I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

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Hikimaru, in the cabin——

"...Miss Lin, you don't seem surprised to see me."

"Of course I'm not surprised." Lin said to the person in front of her who was pointing a flintlock gun at her in a tone of indifference that seemed to be mixed with ice scum, "Last night, After I was suddenly attacked while attending a dinner at your house, I have already started to suspect you."

"Because apart from you, Bo Gong, and Jian Gong, it is impossible for anyone else to know where I was last night!"

How did Nobuhide Toyotomi know that she happened to be in Osaka during this time?

How did Toyotomi Nobuhide know where she was last night?

Since the brief meeting and conversation with Toyotomi Nobuhide, Lin has been thinking about these two questions.

These two questions... are not difficult to think about.

Regarding these two problems, the only explanation Lin can think of is: someone betrayed her and revealed her whereabouts to Toyotomi Nobuhide.

So... who betrayed her?

Yuanyi, Mamiya, Mucun, and Asai are people that Lin can put all her heart into and trust 100%.

Since Shimada joined their gourd house for a short time, Lin did not trust him 100%.

But—although Shimada has not been fully trusted, after a short time with Shimada, Lin also has a general understanding of Shimada's personality.

He's a kid who looks exactly like what he looks like.

Although due to various reasons such as lack of social experience, he is still an unreliable person at present, but he is indeed not a bad boy.

Rin also doesn't believe that Shimada will betray him.

It turned out that none of her core subordinates had the possibility of betraying her...there was only one suspicious candidate left.

This person is not her core subordinate. Strictly speaking, the relationship with him can only be regarded as a close partner...

Not only did he know that Lin happened to be in Osaka during this time.

She also knows where Lin was last night better than anyone else...

Because he was the one who invited Lin Yu to his mansion for dinner last night!

Lin cast a sharp gaze like the glare of the midday sun at the traitor in front of her.

Yukimura, who didn't dare to meet such eyes, turned his eyes slightly uncontrollably, and didn't dare to meet Lin's eyes again.

"...What?" Lin's tone contained undisguised sarcasm, "Don't you dare to look at me?"

Although ruthless.

But in Lin's eyes, a little sadness still appeared involuntarily.

Yukimura, who is pointing a flintlock gun at her now, has received a lot of help and training from her to become a giant businessman who can command the wind and rain in Osaka.

Although he is not her core subordinate like Gamiya and the others, Lin has always trusted him.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be the first to ask Yukimura for help when he wanted to investigate the "Kansai Disappearance Incident".

Betrayed by someone she trusted... The blow and impact brought about by this incident made Lin at this time temporarily forget the pain caused by seasickness.

"...Miss Lin..." Just now, Yukimura just didn't dare to look directly at Lin, but now—he simply didn't even dare to face Lin.

He pursed his lips tightly and turned his face slightly to the right so that only Lin could see his profile.

"Miss Lin... I... I also have my own difficulties..."

"If possible, I really don't want to use force against you..."

"So... can I ask you to surrender obediently?"

"Ha..." Lin sneered very bluntly, "A person who can be ruthless enough to betray my trust, tell me you don't want to be rough on me?"

"...I'm serious." Yukimura's tone turned serious, "Miss Lin, I know what kind of person you are."

"Since you met me, you have been thinking about how to kill me and get out of trouble, right?"

"You have given me a lot of help before. Without your help, I would not be where I am today... I really don't want to press the trigger on you..."

"But if you insist on resisting..."

Yukimura did not continue to speak, but silently clenched the gun in his hand.

Lin's expression couldn't help but dignified: "You also know that without me, you wouldn't be where you are today..."

Rin's lips were still sneering at Yukimura mercilessly.

But in her heart, she growled anxiously:

— Tsk... this distance... is really annoying...

What Yukimura said just now was absolutely true.

Since seeing Yukimura, Lin has been thinking about a way to quickly kill Yukimura and get out of trouble.

When confronting Yukimura just now, she had repeatedly confirmed the distance between her and Yukimura, as well as the props she could use at hand countless times.

According to her visual estimation - the distance between her and Yukimura is about 8 paces.

This distance... is quite embarrassing for Lin who is not in good health...

For the current Lin, this is not a distance that can be crossed immediately.

If Yukimura can't be dealt with with lightning speed that Yukimura can't even react to...then the flintlock gun in Yukimura's hand will probably open a hole in her body...

Lin thought hard about whether there was any way to bring Yukimura down quickly.

But at this moment——

"I finally found you. Fortunately, I heard a strange movement from here just now... Oh? Yukimura, you are also there. Haha, I was thinking about not letting you meet Xiaolin. After all, I let you Meeting Xiaolin is really too cruel for Xiaolin."

It was as if the back was suddenly stabbed by a sharp gun... Lin heard the voice behind her that she least wanted to hear now...

Lin, whose expression changed drastically, slowly turned her head with a gloomy expression as if she was about to drip water, and looked behind her... the direction that the male voice came from just now.

Behind her, Nobuhide Toyotomi walked slowly towards her with an intriguing smile on his face.

He took no squires or men with him.

Just like that, walking slowly towards Lin alone.

Pat, clack, clack...

Toyotomi Nobuhide's moderate footsteps were like a heavy hammer, hitting Lin's heart one after another, making the cold sweat on Lin's face roll down one by one along the cheeks and the bridge of the nose.

At this time, Lin caught a glimpse of Toyotomi Nobuhide's left hand holding two things that Lin was very familiar with.

She took a closer look - what was lifted by Toyotomi Nobuhide's left hand was her saber: Dadao Yanmo and Wakizashi Zhenguishen.

"Lord Toyotomi..." After seeing Toyotomi Nobuhide, Yukimura's face showed a slight panic, and he hurriedly explained to Toyotomi Nobuhide, "I have been staying in my room just now."

"After hearing the sound of a fight outside, he came out with a weapon to check the situation."

"Then I met Xiao Lin..."

Before Yukimura finished speaking, Toyotomi Nobuhide raised his hand to signal that there is no need to say more.

"Okay, Yukimura, put away the musket and step back." Toyotomi Nobuhide ordered Yukimura without even looking at him, "Let me handle the next thing."

"Yes..." Yukimura nodded vigorously, then put away the flintlock gun in his hand, and stepped aside.

After dismissing Yukimura, Toyotomi Nobuhide glanced at the brocade box at Lin's feet.

"Are you going to take this thing away too... Oh, it's not what I expected... After knowing that you escaped successfully, I guessed that you would definitely take this brocade box away."

The corner of Toyotomi Nobuhide's mouth curled up in an arc of admiration or mockery.

"Should I be worthy of being my sister? It's a blessing that you managed to escape in such an environment."

After finishing speaking, Toyotomi Nobuhide threw Enma and Zhenguishen, which were carried in his left hand, to Lin's feet.

"...What are you doing?" After glancing down at her own saber at her feet, Lin continued to stare at Toyotomi Nobuhide with eyes that seemed to want to stare at people to death.

"Well... just take it as a reward for you." Toyotomi Nobuhide smiled and shrugged, "Although your escape has caused me a lot of trouble."

"But I still have to give you a very high evaluation of your wisdom and action that can escape from my imprisonment."

"I admire the best in action."

"If it wasn't for the need to throw you into Kanda Shangshui, I would have wanted to take you under my command."

"So - in terms of your intelligence and action, I will give you a small reward."

"I just found these two sabers for you specially for you."

Toyotomi Nobuhide maintained the meaningful smile on his face, raised his hand and slowly pulled out the Yoshiko bone food from his waist.

"Now, I'll give you a chance."

"Attack me."

"If you can defeat me, I will set you free."

As the words fell, Toyotomi Nobuhide had just pulled out all the bones from his waist.

The moment the blade was fully unsheathed, Toyotomi Nobuhide slammed the sword downward.

call!

The wind pressure brought by the swing of the knife made Toyotomi Nobuhide's hem of the haori embroidered with "Taiko Kiri" sway slightly with the wind.

Is it because the boat is not shaking so much?

Or is it because the current attention is attracted by Toyotomi Nobuhide?

In short—no matter what, Lin feels that the "vomit desire" that has been tormenting her since the ship set sail has finally completely subsided now.

She didn't say a word to Toyotomi Nobuhide.

She only silently picked up Yan Mo and Zhen Guishen at her feet, put them on her right waist, then drew out her two sabers, set them up, and put on a posture of Wuwu Dual Swordsmanship.

Looking at Lin who had been silent all this time, Toyotomi Nobuhide couldn't help raising his eyebrows out of curiosity.

"Don't you want to say something?"

"...I have nothing to say to you." She replied indifferently.

After all, Lin rushed straight towards Toyotomi Nobuhide like an arrow free from the bowstring.

Based on my current state...it must be impossible to defeat Toyotomi Nobuhide.

Lynn is quite aware of this.

But even so, there was no lag or confusion in her forward steps.

Although she didn't say a word to Toyotomi Nobuhide.

But the sword in her hand, and howled for her to this twisted and inhuman elder brother!

"Don't you have anything to say..." Toyotomi Nobuhide smiled, "Xiao Lin, you are still as unpleasant as ever..."

After finishing speaking, Toyotomi Nobuhide slowly put Yoshimitsu Bone...in front of him...

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Gourd Balls, on the open deck——

"Look closer...the thickness is incredible..."

Jiangong looked at the Huluwan mainmast in front of him, which was a little difficult for adults to hug, and expressed emotion that only he could hear clearly.

At this moment, Mamiya and Yuanyi were standing under the mainmast in the center of Huluwan.

From a distance, you can't really see the size and thickness of the mainmast.

Only when you get close can you really feel what a "wooden pillar" tens of meters high is.

"... Mamiya, can it work?" Yuan Yi asked.

"It works."

With torch-like eyes, Mamiya turned his head to look to his left, and looked at Rihuiwan who was walking side by side with Huluwan.

"The distance between the two ships...is only about 40 meters."

"And the height of the mainmast of this Hulu Wan is conservatively estimated to be 45 meters."

"As long as the main mast of this Calabash Maru is cut off, and then the broken main mast falls to the Rihui Maru next to it, a 'bridge' connecting the second ship can be built."

"In this way, there is no need to jump into the sea and climb up the Rihui Maru by swimming. It can save a lot of time and energy."

"Mamiya, I'm not asking if a bridge connecting the second ship can be built after the main mast is cut off."

Yuan Yi raised his hand and patted the mainmast in front of him, but he couldn't hug it completely.

"I'm asking you—can you cut this mainmast off?"

Genichi changed into a half-joking helpless tone.

"This size...but if I were to cut it, I might not be able to cut it off."

"Ogata-kun probably won't cut off the mainmast."

"After all, cutting off a thing of this size... is no longer enough to rely on strength alone."

"It requires not only strength, but also the honed and long-preserved skill of 'cutting things'."

"...Master Gen." Mamiya put on a calm smile, as if he had let go of the past.

He raised his head and looked at the top of the mainmast that could not be seen as far as the eye could see.

"My original name...is Yamada Asemon Yoshitsune."

Gamiya raised his left hand and held down Vairocana's saber at his left waist.

"Hone the 'cutting' to the extreme, and cut off things that ordinary people can't cut off—this is Yamada Asemon...and also my swordsmanship."

"Leave it to me, Gen-sama."

Mamiya slowly looked away from the top of the mainmast.

"I'll cut off the mainmast for you!"

"I will do my best to pave the way for you to board the Rihui Pill!"

Yuan Yi opened his eyes slightly, looked at Gamiya up and down several times as if looking at some stranger.

"……I see."

A gratified smile appeared on the corner of Yuan Yi's mouth.

"Gamiya, compared to when you first joined the gourd house... it seems that there is a big difference."

"Okay, then go ahead and do it!"

"Do as you wish!"

Just as Yuan Yi finished speaking——

"Don't back down! Don't back down!"

"Kill—!"

Not far behind the two, several crew members who had not lost their fighting spirit and fighting spirit raised their weapons to kill the old and the young.

"I'll help you get rid of those who might hinder you." Yuan Yi raised his knife and slowly faced the new group of enemies, "You can safely focus on how to cut off the mainmast let's go."

"I won't give anyone a chance to come over and disturb you."

"Grateful."

After simply thanking Yuan Yi, Mamiya did not look at Yuan Yi, nor did he look at the surrounding enemies.

He confidently handed over his back to this senior, and concentrated his whole body and mind on the huge "wooden pillar" in front of him... All swordsmen in the world might feel hopeless when they see it. ".

——Okay... Enough of the beautiful words...

Mamiya smiled wryly, and slowly clenched the palm of his left hand resting on the knife

——Cut off the mainmast... If I can succeed, I will truly surpass my father.

——Even my father had never cut off an object with such an exaggerated size.

When he was young, when he followed his father Wen Xian to practice swordsmanship, Wen Xian demonstrated to Gamiya several times how he used his tried and tested swordsmanship to cut a tree that required an adult's hands to hug it. The big tree I was hugging was cut in two.

Wen Xian...he has practiced "how to cut things" to the extreme.

In terms of overall level of swordsmanship, Mamiya dares to conclude that his father is far inferior to Genichi.

But no matter how to cut things off... Jiangong felt that Wen Xian, who had devoted his whole life to "cutting things", might be slightly better than Yuan Yi...

After all, this is their Yamada Asemon's swordsmanship—since he was able to hold a sword, he began to hone the skill of "cutting things".

——A wooden object of this size, even Genichi and Ogata-kun, would be hard to cut.

——The one who has the opportunity to cut off the mainmast... is only me who has been practicing the "slashing technique" since I can remember.

Gamiya felt like a big iron ball was stuffed between his chest cavity.

"This kind of thing, only I can do it" and "I don't have the time or the conditions to let him slowly rely on the breath of the source to enter the realm of selflessness, so I can only use the current state to bite the bullet" huge pressure, It made Gamiya feel like his body was several times heavier.

Gamiya took a deep breath and slowly exhaled the inhaled air. At the same time, he slowly lowered the center of gravity of his body, and slowly put his right hand on the handle of Vairocana, and kept pressing his left hand on the saber. Hold the saber with your thumb, push it forward, and push Vairocana's saber out an inch or so.

——Don't be confused, confusion will only dull the knife...

——Be sure to...rescue the lord!

Jiangong kept silently thinking about the teachings his father gave him, which also enabled him to win the previous "father-son duel".

He silently recited this instruction over and over again.

The reason why Gamiya has such a frightening learning ability of "learning everything at once" is inseparable from his concentration. The state of being left and not blinking".

After silently reciting "Don't get lost" several times in his heart, Mamiya felt like he was on a calm lake.

The ears can still pick up the surrounding sounds, but the brain has automatically blocked these sounds.

The eyes have nothing but the mainmast in front of them.

Attention has been drawn to the apex.

But Jian Gong's hand...was unable to pull Vairocana out for a long time.

No.

It's not that Vairocana cannot be pulled out.

Instead, he could not make up his mind to pull Vairocana out...

Even though he has concentrated his attention to the peak... But all kinds of distracting thoughts still emerge from the bottom of Gamiya's heart uncontrollably.

——The me now...is there really a way to cut off an object of this size and achieve...a feat that even my father has never achieved...?

A few drops of anxious cold sweat seeped from Gamiya's forehead.

He didn't want such negative thoughts to come into his head...

But no matter how much he tried to eliminate and ignore these negative thoughts, it was like water in a pipe—blocked at one end and came out the other...

While Genichi was helping Gamiya clear all obstacles that might disturb him, he was also carefully observing Gamiya's current state.

After clearly seeing that the aura on Gamiya's body seemed to have weakened, Yuan Yi frowned slightly...

"... Mamiya!"

Mamiya, who was devoting all his energy to eliminating distracting thoughts, suddenly heard Genichi's call.

He turned his head sideways and cast a surprised look at Yuan Yi not far away.

"Just let go and do it!" Yuan Yi showed a soft smile to Gamiya from a distance, "Compared to the past, you have changed too much."

"The you now, maybe you can really do what you used to... even your father couldn't do!"

As soon as Yuanyi finished yelling this sentence, he saw another person rushing towards Yuanyi with a weapon held high. Yuanyi had to take his eyes off Gamiya and continue to focus on helping Gamiya clear the obstacles.

——Compared to the past... I have changed too much?

At this moment, Mamiya suddenly remembered—just now, Yuan Yi said something similar to him:

(Mamiya, compared to when you first joined the Gourd House... it seems that there is a big difference.)

——Different...how is it different? Strength?

Mamiya slowly turned his gaze back to the mainmast in front of him.

--etc……

——I seem to have heard similar things before...

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(What's your name? Mamiya Kuro? It's a handsome name. You say you are homeless and have nowhere to go. Would you like to come and work for me? Can you make a plan? I just don't know how to keep accounts people. Not very good? That’s okay, you will be proficient soon.)

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(Huh? You are from the Yamada Asemon family? Well... so what? You are whoever you are, hurry up and get on with the work, the hands of the planner slowed down!)

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(Hey, I just hired you on a whim, but I didn't expect to hire an amazing subordinate... These few months are really thanks to you, it's the first time I've seen such a beautiful ledger.)

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(Kurang, I'm going to the Northeast recently, you know where it is, so to be on the safe side, I decided to invite someone to go with me, are you interested in going to the Northeast with me? Huh? You have only learned how to 'Cut things', have you never learned how to protect people? That's just right, you can use this opportunity to learn how to use swords besides 'cut things', don't you like learning things the most? )

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(Hmm... Kuro, you seem to have changed a little bit compared to when you first worked for me. Huh? You ask me what changed? Hmm... your expression is softer?)

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There is no picture, only the memory fragments of sound, quickly passing through Gamiya's mind.

The shoulders that had been tense because he was always ready to draw his sword, slowly... relaxed after this string of memory fragments passed through Gamiya's mind.

——Should I say "as expected of a relative"? Both of them said the exact same words...

——Not only did I say similar things, but I also didn’t say the whole thing. Compared with before, what is the difference between me and me?

Although he was complaining lowly in his heart, the corner of Gamiya's mouth... at this time, there was a faint smile.

—Forget it, I don’t want these messy things anymore.

——For now, let's hurry up and focus on cutting off this big thing.

Mamiya took a deep breath, stretched his shoulders again, and lowered his center of gravity.

And just when his body tensed up again, Gamiya suddenly realized——in his mind, there were no distracting thoughts popping up at this moment.

At the same time—Jamiya was surprised to see a "Flying Swallow" flying in front of his eyes.

He recognized it at a glance: this is the flying swallow he chopped off at the beginning.

At the beginning, he added his own understanding to the swordsmanship passed down from generation to generation by the Yamada Asemon family, and created a brand-new genre unique to him.

The first object he chopped off with his new school of esoteric art was a flying swallow.

And this is also the origin of his genre name: "Feiyan Canxinliu".

The day when he painstakingly honed his brand-new swordsmanship and chopped off the flying swallow—it was the eve of the promise that Lin would accompany her to the Northeast!

Looking at the "Feiyan" that suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, the faint smile that had been hanging on the corner of Jiangong's mouth since just now, was a little more nostalgic and indifferent.

He closed his eyes.

Vision is obscured by darkness.

Although the eyes are closed, the heart is not closed.

He felt like he was back in the woods, back to the day when he tried to kill Feiyan.

Compared with before, what is different about yourself?

I don't understand it at all.

But don't let me evaluate my own changes.

That should be knowing how to swing a knife to cut things in order to protect someone!

Take a deep breath.

Stepping forward and raising his right hand sharply—

Feiyan remnant heart flow

Profound meaning

moment!

Feiyan! Come down!

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Crack——!

Genichi heard the harsh sound of pieces of wood crumbling behind him.

Turn around to look.

He saw the purple knife light, which seemed to connect the sky and the earth!

Many raindrops around the middle palace were blown by the powerful sword and flew upside down in the air!

In front of Gamiya, who was maintaining the sword-stretching posture, was a mainmast with a fairly flat cut and cut in half obliquely.

The broken mainmast, while moaning, slowly fell towards the Rihui Maru not far away!

"Yamada Asemon Yoshitsune..." Genichi smiled gratifiedly, "You have long...surpassed your father...!"

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The 2,000 words at the end of this chapter are really more difficult to write than 20,000 words... The author has been writing since 4 pm...

But fortunately—the last 2,000 words of this chapter can be regarded as the final shaping of the role of Gamiya.

[I don’t know what I have changed, but if I have to say something has changed, I know how to cut things with a knife to protect someone]——This sentence can be regarded as a compliment to this person who was born in the "executioner family" and has always been only This is the best overview of the life of the executioner who knew how to wield the sword for trial and execution.

In terms of the quality of this chapter, it is not too much for the author to ask for a monthly ticket (crying with a headache.jpg)

Ask for a monthly pass! Ask for a monthly pass!

You can understand Gamiya as the kind of swordsman who is full of "cutting things". The route taken is different from that of Ogata and Genichi.

According to the setting, Mamiya's current swordsmanship is not as good as that of Ogata and Genichi.

But when it comes to "cutting things", he is the ceiling of this book.