Volume 1: Re:Zero -Starting Life as a Samurai Chapter 45: Ogata Issei's Participation
Even outside the sword hall, the roar of Ishikawa Heima could be clearly heard.
Not all the disciples of Ishikawa Sword School followed Yuanshan and his friends to make trouble.
There was also a small group of people who stayed in the sword hall very calmly and practiced sword skills, without interfering with Yuanshan and the others' actions.
For example, the two disciples currently guarding the gate of Ishikawa Sword Hall did not follow Toyama and the others to cause trouble at Sakakibara Sword Hall or Ryuya.
So they don’t need to go to the dojo to receive training.
However, because of this, the two of them were temporarily assigned to guard the gate of the sword hall and not let anyone enter the hall.
Ishikawa Heima has decided to spend all the rest of the day reprimanding Toyama and others.
Therefore, the sword hall will be temporarily closed today, and no one will be allowed to practice sword in the hall, and no one will be allowed to enter.
Guarding the gate is a tedious and boring job. After a while, the two disciples who were responsible for guarding the gate slacked off and started chatting.
"Hey, how long is the master going to lecture me for?"
"Who knows..." Another disciple shrugged, "The master seems really angry. He won't be able to stop lecturing for a while."
"Senior Toyama is too unstable... Even if he has a conflict with that guy from Sakakibara Sword Hall, he should have solved it privately... Why mobilize so many people?"
"Alas... when people are angry, they can do anything. By the way, who are Senior Yuanshan and the others looking for?"
"Let me think about it... I remember it was called... Ogata... Yisei... Yes! I remember it now! The person that Toyama-senpai and the others are looking for is called Ogata Yisei!"
"Ogata Issei...what did that guy do to make Toyama-senpai so angry?"
"Who knows. He must have done something unforgivable to make Senior Yuanshan so angry."
"I don't know where this Ogata Issei is now..."
“Hahahahaha, he must have been hiding somewhere and didn’t dare to come out. When he learned that so many people were looking for him aggressively, he must have been scared to death.”
"Hahaha, that's right, he's lucky. When Toyama-senpai came looking for him, he wasn't at Sakakibara Sword Gym. When he returns to Sakakibara Sword Gym now and learns that so many people are looking for him, he must have been scared and huddled somewhere, not daring to go out on the street."
"My guess is that Ogata is hiding behind his master Sakakibara Hanbei, begging for his master's protection."
"I think so too! With so many people coming to his door, Ogata definitely won't dare to go out on the street! He should be hiding in the Sakakibara Sword Hall now. I beg his master to help him solve today's incident as soon as possible."
"It's normal to feel scared. If it were me, I would be too scared to go anywhere... Hey! Who are you?"
As the disciple was happily chatting, he suddenly noticed someone walking towards them slowly out of the corner of his eye.
He turned his head and looked closely at the guy who was slowly walking towards them.
He is a fairly young warrior.
Dark blue top, black hakama.
What is noteworthy is that this young warrior did not have a shaved head, but kept his hair long, with a lot of hair hanging down on his forehead.
The hair hanging down from the forehead was quite long, and the tips of the hair had already covered some of the young warrior's eyebrows.
“…Is this the Ishikawa Sword Hall?”
When the two disciples guarding the gate heard the young warrior ask this, they were stunned for a moment, then said with pride:
“That’s right!”
"If you want to enter our sword hall to learn sword skills, please come back another day. Something happened in the sword hall today. The door of the sword hall will not be open to the public until tomorrow."
At this time, a young warrior came to visit - the two disciples guarding the gate thought that the young warrior came to learn sword from a master.
When Ishikawa Heima sent the two of them to guard the gate, he specifically gave them a death order - no outsiders were allowed to enter the sword hall without his consent.
Therefore, without waiting for the young warrior to speak, the two disciples guarding the gate kept driving the young warrior away and told him to come back another day to become their disciple.
The young warrior ignored the two men's attempts to drive him away.
He raised his head, looked at the thick wooden door in front of him with a calm gaze, and said softly:
"It seems I am on the right track."
After saying that, the young warrior took another step and walked straight towards the gate of Ishikawa Sword Hall in front of him.
“Hey! You brat! Didn’t you hear what we said just now? The master won’t see outsiders today! If you want to learn sword from me, come back another day... Hey! What do you want to do? What do you want to do?! Ughhhh——!”
"You, you bastard! What do you want to do?! Let him go... ah...! My shoulder..."
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"……master ."
Itagaki had been listening silently to Ishikawa Heima's scolding since a while ago.
It was not until Ishikawa Heima stopped scolding and adjusted his breathing which was disordered by anger and continuous roaring that Itagaki finally spoke again.
"I admit - what we did today was indeed a bit extreme..."
"But please forgive Senior Yuanshan, Master. He has his own reasons for doing this."
"If you knew what Toyama-senpai was going through, and what Ogata Yisei did to Toyama-senpai, you would be able to understand me."
As soon as Itagaki finished speaking, the soldiers roared again:
"Itagaki! Tell me! What's the conflict between Toyama and that Ogata?"
“… I’m sorry , I can’t tell you.”
Itagaki didn't have the courage to tell the truth that Toyama's wife was having an affair with Ogata.
"You...sigh..." Bingma sighed, "When you went to Sakakibara Sword Hall, you should have come back when you learned that Ogata Issei was not there!"
"What on earth were you thinking? You actually broke into Sakakibara Sword Gym! Now look what's going on! I don't know how this is going to end!"
"At that time, we suspected that Ogata heard the noise of us entering the sword hall and hid in Sakakibara Sword Hall and dared not come out." A disciple sitting behind Itagaki responded in a calm tone.
After saying this, the disciple paused.
Then he changed his tone to a mocking one and continued:
"I don't know where Ogata is hiding now."
"He should have known by now that we were looking for him."
"That Ogata should be hiding in some hidden corner right now, afraid that we will come looking for him, so scared that he is trembling all over..."
Bang——!
The disciple had barely uttered the last syllable of his words when a loud noise suddenly erupted outside the dojo, loud enough to forcibly interrupt the attention of anyone who heard it.
Everyone in the dojo looked outside the dojo following the sound.
"…What happened…" Bingma murmured in a low voice while frowning.
The soldiers could tell that the sound came from the gate of the sword hall.
The soldiers, feeling somewhat uneasy, stood up first and hurried towards the gate of the sword hall.
Itagaki and others, who also had puzzled expressions on their faces, quickly stood up and followed closely behind the soldiers.
When they arrived at the gate of the sword hall, the scene reflected on Bingma, Itagaki and others made Bingma and others' pupils shrink in shock.
The wooden door that was originally closed was opened.
Behind the gate, on the stone road paved with white sandstone, lay a man groaning in pain.
This is the disciple sent by Ishikawa Heima to temporarily guard the gate.
Standing in front of the gate was a young samurai wearing a dark blue Gofu, black hakama, and a long curly hair.
In the right hand of this young warrior, he held a katana that had been unsheathed, but the back of the blade was facing people.
At his feet lay another person who was also groaning in pain.
This is the other of the two disciples sent by Ishikawa Heima to temporarily guard the gate.
The young warrior raised his eyes and looked at Bingma, Itagaki and others who had just rushed out of the dojo with a calm and somewhat terrifying gaze.
Then——
"Ogata Yisei, I am here to attend."
In the same calm tone, he said words that made Bingma, Itagaki and others feel uneasy.
