I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

In Japan during the Edo period, the samurai were the ruling class with many privileges.

Unless there is something wrong with their brains, ordinary civilians simply don't have the guts to charge into a samurai with two swords hanging from his waist.

Even if the samurai in front of you is a pauper whose standard of living is far less than yours, you still have to show respect to the samurai in front of you.

The reason why this strong man was so frightened that he quickly swallowed all the obscenities that were about to come out of his mouth was not just because Ogata was a samurai.

The main reason why he was frightened was that the expression on Ogata's face was quite frightening.

His face was expressionless, and his face was so dark that it was about to drip ink.

This appearance, as if...as if...as if he was going to kill someone...

The strong man's intuition was telling him crazily—don't, don't provoke this person...

The strong man stepped aside obediently, not daring to say another word, and silently watched Ogata continue walking straight forward.

Until Ogata disappeared from his field of vision, the strong man still had lingering fears...

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...

"Ogata! Ogata! I found you!"

At this moment, an old male voice that was extremely familiar to Ogata sounded not far from Ogata's side.

Ogata followed the reputation.

The master of this old male voice is none other than Ogata's master, Hanbei Sakakibara.

Behind Hanbei, there were several Ogata's senior brothers.

After learning that Ogata had left the Sakakibara Sword Gym, Hanbei, who was worried that Ogata would do something stupid, hurriedly led several disciples out of the sword gym, looking for Ogata's figure everywhere.

Perhaps because of good luck, Hanbei really found Ogata.

Hanbei walked up to Ogata in stride, blocking Ogata's way.

Ogata had to stop his feet.

"Okay, Ogata, stop wandering around outside. Come back to the dojo with me."

Ogata's voice was low and his face was solemn.

"... I don't have time to hang around outside, I have to go to a place next."

Hanbei felt that Ogata was unusual.

"Hmm... Ogata, where are you going?"

"Ishikawa Sword Gym." Ogata said casually the name that made many disciples of Sakakibara Sword Gym frowned after hearing about it.

"Ishikawa Sword Gym...?"

Hanbei's eyes began to become complicated, and a look of astonishment began to emerge in his pupils.

He asked Ogata in a much harsher tone than before:

"Ogata! What happened today, I will personally visit Ishikawa Bingma to ask him clearly! So..."

"Ask clearly?" Ogata interrupted Hanbei, "Master, what are you talking about?"

"what……?"

"How can today's affairs be left alone?!"

A horrifying shadow appeared on Ogata's face.

"Master, do you know what my rules of life are? Repay kindness with kindness, and repay grievances with straightness."

"Whoever dares to spit at me, I will spit back. Whoever dares to draw a knife at me, I will draw a knife at him."

"Everything that happened today...I will never let it just go away!"

"Even if there is any misunderstanding in it, I will resolve the misunderstanding after I finish my revenge!"

Hanbei, who had an ominous premonition in his heart to the extreme, changed his usual steady appearance, raised his hand to grab Ogata's shoulder, and roared at the same time:

"Ogata! What are you going to do?!"

When Hanbei's hand was about to grab Ogata's shoulder, Ogata turned his body to the side, cleverly avoiding Hanbei's hand.

The scary shadow on Ogata's face still remained, and he said in a calm voice:

"Master, didn't I just say that? I'm going to the Ishikawa Sword Gym.

"

"You..." Banbingwei frowned.

This was the first time Hanbei saw Ogata like this, and he was already at a loss.

The commotion between the two has already attracted the attention of many people around.

Around the two of them, there were already many men, women and children who came to watch the excitement.

"Master, you should go back first. I will return to the dojo soon... Maybe I won't come back."

Hanbei saw an unprecedented firmness in Ogata's eyes.

These are the eyes of those who have made up their minds and made up their minds.

Hanbei looked at Ogata with a complicated expression.

"Ogata... You said you were going to the Ishikawa Sword Gym. Could it be that... you are planning to tear down the Ishikawa Sword Gym...? Just you...alone...?"

Ogata stared at Hanbei without saying a word.

After a while, he bypassed the Banbei in front of him and continued walking straight forward.

The common people who came to watch the fun moved to both sides and made way.

"Ogata!"

Hanbei turned around and shouted at Ogata's leaving back:

"Have you forgotten my previous teaching?! Violence cannot solve any problems! It is not a last resort! Do not use violence!"

As soon as Hanbei's voice fell, Ooyoung responded without turning his head:

"Maybe. But—violence makes me feel better."

After a while, Hanbei no longer saw Ogata's figure.

Although Ogata's figure had completely disappeared, Banbei still stared blankly at the direction in which Ogata's figure disappeared.

"Ugh……"

The half guard stomped his feet.

"What a... stupid apprentice...!"

"master!"

Several disciples who came out to find Ogata with Hanbei immediately surrounded him.

"Aren't we going to stop Senior Ogata?"

"I can't stop it..." Banbing Wei said in a deep voice, "A person with such eyes, unless you kill him with a sword, you can't stop him..."

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Hirose Clan, Ishikawa Sword Gym, inside the dojo.

An old man over half a century old glanced calmly at Itagaki and the others kneeling in front of him.

"Itagaki... where are Toyama and the others?"

"Master..." Itagaki, with cold sweat dripping from his brow, said tremblingly, "Senior Toyama... took someone to find Ogata Yishi elsewhere..."

"Humph!"

The old man who was over fifty years old let out a heavy "hum", which made Itagaki and others tremble in fright.

"Yuan Shan is not here right now! I'll teach him a lesson when he comes back! I'll teach you bastards first! What are you doing to make such a big commotion today?!"

This middle-aged man over half a century old is the current owner of the Ishikawa Sword Gym, the master of Yuan Shan and others - Ishikawa Bingma.

"Master...Senior Toyama has some conflicts with Ogata Itsuki of the Sakakibara Sword Gym, so let's settle accounts with that Ogata Itsuki..."

"Contradiction? What kind of contradiction is it?"

"...Sorry, master, I can't say it."

"...you don't want to say it!"

"Since it is Yuan Shan who has conflicts with that Ogata, why do you bother with Yuan Shan?!"

"Master!" Itagaki said anxiously, "Senior Yuan Shan's business is our business! So we..."

"Nonsense!"

Before Ban Yuan finished speaking, the soldiers and horses shouted angrily, interrupting Ban Yuan's words.

The beards and eyebrows of the soldiers and horses seemed to be erected with anger.

"Reckless! What you did today is reckless!"

"No matter how big the conflict is, can't it be resolved in private?! Is it necessary to mobilize people like this and directly break into the Sakakibara Sword Gym to find someone?!"

"You have injured so many people in the Sakakibara Sword Gym now, tell me! How are we going to end now?!"

"If Hanbei Sakakibara of the Sakakibara Sword Gym comes to our door for this matter, what should we do?!"

"Is there an all-out war with Sakakibara Sword Gym?!"

"You guys really disappoint me!"

As the owner of the Ishikawa Sword Gym, Ishikawa Bingma certainly didn't like the Sakakibara Sword Gym that robbed them of the Ishikawa Sword Gym's students.

But if you don't like it, you don't like it, and Ishikawa Bingma doesn't want to have too deep grievances with Sakakibara Sword Hall.

If they had an enmity with Sakakihara Sword Academy, they would not get much benefit from Ishikawa Sword Academy.

The well water and the river water in the Sakakibara Kenkan—this is the situation Ishikawa Bingma is most willing to see.

So just now when he learned that his proud apprentice—Renro Toyama led a large group of other disciples in the sword gym to forcibly break into the Sakakibara Sword Gym and injured a large number of disciples in the Sakakibara Sword Gym, Ishikawa was furious. Almost had to spit out blood.

The sword hall was forcibly broken into, and a large number of disciples were injured - no one could bear such a disgrace.

Ishikawa Bingma felt dizzy when he thought that if he didn't handle today's matter well, it might lead to a full-scale confrontation between the two sword halls.