Chapter 400 Old Middle School, Incoming [Explosion 7600 words]
Last night, Ogata grew a lot - in terms of experience bar.
After annihilating the remnants of the bandits headed by Na Baoji, Ogata's personal level and Wuwo Swordsman style directly gained nearly 700 experience points.
What a pity - Ogata and Genichi annihilated the remaining bandits and returned to the gate of Yoshiwara, but did not meet any other "rats" again.
Because of this, Ogata was unable to gain more experience points last night.
But Ogata didn't feel sorry.
Last night, he was able to gain nearly 700 experience points - Ogata was already very satisfied with this. After all, when he entered the "big pit" set by Genichi last night, he was mentally prepared to return without success.
In addition to the nearly 700 experience points, what Ogata gained last night was the technical guidance from Genichi.
When trying to lure Ogata into his trap, Minamoto promised to Ogata that he would give him some pointers on swordsmanship to compensate.
And Yuan Yi fulfilled his promise last night.
After annihilating Baoji and his party, and returning to camp at the gate of Yoshihara, in order to fulfill his promise to Ogata and pass the time, Genichi taught Ogata some experience in using swords.
And what Genichi taught Ogata was the very move he used to kill Hokichi instantly—dodge.
When he saw Genichi use this "dodge", Ogata was attracted by this move that combines dodge and counterattack.
After packing up Baoji and others and returning to Yoshiwara's gate to continue squatting, Genichi further introduced his special skill to Ogata.
According to Yuan Yi - this "Flash Body" is a masterpiece he created a year and a half ago by combining the strengths of hundreds of schools of thought.
After learning that this "dodge" move was a new move that Genichi had just honed one and a half years ago, Ouchi couldn't help but immediately asked Genichi:
"Then if I use 'dodge' in public, no one will find out that I am related to Kinoshita Genichi, right?"
Regarding Ogata's question, Genichi answered happily: He has been very peaceful in the past two years and has rarely gone out much, so he has not made any new enemies.
There are only two kinds of people who have seen Yuan Yi's "dodge" move: everyone in Calabash House, and dead people.
Therefore, even if you use "dodge", no one will know that this is Kinoshita Genichi's trick.
After learning that "dodge" was a trick that would prevent people from finding out that you were related to Kinoshita Genichi even if you used it, Ogata became even more interested in this trick.
In Edo, where there are countless enemies of Genichi lurking, and when the "Gozen Trial Combination" martial arts test is about to begin, Ogata lacks such tricks that can be used boldly without fear of trouble.
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After seeing the source generously saying, "If you want to learn, I'm willing to teach you," Ogata was not polite and readily expressed that he wanted to learn this "dodge" trick.
Strictly speaking, "dodge" is just a dodge and counterattack technique that does not belong to any school.
Ogata's system can only extract the martial arts of a certain school after reading all the martial arts, and then use skill points to unlock and own this school.
"Dodge" that does not belong to any genre naturally cannot use the system to directly learn this move.
Therefore, Ogata can only learn to "dodge" like an ordinary person.
Just like what Yuan Yi said after using "dodge" to kill the Baoji instantly - this move seems to be quite simple at first glance, but there are quite a lot of tricks in it.
The steps, the way the waist turns, the way the arms swing...there are quite a lot of skills involved in these.
It's just that - according to Yuan Yi, if you have the "steps" of the "Wuwo Swordsman Style" as a foundation, this "dodge" move will be much faster to master.
In fact, this is indeed the case.
Ogata's current "Step" level has reached "Advanced".
With the "advanced" "steps" as a foundation, when Ogata learns this "dodge", it is indeed much faster to get started.
In addition, Ogata's weight is not that heavy. If you have a light body, it will be easier to learn to "dodge".
By the time he returned to the hotel to rest, Ogata was able to put on a "dodge" posture in a decent manner. If he practiced hard for a while, he should be able to try to use this move in actual combat.
It wasn't until almost 2 o'clock in the morning last night that Ogata and Genichi sneaked back to the hotel to rest.
Ogata also felt a little sleep deprived because of this.
Because the biological clock has been set, Ogata couldn't sleep for a while longer, and his eyes opened not long after dawn.
The only ones who are used to getting up at dawn are Ogata, Genichi and Mamiya.
As soon as Ogata got up, he saw Genichi who had already woken up and started drinking, and Mamiya who had already woken up and folded his own bedding there.
After saying hello to Genichi and Mamiya, Ogata looked at Genichi who was drinking a small drink with a bit of surprise in his eyes:
"Mr. Gendai, did you... just get up too?"
"Yeah." Yuan Yi took a sip of the wine in his glass and chuckled, "I'll probably wake up a stick of incense earlier than you."
"Mr. Genichi... your body is so good that you don't look like an old man at all..."
Ogata, who was forced to wake up due to his biological clock, still had a tired look from lack of sleep on his face.
On the other hand, Yuan Yi is as energetic as ever.
I hugged the newly bought sake a few days ago and huddled in the corner, drinking it in small sips. It felt very comfortable.
As soon as he got up, he saw Genichi drinking there - Ogata was used to this scene.
Yuan Yi has good wine and a large capacity for drinking. In the absence of entertainment activities, the most common way for Yuan to pass the time is drinking. He often drinks for a whole day. Even if he drinks for a whole day, he will not get drunk. The real meaning
A thousand cups will never be poured out.
Genichi's overly energetic look reminded Ogata of Fuuma - his behavior was not like an old man at all.
While recalling Fuma, Ogata couldn't help but feel a little unhappy - why did everyone go to bed at about the same time and get up at the same time, and why someone at this age who could be his grandfather was more energetic than him...
"My body is indeed quite strong." Yuan Yi shrugged and said with a smile, "But I can only be strong for a few more years."
"People will always grow old."
"The body will always weaken with age."
"In a few years, I may not be able to drink as early in the morning as I do now."
As soon as Genichi finished expressing his emotion with a hint of joking, Mamiya next to him suddenly interjected:
"Master Yuan Yi, if you can stop drinking, you may be able to slow down the aging of your body."
"That's not possible." Yuan Yi said with a smile without hesitation, "It's impossible to quit drinking. Drinking is one of my biggest hobbies."
"I have never been afraid of aging or death."
"If I quit drinking just to live a few more years, I would rather lose those few years."
After that, as if in response to what he just said, Yuan Yi poured a large glass of wine into the wine glass in his hand, and then drank it all in one gulp.
Mamiya had already expected what Yuan would say, so he smiled and said nothing more.
Makimura, Asai, and Shimada are still sleeping.
The conversation between Ogata and Genichi just now was at a very low volume, so Makimura and the others were not woken up. Makimura and the others were still sleeping soundly.
Mamiya only got up a little earlier than Ogata, and had been concentrating on tidying up his bedding.
After folding his bedding neatly, Mamiya suddenly said to Ogata with a serious face:
"Ogata-kun, Mr. Gendai, you two come out with me. I have important questions to ask you two."
"Huh?" Ogata raised his eyebrows and his expression changed slightly.
The thoughts in his mind unconsciously drifted to the "rat hunting" between him and Yuan Yi last night...
Yuan Yi also had one eyebrow and his face changed slightly.
"Can't you say it here?" Ogata asked.
"If I say anything here, I'm afraid it will wake up Makimura and the others."
"……I see."
After Ogata nodded, he picked up his sword and stood up.
After Ogata stood up, Genichi sighed helplessly, then replaced the wine glass in his hand with his own sword, and followed Ogata out of the room one after the other, following Mamiya.
It was just dawn now, and there was no one else in the corridor except Ogata and the other three.
Mamiya, who was responsible for leading the way, did not go far after leaving the room. After walking to an uninhabited corridor some distance away from their room, he put on a strange expression while looking at Ogata and Ogata in front of him.
Yuan Yi asked:
"I won't talk unnecessary nonsense."
"Genichi-san, Ogata-kun, can you two explain to me what you did last night?"
After Mamiya finished speaking, a smile full of helplessness appeared on both Ogata and Genichi's faces.
——As expected, Mamiya found out...
When he saw Mamiya asking him and Genichi to come out together, Ogata vaguely guessed that Mamiya must have discovered that he and Genichi sneaked out last night.
"Mamiya." Ogata asked, "How did you find out?"
"I was woken up by Mr. Yuan Yi at almost the same time last night as you."
Mamiya spoke eloquently.
"After opening my eyes a little, I saw Mr. Gendai standing by the window holding his sword, looking like he wanted to sneak out."
"I wanted to get up and ask Mr. Yuan Yi what he planned to do, so you got up first and then followed Mr. Yuan Yi out of the room."
"I thought you could convince Mr. Yuan Yi to suppress the strange thoughts in his heart, so I continued to pretend to be asleep."
"Unexpectedly, when I was pretending to sleep, I heard the sound of you and Mr. Yuanyi jumping out of the window together."
The more Mamiya talked, the lower Ogata's head lowered, and the guilty look on his face became more obvious.
"Um..." Genichi scratched his hair with an embarrassed look on his face, "Mamiya, you probably didn't tell Xiaolin or anyone else about Ogata-kun and I going out, right?"
"They don't know yet." Mamiya replied, "But whether they will know later...it depends on what you and Ogata-kun did last night."
Ogata and Genichi, who understood Mamiya's subtext, let out a helpless sigh at the same time in a tacit understanding, and then told Mamiya exactly what they had done last night and the results they had achieved last night.
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After listening carefully to Ogata and Genichi's explanation of what they did last night, Mamiya said seriously:
"That is to say - did you two go hunting for your enemies last night, Lord Gendai..."
Having said this, Mamiya twitched the corner of his mouth, and then sighed heavily.
"Lord Gendai... Why are you still like this... Acting so randomly... When a normal person learns that there are many enemies nearby, he would not take the initiative to provoke them, but would only avoid them.
It's sharp..."
Regarding Genichi's behavior of actively provoking his own enemies, Mamiya did not show too much surprise, but just let out a sigh.
Mamiya's overly calm look made Ogata very suspicious whether Genichi had done something more chaotic in the past, so Mamiya was tempered into the current appearance of being calm and unfazed by Genichi's various actions.
Strong adaptability...
Regarding what Mamiya said just now, I don't know whether it was a compliment or a criticism, Genichi only showed a faint smile.
After smiling, he said:
"In short, Mamiya, this is the specific situation."
"Ogata-kun and I are not going out for fun. From another perspective, Ogata-kun and I are reducing Shiranui's potential allies."
"So——Mamiya, just pretend that you don't know that Ogata-kun and I sneaked out."
"...I know." The hesitation and determination went back and forth on Mamiya's face for an unknown number of rounds before the determination finally defeated the hesitation, "I will keep it a secret...I hope you guys
Don't cause any trouble in the next two days when you are hunting the enemies of Mr. Genichi..."
Seeing that Mamiya agreed to keep it secret so quickly, Ogata's eyes showed uncontrollable surprise.
"Mamiya, I didn't expect you to agree to keep it a secret so readily..." Ogata couldn't help but murmur.
"Because past experience tells me that it is impossible to persuade Mr. Genichi." As Mamiya said, he cast a look with a hint of resentment at Genichi, "Even if I ask my lord and the others
If you tell the truth, Mr. Yuanyi will definitely continue to go out stubbornly."
Hearing Mamiya's words that sounded like complaints, Genichi let out a few embarrassed laughs.
Then he did not comment on what Mamiya just said.
After Mamiya let out a long silent sigh, he continued:
"In short - I know it's impossible to persuade Mr. Yuan Yiyi, so I won't stop you and keep it a secret for you."
"But you don't want to cause any trouble..."
Having said this, Mamiya let out a long sigh again.
"To be honest, I felt quite uneasy when I saw Mr. Gendai, a troublemaker, and Ogata-kun, a man who had conquered Nijo Castle, together..."
This time it was Ogata's turn to laugh awkwardly.
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Night falls.
After the sun sank below the horizon and the sky began to turn from white to black, Oubon appeared in Yoshiwara on time.
Ogata, who "works" in Yoshiwara, now also has the important responsibility of "acting as an informant between them and Hasegawa", so now he arrives at Yoshiwara on time every night and starts "going to work".
As soon as they arrived at the gate of Yoshiwara, several of the club officials standing guard at Yoshiwara greeted Ogata in a respectful tone.
Before and after arriving at the entrance of the club, several of the officials standing guard at the entrance bowed to Ogata and said hello.
In response to these people's respectful greetings, Ogata could only smile helplessly and respond to them one by one.
The feat of "single-handedly repelling the thieves and changing the status quo" a while ago made Ogata famous, and many club officials took the initiative to get to know Ogata and changed their previous attitude towards Ogata.
Before the incident of "paying fire to thieves and changing official positions to grab credit", many official officials in clubs used the tone of "senior versus junior" to talk to Ogata.
After Ogata achieved the feat of repelling the thieves, many of them immediately changed the tone and tone they used when talking to Ogata.
Change the way of speaking to peers or even juniors, and use a lot of honorifics.
I don't know if it was Ogata's misunderstanding, but he always felt that the attitude of the officials who greeted him just now seemed to be more respectful than before...
When Ogata entered the club and was about to report, he was suddenly blocked by a tall club official.
"Mashima-kun." The official who blocked Ogata's path said respectfully, "I finally found you. Please go to Toma immediately. Mr. Keemon seems to want to announce something to you."
"Tsuchima? Okay, I understand."
Ogata followed his memory and walked quickly to the open door.
Passing through the open door, Ogata suddenly discovered that there were dozens of people crowded tightly on the tatami between the soil.
And among these ten people there is an acquaintance of Ogata—Gua Sheng.
Seeing Ogata's arrival, many people in the room, including Gua Sheng, quickly greeted Ogata warmly.
Except for Gua Sheng, Ogata didn't know anyone else in the room.
After seeing that there was an empty seat next to Gua Sheng, Oufang naturally sat down next to the only person he knew.
After sitting down next to Gua Sheng, Xu Fang had a few simple greetings with Gua Sheng.
After the greetings were over, Guasheng smiled and said to Ogata:
"Mashima-kun, after you entered Yoshiwara, did you notice that many people in the club were more respectful towards you?"
Hearing Gua Sheng's words, Ogata was stunned for a moment, then nodded:
"Yes. I clearly feel that many people's attitudes are different from before."
"Want to know why?"
Ogata nodded again.
"This all starts with you winning the first place in the 'Imperial Examination' literary test."
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Guasheng simply explained the cause and effect to Ogata.
After listening to Guasheng's explanation, Ogata's face was filled with black lines.
It turned out that not long after the results of the literary test were released last night, almost everyone in the Shirobei club knew that Majima Goro from their club had won the first place in the literary test.
There was "single-handedly defeating thieves and changing into an official position" before, and later there was "winning the first place in the 'Gozen Examination' literary test" - Ogata achieved two major feats in succession, which naturally made his own reputation in Yoshiwara rise.
What followed was various speculations about Ogata's identity.
It is simply impossible for an ordinary ronin to be so accomplished in both civil and military affairs - this is the consensus of everyone.
So various discussions about Ogata's identity came out.
Some people think that Ogata must have been a descendant of a very powerful samurai family, but was forced to become a ronin due to some changes.
Some people think that Ogata is a "fake ronin" who came to experience the life of the people at the bottom.
Some people think that Ogata may just come to sharpen himself...
Anyway, there are all kinds of rumors.
Everyone is most energetic and energetic only when discussing these rumors that are false and related to gossip.
No matter what kind of rumors they were, they all had one thing in common - they all felt that Ogata was a descendant of a very powerful samurai family and had received a good education since childhood, otherwise he would not have been so accomplished in both civil and military affairs.
After listening to Guasheng's explanation quietly, Ogata's face was filled with black lines.
"What kind of mess is this... No wonder so many people's attitude towards me has become more respectful..."
Ogata now finally understands why so many people's attitudes have changed - it turns out that they all think that Ogata is a descendant of some high-ranking samurai family and came to Yoshihara for some reasons, so they are more respectful to Ogata.
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"...Actually...I'm also very curious." Gua Sheng, who had been smiling just now, now looked serious, "Ogata-kun, are you a descendant of some samurai family?"
After seeing that Gua Sheng also suspected that he was some kind of high-level samurai, Ogata couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Just when Ogata was about to explain to Gua Sheng, a familiar figure entered the room.
"Everyone be quiet!"
The person who got into the room and shouted like this was Keemon.
Seeing that Keemon had arrived and seemed to want to tell them something important right away, Obou could only close his mouth and look at Keemon in front of him.
"I won't say too much nonsense, let's get straight to the point."
After Qingemon cleared his throat, he continued:
"There is an urgent mission."
"The reason why we have summoned everyone present is to complete this task."
"The mission content is also very simple: everyone present is required to support the 'Yangmei House'."
"Support 'Yangmeiwu'?" Guasheng was the first to raise doubts, "What happened to 'Yangmeiwu'?"
"Just now, the steward of the 'Yangmeiya' asked us for help." Keiemon said with a bitter face, "Tonight, many fierce samurai came to the 'Yangmeiya' to drink."
"It seems that many of those warriors failed the literary test and came here to relieve their boredom. All of them have stinking faces."
"It is said that a lot of Hatamoto samurai came. It was really scary."
"Because there were too many of these samurai, and none of them seemed to be good friends, the steward of the 'Yangmeiya' was worried that these people would cause trouble if they drank too much, so they asked our Shirobei Club for help, hoping that we
Send some officers to serve as their temporary guards."
"...So that's it." Gua Sheng smiled bitterly, "No wonder the people gathered here are all those with good skills in our Shirobei Club..."
"Even I want to go to the 'Yangmei House'." The bitterness on Keiemon's face turned into helplessness, "Anyway - come with me to the 'Yangmei House' now."
"Ah, that's right, I almost forgot to tell you."
Keiemon patted his head.
"As I said just now, it seems that a group of Hatamoto warriors are at the Bayberry House now."
"So remember to be more careful later. Unless they are causing trouble, stay away from those powerful bannermen."
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While Ogata was still listening to Keemon explain tonight's unexpected mission——
As the night gradually deepens, the number of people coming and going under the Yoshiwara Gate continues to increase.
In this busy traffic, two samurai wearing bamboo hats walked slowly on the road into Yoshiwara, one behind the other.
Because the brim of the bamboo hats worn by these two people is very wide, as long as they lower their heads slightly, the wide bamboo hats can cover the faces of these two people.
In this dense crowd, these two warriors wearing bamboo hats looked very inconspicuous.
In the past, samurai warriors often wore wide hats to hide their faces when entering and leaving romantic places like Yoshiwara to save their appearance.
The purpose was to prevent people he knew from seeing him having fun in such a romantic place.
Seeing this business opportunity, merchants built a shop specializing in selling hats outside the Yoshiwara gate, called the "Kori Tea House", specifically to serve those who wanted to have fun in Yoshihara but forgot to bring their hats.
But as time went by, the samurai who originally wore hats to hide their shame gradually let themselves go.
I no longer felt it was a shame to go to Yoshiwara, and began to go out and about Yoshihara openly and openly, no longer wearing anything that could hide my face.
Because of the samurai's unrestrained self-discipline, as of the current Kansei period, the "Korasa Teahouse" originally built outside the Yoshiwara Gate and specializing in selling bamboo hats has also disappeared due to the loss of its customer base.
When outsiders saw these two samurai wearing bamboo hats and walking slowly towards Yoshiwara, they would only think that these two people were not dare to let go completely and were still caring about their face.
But who would have thought - these two warriors wearing bamboo hats did not go to any of the wandering women's houses.
After just passing through the gate of Yoshiwara, he turned right without any hesitation and went straight to the Shirobei Club on the right.
As soon as the guard in front of the club stopped the two men with a long wooden stick in his hand, the leader of the two men showed something to the guards in front of him and said softly:
"We have something to ask Shirobei."
The voice is very young.
The words are very brief.
But his tone was full of toughness that left no room for doubt or rebuttal.
What the young mysterious man showed the guards was a fan.
The handle of the fan is painted with a family pattern - three-leaf sunflower pattern.
Looking at the three-leaf sunflower pattern on the handle of the fan, the pupils of the guards shrank slightly.
Anyone with any brains knows that the three-leaf sunflower pattern is the family crest of the shogun Tokugawa family.
Anyone holding this family crest means that he is a member of the Tokugawa family.
After all, these doormen also worked at Shirobei in Yoshiwara, and they had seen the market to some extent, so they could all tell that the clothes these two people wore were not cheap.
After keenly realizing that these two people might have a good background, the guards quickly put away the long wooden sticks.
Two people were divided - one of them took the two mysterious guests to the guest room, the other one went to inform Shirobei, and the rest continued to stick to their posts.
The two mysterious men who were brought to the guest room were quietly waiting for the arrival of Shirobei while drinking the tea that had just been served to the guests.
Shirobei did not keep these two mysterious men waiting for too long.
After hearing the important news that "two mysterious guests holding a three-leaf sunflower pattern came to visit", Shirobei temporarily put aside everything at hand and hurried to the guest room where the two mysterious people were.
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After sitting down in front of these two mysterious people, Shirobei frowned slightly and asked:
"Excuse me - who are your Excellencies?"
These two mysterious men were still wearing their wide-brimmed bamboo hats and lowered their heads, so Shirobei could not see the appearance of these two men clearly.
"It's me, Shirobei. Long time no see."
The mysterious man sitting on the left opposite to Shirobei said this while raising his hand and slowly removing the bamboo hat on his head.
Before this mysterious man could take off the bamboo hat on his head, Shirobei's eyes widened in shock.
He recognized this voice.
Shirobei, who was so frightened that he almost collapsed to the ground, screamed:
"old……"
However, before Shirobei could say his scream, he was interrupted by the mysterious man wearing a bamboo hat.
"Calm down, Shirobei. I am traveling incognito this time."
After being interrupted by this mysterious man and receiving his reminder, Shirobei swallowed hard and then slowly sat upright again.
"Sir Lao Zhong, why are you here?"
This time, Shirobei's voice was much quieter.
At the same time, your tone should be humble and respectful.
As soon as Shirobei finished speaking, the mysterious man who had been untying the bamboo hat since just now and interrupted Shirobei's words finally took off the bamboo hat on his head.
Then he showed a face that all the senior officials of the shogunate knew.
Laozhong——The face of Matsudaira Sadanobu.
Looking at Matsudaira Sadanobu in front of him, more cold sweat broke out on Shirobei's forehead uncontrollably.
"Don't be nervous, Shirobei." Matsudaira Sadanobu smiled slightly, "I came to Yoshiwara for something... more relaxing."