Chapter 44 Demolition of the Ishikawa Sword Hall (2)
In Japan during the Edo period, samurai were the ruling class and had many privileges.
Unless there is something wrong with their brains, ordinary civilians would not have the guts to confront a samurai with two swords hanging from his waist.
Even if the samurai in front of you is a pauper whose living standard is far inferior to yours, you still have to respect the samurai in front of you.
The reason why this strong man was so frightened that he quickly swallowed back all the curse words that were about to come out of his mouth was not just because Ogata was a samurai.
The main reason why he was scared was that the look on Ogata's face was quite scary.
His face was expressionless, and his face was so dark that it looked like it was about to drip with ink.
This look, as if...as if...as if he was going to kill someone...
The strong man's intuition was telling him crazily - never, never provoke this person...
The strong man obediently stepped aside, not daring to say another word, and silently watched Ogata continue walking forward.
Until Ogata disappeared from his sight, the strong man was still frightened...
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"Ogata! Ogata! I finally found you!"
At this moment, an old male voice that was extremely familiar to Ogata sounded not far from Ogata.
Ogata followed the sound.
The owner of this old male voice was none other than Ogata's master, Sakakihara Hanbei.
Behind Hanbei were several of Ogata's senior brothers.
After learning that Ogata had left the Sakakibara sword hall, Hanbei, who was worried that Ogata would do something stupid, hurriedly led several disciples to leave the sword hall and looked for Ogata everywhere.
Perhaps it was due to good luck that Hanbei actually found Ogata.
Hanbei strode up to Ogata and blocked Ogata's path.
Ogata had to stop his feet.
"Okay, Ogata, stop wandering around outside. Come back to the dojo with me."
Ogata's voice was low and his face was solemn.
"...I don't have time to wander around outside. I have to rush to a place next."
Hanbei felt that Ogata was unusual.
"Um...Ogata, where are you going?"
"Ishikawa Kenkan." Ogata said this name casually, which made many disciples of his Sakakihara Kenkan couldn't help but frown after hearing it.
"Ishikawa Kenkan...?"
Hanbei's eyes began to become complicated, and a look of astonishment began to appear in his pupils.
He asked Ogata in a much harsher tone than before:
"Ogata! I will personally come to Ishikawa Bingma to ask him about these things that happened today! So..."
"Let me ask you clearly?" Ogata interrupted Hanbei, "Master, what nonsense are you talking about?"
"What……?"
"How can we just forget about today's matter?!"
A frightening shadow appeared on Ogata's face.
"Master, do you know what my rules are? It is to repay kindness with kindness, and to repay hatred with kindness."
"Whoever dares to spit at me, I will spit back. Whoever dares to draw a knife at me, I will draw the knife at him."
"What happened today...I will never let it go!"
"Even if there is any misunderstanding, wait until I have avenged my revenge before clearing it up!"
Hanbei, who had an extremely strong sense of foreboding in his heart, changed his usual calm demeanor, raised his hand to grab Ogata's shoulder, and growled at the same time:
"Ogata! What are you going to do?!"
When Hanbei's hand was about to grab Ogata's shoulder, Ogata turned his body to one side and cleverly avoided Hanbei's hand.
The frightening shadow on Ogata's face has not yet dissipated, and he said in a calm voice:
"Master, didn't I just say that? I want to go to the Ishikawa Sword Hall."
"You..." Hanbei frowned.
This was the first time Hanbei saw Ogata like this, and he was already a little at a loss.
The noise caused by the two people has attracted the attention of many people around them.
Around the two of them, there were already many men, women, and children who came to watch the fun.
"Master, please go back first. I will return to the dojo soon...or I may not come back at all."
Hanbei saw a firmness in Ogata's eyes that he had never seen before.
These are the eyes of those who have made up their minds and are ready for enlightenment.
Hanbei looked at Ogata with a complicated expression.
"Ogata... you said you were going to the Ishikawa Sword Hall, are you... planning to demolish the Ishikawa Sword Hall...? You... are the only one...?"
Ogata stared at Hanbei without saying a word.
After a while, he bypassed the Hanbei in front of him and continued walking forward.
The common people who came to watch the excitement moved to both sides to make way for them.
"Ogata!"
Hanbei turned around and shouted towards Ogata's departing back:
"Have you forgotten my previous teachings?! Violence can't solve any problems! Don't use violence unless it is a last resort!"
As soon as Hanbei finished speaking, Oconi responded without looking back:
"Maybe. But - violence can make me feel better."
After a while, Hanbei could no longer see Ogata's figure.
Although Ogata's figure had completely disappeared, Hanbei still stared blankly at the direction where Ogata's figure disappeared.
"well……"
Hanbei stamped his feet.
"What a...silly apprentice...!"
"master!"
Several disciples who came out to look for Ogata with Hanbei immediately surrounded him.
"Why don't we stop Ogata-senpai?"
"It can't be stopped..." Hanbei said solemnly, "You can't stop a person with such eyes unless you kill him with one sword..."
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Hirose Domain, Ishikawa Kenkan, inside the dojo.
An old man over fifty years old glanced at Itagaki and others who were kneeling in front of him without any anger or authority.
"Itagaki... Where are Toyama and the others?"
"Master..." Itagaki, with cold sweat dripping from his forehead, said tremblingly, "Senior Toyama... took people to find Ogata Issei elsewhere..."
"snort!"
The old man, who was over fifty years old, let out a loud "hum", which made Itagaki and others tremble in fear.
"If Yuan Shan is not here now, let it be that! I will teach him a lesson when he comes back! I will teach you bastards a lesson now! What are you going to do when you made such a big fuss today?!"
This middle-aged man who is over fifty years old is the current owner of the Ishikawa Sword Hall and the master of Toyama and others - Ishikawa Hyōma.
"Master... there is some conflict between Toyama-senpai and Ogata Yoshi of Sakakihara Kenkan, so we went to settle the score with Ogata Yoshi..."
"Contradiction? What kind of contradiction is it?"
"...I'm sorry, master, I can't say it."
"...If you don't want to, just say so!"
"Since it's Toyama who has a conflict with that Ogata, why do you want to accompany Toyama to fool around?!"
"Master!" Itagaki said urgently, "Senior Toyama's business is our business! So we..."
"Nonsense!"
Before Itagaki finished speaking, Bingma shouted angrily, interrupting Itagaki's words.
The beards and eyebrows of the soldiers and horses seemed to be standing up with anger.
"Reckless! What you did today is simply reckless!"
"No matter how big the conflict is, can't it be resolved privately? Is there any need to mobilize troops like this and directly break into the Sakakibara Sword Hall to find someone?!"
"You have injured so many people in the Sakakibara Sword Hall now, what do you think! How are we going to end up now?!"
"What should we do if Hanbei Sakakibara of the Sakakibara Sword Hall comes to see us for this matter?!"
"Is an all-out war breaking out with the Sakakibara Kenkan?!"
"You really disappoint me!"
As the owner of the Ishikawa Sword Hall, Ishikawa Hyōma certainly did not like the Sakakihara Sword Hall that had taken away the students of their Ishikawa Sword Hall.
But if he doesn't like him, he doesn't like him, and Ishikawa Hyōma doesn't want to form too deep a grudge with Sakakibara Kenkan.
If they become enemies with Sakakihara Kenkan, Ishikawa Kenkan will not get much benefit.
The situation with Sakakihara Kenkan is the one that Ishikawa Hyouma would like to see the most.
So just now after learning that his proud disciple, Toyama Renichiro, actually led a large group of other disciples in the Sakakihara Sword Hall, forced his way into the Sakakihara Sword Hall, and injured a large number of disciples in the Sakakihara Sword Hall, Ishikawa was furious.
I almost vomited blood.
The sword hall was forcibly broken into, and a large number of disciples were injured - no one could bear such a humiliation.
When he thought that if he didn't handle today's affairs well, it might lead to a full-scale conflict between the two sword halls, Ishikawa Hyōma felt his head grow bigger.