——Standing still...are you trying to identify my position?

——Ha! Naive! If my position was so easy to identify, there wouldn’t be so many people who would become my defeated enemies!

Morimaru has fought countless battles in which he drags the enemy into the dark environment that is most beneficial to him, and then decides the outcome.

Morimaru had encountered many opponents like Ogata who suddenly stood still in the darkness at this time.

According to Morimaru's experience - opponents who do this are basically doing it for meditation and to identify Morimaru's location by sound or smell.

And these people were without exception: all failed.

Because of this, Morimaru calls Ogata innocent.

He was quite confident in the method of hiding his aura and the "silent step" that he had practiced hard.

In his mind, he had imagined himself standing in front of Ogata, but Ogata was still unaware of it and was still trying to identify his position.

——This time... we must defeat the enemy with one strike!

Morimaru tightened his grip on the knife held high in the above posture.

The above stance is a powerful and heavy downward slash - this is the sword technique that Morimaru has researched since he became blind and is most suitable for blind people like him.

Because if you swing the knife horizontally, the knife will be easily blocked by various obstacles on your side.

For example, if you swing a knife horizontally in the woods, the knife will be easily blocked by the trees next to you.

But swinging the knife vertically, such as swinging the knife from top to bottom, or swinging the knife from bottom to top, is not easily blocked by obstacles.

When fighting people in the wild, it is almost impossible for anything to block the blade by swinging it vertically.

Only when fighting indoors, swinging the sword vertically may hit the ceiling, wooden beams, etc.

But Morimaru had already checked the ceiling of the cabin before - the height was completely high enough for him to wield the sword to his heart's content.

Compared with swinging the sword from bottom to top, it is naturally easier to exert force by swinging the sword from top to bottom, and it is easier to deliver shockingly powerful cuts.

Therefore, it can be said that Morimaru's seemingly ordinary upper stance and vertical slash contain a lot of wisdom, and are undoubtedly the most suitable sword skills for a blind man like him.

Morimaru used his "silent step" to get closer to Ogata little by little...

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After confirming that his eyes were completely useless now, Obi closed his eyes and tried to listen with his ears to hear Morimaru's location.

But I couldn't hear anything except my own breathing.

After discovering that his ears didn't work, Ogata had no choice but to open his eyes.

——It would be nice if I could know what he relies on to identify his location... Then I can try to interfere with his location identification so that he can't find me.

Since traveling to the Edo period, Ogata has basically been doing the two things of "fighting" and "recuperating" in a continuous cycle.

The extremely rich combat experience not only made Ogata's sword swings more and more powerful, but also gradually gave Ogata a big heart.

If it were other people who were on the battlefield where Ogata was now, and found that the sight and hearing they were accustomed to usually didn't work, they would probably be so panicked that they couldn't even calm down.

But Ogata didn't even have his heart beat much faster, he was calmly thinking about strategies to defeat the enemy.

——As long as my eyes can see it, I can say anything...

If you want to defeat the blind man, the simplest and most direct way is to let Ogata's eyes see.

But there are only two ways to see in such darkness.

The first method is to drag. Keep dragging until Ogata's eyes adapt to the dark.

The second method is to create a light source.

Naturally, Morimaru couldn't just wait for Ogata's eyes to slowly adapt to the darkness.

Ogata dared to conclude that it wouldn't be long before Morimaru, who was eager for a quick victory, would attack.

In this situation where the enemy's position was not even clear, Ogata could not guarantee that he would be able to react in time and block the enemy's attack every time.

Therefore, the most suitable method for Ogata to restore his vision now is to create a light source.

But the difficulty of implementing this method... can be said to be even more difficult than forcing your eyes to adapt to the dark.

After all, Ogata, who had never smoked, did not carry anything with him that could light a fire.

——This is the first time I regret that I can’t smoke...

——Is there anything else around here that can make fire... huh?

After chanting the word "fire" in his heart, Ogata paused.

Then...

Ogata silently sheathed the great freedom.

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Morimaru listened to Ogata's voice all the time, confirming Ogata's position and movements.

After Ogata took the freedom back into its sheath, Morimaru immediately heard the news.

Morimaru frowned when he heard Ogata put away a knife.

——What does he want to do...?

——As a two-sword swordsman, why should you put away one sword?

——Could it be that...are you planning some secret plan...

——Forget it! No matter what he wants to do, what I want to do remains the same!

Morimaru, who silently raised his guard against Ogata to the extreme, continued to lean towards Ogata with an unhurried and silent pace.

The distance between him and Ogata is only 7 steps!

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——Yes...how could I have forgotten it...although the flames caused by this thing can only last for a moment.

——Just use that moment... to decide the outcome!

After putting the Tai Zi Zai back into its sheath, Ogata thrust his free left hand into his arms and took out his flint-haired short musket - Mei Ran.

Ogata raised the muzzle of Umeizen's gun and pointed it at the ceiling above his head.

boom!

Although Umeizen can only hit a single shot, it is extremely powerful.

Precisely because of its huge power, the moment the bullet comes out of the barrel, the fire from the muzzle is the largest and most dazzling.

The fire that bloomed from the muzzle was fleeting.

But at this moment, the firelight illuminated Ogata's face.

At the same time, it also illuminated... Although the one in front of Ogata was blurry, it could still be barely recognized as a human-shaped "shadow".

--over there!

There was no time to slowly take Mei Ran into his arms. Ogata let go of his left hand and let Mei Ran fall freely. He held the Dai Shi Tian tightly with both hands and assumed the posture of "lower right section". His body was like a suddenly released

Tighten the spring and "bounce" towards Morimaru!

Sakakihara's Ittōryu, Yunjin·Dragon Tail!

——Oops! This guy actually has a blunderbuss on him!

Morimaru's expression changed drastically, and his entire face became completely drained of color.

He had already heard Ogata running quickly towards him.

Realizing that he had no escape, Morimaru gritted his teeth and decided to confront Ogata head-on.

Morimaru's sword struck him lengthwise.

Ogata's sword slashed horizontally.

The two of them passed by each other——

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Although he is blind, Morimaru still occasionally behaves in the same manner as before when he was not blind.

Just like now - even though I can't see anything, I still lower my head subconsciously and look at my belly.

His belly was cut.

Ogata concluded that Morimaru was not wearing chainmail. After all, no matter how powerful a person was, he could not make any sound while wearing a clattering chainmail.

But for the sake of safety, Ogata still added the power of luck to the sword just now.
To be continued...