Before Ogata and Zorai were decided—

The mansion of Konnosuke, the third floor.

Amachi, who was carrying Wakicha and guarding the staircase, heard the shouting from the first floor gradually getting quieter.

The quieter shouting made Amachi nervous, and began to guess what was happening on the battlefield on the first floor.

However, she hadn't been nervous for too long when she heard a shout from Ogata:

"Enemy General Zorai, I have been taken by me!!"

Ogata's shout was so loud that even Amachi and the others, who were on the third floor, could hear him clearly.

Listening to Ogata's shout, Amachi's face, which had been tense, relaxed slightly.

From this change in voice, it is not difficult to deduce that now on the battlefield on the first floor, it should be Ogata and they have the advantage.

Konnosuke also followed Amachi by the staircase.

After also hearing Ogata's shout, Konnosuke said excitedly to Amachi beside him:

"Miss Amachi! On the first floor, it should be Ogata-sama now, they have the upper hand, right? ”

"It should be." Amachi smiled with a relaxed look, "Now that the head of the general has been taken, the morale of the shogunate army should collapse soon. ”

After listening to Amachi's words, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he hurriedly left the staircase and rushed to the various rooms on the third floor.

He couldn't wait to convey the good news to the villagers who were now hiding in various rooms on the third floor, so that the villagers who had been tormented by panic and fear would cheer up a little.

"Everyone!"

Konnosuke casually pulled open the paper door of one of the rooms where the villagers were hiding, and shouted to the people in the room.

"Ogata-sama, they've suppressed the shogunate army!"

Konnosuke's shout made the faces of everyone hiding in this room look excited.

"Near-no-suke-sama! Is this true? ”

"Great...... Are you saved......"

"Unbelievable...... They were able to defeat nearly a hundred soldiers of the shogunate army with such a small number of people......"

……

Konnosuke didn't listen to the cheers and sighs of emotion from the crowd hiding in this room.

Because he was still in a hurry to get the good news out to the people in the other rooms.

After glancing at the people in the room with different expressions on his face, Konnosuke turned to leave......

But—no sooner had he turned around than a loud bang rang out from the window of the room.

Whether it was near nosuke or the villagers hiding in this room, they all looked at the window with stunned expressions on their faces.

The windows that were once intact are now clumps of debris, spilling inside or outside the room.

A strong man with a naginata, over 7 feet tall and dressed in monk's robes, stood in front of the shattered window.

The brawny man glanced at Konnosuke and the others in the room, turned his lower neck, and made a tooth-aching "click" and "click" sound.

"I heard the voices of old people and children on the third floor, so I climbed up and took a look."

"I didn't expect there to be old people and children here......"

A sinister smile hung over the strong man's face.

"It's so good that I spent so much effort to cut down all the 30 soldiers who stood in the way of the wooden wall, and to climb so high."

Speaking of which, the strong man no longer said anything superfluous.

He rounded the naginata in his hand and slashed at the young man closest to him.

The naginata in his hand seemed to have just been wiped.

The blade was incomparably clean, and the bright, snow-white blade reflected a chilling glow in the dim candlelight.

Soon, though, the originally snow-white blade was stained with a thick layer of blood.

The strong man's slash smashed the poor young man's head directly.

The blade, which was stained with a lot of blood, reflected a little more eerie in the light of the candlelight.

After beheading the poor young man, the strong man did not hesitate or stop, and once again rounded the nagina knife in his hand, and directly beheaded a villager on the other side.

It wasn't until this giant-like man slashed two people in a row at a rapid speed that the other people in the room finally screamed and rushed out of the room desperately.

"Don't try to run!"

The strong man laughed loudly as he brandished the still bleeding naginata in his hand and threw himself at the villagers who were rushing out of the house.

He looked like a carnivore that smelled blood and had been empty for a long time, and he was rushing towards his prey with excitement on his face.

Konnosuke was the closest person to the entrance to the room, but he wasn't the first to escape.

Instead, he turned to one side and stood outside the entrance of the room, directing everyone in the room not to crowd and leave the room in an orderly manner.

It's just a pity - there are too many people in the room.

And this room is too narrow.

Under the command of Konnosuke, the rest of the people have escaped without incident, leaving only Konnosuke himself who has not left.

This strong man, who is more than 7 feet tall, can easily catch up with the near Suke who has not had time to escape from here as long as he takes a step forward.

The brawny man easily caught up, rounded the naginata in his hand, and slashed towards the near-nosuke.

Looking at the naginata that was slashing at him, Konnosuke gritted his teeth and subconsciously ducked back.

Laugh at!

The sound of the blade slashing flesh sounded.

The strong man's naginata slashed at Konnosuke.

But he didn't kill him directly.

Because of Konnosuke's critical and timely dodge just now, the strong man's naginata did not directly kill Konnosuke as he wished, but only cut a large wound in his left shoulder.

Although he was not killed instantly, the huge, blood-soaked wound looked terrifying.

"Oh?" The strong man raised his eyebrows, "You're lucky, you dodged my knife." ”

Konnosuke ignored the strong man's words, and instead covered the wound on his left shoulder with pain on his face, and struggled towards the door.

Due to his injuries, he couldn't even walk steadily.

And the strong man behind him had already rounded the naginata in his hand again......

Just as Konnosuke was about to slash at the door of the room, before he could rush out of the door......

"Near no Suke! Get down! ”

A loud shout suddenly rang out from outside the door.

Hearing this shout, Konnosuke was slightly stunned and fell to the ground in time.

Konnosuke crouched on the ground, revealing a figure standing outside the entrance of the room.

Because there was a shield from Kunosuke just now, the strong man in the room didn't see it—someone had just come to the door of the room and crouched down, aiming an iron cannon at the room.

After Konnosuke lay down and lost the shield of Konnosuke, the muzzle of the iron cannon was aimed straight at the strong man behind Konnosuke.

Looking at the muzzle of the gun that was aimed at him, the strong man's pupils shrank suddenly.

Then, as if reflexively, he jumped on his feet and jumped to his side.

Bang!

Almost at the last moment, because of the strong man's timely jump, the projectile of the iron cannon did not hit him in the chest - but it still hit him in the left shoulder.

The burning tingling sensation in his left shoulder made the already hideous face of the strong man even more terrifying.

The strong man looked towards the door.

The one crouching outside the door, shooting at him with an iron cannon, was a beautiful girl.

After putting down the iron cannon in her hand, which was still emitting smoke from the outwards, the girl said in a deep voice towards Konnosuke, who was still lying in front of her, still looking frightened:

"Near no Suke...... Take everyone down to the second floor. ”

"I'm going to drag this guy down......"