I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

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Nikki Maru, in the cabin—

"...Miss Lin, you don't seem surprised to see me."

"Of course I'm not surprised." Lin spoke with extreme indifference, as if her tone was mixed with ice scum, and said word by word to the person in front of her who was pointing a flintlock gun at her, "Last night, After your house was suddenly attacked at a dinner party, I already began to suspect you."

"Because other than you, Uncle, and Mamiya, there is no way anyone else knows where I was last night!"

How did Toyotomi Nobuhide know that she happened to be in Osaka during this time?

How did Toyotomi Nobuhide know where she was last night?

Since the brief meeting with Toyotomi Nobuhide and the end of the conversation, Rin has been thinking about these two questions.

These 2 questions... are not difficult to think about.

In response to these two questions, the only explanation Lin can think of is: someone betrayed her and revealed her whereabouts to Toyotomi Nobuhide.

So... who betrayed her?

Genichi, Mamiya, Makimura, and Asai are the people that Rin can put all her heart into and can trust 100%.

Because Shimada joined their Hulu House for a short time, Lin did not trust him 100%.

But—even though he has not given Shimada complete trust, after a short time with Shimada, Rinya Shimada has a general understanding of who he is.

He's a boy who looks the same.

Although he is still an unreliable person due to various reasons such as lack of social experience, he is indeed not a bad boy.

Rin also didn't believe that Shimada would betray him.

It turns out that none of the core subordinates under her command would betray her... that suspicious candidate... there is only one left.

This person is not her core subordinate. Strictly speaking, the relationship with him can only be regarded as a partner with a deep relationship...

Not only did he know that Lin happened to be in Osaka during this time.

She also knows Lin's location last night better than anyone...

Because he was the one who invited Lin to come to his mansion for dinner last night!

Lin cast a sharp gaze like the dazzling sunlight of noon at the traitor in front of her.

Yukimura, who did not dare to meet such eyes, turned his eyes slightly uncontrollably, and did not dare to meet Lin again.

"...What?" Lin's tone contained undisguised sarcasm, "Don't you dare to look at me?"

Although merciless.

But in Lin's eyes, there was still a little sadness involuntarily.

Yukimura, who is now pointing a flintlock gun at her, has received a lot of help and training from her to become a giant businessman who can call the wind and the rain in Osaka.

Although he is not her core subordinate like Mamiya and the others, Lin has always trusted him quite a bit.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be the first to ask Yukimura for help when he wanted to investigate the "Kansai Disappearance Incident".

Being betrayed by someone she trusted... The blow and impact of this incident made Lin Du temporarily forget the pain caused by seasickness.

"...Ms. Lin..." Yukimura just didn't dare to look directly at Lin, but now - he didn't even dare to face Lin directly.

He pursed his lips tightly and turned his face slightly to the right, so that only Lin could see his profile.

"Miss Lin...I...I also have my troubles..."

"If I can, I really don't want to use force against you..."

"So... can I ask you to surrender obediently?"

"Ha..." Lin let out a very blatant sneer, "A person who can be cruel to betray my trust, tell me that you don't want to be rough with me?"

"...I'm serious." Yukimura's tone became a little more serious, "Miss Lin, I know what kind of person you are."

"Since you saw me, you've been thinking about **** me and get out of trouble, right?"

"You have given me a lot of help before. Without your help, I would not be where I am today... I really don't want to pull the trigger on you..."

"But if you insist on resisting..."

Yukimura didn't speak any further, just silently clenched the gun in his hand.

Lin's expression could not help but become solemn at this time: "You also know that without me, you wouldn't be where you are today..."

Lin still sneered at Yukimura mercilessly.

But she growled worriedly in her heart:

—Tsk...this distance...it's annoying...

What Yukimura just said was true.

Since seeing Yukimura, Lin has been thinking about a way to quickly kill Yukimura and get out of trouble.

When confronting Yukimura just now, she had repeatedly confirmed the distance between her and Yukimura, as well as the props she could use now, countless times.

According to her visual observation—the distance between her and Yukimura was about 8 steps.

This distance... It's quite embarrassing for Lin, who is currently in poor physical condition...

For the current Lin, this is not a distance that can be crossed immediately.

If Yukimura can't be dealt with with a lightning speed that Yukimura can't even react to... Then the flintlock gun in Yukimura's hand will probably open a hole in her body...

Lin thought hard about whether there was any way to bring Yukimura down quickly.

But at this time-

"I finally found you. Fortunately, I heard a strange movement here... Oh? Yukimura, you are also here. Haha, I was thinking about not letting you meet Xiaolin, after all, let you and Xiaolin Meeting Xiaolin is too cruel for Xiaolin."

It was as if the back was suddenly stabbed by a sharp spearhead... Lin heard the voice behind her that she didn't want to hear the most...

Lin, whose expression changed greatly, with a gloomy expression that seemed to be dripping with water, slowly turned her head and looked behind her... the direction from which the male voice came from just now.

Behind her, Toyotomi Nobuhide, with an intriguing smile, slowly walked towards her.

He did not bring any attendants or subordinates.

So he walked slowly towards Lin alone.

pat, pat, pat...

Toyotomi Nobuhide's footsteps, neither light nor heavy, were like a heavy hammer, hitting Lin's heart one after another, causing the cold sweat on Lin's face to roll down her cheeks and the bridge of her nose one by one.

At this time, Lin glimpsed that Toyotomi Nobuhide's left hand was holding two things that Lin was very familiar with.

She fixed her eyes on it - the thing that Toyotomi Nobuhide's left hand was holding was her saber: the sword, Yama and Wakizashi.

"Lord Toyotomi..." After seeing Toyotomi Nobuhide, Yukimura's face showed a touch of panic, and he hurriedly explained to Toyotomi Nobuhide, "I have been staying in my room just now."

"After hearing what seemed to be a fight outside, I came out with a weapon to check the situation."

"And then I met Lin Xiao..."

Before Yukimura's words were finished, Toyotomi Nobuhide raised his hand to signal that he didn't need to say more.

"Okay, Yukimura, put away the muskets and step back." Toyotomi Nobuhide didn't even look at Yukimura, and ordered Yukimura, "Let me handle the next thing."

"Yes..." Yukimura nodded vigorously, then put away the flintlock pistol in his hand and stepped aside.

After sending Yukimura away, Toyotomi Nobuhide glanced at the brocade box at Lin's feet.

"Are you going to take this thing away too... Heh, it didn't turn out as I expected... After knowing that you managed to escape, I guessed that you would definitely take this brocade box away as well."

At this moment, the corner of Toyotomi Nobuhide's mouth raised an arc of admiration or ridicule.

"Should I say it's my sister? It's a shame you managed to escape in such an environment."

After saying that, Toyotomi Nobuhide threw the Yan Mo and Zhen Guishen mentioned in his left hand, and threw them to Lin's feet.

"...What are you doing?" After glancing down at her saber at her feet, Lin continued to stare at Toyotomi Nobuhide with a look that seemed she wanted to stare at people to death.

"Well... just treat it as a reward for you." Toyotomi Nobuhide smiled and shrugged, "Although your escape has caused me a lot of trouble."

"But I still have to give a very high evaluation for your wisdom and action ability to escape from my imprisonment."

"I admire the most actionable people."

"If I didn't need to put you into Kanda Shangshui, I would like to bring you under my command."

"So—for your intelligence and action, I'll give you a little reward."

"I just specially helped you find these two sabres of yours."

Toyotomi Nobuhide maintained the meaningful smile on his face, raised his hand and slowly pulled out the Jiguang bone food from his waist.

"Now, I'll give you a chance."

"Attack on me."

"If you can beat me, I'll set you free."

When the words fell, Toyotomi Nobuhide happened to have pulled out all the Jiguang bones from his waist.

The moment the blade was completely unsheathed, Toyotomi Nobuhide threw the knife down heavily.

call!

The wind pressure brought about by the swing of the knife caused the hem of the feather weave embroidered with "Taiko Tong" on Toyotomi Nobuhide's upper body to sway slightly with the wind.

Is it because the boat doesn't roll that much?

Or is it because Toyotomi Nobuhide's attention is now being attracted?

In short—it's fine no matter what, Lin feels that the "lust for vomiting" that has been tormenting her since the ship set sail, has finally subsided completely.

She didn't say a word to Toyotomi Shinhide.

She only silently picked up Yan Mo and Zhen Guishen at her feet, and put them on her right waist. Then she drew out her two swords, set them up, and set up a posture of no self and two swords.

Looking at Lin who has been silent, Toyotomi Nobuhide can't help but raise his eyebrows out of curiosity.

"Don't you want to say something?"

"...I have nothing to say to you," she replied indifferently.

After saying that, Lin Ruo was freed from the bowstring and charged straight towards Toyotomi Nobuhide.

In his current state... there must be no possibility of defeating Toyotomi Nobuhide.

Lynn is quite aware of this.

But even so, she dashed forward without the slightest delay or confusion.

Although she did not say a word to Toyotomi Nobuhide.

But the sword in her hand, and on her behalf, roared at this twisted, inhuman brother!

"Is there nothing to say..." Toyotomi Nobuhide smiled, "Xiao Lin, you are still unpleasant as always..."

After speaking, Toyotomi Nobuhide slowly put Jiguang's bone food... in front of him...

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Gourd pills, on the open deck—

"A closer look... This thickness is really incredible..."

Mamiya looked at the gourd pill main mast in front of him, which was a little difficult for adults to hug, and let out a sigh that only he could hear clearly.

At this moment, Mamiya and Genichi were standing under the main mast in the center of Gourd Maru.

Looking at it from a distance, it is impossible to see the size and thickness of the mainmast.

Only after getting closer, can I really feel the concept of a "wooden column" dozens of meters high.

"... Mamiya, can you do it?" Genichi asked.

"It can be done."

Mamiya turned his head to look at his left hand with torch-like eyes, and looked at Hikari Maru who was walking side by side with Hulu Maru.

"The distance between the two boats...just up to 40 meters."

"And the height of the main mast of this Hulu Maru is conservatively estimated to be 45 meters."

"As long as the main mast of this Hulu Maru is split, and then the broken main mast is poured over to the Rihui Maru next to it, a 'bridge' can be built to connect the two ships."

"In this way, there is no need to jump into the sea and swim to board the Hikari Maru. It can save a lot of time and physical strength."

"Mamiya, I'm not asking if I can build a bridge to connect the two ships after cutting the main mast."

Yuan Yi raised his hand and patted the main mast that was in front of him and asked him to hug, but he couldn't fully hug it.

"I'm asking you - can you cut this mainmast off?"

Yuan Yi put on a half-joking helpless tone.

"This size...but if you let me cut it, it may not be able to cut it off."

"Ogata-kun will probably cut off the main mast as well."

"After all, cutting off a thing of this size... It's not enough to rely on strength alone."

"It requires both strength and the skill of 'cutting objects' that has been tempered and accumulated for a long time."

"...Mr. Yuan." Mamiya put on a light-hearted smile that seemed to have let go of the past.

He raised his head and looked at the top of the mainmast, which could not be seen.

"My original name...but Yamada Asemon Yoshitsune."

Mamiya raised his left hand and held Vairocana's sword on his left waist.

"Hone the 'cut things' to the extreme and cut off things that ordinary people can't cut off - this is Yamada Asaeemon... It's also my swordsmanship."

"Leave it to me, Master Yuan."

Mamiya slowly retracted his gaze from the top of the mainmast.

"I'll cut off the mainmast for you!"

"I will do my best to pave the way for you to ascend to Hikari Maru!"

Yuan Yi opened his eyes slightly, and looked up and down Mamiya several times with his eyes as if he was looking at a stranger.

"…I know."

There was a gratified smile on the corner of Yuan Yi's mouth.

"Mamiya, compared to when you first joined the Gourd House... it seems to be very different."

"Okay, then let go and do it!"

"Do what you want!"

Yuan Yi's voice just fell—

"Don't hold back! Don't hold back!"

"Kill—!"

Not far behind the two, several crew members whose fighting spirit and fighting spirit have not disappeared, held up their weapons to kill the old and young.

"I'm going to help you get rid of the people who might get in your way." Yuan Yi picked up his knife and slowly faced the new group of enemies, "You can safely focus on how to cut off the mainmast. let's go."

"I won't give anyone a chance to come and disturb you."

"Grateful."

After simply thanking Yuan, Mamiya did not look at Yuanichi again, nor did he look at the surrounding enemies.

He assuredly handed his back to this senior, and concentrated his whole body and mind on the one in front of him... A huge "wooden pillar" that all swordsmen in the world would see, I'm afraid they would feel hopeless .

—Okay… Enough of nice things to say…

Mamiya smiled bitterly, and slowly clenched his left palm on the knife

- Severing the mainmast... If I can succeed, I can truly surpass my father.

— Even my father had never cut off an object with such an exaggerated size.

When he was young, when he practiced swordsmanship with his father Wenxian, Wenxian demonstrated to Mamiya several times - how he used his well-trained swordsmanship to hold a tree that required an adult's hands to hug it. The living tree was cut in two.

Wen Xian... It can be considered that "how to cut things" has been cultivated to the extreme.

Regarding the overall level of swordsmanship, Mamiya dared to conclude that his father was far inferior to Genichi.

But no matter how to cut things off... Mamiya feels that Wen Xian, who has spent his whole life on "cutting things", might be a little better than Yuan...

After all, this is their Yamada Asemon's swordsmanship - since he can hold a sword, he has begun to hone his skills of "cutting things".

— Even Genichi and Ogata-kun would have difficulty cutting a wooden object of this size.

- The person who has the opportunity to cut off the main mast... Only I have been practicing the 'Art of Chopping Objects' since I can remember it.

Mamiya felt like a big iron ball was stuck between his chest.

"Only oneself can do this kind of thing" and "I don't have the time or the conditions to let him slowly rely on the breath of the source to enter the realm of no-self, and he can only use the current state to bite the bullet", It made Mamiya feel like his body was several times heavier.

Mamiya took a deep breath and slowly exhaled the inhaled air. At the same time, he slowly lowered the center of gravity of his body, and slowly stroked his right hand on the hilt of Vairocana, and kept pressing his left hand on the saber blade. Then he put his thumb against the blade of the knife, pushed it forward, and pushed the blade of Vairocana out an inch.

- Don't be confused, confusion will only dull the knife...

—Be sure to… save the lord!

Mamiya kept reciting in his heart the teachings that his father gave him, which also enabled him to win the previous "Father-Son Showdown".

He recited this teaching over and over again.

The reason why Mamiya has such a terrifying ability to learn "you can learn everything at once" is inseparable from his concentration. He can adjust his concentration to "elk is happy in just a moment's time". left without blinking”.

After reciting "Don't Get Lost" several times in his heart, Mamiya felt like he was on a calm lake.

The ears can still pick up ambient sounds, but the brain has automatically blocked them.

The eyes have nothing but the mainmast in front of them.

Attention has been drawn to the apex.

But Mamiya's hand... was unable to pull out Vairocana.

Do not.

It's not that Vairocana can't be pulled out.

Rather undecided to pull Vairocana out...

Even though he has concentrated his attention to the top... but the thoughts still popped out of Mamiya's heart uncontrollably.

—The current me... Is there really a way to cut off an object of this size and achieve... a feat that none of my father ever accomplished...?

A few drops of anxious cold sweat seeped out from Mamiya's forehead.

He didn't want this negative thought in his head...

But no matter how much he tried to get rid of, to ignore these negative thoughts, it was like water in a water pipe - blocking one end and coming out the other...

While Genichi was helping Mamiya clear all obstacles that might disturb him, he was also carefully observing Mamiya's current state.

After clearly seeing that Mamiya's aura seemed to have weakened, Genichi's brows furrowed slightly...

"...Mamiya!"

Mamiya, who was putting all her energy into eliminating distracting thoughts, suddenly heard Genichi's cry.

He turned his head to the side and cast a surprised look at Yuan Yi who was not far away.

"Just let it go!" Genichi showed a soft smile to Mamiya from a distance, "You have changed too much from before."

"The current you, maybe you can really do what you were before...even your father couldn't do it!"

As soon as Yuan Yi finished shouting this sentence, he saw another person rushing towards Yuan Yi holding a weapon high, and Yuan Yi had to take his eyes away from Mamiya and continue to focus on helping Mamiya clear obstacles.

- I've changed a lot from before...?

At this moment, Mamiya suddenly remembered—just now, Genichi and him said something similar in content:

(Mamiya, compared to when you first joined the Gourd House... it seems to be very different.)

—Different...what's the difference? strength?

Mamiya turned his gaze slowly back to the mainmast in front of him.

-etc…

—Before... I seem to have heard similar words...

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(What's your name? Kuro Mamiya? It's a cool name. You said you're homeless and have nowhere to go. Would you like to come and work for me? Will you be planning? people. Not very likely? That's fine, you'll be proficient in no time.)

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(Ha? Are you from the Yamada Asaeemon family? Um... so what? You are good, just continue to work for me, and your hands slow down!)

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(Hey, I hired you on a whim, but I hired an incredible subordinate... I’m really thankful for you these past few months. It’s the first time I’ve seen such a beautiful ledger.)

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(Kiulang, I’m going to the Northeast recently, you know where it is, so to be on the safe side, I decided to bring someone to accompany me, are you interested in going to the Northeast with me? Ha? You only learned how to 'Slashing things', haven't you learned how to protect people? That's just right, you should take this opportunity to learn how to use swords other than 'cutting things'. Don't you like learning things the most. )

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(Um... Kuro, you seem to have changed a bit compared to when you first worked for me. Ah? You ask me where did I change? Hmm... Your expression is softer?)

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There are no pictures, only the memory fragments of the sound, passing quickly in Mamiya's mind.

The shoulders, which were originally tense because they were always ready to draw the knife, slowly... relaxed after this string of memory fragments passed through Mamiya's mind.

—Should I say ‘As expected of a relative’? Both of them said the same thing...

- Not only have I said similar things, but I have not said all of them. Compared with before, what is the difference between me and me?

Although he was complaining lowly in his heart, the corner of Mamiya's mouth... At this moment, a faint smile appeared.

- Forget it, don't want these messy things.

—For now, let’s hurry up and focus on severing this big thing.

Mamiya took a deep breath, stretched his shoulders again, and lowered his center of gravity.

But just as his body tightened again, Mamiya suddenly realized that there were no more distracting thoughts in his mind.

At the same time, Mamiya was surprised to see a "Feiyan" flying in front of him.

He recognized it at a glance: this is the flying swallow that he fell down.

At the beginning, he created a new school that belonged to him with his own understanding of the swordsmanship passed down from generation to generation by the Yamada Asaeemon family.

The first object he slashed with his new style of mysticism was a flying swallow.

And this is also the origin of his genre name: "Feiyan Canxinliu".

The day when she painstakingly honed a brand-new sword technique and split Feiyan—it was the eve of her promise that Lin would accompany her to the Northeast!

Looking at the "Feiyan" who suddenly appeared in front of him, the slight smile that had been hanging on the corner of Mamiya's mouth since just now, was a little more nostalgic and indifferent.

He closed his eyes.

The vision was obscured by darkness.

The eyes are closed, but the heart is not.

He felt like he was back in the woods again, back in the day when he tried to cut down Feiyan.

Compared with before, what is different about yourself?

Totally do not understand.

But let me evaluate my changes.

That should be knowing how to wield a knife and cut things in order to protect someone!

Take a deep breath.

Step forward and raise his right hand sharply—

Feiyan Residual Heart Flow

Mystery

moment!

Feiyan! Come down!

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Crack-!

Yuan Yi heard the harsh sound of wooden blocks breaking behind him.

Turn around to see.

He saw the purple knife light, which seemed to connect the sky and the earth!

A lot of raindrops around Mamiya were blown upside down in the air by the powerful sword force!

In front of Mamiya, who was maintaining a stance of swords, was a mainmast with a fairly flat cut, cut in half diagonally.

The broken main mast, while moaning, slowly fell towards Hikari Maru not far away!

"Yamada Asaeemon Yoshitsune..." Genichi showed a gratified smile, "You have already surpassed your father...!"

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The last 2,000 words of this chapter, UU reading www.uukanshu.com is really more difficult to write than 20,000 words... The author has written from 4 pm to now...

Fortunately, the last 2,000 words of this chapter are considered to have completed the final shaping of the role of Mamiya.

[I don't know how I have changed, but if I insist that there is a change, I know how to wield a knife and cut things to protect someone.] - This sentence is considered to be born in the "executioner's family", and has always only understood The best overview of the life of the executioner who wielded the knife for trial and execution.

Judging from the quality of this chapter, it's not too much for the author to ask for a monthly pass.

Ask for a monthly pass! Ask for a monthly pass!

Everyone can understand Mamiya as the kind of swordsman who is full of "cutting things". The route taken is different from that of Ogata and Genichi.

According to the setting, Mamiya's current swordsmanship is not as good as that of Ogata and Genichi.

But when it comes to "cutting things", he is the ceiling of this book.