I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"Indeed. As you said, you are indeed not within the capture scope of our Huofu Rogue Reform, and we are not here to capture you."

"but--"

Speaking of this, Hasegawa's conversation suddenly changed.

"Since you were met by us, then we can't just let you go."

"Unlucky for you, Ogata Ichitosai."

"Cut..." Ogata curled his lips. "I knew it would be like this."

After all, Ogata pulled out the knife at his waist and set up a mid-stage posture.

"Throw!" Hasegawa suddenly shouted.

As his voice just fell, several bamboo-shaped objects immediately flew out of the officials behind him.

These bamboo tubes crossed a beautiful parabola and slammed straight toward Ogata.

In the face of the few bamboo tubes that were flying towards him, Ogata didn't even bother to use the "step", so he dodged and avoided all the bamboo tubes that were flying towards him.

Just when Ogata wondered why the officials who were on fire to pay thieves reform throw so many bamboo tubes over, Hasegawa suddenly praised Ogata without knowing whether it was sincere or pretended:

"Awesome, good skill, able to avoid so many bamboo tubes in one go."

While talking, Hasegawa slowly got out of the queue.

While leaving the queue, he slowly pulled out the knife from his waist.

Hasegawa's move caused the doubts of his men behind him.

"Master Hasegawa!" Orange said loudly, "You are..."

Before Tachibana finished speaking, Hasegawa said first:

"Don't move! Don't give me some messy assistance later!"

"I will personally meet the'Hanman Yidaozai'!"

"Look at how capable Ogata Ichitosai is capable of killing a hundred people!"

"Hey,'Kihei'." Ogata looked up and down Hasegawa, "As the chief of the Kasuki Thief Kai, are you planning to go out in person?"

"This is something I often do." Hasegawa smiled slightly. "People who don't have enough skills and can't stand at the forefront of the battlefield are not qualified to be officers."

"Concentrate, Ogata Ichitosai. I...but I'm very strong."

Although I don't know if Hasegawa's sentence just now is a bluff.

But--whether he was bluffing or not, Ogata had no plans to underestimate the enemy.

The two squeezed the knives in their hands and stood opposite each other.

The first person to move is Hasegawa.

The timing of Hasegawa's attack was precisely suffocating.

At the moment Ogata was blinking, he rushed forward with a knife.

Hasegawa's first round of attacks was an unpretentious crosscut.

Sword Mitsu swept towards him from the left side of Ogata.

Hasegawa's movements are fast, but not so fast that Ogata can't react.

Ogata blocked the sword to the left in time, blocking Hasegawa's horizontal cut.

--Well……! This guy……

It was easy to judge from this ordinary horizontal cut—the sentence Hasegawa just said was not a bluff.

He is indeed quite strong.

Pushing away the knife that Hasegawa had chopped off, Ogata quickly launched a counterattack.

clang!

clang!

clang!

...

The two knives collided several times in mid-air.

In the end, Hasegawa was the first to push back, ending the seemingly endless collision of swords.

Ogata glanced at the newly added gaps in his blade.

Ever since Kuranaga gave him this knife, Ogata can't remember how many people he has chopped with this handle, how many knives he has chopped.

It has been used until now, and it has left this knife with "scarred scars".

The battle with Hasegawa just now caused this knife to have several new injuries.

——I really want a slash-resistant sword...

After murmuring something like this in his heart, Ogata refocused his attention on Hasegawa in front of him.

"As expected, he is the commander who controls the Huofu Thief Reform...This swordsmanship really isn't built."

"Thank you for the compliment. Your swordsmanship is not bad."

"But although your strength is strong, you should not be able to perform a hundred people cut."

"If you want one to be a hundred, at least you have to have the strength of Mamiya Kuro."

"Huh?" Ogata raised an eyebrow. "Do you know Mamiya?"

"I led my men to this mansion just to hunt down Mamiya Kuro."

Having said that, Hasegawa relieved his posture and slowly retracted the knife in his hand into the scabbard.

"What's the matter? Didn't you continue to fight with me?" Ogata's gaze was cold, "Or...you are planning to let your subordinates attack me?"

"I don't want to fight with you again, and I won't let my men attack you in groups."

"Because—that is no longer necessary."

"Ogata Ichitosai, don't you find that your head is dizzy now?"

——? !

"Well……"

Ogata covered his head with his free left hand.

Hearing Hasegawa's words, Ogata suddenly realized that his head was indeed dizzy as Hasegawa had just said.

And the dizziness is getting worse.

--what happened……!

——Am I being...did...!

——But... when was it drugged...

——When I was fighting "Guiping" just now...I was not stabbed by any poisonous dark needle...

——? !

——Is it a bamboo tube? !

Ogata turned his head abruptly and looked at the bamboo tubes lying not far away that he had just avoided.

Only then did Ogata discover that there was a small round hole on the top of these bamboo tubes.

Looking at Ogata who was looking at those bamboo tubes with amazement, Hasegawa smiled slightly:

"This is a new type of weapon that we have only begun to install in the past two years."

"The bamboo tube is full of colorless and tasteless ‘fascinating’ that can make people comatose with just a few puffs."

"When it's time to use it, unplug the plug that is blocking the opening, and then throw it out."

"It's a pity that because of the high cost, we are only willing to use this new weapon to deal with troublesome thieves."

"You have inhaled so many ‘fascinated’ in the bamboo tube, it’s enough for you to sleep for a while."

"Do you really think I just wanted to try your skills just now?"

"I want to try your skills~www.ltnovel.com~ but the main reason is to delay the time and buy time for the effect of the ‘fascinated’ medicine."

"Don't force yourself, you shouldn't even be able to stand up now."

Although Ogata struggled to stay awake, waves of dizziness continued to impact Ogata's brain.

At this time, Ogata couldn't even stand up, so he could only use a sword as a stick, barely supporting his body.

Visual problems have begun to appear, and Ogata looked around and saw 3 Hasegawa Heizo.

"Damn... I was... put together..."

After leaving this sentence, Ogata couldn't hold it anymore, his eyelids sank, and then he fainted completely on the ground.

Looking at Ogata who had passed out, Hasegawa waved his hand and motioned to the men behind him to grab Ogata.

"Ogata Itosai." Hasegawa had fainted, Ogata whispered, "We are not ‘duelers’, but ‘capturers’..."