“…… Yes? ”

Yuan Shan turned his head and looked at Ah Shi beside him with a cold gaze.

And Ah Shi also hurriedly added at this time:

"Didn't your match a few days ago end in a draw? If the two of you can really face off again in the Katsumi Contest, are you really sure that Ogata will be able to defeat that Ogata in the Katsumi Contest? ”

Boom.

Yuanshan directly let go of his hand and let the wine glass in his hand fall on the tatami mat.

The sound of the wine glass falling to the ground scared Ah Shi.

"You...... Doubting my strength? ”

The face of the distant mountain was covered with a shadow of displeasure and anger.

"I—I'm not doubting your strength!" Because of his anxiety, a little cold sweat began to break out on Ah Shi's face, "You tied with that Ogata in the competition a few days ago, and I just ...... I'm just worried about you......"

Syllable!

Before Ah Shi's words were finished, the big slap of the distant mountain slapped directly on Ah Shi's face, and a crisp "pop" sounded.

Ah Shi, who was kneeling on the ground, directly knocked over to the ground, screaming, while raising his white hands to cover half of his cheeks with a bright red slap print, and looked at Yuan Shan, who suddenly burst out and slapped her just now, with teary eyes.

"Do you know what you were talking about?!"

The distant mountains drank violently.

"You dared to doubt my strength just now?"

"The reason why I didn't quickly split the victory with Ogata a few days ago was purely because I didn't expect that Ogata to hide his strength and underestimate him!"

"The next time I face off against that Ogata, I won't make that mistake again! At the beginning of the competition, just do your best! ”

"As long as I give my best from the start, defeating that Ogata will be an easy task!"

Ash, who was knocked to the ground, sobbed.

"Before you...... Make a guarantee with your brothers...... Say you're definitely going to win this year's god worship contest......"

"You also agreed with your brothers and sisters about the punishment you will face if you lose the god sacrifice competition......

"I'm just worried that you're going to lose the god competition......"

As soon as Ah Shi's words fell, Yuan Shan snorted heavily with his nose:

"Your worries are all unnecessary!"

"There's no way I'm going to lose the God Sacrifice Competition!"

"So the punishment that I and my brothers have decided to do after losing the god sacrifice competition will definitely not appear!"

……

……

June 15, 1789 —

Hirose Domain, Sakakibara Sword Hall.

Today's Sakakibara Sword Museum is filled with tension in the air.

There is no other reason - today is the day when the Sakakibara Sword Museum holds the Sakakibara Sword Museum only twice a year.

From a certain point of view, the big competition in the hall is an assessment left by the Sakakibara Hanbei to his disciples - to test how well the disciples have practiced swords in the past six months.

In fact, there are only a few people who don't care about rankings.

All the disciples of the Sakakibara Sword Pavilion are basically at the age of blood and strength.

Most people want to be able to get a good place.

Almost all of them were standing on the periphery of the dojo, moving their muscles and bones to make final preparations.

The handy is one of the few exceptions.

Ogata had warmed up early, and then sat cross-legged somewhere on the edge of the dojo.

Ogata, who was sitting cross-legged in the corner, wasn't in a daze.

Instead, I'm checking my personal interface.

[Name: Ogata Yise]

[Level: LV9: 240/800]

【Personal attributes:

Strength: 5

Dexterity: 8

Reflex nerves: 8

Stamina: 5

Vitality: 5]

【Martial Arts Genre:

Sakakiwara Ichito-ryu: 5 stages: 260/900】

[Remaining Skill Points: 0]

[Sakakiwara Ichito-ryu (5 paragraphs):

Ascending the stairs: Beginner

Water Fall: Intermediate

Bird Thorn: Advanced

Dragontail: Beginner】

Since the test against Toyama, Ogata's experience has not increased much.

Because the disciples in the Sword Pavilion are not very happy to compete with others these days.

In previous years, there have been many fools who competed with people on the eve of the big competition in the museum, but accidentally injured their bodies.

Now it's ancient Japan, and there is no protective gear in the sword hall, so everyone is practicing there with a wooden sword.

Although everyone usually points to it when they practice, they occasionally accidentally miss and hurt people.

In order to avoid the stupid thing of injuring the body before the start of the big competition in the hall, the disciples of the Sakakibara Sword Pavilion are not very happy to practice with people.

Because there is no one to train, Ogata's experience points naturally increase very slowly.

After all, if he wants to level up quickly, there is only one way to fight people.

Ogata wasn't particularly interested in the museum.

Because Ogata can also enjoy learning with his brothers on weekdays, Ogata is not very interested in the big competition in the museum.

For Ogata, the big competition in the museum is just a different way to learn from his brothers.

But no interest is no interest, but Ogata has no intention of playing negatively.

……

……

In a few moments, their master, Sakakibara Hanbei, walked into the dojo with slow but powerful steps.

Ogata and the others hurriedly stopped what they were doing and sat down on the edge of the dojo.

After kneeling on the main seat of the dojo, Sakakihara Hanbei nagged two nonsense sentences of "everyone must do their best", and then directly announced the start of the competition.

The method of the big competition in the hall is very simple - which two disciples are called by the half-guard, and the two disciples have to immediately go out to compete.

The winner advances, and the loser withdraws.

And it was very coincidental that the first pair of people on the field turned out to be Ogata and Makino.

Ogata and Makino walked up to the center of the dojo with wry smiles on their faces with their respective wooden knives.

"Ogata-senpai......" Makino smiled wryly as he raised his wooden knife and took a mid-section stance, "I didn't expect it...... My opponent in the first game turned out to be you......"

"I didn't expect that." Ogata also slowly set up a mid-section stance.

"Recently, when I was fighting with you, Ogata-senpai, I almost never won against you. I'm probably going to lose badly this time, too. ”

"But no matter what! I will give it my all too! At the same time, I hope that you will do the same! ”

"No problem!" Ogata said cheerfully, "I'm not going to make any reservations, I'm going to do my best to defeat you." ”

The two of them took a mid-section stance and stalemate with each other for a while.

And yet—

"Haaa——!"

Makino let out an awe-inspiring shout, then stepped forward and swung his sword at Ogata.

Now, Ogata's Agility and Reflex Nerves are 8 points each, and the rest of the stats remain unchanged at 5 points.

At the moment when the attribute value of the reflex nerve changed to 8 points, Ogata only felt that Makino's sword was too slow.

Ogata's eyes could clearly follow the speed and trajectory of Makino's swing.

And the sensitivity of 8 points also allowed Ogata to easily dodge Makino's sword.