This change of move, which combines "Dodge" and "Dragon Tail", is far more powerful than Dragon Tail.

Even if a wooden sword was used, and even if Takigawa was wearing armor, Ogata was absolutely confident that he could seriously injure Takigawa or kill him directly by relying on "Dragon Tail: Dodge".

Wooden knives can also kill people. After all, they are made of very solid wood.

Once you accidentally hit someone's vital part with a slightly heavier force, it is extremely easy to cause injury or even death to others.

In order to avoid killing Takigawa with one blow, Ogata's attack just now was weakened.

It's just that--even though he tried to play down the power, Takigawa still didn't feel well after taking Ogata's "Dragon Tail: Dodge" attack.

The part of the armor that was struck by Ogata's wooden sword was already cracked.

Takigawa's head was covered in cold sweat, and the expression on his face was particularly ferocious due to pain. His ribs must have been broken.

He tried to get up.

But the severe pain from the part that Ogata had just hit left Takigawa without the strength to stand up.

And even if he stood up, it would be useless. The outcome was already decided.

After he was slashed away by Ogata's sword, the referee who was responsible for deciding the outcome was stunned for a moment and then loudly announced Ogata's victory.

After Takigawa was knocked down by Ogata with a sword, the whole audience was briefly silent for a while due to shock.

After the collective silence for a while, it was as if the magic of "time suspension" had been lifted, and everyone slowly started to stir in a not too ostentatious state.

Those who had just asserted with a confident attitude that "the outcome has been decided, Takigawa won", at this time, they all kept their mouths tightly shut and remained silent.

Some people who are more ashamed simply show embarrassment and bury their heads slightly.

All kinds of comments sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

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"I remembered that I heard the name 'Mashima Goro' somewhere! It is said that a newcomer named 'Mashima Goro' was born at the Shirobei Club in Yoshiwara, and the 'Literary Examination' for the Imperial Examination began

Before, one man chopped down 25 Huo Fu thieves who were transformed into official servants."

"Hao Fu Thief Kai? Isn't that army full of fierce men?"

"Yes, after all, they are a force specifically responsible for catching vicious arsonists and thieves."

"Why would Goro Majima go up against the official officer of the Fire Rogue Thief Kai?"

"I don't know the specifics. It seems that the official servants who were fired by the thieves took the initiative to cause trouble. Then the troublemakers were settled by Majima Goro alone. After that, the 'Onipira' personally came forward to apologize to the Shirobei Club, and everything was calmed down.

This incident."

"It's too strong... One person can defeat 25 fire-fighting thieves... This can be considered a swordsman, right?"

"This guy not only won the first place in the literary test, but he is also so good at swordsmanship... Could he be a descendant of a famous family?"

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As for Takigawa's friends, headed by Usaka, while everyone else was talking about Ogata, they hurried onto the field, took off Takigawa's armor, and then carried Takigawa off the field.

"Wait! I can still fight! This is just a minor injury! I can still fight!"

As if Takigawa was unwilling to accept the cruel reality in front of him, he yelled crazy words like "I haven't lost yet" and "Put me down" with a ferocious face.

Uesaka and others ignored Takigawa who was yelling and did not want to face the reality that "he had lost". They just carried Takigawa away as quickly as possible and took Takigawa to heal his injuries.

Ogata, who remained at the scene, was not in a hurry to leave.

Instead, he punched the air in front of him twice, then murmured with a smile:

"Very good, the feeling is back."

In the battle with Takigawa just now, the reason why Ogata looked so clumsy in his movements was simply because Ogata was not used to using a wooden sword.

The last time I used a wooden sword was before I went to Edo, I competed with Shimada in Owari to gain experience points.

It had been so long since Ogata had touched a wooden sword that he couldn't even adjust his center of gravity.

The Daishiten used by Ogata has a blade longer than most wooden swords. The blade length alone is 75cm.

The wooden sword Ogata used just now has a blade length of only about 63cm and is much lighter than a real sword.

Knives of different weights and lengths have slightly different optimal centers of gravity.

After getting used to using Dai Shiten and returning to an ordinary wooden sword, Ogata was a little unsure of his body's center of gravity and where the best attack range was.

In order to quickly regain the feel of using the wooden sword, when Ogata was fighting Takigawa just now, he did not immediately attack Takigawa. Instead, he defended first and slowly regained the feel of the wooden sword.

That's why the scene where "Ogata passively defended against Takigawa's attack with clumsy movements" appeared, giving everyone the illusion that Ogata's swordsmanship was average.

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He handed the wooden sword back to the officer responsible for managing weapons and protective gear, and with the help of the officer, he took off the protective gear on his upper body and forehead. Under the attention of the people around him, Ogata returned to Makimura and Shimada.

beside.

"It's a pity that I don't have to gamble." Makimura grinned at Ogata who came back, "If I could gamble with money, I would keep betting on you, and I would definitely make a lot of money."

"Please put all your little thoughts into serious matters." After Ogata complained to Makimura helplessly, he stood between Makimura and Shimada and continued to pay attention to Masaru in the "Aba", "

"Course B" is a trial match that is going on one after another on these two venues.

Ogata and the others are waiting.

Waiting for Gokutaro's appearance.

They had never seen with their own eyes how powerful Gokutaro was.

Therefore, they planned to see with their own eyes the skills of Ji Tairou, one of the "Four Heavenly Kings".

Ogata and the others also asked Amachi how the strength of the "Four Heavenly Kings" was ranked.

It's a pity that Amachi doesn't know what the strength ranking of the "Four Heavenly Kings" is.

Questions like "who is stronger?" have always been extremely easy to cause all kinds of arguments.

The current "Four Heavenly Kings" in Shiranui have never fought together, so the ranking of the "Four Heavenly Kings" has never been determined. The other ninjas in Shiranui can only speculate through logical reasoning and imagination.

Because different people have different ideas, different versions are naturally born.

Before Omachi rebelled against Shiranui, the versions he had heard of were:

Shuntaro is the strongest, followed by Shintaro, and then Kotaro and Gokutaro are probably in between.

Some people think that Gokutaro should be the second strongest one, because Gitaro has the most achievements and is the one who works hardest on missions among the "Four Heavenly Kings", so he has the most practical combat experience.

Some people also think that Kotaro, who has been killed by Ogata, is the second strongest, because the weapon he uses is the very unpopular Scythe. If you are not familiar with the Scythe, even a master will be in trouble.

Although there are many different versions.

But no matter what version it is, they all have one thing in common.

That is - everyone believes that Shuntaro is the strongest one.

In various versions of the ranking of strength, no matter what the ranking of the bottom three is, the one who ranks first must be Shuntaro.

Ogata has asked Amachi why everyone in Shiranui thinks that Shuntaro is the strongest one. Has he done anything earth-shattering?

A-Machi's answer at the time was: She didn't know whether Shutaro had done anything earth-shattering or not.

She only knew that about three years ago, Shuntaro seemed to have done something terrible, and that incident caused a huge fuss.

What Shuntaro did three years ago was one of their taboos in Shiranui.

Enma seemed to be intending to make people forget what Shuntaro had done, and tried his best to control the spread of Shutaro's incident.

Many ninjas in Shiranui, including Atachi, don't know what Shuntaro did three years ago.

No matter who I asked what exactly Shuntaro did three years ago, the person I asked would either say "I don't know" or would be very secretive.

According to A-machi, the reason why everyone believes that Shuntaro is the leader of the "Four Heavenly Kings" is actually very simple - Enma has told everyone in Shiranui more than once: Excluding him, Enma, Shunma

Taro is their strongest fighting force in Shiranui.

Regarding Enma's personal certification, the other three people in Shiranui never questioned it, and they all acquiesced to Enma's certification.

Shuntaro's performance has always been consistent with Enma's praise of him.

The other three members of the "Four Heavenly Kings" have all encountered powerful enemies and have been seriously injured.

Only Shuntaro has never been seriously injured while on a mission.

Not to mention serious injuries, the number of injuries is so small that you can count them on ten fingers.

No matter who he fights, Shuntaro can win as easily as he fights his son.

With Enma's personal verification and his own glorious record as support, everyone unknowingly came to this consensus - "Shuntaro is the leader of the 'Four Heavenly Kings'"

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The three Ogata people listened attentively to the names shouted by the officials of "A Field" and "B Field".

Finally - not long after Ogata ended the battle with Ryukawa, a long-awaited shout from the "Koba" rang out from Ogata and others:
To be continued...