I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

All the disciples of Sakakibara Sword Gym headed by Mikami quietly looked at Matsudaira Gennai and his group sitting opposite them with nervous, confused and bewildered eyes.

The sudden arrival of Matsudaira Gennai and others made everyone - including Hanbei feel quite uneasy.

Especially under the premise that their protagonist is still a cruel person.

Matsudaira Gennai's brutal temperament - this is well known among all the samurai of the Hirose Domain.

But no one dared to tell this fact to others.

Everyone, including Hanbei, hoped that Matsudaira Gennai was really just here to borrow some tea.

Looking forward to Matsudaira Gennai leaving after drinking the tea.

Matsudaira Gennai sipped the tea in the cup, and spoke to Hanbei beside him with a casual attitude:

"This is the first time I've come to your Sakakibara Sword Gym."

"I heard before that there is a young swordsmanship named 'Sakakibara Swordsmanship' in our domain."

"Until today, on a whim, I changed the route back to the city, and passed by the gate of your sword hall by accident."

"You have quite a lot of disciples in the sword hall."

As soon as Matsudaira Gennai's words fell, the flattering smile on Hanbei's face became more intense, echoing Matsudaira Gennai's words just now.

While responding, Hanbei secretly thought in his heart:

——Looking at it this way, the lord is quite normal...

Hanbei was originally very worried that the notorious Matsudaira Gennai would be an absurd person who couldn't even have a normal conversation with others.

But now it seems that this Matsudaira Gennai can still talk to people well, and he can also chat with Hanbei and him.

Hanbei, who felt that the worry in his heart was slightly put down, quietly waited for Matsudaira Gennai to drink the tea quickly, and then left here.

However—at this moment, Matsudaira Gennai suddenly said something that Hanbei couldn't figure out what he meant.

Matsudaira Gennai looked at the disciples of the Sakakibara Sword Gym who were kneeling in front of him, and as if he remembered something, he let out a soft "ah" and said:

"Since these people are all disciples of this sword gym, they should be very good at swordsmanship, right? If so, let's play with that."

--that……?

Hanbei didn't know what "that" Matsudaira Genuai was referring to.

But he instinctively felt—bad premonitions were constantly emerging from his heart...

...

...

Hirose Domain, the residence of Kura Naga.

Ogata, Kuranaga, and Feizaru returned to the room they were in at the beginning.

"The tragedy in Miaozhang Village...is just one of the thousands of tragedies that have happened since the lord came to the throne."

"If the Lord is not stopped as soon as possible, there will be more people like the villagers of Miaozhang Village... No, more people will fall into a tragedy that is even more tragic than the villagers of Miaozhang Village."

Cang Yong spoke quietly, and Ogata listened quietly.

"In order to stop the lord's cruelty, I thought of various methods and made various efforts."

"But... the lord's cruelty... seems to be born with him..."

Speaking of this, Cang Yong closed his eyes in pain.

"No matter what I did, no matter how hard I tried, it was all in vain..."

"Not only has the lord's cruelty not been curbed, but it has intensified..."

"So...after some deliberation, I've decided..."

Cang Yong slowly opened the eyes that were closed just now because of the pain.

In Cang Yong's eyes at this time, there was a fierce light like fire.

"Assassinate the lord!"

"With the death of my lord,

In exchange for the peace of Hirose Fan! "

"Therefore—Ogata-kun, I need your help! I need your sword!"

"...So that's how it is." Ogata said softly, "That question you asked me at the beginning - 'Are you willing to be an executioner?' is what you meant..."

"Do you want me to be an executioner who can help you assassinate Matsudaira Gennai..."

Having said that, Ogata became silent.

After being silent for a while, Ogata Asakura Yong asked back:

"My lord, let me take the liberty to ask—how many executioners have you summoned?"

"Six." Cang Yong replied unequivocally, "If Ogata-kun, you are willing to help us, it will be seven."

"Six..." Ogata smiled wryly, "Such a small number of people want to assassinate a country's daimyo... My lord, don't you think this is too reluctant? Is there no other way to assassinate? For example, in Matsudaira Poisoning Gennai’s daily meals and the like.”

"If you plan to assassinate the lord by poisoning, then this is almost impossible."

Cang Yong sighed lightly.

"All the meals and all the water that the Lord eats on the day of the Lord will be poisoned by someone specially assigned for him."

"As long as there are poison testers, it is impossible to kill the lord by poisoning."

"...Then, if Matsudaira Gennai's life is to be ended with a sword, what's your plan, sir?"

"How do you plan to take Matsudaira Gennai's head with this rare combat power?"

As soon as Ogata's words fell, Fei Yuan, who was kneeling beside Cang Yong, took the first step and said:

"Ogata-kun, I'm sorry. You haven't joined us yet, so we can't tell you all about our plan."

"... That's true." Ogata sighed softly, and raised his hand to stroke his hair.

Thanks to Flying Monkey's reminder just now, Ogata realized that he seemed to have asked a stupid question just now.

His current identity is just an outsider.

How could Cang Yong tell an outsider like him all about their assassination plan.

"Ogata-kun."

Cang Yong looked straight into Ogata's eyes and said seriously.

"Now—may I have your answer?"

"Would you like to join us and help the cause together with us?"

Hearing this question from Kura Naga, Ogata suddenly felt that his thigh seemed to feel the warm touch of Rigi's blood and tears falling on his thigh again.

Reggie's screams echoed in his ears again.

The terrifying scenes that I saw in the dim room just now reappeared in front of my eyes.

Recalling these, Ogata's hands that were naturally resting on his legs began to clenched slowly, and his lips were pursed tightly.

His gaze also uncontrollably looked to his right side.

He looked at the sword that was quietly placed on the tatami on his right side...

...

Hirose Domain, Sakakibara Sword House.

Whether it is the masters and apprentices of the Sakakibara Sword Gym, or Matsudaira Gennai and his party, they are all kneeling and sitting on the edge of the dojo.

Except Matsudaira Gennai.

Matsudaira Gennai sat casually on the wooden floor at the edge of the dojo, his legs spread wide.

At this time, Matsudaira Gennai looked at the center of the dojo with great interest.

In the center of the dojo, there are two people standing facing each other holding real swords.

These two are Mikami respectively.

And the youngest disciple of their Sakakibara Sword Gym - Goro Sawamura.