The pupils instantly contracted.

The bodyguard had already reacted, covering his injured shoulder and anxious with another companion while protecting Iwazaki Hideyoshi in front.

"Young master, be careful, retreat, we'll cover you!"

However, as soon as the words fell, "crash~" a sudden noise came from the walls on both sides behind them.

In the dim light, they saw the walls twist, and surprisingly, two camouflaged cloths identical to the wall patterns were torn off, revealing two men in black trench coats.

Due to the dim visibility, when they just passed by the two men, they didn't notice any anomaly at all.

"Ninjas?!"

Iwazaki Hideyoshi's brow jumped hard.

Such weapons and camouflage are something he is quite familiar with.

Someone wants to kill me, and it's people from Fusang Country?!

The four men in black trench coats slowly surrounded them, the bright Wakizashi in their hands glinting coldly.

Because the press conference required security checks, the two bodyguards had no decent weapons at this time.

Although the opponents seemed not to intend to use firearms, they were still facing cold weapons with bare fists, and their numbers were twice his side...

The two bodyguards were sweating on their foreheads.

"Nomura!" Iwazaki Hideyoshi shouted angrily.

At this moment, he knew that he had fallen into a trap.

It wasn't because he was too careless; who could have thought that there would be a traitor in his investigation group, and that they dared to act so boldly here, with the press conference and a thousand attendees so close by!

And at this time, Nomura, who had just been flattering with a smile, had already run over to the front behind the two ninjas.

He wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, not daring to look at the angry gazes from the three, and fawningly asked the two men in trench coats.

"Well... gentlemen, I've tricked him here, so my wife and children..."

"Don't worry, I'll take you to see them soon..."

"That is good... uh... uh uh..."

Before Nomura finished his sentence, he only felt a slight chill in his throat.

"Thud!"

Seeing Nomura clutching his throat and falling down, twitching slightly, with fresh blood slowly oozing from under him, Iwazaki Hideyoshi's heart turned cold.

"To kill and silence, such ruthless methods, who ordered you?"

Even the insider was resolved together, it was apparent that these people didn't want to leave any witnesses.

Instantly realizing this, Iwazaki Hideyoshi suppressed his fear and asked.

However, there was no intention to enlighten Iwazaki Hideyoshi, the ninja who had just wiped Nomura's throat shook the blood off the Wakizashi, and just uttered one word.

"Go!"

"Swish!" Four people grasped the hilt, the blade tip raised, and simultaneously charged at the three of them.

This narrow environment, surrounded by tall walls on each side, left them with no place to hide!

"Protect the young master!"

The two bodyguards exchanged a glance, a resolute flash in their eyes, and nearly simultaneously roared while charging at the two ninjas in front.

"Swish! Swish!" The blade light flashed, and almost instantly, the two bodyguards were marked with several blood traces.

However, the two bodyguards were completely disregarding, only protecting their heads and faces, fearlessly embracing the two ninjas, forcing them aside.

"Young master, run!"

Taking advantage of the momentary gap fought for by the two bodyguards, Iwazaki Hideyoshi ignored everything else and, almost at the last moment before the two ninjas reached him from behind, dashed out of the encirclement ahead, then ran desperately forward without looking back!

"Swish!" As he passed the two ninjas entangled by the bodyguards, he was nonetheless inadvertently swept by one of their waving Wakizashi, his back instantly cut open.

Yet Iwazaki Hideyoshi ignored the pain.

There is light not far away; as long as he escapes this corridor and returns to the crowd, he'll be safe.

"Swish!" "Ah~" "Damn it~"

Listening to the sounds of blades entering flesh and screams from behind, Iwazaki Hideyoshi's delicate face twitched slightly, yet his footsteps didn't pause at all.

Nevertheless, when he was just thirty meters or so from the end of the corridor, the bodyguards behind were already silent, and the dense footsteps of the grim reapers drew closer...

"Faster! Faster!" Iwazaki Hideyoshi roared madly within.

However, the will to survive ultimately couldn't break through physical limits.

Just as the ninjas were close behind, almost making him despair, another figure suddenly appeared ahead!

And seemingly wearing a black trench coat as well.

"It's over! I'm done for!"

Thinking there were more traps, Iwazaki Hideyoshi's legs weakened, nearly collapsing on the spot.

He stopped, panting as he tightly pressed against one side of the wall, looking front and back, already in despair.

Then, the figure walked out of the shadow, finally exposed under the street lamp's light, a very ordinary-looking middle-aged man.

Yet the person merely glanced at him indifferently, then straight past him without the chaotic dismemberment he imagined.

When the four Ninjas from behind arrived, they paused slightly, gazing at the figure slowly approaching from the opposite side.

"There are witnesses!"

"Kill them, leave no survivors!"

"Yes!"

After a simple exchange, two of them split off and charged towards the newcomer.

Faced with two deadly Ninjas wielding knives, the person showed no sign of panic or fleeing in desperation like an ordinary person would.

Instead, he calmly pulled out a cylindrical object from his pocket, seemingly containing some green liquid, and after a moment of hesitation...

"If I'm going to die, then so be it. They wouldn't go through all the trouble to save me just to kill me, right?"

He muttered softly, and in the next second, suddenly plunged the object in his hand fiercely into his own neck!

"Hmm?"

This strange move made the Ninjas stop in their tracks for a moment.

Could it be that he was so scared that he resorted to self-harm?

Immediately, the other person began to shudder all over...

Yes, that's a normal reaction to fear!

Feeling like everything was finally on track, the two Ninjas raised their swords and attacked!

"Swish!"

Two arcs of blade light sliced through, accompanied by a slight whistling sound from friction with the air, aiming to cleave the person from head to toe.

The next instant!

Whether it was their illusion or not, they only saw the person on the other side seem to glance up at the blades with a glazed look in his eyes.

Then... with a wrong step, he slightly sidestepped...

"Swish!" "Swish!"

The blades slashed down but missed their target entirely!

"What!?"

The two attacking Ninjas froze, one of them incredulously looking at the Wakizashi in his hand.

If he wasn't mistaken, his sword had nearly grazed the tip of the other's nose...

"Idiots!" his companion, unwilling to believe it, continued to swing his blade and attack!

"Swish swish swish!" After several consecutive slashes, the person evaded them like a ghost, making his Wakizashi look like an act of drawing outlines.

The stunned Ninja finally reacted as well and immediately joined the encirclement!

However, he had just slashed out once and hadn't yet retracted his blade when he felt his wrist entangled by the other. Before he could react, by the time he blinked again, his Wakizashi had already fallen into the other's hand...

"All together!"

Realizing something was wrong, the other two rushed forward to join the mobbing. The Ninja who had previously taken down Nomura, seemingly a leader, pulled out a few Ninja Darts and threw them forcefully while his target was besieged by three underlings.

Hidden weapon ambush!

Yet, the man, who should have been flustered dealing with the encirclement, just casually glanced up.

The next moment.

"Ting ting ting~"

The man seemingly swatted lightly, causing sparks to fly from the clash of the sword in midair.

Three darts fell to the ground!

"Impossible!" The Ninja leader's eyes widened instantly.

Meanwhile, Iwazaki Hideyoshi, who had initially felt hopeless, realized the newcomer was not with the Assassin party and had no intention of warning the man.

He gritted his teeth, got up, and prepared to flee while the Ninjas were preoccupied with killing this unlucky fellow.

However, he had barely run a few steps when the sound of clashing weapons echoed behind him.

This... doesn't sound like the expected sound of swords cutting into flesh and screams?

Curiosity finally got the better of Iwazaki Hideyoshi, and he couldn't resist turning his head to glance back, just in time to see a casual sword swing from the other side.

The three bursts of sparks that exploded in midair left Iwazaki Hideyoshi dumbfounded, nearly petrified...

This... is something a human can do?

What level of a Fruit Ninja game is this?!

And the scenes that followed almost made him question reality.

"Ting ting!" "Clang!" "Ah!" "Stop!" "Pfft~"

The sparks from clashing swords and the intertwining of blood painted a deathly symphony of blood and fire in the dimly lit corridor...

"A... a great Sword Master?!"

So... they really exist...

The scenes from historical dramas watched in childhood overlapped with the current situation, completely shattering Iwazaki Hideyoshi's worldview...

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