if I could, but I'm now the leader of the Cheung Chau Domain Restoration!"

The song is not finished yet, and it is time to take a break and continue.

"Really? Then you will be like the portable shrine in the end of the Bakudo festival. "The sound of the piano rises again", if the portable shrine is stained with blood, I am afraid that no one will dare to compete to carry the sedan chair. ”

Jin Zuo understands Gui and understands him from the heart.

"But if that kid sacrifices his life to get ahead, you can continue to be a pure shrine."

The sound of the piano is loud. Takasugi Shinsaku still has a laughing and indulgent expression all the time.

"No matter what kind of danger you face in the future, even if it is life and death, even if it is a stench for 10,000 years, you are not ready to continue to draw the knife?!!!

"I don't need you to say it, I know it." Katsura glanced back at Jin Saku, "Today is the death day of the swordsman Kogoro." ”

After saying that, he closed the door and left......

"Huh...... Gui, I should accompany you on your journey to hell and help you. ”

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The next day, Kenshin and Katsura and his party set off for Kyoto, and Jin Sakuni was still here, but he still had to continue to work hard for the assembly of the strange soldiers.

Kenshin was still a little excited in his heart, after all, it was the first time he felt that his ability could finally make a difference. He also knows a little bit about Katsura Kogoro's reputation, and it would be better if it was him, and if he was a liar, Kenshin felt that he could break through.

But Kenshin is obviously thinking too much, and this Katsura is genuine.

So when he arrived in Kyoto, Kenshin was quickly settled, and he lived in Ikedaya.

At first, everything was no different, Kenshin was like a different place to live, he practiced swordsmanship, and there were special people to take care of his life, plus Kenshin was young, and the other Restoration righteous people took good care of this little junior, although they didn't understand why Mr. Katsura would bring such a child back to Kyoto.

Until one day, a man named Iizuka among the righteous men found Kenshin.

Iizuka is a very ordinary person, he is even a little afraid of death and cowardice, there is no strong swordsmanship, and the reason for joining the Restoration faction is only that he offended the local officials of the shogunate when he was young and had nowhere to go, so he joined in order to survive, which can be regarded as "impure motives", and he always complains to Kenshin about how dangerous this job is in his spare time, but Iizuka takes care of Kenshin everywhere, and he really regards Kenshin as a little brother, so although Kenshin doesn't like this guy's cowardice, he also feels that his nature is not bad and it is inconvenient to say more.

"Kenshin, Kenshin, what the hell are you coming from?!" Iizuka was a little flustered when he found Kenshin.

“？ What's wrong? ”

"Hey, Mr. Gui asked me to give this to you." Iizuka pulled out a piece of letterhead painted black.

"It's ...... What the? ”

Kenshin took the letterhead and painted it black, which always felt very uncomfortable.

"Open it for yourself, I can't look ......at it," Iizuka shook his head, "I already gave it to you...... You, do it yourself. ”

Then Kenshin was left alone in the house again.

"What the hell is this?"

Since the letterhead is for me, there's nothing wrong with opening it.

“……”

I opened it, and there was a map analysis of an area in Kyoto, which seemed to be a samurai house, and the map also marked the patrol time and route map of the patrol guards around the house, and the analysis was so detailed that even the name of each guard was marked, and then there was a letter, which was written by Katsura Kogoro himself.

"Kenshin, rest for a long time, I think you are used to life in Kyoto, I can't meet you because I often have important things to do, but some things still have to be faced, you said that you can kill people for your ideals, when you get this letter, I think you should fulfill your promise, kill those guards, use your skills."

Kill the Guards......

A piece of paper slipped through the letter and landed on the ground, and Kenshin tried to pick it up but his fingers stopped before he could touch it.

There are two words on the paper

"Heavenly Punishment"

Heaven Punishment, Heaven Punishment, Heaven Punishment, Heaven Punishment, Heaven Punishment, Heaven Punishment, Heaven Punishment

…………… Oh my!

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Night, quiet, but now the night never means quiet and peaceful, patrolling samurai carry lamps in the streets of the old city of Kyoto, everyone has a sword, everyone has a samurai, no matter the rank of samurai......

Generally speaking, there are very few people who have a reason to fight against them.

"Who?!"

A patrolling samurai saw a man standing against a wall with a sword as he passed by the street, as if he were waiting for them.

"Three...... "He whispered

"Hello? Who are you!!! ”

Although the man was of short stature, the smell of blood from the wind that swept up at night swept the nostrils of the three men.

"Draw your sword!!"

Sensing that something was wrong, the three immediately drew their knives.

At the same time, the man who was hidden in the shadows had already drawn his sword, even faster than the three of them, and he was the last to strike.

"This!"

The guards who walked at the front saw a black figure leaping high, obscuring the moonlight.

What, just a child. The guard thought, just a child with tears and blood on his face.

Flying Sword, Flowing Dragon Mallet

Kill with a single sword... Lightning fast.

"Ahhhh

Kenshin had already killed seventeen people, and in front of him were the last three.

He had slain them in an instant with a longing for relief.

"......" left a rice paper with the words "Heavenly Punishment" written on it, and Kenshin had no strength.

On weekdays, I wield a knife countless times and I am not tired of these twenty knives. Is it so tiring to kill people?

But it's not as hard to accept as you might think.

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The next day, Kyoto shocked the whole of Kyoto with the death of 20 patrol guards overnight.

Isamu Kondo also received the news, and as a powerful swordsman, he went to the streets to see the bodies of the dead.

“…… Hmmm......" frowned after reading it.

"Saito, can you see that?"

The thing that walked with Isamu Kondo was called Saito Ichi's swordsman.,He also has some connections with the natural flow of reason.,It's a person with extraordinary skills.,At this time, I don't have to think about it by Isamu Kondo's side because of the Mibu Ronin Group.。

"Huh...... It's all the work of one person... It's really an amazing swordsmanship cultivation ......"

"Indeed, this kind of swordsmanship is no worse than you and me."

Isamu Kondo said, "It seems that the establishment of the Mibu Ronin Group is imminent. More and more monsters are gathering here.

"Speaking of which, Saito, when will he come?"

"In less than three days, you will be here." Saito took a deep breath, "You can rest assured that he can come?" ”

"Yes, it's best to be here."