I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

In addition to the official posts on duty at the gate, there are also some official posts standing guard and patrolling inside the Beiding Magistrate.

The nihilistic monk named "Lou Luo" killed so fast that the four officials standing guard at the gate were beheaded one by one without a chance to make a sound.

Therefore, the rest of the officials who stayed in the Beiding enforcement office did not know that three uninvited guests were gradually approaching them...

Boom!

Toyotomi raised his foot directly and kicked open the door of Kitamachi Magistrate's Office.

A loud noise broke the surrounding silence.

The moment Toyotomi kicked open the gate, Lou Luo and Gao Qing, who were standing on the left and right sides of Toyotomi, drew their weapons respectively.

Lou Luo backhanded again and pulled out the unsalted sword hanging from his waist.

Gao Qing pulled out the knife stuck in her left waist.

After pulling out their respective weapons, the two of them rushed towards the interior of the Kitamachi Prison Office from different directions like two arrows leaving the string.

Soon, shouts and exclamations resounded in every corner of the Kitamachi Prison Office...

Lou Luo's saber is very fast, and all the officials he finds are often killed before they even have time to defend themselves.

This extremely fast speed of cutting the knife did not match his burly figure.

Gao Qing is also the type whose swordsmanship style does not match her body shape very much.

His figure is bigger than Lou Luo.

But he is the kind of "skillful" warrior.

Defend, dodge, and counter with skillful skill.

Every time a knife is used, it will definitely take the life of an official, and every knife must hit a vital point.

Toyotomi didn't make a move.

With such a slow pace, he slowly stepped into the Beiding Enforcement Office, and handed over the task of exterminating all the officials in the Beiding Enforcement Office to his two subordinates.

"It's indeed one of Edo's magistrates." Toyotomi said in a complimenting tone while looking around, "It's really impressive."

"Who are you?! Why did you attack the execution office?!"

Just as Toyotomi was looking at everything around him with interest somewhere in the Kitamachi Magistrate's Office, he suddenly heard an angry shout coming from the front.

Toyotomi turned his gaze forward.

He saw a young official who should be about the same age as him, probably only in his early twenties, glaring at him.

The officer drew his saber in his hand, put on a mid-section posture, and pointed the saber pointing directly at Toyotomi.

Under normal circumstances, these officials who are responsible for maintaining law and order are not allowed to draw their knives casually.

Just like modern police are not allowed to draw out their guns to shoot casually.

Officials in charge of maintaining law and order are usually only allowed to use ten-handed and stabbing tools, and they can only draw their swords after obtaining permission from their superiors.

The only exception is Huofu Thief Kai.

Huofu Thief Kai is the most special public security organization. Because it is mainly responsible for dealing with vicious thieves and arsonists on weekdays, the officials of Huofu Thief Kai have the privilege to draw their swords freely.

In addition to being able to draw their swords freely, the officials of Huofu Bandit Reform have the privilege of using various weapons that ordinary officials cannot use, such as iron cannons.

Now is a special situation - unidentified thieves suddenly broke into the Beiding Magistrate's Office, killing anyone they see, so this young official now can't care about the "don't draw your sword casually" rule.

Toyotomi briefly looked at the young official.

Just based on the young official's posture and the way he held the knife, he could see that this young official still had some accomplishments in swordsmanship. No wonder he had to ignore the prohibition of "don't draw your sword casually", and prepared to draw your sword to fight against the enemy.

"This is the Kitamachi Magistrate's Office in Edo!" The young official once again shouted righteously and righteously, "Thieves like you will never be allowed to do anything!"

After that, he quickly ran towards Toyotomi with a knife.

"I don't hate a righteous person like you."

After the words, which were somewhat joking, Toyotomi spread his legs leisurely and stood still.

The young official who slid forward, swung his knife at Toyotomi without any hesitation after he entered his best attack range.

His slash was extremely powerful, one could tell at a glance that it could only be slashed by someone who had practiced swordsmanship for many years, or who had a unique talent in swordsmanship.

But such a powerful blow was easily dodged by Toyotomi.

Toyotomi quickly moved to the right, dodging the young officer's slash.

The next moment he dodged the slash, Toyotomi suddenly raised his right hand and put it on the purple handle of the sword at his left waist.

The knife flashed.

The knife ejected from the sheath cut the main artery in the young official's neck in a cold arc.

Blood poured out like a fountain, splattering on the wooden wall next to it.

The neck was cut open, and the young official didn't even have a chance to scream, so he fell forward slowly.

After beheading the young official with one blow, Toyotomi swung the knife in his hand downwards heavily, sprinkled the blood attached to the blade, and put the knife back into its sheath.

Then, as before, while walking slowly into the depths of the prison, he looked at the interior layout of the Edo Kitamachi prison with great interest.

...

...

Gao Qing: "Lord Toyotomi."

Gao Qing and Lou Luo returned to Toyotomi almost at the same time.

"How?" Toyotomi asked his two subordinates, "Have they all been wiped out?"

"It's cleared up." Gao Qing replied immediately.

"Very good." Toyotomi nodded lightly, then turned to look at a wall next to him.

There is nothing on this wall.

There is neither writing nor hanging.

"Just choose here."

Looking at the wall in front of him, Toyotomi showed satisfaction on his face.

"Gao Qing."

"exist!"

"Go and drag one or two corpses of official servants." Toyotomi took out a huge brush from his arms.

This brush is brand new, and you can tell at a glance that it is a brush that has just been bought.

"yes!"

"Lou Luo, you should go outside and take precautions. If any support from the government arrives, please notify me immediately."

"yes."

After receiving the new mission, Lou Luo's head with the canopy nodded lightly, and then walked out slowly.

Not far away was the corpse of a man just killed by Gao Qing, and Gao Qing quickly dragged the official's body over.

Toyotomi used the official's blood as ink, and scribbled something on the wall in front of him with the recently bought brush in his hand.

Soon, Toyotomi scribbled all the things he wanted to write on this wall.

"Very good." Toyotomi took two steps back, looked at what he wrote on the wall several times, and smiled happily, as if he was very satisfied with what he wrote.

At this moment, Lou Luo ran towards him quickly.

"Lord Fengchen." Lou Luo said, "Reinforcement from the government is here."

"So fast?" Toyotomi raised his eyebrows, a little surprise flashed in his eyes, "The speed of the officials is a little faster than I imagined."

After Toyotomi and the others rushed into the execution office, shouts of anger and screams rang out one after another, and it was inevitable to bring reinforcements from the government.

It's just a matter of going faster or slower.

"Now that the weather is getting colder, I originally wanted to burn this Kitamachi prefectural office, so that the people of Edo can warm up."

After finishing speaking, Toyotomi casually threw the brush in his hand aside.

"Since the officials of the shogunate are here, forget it."

"Anyway, the most important painting and this line of writing have been completed."

Toyotomi cast his eyes on the wall in front of him again.

To be precise, it was cast on the graffiti he just finished on this wall.

"Just use this painting and this line of words to tell the shogunate and the world."

The corners of Toyotomi's mouth turned up slowly, revealing a smile that was only cold.

"The war 200 years ago is not over yet."

"Gao Qing, Lou Luo. Let's go."

With that said, Toyotomi turned and left.

Gao Qing and Lou Luo followed quickly.

"Lord Toyotomi." After quickly following, Gao Qing asked, "Should we continue to stay in Edo?"

"No." Toyotomi said, "It's meaningless to stay here any longer."

"It's been a while since we left Ryukyu."

"It's time to go back too."

Speaking of this, Toyotomi paused as if he remembered something.

Then he changed into a half-joking tone and said to Gao Qing beside him:

"Speaking of which——I haven't heard from those friends in Ezodi for a long time."

When talking about the word "friend", Toyotomi specially emphasized his tone.

"Afterwards, send someone casually to Ezo, and say hello to the friends over there."

...

...

Hanshichiro is a power in the Edo Minami Town Magistrate's office.

It was his turn to be on the night shift tonight.

A while ago, because of the "Imperial Trial", it attracted many ronin.

The increase in the number of ronin made Edo less peaceful during that time.

From time to time, I hear news that there are ronin in a certain place making trouble.

Now the "Imperial Trial" is over, and the ronin who were originally attracted by the "Imperial Trial" are slowly leaving.

With the departure of the ronin, the security situation in Edo gradually returned to the state before the "Imperial Trial Cooperation".

Hanshichiro hadn't received any news of disturbances by wanderers from other places for two full days.

Just when Hanshichiro thought that he would still spend his shift tonight in peace, an urgent report suddenly reached him who was sitting at the Nanding Enforcement Office.

Originally, because of the late night, Hanshiro was still a little sleepy.

But after receiving this urgent report, he instantly lost all sleepiness.

The content of the urgent report he received was: Unidentified persons attacked the Kitamachi Prison Office.

When he first heard the urgent report, Hanshiro thought he had heard it wrong.

He had heard too many reports of raids on shops and banks.

But it was the first time in his life that he heard the urgent report of the attack on Kitamachi.

After confirming the contents of the emergency report again and again, Hanshichiro quickly gathered all the people and rushed to the Kitamachi Enforcement Office.

After seeing the four officials lying outside the gate of the Kitamachi Magistrate from a distance, Hanshichiro felt his heart sink.

Next to the four officials who were lying on the ground, there were two Gang Yin who rushed to the scene before him. They were checking the four officials who were lying on the ground with serious faces.

Seeing Hanshiro coming, the two Okabiki stood up and bowed to Hanshiro.

The police system in the Edo period was divided into four levels from top to bottom: Daibantou, Yuli, Tongxin, and Okabiki.

Saluting Yori——For the lowest-ranked Okabiki, it was nothing more than a conditioned reflex.

Hanshichiro waved his hands to the two Okabiri, and immediately asked them after waving the courtesy:

"how is the situation?"

"These 4 people are all dead." One of the 2 people glanced at the 4 officials who were lying at his feet, "They were all killed by one blow, and the murderer's sword skills were very high."

"The rest of the people are now in the execution house." Another person replied, "It seems that the situation inside is not very good."

After listening to the reports of the two Okabiki, Hanshichiro's already ugly face became even uglier.

"Thank you for your hard work." After briefly comforting the two Okabiki who reported the situation to him just now, Hanshichiro led the group of subordinates he had just brought over and strode into the Kitamachi Magistrate's Office.

After walking a few steps, he saw another corpse...

After learning of the arrival of the chief, those officials who arrived at the scene one step before Hanshiro came to report the situation to Hanshiro.

After listening to the reports of his subordinates, Hanshichiro had a basic understanding of the current case.

First of all-all 14 officials who were in charge of staying behind at the Kitamachi Enforcement Office were killed tonight.

And all of them were killed by one blow, which shows that the murderer's level of swordsmanship is quite high.

There were no witnesses.

The first reporter was a young man who lived nearby. While he was sleeping soundly, he was suddenly heard by screams from the Kitamachi Prison.

He didn't dare to approach the Beiding Magistrate, so he chose to look for the nearby officials and report the case to them.

A noteworthy clue is that a resident living nearby reported that he heard shakuhachi music.

But it's a pity - because the shakuhachi music is very soft, so he didn't pay much attention at the time, so he didn't go out to see who was playing the shakuhachi.

While Hanshichiro was silently listening to the reports of his subordinates, an Okabiki rushed towards him.

"Master Hanshichiro! Please come here! I found a very strange painting and a line of very strange text on a certain wall!"

"Painting? Text?" Hanshiro frowned, "Take me there!"

"yes!"

Okahito led the way, and Hanshichiro strode behind.

After being taken all the way to a relatively remote place, Hanshiro was shocked by the scene in front of him and his pupils shrank.

This place is a remote area within the Kitamachi Magistrate's Office.

It was supposed to be an inconspicuous place, but it became more conspicuous because of the addition of something on a certain wall of the place.

A large pattern was painted in blood on the wall.

People who don't know much about history may not even recognize what this pattern is, but think it is very beautiful.

Hanshichiro was born in a samurai family in Banner, and his education level is far higher than that of ordinary civilians and samurai.

So Hanshiro recognized what this pattern was at a glance.

This is a family crest.

Moreover, it is a family crest that should have disappeared for nearly 200 years, and should not appear again in the future...

"Taige Tong...?" Hanshirō murmured subconsciously, saying the name of the family.

The family crest painted on the wall with blood is exactly the family crest of the Toyotomi family, which should have been extinct for 200 years - Taiko pauli.

After unifying the world and establishing a hegemony that shocked the past and the present, the emperor bestowed the "Tongwen" on Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

In order to show the nobility of their Toyotomi family, Toyotomi Hideyoshi made a small modification of the "Tungmon pattern" bestowed on him by the emperor, and transformed a brand new Tongwen pattern, and then set this transformed new Tong pattern It is the family crest of their Toyotomi clan.

For the convenience of calling, people call the new paulownia pattern transformed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi "Taige paulownia".

On the wall, next to the big "Taige Tong" drawn with blood, there is a line of writing:

【We will avenge the battle in Osaka】

This line of characters is the same as the "Taige Tong" next to it, and it is drawn with blood.

Wet drops of blood flowed down the wall, making every word in this sentence distorted and deformed, making it look extraordinarily horrifying.

At the same time, it also makes this line look like it is shedding blood and tears.

Hanshiro stared blankly at the "Taige Tong" on the wall and the words "weeping blood".

A Tongxin who was standing next to Hanshiro asked doubtfully to Hanshiro:

"Your Majesty, what does 'Osaka Battle' mean?"

Although this Tongxin can read and write, he doesn't know much about history.

"...two hundred years ago, a famous battle at the end of the Warring States Period."

Hanshiro said softly.

"Ieyasu launched the Battle of Osaka, and completely wiped out the Toyotomi clan through the two battles of the Osaka Winter Battle and the Osaka Summer Battle..."

After briefly explaining what the "Battle of Osaka" was about to his subordinates, Hanshiro felt cold sweat start to break out from all over his body.

Just because a terrible conjecture emerged from Hanshiro's mind...

"The remnants of Toyotomi... are they still alive...?"

Hanshiro felt his lips trembling slightly.

...

...

the next day—

morning--

Last night, Yuan Yi and the others drank until late at night before finally giving up.

Ogata naturally drunk to death without accident.

Except for Yuan Yi who still had enough energy, Mucun and the others were all drunk too unconscious.

Kondo couldn't even walk straight because he drank too much, so he stayed with Ogata and the others last night.

Guasheng didn't drink as much as Kondo did, as if she had never drunk alcohol in her life, so she was still awake until the end of the banquet last night.

After the banquet, Guasheng returned to her home in Yoshiwara.

Just now, Ogata finally woke up faintly.

After waking up, my head didn't hurt as much as I imagined, and my mind was still clear.

According to Ogata's guess, this should also be one of the benefits brought to him by "life force".

The increase in "vitality" made Ogata recover faster from the drunken state.

The bed next to Machi was empty—he must have gone to prepare breakfast.

There is a kitchen in this house, and during the recent period, Acho and Mamiya, who were less injured, were basically responsible for preparing everyone's daily and every meal.

After getting up, Ogata walked to the bed first, and looked at the current sky.

According to Ogata's estimation, it is about 7 o'clock in the morning.

After confirming the current time, Ogata left the room and went to the kitchen, intending to look for Machi.

After coming to the kitchen, as expected, I saw A Machi busy in the kitchen.

After greeting A-Machi, Ogata went to wash up briefly, and then returned to the room.

After returning to the room, Ogata stood in the center of the room, stretched his body, and then lightly touched the few wounds that were still wrapped in sackcloth and still not healed.

Now, 70% of the sackcloth on Ogata's body has been removed, and the remaining wounds that have not fully healed are also recovering very well, and it is only a matter of time before they fully recover.

After confirming that today's wound is also recovering well, Ogata turned his head and looked at the knife holder in the corner of the room.

The knives hanging on the knife stand are naturally Ogata's two sabers: Da Shitian and Da Zizai.

Looking at his two sabers, after thinking about it for a while, Ogata walked quickly to the knife holder, and then took Da Shitian down.

After drawing his sword out of its sheath, Ogata assumed a standard mid-section stance.

These days, in order to heal his injuries, he has been living a life like a grandfather. This is the first time he has held a knife since the battle with Shiranui.

Feeling this familiar touch made Ogata feel at ease.

Now that his body has fully recovered and he can wield a sword, Ogata decided to confirm his physical fitness enhanced by the "immortal poison".

Ogata stared straight ahead.

After stepping on the tatami with both feet firmly, he aimed at the air in front of him and swung his knife from top to bottom.

call--!

There was a sound of breaking wind that was enough to make ordinary people feel their scalps go numb.

Although he was mentally prepared, Ogata was still a little startled when he heard the wind-breaking sound of his swing.

After absorbing the "Immortal Poison" for the second time, Ogata's power exploded to 20 points.

The explosive increase in power made Ogata's current swinging knife strength also increased a lot.

Ogata felt that even with one hand, he could split a large living person from the top of the head to the crotch.

"Now in the whole world, there are fewer and fewer people who can win against me steadily."

After muttering in a half-joking tone, Ogata pulled out his personal system interface.

The battle with Shiranui allowed Ogata's Sakakibara One Sword Style and Wuwo Two Sword Style to both upgrade, and his personal level was also raised by one level. Counting the little skill points saved before, Ogata now has a total of 6 skill points.

How to spend these 6 skill points, Ogata has already made a plan.

However, because the injury was not healed before, and the body could not do anything wrong, even if these skill points were spent, the effect of the upgraded martial arts could not be tested in the first place.

So Ogata put aside the matter of skill points for the time being, and then used up these skill points when his health was almost recovered.

And now is a good time to use up all these skill points.

First of all——Ogata upgraded his "stepping step" first.

【Ding! Consume 4 skill points, Wuwo Two Swords Style Martial Arts · Stepping Step, and upgrade to "Master Level" skill]

[Current remaining skill points: 2 points]

After the system sound fell, Ogata took a deep breath, and then imagined that an enemy in front of him was attacking him.

Facing the attacks he imagined, Ogata slid his feet, using "stepping steps" to avoid the attacks one after another.

The moment he used the "stepping step", Xu Fangyi immediately felt the change of the "stepping step".

To give a vivid example, Ogata's current "steps" are like lubricating oil on the soles of his feet compared to before.

Dodges faster.

At the same time, the grasp of the dodge distance is also more accurate.

It also takes less physical effort.

After confirming the changes in the "steps", Ogata nodded in satisfaction, and opened his system interface again.

Ogata used 1 of the remaining 2 skill points to unlock "Starfall".

Starfall - a new sword skill unlocked after Wuwo Two Swords has been upgraded to level 11.

It is also the last sword skill.

Powerful 13 consecutive cuts - this is the secret of Wuwo Dual Swordsmanship.

【Ding! Consume 1 skill point to unlock Wuwo Dual Sword Style Martial Skill Starfall! 】

[Current remaining skill points: 1 point]

Ogata hasn't figured out where to use the last skill point yet, so he decided to save it for the time being.

After the system sound reminding Ogata that "Starfall" has been unlocked, Ogata checked his personal status:

[Name: Ogata Yishi]

[Current personal level: LV34

Wuwo Two Swords Level: Level 11

Shiranui Ninjutsu level: 6th stage]

[Remaining skill points: 1 point]

...

【Sakakibara Ichidao Style:

Ascent: Intermediate

Waterfall: Advanced

Bird Thorn: Master

Dragon Tail: Advanced]

...

[Without me two swords flow:

Step up: advanced

Blade Return: Master Class

Circulation: master class

Breath of the Source: Grandmaster

Rachel: Junior

Cicada Rain: Beginner

Starfall: Elementary]

...

[Shiranui Ninjutsu:

Shiranui Stealth: Intermediate

Shiranui Jutsu: Advanced

Shiranui flow breath holding technique:]

...

Ogata's current personal state can only be described by the word "terror".

Needless to say, the attainments in swordsmanship, unarmed combat has "advanced" Shiranui Jutsu.

Stealth skills include "intermediate" Shiranui stealth.

For long-distance attack and sneak attack, the revolver is a big killer.

What's more, Ogata still has his strongest hole card: the realm of selflessness.

Ogata feels that there are not many people in the world who can beat him steadily—of course, the premise is that the weapons used by the opponent are bare-handed or cold weapons, instead of using muskets or artillery.

Just when Ogata was about to pull out Da Zizai to test the newly unlocked "Starfall", the door was suddenly pulled open.

Ah-Ming who opened the door raised his eyebrows when he saw Ogata who was holding Da Shitian:

"what are you doing?"

Ogata sneered: "It's nothing, it's just an ordinary exercise."

"Before your body is fully recovered, don't move casually." After A-Machi reprimanded Ogata angrily, he continued, "Breakfast is ready, let's have breakfast."

"it is good."

Ogata put Da Shitian back on the knife holder, and followed A-cho out of the room one after the other.

As soon as he left the room, Ah-machi suddenly asked Ogata:

"Any plans for today?"

Ogata pondered for a moment:

"We're leaving Edo in a few days."

"So...I plan to take advantage of the good weather today to meet some people in Edo and say goodbye to them."

"Someone? Who?" A-cho asked.

"There are people from the government and... people with complicated identities."

Speaking of this, Ogata couldn't help showing a helpless smile.

"Now that I think about it carefully, I have become a person who eats both black and white without knowing it..."