Chapter 942 The Big Crisis of the Blond Loli [Leopard Update 7K1]

Chapter 942 The big crisis of the blond loli! [Leopard update 7K1]

Somewhere in the dense forest east of Hachioji——

"Ha...ha...ha...ha...ha..."

Elodie was gasping for breath and leaning on the ground with her knife, barely holding herself steady so as not to fall to the ground.

Indescribable fatigue made her unable to straighten her back.

The scene in front of her seemed to be shaking, and there were faint overlapping afterimages... It was the first time for Elodie to experience being so tired.

After her breathing became evener and her physical condition improved, she turned to look at Kui Shimada behind her.

"Mr. Shimada, are you okay?"

Shimada Kui, who was not far behind her, opened his mouth and grinned:

"Chief, don't worry! I'm very strong! This kind of hard work is nothing to worry about!"

Although his words were beautiful, anyone could see that his face was very ugly, and his cheeks and lips had no color at all.

Looking at Kui Shimada who was pretending to be fine, Elodie pursed her lips and said nothing more, not exposing the other person's pretentiousness.

Suddenly, she raised her gaze slightly and looked at the man being carried on Kui Shimada's back.

"Is Hijikata-san still alive?"

Shimada Kui turned his head and glanced at Hijikata Toshizo on his back:

"Well, he's still breathing. But... his condition is very bad. If we don't send him to a safe place for treatment quickly, he will definitely die...!"

I saw Hijikata Toshizo lying on Shimada Kui's back, his eyes closed and his face as pale as paper.

The gunshot wound on his waist and abdomen was wrapped in thick linen, and Elodie and Shimada Kui did a simple job of stopping the bleeding.

Shimada Kui tore his light green haori into strips of cloth and tied Hijikata Toshizo and his body tightly together.

In this way, it can not only prevent Hijikata Toshizo from slipping and falling to the ground, but also allow Shimada Kui to have his hands free.

Looking at Hijikata Toshizo, who was still breathing, Elodie's facial lines relaxed slightly, and there was a slight "peace of mind" look between her cheeks.

Looking back on the thrilling scenes that had just happened, she still couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

What a critical moment...

A little bit... really just a little bit! They and Hijikata Toshizo will be separated forever!

At the moment when the enemy soldiers swarmed forward, preparing to deliver a fatal blow to Hijikata Tozo, Elodie and Kui Shimada arrived in time!

The two of them were fighting not far from Hijikata Toshizo.

After discovering that Hijikata Toshizo was surrounded by twenty or thirty enemy soldiers, they immediately rushed to support him.

Although it was thrilling, he managed to reach Hijikata Toshizo before he was killed.

The first person to arrive was Elodie.

She waved away the Yamato Shou'an in her hand and killed three people in one breath, causing chaos among the enemy group.

Immediately afterwards, Shimada Kui arrived and joined the chaos.

Both Elodie and Shimada Kui believed that Hijikata Toshizo's life was far more important than theirs.

In order to rescue Hijikata Toshizo, they all showed their extraordinary strength!

The light of swords and shadows, the bloody storm.

Under the joint attack of the two men, the enemy's offensive was thwarted and the encirclement was torn apart.

Hijikata Toshizo's head is certainly valuable and attractive.

But if you lose your life, then no matter how much money you give, it will be in vain!

The remaining enemy soldiers had no courage to fight anymore and fled in a panic, not even daring to look back.

After repelling the attack of the enemy soldiers, Elodie and Shimada Kui immediately treated Hijikata Touzo's injuries.

It would have been fine if it was in other parts, but it happened to be the waist and abdomen.

As we all know, there are many important internal organs in the human abdomen.

Being shot in this part...it's not an exaggeration to say that it was a "narrow escape"!

Thanks to Hijikata Toshizo being a physically powerful warrior, he was able to hold on to a little bit of life and was not killed on the spot.

The two of them quickly stopped the bleeding, and then led him to fight and retreat.

Elodie couldn't remember much about what happened after that.

Memories are blurred by exhaustion and stress.

I just remember that they kept retreating to the east and kept repelling the pursuers.

Unknowingly, they retreated to this unknown forest.

Although they don't know where this is, fortunately, judging from the current situation, they have got rid of their pursuers for the time being.

The organization of thousands of people working together has been completely broken up. There are no soldiers for the generals, and no generals for the soldiers.

Fortunately, Shuten Doji, Katsura Kogoro and others had no intention of pursuing the defeated soldiers who were united by thousands of people.

Their goal was clear from beginning to end: capture Edo and eliminate the shogunate!

Therefore, after completely defeating thousands of people and clearing the obstacles in front of them, they quickly organized their army and marched eastward!

Thanks to this, many soldiers, including Elodie and others, were able to save their lives.

If the French and French coalition forces pursue relentlessly, their casualty figures will probably increase a lot...

Shimada Kui licked his dry lips, raised his head and asked Elodie:

"Chief, where are we going next?"

At present, the deputy chief Hijikata Toshizo was seriously injured and unconscious.

In this way, according to the rank, the command naturally falls into the hands of the room chief Elodie.

The "Room Chief" has a higher rank than the "First Team Vice Captain", so Shimada Kui naturally takes orders from Elodie, not the other way around.

Facing Shimada Kui's serious inquiry, Elodie did not show any timidity.

She wiped the sweat from her face, thought for a moment and then turned to look to the east.

"Let's go to Edo!"

"Mr. Hijikata is in urgent need of treatment now."

"If there is an excellent doctor anywhere around here, it is in Edo!"

"Besides... the enemy is about to arrive at Edo Castle, and Edo needs our help!"

After saying that, she tightly grasped Yamato-no-kami Yasudasa in her hand.

Although the Hachioji offensive and defensive battle ended in defeat, she did not intend to give up.

She can still move, she can still swing her sword, and she can still fight!

Even if her power is very small, she wants to go to Edo and continue to contribute to the fight against the French coalition!

For Elodie's decision, Shimada Kai's response was quite simple-nodding vigorously to show his agreement.

Just as they were about to leave and set off to the east, the two seemed to sense something and both changed their faces.

The next breath, they all raised their swords, got ready, and scanned the surrounding woods as if they were facing a great enemy.

Rustle, rustle, rustle...

Accompanied by a series of subtle sounds, figures emerged from the woods.

They appeared from all directions, and surrounded Elodie and the others as soon as they appeared.

Roughly speaking, there were about sixty people.

They looked pale and ragged.

Patches were piled on top of patches, and it was hard to tell which ones were the original fabrics of the clothes - and this was already considered to be the best dress among this group of people.

Some people's clothes could not even be called clothes, they were just a piece of rag hanging on themselves.

They held sharp weapons such as swords and bamboo spears in their hands, and very few of them wore chain mail, foot and other protective gear.

The bright blades and spears pointed directly at Elodie and the others.

There were also cold and greedy eyes pointing at Elodie and the others.

Elodie frowned slightly, and a hint of confusion appeared in her beautiful eyes.

She originally thought that the visitors were pursuers of the French coalition.

Unexpectedly, they were a group of uninvited guests of unknown identity.

Judging from the appearance of these people, they don't look like the pursuers of the French coalition.

Instead, they look more like... ordinary farmers.

Compared with Elodie, who came from a foreign country and lacked a deep understanding of Japan, Shimada Kai was obviously much more perceptive.

He immediately saw the identity of these people, his expression changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice:

"'Fallen Warrior Hunting'...!"

Fallen Warrior Hunting - as the name suggests, hunting lone warriors.

The specific time of its rise is no longer traceable, but it is certain that it flourished in the Warring States Period.

Facing groups of warriors, the farmers trembled and obeyed.

But if it was a lone warrior, the situation would be very different!

As long as there is a war, there will always be winners and losers.

The winner chases the enemy to the north, and the loser abandons his armor and weapons.

The armor, clothes and weapons on the warriors are all valuable and good things.

Thus, a new way to make a fortune was born!

Whenever a samurai was defeated and fled or was left alone, he would become a "fat sheep" in the eyes of the farmers.

Sharpening bamboo would make it a light and easy-to-use weapon that could kill the samurai masters!

Unless he was a rare warrior, no matter how powerful the samurai was, he would not be able to escape death when facing a dozen or even dozens of farmers holding bamboo spears.

In order to hunt down these lone samurai, the farmers even formed a professional team.

Some people were responsible for collecting intelligence, some were responsible for scouting, some were responsible for making weapons, some were responsible for attacking, and some were responsible for selling stolen goods.

When they heard that there was a war somewhere, they would immediately run to the vicinity of the battlefield, quietly lurking, and hunting down those fleeing and lone samurai.

Akechi Mitsuhide, who killed his lord Oda Nobunaga and created the idiom "Three Days of the World", died under the bamboo spears of the farmers.

In 1582, Akechi Mitsuhide fought a decisive battle with Toyotomi Hideyoshi at Tennozan, and retreated in disgrace after being defeated.

When passing through Yamashina Ogurisu Village, he was killed by local farmers with bamboo spears, and even his head was chopped off and sent to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's camp as a reward.

Such a funny and sad death of a generation of heroes is indeed a model of black humor.

Such a death is similar to Li Zicheng's death at Jiugong Mountain.

Hunting samurai... looks cruel, but it can't be blamed on the farmers for being too cruel.

Compared with the evil done by the samurai as the ruling class, these actions of the farmers are really not worth mentioning.

In the Warring States Period, it was not uncommon to raise taxes to "nine officials and one civilian"... that is, samurai masters raised taxes to 90%, and forcibly occupied 90% of the people's income.

As for forcibly robbing women, killing innocent people to take credit, and burning farmers' houses for lighting, it was even more common.

Farmers are the most cunning, they look honest but they are the best at lying. Farmers are the most stingy and cunning, but it is the brutal warriors who force them to be like this.

Shimada Kui never expected that there is still "Rakumusha Hunting" today, and they happened to run into it...

Presumably, the nearby farmers learned that Hachioji was fighting, so they picked up this long-abandoned "traditional art", mobilized people early, lurked here, and prepared to make a fortune.

"'Rakumusha Hunting'...?!"

As soon as Shimada Kui finished speaking, Elodie muttered and sank her face.

Although she didn't know Japanese history, she had heard about this traditional art of Japanese farmers.

At this moment, both Elodie and Shimada Kui had complicated expressions on their faces.

No wonder they were like this.

This is the Kanto territory.

In other words, these people are all farmers from Kanto.

Why did they fight bloody battles with thousands of other people for five days and nights in Hachioji?

To stop the attack of the French coalition!

To buy time for the defenders of Edo to deploy their defenses!

To buy time for the people of Kanto to evacuate!

They fought bloody battles and suffered countless casualties, but in the end they were hunted by the farmers of Kanto...

It is difficult to describe their complicated feelings with specific words.

At this time, a thin young farmer with sunken cheeks came forward with a katana - he should be the leader of this group of people - licked his lips and shouted excitedly:

"Kill those two men! Leave the woman! Don't hurt the woman!"

After that, he stared at Yamato-no-kami Yasunari in Elodi's hand and Izumi-no-kami Kanesada on Hijikata Toshizo's waist with greed on his face.

Anyone with a little bit of eyesight can see that these two swords are not ordinary products.

In addition to these two swords, the object that was also repeatedly looked at was Elodi himself.

A bunch of licking eyes wandered all over Elodie's body.

Although Elodie is a Westerner and her appearance does not conform to the current Japanese aesthetics, who can blame her for being a woman?

In the lower class society, women are extremely important resources.

Putting aside her appearance, Elodie's fair skin is enough to make these farmers salivate.

In ancient Japan, women were considered beautiful if they were white, and whether their skin was white was one of the important criteria for measuring a woman's appearance.

Such a woman with skin as white as snow and frost stood in front of them... It was rare that they did not pounce on her immediately.

Their undisguised animal eyes made Elodie, who was used to "talking and laughing with great scholars and dealing with no ordinary people", feel very uncomfortable, and goose bumps all over her body.

Seeing that these guys were about to attack, Elodie immediately got ready, raised the middle of the knife, and instantly entered the combat state.

However, just as she raised her knife, Shimada Kui's voice came from beside her:

"Director, wait a minute."

Although Shimada Kui was born in a samurai family, he was not a famous family. He had endured many hard times and often clashed with the lower classes of society, so he understood and sympathized with the suffering of the farmers.

It was purely the harsh living environment that forced them into this state.

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Therefore, facing this group of farmers who were obviously hunting them, he did not show contempt and hatred.

Both he and Elodie were already covered in wounds and exhausted.

Not only that, he was carrying a dying Hijikata Toshizo on his back, who urgently needed quiet healing.

Under such circumstances, it was not rational to conflict with these farmers.

Shimada Kui did not doubt Elodie's ability, but he knew very well that she was extremely inexperienced in dealing with farmers.

So, he took the initiative to step forward and start negotiations.

He held his head high, looked around fearlessly, and said in a loud voice:

"Everyone! I am Shimada Kai, deputy captain of the Shinsengumi First Division!"

Shinsengumi - hearing this title, the peasants who were ready to move in the last second were all stunned in the same place.

The King's troops, the strongest shogunate, the strongest swordsman group... The reputation of the Shinsengumi has long been spread far and wide, even in remote areas.

Seeing that the daimyo of the Shinsengumi had successfully intimidated these people, Shimada Kai immediately perked up and raised his voice several degrees higher:

"We just happened to pass by here and didn't mean to disturb you!"

"If we have offended you, please forgive us!"

"We don't want to argue with you! Please let us go!"

"We just want to leave here safely, and we have no other bad intentions!"

After saying that, he raised his hand and grabbed the collar of his chest, and pulled hard, tearing open the stitches, revealing the interlayer of the collar - there were three small gold coins hidden inside.

This was a habit he developed when he was still struggling in the market before joining the Shinsengumi.

Sewing money into the interlayer of the collar for emergency use.

This practice has many advantages.

First, it is not easy to be stolen, and second, you don't have to check whether the money is still there frequently, and the skin on your chest can always feel the existence of the coins.

"Here are 3 small gold coins, just treat them as tolls!"

One small gold coin is equal to one tael of gold, and three small gold coin is three taels of gold.

Three taels of gold... Although it is not a huge sum of money, it is already a lot of money for the poor farmers.

First, the name of the Shinsengumi was mentioned, and then the bribe was given... Both kindness and force were used. Shimada Kai was not a professional lobbyist. He was better at taking action than talking, and this was the limit of what he could do.

It turned out that his combination of punches was effective.

The farmers who were aggressive just now became much more obedient at this time.

They looked at each other, their eyes full of hesitation, fear and worry.

They were not moved by the money in Shimada Kai's hands, they were mainly moved by the reputation of the Shinsengumi... To be more precise, they were shocked by the reputation of Aoto!

Aoto made his fortune in Edo.

Whenever Aoto created a great cause or achieved something, the people of Kanto were the first to know.

For this reason, Aoto had a very high prestige in Kanto, and many people in Kanto respected Aoto.

Because they knew all about Qing Deng's deeds, they knew very well how terrible the fighting power of Niou was!

They had to consider the cost behind touching "Niou".

Unfortunately, their hesitation lasted only a short time.

After a short while, accompanied by ugly shouts and curses, shouts came out:

"Don't try to trick us!"

"That's right! You want to bribe us with just 3 taels of gold! Who are you looking down on?!"

"Kill you, everything on your body belongs to us!"

"Don't use the Shinsengumi to pressure us! As long as we kill you all, God knows who will do it!"

These shouts are basically from young people in their teens and twenties.

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. As young people with blood and vigor, they don't take anyone seriously, including the famous Nioh.

After their encouragement, fear and hesitation quickly retreated.

Emotions such as greed and lust once again dominated their expressions, making their demeanor return to ferociousness.

Shimada Kui saw this and immediately frowned, put away the carrot and took out the stick:

"If you don't let us pass, don't blame us for being ruthless!"

"Although we are covered with wounds, no matter what, we are the swordsmen of the Shinsengumi after all!"

"If we really want to tear our faces apart, I dare to promise you: before I die completely, I can reduce your number by more than half!"

Shimada Kui intended to continue the negotiation, but... the other party was no longer going to give him this opportunity.

"Don't talk nonsense with him! Kill him!"

Someone's shout announced the breakdown of the negotiations.

The young men rushed forward and thrust out the bamboo spears in their hands!

Elody never let down her guard.

Even when Shimada Kui's negotiations were initially effective, she remained on guard.

Seeing that the peasants launched an attack, she quickly bent down and dodged to the right.

At the same time, Shimada Kui retreated to the left and hid in an empty space.

He reacted quickly, but... because he was carrying Hijikata Toshizo on his back, his movements became particularly slow, and he failed to dodge all the bamboo spears that stabbed at him.

A bamboo spear rubbed his thigh, leaving a bloody cut.

"Mr. Shimada! Follow me!"

After saying that, Elodie waved away Yamato-no-kami Yasudasa in her hand, cutting out shining silver rays in the air, forcing the surrounding farmers to retreat.

Shimada Kui had to distract himself to take care of Hijikata Toshizo on his back, and his own strength was seriously affected.

Only Elodie, who was light on his body, could fight with all her strength.

It is not an exaggeration to say that whether they can survive this difficult time depends entirely on her performance!

"Yes!"

Shimada Kui responded, moved his body, and followed her closely.

Elodie knew that with their current exhausted state, they were simply unable to fight against this group of farmers.

So, she broke out to the east and would never fight again.

Her intention was too obvious, and in the blink of an eye, several farmers moved their feet and blocked her way.

"Don't hurt this woman!"

"Hehe! I know it even if you tell me!"

They didn't thrust out the bamboo spears in their hands, but swept the spears left and right, like a stick, sweeping towards Elodie's lower limbs.

Their intention was obvious, they wanted to knock Elodie to the ground so that they could capture her alive.

Because of their lust, they didn't want to harm Elodie's life - this was actually good for Elodie!

She didn't have any scruples about "not wanting to kill people".

In an instant, she pulled herself up, jumped up like a green onion in dry land, and jumped into the air like a flying swallow, avoiding the bamboo spears that were sweeping towards her legs.

Her leap was part of the attack - she jumped forward, flew over the heads of the two farmers in front of her, and the knife in her hand struck with lightning, cutting off the tops of the two people's heads.

As soon as her feet landed on the ground, she quickly launched the next attack, backhanded a knife, and chopped down another farmer beside her.

Her attack was truly unstoppable, and several people were killed or injured by her knife.

But at this moment, her body suddenly lost balance and fell to the left - she suddenly felt her left foot weak and could not stand.

It was not because she stepped into the mud or was attacked, but because her left foot was too tired and the muscles began to lose control.

Up to just now, she was still working hard to get rid of the pursuit of the French coalition, and she had almost no time to rest. Her body had accumulated unimaginable fatigue.

In this way, it was only natural that such an accident occurred.

It was difficult not to be discovered with such a conspicuous flaw.

In a flash, a farmer rushed out from behind the tree and stabbed with a spear.

Perhaps because he realized that Elodie was not a good person, the farmer did not dare to play the trick of "showing mercy" anymore. He did not hold back and stabbed Elodie's chest directly.

The posture was unstable, and the attack distance was not enough... In desperation, she could only swing the knife diagonally and chop off the opponent's bamboo spear.

Compared to ordinary spears, hollow bamboo spears are much easier to cut.

With just one strike, Elodie reduced the opponent's bamboo spear to only a small half.

Farmers are just farmers after all, not well-trained elite soldiers.

Seeing that the weapon in his hand was scrapped, he dared not move forward, screaming "wow wow" and running back in a panic.

Before Elodie could breathe a sigh of relief, a new crisis suddenly came!

Whoosh!

She suddenly heard the sound of "whoosh" breaking wind behind her head!

Elodie's pupils shrank slightly, and her body took action one step ahead of her consciousness.

She used her left foot as the axis and turned backwards, and swung the Yamato-no-kami Yasutsuji in her hand backwards with the help of centrifugal force--

Dang!

The two steel knives collided in the air.

The attacker was a young man holding a katana.

His movements of swinging the sword are very standard, and his posture of exerting force is also very accurate. He probably has a certain foundation of swordsmanship.

In terms of strength, Elodie, who was almost exhausted, was far inferior to the opponent.

After realizing that his power had the upper hand, he smiled ferociously, kicked the ground with both feet, and used all his strength to suppress Elodie in one breath.

There was neither sadness nor joy on Elodie's face, and there was no trace of panic - from the beginning, she had no intention of fighting with the opponent or using strength.

Thanks to the fierce battle with the French and French forces, she quickly grew into an experienced warrior.

She eagerly absorbed nutrients and experience on the battlefield of Hachioji.

Nowadays, her attack methods are no longer limited to "swinging the blade".

As soon as she said it, she released her left hand, spread the index and middle fingers of her left hand, aimed at the opponent's eyes, and poked hard.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-!"

Accompanied by howling like a slaughtering pig, the opponent immediately let go of the knife in his palm, covering his eyes tightly with both hands, and bright red blood overflowed from between his fingers and rushed to the back of his hands.

Elodie originally wanted to hand out a knife to save the opponent, but... a new enemy attacked.

Looking at the ferocious faces and greedy expressions in front of her, Elodie finally couldn't bear it anymore and said loudly:

"It's so unreasonable... This is so unreasonable!"

"We are fighting to the death in Hachioji! All we want is to protect you! Let you seize the opportunity to evacuate!"

"I don't expect you to be grateful, but you are giving me a thumbs up!"

"This is so unreasonable!!"

Elodie's vent-like words did not resonate with the farmers.

As soon as she finished speaking, someone raised his voice and said sharply:

"Stop talking about these high-sounding principles! We don't care who comes to rule the world!"

"Whether this world belongs to the Tokugawa, the Maori, or any other family, it's none of our business!"

"No matter who owns this world, you have to pay these taxes! You have to live this hard life!"

"Since you have to pay taxes and live a hard life in the end, which family should you pay to and not pay?! Where can you live a hard life?!"

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