manynovel Chapter 1721 Ashura Doji and Kawamatsu
Chapter 1721 Ashura Doji and Kawamatsu
The beautiful face of Mei Hua Kui, which had once captivated Kurozumi Orochi and garnered him much affection, could no longer evoke even a trace of pity in him.
Especially given her identity as a spy bearing the name of Kozuki, her fate was sealed. Danzo would deal with this woman properly from now on.
Danzo would use his cruel interrogation methods to pry open this woman's tightly closed mouth and extract everything she knew, down to the smallest detail, and record it all.
Under Danzo's personal leadership and swift, decisive attack, the red-light district not only suffered a complete collapse of business but also left everyone feeling insecure.
Everyone associated with Xiao Zi, from the madam to the maids and servants, and even the prostitutes and customers who had any dealings with her, should be arrested without exception.
In an instant, the once bustling red-light district was filled with panic and cries for mercy. The captured prisoners were escorted to the general's mansion.
Under the influence of Madara Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan, the most hidden corner of Mei Hua Kui's consciousness was penetrated, and an extremely crucial and concealed communication point was inevitably exposed.
After receiving this valuable intelligence from the shogun's mansion, Danzo immediately mustered his forces, including the pale-faced Kimimaro and a group of ruthless and vicious underworld samurai who had long since sided with the dark side.
In less than half an hour, he had personally led his team to silently surround the area where the secret contact point was located.
"This is a big fish..." Danzo thought to himself, his one eye gleaming with anticipation.
Kimimaro stood quietly beside Danzo, his long, gray hair swaying slightly in the wind, his expressionless face like a lifeless sculpture.
He spoke slowly: "Lord Madara and General Kurozumi have reached an agreement with the goal of completely wiping out the remnants of the Kozuki family. We no longer need prisoners."
Danzo's single exposed eye suddenly lit up upon hearing this, flashing with an uncontrollable bloodthirsty glint.
That's exactly what he was waiting for, because it meant that the action could be more thorough and the methods could be more flexible.
Danzo turned around and faced the group of yakuza warriors behind him who had long abandoned the spirit of Bushido and whose eyes were only filled with violence and the desire to kill. He began a brief but highly inflammatory pre-battle mobilization.
"Listen to General Kurotan's order: kill one traitor of the Kozuki family and you will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver; kill two and you will be rewarded with one hundred taels; the more you kill, the more you will be rewarded. Leave no survivors today."
"Roar--!!!"
The surrounding gangsters all wore hideous beast-head masks, beneath which were faces distorted by extreme greed.
"Blow the door open and rush in—!!"
"BOOM—!!!"
The samurai at the front hurled several specially made fireballs with all his might. Amidst the deafening roar of the explosions, the seemingly sturdy gate of the secret stronghold was blasted open, sending splinters of wood and dust flying everywhere.
"Kill! For Platinum!!"
"The wealth is inside! Charge!!"
Driven by Danzo's blatant greed, this group of yakuza warriors, who had long regarded money as their lifeblood and cast aside morality, let out beast-like howls.
Wielding their gleaming samurai swords, they surged into the blasted entrance to the stronghold like a black torrent bursting its banks.
The remnants of the Kozuki family within the stronghold were doomed to certain death from the moment they were surrounded.
"Enemy attack—!!"
"Protect everyone! Fight them!"
A fierce battle erupted instantly within the base, with loyal Kozuki samurai hastily engaging in close combat with the surging yakuza warriors.
The group of yakuza warriors that Danzo brought were all elites whom he had carefully selected and secretly trained at great expense.
They are not only agile and fearless, but many of them have even mastered basic Armament Haki and Observation Haki, making them a rare elite combat unit.
Spurred by the hefty reward, they began hacking and slashing at ordinary rebels within the stronghold, even the elderly, women, and children, showing no mercy and not even blinking.
They killed indiscriminately, turning the stronghold into a living hell in an instant.
The underworld warriors, like wolves swarming a flock of sheep, frantically reaped lives, plotting how to claim the enormous bounty from General Kurotan based on the number of heads taken after the battle.
"Kill! Every extra one killed is an extra fifty taels!"
"Don't try to take it from me! This kill is mine!"
The indiscriminate and frenzied killing by this group of gangsters finally enraged the true master hidden within the stronghold!
"Bastards—!! You bunch of scum who aid and abet evil do not deserve to be called samurai. I will kill you all in the name of Lord Kozuki Oden."
A thunderous roar came from the depths of the stronghold. A warrior of unusual height and enormous size smashed through a wooden door and charged out.
He had striking pink, fluffy curly hair, comically tied in a topknot, a face full of fierce features, and wide-open, angry eyes. He held a huge samurai sword in his hand, slashing fiercely at the nearest gangster with the force of splitting mountains and shattering rocks.
Caught off guard, the two gangsters at the forefront were cleaved in two by the ferocious slash, their blood and entrails splattering all over the ground.
The newcomer was none other than Ashura Doji, one of the Nine Red Scabbards.
"It's him!" Danzo quickly compared the image with the intelligence provided by General Kurozumi in his mind and confirmed that it was correct.
A cold smile curled at the corner of his lips. His chance had arrived!
Danzo, gathering his strength, spoke clearly across the battlefield, drowning out the sounds of fighting: "This man is Ashura Doji, a retainer of Kozuki Oden and one of the Nine Red Scabbards. Whoever takes his head will be rewarded with three thousand taels of silver—!!!"
Three thousand taels?!
"My God! I could spend that much money over several lifetimes!!"
"Kill him! He must be killed!!"
Ashura Doji, relying on his size advantage and unparalleled strength, wielded his giant blade like a tiger among sheep, and successively cut down three or four underworld warriors who tried to surround him. For a moment, the underworld warriors behind him were intimidated and dared not easily step forward.
But the moment Danzo offered the exorbitant bounty of three thousand taels of silver, the situation instantly reversed.
Wealth can move people's hearts, drive them to madness, and make them risk their lives!
"For three thousand taels! We'll risk it all!"
"Attack him all at once! He's all alone!"
"Pile him up until he's crushed!"
More gangsters, their eyes bloodshot, surged towards Ashura Doji from all directions like sharks that had caught the scent of blood.
The saying "Man dies for wealth, birds die for food" is vividly illustrated here.
Ashura Child is indeed brave, capable of taking on three or even five opponents at once.
But right now, can he take on ten or twenty people at once?!
More and more gangsters surrounded him, and swords flashed from all directions.
Ashura Doji desperately swung his giant blade to block and counterattack, but inevitably, wounds began to appear on his body, and blood stained his pink curly hair and fat body.
The pain made him scream, and anger and anxiety began to erode his reason.
"You bunch of bastards! You'd risk your lives for money! Don't you have even a shred of samurai spirit and dignity left?!" Ashura Doji roared as he forced back several people with his sword, trying to awaken his fellow samurai whose hearts were blinded by money.
His only response was an even more frenzied attack.
"Can a samurai's beliefs put food on the table?"
"Poke his eyes!"
Under the combined pressure of heightened emotions and escalating wounds, Ashura Doji finally revealed a weakness.
A cunning and ruthless samurai sword, catching him off guard, suddenly slashed across his cheek from an extremely tricky angle.
"Ah—! My eyes!!" Ashura Doji let out a shrill scream as his left eye was slashed open by the blade, and blood instantly covered half of his face, causing excruciating pain.
Meanwhile, another yakuza samurai, seizing the opportunity, gripped his katana tightly with both hands and thrust it fiercely into Ashura Doji's chest, which was slightly limp and wide open due to the intense pain, aiming straight for his heart.
"Go to hell! The three thousand taels are mine now!!"
The fatal blow was about to pierce Ashura Doji's chest and end the life of this Red Scabbard Warrior!
At this critical moment of life and death, a short, green figure, as swift as lightning, darted out from behind Ashura Child.
Despite his short stature and wearing a straw hat, he moved with astonishing speed, leaping to the top of all the gangsters who were besieging him.
"Uminogawa!!"
The green figure let out a clear shout, gripping a uniquely shaped fish-shaped blade called Peerless in both hands. It then unleashed a wide-ranging circular slash at the gangsters below who were frantically attacking in a circle.
The incomparably sharp circular blade energy, like the sharpest meat grinder, instantly sliced through the necks of the gangsters below.
"puff--!"
"Do not……!"
In an instant, his head flew off, and blood gushed into the sky like a fountain. At least seven or eight of the fiercest underworld warriors surrounding Ashura Child were decapitated at the same time.
"Well done, Kawamatsu!" Ashura Doji wiped the blood from his face, showing no fear whatsoever. On the contrary, his morale was greatly boosted by his companion's timely support.
"Let's work together to break out and wipe out all these bastards who aided and abetted evil—!!"