"I found out that it was very noisy here for some reason, so I ran over to take a look, and it turned out to be Ogata-kun, you were fighting someone else. Fortunately, there are no cannibals roaming around, otherwise you would have attracted a lot of ogres if you made such a loud noise. ”

"Cut...... Are you late...... You're almost done fighting, Odaka, man......"

As the two male voices fell, two figures, one tall and one short, stepped out of the darkness and stepped into the area illuminated by the light of the torches.

The prisoners had been largely slaughtered by Ogata, and the torches in their hands had fallen all over the ground, so Ogata and Sotaro were still surrounded by bright lights.

These two figures, as well as the owners of the two sword lights just now, are naturally the palace and the village.

Matsumoto, on the other hand, cautiously followed closely behind Mamiya and Makimura, accepting the protection of the two.

Mamiya glanced at the dead bodies on the ground, and Sotaro who was looking at him and Makimura with an ugly face, and then asked Ogata in a relaxed tone:

"Ogata-kun, do you need help?"

"No, I don't." After answering Mamiya's words without thinking, Ogata raised the knife in his hand, shook it downward, shook off the blood attached to the blade, and then walked slowly towards Sotaro.

"Tsk......" Sotaro, whose face was already as black as a lump of charcoal, clenched the wakicha in his hand, spread his legs, and put on a posture, "You guy......!" Who the hell is it?! ”

"I just said that." Ogata said in a calm tone, "By various coincidences, the ronin who happened to appear here. ”

With that, Ogata suddenly accelerated, and a lunge rushed towards Sotaro.

Ogata swung the sword in his hand at the same time as Wakicha, and two sword lights, one long and one short, shrouded Sotaro.

Ogata's sword was as fast as lightning, but Sotaro's reaction was not bad, and he could barely keep up with Ogata's speed.

Even if he raised the wakicha in his hand, he headed towards Ogata's twin blades.

Clang!

With a loud sound of gold and iron clashing, the knives of the two collided heavily.

"Hmm......" Sotaro managed to hold off Ogata's sword, but because his strength was not as strong as Ogata's, he staggered back a few steps with the knife in his hand.

On the other hand, Ogata - standing still.

Before Sotaro could fully gain a foothold, Ogata's pursuit came.

This time, it was Ogata's wakicha who slashed at Sotaro.

Wakicha cut through the air and slashed at Sotaro head-on, Sotaro's arms still aching from the hard response from Ogata's attack just now. But Sotaro can't do so much now.

Clenched his teeth, relying on brute force, he forced himself to clench the wakicha in his hand and met the knife that Ogata slashed at.

This time, Ogata only attacked with a one-armed single sword, so the power was not as strong as the double knife slash he had just now, so if Sotaro went all out, he would still be able to parry Ogata's attack with a knife.

However, no sooner had Sotaro set aside Ogata's wakicha than the knife in Ogata's right hand came.

The knife path is completely different from the knife path of the wakicha just now.

Ogata's wakicha just now was cut from the bottom left to the top right.

And now the knife is slashed from the top right to the bottom left.

The two attacks in completely different directions made Sotaro have to hurriedly adjust his stance and the direction of the knife in his hand.

Once again, he succeeded in setting aside Ogata's sword, and before Sotaro could catch his breath, Ogata's wakicha came again......

In this way, Ogata continued to wield his twin swords, unleashing a continuous slash at Sotaro from all directions.

Sotaro was able to barely cope at first, but as time went by and his physical strength declined, Sotaro gradually messed up his rhythm, and in the face of Ogata's continuous double slashes, he not only didn't even have the strength to fight back, but even the power to parry was gradually lost......

After knowing in his heart that he would definitely lose if he continued like this, Sotaro gritted his teeth, and a ruthless color appeared on his face.

He decided to abandon this monolithic defense.

Find the right moment to turn the tide of battle with a single attack.

Sotaro stared at the knife in Ogata's hands, looking for the most suitable battle note for a counterattack.

Clang!

After blocking Ogata's knife again, Sotaro's eyes burst out with a cold light.

At this time, Ogata's sword has just been set up, and Wakicha has not yet had time to slash at Sotaro - the best time to launch a counterattack!

If it drags on any longer, I'm afraid that I won't have the strength to parry Ogata's attack, so Sotaro doesn't hesitate, his feet are firmly on the ground, and the power is transmitted from his feet to his waist, and then from his waist to his arms, concentrating all his strength behind his arms, and aiming at Ogata's chest with a sharp stab!

Sotaro used the assassination technique in their ignorant fire flow ninjutsu.

Sotaro's stabbing knife was fast and ruthless, and after years of training in Shiranui Ninjutsu and years of experience in assassination, Sotaro could roughly tell where Ogata's heart was just by looking at it.

So he's pretty sure that if he hits Ogata, he'll be able to pierce Ogata's heart!

Of course, all of this happened if his knife could stab Ogata.

In the face of Sotaro's stabbing knife, Ogata was neither panicked nor confused.

Because—Sotaro's stab may seem quick to outsiders.

But in Ogata's view, that's it.

After using Genno's Breath, the reflex nerve that was temporarily raised to 10 points allowed Ogata to see Sotaro's path very easily.

Using a step, sensitively flash to the right side of Sotaro.

With Ogata's dodge, Sotaro's wakicha was naturally pierced.

Ogata didn't give Sotaro a chance to take the knife back.

Before Sotaro could take back the knife and his right arm was still straightened, Ogata raised the wakicha of his left hand and stabbed Sotaro's right forearm directly.

"Ahh——!h

His right forearm was pierced directly from right to left, causing Sotaro to let out a painful wail.

And in the next moment, Sotaro's wail escalated directly.

Because--after piercing Sotaro's right arm with Wakicha, Ogata directly waved the knife of his right hand and cut off Sotaro's right hand from the elbow.

With a "snap" sound, Sotaro's right arm, which was still holding Wakisa, fell to the ground.

Sotaro, on the other hand, let out a hoarse wail as he fell to his knees in pain.

The sharp pain from his right arm caused Sotaro's body to spasm continuously, and he didn't even have the strength to stand up.

However, even if he could still stand up, it would be meaningless.

After all, he is no match for Ogata with both sound arms, and after being cut off by Ogata, how can he turn defeat into victory.

Ogata glanced at Sotaro, who was prostrate on the ground, wailing incessantly.

Then silently shook off the blood attached to the double knife in his hand, and then retracted the knife back into its sheath.

"Huh?" Mamiya, who had been watching the battle from the side, raised his eyebrows, "Ogata-kun, won't you kill him?" ”

"I was going to kill him directly." Ogata said softly, "But I thought about it—it would be better to leave him to the people he had hurt to deal with slowly." ”

"They probably want to take care of this guy more than I do."