"……OK."

Isshikihua said expressionlessly.

"Then I will do as you wish and let you see what the sword of a woman like me looks like."

"Xiaohua?" Zhizhou looked at Isshikihua with surprise at first, and then the surprise turned into anger, "Xiaohua, you..."

Zhizhou didn't say anything yet, so Isshikihua said in a determined tone:

"I am also a daughter of the Wu family."

"If it's just a general provocation, that's it. But regarding what this person said just now, I can't treat it as nothing happened."

"If nothing happens, it will be more embarrassing than losing."

"Please let me play."

Isshiki looked at Naozhou with firm eyes.

Just now, Naoshu looked like he wanted to scold Isshiki.

But after hearing what Isshiki said just now and looking at Isshiki's eyes full of determination now, his expression changed.

He hesitated.

After pursing her lips and looking at An Yun who was not far away, and then looking at Isshiki in front of her, she sighed softly:

"...Don't get hurt."

Isshikika cast a grateful look at Naoshu.

Then, she let go of her folded hands in front of her body, took out a goose-yellow cuff band that was the same as the kimono she was wearing, and tied up the wide sleeves on both sides of the kimono.

As soon as she tied her sleeves, a voice that made her look stunned suddenly sounded from beside her:

"Come on."

Isshikika, whose eyes widened slightly in surprise, turned to look at Ogata, the person who just said to her, "Come on."

Ogata was looking up at her now.

Under the edge of the hat, Isshiki Hua saw two encouraging glances.

Even though it was just a simple "Come on", Isshikika miraculously felt a sense of security rising in her heart.

This sense of peace of mind brought a smile to Isshikihua's face once again.

"Hmm..." Isshikika nodded gently towards Ogata, then slowly put away her smile, and stared at Isshikika who was slowly waiting for her to get ready with a cold gaze.

Not only did Isshikika tie up her sleeves, but to facilitate movement, she also lifted up the hem of her kimono to reveal her smooth calves. Then she took off the pair of white socks on her feet, revealing a pair of white feet.

Isshikika is the kind of person who is more accustomed to competing with others barefoot in the dojo.

Looking at Isekihua's little feet exposed by taking off her white socks, An Yun smiled maliciously.

"What a pair of beautiful feet. Not only are they very white and small, but the toes are also very well-proportioned and there is no dead skin on them."

"Let me confirm that you didn't know in advance that I like women's feet, so you took off your socks to seduce me and distract me, right?"

An Yun's words undoubtedly made everyone in the Iseki Sword Hall and the rest of the people who admired Isekihana look angry.

A few people with a more explosive temper started yelling at An Yun.

Some of the more explosive people stood up suddenly without saying a word, showing an expression that even if they died, they would die with An Yun.

For those who wanted to come on stage and beat An Yun up, Isshikika simply said: "Thank you for your kindness, but this is a contest between An Yun Yousuke and I, please don't come forward and disturb me."

Isshikika's father is also a man with a strong personality.

Just now, when she heard An Yun say that Isshikihua was seducing him, she immediately wanted to stand up and rush over to teach this dirty-mouthed brat a lesson.

However, he was only halfway up when his shoulders were held down by Zhi Zhou.

"This is a contest between Xiaohua and others." Zhizhou said, "For you to rush forward like this is rude and disrespectful to this contest."

Stopped by his father, Ru Shui could only sit back down in frustration.

As for those people who originally wanted to step forward to help Isseyka teach An Yun a lesson, after hearing Isseyka's words of "please don't disturb me", they all sat back in their seats with angry expressions.

Faced with An Yun's frivolous words just now, Isekhwa didn't react much. She stood in front of An Yun with a wooden knife and continued coldly, "You don't have to tell me that you are a pervert with very different hobbies."

"I don't agree with saying that my hobbies are perverted." An Yun shrugged, "Didn't anyone tell you? In fact, most men are more or less interested in women's feet. It's just that

Most people are not as magnanimous as me and dare not say out loud what they really like."

"Shut your mouth now, I don't want to hear you say these stupid things anymore." Isshiki took the knife.

An Yun shrugged again with a wicked smile, then put down the wooden knife on her shoulder and took a stance.

call!

An Yun had just set up his stance when he saw a wooden knife striking him head-on with a fierce stance.

"?!" An Yun's pupils shrank slightly. The speed of Shisehua's sword was much faster than he expected, which surprised him slightly.

Of course, it was just "slightly surprised".

He calmly took half a step back, no more and no less, just to the position where Isshikihana's wooden sword could not hit him.

Ogata watched the competition between Isshikika and An Yun on the court with a calm face. Before the competition started, Ogata knew what the result would be.

Isshikika has absolutely no chance of winning.

Ogata had some idea of ​​Isshikika's level. After all, they had fought side by side before and fought against pirates together.

According to Ogata's estimation, compared to all the strong women he knows, Isshikika is probably only slightly stronger than Kua Sao.

Judging from the strength that An Yun showed in the two battles against Nanjo and Shimura, Isshikika is unlikely to be An Yun's opponent no matter what.

Ogata had just thought about whether to persuade Isshikika not to fight such a losing battle.

But after thinking about it carefully, she gave up the idea of ​​persuading Isekika to ignore An Yun's provocation.

This is the outlook of people from samurai families in this era.

Except for a few with special ideas, most samurai families in this era taught their children to value honor. Losing one's life was a small matter, but losing one's reputation was a big deal.

One of the most prominent features of warrior education in this era was that it despised death and valued honor.

Death is not worth mentioning. As long as we can defend our honor, what does one life mean?

After understanding how different the views of the samurai of this era were from those of a modern man like him, Oubon decided to just let Isshikika defend his honor.

Ogata guessed that Naoshu let Isshikika play because of this consideration.

Ogata originally watched the contest between Isshikika and An Yun with a calm expression.

But the more he looked, the more solemn Ogata's expression became.

There is no other reason why An Yun has always looked like "playing" since the beginning of the competition.

Based on the difference in strength between the two, An Yun should be able to kill Isshikika instantly with one strike.

But An Yun refused to attack, only kept dodging and defending. She kept looking at the Isshiki flower in front of her as if looking at a commodity, and repeatedly looked at the Isshiki flower from head to toe.

Isekihua also saw that An Yun was not serious about competing with her at all, but her mentality was very stable and she did not become impatient because of this, and launched an attack on An Yun steadily.

An Yun looked at the flower with interest at first.

But gradually, the light of interest in his eyes gradually dissipated.

His eyesight became dull.

"……Knew it."

After dodging another slash from Isshikika, he showed an undisguised look of contempt.

"As expected, women should stay at home and do housework to help us continue our children and grandchildren."

"Women should not hold weapons. Women taking up weapons will only make the weapons they hold want to cry."

"'Female Swordsman' and all that... I've seen enough."

As if by magic, An Yun's body accelerated suddenly, pulling out an afterimage directly from her body, and rushed straight towards Isekihua.

Facing An Yun, whose speed suddenly increased a lot, Isshikihua's pupils shrank suddenly.

She subconsciously wanted to distance herself from An Yun, who was rushing towards her.

But her body's speed couldn't keep up with her reaction, so An Yun could only watch helplessly as An Yun dodged in front of her.

When she came to Yisekihua, An Yun did not draw her sword immediately.

Instead, he first raised his right leg high and stepped hard on Isshikika's left foot.

The left foot received a heavy blow, and the white instep of his left foot instantly turned red.

Crying out in pain, Isshikika's center of gravity was destroyed as her left foot was attacked.

call……

After destroying Isekihua's center of gravity, An Yun raised the wooden sword in her hand high.

Because of the force with which he raised the knife, there was a low sound of breaking wind.
To be continued...