I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan - Chapter 732

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The erected Jiguang Bone Food blocked the horizontal slash from Ogata.

After successfully defending, Toyotomi jumped 2 steps toward the right rear.

Ogata stared at Toyotomi’s face – at this moment, there was no more smile on Toyotomi’s face.

——Did I read it wrong just now?

This thought first appeared in Ogata’s mind.

But as soon as such an idea came up, it was rejected by Ogata himself.

He was sure that he was absolutely right just now.

Just now, there was indeed a hint of smile on Toyotomi’s face.

Toyotomi…what are you laughing at…?

Even though he was already in deep adversity, he still smiled… Toyotomi’s smile just now made Ogata feel a little creepy.

While feeling creepy, the ominous premonition in my heart grew stronger…

Only by stepping up his attack on Toyotomi can Ogata feel a little more at ease.

When Ogata raised his vigilance to the highest level and continued to unilaterally suppress Toyotomi——

Puff, puff, puff, puff…

The sound of dense heavy objects falling into the water entered the ears of the two.

The two happened to be standing on the side of the ship now.

Almost at the same time, the two of them looked out of the corner of their eyes to see what was going on with the sound of falling water. It turned out that there were heavy objects being pushed out of the cabin and pushed into the sea.

After noticing that the crew in the cabin was dropping heavy objects into the sea—

–what is that……! *2

Ogata and Toyotomi exclaimed in their hearts with exactly the same content.

The two of them had been busy fighting just now, so they didn’t notice until now that the Gourd Maru, located on the back side of Hikari Maru, was hitting Hikari Maru in a straight line… The distance between the two ships was only more than 10%. Meter.

Looking at the battleship that was ramming this way, both Ogata and Toyotomi couldn’t help but look startled.

Toyotomi was astonished at why Hulumaru suddenly bumped into Asahi Keimaru.

And Ogata… The reason for his astonishment was slightly different.

For no reason, he suddenly recalled… what Mamiya said to him just now when they split up with Mamiya:

(Ogata-kun, you should go ahead and support the source and the others. Makimura and I will come over in a while and join you on the Hikari Maru)

However, although the two of them were stunned for a moment – they were only stunned for a moment.

With the enemy in front of them, no one dared to distract their attention casually.

What the **** is going on? How could Gourd Maru suddenly bump in here…they didn’t even have time to think about these questions.

Out of the corner of their eyes, they glanced at Hulumaru, who was constantly approaching. After a moment of stunned expression, Ogata and Toyotomi both took their attention back and continued to focus their entire attention on the enemy in front of them.

– I don’t have time to take care of these things! *2

The two of them shouted in their hearts at the same time.

In order to kill Toyotomi to the greatest extent, Ogata has always adopted the tactics of “two-handed swords attacking two important parts of Toyotomi respectively”, which made it difficult for Toyotomi to take care of one thing and lose the other.

The effect of Ogata’s tactics is obvious.

Toyotomi, who could only avoid one of the swords but could not avoid the other sword from Ogata, was beaten by Ogata like a sandbag.

If the fight continues like this, Ogata will achieve a complete victory, but it is only a matter of time.

That’s how combat is, however – no surprise that whatever happens.

The change came so quietly.

After once again forcing Toyotomi to dodge behind, Ogata turned around and slashed, chasing and slashing Toyotomi, who had just had time to stand up.

Toyotomi raised his eyes expressionlessly, and looked at the blade that came straight towards him.

This time, Toyotomi did not rush to dodge, nor did he immediately raise the sword to defend.

Instead…showing the exact same…meaning smile that Ogata saw just now.

The ominous feeling in Ogata’s heart just now suppressed a little, and it appeared again with a turbulent momentum…

The next moment when a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of Toyotomi’s mouth——

“puff!”

Toyotomi opened his mouth, and a large drop of water flew out of his mouth, splashing out towards Ogata’s face.

Ogata’s pupils could not help shrinking as he looked at the large cloud of water mist coming towards him.

–rainwater……!

If it was saliva, Toyotomi could not have accumulated so much in such a short period of time.

The only explanation Ogata could think of was that when Toyotomi was fighting with him just now, he had been quietly accumulating raindrops in his mouth by taking advantage of the “time”.

The current rain is so heavy that it doesn’t take a moment to accumulate a mouthful of rainwater.

The distance between him and Ogata was only a few feet away.

Even if there is an “immortal power” in the body now, and it has entered the “no-self state”, some of the human body’s instinctive reactions cannot be eliminated.

In order to prevent the raindrops spit out by Toyotomi from getting into his eyes, Ogata subconsciously tilted his head to the side, so that most of the rain only hit the air behind Ogata.

Ogata’s movements…therefore, he paused uncontrollably…

The spitting rain didn’t cause much damage to Ogata—but Toyotomi’s purpose had already been achieved.

Ogata was disturbed by the rain that he suddenly spit out. Toyotomi, who had achieved his goal, took advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to use the power of his life to step back quickly, dodging the sword that Ogata slashed, only for a moment. Kung fu, he and Ogata opened a gap of nearly 5 steps in one breath.

–Oops……!

After secretly screaming “Damn” in his heart, Ogata hurriedly chased after Toyotomi who had distanced himself from him.

Although the distance between him and Toyotomi was only about 5 steps.

But such a distance… For the two of them who are already very human, it is already a distance that is enough to make a huge change in the battle situation.

Toyotomi recklessly, like a hungry tiger who has been fasting for a long time, pounces on… Genichi not far away!

Looking at Toyotomi who was rushing towards him, Genichi wanted to raise his sword to fight, but for Genichi, who can’t even stand up now, to continue raising his sword to fight… It’s too extravagant…

“Stop! Ogata Ichitosai!”

Ogata has tried his best to pursue Toyotomi, but… the time left for Ogata to pursue Toyotomi is really too little…

From Toyotomi to Genichi – less than 10 steps away.

Such a distance… Whether it is for Ogata or Toyotomi, it is a distance that can be leaped in one breath in the blink of an eye.

Even though Ogata had pursued at the fastest speed, he still allowed Toyotomi, who had the upper hand, to succeed.

Toyotomi pounced behind the already exhausted Genichi, covered Genichi’s mouth with his left hand, and held a knife on Genichi’s neck with his right.

When Ogata saw this, the expression on his face changed slightly uncontrollably, and then stopped his pursuit.

“…I used Miss Lin as a hostage before, and seriously injured Mr. Yuan.” Ogata said in a deep voice, “Now you are using Mr. Yuan to threaten me…”

Looking at Genichi, who is now being held hostage by Toyotomi, Ogata couldn’t help but scolded secretly, and then said in his heart:

——I see… Since just now… Is this guy’s goal to kidnap Gen-sama…!

At this moment, after seeing Genichi being held hostage, Ogata realized with hindsight: About since just now, when Toyotomi was dodging his attack, he had been dodging in the direction where Genichi was.

“In order to defeat you, I have thought of many ways.” Toyotomi grinned, “But after much deliberation, this method of ‘taking people as hostages’ is the most convenient and reliable method.”

Genichi, who was covered by Toyotomi’s mouth, struggled violently, trying to break free from Toyotomi’s control.

But he is now in a state with only half of his life left… his struggle is so weak.

Genichi, whose mouth was tightly covered and unable to break free, could only utter meaningless words such as “uuuuu”.

The reason why Toyotomi covered Genichi’s mouth was mainly for two reasons.

One: I’m worried that Genichi will say something unnecessary to Ogata.

Two: Worrying that Genichi will take the initiative to hit his neck with his knife because he doesn’t want to burden Ogata…

Although it wasn’t until just now that Toyotomi met his uncle for the first time.

But through the death fight with the uncle just now, Toyotomi had a general understanding of the character of his uncle.

He felt that something like “taking the initiative to hit the neck against the blade”… this old man could really do it…

Therefore, in order to avoid these things from happening, Toyotomi will cover Yuanichi’s mouth, control Yuanichi’s head, and prevent him from talking while not letting him move.

“When I first started fighting with you, I found out that your swordsmanship with two swords is almost identical to the swordsmanship used by my uncle.”

“You and my uncle…even if you’re not a master and apprentice, your relationship must be unusual, right?”

After Toyotomi showed Ogata a bit of a hideous smile, he roared:

“If you don’t want Genichi Kinoshita to die like this, back off! Throw the sword in your hand into the sea!”

In order to open the distance with Ogata, if he dragged Genichi to retreat, there might be some flaws that would allow Ogata to take advantage of it, so to be on the safe side, Toyotomi asked Ogata to take the initiative to retreat.

“…Back up and threw the knife away? If I really obeyed, I’m afraid you will immediately kill Master Yuan right?” Ogata, who had been frowning since just now, Said this to Toyotomi in a tone of no sorrow and no joy.

“Heh.” Toyotomi sneered with a bit of sarcasm, “Then you don’t have to obediently do it.”

Having said that, Toyotomi put the blade of Yoshimitsu Gushi closer to Genichi’s neck.

“Anyway, Kinoshita Genichi is not a threat to me now.” Toyotomi continued, “If you are willing to step back and throw the sword as I just asked, I can remove the sword from Kinoshita Genichi. One’s neck moved away.”

“How do I know if you will keep your promise?” Ogata pressed.

“Heh, believe it or not.” Toyotomi sneered again, “Okay! Stop talking nonsense! Hurry back and throw the knife away!”

“I advise you not to make any strange plans.”

“At this distance, even if you rush to save someone, I can cut Genichi Kinoshita’s throat before your knife hits me, and then dodge aside to avoid your attack!”

“…” Ogata stood still.

He didn’t speak any more, and he didn’t step back and throw the sword in his palm as Toyotomi had just ordered.

He just silently checked the distance between him and Toyotomi again.

——The distance…about two and a half steps…

Ogata just said so many things to Toyotomi, just to delay time.

Calculate the distance between him and Toyotomi, and draw up a coping strategy to delay the time.

Ogata didn’t believe a word of what Toyotomi said.

This kind of blind faith in the enemy’s words, taking the initiative to throw away the weapon, and grabbing it with one hand, was never among Ogata’s options.

From the very beginning, he didn’t intend to pay attention to Toyotomi’s demands on him.

Dodging in front of Toyotomi and attacking Toyotomi who was hiding behind Genichi – this is not difficult, Ogata can easily cross a distance of 2 and a half steps.

The hard part is how to ensure the safety of Genichi while forcing back or killing Toyotomi…

2 and a half steps… a rather awkward distance.

At this distance, even if he has a “selfless realm”, Ogata can’t guarantee that he will be able to solve Toyotomi before Genichi is hurt.

Genichi, who has taken care of Ogata a lot, is considered to be half of Ogata’s master.

Ignoring Genichi’s life and death——Ogata couldn’t do anything like that.

——Two and a half steps… Is there a way to kill this **** before Toyotomi kills Mr. Yuan…?

Ogata asked himself in his heart.

The expression on his face became more and more solemn as the question he asked to himself fell.

As a result, it was at this moment—Ogata suddenly discovered… the look that Genichi was casting towards him.

Genichi also realized that the current state is extremely weak, and he is unable to break free from Toyotomi’s control over him.

Therefore, at this time, he has stopped struggling.

Seeing him at this moment, he raised his eyes and cast a calm gaze towards Ogata.

The pair of Genichi’s eyes looking straight at Ogata… They seem to be able to speak.

Do it—this is what Genichi’s eyes “said” to Ogata.

Looking at Genichi’s pair of pupils who were “talking” to him… Ogata was stunned for a moment, and then a smile slowly appeared on his cheeks.

I knew you would say that—Ogata said that to Genichi with an expression.

Without further ado-

Cang clang clang…

Ogata let out a long sigh of relief, retracted the Da Zizai in his left hand into the scabbard, and then clenched Da Shitian with both hands, posing in a “Daxia” stance, with the tip of the blade pointing directly at Toyotomi behind Genichi.

[Note Daxia: One of the swordsmanship postures. Holding the knife in both hands, the knife rests on the upper right part of the body, the blade points to the sky, and the tip of the knife points to the enemy. For the detailed appearance, you can see the comment on the far right (the picture can only be seen on the Internet) →→→】

“…It seems that you don’t want to do as I said.” Seeing Ogata’s posture that was conducive to the assault, the expression on Toyotomi’s face sank slightly.

“People who have not fully developed their heads will believe what you say.”

Ogata let out a low sneer and sternly said, word by word,

“Tighten your nerves. Toyotomi Nobuhide.”

“Look at you and me, whose knife is faster.”

“…Heh, if you want to compare, then feel free to compare.” Toyotomi returned to his usual expression – a sneer, “Anyway, for me, even if you can’t force you to throw away the knife, you can give this to me. If the old guy who caused a lot of trouble is killed, it can be considered a profit.”

After sneering, he pressed the blade of the knife in his palm to Yuan Yi’s neck.

Ji Guang Gu Shi’s sharp blade had slightly scratched the flesh on Yuan Yi’s neck, and a few drops of bright red blood dripped down the blade.

The nerves of both sides… are tense at this time.

They both held their knives tightly and stared at each other.

Always be ready to take a step ahead of the enemy and swing the knife out of your palm.

The surrounding atmosphere became heavy and depressing due to the confrontation between the two.

With the rhythm of “Breath of the Source”, Ogata methodically breathed in the cold air around him due to the heavy rain.

After breathing in and out several times at a very rhythmic frequency, Ogata’s breathing suddenly stopped.

Immediately afterwards, I saw him inhaling slowly at a very soothing rhythm.

Ogata’s chest gradually swelled as the cold air was gradually inhaled.

Concentrate slowly with your breath.

In a short time, Ogata’s mind was concentrated to the extreme – but he did not attack immediately.

He is waiting.

He is waiting for the best time to attack.

He was waiting for Toyotomi to relax, or… the moment when something unexpected happened.

Toyotomi was not in a hurry, just stared at the movements in Ogata’s hands silently, always ready to push the knife to cut Kaiichi’s throat after Ogata’s knife moved, and then jumped aside to avoid Ogata’s attack.

This is a showdown where anyone with a discerning eye can see who has the upper hand… One is two and a half steps away, and the other is that the knife is placed directly in front of the target’s neck… It is clear at a glance whose knife has the upper hand.

It is for this reason that Toyotomi’s face has been showing a trace of calmness, while Ogata’s cheeks are full of seriousness.

– calm down… calm down… wait…

Ogata said “Calm down” to himself over and over again in his heart.

He forced himself to remain calm, and continued to wait for… the moment that was most suitable for an attack.

The situation on the battlefield… is often so ever-changing.

Toyotomi’s face was calm, Ogata’s expression was solemn, and the atmosphere between the two had become so solemn that it couldn’t be more serious——

Whoosh!

A thick and long crossbow arrow suddenly flew out from Toyotomi’s right side and sunk deeply into Toyotomi’s right shoulder.

Both Ogata and Toyotomi put their hearts and minds on each other, so neither of them noticed the arrow that suddenly appeared.

The sudden flying arrow and the sharp pain from the right shoulder made Toyotomi’s face instantly flash with a look of consternation.

The movements in his hands… paused for a moment due to this sudden change.

–not good!

Although Toyotomi reacted instantly, the moment when the movement in his hand stopped, the winner was already decided.

After the crossbow bolt suddenly appeared and stabbed into Toyotomi’s neck, Ogata’s eyes immediately shot out.

–It’s now!

Bang!

The sound of slamming on the deck exploded.

Ogata, who sank slightly, rushed towards Toyotomi like an arrow from a string!

Da Shitian’s blade tip, with an indomitable momentum, pushed aside the rain curtain and this solemn atmosphere!

The tip of Da Shitian’s blade rapidly zoomed in within Toyotomi’s field of vision!

–Oh shit!

Toyotomi cursed in his heart.

The sharply enlarged blade tip in his eyes told him a cruel reality: if he wanted to kill Yuan Yi first and then jump aside, it was too late.

If he continues to choose to cut Kaiichi’s neck now, then his head will be pierced by Ogata in the next instant.

Die together with Yuan – Toyotomi has no interest in exchanging lives with this old guy!

So, he made a quick calculation – after gritted his teeth angrily, he pushed the source in his arms towards Ogata, then rolled to the side, dodging the knife that Ogata stabbed.

Ogata did not chase after Toyotomi, who had stepped aside, confirming the safety of Genichi was the most important thing right now.

With his free left hand, he fished Yuan Yi into his arms.

At the same time, he looked sideways in the direction the crossbow arrow flew from.

More than ten meters away from the side of the battlefield between him and Toyotomi, a pair of glasses stood on the deck.

In his hands he was holding a crossbow that Makimura had introduced before, which seemed to be used for whale hunting.

Behind the glasses is Gourd Maru… To be more precise, it is Gourd Maru whose bow is about to hit Hikari Maru.

Although the distance was a little far, Ogata could barely hear the low voice emanating from the glasses that were slowly putting down the crossbow in his hand:

“Didn’t you get hit in the head… Whale hunting crossbows are indeed much more difficult to use than ordinary crossbows. We will have to find opportunities to learn more accurate shooting in the future.”

Bang-! ! !

As the glasses fell with this emotion, the Hulu Maru behind him slammed into Hikari Maru heavily!

The impact of the collision of the ships~www.mtlnovel.com~ caused Hikki Maru’s hull to shake extremely violently, and a strong wind pressure burst out.

Huge wind pressure blew on the glasses whose back was facing Hulumaru, and the feathers on his body squeaked.

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Ogata: “Oh Toyotomi, don’t blame me for being mean.” (The surprise attack in the previous chapter)

Toyotomi: “Ogata, don’t blame me for being mean.” (spitting water + hostage-taking)

Mamiya: “Oh Toyotomi, don’t blame me for being mean.”

Looking at it this way, it seems that only Genichi’s battle is the cleanest… The others are all “Ogata-style” and use it to fly.