"Let's go head-to-head." Ogata said to the samurai who had sexually harassed Afuku just now, "You are a disciple of the Ishikawa Sword Pavilion, and I am a disciple of the Sakakiwara Sword Pavilion. ”

"Since you are also sword practitioners, let's use the sword to speak."

"If I win, please apologize to the young lady who was harassed by you just now."

"And what if you lose?" The samurai who had sexually harassed Ah Fu asked in a deep voice.

"Huh."

The corners of Ogata's mouth curled into a mocking arc.

"Wait until you really have the ability to defeat me."

Ogata's arrogant words made the samurai's face turn directly the color of pig liver.

With a calm face, the warrior silently pulled out his cuff and tied his sleeve.

Ogata pulled out the cuff he had brought with him and tied up his sleeves.

Cang Chang Chang ......

Ogata slowly pulled out his sword.

Then place the knife drawn from the scabbard at your feet, and then pull out the scabbard of the knife.

"What are you doing?" The samurai, who was still tied with a cuff belt, frowned.

"If you fight with a real sword and cause a human life, it will be a big trouble for both you and me."

"You know how much trouble it will be if someone dies in the competition, right?"

"So—to avoid getting into trouble, let's just test it with a scabbard."

With that, Ogata picked up the scabbard in his hand and took a mid-section stance.

"Anyway, whether it is a real knife or a scabbard, those who are strong are still strong, and those who are weak are still weak."

“…… Hum. The samurai, who had sexually harassed Afuku, silently pulled out the knife from his waist and handed it to his companions for safekeeping, while he pulled out his scabbard and held it in a mid-range posture like Ogata.

"Itagaki Nanagoro, succumbing." The samurai reported to his home.

"Ogata Ease, sage." And Ogata followed suit and reported his home.

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There were already a lot of people who came to see the excitement next to it.

And these people are basically customers who have just eaten and drunk in the flow house.

After learning that Ogata was going to fight the man named Itagaki alone, everyone in the drift house didn't care about eating and drinking, so they hurriedly put down all the food and drinks they had on hand and rushed outside the house to watch the excitement.

The one-on-one battle between the samurai - this is a rare sight in ordinary times, so most of the people are there to watch with great interest.

And consciously set aside a circular heads-up field for Ogata to use.

In the crowd of onlookers, only 2 people were sad.

These 2 people are Misaki and Fuku.

Although Ogata uses a scabbard instead of a real sword in a heads-up fight, there is a risk of injury even with a scabbard.

Afu wanted to shout loudly again and tell Ogata to stop doing any more heads-up.

But now that the battle had begun, both Ogata and Itagaki had set their stance.

Afuku was afraid that his sudden voice might cause Ogata's distraction, so he could only close his lips.

Even his own breathing slowed down, and he didn't even dare to live in the atmosphere.

With an anxious face, he stared at the tense heads-up arena in front of him.

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The person who launched the first attack was Itagaki.

Although he is nothing more than a pervert who will harass others.

But Ogata had to admit that this man's swordsmanship was still somewhat level.

After just a few moves, Xu Yi keenly judged that this Itagaki had a good strength, far above his junior brother Makino.

The swordsmanship taught at the Ishikawa Kenkan is the famous Katori Shinto-ryu.

Therefore, the swordsmanship used by Itagaki is naturally the swordsmanship of Katori Shinto-ryu.

Ogata didn't have much experience with Katori Shinto-ryu swordsmen.

So far, Ogata has basically only fought against his brothers and sisters, who are also disciples of the Sakakibara Kenkan.

Therefore, Ogata only has more experience in fighting with swordsmen of Sakakiwara's sword.

The experience of fighting against the swordsmen of Katori Shinto-ryu is almost equal to nothing.

However, even if he didn't have experience fighting the swordsmen of Katori Shinto-ryu, it didn't prevent Ogata from defeating his opponent.

The reason why Ogata said such a lot of sarcastic words just now was not just for the sake of a momentary tongue.

Even before the fight, Ogata was paving the way for his victory.

The reason why he said such a lot of sarcastic words just now was all to make the opponent's heart irritable.

Let the opponent, that is, this Itagaki fail to keep a calm heart to fight Ogata.

Ogata's strategy was a success.

Stimulated by Ogata's taunt just now, Itagaki's mentality is visibly confused.

You can't keep a calm mind to choose the right attack timing, attack method, and attack angle.

In terms of strength, according to Ogata's estimation - this Itagaki should be about the same as him.

If both of them maintain a calm mind, it is still unknown who will win or lose.

But now Itagaki is in turmoil.

Who has the advantage at the moment - it is obvious.

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Itagaki slashed the raised scabbard towards Ogata's shoulder.

Ogata, on the other hand, took half a step back without hurrying, allowing himself to dodge Itagaki just enough to dodge Itagaki's slash.

Ogata was in no hurry to attack.

Only one vigorously defends or dodges the walled ground

Itagaki's heart was not quiet.

The delay in hitting Ogata made Itagaki's heart even more confused.

While the whole person became frizzy, the attack gradually became more and more disorganized.

Ogata vigorously defends or dodges, constantly draining Itagaki's stamina.

At the same time, it also made Itagaki's heart more and more chaotic.

As long as a person's physical strength decreases and his mentality is unstable, all kinds of flaws will continue to appear.

For example – now.

After Itagaki made the blow he had just made, I don't know if it was because his arms were sore, or if his body was tired, but in short, his feet, which had been firmly on the ground, became unstable.

This is the time that Ogata was waiting for.

Adjust your breathing, step in, close the distance between yourself and Itagaki, bend and stretch your upper body, and slash the scabbard in your hand from the bottom to the top—Ogata's movements, all in one go, like flowing water.

The sword technique used by Ogata is none other than Sakakiwara's sword-like climbing.

The tip of the sheath, lifted from the bottom up, precisely concentrates Itagaki's right shoulder.

Ogata's original intention was just to teach this guy who harassed Ah Fu a lesson, and let this guy obediently apologize to Ah Fuku.

I didn't want to hurt him or kill him.

Therefore, Ogata's climb to the stairs was actually a reining force, and he also controlled the direction of his attack.

If Ogata wanted to, Ogata could have aimed at Itagaki and slashed hard.

But if you do this, even if you don't die, you may be seriously injured.

So Ogata only aimed at Itagaki's right shoulder, and the force was reined in, just hurting him.

"Hmm!"

Itagaki let out a cry of pain and staggered backwards a few steps before falling heavily to the ground.

And the next moment when Itagaki fell to the ground, the system sound began to sound in Ogata's head.