Chief Okita in Taisho

One of the first strings, Black Death Mou.

Second only to Oni Mai Tsuji, the strongest sword oni.

The most eye-catching thing is the six eyes on his face, which were specially imitated by Heishi Mou in order to confuse the enemy.

At this moment, all six eyes were looking at Souji Okita.

A strong swordsman can detect the opponent's strength only from the subtleties without complicated moves.

——That posture does not show any flaws!

The opponent's swordsmanship is probably on par with his own.

One of the winding ones grinned slightly, revealing their fangs.

A hint of greed appeared.

It's been a long time since I experienced... this feeling of encountering a strong enemy in swordsmanship!

It hasn't happened since Yuanyi's death.

"What's your name?"

"The nameless swordsman is worthless."

Okita Souji's smile has no warmth.

"Are you... the Ghost Killing Squad?"

Not quite.

There is no ghost killing team atmosphere, no team uniform, and no sun wheel sword.

Okita Souji's answer proved Heisei Mou's conjecture.

"No."

"..."

Hei Si Mou began to think about the possibility of persuading the other party to become a ghost.

"Then it's time for me to ask you."

Director Okita's momentum suddenly changed, and he looked innocently curious: "Your Excellency has six eyes, will your face be stretched?"

Hei Si Mou: "..."

"Don't want to answer, then I'll change the question."

Okita Souji smiled into a crescent moon, his eyes returned to normal, and his aura cooled down again.

"——Are you the Demon Slayer? Or, were you?"

This ghost is wearing a sun wheel knife, although it has been distorted.

"Yes," Hei Si Mou replied, "Once."

That's enough to illustrate the point.

"Why did you leave the team?"

Hei Si Mou admired Souji Okita in his heart, and hoped in his heart that the opponent, who is also a master of swordsmanship, would understand him.

So he answered seriously.

"Don't you feel sorry?"

Okita Souji didn't react immediately: "What?"

"—disappeared."

Hei Si Mou said: "The human body will disappear one day, and the sword skills honed to the extreme will also disappear from the world... Don't you feel regretful?"

"Once you become a ghost, you can get rid of all shackles."

Seeing that Chief Director Okita was silent, Hei Simou thought that the other party was thinking about it, so he spoke slowly again.

"However... there is also a price to be paid, and allegiance to 'that lord'."

"For this reason, I also killed the lord—" Dang——! ! !

Hei Si Mou pulled out his sword with lightning speed and collided with Qing Guang's sharp blade!

Mars appears.

The sound of rubbing was ear-piercing.

Okita Souji's eyes were sinister, his murderous aura was like countless sharp thorns, and there was blood surging in the depths.

The smile disappeared completely from his face.

"You don't deserve to be called a warrior."

Okita Souji seldom gets angry.

At least for so many years, even California Qingguang has never seen him angry.

There are only two things that can make Souji Okita angry: insulting someone important to him, or tarnishing the noble warrior spirit.

"What is your sword for, and what is the purpose of your honed sword skills?"

Okita Souji said coldly, and the movement of swinging the sword became faster and faster.

Sword and sword shadow!

Looking from a distance, even the figures of the two were hard to see clearly, only arc-shaped saber lights could be seen.

One person and one ghost tacitly did not use the breathing method, and wanted to compete purely with sword skills.

"Even you...don't understand."

Hei Si Mou expressed regret.

Then don't show mercy.

Even with superb swordsmanship, human beings will always be physically exhausted, not to mention that this young man is in poor health at first sight.

There is no transparency, no markings, no breathing method, no solar blade...

No matter how you think about it, it is impossible to be his opponent!

This is where it is impossible for humans to surpass ghosts.

it's over!

【Breath of the Moon·Land Shape——】

【Long Night and Lonely Moon·Infernal Affairs! 】

The continuous chopping was released, and countless small round moon blades were intertwined in each wind blade.

The staggered and complicated attacks are almost impossible to dodge.

The figure of Souji Okita flickered, and a few strands of hair fell gently.

Hei Si Mou: "..."

Did you escape?

He was originally aiming at cutting off the opponent's arm.

"How can I understand?"

Souji Okita's voice was frosty.

"Take refuge in the enemy's camp, kill teammates, kill the monarch, and even deviate from the spirit of the warrior—"

The way of the samurai: righteousness, courage, benevolence, propriety, sincerity, reputation, loyalty, and self-denial.

These qualities have already been lost in the ghost-turned Hei Simou!

The fencing sparring continued.

After all, Hei Si Mou is a ghost who has lived for more than 400 years and spent more than 400 years sharpening his sword skills. At first, Souji Okita was still slightly inferior. After a few rounds, he was equal and surpassed——

The strong confrontation is the fastest way to progress.

Life walks on the tip of a knife, and it can also burst out to its maximum potential.

...but it's amazingly fast too!

Hei Si Mou looked into the opponent's eyes——

Deep purple like a deep pool, without murderous aura, it looks clear and transparent.

Black Death Mou realized——

These eyes can also see the world in their own eyes.

See through the world!

Just now, this young man opened up his transparency!

[Transparent World] Simply put, it is a special buff that only a very small number of swordsmen can acquire.In this state, the opponent's body will become transparent, you can see the movement of muscles and blood vessels, and predict the opponent's actions in advance.

The round just now was actually not fair, because Black Death Mou had two buffs [transparency] and [stripe].

Acquiring transparency requires either enduring great pain and suffering, or possessing a very high talent.

genius!

Appreciation faded away, strands of jealousy and hatred ate into Heishimu's heart.

Following the fate of the country!

It's another successor!

At the moment Heishimu was distracted——

Swah——

A gash ran from Heisei Mou's left shoulder to his right arm, and blood gushed out.

Tsk, didn't you cut it off?

Originally, I wanted to cut off the ghost's arm.

A few drops of blood splashed on Okita Souji's cheek, and he wiped it away with his fingertips.

He lifted his chin slightly, and a sneer curled up at the corner of his mouth.

"Your knife is completely rusted."

Bloodstains remained on the young man's pale face, which was astonishingly red and glaring.

It was Okita Souji who was completely different from usual, like a cherry blossom falling in a pool of blood.

Quiet and bloodthirsty.

He suddenly turned around.

The left shoulder is slightly raised, the right foot is stepped sideways, and the tip of the sword is slightly slanted to the right...

[Natural Lixin Flow·Ping Qingyan! 】

He caught Heishimou's sword with this move, and then pointed the blade at Heiximu's neck, and stabbed three times in an instant!

This is the three-step variation of the flat stab style created by Okita Souji.

Usually the three stabs are from top to bottom, but he concentrated on the same point, and the speed was so fast that it seemed that he only stabbed once.

Hei Si Mou: "!"

He avoided it immediately, and the third knife stabbed the collarbone.

"You are the first person to escape this trick." Okita Souji calmly said.

"... Huh."

Hei Si Mou staggered two steps back, put his hands on the wound on his neck, opened his eyes slightly, and recalled a certain point in time.

"I remembered..."

"About 40 years ago, at the end of the Edo period."

"There is a famous murder group in Kyoto, known as 'Renju', 'Mibu Wolf'..."

"They serve the shogunate, maintain the law and order in Kyoto, and deal with the shogunate faction. Every cadre has the strength to kill a hundred people."

This organization is the Shinsengumi.

Hei Si Mou also wanted to learn sword skills.But the Shinsengumi is in Kansai, and the main activities of the ghosts are in the Kanto region, and the journey is far away. In addition, they are busy looking for the blue Higan flower for the ghost dance Tsuji, so they run aground.

Shadows surged in Hei Si Mou's eyes.

He stared at the boy, slamming every word.

"The genius that stands out among them..."

"The captain of the Shinsengumi [-]st Division known as the "No. [-] Samurai of the Shogunate" and "Sword of the End of the Shogunate"—"

"Shoji Okita."

"Is that you?"

Even if Okita Souji didn't say anything, Heishi Mou knew the answer.

That trick "Ping Qingyan" is too famous!

Even more famous than "Ping Qingyan" is the boy himself——

He killed people with a knife at the age of 9, and at the age of 19, he obtained the highest swordsmanship qualification of "Natural Lixinliu" "Let's pass it on without permission".

To what extent is his sword skill so superb?

Give the bystanders the illusion that Okita Souji's enemy is himself rushing to get the knife.

but--

The torrent of history cannot be resisted.In the Boshin War, the Tokugawa Shogunate was defeated, the Shinsengumi was destroyed, and the Meiji Restoration kicked off.

The new government completely banned any news about the Shinsengumi.

These names and legends have almost disappeared.

No one can find out, no one dares to mention it.

Except for these ghosts who have lived for hundreds of years.

"I heard that Souji Okita died of illness before the defeat..."

"Why are you still alive?"

Hei Si Mou stared at him: "Could it be that you..."

Okita Souji interrupted the other party.

"Please don't confuse me with you."

He will never prolong his life and give up his personality for the so-called honing of skills.

"My sword skills are for protecting important people and their ideals."

For this reason, he did not hesitate to turn into a Shura.

Okita Souji's face was calm, but there seemed to be sparkles in his eyes.

Hei Si Mou's words reminded him of the past, those happy or sad pasts full of helplessness.

What a blessing.

"What makes me regret the most is not the disappearance of sword skills, but not being able to guard them."

He and Hei Si Mou's ideas ran counter to each other from the very beginning.

Destined to be different!

Director Chong Tian confronted with his sword, and walked steadily towards Heishimou step by step.

A strange scene appeared——

Accompanied by the landing of the clogs, the blood-red flowers of the other shore spread, permeated, and intersected from the feet of Souji Okita...

The surroundings instantly changed to another scene.

The sky is dark night, the other bank is under the feet, and the black river is in the distance, and the noise of crossing the river can be faintly heard.

It's like a scene from the underworld.

Hei Si Mou remained calm on the surface, his six eyes rolled around.

It seems to be pulled into another space, is it a technique like infinite city?

What horrified him was——

All the ghost cells have lost contact with Master Wu Mi!

This is a partition space!

"Accept the move." Chief Director Okita reminded.

He slashed with his sword, and the wind of the sword picked up the petals.

This time, Hei Si Mou clearly felt the breathing method.