"I'm next! I want to learn the selfless two knife flow of Qilang! ”

Ogata looked at the newcomer.

If he remembered correctly, this man was Saburo.

Re-put on the posture of selflessness and two-knife flow, and stared at San Lang in front of him.

"Drink!"

Saburo stepped forward and stabbed the wooden knife in his hand into Ogata's chest.

And what happened next was exactly the same as before.

Ogata uses the wakicha of his left hand to open Saburo's knife, and then counterattacks Saburo with a striking, and firmly holds the tip of the knife against Saburo's chest.

【Ding! Defeat the enemy with the flow of the selfless sword.

[Gain 50 personal experience points, 40 experience points for swordsmanship "No Self Two Blade Flow"]

[Current personal level: LV10 (860/900)]

[No Self Two Knife Flow Level: 2 Stages (140/500)]

"It's amazing......"

"I was able to defeat Saburo so easily......"

"I didn't expect Shichiro to not only be a master of the first sword flow swordsmanship, but also have such a deep attainment in the second sword flow swordsmanship."

……

Ogata ignored their compliments.

Instead, he withdrew the knife he had just stabbed, and then said in a loud voice:

"Next, I want to play with two people at the same time!"

……

……

At the same time—

Kuranaga, who had just returned from the dojo, was buried in the desk room, dealing with today's government affairs, when the flying ape suddenly jumped from the ceiling with a strange look.

"Lord...... I have something to report to you, it's about Ogata-kun. ”

"Huh? Ogata-kun, what's wrong with him? ”

"He's practicing swords with other aspirants right now."

"I know, do you need to report this to me?"

"Ogata-kun...... I'm now practicing a kind of two-sword swordsmanship that I've never seen before......"

"Two-knife flow?" Kuranaga lifted his head from the desk and cast a puzzled look at the flying ape.

"Lord, do you want to go and see?"

“…… Not necessarily. Let Ogata do the free practice on his own. I don't want to interfere with the exercises of the aspirants. In the future, I will have a chance to see what Ogata-kun's two-sword swordsmanship looks like. ”

With that, Kuranaga lowered his head again, handling one document after another on the table.

……

……

"Whew...... Whew......"

Ogata's Gen Breath currently only lasts for a maximum of 7 minutes.

Now that the time limit had expired, Ogata had to switch back to his normal breath.

In front of him were the two Jiro and Shiro who had just been knocked down by him.

Just now, Ogata tried one-to-many for the first time.

In the end, he still won, but because he was not used to one-to-many, the process was far more difficult than Ogata had imagined.

Just now he defeated Jiro and Shiro in one go, so that Ogata got 90 personal experience points, and 90 experience points of the selfless two knife flow, so that Ogata's personal level was upgraded for a long time, from 10 to level 11, and he got 1 skill point.

And just got this skill point, Xu Yi didn't hesitate to use this skill point to unlock the sword skill of the selfless two sword streams - step.

After relaxing the tense muscles on his body, Ogata looked back at Ichiro and the others.

"Come, go on!"

"Shichirou......" Ichiro looked hesitant, "You've already fought 4 people in a row just now, don't you really take a break first?" ”

"Nope." Ogata shook his head, "Time is precious, let's hurry up and start practicing again, this time I'm going to challenge 2 more!" ”

……

……

That night—

Hirose Domain, Kuranaga's mansion, in a certain room.

"It's ...... What the......? ”

Ogata stared blankly at the food in front of him.

Rice, miso soup, radish, a salted fish, and a small bowl of pork.

At this time, Ogata and the other aspirants were sitting neatly in a modest room.

In front of everyone, there was a table full of sumptuous food.

According to Ichiro, they said - this room is where they usually eat.

Just as Ogata was stunned by the sumptuous food in front of him, Kuranaga suddenly flashed into the "dining room" of Ogata and the others, and waved his hand to signal that everyone in the room did not have to salute him.

"Ogata, eat as much as you like. It is necessary to store up for later actions. ”

Kuranaga smiled and continued.

"Meat is a great way to replenish your energy, and although you may not get used to it at first, you will find it quite delicious once you get used to it. Not only is it delicious, but meat is also an excellent way to replenish energy. ”

Kuranaga seems to subconsciously think that Ogata is also the kind of person who will be very resistant to meat.

Due to history, culture, and other factors, people in the Edo period did not have the habit of eating meat.

So it makes sense for Kuranaga to mistakenly think that Ogata might not be used to eating meat.

Ogata looked at the other people's tables.

“…… My lord, is it my delusion...... I always feel like I have a lot less meat than other people......"

"Because you haven't eaten much meat before." Kuranaga replied, "If you eat a lot of meat at once, your stomach may not be able to stand it, so give you a little bit of meat now, and then gradually increase the portion when you get used to it." ”

"I see......"

"Ladies and gentlemen." Kuranaga moved his gaze and swept over the faces of the people in front of him, "I have important information to tell you, and you will listen to me while eating." ”

"Yes!"

Since Kuranaga said so, Ogata and the others, who had long been hungry, were not hypocritical, hurriedly picked up their chopsticks and began to gobble them up.

Kuranaga slowly knelt on the tatami mat, and then said in a deep voice:

"Action...... Probably at the end of this month...... Or next month. ”

Kuranaga's words made the chopsticks of Ogata and the others immediately pause.

And Kuranaga went on to say at this time:

"My lord, he loves hunting."

"At the same time, he also has an extreme aversion to cold, dry environments."

"Therefore, after September, the lord will not go out of the city to hunt again."

"If we want to assassinate the lord, our only chance is when the lord goes out of the city to hunt."

"The next hunt of the lord will probably take place at the end of this month, or next month."

"And the next hunt should be the last hunt of the year for the lord."

"In other words, the next loud hunt will be our last chance to assassinate the lord this year."

"If we miss this opportunity, we'll have to wait until next year."

As soon as Kuranaga's words fell, Xu Yi immediately raised his question.

"My lord, do you have to assassinate Gennai Matsudaira before the end of this year?"

"That's right."

"Why can't you wait until next year to assassinate again?" "That way, we'll have more time to prepare, and maybe we'll be able to recruit a few more people who are willing to die with us." ”

"Nope." Kuranaga shook his head, "It's too late to ......"

"Ogata-kun, you may not know - the lord has many eyes and ears in the Hirose Domain."

"It took me a lot of effort to hide the existence of the seven of you and hide my plan to assassinate the lord."

"But with the lord's eyes and ears, I can't guarantee that I can keep it a secret."

"If our plans leak out, we're all going to be doomed."

"So the longer it drags on, the worse it is for us."

"We must kill the Lord before anyone else finds out about our assassination plan!"