It wasn't until Toyama and the others left completely that Asaki and Afu finally dared to step forward and ask about Ogata's injury.
Ogata opened the left front of his dark blue kimono and looked at his chest.
There was a bruise on his chest at this time.
This bruise was exactly the injury he sustained during the first round of competition with Yuan Shan.
Ogata pressed the bruise on his chest - it hurt a little, but the injury was not serious and there was no fracture.
"Afu, help Ogata-sama into the house!" Asaki said urgently to Afu, "I'll get the medicine."
After leaving these words, Asaki quickly returned to the house.
Ah Fu also obeyed the order obediently and planned to help Ogata into the house.
Ogata's injury was not serious enough to be unable to walk properly, and he did not need Ah Fu's help.
But this was Ah Fu's good intention after all, and Ogata was too embarrassed to refuse, so he let Ah Fu help him into the flow house.
Because there were too many accidents tonight, Asaki immediately announced the closure of business.
After Ogata returned to the empty house with the help of Ah Fu, Asaki also came back from the inner room with some medicine.
Asaki originally wanted to apply medicine to Ogata herself.
But Ogata refused without hesitation.
After all, he was hurting his chest, so Ogata would always feel a little embarrassed if he asked a widow to apply medicine to his chest.
After politely declining Asaki's request to apply medicine on him, Ogata took the medicine handed over by Asaki and applied it to himself.
While applying the ointment to the bruise on his chest, Ogata's thoughts gradually drifted to the memory of the match with Toyama just now for some reason.
——The competition just now... there was no system sound.
——Didn’t get any experience points...
——But that's of course... There's no winner, so of course it's impossible to get any experience points.
——That distant mountain... is really strong...
——I spent 3 skill points and 3 exclusive skill points, and ended up in a tie with him...
Ogata had to admit that Toyama was really strong, and he was worthy of being the strongest among the disciples of the Ishikawa Sword Hall.
Ogata silently reflected on the two rounds of competition he had just had with Toyama.
The biggest lesson Ogata learned from the two rounds of competition with Toyama just now is - when you should use skill points, you must use them!
In the first round of the competition, Ogata should have spent his skill points in time when he realized that Toyama was not an opponent that could be easily dealt with.
Ogata is a little scared when he thinks about it now.
Fortunately, in the first round of competition with Yuan Shan, they used wooden swords instead of real swords.
If a real knife had been used, a big hole would have been poked in his chest.
By the time he had a big hole poked in his chest and still wanted to use skill points, it was already too late.
Ogata said in his heart with a decisive tone:
——If you encounter such a strong enemy in the future, you must spend your skill points before the battle begins!
——If you wait until the battle starts to spend skill points, it will be too late!
After seriously reflecting on the mistakes he made in the first round of fighting, Ogata began to reflect on the second round of fighting.
After carefully recalling the second round of battle with Toyama just now, Ogata found that he still made a mistake in the second round of battle.
That is - still sparing skill points.
If I had spent all 5 skill points and 3 exclusive skill points in one go, I might have been able to defeat Yuan Shan.
But when Ogata clicked off these skill points, he hesitated.
"Skill points cannot be spent carelessly, as future skill points will become increasingly difficult to obtain, and every skill point cannot be wasted" - this concept has been deeply rooted in Ogata's mind.
Because of this, Ogata didn't dare to spend all the skill points.
Only 6 points were used, leaving 2 points.
Although Ogata thought about it carefully now, he realized that even if he spent all the skill points just now, he might not be able to defeat Toyama.
The strength currently displayed by Yuanshan is too strong.
Even if you spend all your skill points, you may not be able to defeat Yuanshan with complete certainty.
"well……"
Ogata sighed softly at a volume that only he could hear, and then said:
"Adding skill points...this kind of thing is far more troublesome than I thought..."
"If you save it, you may encounter a situation where you don't have time to spend it later..."
"If you use the skill points as soon as you have them, you may encounter the situation of 'you only need to use them until you have enough'..."
"……Um?"
At this moment, an idea suddenly appeared in Ogata's mind.
——Although skill points are very valuable, they cannot be used casually.
——But wouldn’t it be great as long as I don’t waste every skill point?
——At this stage, the least wasted way to add skill points is probably...to add them all to personal attributes...
——People with strong physical fitness take advantage in battles.
——You can’t go wrong by making your body stronger first.
——As long as I add all my skill points to my personal attributes and become a "superman", then even if my sword skills are very low, I can easily defeat all opponents...
——No matter how powerful a swordsman is, he probably can't defeat a superman who can "withstand a hundred cauldrons", right?
——Even if my sword skill level is very low, if I have the power to "resist a hundred cauldrons", I can still easily defeat my opponent even if I only know how to slash.
——From this point of view, it doesn’t matter whether the sword skill level is high or low...
——As long as my personal attribute value is high enough...
"Spend all your skill points on personal attributes and make yourself a 'superman'" - this idea lingered in Ogata's mind and has not dissipated.
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A few days later——
The first year of Kanzheng (1789 AD), May 20th——
Today is a special day for Ogata... no, it should be said that it is a special day for all the treasurers of 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 warehouse officials put on their robes and took their places.
The tunic is the uniform worn by warriors.
They would only wear it on special events and occasions such as visiting their lord.
Ogata doesn't like wearing clothes.
The reason why I don’t like to wear crotch is partly because I’m not used to it and it feels very twisted.
The other reason is that Ogata feels that Tsui is extremely ugly.
Ogata couldn't admire the samurai's attire.
Ogata felt that the style of the suit was particularly similar to the combat uniforms worn by the Saiyans in "Dragon", a famous comic he had seen on modern Earth.
There are many warehouses with different functions in Hirose Domain.
There is a warehouse dedicated to storing weapons.
There are warehouses dedicated to storing grain.
There is a warehouse dedicated to storing salt.
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Warehouse officers were also divided into several groups and stationed in each warehouse, so that when Matsudaira Gennai inspected each warehouse, someone would come to introduce him to the storage situation of the warehouse.
Ogata was assigned to a warehouse dedicated to storing salt.
In addition to Ogata, the people who were also stationed in the warehouse dedicated to storing salt included four of Ogata's colleagues and a superior who was above him.
The boss above him is named Inoue.
Ogata's task today is actually very easy.
Among all warehouse officials, his rank is the lowest.
A small character like him would naturally not be assigned any important tasks.
If Matsudaira Gennai comes, Ogata only needs to kneel on the ground with his four colleagues to welcome Matsudaira Gennai's arrival.
As for various troublesome matters such as leading Matsudaira Gennai to visit the Salt Warehouse and explaining the various storage conditions of the Salt Warehouse, Ogata's boss, Inoue, was responsible for it.