The calm made Ogata feel a little weird.

"Maybe it's because Ishikawa Terracotta is trying his best to restrain the disciples in their hall." As for the question of why he has been so calm for more than a month, Hanbei has found himself and Ogata a explanation that he thinks is the most reasonable.

"Although Ishikawa Terama doesn't like our Sakakibara Sword Pavilion either, he is a person who can distinguish between the important and the important."

"He is a person who pays more attention to real life than ethereal things such as honor and dignity."

The half-soldier who has been dealing with Ishikawa's soldiers and horses for a long time talked eloquently.

"There were too many and too big a storm a while ago, and Ishikawa Terrakawa definitely doesn't want to make a bigger and more turmoil and get his sword hall into even bigger trouble."

"In order to avoid causing more trouble, in the past month or so, Ishikawa Terrashi should have restrained the disciples in their pavilion and asked them not to come to you for revenge."

"Hmm." Ogata nodded, "This should be the only possibility." ”

"Anyway, it's been a good thing that it's been quiet for more than a month." Hanbei smiled, "Ogata, you're actually here just in time today. ”

"Exactly?" Ogata wondered.

"Even after you won the God Sacrifice Contest, I wanted to give you something. It's just that because you're recuperating from your injuries, I've saved this thing for the time being. ”

"Now that you're almost healed and free to move around, I think it's time to give it to you."

With that, the half-guard turned his head and shouted to the people who were practicing swords in the dojo:

"Stop!"

As soon as the words of the half-soldier's shout fell, all the disciples who were practicing swords in the dojo stopped their own practice, turned their heads, and cast a puzzled look at the half-soldier.

"Assemble!"

……

……

Everyone in the Sword Hall, including Ogata, obediently knelt in the dojo and waited for the half-guards to return.

After telling the disciples to stop what they were doing and assemble, the half-guards left for the time being.

According to him, he's going to get what he's going to give to Ogata, and he's going to go back.

And the half-guards did not deceive them.

Soon, the half-guard returned to the dojo with a scroll.

After taking a seat in front of the disciples, the half-guard shouted in a neutral tone and tone:

"Ogata!"

"In!"

"Move forward!"

"Yes!"

Ogata got up from the ground, walked quickly to the front of the disciples, and sat down again.

"Ogata, here's for you."

With that, the half-guard handed the scroll in his hand towards Ogata.

"...... this?" Ogata wondered.

The half-guard smiled slightly: "After you take it and see it, you will know what it is." ”

"Yes......"

Ogata, who got up again with a feeling of doubt, slowly walked over to the half-guard, and then sat down on his knees again.

Stretching out his hands, he respectfully took the scroll from the half-guard's hand.

"Master, can you open it now and take a look?"

"Absolutely."

"That'...... Disciple, I might as well be respectful. ”

After neatly untying the string that bound the scroll, Ogata pulled the scroll open in one go.

There are a lot of big characters on the scroll that are flying and phoenix dancing.

Ogata saw the words "Sakakiwara Ichito-ryu".

Then I saw the master's name, and then I saw his name.

After pulling the scroll all the way down, the four kanji written on the back of the scroll made Ogata's eyes suddenly widen.

These 4 Chinese characters are exactly - free to pass them on.

"Master! What is this ......?! ”

"That's right." The half-guard nodded, "This is the certificate of exemption. ”

As soon as Hanbei's words fell, the field immediately resounded with the sound of gasps and exclamations.

The rest of the disciples who knelt behind Ogata all looked at Ogata with mixed emotions.

"Master......" Ogata's face was filled with consternation, "How can I get a certificate of exemption?" ”

Ogata's words are not modest.

He said it from the bottom of his heart.

Ogata thinks that he hasn't even practiced the four great sword skills of Sakakiwara to the point of perfection, so where is the qualification to get the certificate of exemption?

"Ogata, accept the certificate of exemption with peace of mind."

"We, Sakakiwara Ichito-ryu, evaluate whether our disciples meet the criteria for obtaining a certificate that exempts them from all transmissions, which is different from other schools."

"Most schools require disciples to master the sword skills of that school and practice them perfectly."

"But we're different from Sakakihara."

"Although we at Sakakiwara Ichito-ryu also focus on the mastery of swordsmanship, we pay more attention to something else."

"Different schools have different criteria for granting exemption certificates."

"There are only two conditions for the grant of our Sakakiwara Ichi-ryu."

"As long as you can meet these two conditions, you will be able to get a certificate of exemption from our Sakakihara Sakakihara Stream."

"Article 1: Whether or not a certain sword skill can be mastered."

"The second and most important one: whether you have realized the most important criterion in a life-and-death duel."

"I don't require you to practice every sword technique of Sakakiwara Ichito-kyu to perfection."

Hanbei's words were not just said to Ogata, but to all the disciples in the field.

"My brother, that is, your uncle, realized a truth in actual combat when he traveled the world and competed with all the masters."

"That's – 'everything is equal to everything loose'."

"Your uncle has met many masters, and they have only practiced a certain move to perfection."

"Even if they don't know other sword skills, it doesn't prevent them from becoming feared masters with this only one move they can do."

"Your uncle is the same."

"Although your uncle created the school of Sakakiwara Ichito-ryu, he didn't practice every move of Sakakiwara Ichi-dagi-ryu to the point of proficiency."

"In terms of the power of 'ascending the stairs', your uncle can only be regarded as ordinary."

"But your uncle has practiced 'Shuiluo' to the peak."

"The power of the 'water falling' unleashed by your uncle has made even the Satsuma people who practice the 'manifestation stream' feel afraid."

"Your uncle relied on this trick to 'fall into the water', and cut countless masters in half with knives."

"It is precisely because your uncle knows that 'you don't need to practice every sword skill to be proficient', so before your uncle died, he specially took my hand and told me: As long as you can practice one of the sword skills in the Sakakibara One Sword Stream to be proficient, even if the level of this person's other sword skills is average, you can also have the qualification to obtain a certificate that is exempt from all permissions."

"As early as the big competition in the museum, I noticed that Ogata's level of 'bird thorns' has reached a very high level."

"In terms of power, the power of the 'bird thorn' you wielded by Ogata should still be above me."

"So as early as the time when the big competition in the museum was held, Ogata had already met the first condition of whether or not you could get the certificate of exemption from all the transmissions of our genre."

"And in the god sacrifice competition, one of your words made me understand - you have understood the most important principle in a life-and-death duel."

"One sentence...... Speech? Ogata hesitated.

"It's the saying, 'As long as you can win, whatever you do is right.'"