The Place Nearest to You

Chapter 22

The bald boss was thin and short. Other than his sharp eyes, he didn't look much different from an ordinary office worker.

At least, that was Ando's judgment before he made his move.

When he slashed at her with his long sword, Ando knew that this person wasn't simple.

His attack speed wasn't fast, and Ando was able to block his attacks with ease.

But for some reason, she could only block passively and couldn't attack.

He was definitely an experienced and seasoned enemy.

Ando didn't dare to relax at all. She mobilized all the cells in her body to fight him.

The bald boss didn't hold back. Every move he made was ruthless. He had already walked out of his initial underestimation of Ando.

He believed that she was Okita's right-hand woman.

The blade was sharp. Ando felt the wind blow past her cheeks every time she narrowly dodged the opponent's attack. If it wasn't for her agility, she would have suspected that her face was covered in scars.

This bald boss was also vicious. Seeing that she was a girl, he made every move to disfigure her.

The bald boss suddenly attacked her. Because she was caught off guard, she fell into a passive position from the beginning.

And this passive position didn't change at all after the two of them fought for 15 minutes.

As a girl, if she couldn't make use of her advantage of speed and agility, she was often inferior to men.

Of course, alien girls like Kagura were an exception.

Ando could clearly feel the loss of her physical strength and her heart beating faster and faster.

If this continued, there was no doubt that she would run out of energy before the bald boss.

But how could she change this passive situation?

Ando's forehead was sweating, and her mind was in a mess.

She had long seen that she was lagging behind, and she could almost foresee the outcome.

But she still couldn't think of a way to change the situation.

She hadn't tasted many defeats. Almost no one in the same generation who practiced swordsmanship in the countryside was her opponent. Even the older generation rarely beat her.

After coming to Shinsengumi, apart from Kondo, Hijikata, and Okita, she didn't have the chance to spar with them. She had sparred with most of the team members and team leaders, and she won more than she lost.

She had always been confident in her swordsmanship. After coming to Shinsengumi, her confidence had only increased. She had thought that she was strong enough to hold her own.

He was just an ordinary baldy. How could she lose to him?

She bit her lower lip and waved her hand forcefully, but it was a feint.

The bald boss had actually seen through her ploy. He didn't block her move, but instead slashed towards her weakness.

She was shocked and quickly moved back. She staggered a bit before she could stand firm.

She moved her foot and felt a sharp pain in her ankle.

Her back broke out in a cold sweat. She was already at a disadvantage, and now she accidentally sprained her ankle. Could she still win?

Her heart was beating like a drum. Everything around her seemed to be non-existent. The only thing left in front of her was this short, thin, bald enemy.

His small eyes narrowed into slits, but there was a frightening light in them.

She gripped the black hilt of her sword and raised her hand slightly.

Her fingertips were numb from the cold, and her muscles were tense. Her judgment of her chances of winning sharply decreased.

If she couldn't win, would she die?

This was the second time she had thought of death. The first time was when she was fighting side by side with Okita in the casino.

At that time, she also thought that she would die in the end. But in the end, the vice-captain and his team members came to the rescue, and she didn't die.

This time …..

She glanced at Okita, who was fighting on the side.

The four of them besieged him, and he was surrounded in the middle. Their fighting speed was extremely fast. She just glanced at them, and she didn't know if Okita had the upper hand.

It was already quite difficult for her to deal with one enemy. Now, Okita was dealing with four of them. Moreover, the enemy was using weapons with thorns and hooks that could easily cut through flesh. How could it be as easy as usual?

Not to mention hitting, even if he touched them, he would be crippled, right?

"You actually dared to be distracted. You're a very brave woman."

The bald boss attacked with a knife. She was shocked, and almost reflexively blocked his weapon with the knife in front of her chest.

"Instead of worrying about Sogo Okita, you should worry about yourself."

Maybe it was because he saw his chance of winning, but the bald boss was actually in the mood to talk to her.

His moves suddenly sped up, and each move was close. Ando could only use all the strength in her body to block.

She was about to lose without being able to use her advantage. This was the most cowardly way to lose.

"I'm not afraid to tell you, these four people have been training for a long time to deal with Sogo Okita.

Every move and every move is aimed at his weakness.

You two will definitely die here.

But, there is still a bit of suspense. Will you watch him die, or will he watch you die? "

Damn baldy, I'm just at a disadvantage. It's not like I've really lost.

Ando's heart was filled with anger. If she was still nervous and afraid before, she wouldn't have remembered to calculate her chances of winning after being provoked by him.

Probability wasn't important at all. Even if it was only one in ten thousand, she had to win this time!

Many times, the deciding factor of a person's success or failure was not their own strength, but their conviction.

Ando's conviction had almost reached the max. Her eyes were filled with passion, and her hand movements were faster and more powerful than before.

The bald boss clearly didn't expect this change. He thought that she was an arrow at the end of its flight, and that it was only a matter of time before he defeated her. Who would have thought that her anger would explode at this time, and her strength would increase greatly.

This change caught him off guard, and he couldn't immediately find a way to deal with it.

She used this moment as an opportunity. She used Ando's family's sword technique, and stabbed eleven times in a row. Her movements were light and agile, and each move was simple, but each one was fatal.

The bald boss obviously didn't expect her to have such a move, and was completely in a passive position.

Ando was like a fish in the sea, and she was able to use her advantage with ease.

In an instant, the offensive and defensive positions were switched.

Thinking of how the bald boss had underestimated her, Ando went straight for his heart, and didn't give him any chance.

Victory and defeat were decided in an instant. There was no absolute winner on the battlefield, and the ones who could survive were always those who could seize the opportunity and not give the enemy any chance to escape.

The bald boss was an experienced veteran, but he had forgotten this principle when he met a woman.

He fell into a pool of blood, but didn't close his eyes.

Before he died, he might have regretted underestimating her, but he didn't have the chance to correct his mistake.

Ando stepped over his body and walked to Okita's side.

From the time she sneaked into the factory until now, it had taken almost an hour. As Ando, she was almost at her body's limit.

Even though the battle was over, her heart was still beating twice as fast as usual.

She didn't have any more experience to intervene in Okita's battle, not to mention that she wasn't allowed to do so at this time.

Okita was still surrounded by four people. These four people weren't alone, and they cooperated quite well in this battle.

Otherwise, Okita wouldn't have been unable to finish off a single one of them after fighting for so long.

Could he win?

Ando's heart was in her throat.

At this time, a heavy metal object fell to the ground, and Ando was startled.

She looked for the source of the sound, and saw Huang Mao with heavy makeup trying to sneak away.

She moved quickly, put the knife on his neck, and said coldly, "Want to run?

Stay in prison for the rest of your life. "

Huang Mao's legs trembled. If it wasn't for the cold weapon on his neck, he would have knelt down and kowtowed to her.

"Miss Officer, please spare me!

It has nothing to do with me, it's all that bald boss's fault!

It was that bald boss who found me and said that he could help me get revenge. I originally planned to go back to my hometown and get married.

Let me go, I'll definitely change my ways and go home to farm. I won't do anything bad. "Huang Mao eagerly said, tears running down his face.

Black, white, and red blended together, and his face was like a color palette.

"You can keep this confession for the director." Ando knocked him out with the handle of the knife and said lightly.

Ando had a rough idea why this Ronin organization was a combination of idiots and capable people. Maybe these people were all used by others, and their real opponents hadn't surfaced yet.

She suddenly regretted killing the bald boss. She should have left him alive and pried some useful information out of him.

But after thinking about it, she probably didn't have the ability to capture him alive.