I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

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How could he not know that Ogata's sentence just now "Using this guy as an opponent...you can increase your advantage by simply increasing the number of people" is just a euphemism for "you stay here, it will not be useful at all" statement.

However, he was not displeased by what Ogata said just now.

He always puts the overall situation first, and doesn't care about personal gains and losses. This kind of character of Gamiya is one of the most important reasons why everyone in the gourd house trusts him so much.

If he would be displeased by this kind of thing, then he is not a gamiya.

Not only did Mamiya not feel displeased, but he also thought very seriously about the instruction that Ogata just complained about.

"Ogata-kun." Mamiya asked softly, "Are you sure you can defeat Toyotomi Nobuhide?"

"... Mamiya."

Ogata smiled slightly.

The young man in the haori embroidered with the bellflower pattern did not answer Mamiya's question.

On the contrary, he asked Mamiya:

"Will you trust my sword?"

"...I see." After a moment of silence, Jiangong spread his teeth and smiled, "Mukun and I will retreat safely with our lord and Master Yuan."

"Ogata-kun, I wish you prosperity in martial arts."

Mamiya stretched out his left hand, which was not holding a knife, and took Genichi in Ogata's arms.

"Makimura! Come with me!" Jiangong supported Yuan Yi while walking quickly in the direction of Mucun.

Da da da da da...

At this time, dense footsteps sounded.

It was He Xufeng who sent reinforcements to the open deck to intercept the troops from Mamiya and Mucun.

Mamiya and Mucun each hold a person in their arms.

Mucun is not bad, Lin's petite body, for Mucun who is nearly 1.9 meters tall,

It's no different from a bigger doll.

It was a bit hard for Jian Gong, Yuan Yi was about the same height as him, and it was a bit difficult to support him.

Both of them have people in their arms that must be protected, and it is extremely inconvenient to move, so when they saw enemy reinforcements coming, they did not love to fight, and they fought and retreated.

A small number of reinforcements sent by Kasubee, because they did not know the existence of the order "Do not intervene in Toyotomi's battle", saw Ogata and Toyotomi who were confronting each other, and were planning to come to help.

But before they came, Toyotomi sternly shouted them back:

"Everyone back down! If you come here, you will only die and get in the way! Everyone back down!"

Toyotomi's scolding made the people who wanted to come over to help not shrink their necks, retreated quickly, and went to chase Mamiya Hemu Village with the rest of their companions.

"...Take the initiative to let the people who are no longer useful and will only cause trouble leave here." Toyotomi sneered at Ogata in front of him, "It's a smart choice."

"The young man wearing glasses just now is also very knowledgeable about current affairs. He didn't engage in unnecessary arguments with you, and immediately led the people to evacuate."

Toyotomi didn't go after Mamiya and Mucun who had taken Genichi and the important Lin away—because he was sure that as long as he went to chase Mamiya and Mucun, as long as he took half a step, Ozu would immediately stop him. in front of him.

"Yes." From the corner of his eye, he glanced at the direction Jiangong and the others left, and after confirming that they were far away, Ogata said in a calm tone, "If you don't do this, how can you let go of your hands and feet and chop you?"

Before the voice fell completely, Ogata took a deep breath, exerted enough strength on his feet and back, and threw himself towards Toyotomi. With the momentum of forward rush brought by the throwing body, he used the two knives in his hand, both of them Cut to Toyotomi.

Without any warning, without any greeting, Ogata directly took the initiative to restart the duel with Toyotomi.

Toyotomi lifted Yoshimitsu's bone food up to block Ogata's slash.

"Until the critical moment, there are always accidents... Now even Xiao Lin has been taken away..."

Toyotomi said in a low voice with a volume that only he could hear clearly.

"I'm really... bored..."

Dark clouds with thunder hidden in them emerged bit by bit from Yu Fengchen's cheeks...

A trace of ferocity and madness, since its eyes appear...

With subtle little movements, he squinted at the mainmast not far away.

To be more precise——he glanced at the figure sitting on the observation deck of the mainmast...

"After a long time, do you still want to gamble your life..." He muttered in a volume that only he could hear clearly.

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Nikki Maru, Ammunition Depot A——

The shiny bald head, old face, and slightly plain cassock representing the status of a monk—it is the Master Xianyuan who contributed a lot to Toyotomi's great cause of "Reviving Toyotomi".

In the right hand of the old monk, he was holding a small flintlock.

The muzzle pointed directly at Kikutaro, and faint gunpowder smoke drifted out from the muzzle.

It was this short flintlock in the hands of Master Xianyuan that made a hole in Kikutaro's stomach.

——Why... the Master Xianyuan is here...? !

This was the first idea that popped into Kikutaro's mind after seeing Master Xianyuan.

As a monk, why did Master Xianyuan show up at Ammunition Depot A?

While Kikutaro was still amazed at why Master Sengen, who was almost inseparable from Toyotomi, was here, Master Sengen then said to him in a cold tone:

"Kikutaro, you can't do this."

"How can you come to the ammunition depot to steal muskets when everyone is working together to tide over the difficulties?"

"Is it because after entering the ammunition depot, seeing the rows of flintlock guns made you too carried away and neglected to take precautions?"

"Or is it because of seasickness that dulled your senses?"

"It wasn't until I pointed the short gun at you that you realized that you are not the only one here."

"It's really helpful. If you find me as soon as you enter the ammunition depot, then I really don't know what to do with you."

"After all, my shooting level is not that outstanding."

"...Xianyuan...the Venerable Master..." Kikutaro said with difficulty, with blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, "You...why...are you here...?!"

While questioning the monk in front of him, he quietly checked his injuries.

The place where he was shot was his right abdomen.

According to his preliminary judgment...the projectile that hit his stomach directly smashed his soft intestines...the stomach was also slightly damaged.

The tearing of the stomach and intestines made Kikutaro so painful that even his consciousness was a little blurred.

The soft belly, with no bones to protect it, and just a lot of organs, is undoubtedly one of the most vulnerable points in the human body.

This part is severely injured, and the person basically loses the ability to fight.

Right now, Kikutaro felt that all the strength in his body was being lost along the wound on his abdomen, he was unconscious, and it became difficult for him to even speak.

"……I have been here all the time."

Master Xianyuan's tone remained indifferent.

"I am here to prepare to complete the important task assigned to me by Toyotomi-sama at all times."

"Kikutaro, I heard the sound of fighting outside clearly just now. You killed all the guards outside the ammunition depot, right?"

"You showed up here at this time... Kikutaro, the explosion that occurred in the No. B ammunition depot just now must have something to do with you, right?"

Having said that, Master Xianyuan paused.

After a while, I heard him go on:

"...If it were normal, a traitor like you would not have died so easily. I have to torture you to see if you were responsible for the explosion of the No. B ammunition depot. Why do you want to, do you have any other accomplices?"

"But the situation is special right now... I don't have the time to put you aside and deal with you, a traitor, slowly afterward."

"Really, I have to... spend an extra bullet."

After finishing speaking, Master Xianyuan put the short flintlock that had shot through Jutaro's belly just now into his cassock.

I saw his right hand fiddling in the cassock for a while.

When he finally stretched out his hand from the cassock...a brand new flintlock appeared in his right hand.

Master Xianyuan didn't say anything more to Kikutaro.

He only silently raised the brand new, unfired short gun in his hand and pointed it at Kikutaro's chest.

"Wait, wait a minute!"

Looking at the short blunderbuss in Master Xianyuan's hand that shone with a bright silver cold light, fear, like a wild beast out of control, spewed out from the face and pupils of Kikutaro, who could no longer move his body.

"Please, spare me, please spare me!"

Driven by the desire to survive, Kikutaro even spoke a lot more fluently.

"Master, you are a monk, aren't you? If you kill living beings, you will not be able to go to the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss..."

Boom!

Before Kikutaro begged for mercy, he had not had time to say a few words, just like the sound of the cork popping out of the bottle, it exploded again...

Faced with Kikutaro's begging for mercy, Master Xianyuan pulled the trigger without any hesitation or hesitation.

The scorching bullet flew out from the barrel, piercing Kikutaro's chest.

Although Jutaro's begging for mercy did not make Master Xianyuan hesitate for a moment, but it did move the old monk a little bit - the corners of his mouth curled up slightly because he was teased.

"Is it the pure land of bliss..."

The corner of his mouth was slightly raised, and with a strange smile on his face, Master Xianyuan slowly put down the short gun that was still smoking in his hand.

He said in a calm, neither hurried nor slow tone:

"Since I decided to live and die together with Lord Toyotomi, and vowed to establish a world where Buddhism spreads widely between heaven and earth, I have already made preparations to suffer endless torture in the 18th hell after death."

After the gunshot fell and severe pain came from his chest, Kikutaro felt as if he couldn't breathe.

No matter how hard you inhale, you feel like you can't get air into your lungs.

He knew——his lungs should have been smashed.

After the stomach and intestines, the lungs were also smashed by the short gun... This is already in this era, and there is no cure for the injury...

A sense of unreality lingered in Kikutaro's mind.

He was still dreaming of absconding successfully just now, and then sold these few flintlock guns on the black market, in exchange for a bright future of huge wealth that cannot be used up for decades.

As a result, in just a moment, he was shot twice in the body and fell to the ground dying.

This huge gap, this too fast change made Kikutaro feel a sense of unreality, a feeling that he was floating in the clouds and dreaming.

The speed of strength loss has increased several times since the hole was opened in the chest.

Just now, he could barely move his hands and feet, but now... the only part that can barely move is his tongue.

——If...I didn't come here...to steal the iron cannon...but just jumped into the sea and escaped...wouldn't it be...the consequences...like now...?

——I just... want to get some money... to stay away from this kind of near-death business...

Kikutaro asked himself this in his heart.

Fear, resentment, resentment, regret... All kinds of negative emotions were churning in Kikutaro's mind.

All these negative emotions eventually mixed into grief and indignation.

Driven by this grief and indignation, he raised his eyes and stared at the old monk in front of him who shattered his dream.

Grain

"To establish a world... where the Dharma spreads widely between the heavens and the earth...?" He tried to roll his tongue, and repeated the words that Master Bian Xianyuan said just now in a mocking tone.

Filled with grief and anger and having nowhere to vent, he concentrated the remaining strength in his body on his lips and tongue.

"it's so funny……"

Kikutaro tried to pull up the corners of both sides of his mouth, pulling out a smile that was as full of sarcasm as possible.

"You... in the eyes of Toyotomi Nobuhide... maybe you are just a consumable!"

"Bullshit...spread Buddhism...! After Toyotomi's world is rebuilt...you will help you support Buddhism? You don't really believe what Toyotomi Nobuhide said?!"

"You tried your best to help Toyotomi Nobuhide... When Toyotomi Tianxia is really rebuilt... Toyotomi Nobuhide might kick you aside immediately...!"

"It is impossible for anyone with a little ambition to tolerate you Buddhists becoming bigger!"

"Let Japan return to... the peaceful world hundreds of years ago... Do you think it is possible?!"

[Note·The Age of Heian: Japan’s Heian era (794-1192), in 794 AD, Japan moved its capital to Heian-kyo (today’s Kyoto), so this section begins when the capital was moved to Heian-kyo, and the Genji samurai group succeeded in elevating the emperor and established The first shogunate: The 400 years of the Kamakura shogunate are designated as the "Heian Era". The Buddhist forces in this era are quite powerful, and the imperial court has to act according to their faces]

With a momentum of not caring about anything, Kikutaro cursed and mocked Master Xianyuan.

Pouring all the grief and indignation on Master Xianyuan - this is the only channel for Kikutaro to vent his emotions at present, and it is also the only way for Kikutaro to fight back against Master Xianyuan.

He mocked, cursed, feared, regretted, puzzled...

Blood trickled down from the corner of his mouth.

Tears flowed drop by drop from the corner of his eyes.

After struggling to yell out the last taunt to Master Xianyuan, he no longer had the strength to yell.

The head drooped, and the consciousness was gradually stripped from the body.

Master Xianyuan has been listening to Kikutaro's venting just now with a blank expression.

After Kikutaro completely lost the strength to shout, Master Xianyuan put the short gun, which was empty of bullets, into the cassock.

At the last moment of his life, the last scene that appeared in front of Kikutaro... was Master Xianyuan retracting the short gun, clasping his hands, half-closed his eyes, and smiling on both cheeks.

After Master Xianyuan put his palms together, the atmosphere around him... seems to have a little more quiet and sacred atmosphere.

At this time, the Master Xianyuan did not look like a "capable subordinate who loyally and faithfully worked for Toyotomi".

More like a "devoted saint".

"...Yes." The saint said softly, "Of course I know: even if I succeed in helping Lord Toyotomi ascend to the throne of the world, I may very well be abandoned by Lord Toyotomi because of the exhaustion of all my bows." Aside."

"But—I've made up my mind."

A peaceful and firm smile bloomed on the saint's face.

"Even if Lord Toyotomi will probably abandon me in the future."

"But as long as Master Toyotomi is still alive, I am willing to believe in this young man who gave me hope to realize my ideal."

"As long as the lofty ideal of 'Dharma widely spread', there is still a slight possibility of realization."

"I am willing to die for this ideal..."

For some reason, Master Xianyuan emphasized the phrase "body smashed to pieces".

Listening to Master Xianyuan's confession in a calm tone, Kikutaro's eyes slowly revealed a faint astonishment.

"...Heh..." Kikutaro murmured with the last bit of strength left, hanging his head, "You and... Toyotomi Nobuhide... are both lunatics..."

sound fall——

pat...

Kikutaro tilted his head to the side and bumped against the wall of the ship behind him.

There was no sound at all.

There is one less person who has witnessed Shiranui's final end...

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Nikki Maru, on the open deck——

The sound of Toyotomi's followers chasing Mamiya and Mucun continued to fade away——Ogata was still very relieved about Mamiya and Mucun.

He believed: the two of them will be able to safely withdraw Yuanyi and Lin back to the shore.

On the open deck, there were no companions, and there was no one Toyotomi could hold hostage.

With no hostages to be held by Toyotomi, Ogata was finally able to let go of his hands and feet completely, and launched the fiercest offensive against the monsters in front of him.

After the failure of this trick to hold Yuanichi hostage, Ogata and Toyotomi returned to fierce offense and defense.

Everything is the same as the previous battle.

The advantages of both sides are the same - Ogata, who has the upper hand in terms of physical function and skills, has an absolute advantage.

The situation on the battlefield is the same - Ogata attacks and Toyotomi defends. Ogata, who maintained a fierce offensive, beat Toyotomi to the point where he could only focus on defending the head and other key areas.

And the expressions of the two... are the same as before - Ogata, who dare not be careless, has a tense face. But Toyotomi, who was clearly on the verge of defeat, always had a trace of calmness on his cheeks.

Chi——Ogata tricked Toyotomi with Dazizai, and cut Da Shitian to Toyotomi's forehead. Flesh.

"Hey..." Toyotomi grinned slightly, stuck out his scarlet tongue, and licked the blood from the damaged forehead to the corner of his mouth, "I really didn't even give me a chance to breathe..."

"Ogata Ichitosai, let me guess—the reason why you launched such an urgent attack on me is because you are afraid that I will eat something that can increase my strength as I did when I was fighting Kinoshita Genichi before. ,Right?"

"Genichi Kinoshita should have told you just now: I survived his killing blow by eating something."

Although Toyotomi was severely pressed and beaten by Ogata, he still had time to speak.

Facing Toyotomi who suddenly accosted him, Ogata ignored him and continued to attack him wave after wave.

Ogata ignored him, and Toyotomi didn't seem to have thought about asking Ogata to talk to him, and continued to defend against Ogata's onslaught while saying in a leisurely manner:

"If you are worried that I will eat something to increase my strength, then don't worry."

"It was my miscalculation. I didn't bring enough meat slices with me. The meat slices were all eaten up during the battle with Kinoshita Genichi just now."

— Meat slices?

The word "meat slice" that Toyotomi spit out made Ogata's eyes twitch slightly.

"You and Genichi Kinoshita are in a lot more trouble than I expected."

"It's been a long time... I haven't been forced into such a desperate situation."

Tsk——Ogata's blade cut a big gash in Toyotomi's face again, from the corner of his left mouth to the corner of his right eye.

Ogata's blade did not stop or delay the attack on Toyotomi.

The blade swung out continuously, leaving wounds one after another on Toyotomi's body.

But... No matter how many horrific wounds he had on his body, Toyotomi still looked normal, no matter how many wounds Ogata's knife cut on his body, he continued to grin calmly mouth.

Seeing Toyotomi's expression, Ogata involuntarily narrowed his eyes slightly.

A little calmness can still be seen on the face - Toyotomi's expression made Ogata couldn't help thinking like this:

——He is...does he have any other tricks?

Although he wondered in his heart whether Toyotomi had some other tricks to make him have the current look, but apart from continuing to maintain a fierce offensive against Toyotomi, Ogata has nothing else to do .

"Ogata Yidao Zhai."

After listening to Toyotomi dodging a slash from Ogata sideways, he suddenly asked Ogata a question that seemed completely irrelevant to the current battle:

"Do you know what I rely on to have such a huge power at such a young age, and to make so many heroes willing to work hard for me?"

Woohoo—Ogata happened to be launching a new round of attacks on Toyotomi at this time.

Da Zizai slashed at Toyotomi from the lower road, and Da Shitian stabbed Toyotomi from the middle gate, with a loud roar.

Toyotomi raises the auspicious light bone food, in order to escape the great freedom of bullying from the road.

Immediately afterwards...he made a movement that made Ogata's pupils shrink slightly.

Facing Da Shitian stabbing from the middle gate, he didn't defend with a knife, nor did he dodge sideways.

Instead, he raised his left hand, spread his five fingers, and grabbed the stabbing Da Shitian knife tip!

Pooh!

Da Shitian, who cut iron like mud, easily penetrated Toyotomi's left palm like piercing thin paper.

The palm of his left hand was directly pierced - Toyotomi didn't see any pain on his face.

Instead, he still... saw a smile on his face.

The two corners of Toyotomi's mouth were raised exaggeratedly, revealing white teeth, and the two eyes were also squeezed into "crescent moons" with strange arcs due to the sharp rise of the corners of the mouth.

Showing this savage smile, Toyotomi waved his right hand and slashed down at Ogata's legs with a knife.

Da Shitian was still inserted into Toyotomi's left palm, and the length of Da Zizi's left hand was too short. It was a bit difficult to defend against attacks from the bottom lane, so Ogata could only take half a step back to dodge.

After dodging in the direction of Oo, Toyotomi took his left hand back and pulled his left palm away from Da Shitian's sword.

Immediately afterwards... Toyotomi swung his bloody left hand upwards and raised his left palm above his head.

With the raindrops, the blood splashed everywhere, drenching Toyotomi all over.

And the moment Toyotomi held up his pierced left palm——

call out--!

A firework flew out from the watchtower of Hikimaru's main mast, and flew straight into the sky, making a piercing sound.

Seeing the fireworks soaring up from the main mast, Ogata couldn't help being startled.

--fireworks……? !

As soon as he glanced at the fireworks that suddenly appeared, he heard the demon in front of him... with a wild smile on his face, grinning wide and whispering to him:

"Ogata Yidao Zhai."

"Let's see if you can survive...or I can survive..."

"If we don't survive... then let's fight again in Huangquan...!"

The voice just fell——

Dazzling red light gathered on the Rihui pill in one breath.

This ever-changing red light continued to expand, extending to most of the hull of Rihuimaru.

Then...

Rumble——!

The deafening explosion instantly overwhelmed the sound of wind and rain!

The explosion first started from Rihuimaru's cabin, and then a powerful shock wave swept across most of the hull!

The flame spread rapidly to the surroundings along with the shock wave.

Wreckage splashed and flames blew up.

The battleship that was still sailing on the sea in an invincible posture just now turned into a terrifying fireboat!

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I originally wanted to do a 4-word chapter today, but today the city of Guangzhou is doing nucleic acid, and the author has been waiting in line for a long time... QAQ, which delayed a lot of time.

Everyone should pay attention to protection recently.