Volume 2 The Executioner Chapter 86: Destruction of the Family
"Damn it! Do you think we don't have knives?!" Makino shouted angrily while taking the knife thrown at him by one of his senior brothers.
After being caught off guard by Matsudaira Gennai's guards, the disciples of Sakakibara Sword Hall gradually began to fight back.
As quickly as possible, they retrieved the knives they had placed on the side of the dojo.
Tonight was supposed to be a banquet night, and the masters and apprentices of Sakakibara Sword Hall had placed their swords on one side of the dojo.
At this moment, he didn't care which knife belonged to which person. He just took all the knives away and distributed them to his fellow disciples.
After catching the sword thrown by his senior brother, Makino drew the sword without any hesitation and slashed at a guard of Matsudaira Gennai in front of him.
Makino is now furious.
Tonight was supposed to be a night full of laughter and joy...
The tables filled with wine and food are still lying quietly in a corner of the dojo.
As a result, due to the arrival of Matsudaira Gennai, the dojo that should have been full of laughter and joy was turned into a bloody storm...
Perhaps because his patience was filled with resentment, each of Makino's attacks was extremely ferocious.
In terms of momentum, he firmly suppressed the lackey of Matsudaira Gennai in front of him.
The guard who was fighting with Makino was of average skill to begin with.
Therefore, the guard, whose skills were average and whose momentum was suppressed by Makino, soon had his head chopped off by Makino.
Makino successfully killed an enemy, but before he could feel happy about his achievement, a familiar scream drew all his attention.
"Sawamura?"
Makino looked in the direction of the sound and discovered that the person who screamed was none other than Sawamura.
Sawamura was now slumped on the ground, looking with horror at the guard in front of him who had raised his knife high in his hand.
“Stop it!!”
Makino screamed miserably at the top of his lungs and rushed towards Sawamura...
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"...Sakakibara Hanbei." Nanahara looked at Hanbei standing in front of him with a cold gaze, "I advise you to put down the knife. I have always heard that the owner of Sakakibara Sword Gym is a person who does not like violence. Why are you so impulsive now and dare to point a knife at me?"
At this time, Hanbei, holding a knife in his hand, stared at Nanahara in front of him, and Matsudaira Gennai who was protected by Nanahara behind him.
"Then you must have heard the rumors about me wrongly." Hanbei tightened the knife in his hand with a gloomy face. "I do not like violence, but when I have to, I will draw my sword!"
"And when my disciples are in trouble, that is the 'last resort'!"
"... Sakakibara Hanbei, you should be ashamed of having such a disciple ." Nanahara glanced at Mikami who was already motionless, "If it weren't for your disciple's attempt to assassinate the lord, at least half of the disciples in your Sakakibara Sword Hall would have survived. You wouldn't have to be forced to fight with a sword like you are now, at such an old age."
"No!" As soon as Nanahara finished speaking, Hanbei interrupted with a hoarse voice, "Mikami did a great job!"
"Rather than being toyed around with by you bastards like this, it's better to take the lead and kill this tyrant and his lackeys!"
"Watch your words." Nanahara frowned, "Insulting the lord - are you still a samurai?"
"Not only will I insult him, I will also kill him!"
After saying that, Hanbei kicked his hind legs and pounced towards Nanahara in front of him.
Nanahara was guarding Matsudaira Gennai closely, and if Nanahara was not killed first, Matsudaira Gennai could not be killed.
Nanahara is in his prime, and in terms of strength and stamina, he is definitely superior to the already aging Hanbei.
Therefore, Hanbei's strategy is simple - kill with one strike.
He did not compete with Nanahara in strength, nor did he engage in a protracted battle with Nanahara. Instead, he relied on his own footwork to get close to Nanahara, and then killed Nanahara with one sword.
Hanbei dodged to the side and moved to Nanahara's left side.
While flashing to Nanahara's side, he exerted force from his waist, using his waist as an axis to transfer the force to his arms, and used his best sword technique - Dragon Tail - towards Nanahara's side.
Hanbei thought he was moving quickly.
I thought Nanahara would definitely not be able to react.
However……
clang!
Nanahara didn't even move his feet, he stood firmly in place, holding the sword in one hand, and tilted the sword to the side to block Hanbei's dragon tail.
"Sakakibara Hanbei, you've grown old. It's really sad."
After leaving a bland sigh to Hanbei, whose pupils shrank due to his blocked attack, Nanahara pushed forward, pushing Hanbei away and making sure they were at a distance.
Then he changed to holding the sword with both hands and slashed at Hanbei's left shoulder...
Nanahara used the Kasaya Slash.
The blade slashed off Hanbei's left shoulder, and then slashed out from Hanbei's right abdomen...
The sharp blade slashed from Hanbei's left shoulder to his right abdomen, splitting Hanbei in two...
After killing Hanbei with one sword, Nanahara's expression did not change at all.
He silently took out a piece of paper and wiped the blood off the sword, while looking around, alert to whether there were other enemies approaching him and Matsudaira Gennai.
As for Matsudaira Gennai - after watching with interest how Nanahara cut Hanbei in half with one sword, he turned back and looked at the dojo that was already splattered with blood.
There were more than a hundred guards in Matsudaira Gennai.
And there are only about twenty disciples in Sakakibara Sword Hall...
The outcome of this battle was determined from the beginning...
As time passed, the shouting and screaming became weaker and weaker.
Finally——the battle in the dojo is over.
All the disciples of Sakakibara Sword Hall... not a single one was still standing.
Although the ultimate winners of the melee were Matsudaira Gennai's guards, they were not unscathed in the fight.
Because the venue was crowded and the light was dim, more than ten people fell at the hands of Sakakibara Sword School's disciples or their own people.
"marvelous……"
Matsudaira Gennai, whose face was always quite pale, now had a few strange blushes on his face.
“It’s really great…”
Matsudaira Gennai carefully looked at the corpses on the floor of the dojo with different postures and expressions.
He looked as if he was admiring some precious work of art.
Just as Matsudaira Gennai was admiring these "artworks" in his eyes, Nanahara, who was standing next to him, suddenly frowned and said:
"...I thought all the disciples of Sakakibara Sword School were here, but it turns out there's one person missing."
"One person is missing? Who?" asked Matsudaira Gennai.
"I remember... his name seemed to be Ogata Yoshie." Nanahara said as he looked at the hair of each corpse on the floor one by one. "According to rumors, he was a young samurai who didn't shave his hair. There is no one here who doesn't have a haircut, so Ogata Yoshie shouldn't be here."
