Volume 1: Re:Zero -Starting Life as a Samurai Chapter 50: The Raging Mountains

Ogata did not attack either.

He just stood there quietly, looking at Itagaki in front of him with an expressionless face.

Itagaki's heart was beating at an unprecedented rate, and he felt that the air around his body had become sticky and heavy.

Because the air became thick, Itagaki found it difficult to breathe.

Itagaki, who was unable to bear the torture of the sticky air around his body, shouted and swung his sword towards Ogata.

Ogata dodged Itagaki's sword easily, aimed at Itagaki's left abdomen, and used Sakakibara Ittoryu's horizontal slashing technique - Dragon Tail.

Ogata's wooden sword hit Itagaki's left abdomen accurately.

After being hit by Ogata, Itagaki felt his stomach churning.

Itagaki tried his best to hold back and not vomit the contents of his stomach.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

Itagaki, who had suppressed his nausea, had completely lost his composure. He screamed at the top of his lungs while waving the wooden sword in his hand frantically.

Looking at Itagaki who had lost his composure, Ishikawa Heima, who was kneeling at the edge of the dojo, sighed heavily.

Because the soldiers knew - there was no need to watch the next battle anymore.

When fighting someone, if you lose your composure, everything is over.

As expected - Itagaki had completely lost his composure, and there was no way he could hit Ogata with his sword swinging without any strategy.

Ogata seized the opportunity and slashed Itagaki's right wrist again.

The severe pain from his right wrist forced Itagaki to loosen his right hand, letting the knife in his right hand fall to the ground.

But Itagaki still endured the pain, quickly bent down and picked up the knife with his left hand.

Then he swept towards Ogata's feet.

However, Ogata had already predicted Itagaki's move.

Ogata nimbly jumped into the air and dodged Itagaki's sweep.

While jumping into the air, he raised the wooden sword in his hand high.

Then he struck hard at Itagaki's right shoulder.

Sakakibara Ittoryu——Water Falls!

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa——!”

Itagaki let out a scream that was enough to send the blood down one's spine.

Itagaki's right shoulder was unnaturally swollen and twisted. It looked scary.

Looking at the horrible redness and swelling on Itagaki's right shoulder, Ishikawa Heima and some of his disciples' faces darkened.

As people who had been immersed in swordsmanship for many years, they could keenly see that Itagaki's right shoulder injury was very serious.

It's a serious injury that can easily lead to disability.

The weight of the falling body + one's own arm strength = Ogata's most powerful "Water Fall" so far.

If Ogata had aimed at Itagaki's head instead of his right shoulder, he would have definitely blown all of Itagaki's brains out.

After the disciples closest to Itagaki carried Itagaki, whose right shoulder was severely fractured, away, Ogata deliberately spoke in a voice that everyone present could hear clearly:

"The... 10th!"

Including Itagaki just now, Ogata has defeated 10 disciples of their Ishikawa Sword Hall in succession.

After hearing what Ogata said, many people present showed resentment.

But he was afraid to step up and become the 11th person to challenge Ogata.

"Anyone else want to play?"

Ogata looked at the others who were kneeling at the edge of the dojo.

Without exception, everyone lowered their heads, not even daring to look at Ogata...

Afraid of meeting Ogata's eyes.

"Is there anyone else?!"

Still no response...

In the end, it was Ishikawa Heima who broke the silence by sighing softly.

"Ogata-kun, let's end today's business here."

"My disciples... no longer dare to challenge you..."

After Bingma said this, the faces of many people in the museum immediately turned ugly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Although they were unwilling, they still did not dare to go on stage to compete with Ogata...

Ogata turned his head and looked at Ishikawa Heima.

After a while——

Snapped.

Ogata loosened the five fingers of his right hand and let the wooden sword in his hand fall to the ground.

"…Sorry to bother you all today. Thank you for your guidance."

After saying the word "enlighten me", Ogata emphasized the tone.

After leaving these words, Xu Fang turned around and left.

Even after Ogata had left the dojo, no one dared to step forward to fight...

Ogata walked down the dojo in a swagger, took back his sword, put on his straw sandals, and walked towards the gate of the sword hall.

After reaching the gate of the sword hall, Ogata did not forget to do one more very important thing.

That is - to fulfill the agreement he had made with everyone at Ishikawa Sword Hall.

If he wins, let him leave a sword mark on the plaque of Ishikawa Sword Hall.

Ogata drew his katana and made an extremely eye-catching and conspicuous sword mark on the plaque hanging next to the door of the sword hall, then sheathed the sword... and walked away.

The plaque on the entrance of the sword hall was scratched with a sword - the shame was no less than if the plaque was directly torn down...

After Ogata drew a sword mark on the plaque of the sword hall and left in a swagger, the disciples of Ishikawa Sword Hall who were still able to stand or sit immediately surrounded Ishikawa's soldiers.

"Master! Are we just going to let that Ogata go like this?"

"Master! That Ogata Issei brought such great shame upon us, how can we just let him leave like this?!"

…

Ishikawa Heima listened quietly to his disciples' questions.

"…If we don't let Ogata Issei leave, what else can we do?" Ishikawa Heima asked in return, "Ogata Issei specifically challenged all of you, but none of you can handle Ogata. What else can we do except let him leave quickly and end today's disturbance quickly?"

"Will you all come together and besiege Ogata?"

"If we have to rely on besieging Ogata to try to save our face, then not only will it not help us save our face, but it will also bring greater shame to our Ishikawa Sword Hall than having a sword mark scratched on the plaque!"

"I just want today's series of disturbances to end as soon as possible!"

"If today's incidents are allowed to escalate further, the damage to our sword hall will be more than just 10 disciples being injured and the plaque being scratched with swords!"

Ishikawa Heima's words left all the disciples speechless. They didn't know what else to say...

…

What a coincidence.

Not long after Ogata left, Toyama, who had led people to look for Ogata, just returned.

Yuanshan never dreamed that while he was working hard to find Ogata outside, Ogata was causing a scene in their Ishikawa Sword Hall.

When he returned to Ishikawa Sword Hall and saw the gate plaque with a sword mark on it, his embarrassed fellow disciples, and learned what had happened, Yuanshan's face instantly turned dark.

Yuanshan, whose face was so dark that ink seemed to be dripping out, picked up his sword without saying a word and strode out of the dojo.

However, before he had taken a few steps, he was stopped by his master Ishikawa Heima.

"Yuanshan! Wait! What are you going to do?!"

"...Master, is there any need to explain this? Of course I'm going to seek revenge on that Ogata."

"You are not allowed to go! From today on, Toyama, you are not allowed to go near Sakakibara Sword Hall! And you are not allowed to contact Ogata in private!"

"Master! Why?!"

Yuanshan turned around suddenly, his expression mixed with confusion and anger.

"That Ogata brought such great shame to our Ishikawa Sword Hall today! Why can't I go and seek revenge on him!"

"Yuanshan! Do you think the commotion we caused today isn't big enough?!"

The Ishikawa soldiers roared with a force far greater than that of the distant mountains.

"Do you know? Because of your selfishness, all of us are now in the spotlight!"

"If you go looking for revenge on Ogata again, it will only make today's disturbance worse!"

"The series of disturbances that have occurred today are already big enough! I don't want to make things worse!"

"I will be responsible for handling all the events that happened today!"

"Listen to me, everyone! Do not cause trouble for Sakakibara Kenkan again! And do not cause trouble for Ogata Nosuke!"

"If I find anyone who dares to disobey the master's orders, I will kill him! "

Ishikawa Heima is the owner of the Ishikawa Sword Hall and a Menkyo Kaiden of the Katori Shinto-ryu school.