After wiping off the blood on the knife, Ogata had just put the knife back into its sheath when Fat Ronin's voice suddenly came:
"I'm really, really sorry!"
Ogata followed the sound.
The fat ronin was now facing him with a standard earth seat.
Also sitting on the earth seat was the thin ronin.
"I, I, I just said something rude! I'm really sorry!" After saying that, the fat Ronin lowered his head and pressed his forehead directly to the ground.
"I'm so sorry!" The thin ronin followed closely behind, apologizing loudly while pressing his forehead firmly against the ground.
Both the fat ronin and the thin ronin mocked Ogata's speech about "The Executioner Ittosai" just now.
At this moment, after learning that the young ronin in front of them was "The Executioner Ittosai", a sense of fear occupied both of their bodies and minds.
Fearing the sword at Ogata's waist, they hurriedly placed their Uchita seats in front of Ogata and prayed for Ogata's forgiveness.
Although the tall ronin and the short ronin did not join in the doge seat, they both looked at Ogata with a look of fear and fear.
That look was like seeing a man-eating beast.
"There's no need to apologize or anything like that." A helpless smile appeared on Ogata's face, "You all get up, and then do whatever you have to do. Don't feel uncomfortable just because I'm here, as long as you don't yell at me
Even if you draw your sword, I won’t draw it on you either.”
After saying that, Ogata sat back on the ground again, leaned his upper body against the wall, and covered his face with the bamboo hat again.
The four ronin, led by Fat Ronin, really wanted to escape from this ancient temple.
Not only because the "Executioner Ittosai" who killed countless people was sleeping next to them, but also because they were afraid that new bounty hunters would rush in later...
Although the target of those bounty hunters is only Ogata, this ancient temple is so small that accidental injuries are inevitable.
Although the four of them really want to leave here, but - it's winter now, and it's still a snowy night tonight.
At the same time, it is already late at night.
There are no other places to stay around.
If you leave this rare snow cover at this time and go outside to spend the night, you might freeze to death directly outside...
Therefore, the four of them could only silently close the gate of the ancient temple that had just been kicked open by the "Yoshimura brothers", then silently turn around and squeeze into the corner furthest away from Ogata.
They were not in the mood to chat anymore.
They only dare to huddle together, keeping each other warm and feeling safe at the same time.
As long as everyone stays together, you can feel a sense of security.
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Although he covered his face with the bamboo hat again, Ogata did not sleep.
Instead, he silently opened his system interface.
[Name: Ogata Issei]
[Level: LV21:1210/2500]
[Personal attributes:
Strength:10
Agility:8
Reflex nerves: 8
Stamina:9
Vitality: 17]
【Skill:
Sakakihara Itto-ryu: 8 Dan: 1500/3000
Selfless Two-Sword Style: 7th Stage: 1100/5000]
[Remaining skill points: 0 points]
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[Sakakihara Itto-ryu (8 stages):
Climbing the stairs: Beginner
Shui Luo: Intermediate
Bird Thorn: Advanced
Dragon Tail: Elementary]
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【无我二刀流(7 sections):
First step: Intermediate
Blade Return: Advanced
Circulation: Advanced
Breath of Source: Elementary
Rachel: Elementary]
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——The three people I just killed increased my personal level experience by a little more than 300 points... Then the experience value of Sakakibara's one-sword style increased by less than 200 points, and the experience value of Muga two-sword style increased by less than 100 points.
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After checking the experience points he had just gained, Ogata couldn't help but laugh in his heart at the three people who just called themselves the unparalleled 'Yoshimura Brothers':
——Everyone is only worth this amount of experience points. At this level, it’s easy to call oneself “unparalleled in the world”…
During this period of time? Ogata has met too many arrogant people like the "Yoshimura brothers" just now.
Because I’ve seen too much? So I’m a little numb.
Probably from mid-December last year, some ronin who were confused by the bounty began to approach Ogata.
Only then did Ogata know that the Edo shogunate had found out that he was the one who killed Matsudaira Gennai and issued a high reward, with the reward reaching an astonishing 300 ryo.
Although there was a reward from the Edo shogunate, some professional or business bounty hunters began to come to the door to get Ogata's head, but these bounty hunters who came to the door... to put it in a harsher way, were strength.
One dish is better than the other.
Almost everyone is an arrogant maniac who is strong on the outside but strong on the inside like the "Yoshimura brothers" just now.
They kept talking about how strong they were? But after the fight, almost no one could take even one of Ogata's moves.
Although bounty hunters would come to his door from time to time, which was troublesome, Ogata was not too bored with these bounty hunters coming for his head.
After all? In Ogata's eyes - these bounty hunters are all experience points.
Ogata wandered aimlessly all the way, killing these bounty hunters along the way. His personal level increased by one level without knowing it, from level 20 to level 21, and he gained 1 skill point.
And this skill point? It was used by Ogata to unlock the new sword skill of "Muga Two Sword Style" - Raikiri.
After killing Matsudaira Gennai and all his bodyguards, did Ogata's level of Fugatou-ryu rise to 2 levels in a row? A new unlockable sword skill - Bato Jutsu Raikiri - successfully appeared.
However, because Ogata had already spent all his skill points on "vitality" at that time, there were no more skill points left in his body that could be used to unlock Raikiri.
So I can only leave this sword skill idle for now? Wait until I have new skill points.
After using the new skill points he finally obtained to unlock "Raikiri", Ogata was pleasantly surprised to find that "Raikiri" is really a great skill for sneak attacks.
In these days, Ogata relied on his sword-drawing skills to successfully attack several bounty hunters.
For example - the eldest brother of the "Yoshimura Brothers" just now? He was killed by Ogata with a single blow of "Raikiri".
Since leaving the Hirose Domain, except for the new sword skill "Raikiri", there have been no other changes in Ogata.
If there are any other changes, it should be that Ogata now has many more titles inexplicably...
What is "The Executioner Ittousai"... what is "the power of killing people"... what is "Ogata Ittousai"...
The most widely spread title is "The Executioner Ittosai".
Although the shogunate found out that he was the person who assassinated Matsudaira Gennai.
However, it was not found that Ogata used the two-sword style when assassinating Matsudaira Gennai - after all, there was no one alive at the scene.
Therefore, the shogunate mistakenly believed that Ogata was just a one-sword swordsman who was good at using "Sakakibara one-sword style", and he killed Matsudaira Gennai and all his guards with one-sword swordsmanship.
So——the title of "Ittosai" gradually spread...
It is precisely because of this that people in the world think that Ogata is only a master of the one-sword style, and do not know that Ogata is really good at the two-sword style swordsmanship.
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The next day, early morning——
When the sky just started to turn white, Oujiang opened his eyes.
Looked around.
The corpses of the "Yoshimura Brothers" still lie at their feet.
The four ronin, headed by the fat ronin, were huddled in a corner at the other end of the ancient temple, sleeping soundly.
"alright……"
Ogata stood up, stretched vigorously, and said in a voice that only he could hear clearly: