I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"You made a mistake at the beginning!"

Ogata poked his finger hard at the first line of the first page of the first draft.

"Didn't you say that you spent several months collecting information before writing this script?"

"'Ogata doesn't shave his head every day. What he keeps is the general hair'—this level of information can be found out by just asking around, right?"

As soon as Ogata finished speaking, Jiro Nishino nodded confidently:

"I know, I know that Ogata Yidaosai doesn't shave Tsukidai's head, he keeps his hair."

"Since you know, why did you design Ogata Isai in the script as a 'beautiful man with Tsukiyo's head shaved'?"

"Because Tsukiyotou is more handsome."

After saying that, Nishino Jiro lowered his head, showing the top of his shiny head to Ogata.

Nishino Jiro's hairstyle is Tsukiyoto.

At this time, there happened to be a few beams of sunlight shining into the room along the window, hitting the top of Nishino Erlang's clean-shaven head, reflecting a slightly dazzling light.

"Compared with the general hair, Yuedaitou is more popular with everyone."

"So in order to let everyone like Yidaozhai in my writing more, I changed Yidaozhai's hairstyle to Yuedaitou."

The words of Nishino Jiro can be said to be well-founded...

During the Edo period, the most popular and considered the most masculine hairstyle was the Tsukiyotou.

Ogata has lived in this era for more than a year since time travel.

Although he has lived for such a long time, Ogata still can't accept Tsukiyoto's hairstyle that requires all the hair on the top of his head to be shaved...

Ogata couldn't bear to have such an ugly hairstyle.

At the same time, it cannot be tolerated that someone changes his demon into this appearance.

So he immediately said to Nishino Erlang righteously:

"You can't do that."

"Didn't you just swear to me yesterday that you are going to complete a work that surpasses "Loyal Minister Cang"?"

"In order to pursue the authenticity of the characters in the novel, I specially invited me, a ronin from Izumo, to teach you the Izumo tune and the customs of Izumo."

"Anyone who has a certain understanding of Yidaozhai's deeds knows that the hair left by Yidaozhai is Zongfa."

"If you change Yi Dao Zhai's character image like this, isn't it tantamount to destroying the authenticity and completion of the work?"

"Maybe it will attract abuse from some people who respect Yi Dao Zhai."

Hearing what Ogata said, Jiro Nishino showed some hesitation on his face.

"...Alright then." Jiro Nishino nodded, "I'll fix this later, and change Yidao Zhai's hair back to Zongfa."

Seeing that he successfully persuaded Nishino Jiro to change back his appearance in the script, Ogata nodded slightly with satisfaction, and then continued to look at the first draft in his hand.

Ogata's reading speed was very fast, and he quickly read through the first draft written by Jiro Nishino.

When Ogata was formally reading the first draft just now, he didn't speak the whole time, and just kept turning the pages in his hands blankly.

Because Ogata did not speak or express his opinions for a long time, Nishino Jiro, who was waiting for Ogata's opinion, was always nervous and anxious.

After Ogata closed the last page of the first draft, Nishino Jiro couldn't wait to ask Ogata.

"How is it? How do you feel?"

"...It's really the same as what you said to me yesterday..." Ogata showed a wry smile with a bit of helplessness, "Every character in your writing doesn't sound like an out-of-the-box person." People in Yun are more like people from the Northeast."

"We Izumo people don't say things like 'Be careful I cut you?'."

"And then every character in it is eating the wrong food."

"I saw a scene in your first draft in which Yidao Zhai went to eat 'Wanzi Soba' with his brothers from the Sword Gym."

"There is no 'wanzi soba' in Izumo."

"We Izumo people all eat 'Izumo buckwheat'.

"

"'Izumo Buckwheat'?" Nishino Erlang asked doubtfully.

At this time, A-Machi also turned his curious eyes on Ogata.

"It's a special delicacy from our Izumo side." Ogata said slowly, "First, divide the soba noodles into three bowls in small bowls called "Kuiko", and each of the three bowls has different ingredients. The most commonly used ingredients are raw eggs, mashed yam and radish. "

"Pour the soup on the first bowl first, then pour the remaining soup into the next bowl and continue eating after eating, and so on, and finally eat up all three bowls of soba noodles."

"It's delicious." Nishino Erlang's eyes flashed with curiosity and excitement.

After Nishino Jiro's voice fell, A-Machi on the side also expressed her thoughts: "Split the soba noodles into 3 bowls and eat it...it feels so fresh."

Ogata has never eaten "Izumo Buckwheat".

Since he traveled to this era, he actually only stayed in Izumo's Hirose Domain for more than half a year.

Traveled to this era in May last year, and then left the domain at the end of the year and began to travel around the world.

In the past six months, Ogata has never had the opportunity to try these Izumo delicacies.

However, "Ogata Hara" has eaten some Izumo delicacies, including "Izumo Buckwheat", so Ogata has memories of these foods.

"Except for some problems with the dialogue of the characters and these living habits and customs, everything else is pretty well written."

While talking, Ogata handed the first draft back to Jiro Nishino.

"It is basically consistent with what I have heard about Yidao Zhai's deeds."

In Nishino Jiro's script, Hanyu I, the young man based on Ogata, is a lower-level samurai of the Izumo Hirose Domain.

He has superb swordsmanship, but because of his humble status, he has been living a poor but stable life.

The current lord of the Hirose Domain is a cruel and heartless tyrant. Although Hanyu I had a humble status, he was always worried about the future of the domain and sympathized with the citizens who were tortured and destroyed by the tyrant.

Until one day, just for fun, the tyrant ordered Hanyu I's fellow swordsmen to kill each other.

Hanyu I's brothers refused to obey, so they were all brutally killed by the tyrant.

Also killed was Hanyu I's sword master.

Hanyu I happened to be away from the sword gym because of something, so he escaped the catastrophe.

After learning that his master and brothers were all slaughtered, Hanyu I decided to take revenge and assassinate the tyrant.

After dormant for a period of time, the best time to assassinate finally came - when the tyrant was out hunting.

Hanyu I went alone to assassinate the tyrant, beheading hundreds of bodyguards of the tyrant, and finally succeeded in killing the tyrant.

The above is the outline of the first draft of the script written by Jiro Nishino.

"...Your data collection is quite complete."

Ogata folded his arms around his chest, lowered his head slightly, and said softly in an unusually calm tone:

"Even... the master and brothers of Yidao Zhai were killed by the tyrant, and the reasons for the killing have been found out, and it is very accurate."

"As far as I know, the brothers of Yidao Zhai were indeed coerced by the tyrant to kill each other, and then they were killed because they didn't..."

Although there was no difference in Ogata's expression and tone, A-Machi still unconsciously cast a caring look at Ogata beside him.

"Hmph." Nishino Jiro, who hadn't noticed Ah-Ming's little trick, smiled complacently, "In order to complete this script, I still put in a lot of effort."

"But there are still some inaccuracies." Ogata smiled and shrugged, "The last part is a little inaccurate."

"As far as I know, Yidao Zhai didn't go to assassinate that tyrant by himself."

"He had companions at the time."

"Oh?" Nishino Erlang showed doubts and curiosity on his face, "I would like to hear more about it!"

Ogata told Nishino Jiro the real historical facts.

The elders participated in the assassination, and there were 7 assassins who came to the front line to assassinate the tyrant, including Yidao Zhai.

It's just that only Yidao Zhai survived in the end.

After hearing this version that he had never heard of before from Ogata, Jiro Nishino widened his eyes in surprise.

"The elders of the Hirose clan were involved in the assassination. I have indeed heard of this before."

"But Yidao Zhai had other helpers at the time... This is the first time I've heard of this kind of statement..."

"Anyway, before I left Izumo, it was widely circulated in Izumo that Ogata had six helpers at that time." Ogata continued, "At that time, for the sake of convenience and to avoid cultivating feelings, all Only use code names like 'Ichiro' and 'Erlang' to match."

"So the other six assassins who died in the assassination didn't get their names passed down."

"Did Yidao Zhai have any other helpers at the time..." Nishino Erlang rolled his eyes, and the excitement in his eyes became more and more intense, "Everyone assassinated together, after a fierce battle, only Yidao Did Zhai alone survive..."

"This version of the story is more ups and downs and more tragic..."

Snapped!

Nishino Jiro patted his thigh.

"Mashima-sama! Please help me finish the script. You are really right!"

"Thanks to you, I know a new version of the story of Yi Dao Zhai."

"This version of the story is much more ups and downs than any version of the story I know before! At the same time, it is much more tragic! It is more suitable for adaptation into a Kabuki script!"

After all, Nishino Erlang couldn't wait to turn out his pen and ink.

"I'll correct the story now!"

"There's no rush to correct the story." Ogata smiled, "Let me first teach you how our Izumo people speak, and what the living habits of Izumo are like."

"Ah, yes." Jiro Nishino rubbed his hair awkwardly, "If you don't learn the speaking style and living habits of the Izumo people first, you will write a bunch of people from the Northeast later..."

...

...

Although Jiro Nishino's father is very supportive of his ambition to become a Kabuki playwright, as the second son of Gentachibiya, he also has to help with some business matters on weekdays.

Nishino Jiro only has time to write scripts every morning. He helps out at home in the afternoon and evening.

So Ogata and A-machi left the Tachibana house just after noon.

Nishino Jiro decided to rewrite his script and use the version of "Ichitosai has a companion" that Ogata told him just now.

Naturally, it is impossible to rewrite such a large script in one morning.

So before leaving, Ogata made an agreement with Jiro Nishino that Ogata would return to Tachibana House on time at 5:00 tomorrow morning, and then compile the script together until the script was completed.

Judging from Jiro Nishino's writing speed, according to Ogata's estimate, he probably wouldn't be able to rewrite the script in a week.

As soon as he left Yuantachibana House, A-Machi said to Ogata in a tone of surprise:

"You are much more serious than I imagined."

"Huh? Why is it so much more serious?" Ogata asked back.

"Your assistance to Nishino-kun. I have been observing you just now. You are so serious. Teach him bit by bit what the Izumo cavity looks like, and what the living habits and customs of the Izumo people are like." .”

"Also help him add some details on the content of the script."

After hearing Ah-cho's words, Ogata couldn't help but smile.

After organizing his words, Ogata lowered his voice and said softly:

"Because I just read the first draft of Nishino Jiro today, and suddenly realized: This is a good opportunity to let the world know the truth about the 'assassination of Matsudaira Gennai'."

"For a long time, many people thought that I was the one who went to assassinate Matsudaira Gennai alone."

"I didn't know that I actually had six comrades at that time."

"The elders of Cang Yong's family secretly supported us and organized us."

"It's everyone's hard work that made Matsudaira Gennai the leader."

"In the end, people in the world only know about Ogata Yidaosai."

"Although even I don't know their real names, their existence should not be forgotten."

"So I plan to use the power of kabuki to let the world know that there were several heroes besides me."

"Although Nishino-kun is still a little young, his writing style is quite good. It is possible to write a work that will be famous in history."

"So I've made up my mind now."

Ogata tightened the haori and scarf on his upper body, his eyes were full of determination.

"I will do my best to help Nishino-kun write this script well."

"As for whether this kabuki play based on my deeds can become popular all over the country like "Chuchen Zang", it is up to fate."

In this era of underdeveloped entertainment, popular entertainment items such as kabuki and storytelling have a very large influence among ordinary people.

Many historical figures or historical events have expanded their popularity and influence through popular entertainment such as kabuki and storytelling.

Through kabuki, let the public know that besides Iktosai, there were other heros who sacrificed their lives-this is Ogata's current goal.

Let the public generally accept the view that "Yidao Zhai had companions at the beginning", and after decades or one or two hundred years, maybe some people who are interested in this period of history will conduct in-depth investigations .

Then maybe we can find out the names and identities of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives with Ogata back then.

By then, the truth of history will be truly revealed.

"Is it going to be popular all over the country like "Loyal Minister Cang"?" Ah-Ming shrank his neck, "It should be difficult..."

"Whether a kabuki play can be popular all over the country is not only related to the quality of the script, but also to many factors, such as luck..."

"That's why I said whether this kabuki play based on my deeds can become popular all over the country like "Chuchen Cang" in the end, I can only leave it to fate."

After shrugging his shoulders with a wry smile, Ogata crossed his hands into Haori's sleeves.

"Okay, what are we going to do with the time after that?"

"Anyway, let's go shopping first." A-Ting said, "I just took a brief stroll in Nishinno-cho last night, and there are still many places I haven't visited yet."

"No, I'm not just talking about how to spend time this afternoon and evening." Ogata breathed out, "I'm talking about what we should do for the next month."

"Nishino-kun's father has already said that their merchant ship will not be able to sail until January next year at the earliest."

"It's only the end of November."

"We have to live here for more than a month."

"What should we do for more than a month?"

"You can't hang around in Nishino Town every day, can you?"

Ogata's question stumped A-Machi.

Ogata's idea is to find a way to brush up experience and level up in this more than a month.

They are going to Ezo soon.

The entire Ezo land is basically in a state of waiting to be developed. At the same time, there are three forces of the shogunate, Ezo, and Lucia. It should be the most chaotic place in Japan at present.

Go to such a chaotic place, let your own strength be stronger, and you can have more protection.

But here comes the problem?

Where do I go to find a place where I can brush experience and levels?

Ogata raised his hand and gently rubbed his temples on both sides.

——Where can I brush experience points and levels efficiently...

Ogata only pondered for a moment, and suddenly felt like a lightning flashed across his mind.

At the moment when the lightning flashed across, Ogata suddenly remembered that in this era, there were basically some kind of buildings in some cities and towns of a small scale.

In this kind of building, it is possible to cut people openly...

"...Machi."

"Ok?"

"After dinner, can you accompany me to find out if there is a sword gym in Jinye Town?"

...

...

Ogata and A-machi found a random soba noodle restaurant, and after finishing today's lunch, they began to look for a sword restaurant in Nishinocho.

After asking a few passers-by, the two learned that there was only one sword gym in Jinye Town.

This sword hall is called "Hosho Sword Hall", and the school of swordsmanship taught is Katori Shinto style.

After asking about the location of this sword gym, the two hurried to the location of this Baosheng sword gym.

After arriving near the Baosheng Sword Gym, the two saw this rather impressive sword Gym from a distance.

Walking quickly to the front and back of the Baosheng Sword Gym, Ogata carefully looked at the sword Gym.

"Is this the Baosheng Sword Gym..." Ogata muttered.

"This sword hall is really magnificent..." Ah Ding walked along the open wooden door and looked into the sword hall.

The periphery of Baosheng Sword Hall is surrounded by a thick stone wall, and there is only a wooden door more than 2 meters high for people to enter and exit.

Now the wooden door is open, and there are no guards inside or outside the door.

What is eye-catching is that there is a plaque on the left and right sides of the wooden door.

The plaque on the right hand side of the wooden door. There is a line of big Chinese characters written on it: Tianzhenzhen Chuanxiang and Shinto Liu Baosheng Dojo.

Tianzhenzhen Kotori Shinto Style is the full name of Kotori Shinto Style.

The font size of the four Chinese characters "Baosheng Daochang" is two sizes larger than the words "Tianzhen Chuanxiang Takes Shinto Flow" above.

This plaque just states the school of swordsmanship taught in this sword hall and the name of the dojo, there is nothing worth noting.

On the other hand, Ogata was a little concerned about the plaque hanging on the left hand side of the wooden door.

There are only 4 vigorous and powerful Chinese characters written on this plaque:

(welcome to ask for advice)

Just when Ogata looked at the plaque with somewhat surprised eyes, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps from far to near from the street behind him—it was a middle-aged man who put his hands into his sleeves alternately.

Judging by the way this middle-aged man is dressed, he is probably just an ordinary townsman.

After discovering this middle-aged man passing by by chance, Ogata immediately stopped the middle-aged man.

"Excuse me! I want to ask you a question!"

"Huh?" The middle-aged man looked up and down Ogata and A-Machi several times with suspicious eyes.

Looking at his appearance, he didn't seem to want to talk to Ogata who suddenly called him to stop.

But the two sabers hanging on Ogata's waist made the middle-aged man not have the courage to ignore the samurai, so he immediately put on a flattering smile and walked quickly to Ogata's side.

"My lord, what are your orders?"

"What's the meaning of this plaque in this sword hall?" Ogata pointed to the plaque in front of him that said "Welcome to ask for advice".

"Huh? Samurai, are you a foreigner?"

"Well. Because of some things, I happened to travel here today."

"Oh! That's why you don't know about this plaque." The middle-aged man turned his head to look at the Baosheng Dojo beside him, and then said slowly, "This plaque... to put it bluntly, it is used by the owner of the Baosheng Sword Gym. To attract attention."

"Master Samurai, you should also know that the world is in trouble now, fewer and fewer people are willing to practice swords, and the dojo is not well managed."

"So in order to attract more people's attention to his dojo, the owner of the Baosheng Sword Gym hung up this plaque."

"And then it really worked."

"Other sword halls avoid those challengers, but Baosheng Sword Hall actually put up a plaque saying 'Welcome to ask for advice'. Because it is very special, it really attracted everyone's attention."

"Since you dare to hang up such a plaque to attract people's attention, then the masters and apprentices in this sword hall must be very good in their own strength?" A Ding asked.

"Well. The strength of the practitioners in the Baosheng Sword Gym is indeed very good." The middle-aged man nodded slightly, "After the owner of the Baosheng Sword Gym hung up this plaque, many young and energetic young people came Teach the arrogant Baosheng Sword Hall a lesson."

"But these young people who came to challenge basically lost."

"Baosheng Jianguan successfully relied on this plaque and these young people who were attracted by the plaque to challenge, and made a name for itself in the neighborhood."

"So that's how it is..." Ogata nodded lightly, "The owner of the Baosheng Sword Gym is pretty good at running it..."

Ogata has seen this kind of business method many times in his previous life.

The whole point of gimmicks to attract the public's attention and traffic.

This kind of "gimmick, attracting traffic" business method was very common in previous lives, but it is indeed quite rare in this Edo period.

"Master Samurai, is there anything else?" The middle-aged man bowed and asked.

"Well. It's all right." Ogata took out two copper coins from his pocket and handed them to the middle-aged man, "Thank you for your help."

"Where is it! Where is it!" The middle-aged man took the copper coin from Ogata with both hands, and said with a smile, "It is my honor to be able to help Mr. Samurai!"

After the middle-aged man happily left with the two copper coins that Ogata gave as a gift of thanks, Ogata turned his attention to the plaque in front of him again that said "Welcome to ask for advice".

"The world is really not easy now..." Ah-cho sighed, "Even the sword hall has to find ways to attract people's attention."

After that, Machi asked Ogata in a half-joking tone:

"How? Are you interested in going in and seeing the scolding?"

"I'm very interested." A meaningful smile appeared on Ogata's face.

He had a hunch.

He had a premonition: he seemed to have found a place where he could gain experience and level...

...

...

The architectural layout of this Baosheng Sword Gym is a typical layout of a wealthy family in this era - there is a wall on the outside, and the space between the sword hall and the fence is the yard.

Although there were no guards inside and outside the gate of the wall, there were two young warriors guarding the gate of the sword hall.

Ogata and A-Ming passed through the gate of the wall, stepped on a path paved with white fine sand, and came to the gate of the gymnasium. The two warriors guarding the gate stopped Ogata and A-Ming.

One of them briefly looked at Ogata and A-Machi, and then asked aloud:

"May I ask who you two are?"

"I'm here to ask for advice." Ogata smiled slightly, and raised his left hand to rest on the two sabers on his left waist.

Since the eye-catching plaque was hung, the number of people who called for advice and actually kicked the hall suddenly increased, so the two young warriors guarding the gate have become accustomed to this kind of people being attracted by the plaque from time to time , Then the life of door-to-door advice is gone.

After showing a clear expression on his face, he turned his body to one side, and opened the door of the pavilion while giving way to the passage.

"please follow me."

The young warrior who asked Ogata just now led Ogata to the depths of the sword hall.

When leading Ogata and Atachi to the dojo, the young samurai introduced to Ogata behind him:

"You may have to wait a while at the dojo."

"Because just now, four warriors from other places came to ask for advice."

"It should be hot now."

"It's okay." Ogata responded, "I have a lot of time, so I'm not in a hurry."

After passing through a not-so-long corridor, the young samurai led Ogata and the others to a wide wooden sliding door.

After slowly pulling the wooden sliding door open, puffs of hot air and "poisonous gas" mixed with various smells such as sweat and foot odor rushed toward Ogata and Acho.

Smelling the slightly pungent smell, Ogata not only secretly said:

——This smell is really long gone...

This kind of "poisonous gas" made up of sweat and foot odor can be regarded as the smell that every dojo will have.

The last time Ogata entered the sword gym was in Kyoto this summer.

It was the first time in a few months that he hadn't been close to the sword hall, so Ogata was not used to the unpleasant smell.

At this time, in this dojo, there happened to be two strong men standing opposite each other holding wooden knives.

A large number of men of various ages sat kneeling on both sides of the dojo.

After the wooden door was pulled open, the men kneeling on both sides of the dojo immediately focused their attention on the pulled wooden door.

After seeing Ogata and A-Machi... no, to be more precise, after seeing Ogata even brought a woman with him, many people frowned.

"Please come with me." The young samurai who led the way for Ogata just now made a "please" gesture for Ogata and them, and then led them to the corner of the dojo.

In this corner sat three burly men.

After successfully leading the way for Ogata and Atachi, the young samurai left quickly and went back to guard the gate.

After Ogata knelt and sat beside the three burly men, the bearded man who sat closest to Ogata asked Ogata:

"Are you also here to kick the gym?"

"Kicking the hall" and "asking for advice" actually mean the same thing.

It's just that the term "asking for advice" is a little more elegant.

"I'm very free now." Ogata said softly, "So I want to see the Katori Shinto style of this Hosho Sword Gym."

"Then they are here to kick the gym." The bearded man grinned, "The four of us are also here to kick the gym."

"The four of us were entrusted by a merchant to serve as their caravan's guards and escort their caravan back to Nishino Town."

"We just came to Nishino Town this morning."

"I planned to take a casual stroll in this town, but I saw this extremely arrogant sword hall."

Speaking of this, a bit of disdain appeared on the bearded face.

"How dare you hang that kind of plaque in front of the gym, we want to see how powerful this sword gym is."

"Judging from your accent, you seem to be from Kansai."

"No. I'm not from Kansai." Ogata smiled helplessly, "I'm from Izumo. It's just that my wife is from Kansai. After getting along with my wife for a long time, my accent has changed to a Kansai accent."

"I traveled here with my wife for some reasons."

The bearded man glanced at A-Ming.

"Is she your wife? She's so beautiful."

"Thank you." Ah Ding smiled and thanked the bearded man.

Whether it is a man or a woman, they all like to be praised by others.

"How dare you travel to this messy place in the Northeast." The bearded man cast admiring glances at Ogata, "Don't you know that the Northeast is very messy now?"

"I know." Ogata nodded, "But my wife and I are lucky, so far, we haven't encountered any very powerful gangsters."

After saying that, Ogata turned his gaze to the center of the dojo.

The two strong men were still standing with their knives, constantly changing their positions, just facing each other.

"Which one is your companion?" Ogata asked.

"The one who is taller is our companion." The bearded man pointed to the tallest of the two, "The other one is Tasuke Shimura of 'Hosho Ten Swords'."

"'Baosheng Ten Swords'?" Xu Fang raised his eyebrows.

"It's a title of their Baosheng Sword Gym." Disdain appeared on the bearded face, "It seems to be the collective name of the 10 most skilled swordsmen in their Gym."

Ogata turned his attention to Shimura, who had the title of "Hosho Ten Swords".

He has a strong figure, a square face, and a look of determination in his eyes—it's the kind of face that anyone who looks at him will say "he's worthy of being a samurai".

The fly in the ointment is that Shimura's head is a bit big compared to his body.

It seems that the figure of the whole person is a little uncoordinated.

Shimura and his bearded companion kept changing their positions, but they just didn't attack.

Whether it is the students of the Baosheng Sword Gym, or Ogata and the bearded kickers, they are all watching the competition that is being staged in the center of the venue.

"It's on par..." the bearded man said in a deep voice.

As soon as the bearded man finished speaking, a plain voice suddenly came from beside him:

"No, your companion should lose."

The person who said this was naturally Ogata.

Hearing Ogata's words, a bit of surprise flashed across his bearded face, and he turned to look at Ogata beside him.

"My companion is going to lose? Why?"

While talking, the bearded man looked back at the center of the dojo.

No matter how he looked at it, the two were on par, constantly changing their positions, looking for opportunities to attack.

"Shimura's footsteps are far more solid than your companion's." Ogata continued softly, "Just based on this, it can be seen that Shimura's swordsmanship is far superior to your companion's."

"In my opinion, the outcome should be decided soon."

The duo in the middle of the ashram who kept performing duets were like puppets who only listened to Ogata's orders. As soon as Ogata's words fell, the bearded companion made a very imposing chorus while slashing at Shimura with the wooden knife in his hand. go.

Facing the wooden knife that was coming straight at him, Shimura didn't dodge or dodge, just stared at the wooden knife that was getting closer and closer to him with his eyes.

When the wooden knife was only as long as an adult's arm away from Shimura, Shimura gave a loud shout, and then swung the wooden knife in his hand at a speed far faster than that of his bearded companion.

Snapped!

Shimura's first attack was to parry the knife of his bearded companion.

Afterwards, he quickly made up the second knife, which hit the bearded companion who opened the door wide open because the knife in his hand was blocked.

Snapped.

The wooden knife accurately slashed the bearded companion's right shoulder.

Because Shimura retracted his strength in time, the bearded companion only suffered pain and did not suffer any injuries.

The bearded companion's face turned blue and white, and his lips trembled slightly, as if he wanted to say something.

But in the end he still didn't say anything, after a heavy "hum" with his nose, he dropped the wooden knife in his hand, and walked quickly back to the place where Lu Hu and Ogata were sitting.

There are 4 of them in total, and now one of their companions has lost, leaving 3 people including the beard.

"Next." Shimura cast his calm gaze on the three bearded men who hadn't played yet.

"I come!"

The bearded man yelled, then stood up from the floor, walked quickly to Shimura, and picked up the wooden knife his companion had just thrown on the ground.

"I'm going to slap a bag on that big head of yours!" His companion was defeated, which seemed to make the beard very unhappy.

"Hmph." Shimura smiled, "If you can do it, just come and try."

Both Shimura and the bearded man put on a standard mid-section posture.

After only confronting Shijian for less than half a minute, the bearded man launched an attack while shouting.

10 seconds later...

Beard clutching his swollen thigh, he limped back to the side of Ogata and the others.

Shimura's forehead wasn't swollen, but his own thigh was swollen.

"Next." Losing 2 players in a row, Shimura also had a smug smile on his face. Looking at Ogata and the others who hadn't played yet, his eyes were a little more provocative. "Who else wants to swell my head?"

The smug smile on Shimura's face, as well as the provocative tone in his tone, made the bearded and the others furious.

There are still 2 people in the bearded party who have not yet played.

One of the two, a young man with long hair, slapped the wooden board under him and shouted, "I'm coming!"

5 minutes……

The young man with long hair returned to his companion with a dejected expression on his swollen left shoulder.

"It's your turn." Shimura looked at the last person who hadn't played yet, "Come and see if you can swell my head."

Shimura's physical strength is quite sufficient, Lien Chan's 3 people only have a little more sweat on their foreheads, and their breathing is still steady, not in a hurry.

All three of his companions were defeated and injured, which made the last one who hadn't played a bit timid.

But the samurai's self-esteem made him not have the courage to run away.

So he gritted his teeth, stepped forward, and picked up the wooden knife that all 3 of his companions had used...

3 minutes……

He clutched his right arm which was red and swollen due to the chopping, lowered his head, and returned to the place where he had just been sitting.

After knocking down the bearded and his group, Shimura heaved a sigh of relief, and then turned his attention to the newly entered seeker.

"It's your turn." Shimura looked at Ogata and said word by word.

It wasn't just Shimura who was looking at Ogata.

The other masters and apprentices of the Baosheng Dojo present, as well as the bearded party, all focused their eyes on Ogata.

"Brother, you are the only one left! You want to avenge us!" The bearded beard and his companions looked at Ogata expectantly.

"I will work hard." Facing the hopeful eyes cast by the bearded and others, Ogata smiled helplessly, got up slowly, walked onto the dojo, and then picked up the handle that was used by the four bearded people in turn old wooden knife.

The body temperature of the bearded people still remained on the handle of the knife.

Aiming at the air in front of him, he waved the knife casually twice, and after confirming that the weight and center of gravity of the wooden knife were all right, Ogata nodded slightly.

"I haven't seen you before." Shimura said standing in front of Ogata, "I didn't expect so many foreigners to visit here today. Are you practicing martial arts?"

"No. It's just because of some things, I traveled here with my wife."

"Are you traveling with your wife..." Shimura glanced at A-machi who had been sitting obediently on the edge of the dojo, "I'm so envious."

It wasn't just Shimura's eyes showing envy and jealousy.

Many people sitting on the edge of the dojo, who currently don't even have wives, all cast envious and jealous eyes on Ogata.

Very few people even whispered:

"I'm so envious..."

"It's great to have such a beautiful wife. If I have such a beautiful wife, then I will definitely practice other swords every day."

"Hmph, what an annoying guy, I hope Senior Shimura will hit harder later, and hurt this guy a little bit."

Shimura took a deep breath, and after getting rid of these distracting thoughts in his heart, he stabilized the wooden knife in his hand and assumed a standard middle-section posture.

And Ogata followed suit with a mid-section posture.

At the next moment after setting up his posture, Shimura cheered up and shouted with great momentum:

"Come!"

boom.

Shimura's sword was picked up by Ogata.

The audience was silent.

The people who were still whispering there were all quiet now.

【Ding! Use Sakakibara Ichidou Ryu to climb the building and defeat the enemy]

[Gain 50 personal experience points, 50 experience points for swordsmanship "Sakakibara Ichidou style\