"Is your Majesty...so you're not sleeping?" the tall ronin asked with a look of astonishment on his face.
"Yes." The ronin said as he took away the bamboo hat covering his face and put it on his chest.
Because of the dim light, the four ronin could not see the man's face clearly.
"Let me tell you..." the ronin said in a helpless tone, "Where did you hear these rumors about the 'Executioner Ittosai'?"
This person was obviously asking the tall ronin who was talking eloquently just now, telling the story of "The Executioner Ittosai".
Being asked like this suddenly made the tall ronin a little confused.
After swallowing a few mouthfuls of saliva and barely stabilizing his mind, the tall rogue said:
"I heard it from other wanderers who call the world home."
"These rumors you have heard are really full of mistakes..."
The young ronin let out a few helpless sighs.
"First of all - Ogata Issei was not the only person involved in the assassination of Matsudaira Gennai."
"There are a total of seven people involved in the assassination, including Ogata Issei."
"It's just that only Ogata Issei survived."
"Secondly - Ogata Yisei is not a one-man swordsman..."
"In addition to Sakakibara's Itto style, he also used other sword techniques."
"But Ogata Issei's head is now worth 300 rye - that's right."
"Really...why did it become such a version full of errors and omissions..."
The four ronin were stunned by what this young ronin said.
"Your Majesty..." the tall ronin asked in confusion, "Why do you know so clearly?"
"Listening to your tone, it sounds like you were at the scene when Ogata Yoshie assassinated Matsudaira Gennai..."
"...I actually heard it from other people." After a moment of silence, the young ronin said softly, "I think the version I heard is more accurate."
As soon as the young ronin finished speaking, the fat ronin let out a sneer:
"It took me a long time...it turns out that what you just said was also heard from hearsay."
"Since it's just hearsay, don't act like you're swearing by it, as if what you said is completely correct."
"That's right!" Thin Ronin also echoed, "If you are not sure whether what you are saying is correct, don't teach others that what they are saying is wrong!"
"Okay, okay..." The tall ronin tried to smooth things over with a bitter smile, "Just talk about what you have to say. Don't be so aggressive in your tone."
The young ronin didn't seem to care about the two words spoken in a harsh tone by the fat ronin and the thin ronin.
He just said in a casual tone:
"Forget it, there's nothing to talk about on this topic. You guys can continue talking. I'll go back to sleep."
After that, the young ronin put the bamboo hat back on his face and stopped making any sound.
The four ronin, headed by the fat ronin, only regarded the young ronin's speech just as a small episode.
No one cared.
After the young ronin covered his face with a bamboo hat and fell asleep again, the four ronin started chatting enthusiastically again.
The topic magically jumped from "The Executioner Ittosai" to a topic that all men love - women.
However - before they could chat for long, the door of the ancient temple was suddenly punched... no, it should be said that it was suddenly kicked open!
The wind and snow followed the kicked-open door and poured into the ancient temple.
While tightening their clothes due to the cold, the four ronin looked toward the kicked-open door of the ancient temple.
At the gate of the ancient temple, three samurai with their swords drawn out were standing.
Based on the dirty and tattered clothes of these three samurai, it is not difficult to tell that the three of them are also ronin.
Before Fatty Ronin and others could ask what these three people were doing, these three people rushed into the ancient temple without saying a word.
He rushed straight to the young ronin who was leaning against the wall in the corner of the ancient temple and sleeping.
"Hey." The leader of the three ronin asked the young ronin, "Are you the 'Executioner Ittosai'?"
As soon as this person finished speaking, the expressions of the four ronin led by the fat ronin suddenly changed.
Especially the fat Ronin and the thin Ronin who just laughed at the young Ronin.
Both of their faces immediately turned pale.
"Executioner, executioner..." Fat Ronin even let out an incredible groan.
In response to the uninvited guest's aggressive questioning, the young ronin just silently took away the bamboo hat covering his face, then looked at the three people surrounding him with doubtful eyes, and asked:
"...Who are you?"
"The three of us are the unparalleled 'Yoshimura Brothers', living off bounty money. We have long hair, are about 20 years old, and wear light green feathers... The conditions are exactly the same. It can be said that we found you, Ogata
Ittosai."
Another one of the three people who called themselves the ‘Yoshimura Brothers’ laughed evilly:
"For your head, we three brothers spent nearly a month tracking you! Now we have found you! Your head belongs to us!"
Looking at the three bounty hunters in front of him, the young ronin sighed softly.
Then——
bass!
laugh!
The sound of a sharp blade being unsheathed was heard.
What followed immediately was the sound of sharp blades slicing through skin and muscles.
The unsheathed sword turned into a ray of cold light, illuminating the ancient temple and at the same time moving from bottom to top towards the body of the bounty hunter closest to him.
The sharp blade slashed into the bounty hunter's crotch, and then slashed out from his left shoulder from bottom to top.
"Brother!"*2
The other two ronin screamed in unison.
[Ding! Use Wuwo Sword Style·Raikiri to kill the enemy]
[Acquire 110 personal experience points and 100 experience points for the swordsmanship "Wuwo Sword Style"]
[Current personal level: LV21 (900/2500)]
[Wuwo Knife Style Level: 7th Stage (1100/5000)]
The young ronin swung the sword in his hand downwards, and after shaking off the blood on the blade, he said in a calm tone that was neither salty nor light:
"Line up for me. There are many people who want to kill me, 'Executioner Ittosai'."
"You bastard..."
Before the other one of the three brothers had time to finish his dirty words, the young ronin...or rather Ogami struck the sword with a wave of his hand.
Using the dragon's tail of Sakakibara's Itto style, he cut off the man's throat with a single blow.
Then he adjusted the blade in his hand and pierced the heart of the last person with a bird's thorn.
These two people couldn't even react from the beginning to the end, so they died under Ogata's sword.
With three sharp knives, all three bounty hunters were killed.
From drawing out the sword to sheathing it, only a few seconds passed.
"Why are there always idiots who overestimate their abilities and come looking for death..."
Ogata took out his pocket paper and wiped the blood on the knife while sighing with helplessness.