I assembled the strongest swordsman group.

As soon as Shinno finished speaking, several team members came running towards them carrying several thick wooden planks.

"We can't find any iron objects that can be used to make shields! The only large piece of iron here is an iron pot; we only managed to find a few large wooden planks!"

"A wooden plank?" The one-armed warrior frowned, his expression turning grim.

Judging from the power of the pistol that Katsura Rintaro had just witnessed with his own eyes... this kind of thick wooden board could not possibly stop the bullets from Katsura Rintaro's revolver...

At this moment, Jinno, who was standing beside him, spoke up:

"A wooden plank... that'll do. Even if it can't stop bullets from a short gun, it can at least block the view of Katsura Rintaro."

After saying that, Kamino took a wooden board.

Seeing Jinno's actions, the one-armed samurai was startled:

"Mr. Kamino, are you planning to lead the attack yourself?"

“This is a great opportunity to gain experience on how to fight enemies who use barbarian short guns.” Kamino said with a forced smile. “I want to see just how powerful these barbarian short guns are.”

"I'll lead the team myself! You all stay close to me!"

The one-armed samurai tried to persuade Jinno to stay in a safe place and not to risk his life on the dangerous front line, but his advice had no effect. Jinno insisted on personally leading the attack on the temporary fortifications built by Katsura Rintaro and his men, and killing Katsura Rintaro and his men.

"Keep up with me!"

With a large wooden plank in his left hand and a knife in his right, Kanno, along with two other team members who were also carrying large wooden planks, walked on either side of him and led the way at the front of the line.

The corridor wasn't wide, but Jinno and his team members on either side of him put their large wooden planks together, and the three planks formed a "high wall" that could block out the entire corridor.

Kanna and the one-armed samurai were hiding behind this "high wall" when they rushed towards the first line of defense of Katsura Rintaro and his group with overwhelming force!

"Watch out! They're coming!"

Seeing the enemies charging towards him, Katsura Rintaro quickly shouted a warning and raised his gun, ready to fire.

The wooden planks couldn't stop the bullets from the revolver, but they could block Katsura Rintaro's view.

Jinno and the others hid behind the wooden planks, making it impossible for Katsu Rintaro to discern the number and location of the enemies, so he could only fire blindly at the planks.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang...

The rapid gunfire created an overwhelming sound barrier.

"Aaaaaaahh ...

As soon as he fell, someone running behind him quickly stepped forward to take his place, picked up his plank, and together with Kamino, continued to rush forward.

The "internal reforms" that Jinno carried out over the past two months have been very effective.

After removing some people whose fighting spirit and belief in expelling foreigners were not firm enough, the size of the anti-foreigners group has been reduced considerably compared to the past. However, those who are still in the anti-foreigners group are undoubtedly people with firm will and belief who will not be easily intimidated by death.

From the corridor where Jinno and his group were hiding to the first defensive fortification built by Katsura Rintaro and others, the distance was less than 10 meters.

Such a short distance can be covered in no time!

Katsura Rintarou only had time to fire four shots before Kanna and the others reached the first line of defense!

Of the four shots fired by Katsura Rintaro, two missed, and only two hit the two members of the Extermination Group.

Jinno was incredibly lucky—despite being at the very front, all the bullets grazed past him.

"Push them back!" Katsura Rintarou shouted to the "spearmen" wielding wooden guns as he continued firing his gun, ordering them to use their long spears, which had a length advantage, to force back the attacking enemy and prevent them from getting close.

The "long pistolmen" reacted quickly and their fighting spirit was commendable.

But the number of spears was still too small.

Moreover, these "spearmen" were just a group of weak scholars and researchers who did not know how to use spears at all.

"Quick! Grab those wooden spears they've thrust out, don't let them take them back!" Kamino shouted.

The members of the Extermination Group raised their hands and grabbed the wooden spears that the "spearmen" were thrusting at them, and then started a "tug-of-war" to snatch the wooden spears from Katsura Rintaro and his men.

Their weak fighting ability allowed Katsura Rintaro and his companions to quickly lose two of their wooden spears.

After firing the last bullets in the chamber, Katsura Rintaro quickly pushed the chamber open to load a new round.

Jinno keenly sensed that Katsura Rintaro's firing had stopped, and deduced that Katsura Rintaro was now reloading. Seizing this opportunity, he shouted:

"Charge with me! Crash it through!"

Jinno slammed his entire weight onto the wooden plank in his hand, crashing into the defensive fortification made of tatami mats and furniture in front of him.

"Charge!"

"Follow Mr. Kamino!"

Jinno's personal leadership and valiant spirit greatly boosted the morale of the Extermination Group, and they all used their bodies or weapons to crash into the wall in front of them.

Under the relentless bombardment from Kanna and the others, Katsura Rintaro's makeshift defensive fortifications began to crumble...

Seeing that the first wall was likely to fall, despite his reluctance, Katsura Rintaro had no choice but to order: "Retreat! Retreat behind the second wall!"

Katsurin Taro and his men hurriedly fled to the back of the second wall.

The first wall was breached so quickly—something Katsura Rintaro hadn't expected.

The enemy's fighting strength and will to fight both exceeded Katsura Rintaro's expectations.

Although they still have two walls available and can repel the enemy twice more, the time these two walls can buy them is quite limited given the enemy's formidable strength...

The expression on Katsu Rintaro's face turned uncontrollably heavy.

Mei Wulang and the others had faces so dark they looked as if they were about to drip black water, and in a few cases, despair had even begun to creep into their brows.

They all knew—they feared they would never receive reinforcements from the magistrate's office…

……

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At this very moment—

Outside the Foreign Documents Office—

The "attack team" responsible for storming the investigation center is currently engaged in a fierce battle with Katsura Rintaro, along with Kanno.

Meanwhile, the "encirclement team" responsible for surrounding the Tibetan Confucian Office is now quite relaxed.

After all, their mission was simply to ensure that no one escaped from the brothel and to prevent anyone from getting close to it.

The street was filled with townspeople who, startled by the commotion of the fire, were rushing with their families to safety.

So many samurai-dressed men surrounded the foreign documents exchange office, exuding murderous intent... The townspeople, witnessing this scene, vaguely realized what was happening...

But they dared not interfere, or even approach.

Fearing for their lives, the townspeople pretended not to see or hear anything and walked around the shogunate.

The perimeter of the Foreign Affairs Bureau thus formed an eerie "nobody-leader" zone, where no one else was present except for the members of the Expeditionary Barbarians Group.

"Why haven't Mr. Jinno and the others come out yet?"

"I've been hearing gunshots since just now..."

"Mr. Jinno and the others should be alright now, right..."

Shh! Don't talk nonsense!

……

The only sounds along this "no man's land" were the hushed conversations and breathing of the "encirclement team" members.

But suddenly, their tranquility was broken by a series of strange noises.

The strange sound kept approaching from afar, "Nobody."

As the strange noise drew closer, the "encirclement team" gradually realized that the strange sound was the sound of someone running at full speed.

They quickly looked up in the direction from which the sound came.

They could see five dark figures moving around at the street corner on the east side.

Because of the distance and the poor lighting at night, the "surrounding team" could not see the appearance of the five dark figures.

These five black figures, resembling five arrows released from a bow, rushed straight towards them!

"Someone is approaching!"

"stop!"

"Who goes there?! Stop!"

……

The members of the "encirclement team" immediately drew their knives and shouted warnings.

Just as the team members drew their knives in that split second, the dark figure at the front suddenly accelerated!

If the speed of that dark figure just now was like an arrow released from a bow, then its current speed is like a cannonball flying out of a cannon barrel!

Sprint, leap—the dark figure completed the attack in one fluid motion, like a tiger descending a mountain, leaping towards a team member with buck teeth.

As he leaped toward the buck-toothed man, the shadowy figure drew a jitte with a red tassel from his right waist with his left hand.

Using the momentum of his forward charge and leap, the tip of the ten-handed sword struck the buck-toothed man's philtrum hard, breaking both of his buck teeth.

The ten hands, still brimming with power, thrust their tips into the buck-toothed man's mouth, sending the buck tooth flying backward.

The buck-toothed guy flew backward and crashed heavily into a short guy behind him. The two of them hugged each other and ended up eating dog poop together.

"Aaaaaaahh ...

His screams shattered the silence of this "no man's land"!

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P.S.: With news like yesterday happening... I think you can check out the chapter about Ii Naosuke's assassination.

Chapter 122 One against ten, five against a hundred!

—That person's information was actually correct…