Hosaka ignored Kimura's suggestion and continued to flee away from Aoto, leaving Kimura far behind.

Kimura, who was left alone, stared dumbly at Kasaka's retreating figure.

After a while, he came back to his senses and said through gritted teeth:

"Damn! Eggless guy!"

At this time, Kimura had already made up his mind to "fight!", so even though Huosaka "abandoned him", he did not put down the knife in his hand.

"Come on! Thief!"

Kimura slashed at Aoto with his sword.

Qingto dodged and at the same time stepped forward and stabbed Kimura directly in the chest. At this moment, Kimura's sword was suddenly raised from bottom to top, and the power of the sword was unstoppable.

If the weapon in his hand was a real weapon, then Qingteng would have been able to deflect Kimura's blow.

It's just...it's quite ridiculous to talk about "what if" during a battle.

Although it was a pity, Qingden could only change his attack to dodge, giving up the precious counterattack opportunity at the moment.

As if being bounced away, the two quickly staggered away.

"ha……!"

Kimura exhaled a breath, then spread his legs and assumed a posture with the blade of the sword tilted in front of his chest. He stood there motionless, and his body, which was neither fat nor thin, seemed to be as solid as a stone in an instant.

I'm a bit underestimating him... Qingto thought. I had never competed with Kimura before, and I had never heard that he was good at martial arts. I thought he was just a mediocre swordsman, but I didn't expect that he had some ability.

Qingden lowered the tip of his sword slightly, scraped the ground with his toes, and gradually shortened the distance between him and his opponent.

Kimura's feet were still firmly planted on the ground, staring at Aoto, as if waiting for Aoto to attack.

At the same moment that Aoto's foot stepped into Kimura's attack range, Kimura suddenly started to move.

I saw him fluttering towards Qingdeng with light steps, just like a big bird spreading its wings.

Almost at the same time, Qingdeng also ran up to meet him.

The distance between the two instantly shortened.

As if being attracted together by magnets, the bamboo sword and the steel knife touched each other.

The steel knife struck the air.

The bamboo sword hit the side of the steel knife.

At this moment, Kimura felt as if the knife in his hand had been hit by a fast horse. The fierce force that Pei Mo could not control was continuously transmitted along the blade to the palm and body of his hand holding the knife.

If Kimura hadn't instinctively tightened the five fingers of his hands, if it hadn't been for his finger strength and extraordinary grip, his sword would have definitely been knocked away by now.

It's just that... although he didn't end up losing his weapon, Qingdeng's slashing attack destroyed his posture and left him wide open!

Oh no! Kimura's face suddenly changed. He immediately gave up the knife and reached out to pull out the wakizashi from his waist.

But it's too late.

Qingdeng stepped forward, his bamboo sword transformed into the Xia Duan configuration making a sound in the wind.

At the same time, Kimura pulled out his wakizashi and struck Ayoto's waist and abdomen.

The two of them passed each other in an instant.

At the moment when the sleeves met, Qingteng slashed deeply into Kimura's chest. On the other hand, Kimura...his side was far away and only touched Qingteng's sleeve.

After running nearly 4 steps in one breath, Qingto kept his sanshin habitually while looking back at Kimura.

Kimura stood there, still facing Qingto, without turning around.

The whole person still maintained the posture of attacking.

But this is only temporary.

Two seconds later, the wakizashi in Kimura's hand fell to the ground, and his head and hands hung down feebly. His feet supported his unconscious body, and he staggered two steps forward. The next moment, he fell heavily to the ground.

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[Ding! Talent scanned]

[Successfully copied talent: "Skillful Hands"]

[Talent Introduction: Fingers are far more flexible and powerful than ordinary people]

[Ding! It has been detected that the host already has the same type of talent]

[Ding! Start talent fusion]

[Ding! “Skilled Hands” and “Skilled Hands +1” begin to merge]

[Please wait a moment, host...Please wait a moment, host...]

[Ding! Talent fusion successful]

["Skillful Hands" ability promotion - "Skillful Hands +2"]

[Introduction to the "Skilled Hands +2" talent: the talent effect is enhanced on the original basis. "+9" is the highest level]

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"Whoosh...! Whoosh...! Whoosh...! Whoosh...!"

With a painful look on his face, Kasaka covered his aching flank with one hand, held the wall with the other hand, and moved forward out of breath.

This is the first time in recent years that Kasaka has run so hard.

The body that had not exercised for a long time was moaning in pain and roaring in protest.

Be patient a little longer...be patient a little longer...Hizaka said to himself.

There are two stairs leading downstairs.

One of them is the staircase that Qingteng and others took when they attacked. It is obviously impossible to get closer to this staircase.

Therefore, if Huosaka wants to escape, he can only choose to go to another staircase.

We're not far from the stairs, and we can escape from here as long as we hold on a little longer - this belief has supported Hosaka to this day.

Finally, Huosaka came to a corridor that he had walked countless times.

Just walk a short distance further, just turn the corner of the corridor, and you will reach the stairs leading downstairs! Huosaka's face was filled with excitement as if he were surviving a disaster.

It's funny... the excitement on his face only appeared for a second before he froze.

Just in front of him, on the way to the stairs, a section of "darkness" suddenly squirmed gently.

After a moment, this "darkness" separated from the surrounding environment and transformed into a tall figure holding a bamboo sword in his hand.

“Ahhhhhh——!”

Kawasaka was so frightened that he slumped to the ground, looking in horror at Qingto, who should have been behind him, but ended up appearing in front of him at some unknown time.

"You, you, you, who are you?! Why are you holding on to us!"

Even as incompetent as Kawasaka, he could see that Aoto's purpose was very strong, so he only caught him and Kimura and a few others would not let him go. As for Okubo, Kurosawa, my grandson and others, he did not even look at them.

.

"..."

Aoto has no interest or time to chat with Kasaka.

He ignored Huosaka's stern accusation and strode towards Huosaka.

The sound of the blade of the bamboo sword dragging on the floor dominated this small and medium-sized space.

"I, I am a warrior after all!"

Huosaka stood up in a hurry. Because his hands were shaking so much, he tried three times in a row before he finally pulled out the knife from his waist.

"But, don't underestimate me!"

Such expressions, such actions, such lines...it's almost as if the words "bluff" were written directly on his face.

There's nothing much to say - getting close, swinging the sword. Aoden launched a flowing offensive towards Huosaka.

Huosaka is really unbeatable.

With just one strike of the sword, his posture was disrupted.

Another strike of the sword and the weapon was released.

With another strike of the sword, he was knocked unconscious and collapsed to the ground, unable to get up again.

Not even able to sustain the 10 seconds required to copy the talent...

"call……"

Qingdeng let out a long breath, and the lines on his face relaxed a little.

At this point, all four targets of tonight's "kidnapping operation" have been "captured".

"gentlemen!"
To be continued...