Chapter 222: Chapter 105: Sakurada Gate Incident! Demons and Monsters Revealed!

The wind howled fiercely!

Heavy snowflakes were flying, and the sky and earth merged into one color.

Visibility was blocked by the snow, and everything around disappeared into a vast expanse of white snow curtain.

Kurosawa Chuzaburo threw away his revolver, which had run out of bullets, and drew the tachi from his waist.

"Celestial Punishment—!" Kurosawa Chuzaburo shouted and then led the charge onto the battlefield!

"Aaaahhhh—!" Arimura Jisaburo seemed to be expelling all the fear and tension accumulated in his chest in one breath. While shouting loudly, he also drew his sword, following closely behind Kurosawa Chuzaburo.

All the patriots on the left and right wings started moving.

Members of the right wing who had been sitting around the tea stand, posing as country samurai, threw down their teacups and drew their swords from their waists, joining the battle.

"Celestial Punishment! Celestial Punishment!"

"Exterminate the national traitors!"

"Kill them aaaahhhh—!"

...

The owner of the tea stand and the girl working there lost all color in their faces from the terrifying change before their eyes. They didn’t bother packing up and hurriedly fled from the battlefield, which had turned into a carnage mill.

Because of the heavy snowfall, all the guards of the Ii family had tied scabbard sleeves to the hilts and covered the scabbards with oil paper sheaths, taking stringent precautions against the snow. If the ropes on the scabbard sleeves weren’t untied, the swords couldn’t be drawn.

Many were hurriedly trying to untie the scabbard sleeves and were confusedly cut down by the patriots in a flurry.

Some guards, anxious, simply didn’t untie the scabbard sleeves. Instead, they drew the swords, scabbards and all, using them as clubs.

The vice captain, Kawasakizaneemon, stationed by the palanquin, was anxiously untying the sleeves of the dual swords on his waist while shouting sternly at the palanquin bearers, "Take the lord back to the residence quickly!"

Shouts and screams shook the heavens, with blood splashes and broken limbs scattering and flying.

The patriots launched a frenzied assault, slashing down all the Ii Guards standing in their way.

Koiyama Influential Person, Liantian Shigoro, and others responsible for rear support witnessed the death battle intensifying, feeling their blood boil.

Koiyama Influential Person threw away the oil paper umbrella in his hand, tore off his feathered robe, drew his sword, and joined the battle.

"Celestial Punishment!" Koiyama Influential Person hacked the back of a guard who was tangling with his companion from behind.

However, just after he cut down an Ii Guard, his forehead was inadvertently attacked by someone beside him, resulting in a deep gash.

(Once the battle begins, just keep going forward. Head boldly in the direction of Ii Naosuke’s palanquin.) 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

The words Kurosawa Chuzaburo had said to him suddenly flashed in Arimura Jisaburo’s mind at this moment.

"Uwaaahhhh—!" Master of the Jigen Style, Arimura Jisaburo, let out the iconic "Monkey Call" of the Jigen Style while executing a downward slash, shattering the head of a guard blocking his way.

—Forward...

After breaking through the guard of two individuals, Arimura Jisaburo felt something chop at his left shoulder.

Even though he’d been hit, strangely, he felt no pain.

The tension and fear that had been troubling him seemed to completely disappear once the battle began.

At this moment, there’s only one thought in his mind.

Head boldly in the direction of Ii Naosuke’s palanquin.

Forward!

Arimura Jisaburo turned back with a slash, cutting down another guard blocking his way.

—Forward...!

With the momentum of a storm, he charged forward, sword flashing, killing one gauntlet! Then flashing again, killing again! Blood instantly dyed his sword and clothes red.

A splash of hot blood splashed into Arimura Jisaburo’s left eye, but he didn’t have hands free to wipe it away, continuing to fight with only his right eye.

—Forward!

A guard cut Arimura Jisaburo’s right cheek.

Feeling no pain, Arimura Jisaburo let blood gurgle down from the cut on his right cheek, flipping his sword to cut down the guard who had injured his face.

—Forward!!!

Gathering all his strength and charging forward relentlessly, Arimura Jisaburo suddenly realized: he had pushed deep into the Ii Formation somewhere.

Ii Naosuke’s palanquin... was only 3 meters away from him!

As the vice captain, Kawasakizawa Chosamemon, a Dual Swordsmanship expert, stood like a door god, firmly guarding the palanquin behind him with dual swords in hand.

Most of the palanquin bearers had either been killed or fled, leaving the palanquin lying on the snowy ground.

The first to break through the defenses, attacking near the palanquin, was the right-wing’s Inada Shigetaka.

Inada Shigetaka swung his sword towards Kawasakizawa Chosamemon, but his slash was parried by Kawasakizawa Chosamemon’s wakizashi in his left hand. After controlling Inada Shigetaka’s sword, Kawasakizawa Chosamemon swung his tachi in his right hand, striking Inada Shigetaka’s vital point.

Inada Shigetaka staggered for a few moments, then tilted backwards, falling to the ground, lifeless.

To become the Deputy Captain of the Ii Guard Team, Kawasakizawa Chosamemon’s swordsmanship was naturally exceptional.

However... the patriots did not lack experts skilled in swordsmanship.

The second to break through the defense, reaching the palanquin, was Hirooka Sonosuke.

His sword traced a fierce arc, approaching Kawasakizawa Chosamemon’s neck, while Kawasakizawa Chosamemon raised his sword to intercept.

At this point, Arimura Jisaburo arrived!

He seized the gap, advancing while Kawasakizawa Chosamemon was entangled with Hirooka Sonosuke, aiming for Kawasakizawa Chosamemon’s vital spot.