I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

The next day (January 15), in the morning——

The shopkeepers of Yuan Tachibana House - Sotaro Nishino and Ogata agreed to meet at the entrance of Yuan Tachibana House.

Ogata and A-machi, who had already packed their luggage last night, arrived on time with their luggage on their backs.

After arriving at the door of Yuanju House, I saw the convoy ready to go, the employees surrounding the convoy making final preparations, as well as Erlang Nishino and the masters and apprentices of the Baosheng Sword Gym who came to see them off.

Needless to say, Nishino Jiro.

Ogata will be leaving today, and the masters and apprentices of Baosheng Sword Academy naturally have no reason not to come and see him off.

As early as the day when he decided to leave Nishino Town, Oobi informed the masters and apprentices of the Baosheng Sword Gym when and when he was going to leave Nishino Town.

When they learned that Ogata would leave Nishinocho on January 15th, the group headed by director Baosheng naturally asked Ogata to stay for a while longer.

During the period when Ogata stayed here as a diner, under his guidance, the masters and apprentices of the Baosheng Sword Gym felt that they had benefited a lot.

They all hope that Ogata can stay in Nishinocho for a while longer and give them more advice.

Although the masters and apprentices of the Baosheng Sword Gym were enthusiastic about staying, Ogata had important matters to attend to, so it was naturally impossible to stay specially for them.

Seeing that Ogata refused their persuasion, the masters and apprentices of Baosheng Sword Gym could only give up their plan to let Ogata stay for a while.

They expressed their desire to send Ogata off when Ogata left.

Ogata did not refuse such a small request.

As soon as Ogata led Ah Ding to appear at the door of Gentachibana, Nishino Jiro and a group of people from the Hosho Sword Gym headed by the curator Hosho immediately came up to him.

Not everyone from the Baosheng Sword Gym came to see Ogata off.

The only ones who came to see Ogata off were Director Baosheng and a dozen or so apprentices.

"Mashima-sama, Mashima-sama."

Holding an unknown object wrapped in a piece of cloth, Nishino Jiro rushed to Ogata and Atachi first.

"Please accept this!"

Nishino Jiro handed the unknown object wrapped in cloth to Ogata in his arms.

"This is?" Ogata took the cloth bag with a puzzled expression, and found that it was very light.

"Open it and take a look." Nishino Jiro said with a smile.

After Ogata quickly opened the cloth bag, the scene inside the cloth bag appeared in front of Ogata's eyes.

is a banner.

It was the banner with "Unparalleled Swords in the World Ogata Yishi" that Jiro Nishino made with his own hands in order to promote "Yitao Zhai".

These flags, Nishino Jiro made a lot of faces, and let those hired publicity personnel carry these flags to go out for publicity.

"I've always wanted to give you something memorable."

Nishino Jiro said:

"After thinking about it, this flag is the only one that can be given away and has commemorative value."

He gave a wry smile.

"I hope you don't get offended.

"

Ogata unfolded the flag in his hand.

Looking at the "Unparalleled Sword in the World Ogata Yishi" written on it, Ogata couldn't help laughing.

"thanks."

"This flag is indeed a commemorative value."

"I will accept this flag."

"Mashima-sama, I wish you the best of luck!" Nishino Jiro said with some regret in his eyes, "There will be a chance in the future, and you are welcome to come to Nishino Town again."

"Yes." Ogata smiled and nodded, "If there is a chance, I will come again. I hope that when I see you next time, you will have become an outstanding Kabuki playwright."

By the way - after 11 consecutive days of performing the popular "Yi Dao Zhai", Treasure Island House managed to make a lot of money.

According to what they had agreed with Nishino Erlang, Treasure Island House would share part of their income with Nishino Erlang who was in charge of writing the script.

Nishino Jiro received a total of 6 taels of gold.

After receiving the 6 taels of gold, Nishino Jiro gave half of it - 3 taels of which were given to Ogata.

The script of "Yi Dao Zhai" was born because of your contribution, and you deserve the money—this is what Jiro Nishino said when he handed over the 3 taels of money to Ogata.

Ogata felt that he had just done some trivial things that were not worth mentioning, and there was no need to give him such a large sum of money.

But Nishino Jiro's attitude was quite firm, insisting that Ogata accept the money.

In desperation, Ogata could only accept the three taels of gold, adding another windfall.

After Erlang Nishino went up to bid farewell to Ogata, the masters and apprentices of Baosheng Sword Gym stepped forward to say goodbye to Ogata one by one.

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After Nishino Jiro and Hosho Kenkan said their goodbyes to Ogata one by one, Yuan Tachibana's convoy just happened to have made all the preparations for the trip.

This is the first time Yuan Tachibana House has sent a merchant ship to Ezo to purchase goods this year. In order to give a good start to this year, the scale of the caravan this time is very large.

Nishino Jiro's father, Nishino Soichiro, personally led the team with 4 carriages and 32 subordinates.

Among the 32 subordinates, there are 20 escorts alone.

Ogata had never had a specific concept of the prosperity of Gentachibana before.

Now after seeing the size of the caravan from Yuanju House, I finally understand how rich Yuanju House is.

After the caravan was ready to travel, Ogata and Atachi, under the watchful eyes of Nishino Jiro and others, boarded the carriage and drove north along with the convoy.

After the caravan drove out of Nishino Town, Ogata silently opened the window of the car, looking back at Nishino Town, which was getting smaller and smaller in the field of vision.

"Huh? Ah Yi, what are you doing?" A Ding on the side asked suspiciously, "What are you looking at?"

"I'm just looking at Nishino Town." Ogata smiled, "I may not have the chance to come back in the future, so I can still see Nishino Town now, so I will take a closer look."

He and A-cho lived in Nishino-cho for more than a month.

Although it is not long, this is the castle town that Ogata has lived in for the longest time since he left the Hirose Domain. Second only to Edo.

And many things happened in Nishino Town.

Just assisting Nishino Jiro in compiling "Ichidao Zhai" gave the town of Nishinocho a different meaning in Ogata's mind.

Maybe there will be a chance to come to Nishino Town again in the future. But even if I go back to Nishino Town, I don't know when it will be.

Under the influence of this sentimental emotion, Ogata involuntarily opened the car window and looked back at the smaller and smaller Nishikino Town behind him.

"Your emotions are always abundant in some strange places." After a few chuckles, A-Machi poked his head out of the window with Ogata, looking at the shrinking Nishikino-cho together.

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I have to say that Soichiro Nishino was very kind to Ogata and the others.

Not only fulfilled the promise, let Ogata and Acho go to Ezo with his caravan. Moreover, a carriage was specially vacated for Ogata and Atachi, and he made a bold statement: Ogata and the others took all the meals along the way, and he paid for them.

After getting on the official road, the caravan raced at such a speed that if they bumped into someone, they might be able to kill that person directly.

Such a fast speed made the car bump very badly.

If you talk, you might bite your tongue.

So Ogata and the others couldn't pass the time by chatting, they could only close their eyes and rest and sleep, they couldn't do anything.

A-Machi leaned back on the back of the chair and dozed off.

Ogata, who was not sleepy and couldn't think of anything to do, pulled out his personal system interface.

[Name: Ogata Yishi]

[Current personal level: LV37 (2480/5800)]

[Personal attributes:

Strength: 20

Dexterity: 18

Reflexes: 15

Stamina: 21

Vitality: 36]

【Skill:

[Sakakibara One Swordsman level: 13th stage (3655/12000)

Wuwu Two Swords Level: 11 paragraphs (9490/12000)

Shiranui Ninjutsu level: 8th stage (2290/7500)]

[Remaining skill points: 10 points]

...

[Sakakibara Ichidao Style (13 paragraphs):

Ascent: Intermediate

Waterfall: Advanced

Bird Thorn: Master

Dragon Tail: Advanced]

...

[No Self Two Swords Style (11 paragraphs):

Step up: advanced

Blade Return: Master Class

Circulation: master class

Breath of the Source: Grandmaster

Rachel: Junior

Cicada Rain: Beginner

Starfall: Elementary]

...

[Shiranui Ninjutsu (8 paragraphs):

Shiranui Stealth: Intermediate

Shiranui Jutsu: Advanced

Shiranui's breath holding technique: (unlocked)

Shiranui Assassination Technique: (Unlocked)]

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Ogata has gained a lot from the experience of more than 1 month and nearly 2 months in Nishinocho.

Since helping the village to repel the bandits until now, I have successfully raised my personal level by another 2 levels. Sakakibara’s Ichidou level has increased by 1 level, Shiranui Ninjutsu’s level has increased by 1 level. Far.

Counting the 4 skill points saved earlier, Ogata now has a total of 10 skill points.

It is completely enough for any sword skill that has reached the "master level" to be promoted to "grand master skill".

As for which sword skills to upgrade first, Ogata had already made arrangements.

Circulation, Blade Counter, and Stepping—these are the three skills that should be upgraded with the highest priority.

Needless to say, the blade counter for defense and the step for dodge.

Flow is currently Ogata's most applicable attack skill, suitable for any occasion.

Flow without fear of heads-up and one-to-many.

None of the four major sword skills of the Sakakibara Ichidao style are suitable for more than one strike. In terms of applicability, it is far inferior to circulation.

Ogata wanted to upgrade the circulation to the master level first.

But if you want to upgrade the circulation to the "grandmaster level", you must first upgrade the blade to the "grandmaster level".

Anyway, it's okay to be free now, Xu Fang simply decided to take advantage of this time and use up the skill points during this time.

Clicking on the system interface, the small question mark behind the blade counter skill item will show the conditions required to upgrade the blade counter to the "grandmaster level": strength, agility, and reflexes each reach 15 points.

With the help of "Immortal Poison", Ogata's body functions have already surpassed the prerequisites for Baban to be promoted to "Grandmaster".

——The "Blade Counter" of Wuwo Two Swords Style has been upgraded to "Grandmaster Level".

As soon as Ogata's silent recitation fell, some long-lost system sounds prompting skill upgrades sounded in Ogata's mind:

【Ding! Consuming 8 skill points, Wuwo Two Swords Sword Skill · Blade Counter is upgraded to a "grandmaster level" skill]

[Current remaining skill points: 2 points]

In just a moment, Ogata, who originally had 10 skill points, now only has 2 skill points left. Back to before liberation overnight.

Ogata plans to save the remaining 2 skill points, and intends to use them to transfer to the "grandmaster level" in the future.

After the blade counter was successfully upgraded, Ogata looked at his personal system interface several times again, and then closed it with satisfaction.

Counting the breath of source, Ogata now has 2 "grandmaster level" skills.

Ogata has experienced what a "grandmaster level" blade looks like a long time ago through the "Selfless Realm".

After upgrading the blade counter to the "master level" before, entering the "no-self realm" can temporarily promote the blade counter to the "grandmaster level".

"Grandmaster level" is a magical realm that is somewhat difficult to describe in words.

Whether it's bird thorns, circulation, or step-ups, these "master-level" skills have shown a very different effect after being upgraded to "grandmaster-level" by "selfless state".

That is - become ordinary.

Be it attacking skills such as bird stabs and circulation, or evasive skills such as stepping, after being upgraded to a "grandmaster skill", every move becomes ordinary, seemingly ordinary, without any fancy elements.

But it is also because there is no superfluous movement and fancy elements, so that every move and style is simple and direct, and it contains extremely powerful power.

If you use a word to describe it, the only word Ogata can think of is "return to basics".

After upgrading the skill to the "master level", the skill will enter a state of "back to basics".

Generally speaking, even a person with both hard work and talent would have to spend his whole life honing his sword skills to the state of "returning to the basics".

But relying on skill points, Xu Fang has reached a level that many people can't reach in their entire lives.

If those warriors who have devoted their entire lives to martial arts see that the sword skills used by Ogata, who is only 21 years old, have reached a level that they have never achieved in their entire lives, they will be shocked Stare out both eyes.

After closing the personal system interface, Xu took a deep breath impatiently.

Then slowly adjust your breathing to "breath of source".

Ogata has long wanted to know.

That is - if you are already a "grandmaster level" sword skill, will you still upgrade after entering the "selfless state"?

As the breathing rhythm changed and the breathing method switched to "Non-Self Realm", the series of system sounds unique to "Non-Self Realm" sounded in Ogata's mind.

【Ding! The host enters—the realm of selflessness! 】

[Pain perception decreased by 70%]

[Fatigue perception decreased by 70%]

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[Martial arts Wuwu two-sword style · blade counter, upgrade]

...

Ogata listened attentively.

Blade Counter does not directly increase a level like before.

Ogata said secretly:

——Entering the "Non-Self Realm" is just an enhancement, won't the level be directly increased by one level like before...

Although the skills that have been upgraded to the "grandmaster level" will no longer be abruptly improved by one level in the state of the "selfless state", but with the blessing of the "selfless state", the skills of the grandmaster level can still be further improved. enhancement.

Ogata pulled out the Daziza placed aside, aimed at the air in front of the car, and then imagined that there was an enemy coming towards him in front, and then he used the blade counter to defend.

After entering the "Non-Self Realm", the already "Grandmaster Level" blade fan is indeed more powerful.

"Hey."

At this moment, Machi muttered angrily from beside him.

Machi, who had been dozing off just now, opened his eyes at some point.

"Don't draw the knife in such a narrow space in the car, it's very dangerous. What if the car shakes later, and then you don't make up your mind to stick the knife on yourself?"

"Feel sorry……"

With a wry smile, Ogata retracted Da Zizai into the scabbard, and silently exited the state of "Non-Self Realm".

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Yuanjuya is also worthy of being a wealthy merchant who even owns two merchant ships, and the meals are extremely rich.

Every meal is rice, and every meal is a standard three dishes and one soup, with fish and vegetables.

Such a sumptuous meal was enough for many starving ronin to rush to apply for the job, begging to hire them to look after the home of Yuan Ju House.

From Nishino Town to the port where the merchant ships of Gentachibana stopped—this route, the caravan of Gentachibana had gone through it countless times, and they were already familiar with it.

They know exactly where there is an inn and at what speed they can reach the inn.

Thanks to Yuan Tachibana's familiarity with this route, Ogata and the others have a hotel to stay in every night, so they don't have to sleep in the open in such a severe winter.

Meals are delicious and spicy, and there is a comfortable hotel to stay at night-Ogata and A-machi are living in such a comfortable way these days.

After three days of trekking, Ogata finally smelled the sea breeze—they finally arrived at the port where the merchant ship of Minamoto Tachibana was docked.

The port is located on the east side of the Oshu region, facing the Pacific Ocean.

The icy sea breeze was blowing from the Pacific Ocean, so Ogata, who was not very afraid of the cold due to his high vitality, had to tighten the scarf around his neck.

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"So big……"

Looking at the two large ships docked by the port ahead, A-machi exclaimed.

These two large ships are the ships of Yuan Tachibana House.

They all have names-Sen no Maru and Huazhi Maru.

The first impression that the two ships of Yuan Tachibana House brought to Ogata and A-machi is that they are big.

It was much larger than the boat they took from Owari to Edo before.

Such a big ship is more than enough to put down the four carriages brought by Soichiro Nishino this time.

After taking a few glances at the two large ships, Ogata turned his head and cast a worried look at A-Machi.

"After getting on the boat, if you feel any discomfort, remember to tell me in time."

Ogata remembered it very clearly—Machi was seasick.

And it's still the kind of terrible seasickness.

When taking a boat from Owari to Edo a few months ago, Ogata had to put in a lot of effort to take care of Machi, who was basically lying down.

"Got it." A-Ming waved his hand, "The reason why I got seasick so badly before, I think it's mainly because the boat is too small, so it's very bumpy."

"Now that I have changed to a bigger boat, I think the hull should not shake so much, and I shouldn't be as seasick as I was last time."

Machi said so confidently.

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1 hour later—

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"Uh... so uncomfortable..."

A-Ming was lying on the edge of the railing of the boat, hung his little head on the railing, poked his head out of the railing, closed his eyes tightly, and his face was as white as paper.

Oo stood helplessly behind A-Ming, patted A-Ming on the back.

"How? Do you feel better?"

"No... so uncomfortable... um..."

Machi, who knew nothing about navigation, misjudged a little.

That is - no matter how big the ship is, it is just a small dot in the sea. When the waves hit, it will still bump and shake.

They started boarding the ship an hour ago.

After half an hour, two merchant ships left the port. On the Pacific Ocean, head north along the eastern coastline of Japan.

As soon as he sailed out of the port, Machi began to feel unwell.

Afterwards, this scene appeared very quickly—A-Ming was slumped against the railing, while Ogata stood behind A-Ming, patted her on the back, and tried his best to make her feel better.

In this era, there are no motion sickness medicines or seasickness medicines.

In the face of seasickness, you can only resist it.

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2 hours later—

Ogata sat cross-legged by Machi's bed.

The quilt covering Machi's body was rising and falling evenly.

Looking at Ah-Ming's peaceful sleeping face, Ogata breathed a sigh of relief silently.

——Have you finally fallen asleep...

The ship that Ogata, Atachi and the others were on was the Sennomaru.

The Sennomaru is the largest of the two merchant ships of Minamoto Tachibana, as well as the one with the largest passenger and cargo capacity.

The two of them were in a certain room of Sennomaru's cabin at this time.

Soichiro Nishino was as kind as ever, and gave up a fairly spacious room to Ogata and the others to live in.

Ogata and A-machi will spend the rest of their life at sea in this room.

They sailed around 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

Around 5 o'clock in the afternoon—that is, now, probably because of sailing to an area with a slow sea current, A-Machi gradually felt better and fell asleep peacefully.

Seeing that A-Machi was finally able to fall asleep, Ogata felt a little relieved.

Ah-cho is no different from a patient now.

Taking care of patients has always been a very exhausting task.

Now that Machi fell asleep, Ogata, who had nothing else to do, planned to go to the deck to see the sea view, get some air, and relax his tense body and mind just now.

Ogata did not go to the bow, but to the stern.

On the narrower stern deck there was no one at present.

Ogata stood on the poop deck, put his hands on the railing, and looked at the Pacific Ocean to the east.

Now happens to be the time when the sun is about to sink below sea level.

The sun, as red as blood, dyed the eastern sky a brilliant red.

Under the sky that is about to turn into night, the endless sea is rippling with countless bright water waves like mercury.

Waves slapped continuously on Sennomaru's hull.

The wave collided with the hull, and then broke into a thousand sparkling silver spray.

Undoubtedly beautiful.

The last time I saw the sea was several months ago.

Ogata folded his arms, smiling, silently looking at the beautiful seascape in front of him.

Such a beautiful scenery, Ogata very much wanted to share it with A-Machi—it's a pity that A-Machi now has no energy to see the sea view.

After looking at the ocean to the east for a while, Ogata turned his gaze to the north—that is, the direction the ship was traveling at the moment.

The scenery to the north is roughly the same as the scenery to the east.

The destination of Ogata's trip - Ezo, is now waiting for his arrival in the north.

According to Soichiro Nishino, they will have to sail for about 10 days to reach their destination.

Ogata felt mixed emotions when he thought that he would soon set foot on this completely unfamiliar land.

There is excitement, anticipation, and a touch of anxiety in the face of the "unknown".

Just as Ogata was staring at the northern sea horizon and was lost in thought, a middle-aged male voice full of magnetism suddenly came to his ears from the side of Ogata.

"Master Mashima, I found you, so you are at the stern of the boat."

Ogata followed the reputation - it was a very majestic face that he often saw these days.

"Ah, Mr. Nishino."

The owner and comer of the voice is none other than Soichiro Nishino.

Soichiro Nishino crossed his arms and walked out from the hatch beside the ship.

"I'm looking for you everywhere." Soichiro Nishino smiled.

Ogata: "Looking for me?"

"Well. But it's not for any important matter, I just want to ask you how Ling Zheng is doing."

"Thank you for your concern." Ogata thanked him, "Now the ship has sailed to a place where the current is calm, and the symptoms of seasickness have improved a little bit, and I am sleeping in the room now."

"That's it... that's good."

After finishing speaking, Soichiro Nishino walked to Ogata's side, then closed his eyes, feeling the sea breeze blowing on his face.

"The sea is amazing."

Soichiro Nishino opened his eyes and smiled.

"As long as you look at the sea and blow the sea breeze, your mood will improve involuntarily."

"Mr. Nishino, do you like the sea very much?" Ogata asked casually.

"Yes. I like it very much." Soichiro Nishino nodded vigorously, "It is because I like the sea that I decided to become a businessman engaged in ocean-going trade."

"In the beginning, I wanted to trade with the Qing Dynasty in Tangtu and North Korea on the peninsula."

"But the difficulty is too great, so I can only take the next best thing and trade with the Ezos in the Ezo land instead."

Hearing what Soichiro Nishino said, Ogata seemed to think of something, and quickly turned to look at Soichiro Nishino, and then asked:

"Mr. Nishino, are you free now?"

"Huh? Let's have some free time, what's the matter?"

"It's nothing, I just want to talk to you about Ezo in Ezo Land." Ogata said slowly, "My wife and I don't know anything about Ezo."

"So I want to learn as much as possible about the Ezo and the Ezos."

"Mr. Nishino, as a businessman who specializes in trading with Ezo, you should know a lot about Ezo, right?"

Ezo is a place where he might stay for a long time in the future. Ogata has always wanted to know as much as possible about Ezo and the Ezo who occupy this land.

But it was hard to find someone who knew enough information.

When he lived in Nishino Town and took a carriage to the port where the ship was moored, Ogata never had the opportunity to be alone with Soichiro Nishino and talk in detail.

It is rare to be alone with Nishino Soichiro now, so Ogata decided to take this opportunity to get as much information from Nishino Soichiro as possible.

Hearing this question from Ogata, Soichiro Nishino was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled wryly.

"Ezo and Ezo... Ezo is not bad, but I don't know much about Ezo."

"Because I only do business with a few fixed settlements. I haven't come into contact with many Ezos."

"I only know some Ainu customs and some Ainu languages."

"The Ezo I have come into contact with are very gentle and very close to us and people."

"But there are also some Eizu who are very hostile to us and people. They think that we and people have invaded their homeland."

Speaking of this, Soichiro Nishino paused for a moment, and then changed into a half-joking tone.

"About the struggle in Ezo... there is a rumor that is widely spread in Ezo, are you interested in hearing it?"

"Oh? I would like to hear the details." Ogata nodded.

"There are a lot of gold mines hidden in the soil of Ezo, did you know?"

"Yeah. I know."

He had just learned about it from the "former hunter" Shimasuke.

"It is said that a long time ago, there was a group of Ezo who regarded us and others as enemies. In order to fight against our Yamato nation, they spent decades searching for a large amount of gold from all over the Ezo land."

"They plan to use the gold to purchase advanced weapons from the Southern Barbarians in the West to fight us."

"But for some reason, they ended up giving up using gold to buy weapons."

"Instead, I hid the gold somewhere in Ezo."

"It is said that this batch of gold that was originally intended to be used to buy weapons would not be able to be spent even if a family of three spent a hundred lifetimes."

"This legend has been widely spread in the Ezo land."

"There are also some people who specially searched for treasure places in order to verify the authenticity of this legend."

"It is said that even the shogunate secretly sent people to look for gold."

"But without exception, all got nothing."

"Until now, I don't know whether the legend is true or not."

"Now there are a lot of people speculating—this legend is just a false story spread by those crazy gold diggers who want to make a fortune."

"Can a family of three spend more than a hundred lifetimes of gold..." Ogata smiled, and then said jokingly, "If someone gets lucky and accidentally finds the location of this batch of gold, Wouldn't he instantly become the richest person in the country?"

"Of course." Soichiro Nishino responded in the same half-joking tone, "but you have to find this batch of gold."

"Besides, there are other stories about this batch of gold—what the Ezos are hiding isn't gold at all."

"The fact that Ezo searched for gold and hid it in order to fight against us and people is a non-existent thing."

"That group of Ezo did look for something to fight against us and people, and they did hide this thing in the end. But no one knows what they are hiding."

"So whether there is a large amount of gold hidden in the end - it has not been determined until now."

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