I assembled the strongest swordsman group.

With a whoosh, the commander's slash arrived first despite being delayed.

Her sword slashed with the force of a thunderbolt—not at Shimizu Eiichi, but at his sword!

In that instant, Souji's sword and Shimizu Eiichi's sword clashed in mid-air.

Blades clashed, sparks flew.

In a sense, Souji is the real "special forces" person - her petite body hides a magma-like explosive power!

Shimizu Eiichi felt his palms go numb in an instant. The astonishing force transmitted from Souji's blade seemed to be about to snatch the sword from his hands.

With advantages in both age and gender, Shimizu Eiichi was much taller than Souji.

Judging from their appearance, the size difference between the two is like that of "a middle-aged man and a kindergarten child".

Despite this, it was the "adult uncle" who almost had his knife knocked away.

Shimizu Eiichi secretly exerted a fierce strength, gripped the sword in his hand tightly, and with a low shout, deflected the Souji's sword to the side.

The two passed each other.

In that instant of shifting positions, Souji suddenly lowered his waist and swung his sword across Shimizu Eiichi's waist and abdomen.

Whether it was the stance of his stepping and crouching, or the direction of the blade, everything was impeccable. Souji's strike truly put in real force.

This cheerful, smiling, and sunny girl only reveals her cold and ruthless side when she holds a knife.

If he hadn't dodged that attack, Shimizu Eiichi's upper body would have said "goodbye" to his lower body.

Eiichi Shimizu is a ruthless character who has fought his way up from the bottom of society to his current high position.

At this critical moment, he flipped his right wrist, reversed his grip on the hilt, plunged the tip of the blade into the ground, and aimed the blade at the general's slashing sword.

An attack drawn in the shape of a horizontal line, a defense formed in the shape of a vertical line... How could a vertical line not block a horizontal line?

clang!

Shimizu Eiichi managed to block the attack, his body trembling slightly before stopping his swaying.

The commander was taken aback by what he saw.

She put a lot of force into that strike.

In the previous exchange, Shimizu Eiichi's sword was almost knocked out of her hand by her, so how could he have blocked her heavy slash so easily in the blink of an eye?

The commander scanned the area, searching for the cause.

Upon closer inspection—it turns out that, just before the two swords were about to collide, Shimizu Eiichi extended his right foot and stepped on the back of the sword, increasing his defensive strength.

In this way, he used both his hands and feet to steadily block the commander's slash.

In the blink of an eye, Shimizu Sakae opened his left hand and grabbed the bottom of the hilt, which was pointing straight at the ceiling because the tip of the blade was stuck in the ground. He controlled the direction of the blade with his left hand and exerted force with his right hand—the blade suddenly rose upwards! The sharp edge brushed against Souji's blade, sparks flying, and slashed towards Souji like a flying arrow!

The angle of this upward slash was so tricky that Souji's pupils couldn't help but shrink.

Besides his explosive muscle power, Souji's flexibility is equally astonishing.

She folded her upper body backward like origami, her head almost touching her buttocks, and somersaulted backward. Although she dodged the fatal blow, Shimizu Eiichi's knife still grazed her ponytail, shaving off a few strands of hair.

In terms of physical strength and swordsmanship skills, the superior Souji has the upper hand.

In terms of combat experience, Shimizu Eiichi, a veteran of many battles, has the advantage.

Neither side could gain the upper hand, and the battle reached a stalemate.

Shimizu Eiichi deflected Souji's downward slash with his sword, and then delivered a lightning-fast straight thrust.

The commander dodged the thrust and then launched another attack.

The two sides were locked in fierce combat, with flashing swords and dazzling blades.

The two figures transformed into blurry, indistinguishable afterimages.

Even Souji's ponytail, which she kept flicking in the air, was pulled straight by the strong wind.

Physical strength is the commander's biggest weakness.

The Natural Mind Style is also a style that is "high burst damage and pursues quick defeat of the enemy", and is not suitable for attrition warfare.

If she gets entangled with Shimizu Eiichi for too long and wastes her precious energy, she will find herself in an increasingly passive and predicament situation.

So, she seized the opportunity, widened the gap, raised the tip of her knife, and adopted a flat-eyed stance.

Shimizu Eiichi was about to give chase, but at that moment, he suddenly stopped, staring intently at Souji with a solemn expression.

"Natural Flow of Mindfulness, the Profound Meaning—"

In the blink of an eye, the commander subconsciously released his "power"!

The secret technique of the Natural Rishin-ryu school—is the original technique created by Souji, who had driven Chiba Dosaburo into danger during the Red and White Battle a few months ago: the Three-Stage Thrust of the Blue Eyes!

Souji is preparing to decide the outcome with one decisive move! He'll take down Shimizu Eiichi in one fell swoop!

Sensing danger, Shimizu Eiichi stood with his knife drawn, not daring to make a move.

Just as the chief instructor had gathered his strength and was preparing to unleash the first strike of the "Ping Qing Yan San Duan Tu"—

Whoosh!

A sharp arrow shot in from outside the factory, pierced through the window, and unexpectedly flew straight toward the commander!

The commander caught the arrow out of the corner of her eye, and caught off guard by the attack, she was immediately taken aback.

For a fleeting moment, she thought the object flying towards her was a musket bullet—because the arrow was traveling at an incredible speed, unbelievably fast! Incomprehensibly fast!

At this critical moment, Souji could no longer care about Shimizu Eiichi in front of him.

She quickly dismounted and dodged to the side.

laugh!

The arrow grazed Souji's left abdomen, tearing his clothes there, and then flew away with undiminished force.

It was absolutely perfect!

If the commander's reaction were a little slower, or if the arrow's trajectory were a little off, then the commander would have to wear an extra "ornament".

The moment the arrow flew past Souji, she could even feel the scorching wind wrapped around the arrow shaft on her skin.

He narrowly escaped the arrow... but at that moment, a dark shadow loomed over Souji.

Eiichi Shimizu truly lives up to his reputation as a cunning old fox from the yakuza!

Because the arrow came so fast and so suddenly, the commander's dodge was done in a very hasty manner.

As a result, her posture showed an extremely obvious flaw... How could Shimizu Eiichi miss such a great opportunity?

He leaped into the air, his sword slamming down with the force of Mount Tai, aiming straight for the top of the commander's head.

Souji's current posture does not allow her to raise her sword in defense.

She could only grit her teeth, lean back, and narrowly dodge Shimizu Eiichi's slash.

Eiichi Shimizu's knife tip grazed past Souji's nose.

However, just as the blade tip was about to touch the ground after cutting through nothing, the blade suddenly stopped, and in the next instant, a flash filled Souji's vision.

After Shimizu Eiichi's blade missed its mark, he suddenly turned the sword in his hand, so that the blade, which was originally pointing downwards, was pointing upwards, and the back of the blade, which was pointing upwards, was pointing downwards. Then he pulled the sword back along the trajectory of the slash—this action of pulling the sword back was also part of the attack.

To be precise, the real killing move of this technique is the action of retracting the blade!

The blade, flying back like a waterfall flowing backward, struck directly at Souji's chin.

Too close, there's nowhere to hide!

If no countermeasures are taken quickly, the commander's head will be split in two vertically from bottom to top!

Left with no other choice, Souji raised the sword in a very strained posture—

clang!

Eiichi Shimizu's sword struck Souji's sword squarely.

The results of Souji's tireless swordsmanship training were now evident.

Thanks to her solid swordsmanship skills, she managed to deflect Shimizu Eiichi's sword to the side and save her life.

However... because her defensive stance was too forced and hasty, she was unable to completely deflect the power transmitted from Shimizu Eiichi's sword.

The sword, under the influence of the reaction force, bounced back—with a thud—the hard back of the blade slammed heavily into her forehead.

Before the commander could even groan, he collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud.

This is only natural.

The back of the knife struck his head, and the sound of the impact was so loud... It wouldn't be surprising if the commander, who suffered such a heavy blow, had a concussion.

Although he couldn't kill Souji directly, he was still satisfied with the result of temporarily incapacitating him.

Shimizu Eiichi would never do something as foolish as not finishing off an already severely wounded enemy, or letting the enemy escape unnecessarily.

Generous to friends and ruthless to enemies—it can be said that Shimizu Eiichi has achieved his current power and status precisely because of this ruthlessness.

So he swiftly raised his knife and began the upper section of the structure.

Immediately afterwards, he suddenly unleashed a powerful slash that seemed to come crashing down from the sky, enough to shatter the Souji's delicate body!

However... after swinging the knife, the familiar, stiff feeling of the blade cutting into flesh did not reach his palms.

Instead, there is the numbing sensation of metal clashing against metal.

Shimizu Eiichi sensed the presence of someone beside him.

A katana suddenly appeared from the side, blocking his attack.

Shimizu Sakae paused for a moment, then turned his eyes to look at the person who had come to his side.

"...You've come, Niou."

……

After discovering that Souji had started fighting with Shimizu Eiichi before him, Aoto prepared to support Souji.

However, he had only taken a few steps when he was blocked by several Yakuza.

After a brief delay, just as he finished off all the obstacles in his path, he happened to witness Souji being ambushed by a stray arrow, and Shimizu Eiichi preparing to finish him off.

The commander-in-chief is in trouble... This situation caused Qing Deng's entire body to tense up instantly.