"It seems that you and I are really not the same person."
"What a shame."
"After I saw that you and I were both executioners who killed countless people, I thought that I might be able to become friends with you."
"It seems unlikely."
After saying that, Issun slowly lowered his body's center of gravity and re-arranged his fighting posture.
"You no longer have a knife. How long can you hold on with only one knife left?!"
Although I was not able to kill the little girl just now to vent my anger, Ichun felt a little regretful.
But the excitement of successfully destroying Ogata's sword made up for this regret.
Destroying one of Ogata's swords is equivalent to breaking one of Ogata's arms. It's hard not to feel excited about this.
Although there was only one sword left in his hand, Ogata looked calm from beginning to end, as if he was not worried about the impact that missing a sword would have on his strength.
Before Yichun could launch an attack, he clenched the only sword left in his palm with both hands and took the initiative to kill Yichun.
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Kinnosuke's mansion, 2nd floor, storage room.
At this time, the storage room had been turned into a mess by Atachi and others.
The tatami is dotted with a large number of cabinets and barrels pulled out of the lockers, and the cabinets and barrels contain all kinds of strange things.
"Hey!" Amachi couldn't help shouting to the maid next to him who had worked at Kinnosuke's house for many years, "Do you really not know how Kinnosuke puts things in this storage room?"
This is the question Amachi asked the maid countless times.
And the maid responded to Atachi with the same answer for countless times.
"I really don't know." The maid grimaced and shook her head, "I'm just a maid who specializes in doing various chores and hard work. How could I possibly know that Konnosuke-sama puts things in this storage room?
What are the rules!”
"Tsk..." A-Machi punched the locker in front of him with an annoyed look on his face.
Both A-Machi and the maid whom A-Machi brought to help worked very hard to rummage through every cabinet and bucket in the storage room one by one.
But - there are too many cabinets and barrels in this storage room.
There are 3 large lockers close to the wall, and the total number of bins in the 3 lockers is more than 200.
Such a huge amount makes one’s scalp numb just by looking at it.
Although Atachi and others have been rummaging tirelessly, so far, they have only pulled out less than half of the number of cabinets - and there are no knives in any of these cabinets.
When rummaging through the pile of cabinets and barrels to find the locations of Mahashiten and Mahavatar, various disgusting situations frequently appeared.
For example - just now, a male villager who was asked to help by Atachi found a long strip-shaped object wrapped in layers of white cloth from a cabinet bucket - it looked very much like a sword.
After excitedly taking it apart, I discovered that it was just a bamboo pole similar in length to a knife.
A-Machi took two steps back and looked around anxiously at the three large lockers where more than half of the cabinets had not been pulled out.
Pulling out the lockers one by one like this, by the time Daeshukten and Dazizai were found, Ogata might have been hacked to death by Ishun.
Snapped!
Ating raised his left hand and slapped his left cheek hard.
Atachi didn't show any mercy to herself. After receiving the slap from her, her left cheek immediately turned red and she felt a stinging sensation.
But thanks to the tingling sensation, Atachi felt a little more awake.
My brain, which was originally a little confused due to anxiety, became a little clearer.
After forcing himself to stay calm through the pain, Atachi closed his eyes tightly.
Recalling all the information he knew about this storage room.
The first thing that came to A-Machi's mind was what the maid told her - everything in this storage room was placed in various cabinets and buckets by Konnosuke according to certain rules.
After recalling what the maid said to her, Amachi recalled the scene tonight when Konnosuke brought her and Ogata here to see Kazuyo and the prescription that Kazuo wrote for Konnosuke.
At that time, Kinnosuke, who led her and Ogata into the storage room, without any hesitation immediately found the cabinets where the two prescriptions were located among the more than 200 cabinets and buckets——
This is enough to prove that what the maid said is true.
Everything in this storage room is really arranged according to a certain pattern. Only in this way can Konnosuke find the two prescriptions that have been stored for many years so quickly.
Finally, Amachi recalled what Sokai once told them about Konnosuke's evaluation - "Kinnosuke is good at everything, but unfortunately he has a small problem, that is, he likes to be neat and tidy.
When it comes to things, I like to place them according to specific rules."
Atachi raised his hand and grabbed his hair with an annoyed look on his face.
All the information known so far points to the same fact - as long as we find the pattern of Konnosuke's placement of things, we can quickly find the locations of Daishiten and Daizuzai.
However - this is also the biggest difficulty.
Who knows what Konosuke’s rules are for putting things away?
The only one who knows this pattern is Konnosuke himself, who is still in a coma...
Opening his eyes, Atachi punched the locker in front of him again with an annoyed look on his face.
At this moment - just as Atachi punched the locker in front of her hard, she suddenly noticed two things at her feet.
It's a few locks and a few boxes of nails.
Looking at the locks and boxes of nails at his feet, A-Machi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Amachi is very impressed with these two things.
Because this is what she just pulled out from two adjacent cabinets and barrels.
After seeing the locks and nails inside the two cabinets, A-Machi poured the two items out and threw the two cabinets aside.
Looking at the locks and boxes of nails at his feet, A-Machi couldn't help but complain in his heart:
——These cabinets really have everything in them...
——Does that Konnosuke have a hobby of collecting sundries... You can see all kinds of sundries in these cabinets and bins...
——And how on earth does this Kinnosuke arrange things...
——Why are locks and nails, such unrelated things, placed in adjacent cabinets and buckets... huh?
As soon as this complaint settled in A-Ding's heart, her pupils shrank slightly uncontrollably.
Because she just suddenly noticed that there is a special connection between locks and nails.
--Could it be that……?!
Holding on to the hypothesis that suddenly emerged from his mind, Atachi quickly opened another cabinet bucket adjacent to the one with the lock and the nails.
Inside this cabinet bucket is a necklace made of animal teeth.
After A-Machi took out this necklace, the maid on the side quickly introduced it to A-Machi:
"This is the Ezo necklace that Konnosuke-sama bought a few years ago."
Atachi ignored the maid's introduction and muttered softly:
"necklace……"
After throwing aside the necklace in his hand, Atachi opened the cabinet on the upper floor of the cabinet where the necklace was placed.
There are several sets of keys placed in the cabinet on the upper floor.
"key……"
As Machi muttered softly, he opened the cabinet bucket next to him.
There is a mirror in the cabinet next to it.
"Mirror……"
Open the cabinet bucket above the mirror - there are several small jars inside.
I unscrewed the jars and smelled them - it was lamp oil.
"kerosene……!"
A hint of excitement slowly appeared in his eyes, and he quickly opened the cabinet next to the lamp oil.
In the cabinet next to the lamp oil, there are several stacks of rice paper.
Looking at the rice paper contained in the newly opened cabinet, several dazzling rays of light burst out from A-Machi's eyes.
"found it!"
Excitement filled A-Machi's chest, and he couldn't help shouting like this.
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Kinnosuke's mansion, 3rd floor——
"Ha...ha...ha...ha...ha...ha..."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Be it Ogata or Konnosuke, both of them were out of breath now.
Even if there is only one sword left, Ogata's combat power has not been greatly reduced. It will indeed become a lot more difficult to parry Ishun's attacks, but he can still fight with Ishun with his skills such as stepping forward.
There has to be a return.
The current battle situation between the two can be described in one word: a stalemate.
Ogata couldn't find a chance to kill Ishun for a while.
Isshun also couldn't find a chance to kill Ogata.
The two of them remained in a state of stalemate, looking for an opportunity to change the stalemate in one fell swoop.
"...You guy...are really in trouble..."
The word "ugly" is not enough to describe Yichun's face at this moment.
The severe pain that was constantly radiating from various parts of his body, and the anxiety that he was still unable to kill Ogata, made Ishun's face become heavier and more ugly.
"Hey, kid!"
Ichijun shouted rudely while slowly raising the large naginata in his hand to his upper right side.
Looking at Ishun's posture, Ogata's eyes couldn't help but narrow slightly.
Issun's posture was quite familiar to Ogata.
This is the starting position of "Gyro".
"I won't make any reservations this time." Yichun said solemnly, "I will use all 13 consecutive 'Gyroscopes'. If you have the guts, just take this move of mine!"
Yichun has made up his mind - he will bet the outcome on his most powerful killing move.
The two of them were now in the most spacious place on the third floor, making it easy for Ichijun to use his most powerful killing move.
At the same time - the reason why Isumi planned to rely on the "gyro" to decide the outcome was also to bully Ogata, who was about to use the sword in his hand.
Issun was sure that when the bastard in front of him received the second or third blow from his "gyro", he would definitely break due to overwhelm.
When Ogata saw Isjun who had already made the "gyro" starting move, a solemn look gradually appeared on his cheeks.
The attack range of "Gyro" is extremely large, and its speed is also quite astonishing.
It's not easy to avoid them all.
If you are even the slightest bit careless, you will end up being cut in half.
For "Gyro", the most reliable way to defend yourself is to take all his slashes.
However - with the broken knife in his hand that was already riddled with holes, Ogata did not have the confidence to take all of Ishun's slashes...
Just when Ogata looked solemn and thought about how to deal with the enemy——
"Ayi!"
A shout suddenly came from the stairs in the distance.
"A-Machi...?"
Ogata followed the sound and looked at Amachi, who was walking through the stairs and limping toward him, with a stunned look on his face.
The reason why Ogata looked stunned was partly because Atachi, who should have been hiding in a safe area, actually appeared in front of him at this time.
On the other hand, it was because Amachi was holding two swords in his arms at this time.
A sword and a sword.
The two knives, from the handle to the blade to the scabbard, are all composed of blue and gold.
Both the blade and the scabbard are engraved with extremely gorgeous patterns, and the appearance is very beautiful.
Issun was also astonished at the sudden appearance of Atachi.
But after being stunned, his eyes immediately burst out with a fierce light.
Even a fool can see what Atachi is planning to do while holding two swords.
"Don't even think about it!"
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Ichijun yelled and rushed towards Omachi quickly, intending to prevent him from handing the knife in her arms to Ogata.
After Ogata saw Isshun rushing towards Amachi, he also hurried towards Amachi with an anxious look on his face.
As for Atachi - after seeing Ishun rushing towards her, a bit of cunning flashed across her face.
Because——she had already guessed that Ichijun would do this.
"Ayi! Catch it!"
Omachi swung the two swords in his hand towards Ogata with one arm.
"What?!" After letting out a low cry of disbelief, Ichun hurriedly stopped.
There is no point in hunting down Atachi now.
A-Machi throws very accurately, which may also be related to her strong shooting skills.
After the two knives leaped to the highest point in the air, they slowly fell down.
And the location where it fell happened to be Ogata's location.
Ogata was stunned for a moment when he saw Omachi suddenly throwing the two swords at him.
Then he reacted quickly, casually throwing aside the broken knife in his hand, and then jumped with all his strength towards the two knives that were falling towards him.
Issunya didn't intend to just sit back and watch Ogata get a new sword.
It's too late to go after Ogata now.
Therefore, Ishun grabbed the half-cut screen that fell just beside his feet and threw it towards the two falling knives.
Passing through this half screen, knocking away the two knives in mid-air, and preventing Ogata from taking the knives - this is Ichijun.
Ogata's take-off and Isumi's throwing of half of the screen were almost at the same time.
And the speed of the two knives leaning into the air is almost the same.
Just when Ogata, half of the screen, and the two knives collided almost simultaneously in mid-air——
brake!
The sound of paper products being shredded reached the ears of everyone present.
After this sound fell, what followed was the sound of Ogata landing.
And——the sound of the screen fragments chopped into four pieces falling to the ground.
These two blue and gold swords were inserted into Ogata's left waist.
The wakizashi is still inserted into the scabbard, and the sword is held in the hand.
The dazzling light reflected from the blade became one of the few in the field at this time, but it was the most dazzling light.
"Thank you, Amachi, for sending me these two knives... especially!"
Ogata swung the katana in his right hand sharply down to the right.
The wind pressure caused by the swing of the blade blew away the dust on the ground on Ogata's right side, and also blew the feather fabric on Ogata's body, causing a hunting sound.