I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Hanbei wanted to make a final struggle, so he called back Ogata who had already played.

But before he could make a sound, a loud shout enveloped the entire arena:

"The god-sacrificing competition starts now! Unrelated people are forbidden to make noise! ​​It is forbidden to disturb the competition between Ogata and Yuanshan!"

This is Cang Yong's shout.

When Kurangaga yelled this sentence, he deliberately glanced at Hanbei.

Cang Naga's shout made Hanbei completely helpless, he could only stand anxiously outside the competition field, looking at Ogata on the field.

After yelling, Cang Yong sat down in the auditorium on the north side of the arena.

After Cang Yong came to the auditorium, there was an endless stream of people who came to greet and curry favor with Cang Yong.

For these people, Cang Yong smiled politely, and used "politeness" to form a solid wall to protect himself firmly and isolate everyone from the outside.

After sitting down on his small stool, Cang Yong stared intently at Ogata and Toyama who were already in the middle of the competition arena.

Others in the audience saw that Cang Yong seemed to be only able to watch the god sacrifice competition seriously, so they didn't bother Cang Yong in a very sensible way, and went to Cang Yong to cast serious or meaningless eyes on the competition field together.

After walking to the center of the martial arts arena, Ogata and Toyama followed the rules and saluted respectfully to all the nobles in the auditorium, and then faced each other face to face.

"...Ogata Yishi, I didn't expect that the start time of the god sacrifice competition was brought forward."

"...Yes." Ogata said in a nonchalant tone, "It's really... people are not as good as heaven."

"Holding the God Sacrifice Competition ahead of time...is exactly what I want!" A daunting shadow of terror appeared on Yuan Shan's face, "I must...kill you!"

"Before we start the competition, let me ask a question—" Obi asked blankly, "Why did you bring a large group of people to my sword hall to look for me? What did I do? Is it something that offends you?"

Toyama did not answer Ogata's question.

Or rather——he didn't bother to answer Ogata's answer.

He just silently tied his cuffs tighter, making final preparations, and continued to cast a hateful look at Ogata.

"...Forget it, if you don't want to say it, I don't bother to ask any more. Anyway, I was not interested in the truth."

After finishing speaking, Ogata raised the wooden knife in his hand, and set up a posture in the middle.

However—Toyama did not hold up the wooden sword in his hand like Ogata did.

Instead, after glancing at the wooden knife in Ogata's hand, he threw the wooden knife aside.

"I went to the arena with the determination to kill you here."

"So—throw this kind of toy aside."

"Sato!"

Following Yuan Shan's loud shout, the disciple named Sato among the disciples of the Ishikawa Sword Gym standing on the westernmost side of the competition field, immediately stepped out, walked quickly to the center of the competition field, and then put the sword in his hand. Things are handed over to the distant mountains.

And this kind of thing is exactly - Yuanshan's Dao.

"Yuanshan! What are you going to do!" From the westernmost side of the arena, Ishikawa soldiers and horses yelled in horror, "It is forbidden to use real swords in the god sacrifice competition!"

However——Yuan Shan didn't pay attention to the shout of the master.

Both eyes were still fixed on Ogata in front of him.

"Come on, Ogata." Toyama said while taking his sword from Sato, "Let's just skip games like wooden sword competition."

"Today either you die or I die."

"Anyway, someone must die, so it is more convenient to use a real knife, and it will be much easier to kill people."

Seeing that Yuanshan ignored him at all, Ishikawa Bingma gritted his teeth angrily, then turned his head and looked towards the auditorium.

"My lord! It is forbidden to use real knives in the god sacrifice competition! Please send someone to stop Toyama Renrou!"

Ishikawa Bingma thought Cang Yong would help him.

After all, whether to compete with a wooden knife or with a real knife, those are two completely different competitions.

If a real knife competition is used, the two people in the competition field will definitely be killed or injured.

As soon as Ishikawa Bingma's words fell, Hanbei Sakakibara, who was located on the easternmost side of the arena, also hurriedly echoed, asking Kura to come forward to stop Toyama Renrou's extremely absurd behavior.

However - Kura Naga did not come forward to stop Toyama from using the real sword as Hanbei and Bingma expected.

Instead, he said in a loud voice with no expression on his face:

"Let the two of them use real knives!"

When Cang Yong said this, not only the people of Sakakibara Sword Gym and Ishikawa Sword Gym were shocked, but all the nobles in the auditorium also looked at Cang Yong with astonishment.

"Ogata-kun!" Cangaga shouted to Ogata Itsuki in the arena, "Go get your saber out!"

"My lord!" Banbingwei was horrified, "For..."

"Stop talking nonsense!" Cang Yong interrupted Banbei in a much harsher tone than before, "Let the two of them fight with real swords! No one is allowed to have another word!"

...

...

Ogata looked at Kuranaga who ordered him to take out his saber.

Then he looked at the distant mountain in front of him who had inserted the saber back into his waist.

Then—

"Makino!"

Ogata called out the name of Makino who was in charge of keeping the saber for him.

"Here!" Of course, Makino knew why Ogata suddenly yelled his name.

Holding Ogata's saber, Makino looked left and right, his eyes were full of anxiety, not knowing what to do.

Makino actually longed for someone to stop him from sending Ogata's sword up.

Because he didn't want Ogata to be injured or die in the arena.

However, whether it is the master or other senior brothers, the expressions on their faces are surprisingly the same - heavy.

They are all the same as Makino - they don't want Ogata to use a real sword to fight Yuanshan in a battle that is destined to cause death and injury.

But... Cang Yong has already ordered, and they have to follow...

Cang Yong in the auditorium saw Makino's hesitation, so he shouted in a tone of impatience:

"What are you doing in a daze?! Hurry up and send Ogata-kun's saber up!"

"Yes Yes!"

Makino, who was frightened by this extremely oppressive roar of Kura Naga, took Ogata's saber and walked quickly onto the arena.

After handing the saber back to Ogata and saying "Senior Ogata, please be careful", Makino quickly fled from the arena as if he was running away.

"...Yuan Shan, let me put my ugly words first."

Ogata said calmly while inserting his saber back into his left waist.

"I'm not a very kind person."

"If someone wants to take my life, no matter what his reasons are, I will not sit still."

"So——since you want to kill me, then you can only trouble me to prepare for me to be killed by me."

"Heh!" Yuan Shan sneered, "It's exactly what I want!"

bass!

Yuan Shan pulled out the knife from his waist in one breath.

And Ogata followed closely, pulling out his saber.

The two people posing in the middle, the knife in their hands reflected the dazzling light under the bright sunlight.

Obviously the sun is so warm, but the light reflected by the snow-white blade is so cold and terrifying.

The two of them were too lazy to play the trick of self-declaring their family, and decided to directly start a deathmatch where only one person can survive.

Under the clear blue sky, there is not a single cloud, and even the wind is still.

Both the arena and the auditorium next to the arena were completely silent, not even the slightest cough could be heard.

Then--

Slap!

Slap!

The sound of two rear footsteps sounded almost at the same time, breaking the silence.

Ogata and Toyama rushed towards each other.

clang--!

The knives of the two collided in mid-air, making a deafening sound of gold and iron clashing.