I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

Mamiya smiled.

"If you failed to enter the realm of selflessness just now, then you will be in trouble. There should be no other way to defeat Shintaro except Miss Acho's short gun! Cough cough cough!"

Before Gamiya finished speaking, he started to cough violently by himself.

"Hey, are you okay?" Asai knelt down and patted Mamiya's back lightly, "You look very uncomfortable."

"The state of selflessness will consume physical strength rapidly." Mamiya smiled wryly, "Unfortunately, physical strength is my weakness."

"So I can't maintain the state of selflessness for too long. After the state of selflessness is lifted, I will be very tired"

"Okay, stop chatting." Lin, who was helping Ah Ding to treat the wound, said, "Shichibei, please help Kuro treat the wound."

"Yes." Asai nodded.

"Shintaro has been killed." Mucun's wound was simply bandaged by Lin just now, Mucun stood up while clutching his wound, and continued, "I don't know if Brother Ogata has successfully defeated Shuntaro. "

"When Shuntaro loses, this battle will be our complete victory"

Rewind time back to the time when Ogata and Machi found the key to remove the shackles of "Kuu"

"Machi, you go and rescue the kus, and then go to support Miss Lin and the others."

While Ogata said so suddenly, he handed the big box in his hand to Machi.

"Then by the way, I told Ms. Lin that Shuntaro was held back by me, and let them concentrate on dealing with Shintaro."

Hearing Ogata's words, A-Machi was stunned for a moment.

"Yeah." A-Machi looked at Ogata for a while with mixed emotions, and then nodded, "I see. I wish you good luck."

A-Machi hugged the big box tightly in his arms, and ran towards the depths of "Girl Village".

After A-Machi left, Ogata turned his head and looked at Shuntaro who was not far away.

"Change to another place." Ogata said to Shuntaro, "It seems a bit narrow here."

"Come with me." Shuntaro said, "I know a good place."

Shuntaro, who was leading the way, led Ogata in a direction away from the "Girl Village".

Shuntaro stopped when he came to a place where he couldn't even see the shadow of "Kuu Village".

Ogata glanced at the extremely spacious surroundings. There was nothing around, no trees or grass, and only thick soil under his feet.

It is indeed a good place.

Ogata thought to himself.

Great place to chat and fight with people.

Shuntaro was standing about 10 steps away from Ogata.

Once again, he looked Ogata up and down with eyes full of complex emotions, and then

"Should I call you Mashima Goro or Ogata Itsue?"

No matter how many times Shuntaro looked at him, the sword on Ogata's waist was Mashima Goro's.

And he also heard the voices of Ogata and Atachi just now, no matter how they sounded, they were the voices of Mashima Goro.

"It doesn't matter what you call me." Ogata said, "But for me, I prefer others to call me Ogata Issei. After all, Mashima Goro is just my pseudonym."

Speaking of this, Ogata paused.

Then he asked Shuntaro back.

"I have a similar question to ask you."

"Should I call you Shuntaro, or should I call you Wuliu?"

As soon as Ogata finished speaking, a wry smile appeared on Shuntaro's face.

"When did you know Wuliu is Shuntaro?"

"Last night, when I tore through the cloth you used to cover your face and saw half of your face."

In just over two hours last night, Ogata and Shuntaro played two games in a row.

The first scene was when Uncle Qing was rescued.

The second scene is when Ogata tried to save Taifu.

In the first duel, Ogata was lucky enough to cut through the black cloth that Shuntaro used to cover his face with a knife, and saw half of his face.

Although he only saw half of the face, Ogata recognized the person immediately.

It was Wu Liu who met him on the banks of the Rashomon River in Yoshiwara and watched the "Gozen Trial" together for two days afterwards

At that time, when Genichi was leaving with Uncle Qing on his back, Uncle Qing told Ogata that Shuntaro, the head of the "Four Heavenly Kings" in Shiranui, was nearby, and asked Ogata to be careful.

During the competition with Wuliu, the powerful strength shown by Wuliu made Ogata begin to doubt Wuliu's true identity.

Until just now in "Gu Village", after O-Machi called out the name "Shuntaro" to Wuliu, all guesses about Wuliu's identity were finally settled.

"Call me Wuliu." Shuntaro said, "Shuntaro is just a code-like name I got after I joined Shiranui."

"And Wuliu is the real name I used until I joined I don't know vitality."

"I didn't expect that Mashima Goro, who I met by chance on the bank of the Rashomon River and watched the imperial examination and martial arts examination together for two days, turned out to be the famous executioner Ittosai."

"To each other." Ogata said softly, "I didn't expect that the friend I met by chance turned out to be the head of the Four Heavenly Kings in Shiranui."

"What's wrong with your face?" Shuntaro poked his own face, "What did you do to make your face Mashima Goro's face?"

Ogata: "It's just wearing something called a human skin mask."

"Human skin mask? It turns out that this kind of mask that can change a person's appearance really exists."

Shuntaro smiled and put his hands on his hips.

After letting out a soft sigh, he continued:

"Mashima, no, Ogata Ittosai. I've always felt that we are very destined."

"Accidentally, Yu Yoshihara saw the confrontation between you and the man who used Baozangyuan's spear technique."

"Your name, which sounds very similar to my real name Wuliu, and your superb skill of breaking guns with knives impressed me deeply."

The pronunciation of "Goro" in Mashima Goro is very similar to the pronunciation of "Five Six".

"Afterwards, also by chance, I went to the Rashomon River Bank where I was born to see my hometown, and then ran into and got to know you who happened to be patrolling the Rashomon River Bank at that time."

"If possible, I don't want to confront you who is very close to me."

"But ah"

Speaking of this, Shuntaro did not continue to speak.

After being silent for a while, he stretched his right hand behind him, and slowly pulled out one of the two sabers on his back.

Looking at Shuntaro who drew his sword, Ogata's expression didn't change at all, he only asked softly:

"So you are the kind of person who is loyal to Shiranui?"

"No." Shuntaro said without thinking, "To be honest, I don't have any feelings for Shiranui."

"I don't know if I live or die in the fire, I don't care."

"I don't even have the desire to understand why you suddenly attacked Shiranui."

"It's just that I've been caught and I can't help myself now"

As soon as Shuntaro finished speaking, Ogata suddenly heard the rustling of the bushes in the distance behind Shuntaro.

Ogata and Shuntaro followed the prestige.

I saw a young man holding a beautiful woman out of the bushes.

When Ogata saw this young man for the first time, he felt familiar.

After looking carefully, Ogata recognized that this young man was the ninja who always followed Kyutaro's buttocks and went in and out of Yoshihara with Kyutaro.

It took Ogata to look at this young man for a while before he could recognize his identity.

As for the woman held hostage by him, Ogata immediately recognized her with just one glance.

"Teacher!" Ogata frowned slightly and murmured.

"Keitaro!" Shuntaro gritted his teeth and squeezed out the name from between his teeth.

The ninja emerging from the bushes is none other than Keitaro.

And the woman held hostage by Keitaro is Taifu Fengling who has been missing since last night.

At this time, the Taifu's hands were tightly tied behind his back with hemp rope, and his mouth was also tied with a thick cloth, so he was unable to speak.

After being hijacked by Keitaro and walking out of the bushes and seeing Shuntaro, Taifu's face showed complex emotions mainly apologetic.

Hui Taro, who was walking behind the Taifu, put a sword in front of the Taifu's neck.

After coming out of the bushes, Keitaro said to Shuntaro coldly:

"Master Shintaro, Master Shintaro asked me to supervise you, so that you don't work too hard."

"Please go all out and kill the executioner Yidao Zhai."

Keitaro didn't say a word of threat.

But whether it's the movements of his hands or the tone of his speech, they are full of threats.

Shuntaro didn't reply to Keitaro's words, but slowly clenched his naturally hanging hands, with a gloomy face, staring at Keitaro who was holding his husband hostage.

Ogata is not some idiot with a bad brain.

Just looking at the hijacked Taifu and listening to their conversation just now, Ogata vaguely guessed what happened.

"Five or six."

Ogata said to Shuntaro.

"Are you and Taifu friends?"

"Well. I used to be the child of a wandering girl on the bank of the Rashomon River in Yoshiwara, and Chang and Taifu were friends who used to play together on the bank of the Rashomon River."

"Is that the so-called childhood sweetheart?" Ogata said softly.

Taifu Fengling was born on the bank of the Rashomon River, the child of a wandering girl on the bank of the Rashomon River. After being photographed by the owner of Jianmeiya, he was adopted by Jianmeiya. After more than ten years of hard training, he finally became the oiran of Yoshiwara. Ogata had also heard Guasheng tell the story of Taifu before.

But Ogata never thought that Shuntaro and Taifu Fuling were friends.

Ogata glanced at the place where Keitaro and Taifu Fuling were standing.

Hui Taro is very chicken thief.

He was standing far away from Ogata and Shuntaro.

Regardless of whether Shuntaro intends to rush over to snatch people directly, or to throw a shuriken to shoot Keitaro down, this distance gives Keitaro plenty of time to kill Taifu.

In addition, Keitaro also hides the whole body behind Taifu.

Hui Taro is not a very strong person, and his height is about the same as the Taifu, so when he hides behind the Taifu, almost his whole body is blocked by the Taifu.

The body that is not covered by the Taifu is only a small half of the head.

Looking at Keitaro who hid almost his whole body behind Taifu, Ogata couldn't help frowning.

Just now, the idea of ​​"killing Keitaro with a single shot by Kasumi and rescuing Taifu" came to Ogata's mind.

But as soon as this idea emerged, Ogata dismissed it for himself.

At such a long distance, only half of the head was hit, and Keitaro was not blocked by the Taifu's body, not to mention a layman like Ogata who has basically never practiced marksmanship. Sakura hit such a small target at such a long distance.

After going through all the methods he could think of in his mind, and finding that there was no way to save Taifu, Ogata let out a low sigh.

All the clues have been connected in series, and all doubts have been resolved.

"I understand why you drew your sword at me. It turns out that the Taifu was taken as a hostage."

"I'm sorry. I can't help myself now. I can't just watch Ah Chang die in front of me."

"No need to apologize to me."

While talking, Ogata put his hands on the handles of Da Shitian and Da Zizai on his left waist, and then slowly pulled out the two swords.

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The blade that was slowly unsheathed made a crisp sound.