I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

The feeling of the sharp blade piercing into the flesh was transmitted from the handle to Ogata's palm.

However... Ogata's knife did not pierce Matsudaira Gennai's heart.

Instead, it pierced the chest of a small surname in Matsudaira Gennai.

At that moment just now, a surname closest to Matsudaira Gennai rushed over, pushed Matsudaira Gennai away, and blocked the knife for Matsudaira Gennai.

It was precisely because of this little surname who blocked the sword that Ogata's stab - failed.

"My lord... run away..." the little surname muttered while spitting blood.

"Damn it...!" Ogata hastily pushed aside this thought-brainwashed little surname who didn't know whether to praise him for his loyalty or blame him for his stupid loyalty, and immediately pulled out the knife from his waist.

Just now, the sword that Ogata used was always the sword from that short-bearded samurai.

After discarding this knife, Ogata still had his own knife at his waist to use.

Ogata had already heard shouts and footsteps coming from far and near at a very fast speed.

This was the sound of Matsudaira Gennai's guards rushing back to defend.

More than ten seconds have passed since Qiyuan shouted "There are assassins! Protect the lord!!"

This seemingly short period of time was enough for some guards who were closer to Matsudaira Gennai to rush back.

Ogata, who didn't dare to hesitate any longer, quickly pulled out his sword, raised it high, and slashed down - making a second attack on Matsudaira Gennai who was still sitting in place.

The sharp blade whizzed towards Matsudaira Gennai's head with strong wind and great power...

clang--!

Then, there was a deafening sound of gold and iron strikes.

"what……?!"

Ogata's eyes widened suddenly.

His knife, just a fist away from Gennai Matsudaira's head, was blocked by the knife protruding from his right side.

The person who blocked Ogata's sword was Nanahara.

At this moment, Qiyuan was resting his left shoulder on Ogata's right shoulder, holding the saber in his left hand, and stretching the saber forward from Ogata's right side. Blocked Ogata's slash.

"Hmph!" Qiyuan snorted coldly, then slammed to the left, knocking away Ogata who was standing on his left.

After opening the distance between himself and Ogata, he swung his knife and slashed towards Ogata's neck.

clang!

Ogata lifted the saber in his hand upwards, precisely blocking Qiyuan's saber.

While blocking Qiyuan's knife, Ogata anxiously thought to himself:

--hateful! Why is Qiyuan here? !

While Ogata shouted anxiously in his heart, he glanced at the position where Ichiro and the others confronted Qihara just now.

In that place, only the bodies of Ichiro's six people remained at this time.

The six people headed by Ichiro had all died at this time.

The sharp-eyed Ogata noticed that the death of Ichiro and the six people was very strange.

Only Erlang, Goro, and Liulang were stabbed in the neck or face and were killed by one blow.

Ichiro, Saburo, and Shiro had no stab wounds on their bodies.

It's a thin thing stuck in the throat.

It is a thin arrow that is not as long as an adult's tail finger...

After pushing Ogata away and slashing at Ogata, but was blocked by Ogata, Qiyuan did not pursue, but quickly pulled Matsudaira Gennai, and retreated quickly.

"Protect the lord!! Protect the lord!!"

Qiyuan's voice is very loud.

Loud enough to give the illusion that Qiyuan's voice can spread throughout the wild boar forest.

At this time, a large number of guards had rushed back.

These guards who ran out from all over the forest were like small streams, shouting and converging towards Songping Yuannei and Qiyuan.

In an instant, around 40 guards gathered around Matsudaira Gennai,

And this number is still increasing at an alarming rate.

The lord was attacked, and all the guards ran back like crazy.

"Wait for me!"

Ogata gritted his teeth, raised his knife and prepared to chase Qiyuan and Matsudaira Gennai.

However... Ogata just ran two steps forward when 5 guards came towards him from 5 different directions.

"Go away!"

Ogata waved the knife in his hand and drew out 5 sword lights.

Using the four major sword skills of Sakakibara's Ichidou style, he dealt with the five samurai who came towards him one by one.

Before Ogata had time to turn his eyes back to Matsudaira Gennai, three more guards came to kill him.

Three more sword lights flashed, causing three more corpses to appear on the ground.

"That's it!"

At this moment, Qiyuan's shout reached Ogata's ears.

Ogata followed the reputation...

After seeing the scene in front of the voice clearly, Ogata's pupils shrank uncontrollably.

Around Matsudaira Gennai, there are already densely packed warriors...

The 8 samurai just now, although they only delayed Ogata for less than 8 seconds from the beginning to the end.

But this time of less than 8 seconds, plus the more than 10 seconds wasted just now when Ogata and others rushed out of the bushes to the time Ogata failed to assassinate the first time, a total of about 20 seconds is enough for those The guards scattered around rushed back to Matsudaira Gennai's side.

Although a small group of Matsudaira Gennai's guards had been successfully killed just now and when he sneaked in, according to the information collected by Kurangaga, there were a total of 125 guards in Matsudaira Gennai.

So even though a group of Matsudaira Gennai's guards have been killed just now, there are still hundreds of guards around Matsudaira Gennai...

These hundreds of guards drew their swords out of their sheaths one after another, and firmly guarded Songping Yuannai and Qiyuan, forming a "circle" with Songping Yuannai and Qiyuan as the center.

Qiyuan narrowed her eyes slightly, staring at Ogata.

"I have seen the sword technique you used just now...it must be Sakakibara Ichidou..."

"Keep your hair... and use Sakakibara Ichidou... Heh, I know who you are now."

"Are you that Ogata Itsuki?"

"The person who got the Sakakibara Ichidou style's free transfer more than a month ago."

"Are you here to avenge your master and your brothers?"

"How stupid!"

"Put down the knife!"

"Just put the knife down, and I can try to intercede for you!"

Ogata ignored Qiyuan who had been making noise.

Instead, he turned his eyes slightly and looked at the corpses of Ichiro and others not far from him.

If Ichiro and the others could help Ogata hold Qihara for even a second, Matsudaira Gennai's head would have fallen to the ground.

But Ogata didn't want to blame Ichiro and the others.

He knew—Ichiro and the others must have tried their best.

Although I didn't see the battle of Ichiro and others with my own eyes, Ogata can be sure that Ichiro and others, who gave up their future in order to kill Matsudaira Gennai, absolutely desperately went to Qiyuan, who was far above them. Fighting, just to help Ogata gain as much time as possible.

Ogata turned his gaze back.

Hundreds of samurai swords were facing him, and the reflected cold light dazzled Ogata a little.

For no reason, Ogata suddenly recalled the time when he was practicing swords in the Sakakibara Sword Gym.

That was probably the happiest time of my day since I came to the Edo period and before the bloodbath of Matsudaira Gennai at the Sakakibara Sword Gym.

Just recalling the time when he practiced swords in the Sakakibara Sword Gym, a smile appeared on Ogata's face uncontrollably.

And this happy memory was all gone forever because of Matsudaira Gennai's tyranny.

Seeing that Ogata didn't pay attention to him, Qiyuan became a little annoyed and shouted:

"Itsuki Ogata! Put down your sword! Don't think that you are unparalleled in the world with a certificate from the Sakakibara Issou style!"

Qiyuan's loud shout made Ogata recover from his memories.

There was no response to Qiyuan.

He just glanced at the hundreds of warriors in front of him, then raised the knife in his hand, and pointed the tip of the knife at Matsudaira Gennai and Qiyuan.

"Ogata Yishi!"

Qiyuan's face flushed red.

"You are a rebellious person! As a subject of the Hirose domain, as a samurai, you want to assassinate your own lord!"

"I kindly gave you a chance, but you didn't appreciate it!"

"Do you still have the sense of shame to be a warrior?!"

After hearing the word "samurai" from Nanahara's mouth, Ogata couldn't help recalling his conversation with Kura Naga last night.

(When the world is falling apart, there must be a few men who stand up. If you succumb to the darkness and don't dedicate your life to the righteousness, you will be a man in vain!)

What Cang Yong said to himself last night, Ogata still lingered in his ears.

"Today," Ogata said calmly, "I didn't come here as a samurai."

"Today, I stand in front of you as a man."

The reason why Ogata agreed to swing the sword to assassinate Matsudaira Gennai was mainly for revenge.

But what Cang Yong said to him yesterday still touched Ogata a lot.

Ogata slowly raised his left arm, placed it on the handle of the Wakizashi knife at his left waist, and then pulled it out abruptly.

After posing the Wuwo Two-swords technique, Qiyuan exclaimed:

"Ogata Yishi! You can still use the two-sword style?!"

"When did you have the illusion that I only know the sword technique of 'Sakakibara Ichidou style'?"

Even though there were hundreds of warriors standing in front of him, Ogata had no intention of surrendering or retreating.

"I must take off the dog's head of Matsudaira Gennai today. I'll see who has the guts to stop me!"

There was no need for the piercing killing intent to emerge or boil from Ogata's body.

Many of the hundreds of guards in Matsudaira Gennai took half a step or even several steps back because they were startled by Ogata's momentum.

"Humph."

A look of impatience appeared on Qiyuan's face.

"Stubborn! You use an extra knife, can you double your strength?!

"Samurai of Hirose!" Nanahara ordered loudly, "Cut this rebellious person to pieces!"

Following Qiyuan's order, the hundreds of guards in Matsudaira Gennai, no matter they felt fearless or fearful, all held up their knives at this time, shouting and killing Ogata at the same time.

Facing the hundreds of warriors who were killing him, Ogata did not show any timidity or fear on his face.

Just clenched the double knives in his hands and greeted the hundreds of warriors.