Volume 1: Re:Zero -Starting Life as a Samurai Chapter 49: Itagaki! Come on! (Part 2)
The person that Ogata's eyes were fixed on, the person that Ogata had always wanted to fight, was Itagaki, who had been hiding at the edge of the dojo, and was afraid to go out to fight.
Itagaki is the person in the entire Ishikawa Sword Gymnasium that Ogata most wants to fight against and also the person he most wants to defeat, no doubt about it.
After Ishikawa Heima accepted Ogata's request to challenge all the disciples of Ishikawa Sword Hall, Itagaki's face was filled with a strong sense of pride.
In Itagaki's eyes—Ogata was dead today.
One person challenges all the disciples of Ishikawa Sword Hall?
Even if the challenge is conducted in a one-on-one format, Ogata will be exhausted to death!
In the entire Ishikawa Sword Hall, Itagaki may be the person who hates Ogata the most, except for Toyama, no one else.
He just touched Ah Fu's butt that night - Itagaki didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did. He was a dignified samurai and the other party was just a little maid, so he just touched her.
But because of this little thing, Ogata defeated him in public and made him lose face.
Since that night, Itagaki has hated Ogata.
Apart from Toyama, he was definitely the person who most wanted to see Ogata embarrassed and beaten up by the disciples of their Ishikawa Sword Hall.
When Ogata defeated his opponent Hirano in the first round, Itagaki was able to remain calm and keep a calm expression on his face. He said to himself: It's okay, it's okay. Hirano's strength in our sword hall is not that outstanding, so it's normal for him to be defeated.
When Ogata defeated his opponent Sato in the second round, Itagaki was still able to remain calm and composed, and thought to himself: It's okay, Sato was just careless for a moment.
But at this time, Itagaki had already started to sweat on his forehead.
Then, Ogata defeated the third, fourth, and fifth rounds...
Until now, after sending his opponent out of the field in the 9th round, Itagaki could no longer remain calm.
Itagaki's face was now completely bloodless.
Cold sweat kept coming out from Itagaki's forehead, back, palms, and every part of his body.
Ogata was exhausted and beaten up by the disciples of Ishikawa Sword Hall - this scene did not appear as Itagaki expected.
Although Ogata has begun to gasp for breath, it can be seen that he still has enough strength to continue fighting.
After defeating a quarter of the disciples of Ishikawa Sword Hall in succession, the courage of the remaining three quarters of the disciples had been completely broken by Ogata.
They had all witnessed what happened to those who had competed with Ogata.
After Ogata defeated his opponent in the 9th round, no one dared to compete with Ogata again.
Almost everyone lowered their heads, their eyes on their noses and their noses on their hearts, not daring to look at Ogata.
At this moment, a loud shout suddenly rang out:
"Itagaki! Get on the court!"
Hearing this loud shout, Itagaki's body stiffened at first.
Then he turned his stiff neck and looked in the direction of the sound.
The owner of this roar was naturally Ogata Issei, who was now looking at him with cold eyes.
Ogata raised his left hand that was not holding the sword and hooked his finger at Itagaki.
"Hurry up and get on the field, Itagaki. Of all the people in Ishikawa Sword Hall, you are the only one I cannot let go!"
Whether it is Toyama or others, Ogata can consider letting them go today and not fighting with them.
But Ogata would never let go of Itagaki, who bullied the unarmed mother and daughter Asaki and Afuku.
Ever since the battle with the disciples of Ishikawa Sword Hall began, Obara had been waiting for Itagaki to take the initiative.
But until now, Ogata had already completed 9 rounds and knocked down 9 enemies, but Itagaki remained as still as a mountain.
This forced Ogata to resort to some rougher methods to force Itagaki to take the field.
Itagaki, who was named by Ogata, looked even more pale.
"I, I'm going to let you go today! I see you're exhausted! If I go on stage now, I'll be taking advantage of you! We'll fight again another day..."
"There's no need to wait for a day." Ogata interrupted Itagaki impatiently, "I'm going to challenge you right now!"
"Tsk..." The anxiety on Itagaki's face became even more intense.
Itagaki looked around, hoping that his fellow disciples could help him at this time.
For example: stand up and shout "I challenge you!", and then you can naturally help Itagaki block Ogata's invitation to fight.
But the more Itagaki looked at his fellow disciples around him, the more disappointed he became.
His gaze was like some kind of plague.
All the fellow disciples who were caught by his gaze quickly turned their heads away, pretending not to notice that Itagaki was looking at him.
No one is willing to help Itagaki...
No, to be precise, no one dares to challenge Ogata again...
Some people even secretly rejoiced that Ogata did not call his name but Itagaki's.
Ishikawa Heima noticed Itagaki's embarrassment.
After sighing softly, Bingma spoke up to help Itagaki out of the siege:
" Ogata-kun, Itagaki is feeling a bit under the weather today, so I'm afraid he won't be able to fight."
"Unwell? Humph, a person who can arrogantly bully a defenseless mother and daughter and even soil their precious clothes doesn't look like someone who is 'unwell' at all."
Ogata hooked his finger at Itagaki again.
"Itagaki, if you are still a samurai, come on stage now!"
"You!" Even Ishikawa Heima was a little angry at this time, "Ogata-kun! As a young man, don't be so arrogant! If you are so arrogant, you will suffer sooner or later!"
"Maybe." Ogata said calmly, "But I will leave the future to my future self to figure out how to solve the problem."
After saying that, Ogata turned his gaze back to Itagaki, who had a gloomy expression and remained silent.
"Itagaki, why are you still standing there like a mountain? Have you been sitting there for too long and your legs are numb and you can't stand up? Or are you so scared by my calling your name that you have no strength to stand up?"
Ogata... No, it should be said that the eyes and attention of everyone in the museum are now focused on Itagaki.
Under everyone's gaze, Itagaki stood up slowly with a gloomy face.
After being ridiculed so much by Ogata, if he doesn't go on stage, he will become a laughing stock in the future.
Itagaki, who was forced into a difficult situation by Ogata, could only stand up with a gloomy face, pick up the sword from the sword rack beside him, and slowly walk to the center of the dojo.
Even an outsider who doesn't know swordsmanship can see that Itagaki is very nervous.
All the muscles in Itagaki's body seemed to be stiff and tense.
On the other hand, Ogata looked relaxed.
With a blank expression and a calm face, he held the sword and assumed a mid-range stance.
