I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

The latest website: Familiar human voices, and... system sounds that have never been heard before.

——This is... the realm of transparency...?

The "transparent world" that has been seen many times spread out suddenly in front of my eyes, as well as the words of "Ogata Yishi" that sounded in my mind just now and the system voice stating the content that I have never heard before, let the over- Shocked Ogata, for a moment he forgot the pain and fatigue all over his body.

(Ogata Itsuki...will you believe me?)

In my mind, the voice of "Ogata Yishi" sounded again.

(If you want to believe me... just close your eyes.)

(Meditate...listen to and follow the call and guidance of the "Voice".)

--etc……!

Ogata stopped the "Ogata Yishi" that suddenly appeared in his mind, and then loudly asked the question that had been lingering in his mind since the appearance of this "unknown existence".

——What are you?

(...one is all, all is one.)

Ogata heard "Ogata Yishi" whisper in a smiling tone.

(I am you.)

(I am the world too.)

In the end, the voice of "Ogata Yishi" stopped abruptly in Ogata's mind, no matter how much Ogata shouted in his heart, it never appeared again.

The demon's rampant shout interrupted Ogata's thoughts at this moment:

"Since you can still stand up... let's continue! I want to see how many times you can stand up!"

Toyotomi, whose cheeks were rekindled with arrogance, accelerated the pace of approaching Ogata! Ji Guanggushi's knife tip dragged on the deck, making a series of ear-piercing screams.

Seeing this, Ogata stared intently.

"The...call of the 'Voice'...?"

He softly repeated the unclear sentence that "Ogata Yishi" said just now.

The trajectory of the wind and rain, the movement of every muscle in Toyotomi's body... everything in the eyes seems to be transparent, and there is nothing to hide in Ogata's eyes.

Compared with the world in Ogata's eyes now, compared with the world he saw when he entered the "Transparent Realm", there is only...one difference!

Since just now, he has vaguely heard, above his head... To be precise, above the clouds above his head, there seems to be some "voice" faintly coming out.

Ogata slowly raised his head——

Rumble——! !

Just when Ogata raised his head, a thunderbolt appeared above Ogata's head as if responding to Ogata's gaze, pierced through the clouds, and then shattered into thousands of pieces.

The shattered thunder light illuminated Ogata's pupils!

Toyotomi, who was rushing straight towards Ogata, saw a scene of uncontrollable surprise on his face.

After standing up, Ogata, who had been standing still, suddenly closed his eyes slowly, then turned around and fled with the knife in hand.

Seeing Ogata who suddenly turned and fled, Toyotomi shouted in a puzzled and mocking tone:

"Hey! Ogata Yidaosai! Where are you going?!"

On the wreckage of the ship that was about to sink, a pursuit battle suddenly appeared.

Ogata fled, Toyotomi pursued.

The bodies of the two have become tattered, and their speeds are comparable, and Toyotomi couldn't catch up with Ogata for a while.

Ogata, who suddenly closed his eyes, turned and fled, ran straight towards... the mainmast not far away, which was pointing obliquely to the sky at an angle of about 60 degrees.

The huge Rihui Maru was blown into two pieces by the huge explosion just now, but the main mast miraculously remained basically intact.

The "surviving" mainmast happened to be on the wreck where Ogata and Toyotomi fought the final battle.

Although the main mast was not blown up by the huge explosion just now, because the wreckage is sinking now, the main mast is also sinking into the sea bit by bit at this time.

Ogata, who was running towards the main mast, jumped a few steps away from the main mast and jumped onto the shaft of the main mast.

Immediately afterwards, Ogata pressed the center of gravity of his body, clinging to the shaft, and ran towards the top of the main mast!

—what is he going to do? !

Looking at Ogata who has been doing some incomprehensible actions since just now, Toyotomi frowned uncontrollably.

For some reason, looking at Ogata who suddenly jumped onto the mainmast, Toyotomi felt a strong sense of foreboding lingering in his heart.

Driven by this ominous premonition, Toyotomi did not jump onto the main mast with Ogata, but stopped under the main mast, stood upright, and looked up at Ogata who was heading towards the top of the mast.

The 40-meter-long main mast pointing obliquely at the sky—its top is also nearly 30 meters away from the sea.

From Toyotomi's perspective, he was able to look directly at Ogata's back.

Rumble——! !

At this moment, another ray of lightning shattered on top of Ogata's head. Seeing Ogata's figure illuminated by the ray of light and getting further and further away from him, Toyotomi's eyes widened slightly in astonishment.

All he could see was Ogata's figure running towards the top of the pole pointing slantingly towards the sky with an indomitable momentum... as if he was about to soar into the blue sky!

With a pole length of more than 40 meters, Ogata flew over in just a blink of an eye.

After stepping onto the top of the main mast, Ogata's movements... didn't stop at all!

I saw him taking advantage of the momentum of the forward charge, using the top of the pole as a foothold, and leaping vigorously towards the clouds above his head and towards the sky!

Rumble rumble—! !

Another thunderbolt exploded above Ogata's head!

However, this time the thunder did not just pass through the clouds, and then quickly shattered.

Instead, as if consciously, he hit Ogata from top to bottom!

The silver-white thunder light did not dissipate after hitting Ogata who jumped up into the sky along the top of the pole.

Instead, it just wrapped around the sword in Ogata's right hand!

Lei Guangyao moved! Arc flicker!

Under the mast, Toyotomi was stunned, staring blankly at Ogata holding the "Thunder Sword" in the sky.

The thunder and lightning entwined on the human sword as if it had its own consciousness - a scene very similar to this, which he had just seen in the battle with Yuan Yi just before!

Because the scene in front of him was so shocking that Toyotomi's brain fell into a brief blank, so Toyotomi finally came back to his senses until now—Ogata, who was holding the "Thunder Sword", was falling towards him now. Come!

After Ogata fell towards him, Toyotomi saw clearly: Ogata, who was directly hit by the thunder, did not show any damage to his body, and there was not even a trace of burnt black on his clothes.

If it weren't for the continuous jumping arc of the "Thunder Sword" in Ogata's hand, Toyotomi couldn't help wondering if he was dreaming just now for a moment.

Ogata's eyes, which had been closed tightly just now, suddenly opened at this moment.

Under the eyelids, there are still those pupils that have not changed, as if there are flames burning inside!

Ogata followed the instructions of "Ogata Yishi" and closed his eyes just now.

The moment he closed his eyes, he suddenly heard those strange "voices" disappearing from the clouds and appearing behind him instead.

Ogata knew clearly in his heart: with his body that was already on the verge of limit, he might no longer be able to defeat Toyotomi by himself.

So - he decided to believe in "Ogata Yishi"! Believe in this "voice"!

Having decided to believe in "Ogata Yishi", he followed the guidance of the "voice" and turned and fled, stepped on the main mast, leaped into the sky, and accepted the thunder and lightning!

What exactly is this "voice"? Why can this lightning coil around his sword like a conscious? Why is there nothing wrong with his body after the thunder and lightning hit him... Too many questions filled Ogata's mind.

At this moment, Ogata only knows that the next blow is not only the last blow that he can make against Toyotomi, but also the one that will decide the outcome between him and Toyotomi, and the future of the world!

Ogata, whose eyes were burning with determination, called out the system in his heart.

——Shuiluo and Yunjin have been upgraded by 1 level each!

【Ding! Consuming 4 skill points, Sakakibara Ichidou Ryu Mizuro has been promoted to a "master level" skill]

[Current remaining skill points: 3 points]

【Ding! Consuming 2 skill points, Iga-ryu Forbidden Art · Yunjin has been upgraded to an "advanced" skill]

[Current remaining skill points: 1 point]

This is the last effort that Ogata can make for the next blow, and it is also the last resort he can use in this unprecedented decisive battle!

Ogata, who was constantly falling in the gust of wind, held the sword with both hands, slowly raised the "Thunder Sword" above his head, assumed the posture of "Water Falling", and began to accumulate energy with luck, squeezing out all the remaining strength in his body And focus on the right arm!

Water fall——Ogata's most proficient move when he first traveled to this strange era.

And now, he is going to use this move which is of extraordinary significance to him, to launch a final blow to the demon in front of him!

Toyotomi, who finally came back to his senses until now, no longer had the mad smile on his face.

There was only solemnity and panic on his face.

The speed of Ogata's fall was too fast, and his body was already broken, and he was unable to dodge!

In the end——he could only grit his teeth, hold the sword in his hand in front of him, and then watched Ogata, who was getting closer, lift up the "Thunder Sword"!

Watching helplessly the light of the "Thunder Sword" in Ogata's hand... enveloping his body!

Rumble, rumble, rumble——! ! ! !

Lightning exploded!

The thunder that exploded broke the gust of wind and shattered the rain curtain, as if it shattered the surrounding space together! The dazzling thunder light envelops Ogata and Toyotomi!

Obviously this thunder light is only fleeting, but the roar of thunder seems to be frozen between heaven and earth, in the wreckage of the hull, above the vast sea, and below the sky for a long time!

The gradually dissipating thunder light reconnects the severed wind and the rain curtain, returning the space to tranquility.

Under the dissipated thunder, Ogata maintained the posture of drawing his sword, and landed steadily on the deck of the wreck.

The clothes on his right arm were gone.

There wasn't even a crumb left, it was directly shredded and "evaporated" by the thunder that exploded just now.

Da Shitian in Ogata's right palm and the skin of the entire right arm turned charred black like coal.

Even some heat and heat waves can be vaguely seen evaporating from his right arm.

And behind him, there is a piece of "coke" in the shape of a human being.

This human-shaped "coke" is exactly Toyotomi.

At this time, he was lying on his back.

Every piece of skin on his body, from head to toe, is now scorched into a strange "coke".

Clothes, needless to say, have been reduced to countless scraps.

The same carbonized face has already made it impossible to distinguish its facial features.

Now even if someone who knows Toyotomi the most comes here, they probably won't recognize this piece of "coke" as Toyotomi Nobuhide.

His right hand is still holding Jiguang Bone Food.

Under the lightning strike just now, there is no reason for Ji Guanggushi to survive.

Yoshimitsu, who was held in Toyotomi's right palm, had only one handle left.

Its blade has been shattered into countless pieces, scattered everywhere.

Ogata stood up slowly, turned his head, and looked expressionlessly at the charred Toyotomi behind him.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

When Ogata glanced at "Coke", "Coke"'s chest suddenly rose and fell with a small amplitude.

Immediately afterwards, the looming breathing and low coughing sound spewed out from the place where the mouth used to be.

"Ogata... Yidao Zhai..."

Two slightly cloudy white lights suddenly lit up on the cheeks of "Coke"—it turned out that Toyotomi slowly opened his eyes.

Toyotomi raised his eyelids vigorously, pulled his eyeballs back, and turned his cloudy eyes to Ogata who was looking at him expressionlessly.

"Heh...hahahahahaha..."

Ogata saw—the corners of Toyotomi's mouth were slightly upturned.

At this moment, some shreds of flesh could be seen protruding from every corner of Toyotomi's body, trying to repair this broken body.

However—these shreds of meat seemed to be powerless against the body that had been charred by Thunder.

I saw them writhing there, but I didn't see that they could restore Toyotomi's body even a little bit.

"It's really... yours..."

"Hahahahaha... even the... thunder in the sky... can be used by you..."

Ogata ignored Toyotomi's compliment.

"...you finally... fell down." He said, "Thinking about it carefully - it seems that we have been fighting against each other a long time ago."

"Whether you are in Butterfly Island, Kyoto, Edo, or Osaka, you can always meet the figure of your Toyotomi clan."

"Even in Ezo, you can see the firearms you gave to the Red Moon Fortress for unknown reasons, and the pirates who have been favored by you."

"Huh ha ha ha... Red Moon Fortress... I really miss it..." Toyotomi laughed so much that his shoulders were shaking, shaking off a lot of scorched powder, "Although...it has been...a long time...but I still remember... the Ezo of that fortress..."

"Huh ha ha ha ha... I know that the Edo Shogunate... will definitely not tolerate... There is such a...power in Ezo... sooner or later, it will...do something to the Ezo of this fortress..."

"So I gave them a bunch of...firearms...for...almost free...and taught them...how to use..."

"The purpose is...to allow them to shed as much...the blood of the Edo Shogunate..."

"As a result...some people in the fortress...thought I was a benevolent person...and gave them so many...powerful weapons..."

"Huh ha ha ha ha... It really is a barbarian... It's a barbarian..."

"Yeah... I remembered..."

"When I learned that you defeated...the army of the shogunate...in front of my subordinates...I praised you...for helping us greatly weaken the strength of the shogunate...huh ha ha ha Ha ha……!"

"Toyotomi and Tokugawa... have become... the defeat of a ronin... Huh ha ha ha ha...! Your sword... can be regarded as genuine... the sword that is unparalleled in the world..."

"I... can't help being curious..."

"Is there any chance in the future... that there will be another swordsman... who can surpass you...?"

"Even if it appears...you won't have the chance to see it again." Ogata said calmly.

After finishing speaking, he raised his right arm and Da Shitian, both of which had turned scorched black, above his head again.

"Toyotomi Nobuhide, give us this... long struggle, let's end it."

"Hmph ha ha ha ha ha..."

Toyotomi... laughed again.

"There is no chance to see the appearance of a swordsman who surpassed you, and there is no chance to see this world become more interesting..."

"What a pity...!"

The voice just fell! Seeing Toyotomi, who had been lying on his back all the time, suddenly raised his right arm, and stabbed the Yoshikogushi with only one handle left in his right hand towards Ogata's leg!

With the charred body and the bladeless sword, it is naturally impossible to inflict any trauma on Ogata, not even to break Ogata's skin.

However... After Toyotomi brandished the handle of the knife and "cut" Nakaogata's leg, he saw him laughing softly.

"Huh ha ha ha ha ha..."

Even though his body has become like this, Ogata can still see Toyotomi's cheeks, and there is another... a maniacal smile.

"Ah... I hit you again..." Toyotomi laughed so that many black debris fell off his body.

Hum——!

Da Shitian swung down heavily.

Heads with a smile that never seemed to go away rolled down.

call……

At this time, a breeze hit.

With the breeze blowing, a piece of cloth slowly fell from the clouds.

It was the haori embroidered with "Taige Tongye" on his body that Toyotomi tore and threw out just now.

I saw this feather weave embroidered with "Taige Tongye" fluttering leisurely under the breeze, and fell back on the broken shipwreck after only a moment.

Falling into... a handful of still-burning fires on the wreck.

In just a blink of an eye, the ferocious tongue of fire wrapped and licked the falling "Taige Tong Leaf", and in a blink of an eye, the fire wave wrapped the "Taige Tong Leaf" tightly.

Under the engulfment of the fire waves, the "Taige Tong Ye" slowly became smaller, and finally turned into a handful of tiny ashes, which were blown away by the breeze and fell into the ink-like sea water.

Nowhere to be seen.

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What kind of ending should be given to a madman like Toyotomi Nobuhide?

Hurricane trash talk? Release the rhetoric of "still a hero after 18 years"? Showing a scene of bending and stretching like Ji Jiu?

The author Jun thought about it, and finally found that it is the most suitable for this madman to let him laugh, send the final blow to Ogata, and say with a smile, "Ah... I hit you again..." ending.

[! ! ! Big announcement! ! ! 】

The author has decided! To release a new book on April 18 (Monday)!

That is to say—the countdown to the release of the new book is 2 days!

So excited and so lonely... This book is finally going to say goodbye to everyone.

At that time, please be sure to continue to support this "Samurai Series" (Leopard Head Crying.jpg)

In order to celebrate the upcoming release of the new book, the author will give you some information about the new book——

If this "Swordsman" is mainly based on "rivers and lakes" as the main stage, the next work will be based on "towns" and "government".

The new legend will be a Dingmachi Hui Tongxin of the Edo Kitamachi Magistrate's Office, that is, an ordinary grassroots policeman.