Li Ge's steps slowed slightly, allowing him to detach himself partially from the group.
Zhang Jie and the others naturally noticed Li Ge's small movements.
Zhan Lan was still wondering what Li Ge was up to, and just as she was about to follow, he stopped her with a glance.
Immediately after, she saw Li Ge use the katana hanging at his waist to cut off more than half of a Kabaneri's head that had been knocked down by a Steam Gun.
The Kabaneri's pale purple blood dripped from the katana.
Li Ge kicked down the Kabaneri, which was still struggling to get up, and then brought his sword down along the neck that had been mostly split open.
A pale head flew off.
And Li Ge, as if having completed something, re-hung his sword at his waist and quickened his pace to return to the group.
The other civilians and samurai showed no reaction, as they had just witnessed Li Ge frantically killing Kabaneri with a Steam Gun.
It seemed quite normal for such a madman to suddenly want to kill a Kabaneri with a sword.
However, Zhang Jie seemed to have realized something and warned Li Ge: "No matter what you're doing, remember not to accidentally harm us. Killing a Reincarnator will result in a 1000 reward point deduction from the Main God."
Zheng Zha gasped upon hearing this, looking at the katana at Li Ge's waist.
The Kabaneri's blood was still slowly dripping from it.
But in Zheng Zha's eyes, that was a sword tainted with deadly poison; whoever was cut by it would only be able to wait to turn into a Kabaneri and die.
Zheng Zha immediately followed his instincts and quietly distanced himself from Li Ge.
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. What you should be worried about right now isn't this, but the corpse tide that's coming."
"There are quite a few Kabaneri around Kōtetsujō."
"If you're not careful and get infected, you'll just have to wait to die."
Li Ge said, as if changing the subject, yet also as if giving a warning.
Everyone immediately raised their guard. After all, only Li Ge knew the plot here, and if he said so, they couldn't afford to worry about anything else.
The mission was about to be completed, and they didn't want to fall before dawn.
The group advanced for about ten minutes, and Li Ge and the others finally saw the so-called Kōtetsujō.
It was a train that looked very sturdy, and the bloodstains on its front displayed its battle achievements.
Who knew how many Kabaneri had been crushed by it.
And at this moment, many samurai were still resisting the Kabaneri's attacks around Kōtetsujō.
At a glance, at least a hundred scattered Kabaneri were rushing towards that area.
Li Ge scanned the area and found that Mu Gang's trio was also among the Kabaneri's ranks, seemingly having been given away for free.
"Is that Mu Gang?" Zheng Zha clearly saw Mu Gang, who had turned into a Kabaneri, and his expression looked somewhat grim.
"Obviously, yes. One must bear the consequences of their own choices. They are adults, and he should know this principle."
Li Ge didn't offer any insincere words of comfort, but merely used his own method to remind Zheng Zha and the others.
Zheng Zha clearly understood this principle and merely sighed, looking at the gun in his hand.
Clearly, this guy still hadn't fully recognized reality, and had attributed the cause of their potential deaths to himself.
Li Ge didn't know what to say.
As expected of Pangu's reincarnation.
Hajizha, do you really like humans that much?!
"Everyone, listen up! Protect Ayame and board Kōtetsujō to start the train!" Jiuzhi Laiqi looked at the besieged train and began to command the surrounding samurai.
Everyone, including Li Ge, immediately followed his orders and launched an attack on the Kabaneri ahead.
Bang, bang, bang!
"Six Roots Cleansed!"
The gunshots of the Steam Guns and the roars of the samurai echoed near Kōtetsujō, immediately attracting the attention of many Kabaneri attacking the Kōtetsujō.
Breaking through was not like defending; it required movement and constant vigilance for Kabaneri suddenly appearing from the surroundings.
After only a hundred meters of advancement, many samurai and civilians had been scratched by Kabaneri.
Immediately, some samurai unhesitatingly put a hole in the heads of those infected people.
And some confused civilians, seeing someone beside them being killed by a samurai, immediately panicked.
Just then, a scream suddenly came from the crowd.
"Ah! Someone behind us has turned into a Kabaneri! Everyone, run!"
Now, many people were so startled by that shout that they directly broke away from the group and ran towards Kōtetsujō, wanting to board the train first.
The group instantly fell into chaos. Ayame, as the young lady of Shifangchuan, tried to calm the civilians, but it was useless.
She was even bumped, almost falling to the ground.
Jiuzhi Laiqi, this loyal retainer who already had a fondness for Ayame, immediately became enraged at the sight, and with one slash, he cut off that person's head.
Many civilians witnessed this scene and immediately timidly avoided Ayame's direction, continuing to flee.
Jiuzhi Laiqi then breathed a sigh of relief and turned to comfort Young Lady Ayame.
At this moment, he suddenly felt a chill down his back. He instinctively turned to look, but only saw many panicked civilians.
Jiuzhi Laiqi frowned, didn't notice anything amiss, so he didn't think much of it and continued to comfort Ayame.
Among the chaotic civilian ranks, Li Ge, who had put away his sword, quietly put on the samurai clothes he had taken off.
Needless to say, he was the one who had caused the chaos just now. After all, it was easier for him to act when the waters were muddy; otherwise, he couldn't ambush this master swordsman.
Li Ge quietly circled around and returned to Zhan Lan's side, but his gaze was fixed on Jiuzhi Laiqi not far away.
Zhan Lan asked Li Ge curiously, "What did you go do?"
Li Ge didn't hide anything and said directly, "I went to ambush that leading samurai."
"Why?!" Zhan Lan was stunned by his words and subconsciously retorted.
Could it be because this person would cause trouble in the later plot, preventing Kōtetsujō from starting?
So Li Ge, having seen the plot, acted first?
Li Ge also saw that Zhan Lan seemed to have misunderstood something, but still said half-truthfully, "I just took the opportunity to test the Main God's reward mechanism with him."
After all, Li Ge had no intention of revealing that killing important plot characters could make him stronger.
And most importantly, he didn't think his small actions could be hidden from Zhang Jie, a psychic.
It was better to just state the obvious excuse.
Clearly, Zhang Jie believed him.
Zhang Jie turned to Li Ge and gave an unpleasant smile, saying, "I have to say, you're quite bold."
"You used the sword to kill Kabaneri earlier to prepare for now, right?"
"You also deliberately caused the commotion just now to facilitate your actions, but your actions just now harmed many civilians. Don't you feel guilty?"
Zhang Jie's words made Zheng Zha and the others look at Li Ge with some shock. They hadn't expected that Li Ge had actually caused the commotion just now.
"Heh, just a bunch of little Japanese, that's all. Their lives helped us divert a lot of Kabaneri's attention, and it also helped me achieve my goal. Isn't that just perfect?"
Li Ge said with a cold sneer. As soon as these words came out, even the most saintly Zheng Zha felt that there seemed to be no problem at all.
Indeed, they were just little Japanese anyway; if they died, they died.
Even Zhang Jie chuckled, but still warned Li Ge, "Then you'd better not mess up. If he dies and causes the Main God to increase the difficulty, we'll all be killed by you then."
Li Ge nodded and calmly said, "Don't worry, just follow my lead later. I have enough confidence to keep you alive."
Zhang Jie didn't know where this kid got his confidence. Could it be that being smarter meant he wasn't even afraid of Kabaneri anymore?
Li Ge calculated the time, felt it was about right, and slowly moved closer to Ayame.