Chihaya Aine is a member of the team Zero

However, Tani Sanjuro's attack was not over yet.

When the Odachi in his hand was blocked by Goto Ichiri's double swords and the Odachi bounced up due to the reaction force, Tani Sanjuro suddenly turned around, swung the Odachi in the air, and transferred the force along his legs to his waist, and then from his waist to his arms, making a sound of breaking wind that was louder than before, and swung the sword towards Goto Ichiri again.

Goto Ichiri, who did not expect that Tani Sanjuro could use such a fast two-hit combo, gritted his teeth, raised his two swords again, and rushed towards Tani Sanjuro's sword.

clang!

Another loud bang was heard.

Tani Sanjuro's slash this time was faster and more powerful than the first one.

Tani Sanjuro's attack is still not over.

After the second attack was blocked by Goto Ichiri, Tani Sanjuro, like before, when the odachi bounced high because of being blocked by Goto Ichiri, at the moment when the odachi was about to reach the highest point, Tani Sanjuro twisted his feet and waist, used his body to drive the odachi to circle, and chopped towards Goto Ichiri again.

Goto Ichiri's face had already darkened at this point.

Because she saw the subtlety of Tani Sanjuro's move, Tani Sanjuro kept using the force to his advantage.

She used the rebound force generated by the collision between the Odachi and her sword.

By coordinating the movements, the rebound force is transformed into the power of the next attack, thus avoiding the damage to oneself caused by the rebound force to the greatest extent, and turning this force into a continuous attack.

Tani Sanjuro and his Odachi were now like a huge electric fan that kept spinning.

He kept spinning and waving his life-threatening "fan blade" or Odachi, launching continuous and fierce attacks on Goto Ichiri.

In this series of attacks, because Tani Sanjuro kept leveraging the force, the power and speed of each attack were greater than the previous one.

Because each of Tani Sanjuro's consecutive slashes was faster than the last, Goto Ichiri could no longer dodge and could only keep taking Tani Sanjuro's sword.

After taking Tani Sanjuro's fifth slash, Goto Ichiri's arms were so sore that he could hardly lift them.

But Goto Ichiri still gritted his teeth and tried to hold on.

Tani Sanjuro's "windmill" turned 8 times and slashed Goto Ichiri 8 times before it finally stopped.

"How is it?" Tani Sanjuro said in a mocking tone, "This is my unique skill and killer move, 'Windmill'."

"My 'Windmill' can now perform a maximum of 13 consecutive kills."

"Until now, no one has ever been able to withstand a 'Windmill' attack that has completed all 13 consecutive slashes."

"You're already pretty good for taking 8 hits."

After saying that, Tani Sanjuro glanced at the knife in Goto Ichiri's hand. After seeing the appearance of the knife clearly, the sarcasm on his face became even more intense.

Volume 1: Chapter 224: Classic Special Effects Kids

"Although you still look like you have some strength left, your knife seems to be almost useless."

After taking on the eight consecutive blows from Sanjuro Ya, the two swords in Goto Ichiri's hands - both the katana and the wakizashi - were now covered with gaps of varying depths.

Goto Ichiri lowered his eyes and glanced at the two broken swords in his hands. His expression, which was not good to begin with, became even more grim.

I started to look at it...

Goto Ichiri's katana was okay, with only 7 or 8 notches on the blade.

His wakizashi was a horrible sight. Just by visual inspection, there were more than 10 notches on the blade.

In a nutshell - the two swords in Goto Ichiri's hands are in a state of "not broken yet, but not far from breaking."

"I want to see how long you can hold on with these two broken swords in your hands!"

After saying that, Tani Sanjuro swung the large sword in his hand again and chopped towards Goto Ichiri.

"You are such a brave girl..."

Tani Sanjuro casually kicked away a wooden table that he had just smashed at his feet, and spoke to Goto Ichiri in front of him.

"When I first saw you, I could tell you were not in good shape."

"Before fighting me, you must have fought many people, right?"

"Despite being in poor physical condition, he still dared to charge up and confront me. And he has been fighting with me until now."

"It makes me want to praise your courage and strength."

As soon as Tani Sanjuro finished speaking, Goto Ichiri frowned slightly and used an unhappy tone.

"Rather than me rushing up to confront you, it's more like you're looking for trouble."

At this point, Tani Sanjuro's eyes fixed.

"How many people have died at your hands?"

"One hundred? Two hundred?"

"As the captain of the Shinsengumi's 7th Division, I can't let a dangerous person like you wander freely in Kyoto..."

"Shut up! I, Goto Ichiri, only kill those who deserve to die."

Goto Ichiri shouted in a deep voice.

The reason why I listened quietly to Tani Sanjuro's nonsense just now was purely to buy time to adjust my physical condition and regulate my breathing.

At this moment, Goto Ichiri, who had adjusted his physical condition, did not hesitate at all as soon as he finished speaking. He raised the two swords in his hands and rushed towards Tani Sanjuro.

call!

The battle started again, Tani Sanjuro swung the large sword in his hand and slashed at Goto Ichiri who was rushing towards him.

Looking at the oncoming Odachi blade, Goto Ichi remained calm, jumped to the side, nimbly dodged Tani Sanjuro's slash, then turned the blades of the two swords in his hands and stabbed at Tani Sanjuro.

"Tsk..." Facing the tips of the two swords stabbing towards him, Tani Sanjuro's face sank. He quickly took a few steps back, increasing the distance between himself and Goto Ichiri, and managed to avoid Goto Ichiri's stab.

"This guy……"

Tani Sanjuro couldn't help but said in a deep voice in his heart.

"I'm getting more and more used to fighting people with long weapons..."

When he first faced Goto Ichiri, Tani Sanjuro could clearly see that Goto Ichiri did not have much experience fighting against people wielding long weapons.

Whether it was parrying or dodging attacks from long weapons, the methods were all very clumsy.

However, as the battle continued, Tani Sanjuro felt more and more clearly that Goto Ichiri was improving at an extremely fast pace.

Whether it was the way to block his slashes or the timing to dodge his attacks, Goto Ichiri became more and more skilled.

As a result, Goto Ichiri was able to get closer to Tani Sanjuro more frequently.

From being unable to even get close to Tani Sanjuro at the beginning, to being able to frequently rush in front of Tani Sanjuro and launch several attacks on him that are enough to hurt him, this speed of progress makes Tani Sanjuro feel scared.

A terrifying thought suddenly occurred to Tani Sanjuro: "If we keep fighting like this, and if Goto Ichiri gets used to fighting someone with a long weapon, and if Goto Ichiri is unable to advance, then the situation might gradually turn into Goto Ichiri gaining the upper hand..."

With this idea occupying his mind, Tani Sanjuro no longer dared to look down on Goto Ichiri. He used all his skills and exchanged offense and defense with Goto Ichiri.

After repeated fights, the two gradually moved from a spacious room upstairs to a narrow corridor outside the room.

In such a narrow corridor, using bold and aggressive moves would be tantamount to seeking death.

Therefore, after entering this narrow corridor, Tani Sanjuro quickly changed his tactics.

Tani Sanjuro put away his Odachi and used it like a spear, launching continuous and non-stop stabbing attacks on Goto Ichiri.

Taking a deep breath, Goto Ichiri stared closely at the movements of Tani Sanjuro in front of him, and used stepping to dodge Tani Sanjuro's stabs one by one.

Not only the slashing attack, but Tani Sanjuro's stabbing attack is also extremely powerful.

Goto Ichiri didn't dare to be careless at all. He didn't even dare to blink and couldn't help but slow down his breathing.

While dodging every attack from Tani Sanjuro, Goto Ichiri narrowed his eyes slightly, looking for an opportunity to launch a counterattack.

The position of each of Tani Sanjuro's thrusts is different, some are higher and some are lower.

At a certain moment, Goto Ichiri's eyes suddenly emitted a chilling light.

Because the new attack launched by Tani Sanjuro was at a very low position.

In terms of height, it was probably only at the same level as Goto Ichiri's waist.

Finally, the opportunity for counterattack came. Goto Ichiri raised his right foot without any hesitation and stepped on the handle of the large sword that Tani Sanjuro had just thrust out but had not had time to retract.

Goto Ichiri did not step directly on the opponent's weapon. Instead, after stepping on the handle of Tani Sanjuro's odachi with his right foot, he exerted force with his right foot, used the handle of Tani Sanjuro's odachi as a pedal, and jumped towards Tani Sanjuro in one breath.

Tani Sanjuro, who did not expect that Goto Ichiri would use his large sword as a springboard to jump over, was horrified and took a hurried step back, trying to avoid Goto Ichiri's sudden attack.

laugh!

Although Tani Sanjuro's reaction was quick enough and he retreated quickly enough.

However, because the distance between the two was not far, Goto Ichiri, who leaped towards him, was too fast. Although he had retreated, Goto Ichiri's blade still hit him.

There was a "hiss" sound as the sharp blade cut through the flesh.

The blade of Goto Ichiri's katana cut a gash in Tani Sanjuro's chest.

Unfortunately, because Tani Sanjuro took a step back in time, only the tip of the knife hit Tani Sanjuro.

The wound left on Tani Sanjuro's chest was still too shallow. Although it successfully cut open the flesh on Tani Sanjuro's chest and a large amount of blood spurted out from the wound on his chest, it did not cause much damage to Tani Sanjuro.

After taking several steps back and creating enough distance between himself and Goto Ichiri to feel safe, Tani Sanjuro dared to glance down at the wound that was oozing blood.

Looking at the wound on his chest, Tani Sanjuro's face instantly turned dark.

Although the chest wound was not fatal, it brought an extremely huge impact to Tani Sanjuro.

Because this means Goto Ichiri can already hurt him...

Thinking of Goto Ichiri's terrifying speed of progress, goosebumps began to stand uncontrollably all over Tani Sanjuro's body.

"Follow me if you dare!"

Knowing that it was difficult to use his sword to its full potential in such a narrow corridor, Tani Sanjuro roared while knocking open the paper sliding door of the next room.

, rushed into the next room.

Goto Ichiri was not afraid of Tani Sanjuro's behavior of forcibly changing the battlefield to a place that was beneficial to him. He followed Tani Sanjuro without any hesitation and rushed into the room.

The space of this room is not small, just enough for Tani Sanjuro to unleash the full power of the large sword in his hand.

On the other hand, this spacious space is also very helpful for Goto Ichiri to dodge.

After taking Tani Sanjuro's "windmill" blow head-on, Goto Ichiri deliberately avoided any collision between his sword and Tani Sanjuro's large sword.

With Goto Ichiri's intentional protection, the two swords in Goto Ichiri's hands, which had long been full of gaps, can still successfully maintain their shape.

As soon as the two rushed into the room, almost everything that could be broken in the room was smashed to pieces within a few breaths.

Or it could be something that Goto Ichiri accidentally broke when he was dodging Tani Sanjuro's attack: for example, a folding screen placed in the corner of the room.

Or they were directly chopped into pieces by the large sword that was being swung in the palm of the hand: such as the small table by the window and the vase on it.

The battlefield between the two of them unknowingly shifted to the next room.

The room the two were originally in was connected to the room next door, and the two rooms were separated only by a thin paper sliding door.

Whether it was Goto Ichiri or Tani Sanjuro, every nerve in their body was tense at this moment.

Even the frequency of each other's breathing and blinking has slowed down unconsciously.

The two of them, who had both given their all, were staring at each other.

The two of them had the same thought in their minds at this moment, which was to kill the guy in front of them!

However, after breaking through the paper sliding door that separated the two rooms and slipping into the next room, a strange sound that was quite inconsistent with the solemn atmosphere surrounding them suddenly reached their ears.

This strange sound attracted the attention of both Goto Ichiri and Tani Sanjuro, and the tense aura of both of them was broken at the same time.

After the two turned their heads in the direction of the sound, they finally knew what was making the strange noise.

"Child?" Goto Ichiri couldn't help but exclaim.

The sound that had attracted the attention of Goto Ichiri and Tani Sanjuro was a low sob.

The person making these sobbing sounds was a child who was hiding in the corner of the room, wrapping himself tightly in a blanket he had found from somewhere, with only half of his face exposed.

From the half of the child's face sticking out from the quilt, it is not difficult to tell that it is a little girl, about 7 or 8 years old.

When Goto Ichiri and Tani Sanjuro entered the room, the little girl looked at them with horror.

Although she tried her best to hold it back, she couldn't help but let out a low, fear-filled sob.

Looking at the little girl hiding in the corner of the room, Goto Ichiri immediately deduced what had happened.