In the swamp, raindrops hit the window eaves of the stone house, and the house was brightly lit with flickering candlelight.
Sakaki Makoto and others stood on the top of the mountain, quietly overlooking the terrain below.
Several stone houses not far from each other were stacked together in a slightly compact manner, forming a circle around each other, and people were talking and laughing in the houses.
Through the window...
A figure swaying in the house could be vaguely seen.
"Professor Moriarty apparently didn't warn them not to take shelter in the stone house."
Water dripped from the brim of his deerstalker hat. Holmes had a short brown pipe in his mouth and a gleam in his grey eyes:
"30 people, 4 have been dealt with in advance, and there are 26 left... Watson."
"I am here."
"It's time to hunt."
"Yes, Holmes, I will definitely surpass you this time."
"That's not necessarily true..."
Holmes slowly untied the rope of the oilcloth, but did not throw it away. He still left the oilcloth wrapped around the shotgun, but it became much looser.
Sakaki Makoto recognized the two hunting rifles borrowed from Sir Henry's house. They were the Mauser 1871 rifles, the world's first revolving-pull Mauser rifle, which used a magazine to feed ammunition and fired smokeless powder bullets. They were many times more advanced than the spontaneous-fire gunpowder rifles previously equipped by the army.
This type of hunting rifle was also bought by some nobles for use as a hunting rifle because of its long range and high accuracy.
Click.
Holmes and Watson fixed the scopes on their rifles, took a test shot, and said:
"Lianye, please."
"Leave it to me."
Karasuma Renye nodded, holding the sword in one hand, and walked towards the stone house at the foot of the mountain. His back gave people a feeling of whistling wind and cold Yishui River, and he was going into battle bravely.
"He is..."
Conan was stunned for a moment:
"Want to go down and serve as bait?"
"Don't underestimate Lian Ye's swordsmanship. Ever since he can remember, his family has made him practice kendo every day. At the age of 29, he is already a sixth-dan master of the Kagami Shinkei-ryu school."
' said Holmes, smiling.
"Six sections..."
Tilting his head, Conan hesitated and said:
"I remember there are ten levels in kendo, and six levels isn't that high..."
"No, he got to 6th dan because of the age limit. The age required to get to 7th dan is over 35 years old. It doesn't represent his ability."
Holmes said calmly:
"As far as I know..."
"His current strength has reached the state of unity between man and sword. Even the master of Jingxinming Ryu fought him to a draw. This was because Lianye respected the opponent and did not use his full strength."
"Lian Ye is a genius, otherwise...how come you didn't hear any sound when he was standing outside the stone house?"
!!!
Sakaki Makoto and his companions suddenly remembered that when Holmes returned to the stone house, they clearly heard footsteps coming from outside, but...
Only one!
If Holmes hadn't taken the initiative to invite Karasuma Renya to show up, they probably wouldn't have known that there was someone outside the door!
Sakaki Makoto felt a chill on his back, and he suddenly remembered that he had the intention to kill when he was sitting in front of Karasuma Renya.
This involves a century-old question:
Seven steps away, the gun is fast, within seven steps...with the length of the samurai sword, seven steps are already within his attack range.
"It's not easy..."
Sakaki Makoto sighed.
If Karasuma Renya's strength is really as Holmes said, then he is sure that Karasuma Renya has already seen through his murderous intentions.
But he didn't change his expression and continued to talk freely. Besides his confidence...
He also has a level of concentration that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve.
Sure enough, none of those who can establish a black organization and plot the fate of the country are good people.
The wooden clogs stepped on the bridge silently, only the body tore through the rain curtain. Karasuma Renya came to the back of the stone house like a ghost in the shadows, slowly closed his eyes, and began to adjust his breathing.
"You wait here."
Putting Ai down, Makoto Sakaki took out two revolvers from behind his waist, asked Kidd to take out the revolvers he had collected before from the sack and throw them to Deya, then took him down the hillside.
The other side has more people and more power, and they are equipped with modern weapons. Even a true sword master would not be able to defeat them.
so...
Karasuma Renya needs support.
Holmes and Watson stood on the hillside, looking for a suitable sniping location, while Sakaki Makoto and Deya came to Karasuma Renya as assaulters.
"Thank you, Mr. Sakaki Makoto, Mr. Deya."
Karasuma Renya said softly:
"Leave this stone house to me."
"good."
Sakaki Makoto and Deya acted separately. They each found a stone house with its back to the hillside, and formed a pincer attack with Karasuma Renya, ready to provide support at any time.
The light of the kerosene lamp on the mountain disappeared. This was the signal sent by Holmes, which meant that they had found a suitable sniping location and could launch an attack at any time.
Karasuma Renya, who was holding his breath, opened his eyes, his gray pupils lit up, and he drew his long sword halfway and knocked lightly on the wooden door.
The heated discussion in the house came to an abrupt end. A thin man opened the door and saw Karasuma Renya standing outside the house. He was surprised and said:
"Karasuma? Why are you here?"
clang!
The long sword was unsheathed, and a cold light flashed. The man lowered his head in shock, looked at the bloody wound on his chest, and was full of doubts but unable to ask any questions, and fell to the ground with a bang.
"Bill!"
The long knife was sheathed. After the man died, the house was in chaos. Several big men rushed up, shouting, and pulled out their guns to pull the trigger, but...
Karasuma Renya bent his knees slightly, crossed his right hand in front of his body, loosely grasped the hilt of the sword, hunched over, and muttered to himself:
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