"Huluwan?!" He Xufeng's eyebrows jumped suddenly.
His body reacted before his brain did—he took two steps at a time and ran quickly to the open deck at the stern above.
"Damn it..." As soon as he stepped onto the open deck, a curse word popped out of He Xufeng's mouth uncontrollably, "What's going on...?!"
Kasu Bee glared with gritted teeth...at the Hulumaru which was now charging straight towards the "flank" of the Hikari Maru under their feet.
The group of cadres who had accompanied He Xufeng to the open deck to check the situation now all looked terrified.
"Damn it!" someone shouted in horror, "What are the people from Huluwan doing!"
The two ships were not travelling side by side.
The two ships were arranged "one in front and one behind", with the Hikari Maru in front and the Hulu Maru behind, with the Hulu Maru lagging behind by about half a ship hull.
There is no problem with the positioning of the two ships.
He Xufeng never imagined that the "one in front and one behind" arrangement of the two ships would one day bring disaster.
The "flank" of Hikari Maru has always been exposed to the side and front of Hulu Maru, so Hulu Maru only needs to slightly adjust its position to aim at Hikari Maru's vulnerable "flank" and launch a fierce impact...
Both the Hikari Maru and the Hulu Maru are battleships of the same level, with no difference in weight or size.
If a giant ship like the Hulumaru, which is the same size as the Hikarimaru, were to crash into the fragile side... Hexufeng could no longer imagine what the scene would be like.
What on earth happened to Hulucan, and why did it suddenly crash into them? Hexu Feng no longer had time to think about such things.
At this moment, there was only one thought in He Xufeng's mind -
"avoid!"
He shouted at the top of his lungs, ignoring the hoarseness from shouting so loudly, and gave orders to his subordinates around him.
"Rush right! Avoid the impact of the gourd ball!"
He Xufeng's loud shout was like a heavy hammer, hitting everyone's heart and waking them up.
There is no need for anyone to educate them about "what the consequences would be if the gourd ball hit them."
Knowing that their lives were at stake in this matter, they put in their utmost effort and began to arrange the diversion of the Hikari Maru.
Before they even started any action, a major setback had occurred - this sentence was the most appropriate to describe the current situation of He Xufeng and his team.
Not long after He Xufeng gave this order, an officer ran up to He Xufeng who was standing on the side of the ship with a look of despair on his face and reported:
"Lord Kasugabee! The stern rudder is still damaged, making it difficult to turn!"
He Xufeng, who is always calm and composed when it comes to matters related to navigation, now has a real "sudden change of expression" on his face.
Under the heavy rain, He Xufeng's face turned blue and white.
Finally - after a moment of silence, he raised his hand and punched hard on the railing in front of him.
"￥%%&*(#￥%@##%&! (Ryukyuan language)"
This "fleet governor" who was born in Ryukyu, looked up to the sky and spewed out all the vulgar words in the Ryukyuan language.
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Hikari Maru, on the open deck, on the battlefield between Hatsumi and Yoshihisa—
The short spear was made of iron from the tip to the body, but in Yoshihisa's hand it was like a soft snake.
Sometimes it would "gently" wrap itself around Yoshihisa's arms.
Sometimes it twists its soft body, making it impossible to see its attack or movement direction.
Sometimes, it would launch a thunderous attack on Chuguang like a poisonous snake.
Chu Guang is shorter than Ji Jiu, and his arms are not as long as Ji Jiu.
The length of her most proficient weapon, the shuriken, is much shorter than Yoshihisa's pistol.
This was a battle that was extremely unequal just from the perspective of attack distance.
Yoshikyu thrust his pistol forward and stabbed it into Hatsumitsu's chest.
The battle was so intense that Chu Guang forgot the pain of his wound for a moment.
She rolled to the side in an ungainly manner and dodged Yoshikyu's attack, whose pistol had pierced deeply into the railing of the ship behind Hatsumitsu.
"Hah..." Jijiu growled, clenched his pistol, and swept it to the right. The railing of the ship's side that was pierced by the tip of his pistol was torn to pieces.
The torn railings of the ship turned into countless fragments of varying sizes, splashing towards Chu Guang who had just dodged to the side.
Facing the railing debris that was spraying like fog, Chu Guang subconsciously raised his hand to cover it and half-closed his eyes.
And at the same moment when she raised her hands to cover her face and half closed her eyes——
whoosh!
The ears heard the sound of the air being cut!
The skin feels the approaching malice and chill!
Hatsukimi quickly realized that Jijiu was taking advantage of her being distracted by the debris from the railing to launch a surprise attack on her.
She gritted her teeth, and based on her intuition and the "fighting instinct" she had developed over the years, she twisted her soft waist and leaned her upper body backwards.
Chu Guang felt something cold passing against her belly.
"Oh..." She heard Jijiu praise in a low voice, "You managed to dodge it..."
Hatsukuni ignored Yoshiku's praise and leaped backwards with a few neat backflips. While putting some distance between himself and Yoshiku, Hatsukuni threw a shuriken at Yoshiku.
Making the shuriken arc and shoot at the enemy at a tricky angle - this is one of Chuguang's specialties.
This trick is always effective against those who are not good at dealing with throwing weapons, because people who are not good at dealing with throwing weapons often fail in defense because they cannot grasp the attack direction and target of the shuriken.
However... this trick is not so effective against those Shuriken masters...
"Use shuriken to deal with me..." Looking at the shuriken approaching in an arc, Jijiu smiled wryly, "Have you forgotten who taught you shuriken?"
After saying that, Yoshihisa slowly raised his left hand as if he was about to swat a fly, and then easily caught the shuriken that was flying towards his left eye.
"Nice technique, but it's still a little off."
Yoshihisa held the shuriken thrown by Chuguang in his left wrist, turned it, and shook it, and the shuriken "took off" again.
However, this time it changed direction, no longer flying towards Jijiu, but towards Chuguang.
Even ordinary people who have no knowledge of martial arts or the use of throwing weapons can see at a glance that the shuriken thrown by Yoshihisa is far superior to Hatsumitsu in both speed and power!
Shuriken was one of his most proficient weapons, so there was no reason for him to be helpless against the shuriken thrown by Yoshiku - Chuguang saw through the flight trajectory of the shuriken at a glance, tilted his head slightly to the side, and dodged it.
Da da da!
The sound of rapidly approaching hurried footsteps, mixed with the dense thunder in the sky, made Chu Guang's nerves tense to the extreme. Even his breathing slowed down uncontrollably and he dared not breathe.
After running to the position where his pistol could effectively attack Chuguang, Jijiu shook the pistol quickly.
As Jijiu shook the pistol quickly, the tip of the pistol seemed to transform into dozens of pieces, aiming at the vital points on Chuguang's body.
Push forward, withdraw, swing, chop, lift...
The swinging gun scattered the surrounding raindrops and shook the surrounding air.
Hatsumi used all her strength to dodge Yoshihisa's torrential attack.
The girl didn't even dare to blink - because even if she blinked, she might miss Jiku's attack.
She didn't have the strength or the ability to absorb Yoshihisa's attack.
All she could do was dodge.
But even if she dodged... the agility that she was so proud of was nothing compared to Yoshihisa's quick attack.
She dodged each of Jiku's attacks with great difficulty.
Almost every attack by Yoshikyu could leave some scars on Chuguang's body.
In just a moment, Chu Guang's clothes were stained red little by little by her own blood...
Shoulders, flanks, arms, thighs…wounds appeared on various parts of Chu Guang’s body.
Looking at Hatsumi, who was already covered in bruises from his fierce attack, Jijiu's eyelids drooped slightly, with a complex light flashing in his pupils.
"...Chu Guang, I'll give you one last chance."
Jijiu suddenly stopped and retracted the short gun that had been attacking Chuguang, and took two steps back. Then, he continued in a cold tone without any sadness or joy:
"Put your weapons down and surrender."
"As long as you surrender, I will definitely protect your life afterwards."
"You should also see how big the gap in strength is between you and me, right?"
"You are no match for me at all."
"If I want to, I can end your life with the next blow."
"Surrender!"
After shouting "Surrender" in an excited tone, Yoshihisa squeezed the pistol in his hand.
Although Chu Guang is covered with wounds now, none of her injuries are fatal.
At this moment, she was leaning against the railing behind her, one hand still tightly holding the weapon, and the other hand covering the wound on her side.
“Hoo…Hoo…Hoo…Hoo…”
Although the injuries were not fatal, so many wounds were enough to make one feel excruciating pain.
Only by taking deep breaths did Chu Guang feel a little better .
"surrender……?"
After the girl softly repeated the words the old man had just shouted, a... calm smile appeared on the girl's cheeks as the corners of her mouth slightly turned up.
"Just now... when I was fighting you... I suddenly remembered something from the past..."
Chu Guang suddenly said something that didn't fit in with the atmosphere at all.
Jijiu's brows suddenly frowned and he looked at Chuguang in confusion.
And Chu Guang continued to speak to himself:
"You always told me: 'I don't know how to teach people with my mouth, I can only teach people with my fists. Only actual combat can help people quickly master fighting skills.'"
"So... whether it's the shuriken techniques or the footwork training, I learned them all during my battles with you, under your hand-in-hand instruction."
"Heh... now that I think about it - when I was first accepted as your last disciple and began to receive your teachings, I seemed to have called you 'Master Ji'."
"It's just that not long after I started calling you 'Master Ji', you found the name disgusting and didn't allow me to call you that anymore."
"Master Ji" - as soon as this name was pronounced by Chu Guang, the corner of Jijiu's eyes... jumped slightly with an imperceptible arc.
"…Why are you suddenly bringing up these old stories?" Jijiu's face slowly darkened. "Are you hoping to use these old stories to arouse my sympathy for you?"
"To tell you the truth, after hearing all these old stories, not only did I not feel any sympathy for you, but I became even more angry with you."
"I have taught you everything I know and I have high hopes for you."
"But...you repay me like this."
Jijiu clenched the pistol in his hand again.
"Give me an answer quickly! Are you willing to surrender?!"
“Ha…” Chu Guang chuckled twice, then slowly lowered his left hand that was covering the wound on his side abdomen, “I know… I can never be your opponent by myself.”
"But...I will not surrender."
Hatsumi raised her eyes and stared at Yoshihisa with a gaze that was reminiscent of a rock.
"Even if I can't beat you, I will do my best to hold you back! To buy time for Mr. Ogata and Mr. Genichi to defeat you one by one!"
“Ha, haha!” Jijiu seemed to be laughing out of anger, with a cold arc on the corner of his mouth, and his shoulders were shaking slightly with laughter. “Hold me? How can you hold me back when you can’t even dodge my attacks?”
Listening to Yoshihisa's thorny words, that calm smile...reappeared on Hatsumiguk's cheeks again.
She said no more.
After glancing at the railing behind him, he raised his left hand, which he had just used to cover the wound, supported himself on the railing behind him, and slowly straightened his body with a trembling movement.
Seeing Chu Guang struggling to even stand up, Ji Jiu snorted coldly and switched the pistol in his hand to hold it with both hands again: "Trying to stop a chariot with a mantis arm is extremely stupid..."
Jijiu pointed the tip of his gun at Hatsumitsu again.
That complex emotion...now flashed in Jijiu's eyes again.
"Take it..."
Chuguang took a deep breath, clenched the shuriken with both hands, and prepared to stab Yoshikyu.
But at this moment - something strange happened!
When the girl was about to rush towards the old man and just took a step forward, Chu Guang's expression suddenly changed.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
The girl covered her side with a big wound, opened her mouth wide, and coughed violently, with blood splashing out of her mouth.
Jijiu looked at the girl with a painful face in astonishment.
Before he could come to his senses, the girl, with a look of pain on her face, covered her injured abdomen and subconsciously leaned her back against the railing behind her, as if trying to find a place to lean on.
And just at this moment - a huge wave hit the ship.
The ship, which had been relatively stable, immediately began to shake violently.
The girl who was leaning against the railing seemed caught off guard by the sudden and violent shaking.
“Ahhh——!”
The girl, who didn't have time to stand firmly, screamed and fell towards the sea behind the railing with a movement as if she was leaning backwards.
The change happened so suddenly that Jijiu was stunned.
At this critical moment, the old man saw the girl... and she gave him a look of fear and helplessness.
He saw the girl...as she fell overboard, she reached out her hand to him as if she was looking for a companion.
He heard the girl…after she stretched out her hand to him, she shouted to him subconsciously, as if by reflex:
"Master Ji——!"
The moment this cry fell coincided with the moment when Chuguang fell over the side of the ship...
At this moment, all kinds of emotions burst out on Yoshihisa's cheeks with a torrent of force!
confused……
stunned……
shock……
Secretly happy...
anxious……
All these conflicting emotions mixed together, leaving Ji Jiu standing there like a helpless child...
But his daze lasted only a moment.
After this moment, Jijiu felt that his body was out of control.
The body rushed forward uncontrollably!
Rush to the place where Chuguang fell into the water!
As soon as he ran to the railing, the old man saw the girl about to fall into the sea.
Without hesitation - he dismantled the pistol as quickly as possible and put it back into his arms, then he put his feet on the railing, used the railing as a leverage point, and kicked hard at the ocean outside the side of the ship!
The force of gravity and the acceleration of stepping on the railing superimposed on each other - the old man successfully hugged the girl in mid-air before the girl completely fell into the sea.
But when he hugged the girl, the old man felt that he was hugged by the girl from behind.
"...I won the bet...Luckily you made the same choice as before..."
The old man heard the girl's proud... and somewhat emotional murmur.
Then, the old man saw the girl raise the shuriken in her right hand and stab him in the back of the head...
Plop!
The old man and the girl fell into the sea while hugging each other ...
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Plop!
Toyotomi Nobuhide, who was fighting with Genichirō, heard a strange sound of someone falling into the water not far away.
I used the corner of my eye to follow the sound to check the situation - I should have seen Yoshihisa and Hatsumitsu fighting on the deck, but they were no longer visible.
Although there was a lack of information, Toyotomi Nobuhide was able to instantly deduce what had happened based on this little information.
"...After all these years, you still can't escape the love affair..." Toyotomi Nobuhide murmured in an unpredictable way.