The moon was hazy, the stars were no longer shining, and the weather was a little bad tonight.

The dark side that lurks beneath the bustling city of Kyoto is starting to stir again.

The night in Kyoto was very dangerous, especially for the samurai who served in the shogunate.

The persecuted and excluded "Emperor Sho" and the "Emperor's Rebellion" hid in the darkness of Kyoto, and they tirelessly carried out the assassination called "Heavenly Punishment".

The battle between the shogunate and the reformists in the shadows of Kyoto has never stopped.

Therefore, in these days, the people of Kyoto have gradually understood the truth that they should stay at home at night and close the doors and windows.

Ling Ze walked down the dimly lit street with a bag in his hand, and the bag in his hand contained the money he had won from the casino.

The casino people didn't make it difficult for him, just settled all the chips for him, and let him leave easily.

This is a normal thing, after all, they don't do that kind of discrediting thing in their own casino.

Even if they really planned to attack Ling Ze, they would choose a good place in the middle of nowhere, far from their own casino.

"Little blind man, do you think you will be able to get away with it after you have played us? Although I don't know what method you used, if you dare to use this method to win money from us, you must be ready to repay it with your life. ”

Five or six rogue warriors armed with knives blocked Ling Ze's way back and forth, they were professional thugs from the casino, and it was not the first time to perform this kind of halfway interception mission, and they were skilled in business.

Although Ling Ze's actions did not show any hindsight, it was obvious that the casino did not think so, and they insisted that Ling Ze had used some shady method to get out of the old man.

Otherwise, there was no way to explain Ling Ze's performance, his absolutely confident play, his luck in guessing correctly every time, and the accurate timing of his departure were all full of suspicion.

Of course, no matter what the facts are, as long as the casino determines that Ling Ze is out of the question, then even if his behavior is not suspicious, even if everything he does can be explained, the casino can also make up some charges on him, as the so-called "if you want to add crimes, there is no excuse".

"Boom!"

The few samurai who worked for the casino drew their swords, and under the hazy moonlight, several people surrounded Ling Ze in the center of a path, and their blades reflected a subtle light.

"Poof!"

Facing the casino warrior who rushed up with a knife, Ling Ze held the money bag in one hand and knocked the cane knife [Xuelan] on the ground with the other.

The lock of the [Xuelan] scabbard was immediately opened, and the bloodthirsty blade flashed, and the first casino warrior to pounce fell to the ground weakly.

"Zizizi."

On the blade of [Xue Lan], the blood kept flowing, and finally it was all immersed in the blood-red blade, making the demon knife even more evil.

"Damn! This guy has something on his hands! Let's go together! ”

Seeing that Ling Ze had killed one of their companions in an instant, the remaining few casino warriors all became nervous.

But they are not timid, after all, they have always lived this kind of life of licking blood, and life and death have long been relatively indifferent.

After the leader of the warrior shouted, the remaining warriors rushed towards Ling Ze side by side, trying to defeat Ling Ze by numbers.

Back and forth, the four warriors slashed at Ling Ze with their knives in unison, these warriors who died at the end of the world and fell to the point of cutting people for the casino for a living, their strength was a little bit, but after all, they still did not go beyond the scope of ordinary people.

"Poof! Poof! ”

Ling Ze's figure shook like a ghost, the blood-colored blade flashed, and under the hazy moonlight, several dark red sword lights were drawn, and the blood suddenly splattered in all directions, and the four warriors fell to the ground almost indiscriminately.

Against these ordinary rogue warriors, Ling Ze had an overwhelming advantage in all aspects.

"Zizizi!"

Sticking [Xue Lan] on top of a fallen corpse, Ling Ze let the greedy sucker blood of the demon knife, this knife had been with him for so long, and today was the first time he wantonly drank blood.

For these outlaw warriors who worked for the casino, Ling Ze did not have any psychological burden to kill, because these people came with the purpose of killing him.

This is Ling Ze's first real killing, although he has also done things like cutting off people's hands and feet and cutting off people's children and grandchildren before, but it is indeed his first time to really strangle a few fresh human lives.

Ling Ze didn't have any special feelings about this, and the so-called fear and psychological discomfort of the first killing didn't arise in him.

It may be that he has long been accustomed to life and death, or it may be that Gozqi's cultivation is very good, or his strength is too far behind these samurai, killing these samurai is like killing a chicken, which does not make him feel the tension and excitement of killing for the first time.

In short, after easily killing the five casino warriors, Ling Ze's emotions did not make many waves.

In line with the idea of not wasting any resources, Ling Ze calmly used [Xuelan] to suck up all the blood of those five people before leaving the scene of the crime.

And what was left there was only five shriveled corpses, which looked very infiltrating.

By the early morning of the next day, the five horrible and eerie shriveled corpses were immediately discovered.

It's really a coincidence, the scene of this crime is in the jurisdiction of the Shinsengumi, but this is actually reasonable, after all, the jurisdiction of the Shinsengumi is already in a relatively remote place.

The bustling downtown area with real oil and water has been seized by the Hui group, and the thankless places have fallen into the hands of the Shinsengumi.

"It's... What is this?! ”

Looking at the shriveled five corpses, the three of them who rushed to Okita Soji, Saitoichi and Nagakura Shinpachi who came after receiving the news were all stunned, obviously they were not mentally prepared for this kind of scene.

"Is it a youkai?! A youkai that sucks human blood?! Is there really such a creature?! ”

An expression of excitement appeared on Soji Okita's face, and he felt as if he had opened the door to a new world.

"These people were killed last night? Or have you been killed for days, and then thrown here? Want to play tricks? ”

Nagakura Shinpachi angrily patted Okita Soji on the head and stopped this guy's thinking from spreading.

Nagakura Shinpachi has a very good relationship with Okita Soji, and he has always taken good care of Okita Soji as if he were his younger brother.

"They have to be identified first."

Saitoichi's expression was serious, this strange incident obviously made him feel very big, and this Kyoto was really getting more and more uneasy.