Looking at the hundreds of Hirose Domain warriors in front of him who wanted to take his life, Ogata recalled the days when he practiced swordsmanship at Sakakibara Dojo.
It was a carefree and happy time.
Just remembering it, Ogata couldn't help but have a smile on his face.
"Ogata Issei!"
There was a sudden explosion.
The owner of the voice was none other than Nanabahara, who was firmly guarding Gennai Matsudaira at this moment.
"Put your knife down!"
One after another, loud shouts spread out in all directions with Qi Yuan's tall and strong body as the center.
"Don't think that just because you have a certificate from Sakakibara Itto-ryu, you are unparalleled in the world!"
"No matter how superb your swordsmanship is, can you still be so good that you can compete with hundreds of people at the same time?!"
Nanabahara's loud shout made Ogata's thoughts gradually withdraw from his memories.
Ogata raised his eyes and let his gaze slide over the faces of the hundreds of warriors in front of him one by one.
Looking at the hundreds of enemies in front of him, Ogata's face showed neither sadness nor joy.
Ogata slowly raised the knife tightly held in his right hand.
The tip of the sword was pointed directly at Matsudaira Gennai and Nanabahara, who were protected by the hundreds of samurai in front of them.
Ogata answered Nanabahara with his actions.
Looking at Ogata's action, Nanabahara felt that all the blood in his body was rushing to his head, and his face turned crimson at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Ogata Issei!"
Qin Yuan, whose face turned red with anger, shouted again.
"You are such a treasonous person! As a subject of Hirose Domain, as a samurai, you actually want to assassinate your lord!"
"I kindly gave you a chance, but you still don't appreciate it!"
"Do you still have the sense of shame as a warrior?!"
Ogata listened quietly to Nanabahara's shouting.
Then he said in a calm tone:
"I did not come here as a warrior today."
"Today, I stand before you as a man."
After saying that, Ogata slowly raised his left hand that was hanging naturally.
It rests on the wakizashi inserted into the left waist.
bass!
Then pull the wakizashi out of the sheath in one breath.
The katana on Ogata's right hand and the wakizashi on his left hand reflected the cold light under the light of the sky.
After pulling out the wakizashi, Ogata slowly assumed the stance of the "Mugo Two Swordsman Style".
Looking at Ogata holding the two swords in his hands, Gennai Matsudaira's face was full of curiosity, while Nanahara's pupils shrank slightly and he took a breath.
Nanabahara saw it accurately - Ogata showed some kind of two-sword style swordsmanship.
Although he didn't recognize which school of er-blade style it was.
"Ogata Issei!" Nanabahara continued to shout violently, "You can actually use the two-sword style?!"
"When did you have the illusion that I only know Sakakibara Itto-style swordsmanship?"
"I must take off Matsudaira Gennai's dog's head today."
Ogata, who had been expressionless since just now, finally had a shadow revealing murderous intent on his face.
"Let's see who has the guts to come and stop me!"
As if frightened by the momentum Ogata exuded at this time, many of the hundreds of Hirose Domain warriors blocking Ogata involuntarily took half a step or even several steps back.
"Hmph." Nanabao snorted coldly with his nose, "You are stubborn! If you use an extra sword, can your strength be doubled?! Hirose's warriors! Cut this treasonous man into pieces.
part!"
As Nanabahara's order was issued, the hundreds of Hirose Domain warriors roared and raised their swords high to kill Ogata.
And Ogata also grasped the long and short swords in his hands without fear, and slowly walked towards the hundreds of enemies in front of him step by step...
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4 months ago——
The first year of Kanzheng (1789 AD), May 3rd.
Hirose Domain, Sakakihara Dojo.
"Ogata-senpai! Ogata-senpai!"
Xu Yi heard someone calling him.
"Ogata-senpai! We are having a sword duel! Why are you so dazed!"
The volume of the male voice just now suddenly increased, making Xu Yi feel that his eardrums were beginning to hurt.
Open your eyes suddenly.
The first thing that caught his eye was a young man standing in front of him, with a shaved head and a wooden sword in his hand.
The person who just kept calling Xu Yi was this young man.
——Where is this...? Shouldn’t I be reading in my study room?
Xu Yi said this secretly in his heart, while turning his eyes and looking around him.
Japanese-style dojo, rows of wooden swords placed on the edge of the dojo, and a group of people kneeling on the edge of the dojo, looking at him with doubtful eyes.
And the young man standing in front of him holding a wooden sword.
The man holding a wooden sword and standing in front of Xu Yi frowned again and said in an unhappy tone:
"Ogata-senpai! What's wrong with you today? Why are you always in a daze? If it were a life-and-death duel, you would already be dead!"
It was clear that this young man was speaking Japanese, but Xu Yi could understand what he was saying without any difficulty.
Only then did Xu Yi realize that he was holding a wooden sword in his hand.
He is also wearing a kimono with dark blue as the main color.
——Ogata? Sword competition?
——What kind of sword is it compared to?
As soon as he thought of this, Xu Yi suddenly felt that a large number of familiar and somewhat unfamiliar memories appeared in his mind.
His name is Ogata Ise, 20 years old.
An ordinary samurai of the Hirose Domain, his position was as a treasurer who could only receive a meager salary of 50 koku per year.
In a kendo hall called "Sakakibara Dojo", one practices the swordsmanship of the Sakakihara Ittōryu - "Sakakihara Ittōryu".
After work every day, or when I have free time, I would come to Sakakibara Dojo to practice swordsmanship.
And he is currently competing with his junior brother, Makino Bunshiro.
Competing with fellow disciples - this is one of the daily compulsory tasks at Sakakibara Dojo.
Just when Xu Yi was still slowly digesting these memories that suddenly burst into his mind, an old voice suddenly sounded from one side of the dojo:
"Ogata, cheer up."
Xu Yixun said loudly.
The speaker was an old man with gray eyebrows, beard, and hair.
This old man is none other than Sakakibara Hanbei, the master of the Sakakibara Dojo and Xu Yi's master.
After Xu Yi's eyes turned to him, Sakakihara then said in a majestic voice:
"It's really not like you to get distracted during a sword fight."
"Master, I'm sorry..."
Xu Yi can guarantee that he has never learned Japanese.
But as if it was something I was born with, my fluent Japanese kept coming out.
Xu Yi slowly raised the wooden sword in his right hand, and then grasped the hilt of the sword tightly with both hands.
The tip of the sword was pointed directly at the forehead of the junior brother Makino in front of him.
Holding the hilt of the sword, an extremely familiar feeling continuously emerges from the palm of the hand.
Seeing that Xu Yi was no longer distracted, Makino also grasped the sword again and stretched all the nerves in his body to the extreme.
After the two stood facing each other for a short period of time——
Makino took the lead in launching the first attack.
Makino turned the direction of the wooden sword in his hand and stabbed Xu Yi straight.
It was obviously the first time to hold a sword and the first time to compete with others, but Xu Yi felt that he knew how to hold a sword and how to compete with others.
Like a conditioned reflex, his body nimbly dodged Makino's sword.
Then he made a horizontal slash and swept towards Makino's chest.
When the wooden sword was about to hit Makino's chest, Xu Yi stopped the force in time, only hurting Makino but not injuring him.
"Well……"
Makino let out a dull cry of pain and then fell to the ground.
[Ding! Use Sakakibara Itto-ryu·Dragon Tail to defeat the enemy]
[Acquire 20 personal experience points and 20 swordsmanship "Sakakibara Itto-ryu" experience points]