Chapter 30 The opening of the competition in the museum!
"……ah?"
Yuan Shan turned his head and looked at Ash next to him with cold eyes.
At this time, Ash also hurriedly added:
"Didn't your match a few days ago result in a draw? If you two can really face off again in the God Sacrifice Competition, are you really sure that you can defeat Ogata in the God Sacrifice Competition?"
Bang.
Toyama immediately let go of his hand and let the wine glass in his hand fall to the tatami.
The sound of a wine glass falling to the ground, neither soft nor heavy, startled Ash.
"You...doubt my strength?"
Yuan Shan's face was covered with shadows of displeasure and anger.
"I, I'm not doubting your strength, Danna!" A little cold sweat began to break out on Asashi's face because of anxiety, "You tied with that Ogata in the competition a few days ago, I'm just... simply
I am worried about you..."
Snap!
Before Ah Shi could finish his words, Yuanshan slapped Ah Shi directly on the face, making a crisp "snap" sound.
Ah Shi, who was kneeling on the ground, was knocked to the ground. While screaming, he raised his white hands to tightly cover the half of his cheek with a bright red slap mark. He looked at the sudden burst of tears with tears in his eyes.
Yuanshan slapped her.
"Do you know what you just said?!"
Yuanshan drank violently.
"How dare you doubt my strength just now?"
"The reason why I didn't quickly decide the winner with Ogata a few days ago was simply because I didn't expect that Ogata had hidden his own strength and underestimated him!"
"The next time I have a duel with that Ogata, I won't make this mistake again! As soon as the competition starts, I will give it my all!"
"As long as I try my best from the beginning, defeating that Ogata will be an easy task!"
Ash was knocked to the ground and sobbed.
"You... made a promise with your brothers and sisters... that you would definitely win this year's God Sacrifice Competition..."
"You and your brothers have also decided on the punishment you will face if you lose the God Sacrifice Competition..."
"I'm just worried that you will lose the God Sacrifice Competition..."
As soon as Ash finished speaking, Yuanshan snorted heavily with his nose:
"All your worries are unnecessary!"
"There's no way I can lose the God Sacrifice Competition!"
"So the punishment that my brothers and I decided to carry out after losing the God Sacrifice Competition will never happen!"
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The first year of Kanzheng (1789 AD), June 15th——
Hirose Domain, Sakakihara Sword Hall.
Today, the air at Sakakihara Sword Hall is filled with tension.
There is no other reason - today is the day when the Sakakihara Kenkan holds an in-house competition that only occurs twice a year.
From a certain perspective, the competition in the museum is a test left by Hanbei Sakakihara to his disciples - to test how well the disciples have practiced swordsmanship in the past six months.
There are actually only a minority of people who don't care about ranking.
All the disciples of Sakakihara Sword Hall are basically in their prime of life.
Most people hope that they can get a good ranking.
Almost everyone was standing outside the dojo, flexing their muscles and making final preparations.
And Xu Feng is one of the few exceptions.
Ogata finished his warm-up early and then sat cross-legged in a corner at the edge of the dojo.
Ogata, who was sitting cross-legged in the corner, was not in a daze.
Instead, he was checking his personal interface.
[Name: Ogata Issei]
[Level:LV9:240/800]
[Personal attributes:
Strength:5
Agility:8
Reflex nerves: 8
Stamina:5
Vitality: 5]
[Martial Arts School:
Sakakihara Itto-ryu: 5th Dan: 260/900]
[Remaining skill points: 0 points]
[Sakakihara Itto-ryu (5 levels):
Climbing the stairs: Beginner
Waterfall: Intermediate
Bird Thorn: Advanced
Dragon Tail: Elementary]
Since the competition with Toyama until now, Ogata's experience points have not increased much.
Because the disciples in the sword hall are not very willing to compete with others these days.
In the past years, there have been many idiots who accidentally injured their bodies while competing with others on the eve of the competition in the museum.
This is Japan in ancient times. There were no protective gears in the sword hall, so everyone just practiced sparring with wooden swords.
Although everyone usually does this during sparring, occasionally they accidentally injure someone.
In order to avoid such stupid things as injuring their bodies before the start of the competition in the gym, the disciples of Sakakihara Kenkan are not willing to sparring with others.
Since there was no one to practice with, Ogata's experience points naturally increased very slowly.
After all - if he wanted to level up quickly, the only way he could go was to fight with others.
Ogata was not particularly interested in the competition in the museum.
Because Ogata can also compete with his fellow disciples on weekdays, Ogata is not very interested in the competition in the gym.
For Ogata, the competition in the gym was just a different way to compete with his brothers.
However, if you are not interested, you are not interested, but Ogata has no intention of passively competing.
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Within a moment, their master, Hanbei Sakakihara, walked into the dojo with slow but powerful steps.
Ogata and others quickly stopped everything they were doing and sat down on the edge of the dojo.
After kneeling down on the main seat of the dojo, Hanbei Sakakihara said a few nonsense words about "everyone must go all out" and then directly announced the start of the competition.
The format of the competition in the hall is very simple - when Hanbei calls the names of two disciples, the two disciples must immediately stand out and compete.
Winners advance, losers exit.
And what a coincidence - the first pair to appear were Ogata and Makino.
Ogata and Makino held their respective wooden swords and walked to the center of the dojo with wry smiles on their faces.
"Ogata-senpai..." Makino smiled bitterly as he raised his wooden sword and took a mid-level stance, "I never expected...my opponent in the first match would be you..."
"I didn't expect that either." Ogata also slowly took the middle stance.
"In the recent past, when I competed with you, Ogata-senpai, I almost never defeated you. I may also end up in a disastrous defeat this time."
"But no matter what! I will do my best! At the same time, I also hope that you, Ogata-senpai, can do the same!"
"No problem!" Ogata said cheerfully, "I won't make any reservations and will directly use my full strength to defeat you."
The two were in a mid-range stance and were in a stalemate with each other for a while.
However--
"Haah——!"
Makino let out an astonishing shout, then stepped forward and struck at Ogata with his sword.
Now, Ogata's agility and reflexes are 8 points each, and the other attributes remain unchanged at 5 points.
When the reflex nerve attribute value reached 8 points, Ogata felt that Makino's sword was extremely slow.
Ogata's eyes could clearly follow the speed and trajectory of Makino's sword swing.
And with a sensitivity of 8 points, Ogata easily dodged Makino's sword.