I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Back in time to just now——

After successfully reaching a deal with Scruucci, Chepke and others walked out of Scruucci's camp.

Manaker, who was walking beside Chepke, let out a long breath.

"It looks like we'll be busy in the future. We need to prepare enough meat and wine for Skulucci and the others... There are not many people in our village who can go hunting right now. It will take some time and effort to catch enough prey. ...Huh? Chepke, why are you still looking serious?"

"It's nothing." Chepke took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled the air in his chest, "I just feel a little tired."

"Speaking of...you seem to have not slept since last night."

"There are too many things to do. And... if I go home to rest, I might meet my son and daughter-in-law."

"I now... don't really want to see my son and daughter-in-law."

"Huh? What's the matter? Did you quarrel with your son or daughter-in-law?"

A look of embarrassment slowly appeared on Chepke's face.

"There was no quarrel, it's just...some embarrassing things happened..."

"Forget it, I don't want to take care of your family affairs. Anyway, I think you'd better go and have a rest."

"Now I don't have the time to rest. I'm going to find that Mashima Goro now."

"Looking for Goro Mashima?" Manacre's pupils narrowed slightly - he instantly guessed what Chepke wanted to do.

"Yes." Chepke nodded, "I want to ask him personally if he would like to stay in our village."

"What if he doesn't agree?" Manacre asked.

"If he doesn't agree, then I have nothing to do." Chepke said with a wry smile, "I can only think of other ways to solve the problem of insufficient men in our village..."

"Anyway——I'll go to Mashima Goro's and try it now."

"Perhaps he would like to stay in our village."

"This time, I will go with a person in charge of translation. Manacre, you go and organize the staff to prepare enough meat and bars.

"

"Yeah. I see."

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The timeline goes back to the present——

"The village head said: I want to ask if you would like to work hard in our village, marry another wife, and then stay in our village."

The middle-aged man sitting next to Chepke translated what Chepke said just now into Japanese.

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--Ok?

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Ogata turned his head and cast a puzzled look at the middle-aged man in charge of the translation.

He looked at the middle-aged man and asked: Did you translate correctly?

Facing the gaze cast by Ogata, the middle-aged man answered Ogata with a firm expression without shrinking in the slightest—he did not mistranslate.

Ogata turned his gaze back to Chepke.

"Village Chief, let me make sure—you're not kidding me, are you?"

"I'm serious. (Ainu)" Chepke said.

After confirming that Chepke was not joking and that the translation was correct, Ogata involuntarily put on a strange expression.

——Am I lucky...

Ogata thought helplessly in his heart.

In just two days, he was raised twice.

Yesterday, the mother-in-law, who can see other people, wanted to adopt him as her grandson-in-law.

Today, the village head of Qina Village personally came to ask him if he wanted to marry a girl from their village.

But Ogata was not dazzled by this "peach blossom".

After a short shock, Ogata quickly calmed down.

He crossed his arms and stared straight at Chepke's face with eyes that seemed to pierce him.

As for A-Machi, who was sitting behind Ogata, after listening to the words translated by the translator just now, the expression on her face fluctuated greatly.

Just when she was about to say something to Chepke, she noticed Ogata who was looking directly at Chepke with calm eyes.

Looking at Ogata with a calm face, A-Machi silently pursed her red lips, and swallowed back the words that had rushed to her lips.

After Ogata stared at Chepke for a while, he said softly:

"Village chief, can you tell me why you want me to marry a girl from your village and stay in your village?"

"Is it to increase the number of men in the village, so that the village can have one more man with great skills?"

Ogata had been thinking about the reason why the village chief proposed marriage to him just now.

He thought about it for a long time, and there was only one reason he could think of—to expand the number of men in the village, which was not much at all.

Chepke pursed his lips and fell silent.

After a moment of silence, Chepke said slowly:

"I don't quite know what life is like for you and people."

"For us who live a life of fishing and hunting, the strength and number of men directly determine the prosperity of a village."

"Villages that lack men, without exception, are quite poor, and will be looked down upon by people in other villages, and even bullied."

"Since you are a friend brought by Aiyakata, you should be aware of the 'disappearance' a few years ago, right?"

"Since the 'disappearance incident' occurred, there have been a lot fewer males in our village."

"And I experienced something like that last night. If I don't think of a way, our village will be saved... (Ainu language)"

Speaking of this, Chepke stopped talking as if he couldn't go on anymore.

Although he didn't directly answer the question Ogata just asked.

But what he said just now can be regarded as an indirect answer.

After quietly listening to Chepke explain the suffering of their village and the translator's translation, Ogata sighed softly.

"I understand the suffering of your village very well."

"But I'm sorry—I don't want to marry a girl from your village, and I don't have the energy to live in your village forever."

Ou bowed to Chepke.

"I am a wanderer with no fixed place, and the wind and the ground are the quilt I should cover and the bed I should sleep on."

"and……"

Ogata's mind flashed the appearance of his arrest warrant which rose to 800 taels for some reason.

"I'm not a person who can bring happiness to others."

A faint helpless smile appeared on Ogata's face.

Chepke lowered his head and remained silent.

After a while, Chepke finally broke the silence.

"……I see."

Chepke did not stalk, but nodded briskly to show that he understood, and then stood up.

"Goro Mashima. If you change your mind later, you can come to me anytime."

"Our village will always welcome a powerful man like you to join."

"Yes." Ogata nodded, "I will."

After leaving this sentence, Chepke took his translator and left from Ogata's home very happily and without any twitching.

After Chepke left, Ogata let out a sigh of relief.

And A-Machi, who was sitting behind Ogata's side, kneeled to Ogata's side, then poked Ogata with his elbow, and said in a half-joking tone:

"He came to the door in person and gave you a chance to marry a new wife. Are you sure you just give up?"

Ogata smiled wryly.

"I'm not very used to the living habits of the Ainu people, so it's even less likely that I will live in an Ainu settlement for a long time."

Speaking of this, Ogata lowered his tone.

"And - if someone like me lives here for a long time, it will bring trouble to the people here."

Chepke didn't know - Ogata refused to stay in their village, but was actually protecting them.

"If the shogunate knows that Ogata Itsuki lives in an Ainu settlement, you should imagine how the shogunate will act?"

"The shogunate should know by now that only ordinary samurai will be sent here, there is nothing I can do about it."

"If the shogunate knows that Ogata Itsuki lives in a certain Ainu settlement, maybe they will send troops directly."

Having said that, Ogata turned his head, looked at A-Machi, and said in a joking tone:

"I thought that when you heard the head of Chepke propose marriage to me just now, you would tell them angrily, 'Goro Mashima already has a wife like me'."

"That's exactly what I wanted to do."

"But I think this kind of thing should be done by you, not me."

"Fortunately—you didn't disappoint me."

After finishing speaking, Amachi cast a complimenting look at Ogata.

Ogata smiled, and then began to pull the scarf around his neck.

"Go ahead and take a shower."

"I'm going to see Scruucci in the afternoon."

"You can't go to see people in a smelly way."

Pulling off the scarf and opening the skirt, Ogata revealed his muscular upper body covered with dried blood and sweat. .

One advantage of ancient Japanese men's clothes is that it is very convenient to take off the clothes.

Pull the skirt to the sides to take off the clothes.

"Don't you take off your clothes underneath?" A-Machi looked at Ogata's lower body which was still wearing clothes.

"Don't worry." Ogata said, "First wash the upper body and then the lower body. Anyway, my current set of clothes will be washed later. And now it's such a cold day, I will wash all the clothes on my body in one go. It’s going to be cold if you’re all naked.”

"Exactly."

A-Machi nodded, and then took a basin filled with hot and cold water placed not far away.

After putting a little cold water into the hot water to make it warm, Machi soaked a towel in warm water and began to help Ogata scrub his body.

A-Ming knelt behind Ogata and scrubbed Ogata's back first.

Ogata was not idle either.

After A-Machi wiped his back, Ogata picked up another clean towel and scrubbed his front.

Body scrubbing is also a rather boring, dry affair.

In order to pass this boring time, Ogata opened his personal system interface, checked his current status, and checked his level and various experience bars after the battle last night.

[Name: Ogata Yishi]

[Current personal level: lv37 (5710/5800)]

[Personal attributes:

Strength: 20

Dexterity: 18

Reflexes: 15

Stamina: 21

Vitality: 36]

【Skill:

[Sakakibara One Swordsman level: 13th stage (5255/12000)

Wuwu Two Swords Level: 11 paragraphs (11090/12000)

Shiranui Ninjutsu level: 8th stage (2690/7500)]

[Remaining skill points: 2 points]

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[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: Grandmaster

Circulation: master class

Breath of the Source: Grandmaster

Rachel: Junior

Cicada Rain: Beginner

Starfall: Elementary]

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[Shiranui Ninjutsu (8 paragraphs):

Shiranui Stealth: Intermediate

Shiranui Jutsu: Advanced

Shiranui's breath holding technique: (unlocked)

Shiranui Assassination Technique: (Unlocked)]

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The number of Cossacks who fell under Ogata's sword last night was between 30 and 40.

Killing so many enemies also gave Ogata a lot of experience points for each experience bar.

The personal level has increased by nearly 4,000 experience points, Sakakibara's one-sword style has more than 1,000 points, Wuwo's ​​two-sword style has nearly 3,000 points, and Shiranui Ninjutsu has a few hundred points.

Although he has gained a lot of experience points, it is very difficult to upgrade because Ogata's current level is too high.

So after the battle yesterday, neither Ogata's personal level nor his martial skills have been upgraded.

However, although it has not been upgraded, the distance between the personal level and Wuwo Two Swords is only a step away from the upgrade.

After Ogata finished checking his personal system interface, A-Machi happened to help Ogata wipe his back.

"I feel that those wild boars who run in the forest every day are cleaner than you now..."

While complaining about Ogata's filthy appearance, Machi dipped the towel that had just been wiped off Ogata's back into the basin.

As soon as the towel was soaked in the basin, the clean and transparent water in the basin instantly became turbid, so dirty that even the bottom could hardly be seen clearly.

After washing Ogata's back, A-Machi kneeled in front of Ogata and began to scrub his front with Ogata.

"Why are you wiping so slowly?"

A-Machi said angrily.

"I finished wiping your back and you just wiped your arms."

Ogata had focused all his attention on checking his personal system interface just now, so the action of scrubbing his body would naturally slow down unconsciously.

"Don't look at me like this. I am also a very delicate person occasionally." Ogata spoke nonsense seriously for the sake of Tangsai A-Ting, "Wipe slowly, and you can wipe cleaner."

"This kind of statement is not convincing at all from you who are always too lazy to wash a loincloth."

After all, Machi showed a rather unhappy expression as if recalling some unpleasant memories.

When he left Edo with Ogata and went to Ezo, Ogata would wash his own clothes by himself.

But gradually, Ogata became more and more lazy.

Just like the vast majority of couples—they treated each other with respect when they first got married, but after a period of time after marriage, because the two have gotten along well with each other, they gradually become "easy-going" towards their partners.

Ogata, who is becoming more and more lazy to wash his own clothes, now basically throws his clothes to A-Machi for washing - including the loincloth.

The so-called loincloth can be understood as male underwear in this era.

Ogata, who realized that he was wrong, silently lowered his head, looked at his nose and heart, and no longer dared to speak.

Ah-machi's movements were swift.

In just a while, she had already cleaned the right half of Ogata's body, and began to scrub the left half of Ogata's body.

After the towel soaked in warm water touched Ogata's large dark purple skin that spread from his left neck to his left chest, A-Machi froze suddenly.

"...Is it my illusion..."

A-Machi murmured in a low voice, then raised his hand to caress the "deep purple" patch on Ogata's body that spread from his left neck to his left chest.

"You didn't seem to be 'purple' here before."

Machi poked a small piece of skin just below Ogata's left collarbone with his finger.

Ogata, who was slightly startled when he heard what Ah-cho said, hurriedly lowered his head to look at the place where Ah-cho poked.

"Is there? Didn't this place turn purple before?"

Ogata usually doesn't pay much attention to this large piece of purple skin on his body.

He himself doesn't quite remember whether the skin that A-Ming is poking now has turned purple a long time ago.

Even if it turns purple again recently, it must be only a small amount of skin discoloration.

If it is a large area of ​​skin discoloration, even Ogata, who usually doesn't pay much attention to his dark purple skin, can definitely notice this change.

"Really..." A-Machi muttered in a low voice, "But I remember that the skin here was normal before..."

Speaking of this, Ah Ding paused.

Then, although he tried his best to suppress it, he still whispered in a worried tone:

"This 'immortality poison'...could start to spread again..."

"...Don't think too much." Ogata said softly to A-Ming, "Now we just need to follow the steps to find Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen."

Despite Ogata's relief, A-Machi couldn't help casting a worried look at the large purple skin on Ogata's left neck.

"Where are Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen..." After sighing heavily, A-Ming continued to help Ogata scrub his body.

"...A-Machi, don't worry." After being silent for a while, Ogata smiled at A-Machi, "My luck is always very good in critical situations."

"My strong luck has saved me in distress countless times, and it has also allowed me to meet the most suitable people at the most suitable juncture countless times."

"So relax. We will definitely find Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen."

A-Machi seemed to be amused by Ogata's words just now, with a smile on his face: "You are so optimistic. I have to learn from your optimistic personality."

After finishing speaking, A-Machi stopped talking and concentrated on wiping Ogata's body with a towel.

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As soon as Chepke came out of Ogata's house, he ran into Manaker.

After seeing Chepke, Manaker immediately went up to him, and then asked Chepke:

"How about it, Chepke?"

Chepke shook his head, and answered Manaker with gestures.

"That's it..." Manaker smiled helplessly, "But this is also normal. After all, he is a friendly person, and his living habits are completely different from our Ainu people."

"If he is willing to stay in our village, I will be surprised."

"Manakor." Chepke raised his hand and rubbed the center of his brows, "Can I borrow your home to let me take a nap? I feel a little sleepy now..."

"If you want to sleep, can't you just go back to your house and sleep?"

"Didn't I tell you?" Chepke cast a helpless look at Manaker, "For some reasons, I don't really want to see my son and daughter-in-law."

"Let me take a nap at your house. I sleep until noon."

"Then you help me inform these people now..."

Chepke breathed out the names of the most important people in their village who were still alive.

"Tell them for me—I'm going to have a little meeting this afternoon."

"A little meeting?" Manacre asked back. "What do you want to talk to them about?"

"Yes." Chepke nodded vigorously, "I plan to have a good talk with them about the future of the village."

"This matter is urgent..."

Hearing Chepke's words, Manaker's expression became serious in an instant.

"Originally, if Goro Mashima was willing to become a member of our village, our village would directly add 100 new men."

Chepke continued.

"But now Goro Mashima is unwilling to join our village."

"So now we have to think of other ways to ensure the future of the village..."

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After A-cho helped Ogata take a bath, Ogata began to help A-cho take a bath.

Under the condition that only a basin can be used to hold water to scrub the body, it is most convenient for this kind of two people to help each other.

A-Machi was not like Ogata who had been confronting the enemy all the time last night, so A-Machi was not like Ogata, whose body was covered in blood and sweat and was frighteningly dirty. So it is easier to clean up.

After the two simply scrubbed their bodies, they began to take a nap.

Both of them stayed up all night last night.

First, I assisted the villagers to repel the Cossacks, and then followed the villagers to clean up the village, working all night.

Even Ogata, whose physical strength is now as high as 21 points, felt quite tired and sleepy after going through the triple combo of killing enemies in the "selfless state", helping the villagers clean up the village, and staying up all night.

After scrubbing my body and taking a nap, it was afternoon.

The specific time is about 2 o'clock.

After eating some of the dry food they brought with them for today's lunch, Ogata and Atachi left for Scruucci's camp to attend the meeting.

Listen to what Scruucci has to say to him.

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Outside the village of Kina, to the east—

Scrooge's camp—

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"Huh? Why wander around? Don't know, I never thought about it, I never thought about it. I wanted to wander, so I wandered."

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Scruucci suddenly felt a warmth covering his face.

The warmth covering his face was quite comfortable at first.

But gradually, Scruucci felt that the temperature of this warmth was gradually increasing.

In the end——Skulucci, awakened by the heat, escaped from the dream, and slowly opened his eyes.

Skulucci, whose consciousness had just returned to reality from a dream, looked around—the tent that he lived in was very familiar to him.

He soon saw where the warmth was coming from.

His tent has many small openings for ventilation.

When not in use on weekdays, the fabric sewn on top of these vents can be put down to cover the windows.

In order to ventilate, Scruucci opened every small opening in the tent before taking a nap.

That warmth is the sunlight shining on Scruucci's face through these small openings.

Looking at the small opening where the sun shines in, Skulucci roughly calculated the current time from the sun's position, and secretly said in his heart in a helpless tone:

——The weather is too good to be a good thing...

After complaining about the weather, which was too good for him to sleep in, Scruucci sat up in his hammock.

He who has woken up has no sleepiness.

Now he was going to continue to do what he had only half done because he had to take a nap just now—sharpening the sword.

Scruucci picked up the chasik knife and whetstone that lay beside his hammock.

Before his afternoon nap, he was concentrating on sharpening his saber with a whetstone.

Halfway through sharpening the knife, I felt drowsy.

So he put aside the half-sharpened saber and whetstone, and prepared to take a good nap before continuing with the boring work.

Scruucci turned his chashik on its side, so that the side of the blade was facing his face.

A well-cared for saber with a clean, mirror-like face.

Scruzzy's face was reflected on this mirror-like blade.

Looking at his own face reflected on the blade, Scruucci couldn't help but recall the dream he had just now.

The dream he had just had was short.

I only dreamed of the person who can be said to have changed his life, and dreamed of the words that person said to him that are still ringing in my ears until now.

"I've been dreaming about him lately..." Scruucci murmured softly.

"Boss Scruucci! Boss Scruucci!"

At this time, Afja's voice sounded outside the tent.

Afterwards, Afjay's freckled face poked into the tent.

"Boss Skulucci! Those two Kazutos are here!"

This morning, Skulucci greeted his subordinates—afterwards, at some point, one or two Japanese might come to the door. If you see a Japanese coming to your door, remember to be respectful and notify him in time.

The facial features and hairstyles of the Japanese and the Ainu are very different, so Skulucci's subordinates can't misread or mistake people.

As soon as Afjay finished speaking, Skulucci laughed out loud.

"It's finally here!"

After all, Skulucci threw aside the saber and whetstone in his hand like a child who threw away a tired toy, and then strode out.

He was going to meet Ogata and the others in person.

Sculucci currently has only 12 subordinates with him.

With such a small number of people, the camp will naturally not be too big.

After only a few steps, Scruucci saw a man and a woman standing outside the entrance of Daying—it was Ogata and Ating.

"Good afternoon! Mr. Mashima! Miss A-Machi!" Scruucci greeted Ogata and A-Machi in a very warm tone.

And Ogata and Atachi also bowed lightly to Scruucci, and responded aloud.

"You guys are so timely!" Scruucci laughed, "I'm just so bored that I can only pass the time by sharpening my knife!"

"Come on, come in quickly! If you keep standing here in Yingkou and talking, it won't look good."

Skulucci led Ogata and the others through the camp gate and walked towards his tent.

Ogata had already been to Skulucci's camp once last night, so these subordinates of Skulucci basically knew Ogata and Atachi.

But even though they had met Ogata and Atachi, they still gathered not far away, looking at them with curious eyes.

Since they came to the Far East, they basically wandered around here in Ezo, and they didn't see many Japanese.

The clothes, weapons, and hairstyles of Ogata and A-Ming all arouse their strong curiosity.

Ogata, who was walking behind Skulucci, asked Skulucci in front of him:

"Skulucci, why did you ask Village Chief Chepke to bring us a message to let us come over? Are you asking for clues about the person you are looking for?"

Ogata is a person who likes to get straight to the point, so he gets straight to the point.

"Ah, it's business or something, don't worry about it." Scruucci waved his hand, "We'll talk about it when we get to my tent."

Ogata followed Skulucci and entered the tent where Skulucci lived.

"Come on! Show you something good!"

Once inside the tent, Scruucci made a beeline for a long cloth bag that lay beside his hammock.

Skulucci lifted the cloth bag, untied the string that bound it, and revealed the contents of the cloth bag—two swords.

2 long swords with very thin blades and cage-shaped guards.

Looking at the two swords, Ogata couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

Even though he has no knowledge or interest in swords, he has seen pictures of this kind of sword in various channels in his previous life, and he has heard the name of this kind of sword - the stabbing sword.

As a native Japanese, Machi had never seen a rapier.

So after Scruucci unfolded the cloth bag and revealed the two swords hidden in the cloth bag, A-Ming kept looking at the two swords with curious eyes.

"Is this... a sword?" Ah-Ming said, "The blade is so thin... Can this cut people?"

"Of course it can cut people." Skulucci laughed. "It's called a stabbing sword. Although it can cut people, its sword skills are mainly stabbing."

"These two swords are my favorite swords, and they cost a lot of money. I have fought all the way with these two swords."

Ogata cast a surprised look at Scruucci.

"You used to be good at using rapiers?" Ogata asked.

"I'm also very good at the Cossack Chashik knife." Skulucci shrugged, "But I only use the saber when I'm on a horse. When fighting on foot, I prefer to use the bayonet." .”

After all, Scruucci put one of the two rapiers on the hammock.

Then he held the rapier that was left in his hand with his left hand.

"Mr. Mashima." Scruucci smiled at Ogata, "I want to compete with you."

"Competition?" Ogata raised his eyebrows.

A-Ming also looked at Scruucci in surprise.

"I used a telescope to see you fighting with two knives last night." Scruucci said, "It's the first time I've seen someone with two knives."

"In my hometown, the use of double swords is not popular."

"That's why I've never fought anyone with two swords."

"That's why I really want to compete with you."

Scruucci said seriously.

"Mr. Mashima, please let me compete with you. I really want to experience what the 'Double Sword Art' is like."

Ogata looked Skulucci up and down several times.

"...The village head of Tochepke sent me a message, asking me to come to you, just to compete with me?" Ogata asked.

"You can put it that way." Scruucci smiled.

"I just want to have a friendly exchange with you."

While speaking, Scruzzi slowly drew the rapier held in his left hand out of its sheath.

"The sword in my hand has another name, it's called the 'Foil Sword', and it's specially used for sparring with others that won't kill anyone."

"The rapier I just threw on the hammock is the real rapier that can kill people."

Speaking of which, Scruucci just happened to have completely unsheathed the sword in his hand.

Skulucci showed Ogata the blade of the sword - there was no sharp edge, and the tip was round.

It is indeed a sword that cannot kill.

"...Are you really going to compete with me?" Oo confirmed to Scruucci.

"To be precise, I want to compete with you who use double swords." Scruzzi corrected, "I just want to experience the 'double swordsmanship', so I want to be better than you."

"I didn't expect you to be obsessed with swordsmanship..." Ogata nodded lightly, "Alright then, I'll compete with you."

Ogata doesn't hate Scruucci.

It would be better to say that he has a good impression of this very forthright man.

Yesterday, I very enthusiastically informed the village head Chepke of China Village that "there is a group of Cossacks who are going to loot everywhere, so prepare early."

Last night, he led his subordinates to help the villagers of Qina Village as much as they could.

Afterwards, when Chepke came to ask to send their doctor to help them, he boldly stated that they only need to give them meat and wine, and no lion opened his mouth, and put forward a bunch of conditions that would make Chepke and the others quite embarrassing.

Just these righteous deeds of Skulucci made it very difficult for Ogata to hate Skulucci.

Anyway, it's not impossible to compete with him.

Ogata himself can't remember how many people who are obsessed with swordsmanship and who are similar to Wu Chi have already sparred with each other.

And—Ogata also really wanted to compete with Scruucci.

He has never seen "sword stabbing".

Ogata felt a little itchy when he thought of Skulucci possessing a sword skill he had never seen before—he wanted to experience this brand new sword skill he had never seen before.

"Shall I give you a moment to sharpen a wooden knife?" Scruucci asked.

"No need." Ogata shook his head, "I'll just take the scabbard."

After saying that, Ogata walked out of the tent first. Ding and Skulucci followed closely behind.

"How is it here?" Ogata walked to an open space and asked Scruucci.

"No problem!" Scruucci threw aside the scabbard in his hand.

Ogata changed his position a bit, walked directly opposite Skulucci, then pulled out Da Shitian and Da Zizai, handed them over to A-Ming, and let her take care of them, then pulled out the scabbards of the two knives, and The scabbard is used as a knife.

Scrooge's camp is that big, so no matter who is doing anything in the camp, others can quickly find out.

As soon as Ogata and Skulucci took up their respective rooms and stood facing each other, several people who saw the scene not far away immediately rushed over excitedly to join in the fun.

Anyone with a little brain can see what Ogata and Scruucci are planning to do.

After a while, the news that "the boss is going to compete with that fellow" spread throughout the camp.

The crowd, headed by Afjay, surrounded Ogata and Skulucci, looking excitedly and expectantly at the two standing in the circle formed by them.

In an environment that lacks entertainment, watching other people's duels and exchanges is one of their favorite pleasures.

"Boss! Come on!"

"Go!"

"Let's get started!"

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Scruzzi's men shouted loudly.

Their yelling made the atmosphere of the scene more lively.

Someone suddenly proposed to gamble some money to increase the excitement of this competition.

Immediately after the guy proposes to gamble, everyone jumps in. One after another, they took out money or items to bet on winning or losing.

They put a dagger and a bong on the ground.

The dagger represents Ogata, and the bong represents Scruucci.

If you want to bet on who wins, put your property next to the thing that represents that person.

"I bet the boss wins!"

"The boss must win! I have never seen the boss lose in a one-on-one match!"

"Hey! I bet the Japanese wins! I think the Japanese seems to be a little bit stronger!"

These subordinates of Skulucci also knew a little about Ogata's feat last night - because Skulucci told them afterwards that the village was saved thanks to Ogata beheading nearly half of the enemies.

So some people bet on Ogata to win.

But overall, the vast majority of people still choose to bet on the boss they are more familiar with to win.

Ah Ding, who was standing not far away, discovered the gambling game held by Afujie and the others.

After trotting to the side of the group who organized the gamble, Ah-cho asked:

"Are you gambling?"

Although there is a language barrier between each other, A-Machi successfully communicated with these people through movements and expressions.

After confirming that they were indeed gambling, and that the dagger represented Ogata, a smirk appeared on A-Machi's face.

Desperately holding back her smile, Ah Ding took out her purse and took out 5 large gold coins.

"I want to gamble too! Can this be used for gambling?" A-Ming shook the coin in his hand while showing a questioning expression to Afjay.

After looking at the five large gold coins that Ah-Ming put next to the dagger, the eyes of everyone around them stared straight.

Because they saw it—it was gold.

Although they cannot use this kind of coin, they can use gold.

After understanding the meaning expressed by A-Machi's expression, Afujie and others hurriedly nodded, and answered A-Machi with expressions and movements: Of course.

After confirming that the daijinjin in his hand can also be used for gambling, A-Machi continued to hold back his smile, and put the 5 daikenjin in his hand next to the dagger that symbolized Ogata.

While A-Machi and the others were happily gambling there, Ogata and Scruucci were warming up.

After the warm-up, the two put on their respective postures.

Skulucci assumed the pose of a fencer who reminded Ogata of his previous life.

And Ogata also carried two scabbards as he wished, as Scruzzi wished, and assumed a posture of two swordsmanship.

"Ready?" Scruucci asked.

Ogata: "Teach anytime."

"Then please do it!"

Skulucci shook the sword in his hand, and then threw himself straight at Ogata.

The thin sword in his hand bit Ogata's chest like a poisonous snake coming out of its hole.

Boom!

No-self two-sword style · blade against.

Ogata's scabbard collided with Scruzzi's unopened blade, making a dull sound.

After missing a hit, Skulucci jumped back with nimble footwork without any hesitation, and distanced himself from Ogata again.

This is the first time that Ogata has witnessed Western "sword stabbing" and competed with those who use Western "sword stabbing".

Because he wanted to learn more about this "sword stabbing technique", Ogata adopted a conservative style of play, focusing on defense and dodge.

While defending and dodging Skulucci's attack, he observed Skulucci's movements.

Not only did Skulucci's sword posture resemble the fencer of the previous life, but even his attacking movements and footwork were the same as those of the fencer of the previous life.

The "fencing" used by Scruucci seems to place a heavy emphasis on footwork.

In just a few minutes, Skulucci circled Ogata 10 times, changing his footwork and rhythm no less than 20 times.

He bounces around with nimble footwork, using it to confuse opponents and find the best time to attack.

And his attack is mainly stabbing.

So far, Ogata has not seen Skulucci using any other moves other than stabbing.

Although Skulucci's posture and movements are very similar to the fencers Ogata saw on TV and on the Internet in his previous life.

But Ogata felt that Skulucci's movements were much sharper than those fencers he had seen in his previous life.

Not that those fencers were bad.

It's that those fencers are not as imposing as Scruucci.

As a Cossack from far Eastern Europe, Skulucci is certainly not a "white lotus" who hasn't even killed a single person.

Because he has been in and out of many bloody battlefields and fought many life-and-death battles, the depths of Skulucci's pupils and sword are entwined with a fierce aura.

His sword follows the "quick sword" route.

The attack speed is extremely fast, the sword is fast, and the sword is also fast.

In the eyes of the onlookers, Afjay and the others, every time Skulucci drew his sword, they would be dazzled—because their eyes couldn't keep up with their boss's sword at all.

However——in Ogata's eyes, Skulucci's sword is still slower than Shuntaro's.

If it is compared with the two man-eating bears that Ogata dealt with before, it is even more incomparable.

In other words: Skulucci's sword speed is not at the level that would make Ogata feel troublesome.

Sculucci's onslaught of constantly changing footwork is quite exhausting.

After seeing that he stabbed Ogata with more than twenty swords in a row, none of which could successfully stab Ogata, Scruucci's face darkened.

He already felt that if he continued to fight like this, he was afraid that he would lose.

He made no reservations.

From the beginning of the battle, he has gone all out.

According to the conventional style of play, it should be impossible to win.

So, in order to win, Scruucci decided to take a risk and decide the outcome with one blow.

He took a deep breath, then stepped forward and lunged towards Ogata.

This is the sword that Scruucci puts all his strength into.

Because all of my own strength is instilled in it, the strength and speed are extremely strong.

However——in the face of Ogata's "Grandmaster" blade counter, Scruzzi's stab was still too weak.

Boom!

Scruucci's sword with all his strength was blocked by Ogata.

Ogata had seen enough "sword stabbing" at this time.

So turn from defense to offense.

The moment he countered Scruzzi's sword with the blade, he used a step and slid in front of Scruucci like a water snake.

No-self two-sword flow·circulation.

Ogata swung the scabbard of Oshiten in his right hand, and swept it towards Scruzzy's belly.

When he was about to hit Scruucci's stomach, Ogata quickly stopped his force.

Looking at the scabbard clinging to his stomach, Scruucci was taken aback for a moment.

Then he slowly revealed a weird smile.

While Skulucci smiled, those who had just bet on Skulucci's win not far away wailed.

How miserably these people wailed, those who bet on Ogata just now laughed so happily.

At this time, A-Ming no longer concealed it, and generously showed her smug, happy smile.

...

...

At this very moment—

China Village——

Chepke and six of the most prestigious people in the village headed by Manaker gathered together.

The Ainu do not have such a thing as chairs, they all sit on the ground.

Chepke and the others sat cross-legged on the ground, forming a circle.

Everyone present knew what the topic of the meeting was, so they all looked solemn.

Chepke, the village chief, broke the silence and opened the meeting.

"Stop talking about unnecessary gossip, let's start directly."

"I don't need to say it, you should know it - the young men in our village can already be described as pitifully few."

Manacre nodded.

"There are not enough young men in the village. You should know what this means."

"Based on the number of males in our village now, even protecting the village is a problem..."

Having said that, Chepke let out a long sigh.

"Although we defeated those white-skinned men last night, we will kill most of the white-skinned men who will attack."

"But there are still quite a few white-skinned people who escaped."

"I'm worried that those white men who escaped will bring new reinforcements..."

"It's not impossible..."

Chepke's words directly made the already solemn expressions of the crowd even more serious and solemn.

There were less than a hundred white-skinned men who attacked last night, and they have already made their village miserable.

If more white-skinned people come to retaliate against them...they can't imagine what kind of scene it will be and what kind of consequences it will be...

"Although there are very few young men in our village." A person sitting across from Chepke suddenly spoke in a low voice, "But there are still a lot of young women in our village."

"If the women in our village are trained..."

Before the person finished speaking, Chepke interrupted him:

"Are you serious about what you just said? Do you really think that if those white men come to attack us again, the women in our village and the only remaining men can beat them back?"

The man fell silent, he lowered his head, looked at his nose and heart with his eyes.

"We were lucky last night, with the help of that Mashima Goro and that Skulucci."

Chepke continued to speak sternly.

"But we can't keep lucky forever."

"It's not possible to have a Mashima Goro or a Scruucci all the time to help us."

"We have to save ourselves."

"As for how to save myself, I have been thinking of ways since last night."

"In my opinion, the most feasible way for us to save ourselves at present is-"

Chepke paused.

Then he said word for word:

"Take refuge in 'He Yezhe'."

As soon as Chepke finished speaking, the expressions of everyone present changed drastically.

"'Heyezhe'?"

"Take refuge in 'Heyezhe'?"

...

Everyone present was chirping, you look at me, I look at you.

"'Heyezhe'..." an old man said in a deep voice, "I remember that 'Heyezhe' has been very famous in Herenna in recent years."

"Yeah." The other old man sitting next to him nodded, "Heren has been trying to recruit the 'Heye Zhe' people. But the 'Heye Zhe' people have always disagreed."

As soon as this person finished speaking, another person added:

"I remember that Kazuto likes to call 'Heyezhe' the 'Red Moon Fortress'. It's such an ugly name."

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