Shimada seemed to listen to Lin's words.

After being scolded by Lin, he lowered his head, showing a faint look of frustration, and then retreated to Makimura who was standing aside.

After Shimada stood next to Makimura, Makimura immediately raised his hand and rubbed Shimada's head, moving his lips - it seemed to be comforting Shimada, but unfortunately the distance was a bit far, and Ogata did not hear Makimura's specific words clearly.

What did I say to Shimada?

I only saw that Shimada's expression became slightly better after Makimura's lips tightened again.

"How?" Ogata raised his gaze, glanced at Lin, and said in a joking tone, "Am I qualified to ask you to draw your sword now?"

"...Asai!"

"Here!" Asai responded loudly and stepped out of the queue.

Lin stood up, walked forward, picked up the wooden sword that Shimada used just now, and then said to Asai:

"Bring me another wooden wakizashi."

"Yes!" Upon hearing Lin's order, Asai's expression changed slightly, but he still quickly responded with a "yes" and ran towards the outside of the Buddhist hall.

Asai quickly returned with a wooden wakizashi.

Holding the wooden katana with her left hand, and the wooden wakizashi that Asai had just given to her with her right hand, and after arranging the starting position of the Muga 2-sword style, the unsmiling Lin directed her cold gaze at Ogata as always.

"Come on, Executioner Ittosai."

"Can we finally fight against each other?" After saying this in a mocking tone, Ogata also raised the swords in both hands again and assumed the stance of Wuwo Sword Style.

Looking at Lin holding a katana in her left hand and a wakizashi in her right hand, Ogata thought to himself:

——Ni Er Dao...are you left-handed...

The flow of two swords is divided into two types: the positive two swords and the reverse two swords.

Holding the katana with the right hand and holding the wakizashi with the left hand is a standard Shonito.

As the name suggests, the so-called "Ni Er Dao" means doing it in reverse, with the left hand holding the sword and the right hand holding the wakashi.

Because Rin uses the reverse two swords, her posture is completely opposite to Ogata's.

When Ogata first saw Lin when she entered the Buddhist hall, he noticed that Lin had her wakizashi inserted into her right waist. At this time, Ogata had already noticed that Lin seemed to be left-handed.

After seeing Rin in a counter-double stance, Ogata finally confirmed that Rin was left-handed.

After taking two deep breaths, Lin's chest began to rise and fall in the same rhythm as Ogata's chest.

After switching her breathing to "Breath of Source", Lin's eyes became sharp.

The two did not confront each other for too long.

As if they had agreed in advance, the two of them stepped forward almost at the same time and rushed toward each other.

Ogata's katana and wakizashi collided heavily with Lin's katana and wakizashi in mid-air.

The two of them are now like two bulls colliding, and the two knives in their hands are each other's horns.

After getting closer, Ogata had a more intuitive and precise feeling about Lin's petite figure.

Lin's height is considered average for this era.

And the average level of this era is - generally short.

Amachi's height, converted into modern earth length units, is about 155 centimeters - such a height would have been considered tall in this Edo period.

And Lin's height, according to Ogata's visual inspection, is only... 145 centimeters.

Such a height is not considered short in this era, but standing next to Ogata, a person who is 170 centimeters tall, he looks very petite.

But such a petite body hides extremely powerful power.

The two wooden knives, which were not too light in weight, were danced effortlessly by her.

Feeling the tremendous power flowing from Lin's two wooden knives, Ogata couldn't help but secretly gasp.

I couldn't help but think, "Is this person really a girl?"

The two faced each other in a "bull collision" manner for a while and then quickly separated.

After ending the wrestling, Ogata swung the katana in his right hand and struck Lin.

When she was still some distance away from Rin's shoulder, Rin used her wakizashi to hold her up, and then used her left hand to slash Ogata's flank in a dance.

Because of her height, Lin's best attack position is naturally Ogata's abdomen.

The move used by Lin was very familiar to Ogata - it was flow.

This was the first time Ogata fought against someone who also used the Mugo Nitō-ryu - this made Ogata have a subtle feeling.

Snapped!

Just like Lin just now, Ogata also raised his wakizashi and blocked Lin's attack.

The two people using the same moves constantly exchanged offense and defense, and the battle suddenly became a stalemate.

"Mamiya-senpai..." Shimada couldn't help but ask Mamiya beside him, "Who do you think will win...?"

"Now the two of them are in an even situation." Mamiya said softly, "It's just... If we continue to fight like this, it will only be a matter of time before my lord loses..."

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After exchanging offense and defense for dozens of times, Ogata used stepping steps to retreat a few steps to distance himself from Lin.

Lin did not catch up, but took advantage of this gap to adjust her breathing, which was somewhat messy due to the series of fierce attacks.

After the series of confrontations just now, Ogata has a rough grasp of Lin's strength.

Lin's strength, in short, is very strong.

According to Ogata's estimation, the level of each move of Mugo Two Sword Style is basically above his.

Especially the circulation and first steps - the level should have reached the "master level" level.

In terms of attainments in the Muga 2-sword style, the current Rin is undoubtedly above the current Ogata.

However, Lin has an extremely fatal shortcoming.

That is - because of being a daughter, Lin's physical fitness is poor.

Of course - Lin's "poor physical fitness" is because she is inferior compared to someone like Ogata.

In terms of physical fitness, Lin is far superior to ordinary men.

But compared with Ogata, there is still some gap.

Regardless of his strength or physical strength, he is not as good as Ogata.

After going through a series of fights just now, Ogata was still able to handle it with ease.

And Lin's breathing was already a little messy.

Rin is also stronger than Ogata in terms of speed and agility - but it's just a little stronger, not so strong that she can defeat Ogata with this advantage.

Due to this fatal shortcoming of her daughter, if the fight continues like this, it will only be a matter of time before Lin gradually falls into a disadvantage and finally loses.

"What a surprise..." After smoothing her breathing a little, Lin said softly, "It seems...I really underestimated you..."

After saying that, Lin let out a sigh of relief.

Then he slowly adjusted his body posture...

Looking at Lin who suddenly changed her body posture, Ogata narrowed his eyes slightly and tightened his hands holding the two swords slightly.

Lin took several deep breaths and adjusted her attention to the most concentrated moment...

Snapped!

The sound of Lin's footsteps was so loud that one couldn't help but worry that the floor beneath her feet would be broken by her feet.

Like an arrow from a string rushing toward Ogata, Lin swung her right wakizashi and struck Ogata.

Ogata, who remained calm-faced, took a step back using stepping steps to avoid Lin's slash.

However - Ogata's feet had just set foot on the floor, and Rin's next attack came immediately.

Lin used the knife in her left hand this time.

This time, Lin's sword speed was beyond Ogata's imagination. After his pupils shrank slightly, he quickly judged that it would be difficult to avoid Lin's attack perfectly with step steps, and raised his wakizashi to block Lin's attack.

After blocking Lin's second attack with Wakizashi, Lin's third attack came.

After fending off Lin's third attack again, Ogata's eyes narrowed slightly.

After blocking Lin's three attacks in a row, Ogata has keenly discovered that the rhythms of Lin's three slashes are all different.

Memories of reading the secret manuals of Muga Nitata-ryu in the past began to emerge in my mind - Muga Nitata-ryu has two major sword skills: the 7-continuous slashing technique "Cicada Rain" and the 13-continuous slashing technique "Starfall". These two consecutive slashing techniques

A major feature of this skill is that the rhythm of each sword is different, which can disrupt the enemy's own rhythm and lure the enemy into opening up.

——Is it cicada rain or falling stars!

Ogata thought to himself in his heart.
To be continued...