2 people against 12, and one of them was an old man - in this kind of battle, even Long Zhi himself couldn't figure out how they could lose.
However, the fact that appeared before his eyes was so cruel—all 12 of his subordinates who rushed forward fell to the ground in just a moment.
The man in the bamboo hat wielded his sword very quickly, and every time he wielded the sword, one of his men would fall to the ground.
Almost all of the subordinates who were chopped down by the man in the bamboo hat had no chance to swing their swords before they could even launch an attack.
As for the old man, he only took out a dagger from his arms - a very common short dagger that civilians most often carry on themselves for self-defense.
The old man used this katana which looked like a toy compared to the katana to meet the enemy.
He could dodge all the knives that were slashing at him swiftly, and his timing, direction, and distance of dodging were all so accurate that it was astonishing.
If he could dodge an attack with half a step, he would never use one step.
After dodging each attack, the old man would stab the guy who had just attacked him with the sword in his hand like a poisonous snake emerging from a hole, killing him with one blow.
With such a dodging speed and such a sword-drawing action, it is hard to imagine that he is an old man whose hair has fallen out...
The 12 men who rushed forward all fell to the ground in less than 10 seconds...
And those two people——were completely unharmed, not even a few drops of blood on their bodies...
Among the 12 subordinates, the man in the bamboo hat took care of 8 alone, while the other 4 were knocked down by the old man.
After all these guards fell to the ground, Long Zhi's face turned pale instantly.
The expressions of the executives such as Kijiro who were standing next to Takashi were similar to Takashi's - they were also scared silly.
The two men, one of whom was an old man, knocked down 12 people easily without even breathing - this was beyond their imagination.
When the battle just started, many gamblers fled the casino in a hurry for fear of being implicated. At this time, the casino was unusually quiet. Only Ogata and his companions, as well as some brave gamblers who wanted to watch the excitement were left.
Ogata swung his knife violently in the air beside him, splashing all the blood on the blade onto the pillar next to him, and then slowly walked towards Takashi.
Looking at Ogata walking slowly towards him, Takayuki screamed in fear, not caring about the woman in his arms, and quickly backed away using his hands and feet.
As for the coquettish woman who had been lying in Longzhi's arms just now, she was now frightened and burst into tears. The tears flowing from her eyes smudged the heavy makeup on her face.
This coquettish woman, who had a seductive look on her face just now, was now kneeling on the ground in a fairly standard posture of kneeling down, shouting something in a crying voice.
The bright red kimono she was wearing was already loose, and with such intense movements, the dress was even more "shaky", revealing a lot of her sexy underwear.
Because she was too flustered and scared, and crying so hard, Ogata couldn't hear clearly what she was shouting. He could only guess that she was probably begging for mercy.
Ogata only glanced at the woman whose cheeks were smudged with makeup from crying, with red and black spots on them, and then looked away.
His target now is only Takashi. Ogata has no interest in anyone else except Takashi, and there is no need for him to deal with them.
"I don't mean to kill you." Ogata said slowly, "I just want to take you away and ask you some questions."
"As long as you cooperate with us, we won't do anything to you."
"I, I, I don't want to!" Long screamed subconsciously with a trembling voice, "I, I won't go with you!"
"You, what are you guys still doing standing there!" Long Zhi shouted to Kijiro and others not far away, "Come and kill these two guys!"
Currently, the only people in this casino who can help Takashi are a group of executives headed by Kijiro.
Takashi yelled at Kijiro and the others to stop standing there like idiots.
After hearing Takashi's shout, Kijiro's expression changed slightly - and then he continued to stand there motionless.
Their emotions told them that they must save the next leader of their "Big Buddha Clan" at all costs.
But their reason told them that if they rushed forward, it would be no different from committing suicide.
Even though their guards were so powerful, they were still defeated in an instant when they rushed forward together.
They knew their own capabilities and whether they had the ability to deal with someone who was no match for even their guards.
Emotion and rationality are fighting in their minds.
In the end, rationality prevailed.
Looking at Kijiro and the others who stood still as if in a mountain because they were afraid of Ogata and the others, panic and fear immediately grew and spread at an alarming rate, filling every corner of Takashi's face and eyes.
But, at this moment.
The door of the room not far from them was suddenly opened.
Ogata and his two companions, Takashige and the other gamblers who were still watching the fun, all turned their heads to look at the door that was suddenly opened.
Standing at the door was a fat man with a triple chin.
Looking at this fat man, Long Zhi was stunned at first, and then his cheeks turned red with extreme surprise and excitement: "Father!"
The people who opened the door were Dafoxun and others who rushed over after hearing that someone was causing trouble.
Looking at the messy casino in front of him, Daibutsu Kaoru's face darkened at first, then he fixed his eyes on Ogata and Fuma, who were obviously the troublemakers, and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you two?"
Neither Ogata nor Fuma paid any attention to Fuma's question.
Not only did he ignore it, Fuma even smiled and whispered to Ogata: "Brother Ogata, it seems that there is no need to spend the effort to kidnap the great Buddha Ryuji."
"Yeah." Ogata also smiled, "It seems... our wait tonight was not in vain..."
The appearance of the fat man who suddenly appeared was exactly the same as the portrait of Daibutsu Xun that he saw from Yinxin this morning. The chin with three layers was too conspicuous.
Coupled with the word "father" that Long Zhi just blurted out, the identity of this fat man is already obvious.
"I was originally thinking about achieving my goal tonight in a way that didn't cause too much noise." Ogata suddenly said to Fuma, "But now it seems... there is no need to insist on a silent assassination."
Having said that, Ogata deliberately glanced at the casino that had been made a mess , and then smiled helplessly.
"In this situation... we might as well just use the 'Ogata-style assassination method'. It saves time and effort."
"What is that?" Fengmo asked puzzledly.
"This is an assassination method I created. I used it in Ezo to deal with a bastard who almost killed A-Machi."
"As for the specifics of this assassination method, you will soon find out."
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Dafoxun's face was full of displeasure at this time.
He asked Ogata who the other two were, but not only did they ignore him, they were also whispering to each other.
Under normal circumstances, he would have lost his temper long ago.
But he is holding back now.
Because he saw the guards lying all over the ground.
These two people are not easy to mess with!
Dafoxun didn't want to offend this pair of extremely skilled people too much.
Just when they rushed to the second floor under the leadership of the casino manager, Dafo Xun had already learned from him the cause and outcome of the farce - the cause of the farce was simply because Longzhi used a very unreasonable way to make these two people give up their seats.
It's not a big deal and there is room for negotiation.
Daibutsu Kaoru took several deep breaths to make his face look as gentle as possible, then spoke loudly to Ogata and the other two:
"I have just understood the cause and process of the incident."
"It was my fault for being impolite and offending you two. I apologize to you two on my behalf."
"As an apology, I would like to give you two a hundred taels of gold each."
"I hope you two..."
Before Daibutsu Kaoru could finish his words, he suddenly saw something blurred in front of his eyes - Ogata, who had been whispering with Fuma, suddenly stumbled and pounced towards Daibutsu Kaoru like a tiger descending from the mountain.
After being stunned for a moment, Fuma followed Ogata, holding the sword in his hand.
Looking at the two Ogatas who were suddenly rushing towards him, Daibutsu Kaoru's face changed drastically with fear.
——What's going on?! Did I say anything to offend them?
The sudden change in front of him made Dafoxun's mind confused.
But at this moment, he saw someone step sideways and stand in front of him - it was Shirakawa.
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Baichuan is very excited now.
After following Dafoxun into the casino and seeing the corpses all over the floor, Shirakawa became quite excited.
——I didn’t expect that I would meet such a powerful master just when I wanted to play a few games in the casino!
Baichuan drew his sword and licked his lips with his scarlet tongue.
Shirakawa studied swordsmanship at a sword hall in the northeast that taught Ono Ittoryu since he was a child.
The extremely talented Baichuan has always been a star figure in the sword hall.
But from some point on, Baichuan suddenly felt that practicing sword skills with a wooden sword that couldn't kill people was too boring.
So, Shirakawa drew out his real sword, and then instigated one of his fellow apprentices who respected him very much to fight him with a real sword.
He slashed his fellow apprentice with a knife, seriously injuring him.
He knew that his master would not tolerate such a thing, so before his master found out what he had done, he left the sword hall and the Northeast and began the life of a ronin.
Ever since his real sword duel with his junior fellow apprentice, Shirakawa has fallen hopelessly in love with real sword duels, where someone is bound to be seriously injured or killed, as well as the feeling of the blade cutting through the human body.
The reason why he attacked people and robbed them was, on the one hand, to earn enough money to live, and on the other hand, to be able to fight others with a real knife and chop people with a real knife.
As for how he unknowingly formed the Blood Mist Clan afterwards, that is a story for another time.
Cooperating with the "Big Buddha Clan" and killing people for the "Big Buddha Clan" is just to make a lot of money while enjoying the pleasure of fighting and killing.
Baichuan hasn't met a decent master for a long time.
Defeating more than a dozen people with only two people - Shirakawa believed that he could do it easily.
In fact, Shirakawa had previously tried to kill seven people by himself.
This was the first time that Baichuan encountered a master who could kill enemies that were several times his size with such a weak number of people like him.
Baichuan now only felt that the blood flow rate in every blood vessel in his body had accelerated.
He faced Ogata with a knife in hand.
Compared to Fuma who was holding a katana, he would rather deal with Ogata who was holding a katana like him.
As for ignoring Fuma, would Daibutsu Kaoru be in danger? Shirakawa didn't care about that.
Shirakawa didn't care whether Daibutsu Kaoru was dead or alive - he only cared about whether he could fully enjoy the pleasure of fighting against a strong enemy.
"Come on!" Shirakawa shouted, "I am Ono Ittoryu, Shirakawa Hideichiro!"
When Shirakawa rushed towards him, Ogata looked at Shirakawa with a bit of surprise.
And Baichuan's excited shouting has not yet ended:
"Let me see if you can get me to give it my all..."
Before Baichuan could finish his words, he saw a blade flash coming down towards his head.
The person who slashed with this blade was none other than Ogata.
Baichuan's expression suddenly changed, and he subconsciously wanted to raise his knife to block.
Then he was surprised to find that his body had no time to react.
He couldn't keep up with Ogata's speed at all...
laugh!
Ogata split Shirakawa's stunned face in half with one knife.
[Ding! Use Sakakibara Ittoryu: Waterfall to defeat the enemy]
[Gain 100 points of personal experience and 100 points of swordsmanship "Sakakibara Ittoryu" experience]
[Current personal level: Lv40 (2380/6400)]
[Sakakibara Ittoryu Level: 14th stage (845/14000)]
"How... could this happen..." Baichuan felt all the strength in his body draining away at an alarming rate, and his entire body was falling towards the ground.
At the moment he fell to the ground, the last words he heard in his life were -
"Oh... I remember who you are..." Ogata murmured.
Just when he heard Shirakawa announce his name, Ogata felt that the name "Shirakawa Hideichiro" seemed somewhat familiar.
After recollecting for a while, he finally remembered that he heard this name from Scarface and Tall Guy, who broke into Fengma's house and planned to cut Fengma into pieces last night when he was interrogating them.
According to those two men, this Shirakawa Hideichiro is the leader of their "Blood Mist Clan". He is currently leading them to cooperate with the "Big Buddha Clan" and helping the "Big Buddha Clan" do the dirty work of killing people.
Although the two men had vividly introduced to Ogata how powerful their leader was last night, Ogata still forgot the name unconsciously - because he had never cared about this person.
Shirakawa was killed instantly by Ogata's sword, and he couldn't hold Ogata and the others back for even 1 second.
After killing Shirakawa, Ogata continued to rush towards Daibutsu Kaoru.
Several guards standing on the left and right sides of Dafoxun hurried forward to intercept him.
Their interception was still somewhat useful - it successfully bought Dafoxun about 2 seconds to escape.
Ogata swung his sword several times, and in the blink of an eye he cleared all the "obstacles" between them and Daibutsu Kaoru.
The "obstacle" was gone, and the only thing standing between them and the big Buddha was the air.
When Shirakawa and his guards rushed over to intercept Ogata and the others, Daibutsu Kaoru was already running away with panic on his face.
But because Ogata and his men cleared the "obstacles" too quickly, after getting rid of Shirakawa and Ōbutsu Kaoru's guards, Ōbutsu Kaoru didn't even have time to escape a few steps.
At this time, Fengmo made his move.
Fuma threw the sword in his hand like a shuriken at the back of Daibutsu Xun's head.
The sword pierced the air and hit the target accurately - it pierced from the back of Dafoxun's head, and a little bit of the sword tip protruded from the forehead.
After shaking his fat body for a few times, Dafoxun fell heavily to the ground.
"Is this what you call the 'Ogata-style assassination method'?" Fuma looked at Ogata with a strange expression.
"Yes." Ogata nodded seriously, "Launch a quick attack on the enemy and kill him before he has time to react - this is the Ogata style assassination method."
Fengma: "I can no longer see what this has to do with 'assassination'..."
The casino was extremely noisy at this time.
After Ogata and his men used the "Ogata-style assassination method" to kill Daibutsu Kaoru, Takayuki and Kijiro and others, who regarded Daibutsu Kaoru's timely arrival as their saviors, screamed in fear like pigs being slaughtered.
If he continued to stay here for too long, Ogata felt like his eardrums would burst.
Their goal is just to kill Dafoxun.
Now that the goal has been achieved, there is no reason to stay here any longer, so Fuma said to Ogata:
"Okay, brother. Let's go. We've made such a big noise that we might have attracted the police. We need to leave here quickly before the police arrive."
Hearing Fuma's words, Ogata shrugged and said in a joking tone: "It's impossible for the officials to come so soon."
As soon as Ogata finished speaking, as if in response to Ogata's words, the sound of footsteps came from the stairs not far away.
Ogata and Fuma cast surprised glances towards the stairs not far away.
The group of people emerging from the stairwell were wearing black uniforms that Ogata was very familiar with.
The leader was someone Ogata was very familiar with...
Looking at this group of men in black and the middle-aged man who was leading the group in the front, Ogata's pupils suddenly shrank.
His appearance at this moment... was like seeing a prehistoric animal crawling out from the ground...
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After leading his subordinates to the second floor of Wisteria House, Hasegawa couldn't believe his eyes.
He saw that the target of their operation: Baichuan had collapsed to the ground due to a sword in the face, and was deader than dead.
Another person who could not die any more was the great Buddha Xun.
The scene was in chaos, with corpses all over the ground. Some unfamiliar people were standing or sitting there stupidly, screaming in fear.
A bald old man and a person who covered his face tightly with a hat and a scarf were running towards a window not far away.
Although Hasegawa had no idea what had just happened in the casino, he could guess with his buttocks that the two people who were escaping towards the window were quite suspicious.
"Three groups stay here! The rest of you, come with me to capture those two!"
As soon as Hasegawa gave the order, the two mysterious men broke through the window and escaped out of the house.
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"Brother, let's run away separately." As soon as they escaped from the Wisteria House, Fuma suggested to Ogata, "If the two of us run away together, it will be too conspicuous, and we won't be able to disperse their strength."
When escaping, you should flee separately to reduce your conspicuousness and weaken the power of the pursuers - this is also common sense when escaping.
Ogata nodded vigorously, responding to Fuma with his actions.
"Let's meet at my house later." After leaving this sentence, Fengma turned into the alley next to him alone.
Hasegawa, who was following closely behind Ogata and the others, had no choice but to split his team into two groups after seeing the two mysterious men split up their forces. He assigned a capable cadre to be responsible for chasing the old man, while he himself was responsible for chasing the guy wearing the bamboo hat.
——Damn it ! This guy can really escape!
Hasegawa looked resentfully at the figure in the bamboo hat in front of him who was taking no chances in closing the distance.
--Um?
Suddenly, a hint of surprise flashed in Hasegawa's eyes.
Because Hasegawa suddenly noticed the knife on the waist of the man in the bamboo hat.
The light is too dim now, and the distance is quite far, so I can't see clearly the sword on the waist of the man in the bamboo hat in front of me.
But Hasegawa felt vaguely that these two swords looked familiar...
At this moment, the man in the bamboo hat who was originally rushing forward along a path suddenly turned right and turned into a path on the right.
Hasegawa, who was following closely behind the man in the bamboo hat, turned into the path on the right, but was surprised to see that there was no one in front of him.
Looking around, the man in the bamboo hat could not be seen anywhere.
Hasegawa's face darkened as he issued new orders to his subordinates behind him:
"Search in groups of four. Once you find the man in the bamboo hat, don't approach him casually. Use fireworks to tell him where he is."
All the subordinates: "Yes!"
At this time, Hasegawa's subordinates showed extremely high quality. At Hasegawa's order, they quickly divided into groups of four and scattered around to search for the man in the bamboo hat.
Hasegawa was not idle either.
There are many alleys here. If you were to ask where is the best place to hide, it would definitely be an alley. So Hasegawa personally led a team of four people into a dark alley nearby.
I don’t know how long this alley is, and tonight happens to be a moonless night. Looking forward, all I can see is seemingly endless darkness.
After going deeper into the alley, not only was it pitch black in front, but the back was also shrouded in darkness, and only a little light could be vaguely seen at the entrance.
Hasegawa, who was walking in the front, was holding a lantern with the three Chinese characters "火盗改" painted on it, and was moving forward little by little.
"Everyone, stay alert." Hasegawa warned the four subordinates behind him, "Don't just be alert in front and behind, but also be alert above your head..."
call!
At this moment, Hasegawa heard the sound of something heavy falling rapidly behind him.
--not good!
Hasegawa was startled and his pupils suddenly shrank, and he looked back.
The man in the bamboo hat who had just disappeared appeared behind him - to be more precise, it was the man in the bamboo hat who had been lying in ambush on the roof next to him. He just jumped down from the roof and appeared behind Hasegawa.
As soon as his feet touched the ground, the man in the bamboo hat swung his hands and chopped at the necks of the two people closest to him with two hand knives.
After knocking out these two people, he pounced on the other two without stopping, knocking them out as well.
Because the person was moving too fast, Hasegawa's four subordinates might not have seen clearly who knocked them out.
Hasegawa did not rush forward.
Instead, he quickly reached into his arms and pulled out a short tube that could shoot fireworks out with just the pulling of a rope.
However, before he could point the short tube at the sky, the man in the bamboo hat rushed in front of him, pressed Hasegawa's mouth with his left hand, and grabbed Hasegawa's arm holding the fireworks with his right hand, and twisted it forcefully behind Hasegawa's back.
Hasegawa felt the pain and loosened his right hand, causing the fireworks to fall to the ground.
Seeing that his plan to use fireworks to send a message to the rest of his subordinates had failed, a ruthless look flashed in Hasegawa's eyes.
Just as he was trying to use his own judo, which he was quite good at, to deal with the man in the bamboo hat, he saw the man in the bamboo hat put his head close to his ear.
Then, a very familiar male voice came into Hasegawa's ears:
"Mr. Hasegawa, it's me."
"Huh?" Hasegawa's eyes suddenly widened, and the strength he had been using to fight against the man in the bamboo hat dissipated in an instant.
"Mr. Hasegawa... why do I see you wherever I go..." The man in the bamboo hat... or rather, Ogata smiled bitterly and used his free left hand to pull down the scarf on his face.