I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"I was a swordsman in ancient Japan ()"

——Sato Yoshihara?

After hearing this unfamiliar term from the guests at the next table, Ogata turned his head and looked towards the door of the sushi restaurant.

The person who opened the curtain and entered the sushi restaurant just now was an extremely petite girl.

According to Ogata's visual observation, the woman's height is only about 1.43 meters when converted to modern Earth units—a little shorter than Lin.

She has a pretty face, with a heroic spirit.

Very young, probably less than 20 years old.

She was obviously a girl, but she was wearing a man's clothes.

Kimonos, hakamas, haori, foot bags, and straw sandals are all neatly dressed.

For some reason, the dark blue haori on the girl's upper body was worn backwards.

It is worth mentioning that the girl has a wooden knife stuck in her waist.

The wooden knife on her waist is shorter than ordinary wooden knives - this length is suitable for a person of her height.

As soon as this girl in men's clothing and with a wooden knife stuck in her waist entered the sushi restaurant, she immediately attracted the attention of all the staff in the sushi restaurant.

The girl turned a blind eye to the curious gazes projected from around her.

Due to her short stature, the girl stood on her tiptoes with difficulty, stretched her neck, and moved her gaze around the sushi restaurant, as if she was looking for something.

In the end——the girl's eyes fixed on the four people who were sitting not far from Ogata, who were very loud and noisy.

After her gaze was fixed on the four people, the girl put her tiptoe on the ground and walked slowly towards the four people holding the wooden knife at her waist.

The four looked at the girl walking towards them with puzzled expressions.

"Finally found you."

After coming to the front and back of the four people, the girl spoke in a cold tone without any emotion.

"I'm Hideo Kuwasou from Yoshiwara Shirobei Clubhouse."

The girl took the initiative to report out of the house.

After hearing the word "Yoshihara" from the girl's mouth, the expressions on the faces of the four people changed one after another.

After reporting her family name, the girl—that is, Gua Shengxiu said in a calm tone:

"The four of you went to Yoshiwara's Plum Garden House to have fun the night before yesterday."

"After the fun, he claimed to go home to get the money."

"Meiyuanwu sent people to follow the four of you home to get the money."

"And the four of you were so bold that on the way home, you knocked out the person who was sent by Meiyuan House to follow you to get the money, and then ran away."

"The four of you are really easy for me to find."

"Pay back the money."

"The four of you spent the night before yesterday at the Meiyuan House, plus the medical expenses of the guy who injured the Meiyuan House, totaling 15 taels."

"If you pay obediently, I will let you go."

Gua Sheng's words did not seem to have deterred the four of them.

After Gua Sheng's voice fell, the four people either sneered or showed disdainful expressions.

"We have no money! Go away, go away!" One of the four people waved his hand at Guasheng, as if trying to drive away some pests.

"...you four, show me some shame."

Gua Sheng's face darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Do you know what your non-repayment of debts means?"

"The money you owe will be credited to the accounts of the girls you named."

"That is to say, the 15 taels you owe will be credited to the accounts of the four girls you named that night."

"In order to pay back the money, their working hours in Yoshiwara will have to be extended again."

"Are you really embarrassed to do such a despicable behavior?"

"If you have no money to pay back, please follow me to our Shirobei clubhouse in Yoshihara."

"We have enough jobs that you can slowly pay off your arrears..."

Before Guasheng finished speaking, the young man among the four who was closest to Guasheng yelled:

"It's so noisy! We have no money! We won't go to Shirobei club with you!"

"How about those playgirls,

It's none of our business! "

"Wouldn't it be a good thing to let those wandering girls work longer in Yoshihara?"

"Anyway, girls don't have any other skills besides serving men, right?"

"Isn't it great to continue working in Yoshihara? You can continue to rely on your only skill to make a living!"

"Get out of here!"

"Just looking at your outfit makes me annoyed!"

"It's just a woman, what kind of men's clothes are you wearing! There's a wooden knife pinned to your waist, why? Are you trying to imitate a samurai?"

As soon as the young man's voice fell, he immediately attracted the support of his other three companions.

After Guasheng heard what they said, his face turned black further, as black as a piece of charcoal.

A cold light also began to burst out from the eyes.

The same person whose face instantly became ugly was Ogata.

Ogata's face darkened when he heard the young man say "Anyway, girls have nothing else to do except serve men".

"...What a bunch of powerless and shameless people." Ogata said softly in a voice that only he could hear clearly.

"...In that case." Gua Sheng stroked his right hand to the wooden knife on his left waist, "Then I can only use some strong means to 'invite' you to come with me."

"Huh?" The young man who mocked Guasheng and Yoshihara Younv just now sneered, "What? Are you trying to fight the four of us at the same time? Did you see the knives around our waists? Do you think you are four? The opponent of a samurai... Ugh!"

call--!

Before the young man finished speaking, the wooden knife slammed in the wind!

With lightning speed, Gua Sheng reached out to the wooden knife on his left waist, pulled the wooden knife out from Hakama's belt, and made an upward pick from bottom to top.

The tip of the wooden knife hit the young man's nose precisely, making a crisp bone cracking sound, and broke the young man's nose with one blow.

Looking at Guasheng's smooth, sharp, and sloppy drawing of the knife just now, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows in surprise.

"Follow me outside." Gua Sheng pouted his mouth outside the sushi restaurant, and said, "Don't break anything in this store."

After finishing speaking, Gua Sheng was the first to walk out of the sushi restaurant with her wooden knife in hand.

Gua Sheng's act of breaking their companion's nose with a knife just now successfully angered those four people.

Going outside the spacious sushi restaurant was just what the four of them wanted.

After Guasheng walked out of the sushi restaurant, the four people immediately carried their knives and rushed out of the sushi restaurant after Guasheng.

No matter which country you are in, no matter what era you are in, there will never be a shortage of people who watch the show.

After Guasheng and the four people left the sushi restaurant, many customers who were eating sushi in the sushi restaurant dropped their sushi and chopsticks and rushed outside the sushi restaurant to watch the excitement.

And among these spectators, Ogata and A-machi were also included.

When the two walked outside the sushi restaurant, they saw that the pedestrians on the street outside the sushi restaurant had stepped aside to make room for a large enough space.

Gua Sheng and the four scumbags who failed to pay their debts stood in the middle of this spacious space.

Those 4 people had already laid out their sabers, stood in 4 different directions, and surrounded the melon.

"Hey." A-Machi tugged at Ogata's sleeve, "Would you like to help?"

"Not urgent."

Ogata continued to speak while leaning over to pick up a stone roughly the size of a baby's fist at his feet.

"You should have seen the knife that girl broke someone's nose just now, right? Maybe that girl doesn't need our help."

As soon as Ogata finished speaking, the young man standing behind Guasheng slashed at Guasheng with a knife.

These 4 people still maintained a little rationality, knowing that if they used real knives to kill people on the streets of Edo, there would be no good results, so all 4 of them turned the knives in their hands and used the back of the knives to deal with Guasheng.

Gua Sheng's back seemed to have eyes, and he didn't turn his head to look at the enemy who was attacking her from behind.

Just like that, without looking back, he took a step towards his side, precisely dodging the enemy's knife behind him.

Then, using the left foot as the axis, the foot drives the waist, and the belt drives the hands, spinning like a spinning top. While turning the body to the rear, he swung the knife to stab the abdomen of the enemy behind him.

"Cough cough cough!"

After eating a straight stab from the melon in the abdomen, the man coughed vigorously, while slowly falling limp to the ground.

After finishing one of the four people neatly, Gua Sheng slid his feet, making the ground crackle, and attacked the next enemy with nimble steps.

Atachi, who was standing not far away watching the one-on-four battle, let out a small exclamation:

"great……"

"This girl is very smart." Ogata said in a calm tone, "She uses a sword technique that is very suitable for women."

"Compared with men, the biggest disadvantage of women is lack of physical fitness and strength."

"And the sword technique used by this girl can be regarded as making up for this deficiency to a certain extent."

"The moves she uses are basically stabbing."

"The skill of stabbing, even if it doesn't have a lot of power, can still cause great damage."

"Besides, the stabbing technique can use the strength of the waist and feet more conveniently than chopping."

"After using the strength of the upper waist and feet, even a woman's stabbing technique is extremely powerful."

After listening to Ogata's words, A-Machi turned his gaze back to the 1v4 battlefield in front of him.

It was found that, as Ogata said just now, the girl named Guasheng really preferred to use stabbing skills.

In a blink of an eye, Guasheng had already knocked down 3 of the 4 people, and all 3 of them were stabbed by Guasheng without exception, lying on the ground moaning and rolling in pain.

Gua Sheng clenched the wooden knife in his hand, posing in a standard mid-section posture, and slowly approached the last enemy.

All three of his companions were knocked down one by one—the rest of them should never have imagined that such a scene would appear.

He tightened and loosened the knife in his hand, loosened and tightened again, looking very anxious.

"I'll give you one last chance." Guasheng said at this time, "Take back the knife, and follow me obediently to our Shirobei clubhouse in Yoshiwara."

"Who... is going..." This sentence did not come from the last remaining person who was still intact, but from behind Gua Sheng.

Gua Sheng raised his beautiful eyebrows in surprise, then turned his head to look behind him.

The person who said that sentence just now was the one who was knocked down by Gua Sheng just now.

At this time, this guy was covering his stomach that was stabbed just now with one hand, and propping up the ground with the other hand, struggling to stand up from the ground.

Looking at this person who got up again, Gua Sheng frowned slightly: "You are really resistant."

"Because your sword doesn't hurt at all." Although this guy said so, his pale face made his words just now not convincing at all.

Bracing the severe pain in his stomach, after standing up from the ground, the guy yelled and raised his knife again to slash at Guasheng.

For the guy who got up and swung his knife at him again, Guasheng was neither surprised nor afraid.

Turning around, aiming the tip of the knife at the guy who was about to rush to him.

Focusing on the person's knife path, after dodging the knife swung by the person, Gua Sheng aimed at the person's stomach again and stabbed with his sword.

The stomach was struck again, and the painful moan came out of the man's mouth again.

But he didn't fall to the ground.

Instead, he clenched his teeth, endured the severe pain, and tried his best to stand.

The guy with a bit of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, before Guasheng took the knife back, he hugged Guasheng's wooden knife.

"Quick!" The moment he hugged Guasheng's wooden knife, the guy shouted loudly to his only companion who was still standing properly, "Kill this guy!"

This man's words woke up his companion.

Realizing that this is an excellent opportunity to counterattack, his companion quickly ran towards Guasheng.

Unexpectedly, the guy in front of him actually used this trick, and a look of surprise flashed across Gua Sheng's face.

But this look of shock only lasted for a moment on Gua Sheng's face.

After snorting coldly, he slipped his feet, let go of his left hand that was holding the hilt of the sword, pinched the shoulder of the guy in front of him, and then used his skillful Jiu-Jitsu skills to throw the guy heavily to the ground.

After eating two straight stabs of melon raw in his stomach, this person could only try his best to stay awake.

After being thrown to the ground by Gua Sheng using jujitsu, this guy couldn't hold on any longer. Although he didn't pass out, he didn't have the strength to hug Gua Sheng's knife anymore.

Although he finally regained the freedom of the wooden knife in his hand, but——it was a bit late.

Among the four people, the one who is still intact has already rushed to Gua Sheng, and raised the knife in his hand high.

But Guasheng, who had just taken back the wooden knife, failed to adjust his posture and posture.

There were exclamations of astonishment among the surrounding onlookers.

Even Gua Sheng himself had a dignified light in his eyes.

But at this moment——

Whoosh!

A stone suddenly flew out from a corner of the crowd.

The stone that flew out of the crowd precisely hit the chest of the last enemy in front of Guasheng.

Although the stone didn't knock this guy down, it also made this guy suffer so much that he couldn't help but stop.

And his footsteps stopped suddenly, which instantly dissipated the chance of victory that had finally appeared in his hands.

Gua Sheng saw this opportunity, quickly adjusted her stance, and once again used her best straight stab, stabbing down the last enemy in front of her.

After knocking down all four of them, Gua Sheng let out a sigh of relief with an expression of relief.

"Miss Guasheng! Miss Guasheng!"

As soon as Gua Sheng knocked down these 4 people, shouts immediately rang out from the onlookers gathered around the battlefield.

Five strong men of different ages squeezed their way out of the crowd of onlookers and rushed to Guasheng's side.

The upper bodies of these five people are all wearing dark blue feathers of the same style as Guasheng.

Moreover, the dark blue haori on these five people is also worn backwards like the haori on Gua Sheng.

"Keimon, did you make a mistake?" Guasheng said to the leader of the five people in an annoyed tone, "Why do you come on time every time after I knock down these bastards? ? Are you doing it on purpose?"

"Who is Miss Guasheng that you move so fast?" The person who was called Keimon by Guasheng was a middle-aged man who was not too young, "It can only be said to be a coincidence, every time I finally catch up with you By the time, you have already defeated the enemy."

"Forget it, take these four bastards back to the club." Gua Sheng pouted at the four people lying on the ground around him, "These four bastards have to work hard and pay back the debt to Meiyuan House."

"Okay!" Keimon yelled "Okay" in his loud voice, and called the companion he brought to tie up the four bastards who were knocked down by Guasheng.

When Qingweimen and others tied up the four bastards, Guasheng put the wooden knife in his hand back to his waist, and walked towards a corner of the crowd.

To be more precise, he walked towards Ogata and Atachi who were standing in a corner of the crowd.

"Thank you for your help just now."

After coming to Ogata's body, Guasheng bowed deeply to Ogata in front of him.

"I saw very clearly just now - you threw the stone just now. Thank you very much for your support just now."

"It's nothing." Ogata smiled and shrugged, "It's just a trivial matter."

Just like what Guasheng said just now—the stone that flew out of the crowd just now was thrown by Ogata.

Before Guasheng started fighting with those 4 bastards, Xu Convenience secretly squeezed a stone in his hand, ready to support Guasheng at any time.

After seeing Gua Sheng encounter a little trouble just now, Xu Fang immediately threw the stone that had been hidden in his hand and hit the man's chest, buying Gua Sheng time to adjust his posture.

Although Ogata felt that even without his help just now, Guasheng should have been able to settle the one-on-four battle smoothly-at most, he would have suffered a little more injury afterwards.

"Miss Guasheng!" The middle-aged man named Qingweimen yelled at Guasheng, "These four bastards are all tied up!"

"Yes." Guasheng nodded, "Then let's go. Take these four bastards back to Yoshihara."

Before leaving, Guasheng once again bowed deeply to Ogata.

After bowing to Ogata again, Guasheng led the five companions who wore the same style of dark blue haori as hers, and escorted the four bastards who were still moaning "humph" slowly Move away from Ogata's field of vision.

After the girl named Gua Sheng left, the spectators who were watching the fun dispersed.

Ogata also returned to the sushi restaurant with Ah-machi.

After the two sat down at the table they were originally sitting at, Ah-machi turned his head and asked Ogata:

"Just now the girl said that she is from the Shirobei Club, what is the Shirobei Club?"

"I don't know." Ogata shook his head, "But from what the girl said, it seems that the Shirobei clubhouse has something to do with Yoshihara."

The knowledge related to Edo—especially the knowledge related to Yoshihara directly hits the blind spot of Ogata’s knowledge.

As soon as Ogata finished speaking, a chuckle of "hehe" came from the next table.

"Both of you are not from Edo, are you?"

Ogata and A-Machi both followed the sound and turned their heads.

The person who spoke was a middle-aged woman sitting at the table next to Ogata and the others.

Ogata remembered this middle-aged woman—after Naguasheng entered the sushi restaurant just now, this middle-aged woman who was sitting next to Ogata was the first to yell out the word "Yoshihara-ri Tongxin", and then drew Ogata's attention. He was led to the entrance of the sushi restaurant.

The clothes on this middle-aged woman are not cheap at first glance, and there is an air of elegance in both her manner and her conversation. One can tell that her family background must be good.

"Yeah." Ogata nodded, "The two of us are indeed not natives of Edo."

"Shirobei Clubhouse... You two can be understood as Yoshihara's burial office." The middle-aged woman said to Ogata and Atachi, "Yoshihara is surrounded by tall wooden walls on all sides, just like a city wall. , there is only one entrance and exit.”

"After entering Yoshihara through the only entrance and exit of Yoshihara, you will see the 'Shirobei Clubhouse' on your right."

"As I said just now, you can understand the Shirobei Clubhouse as Yoshihara's administrative office. The people in the clubhouse are responsible for managing Yoshihara's various chores."

"Maintaining the law and order of Yoshihara - that is the main job of the Shirobei Clubhouse."

"There are three thousand wandering girls in Yoshihara, and there are countless people who go in and out of Yoshihara every day."

"With a large flow of people, it is inevitable that there will be some scum."

"Those who steal money from girls, those who don't pay after having fun, and those who are violent to girls... This kind of scum appears every day in Yoshiwara."

"After these scumbags who disturb the law and order of Yoshihara appear, the Shirobei Club, which takes maintaining the law and order of Yoshihara as its own responsibility, will take action to bring these scumbags to justice."

"Just now, Miss Gua Shengxiu from the Shirobei Club arrested the scum who didn't give money after having fun."

"I seem to have heard you call the woman named Guasheng 'Yoshihara Ri Tongxin' before." Ogata asked, "What is Yoshihara Ri Tongxin? Is it the official title of the Shirobei Club?"

"Hehehe." The middle-aged woman covered her mouth and chuckled a few times, "No. 'Yoshiharari Tongxin' is not an official title."

"'Yoshihara-ri Tongxin' is just a title we Edo people gave to Ms. Guashengxiu."

"Miss Gua Shengxiu can be regarded as one of our celebrities in Edo."

"She's from the Shirobei clubhouse."

"Although she is a daughter, she possesses extremely strong swordsmanship and handling ability."

"Those who dare to disturb the law and order in Yoshihara, unless they escape from Edo, they will basically not be able to escape Miss Gua Shengxiu's palm."

"In order to arrest those who disturbed the law and order of Yoshihara and escaped from Yoshihara, Ms. Gua Shengxiu would always shuttle in the streets and alleys of Edo, so people in Edo knew of Miss Gua Shengxiu's existence."

"Miss Gua Shengxiu has unknowingly become a celebrity in our Edo."

"Because of the existence of Ms. Gua Shengxiu, the law and order in Yoshihara has improved a lot in one breath, so Miss Gua Shengxiu is very popular in Yoshiwara, and she is very popular among Yoshihara girls."

"The wandering girls in Yoshihara gave Ms. Gua Shengxiu a nickname: Tongxin in Yoshihara."

"It means 'One Heart of Yoshihara'."

"And this title also spread unknowingly. People other than Yoshihara Younv also began to call Ms. Gua Shengxiu 'Yoshihara Ri Tongxin'."

"In addition to 'Yoshihara Concentric', Miss Gua Shengxiu also has a nickname, that is 'Female Swordsman'."

"This title was given to Ms. Gua Shengxiu by someone outside Yoshihara."

"Miss Gua Shengxiu's sharp swordsmanship left a deep impression on many people, so everyone even gave Miss Gua Shengxiu the nickname 'Female Swordsman'."

"However, compared to 'Female Swordsman', the title 'Yoshihara Harmony' sounds better and is more widely sung."

"Edo is so open..." As soon as the middle-aged woman finished speaking, A-Machi nodded with a serious face, "Even women can be officials..."

"Hohoho~" the middle-aged woman covered her mouth and smiled, "Miss, you have misunderstood."

"How can a woman be an official in the shogunate?"

"Miss Gua Shengxiu is not an official official of Shirobei Club."

"It's someone hired by the Shirobei Club."

"So Miss Gua Shengxiu is actually white, not an official in the shogunate."

"Miss Gua Shengxiu's wages are paid by Shirobei Club itself, not by the shogunate."

"The reason why the girls in Yoshihara gave Ms. Gua Shengxiu the nickname 'Yoshihara Ri Tongxin' is partly for the convenience of calling Miss Gua Shengxiu who has no official position."

"Strictly speaking, Miss Gua Shengxiu is not an official servant of the Shirobei Club, but everyone actually treats her as an official servant of the Shirobei Club."

After Ogata and Atachi quietly listened to the middle-aged woman's introduction, they both thanked the middle-aged woman for patiently informing them about Shirobei's clubhouse.

After the introduction by the middle-aged woman, the sushi ordered by Ogata and Atachi just arrived.

While stuffing the sushi into his mouth, A-Machi lowered his volume, and sighed to Ogata in a low voice that only she and Ogata could hear clearly:

"That girl named Gua Sheng is really amazing. She can be called a 'female swordsman' by everyone."

"Yeah." Ogata nodded lightly, then imitated the voice of A-Machi just now, and whispered, "It's very powerful. But... Although Ms. Guasheng's swordsmanship is indeed very strong, the 'female swordsman' The title is still a bit too much."

A helpless smile appeared on Ogata's face.

"According to my visual observation, Miss Guasheng's swordsmanship level should only be in the middle of Shimada's Bozhong, and her strength is not enough to be crowned the title of 'Sword Master'."

"People in this country like to give people random nicknames."

Speaking of this, Ogata couldn't help complaining.

"From ancient times to the present, people in this country like to give people silly nicknames."

"What about Tiger Kato, Thunder God, Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, Dragon of Echigo..."

"Even I have been dubbed a lot of messy nicknames."

"I don't know if I will have any new nicknames in the future..."