After a brief moment of silence, the man broke the silence - he also threw down the wooden knife, but took out a sharp dagger from his bosom.

"......" Hattori Heiji narrowed his eyes slightly—he had carefully examined the body of the fat man who had died in the basement before, and the cause of that man's death seemed to be caused by a stab in the neck with such a short sword.

They didn't find the murder weapon at the scene, could it be that this short sword was the murder weapon that the murderer took away in some unknown way?

Also, if the other party intends to kill himself with this sword...... Then why did he give himself a wooden knife and duel with himself just now? Unless—

"Are you Musashibo Benkei?" Heiji Hattori took a deep breath, concentrated his mind, which was a little dazed by blood loss, and asked.

When Musashibo Benkei and Minamoto Yoshitsune met for the first time, it was because Musashibo Benkei fell in love with Gen Yoshitsune's sword, so he wanted to seize Minamoto Yoshitsune's sword through a duel.

If you say, the other party gave him a wooden knife just to replicate this process? Defeat yourself through a duel and then take your own life, which is seen as a trophy?

Anyway, before trying to think about the answer to this question, one thing is most important - survive the opponent's sharp dagger in any way.

The opponent holding such a short sword, the attack distance must be longer than his own, which means that it is almost impossible for him to attack the opponent without being attacked by the opponent. In addition, because of blood loss, I may not be as good as the other party in terms of reaction ability, so most of the losses in close confrontation are myself.

Therefore, what you should do now is to control the distance to the distance that the opponent cannot reach with a short sword - the distance should be subtle enough that the opponent cannot attack you through a single assault, but it is easy for the opponent to have the illusion that you can attack yourself through a single assault. In this case, it is easy for the opponent to choose to attack blatantly when he can't close the distance for a long time to really ensure this, and finally when he is exhausted but unable to attack him, he successfully grabs the knife and completes the counterattack.

This is a risky plan, but one that is most likely to succeed in this situation: the opponent thinks they have the upper hand, so they are likely to choose a more aggressive attack strategy.

Of course, even Hattori Heiji himself must admit that this is a situation in which the other side has the advantage. But if the other party makes a mistake, then all your disadvantages may be completely and completely reversed at the moment of success.

Quietly keep just the right distance from the man.,The other party will retreat when he advances.,When the other party retreats, he moves forward.,Hattori Heiji maneuvers with the man in this way.,Wear down the other party's patience.。

In the case of the strong fighting the weak, which is supposed to win quickly, once the strong is unable to open the situation for a long time, then the choice of making dangerous moves and betting that the opponent's ability is not enough to catch the flaw will become common, and Hattori Heiji can indeed find that the opponent is no longer stuck to the previous way of being as safe but lacking the ability to quickly resolve the battle, but gradually begins to be impatient.

[Very good, maybe you only need to hold on for another half a minute or so and the other party will lose——]

When Heiji Hattori thought about this, he suddenly felt that he had lost his balance under his feet, and his left foot, which had stepped out to keep his distance, seemed to have stepped into something very deep and cold. “！！！？？？”

When he looked at his feet in amazement, he found himself stepping into a river! [How can there be a river here......]

Even though the man was already a little impatient, he obviously did not lose his ability to catch the fleeting fighter plane, and immediately rushed forward with a knife in his hand.

[It's over......] Even if you don't admit defeat like Hattori Heiji, there is some despair in your mind at this time.

Through the dodge of the body, he barely dodged the two stabs, but the third stab could not be completely avoided in any way, and the man's stab to the heart only changed direction in front of him even under Hattori's full dodge, and finally made a cut in his clothes on the left rib of his not particularly fragile rib, revealing the skin that had bloomed with a bloody stain.

"Smack!" With such a sound, a bag fell out of Hattori's torn clothes, and collided with a stone on the ground.

The "......" man also seemed to notice the thing that had fallen out, and after hesitating for a moment, he chose to pick it up.

“！！！” After Heiji Hattori saw what it was, he immediately showed an anxious look on his face, and rushed forward with his already injured body in desperation.

The bag wasn't any evidence related to the case, but evidence that he had come to Kyoto to find his first love - now that this guy was focused on the bag, he probably thought it was something he found in the Genji Hotaru case, right?

To Hattori's surprise, the man seemed to be so focused on it that he didn't even devote enough energy to observing Hattori: of course, it was possible that the eyelets of the Noh mask he was wearing were too small to see Hattori's figure from this angle, but if he didn't hear the voice, he probably could only blame the relationship for not being able to pay enough attention to the small bag.

"Uh-" With Hattori's undisciplined, extremely amateurish attack, the man who had previously shown a very high level of professionalism was kicked back a few steps like this, and Hattori Heiji also took the opportunity to pick up the bag, and then looked at the man who had just stood up. "I'm sorry, this thing must have nothing to do with your case, so I think it's safer to keep this thing with me."

As he struggled to keep his guard on the man, the scene in front of him suddenly blurred without warning—and though it was then cleared again, the next blur soon followed. Under such dizziness, Hattori Heiji's figure shook slightly. This may not be enough for ordinary people to realize what is happening, but for those who are experienced in killing, it is tantamount to pouring a bucket of blood on a shark's body, which is enough to make the calmest shark choose to attack brazenly.

But, at this moment......

"Bang!" The man only felt that his face was slapped by something heavy, and the whole person suddenly stopped under the impetus of the huge force, and then fell backwards.

"Mr. Policeman, over here!" The voice of Toyama and Ha appeared in the ears of Hattori Heiji, who was already in a trance.

[I won't be...... Hallucinations, right? Heiji Hattori thought as he gasped. [Qianyu and they forget it, and Ye ...... How did Kazuha end up here? 】

In a blurred field of vision, the man picked something up from the ground and ran away. Only then was Hattori able to cheer up and see what had just happened.

A stocking that seemed to contain something - this is what was just slapped in the man's face. Judging by the sound of the collision, it was filled with something like a stone, so it was heavy enough to deal a blow to someone wearing a protective gear that disperses force, such as a mask.

However, the point of this stocking here is not anything else, but that he may not really be hallucinating - even if he gouges out his eyes, he can tell by his touch that these stockings are one of the most commonly used styles of Kazuha when wearing leather boots.

"Heiji, are you alright?" Immediately after, Kazuha's face appeared in Hattori Heiji's field of vision, and a warm touch came from his face.

A smile tugged at the corners of Hattori's mouth, and then it hung down weakly.

Along with the same drooping head.

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Here it is, today's historical question

V1 of the Third Reich was a missile, V2 was a ballistic missile, what ←← was V3