Chapter 28

"Quickly!"

"Run!"

"The Kabane are coming!"

The people were completely panicked, no longer heeding the intimidation of the previous moment, and rushed towards the Koutetsusei in a frenzy.

At this moment, Fang Li could no longer maintain any order, and could only grip his dagger tightly, sighing inwardly.

All he had done was to increase the number of survivors, in order to gain more for himself.

So, he had done all he could, and from now on, he really couldn't care about these ordinary people anymore.

After all, what Fang Li truly needed to protect was Shikibu Shihouin, not these ordinary people of Kinkan Station.

At that moment, Fang Li said to Shikibu Shihouin, "Miss Shikibu, please go up first."

"But... but..." Shikibu Shihouin seemed to want to share the hardships with everyone and was unwilling to abandon the people around her.

However, Fang Li said directly, "I understand your feelings, but the Koutetsusei is a precious steed, and only you, as the eldest daughter of the Shihouin family, have the master key. If you don't go up, the Koutetsusei won't open, and everyone will be unable to leave, and we will all die."

"This guy is right, Lady Shikibu," Kuchiki Rakki looked at Shikibu Shihouin very seriously and said, "Please go up first, leave the rest to us."

"...Understood." Shikibu Shihouin fell silent for a moment, then nodded.

"You few!" Arakawa Kibito finally spoke again, pointing at a few samurai and commanding, "Take Lady Shikibu up first!"

"Yes!" The samurai responded in unison, escorting Shikibu Shihouin.

"Form the formation!" Kuchiki Rakki immediately ordered, shouting loudly, "Absolutely do not let a single Kabane pass!"

The samurai immediately formed a defensive line, raising their steam guns and aiming at the approaching Kabane army, continuously pulling the triggers.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang—!"

The chaotic gunfire continued without interruption.

The steam guns all fired at full power, sweeping the Kabane army in front of them.

"Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang—!"

The bullets from the steam guns hit the Kabane, producing sounds as if they were hitting steel, sparks flying, and knocking down the Kabane.

However, these Kabane quickly got up again and continued to charge.

At this moment, even Kuchiki Rakki couldn't say anything, and together with Arakawa Kibito, he raised his steam gun and continuously fired, the gunfire never ceasing.

Among the people present, besides the samurai firing the guns, only Fang Li, Nameless, and Seikoma remained.

"Damn!" Seikoma cursed and was about to rush forward.

However, before he could, Nameless suddenly spun around and swept Seikoma's legs with a powerful kick.

"Thud—!"

At the sound of the impact, Seikoma howled in pain, falling to the ground and crashing onto the surface.

"You..." Seikoma glared at Nameless. "What are you doing?!"

"Shouldn't we be the ones asking that?" Fang Li said to Seikoma, somewhat speechless. "What were you planning to do just now?"

"Of course, I was going to fight!" Seikoma said without hesitation. "Steam guns can't defeat the Kabane, only my Kanzume can pierce the heart membrane of the Kabane, so I must fight!"

"Are you stupid?" Fang Li rolled his eyes and said very bluntly, "Putting aside what just happened, you're willing to step forward, and your non-human identity has already been exposed. If you rush forward, do you think those cowardly samurai won't shoot you along with the Kabane, sending you straight to hell?"

Seikoma was speechless, looking at the Kabane army that continued to advance despite the gunfire, and said hesitantly, "But, if this continues..."

"If this continues, the Kabane will eventually get here," Fang Li also looked ahead and said, "But we only need to buy time to start the Koutetsusei, not fight the Kabane. As long as the Koutetsusei starts before the Kabane get here, we win. We don't need to kill all the Kabane to win, understand the premise."

This time, Seikoma had nothing to say.

"Anyway, if you want to survive, it's best to get in the car honestly. Otherwise, even if you are a Kabane-ze, if you get overwhelmed by the Kabane army, you will definitely die," Fang Li said directly. "After you get in, stay in the last car and don't touch anyone."

"Then... what about you?" Seikoma almost instinctively said, "Aren't you going up? That's too dangerous!"

Fang Li was speechless, just staring straight at Seikoma, making Seikoma feel uncomfortable.

After a while, Fang Li smiled and said, "You were just confronting me, and now you're worried about my safety. Indeed, the so-called protagonist is always a good guy."

"Eh?" Seikoma was stunned.

Protagonist?

What does that mean?

"Alright, you'd better get up there quickly." Fang Li didn't give Seikoma time to react, his gaze turning to the front.

"I don't hate people like you, so don't die, good guy."

With that, Fang Li stomped the ground and leaped over the samurai's defensive line, rushing towards the Kabane army.

"What...?!" Seikoma was shocked.

Kuchiki Rakki and Arakawa Kibito, along with the other samurai, were also stunned.

Fang Li, however, seemed to be completely unaware, looking at the Kabane army that was desperately advancing through the gunfire, not afraid that the samurai's bullets would hit him. His eyes suddenly turned into icy blue magic eyes.

Seeing Fang Li charge forward as if no one else was there, the nearest Kabane let out a roar.

"Bang—!"

At that moment, a gunshot rang out.

The roaring Kabane was shot, trembling all over, sparks flying in front of it, and its movement suddenly halted.

Fang Li didn't need to turn around to know who had fired the shot.

"Really."

The girl named Nameless, holding a red steam gun, slowly untied the chain around her neck.