As soon as the boss's words fell, the sound of gasping air immediately sounded in the room.

Even Ogata frowned.

The lord came to check the inventory of all kinds of materials in the treasury - in short, to check the work of their treasury officials.

Check whether they have sorted out all kinds of materials in the government treasury and whether they have calculated the inventory of all kinds of materials.

Leaders come to check on the work – this should be one of the most annoying things in history.

What's more—Ogata and their leader is still a lord with a reputation for brutality.

The thought that the cruel lord was about to come to check their work results made many people in the room swallow their spit......

Ogata and his boss had expected this reaction for a long time.

After a light sigh, he said:

"Don't be nervous, the lord should just take a look and leave."

"Everyone should pay attention to their words and deeds, and don't say things that will offend the lord."

"Ah, and—remember to wear your coat that day, and remember to wash it clean."

Jacket - the dress of the samurai.

Ogata's robe is tucked into the deepest part of the wardrobe, and this samurai dress is only worn on special days or special occasions.

……

……

Hirose Domain, Sakakibara Sword Museum -

Bang!

Ogata flicks Makino's wooden sword into the air.

Then he pressed the tip of the wooden sword in his hand against Makino's chest.

"Makino." Ogata smiled slightly, "I won again." ”

"Ah......" a wry smile full of helplessness appeared on Makino's face, "I don't seem to have defeated you once recently." ”

【Ding! Use Sakakiwara Ichi-ryu to climb the stairs and defeat the enemy]

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

[Current personal level: LV8 (670/700)]

[Sakakiwara Ichito-ryu Level: 4 Stages (620/700)]

After the prompt sound in his head fell, Ogata secretly said in his heart:

- Still a little bit close......

- With only 30 XP, my personal level can be upgraded......

- Sakakihara Ichitora's experience is only 80 points short......

Although he is only a little short of being upgraded, Ogata is really unable to compete with others anymore.

So Otomo put away his wooden knife and sat down with Makino on the edge of the dojo to rest.

"Ogata-senpai."

Makino, who was sweating profusely, sat on the edge of the dojo without any image, and then said in an admiring tone to Ogata, who was also resting beside him:

"You've been in really good shape lately, and if you keep it up like this, you're likely to win the first place in the museum in one month's time!"

- Big competition in the museum?

After muttering the unfamiliar term in his mind, Ogata searched his mind for memories related to the word.

It didn't take long for memories related to the word to pop up in Ogata's mind.

After recalling all the memories related to this term, Ogata smiled at Makino:

"The number one in the museum - I don't dare to think of such a thing."

"I just plan to hone my sword skills well, and I don't want the number one in the hall or something."

The Sakakibara Sword Museum holds a sword competition every six months.

The time is basically set on June 15 and December 15 every year.

There are currently 28 disciples in the Sakakibara Sword Hall, and all of these 28 people have to participate in the big competition in the hall, and they are not allowed to ask for leave unless there are special circumstances.

Through a series of competitions, the ranking between the disciples is determined.

Ranking high in the museum competition will not receive any substantial rewards.

But the bottom 5 people will all get a "special reward" - a scolding from Master Sakakihara Hanbei.

The reason why Sakakiwara Hanbei, their master, holds a big competition in the hall every six months is to motivate their apprentices and let them not slack off in their swordsmanship practice.

In the last big competition in the museum, the person who won the first place was Mikami.

And Ogata ...... No, it should be said that "Hara Ogata" finished in 4th place.

And now, in another month, a new round of the museum competition will begin.

People with poor swordsmanship, in order not to be scolded by the master, began to practice swordsmanship hard.

Those who are interested in the ranking of the museum are also working hard to practice swordsmanship in order to get a higher ranking in the museum competition in one month.

Ogata was not interested in the museum......

For Ogata, with the help of the system, it was not difficult to win the first place in the museum.

After all, he still has 2 skill points, which are useless.

As long as these 2 skill points are added to personal attributes, or used to upgrade sword skills, Ogata can easily become the strongest existence among the disciples of the Sakakihara Sword Pavilion.

However, even if he won the first place in the museum, there was no substantial reward, so Ogata was not very interested in the museum.

Another major reason why Ogata was not interested in the contest was that Ogata knew that the top prize in the contest in June every year had to participate in the festival held in the grounds of Hachiman Jingu every July.

Worship God Contest - the full name is "God Sacrifice Martial Arts Competition".

On an auspicious day in July every year, a friendly match between Sakakibara Kenkan and Ishikawa Kenkan is held in the grounds of Hachiman Jingu Shrine not far away.

Ishikawa Kenkan – not far from the Sakakibara Kenkan, a kenkan that teaches Katori Shinto-ryu.

It is a competitive relationship with the Sakakiwara Sword Museum.

The main content of the god sacrifice competition is that each of the two sword halls sends a disciple to fight to see whose disciple is stronger.

The competition deepens the friendship between the two sword halls and contributes to the improvement of sword skills, which is the policy of the original establishment of this festival competition.

However, in fact, the friendship is fundamentally on one side, and the focus is entirely on learning sword skills and fighting for the sword gym to which they belong.

The Sakakibara Sword Museum was established a little later than the Ishikawa Sword Museum.

Therefore, since the establishment of the Sakakibara Sword Pavilion, the masters and apprentices of the Ishikawa Sword Pavilion have always been hostile to the people of the Sakakibara Sword Pavilion.

Regard the Sakakibara Sword Hall as a thorn in the side of stealing their business.

In fact, the Sakakiwara Sword Museum did steal the business of the Ishikawa Sword Museum.

Since the establishment of the Sakakibara Sword Museum by the Sakakibara Hanbei, there have been many fewer people who have come to the Ishikawa Sword Museum to learn the arts.

It was Sakakihara Hanbei who took the lead in advocating a god worship competition to ease the tension between the two sword halls.

However, since the first time the god worship competition was held, the relationship between the two sword halls has not only not eased, but has become worse.

Since each of the two families sent a disciple to fight, the sword hall of which family was defeated would lose face.

In addition, the festival held by the two kenkans is so famous that it attracts many big names from the domain every year.

Being watched by so many big people in the domain, whether it was the people from the Sakakibara Sword Pavilion or the people from the Ishikawa Sword Pavilion, no matter which sword hall it was, they were even more reluctant to lose in this god worship contest and lose face in front of so many big people in the domain.