Volume 3 Buddha's Enemy Chapter 148: "Treasure Sword" Yama
"Ju! Back off!"
Hasegawa's shout rang out from behind Tachibana.
Then, Ju heard the sound of a sharp blade cutting through the air behind him.
The blade in Hasegawa's hand turned into a dazzling blade light and swept towards the "Buddha enemy" who was wrestling with Tachibana.
The "Buddha's enemy" pushed forward fiercely, pushing away Tachibana in front of him, ending the wrestling match with Tachibana, and immediately raised the black knife in his hand to block Hasegawa's horizontal slash.
"Tachibana!" Hasegawa yelled at Tachibana again, "Get back quickly! He is not your opponent!"
"Master Hasegawa!" Tachibana responded, "I'm here to help you!"
However, Tachibana's request to fight was immediately rejected by Hasegawa.
"No need! Go back quickly!"
Hasegawa and Tachibana had never tried to cooperate with each other to kill the enemy before.
Cooperating with strangers will only hinder you and prevent you from exerting your full potential.
Imai, who has cooperated with Hasegawa the most times and has the best understanding with him, is now organizing the arquebusiers to line up.
Therefore, Hasegawa could only rely on himself to deal with the "Buddha enemy" for the time being.
Tachibana did not dare to disobey Hasegawa's order and could only follow Hasegawa's order and retreat back to the queue obediently.
call--!
The sound of breaking wind whistled towards Hasegawa's face.
Facing the black knife coming towards his face, Hasegawa remained calm and swung his knife to meet it.
clang!
clang!
clang!
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The sound of sharp blades colliding continued to explode.
The "Buddha enemy" had been engaged in close combat with Hasegawa, so that the officials who were armed with long-range weapons such as bows and arrows and cannons did not dare to attack the "Buddha enemy" for fear of accidentally injuring Hasegawa.
clang!
After parrying the "Buddha Enemy's" attack once again, Hasegawa glanced at the blade in his hand.
The sword in Hasegawa's hand, which was originally intact, now had .
Looking at these gaps, Hasegawa couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in his heart.
As the leader of the Fire Thieves Kai, the sword used by Hasegawa is naturally not an ordinary sword.
Although it is not a great sword, it is also a good sword made by a skilled craftsman.
But his good sword was now covered with cuts.
And the black knife in the hands of the "Buddha enemy" is intact.
The blade of this black knife is still intact and as good as new, as if it has never been used.
"...It's really worthy of being the great sword 'Yanma'...It's worthy of the title of Honzoji's treasure..." Hasegawa muttered in a voice that only he could hear.
"Master Hasegawa!"
At this moment, Imai's voice sounded behind Hasegawa.
“It’s all ready!”
Although Imai did not explicitly say that anything was ready, Hasegawa immediately understood what Imai meant by this sentence - the arquebusiers who had just broken into the camp had all retreated from the camp and lined up!
However, before Hasegawa could respond to Imai's shout, he saw the "Buddha's enemy" in front of him suddenly turn around...
Then, without any hesitation, he ran in the direction away from their Fire Thief Kai.
While running, the "Buddha Enemy" put the tip of the black knife in his hand back to the scabbard on his right waist, then sheathed the knife back. While holding the knife on his waist, he quickly reduced his figure in the field of vision of Hasegawa and others...
"Chase!" Hasegawa gritted his teeth, "Chase quickly!"
After saying this, Hasegawa was the first to sheath his sword, and then led his subordinates to chase the fleeing "Buddha enemy".
The “enemies of Buddha” have not always been on the main road.
After Hase Izumi led his men to chase him, the "Buddha Di" turned right, and with two "clicks", it jumped onto the roof of the nearby house, and then moved on the roofs of each house.
None of Hasegawa and his subordinates had such good skills as "Buddhi", who could jump onto the roof of a house with such nimble steps and move on it.
"Shoot!" Hasegawa ordered, "It doesn't matter if you hit the 'Buddhi'! Knock him off the roof!"
With Hasegawa's order, his subordinates no longer had any concerns.
Those holding bows and arrows raised their bows and arrows, and those holding cannons raised their cannons, shooting at the "Buddha enemies" that were moving on the roofs of various houses...
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"Ha ha ha ha……"
Mamiya and Ogata were galloping one after the other through a mountain near Matsumachi.
"It should be enough to escape here..."
He glanced at Mamiya behind him and Ogata, and while saying this, he slowly slowed down his pace.
Ogata then glanced behind him.
"Who were those guys wearing black uniforms and holding bows and arrows and cannons..." Ogata asked Mamiya while wiping the sweat from his face.
"The Fire Department's Thief Office," Mamiya replied. "It's a government office that specializes in catching vicious thieves and arsonists."
"Their current leader is called Hasegawa Heizo, and he's a very troublesome guy."
"Not only do these guys have the privilege of drawing swords, they can also use bows and arrows, cannons, and other weapons."
"So they are a special army, a special army whose mission is to catch vicious thieves and arsonists."
"Although their main duty is to catch vicious thieves and arsonists, due to their high skills, they are occasionally sent by the shogunate to catch vicious murderers."
"So..." Ogata grinned, "are these officers here to arrest me?"
"It's very likely." Mamiya cast a meaningful look at Ogata, "But it's also possible that they are not here to arrest you, but to arrest the vicious criminal who is also in the same brothel, but you just happened to be there."
"I don't care who those guys want to arrest." Ogata waved his hand, "Anyway, no matter who they want to arrest, it won't affect what I'm going to do next."
"What I have to do next remains the same - get my money back and leave here as quickly as possible. Mamiya, have you managed to find the headquarters of the Negishi family?"
"Of course." Mamiya shrugged. "We are quite lucky - after you entered the recreational camp just now, a dwarf ran back to the headquarters of the Negishi family to report the news."
"And I successfully followed the dwarf all the way to their base camp."
"Let's go, Ogata-kun. Their base camp is deep inside this mountain."
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"Did you find it?"
"No, I didn't find it..."
"What about over there?"
“No…”
"Damn it...where did that guy go!"
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Similar exchanges and scolding sounds continued to be heard everywhere in Matsumachi.
The "Buddha enemy" who can move on the roof has much more diverse routes than Hasegawa and his friends.
Although the officials kept shooting arrows and bullets at the "Buddha Enemy", his speed was too fast and he seemed to have experience in dodging these long-range weapons, so none of the arrows and bullets fired at him successfully hit him.
The "Buddha's enemy" turned, twisted, and jumped on the roof.
In a flash, he disappeared from the sight of Hasegawa and the others who could only run slowly on the ground...
