Kotaro didn't know what these nearly a hundred samurai who broke into Nijo Castle were here for.
But he knew - these people's target seemed to be Ogata Ittosai.
Since the target is the same, Ogata Ittosai, then these people are allies. Kotaro decides to temporarily cooperate with these people and take down Ogata Ittosai together.
However, since the battle began, Kotaro, who had been standing in the distance watching the battle, had become more and more unhappy.
Kotaro seemed to see the three-headed, six-armed Ashura wreaking havoc there...
With a heavy face, he took out a black cloth bag from his arms.
It is not difficult to see from the shape of the cloth bag that this black cloth bag contains a round object as big as an adult's thumb.
Looking at the cloth bag in his hand, Kotaro's expression became even more serious.
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Ogata cheered up and danced the Great Shiten and Great Shizai in his hands, shining with cold light.
None of the dozens of samurai and ninjas around could get close to him.
From time to time, a samurai or ninja would scream, then fly out of the crowd and fall heavily to the ground.
Ogata knew what it meant to attack Nijo Castle.
Ogata also knew what it meant to attack Nijo Castle tonight.
The attack on Nijo Castle and the murder of Matsudaira Gennai are two completely different things.
Matsudaira Gennai was just the lord of a small domain.
Nijo Castle was the symbol of the shogunate's power in Kyoto.
Over the past two hundred years, the country was attacked only once by Akechi Mitsuhide during the Warring States Period.
Since the opening of the shogunate by Tokugawa Ieyasu, no one has ever had the courage to trample on this towering castle that symbolizes the authority of the shogunate.
From tonight onwards, even if Ogata is lucky enough to survive, he will be hunted down by the shogunate with far greater intensity than ever before.
Not only will he be hunted down by the shogunate, but he will also be hunted down by Shiranui.
Attacking Nijo Castle tonight, who are responsible for protecting Nijo Castle in Shiranui, is tantamount to not giving them any face at all.
Being at war with Japan's strongest armed force and Japan's strongest ninja force at the same time - any normal person would probably tremble with fear just thinking about it.
Ogata knew that huge forces like the shogunate and Shiranui would not allow others to trample on their dignity.
But will the shogunate and Shiranui know that those who are as fragile as ants in their eyes will not allow others to trample on their dignity?
Don't allow others to take away what you cherish.
Ogata still vividly remembered the helpless and fearful look of Atachi.
Ogata could still hear Atachi's trembling voice with tears in her eyes.
I don't want to endure anything anymore.
I don't want to see Ating's pitiful appearance anymore.
Right now!
Right here!
Beat it to pieces!!
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"Ittosai! Go to hell!!"
"I'll take your valuable head!!"
The samurai standing on both sides of Ogata swung their swords at him.
The powerful force contained in the blade seemed to be able to split Ogata and the ground beneath his feet in half.
In addition to the ninjas in Shiranui and the members of the "Gravediggers", there seemed to be quite a few bounty hunters who rushed into Nijo Castle after taking a fancy to Ogata's valuable head.
"Blade Reversal", which had just been upgraded to "Master Level", shined at this time.
No matter where the knife came from, the Daishakuten and Daijizai in Ogata's hands could accurately block and bounce it back with minimal force.
Use a step to dodge the attack from the man on the left, use Great Freedom to block the knife from the man on the right, and use Great Shitian to chop down the enemy in front.
The main tower of Nijo Castle has turned into a Shura battlefield.
People kept falling down.
Then the people waiting downstairs came upstairs to fill the vacancies.
The weapons these guys hold are of various kinds, not all of them are swords.
"Your head is mine!!"
The person who made this angry shout was a strong man with a gun.
The gun used by this strong man is not an ordinary gun, its gun barrel is made of metal.
In terms of attack range, this strong man is far superior to Ogata.
But the battle with the "evil monk" on Butterfly Island had already allowed Ogata to accumulate extremely rich experience in fighting against enemies "armed with long weapons."
Ogata held Daishakuten horizontally and used his own blade to block the tip of the spear that was thrust by the strong man.
"What?!" The sturdy man looked stunned.
While the sturdy man was still stunned, Ogata had already turned the Daishakuten in his hand, letting the blade stick to the shaft of his spear and slide towards the sturdy man's chest, and the blade drew a series of sparks on the metal shaft.
Ogata had fought many battles like this where he had to fight one against many.
No.
It would be better to say that - since arriving in the Edo period last May until now, almost every battle that Ogata has fought has been against many enemies alone.
Muga Nito-ryu is a swordsmanship style that excels at fighting one against many.
With rich combat experience and the skill of two swordsmanship, Ogata had no reason to be defeated by these enemies of varying levels.
The Breathing of Source——has already been started.
With the help of the Breath of the Source, Ogata focused on deflecting or dodging attacks coming from all directions and knocking down every enemy in front of him.
While passively counterattacking every enemy on his side, Ogata would also proactively attack from time to time.
In front of Ogata, there were 15 enemies lined up in a long, winding line, like a bloated snake.
Among the enemies that make up this bloated "snake" are bounty hunters, ninjas from Shiranui, and members of the "gravediggers".
These 15 people probably didn't expect that Ogata would attack them on his own initiative.
Ogata raised his two swords and charged towards them.
Ogata wielded his two swords, bringing the flow of Muga's Two Swords Style to its extreme.
The sword light from the two swords covered every enemy in front of him.
Every slash that was swung out could hit the vital points of each enemy with extreme accuracy.
In a flash, all 15 enemies were chopped down by the enemy.
Someone accidentally touched the candle in the corner of the castle tower.
The castle tower is made entirely of wood.
The candle that fell to the ground, its flames splashed and set the ground under everyone's feet on fire.
The flames spread from the ground and climbed up the nearby wall.
"Fire! Fire!"
"Go! This place is on fire! Stop fighting that lunatic!"
The flames suddenly rose up and spread rapidly, causing many people present to look panicked.
However, Ogata's expression remained unchanged.
Still concentrating on fighting every enemy in front of him.
Bounty hunters are just a group of people who do things for money.
After all, there are only a few people who are willing to risk their lives for money.
Therefore, the first people whose morale collapsed and who fled in all directions were the bounty hunters who were still able to move.
They scattered and fled.
Some bounty hunters even throw away their weapons in order to run faster.
The next to lose morale were the "gravediggers".
Although there are many "gravediggers", nearly a hundred of them, their levels are as uneven as those of the bounty hunters.
The mission they received from Tsurugan was to "capture Ogata alive if possible."
However, after leading them to Nijo Castle, Tsurugen disappeared.
He Xian, their temporary leader, was not present, which made the morale of the "gravediggers" drop even faster.
When the war first started, they were full of fighting spirit.
When there were only 70 people left, they began to realize something was wrong.
When their number fell below 60, they discovered that the enemy in front of them was a monster.
When the number of people dropped below 40, some people's fighting will and morale finally began to collapse.
They are not some indomitable elite force.
After more than 60% of their companions were chopped to the ground by Ogata, the fighting spirit and morale of the remaining people finally collapsed, and they dared not to confront Ogata's blade anymore.
To some extent, it was quite remarkable that they could hold out until more than 60% of their men were chopped down before fleeing in all directions.
Only the ninjas from Shiranui remained at the scene and fought a life-and-death battle with Ogata.
It’s a pity that the number of ninjas in Shiranui is too small.
At this moment, only five ninjas, including Kotaro, were still standing.
The ground was covered with corpses, and there was no place to step. Whether it was Ogata or Kotaro and others, they could only fight on these layers of corpses.
Kotaro never went forward to fight with Ogata, but stood far away, observing Ogata's fighting methods and fighting style.
And Kotaro's face became paler the more he looked at it.
"...Shirataro, Bastaro."
Kotaro suddenly whispered to the two ninjas standing on his left and right.
Among the four living ninjas besides Kotaro, two of them are Chunin and are fighting with Ogata, and the other two are Jonin and are standing beside Kotaro.
"Try to help me hold back Ogata Ittosai."
After saying that, Kotaro took out the black cloth bag again.
Looking at the black cloth bag in Kotaro's hand, Shirotaro and Rentaro's pupils suddenly shrank.
"Master Kotaro!" Shirotaro was stunned, "Are you planning to enter the 'Yaksha Realm'?"
"Under normal circumstances, I am no match for the current Ogata Ittosai." Although he was reluctant to admit it, Kotaro gritted his teeth and stated the fact.
"Anyway - help me hold back Ogata Ittosai and buy me some time!"
After saying that, Kotaro tore open the cloth bag in his hand without thinking, stuffed a black pill in the bag into his mouth and swallowed it, then sat cross-legged on the ground.
The moment the black pill entered his stomach, a look of pain immediately appeared on Kotaro's face, and his hands, which were originally resting naturally on his legs, suddenly clenched.
Shirotaro and Rentaro looked at each other, nodded solemnly, then took out their weapons and rushed towards Ogata.
At this moment, Ogata just knocked down the two Chunins who were fighting with him.
Seeing another ninja from Shiranui coming towards him, Ogata immediately pulled himself together and raised the sword in his hand.
The first one to rush up to Ogata was Habotaro, who was holding a wakizashi.
Rentaro swung the two wakizashi in his hands and slashed at Ogata.
clang!
Ogata's Daishakuten and Daijizai collided heavily with Bladetaro's two wakizashi in mid-air.
"You and I are both masters of dual swords." Rentaro grinned, revealing a mouthful of pale teeth. "Let me, who is also a master of dual swords, compete with you!"
Ogata did not respond to Rentaro's words.
Because he heard the sound of an arrow cutting through the air beside him.
Ogata did not look in the direction of the sound, but immediately blocked the sword of Hataro in front of him, then jumped back to avoid the arrow.
After dodging the arrow, Ogata looked in the direction the arrow came from - a person holding a crossbow was loading new arrows with extreme skill.
"One for close combat and one for long-range attack..."
After muttering this, Ogata drew his sword and charged at Shirotaro.
"Hey, hey, hey."
Before he could reach Shirotaro, Rentaro blocked Ogata's way.
"Do you think I don't know the rules of combat to protect the archer?"
After taunting Ogata with a mocking tone, Rentaro once again drew back the two swords in his hands.
In terms of swordsmanship, Rentaro is far from being Ogata's opponent.
If it was a one-on-one fight, Ogata was absolutely sure that he could take Rentaro's head within 7 moves.
However——Rentaro has Shirotaro to assist him.
This made Ogata's one-on-two battle difficult.
Shirotaro's crossbow seemed to be specially made. It was not only extremely powerful, but also had a very fast loading speed.
While fighting against Rentaro, Ogata had to also be on guard against Shirotaro's arrows, which made it difficult for Ogata to deal with Rentaro in front of him.
Seeing that his crossbow had caused Ogata some pain, Shirotaro laughed triumphantly.
"This is the crossbow I bought and modified in Tangtu!"
Shirotaro proudly introduced the crossbow in his hand to Ogata.
"Both in terms of power and reloading speed, it is far superior to ordinary crossbows!"
"How is it? You have never seen such a powerful long-range weapon, right?"
Ogata ignored Shirotaro's words.
Because... he thought what Shirotaro just said was ridiculous.
Rentaro swung the two swords in his hands, leaving behind a trail of afterimages, intending to use these countless sword shadows to suppress Ogata.
The dense array of knife shadows seemed quite scary, but there were only two knives in total.
The sword flashed - the sword shadows danced by Rentaro were deflected by Ogata's powerful sword that concentrated all his strength.
Seeing that his attack was once again resolved, Rentaro showed a bit of impatience and fear on his face.
In order to reorganize the situation, Rentaro took the initiative to retreat several steps and increase the distance between himself and Ogata.
And Ogata...had been waiting for this moment.
After seeing Rentaro retreat on his own initiative, Ogata released the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of his left hand, and only used the ring finger and little finger of his left hand to continue holding the handle of Daijizai, and then put his left hand into his arms.
He grabbed Kasumiganagi with his thumb, index finger and middle finger and pulled her out of his arms in one go.
He aimed the gun at Shirotaro, who was still reloading a new arrow after just firing an arrow, and fired two shots in succession.
Because the distance between Ogata and Shirotaro was quite far, in order to ensure that he could hit Shirotaro, Ogata chose to fire two shots in a row.
Perhaps it was because of good luck, the two bullets fired from the gun both hit Shirotaro's torso.
Shirotaro slowly fell to one knee in agony.
This change came too suddenly, and Rentaro was completely unprepared.
It was not until Shirotaro was shot down by Ogatarou that Rentaro finally reacted. He clenched the two swords in his hands and rushed towards Ogatarou in front of him.
As for Rentaro who was trying to kill him, Ogata just silently adjusted the muzzle of Kasumagami's gun, aimed it at Rentaro's chest, and pulled the trigger.
Since Rentaro was very close and could easily hit him, Ogata only fired one shot.
The bullet hit his chest accurately, causing Rentaro to stop in his tracks.
After quickly stuffing Kasumagami back into his arms, Ogata slid forward, flashed in front of Rentaro, and killed him with one sword.
"What era is it now? You're still playing with a crossbow..."
While taunting Shirotaro who couldn't even stand up, Ogata rushed towards him and stabbed him again.
After finally killing both Rentaro and Shirotaro, Ogata gasped for breath.
Ogata did not count how many people he had killed since he entered Nijo Castle.
But there should be nearly a hundred people.
After such intense fighting, Ogata's breathing had become difficult due to exhaustion.
After pulling Daishakuten out of Shirotaro's body, Ogata suddenly heard an extremely sharp sound of breaking wind coming from behind him!
The sound of the breaking wind was extraordinary. Just by listening to the sound, Ogata could tell that the attack was coming towards him rapidly and was extremely powerful.
Ogata's pupils suddenly shrank, and then he turned around quickly, and at the same time, he swung his sword in response to the sound of breaking wind.
clang!
The sound of metal colliding was almost deafening.
A huge force was transmitted along the hilt of Daishikatsu's sword to Ogata's right palm and right arm, causing Ogata's arm to become numb and painful.
“Hmm…”
The pain from his right arm made Ogata unable to help but let out a low cry of pain.
After using all his strength to block the attack, Ogata finally saw what was coming at him.
It's a sickle.
Chain sickle - The handle of the sickle is connected to a chain with a metal weight at the end.
Seeing that his attack failed, Kotaro pulled the chain and took back the sickle he had just thrown.
The chain of the Kusagi sickle used by Kotaro is incredibly long, and the sickle connected to the chain is also longer and larger.
Looking at Kotaro's appearance at this moment, Ogata's pupils couldn't help but shrink slightly.
Kotaro looks quite strange now.
Naked|The veins are bulging outside the clothes.
The skin appears dark red.
Ogata could vaguely see some thin gas similar to steam coming out of Kotaro's body.
"Ogata Ittosai, feel lucky!"
Kotaro opened his mouth and revealed a sinister smile.
"You are very lucky to have forced me to use the 'Yaksha Pill' and enter the 'Yaksha Realm'!"
"But not everyone has the ability to force me into the 'Yaksha Realm'!"
As Kotaro spoke, he tightened the chain in his hand and turned the sickle like a windmill.
"Just now, I seemed to see you taking something that looked like a pill from the corner of my eye." Ogata said softly, "Did you take that pill to become what you are now?"
“That’s right!”
Kotaro's face was filled with pride.
"This is the miraculous medicine that Master Enma painstakingly spent decades developing - Yasha Pill!"
"As long as you take it and wait for a while, you can greatly enhance all aspects of your body's abilities!"
"We call the powerful state that one enters after taking this Yasha Pill the 'Yaksha Realm'!"
"Because Yashamaru is extremely precious, only Lord Enma and our 'Four Heavenly Kings' possess Yashamaru!"
"So not everyone has the opportunity to see this 'Yaksha Realm'!"
"Go to hell with honor!"
After saying that, Kotaro swung the sickle that had been spinning towards Ogata.
Kotaro's attack was just as sharp as before.
After struggling to pull it away, Ogata once again couldn't help but let out a low cry of pain.
After retracting the sickle again, Kotaro pushed his hind legs and rushed to Ogata's back at a speed so fast that Ogata couldn't help but look surprised. He swung the sickle and the round iron hammer tied to the bottom of the sickle and launched an extremely fierce and quick attack towards Ogata.
"It's because of you! We Shiranui will be severely punished by the shogunate in the future!"
"I will also be punished unimaginably for this!"
"It's really not enough for you to die ten thousand times!"
"You mentioned Atachi just now. Is it because of that Atachi that you decided to go against us Shiranui?"
"Since this is for Atachi! Then use all your strength to fight me! Come and defeat me!"
If there were an observer watching the battle from the beginning to the end when Ogata climbed to the top of the castle tower, he would probably be surprised.
Whether it was the initial battle where he fought one against a hundred, or the subsequent battles with powerful ninjas like Rentaro and Shirotaro, Ogata was always at ease.
Even after fighting till now, Ogata has no wounds on his body.
And now, facing the attack from Kotaro alone, Ogata was completely suppressed and didn't even have the strength to fight back.
Whenever Ogata seized the opportunity to launch a counterattack, Kotaro would launch an attack before he could make a move, leaving him no chance to counterattack.
"it's useless!"
Kotaro let out a series of wild laughs.
"Facing me who has entered the 'Yaksha Realm', you have no chance of winning!"
"No matter how hard you try, you can never be my opponent!"
Without saying a word, Kotaro would launch an extremely fierce attack on Ogata in front of him.
"You want to protect the traitor Atachi, right? That's not enough for you!"
"Shut up!" Ogata gritted his teeth and shouted angrily. Then, he seized the opportunity, turned the blade of Daishikite, aimed at Kotaro's chest and used the bird thorn that had been upgraded to the "master level".
However, facing the "bird thorn" used by Ogata, Kotaro easily deflected it with the sickle in his hand.
"One of the 'Four Heavenly Kings' in my Shiranui - Kotaro is right here!"
"This time I came to Kyoto, firstly to complete the mission of guarding Nijo Castle, and secondly to hunt down the traitor A-machi!"
"If you want to save Atachi, just kill me!"
"Of course—you have to have the ability to do that!"
After making this series of taunts towards Ogata, Kotaro took a few steps back and swung the sickle in his hand again.
The sickle cut through the air and struck towards Ogata.
The power of Kotaro's long-range throw was far greater than any of the previous ones.
Although Ogata raised the two swords in his hands in time to intercept, he still couldn't stop the flying sickle.
The blade of the sickle cut a large gash in Ogata's left arm.
"Tsk..." After glancing at the large wound on his left arm, Ogata's face darkened, "Can't even block... a 'master-level' Blade Reversal...!"
Without time to deal with the wound on his left arm, Ogata gathered his strength and leaped towards Kotaro, raising the two swords in his hands high.
Use "Water Fall" with both hands at the same time.
"I can easily block an attack of your strength!"
Kotaro laughed and swung his sickle at the two swords that Ogata was slashing at.
Kotaro held the sickle with only one hand.
However, Kotaro blocked Ogata's sword easily with only one hand.
Ogata's "Water Fall" move, which was used with both swords at the same time, did not contain any force.
However, the most powerful sword technique he used with all his strength was easily blocked by Kotaro with just one arm.
His full-strength attack was blocked by the opponent's one arm - Ogata's face became heavy uncontrollably.
"'Yaksha Realm' is indeed too strong."
"Once you enter the 'Yaksha Realm', the battle immediately becomes boring."
After making some more sarcastic remarks to Ogata, Kotaro dodged and appeared in front of Ogata, swung the hammer at the bottom of the sickle, and smashed it into Ogata's chest.
After he managed to raise his Great Freedom to block the hammer, even though he tried his best to hold it in, a cry of pain still flowed out from between Ogata's teeth.
— Stimulants?
Ogata said this in his heart as he moved the five fingers of his left hand to relax his hand which was numb from taking Kotaro's attack.
After a battle, Ogata finally understood what this "Yakshamaru" that Kotaro was talking about was.
Probably something like a stimulant.
It's just a very powerful stimulant.
It directly pushes the body's functions to extremely high levels.
The various functions of the body are greatly improved, directly turning into a superhuman - this is the Yaksha realm.
Just as Ogata was thinking about how to deal with the enemy——
"This is so boring..."
Looking at Ogata who was breathing heavily in front of him, Kotaro played with the kusarigama in his hand out of boredom.
"I'm actually very curious, what is your relationship with that traitor A-Machi?"
"Are you Ating's husband?"
"Or are you and A-Ming nothing but a one-sided love for A-Ming?"
"Forget it. No matter what, Atachi must be a very important person to you, otherwise you wouldn't do such a thing as attacking Nijo Castle."
"I changed my mind!"
A cruel smile appeared on Kotaro's face.
"I'm not in a hurry to kill you!"
"I'm going to leave you half-life!"
"Then capture the traitor Atachi!"
"I'm going to torture Ah-Ming to my heart's content right in front of you!"
"A-Ming doesn't have any other special abilities, but he does have a very nice face, and his breasts and butt are also very big."
"After torturing Atachi half to death, we will bring you and Atachi back to Shiranui and let you see with your own eyes how we use the punishment of 'peeling' to deal with the rebellious ninja!"
"Only by doing this can I relieve the hatred in my heart!"
The expression on Kotaro's face became particularly ferocious.
"It's all because of you, you bastard! I don't know what to do to save Nijo Castle from being attacked by others!"
"If I don't torture you, I will never be able to relieve the hatred in my heart!"
"I'll give you a chance now."
Kotaro stretched out his left index finger and pointed downward.
"Get down on your knees and beg for mercy!"
"In this way, I might consider letting you experience A-Ming's body a little before you die when I capture and torture him."
In addition to the ferocity and cruelty on Kotaro's face, there was also a sense of pride.
That is the pride of having a sure victory and playing with the toy that one is sure to win.
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"……Shut up."
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Ogata said in a calm tone.
"I won't let you capture Ah-Ming, and I won't lose to you!"
Kotaro didn't notice - there was a strange light in Ogata's eyes.
"I have sworn an oath."
"I will defeat all of A-Ming's enemies!"
"I will make Ah-Ming smile happily forever like before."
"This is my oath!"
"And it's an oath that must be fulfilled now!"
The strange light in Ogata's eyes began to emerge little by little.
Kotaro was very disdainful of what Ogata had just said.
Kotaro sneered:
"You said you swear?"
"Who did you swear to?"
"Gods and Buddhas?"
“No…” The strange light in Ogata’s eyes became more intense.
At this time, Kotaro also noticed the strange light in Ogata's eyes, and the expression on his face changed slightly.
"It's not an oath to the gods or Buddhas."
"Nor do you swear by demons."
"But swear on my sword and soul!!"
The strange light that emerged from Ogata's eyes burst out at this moment.
Kotaro didn't know if it was his illusion...
He always felt that... Ogata's aura seemed to have changed at this moment...
"snort!"
Kotaro ignored Ogata's change in aura and sneered disdainfully once again.
"Stop talking so much nonsense here!"
"You are now in the Yaksha Realm, and I am now in the Yaksha Realm. There is ."
"No matter how you struggle, there's no way you can defeat me!"
"Do you think you can defeat me by just yelling like a stray dog?! Do you think you can protect that traitor Atachi?!"
“I can!!”
Ogata's answer was simple and clear.
But the strong determination revealed in his tone, which showed his desire to compete head-on with Kotaro, made Kotaro look a little surprised.
"Humph! How dare you say that!"
"You just got beaten up by me and you couldn't fight back, and now you're talking big to me!"
"Let me tell you a fact! I only used 50% of my power in each attack just now!"
"You can't even resist 50% of my strength, how can you tell me you can defeat me?!"
After saying that, Kotaro flashed and rushed directly in front of Ogata.
"Get down, you fool!"
As he said this, Kotaro swung his sickle and slashed at Ogata's chest.
What Kotaro didn't expect was that his attack was actually blocked by Ogata's Great Freedom.
Ogata's sword blocking move was fast and heavy. After Kotaro's sickle collided heavily with Ogata's Great Freedom, Ogata was not injured as he had thought because he could not withstand his attack, nor was he directly knocked back several steps.
Ogata's feet remained firmly planted on the ground, and he did not take a single step backward.
The person who was shocked and stepped back was Kotaro.
Kotaro was knocked back several steps by the recoil force from the sickle, his body unstable.
Kotaro's face was filled with horror at this point.
Because in the previous attack, Kotaro used 70% of his strength.
When he only used 50% of his strength just now, Ogata didn't have the slightest ability to fight back.
But now, even though he had used 70% of his strength, he was still easily blocked by Ogata, and he was shocked so much that he couldn't even stand still.
At this moment, Kotaro suddenly saw the strong and strange light in Ogata's eyes.
Looking at the strange light in Ogata's eyes, Kotaro said in horror:
"Ogata Ittosai! What happened to you? !! How could you suddenly block my attack when I had already entered the 'Yaksha Realm'? !!"
Just as Kotaro, who had retreated a few steps, had just stood firm, Ogata clenched the Daishakuten in his right hand and slashed straight at Kotaro.
"I won't lose to you!!"
The knife cut through the air and slashed towards Kotaro, carrying with it such powerful force that Kotaro's expression changed several times.
Because Ogata's slash was too fast, Kotaro had no way to dodge it, so he could only raise the sickle in his hand and try to take Ogata's slash head-on.
Daishakuten's scythe collided heavily with Kotaro's.
The next moment when the two swords collided, Kotaro's face changed instantly.
"No distractions!! My heart is empty!"
Unable to block Ogata's slashing blow, Kotaro flew backwards holding the sickle that was blocked.
"Its name is..."
"The state of no self!!!"