My Gang of Swordsmen

Miyakawa Shunzao has a debt of gratitude towards him… Well, to be precise, towards the “Original Tachibana Aoto”. And this debt has yet to be repaid.

Ever since his soul transmigrated to this era, he and the “Original Tachibana Aoto” have been one.

The benefactors and enemies of the “Original Tachibana Aoto” are now his benefactors and enemies.

Currently, the only daughter of his benefactor is in trouble… Aoto really can’t bear to stand idly by.

Besides, like Mukiwa, he couldn’t bear the acts of bullying men and dominating women.

Both emotionally and rationally, Aoto found it difficult to watch the unexpected incident before him indifferently.

Determined, Aoto squeezed through the crowd in front of him and stepped into the “vacuum zone” that the onlookers had left for Shimizu Gosaku and Ozuki Minoru.

Then—

“Enough! Stop it!”

The innate ability “Cloud-Piercing Stone-Shattering” activated.

The loud yell, like an Immobilization Technique, made Ozuki Minoru and the people bullying him, Shimizu Gosaku’s group, all stop in their tracks.

“Tachibana…?” Staring dumbfoundedly with wide eyes, Ozuki Minoru gazed at the suddenly appeared Aoto.

With disbelief all over his face.

Upon hearing Ozuki Minoru’s murmur, Chang Ci and others quickly turned their shocked gazes on Aoto.

Is this the so-called “Blockhead Don”?

“…Who are you?”

Shimizu Gosaku slowly lowered the second slap he intended for Ozuki Minoru, turned his face, and stared expressionlessly at Aoto.

“Don’t you… remember who I am?”

“Huh? Are you the Emperor or the General of Expedition?”

Shimizu Gosaku, with the unique “serpentine steps” of a drunkard, slowly walked up to Aoto.

“Laozi is having a good time… Don’t get in the way! Get lost!”

With that, Shimizu Gosaku threw a straight punch, his baby-head-sized fist whistling towards Aoto’s face!

“Ahhhhh—!” Ozuki Minoru instinctively let out a scream.

She was quite aware of “Blockhead Don’s” abilities… With his clumsy skills, facing the clearly well-trained Shimizu Gosaku, he would probably be knocked out with just one punch.

But what happened next left her jaw dropping.

She saw Aoto glance at the incoming punch from Shimizu Gosaku without any expression, then casually and easily sidestep it.

Immediately after, Aoto reached out with both hands, grabbed two of Shimizu Gosaku’s joints with Capture Techniques, and pinned Shimizu Gosaku to the ground.

“Ahhhhh!”

With his joints twisted and in pain, Shimizu Gosaku let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered.

“What are you doing?! Hurry up and help me!”

Hearing Shimizu Gosaku’s roar, his subordinates suddenly seemed to awaken from a dream, howling with momentum as they rushed at Aoto from different directions.

Like Shimizu Gosaku, they were heavily drunk and still in a high-strung state after fighting with Chang Ci’s people, and were somewhat delirious.

Upon hearing their boss’s sharp command, they muddledly charged in to help protect him.

“Do you really not recognize me…”

After quietly lamenting this in a low voice audible only to himself, Aoto released Shimizu Gosaku, moving to meet the four subordinates charging at him.

These four had a rather well-considered formation.

Encircling Aoto from different directions, yet not standing too close to each other to hinder their actions… Clearly used to group fights.

Facing their encirclement, Aoto remained calm and composed.

Neither dodging nor flinching, he directly spread his legs, assuming a combat stance!

As quick as a wink, the two men positioned on Aoto’s left and right flanks launched an attack first.

The man on the left kicked, while the one on the right threw a punch.

Both attacks came together… Many of the onlookers felt Aoto was in trouble.

But the next moment, an astonishing scene unfolded that left the spectators disbelief.

Aoto simultaneously raised both hands, adopting two completely different actions—left hand a chopping action, striking down the left man’s leg, while the right arm was raised to block the right man’s punch.

Doing different things with both hands without any awkwardness, fluid and smooth.

This was the new ability granted to Aoto by his recent acquisition of the talent: “Left-Right Combat.”

Easily dispelling this wave of attacks, the next instant, Aoto shifted from defense to offense!

Their skills were only sufficient to bully common folks.

Against Aoto… The role of prey and hunter instantly reversed.

Whoosh!

Aoto’s left fist, causing a gust of wind, targeted the person who had just kicked him.

Simultaneously, Aoto raised his right elbow, striking at another guy.

Attacking with both hands at the same time, in an instant, he took down two people.

In another instant, Aoto turned around, lunging like a hungry tiger at the remaining two.

Left hand capturing, right hand punching.

Before they knew what had happened, they only felt dizzy—suddenly able to look straight at the sky as their backs ached from the intimate encounter with the ground.

Another two were taken down.

In less than a few seconds, the group of ruffians who had recently been terrorizing Ozuki Minoru and others were all writhing on the ground moaning…

Ozuki Minoru, Chang Ci… their mouths hung open, dazed.

Especially Ozuki Minoru, her expression was the most vivid at this moment.

Her beautiful eyes were rounded… her eyeballs looked as if they were about to drop out of their sockets.

With wide eyes, she stared with a lost gaze at Aoto…

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Today, a sudden burst of 13,000! A long-lost super chapter! I originally planned to write continuously till 15,000 and stay up till 3 AM (There’s evidence in the reader’s group, I popped into the group at 3 AM today), but it was really beyond my power… (Exhausted.jpg)

If you don’t vote today, that would be really unjustifiable! (Crying leopard head.jpg)

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