I assembled the strongest swordsman group.

[Beep! A "Minor Master of Swordsmanship" cannot merge with a "Saint of Swords"]

[Talent Fusion Failed]

The commander stayed close to Qing Deng the whole time, firmly protecting his left side.

It must be said that her positioning was very deliberate.

Because Qing Deng mostly uses his right hand to wield the sword, his left side is easily a blind spot for attacks.

The commander's positioning and protection compensated for Qing Deng's shortcomings in his stance, allowing him to attack more boldly and confidently!

Souji leaned against Aoto's left side, his eyes fixed on the enemy approaching step by step from his side.

Just then, out of the corner of her eye, she caught another dark figure appearing behind her. The person was holding a short gun, the tip of which gleamed coldly in the darkness.

In the blink of an eye, she took action.

She drew Kaga Kiyomitsu from her waist, took a step forward, and slashed down at the enemy to her side, sending him to meet his maker with a single blow. Then she turned to deal with the gunman wielding a short gun behind her.

The gunman looked panicked when he saw the commander coming at him.

Gritting his teeth and suppressing his panic, he immediately assumed a fighting stance and thrust his spear into the commander's arms.

The chieftain lowered her waist, dodging the sharp attack of the short gun. In the instant of their movement, she drew her knife and struck the gunman away as if she had just passed him.

Like Qing Deng, she didn't even glance at the defeated man lying on the ground, her gaze sweeping over him as she searched for her next opponent.

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Chapter 575 One Step, One Kill! The Fierce Generals of the Shinsengumi on the Battlefield! [4200]

The commotion spread rapidly, like ripples on water, growing faster and wider with each passing moment.

In an instant, this magnificent mansion, the mansion that instilled fear in countless people of Kyoto, was no longer peaceful.

From top to bottom, it was a complete mess.

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……

When the prolonged commotion reached the top floor, the "radicals" led by Harutai Nozawa and the "conservatives" led by Jinzo Suzuki finally stopped arguing.

This heated meeting, in which neither side was willing to back down and which had been deadlocked for a long time, came to an abrupt end in a way that no one expected.

"what's the situation?"

What's causing this commotion?

"Come here! Come!"

A moment later, hurried, fast-paced footsteps came from the direction of the corridor.

As the footsteps stopped outside the door, anxious shouts immediately rang out:

"Lady Ayase! It's an emergency! A large number of thieves have broken into the mansion! They're coming on strong! More than twenty people have already died! The situation is critical!"

In an instant, everyone in the room, including Ayase Taichi, Nozawa Harutai, and Suzuki Jinzo, showed expressions of disbelief.

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Ayase Taichi snapped out of it and roared in a fit of rage.

"What did you say?! How is this possible?!"

At the same time, Nozawa Harutai, Suzuki Jinzo, and the others were also emotionally agitated and reacted strongly, as if they had suffered a stress reaction.

It's no wonder they act this way.

Since the rise of the Nanmu Group, they have been living a very comfortable life!

The Kyoto Magistrate's Office, led by Masakuni Inaba and Ryosuke Nose, has completely lost its grassroots management capabilities and is powerless to deal with the Kusunoki Group.

The Aizu army, led by Matsudaira Katamori, possessed the formidable strength to easily annihilate the Kusunoki group, but due to its heavy responsibility of "monitoring the Choshu and Satsuma domains," it had no time to deal with them.

The Nanmu Group acted recklessly in this comfortable "unsupervised" environment, and no one or force ever dared to confront them directly.

Having grown accustomed to their arrogance, over time, a strong mental imprint had formed in the minds of Ayase Taichi and the others: We are the renowned Kusunoki Group, known to everyone in Kyoto! How could some foolish thief dare to harass us?!

However, Ayase Taichi was indeed a hero who helped the Kusunoki Group grow and prosper.

He gritted his teeth, grabbed the sword beside his leg, and stood up abruptly.

"Very well! Since some foolish thieves have attacked, let's just fight them off! Report the situation to me! The number of attackers and their weapons, all to me..."

Before he could finish speaking, he seemed to realize something and froze on the spot.

Coincidentally, at almost the same time, Suzuki Jinzo, who was standing nearby, also seemed to sense something, and his face changed color.

Immediately afterward, Nozawa Harutai's expression also changed.

As if it were contagious, one after another, the expressions of everyone present changed drastically.

Suddenly, Ayase Taichi turned his stiff neck and stared intently at the door.

"Have you... confirmed the identity of the intruder?"

"..."

There was a brief silence outside.

Then--

"It's hard to believe... but I saw it with my own eyes... Lady Ayase, the intruders were... 'Niou' Tachibana Aoto and his followers!"

In that instant, the room became utterly silent; you could hear a pin drop.

Ayase Taichi's eyes instantly became covered with bloodshot veins resembling fleshy worms, his expression dominated by intense horror.

"What did you say……?!"

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The sudden attack struck like a bolt from the blue, stunning the members of the Nanmu Group and plunging them into unprecedented chaos.

After a brief "shutdown," they gradually recovered and launched sporadic or organized resistance efforts one after another.

At this moment, a dozen or so patriots hurriedly slung their swords over their shoulders and rushed to the first-floor entrance, which had become a bloody battlefield.

"This way! This way! Follow me!"

"How dare they come to our doorstep... Just who are these intruders?"

"Who knows!"

"Never mind that! Quickly, stop those invading thieves!"

Just as they were crowding into a narrow corridor... they saw two incredibly tall figures standing at the end of the corridor.

"Who goes there?!"

The patriots stopped in their tracks, not daring to break a sweat, as if facing a formidable enemy, much like birds startled by the mere twang of a bow.

"Nagakura Shinpachi, captain of the 2nd Division of the Shinsengumi's Battōtai."

"Shinsengumi Battōtai 3rd Division Captain, Saitō Hajime."

The moonlight streaming in through the window illuminated the corridor and lit up the path ahead for the two swordsmen.

"Saito, you attack the left, I'll attack the right."

Having said that, Nagakura Shinpachi drew his sword.

"A reasonable arrangement."

Saito Hajime nodded slightly, raised his right thumb which was supporting the scabbard, pressed it against the tsuba (handguard), and pushed the sword out of the scabbard by more than half an inch.

"Let's go!"

The two started moving at the same time, stepping forward.

They started with light, quick steps, then gradually increased their speed!

Small steps, quick steps, large steps, rapid steps—in the blink of an eye, the two figures turned into blurry phantoms!

Yongcang Xinba adjusted his stance as he ran.

He raised the blade of Bozhou Zhuzhi Shan Shifan high above his head, and with the momentum of his forward charge, the tip of the blade reflected the intersecting moonlight, a cold glint shooting into the eyes of the enemies in front of him.

A silver thread cascaded down.

With a "splat" sound, it was the sound of flesh being cleaved.

Before the patriots at the front of the line could even cry out, they were torn to pieces by the carnivorous beast Nagakura Shinpachi who charged straight at them.

Blood splattered, and bones were exposed.

In the next instant, Nagakura Shinpachi and Saito Hajime fearlessly charged straight into the enemy ranks through the gaping wound.

Nagakura Shinpachi was facing three enemies wielding swords, while two others attacked from the side.

The opponent stood side by side, using his knife to force Nagakura Shinpachi to retreat.

Nagakura Shinpachi took a deep breath, focused his energy, and with a burst of strength, pushed the three people in front of him away.

Ever since Nagakura Shinpachi became a member of the Shieikan, he has been given a widely circulated nickname: "Man Shin".

He was given this nickname because of his rough and reckless nature, as well as his excessive strength and ferocious attack style, which resembled that of a bull.

In terms of physical strength alone, Nagakura Shinpachi is second only to Aoto and Kondo Isami.

His seemingly casual push caused the three people in front of him to stagger and be forced to retreat.

Taking advantage of the moment when the three men in front were forced back, Nagakura Shinpachi stepped forward with his sword, swinging it like a wheel, and indiscriminately resorting to violence!

In an instant, just like a typhoon making landfall and sweeping up countless lives, blood foam was continuously gushing out.

Blood splattered everywhere, flesh tore open, bones broke, and screams filled the air.

The patriots fell to the left and right like broken puppets. The bodies of each of them were extremely incomplete, with their heads flying off, their hands and feet severed, or their bodies cut in half.