I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

This sudden laughter immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.

Both the attention of the audience headed by Ogata and the attention of Mizuno and others were all attracted by the laughter.

Mizuno's reaction was bigger than that of the audience, and his face was directly embarrassed.

Everyone focused directly on the person who had just laughed.

It's also a coincidence-this person happened to be sitting right behind Ogata, very close to Ogata.

Ogata only needs to turn his head to see the person's appearance.

There was a sword and a wakazashi sticking in his left waist in a proper way-it was a samurai.

His face is mixed with a bit of vicissitudes of life. His age is about 30 to 35 years old. After converting his height to the length of the earth, he is about 1.57 meters. He is quite strong.

It can be seen that he is a person who has been exposed to the sun for many years, and his skin is quite dark.

Keeping the total hair, based on the mess on his head, a few hairs here, a bunch of hairs there, and no well-organized hair at all, it is not difficult to judge that this person should be a rough person.

He seemed to be a traveler, his feet without socks, straw sandals and leggings were stained with a lot of mud.

It's not so handsome and ugly, it can only be regarded as a plain face, but it has two major characteristics.

The first feature-the mouth is very big.

Ogata's fist may not fit into this person's mouth, but if a girl like Amachi's fist wants to fit into this person's mouth, it should be more than enough.

The second characteristic-the eyes are shining, piercing, and what seems to be in the eye sockets is not the eyeballs, but two groups of flames that are flaring outwards.

After the loud laughter of the brawny fell, Mizuno frowned slightly and asked the brawny who had just laughed:

"I don't know why I laughed?"

"I laughed at the strength of Kyoto's six sword halls but this!" The brawny man had a heavy accent.

Ogata didn't have much research on accents, and he couldn't tell from the accent of this strong man where he came from.

Hearing these extremely arrogant words from the brawny, Mizuno's face immediately turned black.

"Do you think my strength is mediocre, just like the person just now?"

"No, no, no." The strong man shook his head, "I am different from the one just now."

"The person just now was bought by your Thousand Learning Hall. I didn't have one."

These words of the brawny made Mizuno's face instantly changed.

But at the next moment when his face changed, Mizuno quickly sorted out the expression and look on his face.

"...At one step, there is no way for me to treat such slander as if I didn't hear it."

The brawny man did not respond to the words of Mizuno, but twitched the corner of his mouth, let out a sneer, and then said loudly again:

"Master Mizuno, I guess-you probably have never held a real knife and have no actual combat experience, right?"

As soon as the brawny man said this, a disciple who had been kneeling on the side of the dojo felt as if he could not bear it, and blushed and shouted at the brawny man:

"Our master's actual combat experience is far beyond the imagination of a soil bun like you!"

This brawny man is rough, dirty, and he speaks with a strong foreign accent—this look indeed fits perfectly with the term "soil buns".

The brawny man ignored the person's mocking name for his "soil bun", only put his hands on his chest, and said indifferently:

"Then excuse me—has your master ever fought against any great people?"

"The experience accumulated by cutting down a few unarmed or ordinary people who don't understand swordsmanship is not actual combat experience."

"Our master once defeated the executioner Idozhai!" This time, he changed to another thin disciple who said in a loud voice.

As soon as this person's voice fell, the expressions on Ogata and Amachi's faces, who had been quietly eating melons, instantly became exciting.

Especially for Ogata, the face hidden under the tengu mask, its expression changes just using the word "wonderful" to describe it is not enough.

"Oh?" The brawny man raised his eyebrows, "The executioner Yidaozhai? But that person cut the ecstasy?"

"That's right!" The lean disciple still responded loudly, "It's the executioner Ichitosai who committed the crime of slaying the king and beheading countless people-Ogata Yoshie!"

When the disciple chanted, "My master defeated the executioner Ichitosai", Mizuno maintained a calm and calm appearance throughout the whole process, and did not refute the disciple's words-this appearance is a disguised acknowledgment that his disciple did not say anything wrong. .

A faint expression of interest also appeared on the face of the brawny man at this time.

"I wonder if you can tell us the whole process of your master defeating the executioner Ichidozhai?"

"... I'll tell you." Mizuno, who had not spoken since just now, finally said, "At the beginning of this year, I went out to Luowai in Kyoto for some personal affairs."

"Rakuwai I in Kyoto met Ichitosai Ogata who happened to be hunted by the government at that time."

Mizuno's eloquence is good, he tells the story clearly and methodically, and the rhythm of his speech is up and down.

Mizuno summed up in a few simple sentences how he met Ogata Ichitosai in the wild, and how he fought Ogata Ichitosai.

The reason he gave was that he was a person with a strong sense of justice and could not tolerate the impunity of king-slayers like Ogata Itosai, so he held up his sword and prepared to walk the way for the sky and kill Ogata Itosai.

Mizuno left more mouthfuls in the battle between him and Ogata Ichitosai.

"The swordsmanship used by Ogata Ichitosai is a swordsmanship that is only circulated in a small area of ​​the Izumo Hirose clan-Sakura Ichisana."

"Sakihara's swordsmanship is nothing more than a mediocre swordsmanship with a narrow range of first-rate passes and no introduction at all."

When he said this, Mizuno was full of arrogance.

"It's far inferior to me in terms of practicality and power."

"And Ogata Itosai's strength is also inferior to me."

"After several rounds of fighting, Ogata Ichitosai gradually fell into a disadvantage."

"Finally, under one of my sweeps, Ogata Ichitosai was cut to the ground by me and completely defeated."

"It's a pity, I let Ogata Ichisai escape in the end."

"After Ogata Ichitosai was chopped to the ground by me, he knelt on the ground, begging me to let him make a living."

"I was disturbed by his pitiful appearance, and my heart was softened for a while, which gave him a chance."

"Ogata Itosai took advantage of my precautions and grabbed a handful of soil on the ground and threw it at me, blinding my vision."

"And he took advantage of the short period of time when my vision was blocked."

"Fortunately-not long after Ogata Ichitosai ran away from me, he was caught by the government officials."

After listening to Mizuno's story quietly, the brawny man shrugged and said in a slightly mocking tone:

"Master Mizuno, although the story you tell is very vivid, but your mouth is unprovoked, how can I be sure that you have really fought and defeated the world-famous executioner Ichitosai?"

"If you don't believe me, I can show you the certificate of commendation issued to me by the government." Mizuno whispered, "It's also a coincidence that Kyoto's big fan-Abe Riri was on the scene at the time."

"Master Abe happened to be leading his officials to arrest a criminal outside Los Angeles."

"It just happened to ran into me and witnessed the battle between me and Ogata Ichitosai throughout the whole process."

"Although I failed to kill Ogata Ichisai or capture Ogata Ichisai, Lord Abe issued me a certificate of thanks, in response to my willingness to stand up and fight against the murderous thieves. Express thankfulness."

"If you don't believe me, I will show you this certificate of thanks now."

After that, Mizuno turned his head and shouted to a disciple sitting on the edge of the dojo:

"Yamamoto! Go and bring me the certificate of appreciation from Master Abe!"

"Yes!"

After the disciple replied loudly, he quickly left the dojo.

After returning to the dojo, there was an extra dark green scroll in his hand.

Mizuno took the scroll and walked slowly towards the auditorium.

"This is the certificate of thanks from Master Abe." As Mizuno said, he passed the certificate of appreciation to the audience in front of him. "If anyone doesn't believe what I said just now, you can read the certificate as much as you want. My words may be deceptive, but I don’t think the official seal printed on this thank you certificate should be deceiving, right?"

The audience who were somewhat skeptical of the remarks Mizuno had just said quickly took over the thank-you note from Mizuno, and then examined it carefully.

"It's true! There really is the official seal on it!"

"There is also the signature of Dafanto Abe-sama!"

...

The audience who recognized the official seal exclaimed one after another.

Some viewers who originally had some doubts about the story Mizuno just told, now their doubts disappeared.

After the certificate of appreciation was passed on to the strong man, the strong man immediately saw the official seal printed on the certificate of appreciation.

After seeing the official seal, the brawny man's brows wrinkled slightly.

While everyone else was circulating the letter of thanks, Amachi quietly prodded Ogata next to him with his elbow, and then said to Ogata in a half-joking tone:

"A Yi, how are you feeling now?"

Neither Ogata nor Amachi went to see the letter of appreciation.

Because there is no need to look at it, who in this world knows better than the two of them that the incident of "Mizuno vs. Ogata Itosai" is a fraud?

Because Ogata wore a tengu mask that showed only a pair of eyes, Amachi couldn't see Ogata's current expression.

But she also roughly guessed what Ogata's face would look like now.

"...What's the mood?" Ogata replied in a strangely calm tone, "Of course he is very angry."

"This Mizuno is really too much..." Ah Ding also whispered in an unpleasant tone at this time, "In order to put gold on his face, I can make up any story."

"No, I'm not getting angry for him lying and saying that he beat me."

"Although this thing is also very annoying."

"But the main thing that annoys me... is that he just said that Sakura's Sword Art is an innocent swordsmanship."

After that, Ogata slowly stood up.

Suddenly getting up, Mizuno, the brawny man who had been questioning Mizuno, and Amachi sitting next to Ogata were shocked.

"Master Mizuno!"

Ogata Okino said loudly.

"You can defeat Ogata Ichitosai, which really makes me admire!"

"I have always admired a master like you!"

After Ogata's words fell, the color of astonishment that had originally hung on Mizuno's face gradually disappeared.

A faint smile replaced the dissipated color of astonishment.

"Thank you……"

He mistakenly thought that Ogata was just a Mizuno who admired his admirer. Before he could even say his thanks, he was interrupted by Ogata's next sentence:

"Master Mizuno! I want to ask you some tips!"

"Huh?" The color of astonishment reappeared on Mizuno's face.

"Learn a thing or two from the people you admire-it is precisely for this purpose that I came here."

After all, without waiting for Mizuno's response, Xu easily stepped across the auditorium, walked slowly to a knife stand placed on the edge of the dojo, took a wooden knife, and slowly stood in front of Mizuno, and set it up. Middle posture.

For Ogata, who suddenly wanted to ask for advice, Mizuno was taken aback for a moment.

As soon as he thought of politely rejecting Ogata's request for advice, Mizuno suddenly noticed Ogata's stance and sword-holding technique.

After taking a meaningful look at Ogata's standing posture and sword-holding technique for a while, Mizuno smiled slightly:

"Since you are sincerely asking for advice, let's point the next step."

After that, Mizuno erected the wooden sword in his hand again, placed the middle posture, and stood opposite Ogata.

The reason why Mizuno, who wanted to refuse Ogata's request for advice, suddenly changed his mind was because he noticed that Ogata's stance and sword-holding skills were quite amateurish.

Even "Xiao Bai" who has no deep knowledge of swordsmanship can see that Ogata's standing posture and sword-holding technique can be described as horrible.

Many of the Qianxueguan disciples sitting on both sides of the dojo were full of energy at this time, ready to sit and watch this person easily defeated by their master.

In the audience, there were also many people who could see that Ogata's stance and sword-handling were problematic.

These audiences are also holding the mentality of watching a good show at this time.

Only the expressions of the two in the audience were different from those of the people around them.

One of these two people is Ah Ding.

After seeing Ogata pose such a terrible stance and sword-holding technique that even people who are not good at swordsmanship can see, Amachi understood what Ogata was planning to do.

Ah Ding fanned her dough against her lips, covering the corners of her mouth that rose slightly.

The other guy with a different expression from those around him was the brawny man who had been questioning Mizuno's strength just now.

After seeing Ogata standing with a sword, the brawny man's brows wrinkled slightly.

He felt a sense of incongruity from Ogata.

But he can't tell where this sense of coordination comes from...

"One step." Mizuno's face reappeared with a gentle smile, "Are you ready?"

"Teach anytime," Ogata said softly.

"I'm on it!"

I had already determined that Ogata was the Mizuno of a nice soft persimmon. Instead of confronting Ogata more, he screamed "I'm on it" while rushing towards Ogata.

Mizuno likes this opponent who can help him show his bravery in the public.

As he rushed towards Ogata, a touch of joy and pride appeared on Mizuno's face.

Looking at Mizuno, whose figure was rapidly enlarged in his field of vision, Ogata's eyes narrowed slightly.

The back foot that had originally floated slightly fell back to the ground and was firmly on the ground.

Slightly changed the position of the hands holding the sword.

And change their focus.

Ogata's horrible sword-holding and standing posture were corrected almost instantly and became extremely standard.

And Ogata's own aura also changed instantly as the sword grip and stance corrected.

Looking at Ogata, who corrected his posture in an instant and his aura suddenly changed, the eyes of the brawny man in the audience suddenly became round and his face was full of disbelief.

Mizuno, who was facing Ogata, naturally noticed this change in Ogata's body.

But-it's too late.

His sword has been swung out.

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Ogata uses a step ~www.wuxiahere.com~ to take a step to the right, avoiding Mizuno's cleavage.

After avoiding Mizuno's next split, Ogata launched a counterattack.

Sakurahara One Sword Style · Dragon Tail!

The wooden knife in Ogata's hand swept from right to left towards Mizuno's left cheek.

The blade of the wooden knife accurately slashed Mizuno's left cheek.

After Mizuno flew nearly a step away, he rolled his eyes and collapsed to the ground.

silence……

There was silence.

Deathly silence.

Everyone in the field looked shocked at Ogata, who was still maintaining the posture of the sword, and Mizuno who had fallen to the ground and passed out. The expression on his face was wonderful. After a while, his breathing was rapid, like a blower. , Rang everywhere on the court.