Volume 2 The Executioner Chapter 111 Total War
In response to Nanahara's advice, Ogata's expression and look did not fluctuate at all, and he remained calm.
"My future is none of your business."
After saying this, Ogata silently increased the strength of his hands.
Qiyuan can no longer hold on.
Ogata's sword has completely suppressed Nanahara's sword.
Nanahara, unable to withstand Ogata's strength, was forced to kneel on one knee.
The sharp blade had cut into the flesh of Qiyuan's neck, and drops of blood began to flow out of the wound.
"Ogata Issei!" Nanahara's anxious expression became even more intense, "You really need to think it through!"
"The Edo Shogunate has ruled the country for 200 years! Its power is limitless!"
"It's easy for them to wipe out a little warrior like you!"
"You can fight against a hundred people by yourself, but can you fight against a thousand people, ten thousand people! Against the Edo Shogunate that owns the whole world?!"
"Have you ever thought about where you can go after killing the lord?! In this huge world, there will no longer be a place for you to stand!"
The expression and look on Ogata's face remained unchanged.
"Even if you go to the blue sky or the underworld, it's none of your business."
"If the Edo Shogunate wants to use the entire country's strength to encircle and suppress me...then come on."
"Even if it means an all-out war with the Edo Shogunate, I will do it!"
"I will use the head of Matsudaira Gennai as my declaration of war against the Edo Shogunate!"
"Ogata Nosuke..." Nanahara looked at Ogata with horror, "Are you crazy..."
" Maybe ."
Ogata's blade had already cut deeply into Nanahara's neck.
More and more blood was flowing out of the wound.
Nanahara has already felt it.
Feeling it—if Ogata's blade had cut a little deeper, he would have died.
"wait wait wait!"
Nanahara's tone had become almost pleading.
"Ogata Issei! I, I, I understand!"
"Calm down for a moment!"
"I think we still have a chance to talk slowly! We still have a chance to talk slowly!"
"How about you put the knife down first?!"
“Ogata Yisei! I, I, I, I give up! I give up! I’ve already given up! I won’t draw my sword against you anymore! Calm down! Calm down a little! Wait wait wait a minute aaaaaaaaa——!”
Ogata's blade cut into the left side of Nanahara's neck.
Then he slashed into Nanahara's body and cut out from Nanahara's right armpit.
Until the very end, Ogata ignored Nanahara's pleas for mercy.
Looking at Nanahara's face with his eyes wide open, Ogata said softly:
"...It's really ugly, Samurai-sama."
When saying the word "Samurai-sama", Ogata emphasized the tone.
"So... the most arrogant swordsman of the Hirose clan was so scared that he begged for mercy when facing death?"
Even after beheading Nanahara, Ogata still did not relax.
Because... there is still one person alive.
Ogata now looks as if he had just crawled out of a pool of blood.
His body was covered with blood, mud, grass and all kinds of things.
Ogata turned his head and looked at...Matsudaira Gennai who was not far away.
…
…
Ogata threw away the wakizashi in his hand.
He picked up the katana that had just cut Nanahara's left arm in half.
Then he walked towards Matsudaira Gennai with an expressionless face.
While walking slowly towards Matsudaira Gennai, he held the blade of the katana in his right hand with the inner elbow of his left arm, and wiped the blood, fat, etc. off the blade with the cloth on the inner elbow of his left arm.
There are only three young people left around Matsudaira Gennai.
These three boys are very young and appear to be only around 15 years old.
Looking at Ogata who was walking slowly towards them, the faces of the three young men were filled with fear and panic.
One of them gritted his teeth and shouted:
"Protect the lord!"
Then, this young man took the lead in charging towards Ogata.
After this young man launched the charge, the other two young men followed closely after hesitating for a while.
There was no reason to show mercy. Ogata swung the katana in his hand, sending out three sword lights, ending the lives of the three young men.
The three young men who stepped forward to protect him were all killed by Ogata - even so, the expression and look on Matsudaira Gennai's face did not change at all.
Matsudaira Gennai's face still had an intoxicated look, as if he had seen some extremely favorite work of art.
"This is the most exciting battle I have ever seen in my life... It's so wonderful..." Matsudaira Gennai was still immersed in the "wonderful performance" that Ogata had just given him.
"……these people."
Ogata pointed the knife in his hand at the young men he had just killed.
"And those people."
Ogata pointed to the bodies of the guards led by Nanahara scattered all over the ground.
"They all died for you."
"These people gave their lives to protect you. Don't you have any regret or grief at all?"
"Regret? Sorrow?" Matsudaira Gennai laughed a few times, as if he had heard a funny joke. "Why should I feel regret and sorrow?"
"They died for me, isn't that what they should do?"
"They are warriors."
"Isn't the synonym for samurai 'dog' and 'minion'?"
"Since their birth, their only mission is to serve me wholeheartedly until death."
"Complete every task I give you."
"Protect me even if you have to die. "
"Be my toy when I'm upset."
"Aren't these what you warriors are supposed to do?"
"Since this is what you should have done, why should I feel regret and grief?"
Osamu listened to every word of Matsudaira Gennai with a blank expression.
After Matsudaira Gennai finished speaking, Ogata spoke in a calm tone that was neither salty nor bland:
"I feel more and more that you are indeed a scum who doesn't deserve to live in this world."
"Hey, watch your words, slave." Matsudaira Gennai frowned, "Who do you think you are talking to? I am the daimyo of the Hirose Domain! I am your lord..."
Before Matsudaira Gennai could utter the last syllable of "Master", a sword light from top to bottom slashed across his nose and cut off the tip of his nose.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa——!”
Covering his nose which was missing a small part, Matsudaira Gennai let out a shrill scream that would make even a slaughtered pig ashamed.
This was the first time since Matsudaira Innai was born that he experienced such heart-wrenching pain.
Unable to endure the severe pain, Matsudaira Innai fell directly to the ground and rolled on the ground like a maggot.
"...From a certain perspective , you are quite pitiful."
As Ogata spoke, he shook off the remaining blood on the tip of the knife.
"You have lived a life of luxury since birth. After becoming the daimyo of the Hirose Domain, you have become accustomed to a life of tyranny and brutality, which has made you lose even your basic judgment and sense of crisis."
"If you had escaped from here earlier while I was fighting your guards, you might have been able to save your life."
"But you just stood there and watched the fight stupidly. You thought you were safe, and that no one had the ability or the courage to hurt you."
"Now all your guards are dead, and you are still acting so arrogantly without knowing it."
"It's really pitiful for a beast like you who has lost his sense of danger and doesn't even know how to run away when faced with danger."
After saying that, Ogata turned the knife in his hand upside down and stabbed it heavily into the left sole of Matsudaira Gennai's foot, nailing Matsudaira Gennai's left foot to the ground.
