"Damn it! Do you think we don't have knives?!" Makino shouted angrily as he took the knife thrown by one of his senior brothers.
After being caught off guard by the guards of Gennai Matsudaira, the disciples of the Sakakibara Sword Hall gradually began to fight back.
As quickly as possible, they retrieved the knife they had placed on the side of the dojo.
Tonight was supposed to be the night of the banquet, and the masters and disciples of Sakakihara Kenkan all placed their swords on the side of the dojo.
At this time, without caring about which knife belonged to which person, he just took all the knives away and distributed them to all the brothers.
After catching the sword thrown by his senior brother, Makino drew the sword without any hesitation, and then slashed at a guard of Matsudaira Gennai in front of him.
Makino is full of anger now.
Tonight was supposed to be a night full of laughter...
The tables filled with wine and food are still lying quietly in the corner of the dojo.
As a result, due to the arrival of Gennai Matsudaira, the dojo that was supposed to be full of joy and laughter became bloody...
Perhaps because Patience is filled with resentment, every attack from Makino is extremely vicious.
In terms of momentum, he firmly suppressed the loser Matsudaira Gennai in front of him.
As for the guard who was fighting with Makino, his skills were average.
Therefore—the guard, who had average skills and whose momentum was suppressed by Makino, was soon chopped into pieces by Makino.
Makino successfully killed an enemy, but before he could feel happy about his victory, a familiar scream drew all his attention away.
"Sawamura?"
Makino looked around and found that the person who made the scream was none other than Sawamura.
Sawamura collapsed on the ground at this time, looking at the guard in front of him who had raised the knife in his hand with horror on his face.
"Stop it!!"
Makino raised his voice, screamed shrilly, and rushed towards Sawamura...
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"...Sakakibara Hanbei." Nanahara looked at Hanbei standing in front of him with cold eyes, "I advise you to put down the sword. I have always heard about the owner of the Sakakibara Sword Hall.
You are a person who doesn't like violence, so why are you so impulsive now and dare to point a knife at me?"
At this time, Hanbei was holding a sword in his hand, and his eyes were staring at Nanabahara in front of him, and Gennai Matsudaira, who was firmly protected behind him.
"Then you really heard my rumors wrong." Hanbei, with a gloomy face, tightened the knife in his hand, "I really don't like violence, but when I have to, I will draw the knife!"
"And when my disciples are in trouble, it is the 'time of last resort'!"
"...Sakakibara Hanbei, you should be ashamed of having such a disciple." Nanahara glanced at Mikami, who had stopped moving, "If it weren't for your disciple's attempt to assassinate the lord, then your Sakakibara Sword Hall would at least
Half of the disciples can still survive. You don’t need to be like now, a lot of years old, and you are still forced to fight with a sword."
"No!" As soon as Nanabaru finished speaking, Hanbei interrupted in a hoarse voice, "Mikami did a great job!"
"Instead of being toyed to death by you bastards like this, it's better to take the lead and kill this tyrant and you hawks!"
"Watch your words." Qi Yuan frowned and said, "Insulting the lord - are you still a warrior?"
"I will not only insult him, but also kill him!"
After saying that, Hanbei kicked off his hind legs and rushed towards Nanabahara in front of him.
Nanabahara is firmly guarding Matsudaira Gennai's side. If he doesn't kill Nanabahara first, he can't kill Matsudaira Gennai.
Nanabahara is still in his prime, and his strength and stamina are definitely higher than those of Hanbei, who is already aging.
Therefore, Hanbei's strategy is simple - kill with one hit.
He didn't compete with Qi Yuan in terms of strength, nor did he engage in a protracted battle with Qi Yuan. He relied on his own footwork to get close, and then killed Qi Yuan with one blow.
Hanbei ducked to the side and to the left of Nanabahara.
While ducking to Nanabahara's side, he exerted force on his waist, using the waist as an axis, and transferred the power to his arms, and used his best sword skill - Dragon Tail - towards Nanabahara's flank.
Hanbei thought he was moving very quickly.
I thought Qi Yuan would never be able to react.
However……
clang!
Nanabahara's feet didn't even move. He stood firmly on the spot, holding the sword in one hand. He turned the sword in his hand to the side and blocked Hanbei's dragon tail.
"Sakakihara Hanbei, you are old. It is really disappointing."
After leaving a sigh of relief to Hanbei, whose pupils shrank because the attack was blocked, Nanabara pushed forward and pushed Hanbei away, causing Hanbei to distance himself from him.
Then he switched to holding the sword with both hands and slashed at Hanbei's left shoulder...
Qi Yuan uses cassock chop.
The blade slashed through Hanbei's left shoulder, and then slashed out from Hanbei's right abdomen...
The sharp blade slashed from Hanbei's left shoulder to his right abdomen, splitting Hanbei into two...
After killing Hanbei with one blow, Nanabahara's expression did not change at all.
Silently he took out his pocket paper and wiped the blood off the blade. At the same time, he looked around, wary of any other enemies approaching him and Matsudaira Gennai.
As for Matsudaira Gennai - after he watched with great interest as Mikami cut Hanbei in half with a sword, he turned back and looked at the dojo that was already splattered with blood.
There are hundreds of Sakakihara Hanbei's bodyguards.
There are only about twenty disciples in the Sakakihara Sword Hall...
The outcome of this battle was doomed from the beginning...
As time went by, the shouts of death became weaker and weaker.
Finally - the battle in the dojo is over.
Of all the disciples at the Sakakihara Sword Hall... not one of them is still standing.
Although the final winners of this melee were the guards of Gennai Matsudaira, they were not unscathed in this melee.
Because the venue was crowded and the light was dim, more than ten people fell under the swords of Sakakihara Kenkan's disciples or one of their own.
"marvelous……"
Matsudaira Gennai, who had always been quite pale, now had a few strange flushes on his face.
"It's really great..."
Matsudaira Gennai carefully looked at the corpses with different postures and expressions on the dojo floor.
This look is like admiring some precious artwork.
Just as Gennai Matsudaira was admiring these "arts of art" in his eyes, Nanabahara standing next to him suddenly frowned and said:
"...I thought all the disciples from the Sakakihara Sword Hall were here, but it turns out there is one person missing."
"There is one person missing? Who?" Matsudaira Gennai asked.
"I remember...it seems to be called Ogata Issei." Nanabahara said while looking at the hair of each dead body on the floor one by one. "According to rumors - he is a Tsukiyo who does not shave his head."
There is no young samurai here who does not leave Tsukiyo, so that Ogata Issei should not be here."