Tokugawa Shogunate, the residence of Tokugawa Rikatsu Shogunate.

As the supreme ruler of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Ritsutsu is now over eighty...

In the world where dragon veins are supplied, such an advanced age has also made his body age, from a brave general who can kill thousands of people on the battlefield to a dying old man in twilight.

At this time, the retainers of the Tokugawa family had already gathered, and they sat in the lobby of the mansion with their waists straightened and kneeling, and their eyes fell on the several figures lying down in the lobby.

Yagyu Munemasa, along with several other samurai of the Tokugawa family, were all samurai who were badly damaged by a torpedo explosion when they went to attack an ironclad ship that appeared in Kyoto.

Some samurai were even unlucky to be torn to pieces by bullets under the strafing of close-in guns.

In any case, Yagyu Sect is recognized as the strongest sword saint in Kyoto, and although the Tokugawa family has two or three samurai who can match it, no one in the whole of Kyoto or even the whole of Sakura dares to guarantee that they can completely defeat the sword saint of Yagyu Somasa.

"Three years ago... The Westerners came to our country with their iron cannons and ironclad ships, thinking that they could easily conquer us with this thing. ”

Tokugawa Rikatsu spoke, and as he spoke, he placed the spider ghost horizontally in front of him.

"But they were wrong! Yanagi-san used this knife to cut off the ironclad ship's naval guns! And the throats of those arrogant Westerners, let them understand that the blade in our hands is invincible! Now... Once again, the ironclad has sailed into Tokyo Bay! Ladies and gentlemen, how can our land allow outsiders to act recklessly? ”

"What the general said is extremely true!"

"Willing to be a pioneer!"

The retainers of the Tokugawa family were excited, but there were still some of them with sad faces, and these retainers with sad faces were the kind of people who had witnessed the power of the white ironclad ship.

Yagyu Sect's world-leading swordsmanship was useless in front of the ironclad ship, and even if the Tokugawa family and the daimyo of each feudal kingdom led a group of samurai to attack, it would probably be difficult to bargain for the slightest bargain under the gunfire of the ironclad ship.

"Good..."

Tokugawa Ritsukatsu also saw that some of his retainers had worried looks on their faces, and he certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to let the flesh and blood of the samurai go toe-to-toe with the iron beast of steel.

However, if this battle was not fought, the emperor's reliance on the power of the Chinese kingdom would inevitably shake the rule of the shogunate, and even unite the various feudal states to completely overthrow the rule of the Tokugawa family.

Tokugawa Ritsukatsu didn't allow that to happen, so he made a decision.

"Come in!" Tokugawa Rikatsu shouted to the people outside the door.

Outside the door walked a waitress with a tray in her hand, and when the waitress placed the tray on the floor, the retainers of the Tokugawa family saw the contents of the tray.

It was a glass needle filled with the liquid of the Crimson Demon Mead, and if you looked closely, the bubbles rising from the liquid formed a twisted skeleton grimace.

"General, this is—" One of the retainers felt the liquid in the syringe filled with a dangerous aura.

"Demon blood." Tokugawa Rikatsu said a name that made people feel creepy, "Or the elixir of immortality." ”

The elixir of immortality sounds very beautiful, and this is probably the pursuit of most kings in their lifetime.

However, the ominous aura emitted by the liquid in the needle still made it difficult for the retainers to associate the rumored immortality.

In the cherry blossoms and immortality, the only thing related to the attribute of immortality may only be mermaid meat, but this thing is indeed more like the blood of a ghost than mermaid meat.

"As long as this thing is injected, the monarchs will not be afraid of any iron cannons, even if the human head is cut off by the sword, it can be resurrected."

Tokugawa Ritsukatsu had asked someone to try the effect of this demon blood three years ago.

The blood of the demons is not a creation of the cherry blossoms themselves, but was brought by the merchants of the Ainland Empire through trade.

The Tokugawa shogunate traded with the Ainland Empire over the years, and it was not only the repeating pistols that the samurai used as toys for the samurai, but also the most important commodity was this liquid.

Three years ago, the blood of demons was still unstable, and most of the soldiers who were injected into the Ainlan Empire who were engaged in this research would lose their minds.

However, the samurai of the Sakura were very compatible with this ominous creation, and the instability of the demon blood was alleviated by the improvement year by year.

But this was still a big killer for the Tokugawa shogunate, and once it was used, the entire Tokugawa shogunate could only survive by relying on conquest!

The entire cherry blossom will be caught up in the flames of war, and the whole world will be ignited by the flames of war!

But for Tokugawa Ritsukatsu, a man born into a samurai family, war was his highest pursuit.

He... And the Tokugawa family... Even the Toyotomi family before the Tokugawa family spent their entire lives thinking about invading the Shiokoku country, expanding the national territory, and opening up new living space.

The Toyotomi family tried, but was beaten back by Sheng Ming, who was sheltering the tide country at the time.

Now that Sheng Ming is dead, Great Xia is tired, although a stronger Hua Kingdom has emerged, it can rely on this ghost blood and immortal army of hundred ghosts.

Tokugawa Ritsukatsu decided to take a gamble and gamble everything.

He would rather die on the battlefield of conquest of other countries than die in this attic and watch the power of the Tokugawa shogunate fall into the hands of others.

So...

"Gentlemen! The era of the samurai is on the verge of dying, but I don't want it to end like this! The prosperity of the Tokugawa family and the prosperity of the samurai family still have hope for continuation! ”

Tokugawa Rikatsu's old voice rang in the ears of every retainer like a bell, and he snorted softly again as he said this, and suddenly took off the kimono he was wearing, revealing his old and thin body.

"It's up to me to step into this path of Shura first!"

"General!"

"No!"

The retainers who had hesitated before all spoke out to dissuade them.

But Tokugawa was determined, and with a solemn expression as if he was about to perform a caesarean section, he picked up the needle on the tray and injected it directly into his thin arm.

The twisted liquid in the syringe was pushed into his aging body, and the glass syringe fell to the ground and shattered into pieces...

Tokugawa Ritsukatsu also clutched his heart and fell to the ground with some convulsions, but soon his aging body began to recover at a speed visible to the naked eye, his thin limbs were infused with strength, and the muscles of his arms began to bulge.

In just a few tens of seconds, Tokugawa Ritsutsu has changed from an old man who is about to die to a thousand generals who commanded the world to conquer the battlefield back then!

The retainers of the Tokugawa family watched in shock at the series of changes in their own head, and Tokugawa Ritsu moved his limbs and flesh that had been re-injected with life.

Then he pulled out the spider ghost in front of him and slashed across his muscular arm, blood gushing out of his arm, and in the blink of an eye, the wound began to heal and return to normal.

"Neither old nor dead." Several of the old retainers recited this longing word.

"Bring me my armor!"

Tokugawa Ritsukatsu shouted loudly to the waiters outside the door, and the waiters brought the Tokugawa family's heirloom armor into the room, and then changed them into Tokugawa Ritsutsu one by one.

This is the first time in ten years that Tokugawa Ritsutsu has put on this big armor again, and when Tokugawa Ritsutsu changed into this pitch-black armor, the retainers in front of him were already filled with glass syringes carrying the blood of demons.

"Gentlemen, I beg you to accompany me again! Conquer the world! Tokugawa said.

"Willing to serve the general!" A retainer took the lead in shouting.

"Willing to serve the general!"

Soon, all the retainers of the Tokugawa family in the entire hall shouted out this sentence.

Under the fanatical shouts of his retainers, Tokugawa Ritsu put on the final form of this pitch-black armor, which was a mask representing a hideous demon.

When Tokugawa Ritsukatsu put on the mask, he saw a group of retainers infusing the blood of demons into their bodies.

From this moment on, the flames of war will burn all over the cherry blossoms until they reach the other side of the sea!

Tokugawa Rikatsu will fulfill the ambition that the Sakura samurai have longed for for thousands of years, and conquer the ancient country across the sea!