"Tachibana! Retire! ”

Hasegawa's shout rang out behind Tachibana.

Then, Tachibana heard the sound of the wind breaking through the air with a sharp blade behind him.

The blade in Hasegawa's hand turned into a dazzling sword light, sweeping towards the "Buddha enemy" who was wrestling with Tachibana.

The "Buddha Enemy" slammed forward, pushing Tachibana away in front of him, ending the wrestling with Tachibana, and immediately raised the black knife in his hand to block Hasegawa's horizontal slash.

"Tachibana!" Hasegawa yelled at Tachibana again, "Hurry up and go back!" He's not an opponent you can handle! ”

"Hasegawa-sama!" Tachibana responded, "I'll help you!" ”

However, Tachibana's request was immediately rejected by Hasegawa.

"No, you don't! Hurry back! ”

Hasegawa and Tachibana hadn't tried to cooperate with each other to kill enemies before.

Cooperating with strangers will only get in the way, but you will not be able to exert your due strength.

Imai, who has cooperated with Hasegawa the most times and has the most tacit understanding with each other, is now organizing the iron gunners to line up.

Therefore, Hasegawa can only rely on himself for the time being to entangle the "Buddha enemy" first.

Tachibana did not dare to disobey Hasegawa's order, so he could only follow Hasegawa's order and obediently retreat into the queue.

Phew——!

The sound of breaking wind whistled at Hasegawa's face.

Faced with the black knife that slashed at his face, Hasegawa did not change his face and swung the knife to meet him.

Clang!

Clang!

Clang!

……

The clashing of blades continued to explode.

The "enemy of the Buddha" has been engaged in close combat with Hasegawa, so that those officials armed with long-range weapons such as bows and arrows and iron cannons do not dare to attack the "enemy of the Buddha", for fear of accidentally injuring Hasegawa.

Clang!

After another slash from the "Buddha Enemy", Hasegawa glanced at the blade in his hand.

The knife in Hasegawa's hand was originally intact, and at this time there were several gaps in the blade.

Looking at these openings, Hasegawa couldn't help but feel his heart sink.

As the chief of the fire payment thief reform, the knife used by Hasegawa is naturally not an ordinary knife.

Although it is not a big sword, it is also a good knife made by a good craftsman.

And his own good knife is full of gaps at this time.

And the black knife in the hands of the "enemy of the Buddha" - intact.

The blade of the black knife was still intact, as if it had never been used.

“…… It's really worthy of the great treasure sword 'Enma'...... The name of the treasure of Honzoji Temple is truly well deserved...... "Hasegawa muttered in a voice that only he could hear.

"Hasegawa-sama!"

At this moment, Imai's voice sounded behind Hasegawa.

"It's ready!"

Although Imai didn't say anything and was ready, Hasegawa could hear what Imai meant by this sentence - the iron gunners who had just broken into Yukku had all withdrawn from Yukkuni and lined up!

However, before Hasegawa could respond to Imai's shouting, he caught a glimpse of the "Buddha enemy" in front of him and suddenly turned around......

Then, without hesitation, he ran in the direction away from them.

While running, the "Buddha enemy" put the tip of the black knife in his hand back to the sheath of the scabbard on his right waist, and then put the knife back into the sheath, while holding the knife on his waist, he quickly shrunk his figure within the field of vision of Hasegawa and others......

"Chase!" Hasegawa gritted his teeth, "Chase!" ”

After that, Hasegawa took the lead in putting the knife back into its sheath, and then led his subordinates to pursue the fleeing "Buddha enemy".

The "Buddha enemy" did not walk on the avenue all the time.

After Haseide led his men in pursuit of him? The "enemy of the Buddha" turned to the right? "Da Da" twice, jumped on the roof of the house next to him? Then it was moved on the roofs of the houses.

Hasegawa and his subordinates? But none of the "Buddha enemies" have such good skills to jump onto the roof of a private house with such dexterous steps? and move on top of it.

"Shoot!" Hasegawa ordered, "It doesn't matter if you hit the 'Buddha enemy'!" Knock him off the roof! ”

With this order from Hasegawa? His subordinates no longer had any concerns.

The one with the bow and arrow holds up the bow and arrow in his hand? The iron cannon in his hand was held up and shot at the "enemies" who were moving on the roofs of each house......

……

……

"Hah...... Ha...... Ha...... Ha ......"

Manomiya and Ogata galloped one after the other in a large mountain near Matsucho.

"Escaping here should be enough......"

Glancing at the Mamiya behind him and Ogata, he slowly slowed down as he said so.

Ogata followed and glanced behind him.

"Those guys in black uniforms just now? Bow and arrow again? Who are the guys who are the iron cannons......" Ogata asked Asamanomiya as he wiped the sweat from his face.

"Fire pays thieves to change." "A yamen dedicated to catching vicious thieves and arsonists. ”

"Their current leader is called Hasegawa Heizou, and he's a very troublesome guy."

"Not only do these guys have the privilege of drawing swords, but they can also use all kinds of weapons such as bows and arrows, iron cannons, etc."

"So they're a special army, right? A special army with a mission to catch thieves and arsonists. ”

"Although their main duty is to catch vicious thieves and arsonists, but because of their high skills? Occasionally, he was sent by the shogunate to catch vicious murderers. ”

"So-" Ogata grinned, "are these officials here to arrest me?" ”

"Very likely." Mamiya threw a meaningful glance at Ogata? "But it's possible that it's not here to arrest you, but to arrest the vicious criminals who are also in that Wanderings? It's just that you're just there. ”

"I don't care who those guys want to catch." Ogata waved his hand? "Whoever they want to arrest anyway? None of them affect what I'm going to do next. ”

"What I'm going to do next is the same – get my money back and get out of here quickly. Mamiya, did you succeed in finding the base camp of the Negishi family? ”

"Of course." Mamiya shrugged, "We're pretty lucky—after you entered that Yuko, a dwarf ran back to their Negishi family's base camp to report the news. ”

"And I followed the dwarf all the way to their base camp."

"Let's go, Ogata-kun. Their base camp is in the depths of this mountain. ”

……

……

"Did you find it?"

"No, no ...... found"

"Where's that over there?"

"There is no ...... either"

"Bastard...... Where is that guy going! ”

……

Sounds of exchange and scolding resounded throughout Matsumachi.

The "Buddha enemies" who can move on the roof have a much richer route than Hasegawa.

Although the officials were constantly tilting arrows and projectiles at the "Buddha enemy", because the speed of the "Buddha enemy" was too fast, and because the "Buddha enemy" seemed to have experience in dodging these long-range weapons, none of these arrows and projectiles that were tilted towards him successfully hit the "Buddha enemy."

The "enemy of the Buddha" turned, limped, and jumped on the roof.

In an instant, it disappeared from the field of vision of Hasegawa and the others, who could only run sluggishly on the ground......