I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"Mr. Goro. Have you finished reading my book?"

"I've read halfway through." Ogata said, "You really wrote these books well. It's easy to read."

Today is the third day of sailing on a stowaway boat.

The days of crossing the sea are bound to be boring.

In the rickety cabin, and in the cabin with so many "roommates", there is not much to do.

On the other hand, A-Machi is prone to seasickness, so she basically lies down to sleep or closes her eyes all day long, leaving Ogata with no one to chat with.

Therefore, in order to pass this boring time, Ogata spent the past 3 days reading the "'Lucky Strength' Practice Manual" presented to him by Azhu to relieve boredom.

It's okay if you don't read it, but once you look at it, you will find that this training manual is really amazing.

Although the length is short, the book has only 6 pages in total, but the sentences are quite concise and the content is easy to understand.

This may also have something to do with the fact that "Lunjin" is not so difficult to learn.

Although "Yunjin" relies on the ingenious use of muscles to generate strength, it sounds bluffing and difficult to learn at first glance, but it is actually not that difficult to learn.

After using the system to master the elementary "Yunjin", Ogata deeply realized that "Yunjin" is a very typical kind of martial arts that is easy to get started but very difficult to continue to improve.

Ogata would not be surprised if a commoner told him that he had roughly learned "luck energy" by reading this book.

Comparing Azhu's "'Lucky Strength' Practice Manual" with Genichi's "'Wu-Seo Two Swords Style' Practice Manual", there is a difference between clouds and mud.

If someone tells Ogata that he has learned the "Selfless Two Swords Style" only by reading Genichi's practice manual, then Ogata would like to call the other party "the world's number one master of reading comprehension".

Because Ogata always took out this training manual to read, he often attracted Azuki who was sitting near him.

Ogata's frequent behavior of taking out the practice manual to read may be to make Azhu mistakenly think that Ogata is very interested in "Light Energy" and is studying hard. Therefore, Azuki would come to ask Ogata from time to time, "How is this book?", "How is 'Lunjin' learned?".

Azhu came to "stop" so frequently, probably because of boredom.

She didn't seem to have a partner, just all alone. There is nothing to do except shrink in the corner.

Ogata happened to be bored too, so Azuki was quite welcome to come to "stop by" and use this to pass the time.

Naturally, Ogata would not tell her honestly: I have actually mastered the "luck energy" initially.

After all, this is really shocking, and it might scare the child. And then explain to the child how he quickly mastered this "luck energy", which is also more difficult to explain.

So whenever Azuku came to ask Ogata "how is it watching" or "how is the practice", Ogata would often say something casually like now to fool the past.

After hearing Ogata say that he had already read half of her book, Azuki showed a bit of surprise on his face: "I've read half of it, so so far, is there anything I didn't understand? "

"Your book is very well written, and all the content is written in an easy-to-understand way. So there is nothing I can't understand now." Ogata responded.

Azhu nodded: "Then you can continue to read slowly. If you encounter anything you don't understand, you can ask me."

After all, A Zhu patted her breasts, which were a little plump considering her height and age.

When meeting Azuki for the first time, because Azuki was wearing a black robe that could cover her whole body, Ogata hadn't noticed this characteristic of Azuki's body.

But after these 3 days of contact, Ogata gradually discovered that Azuki and Acho are very similar, and the flesh on their bodies seems to be conscious, and the flesh is concentrated in two places.

Although Azuki's breasts are not as thick as Acho's, they are far beyond the average for her age.

If Ogata were to give a vivid description-A-Machi is difficult to grasp with one hand, but Azuki can just be grasped with one hand.

As Azuki finished speaking, Ogata resisted the urge to show a strange expression.

Every time Azhu said "If you don't understand anything, you can ask her", Ogata has a strong urge to show a strange look on his face.

Because if he wants to now, he can completely raise his "luck energy" to a height that Azhu can't reach in a single breath.

But he couldn't tell the truth, so he could only force his expression, and then casually said something like "I see" and "I understand" to fool the past.

"Well……"

At this time, lying beside Ogata, A-Machi, who had been resting with his eyes closed just now, suddenly let out a low moan of pain.

"A-cho, what's wrong?" Ogata asked hastily.

"It's okay..." Ah-cho said, "It's just that I'm a little dizzy again."

"Do you want me to massage your scalp?"

"No need. It will be fine in a while."

Azuki, who was quietly listening to the conversation between the two of Ogata, suddenly said: "Mr. Goro, you and your wife have a really good relationship. A man like you who would take the initiative to massage his wife's head is really too much." not enough."

In the past 3 days, whenever Azhu came to ask Ogata "how is he learning 'Lun Jin'", the two would chat briefly. Therefore, after going back and forth, A Zhu also knew the relationship between Ogata and A Ding, and also knew Ogata's identity.

Of course, what Azhu knows about Ogata's identity is just the false identity of the "Ezo merchant" that Ogata made up.

"After all, my wife and I have experienced many things together." Ogata said with a smile, "When I come to my senses, I have already cultivated a deep relationship."

"That's great..." Azhu looked forward, "I don't know if I can have such a husband who has shared honor and disgrace for a long time in the future..."

"It's a pity that I still have to travel around now... For a long time after that, I don't have the time to get married..."

Speaking of this, a fleeting gloomy color flashed in Azhu's eyes.

"Is your trip so important?" Ogata asked nonchalantly, "It makes you not even think about getting married."

"Yes." A Zhu replied without thinking, "For me now, travel is the most important thing. Other things are small things."

"What exactly are you traveling for?" Ogata asked, "Is it to see the beauty of the world?"

"Well..." Azuki grinned, "Secret~~"

After 3 days of getting along, Ogata also had a little understanding of Azuki's character.

In a word——no matter how he speaks or behaves, he exudes an air of innocence and romance.

To put it simply, she is a little girl with a bit of childishness.

This probably has something to do with her young age.

By the way: In the past 3 days, Ogata asked about Azuki's age.

Azuki's age was exactly what Ogata had guessed—he was just 15 years old this year.

But she is obviously a childish little girl, but she is very shrewd in some aspects.

After learning that the reason why Azhu sold this "luck" at a low price was just to collect travel expenses, Ogata became a little curious about the purpose of Azhu's trip.

Is this child a descendant of the Iga ninja? Or is she just an ordinary commoner's daughter who obtained the "Iga-ryu forbidden art" through all kinds of mistakes?

Did this kid know that it was the "Iga-ryu Forbidden Art", but he still sold it cheaply? Or does she really not know that this is the "Iga-ryu forbidden technique"?

What is the purpose of selling this martial art cheaply to make up for the travel expenses?

Ogata has actually asked Azuki the reason for his trip more than once, directly or indirectly. By the way, I also asked about Azuki's background several times, wanting to confirm her relationship with Iga.

But it was all fooled by A Zhu.

When asked about the purpose of the trip, Azuki was vague, or just pretended to be stupid.

When asked about her background, she always said that she was the daughter of an ordinary merchant. Apart from emphasizing that she is the daughter of a merchant, she no longer talks about other family matters.

Faced with Azuku's vague attitude towards these questions, Ogata was actually not annoyed - after all, he was just asking out of curiosity.

Until now, Ogata actually still doesn't have much interest in Iga.

Facing Azuki, Ogata's position on her has always been "a possible passer-by in life who will never have any relationship with her or see her again after getting off this stowaway ship".

So even though this passer-by in life never answered his questions directly, Ogata didn't care much. At most, I only feel a little regret that my curiosity has not been satisfied.

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"Want to get up for a drink of water?"

"Hmm..." Machi nodded slightly.

Seeing that Ding nodded, Ogata supported Ding to sit up, unscrewed the bamboo tube containing clear water, and filled Ding with water little by little.

The moment now is just after noon.

It seems that Azhu really has no other dry food on her body. For the past 3 days, she has been living on the dry food that Ogata gave her in the name of "buying her straw sandals instead of money".

I don't know if it's because Azhu has a small appetite, or because she is trying to control the consumption of dry food, but after she only ate a small piece of dried fish, she didn't eat anything else, and began to fall asleep leaning against the corner of the wall.

Azhu's sleeping appearance... To put it in a nice way, it is heroic.

Leaning against the corner of the wall, his head was raised, his mouth was slightly opened, and a drop of crystal clear saliva was about to drip from the corner of his mouth.

Moreover, a low snoring sound could be heard faintly coming from her mouth and nose.

Because Azuki's sleeping appearance was so conspicuous, after drinking the water, Azuki couldn't help but cast a weird look at him.

"It's lucky that the child can fall asleep in such a noisy environment..." Ah-Ming sighed.

"Yes." After Ogata agreed, he turned his head and looked not far away.

I saw that in the center of the cabin, there were many people surrounded by three circles inside and three circles outside.

In the center of the circle is a samurai with a knife, a neatly shaved head, and a conspicuous birthmark in the center of his head—he is one of the ship's guards.

The "birthmark warrior" is now spouting something while those around him listen attentively.

Because the "Birthmark Samurai" made a loud noise, the whole cabin became a little noisy, so A-Machi sighed that Azuku was able to fall asleep in such a noisy environment.

There are 8 guards on this ship, all of them are warriors with swords on their waists without exception.

From time to time, the eight guards would take turns to come to the cabin to stand guard and patrol to check whether there were stowaways making trouble.

All stowaways, including Ogata, are probably most familiar with this samurai with a birthmark on his head.

Because this "birthmark warrior" is a talker. He loves to tell everyone in the cabin about his previous heroic deeds.

Ogata once listened to several "speeches" of the "birthmark samurai" out of boredom—this "birthmark samurai" used to be a ronin wandering around the Ou area, and he mainly talked about the various things he experienced when he was a ronin.

And this "birthmark warrior" happened to be a very eloquent person, so many people were willing to come and listen to the "birthmark warrior" tell his story.

At this moment, "Birthmark Warrior" was talking about his heroic past again.

"The swordsmanship I'm studying. The swordsmanship called 'Innocent Flying Gull Flow'. I don't know if you have heard of it."

Birthmark Warrior imitated the tone of Mr. Storyteller.

The people who surrounded him and listened showed puzzled faces.

"This is a school of swordsmanship that is only spread in a small area in the Deba area."

"However, just as there are often masters in the humble streets and alleys, there are often schools of swordsmanship that are not well-known, but very powerful."

"It's like the 'Innocent Flying Gull Flow' I'm studying."

"The reason why it is named 'Innocent Flying Gull Flow' is because there is a secret sword created by using the movement of seagulls to prey on the sea——Okiri!"

"Like a seagull preying on prey, quickly chop down the sword and kill the enemy with one blow!"

"Because it's a secret sword, according to the rules of the master's school - only those who have obtained the permission of the 'catalogue' can learn this move."

Speaking of this, the birthmark warrior showed complacency. Then he stretched out his right thumb and compared it to himself.

"And I was very fortunate to obtain the permission of the sect's 'catalogue' through hard work, and obtained the qualification to learn this move."

Exclamations and exclamations sounded from the surrounding bystanders.

"Then can you demonstrate it to us? This secret sword move of your sect?" a young man boldly asked.

As soon as the young man said a word, the rest of the people cast their curious eyes on the birthmark warrior.

Maybe it's because everyone's eyes made the birthmark warrior a little bit flustered. After hesitating for a while, the birthmark warrior cleared his throat:

"This is the master's unique skill. Generally speaking, it cannot be shown to outsiders casually."

"But since you want to see it so much, let me demonstrate it to you."

After all, the birthmark warrior pulled out the saber from his waist, and then raised the saber in his palm high in a slightly strange posture.

Because the birthmark samurai's voice was so loud that Ogata couldn't help but hear it.

After hearing that the birthmark samurai was about to demonstrate his so-called sect's secret sword, either Ogata or Atachi couldn't help being a little interested, and turned to look at the birthmark samurai.

After the birthmark warrior raised his saber high in a strange posture, he continued to take deep breaths and gather his strength. After accumulating enough strength, he slashed the saber heavily towards the air in front of him.

His memorization chop, in terms of imposing manner, is indeed very powerful, causing the audience who don't know how to do it to show shock and praise.

As for those who know...

"Heh..." Ogata showed a "that's it?" expression, then shook his head slightly.

The birthmark samurai didn't notice that Ogata, who was showing the expression "That's it?", had put his saber back into its sheath, and was now immersed in the shocked and admiring gazes from the people around him.

But just then—

"Is this the secret sword of your so-called 'Innocent Flying Gull School'? If such flashy tricks with no actual combat value can be used as secret swords, then your 'Innocent Flying Gull School' is probably not worth looking at." The school of swordsmanship mentioned."

A cold voice sounded.

As soon as the voice sounded, everyone in the room who was still awake immediately showed astonishment—including Ogata.

Everyone focused their eyes on the owner of the voice - an extremely handsome young man.

This beautiful boy was sitting far away from Ogata.

His looks reminded Ogata of Asai—the kind of handsome boy who wouldn't be surprised if Ogata was told that there were many men who favored all other ways to take care of them.

Like Ogata, Tsukidai's head was not shaved, but the whole hair was kept, but instead of being tied into a bun like Ogata, the hair was tied into a high ponytail at the back of the head.

I feel younger than Ogata, about 17 or 8 years old.

Sitting cross-legged next to this beautiful boy is an old man in his 60s. This old man is constantly pulling at the sleeve of the beautiful boy and whispering something to the beautiful boy, but the beautiful boy has always remained unmoved. look like.

There is no doubt—the words of the beautiful boy just now made the birthmark samurai's face change drastically.

"Hey, what did you just say?" The birthmark warrior strode towards the beautiful boy with a gloomy face.

"I just said—that so-called secret sword of yours just now is just a flashy trick. If you use this flashy trick as the so-called 'secret sword', your so-called 'innocent flying gull flow' must be It's not a very popular school of swordsmanship." The beautiful boy roughly repeated what he just said without showing any weakness.

Birthmark Samurai's expression is now very exciting - the whole face has turned into a liver color.

At this time, the beautiful boy went on to say:

"The so-called 'gull cut' move you just made, the sword posture is flashy, and the attack you launch is empty. This kind of move has no practical value at all. It can only be used for show, to fool ordinary people who don't know swordsmanship."

"If you use this move of yours to fight against a real master of swordsmanship, I'm afraid you will be chopped off before you even have time to put on your flashy sword-raising posture."

Hearing the beautiful boy accurately describe the flaws of the birthmark warrior's so-called secret sword just now, Ogata couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and then looked at the beautiful boy carefully.

"Alas..." At this time, the beautiful boy sighed, "The so-called secret swords and absolute swords are really harmful to people. Their popularity is one of the important reasons for the decline of the current swordsmanship..."

What the beautiful boy said just now was like a needle piercing into the birthmark warrior's heart.

The angry samurai opened and closed his mouth, as if thinking of words to argue with the beautiful boy.

But in the end—the birthmark samurai chose to put his hand on the saber at his waist.

"You bastard! Just a commoner, do you know what swordsmanship is? How dare you insult a warrior with wild words! Watch me slash you!"

The behavior of the birthmark warrior, who was about to draw his sword, scared many people around him.

Many people stood between the birthmark warrior and the beautiful boy, preventing the birthmark warrior from drawing his sword, and advised the birthmark warrior to calm down.

And Ogata also frowned at this time, ready to step forward to stop if any accident happened.

As for Azhu——she was awakened by the noisy movement, wiping the saliva from the corner of her mouth, and looking around blankly.

As for the owner of this incident—that beautiful young man, he is still kneeling silently on the spot, looking unmoved by the birthmark samurai who is about to draw his sword to kill him.

Perhaps it was because he gradually calmed down, the complexion of the birthmark warrior gradually improved.

After glaring at the beautiful young man with hatred, he gritted his teeth: "Boy, you have saved your life. If it wasn't for the boss's rule that you can't use weapons on this ship, otherwise I would kill you right now!" you."

After all, perhaps because he was not in the mood to stay here anymore, the birthmark warrior flicked his sleeves and strode out of the cabin.

With the departure of the birthmark warrior, the tense atmosphere in the cabin immediately dissipated.

Seeing that the incident ended peacefully, Ogata's brows slowly relaxed.

The audience who had been listening to the birthmark warrior's story either looked at each other in blank dismay, or cast strange glances at the beautiful boy, and then dispersed one by one.

As for Azhu—seeing that the matter seemed to be over, she leaned her head back again and fell asleep again, with saliva dripping from the corner of her mouth again.

"I almost thought there was going to be a fight..." A-cho muttered.

"Me too." Ogata answered, "Fortunately, the matter was resolved peacefully. Okay, let's continue with our business? Would you like to sleep for a while?"

Ogata only took what happened just now as a small episode, and didn't pay any attention to it.

But at this moment, Ogata suddenly heard footsteps behind him, as well as a friendly greeting.

"Gui'an, one step."

Ogata raised his eyebrows and turned his head to look back.

The person who was walking towards him from behind him and saying hello to him was the beautiful boy who almost caused a big incident just now.

And the beautiful boy was following the old man who had been sitting next to him just now.

Compared with the goodwill on the handsome young man's face, the old man's face was slightly helpless.

After the beautiful boy knelt and sat beside Ogata very familiarly, Ogata asked calmly, "Is there something wrong?"

The beautiful boy smiled slightly, then lowered his voice: "Your step...is a samurai?"

Before Ogata could say anything, the beautiful boy continued:

"Before boarding the boat, I noticed your gait—you walk with your right foot shallow and your left foot deep."

"It's the footwork of someone who always has a weight hanging around his left waist."

A look of surprise and vigilance appeared uncontrollably in the depths of Ogata's pupils.

The beautiful boy seemed to notice the vigilance in Ogata's eyes, so he said quickly:

"You don't need to be nervous. You don't mean to do any harm to your feet."

"To tell you the truth—I, like your step, have concealed my samurai status in order to board the ship smoothly."

The beautiful boy straightened his waist a little.

"In the next color dragon horse."

"Isshiki Naoki." Sitting next to the beautiful boy—that is, the old man next to Isshiki also bowed and introduced himself to Ogata.

Seeing that they all recognized his samurai identity, and frankly "exploded" his own samurai identity, Ogata no longer pretended to be stupid:

"I'm Mashima Goro. I don't know why the two of you are taking the liberty to visit."

"To tell you the truth." Isshiki said with a smile, "After the warrior demonstrated his so-called secret sword just now, I noticed that his foot also showed a dismissive expression."

"Do you also think that the so-called secret sword that the warrior just used is useless?"

"...That's right." Ogata nodded, "It's just like what you said just now. I also think that the tactic that the samurai used just now is useless in actual combat."

Seeing what Ogata said, Isshiki's face slowly showed joy.

"That's right. The man's moves just now are useless in actual combat."

Speaking of this, Isshiki paused, and then asked seriously:

"Your Majesty, let me take the liberty to ask—what do you think of these so-called 'secret swords'?"

Ogata looked up and down Yise several times with suspicious eyes.

Although I don't know why Isshiki asked this suddenly, this question is not a difficult or taboo question to answer, so Ogata answered honestly:

"I think all the 'swords' and that 'swords' should be eliminated in this era."

After Ogata's words fell, the excitement on Isshiki's face became more intense.

"What you said is true. My thoughts are exactly the same as yours."

After finishing speaking, Isshiki sighed lightly.

"It's really rare to meet someone who thinks the same as me..."

"Since my study tour, the more I travel, the more frightened I feel."

"This so-called secret sword and absolute sword are really harmful."

"Since the opening of the Edo Shogunate, it is said that there have been more than 400 schools of swordsmanship alone."

"However, the increasing number of sects did not make the swordsmanship flourish. On the contrary, the swordsmanship became more and more declining."

"Most of the sects are not popular sects with famous names."

"The surge in the number of sects is simply due to the fact that too many samurai use swordsmanship to make a living in order to make a living."

"Many sects just made some so-called 'improvement' of some well-known sects, such as the Katori Shinto style, and pretended to create a new 'new sect'."

"And in order not to let the disciples who make a living be snatched away by people from other sects, I made up some fancy and unrealistic so-called secret swords and absolute swords to highlight the difference between my sect and other sects, and use this to deceive More people come to their sword hall to learn swords."

"Too many young people with potential have lost their lives because of learning these 'liar swordsmanship'."

Isshiki slowly showed an angry expression at this time.

"The real swordsmanship should focus on one's own physique first, and then emphasize these skills."

"Whether it's swordsmanship, hand-to-hand combat or spearmanship, the most important thing is always your own physique."

"If the enemy is stronger and faster than you, no matter how powerful your skills, no matter how powerful your so-called 'secret sword' is, it will be useless."

"Physicality is the most important thing. Skills can exert their greatest power only if they are built on a strong body."

"That's why swordsmanship that focuses on skills rather than physical fitness is a crooked way that's not worth mentioning."

"The swordsmanship that focuses on physical fitness is the 'real sword'."

Isshiki talked about his understanding of swordsmanship with a serious face.

But at this moment, he suddenly realized—Ogata let out a low laugh as if he had been amused by some joke.

"One step." Yishi asked puzzled, "May I ask what you were laughing at just now?"

"That..." Ogata scratched his hair, "I laughed only because I found that you seem to have misunderstood something..."

"I just said that all the 'swords' and that 'swords' should be eliminated in this era. It's not just those flashy secret swords and absolute swords."

"It also includes the 'real sword' you just mentioned."

"Let me put it in simpler words—I think all sword skills should be eliminated."

As soon as Ogata's words fell, the expressions of both Isshiki and the grandfather sitting next to him changed.

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PS: After establishing a relationship with Ogata, A-Machi became infinitely close to E. And Azuki is probably C.

By the way - both Guasheng and Lin are right A, they are the most realistic figures of women in the Edo period.

In fact, A-cho is not particularly big. The author has seen I on V blog, and it is so big that he does not feel ugly at all. It is really amazing.

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