I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"I was a swordsman in ancient Japan ()"

As soon as the sun was up, Ogata arranged his attire, Da Shitian and Da Zizai wore them around his waist, and Kasumi, who was full of bullets, packed them in his arms, and then officially set off for Yoshiwara.

Because it wasn't long before the day came, there weren't many pedestrians on the street, and without the obstacles of the crowd, Ogata's road went very smoothly, and he soon arrived at the Japanese Embankment.

Yoshiwara was built on a river embankment called "Nippon Embankment".

Climb up the embankment, then walk in, and cross a long road called "Fifty Kendo" to reach the gate of Yoshihara.

Climbing up the Japanese embankment and entering Fifty Kendao, Oo conveniently saw the big notice board inserted next to the entrance of Fifty Kendao.

Last night when they went to Yoshiwara with A-cho, Ogata and A-cho found this notice board next to the entrance of Isuken-dori, and roughly read what was written on the notice board.

In fact, there is nothing serious written on this notice board, it just writes some precautions for entering Yoshiwara.

For example: be careful with fire, except for doctors, all people entering Yoshihara are not allowed to ride horses or sedan chairs...

The total length of the Fifty Paths is about 100 meters.

After walking this 100-meter long road, you can reach the only gate of Yoshihara.

Compared with last night, the gate of Yoshihara at this moment looks much deserted.

The gate of Yoshiwara last night was really crowded with people like flowing water and horses like dragons, and there was a constant flow of people who came to play or do business.

But now at the gate of Yoshihara, there are only a few people shuttling there.

The officials of the Shirobei Clubhouse guarding the gate of Yoshiwara also looked listless and yawned after just waking up.

It is only natural that Yoshihara has become so deserted now, after all, no one would come to Yoshihara for pleasure in the early morning.

After passing through the gate of Yoshihara with quick steps, Oo turned right and walked straight towards the Shirobei clubhouse set up next to the gate of Yoshihara.

"Gui'an." Ogata said to a young official who was guarding the door of the clubhouse, still holding a long wooden stick, "I want to work in your clubhouse."

After all, Ogata pouted at the "recruitment notice" still posted at the entrance of the clubhouse.

The young official looked Ogata up and down several times:

"We have already recruited people who are in charge of clerical work, and now we only recruit those who have good skills and can maintain law and order."

After hearing the reminder from the young officer, Ogata nodded:

"I know, that's what I'm here for."

"That's good." After nodding lightly, the young officer bowed slightly to Ogata, "Please wait a moment."

After finishing speaking, the young official turned around and entered the clubhouse.

Not long after, the young man returned to Ogata's field of vision holding a small stack of papers.

The young official did not return alone.

Behind him were several companions holding long wooden sticks like him.

Ogata glanced at the small stack of papers held by the young official, and thought to himself:

——Wanted warrant...

With just one glance, Ogata recognized what the young officer was holding in his hands.

After all, Ogata was quite familiar with this thing.

Not long after leaving the Hirose Clan, I saw a wanted poster with his appearance.

"Sir, please forgive me." The young officer said to Ogata with a very polite tone and a slightly apologetic smile, "We cannot hire wanted criminals who are at large."

"I understand." Ogata smiled, "I can understand."

"Please wait patiently." After finishing speaking, the young officer quickly flipped through the stack of wanted warrants in his hand, and compared them to Ogata's faces one by one.

Ogata was not worried about the comparison of the young officials.

After all, the human skin mask is now properly worn on the face.

Now from the perspective of outsiders, he, Ogata, is just an ordinary person with ordinary facial features and a simple appearance.

This simple appearance looks more like a farmer than a samurai.

With the help of the human skin mask, Ogata successfully passed the level of "comparing the appearance of the wanted criminal".

"Okay, no problem." The young officer nodded gently, put away the arrest warrant in his hand, then turned sideways, and opened the door of the clubhouse behind him, "Sir, please come in with me."

The interior of the Shirobei clubhouse is much more spacious than Ogata imagined.

After handing the big Shitian at his waist to his right hand, Ogata followed the young official around the clubhouse, and the two finally stopped outside a plain sliding door.

"Please wait inside." The young official said as he opened the paper sliding door, "I'll invite the person in charge of our clubhouse to come."

"En." Ogata smiled and nodded at the young official, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

This room should be specially used for receiving guests, and the room was clean and clean.

Ogata knelt and sat on one side of the only table in this room, placed Da Shitian on the tatami on the right, and silently waited for the person in charge to arrive.

I don't know if it's because the flow of people in Yoshiwara is relatively small in the early morning, so the officials in the clubhouse are relatively free. It didn't take long for the paper sliding door of the room to be opened again.

Opening the sliding paper door and stepping into the room is an elderly man in his 50s or 60s who wears the dark blue haori that was specially designed for the Shirobei Club.

Although he is old, the old man's steps are still solid and powerful, and it can be seen that his body is still strong.

"Guian, my name is Kawajiro. I'm Banfang of Shirobei Clubhouse."

After the old man sat opposite to Ogata, he and Ogata started a brief greeting.

And Ogata also immediately bowed to the old man named Kawajiro and returned a salute.

"I am Izumo Ronin, Mashima Goro."

After brief self-introductions to each other, Kawajiro looked Ogata up and down several times with a scrutinizing gaze.

"Hmm...he has a good physique." Kawajiro nodded with a smile, "Maintaining law and order in the clubhouse is not an easy job."

"After all, there are all kinds of troublemakers in Yoshihara."

"So if you want to work in our clubhouse, you can't do it right away."

Ogata immediately understood the implication of Kawajiro's words.

"Do you want me to show my hands?" Ogata smiled and asked knowingly.

"The assessment is very simple." Kawajiro said, "Just compete with the people in our clubhouse."

"I understand." Ogata nodded, "I can start anytime."

"It's Keeimon's job to compete with the applicants." Kawajiro scratched the white hair on his head, "It's just that he just went out on patrol to pass the time because he was in a hurry."

"How long will it take for him to come back?" Ogata raised his eyebrows.

If possible, Ogata didn't want to wait in the clubhouse.

"I don't know... the daytime is the most leisure time in our clubhouse. After the guy Keimon goes out to patrol in the morning, he will occasionally go to the tea house to drink a few cups of tea before returning..."

After pondering for a moment, Kawajiro stood up.

"I'll take you to him directly, so that everyone can save a lot of time. I don't know how long it will take to wait for him to come back from his leisurely patrol."

"Huh? Will this bother you?" Ogata had a little worry on his face.

Although Ogata agrees with Kawajiro's approach of actively looking for Keeimon and not staying in the clubhouse, but he doesn't want to disturb the person who is supposed to be in the Shirobei clubhouse because of his own affairs. It is the job of the elderly who are not low in status.

"It's okay." Kawajiro waved his hands as if he had seen through Ogata's thoughts, "I said it just now, now is the most leisure time in our Shirobei clubhouse."

"I just don't have anything to do right now."

"I just took this opportunity to take a walk outside."

Seeing that Kawajiro said that, Ogata couldn't say anything more to refute him.

After mentioning Da Shitian and following Kawajiro out of the clubhouse, the air with a faint smell of powder rushed towards Ogata again.

During the daytime, it is the off-duty time for the traveling girls, and the traveling girls no longer sit in rows behind the fence on the first floor of each traveling girl's house, but the smell of cosmetics and the pleasant fragrance are still in the air.

Kawajiro seemed to have a bit of a mouthful, and when he and Ogata walked along Nakanomachi to the depths of Yoshiwara one after another, he had been introducing various basic knowledge of Yoshihara to Ogata.

However, Ogata already knew the basic knowledge that Kawajiro and Ogata had popularized.

For example, women's houses are divided into three levels: large, medium, and small, and women have to show "female cut hands" when entering and leaving Yoshiwara-this knowledge, Ogata has already learned from different populations.

When they walked all the way to the Shirobei clubhouse behind them, there was only a thumb-sized distance left, Ogata and Kawajiro suddenly heard what seemed to be an unusual movement in front of them, and they gathered on the avenue ahead in this deserted street There are still a lot of people.

And among the people gathered in front, there were several official servants wearing Shiro Bingwei Clubhouse.

"What happened..." Kawajiro muttered, and ran forward quickly.

And Ogata followed closely behind.

After running a little closer to the crowd ahead, Kawajiro exclaimed:

"It's Keemon."

After clearing his throat, Kawajiro shouted loudly to the crowd ahead:

"Keiemon!"

Ogata followed Kawajiro to an uncle in the crowd holding a long wooden stick.

Ogata recognized this uncle.

After watching Gua Shengxiu at the entrance of the sushi restaurant during the day yesterday and beating up the four scumbags who didn't give money after having fun, it was this uncle who led the officials from other clubs to arrive late, which caused Gua Sheng to make a series of unhappy complaints.

Tucao Keeimon why they always arrived at the scene after she had finished fighting with others.

"Keimon! What's the matter with this guy?" Kawajiro hurriedly asked Keeimon after he came to Keeimon's side.

"This guy didn't pay after eating and drinking at the tea house." Keemon quickly replied, "Kawajiro, you step back first, you stand here, and when a fight breaks out, you may be implicated."

"Do you need me to call more reinforcements?" Kawajiro asked.

"...Hmm. Please."

Kawajiro nodded vigorously, opened his mouth, and when he was about to say something——

"That..." Ogata interrupted abruptly at this moment, "Kawajiro, you said just now that to become an employee of the Shirobei Club who is responsible for maintaining law and order, you must first test your strength, right?"

"Huh?" Kawajiro was taken aback for Ogata's sudden question, and then quickly replied, "That's right, so you wait, and after Keeimon takes down the thief, let Qingwei The door is here to test you... Hey! You, what are you doing?!"

Before Kawajiro could finish his words, Ooyoko passed through the thin encirclement circle built by Keimon and the others for the ronin who ate the king's meal, and walked slowly towards the dirty man surrounded by them, One can tell at a glance that he is the kind of ronin who eats his last meal and never stops.

"Hi!" Keemon's voice sounded behind Ogata, "What are you doing?"

Ogata turned a deaf ear to Keeimon's anxious words.

After walking slowly to a position a little distance from the ronin, he stopped.

"Who are you?! What do you want to do by leaning over all of a sudden?!" Ronin turned the point of the knife and aimed it at Ogata, his face full of vigilance.

"I didn't want to do anything." Ogata said to Ronin in a calm tone, "I'm anxious to let this man named Keimon test my strength, so can you please put down the sword quickly, and then catch him without a fight. Is it? This will save everyone a lot of time."

"Who would just catch him without a fight like this!" Ronin roared, "Aren't you an official of Shirobei Club?"

"My name is Goro Mashima." Ogata said seriously, "Let's be considered a ronin passing by here."

"Since it's not an official post, step aside for me! Otherwise, I'll kill you too!"

After Ogata gave the ronin a meaningful look, he said softly:

"...Didn't you find out?"

"Huh?" Ogata's inexplicable rhetorical question stunned Ronin, Keeimon and the others beside him.

"What did you find?" Ronin asked back.

"Didn't you find out——you have been standing in my best attack range since just now."

After finishing speaking, Ogata raised his right hand abruptly, and put his hand towards Da Shitian at his left waist.

After gripping the hilt tightly, he drew the sword out of its sheath.

Ogata did not use the sword-drawing technique of "No Self Two Swords Style"-Raikiri.

Just an ordinary knife draw.

After all, to deal with a ronin of this level, it is not necessary to use Leiqie.

A cold light leaked from Da Shitian's scabbard, and Ogata aimed at the sword in Ronin's hand, and used the dragon tail of Sakakibara Ichito-ryu.

The cold light swept horizontally, accurately hitting Ronin's sword, and then directly knocked Ronin's sword into the air.

This ronin didn't even see clearly when Ogata's sword was drawn, and it was inevitable that the knife in his hand would be chopped off by Ogata's sword.

After chopping off the ronin's sword, Ogata turned Da Shitian and stuck the blade on the ronin's neck.

【Ding! Use Sakakibara Ichidou Ryuo to defeat the enemy]

[Gain 25 points of personal experience points, 30 points of experience points for swordsmanship "Sakakibara Ichidou style\