This sudden laughter immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.

The attention of the audience led by Ogata and Mizuno and others were all attracted by this laughter.

Mizuno's reaction was bigger than that of the audience, with a look of astonishment on his face.

Everyone focused their attention directly on the person who had just laughed.

What a coincidence - this person happened to be sitting right behind Ogata, very close to Ogata.

Ogata only had to turn his head to see this person's face clearly.

On his left waist was a katana and wakizashi stuck neatly - he was a samurai.

There is an air of vicissitudes on his face, he is about 30 to 35 years old, his height is about 1.57 meters when converted to the length of the earth, and his body is quite strong.

It can be seen that he is a person who has been exposed to the sun for many years, and his skin is quite tanned.

He has long hair, and based on the mess on his head, with a few hairs sticking up here and a bunch of hair sticking up there, and not well-groomed hair at all, it is not difficult to judge that this person should be an unkempt person.

It seemed that he was still a traveler. His feet without socks, as well as his straw sandals and leggings were all stained with a lot of mud.

It's not very handsome or ugly, it can only be regarded as an ordinary face, but it has two major characteristics.

The first characteristic is that the mouth is extremely big.

Ogata's fist may not fit into this person's mouth, but if a girl like Atachi wants to put her fist into this person's mouth, it should be more than enough.

The second characteristic - his eyes are sparkling and piercing. What seems to be contained in the eye sockets are not eyeballs, but two groups of flames that are shooting out.

After the strong man's laughter subsided, Mizuno frowned slightly and asked the strong man who just laughed:

"I don't know why you are laughing?"

"I'm laughing because the strength of the six major sword halls in Kyoto is just this!" This strong man had a strong accent.

Ogata didn't do much research on things like accents, so he couldn't tell where this strong man came from from his accent.

Upon hearing these extremely arrogant words from the strong man, Mizuno's face immediately darkened.

"Like the person just now, do you think my strength is mediocre?"

"No, no, no." The strong man shook his head, "I am different from that person just now."

"The person just now was bribed by your Qianxueguan. But I was not."

The strong man's words caused Mizuno's expression to change instantly.

But the next moment his face changed, Mizuno quickly adjusted the expression and look on his face.

"...Sir, there is no way I can pretend that I haven't heard such slander."

The strong man did not respond to Mizuno's words. Instead, he twitched the corner of his mouth and let out a sneer, and then said loudly again:

"Mr. Mizuno, I guess - you have never held a real sword and have no actual combat experience, right?"

As soon as the strong man said this, a disciple who had been kneeling on the side of the dojo seemed to have been unable to endure it anymore. He blushed and shouted to the strong man:

"Our master's practical experience is far beyond the imagination of a bumpkin like you!"

This strong man is slovenly, dirty, and speaks with a strong foreign accent - this look really fits the term "bumpkin" perfectly.

The strong man ignored the man's sarcastic call to him as a "bumpkin". He just folded his arms and said calmly:

"Then let me ask - has your master ever fought against any powerful people?"

"The accumulated experience of cutting down several unarmed or ordinary people who don't know how to use swords is not actual combat experience."

"Our master once defeated the executioner Ittousai!" This time another thin disciple said loudly.

As soon as this person finished speaking, the expressions on the faces of Ogata and Atachi, who had been eating quietly since just now, suddenly became wonderful.

Especially for Ogata, the face hidden under the Tengu mask, the change in expression is not enough to be described with the word "wonderful".

"Oh?" The strong man raised his eyebrows, "The executioner Ittosai? But that person is the one who kills Yishi?"

"That's right!" The still thin disciple responded loudly, "It's the executioner Ittosai who committed the crime of regicide and killed countless people - Ogata Issei!"

When the disciple shouted, "My master defeated the executioner Ittosai", Mizuno remained calm and calm throughout the whole process and did not make any refutation of the disciple's words - this appearance was a disguised acknowledgment that his disciple did not say anything wrong.

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A faint look of interest appeared on the strong man's face at this time.

"I wonder if you could tell us the whole process of how your master defeated the executioner Ittousai?"

"...Let me tell you." Mizuno, who had been silent since just now, finally spoke up, "At the beginning of this year, I went out to Luowai in Kyoto for some personal matters."

"I met Ogata Ittousai in Luowai in Kyoto who was being hunted by the government at that time."

Mizuno's eloquence is good. He tells stories clearly and logically, and his speech rhythm is rhythmic.

In a few simple sentences, Mizuno summarized how he met Ogata Ittousai in the wild and how he and Ogata Ittousai started fighting.

The reason he gave was that he was a man with a strong sense of justice and could not tolerate a regicide like Ogata Ittosai going unpunished, so he raised his sword high and prepared to do justice for heaven and kill Ogata Ittosai.

Mizuno left more foam at the mouth in his battle with Ogata Ittousai.

"The swordsmanship used by Ogata Ittousai is a swordsmanship that is only spread in a small area in the Izumo Hirose Domain - Sakakibara Ittōryu."

"The swordsmanship of Sakakibara Ittōryu is just a mediocre swordsmanship that has a narrow scope and is not popular at all."

When he said this, Mizuno's face was filled with arrogance.

"It's far inferior to my Zhong Juan style in terms of practicality and power."

"And Ogata Ittousai's strength is also inferior to mine."

"After several rounds of fighting, Ogata Ittosai gradually fell into a disadvantage."

"In the end, Ogata Ittousai was cut down to the ground by me with a sweeping blow. He was completely defeated."

"It's a pity that Ogata Ittosai escaped in the end."

"After Ogata Ittosai was chopped to the ground by me, he knelt on the ground and begged me to let him live."

"I was disturbed by his pitiful appearance. I felt soft-hearted and gave him an opportunity."

"Ogata Ittosai took advantage of me when I wasn't prepared, grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground and threw it towards me, blocking my vision."

"And he took advantage of the short period of time when my vision was blocked to escape."

"Fortunately - Ogata Ittosai was caught by the government not long after he escaped from me."

After quietly listening to Mizuno's story, the strong man shrugged and said in a slightly mocking tone:

"Mr. Mizuno, although the story you told is very vivid, it is unfounded. How can I be sure that you have really fought against and defeated the world-famous executioner Ittousai?"

"If you don't believe it, I can show you the certificate of commendation issued to me by the government." Mizuno said softly, "What a coincidence, the big boss of Kyoto - Riri Abe happened to be at the scene at that time."

"Sir Abe happened to be leading his officers to arrest a criminal outside Luoyang."

"He just happened to meet me and witnessed the whole battle between me and Ogata Ittosai."

"Although I failed to kill Ogata Ittousai or capture Ogata Ittousai in the end, Abe-sama still sent me a certificate of thanks for my righteous deed of standing up to fight against the vicious thieves.

Express thanks."

"If you don't believe it, I will show you this certificate of thanks now."

After saying that, Mizuno turned his head and shouted to a disciple sitting on the edge of the dojo:

"Yamamoto! Go and get the certificate of thanks Abe-sama gave me!"

"yes!"

The disciple responded loudly and quickly left the dojo.

When he returned to the dojo, he had a dark green scroll in his hand.

Mizuno took the scroll and walked slowly towards the auditorium.

"This is the certificate of thanks Abe-sama gave me." Mizuno said as he handed the certificate of thanks to the audience in front of him, "If anyone doesn't believe what I just said, you can read through this certificate of thanks.

My words may be deceiving, but I think the official seal printed on this certificate of thanks cannot be deceiving, right?”

The audience, who were somewhat skeptical about what Mizuno said just now, quickly took the certificate of thanks from Mizuno and looked at it carefully.

"It's true! It really has the official seal on it!"

"There is also the signature of Mr. Abe, the big boss!"

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The audience who recognized the official seal let out exclamations one after another.

Some viewers who originally had some doubts about the story Mizuno just told were all doubtful now.

After the certificate of thanks was circulated to the strong man, the strong man immediately saw the official seal printed on the certificate of thanks.

After seeing this official seal, the strong man frowned slightly.

While everyone else was circulating this certificate of thanks, Atachi quietly poked Ogata next to him with his elbow, and then said to Ogata in a half-joking tone:

"Ayi, how are you feeling now?"
To be continued...