He dodged Makino's attack beautifully, then stepped forward and knocked Makino's sword away with one strike - all in one movement.
[Ding! Use Sakakibara Itto-ryu·Dragon Tail to defeat the enemy]
[Acquire 20 personal experience points and 20 swordsmanship "Sakakibara Itto-ryu" experience points]
[Current personal level: LV9 (260/800)]
[Sakakihara Itto-ryu level: 5th Dan (280/900)]
One of the reasons for holding the competition in the museum is to facilitate Hanbei to check the swordsmanship level of his disciples.
Therefore, in every indoor competition, Hanbei will carefully watch every competition of his disciples.
It was like this just now - after the competition between Ogata and Makino began, Hanbei watched the competition between the two carefully and intently.
After seeing Ogata dodge Makino's attack with extremely beautiful reflexes and speed, Hanbei's pupils narrowed slightly unconsciously.
Then he cast his serious eyes on Ogata...
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Although he had already guessed that his chances of winning were slim, after being instantly killed by Ogata, Makino still showed a faint look of disappointment on his face.
But Makino is also an open-minded person.
After losing to Ogata, he accepted his defeat frankly, saluted each other with Ogata, and then retreated to the edge of the dojo, leaving the place to the next pair of brothers.
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The pace of the swordsmanship competition is quite fast.
Whether it's a fight between masters and masters, or a fight between novices, the winner can be determined very quickly.
Basically every match lasted less than a few minutes and ended.
So soon - it was Ogata's turn for the second competition.
Ogata's opponent in the second competition was a senior brother with whom he was not very close.
Although he was not very close to this senior brother, Ogata had heard that his senior brother's strength was among the best among the disciples of the Sakakibara Sword Hall.
It's a pity that this senior brother, whose strength is relatively good among the disciples of the Sakakibara Sword Hall, is also very clear in Ogata's eyes.
Ogata couldn't help but sigh - his powerful reflexes were really an advantage in battle.
As long as you can clearly see through and follow your opponent's movements, it will be difficult to lose.
Ogata perfectly dodged the senior brother's attack, and then put the sword beautifully on the senior brother's neck...
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Now that Ogata's two attributes, agility and reflexes, have both reached 8 points, his group of fellow disciples are all vulnerable - although it sounds awkward to say this, it is a fact.
With overwhelming momentum, Ogata conducted 6 consecutive competitions and defeated 6 senior brothers led by Makino.
After defeating 6 senior brothers led by Makino, Ogata gained a total of 140 experience points for his personal level, and Sakakibara gained a total of 220 experience points for his Itto style.
After winning 6 games in a row, Ogata finally ushered in his last game of the day.
At the same time - it is also the last competition of this indoor competition.
Both he and Ogata advanced to the "finals", and the person who competed with Ogata for the position of leader in this indoor competition was no one's surprise - it was Mikami.
Before the competition started in the hall, the disciples of the Sakakihara Sword Hall had privately discussed which two people would compete in the final competition.
The ones with the loudest voices were Ogata and Mikami.
Mikami was the one who won the top spot in two consecutive in-house competitions at their Sakakihara Kenkan.
Ogata, on the other hand, has suddenly risen to prominence recently. A while ago, he had a private competition with Toyama from the Ishikawa Kenkan Hall and ended up with a tie.
Most people believe that unless something unexpected happens, the people who advance to the "final battle" of this indoor competition must be Ogata and Mikami.
And Ogata and Mikami did not disappoint the expectations of their disciples - they both defeated all their opponents and became each other's final opponents.
Ogata moved his right wrist that was holding the sword while looking at Mikami opposite him with a calm expression.
Compared to Ogata's calm expression, Mikami's expression was undoubtedly much more serious.
Mikami usually always has a warm smile on his face, but it is rare for him to be so serious like now.
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"Ogata-kun."
Mikami, who originally had a serious face, now had a bit of a smile on his face because the left corner of his mouth was slightly raised.
"Before the indoor competition started, I vaguely guessed that you would be my biggest opponent in this year's indoor competition."
"Concentrate, Ogata-kun."
"This year's in-hall competition - I will win the top spot no matter what!"
"I want to obtain the position of chief again, and then go to the God Sacrifice Competition again!"
Hearing Mikami's words, Ogata raised his eyebrows.
"Mikami-senpai...are you planning to find Toyama Ichi to avenge your shame?"
"That's right!" Mikami nodded readily.
This year, the person representing the Ishikawa Kenkan in the God Sacrifice Competition is still Toyama Renichiro - this kind of thing is not a secret, you can find out with a little inquiry.
A while ago, Mikami had heard from a friend that Toyama Renichiro would once again participate in this year's God Festival.
After hearing the news, Mikami felt that every part of his body was filled with strong fighting spirit.
"Ogata-kun...you should also know what happened in last year's God Festival, right?"
"Of course I know..." Ogata said without thinking.
In last year's god-sacrifice competition, Mikami was instantly killed by Toyama Ren'ichirō with a sword. This incident was not only a shame for Mikami himself, but also a shame for their Sakakihara sword academy.
The God Sacrifice Competition has long since deviated from the original intention when it was founded. It is no longer a friendly match between two sword halls, but has become an important competition that concerns the face and dignity of the two sword halls.
Whichever sword hall's disciples can defeat the other sword hall's disciples and win the God Sacrifice Competition, then the reputation of the masters and disciples of that sword hall will naturally increase greatly.
Last year, Mikami was carried off not long after he came on the field... I have to say that just using the word "shame" to describe last year's disastrous defeat is somewhat inadequate.
"Ever since my tragic defeat to Toyama Renichiro last year, I have never forgotten this humiliation."
Mikami continued.
"So - in order to avenge the shame! Ogata-kun, I will not give up my position as the leader of this competition in the hall to you so easily!"
As Mikami spoke, he raised the sword in his right hand and assumed a mid-position stance.
Looking at Mikami who had already taken a stance, Ogata also spread his legs silently, then raised his wooden sword and assumed the same standard mid-section stance as Mikami.
"Senior Mikami, although I am not like you, I have some reason why I must obtain the position of chief in the competition in the hall and then participate in the competition to worship the gods."
"But-"
Speaking of this, Ogata chuckled a few times.
"I am a person who prefers winning to losing."
"So I am the same - I will not give up my position as the leader of the competition in the hall to you easily!"