Kawasakizawa Chosamemon narrowly evaded this fatal attack, but his left shoulder was inadvertently slashed by Arimura Jisaburo.
The fourth patriot to kill by the side of the palanquin—Kurosawa Chuzaburo—arrived at this moment.
Arimura Jisaburo, Kurosawa Chuzaburo, and Hirooka Sonosuke attacked Kawasakizawa Chosamemon from three different directions.
Kawasakizawa Chosamemon, unable to fight off six hands with just his two fists, finally succumbed to a fatal blow.
But before his last breath, he used the remaining strength in his body for one final counterattack, slicing vertically from Hirooka Sonosuke's forehead to the corner of his mouth, with a bone-crushing sound that made one's teeth ache.
Hirooka Sonosuke let out a piercing scream, collapsed to the ground, and his body convulsed uncontrollably.
Arimura Jisaburo could no longer afford to check on his comrade's condition.
