Chapter 570 - Gion Blood War (V) (1/2)

“Don’t attack! It’s me!”

Zhang Heng heard someone suddenly talking to him.

With the a.s.sistance of the dim light, Zhang Heng saw Okita Soki. The latter coughed twice and slashed an enemy in front of him. He stood with Zhang Heng and comforted him, “Don’t worry, our people will be here soon.”

“Don’t lie.” Zhang Heng snapped. “You shouted so loudly in front of the door earlier, afraid that they might not know that Kondo Isame is en-route. Do you think they will believe that?”

Okita Soki scratched his head, “Will they believe that?”

“If they did, they wouldn’t have allowed you to enter the tea house so easily.”

Zhang Heng patiently a.n.a.lyzed the situation for Okita Soki, “Now, they obviously want to surround us here.”

“I’m so sorry. Lying has never been my forte,” confessed Okita. “I received intel that a mysterious man is here to meet somebody in secret. Then I saw you are inside the tea house as well, and I was worried about your safety. So, I rushed in to help you! There was no time to call the calvary.

As the two chatted, Zhang Heng saw the lady boss not far away from them, holding something in her hand. The expression on his face changed, and he shouted to Okata, “Run!”

“What?”

Okita Soki couldn’t understand why Zhang Heng would run from his enemies. They might not be able to kill every single one of them, but they could at least exert more pressure. There was no reason to flee right now. After seeing Zhang Heng dropping and rolling on the ground, Okita’s keen perception of danger as the first master of the s.h.i.+nsengumi saved his life. He quickly leaned over and dodged a bullet from the lady boss’s gun. When she filled up her gun with gunpowder and bullets, Zhang Heng got up from the ground and lunged at the lady boss. It seemed that the lady boss was an essential person in this tea house, seeing how several geisha and samurai scurried to protect her upon Zhang Heng’s attack.

Zhang Heng knew that it was a life and death moment for him. He had allowed the boss to reload and fire a second shot at him. Thus, he abandoned his defense and attacked her with all his might, employing the most potent skill from Niten Ichi-ryū, Mindless Slash, to wipe out the opponents in front of him. He had no intention to leave any of them alive.

In a critical moment as such, courage and determination were all he needed.