Chapter 545 - 180: Though Faced by Millions, I Will Go Forward

Chapter 545: Chapter 180: Though Faced by Millions, I Will Go Forward

The worst situation has appeared... The Anti-foreigner Group has already launched an attack on the settlement, but the large official army has yet to arrive.

The only official currently at the settlement... is Tachibana Aoto alone.

Without needing anyone to lead the way, Aoto silently urged his horse toward the place with the most screams.

Soon after, he saw Bright’s mansion from afar, and from afar, he saw Shinno and others gathering outside Bright’s mansion, preparing to catch the prey in the urn.

That mansion... that should be Bright’s residence...

Elodie and others... are they inside that mansion now...

Just by observing Shinno and others surrounding Bright’s mansion, Aoto guessed what these lunatics were planning.

What to do now—this thought suddenly sprang into Aoto’s mind.

However, just as this thought emerged, it automatically dissipated.

"What to do?"... Is this kind of question even worth overthinking?

In an instant, Aoto’s heart was resolute.

Ka-chak!

Aoto freed his left hand to press below the sheath mouth of Ghost-Slaying at his waist, raised his thumb to prop against the blade guard of Ghost-Slaying, and flicked open the sheath mouth.

The unsheathed blade emitted a long, resonant sound... as if responding to its owner’s courage and determination!

Even though Sazanoko was mentally prepared from what Aoto had described beforehand..., seeing Aoto’s one-handed unsheathing action still made her eyes widen.

Is he... really serious?

Driven by a sense of shock, Sazanoko couldn’t help but exclaim urgently:

"Mr. Tachibana, you..."

"Miss Sazanoko!"

Aoto spoke up first, interrupting Sazanoko’s words.

The swordsman turned back, looked at the beauty behind him, and slightly curled his lips into a calm smile.

"I’ll leave the horse in your care for now!"

With that, Aoto tossed the reins to Sazanoko, then quickly leaped down from the bull’s back. In the next instant, as his feet landed, he lowered his center of gravity and charged forward like flying close to the ground, straight at the 66 brigands!

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...

"What’s going on?"

Shinno turned his head following the bull’s call, and then a look of shock surged in his eyes and cheeks.

A lone figure was rushing straight toward them from the dark street behind.

After a long-distance run-up, the figure used the momentum to leap up, carving a high arc in the air, and with a flying slash, took down one of the men standing on the outermost edge of the crowd!

"Who is it?!"

"Hey! There’s an enemy coming!"

"Who is it?"

...

The sudden appearance of the unidentified samurai made the members of the Anti-foreigner Group instinctively retreat, distancing themselves from this person.

At this moment, a beam of moonlight happened to illuminate the person’s back, outlining his silhouette, but because the moonlight was too dazzling, his face remained relatively in darkness, making it hard to see his features.

Then, in the next moment, an incredible scene unfolded.

Shinno’s expression suddenly changed, filled with shock and astonishment.

The faces of the others instantly changed as well, their eyes now wide open, dumbfounded.

The arrogance, the merry air that once filled the atmosphere here, suddenly vanished, and this space, once noisy with laughter and chatter, became silent at this moment.

This change all stemmed from the samurai, now bathed in moonlight, calmly responding to someone’s question, "Who is it?" —

"Natural Reasoning Heart Stream."

"Tachibana Aoto."

After this, what voiced for the samurai was the white blade in his right hand.

He raised his sword and swung it horizontally forward.

The blade swept the moonlight, severing the darkness and the enemies before him!

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Due to a system bug, the "widow" and "widow" entries on Tenshōin’s character card somehow appeared on the horse’s character card (laughing.jpg), and now this bug has been fixed.

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