Volume 1: Re:Zero -Starting Life as a Samurai Chapter 17: Katori Shinto-ryu vs. Sakakibara Ittoryu (Part 2)
"Let's fight one-on-one." Ogata said to the samurai who had just sexually harassed Afu, "You are a disciple of Ishikawa Sword Hall, and I am a disciple of Sakakibara Sword Hall."
"Since we are both sword practitioners, let's speak with swords."
"If I win, please apologize to the lady you just harassed."
"What if you lose?" the warrior who sexually harassed Ah Fu asked in a deep voice.
"Ah."
The corners of Ogata's mouth curled up in a mocking arc.
"Wait until you really have the ability to defeat me ."
Ogata's extremely arrogant words made the samurai's face turn purple.
The warrior frowned, silently pulled out his cuffs and tied up his sleeves.
Ogata also took out the cuff he carried with him and tied up his sleeves.
Clang clang...
Ogata slowly drew out his katana.
Then he placed the katana out of its scabbard at his feet, and then pulled out the scabbard of the katana.
"What are you doing?" The warrior who was still tying his sleeves with a cuff frowned.
"If we use real swords to fight and someone dies, it will be a big trouble for both you and me."
"You should also know how much trouble it would cause if someone , right?"
"So - to avoid any trouble, let's just compete with the scabbards."
After saying this, Ogata raised the scabbard of the katana in his hand and assumed a mid-range stance.
"Anyway, whether using a real sword or a scabbard, the strong are still strong, and the weak are still weak."
"...Hmph." The samurai who sexually harassed Ahfu silently drew the katana from his waist, then handed the katana to his companions beside him for safekeeping. He then drew out the scabbard himself, holding the scabbard in his hand like Ogata, and took a mid-level stance.
"I'm Shichigoro Itagaki." The samurai introduced himself.
"Ogata Yisei, I'm here to attend." Ogata followed closely and introduced his home address.
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There were already quite a few people gathered around to watch the fun.
And these people were basically the customers who were just eating and drinking in the restaurant.
After learning that Ogata was going to duel with the man named Itagaki, everyone in the Ryuya stopped eating and drinking and hurriedly put down all the food and drinks in their hands and ran outside to watch the fun.
A duel between samurai - this was a rare sight, so most people watched with great interest.
And consciously left a circular duel venue for Ogata and others to use.
Among the crowd of onlookers, only two people looked worried.
These two people are none other than Asaki and Fuku.
Although Ogata and his men did not use real swords in the duel but used scabbards, there was still a risk of injury even with scabbards.
Afu really wanted to shout again, asking Ogata to stop challenging him to a duel.
But now the battle has begun, and Ogata and Itagaki are ready.
Afu was afraid that if he spoke suddenly, it might distract Ogata, so he could only keep his lips shut.
Even his own breathing slowed down, and he dared not even hold his breath.
He looked anxiously at the tense duel arena ahead.
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The person who launched the first attack was Itagaki.
Even though he is just a pervert who harasses others .
But Ogata had to admit that this man's swordsmanship was still quite good.
After just a few moves, Osamu keenly judged that Itagaki was quite strong, far superior to his junior fellow apprentice Makino.
The swordsmanship taught at Ishikawa Kenkan is the famous Katori Shinto style.
Therefore, the swordsmanship used by Itagaki is naturally the swordsmanship of Katori Shinto style.
Ogata did not have much experience fighting against Katori Shinto-ryu swordsmen.
Up to now, Ogata has basically only fought with his fellow disciples who are also students of Sakakibara Sword Hall.
Therefore, Ogata has more experience in fighting with swordsmen who practice Sakakibara Ittoryu.
He has almost no experience fighting against Katori Shinto-ryu swordsmen.
However, even if he had no experience fighting against a swordsman of the Katori Shinto style, it would not prevent Ogata from defeating his opponent.
The reason why Ogata said so many sarcastic words just now was not just to satisfy his momentary verbal pleasure.
Even before the fight began, Ogata was paving the way for his victory.
The reason why he said so many sarcastic words just now was just to make his opponent anxious.
The opponent - that is, Itagaki was unable to keep calm and fight against Ogata.
Ogata's strategy was very successful.
Stimulated by Ogata's ridicule just now, Itagaki's mentality was obviously disturbed.
It is impossible to keep calm and choose the appropriate time, method and angle of attack.
In terms of strength, according to Ogata's estimation, this Itagaki should be about the same as him.
If both of them maintain a calm mindset, it is still unknown who will win or lose.
But now Itagaki was confused.
It’s obvious who has the upper hand at the moment.
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Itagaki raised the scabbard high and slashed it towards Ogata's shoulder.
Ogata calmly retreated half a step, allowing himself to just dodge Itagaki's attack.
Ogata was in no rush to attack.
Just keep defending or dodging Itagaki's attacks.
Itagaki's heart was never at peace.
Itagaki was even more confused as he couldn't hit Ogata for a long time.
As he became more and more irritable, his attacks gradually became more and more disorganized.
Ogata kept defending or dodging, constantly draining Itagaki's energy.
At the same time, it also made Itagaki more and more confused.
As long as a person's physical strength declines and his mentality becomes unstable, various flaws will continue to appear.
For example - now.
After Itagaki made that downward strike just now, perhaps his feet, which had been firmly planted on the ground, became unstable.
This was the moment Ogata had been waiting for.
He adjusted his breathing, stepped forward, shortened the distance between himself and Itagaki, bent and stretched his upper body, and chopped the scabbard in his hand from bottom to top - Ogata's movements were done in one go, as smooth as flowing water.
The sword technique used by Ogata was Sakakibara Ittoryu's Ascending Tower.
The tip of the sheath was lifted up from the bottom, accurately hitting Itagaki's right shoulder.
Ogata's original intention was just to teach the guy who harassed Afu a lesson and make him apologize to Afu.
I didn't mean to injure or kill him.
Therefore, Ogata's move of climbing up the building was actually to restrain his strength and control the direction of his attack.
If Ogata wanted to, he could have aimed at Itagaki's chin and hit him hard.
But if he did this, even if Itagaki didn't die, he would probably be seriously injured.
Therefore, Ogata only aimed at Itagaki's right shoulder, restrained his strength, and only hit him in pain.
"Well!"
Itagaki cried out in pain, staggered back a few steps, and then fell heavily to the ground.
And the next moment after Itagaki fell to the ground, the system sound began to sound in Ogata's mind.
