It wasn't until Toyama and the others left completely that Misaki and Afu finally dared to boldly step forward and ask how Ogata's injuries were.

Ogata pulled open the left placket of his dark blue kimono and looked at his chest.

There was a bruise on his chest at this time.

This bruise was the same injury he sustained during the first round of the competition with the distant mountains.

Ogata pressed the bruise on his chest - it was painful, but the injury wasn't serious, and it wasn't broken.

"Fuku, you help Ogata-sama into the ryuya!" Misaki said to Ah Fu urgently, "I'll go get the medicine." ”

After leaving these words, Misaki hurriedly returned to the flow house.

And Ah Fu also obediently obeyed the order, planning to help Ogata into the house.

Ogata's injuries weren't so bad that he couldn't even walk well, and he didn't need Fuku's help.

But after all, it was Afuku's kindness, and Ogata was too embarrassed to refuse, so he let Afu help him into the drifthouse.

Because there were too many accidents tonight, Asaki directly announced the closure of business.

After Ogata returns to the empty drift house with Fuku's help, Aki also comes back from the inside with some medicine.

Aki wanted to rub the medicine on Ogata herself.

But Ogata refused without hesitation.

After all, he hurt his chest, and Ogata would be a little embarrassed to let a widow medicate his chest.

After politely declining Asaki's request to rub the medicine on him, Ogata took the medicine handed by Misaki and gave himself the medicine.

As he applied the ointment to the bruise on his chest, Ogata's mind drifted to the memory of the battle with Toyama that he had just played.

- The ...... of the competition just now There are no system tones.

- Didn't get any XP......

- But of course...... There is no winner or loser, and of course it is impossible to get any experience points.

- The distant mountain...... That's strong......

- It took me 3 skill points and 3 exclusive skill points to end up in a tie with him......

Ogata had to admit that Toyama was really strong, and he deserved to be the strongest existence among the disciples of the Ishikawa Sword Pavilion.

Ogata silently reflected on the two rounds he had just played against Toyama.

In the 2 rounds of competition with Toyama just now, the biggest lesson Ogata learned is that when it's time to use skill points, you must use them!

In the first round of the competition, Ogata should have spent his skills in time when he found out that Toyama was not an opponent that could be easily dealt with.

Ogata is a little scared in retrospect.

Fortunately, in the first round of competition with Yuanshan, they used wooden knives instead of real knives.

If he had used a real knife, he would have already had a big hole in his chest.

By the time a big hole was poked in his chest and he still wanted to use skill points, it was already too late.

Ogata said in his heart in a categorical tone:

- If you encounter such a strong enemy in the future, you must spend your skill points before the battle begins!

- Wait until the battle starts to spend skill points, and then it's too late!

After seriously reflecting on the mistakes he made in the first round of the battle, Ogata began to reflect on the second round of the battle.

After seriously recalling the second round of the battle with Toyama, Ogata realized that he had made a mistake in the second round of the battle.

That's - still stingy with skill points.

If you spend all 5 skill points and 3 exclusive skill points in one go, you might be able to defeat Toyama.

But Ogata hesitated when he clicked on these skill points.

"Skill points can't be spent randomly, skill points will become more and more difficult to get in the future, and every skill point can't be wasted" - this concept has been deeply ingrained in Ogata's mind.

Because of this, Ogata didn't dare to spend all his skill points.

Only 6 points were used, leaving 2 points.

Although Ogata thinks about it now, he realizes that even if he spends all his skill points just now, he may not be able to defeat Toyama.

The strength that Yuanshan is showing so far is too strong.

Even if you spend all your skills, you may not be able to defeat Toyama.

"Alas......"

Ogata sighed softly in a volume that only he could hear, and then said:

"Bonus Skill Points...... This kind of thing is far more troublesome than I thought......"

"If you save it, you may not have time to spend it later......"

"If you use it as soon as you have a skill point, you may encounter a situation where you will hate it when you use it later......"

“…… Well? ”

Just then, an idea popped into Ogata's mind.

- Although skill points are valuable, they should not be used casually.

- But as long as I don't waste every bit of skill points, wouldn't it?

- At this stage, the least wasteful way to add skill points should be...... All added to personal attributes......

- A person with strong physical fitness, who took advantage of the battle.

- Make your body strong first, and you should not be wrong.

- As long as I add all my skill points to my personal attributes and make me a "superman", then even if my sword skill level is low, I can easily defeat all opponents......

- No matter how powerful a person is at swordsmanship, he shouldn't be able to beat a superman who can "resist a hundred tripods", right?

- Even though my sword skill level is very low, if I have the power to "resist a hundred tripods", I can easily defeat my opponent even if I can only slash at ordinary times......

- In that case, it doesn't matter if the level of sword skills is high or low......

- As long as my personal stat value is high enough......

"Spend all your skill points on personal attributes and make yourself a 'superman'" - this thought lingered in Ogata's mind, and it didn't dissipate for a long time.

……

……

A few days later—

In the first year of Kansei (1789 AD), May 20 -

Today, for Ogata...... No, it should be said that it was a special day for all the treasury officials of the Hirose Domain, including Ogata.

Today is the day when the lord of the Hirose Domain, their lord Matsudaira Gennai, inspects the major warehouses in the domain.

Early in the morning, all the treasurers were dressed and took their places.

The coat is the dress of the samurai.

It will only be worn on special events and occasions such as seeing your own father-in-law.

Ogata doesn't like to wear a coat.

The reason why I don't like to wear a shirt is because I can't get used to wearing it and I feel very twisted.

On the other hand, the reason is because Ogata thinks that the ugly is over.

Ogata admires the samurai's dresses.

Ogata felt that the style of the shirt was very similar to the battle suits worn by the Sai⚪ people in the famous manga "Dragon⚪" that he had seen in the modern earth before.

There are many warehouses with different functions in the Hirose Domain.

There are warehouses dedicated to storing weapons.

There are warehouses dedicated to storing grain.

There are warehouses dedicated to storing salt.

……

The warehouse officials were also divided into several groups and stationed in each warehouse, so that when Matsudaira Gen inspected each warehouse, someone would come to him to introduce the storage situation of the warehouse.

Ogata was stationed in a warehouse dedicated to storing salt.

In addition to Ogata, four of Ogata's colleagues and one boss who was above him were also assigned to the warehouse dedicated to storing salt.

The boss who was above him was named Inoue.

Ogata's task today was actually quite easy.

Of all the treasurers, he was in the lowest rank.

For a small role like him, naturally he will not be assigned any important tasks.

If Gennai Matsudaira came, Ogata would only need to kneel on the ground with his four colleagues and greet Gennai Matsudaira.

As for leading Matsudaira Gennai to visit the salt warehouse and explaining the various storage conditions of the salt warehouse, Ogata's boss, Inoue, was in charge.