Volume 3 Buddha's Enemy Chapter 121 Are you the executioner Ittosai?
"Your Excellency... aren't you sleeping?" the tall ronin asked in surprise.
"Yes." The ronin said as he took off the hat covering his face and placed it on his chest.
Because of the dim light, the four wanderers could not see the man's face clearly.
"I say..." the ronin said helplessly, "Where did you hear these rumors about 'Executioner Ittosai'?"
It was obvious that this person was asking the tall ronin who was talking about the story of "The Executioner Ittosai".
Being asked this question suddenly made the tall ronin feel a little overwhelmed.
After swallowing a few times and trying to calm himself down, the tall wanderer said:
"I heard it from other wanderers who call the world their home."
"These rumors you have heard are full of mistakes..."
The young ronin let out a few helpless sighs.
"First of all - Ogata Issei was not the only one involved in the assassination of Matsudaira Gennai."
"There were seven people involved in the assassination, including Ogata Yoshisei."
"It's just that only Ogata Issei survived."
"Secondly - Ogata Issei is not alone..."
"He also used other sword techniques besides Sakakibara Ittoryu."
"But Ogata Issei's head is now worth 300 ryo - that's correct."
"Really... why did it become such a version with so many mistakes and omissions..."
The young ronin's words left the other four ronin stunned.
"Your Excellency..." the tall ronin asked in confusion, "Why do you know so much?"
"From your tone, it seems as if you were there when Ogata Issei assassinated Matsudaira Gennai..."
"...I actually heard it from other people." The young wanderer was silent for a while and then said softly, "I think the version I heard is more accurate."
As soon as the young ronin finished speaking, the fat ronin sneered:
"After all this time...it turns out that what you just said was also hearsay."
"Since you heard it from hearsay, don't act so confidently as if what you said is completely correct."
"That's right!" The thin ronin also echoed, "If you are not sure whether what you say is correct, don't come and teach others that what they say is wrong!"
“Alright, alright…” the tall ronin said with a wry smile, “Let’s talk it out nicely. The two of you should stop being so aggressive.”
The young ronin didn't seem to care about the two sentences spoken in a very aggressive tone by the fat ronin and the thin ronin.
He just said in a casual tone:
"Forget it, there's nothing much to say about this topic. You guys can continue chatting. I'm going to go back to sleep."
After saying this, the young ronin put his hat back on his face and stopped making any sound.
The four ronin led by the fat ronin regarded the young ronin's speech as just a small episode.
No one cared.
After the young ronin covered his face with his hat and fell asleep again, the four ronin started chatting animatedly again.
The topic magically jumped from "The Executioner Ittosai" to a topic that all men love - women.
However - they had not chatted for long when the door of the ancient temple was suddenly opened... no, it should be said that it was suddenly kicked open!
The wind and snow rushed into the ancient temple through the kicked-open door.
The four ronin tightened their clothes due to the cold and looked towards the kicked-open door of the ancient temple.
At the gate of the ancient temple, there were three warriors with their swords drawn.
Judging from the dirty and tattered clothes of these three samurai, it is not difficult to tell that they are also ronin.
Before the fat ronin and others had the chance to ask the three men what they were doing, the three men rushed into the ancient temple without saying a word.
He rushed straight towards the young ronin who was sleeping against the wall in the corner of the ancient temple.
"Hey." The leader of the three ronin asked the young ronin, "Are you the 'Executioner Ittosai'?"
As soon as this person finished speaking, the faces of the four ronin, led by the fat ronin, changed instantly.
Especially the fat ronin and the thin ronin who had just sneered at the young ronin.
Both of their faces turned pale.
"Executioner, executioner..." The fat ronin uttered an unbelievable groan.
In response to the uninvited guest's aggressive questioning, the young ronin simply took off the bamboo hat covering his face, and then looked at the three people surrounding him with a puzzled look and asked:
“…Who are you?”
"We three are the unrivaled 'Yoshimura Brothers', living on bounties. We have long hair, are around 20 years old, and wear light green haori... all the conditions match perfectly. We have finally found you, Ogata Ittosai."
Another of the three who called themselves the 'Yoshimura Brothers' laughed grimly:
"For your head, the three of us brothers spent nearly a month tracking you! Finally, we found you! Your head is ours!"
Looking at the three bounty hunters in front of him, the young ronin sighed softly.
Then——
bass!
laugh!
The sound of a sharp blade being unsheathed was heard.
What followed was the sound of a sharp blade cutting through skin and muscle.
The unsheathed knife turned into a cold light, illuminating the ancient temple, and at the same time slashed from bottom to top towards the body of the bounty hunter closest to him.
The blade slashed through the bounty hunter's crotch, then cut out from the bottom to the top of his left shoulder.
"Brother!"*2
The other two ronin cried out in unison.
[Ding! Use the Mugu Two Swords Style: Raikiri to kill the enemy]
[Gained 110 personal experience points, and 100 sword skills experience points for "Nuguu Nidao Liu"]
[Current personal level: Lv21 (900/2500)]
[Mutual Dual Blade Level: 7th Stage (1100/5000)]
The young ronin swung the katana in his hand downward heavily, shaking off the blood on the blade, and said in a calm tone that was neither salty nor bland:
"Line up for me. There are many people who want to kill me, 'Executioner Itosai'."
"You bastard..."
Before the other of the three brothers could finish his curse words, the young ronin...or rather, Obian, swung the knife in his hand.
He used Sakakibara Ittoryu's Dragon Tail and cut the man's throat with one strike.
Then he adjusted the blade in his hand and pierced the heart of the last man with a bird thorn.
The two men didn't even have time to react from beginning to end and died under Ogata's sword.
With three sharp slashes, all three bounty hunters were killed.
Only a few seconds passed from drawing the sword to putting it away.
"Why are there always fools who overestimate their own abilities and seek death..."
Ogata took out a tissue to wipe the blood off the knife while expressing his helplessness.