Volume 2 The Executioner Chapter 72 Sakakibara Ittoryu Menkyo Kaiden
The calmness even made Ogata feel a little weird.
"Maybe it's because Ishikawa Heima is trying his best to control the disciples in their hall." As to why it has been so peaceful for more than a month, Hanbei found what he thought was the most reasonable explanation for himself and Ogata .
"Although Ishikawa Heima doesn't like our Sakakibara Sword Hall, he is a person who knows what is important."
"He is a person who pays more attention to real life than to intangible things such as honor and dignity."
Hanbei, who has been dealing with Ishikawa Heima for a long time, talked freely.
"There have been too many disturbances recently, and they are too big. Ishikawa Heima certainly doesn't want to cause bigger disturbances and get his sword gym into more trouble."
"In order to avoid causing more trouble, Ishikawa Heima should have restrained the disciples in his academy over the past month, and told them not to seek revenge on you."
"Yeah." Ogata nodded, "This should be the only possibility."
"Anyway, no matter what, the past month or so has been peaceful, which is a good thing." Hanbei smiled, "Ogata, you came at the right time today."
"Just right?" Ogata asked puzzled.
"Early after you won the God Sacrifice Contest, I wanted to give you something. But because you needed to recover from your injuries, I kept it for the time being."
"Now that your injuries have almost healed and you can move freely, I think it's time to give you that thing."
After saying that, Hanbei turned his head and shouted to the people who were practicing swordsmanship in the dojo:
"stop!"
As soon as Hanbei finished shouting, the disciples who were practicing sword in the dojo stopped their practice, turned their heads and cast puzzled looks at Hanbei.
"gather!"
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Everyone in the sword hall - including Ogata, knelt obediently on the dojo wound, waiting for Hanbei's return.
After asking all the disciples to stop their practice and gather together, Hanbei left temporarily.
According to him, he was going to get the things that he was going to give to Ogata, and he would be back soon.
And Hanbei did not deceive them.
Soon, Hanbei returned to the dojo, holding a scroll.
After taking his seat in front of the disciples, Hanbei shouted in a full-throated voice:
"Ogata!"
"exist!"
“Step forward!”
"yes!"
Ogata stood up from the ground, walked quickly to the front of the disciples, and then sat down again.
"Ogata, this is for you."
After saying that, Hanbei handed the scroll in his hand to Ogata.
“What is this…?” Ogata asked in confusion.
Hanbei smiled slightly and said, "When you take a look at it, you will know what it is."
"yes……"
Ogata stood up again with doubt in his heart, walked slowly to Hanbei, and then knelt down on the ground again.
He stretched out his hands and respectfully took the scroll from Hanbei's hands.
"Master, can you open it now and take a look?"
"sure."
"Then... I will respectfully obey your command."
After neatly untying the string that bound the scroll, Ogata pulled it open in one breath.
There were many large characters written in a flamboyant style on the scroll.
Ogata saw the words "Sakakibara Ittoryu".
Then I saw the master's name, and then his name.
After pulling the scroll to the bottom, the four Chinese characters written at the end of the scroll made Ogata's eyes suddenly widen.
These four Chinese characters are exactly – ｍｉｎｚｈｏｎｇ jieｃｈｕａｎｇ.
"Master! What is this...?!"
"That's right." Hanbei nodded, "This is the certificate for the Menkyo Kaiden."
As soon as Hanbei finished speaking, there were gasps and exclamations in the venue.
The other disciples kneeling behind Ogata looked at him with mixed emotions.
"Master..." Ogata's face was filled with astonishment, "How could I have received the certificate of Mianxu Jiechuan?"
Ogata wasn't being modest when he said this.
He said this from the bottom of his heart.
Ogata thought - he hadn't even mastered the four major sword techniques of Sakakibara Ittoryu to perfection, so how could he be qualified to obtain the Menkyo Kaiden certificate?
"Ogata, please accept the Menkyo Kaiden certificate with peace of mind."
"The standard of our Sakakibara Ittoryu to determine whether a disciple has reached the level required to obtain the Menkyo Kaiden certificate is different from that of other schools."
"Most schools require their disciples to master the sword skills of that school and practice them to perfection."
"But our Sakakibara Ittoryu is different."
"Although our Sakakibara Ittoryu also focuses on the mastery of sword skills, we pay more attention to something else."
"Different schools have different standards for granting or not granting the Miexu Kaiden Certificate."
"There are only two conditions for granting the Sakakibara Ittoryu."
"As long as you meet these two conditions, you will be able to obtain the Menkyo Kaiden certificate of our Sakakibara Ittoryu."
"Article 1: Whether one can master a certain sword technique."
"The second one is also the most important one: whether you have understood the most important rule in a life-and-death duel."
"I don't ask you to master every sword technique of Sakakibara Ittoryu to perfection."
Hanbei said this not only to Ogata, but to all the disciples in the field.
"My elder brother - your uncle, while traveling around the world and competing with masters, realized a truth in actual combat."
"That is - 'Jack of all trades, master of none'."
"Your uncle has met many masters who have only mastered one move to perfection."
"Even if they don't know other sword skills, it doesn't prevent them from becoming feared masters with the only move they know."
"Your uncle is the same."
"Although your uncle founded the Sakakibara Ittoryu school, he did not master every move of Sakakibara Ittoryu."
"In terms of the power of 'Climbing the Tower', your uncle is only average."
"But your uncle has mastered the 'Water Fall' to the highest level."
"The power of the 'Water Fall' used by your uncle is so powerful that even the Samos who practice the 'Manifestation Stream' are afraid of it."
"He used this move, 'Water Fall', to cut countless masters in half, both the body and the sword."
"It is precisely because your uncle knew that 'it is not necessary to master every sword technique' that he held my hand and told me before he passed away: as long as one can master a certain sword technique of Sakakibara Ittoryu, even if the level of other sword techniques is average, one can be qualified to obtain the Menkyo Kaiden certificate."
"As early as when the gymnasium competition was held, I noticed that the level of your 'bird thorn' has reached an extremely high level."
"In terms of power, the power of the 'Bird Thorn' you used, Ogata, should be higher than mine."
"So, as early as the time when the competition was held, you, Ogata, had already met the first condition for obtaining our school's Menxō Kaiden certificate."
"And during the festival competition, your words made me understand - you have understood the most important rule in a life-and-death duel."
"A word?" Ogata hesitated.
"It's the phrase 'As long as you can win, whatever you do is right.'"
