Chapter 32 The Seat at the Sakakihara Sword Museum
Even the brothers and sisters kneeling on the edge of the dojo can clearly feel that there is a solemn atmosphere permeating the dojo.
Ogata and Mikami stared at each other.
It looked like two tigers that saw each other as prey.
In the end - it was Mikami who broke the confrontation between the two.
Mikami kicked off his back foot and rushed towards Ogata.
While rushing towards Ogata, he raised his sword high.
Snapped!
The loud sound of wooden swords hitting each other is enough to make people think, "Ah, are their swords both broken?"
But——the swords of Ogata and Mikami were not broken.
After blocking Mikami's attack, Ogata shook his sword to block Mikami's sword, then adjusted the direction of the wooden sword and struck at Mikami.
Ogata's counterattack was blocked by Mikami as expected.
Seeing that the blow missed, Ogata took two steps back and regained the distance between him and Mikami.
The attack and defense between the two was completed in just a few seconds.
The speed of the two made the other brothers kneeling on the edge of the dojo stunned.
At the same time, Hanbei's expression became more serious.
While his face became serious, Hanbei also watched the competition between Ogata and Mikami more seriously.
Ogata moved the five fingers of his right hand, which were numb due to blocking Mikami's attack.
At the same time, he said bitterly in his heart:
——As expected... He was at a huge disadvantage compared to Mikami in terms of strength...
Although Mikami is not as tall as Ogata, his strength is much greater than Ogata's.
The difference in strength between the two of them is huge, visible to the naked eye.
After the first round of attack and defense just now, Ogata has clearly understood one truth - if he fights with Mikami, he will suffer a lot.
Therefore——we must win with speed to avoid the situation like the situation just now where he and Mikami's sword cut each other.
Today is not the first time Ogata has competed with Mikami.
Ogata himself couldn't count how many times he had competed with Mikami in the past few days.
But Ogata can guarantee that Mikami today is stronger than Mikami Ogata has encountered at any time before.
I don't know whether it's because Mikami is eager to go to the gods to take revenge in person, or because of some other reason. In short, Mikami is in quite good condition today.
It’s just that—even though Mikami was in good condition today, Ogata wasn’t afraid.
He has figured out a way to defeat Mikami.
Since traveling to the Edo period until now, Ogata has spent almost every day in sword duels with others.
Not only can Ogata gain experience points by competing with others, but it also allows Ogata to continuously accumulate combat experience.
Combat experience is something the system cannot give him.
Since arriving in the Edo period, he has continuously competed and competed with others, and Ogata himself has gradually figured out some excellent Yin techniques when fighting with others.
Ogata moved slowly, leaning towards Mikami, closing the distance between himself and Mikami.
Mikami also tensed up every nerve in his body and stared at Ogata with his eyes, not missing the slightest movement on Ogata's body.
At the same time, he also silently calculated the distance difference between himself and Ogata.
Calculating how far he has entered Ogata's attack range, and how far Ogata has left to enter his own attack range.
——3 steps left...
Mikami thought to himself.
——There are...2 steps left...!
Mikami silently held the wooden sword that was already tightly clenched tighter.
——There is... 1 step left!
When he confirmed that he was only one step away from entering Ogata's attack range——
laugh!
A strong breaking sound of wind sounded.
The tip of Ogata's wooden sword pierced Mikami's chest.
Mikami, who was not expecting Ogata's attack, now widened his eyes.
The move Ogata used was exactly the same move that almost caused Toyama Renichiro to fall here - when he was close to his opponent, he held the sword hands slightly downward.
The normal posture for holding a sword is that the tiger's mouth of the right hand gently presses against the guard of the sword.
Ogata, on the other hand, moved his hands holding the sword downwards, holding the bottom of the hilt.
This is equivalent to increasing the attack range of the sword by nearly one hilt.
Not long ago, Ogata relied on the move of "suddenly increasing the attack range" to successfully reach the distant mountains.
However, this move also has a flaw, that is - holding both hands at the bottom of the sword hilt, it is easy to lose control of the direction, strength and speed of the sword.
But Ogata doesn't need to have such worries now.
Because——the sword skill he is currently displaying is a bird thorn.
Bird Stab is Ogata's only "advanced" sword skill at the moment.
If he uses other sword skills, Ogata cannot guarantee that his sword will be able to hit the enemy accurately and powerfully.
But it's different if you use bird thorns.
Bird Thorn is currently Ogata's only "advanced" sword skill.
And the power, speed, and accuracy of "advanced" sword skills cannot be overstated.
Ogata used the technique of "suddenly increasing the attack range" to successfully launch a surprise attack on Mikami.
The tip of the wooden sword cut through the air and stabbed straight towards Mikami's chest.
Even if Ogata holds the bottom of the sword hilt, Ogata's "bird stab" is still full of power.
It was impossible for Mikami to block Ogata's surprise attack using "advanced" sword skills.
The tip of the sword hit Mikami's chest accurately.
After Mikami stumbled back a few steps, he fell heavily to the ground.
Although there was no such fierce fight with Mikami, Ogata couldn't help but feel relieved after seeing Mikami finally fall to the ground.
It was at this moment that a familiar system sound began to sound in Ogata's mind:
[Ding! Use Sakakibara Itto style Bird Thorn to defeat the enemy]
[Acquire 50 points of personal experience and 90 points of swordsmanship "Sakakibara Itto-ryu" experience]
[Current personal level: LV9 (430/800)]
[Sakakibara Itto-ryu Level: 5th Dan (570/900)]
Mikami struggled to get up from the ground.
Looking at Ogata who had withdrawn the thrust sword and maintained a normal standing posture, the emotions in Mikami's eyes were quite complicated.
After a while, Mikami seemed to have put down something and sighed softly.
While putting down the wooden sword in his hand, he said softly:
"Congratulations, Ogata-kun, you won..."
After Mikami finished saying this, the dojo was quiet for a few seconds.
It wasn't until a few seconds later that the brothers who were close to Ogata, headed by Makino, burst into cheers.
By cheering, they celebrated the birth of the new chief of their Sakakihara Kenkan.
Ogata, who was busy wiping the sweat off his face at this time, did not notice that when he launched a surprise attack with a bird thorn, Hanbei, who was kneeling at the edge of the dojo, suddenly widened his eyes.
Hanbei first looked at Ogata with shocked eyes.
Then the look he looked at Ogata slowly became complicated.