I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

They sat on the small stools, chatting and laughing, waiting for the start of the competition.

At the same time, they are also waiting for the arrival of Cang Yong.

The biggest spectator of this god sacrifice competition has not yet arrived.

There was less than one stick of incense left before the official start of the competition.

However, at this critical moment before the start of the competition, something happened at the Ishikawa Sword Gym.

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Hirose Clan, Hachiman Shrine, the westernmost part of the competition venue——

"Master! Why?!"

Yuan Shan was already fully dressed at this time, the cuffs had been fastened early, and the protective iron plate was also put on his forehead.

He's ready to play anytime.

But at this moment, his master Ishikawa Bingma suddenly told him that he didn't need to play.

He has arranged for a brother from Yuan Shan to replace Yuan Shan.

Yuan Shan, who didn't understand why the master did this, naturally roared at the soldiers and horses, questioning why the soldiers and horses did this.

Facing the roar of Yuanshan, Bingma just said in a flat tone:

"Yuan Shan, do you think I can't see it? Your murderous aura is almost unstoppable!"

"What do you want to do? Did you kill Ogata Yishi in the god sacrifice competition?"

"I'd rather lose the god sacrifice competition than let my disciple kill someone in the god sacrifice competition!"

"Master..." Yuan Shan clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, "Are you worried that after I kill Ogata Itsuki in public, I will cause trouble for our sword hall...?!"

"..." Bingma remained silent, not responding to Yuan Shan's answer.

But his silent response was equivalent to answering Yuan Shan's question.

"Master! Please let me play!" Yuan Shan's face was full of unwillingness, "I am really unwilling to let me play against Ogata Yishi!"

"If I'm not sure, I'm not sure!" Ishikawa Bingma rejected Yuan Shan without hesitation in a much harsher tone than before, "Today you just stay on the court honestly! I'll let you play!"

"Master..." Yuan Shan clenched his teeth even tighter.

Just when Yuan Shan was racking his brains, thinking about what he should do to persuade Ishikawa Bingma to let him play, a strange voice suddenly sounded from the side of him and Bingma:

"Ishikawa-kun, let him play!"

This voice was quite unfamiliar to Yuan Shan.

But for Ishikawa Bingma, this voice is very familiar.

Because he just heard this voice yesterday.

After hurriedly following the prestige, after confirming that the person who came was indeed that person, Ishikawa Bingma immediately knelt down on the ground, and then shouted in a respectful tone:

"My lord!"

This person is none other than the elder of their Hirose Clan—Kuranaga Zaemon.

Cang Yong walked slowly towards Bingma and others alone.

After the soldiers and horses knelt down on the ground and shouted "Old Master", Yuan Shan and the rest of the Ishikawa Sword Gym disciples also knelt down on the ground belatedly, respectfully saluting Cang Yong.

Before and after walking to Bingma and the others, Cang Yong repeated what he said just now in a calm tone:

"Ishikawa-kun, let this disciple of yours play."

"My lord!" Ishikawa Bingma said anxiously, "Why..."

Before Ishikawa Bingma finished speaking, Cang Yong spoke again, interrupting Bingma's words:

"Ishikawa-kun, I don't want to say too much. In short - let your disciple play."

Cang Yong's tone is very flat, but his tone is very tough.

There was no room for maneuver in the matter.

Ishikawa Bingma's expression was quite complicated at this time.

The complex expression declared his inner struggle.

After struggling fiercely for a while, Ishikawa Bingma sighed softly as if giving up resistance.

"...Yes... I understand..."

Compared with Ishikawa Bingma's complex expression, Yuan Shan's expression at this time is much simpler.

Yuan Shan's expression at this time was pure ecstasy.

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The most eastern part of the competition venue——

Almost all the disciples of Sakakibara Sword Gym gathered here at this time.

Even Makino, whose injuries were not fully healed, came here to cheer up Ogata.

Ogata had already fastened his cuffs.A protective iron plate was also worn on the forehead.

His two sabers were temporarily handed over to Makino for custody.

The countdown incense that was inserted in the corner of the venue was almost burnt out.

Ogata's brothers and sisters came forward one by one, sending blessings and cheering for Ogata.

The last person to come up to Ogata was Hanbei Sakakibara.

However—Hanbei Sakakibara, who came up to Ogata, did not speak encouraging words like the others to encourage Ogata.

Instead, he said in a deep voice:

"Ogata...you can't play!"

"Master?" After hearing Banbei's words, Ogata raised his eyebrows, then cast a puzzled look at Banbei, "I can't play? What do you mean?"

The rest of the brothers who surrounded them also looked at each other in blank dismay, confused by what Banbingwei said just now.

"I took a sneak peek at Toyama Renrou just now. That Toyama...is full of murderous aura."

Speaking of this, Yuan Shan's expression became more serious.

"It's too dangerous to compete with such a person..."

"Ogata, you stay here and don't move."

"I'm going to try to see if I can cancel today's god sacrifice competition."

"...Master. Thank you for your kindness." After being stunned for a while, Ogata put a smile on his face, "But——I will definitely play."

"Keep hiding, you can't hide."

"Even if you can hide today, there is no way to guarantee that you can hide forever in the future, right?"

"Since you can't hide, you can simply settle the grievances between me and Yuan Shan today!"

After saying that, Ogata looked at the stick of incense used as a countdown.

The incense used as a countdown had just been burned out at this time.

Ogata picked up the wooden knife and walked slowly towards the test field.

"Ogata! Wait a minute!" Hanbei yelled and stepped forward, trying to stop Ogata.

However, a figure was the first to stop Hanbei in front of him, separating Hanbei from Ogata.

"Master..." Mikami said in a deep voice, "Ogata-kun, he's right... Instead of running away like this, it's better to take advantage of today and settle the grievances between the two of you..."

"You..." Banbei bristled with anger.

But—because Mikami stopped Hanbei, Hanbei had already missed the best time to stop Ogata.

At this time, Ogata and Yuanshan had walked to the center of the competition field at almost the same time.

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Hanbei wanted to make a final struggle, so he called back Ogata who had already played.

But before he could make a sound, a loud shout enveloped the entire arena:

"The god-sacrificing competition starts now! Unrelated people are forbidden to make noise! ​​It is forbidden to disturb the competition between Ogata and Yuanshan!"

This is Cang Yong's shout.

When Kurangaga yelled this sentence, he deliberately glanced at Hanbei.

Cang Naga's shout made Hanbei completely helpless, he could only stand anxiously outside the competition field, looking at Ogata on the field.

After yelling, Cang Yong sat down in the auditorium on the north side of the arena.

After Cang Yong came to the auditorium, there was an endless stream of people who came to greet and curry favor with Cang Yong.

For these people, Cang Yong smiled politely, and used "politeness" to form a solid wall to protect himself firmly and isolate everyone from the outside.

After sitting down on his small stool, Cang Yong stared intently at Ogata and Toyama who were already in the middle of the competition arena.

Others in the audience saw that Cang Yong seemed to be only able to watch the god sacrifice competition seriously, so they didn't bother Cang Yong any more, and went to Cang Yong to cast serious or meaningless eyes on the competition field.

After walking to the center of the martial arts arena, Ogata and Toyama followed the rules and saluted respectfully to all the nobles in the auditorium, and then faced each other face to face.

"...Ogata Yishi, I didn't expect that the start time of the god sacrifice competition was brought forward."

"...Yes." Ogata said in a nonchalant tone, "It's really... people are not as good as heaven."

"Holding the God Sacrifice Competition ahead of time...is exactly what I want!" A daunting shadow of terror appeared on Yuan Shan's face, "I must...kill you!"

"Before we start the competition, let me ask a question—" Obi asked blankly, "Why did you bring a large group of people to my sword hall to look for me? What did I do? Is it something that offends you?"

Toyama did not answer Ogata's question.

Or rather——he didn't bother to answer Ogata's answer.

He just silently tied his cuffs tighter, making final preparations, and continued to cast a hateful look at Ogata.

"...Forget it, if you don't want to say it, I don't bother to ask any more. Anyway, I was not interested in the truth."

After finishing speaking, Ogata raised the wooden knife in his hand, and set up a posture in the middle.

However—Toyama did not hold up the wooden sword in his hand like Ogata did.

Instead, after glancing at the wooden knife in Ogata's hand, he threw the wooden knife aside.

"I went to the arena with the determination to kill you here."

"So—throw this kind of toy aside."

"Sato!"

Following Yuan Shan's loud shout, the disciple named Sato among the disciples of the Ishikawa Sword Gym standing on the westernmost side of the competition field, immediately stepped out, walked quickly to the center of the competition field, and then put the sword in his hand. Things are handed over to the distant mountains.

And this kind of thing is exactly - Yuanshan's Dao.

"Yuanshan! What are you going to do!" From the westernmost side of the arena, Ishikawa soldiers and horses yelled in horror, "It is forbidden to use real swords in the god sacrifice competition!"

However——Yuan Shan didn't pay attention to the shout of the master.

Both eyes were still fixed on Ogata in front of him.

"Come on, Ogata." Toyama said while taking his sword from Sato, "Let's just skip games like wooden sword competition."

"Today either you die or I die."

"Anyway, someone must die, so it is more convenient to use a real knife, and it will be much easier to kill people."

Seeing that Yuanshan ignored him at all, Ishikawa Bingma gritted his teeth angrily, then turned his head and looked towards the auditorium.

"My lord! It is forbidden to use real knives in the god sacrifice competition! Please send someone to stop Toyama Renrou!"

Ishikawa Bingma thought Cang Yong would help him.

After all, whether to compete with a wooden knife or with a real knife, those are two completely different competitions.

If a real knife competition is used, the two people in the competition field will definitely be killed or injured.