I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

So far, Ogata, who defeated 4 players in a row, finally completely gained the attention of everyone present.

Many people looked at Ogata as "One Punch Man" in shock. Very few people even exclaimed frequently because they were too shocked:

"Hey, that Japanese is so strong! He has already defeated 4 people! (Lucia)"

"I don't think he knows any boxing skills, just ordinary punches! (Lucia)"

"Look at his wounds all over his body, he shouldn't be from the Japanese army, right?" (Lucia)"

"It's okay! We have Sania! Sania should be able to deal with that Japanese!"

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Ogata belongs to the "shirtless camp", because of the existence of Ogata, the balance of victory is greatly tilted to Ogata's side.

Although at a disadvantage, the people in the "clothes camp" on the opposite side have not been defeated, and they are still tenaciously supporting.

The two Lucians who had just finished off their respective opponents rushed towards Ogata almost at the same time.

These two people are about the same height as Ogata, but the muscles on their bodies are much stronger than Ogata's. They are full of big and hard muscles.

Ogata's figure is "lean", not the kind of "big guy" whose arms are bigger than a baby's head.

The two people, one on the left and the other on the right, launched a pincer attack on Ogata.

Although Ogata doesn't know boxing skills, he can still instinctively feel that these two people should have learned some corresponding skills from the movements of these two people.

The footwork is very good, the close body is in place, and the punching does not only use the strength of the arms, but knows how to mobilize the strength of the whole body, and mobilizes the power of the whole body very well.

However, these tricks of theirs are of no use.

Their skills are not enough to make up for the difference in physical fitness between them and Ogata.

In fist-to-flesh unarmed combat, if the physical fitness is weaker than others, it is a very desperate thing.

So there is an old saying in China that is very good-practice martial arts without practicing kung fu, and it will be nothing when you grow old.

No matter how well the various skills are practiced, if the strength, speed and other qualities are not enough, even if you hit the opponent, you may not be able to hurt others.

Facing the pincer attack of these two people, Ogata used his mind on two things, and quickly retreated a few steps to avoid the fists that the two of them swung from two different directions.

Then they stepped forward one by one, narrowed the distance between them, and swung two punches at a speed so fast that they would leave afterimages, each hitting the chest and face of these two people.

These two people only felt the pain that could almost make them faint directly from the place where Ogata's fist hit.

Clutching the place where he was hit, he persisted for a while, and finally fell down on the ground like the previous "senior" who fought against Ogata.

Ogata didn't take a second look at these two people who had already been defeated by him. After defeating these two people, he immediately went to look for new opponents.

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Ogata concentrated on dealing with all the people in single clothes.

Ogata flicked around, constantly changing his position.

The current highest record is a short man with tendons all over his body - he took 3 punches from Ogata before falling down.

Most of the people were knocked down one by one by Ogata.

So far, no one has even been able to touch Ogata...

"Sarnia! Sarnia! (Lucia language)" A young man with dull blond hair shouted anxiously at a strong man with a shiny bald head not far away.

The burly man dubbed "Sarnia" by the young man just knocked down the opponent in front of him.

After the young man's words fell, he turned his head following the sound.

"Sanya! Go and deal with that Japanese!" (Lucia)" the blond youth said, "That Japanese has already killed 8 of us! If we don't kill that Japanese, we will lose! (Lucia) language)"

Sania glanced at Ogata not far away.

He did not answer the blond youth.

With just a smile full of joy,

Then he answered the blond young man with his movements - he rushed towards Ogata like a brown bear charging its prey.

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Ogata heard a series of footsteps approaching him rapidly.

Follow the reputation - he saw a bald head.

A big man with a shiny bald head was rushing towards him.

There are no muscles on this strong man's body, only pieces of fat can be seen. His fat belly looks like a pregnant woman with a child in her stomach.

Although there is no hair on the top of this strong man's head, his chin, chest, and abdomen have quite dense hair volume, which is so dense that it makes people feel a little disgusting.

Ogata, who didn't know boxing skills, casually assumed a posture of standing sideways with his right hand in front and left hand behind.

Although he can't use a sword, the various abilities cultivated by years of fighting with swords can still be used in fist fights.

For example - the ability to calculate the distance between the enemy and the enemy.

The moment the bald head rushed into his attack range, Xu Fang immediately punched the bald head's huge belly.

Ogata didn't expect that - the bald head couldn't defend or hide.

Instead, he swung his right arm, swung his right fist, and threw his fist heavily towards Ogata's.

Boom!

The fists of the two collided together.

Ogata's expression changed slightly.

On the contrary, the expression of the bald head changed suddenly.

The reason why Ogata's face changed slightly was because the power of the bald head was much stronger than he imagined.

It actually made his fist feel numbness and pain that could not be ignored in the past - but this pain is nothing compared to the injuries he mentioned before.

As for why the bald head's expression suddenly changed... the same reason as the reason why Ogata's expression changed, he also misjudged Ogata's strength.

Ogata's thin figure looks too deceptive - people mistakenly think that he is a person with limited strength, no matter how strong he is.

The bald man, who seriously misjudged Ogata's strength, screamed while covering his right hand that was so painful that it felt like it was about to crack.

Ogata would not miss this excellent opportunity to decide the outcome.

Ogata hit the bald belly hard with his left fist.

After punching the bald head's belly with his left fist, Ogata realized that this bald head was not the kind of person who only had fat on his body.

He's one of those big, muscular guys with layers of fat on top.

Such a body shape reminded Ogata of that kind of sumo wrestler.

Sumo wrestlers are all built like this - strong muscles surrounded by layers of fat. Combining powerful strength with a weight that is difficult to push.

Under the protection of this circle of fat and muscles, the bald head was extremely resistant to blows. Ogata punched him 4 times before he finally fell down. He successfully broke the record of "the number of punches Ogata received".

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The rhythm of this fist fight became extremely fast because of Ogata's presence.

In less than half a minute, all 20 people in the "clothes camp" fell down in a low voice - 14 of them were knocked down by Ogata.

As for the "shirtless camp" on Ogata's side, because of Ogata's activity, there are still 10 people including Ogata who have not been defeated.

Most of their opponents were punched down by Ogata who suddenly joined in...

"Oh oh oh oh--!!"

After the last person in the "clothed camp" fell to the ground, the members of the "shirtless camp" who were still standing, except for Ogata, cheered.

"It's too strong! This Japanese is so strong! It's the first time for me to fight such an easy fist fight! (Lucia)"

"Most of the people were killed by the Japanese, I'm a little bit upset... (Lucia)"

"This Japanese should really go to our country! Participate in those boxing matches with gambling! You can definitely make a lot of money! (Lucia)"

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In addition to cheering, these people also spoke words that Ogata could not understand in Lucian.

"Mashima! You are amazing!"

At this time, Vahili came over and praised Ogata in Japanese, and Ogata finally heard the language he understood after a long absence.

"You are not in the army, are you?"

"No." Ogata shook his head, "I'm not a soldier. I'm just an ordinary ronin. Well, I've already finished this fist fight with you, and it's time to fulfill your promise—tell me about it, What did the two Japanese people you met look like."

"...Mashima, I have an unfeeling request." After pursing his lips, Vasily said seriously, "Can you please fight with me? Just you and me."

"Huh?" Ogata frowned slightly.

"I watched your battle just now, and my blood was about to burn. I want to fight you! Just one fight!" Vasily's tone was earnest.

"After fighting with me, I will tell you everything I know!"

Looking at Vasily in front of him, Ogata muttered in his heart in a helpless tone:

——Another person who loves to fight...

How many people have I met so far who like to fight and compete with others? Ogata himself was a little lost.

However, all the people he met before were fond of fighting with weapons. It's the first time Ogata has seen someone who likes boxing.

"No." Ogata said without hesitation, "You promised me that as long as I participate in your traditional event, you will tell me the details of the two weird-looking Japanese you met before."

"Now you suddenly want me to fight you again."

"Are you trying to break your promise?"

After hearing the words "break the promise" from Ogata, Vashi showed impatience and embarrassment.

Vasily pursed his lips tightly. After thinking for a moment, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and let out a soft "ah".

Then hastily said:

"Ah, yes, why not!"

Vasily ran quickly to his jacket that had just been thrown aside, and after groping inside the jacket for a while, he took out a long tube-shaped object.

"This thing is called a 'telescope'!" Vasili ran back to Ogata with this long tube-shaped object, "It can see objects in the distance clearly! It is a very useful thing!"

"As long as you fight me again now, this telescope will be given to you!"

"Telescope?" Ogata raised his eyebrows.

As a traveler, Ogata certainly knew what the telescope was.

This is indeed a good thing.

"May I see it?"

"Take it." Vasily handed the telescope in his hand to Ogata, "Just pull the two tubes apart, and you can use it."

The telescope in Vasili's hand is a very popular monocular in this era.

It's so tiny, it's only as long as Ogata's palm before pulling it apart.

Ogata took the telescope handed by Vasili, pulled it away and tried it out—it could see quite far, and it was also very clear.

"A-Machi!" Ogata shouted to A-Machi who was standing not far away, "Would you like to come and try this telescope?"

At this time, Japan still pursues the national policy of seclusion, so such Western gadgets are very rare in the market.

Although A-cho had heard of the name "telescope" before, he had never used it.

After Ogata asked her if she wanted to try the telescope, A-Machi, who was very curious about the telescope, immediately ran over and took the telescope from Ogata.

"Wow!" After putting one eye on the camera, A-Machi immediately exclaimed, "I can see so far. So this is a telescope..."

Needless to say, the practicality of the telescope.

In Japan, which is still closed to the outside world, binoculars are a luxury with a price but no market. Probably only those dignitaries have channels to get binoculars.

"As long as you fight with me, no matter whether you win or lose, I will give you this telescope!" Vasily added.

Looking at A-Machi who was having a great time holding the binoculars, Ogata only thought for a while before looking at Vasili.

"...Okay, I'll fight you again."

"Grateful!" Vasily's face showed ecstasy.

"Machi, stand a little further away. Vahili, after the fight, you must keep your promise and tell me the details of the two Japanese you met before."

"Don't make me do anything else."

"Don't worry!" Vasili pressed the joints of his fists, "I will tell you everything I know right after I fight with you!"

Ogata and Vasili had been communicating in Japanese just now, so Vasili's subordinates couldn't understand what they were talking about and what they were planning to do.

But after seeing Ogata and Vahiri put on their respective boxing stances, they cheered one after another—although they don’t know why Ogata and Vahiri plan to fight heads-up, they just need to know that there is a good show You can see it.

Some people who fell to the ground just now but were not seriously injured also climbed up again at this time, and gathered not far from Ogata and Vahiri together, preparing to watch the duel between Ogata and Vahiri.

Ogata just wants to make a quick decision now.

So as soon as he opened his posture, Xu Fang rushed towards Vahili like an arrow off the string.

Vasily's eyes couldn't keep up with Ogata's speed at all.

Unable to react, there was naturally only one end for Vasili - he was punched heavily by Ogata in the stomach.

But Vasily did not just fall down.

After coughing hard a few times, he punched Ogata's head.

Ogata just lowered his head to avoid Vasily's attack, and then punched Vasili's chest and stomach again.

However, Vasili still did not fall.

Surprise already appeared in Ogata's pupils at this moment.

The reason why Ogata was surprised was not only because Vasily was able to beat him three times without falling down.

It was because he discovered that Vahily, who had been punched three times in a row, showed a happy smile.

As if being beaten by Ogata was such a happy thing...

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Vasily was born in the countryside near Moscow.

His father taught him a lot.

Among them, the teaching that impressed him the most is - "go to the festival with your fists".

In Vahili's hometown, not only would he fight with people on Maslenitsa, but also with people from his own village and other villages during festivals.

So as soon as Vasili had his own memory, he started fighting with people.

Maybe it's because of his personality, he likes to fight with people very much.

Especially fighting against someone who is that strong.

As long as he hits those strong people with a punch, or gets punched by such strong people, Vahily will feel very happy.

That kind of feeling is like a sudden stomachache in the wilderness, and after enduring it for a long time, I finally found the toilet, and finally managed to bleed thousands of miles away.

Vahily will feel very happy only when he hits the strong and is hit by the strong.

Among the gang, Vahily felt happy only when fighting their red-haired boss, the others were too weak to fight them, and there was no joy at all.

And now, for the first time in a long time, Vahili finally experienced the fun of fighting among people other than the red-haired boss.

Whenever Ogata's fist hit him, although he felt pain, he also felt very happy.

There is a strange pleasure.

Painful and happy - this is probably what Vasily feels now.

Fighting since he was a child made Vasili develop a very strong fighting ability.

This kind of strange happiness also allowed Vashiri to last longer in the face of Ogata's heavy punch.

Because he couldn't dodge Ogata's fist at all, Vahiri counterattacked Ogata while holding Ogata's fist hard.

However, his fist speed was too slow, and Ogata would easily dodge his fist and launch a rainstorm of attacks on Vahiri.

After discovering that Vasily was thicker than he had imagined, Ogata slightly increased his strength.

But Ogata was still more and more surprised.

Vasili smiled - he could still understand anyway.

Ogata speculated that it was probably because he met a strong man he hadn't seen for a long time that he showed such a happy smile.

But for some reason, he always felt that Vasili's smile looked very strange.

After aiming at Vasili's chest and swung his ninth punch, Vasili's body shook a few times before finally falling to the ground.

"Hahaha……"

Vahili, who was lying in the snow in a large font, was panting heavily.

"Thank you... for your advice..."

Vahili turned his tongue and spoke a slightly awkward Japanese honorific.

Even though his body was covered in various bruises from the beating, he still showed a strange happy smile.

It has to be said that Vasili is really resistant to beatings - after receiving so many punches, except for some bruises on his body, there is no other serious problem.

Although this is also related to Ogata's mercy.

"Are you satisfied?" Ogata asked, "Can you tell us everything you know?"

"Of course...but...ha... please give me a little rest..."

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Lying in the snow, after resting for a while, Vasili asked Ogata and the others to come with him, saying that it was not suitable for talking here, and asked Ogata and A-Ming to come to his camp.

Aiyaka had already left at this time-after all, it was noon now, and his wife had been waiting for him to come home for lunch, and it had been a long time.

Ogata and Ating, who followed Vasili closely behind, entered the camp of Vasili and his group of Lucians under their leadership.

Not long after entering Vasili's camp, Ah Ding let out an exclamation.

"Ayi! Look! Their horses are so tall!"

Ogata and the others were passing by a stable.

Inside the stables, there are a lot of majestic horses.

Looking at the horses in the stable, a bit of surprise appeared in Ogata's eyes uncontrollably.

Machi's height is about 1.55 meters.

And the horses in this stable are all taller than A Ding at the shoulder.

The shoulder height alone is higher than that of A-Ming. After adding the height of the head, every horse in this stable is between 1.7 and 1.9 meters tall.

Since traveling to the Edo period, Ogata has become accustomed to seeing horses that are not much taller than donkeys.

Seeing so many such tall horses suddenly now made Ogata feel a little uncomfortable.

There are also horses produced in Japan, but the horses in Japan are generally short, basically not much taller than donkeys.

All the horses that Ogata had seen before were probably only between 1 meter and 1 meter 4 in height at the shoulder.

When they escaped from Butterfly Island last year, Mamiya and the others gave Ogata a horse.

It was at that time that Ogata learned to ride a horse. Then relying on this horse, I followed Mamiya and Makimura from Kii to Owari, and then rode from Owari to Kyoto alone.

The horse that Ogata was riding at that time was not as tall as Ogata even if the height of the head was counted...

In terms of overall height, it is probably only on par with A-Ming.

In terms of shoulder height, the horse that Ogata was riding at that time was only about 1.2 meters.

"Hahahaha!" Vasili, who was walking in front, laughed a few times, then turned his head, and cast a gentle look at the horse in the stable next to him, as if he was looking at his own child, "How? Surprised, right?" , the horses used by our Cossacks are all Don horses.”

"The Don horse is the strongest breed of horse in the world."

"Both speed and strength, strong endurance, and resistance to rough feeding. It is the most suitable horse to be used as a war horse."

"To us, these horses are just like our best friends and wives, accompanying us from the distant Eastern European grasslands to this far east."

"Cossacks?" Ah Ding tilted his head, showing a lovely puzzled expression, "Aren't you from Lucia?"

"Hahahaha." Vasily laughed a few more times, "Although you are not wrong to call us Lucians, but I prefer you to call us 'Cossacks'."

"We ourselves like to call ourselves 'Cossacks'."

"Cossack...is it a national name like 'Wato' and 'Ainu'?" A-Machi continued to ask.

Vasily shook his head.

"It's not a national name. How should I put it... You can understand 'Cossack' as the name of a group."

"'Cossack' is a Turkic word meaning 'free man' or 'brave man'."

"The history of our 'Cossacks', in simple terms, is that almost 200 years ago, a group of people could not bear the oppression and decided to flee to other places, and finally successfully settled in a fertile land."

"There are all kinds of nationalities in this group. Together they tenaciously took root in a foreign country and survived."

"The group grew and over time people started calling them 'Cossacks.'"

"We don't ask about the nationality, as long as you join us in that land, you are a 'Cossack'."

"So in 'Cossacks', you can see people of various nationalities."

"For example, under my command, there are two Germans. They are both Germans and Cossacks."

"And our eldest—he's a Scot and a Cossack."

Speaking of this, Vasili paused for a moment, and then hurriedly added.

"By the way, I don't seem to have told you that there is another boss on my head, but he is now out for drawing."

"I know." Ogata nodded, "Aiyaka told me something about your boss yesterday."

"Then according to you, we can also become Cossacks?" A-cho interrupted.

Although Ah-ding didn't recognize the Germans and Scots that Vasili just mentioned, she managed to understand what Vasili meant.

"You can put it this way." Vasily nodded, "It's a pity that our Cossacks are no longer 'free people'."

A touch of helpless bitterness slowly appeared on Vasily's face.

"We Cossacks are now under the control of the Tsar of Lucia."

"At the request of the Tsar, we had to come to the remote Far East to explore here."

"I haven't been home for four years."

"I really want to go home..."

After raising his hand and scratching his hair, Vahili pouted forward.

"Here we are. That tent up ahead is my tent."

As the second-in-command of their group, Vasily lived in a tent that was not different from other people's tents, it was very simple.

Vasili lifted the curtain at the entrance of the tent: "Come in, it's a little messy, please don't mind."

After entering the tent one after the other, Ogata and Atachi looked around the place where Vasili lived.

Ogata found Vasily to be very dishonest - which was a little messy.

The 3 tables of different sizes in the tent are full of all kinds of messy things.

The space on the floor was also occupied by all kinds of messy things, and there was almost no place to stay.

This level of mess, if you tell Ogata that this tent is a tent for storing sundries, Ogata will believe it.

Although there were all kinds of sundries in this tent, there was one thing that caught Ogata's attention.

There was a gun rack on a small table not far away.

On the gun rack was a very long musket.

It was this long musket that caught Ogata's attention.

Atachi and Ogata discovered the musket almost at the same time.

With bright eyes, A-Machi carefully stepped on the few open spaces on the floor that were not covered by various sundries, and came to the small table where the long musket was placed.

"Is this the musket you are using?" A-cho asked Vasily, "This is the first time I have seen such a long musket..."

"Hahaha!" Vasili casually pulled a table next to him and sat down, "This gun is called the 'Kentucky Long Rifle', and it should be considered the most advanced musket at present."

"He shoots more accurately and from a longer distance."

"Eight years ago, the Americans of the American continent relied on this Kentucky long rifle to defeat the English army, win independence, and establish a brand new country."

"The American continent?" A-Ming looked puzzled.

"Across the sea to the east of your country of Japan is the American continent." Vahiri said, "Eight years ago, a group of people who immigrated to that continent just established a new country."

"It is said that in the Revolutionary War they were fighting, a gunman named 'Mosey Murphy' killed an enemy commander 300 yards (1 yard = 0.91 meters) away."

"300 yards... how far is that?" Machi asked.

"Hmm... I don't know what unit of length you use in Japan."

"It's about 30 yards from our camp to Aiyaka's village of Kumar."

"So the distance of 300 yards is about 5 round trips from our camp to the village of Aiyaka."

"This gun can hit such a long distance?" A-cho's eyes widened in surprise, "And there is still a way to accurately hit the target at such a long distance..."

"This kind of gun is currently only equipped in a small range among our Cossacks." Vasily shrugged.

Vasili looked at Ogata.

"Okay, let's talk about the topic."

"You said you were looking for two Japanese, right?"

"More than a year ago, we did come across two Japanese people whose appearance matches what you just said, but I don't know if they are the people you are looking for."

"We were moving to new places, exploring new unknown places."

"While passing through a certain forest, I suddenly heard a strange sound."

"We, who were curious, rode our horses over to take a look, and found that two Japanese, one old and one young, were arguing."

"We were far away at the time, so we couldn't hear what the two were arguing."

"The younger one, for some reason, I always feel that he..."

Vasili raised his hand and nodded his head.

"There seems to be something wrong here."

"Because of his appearance at the time, he looked really weird, hysterical."

Hearing this, Ogata narrowed his eyes slightly.

If the old and young couple that Vasili said are Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen, then this is consistent with the information he heard from the pet dealer named Tangshen - Xuanzhen's spirit seems to be a little abnormal .