Chihaya Aine is a member of the team Zero

Probably because Tani Sanjuro suddenly attacked the base of the restorationists, causing panic among the restorationists hiding on the third floor, the little girl should be the daughter of the owner of this shop. When she was delivering food to the restorationists upstairs, she was confused by the sudden attack and failed to escape from the third floor in time.

By the time I realized what was happening and wanted to leave, Chihaya Aine had already started fighting with Tani Sanjuro.

The clanging sounds of fighting outside the room scared the little girl so much that she didn't dare to go out, so she simply hid in the room.

Goto Ichiri didn't know whether his reasoning was correct, but he felt that even if it was not completely correct, it should not be too far off.

After seeing the little girl, both Tani Sanjuro and Goto Ichiri were surprised at first.

But the look of astonishment only lingered on Tani Sanjuro for a moment.

After a moment, a ferocious smile appeared on Tani Sanjuro's face.

"It's children... I like children the most."

"The feeling of a blade slashing against a child is the best."

"I'm just in a bad mood right now, let me vent my anger!"

After saying that, Tani Sanjuro suddenly swung the large sword in his hand and slashed at the little girl!

"This monster in human skin!!!"

Goto Ichiri's heart was filled with rage.

There was some distance between Tani Sanjuro and the little girl.

But this distance is nothing to Tani Sanjuro, who has extremely long arms and is holding a large sword.

With just a swing of his arm, he could easily kill the little girl.

Tani Sanjuro was not worried that Goto Ichiri on the opposite side would attack him while he was attacking the little girl.

He had already estimated the distance between him and Goto Ichiri, as well as the distance between him and the little girl. Goto Ichiri was simply too late.

Even if Goto Ichiri attacked him while he was attacking the little girl, he would definitely be able to kill the little girl before Goto Ichiri's knife could hit him, and then calmly retract the knife to block Goto Ichiri's attack.

The sharp blade cut through the air and headed straight for her head. Any adult would be scared to death by such a scene, let alone a little girl who was only 7 or 8 years old.

The little girl was so frightened that she screamed and pulled the thin blanket around her tighter.

It was as if this thin blanket was the safest fortress, and as long as you hid inside it, you would not encounter any danger.

Volume 1: Chapter 225: New Sword

With Tani Sanjuro's skills, he only needed half a breath to cut the little girl in half.

However, before half a breath had passed, a loud bang suddenly occurred.

As Tani Sanjuro swung his sword at the little girl, Goto Ichiri moved almost at the same time.

Like Tani Sanjuro, Goto Ichiri also realized that it was useless to attack Tani Sanjuro now. Due to the distance, Tani Sanjuro would definitely be able to kill the little girl before his knife could reach him, and then continue to fight with him.

Therefore, Goto Ichiri's target was not Tani Sanjuro from the beginning to the end.

Goto Ichiri's target was the front of the little girl.

After standing between Tani Sanjuro and the little girl at the fastest speed he could, Goto Ichiri raised the two swords in his hands and met the large sword that was coming towards Tani Sanjuro.

The loud noise just now was the sound of Goto Ichiri using his double swords to turn the blades around and forcibly intercept Tani Sanjuro's large sword.

Thanks to Goto Ichiri's blocking, Tani Sanjuro's large sword was successfully blocked.

But at the same time, Goto Ichiri also paid the price of forcibly blocking Tani Sanjuro's slash.

The blade of her wakizashi, which was the most severely damaged, finally broke into two pieces due to the heavy weight.

However, Goto Ichiri showed no expression towards the wakizashi in his hand that was unfortunately broken.

Without even frowning, he casually threw aside the wakizashi, which only had the handle and half of the blade left.

He looked so calm, as if it was not his own knife that was broken, but someone else's.

It was as if the broken wakizashi would not hinder his subsequent battle.

After changing to holding the only remaining katana with both hands, Goto

Without turning around, Yili said to the little girl behind her who was looking at her with a complex look of surprise, curiosity, and other emotions:

"Little sister, go out here, turn left and keep going until you see a staircase. Hurry up and follow the stairs to the floor below."

During the battle just now, Goto Ichiri had already observed the surrounding environment.

The little girl had not yet recovered from the series of shocks she had just experienced, so even after Goto Ichiri finished speaking, she still looked dazed and did not take any action.

"Move quickly!"

Goto Ichiri yelled at the little girl behind him in an impatient tone.

The little girl finally came to her senses after her eardrums were shaken by the sudden increase in the volume of Goto Ichiri's voice.

Perhaps frightened by what Goto Ichiri had just said, the little girl tightened the quilt around her, cried, and ran out of the room quickly.

Tani Sanjuro did not chase the girl.

Instead, he looked at Goto Ichiri with a puzzled look.

"You are such a strange person."

"Is that girl your relative? You actually saved her and even let your own knife become useless."

"No," Goto Ichiri responded casually, "That girl is not my relative, and I don't even know her."

After hearing what Goto Ichiri said, the look of doubt on Tani Sanjuro's face became even more intense.

"I'm finding you more and more strange..."

"You, a fellow with blood on your hands, actually want to save someone?"

"You've killed countless people just like me, but have you never experienced the pleasure of killing?"

At this point, every muscle on Tani Sanjuro's face tensed up and he grinned.

"As an executioner who has killed countless people, have you never experienced this kind of **?"

"Shut up." Goto Ichiri's tone was neither salty nor bland: "Don't confuse me with you."

"I never thought killing was a joyful thing."

"As you said, my hands are stained with blood."

"but--"

As he spoke of this, Goto Ichiri's eyes gradually burst out with a determined look, and there seemed to be flames burning in his pupils.

"No matter what, I will never give up my bright heart."

"bright?"

Tani Sanjuro looked disdainful.

"It's so boring."

"It seems that you and I are really not the same kind of people."

"It's such a shame."

"After realizing that you and I were both executioners who had killed countless people, I thought that maybe we could become friends."

"It seems unlikely."

After saying that, Tani Sanjuro slowly lowered his center of gravity and got into a fighting stance again.

"You've lost your knife now. How long can you hold on with only one knife left?!"

Although he failed to kill the little girl to vent his anger, Tani Sanjuro felt a little regretful.

But the excitement of successfully destroying Goto Ichiri's sword made up for this regret.

Destroying one of Goto Ichiri's swords was equivalent to cutting off one of Goto Ichiri's arms. It was hard for Tani Sanjuro not to feel excited.

Although he only had one sword left in his hand, Goto Ichiri remained calm from beginning to end, as if he was not worried that the loss of a sword would have any impact on his strength.

Before Tani Sanjuro launched an attack, he clenched the only remaining katana in his hands with both hands and took the initiative to kill Tani Sanjuro.

"Ha...ha...ha...ha...ha...ha..."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Both Goto Ichiri and Chikanosuke were now out of breath.

Even though he only had a sword left, Goto Ichiri's fighting power was not greatly reduced. It did become a lot harder for him to parry Tani Sanjuro's attacks, but he was still able to fight back and forth with Tani Sanjuro with skills such as stepping.

The current battle situation between the two can be described in one word: stalemate.

Goto Ichiri couldn't find any opportunity to kill Tani Sanjuro for a while.

And Tani Sanjuro also couldn't find an opportunity to kill Goto Ichiri.

The two of them remained in a stalemate, looking for an opportunity to change the deadlock in one fell swoop.

"...You...are such a troublemaker..."

The word "ugly" was not enough to describe Tani Sanjuro's expression at this moment.

The constant severe pain from all over his body and the anxiety of not being able to kill Goto Ichiri made Tani Sanjuro's face increasingly heavy and ugly.

"Hey, kid!"

While shouting rudely, Tani Sanjuro slowly raised the large sword in his hand to his upper right.

Looking at Tani Sanjuro's posture, Goto Ichiri couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly.

Goto Ichiri was quite familiar with Tani Sanjuro's posture.

It is the starting position of "Windmill".

"I'm not holding back this time," said Tani Sanjuro in a deep voice. "I'm going to unleash all 13 consecutive slashes of the 'Windmill' technique. If you're brave, take this move from me!"

Tani Sanjuro has made up his mind - he is betting the victory on his most powerful killer move.

The two of them were now in the most spacious place on the third floor, making it convenient for Sanjuro Tani to use his most powerful killing move.

At the same time, the reason why Tani Sanjuro planned to rely on the "windmill" to decide the outcome was also to bully Goto Ichiri, whose sword was about to be scrapped.

Tani Sanjuro was sure that the guy in front of him would break under the weight when he took the second or third blow of his "windmill".

When Goto Ichiri saw Tani Sanjuro already in the "windmill" starting stance, a solemn look gradually appeared on her face.

The attack range of the "windmill" is extremely large and its speed is also quite amazing.

It is not easy to avoid them all.

If you are even a little careless, you will end up being cut in half.

The safest way to defend against "Windmill" is to take all his attacks head-on.

However, with the broken sword in his hand, Goto Ichiri did not have the confidence to take all of Tani Sanjuro's attacks...

Just as Goto Ichiri was thinking seriously about how to deal with the enemy——

"Ichiri-chan!"

A loud shout suddenly came from the distant stairs.

“Aine-chan…?”

Goto Ichiri looked in the direction of the voice and saw Chihaya Aine walking towards her across the stairs with a look of surprise.

The reason why Goto Ichiri looked so surprised was that, on the one hand, Chihaya Aine, who was supposed to be an examiner observing, suddenly appeared in front of her.

On the other hand, it was because Chihaya Aine was holding two swords in her hands at that moment.

A katana and a wakizashi.

The two swords are composed of green and gold from the handle to the hilt and then to the scabbard.

Both the hilt and the scabbard are engraved with extremely gorgeous patterns and look very beautiful.

Tani Sanjuro was also surprised by the sudden appearance of Chihaya Aine.

But after being stunned, a fierce light immediately flashed in his eyes.

even if

Even a fool could tell what Chihaya Aine, who was holding two swords, was going to do.