Kuranaga slowly opened the huge paper sliding door.

Behind the sliding paper door is a simple dojo.

Although the area is a little small, it is enough to accommodate more than ten people to practice swords.

Inside the dojo, there are 6 samurai of different ages.

Without exception, these 6 people were sweating profusely, holding wooden knives in their hands, and it seemed that they were all practicing swords.

In addition to these 6 people, there is one more person in this simple dojo, and that is the flying ape.

The flying ape was standing respectfully by the door of the dojo gate at this time, and immediately knelt down on one knee when he saw Kuranaga coming.

And the six samurai also bowed to Kuraga after noticing that it was Kuranaga.

"Everyone!"

Kuranaga clapped his palms.

"The Flying Ape should have told you just now—we've got a new companion!"

With that, Kurunaga took a half-step to his side, allowing the six samurai in the dojo to see the faces of Ogata standing behind Kuranaga more clearly.

"Hello." Oki bowed to the six samurai in the dojo and greeted him in a tone that was not salty, "My surname is Ogata, and my name is Yise." Please advise. ”

"What kind of swordsman are you? Can I have a certificate above the catalog? One of the six samurai asked towards Ogata.

"Sakakihara is a knife stream." Ogata replied, "I'm not allowed to pass it on." ”

"Excuse me?!"

"Real Fake ......"

"Fantastic...... We've got a swordsman who doesn't want to be passed on to join us......"

……

Ogata's words caused exclamations to resound in this simple dojo.

The tallest of the six samurai, the samurai, walked slowly in front of Ogata.

"First meeting, Ogata-kun. I'm Ichiro. ”

With that, the samurai, who called himself Ichiro, turned to the side and helped the other five samurai introduce themselves one by one.

"This is Jiro."

"This is Saburo."

"This is Shiro."

"This is Goro."

"This is Rokuro."

Ogata slid his complicated gaze over the faces of the six samurai one by one.

“…… Are you 6 brothers 6? ”

"No, Ogata-kun, you're mistaken." Ichiro smiled bitterly, "This isn't our real name, it's just another name." ”

"Another name?"

"Ogata-kun, now that you've joined us, you should know that we shouldn't live long."

Although the content of what he said was so heavy, Ichiro continued in a relaxed tone as if he was saying something very ordinary.

"What we're going to do next is enough to leave a mark on the history books."

"It's all possible that we'll die on the way to assassinate Gennai Matsudaira."

"If you see your acquaintances and friends fall, no matter who it is, your mood is very likely to be messed up."

"So—we need to keep our relationship from getting too close."

"This ensures that if one person falls, the rest can concentrate on completing the task."

"Not knowing each other's names, just calling each other by another name is a good way to keep your distance from each other."

"And it's easy for us to call each other."

"I see...... Ogata nodded slightly, then smiled, "Then I'm the seventh person to join you, so my nickname is 'Shichiro', right?" ”

"That's right." Ichiro nodded.

Ogata looked around.

"It's small, but it's all there...... Did the six of you just practice swords here? ”

"Hmm." Ichiro said, "All six of us have now given up our jobs, families, and futures to move into the mansion of the eldest of our families, where we are wholeheartedly practicing our swords, and preparing for the action that will come at an unknown time. ”

"That's right...... So- do you have the energy to continue practicing? ”

Ogata said as he pulled out his cuff.

"I want to start practicing swords now, but is anyone willing to practice with me?"

"The six of us still have plenty of physical strength now!" Ichiro said boldly, "Come on, Shichiro, I'll accompany you to practice!" By the way, let me also see the strength of the free pass! ”

"Thank you very much."

……

……

Kuranaga is also the elder of the Hirose Domain, and there are so many jobs to do every day.

After telling Ogata that he could use this dojo to practice swords to his heart's content, and that he could ask Ichiro about unclear things, Kuranaga led the flying ape and hurriedly left the dojo.

Ogata, who had tied up his cuff, slowly walked to the knife holder.

After casually removing a wooden knife from the knife holder, Ogata began to look up and down.

"Aren't there any short wooden knives here?"

"Yes, yes...... But what do you want a short wooden knife for? ”

As he spoke, Ichiro took out a short wooden knife from the wooden box placed in the corner of the dojo and handed it to Ogata.

Ogata took the short wooden knife and weighed it a few times, and after confirming that the center of gravity, length, and weight of the short wooden knife were fine, he turned his head and looked at Ichiro.

"Ichiro, could you please have a discussion with me?"

"Absolutely!"

"Thank you very much."

With that, Ogata holds a short wooden knife in his left hand and holds it high, and a long wooden knife in his right hand in an ordinary mid-section stance—this is the gesture of the two swords without self.

Looking at Ogata, who was holding two knives, everyone in the room, including Ichiro, frowned.

"Shichiro!" Ichiro wondered, "Didn't you say that you were the Sakakiwara Ichito-ryu Wai Jichuan?" What is your posture? ”

"As a samurai, it's normal to know some swordsmanship from other genres."

"Two knife streams...... It's the first time I've seen it......" Ichiro said as he raised the wooden knife in his hand and set up a mid-section stance.

Ogata and Ichiro stand opposite each other.

"I forgot to say that the school I studied was the Bell Scroll."

With that, Ichiro let out an amazing shout and attacked Ogata.

Ogata, on the other hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, staring closely at Ichiro, who was attacking him.

Long before the battle began, Ogata had already entered the state of "Breath of the Source".

Syllable!

With lightning speed, Ogata swung the short wooden knife in his left hand and blocked the knife that Ichiro had chopped over.

The next moment when he swung the short knife in his left hand to block Ichiro's attack, Ogata's right hand moved.

With a wave of his right hand, the long wooden knife rested firmly on Ichiro's neck.

Defend with your left hand, attack with your right hand – all in one go.

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

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

[Current personal level: LV10 (810/900)]

[No-self two-knife flow level: 2 stages (100/500)]

"Oooh!"

"What a quick knife ......"

"What kind of genre is this......

"Is Miyamoto Musashi's two-day first-class......?"

……

Ogata's beautiful double knife cooperation aroused everyone's admiration.

"Shichiro!" Ichiro was the first to widen his eyes and asked, "What kind of genre are you?" ”

"There is no self and two cuts. As for where and with whom you learned it, please forgive me for keeping it a secret. ”

Ogata withdrew the knife in his hand.

"Come, let's move on."