On the edge of the rooftop, Goemon Ishikawa pressed his right foot back against the edge of the low wall, holding the Zantetsu sword tightly with one hand, resisting Qin Zhibo's stormy slashes.

For a time, Ishikawa Goemon was at a disadvantage!

When the onlookers saw this scene, they all showed incredible expressions.

Especially the Sengata Police Department, Lupine III, and Daisuke Jigen who were familiar with Ishikawa Kendo's strength were even more surprised.

"This person actually pushed the teacher to this extent..."

Daisuke Jigen held his hat with one hand, and his eyes exposed through the gap in the brim of the hat were staring at the dueling parties.

Given the current situation, he was ready to help Ishikawa Goemon when the masked man was about to kill him.

Next to him, Lupine III also had an unusually serious expression and carefully analyzed the situation on the starting field.

"No, Goemon did not use all his strength..."

As his companion, Lupine naturally knew that the strongest swordsmanship of Ishikawa Goemon was holding the sword in his backhand.

But now, he just holds the sword in his upright hand like an ordinary swordsman.

But even so, it is really not easy for this masked man to be able to put him at a disadvantage in a short period of time.

The spectators on the other side were relieved to see Qin Zhibo gain the upper hand from the very beginning of the duel.

Mao Lilan asked: "Are you going to win?"

Qianxing Police Department, who carefully observed the situation on the field, frowned slightly and said solemnly: "It's still early..."

As an opponent who has fought against him countless times, he also knows how strong Ishikawa Goemon is.

Sure enough, before everyone could calm down from their shock, Ishikawa Goemon suddenly caught the moment when Qin Zhibo put away his strength and put the sword away, and pushed the blade of the Oath Keeper away with his Zantetsu Sword.

Immediately afterwards, he jumped on the spot with both feet and jumped over Qin Zhibo's head!

Qin Zhibo’s inner OS: You’re a scumbag!

It is impossible for normal humans to have such a jumping ability, but it is not difficult for Ishikawa Goemon.

In an instant, the two men were attacking and defending in different positions, and Qin Zhibo was fighting with his back to the rooftop.

"ha!"

Ishikawa Goemon let out a roar, the veins on his temples and wrists were exposed, and the Zantetsu Sword struck Qin Zhibo's head heavily.

Looking at the blade that was about to fall, Qin Zhibo's pupils shrank suddenly, and then he twisted his body and swayed away.

And the iron-cutting sword happened to fall at this moment, and the blade was inserted directly into the concrete low wall, and the blade was submerged to a depth of 3cm!

Seeing this moment, Qin Zhibo was shocked.

It turns out that the sharpness of the Iron Cutting Sword is far beyond my imagination. If it weren't for my [Oath Keeping Sword] which is also a divine weapon, it might have been chopped to pieces in just one encounter.

"ha!"

Ishikawa Goemon roared again, and the Zantetsu sword inserted into the concrete was like picking up from tofu, and continued to cut across half of Qin Zhibo's waist.

Qin Zhibo quickly retreated, avoiding the sharp edge with his body. At the same time, he raised the Oath Keeper sword in his hand high above his head. The moment he landed, he slashed towards Ishikawa Goemon.

But at this time, Ishikawa Goemon saw through Qin Zhibo's thoughts and suddenly shouted.

"I won't give you a chance!"

Before Qin Zhibo could reach the ground and swing his sword, the faster Ishikawa Goemon suddenly retracted his sword. Instead of using a larger and slower horizontal sword to defend, he thrust the blade straight forward.

This move caught Qin Zhibo off guard, because in these days of teaching, Ishikawa Goemon had only used slashing, but never stabbing.

And generally speaking, the strengths of a sword are cutting and stabbing, which should be the strengths of the sword.

Faced with this stabbing attack that came faster, Qin Zhibo had to give up the idea of ​​attacking with a sword, turned his head to one side, and the Oath Keeper sword also switched to a defensive posture.

The edge of the Zhan Tie Sword grazed the left side of Qin Zhibo's cheek, and a sharp long beam slid across the golden mask, directly making a hole in the mask.

Click...

Qin Zhibo's ears faintly heard the sound of the mask breaking.

"Wait a moment!"

Qin Zhibo took a few steps back and suddenly raised his hand to call for a timeout.

Ishikawa Goemon, who was about to force him forward, suddenly stopped and froze on the spot.

Qin Zhibo raised his hand to hold the lower part of his mask and explained: "My mask is broken. I want to apply for intermission and change my mask first."

"Change the mask?"

Everyone was puzzled by this inexplicable request. Even if it was to hide their identity, it wouldn't go so far, right?

However, no matter how suspicious everyone feels, as long as the person who is dueling him has no objections, it is completely fine.

Ishikawa Goemon stood there with his sword put away, silent for a second, and nodded expressionlessly.

"Can."

After hearing this, Qin Zhibo immediately turned around and left, slipping into the dim staircase with his legs and feet.

Ishikawa Goemon quietly put the sword back into its scabbard, closed his eyes, and sat cross-legged on the low wall.

Lupine III stretched his head and looked at the man's leaving figure, wondering: "Isn't this guy running away because he saw that he couldn't be beaten?"

Daisuke Jigen turned his head and glanced at Conan, who was still standing on the other side, "But he doesn't even want his son?"

Lupine III raised his eyes, "Could it be that the original plan was to keep his son here as a hostage and then escape?"

"You shouldn't be so heartless, right?"

At this point, Daisuke Jigen's tone became a little uncertain.

Conan, who was standing on the other side, was also puzzled by Qin Zhibo's sudden call for a timeout and then went downstairs to change his mask.

Although the mask was scratched, it was only a cut of less than 10cm. There should be no need to replace the mask, right?

And he bought two masks in total, one for each of the two people. Where should he change them?

…

At this moment, Qin Zhibo was standing in the room downstairs, taking out a brand new mask from his black backpack.

This is a pale mask. Qin Zhibo specially ordered it from the mask maker at the Vespaña market when he was buying medicine last night.

The mask maker worked all night and got it back this morning.

The mask is made of white walnut wood, and there are no patterns on it. It is simply carved with some undulations based on Qin Zhibo's facial features.

But such a simple, pale mask without any decoration can give people an extremely weird feeling.

Qin Zhibo replaced the damaged golden mask with a pale mask.

Immediately afterwards, he materialized the [Indescribable High Priest's Robe] from the item list.

This item was obtained from the previous "Fishing" mission. As long as you put it on, you can harvest the faith of the followers of the King in Yellow.

But this prop also has a hidden effect, that is, even if ordinary people see it, their hearts will be greatly shocked.

He wouldn't want to do it if he could win easily.

But Ishikawa Goemon's understanding of "20 years of skill" is really different from normal people.

How can any ordinary person who has been practicing swordsmanship for 20 years be able to leap on the spot and fly over the heads of adults?

You are practicing sword practice, not dunking!

If Ishikawa Goemon's agility was not too high, the first wave of sneak attacks + strong attacks using poor information were very reasonable tactics and would have been enough to establish a victory.

But now, the fighter plane disappears in an instant, and a good opportunity like that just now will never appear again.

He had to use Plan B - the psychological shock method.

…

On the rooftop, the patience of the onlookers was still being worn away.

Qin Zhibo said he was going down to change his mask, but he actually disappeared for 5 minutes as soon as he left, which was far longer than the normal time for changing his mask.

Everyone whispered, and most of them came to the conclusion that this guy escaped.

Because judging from the situation of the fight just now, although Qin Zhibo had the upper hand at the beginning, he even pushed Ishikawa Goemon to the edge of the rooftop at one point.

But Ishikawa Goemon's particularly beautiful move from defense to offense, coupled with the reasonable use of swordsmanship and sword skills, already overwhelmed his opponent.

The mask being pierced is proof.

If this duel was not a battle of life and death, but just an ordinary kendo duel, the outcome would have been decided between the two.

Now even if I change my mask, it won't change the situation.

Escape is the wisest choice.

Of all the people on the rooftop, the calmest one was Ishikawa Goemon, a duelist.

He sat cross-legged on the edge of the low wall, with his sword flat on his knees. Even though there was more than ten meters in the air behind him, he still meditated with his eyes closed without changing his expression.

As for the most nervous person, naturally Conan was still watching the battle.
To be continued...