Looking at the hundreds of Hirose Domain samurai who wanted to take his life in front of him, Ogata recalled the days when he practiced swords at the Sakakiwara Dojo.

It was a carefree and happy time.

Just remembering it, Ogata couldn't help but smile a little on his face.

"Ogata Esei!"

A burst of shouting suddenly exploded.

The owner of the voice was at this time firmly guarding Nanahara on Matsudaira Gen's side.

"Put your knife down!"

One after another, the shouts spread out with Qiyuan's tall and strong body as the center of the circle.

"Don't think that if you take a certificate of exemption from Sakakihara, you will be unparalleled in the world!"

"No matter how superb your swordsmanship is, can you still be so superb that you can be an opponent with hundreds of people at the same time?!"

Nanahara's voice burst into applause, causing Ogata's thoughts to gradually pull out of his memories.

Ogata raised his eyes, letting his gaze slide over the faces of the hundreds of samurai in front of him.

Looking at the hundreds of enemies in front of him, Ogata's face was neither sad nor joyful.

Ogata slowly raised the knife he held tightly in his right hand.

The tip of the knife pointed directly at the hundreds of samurai in front of him, protecting Matsudaira Gennai and Nanahara.

Ogata answered Nanahara with his movements.

Looking at Ogata's action, Nanahara only felt the blood all over his body surging up his head, and his face turned crimson at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Ogata Esei!"

Nanahara, whose face was flushed with anger, burst out again.

"You great rebel! As a courtier of the Hirose Domain, as a samurai, he wanted to assassinate his lord! ”

"Kindly gave you a chance, you still don't appreciate it!"

"Do you still have the integrity of being a samurai?!"

Ogata quietly listened to Nanahara's burst.

Then he said in a calm tone:

"I'm not here today as a samurai."

"Today, I stand before you as a man."

With that, Ogata slowly raised his left hand, which had naturally hung down.

I put it on the flank that is inserted in the left waist.

Scold!

Then pull the hypocho out of the sheath in one go.

The sword on Ogata's right hand and the gap between the sword on his right hand and the waki, reflected a cold light in the light of the sky.

After pulling out the wakicha, Ogata slowly put on a posture of "no self and two knife flows".

Looking at Ogata, who was holding the twin knives in his hand, Matsudaira Gennai's face was full of curiosity, while Nanahara's pupils shrank slightly, and he gasped.

Nanahara saw it precisely - Ogata had put on some kind of two-sword flow swordsmanship.

Although he didn't recognize which first-class sect this was.

"Ogata Esei!" Nanahara continued to drink violently, "You still use two knives to flow?!" ”

"When did you get the illusion that I would only have the swordsmanship of 'Sakakiwara Ichito'?"

"I'm going to have to take off the dog's head in Matsudaira Gen today."

Ogata, who had been expressionless since just now, finally had a shadow revealing Ling Yan's murderous intent on his face at this time.

"I'll see who has the guts to stop me!"

As if frightened by the momentum that Ogata exuded at this time, many of the hundreds of Hirose Domain samurai who stood in front of Ogata involuntarily took half a step or even a few steps back.

"Hmph." Nanahara snorted coldly with his nose, "Stubborn!" If you use an extra knife, can you double your strength?! The samurai of Hirose! Break the corpse of this great rebel into ten thousand pieces! ”

With Nanahara's order, the hundreds of samurai of the Hirose Domain roared angrily and raised their swords in their hands and slashed towards Ogata.

And Ogata also undauntedly clenched the long and short swords in his hands, and slowly greeted the hundreds of enemies in front of him step by step......

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4 months ago -

The first year of Kansei (1789), May 3.

Hirose Domain, Sakakihara Dojo.

"Ogata-senpai! Ogata seniors! ”

Xu Yi heard someone calling him.

"Ogata-senpai! I'm competing with swords! What are you in a daze! ”

The volume of the male voice just now suddenly rose a little, making Xu Yi feel that his eardrums began to hurt.

Snap your eyes open.

The first thing that caught his eye was a young man standing in front of him, with a shaved head and a wooden sword in his hand.

The person who kept calling Xu Yi just now was this young man.

- Where is ...... here? Shouldn't I read in my study at home?

Xu Yi said secretly in his heart, while turning his gaze and looking around him.

The Japanese-style dojo, the rows of wooden swords placed on the edge of the dojo, and the crowd of people kneeling on the edge of the dojo who were looking at him with puzzled eyes.

and a young man standing in front of him with a wooden sword in hand.

The man who was holding a wooden sword and standing in front of Xu Yi frowned again and said in a displeased tone:

"Ogata-senpai! What's wrong with you today? Why are you in a daze all the time? If it's a life-and-death duel, you're dead! ”

It was clear that the young man was speaking Japanese, but Xu Yi could understand what he was saying without any obstacles.

It was only then that Xu Yi realized that he was also holding a wooden sword in his hand.

He also wears a kimono with a dark blue color as the main color.

- Ogata? Sword competition?

- Than what sword?

As soon as he thought of this, Xu Yi suddenly felt that there were a large number of memories that were both familiar and somewhat unfamiliar, and they appeared in his mind.

His name is Yoshisei Ogata, and he is 20 years old.

An ordinary samurai of the Hirose Domain, he was a treasury officer who could only receive a meager 50 koku per year.

In a kendo hall called "Sakakiwara Dojo", practice the sword art of the Sakakiwara Sword, "Sakakiwara Ichito-ryu".

After the day's work, or when I have free time, I come to the Sakakihara Dojo to practice swordsmanship.

And he is now competing with his junior brother, Fumishiro Makino.

Competing with fellow students is one of the daily chores at the Sakakibara Dojo.

Just as Xu Yi was still slowly digesting these memories that suddenly burst into his mind, an old voice suddenly sounded on the side of the dojo:

"Ogata, cheer up."

Xu Yi followed the prestige.

The man who spoke was an old man with gray eyebrows, beard, and hair.

This old man is the owner of the Sakakibara Dojo and Xu Yi's master - Sakakibara Hanbei.

After Xu Yi's gaze turned to him, Sakakihara then said in a majestic voice:

"It's really not like you to get distracted when you're competing with swords."

"Master, I'm sorry......"

Xu Yi dared to promise that he had never studied Japanese.

But as if I was born with it, fluent Japanese jumped out one by one.

Xu Yi slowly raised the wooden sword in his right hand, and then grasped the hilt of the sword with both hands.

The tip of the sword pointed directly at the eyebrows of the junior brother Makino in front of him.

Holding the hilt of the sword, the familiar feeling of the hand continued to emerge from the palm of the hand.

Seeing that Xu Yi was no longer distracted, Makino also regained his grip on the sword and stretched all the nerves in his body to the extreme.

After the two stood opposite each other like this for a short time—

Makino was the first to attack.

Makino turned the direction of the wooden sword in his hand and stabbed straight at Xu Yi.

Obviously, it is the first time to hold a sword and the first time to compete with others, but Xu Yi feels that he knows how to hold a sword and how to compete with others.

The body is like a conditioned reflex, nimbly dodging the sword stabbed by Makino.

Then a horizontal slash swept towards Makino's chest.

When the wooden sword was about to hit Makino's chest, Xu Yi retracted his strength in time, only hurting Makino, but not injuring Makino.

"Hmm......"

Makino let out a dull cry of pain before falling to the ground.

【Ding! Defeat the enemy with Sakakiwara Ichito-ryu Dragon's Tail]

[Gain 20 personal experience points, 20 experience points for swordsmanship "Sakakiwara Ichitori"

[Current personal level: LV7 (570/600)]

【Sakakiwara Ichito-flow Level: 3rd stage (420/500)】

A strange voice sounded in Xu Yi's mind.

- What is this thing?

The inexplicable voice that sounded in his head made Xu Yi, who was already unclear about the current situation, even more confused.

"This dragon tail makes it beautiful, Ogata."

Sakakihara, who had just been sitting on the edge of the dojo watching the battle, praised loudly at this time.

"It's just - are you not feeling well today? Why are you wandering and in a daze all the time? ”

"No...... I wasn't feeling unwell......"

Xu Yi rubbed his face.

"Master, I'm sorry...... Can I go wash my face first? I probably didn't sleep well last night, and now I seem to be a little sleepy......"

Xu Yi casually lied.

And Sakakihara also said very happily:

"Let's go back quickly."

"Yes."

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I walked out of the Sakakihara Dojo and came to a stream on the edge of the dojo.

Xu Yi picked up some stream water and rubbed his face vigorously.

Through the clear water, Xu Yi looked at his current appearance.

There is no shaved moon on the head, and the hair is combed and pinned in a bun.

The facial features can be regarded as attractive, but they are both strange and familiar.

There is a sense of confusion that it is my own face, but it is not my own face.

"I ...... Came to the Edo period in Japan......"

Xu Yi muttered while touching his face.

"He also became a samurai of the Hirose Domain named Ogata Yisei......"

"Ogata Esai ......"

Xu Yi kept muttering about his new name.

"Looks like it's going to take some time to get used to the new name......