I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"I was a swordsman in ancient Japan ()"

The next morning, the morning—

"It's really bad..."

In Ogata's room, Mamiya squatted next to the low cabinet he gave Ogata yesterday, looking at it.

One of the table corners in the cabinet is completely damaged at this time.

After roughly checking the damaged table corner up and down, Mamiya turned his head and cast a helpless gaze at Ogata standing beside him.

"I said - how did you sleep to collapse my cabinet? Did you practice swords on the cabinet?"

Ogata, who was standing beside Mamiya, rubbed his lower back and said:

"Well... From a certain point of view, it is indeed practicing swords... Anyway, this is not important. Mamiya, can this cabinet still be repaired?"

"Yes, yes. I'll come and fix it for you this afternoon."

After all, Mamiya stood up.

After getting up, Mamiya realized that something was missing in the room.

"Ogata-kun, where's your futon?"

"When I was drinking water in the futon yesterday, I accidentally knocked over the water glass." Ogata, who was still rubbing his lower back, replied without thinking, "The futon was wet, so please ask Ama to wash it for me It's futoned."

"Oh~~" Mamiya raised his eyebrows, and cast a meaningful look at Ogata.

After looking Ogata up and down like this, Mamiya continued:

"Look carefully, Brother Ogata, there are a lot of red blood in your eyes, and you have dark circles."

"Well, I didn't sleep well last night."

Then, after looking up and down Ogata several times with intriguing eyes, Mamiya walked out holding the knife at his waist.

"Okay, let's go have breakfast."

"After breakfast, let's go to the Buddhist hall. My lord seems to have something to tell us."

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After a simple breakfast, everyone in the Calabash House, as well as Ogata and Atachi, gathered in the Buddhist hall.

The Buddhist hall located in the center of the temple seems to be a special place for people in the gourd house to discuss matters.

After everyone came together, Lin directly announced to everyone:

"I also told you last night—in order to reach Edo as quickly as possible, I decided to take the water route."

"So I'm going to leave here for a while."

"I'm going to arrange a boat."

"At the same time, I will meet some old customers and talk about future cooperation."

"During the time I'm away, you should eat well, drink water, sleep, and practice your sword."

"Kuro."

Lin turned her head and looked at Jian Gong.

"Take a good look at the house. It's still the same. During the time I'm not here, I'll leave it to you to take care of it."

"Yes." Jian Gong bowed and said respectfully, "Master, are you planning to go alone?"

"Well, it's just a trivial matter that doesn't need to be mentioned, so you don't need to follow me."

"That's all I have to say. Disband, I'll probably be back in a few days."

After saying that, Rin picked up her saber that was placed beside her, and stood up.

As soon as Lin stood up, Ah-cho raised his hand suddenly:

"That... I have a small request."

"Request? Tell me."

"Can you lend me a bigger room?" Tomachi said. "I'm going to set up a stove and build something."

"Stove?" A bit of doubt flashed across Lin's face, but she didn't ask much.

After pondering for a while, he said:

"I have a lot of rooms here. If you see a vacant room, just use it."

"If you want to set up a stove, pay attention to fire prevention. We are located in a mountain forest. Once there is a fire, it will be troublesome."

"Yeah." A-Machi nodded vigorously, "Please don't worry! I have a lot of experience on how to arrange the stove and prevent the fire in the stove from igniting!"

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After gathering everyone in the Buddhist hall and briefly announcing these things,

Lin hurriedly left the temple with a knife in her hand.

After Lin left, Ah-cho began to look for a suitable room that was spacious enough in this temple with many rooms.

After finding the room she wanted, A-Machi pulled Ogata over and asked Ogata to help her move the gunpowder, ironware, and tools that Fuma had bought for her in Kyoto into this room.

After moving all the bags of heavy things into this room, Ogata couldn't help asking A-Machi:

"Machi, are you going to make special bullets for Mosakura and Kasumagi in this room?"

When she was still in Kyoto, A-machi told Ogata that the reason why she asked Fuma to help her buy this pile of materials was to supplement the ammunition dedicated to Su Ying and Kasumi Nagi, and to make some new ones. Things come out.

"That's right."

Machi continued to speak while wiping the sweat that came out of his brow from carrying this heavy pile of things:

"I'm going to transform this place into my workshop! I'll add bullets dedicated to Su Ying and Kasumi here, and make a new weapon."

"New weapon? What kind of new weapon?"

"Well." There was a hint of childlike naughtiness in A-Ming's eyes, "I'll tell you after I finish making this new weapon."

"Okay, it's enough for me to do the job of arranging the room myself."

"Yeah." Ogata nodded lightly, "Then I'll go first."

After saying that, Ogata turned and walked out of the room.

However—just as Ogata turned around, he suddenly stopped as if he remembered something.

Atachi, who noticed that Ogata stopped suddenly for some reason, turned his head and cast a puzzled look at Ogata.

"Ayi, what's wrong?"

"...That..." Ogata's face flushed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Ogata turned his body around again and looked at Machi.

However, as soon as his eyes fell on A-Ting, he hurriedly looked away, as if he didn't dare to look directly at A-Ting.

"Can you come to my room tonight...?"

Ogata, whose eyes were frantically dodging, said this sentence, the volume became smaller and smaller, until the end, the voice became like a mosquito humming.

As soon as Ogata finished speaking, A-Machi was taken aback for a moment.

Afterwards, A-Machi's small face also became red at a speed visible to the naked eye like Ogata's just now, even redder than Ogata's, as if it was about to bleed.

"...I went to your room last night. I won't go tonight..."

After being silent for a while, Ah-Machi said in a low voice.

It may be exaggerated to say so... But after hearing what A-Machi said, Ogata really felt like lightning exploded in his mind...

Just when frustration appeared on Ogata's face...

"So... you can come to my room by yourself tonight..."

"I'll eat and shower as fast as I can tonight!"

Ogata's answer was fast, like a conditioned reflex.

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Lin went to prepare the boat to Edo. Before she prepared the boat, all of them had to temporarily stay in this temple, waiting for Lin's return.

When will Lin come back—even Lin herself doesn't know.

But all in all, it will definitely take some time before Lin is ready for the boat to Edo.

And Ogata wasn't going to waste this time.

The "Battle of Nijo Castle Castle Tower" in Kyoto was the first time Ogata came into contact with Shiranui's top combat power.

That battle was a reminder to Ogata: Shiranui is not a persimmon that is easy to pinch!

Without enough strength, it is impossible to compete with Shiranui.

Although Ogata already possessed the ability to enter the "Selfless Realm" with his own will after "Breath of Origin" was promoted to "Master Level", Ogata still dare not be careless.

After all, "Selfless Realm" is a killer move that can only be used at the most critical moment.

Therefore, Ogata plans to spend as much experience as he can and raise his level while Lin is preparing for the ship to Edo!

And if you want to earn experience points, you must first find a "experience earning tool person".

Machi is busy making special projectiles and new weapons for Moto Sakura and Kasumi Nagi.

Therefore, there are only 5 people that Ogata can choose, Mamiya, Mucun, Asai, Shimada, and Genichi.

After thinking about it for a moment, Xu conveniently selected the person who is most suitable to be used as a "tool for gaining experience"...

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"Huh? Exercise together?"

Shimada looked at Ogata in front of him in surprise.

Shimada was in his room just now, facing the air in front of him, practicing drawing his sword.

Just as I was getting into practice, I heard a sound outside the door, "Is anyone there?"

It was Ogata's voice.

Opening the door and looking out, he saw Ogata smiling all over his face.

After seeing Shimada, Ogata said directly to Shimada: Shimada, let's exercise together.

After Shimada cast a surprised look at him, Ogata continued:

"I plan to take advantage of the current period of time to try my best to improve my swordsmanship, jujitsu and other martial arts."

"If you practice against the air alone, there will be no effect, so I plan to find someone to practice with."

"How about it? Shimada, would you like to exercise with me?"

As soon as Ogata finished speaking, Shimada replied without hesitation:

"Okay, okay! Ogata-sama, let's exercise together!"

"I thought of going with you! I also plan to improve my martial arts during this time!"

"I also just feel that practicing against the air alone has no effect!"

Seeing that Shimada agreed to his exercise invitation, an intriguing smile appeared on Ogata's face.

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The reason why Ogata chose Shimada to be his "tool man for collecting experience" is also very simple-Shimada's strength is the weakest.

Although because of weak strength, the experience points gained from defeating Shimada once will be relatively small.

But if the opponent's strength is weak, it means from another perspective-one can knock down the opponent at a faster speed.

It takes 1 minute to defeat a certain guy, and you only get 150 experience points for defeating one time.

And the other guy can only get 100 experience points for knocking him down once, but he can knock him down within 10 seconds.

It is clear at a glance which of these two people is the most suitable for gaining experience.

This kind of person who can be quickly defeated by himself is the most suitable for gaining experience.

Shimada, carrying a few wooden knives, led Ogata to a remote open space in the temple.

This remote open space is located in the northwest corner of the temple. Not only is it spacious enough, but it is also quiet enough.

After coming to this open space, Shimada said impatiently to Ogata:

"Master Ogata! Let's start! What shall we practice first? Swordsmanship? Or hand-to-hand combat?"

"Unarmed combat." Ogata replied without thinking, "Shimada, do you know unarmed combat?"

"Hmph." Shimada smiled, "I'm not boasting, my Tang hand is pretty good."

"Oh? Shimada, you know how to do tricks."

"Well. It's just not very proficient."

Tang Shou - the prototype of later modern Japanese karate.

Of the three major martial arts that Ogata currently possesses——Sakakibara One-Sword Style, Wugo Two-Sword Style, and Shiranui-ryu Ninjutsu, Shiranui-ryu Ninjutsu currently requires the least experience points to upgrade.

So Ogata plans to upgrade the Shiranui Ninjutsu first, and get 2 skill points first.

After a simple warm-up with Shimada, Okai and Shimada opened up.

Shimada made Tang's opening gesture.

And Ogata also set up Shiranui-ryu Jutsu's starting move.

After setting up the starting gesture, Ogata opened his personal system interface and checked his current "Shiranui Ninjutsu" level and experience value.

[Shiranui Ninjutsu Level: 4th Stage (12101500)]

——Are there still 290 experience points left to upgrade...

After confirming the current level and experience of Shiranui Ninjutsu, Ogata closed the personal system interface, raised his mind and body, and stared at Shimada in front of him with all his attention.

The two did not confront each other for long.

After only a few breaths, Shimada launched the first attack.

Shimada used the Qihe technique in swordsmanship in Tang's hands.

While exuding an astonishing kiha, he swung his fist and slammed it towards Ogata's face.

Looking at Shimada's blowing fist, Ogata's pupils shrank slightly.

When Shimada's fist was about to hit Ogata's face, Ogata quickly turned his head away.

The speed at which Ogata turned his head away was a bit faster than Shimada's punching speed.

After quickly dodging Shimada's fist, Ogata opened his arms, hugged Shimada's right arm, and threw Shimada to the ground in one breath.

【Ding! Use Shiranui Ninjutsu Shiranui Jutsu to defeat the enemy]

[Gain 130 personal experience points, 100 Shiranui Ninjutsu "Shiranui Jutsu" experience points]

[Current personal level: LV29 (3604200)]

[Shiranui Ninjutsu Level: 4th Stage (13101500)]

"Your Tang Shou is very good."

Ogata praised Shimada sincerely while helping Shimada who was thrown to the ground by him.

"Thank you for the compliment, but Ogata-sama, your jujitsu skills are even better. Come on, let's continue!"

After being instantly killed by Ogata, Shimada did not show any discouragement, but patted the dust off his body, showing a more high-spirited appearance.

The two regained their stance and had a second match.

This second game is no different from the first game.

It was Shimada who attacked first, and was immediately brought down by Ogata.

Ogata's Shiranui Ninjutsu is only one step away from the fifth paragraph.

After putting Shimada down for the second time, a much longer system sound sounded in Ogata's brain:

【Ding! Use Shiranui Ninjutsu Shiranui Jutsu to defeat the enemy]

[Gain 130 personal experience points, 100 Shiranui Ninjutsu "Shiranui Jutsu" experience points]

[Current personal level: LV29 (4604200)]

[Shiranui Ninjutsu Level: 5th Stage (14101500)]

After the second match, Ogata started the third match with Shimada.

After the third match was over, Ogata finally heard the system sound he wanted to hear the most:

【Ding! When the experience value is full, the Shiranui Ninjutsu level will be raised by 1 stage, and the skill point will be obtained by 2 points]

【Ding! If the Shiranui Ninjutsu level reaches 5, the Shiranui Ninjutsu exclusive skill point will be rewarded with 3 points]

[Current remaining skill points: 2 points. Shiranui Ninjutsu exclusive skill points: 3 points]

【Ding! Shiranui Ninjutsu has reached the 5th stage, and the martial art is unlocked: "Shiranui-ryu breath-holding technique\