Not far away, Naoshu glanced at Ogata and Isshiki, who were standing side by side, with complicated eyes.
Then, he sighed softly and quickly stood beside Isshiki.
"It would be too futile to fight head-on with this group of pirates..."
Although Zhizhou said so, he still silently opened the cloth bag in his hand, revealing an ordinary-looking knife.
After Naoshu stood next to Isshiki, a female voice with an obvious tone of nervousness also sounded at this time.
"Five-five, Mr. Goro! I, I'm here to help you too!"
The owner of the voice, Azuki, stood to Ogata's right side while saying this.
Ever since Ogata took out his Great Release and Great Freedom just now and threatened to kill that Yitongqi, Azuki's expression became extremely wonderful.
Too many questions made Azhu's expression dull, and also caused her brain to enter a brief shutdown due to overload.
Eh? Isn’t Mr. Goro a businessman who specializes in selling Ezo products?
What did he just say? Was he going to kill that ugly guy?
How is it possible! There are so many of them! How can they defeat them?
What to do now, what to do now?!
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Azuki's expression became even more flustered as Ogata stepped forward and drew his sword.
But after seeing Isshiki and Naoshu standing up one after another and using their actions to express their willingness to join forces with Ogata to fight against this group of pirates, the traces of panic on Azuki's face gradually disappeared.
Instead, there was a look of nervousness mixed with a bit of fear.
Glancing at Azuki standing beside him, Ogata said slowly:
"You don't have to force yourself to help us."
"Five, Mr. Goro. Don't look at me, I'm small. My boxing and kicking skills are pretty good. You, you've seen my 'luck' before, right?"
Azhu... Such words are not convincing at all from you, who is even slightly trembling in your legs and feet.
Ogata complained like this silently in his heart.
Ashu's voice was not only trembling now, but his legs and feet were also trembling.
Ogata understood Azuki's voice and the way his legs and feet were trembling slightly at this moment.
After all, standing in front of them were more than 60 vicious pirates.
This child is still very young. From a modern perspective, Azhu is only a student in the third year of junior high school or the first year of high school. She has probably not seen too many big scenes at her age, and has faced so many challenges.
It is understandable for enemies to feel timid.
Rather, it would be better to say that Azuki is quite brave to stand up and fight alongside Ogata. If it were anyone else, I am afraid that he would not even dare to move in this situation, let alone step forward to fight with Ogata.
Standing shoulder to shoulder.
As if to cheer himself up, Azhu took several deep breaths.
Then, in order not to affect her fighting, she pulled off the black robe on her body, revealing the clothes under the black robe.
Under the black robe is an ordinary bright red women's kimono.
After tearing off the black robe, Azuki pulled up the hem of the kimono and tucked it into a large belt.
Although Azuki's behavior of directly pulling up the hem of her kimono was a bit bold, she actually didn't let too much of her beauty leak out.
Because her calves were tied with thick leggings, the leggings covered her entire calves, and her feet were neatly dressed in white stockings and straw sandals, so in the end, only a little bit of Ashu's thigh flesh was exposed.
Under the eyes of everyone.
"Oh!" At this time, Yitong shouted excitedly, "This ship is really in trouble!"
After Azhu pulled off the black robe on his body, Yitong naturally saw Azhu's beautiful face.
When he saw Azhu's face, Yitong's face flashed with excitement at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Is there anyone else willing to step forward to help that guy?" Yitong crossed his arms on his chest and glanced at the other people on the deck with a playful look.
After Ogata expressed that he wanted to kill Yitong, and Isshiki stood beside Ogata, Yitong was not in a hurry to immediately order an attack.
Instead, I watched the scenes on the deck of the stowaway boat with the mentality of watching a good show.
With more than 60 subordinates, he didn't think they would lose to just 1 or 2 samurai.
Yitong, who felt that there was no reason to defeat, only regarded Ogata's bold words just now as ungrateful lies.
He regarded Ogata, Isshiki and others' actions of drawing swords at him as a stupid act of committing suicide.
Anyway, there was still plenty of time, so he did not order an attack immediately. He wanted to see how many people were willing to follow Ogata in being stupid.
Wherever Yi Tong glanced, people lowered their heads, not daring to look at each other.
Not even the captain Saburo and the eight guards, nor the other stowaways who came to the deck to check the situation, no one was willing to step forward to help Ogata.
Seeing this, Yitong let out a few proud laughs.
Yitong, who was feeling very proud, did not notice Miyabe standing behind him with a frown on his face.
Just now, after Yitong walked from the bow to the side of the ship facing the stowaway boat, Miyabe followed closely behind him.
Originally, Miyabe just followed Yitong to the side of the ship with the mentality of watching a good show.
However... after Ogata stepped forward, Miyabe said softly "Eh".
Looking at Ogata's face, Miyabe's brows furrowed more and more tightly.
"Where on earth..." Miyabe whispered in a voice that only he could hear clearly, "I have seen this face..."
At this moment, Yitong was immersed in his pride and the pleasure of holding the power of life and death for everyone on the stowaway boat. Until now, he had not noticed anything strange about Miyabe behind him.
After confirming that no one was standing next to Ogata, Yitong cleared his throat:
"It seems that only the four of you like to die!"
"Really, what I said before is all the truth!"
"As long as you cooperate with us, we won't hurt you!"
"I meant so well, but I didn't expect you to be so ungrateful!"
At this time, the smile on Yitong's face became more and more ferocious.
"In that case, let those of you who are rushing to die get what you want!"
"Hey! Kill them all!"
Yi Tong ordered Du Yan and others who were standing on the deck of the stowaway boat.
"Except for the woman in the red kimono!"
The woman in red kimono he was talking about was naturally referring to Azuki.
"That's a valuable commodity!"
"Don't hurt that woman! Others, you can do whatever you want!"
Antong did not intend to add more troops to One-eye who was already standing on the deck of the stowaway boat, because in his eyes, the 18 people headed by One-eye on the stowaway boat were enough to kill the four Ogata people.
18 people versus 4 people, the advantage is on their side!
"Understood!" One-eye smiled ferociously, and pulled out a nodachi from behind his back, "Everyone! Follow me! Except for that woman, kill all the other three!"
After One Eye finished speaking, his subordinates raised their weapons high and cheered in response to One Eye.
The appearance of A Zhu and others, to some extent, actually inspired Yitong and others and boosted the morale of Yitong and others.
Because according to their practice, after they successfully catch some "high-quality goods", they will "enjoy" them themselves before selling them.
So after seeing the pretty girl A Zhu appear, Yitong's subordinates were very excited and excited. They just wanted to take over the entire stowaway boat and enjoy "enjoying" these "high-quality products"
"The joy of.
"Hey, Majima Goro." Isshiki said in a deep voice to Ogata beside him, "Try to avoid that tall guy. That tall guy is not an easy guy to deal with at first glance."
"With his height and the weapon he uses is a nodachi, his 'hands' will be quite long. Let's try to kill the others first, and then deal with the tall guy together."
The tall man Isshiki was referring to was naturally the one-eyed man.
Swordsmanship is also a martial art in which taller people with longer arms have an advantage in combat. With One Eye's height of over 1.9 meters, people don't want to fight with him just by looking at him.
Facing Isshiki's suggestion, Ogata turned his head and looked at One Eye expressionlessly, without saying a word, with a thoughtful look on his face.
Isshiki was secretly angry at Ogata for ignoring him.
Just when he was about to ask Ogata if he heard what he just said, he suddenly heard his grandfather shouting:
"Ryoma! Don't leave my side!" Zhizhou shouted, drew his sword out of its sheath, and tightened his grip on the knife in his hand.
Because the difference in numbers between the two sides was too large, there were eight pirates who rushed towards Isshiki, Naoshu and the others first.
Isshiki quickly calmed down, readied the knife, and assumed a mid-level stance.
This is a genuine fight to the death, and there is no room for carelessness.
He took deep breaths and tensed his nerves to the extreme.
"Ono Itto Ryu."
"Isshiki Naoshu!"
Zhizhou loudly announced his name.
"Ono Itto Ryu."
"Isshiki Ryoma!"
Isshiki followed closely behind.
After the grandfather and grandson announced their names, they took the initiative to greet the seven pirates.
The eight pirates who rushed towards the grandfather and grandson were divided into two groups.
One group of 5 people kills Zhizhou, and the other group of 3 people kills Yishi.
The three people who were attacking Isshiki knew how to cooperate, and they came towards Isshiki from three different directions.
call!
"Pirate 1", who was at the front and closest to Isshiki, took the lead in launching the attack. He swung the sword in his palm and struck Isshiki's forehead. The blade cut the air and blew the sound of breaking wind.
Isshiki quickly moved a step to the side and dodged the attack.
When he subconsciously wanted to fight back, he saw "Pirate 2" following "Pirate 1" attacking him with a sword.
Isshiki had no choice but to give up the idea of counterattacking "One Piece" and once again made a mistake in his steps and dodges.
These three pirates were like gunners using the "three-stage attack" tactic, taking turns to attack Isshiki.
The three of them not only knew how to cooperate, but their swordsmanship skills were not bad. Isshiki recognized that the swordsmanship used by one of them was the famous Katori Shinto style, and the level was probably enough to obtain a catalog license (Katori Shinto style).
When assessing a student's level, the grades used from low to high are paper cutting, catalogue, level 3 is allowed)
Damn it... these three people are not unskilled swordsmen...
They obviously have such powerful swordsmanship, but they become pirates, and they are also pirates who specialize in human trafficking. They have really soiled the sword in their hands!
Isshiki cursed hatefully in his heart.
Isshiki had also practiced in the dojo many times before with one against many. Although Isshiki won those several competitions in the end, Isshiki knew very well that this did not mean that he really had the ability to fight against many in actual combat.
Strength.
No matter how well you practice in the dojo, a "dojo sword" is always a "dojo sword" and cannot be compared with a "real sword".
I can't dodge like this anymore! I have to find a way to counterattack! Otherwise, I will definitely lose!
After quickly judging his current situation, Isshiki's eyes quickly swept over the three pirates in front of him, looking for and waiting for a breakthrough point.
Because all his body and mind were focused on fighting the enemy, Isshiki had no time to take care of his grandfather, Ogata, and Tsukuru.
He knew his grandfather's strength, so now he was only worried about Azuki, who was small in his eyes, and Ogata, who had just claimed that his swordsmanship was mediocre.
You must not let anything happen so quickly... I will kill these three people as soon as possible to help you share the pressure.
Now I can only barely take care of my own Isshiki. There is nothing else I can do except praying that nothing happens to Ogata and the others now.
Because of his high concentration, not only did Isshiki have no time to look, he couldn't even use his ears to hear what was going on in other "battlefields". So he didn't even know what was going on in other "battlefields" now.
call!
"Pirate 1" aimed another powerful and heavy blow at Isshiki's head.
Looking at the oncoming blow, Isshiki's eyes sparkled a little.
The opportunity he had been waiting for to fight back came.
"Pirate 1" was standing too far forward at this time and was somewhat out of touch with the other two people. As a result, the attacks from the other two people would not come so quickly.
Naturally, Isshiki will not let go of the long-awaited counterattack opportunity.
After taking a wrong step to avoid "Pirate 1"'s slash, Isshiki turned the blade, pointed the tip of the knife at "Pirate 1"'s heart, laid the blade flat, and kicked the ground with both feet.
"Aha!"
While unleashing an astonishing kiai, he straightened his sword and stabbed.
When stabbing, it is common sense to keep the blade flat. In this way, when stabbing the enemy's chest and other places, it will not be easily blocked by bones such as ribs, and it will be easier to stab through the gaps between the bones.
Hit the enemy in the gut.
Isshiki originally thought that he would be able to kill this "Pirate 1" with one move this time.
But one of the biggest differences between "real sword duel" and "dojo sword training" is that in "real sword duel", all moves can be used.
When Isshiki's sword tip was only half an arm's length away from "Pirate 1"'s chest, "Pirate 1" snorted, suddenly raised his left hand, and grabbed Isshiki's sword tip.
The sharp tip of the knife easily penetrated "Pirate 1"'s left palm like a piece of paper.
After his left palm was punctured, "Pirate 1"'s face immediately turned as white as snow.
But while his face turned pale, a fierce look slowly appeared in "Pirate 1"'s eyes.
After his left palm was pierced, he quickly tightened the five fingers of his left hand and tightly grasped the blade of the Isshiki saber, stopping the forward thrust of the blade.
The straight stab that Isshiki had placed high hopes on was broken like this.
"Go to hell!"
"Pirate 1" shouted, holding Isshiki's sword tightly in his left hand, and slashed at Isshiki with his right hand.
Oops!
This time his face turned pale.
Isshiki fell into a brief daze just now because he was frightened by the ferocity of "Pirate 1" that did not hesitate to destroy his left hand.
It wasn't until "Pirate 1" slashed at him with a knife that he finally came to his senses.
If he tried to escape now, it was already too late.
He could only watch helplessly as the blade of "Pirate 1" got closer and closer to his Tianling Cap.
So shameful...
At the end of his life, for some reason, the last scene that appeared in Isshiki's mind was the scene where he just told Ogata, "If there is any trouble, just call him."
Just now I told Goro Majima to call me if he encounters any trouble, but in the end I couldn't even kill a single pirate...
The gap between men and women... is really... not that easy to make up...
Just when Isshiki was about to close his eyes in despair...
Boom, boom, boom!
He suddenly heard rapid footsteps coming from his side.
subsequently
clang!
The sound of gold and iron clashing sounded from the top of Isshiki's head.
"Eh……"
Isshiki raised his head and looked at the two knives held together above his head in astonishment.
"Sorry to keep you waiting. The big guy with one eye was indeed a little troublesome, so it took a little more time."
A familiar male voice came from beside me.
Isshiki tilted his head to the side and saw Ogata, who was lowering his head and smiling at him.
Ogata, who was standing behind Isshiki, lowered his left hand naturally, and raised the knife with his right hand to block the downward slash of "Pirate 1".
He, why is he here?
Although at this moment, a lot of questions popped up in Isshiki's mind.
But facing a formidable enemy, Isshiki still subconsciously blurted out:
"Be careful! This person is not that easy to deal with..."
……pay.
Before Isshiki could say the last few syllables of this sentence, he saw Ogata shaking the sword slightly, and then opened the "Pirate 1" sword.
Then... as if the scenery in front of him suddenly sped up, Ogata's sword struck "One Piece" with a diagonal slash at a speed so fast that Isshiki's eyes couldn't keep up.
neck.
Because the speed of the knife was so fast, "Pirate 1" had no time to defend or dodge.
Ogata's knife did not cut off the entire head of "Pirate 1", but only used the tip of the knife to cut off the throat and aorta at the neck of "Pirate 1".
It wasn't until his neck was cut in half that "Pirate 1" belatedly let go of the knife in his right hand and hurriedly raised his hand to block the blood spurting out like a fountain.
But his move was destined to be in vain. No matter how he pressed or pressed, the blood spurting from the broken aorta continued to flow out from between his fingers.
The light in his eyes gradually dissipated. "Pirate 1" continued to cover his neck and slowly fell to the ground.
Seeing that the "Pirate 1" that he had just tried so hard to kill was easily killed by Ogata, Isshiki's eyes widened and his mouth opened into an "O" shape without realizing it.
It was only then that Isshiki discovered that "Pirate 2" and "Pirate 3" who had been fighting with him just now were lying in a pool of blood. They didn't know when they fell to the ground.
There is no interest left.
These two people...were they also killed by Majima Goro...
Before Isshiki could fully recover from the shock, out of the corner of his eye he saw Ogata killing "One Piece" instantly with a knife. He shook the knife in his palm, shook off the blood attached to the knife, and turned around.
He quickly ran towards Isshiki's side and rear.
That was the "battlefield" of Zhizhou.
With a 1 vs. 5 situation, in a battle with such a huge disparity in numbers between the two sides, they actually managed to kill two of them.
But after killing two people, Zhizhou's chest began to rise and fall at an exaggerated rate, declaring that he was exhausted.
If Zhi Zhou is delayed any longer, his physical strength is weakened due to his advanced age, I am afraid it will be a disaster.
But fortunately Ogata is here.
Ogata, who did not hide the sound of his footsteps, ran as fast as a phantom.
The three pirates who were besieging Naoshu realized that Ogata was approaching and quickly adjusted their positions to prepare to defend themselves against the enemy.
But whether they have made preparations to defend themselves against the enemy or not, it actually doesn't matter.
Soon Ogata met the enemy.
Regardless of Isshiki or Naoshu, both their grandfather and grandson were like ignorant young children at this time, staring blankly at one against three, and then easily chopped down the three pirates like chopping melons and vegetables.
Ogata collapsed.
"...It's so beautiful..." Isshiki looked at Ogata blankly and muttered subconsciously.
For Isshiki, who advocates the concept that "swordsmanship should be based on physical strength", Ogata's movements are so beautiful that Isshiki cannot take his eyes away.
There are no fancy and superfluous movements. Each move is to hit the enemy across the shortest distance.
When dealing with each enemy, hit its vital points accurately and kill with one blow without using even a single ounce of strength.
The powerful strength and speed. The speed of the knife is so fast that people can't even keep up with their eyes. When the enemy comes to his senses, it is already the moment of death.
This is the swordsmanship and appearance that Isshiki has longed for!
With a strong physique, every move and every move is designed to kill the opponent faster!
Because he was so shocked, Isshiki didn't even know that he was sitting on the deck in a duck-sitting position, clutching a knife.
It only took Ogata less than 2 seconds to kill the three pirates who were surrounding Naozhou.
After the three pirates fell to the ground, Ogata used the blood vibration to shake off the blood attached to the blade, and raised his head to look at Yitong.
"It seems that pirates who make money by abducting and selling people are really not very powerful." Ogata said in a calm tone, saying words that made Yitong's hands shake with anger.
After Isshiki heard what Ogata said just now, he belatedly realized that the deck was so quiet...
He turned his somewhat stiff neck and looked in other directions on the deck.
The deck was littered with corpses, but they were all the corpses of pirates.
All the corpses, without exception, were killed by the sword. All the corpses were killed by one blow.
In the middle of the pile of corpses, there was a huge corpse lying there. It was the one-eyed corpse.
One-Eye's heart had wounds pierced by swords everywhere, and he died from his heart being pierced.
His only eye was wide open, with a look of horror on his face, as if he couldn't believe what was happening in front of him.
Azhu was now standing next to the pile of corpses, looking dumbfounded, with his arms hanging down, standing there in a daze.
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Yitong's face turned green and white for a while as he looked down at Ogata, who had just killed Duyan and others with the force of a storm.
Just when Yi Tong took several deep breaths and barely suppressed the anger in his heart,
"Ah." Miyabe, who was standing behind him, suddenly let out a low scream, "I remembered where I saw this face before..."
Miyabe narrowed his eyes and looked down at Ogata with a meaningful look.
"...Lord Yitong. Let's make a deal."
"You help us capture that guy alive."
"We will give you a reward of 1,000 taels of gold afterwards."
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I wonder if anyone can guess where Miyabe met Ogata? This may be difficult to guess, and you have to work hard to use your imagination to guess it.