Chapter 399 Kinoshita Genichi! Times have changed! [6700 words]
[Ding! Use Wuwo Sword Style and Flow to defeat the enemy]
[Acquire 110 personal experience points and 120 experience points for the swordsmanship "Wuwo Sword Style"]
[Current personal level: LV33 (1255000)]
[Wuwo Knife Style Level: 10th Stage (629010000)]
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[Ding! Use Wuwo Sword Style and Flow to defeat the enemy]
[Acquire 100 personal experience points and 110 experience points for the swordsmanship "Wuwo Sword Style"]
[Current personal level: LV33 (2255000)]
[Wuwo Knife Style Level: 10th Stage (640010000)]
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The Daishukian and Daizizai in his hands cut out two rays of sword light. As the two rays of sword light fell, Ogata's mind heard a system prompt related to the Wuwo Sword Style that he had not seen for a long time.
Since he killed the gang of fire thieves who wanted to steal the credit a few days ago, Ogami has never fought against anyone else, and his personal level and Sakakibara Itto-ryu experience bar have remained motionless.
Not to mention the Wu-I Duo-sword style.
Ever since he entered Edo, he had never encountered a situation where he needed to use the two-swordsman style, and to avoid letting Genichi's enemies, who might be standing nearby, recognize that the swordsmanship he used was the two-swordsman style.
Ogata has always used the Sakakihara One-Sword Style to fight against enemies, and the experience bar of the Muga Two-Sword Style has not changed since Ogata entered Edo.
Now hearing the system sound with the words "Mugo Nito-ryu" in his mind, Ogata couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "It's been a long time coming."
Of the six people who rushed forward, Ogata chopped down two of them in the blink of an eye, instantly losing a third of their combat power.
Seeing this scene, the remaining four people froze in shock and fear.
The initial momentum of forward momentum was immediately halted.
The aura on his body also withered.
The more life-and-death battles he experienced, the more Xu Feng realized the importance of momentum.
Although when fighting with people, the most dominant factor in victory or defeat is the various data on the physical level.
When everyone is talking about martial arts and doesn't use any dirty tricks, if you are not as tall as others, not as strong as others, and the strength and speed of swinging a knife cannot match others, then you just can't beat them.
However - although various data on the physical level account for the most dominant factor in determining victory or defeat, some idealistic factors can also have a certain impact on the battle situation.
In a battle where both sides are evenly matched, the person with greater momentum and higher morale will have the advantage.
If you don't even have the momentum to "definitely defeat the opponent", then you may not even be able to exert your original strength.
Seeing that the remaining four people had lost their momentum, Oubang knew that these people had no power to fight back.
Although the momentum of these four people has weakened, they still maintain a certain fighting spirit.
The look of shock and fear only stayed on their faces for a while, and then they suppressed these negative emotions. They gritted their teeth, clenched the knife in their hands, and once again let out a cry while killing Ogata.
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From the actions of these people, it is not difficult to see that they are not the kind of people who have only wielded the "Dojo Sword".
They have real experience in fighting to the death with others.
But this is probably their only advantage.
Both their movements and footsteps are filled with an aura of "wildness", and it is obvious at first glance that they have not received professional swordsmanship training.
Ogata and others are now on an uninhabited path that is not too wide but not too narrow either.
There is no need to worry about someone witnessing a "Tengu" and a "White Fox" killing people.
The space is not too narrow and allows Ogata to move around with ease.
Ogata first used a step step to dodge the thrust of the "enemy 1" closest to him, and dodged directly behind "enemy 1" and in front of "enemy 2".
Ogata, who directly attacked their rear, startled "Enemy 2". In panic, "Enemy 2" subconsciously aimed at Ogata in front of him and executed a horizontal slash.
clang!
With a crisp sound of gold and iron hitting each other, "Enemy 2"'s sword was deflected by Ogata using his freedom.
Because the sword was deflected by Ogata with Daijizuo, the middle door of "Enemy 2" was wide open, and Ogata swung Daishiten, killing "Enemy 2" easily.
After killing "Enemy 2", Ogata used step steps to quickly escape from where he was standing, as if it was a conditioned reflex, without any hesitation.
When facing multiple enemies, you must move and constantly create one-on-one opportunities - this is the truth that Ogata realized long before he cut Matsudaira Genai into pieces.
After killing "Enemy 2", Ogata used step steps to dodge to the side of "Enemy 3" and "Enemy 4", and simultaneously wielded Dai Shiten and Dai Zizai to chop down both of them.
Finally, he turned around and slashed the throat of "Enemy 1" who was ignored by Ogata and dodged directly behind him.
4 people, 4 knives, clean and tidy.
Each sword kills with one blow. When the throat of "enemy 1" was cut open by Ogata, "enemy 2" who was first struck by Ogata's sword had not completely fallen to the ground.
It only took a few seconds for these four people to go from being alive to being killed by Ogata.
The system beep in my mind also sounded 4 times in a row.
Before the system tone had completely faded, when Ogata looked back at the leader of the group named "Baoji", he suddenly heard a shout:
"Kinoshita Genichi! Your death has come!"
Looking at the thing that Baoji was holding in his hand, a bit of surprise flashed across Ogata's face.
The thing held in Baoji's hand is also a very familiar thing to Ogata - a musket.
However, the musket that Baoji is holding now is not the most advanced musket of this era, but a matchlock gun that has lagged behind the times but is still used by the Edo shogunate.
Although compared with Western countries at the same time, this matchlock gun is already one of the "grandfather weapons" that can go into museums, but in Japan, which is still in the Edo period, it is still one of the "high-end weapons."
Without some connections and money, you can't even get a matchlock gun.
--I see……
Ogata thought secretly in his heart.
——It turns out that the thing he was carrying on his back just now was a matchlock gun...
Just now, when Boji ordered his six subordinates to come forward, Ogata vaguely heard him shouting "Buy time for me" and made a move to move the thick bag he was carrying behind his back.
The action of removing a long pole object wrapped in cloth.
At this moment, the matchlock gun in Baoji's hand was already ready for use.
The metal hook on the gun that can rotate around its axis has already clamped the burning match rope.
As long as Baosheng is willing, he can push the metal hook into the fire door at any time, causing the match to ignite the gunpowder, and then fire the projectiles in the gun chamber.
The operation of the matchlock gun is quite complex, and less than half a minute has passed since Baoji took off the matchlock gun on his back and now completed preparations for firing the matchlock gun.
Complete preparations for firing the matchlock in less than half a minute - something that would have been impossible without a long period of practice.
Baoji's hand speed is enough to serve as an elite musketeer.
All six of his subordinates were killed in the battle, but Baoji did not show any hatred or sadness when he saw this.
He just stared at Yuan Yi not far away with a ferocious face.
"Kinoshita Genichi! Ever since you destroyed my village 8 years ago, I have been thinking about revenge all the time!"
“I’m always thinking about how to defeat you!”
"And this thing! It's the killing weapon I specially prepared for you!"
After saying that, Baoji tightened his grip on the matchlock gun in his hand.
"It took me a lot of time and energy to get this treasure!"
"In order to prepare for shooting as quickly as possible, I practiced day and night!"
"Kinoshita Genichi! Times have changed! It's no longer the era of swords!"
A sinister smile slowly appeared on Baoji's face.
"Even a person like me with mediocre swordsmanship can still kill the 'Sword Master' with an iron cannon!"
Yuanyi listened quietly to Baoji's roars one after another.
It wasn't until Baoji's words fell that Yuan Yi said in a tone that was so calm that there seemed to be no color mixed in:
"I see. No wonder you dared to come to Edo to find me with just a few subordinates."
"It turns out that it relies on the power of iron cannons."
Because Genichi was wearing the Tengu mask with only one pair of eyes exposed, Ogata couldn't see Genichi's current expression.
And Ogata didn't have the time to look at Genichi's expression at this time.
He kept his eyes fixed on Baoji not far away, measuring the distance between them, and estimating whether he could use Kasumi Nagi to kill Baoji with one shot at such a distance.
Kasumi Nagi is now considered one of Ogata's trump cards. At critical moments, he might be able to produce miraculous effects or even save his life.
So when Ogata goes out now, he always carries Kasumi Nagi, whom Omachi entrusted to him, in his arms. Kasumi Nagi's gun chamber is always filled with bullets.
The distance between Ogata and Hokichi is about 10 steps.
Anyone who has ever used a pistol knows how difficult it is to accurately hit the target with a pistol.
A distance of 10 steps - for Ogata, who had never practiced shooting, this was already a distance that could not necessarily hit the target accurately, even though the target was a very large living person.
Baoji seemed to have noticed Ogata's sharp gaze, glanced at Ogata, and said in a deep voice:
"Kinoshita Genichi, the swordsmanship this boy used just now is your Wuwo-sword style, right?"
"Is this boy your apprentice?"
Although Ogata is wearing a white fox mask with only his eyes exposed, the skin on his neck, hands and other parts is still exposed.
It was through these exposed skins that Baosheng could tell that the guy wearing the "white fox" mask must be very young.
"Disciple..." Yuan Yi raised his hand and scratched his hair, "Although I haven't taught him a single move until now, the swordsmanship he uses is indeed my Wuwu Erdao style, and he is half a descendant of me.
Bar."
"Forget it, it doesn't matter who he is to you!" The madness and ferocious look in Baoji's eyes became more and more intense, "My goal from beginning to end is only you!"
"As long as I drag you to hell, I can rest in peace even if I die immediately!"
"...It seems that you are very confident in the iron cannon in your hand."
After saying that, Yuan Yi stepped forward and slowly walked towards Baoji in front of him.
Yuan Yi's appearance and steps exuded an air of ease and ease from inside to outside.
It's like taking a walk in your back garden.
"Ogata-kun, please step back."
Yuan Yi raised his left hand, pressed the sheath of Yang Shen on his left waist, and pushed forward with his left thumb.
With a soft "click" sound, Yang Shen's blade popped out of its sheath.
"I'll kill him."
Choking, choking, choking…
Yang Shen's blade was pulled out of its sheath inch by inch.
The cold light reflected by the blade in the moonlight illuminated the Tengu mask on Genichi's face.
Looking at Yuan Yi who was slowly walking towards him and unsheathing his sword, Baoji's face turned pale and he subconsciously swallowed to moisten his dry throat.
Even though he simply drew his sword out of its scabbard, Baoji felt that his entire aura had changed.
At this moment, Baoji felt like a mountain was slowly approaching him.
Baoji held the musket that was already tightly held tighter.
Now only holding the musket tightly can give him a sense of security.
The way Genichi slowly stepped forward with his sword in hand not only made Baoji look shocked, but also made Ogata raise his eyebrows out of surprise and curiosity.
Ogata feels very strange now.
It was clear that Genichi was making crazy moves like slowly approaching the Musketeer, but Ogata was not worried about Genichi.
However, Ogata did not lower his half-raised right hand, and still maintained a posture where he could take out Kasumi Nagi from his arms and shoot at any time.
"Baoji, although we are mortal enemies, I still want to give you a suggestion."
Yuan Yi's tone was still calm.
"Because I have an iron cannon in my hand, I feel that I can deal with any opponent - this is an absolutely wrong thought."
Although Yuan Yi gave Baoji a piece of advice in a very leisurely manner, Baoji was too nervous and too focused to hear clearly what Yuan Yi was saying.
Baoji now only focuses all his attention on measuring the distance between himself and Yuanyi.
Although he couldn't figure out how Gen Yi was going to deal with him who had a musket when he walked towards him slowly as if he was walking, Baoji knew that - by shortening the distance between them like this, Gen Yi would only improve his ability.
It's just a hit rate.
After Yuan Yi narrowed the distance between them to 6 steps, the look of ferocity and excitement on Baoji's face reached its peak.
At this distance, Baoji was sure of winning.
The next moment when the ferocious and excited look on his face reached its peak, with a roar, Baoji pulled the trigger.
Hot pellets ejected from the barrel.
Then... the next scene appeared in front of Baoji, causing Baoji's expression and look to change from ferocious and joyful to shocked and unbelievable in an instant.
The moment before Baoji pulled the trigger, Yuan Yi tilted his body as if he had figured out when Baoji was going to shoot.
This hot, high-speed projectile just passed through Yuan Yi's side.
The projectile could hit Yuan Yi's chest accurately - of course, provided that Yuan Yi did not dodge.
After dodging the projectile, Yuan Yi started to move.
If Yuan Yi just now was like a slowly moving snail, then Yuan Yi now is like a cheetah starting to pounce on its prey.
The speed difference between the front and back is so big that it makes people feel unrealistic.
Looking at Yuanyi rushing toward him at a dizzying speed, Baoji's face was full of horror.
But as if out of instinct, he threw the iron cannon aside and pulled out the knife from his waist.
Because when he drew the sword out of its sheath, Yuan Yi had already rushed into his attack range, Baoji did not hesitate at all - and now there was no room for him to waste any more time hesitating. He gritted his teeth and swung the sword towards
In front of him, Yuan Yi struck with a powerful and heavy vertical chop.
Facing Baoji's slashing knife, Yuan stopped in his tracks.
Using the left foot as the axis, rotate clockwise.
Yuan Yi's spin not only avoided Baoji's knife.
While avoiding Baoji's attack, he also accumulated strength. He used his legs to carry his waist and his arms to carry him.
After turning clockwise and facing Baoji again, Yuan Yi used a whip-like movement to "swing" his body and followed his body in a circle. Yang Shen, who had accumulated a wave of power, moved towards Baoji.
Ji's waist and abdomen were swept away.
Pat click…
Yuan Yi's Yang Shen poured out a large amount of blood, which splashed onto the earthen wall beside him, making a sound like rain.
"Pfft...gu...gu..."
Large mouthfuls of blood spat out from Baoji's mouth.
He opened his mouth as if to say something, but he could only make some incomprehensible sounds.
His waist and abdomen were completely cut open, and all the organs in his abdomen were chopped into pieces. Even if he was sent to the hospital immediately, there was no chance of survival.
After giving Yuan Yi a fierce look with a terrifying look that seemed to remember Yuan Yi's face, the light in his eyes gradually dissipated, and then he fell heavily to the ground, splashing a thin layer of light.
dust.
It wasn't until it was confirmed that Baoji was completely dead that Yuan Yi started to "blood vibrate" and swung the Yang Shen downward hard, swiping the blood attached to the sword blade to the ground.
"Master Yuan Yi..."
Ogata held up his Daishiten and walked slowly towards Genichi.
At this moment, Ogata's face hidden under the mask was filled with surprise.
"I thought you were going to chop the projectiles with a knife..."
"That would be too tiring." Yuan Yi smiled, "Compared to cutting off the projectiles, it would be easier to just avoid them."
"As long as you keep an eye on the muzzle of the iron cannon, as well as the enemy's trigger-pulling action, and as long as your steps are more flexible, anyone can dodge the projectiles."
Ogata was actually not that surprised by Genichi's feat of dodging bullets just now.
The fact that Yuan Yi dares to walk towards the enemy holding a musket so boldly shows that he must be confident in dealing with the musket. Either he will directly dodge the bullets, or he will smash the bullets.
Ogata also fought against numerous enemies using bows and arrows, and also tried to dodge and cut off arrows.
So after seeing Yuan Yidodge the bullet, I wasn't too surprised - even though the speed of the projectile was much faster than the arrow.
Compared to "dodge bullets", Ogata was more surprised by the trick Genichi used when he killed Hoji.
"Master Gendai, what was that move you used just now?"
Ogata kept an eye on Hokichi throughout the whole process and was ready to support Genichi at any time. Therefore, he completely and carefully watched Genichi's move just now.
After seeing Genichi's move just now, Ogata felt very shocked.
Rotate your body, dodge the enemy's attack and then launch a counterattack - it seems ordinary at first glance, but Ogata sees quite a lot of tricks.
For example - the "turn" that Yuan Yi just made was not an ordinary turn.
Ogata could see that while Genichi turned his body clockwise to avoid Hoji's attack, he also used special techniques to make his body dodge in a lighter posture and prepare himself for subsequent counterattacks.
Accumulate strength.
Because it was mixed with special techniques, the move that Yuan Yi just performed became a powerful move that can be used for both evasion and counterattack.
"The move I just performed is called 'dodge'."
Genichi took out the pocket paper he had prepared early in the morning, and used the pocket paper to wipe away the remaining blood and grease on the blade, while continuing to introduce to Ogata:
"It is one of the masterpieces that I have only studied in the past two years."
"It's a very useful technique."
"While rotating your body to avoid the enemy's attack, you charge up your energy, and then counterattack the enemy - this is 'dodge'."
"Although it sounds easy, there are actually a lot of skills involved. You need to use certain skills to be able to rotate your body to dodge attacks and at the same time, store energy for your counterattack."
After Genichi put Yang Shen back into the scabbard, he grinned at Ogata:
"How about it, Ogata-kun, do you want to learn?"
"If you are willing to teach, I am naturally willing to learn." Ogata responded in a half-joking tone.
"Of course I'm willing to teach you. After all, I promised you before that I would teach you some sword-wielding skills. I'm a very committed person."
"Let's go, Ogata-kun, don't stay here for too long. If a passerby witnesses a 'Tengu' and a 'White Fox' standing next to a pile of corpses, it will be difficult."
"Well, before that..." Ogata wiped the blade of Da Shiten's sword clean with his pocket paper, returned the sword to its sheath, walked quickly to Baoji's side, and picked up the knife that fell on Baoji's body.
The matchlock gun next to it.
"That's right." Yuan Yi smiled bitterly, "I almost forgot about this rare thing..."
"This is a good thing." Ogata smiled, "Don't waste it. It can just be used by Atachi. It can also increase our combat power to some extent."
After saying that, Ogata began to rummage through Hochi's body, looking for projectiles and gunpowder.
Although half of Baoji's body was stained red with blood, fortunately - the remaining gunpowder and projectiles on his body were not wet or stained by the blood.
"But if you bring it back like this, won't the others know that the two of us sneaked out to hunt 'rats' tonight?"
"This is easy to handle." The matchlock gun was tied with a strap, which made it easier for Ogata to carry the matchlock gun.
Ogata carried the musket on his back and continued:
"Tonight we will first find someone to hide this iron cannon."
"I will tell you tomorrow night: I secretly picked up this iron cannon from a person who was making trouble in Yoshiwara when I was arresting him."
"In this way, wouldn't it be legal to take out this iron cannon?"
"I see... and there's this trick..." Genichi sighed softly, then changed into a joking tone, "Ogata-kun, I didn't expect you have so many clever ideas."
"This is one of the advantages that I am quite proud of." Ogata smiled and responded with the same joking tone.
"Ogata-kun, let's go after picking up the projectiles and gunpowder. Let's see if we can find a few more 'rats' squatting at the gate of Yoshiwara."
"Well, let's go."
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at the same time--
Edo, the residence of old Naka Matsudaira Sadanobu——
It is late at night now.
The fire was still flickering in Matsudaira Sadanobu's room.
Working late into the night—this has been the norm for Matsudaira Sadanobu these days.
Tonight was no exception. Matsudaira Sadanobu had been working until just now, and finally put down the pen in his hand, put down all the government affairs that did not need to be dealt with urgently, and prepared to go to bed.
In the room, Matsudaira Sadanobu stood up straight and raised his arms flatly.
His nickname, Tachibana, squatted in front of Matsudaira Sadanobu and helped Matsudaira Sadanobu tighten the belt of his yukata.
When Tachibana was helping Matsudaira Sadanobu get dressed, Matsudaira Sadanobu suddenly asked Tachibana abruptly:
"Tachibana, remember to be ready to go out tomorrow night."
Before going to bed, telling Tachibana the important things to do tomorrow - this is one of Matsudaira Sadanobu's habits.
After hearing this familiar "bedtime reminder", Tachibana did not respond with a cheerful "yes" as usual.
But after hesitating for a while, he hesitated and asked:
"Sir Lao Zhong, do you really plan to go find that person tomorrow night? Are you too anxious?"
"You should know that I like to act vigorously and resolutely." Matsudaira Sadanobu replied without hesitation, "I happen to have free time tomorrow night. Apart from tomorrow night, I will not have any other free time in a short period of time."
"...I understand." Tachibana nodded vigorously, "Do you need me to prepare a few more guards tomorrow night?"
"No need." Matsudaira Sadanobu replied without hesitation again, "I plan to go incognito tomorrow night and don't want to make too much noise. I just need you to go with me tomorrow night."