Age of Heroes, 10-game winning streak

"Ah...thank you for the compliment." Okita Souji said politely.

The next moment, the knife flashed.

Fu Long Yin Yue's clothes rustled, and a Lion Heart spear quietly extended from his palm.

When——!

The spear was raised, blocking Okita Souji three feet away.

"A surprise attack?"

"This isn't sudden... Who are you? Where did she go?" Okita Souji was naive but not stupid. "Please come with me back to the Shinsengumi and I'll explain everything!"

"Little girl, you probably can't keep me here."

Thunder flashes in the clouds, two in a row!

Souji Okita avoided the attack by using the technique of shrinking the ground, but a shadow flashed before his eyes.

The spear was already coming down on his head, not stabbing, but smashing!

The violent force came crashing down, and Okita Souji raised his blade to defend himself, but he immediately fell to one knee, his shoulders shaking and trembling.

She is very fast.

But she has now fallen from her prime.

Why is Okita Souji known for his speed and swordsmanship?

This is because he was born with a defect.

Physical fitness.

In history, Okita Souji was a short-lived, sickly, and talented swordsman.

Although he is an executioner, his physique is very weak except for his swordsmanship, and he was forced to develop this special pace and strength control.

Because this is Souji Okita's only strength.

Otherwise, if it were any other second-level peak swordsman, Amamiya Mahiru would have fallen long ago.

Judging from the level of swordsmanship alone, the gap between the two is not that big.

It is true that Souji Okita is an experienced executioner who has killed nearly a hundred people, but under the training of Bai Yu, Amamiya Mahiru is also a veteran of hundreds of battles and is not afraid of blood and fire... She is definitely stronger now than she was in history.

Not to mention, the one standing here now is Bai Yu in his prime.

This is the weaving of fate. He can use all the moves belonging to Amamiya Mahiru, including the Ichinodachi he just learned.

Okita Souji was not so lucky and launched another attack, still a desperate thrust, the pale sword light came before his eyes... but it was no longer as swift, light and deadly as before.

Kashuu Kiyomitsu rubbed the blade of the Lionheart spear, while Bai Yu grabbed Okita Souji's sword with his right hand and held it with his bare hands.

Mibu Wolf tried to push the knife, but she didn't have enough strength. When the weapon fell into the opponent's hands, she was already helpless.

In Fuso Kendo, the strong and the weak are too obvious.

Just like this knife.

So sharp, yet so fragile.

Bai Yu raised his hand, and Okita Souji suddenly realized his intention. He tried to stop him and drew his sword with all his strength, but it was too late.

His hand knife chopped the most vulnerable middle part of the blade. White lightning burst out, and the blade instantly reached the limit of metal fatigue and broke into two pieces while bending.

The famous sword, Kashuu Kiyomitsu, was broken.

The light in Okita Souji's eyes instantly faded, and her sword was broken... For a samurai, the importance of a sword is almost equal to life. Anything can be thrown away, except the sword.

Dropping the broken sword, Bai Yu glanced at Okita Souji with a calm tone.

"Your duty is to protect the safety of Edo, so I will spare your life."

"But you hurt my people, so you have to pay the price."

"Cutting your sword is just a small punishment."

He patted the little girl on the shoulder.

"Go get a new knife."

"Please continue to be friends with my Mahiru."

Hearing these words, Okita Souji felt a chill running down his spine.

When I looked back, the other person had disappeared.

Chapter 224 Cool Lips

It was half a quarter of an hour later when the Mibu wolves found the soaking wet Okita Souji.

The person in charge of leading the team is the captain of the second team, Saito Hajime.

When he saw the condition of Okita Souji, he immediately asked the other team members to disperse, then took off his coat and put it on his shoulders.

"What happened?" He lowered his voice: "Hide well."

"Yeah." Okita Souji coughed twice and said weakly, "That blind girl is very good at swordsmanship."

"Stronger than you?"

"We're about evenly matched." Okita Souji shook his head and said, "But my cultivation level is still higher than hers, so I could have won."

"So?" Saito asked curiously, "Who did you meet again?"

"A very mysterious person... It's hard to describe him specifically." Okita Souji carefully recalled the previous scene and could only give a slightly ambiguous description: "He... is very handsome."

Saito was speechless: "Are you focusing on the wrong thing?"

"He's really handsome. The one with Yue in the lead is different," Okita Souji continued, "He dresses like a Daxia person."

Saito Ichi immediately frowned: "Daxia... If they are really from Daxia, it will be troublesome."

"why?"

"Because even the extraordinary people of Daxia are difficult to deal with." Saito Yi held his forehead. "Although there is a dead tide on the sea surface to isolate us, the distance is too close. It is difficult for Fusang to completely isolate itself from the influence of Daxia."

Okita Souji just looked at his sword with a distressed look on his face: "My Kashuu Kiyomitsu was cut off by him..."

Saito Ichi comforted him, "You can also change your sword if it's just right. You can always choose a good sword first."

Okita Souji nodded and continued, "By the way, there's one more thing about that mysterious person... He must possess some very high-level secrets. If it's not absolutely necessary, it's best not to pursue him."

Saito said helplessly: "I'm afraid this won't work."

"why?"

"Because we have received a wanted order from Kyoto. If nothing unexpected happens, the blind woman you encountered should be named 'Amamiya Mahiru'."

Okita Souji nodded immediately. She remembered the mysterious man's last words very clearly: "Indeed, he mentioned Mahiru... Amemiya, ah, the Amemiya family of the Genkyū-ryu? So they really are in the same group."

"I can't confirm it yet." Saito paused, "But it's true that both parties are wanted criminals."

"Both sides...did the other side also let Amamiya Ryuji escape?" Okita Souji asked curiously, "He's not that strong, is he?"

"With the power of ghosts and gods, he almost reached the third realm of transcendence. Fearing greater casualties, we had no choice but to let him escape." Saito Ichi tried to save some face for the Mibu Wolves. "If it weren't for Deputy Director Hijikata and Director Kondo accompanying the General to a meeting in Kyoto, he wouldn't have escaped..."

"Have you found out the origins of the deceased Onmyoji?"

"Well, they're all Onmyoji from the Kamo branch. Six of them died and three were injured, which means they've lost quite a few." Saito Ichi said with a hint of gloating, "These Onmyoji are always so arrogant. I'm afraid the Onmyoji will go crazy and increase the bounty. Maybe they'll do something behind the scenes."

Okita Souji asked, "What are you going to do next?"

"The Amamiya family is finished. The Huanyin-ryu dojo will be taken into custody by the shogunate, but the two people who escaped from the Amamiya family have the potential to reach the level of a swordsman. Their existence is extremely dangerous." Saito glanced at Okita Souji, whose pretty face was pale, and stopped talking about work. "Go back to the test center for a few days to take good care of yourself. Don't run around... Luckily you're fine this time, but don't do this again next time. Even if you're excited about the prey, you have to consider the specific situation."

Okita Souji bowed his head and admitted his mistake: "I'm sorry."

Seeing that the little girl admitted her mistake, Saito Ichi didn't want to scold her anymore.

The conversation ended here. Before leaving, Souji Okita looked at the broken bridge and recalled what the other party said before leaving.

It made her feel a chill, but also gave rise to a bit of fighting spirit.

She pursed her lips and said, "Are you trying to use me as a whetstone?... You're such a nuisance."

……

The outskirts of Edo.

Bai Yu shook off all the pursuers and returned to a house in the slums.

There have been deaths nearby, and rumors of evil spirits haunting the area have scared many people away from living in this area.

In addition, Fusang at that time did not have so many public resources to place cameras, which saved a lot of effort.

After returning to the resting place, Bai Yu was freed from the possession.

Amidst the rolling gray mist, a human figure appeared. Amamiya Mahiru walked out of it. After losing support, her body almost fell onto the tatami.

Bai Yu picked it up horizontally and placed it on the floor.

After breaking away from the possession of Amemiya Mahiru, Bai Yu found that it was difficult to maintain stability in his human form. His body continued to emit gray mist, and his shell reassembled and dispersed, as if this space-time itself was repelling his intervention.

【Do you want to end this knitting? 】

The clue is at hand.

Bai Yu looked at the girl who was still sleeping, and was about to end this fateful weaving, but suddenly felt a sense of entanglement.

Amemiya Mahiru grabbed his arm, and a gray mist drifted out, becoming shapeless.

"gentlemen……"

"It's me." Bai Yu replied, "It's over."

"Feel sorry."

"Why are you apologizing?"

"I lost to that Shinsengumi..."

"If your realms and cultivation levels were equal, you wouldn't lose... It's okay to lose this time. Knowing shame will lead to courage." Bai Yu reached out and tapped her forehead. "But you were indeed a bit too reckless this time. Didn't you consider the consequences at all?"

"I..." Amamiya Mahiru bowed her head and admitted her mistake. She knelt down on the quilt and then bowed her head. "Mahiru knows she was wrong. She shouldn't have barged in without knowing anything. She shouldn't have let her emotions get the better of her and acted recklessly, putting herself in danger."

Bai Yu looked at the other party's sincere and good attitude of admitting his mistakes, and he no longer had any reason to be angry. In fact, he was not angry at all. This was the other party's own choice and also the other party's destiny.

He thought about it and decided that he shouldn't praise her recklessness at this time. It was just like raising a daughter, the purpose of which was to cultivate her independent personality.

So he added a word of encouragement: "Remember, think twice before you act."

Amamiya Mahiru sat up straight: "I won't be so reckless next time!"

"Well... let's stop reflecting here for now." Bai Yu said, "I'd like to hear your next plan... The Amemiya family is already in trouble. Apart from the two wanted criminals like you, the reputation of the Huanyin School will definitely be lost. You can't stay here any longer."

Amamiya Mahiru pondered for a moment, then slowly shook his head. "Fuso isn't very big. If I can't stay in the two major areas centered on Kyoto and Edo, then the only place I can go is further north... But that's where the Ainu people live, and they're hostile to the shogunate—so I've decided to stay in Edo."

Bai Yu reminded him, "Okita Souji has already seen your face, and your blindness cannot be hidden. A wanted poster will soon be posted on the streets."

Amamiya Mahiru said, "I can hide my whereabouts through the Yakuza organization in Edo—they have already invited me."

Bai Yu was still not very familiar with this matter: "It's a Jidao organization."

To be honest, these existences are not worthy of being on the public stage... They are essentially a group of violent civilian groups, and their level is not very high. They are somewhat insignificant in the extraordinary world.

"Don't worry, I'm confident," Amamiya Mahiru explained. "The Kanto region is vast, and the shogunate's jurisdiction is ultimately limited to the Edo area. Other areas are mostly autonomous regions of the local daimyo and noble families. Many yakuza organizations are simply the black gloves of these noble families."

Bai Yu held his chin and glanced at the gray mist on his body: "We'll talk about this later - what I want to know is your next plan."

Amamiya Mahiru pursed her lips and said, "My plan is... to retrieve my great-uncle's body, practice diligently, and reach the third level of Kendo as soon as possible."

Her breathing quickened slightly. "If you didn't know, that would be fine. But now that you know, you can't just sit back and watch the Yin-Yang Master continue to desecrate my great-uncle's body."

"This also means that you are making the Kamo clan your enemy." Bai Yu reminded him, "They are the two pillars of the Onmyoji."

"I know I might be like an ant trying to shake a tree, but I have to try."

"You have embarked on another path of revenge." Bai Yu's eyes were quite subtle. If Amamiya Mahiru had not met her to rewrite her fate, once she became a trading partner and entered the Kazama family, her life would have only one main theme, and that was revenge.

Now, after going around in circles, not only did he fail to find his uncle and live a peaceful life, but because of the Amemiya family's affairs, he became the enemy of the Kamo clan, one of the pillars of the Onmyoji Bureau.

The enemy's level suddenly rose several levels. As a noble family, the Kamo family was many levels higher than the Nan family.

Bai Yu had no doubt that the Kamo clan had any old monsters above level 50... Even if there were no Onmyojis of this level, there would be at least one or two Shikigami of this level.

It is far beyond what he and Amamiya Mahiru can shake now.