I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"...Finally...have you come..." Ichiro was the first to speak out.

Ogata didn't express any emotion.

Just clenched the wooden knife in his hand.

There was an undisguised coldness in his eyes.

"All of you come with me." Cang Yong said in a deep voice, "It's time for a battle meeting."

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That night——

In a small, hidden room in the mansion of Kuranaga, Kuranaga, Feilu, and Ogata sat together.

On the tatami in the center of the crowd, a map was spread out.

"This is the map of the wild boar forest." Cang Yong stroked the map with his big withered hands, and continued, "There are a large number of wild boars moving in this forest, and it is one of my lord's favorite hunting places."

"Flying Ape has already collected reliable information—my lord, he will lead his attendants to the wild boar forest tomorrow morning to hunt."

"Tomorrow... my lord." Saburo suddenly said softly, "May I ask a question?"

"go ahead."

"How many guards will Matsudaira Gennai bring with him tomorrow?"

"125 people." Cang Yong said an accurate number, "My lord, his bodyguards originally had 113 people. A group of new people were selected to serve as his bodyguards. The lord's current bodyguards total 125 people—this number is absolutely correct, I can guarantee it."

The accident that Cang Yong was referring to a month ago was exactly the bloodbath of the Sakakibara Sword Gym.

"125 people..." Shiro exclaimed with a little timidity.

In the month since Ogata joined the team of people with lofty ideals, Cang Yong has never stopped recruiting new people with lofty ideals.

But just like what Kura Naga said to Ogata before——in this day and age, it is really difficult to find a samurai who is capable of fighting and is willing to sacrifice his life to support Dayi.

Although Cang Yong never slacked off during this month, he still failed to recruit a new person with lofty ideals.

That is to say—Asuka Ogata and the others can only face Matsudaira Gennai, which is protected by 7 guards, with a mere 125 people...

"You don't have to be too scared."

Cang Yongdao.

"My lord, among the more than 100 guards, most of them have mediocre martial arts skills."

"Among the 125 people, at least 100 people's swordsmanship is inferior to seven of you."

"The only thing that can be considered troublesome is that Qiyuan."

"And it's not a 7-on-125 fight."

"The operation we are going to carry out tomorrow is not a joint battle."

"It's assassination."

"We have only one goal from beginning to end, and that is the lord."

"Just launch a charge in the direction where the lord is, and kill the lord. It doesn't matter whether the rest of the people are dead or alive."

"And—in terms of equipment, the seven of you are far above the lord's guards."

After finishing speaking, Cang Yong looked at Fei Yuan beside him.

"Flying Monkey, bring those things up."

"Yes!"

Flying Ape quickly left from everyone's field of vision.

Then he came back quickly with a bunch of things in his arms.

Because there were too many things, the flying monkey went back and forth three times before successfully bringing the "those things" that Kura Naga referred to to Ogata and others.

The "those things" that Cang Yong refers to are 7 sets of chain mail.

"When the lord goes hunting, he usually sets out in the morning and returns to the city at night. The guards also have to travel with him in the wild for a whole day."

Cang Yong said in a deep voice.

"If all the staff were to wear chain mail, in less than half a day, all the guards would be too tired to stand still."

"So with the lord's permission, the guards don't wear chain mail when escorting the lord to go hunting."

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"You all will wear these 7 chain mails tomorrow." Cang Yong caressed the chain mail closest to him, "It will definitely come in handy."

"The specifics of how to act tomorrow will not be known until the scene. So Ichiro, after the seven of you launch an assault, you will be the commander in chief."

"It's up to you to decide when to start the attack, who will be the main attack, and who will be the auxiliary attack."

"Yes!" Ichiro echoed loudly.

As for Cang Yong, when he said this, he paused for a while.

After a while, he quietly said again:

"It is now approaching the end of September. According to my lord's habit of never going hunting in autumn and winter, his hunting tomorrow will be his last hunting this year."

"So it's our only chance this year..."

"So...tomorrow...is the day that will decide the future of us...and the Hirose Domain."

"I hope everyone will work together."

"I also wish everyone... prosperous martial arts."

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……

Ogata never expected that he would suffer from insomnia tonight.

Maybe it's because I'm excited, or maybe it's because I'm nervous.

Or... simply because Shiro's snoring is too loud.

Ogata usually found that Shiro was a very nervous person.

But Ogata didn't expect Shiro's nerves to be so stretched. The night before the decisive battle, he slept more soundly than usual and snored louder than usual.

Feeling that he really couldn't sleep, Ogata lifted the quilt and tiptoed out of the room.

The patriots all slept in the same room. In order not to affect the sleep of others, Ogata deliberately kept the sound of footsteps and breathing to the minimum.

Ogata thought of taking a casual walk outside the room to relax.

In order to conceal the existence of Ogata and others, Kuranaga drew a "circle" with the living room of the people with lofty ideals as the center, and did not allow any attendant in the mansion to enter this "circle", and at the same time did not allow Ogata and others to leave. This "circle".

The only people who can freely enter and exit this "circle" are Cang Yong and Fei Yuan.

Because of the limited range of activities, Ogata can't just walk around casually.

In the end, Ogata decided to go to the dojo, the place he was most familiar with these days.

There is a relatively large window in the dojo, and the window is facing the sky.

Ogata's purpose was to go to the dojo to look at the night sky and breathe the fresh air outside the window by the way.

After opening the paper sliding door of the dojo, Ogata was surprised to find that there were people in the dojo.

And... an acquaintance of Ogata.

"Master..." Looking at Cang Yong who was holding a wooden knife in his hand, Ogata raised his eyebrows, "Why are you here? Could it be that you came here to watch the night sky to relax because you couldn't sleep?"

While talking, Ogata pouted his lips towards the big window of the dojo.

"I really can't sleep." Cang Yong smiled bitterly, "But I didn't come to see the night sky."

"Anyway, I can't fall asleep anyway, so I just thought about practicing swords."

"Master..." Ogata cast a helpless look at Cang Yong, "The more you practice, the more hyperactive you will be, and the more you practice, the less you will be able to fall asleep."

After all, Ogata walked straight towards the window, and then sat cross-legged by the window, looking at the stars in the night sky outside the window.

"My lord... Actually... Ever since you called me into the house and asked me if I wanted to be an executioner, I have always thought you are very strange."

Now there are only Ogata and Kurangaga, there are no other outsiders.

Therefore, Ogata decided to bury the words and questions that he has buried in his mind these days, and has always wanted to tell Cang Yong, but he has never had a chance to say them, and to clarify and ask Cang Yong clearly tonight.

"Strange? What is it referring to?"

"My lord, you plan to assassinate Matsudaira Gennai."

"But for the person you intend to assassinate, you still call yourself the lord."

"It's like saying honorifics to your father-killing enemy who is about to be killed. It's quite weird."

"My lord, why do you still insist on calling Matsudaira Gennai the lord? You can correct this kind of thing if you put your heart into it, right?"

After hearing this question from Ogata, Kurangaga's lips pursed.

Afterwards, Cang Yong silently put the wooden knife in his hand back to the knife holder, and then walked beside Ogata, sitting side by side with Ogata.

"Yeah..." Cang Yong smiled wryly, "I... also feel that I am very contradictory..."

"Obviously I wish Matsudaira Gennai would die right now..."

"But the mouth always uses honorific titles for him..."

"The determination to help righteousness, combined with... the idea of ​​loyalty that I have always adhered to since I can remember, created... my current contradictory and weird appearance..."

"My lord..." Ogata said softly, "You are also a very remarkable person... In this era, there are almost no people like you who are willing to kill the lord you serve for the sake of righteousness. ..."

"Heh..." The corner of Cang Yong's mouth twitched, revealing an ugly smile, "I too... after you struggled unimaginably, I finally made up my mind to support righteousness..."

"After Matsudaira Gennai became the new lord of my domain, and his brutal nature was exposed, I told myself countless times in my heart."

"I am a warrior, and I must be loyal to my lord. No matter what absurd things my lord has done, I must not be unfaithful to him."

"I have to say this sentence countless times in my mind every day..."

"Only in this way can I ignore the atrocities committed by Matsudaira Gennai with peace of mind."

"Until... probably around the middle of this year... I saw the lord hack a poor little girl to death..."

"That poor little girl did nothing wrong, but accidentally ran into Matsudaira Gennai's car, and was cut into two by Matsudaira Gennai's subordinates, and then was thrown on the side of the road like garbage ..."

"I happened to be there at the time..."

"I can't describe how I felt when I saw the tragic death of this little girl..."

"I just vividly remember a voice that sounded very loud in my head: I can't take it anymore."

Cang Yong pulled out the knife stuck in his waist.

Click.

Then pull open the sheath and slowly pull the blade out of the sheath.

The cold light reflected from the unsheathed blade just covered Cang Yong's pupils, illuminating the rays of light in Cang Yong's pupils.

"At that moment... I finally woke up..."

"I'm a samurai, but I'm also a man."

"When the sky is falling apart, there must be a few men who stand up."

"If you succumb to the darkness and don't dedicate yourself to the righteousness of Kuangfu, you will be a man for nothing!"

"Ogata-kun, let me tell you the truth."

"When I decided to assassinate the lord, I decided that I would launch this assassination as a man. In the end, I will end it as a warrior."

"Whether the assassination is successful or unsuccessful. I will apologize by cutting open my stomach."

"Assassinating the lord is for the righteousness of the world. Opening his stomach and apologizing is for the morality of the warrior."

"Use the blood of my belly to cleanse my unclean soul for betraying the lord."

After all, Cang Yong slowly inserted the knife back into the scabbard, making the cold light that had covered his eyes gradually fade away.

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