Miss Heber is fighting her way out of the Lostbelt!

Without saying a word, he turned around and ran away.

This information must be brought to Mr. Takechi Hanpeita!

Eastern Country Volume: 99 Taking Refuge in My Guru Tamamonomae

Nakamura Hanjiro sneered at the fleeing Okada Izo.

"The Tosa clan, they always shout about heavenly punishment, but they are so timid."

Kawakami Gensai stared at Heber intently. He instinctively felt that the girl standing in the long street did not seem to be alone.

The man-killer ignored Hanjiro Nakamura who was still mocking him and simply closed his eyes.

There was a slight pain between Kawakami Gensai's eyebrows, and his third eye "opened".

This is the mind.

In anecdotal accounts, the third eye is usually just a legend, or refers to the pineal gland between the eyebrows.

However, some sword-fighting schools require their disciples to train their spirits through meditation in order to awaken the so-called mind's eye.

Kawakami Gensai does not follow any school of martial arts. His mind and vision are innate and are more powerful than those swordsmen who have undergone systematic training.

He was lucky because the next moment he understood why Okada Izo ran away.

Unfortunately for him, the information his mind received was far more than what Okada Izo saw.

"Tamamo-mae."

Kawakami Gensai thought: "It turns out that this is not a self-proclaimed false reputation, but the real Tamamonomae."

This executioner once discussed the corrupt officials of the shogunate with the samurai at a banquet. When everyone was excited, he quietly left the table and returned in a cup of tea. When he came back, he was holding the head of the official that the samurai had just cursed.

Kawakami Gensai had absolute courage and great calmness.

But at this moment he felt inexplicably sad.

His mind's eye detected the Nine-Tailed Fox, and thus, the residual effects of those conflicts also entered his mind through the connection.

Kawakami Gensai shed tears of blood, he felt the general's grief and regret.

It was a thousand years of accumulated pain, almost like a mountain.

"I was wrong! I was wrong!"

Just a tiny bit of deep regret was enough to crush Kawakami Hikosai's spirit. He wordlessly drew out his wakizashi, turned the blade around in front of Hanjiro Nakamura's puzzled gaze, and slashed his abdomen three times.

Kawakami Hikosai is dead.

[Secret Sword: Clear Mind and Vision]

[Nature: Blade (representing the principles of fighting, resistance, and domination)]

Because I am blind, I can see through it.

[Those who possess this secret sword can penetrate the target's mind by blocking their own vision, and there is a chance that they can glimpse information about those closely related to the target.]

"The secret sword of Scarf Father's family..."

Scarfather, the Second Ruling, is regarded as the true form of Odin in Northern Europe.

In Norse mythology, the great god Odin drank the spring water, blinded himself, and then hung himself upside down from the world tree for nine days and nights in exchange for supreme wisdom.

Therefore, the disciples who revere Scar Father would even perform extreme ascetic practices such as blinding themselves.

Normally, Kawakami Hikosai could make people have the illusion that they were being killed just by relying on the mental intimidation brought by his mind's eye... Unfortunately, he met Heber, and nothing happened afterwards.

When Nakamura Hanjiro saw Kawakami Hikosai suddenly committing seppuku, he realized that in just two seconds, the demon fox had already had a duel with him, and the result was Kawakami Hikosai's defeat.

But even so, Nakamura Hanjiro was not afraid.

Because what he was holding in his hand at that moment was one of the five swords in the world of the East, the "Sword to Destroy Evil and Reveal Good" by Suzumaru Tsunetsugu.

Saigo Takamori personally borrowed the sword and passed it on to Nakamura Hanjiro.

Anyone holding this sword will not be affected by external factors, nor will they be controlled by illusions.

This sword was once the sword worn by Master Saga, a great master of Buddhism!

"Bah!"

He roared, pulled out the sujumaru Hengci, and chopped it down on Heber's head.

Nakamura Hanjiro practiced the ancient swordsmanship of the Shikken-ryu school. He used the trees in his garden as his opponents, chopping them eight thousand times a day with his wooden sword. As a result of this intense training, he broke every tree in the garden that was three or four inches in diameter.

Even a warrior wearing armor would be cut in half by this blow.

The light of the secret sword rose from Jujumaru Tsuneji.

Information appeared before Heber's eyes.

[Secret Sword: Four Bright Kings]

[Nature: Blade (representing the principles of fighting, resistance, and domination)]

【The Vidyaraja eliminates evil and subdues heretics.】

[The speed of the sword drawn by the holder of this secret sword will be reduced to half of the original speed. The power will continue to increase during the release of the secret sword, and when it hits the target, it will cause a second damage! ]

[This secret sword cannot be used against "Tamamonomae"! ]

When Hanjiro Nakamura saw that Heber did not dodge or avoid, he felt happy.

The monkey cry of the Shixian Style can frighten those with weak minds. The fox demon must have spent too much energy in the fight with Kawakami Gensai!

Mr. He Shang, just become a Buddha with peace of mind!

But suddenly thunder sounded in his ears, as if countless thunders came from extremely high clouds.

No, that is not thunder, that is the Buddha's name, that is Zen chanting!

“Namo Namo Namo Namo Namo!”

“Take refuge, take refuge, take refuge, take refuge!”

"Namo Golden-haired, White-faced Nine-tailed Great Power!"

"Nawu's Great Illusion Obstructs King Ming!"

"Namo Nine-tailed Wonderful Sound Free Bodhisattva!"

"Namo Golden-haired Jade-faced Benzaiten!"

"I take refuge in my own guru, Tamamonomae!"

Amidst the Zen chanting, Heber effortlessly caught the sword that was chopped down by Nakamura Hanjiro.

"I originally thought that as the most famous swordsman, Renzhan, you had some skills. But now it seems that all your secret sword skills were learned from this blade... Don't you know that Tamamonomae was Saga's mentor?"

Heber's deep green pupils turned into an endless whirlpool. Nakamura Hanjiro stared at it infatuatedly. His thoughts, memories, emotions and even everything were like melted honey, swallowed up by the deep green whirlpool.

The Zen chanting in Nakamura Hanjiro's ears suddenly became softer, as if rubbing his brain with silk, making the swordsman tremble with happiness.

"Oh oh..." He sighed and prostrated himself, letting out a deep sigh from his chest, "I wish to take refuge in Master Tamamonomae!"

Heber picked up the rosary, Tsuneji, and looked at the rosary beads wrapped around the hilt.

"Who sent you to assassinate me?"

"It's Saigo Takamori."

"Then go ahead and kill him."

"I will follow the master's orders!" Nakamura Hanjiro stood up in ecstasy, picked up the knife next to Kawakami Gensai's body, and ran back in two steps along the same path.

Hebe stood there and waited for a while, but no one jumped out to punish her.

The fox demon smiled, suppressed the influence of the conflict all over his body, and then walked towards his temporary residence.

Ordinary residents who were deeply affected watched from the street with delighted expressions, exclaiming, "What a delicious smell of blood!"

......

"Two idiots!" Okada Izang ran away for his life with red eyes.

But no matter how he fled, he felt the chill coming from behind becoming sharper and sharper.

“Damn it, damn it—”

Okada Izo suddenly changed direction, jumped into the window of a Japanese confectionery shop, climbed over the counter and rushed out through the front door.

That flying 'Ghost Swordsman' has set his sights on him, so he must not return to the Tosa clan's headquarters, at least Mr. Takechi must not be implicated!

The sharp edge behind is getting closer and closer.

"Yeah!"

Renzhan's eyes were so red that they looked like they were about to shed tears of blood. He suddenly stopped running, spun his body halfway with all his might, and instinctively stabbed the sharp blade in his palm backwards.

The blades did not intersect, and the chill dissipated silently.

Okada Izo maintained a desperate backward posture, sweat pouring down his body, and in an instant his clothes were completely soaked.

"Ha, ha ha..." Okada Izo was half-kneeling on the ground. He could hardly hold the knife.

He didn't know what happened, but at least at this moment, he was alive.

ps: I am reading Hen Cards, and there is one chapter that will be posted later, please wait a little longer

Dongguo Volume: 100 I’m about to kill you!

"Let the Shinsengumi clean up the mess."

After Heber returned to the courtyard, he said to Kondo Isami who was standing in front of the door.

The former director of the Shinsengumi looked very embarrassed, because the Shinsengumi had extremely strict internal rules. Once you leave the Shinsengumi, the only thing waiting for you is seppuku.

In other words, according to the standards within the Shinsengumi, Kondo Isami should have committed suicide on the night he returned.

But fortunately, Heber's existence became the best excuse. The ghost deputy captain thought about it for a whole night and finally decided to ignore it.

——Ignoring Kondo Isami’s departure and ignoring the fact that the rules of the game have in fact been overturned.

This was a power shift limited to within the Shinsengumi.

Hijikata Toshizo did not react excessively to this, but just let Kondo Isami do his own thing with peace of mind.

If the deserters who were executed by Hijikata Toshizo personally saw this scene, they would probably be stunned.

But in fact, the reason why Hijikata Toshizo did this was very simple - before becoming the vice-captain of the Shinsengumi, he was still a disciple of Shieikan. In that small dojo in the countryside, they were close friends and spent many sweaty days and nights together.

The current situation of the Shinsengumi is not so bad that Hijikata Toshizo has to completely transform into a cold-blooded executor.

Kondo Isami certainly knew this.

However, Heber's order was tantamount to allowing Kondo Isami to return to the Shinsengumi as "Director" and seize power.

Even ordinary going back on one's word is an absolute destruction of one's credibility, let alone when power is involved?

Kondo Isami's thoughts echoed in his own mind, but to Heber, who was holding the sujumaru Tsuneji, these thoughts were clearly audible.

"Do you know why I didn't kill you?" Heber stopped at the door and looked at Kondo Isami.

This was the question Kondo Isami wanted to ask. After clearing away the influence of the conflict, his memories of that night became clearer, and with them came a renewed sense of confusion... Why didn't the demon fox kill him? Why didn't it kill the entire Shinsengumi?

“Because you are uneducated.”

Heber said directly, "The anti-shogunate faction also aims to awaken the general, but they are too educated and have too many ideas... I won't be staying in the East for long, so I'd rather choose some stupid but uninspired people."

These words were really hurtful, but Kondo Isami tasted something meaningful from them.

He suddenly recalled that when he was a child, his father took him to the city and he heard people chatting and telling stories on the roadside.

What they were talking about was - Tamamonomae.

Tamamonomae was once the patron saint of many monsters, sages and scholars. She was also the general's only teacher and the only recognized righteous god in the East.

Childhood memories flashed through Kondo Isami's mind like a thunderbolt, and his eyes widened.

--I see!

Did they owe their allegiance to the Tokugawa magistrate of the shogunate? No, they owed their allegiance to the shogun and the retired emperor.

As the general's teacher, Tamamonomae was naturally more qualified than anyone else to gain their loyalty.