Even outside the sword hall, the roar of Ishikawa's terracotta can be heard clearly.

It's not that all the disciples of the Ishikawa Sword Pavilion have followed Yuanshan and them to mess around.

There are also a small number of people who stay in the sword hall very calmly and practice swords with peace of mind, without mixing with their actions in the distant mountains.

For example, the two disciples who are currently guarding the gate of the Ishikawa Sword Pavilion did not follow them to the Sakakihara Sword Pavilion or the Ryuya to make a big fuss about the Sakakihara Sword Pavilion.

So they don't need to go to the ashram to listen to the training.

However, because of this, the two of them were temporarily assigned to guard the gate of the Sword Pavilion and not let anyone enter the Sword Pavilion.

Ishikawa has decided to spend all the rest of his day on reprimanding Toyama and the others.

Therefore, today's sword hall will be temporarily closed, and no one will be allowed to practice swords in the dojo anymore, and no one will be allowed to enter again.

Guarding the gate is a boring and boring thing, and the two disciples who are in charge of guarding the gate will desert and chat after a while.

"Hey, how long does the master have to train him......"

"Who knows......" the other disciple shrugged, "Master looks really angry, and he shouldn't be able to stop talking for a while." ”

"Yuanshan senior, he is too unstable...... Even if there is a conflict between him and the one in the Sakakibara Sword Pavilion, it should be resolved in private...... Why do you want to be so excited? ”

"Alas...... When people are angry, they can do anything. Then again, who are the people they are looking for? ”

"I want to see it...... I remember it as if it was called ...... ogata…… yisei…… Right! I remember! The person they are looking for is called Ogata Yise! ”

"Ogata Esei...... What did that guy do, to make the distant mountain seniors so angry. ”

"Who knows. must have done something unforgivable to make the distant mountain seniors angry like this. ”

"I don't know where this Ogata Isei is now......"

"Hahaha, I must have been hiding somewhere a long time ago, and I didn't dare to come out. When he learned that so many people were looking for him menacingly, he must have been scared to death. ”

"Hahaha, too, he's lucky. When Toyama's seniors were looking for him, he happened to be not in the Sakakibara Sword Pavilion. By the time he returned to the Sakakihara Sword Hall now, he must have shrunk in fear somewhere and didn't dare to go out on the street when he learned that so many people had come to settle accounts with him. ”

"I guess that Ogata should be hiding behind his master, Sakakibara Hanbei, begging for his master's protection."

"I think so too! Being approached by so many people, that Ogata must not dare to go out on the street! He should be huddled in the Sakakibara Sword Pavilion now, please ask his master to help him solve today's incident quickly. ”

"It's normal to feel scared, but if it were me, I would definitely be so scared that I wouldn't dare to go anywhere...... Feed! Who are you? ”

The disciple was chatting happily when out of the corner of his eye suddenly noticed someone walking slowly towards them.

Turning his head, he fixed his eyes on the creature who was slowly walking towards them.

He is a rather young samurai.

Dark blue top, black hakama.

It is remarkable that the young samurai did not shave his head, but had his hair hanging down a lot from his forehead.

The hair that hung down from his forehead was quite long, and the tips of the hair were already blocking some of the young warrior's eyebrows.

“…… Is this the Ishikawa Kenkan? ”

When the two disciples who were watching the gate heard this young warrior ask, they were stunned at first, and then said with pride on their faces:

"That's right!"

"If you want to enter our sword hall to learn swords, please come back another day, something happened in the sword hall today, and until tomorrow, the door of the sword hall will not be open to the public."

At this point in time, a young samurai came to visit - the two disciples who watched the gate thought that the young samurai had come to learn from the sword.

When Ishikawa sent the two of them to guard the gate, he specially gave the two of them a death order - no outsiders were allowed to enter the sword hall until he agreed.

Therefore, without waiting for the young samurai in front of him to speak, the two disciples who were guarding the gate drove the young samurai away one by one, and asked the young samurai to come back to apprentice at another day.

The young samurai ignored the two men's chase.

Raising his head, he glanced at the wide wooden door in front of him with a calm gaze, and said softly:

"Looks like I'm not on the wrong track."

With that, the young samurai stepped back on his feet and walked straight towards the gate of the Ishikawa Sword Hall in front of him.

"Hey! You kid! Didn't you hear what we just said? Today, the master doesn't see outsiders! If you want to learn swords, you'll ...... another day Feed! What do you want? What do you want?! Hmmmm——! ”

"You, you bastard! What do you want to do?! Let him go...... Not......! My shoulders ......"

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“…… Master. ”

Itagaki had been silently listening to Ishikawa's reprimand since just now.

It wasn't until Ishikawa stopped reprimanding for a moment, adjusting his breathing that had been scrambled by anger and roaring one after another, that Itagaki finally spoke again.

"I admit that what we did today was a bit too much......"

"But please forgive Yuanshan senior, master, he also has his own hardships for doing this."

"If you know the hardships of Toyama's seniors, and know what that Ogata Yoshii has done to Toyama's seniors, you should be able to understand me."

As soon as Itagaki's words fell, the soldiers and horses roared again:

"Itagaki! Say it quickly! What is the contradiction between Toyama and that Ogata? ”

“…… Sorry, I can't say. ”

Toyama's wife secretly had fun with Ogata - this kind of truth, Itagaki really didn't have the courage to say it.

"You...... Alas......" the soldier sighed, "When you went to the Sakakibara Sword Hall, you should have come back when you learned that Ogata was not there!" ”

"What the hell is going on in your minds! Unexpectedly, he forcibly broke into the Sakakihara Sword Pavilion! It's good now! I don't know how to end it! ”

"We suspected at the time that Ogata was hiding in the Sakakihara Sword Pavilion after hearing our movement into the Sword Pavilion, and he didn't dare to come out." A disciple sitting behind Itagaki replied in a calm tone.

After saying this, the disciple paused.

Then he changed to a mocking tone, and continued:

"I don't know where that Ogata is hiding now."

"He should have known by now that we were looking for him."

"That Ogata must be hiding in a hidden corner at this time, afraid that we will come to the door, and the whole person is trembling with fear......"

Bang ——!

Before the last syllable of this disciple's words could be uttered, a loud noise suddenly sounded outside the dojo that was enough to forcibly interrupt the attention of those who heard it.

Everyone in the dojo followed the sound and looked outside the dojo.

“…… What's going on......" The soldiers muttered in a low voice, frowning.

The soldiers and horses heard it—it was coming from the gate of the Sword Pavilion.

The soldiers and horses, who couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in their hearts, took the lead in getting up and hurried towards the gate of the Sword Pavilion.

And Itagaki and the others, who were also full of doubts, also quickly got up and followed closely behind the soldiers and horses.

When they came to the gate of the Sword Pavilion, the scene reflected in the soldiers and horses, Itagaki and others made the soldiers and horses all shrink their pupils in shock.

The wooden gate, which had been closed, was opened.

Behind the gate, on the stone path paved with white sandstone, lay a man groaning in pain.

This is a disciple who was sent by Ishikawa Terama to watch the gate temporarily.

Standing in front of the gate was a young samurai wearing a dark blue kakama and a black hakama, with a total haircut.

In the young samurai's right hand, he still held a striking knife that had been unsheathed, but with his back to the person.

At his feet lay another man who was also moaning in pain.

This is another of the two disciples sent by Ishikawa Terama to temporarily guard the gate.

The young samurai raised his eyes and looked at the soldiers, horses, Itagaki and others who had just galloped out of the dojo with a calm, somewhat terrifying gaze.

Subsequently—

"Ogata Ease, sage."

In the same rather calm tone, say something that makes the hearts of the soldiers, horses, Itagaki and others no longer calm.