Volume 2 The Executioner Chapter 109: The Death Battle between Ogata and Nanahara
The wind seemed to have stopped at that moment.
The air around him began to solidify as if it had suddenly taken on substance.
Ogata and Nanahara stood facing each other in their respective stances.
A leaf suddenly fell from a branch above Ogata.
The leaf floated down in boredom.
Slowly, slowly it floated towards Ogata's head.
Just as the leaf was about to fall on Ogata's hair...
Snapped!
Ogata stepped back with his hind legs and rushed towards Nanahara.
The strong wind created by Ogata's forward rush blew the fallen leaf directly into the sky, turning it into a black dot before disappearing completely.
Ogata and Nanahara moved almost at the same time.
The two men rushed towards each other, and the knives in their hands turned into two cold lights and slashed towards each other.
clang!
“Drink aaaaaaaaa——!”*2
Ogata and Nanahara's swords collided heavily, and the two of them roared as if they wanted to make their voices hoarse.
The two men's swords collided and separated, then collided and separated again.
Even though he had just finished fighting with hundreds of samurai and his physical strength and power were no longer at their peak, Ogata did not fall behind at all. He took or dodged every attack from Nanahara without giving in, and launched counterattacks that were even more fierce than Nanahara's attacks.
Sakakibara Ittoryu·Toribashi!
Ogata's sword turned into a stream of light and rushed towards Nanahara's head.
With the blessing of the state of "selflessness", all of Ogata's martial arts were temporarily upgraded by one level.
The three skills of Bird Thorn, Blade Reversal, and Flow were directly upgraded from "advanced" to "master level".
In the past, Ogata had speculated that since the conditions for upgrading from advanced to master level were so harsh, the power of master-level martial arts should be far greater than that of advanced martial arts.
Now it seems that it is true.
Ogata didn't even know how to use words to describe the gap between the two.
A world of difference - this was the only appropriate adjective Ogata could think of.
Qiyuan turned his head and barely avoided the stream of light.
But the streak of light still brushed past Qiyuan's left cheek, leaving a huge cut on it, and half of Qiyuan's face was immediately covered with blood.
Almost in the next instant, Nanahara launched a counterattack, swinging the sword in his hand from bottom to top.
clang!
Although he could not use "Flow" because there was no wakizashi available, Ogata was still able to use the three moves of "Original Breathing", "Blade Counter" and "Step" from Muga's Two Swords Style.
Ogata quickly retracted the sword he had thrust out, and after using the "blade reverse" to block Nanahara's sword, Nanahara retreated several steps and put some distance between himself and Ogata.
There was such a big wound on his face, and blood covered half of his face, and was dripping down his chin, but Nanahara seemed to be unaware of the pain, with no expression on his face, and he didn't even have the slightest intention of wiping the blood off his face.
"Ogata Issei, your current state is indeed very strange."
"Logically speaking, you shouldn't have any strength left after suffering so many injuries and fighting with more than a hundred warriors."
"But now you not only have some energy left, but your spirit is also quite high."
"If you were in peak physical condition and entered this strange state, I would not be your opponent. Not only would I not be your opponent, I wouldn't even be able to survive three of your moves."
“What a pity.”
Ogata disagreed with what Nanahara had just said: "Even if I'm not in good health right now, I can still kill you!"
"Then you can just give it a try."
After saying that, Nanahara once again clenched the katana in his right hand and assumed a mid-range stance.
But... when he got into the middle stance again, Nanahara twisted his left wrist unnaturally.
Because Nanahara's movements were very subtle, if you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't be able to notice this small movement of Nanahara's left wrist.
After re-positioning himself, Nanahara did not confront Ogata for too long. He simply took a step back and turned his body into an arrow, rushing towards Ogata.
Ogata clenched the knife in his hand, staring at Nanahara, ready to face Nanahara's new round of attack.
At this moment - when Nanahara was only 4 steps away from Ogata, Nanahara suddenly released his left hand that was holding the lower end of the handle of the sword.
He pointed his left palm at Ogata, then shook his left wrist unnaturally.
A thin black shadow immediately flew out from Nanahara's sleeve and shot towards Ogata.
It flew straight towards Ogata's brow.
After the tiny black shadow flew away from his sleeve, Nanahara, who had been expressionless, showed a hint of pride on his face.
While maintaining a smug look on his face, Nanahara clenched the knife in his hand, ready to slash Ogata horizontally after the tiny black shadow hit Ogata's forehead, giving him one more blow and ending his life completely.
However, the smug look on his face did not last long and disappeared.
Because - when this tiny black shadow was about to hit Ogata's forehead , Ogata suddenly raised the sword in his hand and placed the blade between the tiny black shadow and his own forehead.
clang.
The sound of metal and iron was heard.
The tiny black shadow was bounced away by Ogata's suddenly upright blade.
Then, Ogata pushed the knife in his hand forward and slashed at Nanahara who was only inches away from him.
This sudden change forced Nanahara to give up the plan of "finishing the attack with a horizontal slash". She hurriedly changed her tactics, blocked Ogata's attack, and then quickly retreated several steps to distance herself from Ogata again.
"Knowing that you have a hidden weapon, do you think I can still be successfully attacked by you?"
Ogata said this in a disdainful tone as he glanced at the "tiny black shadow" that was now lying quietly at his feet.
The true identity of this "tiny black shadow" is a sharp arrow that is not even as long as an adult's little finger.
"Tsk..." Qiyuan made a "tsk" sound with a look of annoyance.
Then he turned his head slightly and glanced at the bodies of Ichiro and others in the distance.
"It seems... it was the bodies of those people that exposed the fact that I possessed hidden weapons..."
"I never expected that," Ogata said softly, "Nanara, who holds the title of 'Hirose Domain's No. 1 swordsman', is actually also an expert at using hidden weapons."
"Hidden weapons are so useful. Why shouldn't I use them?" Qiyuan said as if it was a matter of course. "In a life-and-death fight, victory is everything. As long as I can win, I can use any tricks I can."
"You are quite good at hiding things. I have never heard that you have any hidden weapons."
"Because everyone who has seen me use this hidden weapon is dead!"
call--!
Another strong wind blew.
As soon as Nanahara finished his words, he pushed his hind legs again and swung his sword towards Ogata .
