Feeling that someone was supporting her, Ating tried hard to open her eyes.
After opening her eyes, the first thing that came into view was the face of someone who was very familiar to her and also very important.
"Can you still move your hand? Press it with your hand to stop the bleeding from the wound." The man said this in a calm tone.
Afterwards, the man took off the scarf from his neck, used it as a bandage, and tied it around Ating's wound, giving him temporary treatment.
"Hello!"
At this moment, Mogami's roar suddenly sounded.
"Who are you? Are you the guy who killed nearly 30 of my men?"
Without Mogami's special orders, his subordinates raised their spears one after another, pointed the sharp tips of their spears at the samurai who suddenly appeared, and surrounded the samurai in a semicircular formation.
The samurai ignored Mogami's roar and the encirclement of the soldiers, and concentrated on giving a temporary bandage to Atachi's wound.
"My luck has been pretty good lately." Mogami sneered, "I didn't expect that someone with important information would show up so soon. Hey! You... um...? Your face...?"
Mogami only uttered half of his arrogant shout before it was replaced by a question filled with surprise.
Because it was not until this moment that Mogami realized that he seemed to have seen the face of this guy who suddenly appeared somewhere before...
But for a moment, he couldn't remember where he had seen this face.
Just as Mogami was wondering where he had seen this face before, the samurai had already bandaged Atachi's wound.
After bandaging the wound, the samurai held up his sword, slowly stood up and turned to face the top men who were surrounding them in a semicircular formation.
A-Machi raised her hand to cover the wound that had been simply bandaged. She looked at the back of the samurai who was standing between her and the Mogami group and was now facing the Mogami group with a sword in hand. Her pale lips moved:
"Ayi..."
He whispered his beloved title to the warrior.
Be it Ating or the best person, no one heard a sound at this time.
Because this voice sounded in the warrior's mind.
[Ding! The host enters the state of selflessness! ]
As this voice fell, which only the young samurai could hear, Mogami screamed:
“Ahhhhh——!” Mogami’s face was now filled with shock and a hint of fear.
Because Mogami finally remembered it just now.
I remembered when I had seen this face before.
Remembered who this person was.
After thinking of this person's name, fear was like a big hand that grasped and wrapped around his entire body.
Mogami didn't have much time to savor the fear.
Because——the samurai rushed towards them with a sword in hand.
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The dense system sound unique to entering the "state of no self" exploded in Ogata's mind.
Ogata's state of mind quickly changed to the state of "nothingness in the mind" that is unique to the "state of no self".
Just now, after hearing Atachi's shout, Obe rushed out of the hunting lodge without caring about anything else and rushed in the direction where Atachi's voice came from.
What happened next... there's nothing much to say in detail.
When Ogata rushed to the point where he could see Atachi with his own eyes, he saw Mogami nailing Atachi to a tree with a spear...
Just then I heard Mogami's words, "Take her away! After tearing off a few of her fingers, I'll see if her mouth can still be so strong!"
Seeing this scene and hearing these words, there is no need to say more.
Now it is very clear what should be done and what needs to be done.
At this moment, Ogata's heart, which had calmed down after entering the "selfless state", had only one thought -
Draw the sword.
Just like teleportation, Ogata, who was originally standing several steps away, just took a wrong step and teleported to the soldier closest to him.
With his left hand, he restrained the spear of the soldier who had no idea how to react, twisted his waist with all his strength, and slashed forward horizontally.
Sakakibara Ittoryu·Ryubi.
After the knife slashed across the soldier's throat, the remaining force continued to cut the throat of another soldier on the right, killing two people with one knife.
“Aaaaaaaaaaa——!”
A soldier on Ogata's left finally reacted at this time. He screamed and subconsciously stabbed Ogata with his gun.
Ogata used his left foot as the axis and rotated half a circle to avoid the spear, and a horizontal sword light appeared again.
Dragon Tail·Dodge.
"Quick! Surround him! Kill him! Kill him! Archers and artillerymen, get ready!" Mogami screamed.
Mogami's scream was still of some use.
After hearing Mogami's scream, all the soldiers calmed down a little. They followed Mogami's orders and surrounded Ogata. As for the archers and artillerymen, they were also preparing to shoot.
The four soldiers mustered up their courage and surrounded Ogata from four directions.
These four soldiers stood at four positions of Ogata and attacked Ogata from four directions.
Being attacked from four directions, and one of the attacks came from a position that was invisible to the eyes, no matter how one thought about it, one would feel that the person who had been surrounded by them was in great danger - this was what the four soldiers who surrounded Ogata thought.
The four men, thinking, "We can stab this guy to death quickly," thrust their guns at Ogata.
Faced with the situation of being surrounded, Ogata remained calm and silently pulled out the Great Freedom.
The expressions of the four soldiers, who had originally thought that they would be able to stab Ogata to death quickly, were changing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Because they were surprised to find that no matter how they stabbed, they could not hit Ogata's body.
Since the fight began, Ogata's feet seemed to be glued to the ground, and he did not retreat a single step.
Blade Reversal, which had already reached the Grandmaster level and was further enhanced , now shines brightly.
Ogata swung the sword, swung it away, and bounced it back, making the sword in his hand impenetrable, forming an invisible protective shield around his body, bearing all the attacks and isolating all the attacks coming towards him outside the protective shield.
Whenever the guns of these four soldiers were about to pierce Ogata's body, Ogata's sword would be able to intercept the tips of their guns first - even if the attack came from behind Ogata.
After once again parrying a gun tip that was almost going to pierce his chest, Ogata, with a gleam in his eyes, took a step and used a cushion step to swiftly insert himself into the formation of the four soldiers.
Unlike the samurai who were used to using the "dojo sword" and liked to shout loudly when swinging their swords to attack , Ogata had never had the habit of shouting loudly when attacking the enemy.
Ogata silently broke through the encirclement formed by the four soldiers, dodged under their guns, and left only four sword lights behind him.
The knife flashed and blood flew.
Ogata didn't even look behind him, holding his bloody swords, facing Mogami and the other soldiers. The four soldiers behind him fell to the ground one after another.
The system prompt sounded four times in Ogata's mind.
Swish!
There was a sound of liquid falling to the ground.
Ogata swung the two swords in his hands violently, and the blood on the swords spilled onto the ground, turning into plum blossoms on the snow.
“Ah, ah, ah…”
“Ahh… Who is this person…?”
"Wait... I think I've seen this person's face somewhere..."
Looking at Ogata who looked like a ghost or a Shura, the morale of the surviving soldiers plummeted rapidly like an avalanche.
At the same time, some soldiers began to realize that they seemed to have seen this warrior before...
As for Mogami, who had recognized Ogata a long time ago, he now only felt that the big hand called "fear" that was holding his body tightly was tightening a little.
——Why, why…why is Ogata Ittosai here——? !
Mogami screamed in his heart.
After hearing Atachi's shout, Ogata rushed to the place where the sound came from as if by reflex.
Because he was in a hurry to check what had happened, Ogata did not have the time to slowly put on his human skin mask again.
So the current Ogata——is not wearing a human skin mask.
His face now is not Goro Majima's face.
But it was his original face - the face of the executioner Ittosai!
After tearing a gap in the semicircular formation formed by the best people, Ogata did not stop at all.
After shaking off the blood adhering to the blades of the two swords, Ogata once again turned into a shadow and rushed straight towards Mogami.
Along the way, any soldier who blocked Ogata's way was killed by Ogata with one sword.
Killing one person with one step - this is Ogata's current state.
No one could stop Ogata's attack, not even with one blow.
No one can hold Ogata back, even a little bit.
The soldiers standing between him and Mogami were melting away bit by bit like snow in a raging fire.
Finally, Ogata reached Mogami. He was only three steps away from Mogami.
"Come on, come on!"
Just now, when he saw Ogata rushing straight towards him, Mogami had the urge to run away.
But his dignity as a samurai was at play at this moment.
Reason told him to escape.
But the warrior's dignity controlled his feet, making it difficult for him to move even an inch.
In the end, the education instilled in him since childhood and the dignity of a samurai prevailed.
He would rather die in battle than run away and lose his reputation.
"Come on!" Mogami shouted bravely again, "Let me show you the bravery of the Seven Spears of Senju! And let me see how sharp Ittosai's sword is!"
Ogata's reaction to Mogami's powerful and heroic shout was very calm.
The expression on his face remained expressionless.
He didn't say anything to Mogami either.
He silently took out his flintlock rifle, Mei Ran, from his arms and pointed the muzzle at the chest of the person in front of him.
Ogata has countless "plans" on how to kill Mogami.
But in order to allow Mogami to see Amaterasu as soon as possible, and also to make Mogami feel as much pain as possible, Ogata decided to use the simplest and most convenient method - pulling out a gun.
The pain of being shot or having the bullet remain in the body is not comparable to the pain of being chopped.
First shoot him to make him lose his fighting ability, then rush up and stab him again - this was Ogata's plan.
Mogami's armor is very thick, and using Kasumi, who lacks power, may not be able to penetrate it.
So Ogata decided to use the most powerful Umezen.
Looking at the black muzzle of Mei Ran's gun, Zui Shang was startled, then quickly held the sickle gun in his hand horizontally.
Bang!
Snap!
Bang!
The sound of gunfire, something breaking, and something shattering occurred almost simultaneously.
Mogami used the sickle spear that was placed across his chest in time to block Meizen's bullet.
The bullet broke the shaft of the sickle spear, then continued to fly forward, hitting the upper breastplate and blasting off bits of armor.
"Puff! Cough cough..." Mogami only felt his hands and feet go weak and he could not hold the sickle spear that had been broken into two pieces. At the same time, he felt a sweetness in his throat and blood oozing out of his throat.
Ogata hadn't expected to kill Mogami with just one shot.
After making Mogami lose his fighting ability, Ogata stuffed Umezen back into his arms and prepared to give Mogami in front of him another stab.
But at this moment - Ogata heard a series of strange noises coming from his side.
Ogata recognized the sound: it was the vibration of the bowstring and - the sound of the musket firing.
Like a conditioned reflex, Xu jumped back.
After jumping back, 10 arrows pierced the place where he had just stood.
In addition, there were three small black holes caused by bullets at the place where Ogata had just stood .
Ogata looked in the direction from which the arrow had just been shot—he saw 10 soldiers and archers holding bows and arrows.
In addition to these 10 archers, Ogata also saw 3 soldiers half-crouching with muskets in their hands.
The three musketeers were now hurriedly reloading their muskets.
"Retreat! Retreat! Retreat! Archers and artillerymen, provide cover!"
At this time, Mogami's deputy general, Sakaguchi, finally couldn't stand this one-sided defeat anymore, and replaced the injured Mogami to shout the order to retreat.
"Quick! Take Master Mogami away! Bring Master Mogami back to the camp for treatment! The rest of you, cover Master Mogami as he leaves!"
He commanded the surrounding soldiers to lift Mogami up, take him away, and put him on the back of Mogami's horse.
"Hey." Ogata finally said the first words to Mogami and the others since he appeared, "Where are you going?"
After saying that, Ogata rushed towards Mogami again.
"No, don't be afraid! Stop this guy! Cover the master and let him leave!" Sakaguchi commanded the soldiers to provide cover.
Several brave soldiers, under the command of Sakaguchi, stood between Ogata and Mogami.
Although these soldiers were no match for Ogata, it would still take some time to kill them one by one in the face of their desperate attempts to stop him.
When Ogata finally killed down the soldiers who blocked his way one by one, the injured Mogami had been dragged onto the back of his warhorse, and then disappeared in the wind and snow under the cover of several soldiers.
Looking at the direction in which Mogami, who had escaped successfully, ran, Ogata narrowed his eyes slightly. His face, which had been expressionless since the battle began, finally changed a little at this moment - it became a little more gloomy.
After looking at the direction where Mogami had left with a meaningful look for a few times, Ogata slowly turned his gaze to look at Sakaguchi, who was not far away from him and had not left yet.
"Retreat quickly! Retreat quickly!"
After successfully covering Mogami's evacuation, Sakaguchi breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to evacuate as well.
Sakaguchi hurriedly climbed onto the back of his warhorse.
But just as he climbed onto the horse's back, a soldier next to him screamed in horror:
"Sir! That guy is coming!"
Sakaguchi looked in the direction of Ogata in panic - Ogata, who was already covered in blood, was rushing towards him.
The morale of the soldiers is now on the verge of collapse.
There are only a few soldiers left who dare to stop Ogata.
More and more soldiers left this Asura hell while screaming, and more and more soldiers began to flee.
Sakaguchi was so frightened that he screamed, kicked the horse's belly with his heel, and prepared to ride away.
However, before the horse under his crotch had gone a few steps, Sakaguchi heard four consecutive gunshots.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
This is the sound of Kasumagami's bullet leaving the gun.
After seeing that he was still a few steps away from Sakaguchi and that Sakaguchi was ready to ride away on his horse, Ogata did not hesitate at all. He quickly took out the Kasumagami, which had not yet been fired, aimed at the warhorse under Sakaguchi's crotch, and fired all the bullets in the Kasumagami's gun chamber in one breath.
“Huai, huai, huai…!”
The horse under Sakaguchi let out a series of screams, then fell heavily to the ground.
As soon as the horse's cry died down, Sakaguchi's scream rang out - because the fallen horse directly pressed Sakaguchi under it.
The soldiers around witnessed Sakaguchi falling to the ground.
The sound of gunfire, the sound of Sakaguchi falling to the ground, and the sight of Sakaguchi falling to the ground finally caused the morale of the remaining soldiers to collapse.
The remaining soldiers who had not yet fled immediately all fled. Whether it was the ordinary soldiers or the archers and cannonmen who were originally responsible for sniping Ogata, they all lost their will to fight.
Only a few soldiers who were still unwilling to give up the "dignity of the samurai" were left.
These soldiers are courageous, but spiritual strength cannot make up for the gap in strength.
After beheading the soldiers who were charging forward in a suicidal manner, Ogata, holding his double swords whose blades had been dyed red with blood, slowly walked towards Sakaguchi who was struggling to free himself from the fallen horse.
At this point, only Ogata, A-Machi, Sakaguchi, and a pile of corpses were left...
As Sakaguchi pulled his legs out from under the dead horse, he felt the light behind him dim.
When he looked back, he saw Ogata standing behind him, looking down at him with an expressionless face.
“Ah——!” Sakaguchi screamed in fear subconsciously, “Please, please let me go…”
Unlike those who take the dignity of a samurai very seriously.
At this moment, Sakaguchi's desire to survive overwhelmed all other thoughts.
Ogata looked down at Sakaguchi who was begging for mercy...
After a while, Ogata asked Sakaguchi quietly:
"You just said to send the adults back to the camp... that camp... is it your camp?"
Although Sakaguchi didn't know why Ogata suddenly asked this, he nodded hurriedly.
"Then you should know how to get to your camp, right?"
Sakaguchi nodded hurriedly again.
Looking at Sakaguchi who kept nodding, Ogata narrowed his eyes slightly.
His eyes were full of meaningful expression.