Today's chapter was originally written at early 4 o'clock in the afternoon, but for some reason my laptop couldn't access the Internet, and I happened to be still outside, so I had to rush home and use my desktop at home to write it.
Today’s chapter orz…
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Edo, in an inconspicuous private house——
The air is full of medicinal smell.
Falling asleep in the strong smell of medicine, and then waking up in the strong smell of medicine - Ogata has become accustomed to this kind of life, and is used to the air full of medicinal smell.
When you open your eyes, the first thing you see is the ceiling that you are used to seeing.
Turning his head, he saw Atachi sitting cross-legged next to him, busy working on something.
It is now about 8 o'clock in the morning, and the sun has fully risen.
Behind A-Machi, there happens to be an open window. The sunlight shines on A-Machi through the open window, giving A-Machi a dazzling golden ring. Ogata has to lower his eyelids slightly and use
Only after the eyelashes filtered most of the sunlight could you see A-Machi's current face clearly.
"Ah, are you awake?"
Atachi looked at Ogata who woke up.
"You woke up just in time. The medicine has just been prepared for you. Come on, let me help you sit up."
"No need..." Ogata lifted the quilt off his body and sat up slowly, "I seem to be able to sit up on my own."
"Are you able to sit up on your own?" Amachi's face showed a bit of surprise, "You recovered so quickly... You obviously needed my help to get up yesterday... Then take off your clothes, I
Let me change your dressing."
There is a rolling boat placed on the tatami next to A-machi, and there are still some fresh medicinal residues left on the rolling boat.
A-Machi held a small wooden basin in his arms. Inside the wooden basin was a large mass of dark "medicine" that exuded a strange smell and was made from a mixture of various medicinal materials.
A-Machi was just preparing this "potion".
"I really don't want to change the dressing..." Ogata said in a helpless tone while taking off his black yukata, "After applying this medicine to the wound, the wound will be numb and itchy..."
"Be patient for a while." Ating said, "I have been applying this medicine for three days. You should be almost used to it, right?"
The decisive battle with Shiranui Ri—this happened three days ago.
After successfully defeating Shiranui Ri, the scarred Ogata and his party quickly left Mount Tenbo, where Shiranui Ri's base was located, in order to avoid being discovered by the shogunate officials who arrived later.
Except for Mamiya, Genichi, and Atachi, the others were all seriously injured.
In order to recuperate in peace of mind, Lin once again approached Tojo Daigo, the leader of the "Tōjo House", and asked Tojo Daigo to help arrange a remote and quiet house for them to stay temporarily for a while.
In addition, Lin also asked Tojo Daigo to arrange for a doctor with sufficient medical skills to come over and treat their injuries.
As a money addict, Tojo Daigo would naturally not let go of such a lucrative business.
Arranging a quiet, remote house in Edo that is suitable for recuperation, and arranging a doctor with sufficiently high medical skills - these things are simply a piece of cake for Tojo Daigo, who is a local snake in Edo.
So Tojo Daigo quickly took over this "business", and then helped Ogata and others arrange a house at an extremely fast speed.
This house is located in the southwest corner of Edo. It has two floors and can accommodate more than ten people. Because it is located in a remote area, there is very little traffic and it is very quiet. It is the best place to use as a place for healing.
As for finding a doctor, it's even easier.
As the most powerful Yakuza organization in East Japan, "Tōjōya" fights and kills people most often.
Therefore, "Dongchengwu" usually maintains more than ten doctors with highly skilled medical skills, who are responsible for treating the injuries of these members who were injured in the killing.
Because the injuries that are treated most often are knife wounds and fractures, the doctors under Tojo Daigo are very good at treating external injuries. The injuries on their bodies are basically knife wounds. Ogata and others are just the same as those in "Tōjo House".
The doctors' expertise matched each other quite well, so Tojo Daigo lent several of his doctors to Ogata and the others.
For these three days, Ogata and others stayed in the house arranged for them by Tojo Daigo to recover from their injuries.
By the way - in addition to Ogata and the others, Uncle Qing, who was also injured and recovering from his injuries, also lived in this house.
Uncle Kei's room is located next to Ogata and Atachi's rooms - Ogata and Atachi live in the same room.
It's not that there aren't enough rooms in the house.
The reason why we live in the same room is because it is more convenient for Amachi to take care of Ogata.
Ogata suffered many injuries. Although they were not fatal, they also had a considerable impact on Ogata's self-care.
So in order to make it easier to take care of Ogata, Amachi and Ogata lived in the same room. During these three days, Amachi was responsible for taking care of Ogata's daily life.
In addition to taking care of Ogata, Atachi is also responsible for taking care of Uncle Kei who lives in the next door room.
After Ogata took off his clothes, Amachi immediately used skillful techniques to untie the linen cloth on Ogata's body.
After removing the pieces of linen wrapping the wounds on Ogata's body, Amachi looked at the wounds on Ogata's body.
"The effect of this medicine is indeed very powerful." A Ding said with a bit of joy in his tone, "Some of the shallow wounds on your body have healed."
"Yes." Ogata nodded, "This medicine is indeed very effective."
——But the main reason why my wounds can heal so quickly is because my current "vitality" is high.
Ogata added this sentence silently in his heart.
Although the attribute "Vitality" cannot directly improve Ogata's combat effectiveness like "Strength" and "Agility", it is not worse than any other attribute in terms of practicality.
The improvement of "vitality" will not only make Ogata healthier and less likely to get sick, but also increase Ogata's physical recovery speed and injury recovery speed.
Ogata's "vitality" is currently as high as 23 points, far exceeding that of ordinary people.
This "vitality" far exceeds that of ordinary people, allowing Ogata to recover from his injuries extremely quickly.
Now, only three days have passed since the decisive battle with Shiranui, and some of the superficial wounds on Ogata's body have healed, and rosy new flesh has grown.
At this rate, it would only take about half a month for Ogata's injuries to be almost healed.
This is not the first time that Atachi has changed Ogata's dressing.
A few months ago in Kyoto, it was Amachi who was responsible for changing the dressing for Ogata who was scarred after attacking Nijo Castle.
Because of his previous experience, A-Machi is now quite familiar with it.
When applying the freshly ground medicine to the wounds on Ogata's upper body with his fingers, A-Machi couldn't help but look up at the wounds that had not fully healed and still looked quite scary, as well as those wounds on Ogata's skin.
Old scars.
Looking at these new and old scars on Ogata's body, a complicated look appeared in Machi's eyes.
But as soon as the complex color emerged from his pupils, A-Machi quickly blinked twice to hide the complex color deep in his pupils.
"Is there any injury on your body that still hurts?" A-Machi asked.
"Well...the injury on the chest and the injury on the left neck still hurt a little." Ogata pointed to his chest, and then pointed to the left side of his neck.
Omachi took off the linen wrapped around Ogata's neck and carefully looked at the injury on Ogata's left neck.
"Well... the wound on the left neck has indeed not healed yet. Let me apply more medicine."
Atachi quickly applied medicine to every wound on Ogata's body and rewrapped it with brand new linen cloth.
"How is it? Are there any places where the binding is too tight or too loose?"
Ogata twisted his arms: "No. They are all tied up very well, and there is no discomfort anywhere."
Ogata turned to look at Atachi: "How are your injuries?"
"Yeah. It's okay." A-Ting touched his right shoulder and left leg, "Although I can't exert too much force on my right arm and left leg, the wounds are recovering well, and they should be back to normal after a while of rest.
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In the battle with Shintaro, A-Machi's right shoulder and left leg were injured by the kunai thrown by Shintaro. Fortunately, the injuries were not serious.
After Amachi packed away the millwork and various medicinal materials placed next to Ogata's bed, he said:
"I'm going to see how Uncle Qing is doing. Ayi, you can continue to rest first."
"Yeah." Ogata nodded.
"You woke up quite early today." Amachi continued, "Would you like to sleep a little longer?"
"It's different." Ogata smiled, "I feel like I slept a little too much. I plan to sit by the window for a while and enjoy the breeze."
"Okay then. Just take care of yourself and rest in time. I'll get you breakfast."
Amachi stood up and walked quickly outside the room.
Not long after Amachi left, he returned to the room with a bowl of hot porridge.
After handing the bowl of hot porridge to Ogata, Atachi left again and went to the next room to take care of Uncle Kei.
After watching A-Machi leave again, Ogata let out a deep breath, then took the porridge that A-Machi had just handed him, moved his butt on the tatami, and moved little by little to the open window.
superior.
After sticking his head out of the window, fresh air without any unpleasant medicinal smell rushed towards Ogata's face.
Ogata and Omachi's rooms are located on the second floor of the house.
Although the view is pretty good because I live relatively high, there is nothing nice to see outside the window.
The house they currently live in is located in a remote area of Edo. There are not even many pedestrians. As far as the eye can see, there are only sparse low-rise houses in the area.
After taking a few glances at the scenery outside, Oufang withdrew his gaze.
While blowing the fresh wind, I ate the porridge in the bowl with big mouthfuls.
In just three or two mouthfuls, Xu Bian ate all the porridge in the bowl.
Just as Ogata finished eating the bowl in his hand, he heard a familiar old male voice outside the room:
"Ogata-kun, it's me. Is it convenient for me to come in now?"
It's Yuan Yi's voice.
"Please come in." Ogata said while putting the empty bowl in his hand aside.
Wow.
The door was opened.
Yuan Yi slowly walked into the room carrying a bottle with unknown contents.
"I bumped into Ms. Atachi in the corridor just now." Genichi walked to Ogata and sat down cross-legged, and said, "He said you were awake, so I came to see you."
Genichi looked Ogata up and down several times.
"Ogata-kun, your injury has healed really quickly. You can sit up now. Yesterday you could only lie down."
"I have the kind of body that is easily injured." Ogata said the truth.
"Xiaolin and the others must be envious of your physique." Yuan Yi said in a half-joking tone, "Xiaolin and the others will definitely not be able to fully recover if they don't have 2 or 3 months."
"How are everyone else recovering from their injuries?" Ogata asked.
Atachi, Genichi, and Mamiya—they are the only three whose injuries are not too serious.
Azachi, who was slightly injured, was mainly responsible for taking care of Ogata and Uncle Kei.
Genichi and Mamiya are responsible for taking care of Lin, Makimura, Asai and Shimada respectively.
"Xiaolin and the others are recovering well from their injuries."
Yuan Yi said slowly.
"Makimura, like you, has the kind of physique that heals quickly from wounds."
"After another month of rest, Makimura should be able to be active again."
"As for Xiao Lin, Asai, and Shimada, the recovery speed of their wounds is only the speed of ordinary people."
"It will probably take the three of them 2 or 3 months to recover as before."
Makimura's wound recovery speed - Ogata had seen it before in Kyoto.
Makimura suffered a serious injury in Kyoto a few months ago, but it only took a short time to recover.
After briefly introducing Lin and their current situation, Genichi handed the bottle he had been carrying towards Ogata.
"Ogata-kun, do you want to drink?"
Ogata glanced at the bottle in Genichi's hand.
"...Could this be the 'oolong tea'?"
Ogata still has fresh memories of Genichi's special liquor - "Oolong tea".
On the surface it looks like ordinary oolong tea, but in reality it is a liquor that is so strong that it catches fire.
The first time I saw Genichi's "oolong tea" was when I was resting at the Hyokuya headquarters in Owari before heading to Edo.
Ogata felt that he would never forget the scene when he put the flame close to Genichi's "oolong tea" and the "oolong tea" instantly burst into flames...
"How could I let the injured drink my 'oolong tea'?" Yuan Yi said angrily, "The bottle is filled with just ordinary warm water."
Ogata accepted the heavy bottle from Genichi with hesitation.
After putting my nose close to the mouth of the bottle, I did not smell any alcohol.
But because Ogata wasn't very thirsty now, Ogata thanked him and returned the bottle of water to Genichi.
After taking the bottle of water back from Ogata's hand, Genichi grinned at Ogata and said:
"Ogata-kun, you seem to be in good condition today, so let's chat together. I happen to be very free now."
"Tell me how you defeated Shuntaro."
The smile on Yuan Yi's face became stronger.
"I didn't expect you to enter the 'selfless realm' again. You are really talented."
"I feel that with your talent, it is only a matter of time before you can freely enter the state of 'selflessness'."
"In terms of talent, you might be better than Mamiya."
Hearing what Genichi said, Ogata smiled modestly: "Mr. Genichi, you are very grateful."
It would be really shocking if Lin, Genichi and the others admitted that they had been able to freely enter the "selfless realm" like Genichi.
After all, the total time it took for Ogata to learn the Breath of the Source was only a little over a year.
It took one year to reach the state that took Yuan Yi 30 years to reach - this is really hard to explain.
Moreover, "being able to freely enter the 'no-self realm'" is Ogata's biggest trump card at present, and it may be able to save his life in an emergency.
Therefore, the fewer people who know their trump card, the better.
So Ogata was a little panicked about how he defeated Shuntaro, the leader of the "Four Heavenly Kings".
Ogata said that when he was fighting with Shuntaro, just like when he fought with Xintaro in Kyoto, he unconsciously entered the "state of no self" again.
Naturally, Lin, Genichi and the others would not have any doubts about Ogata's rhetoric. After all, they did not think that Ogata had the possibility of freely entering the "selfless" state. They only believed that Ogata was truly talented.
Extraordinary.
Seeing that Genichi wanted him to talk about the battle with Shuntaro, Ogata seemed to have remembered something, pursed his lips, and then looked at Genichi up and down several times.
"Mr. Genichi, are you really free now?"
"Huh? Xiaolin and the others are still sleeping, so I'm quite free now. What's wrong?"
After hearing what Genichi said, Ogata thought to himself:
——Now is a good opportunity to ask Mr. Gendai what that magical state is...
Ogata has always been very concerned about the magical state that he entered when he fought against Shuntaro and could sense everything around him.
He instinctively felt that this state was not simple.
If there is anyone who is most likely to know the details of this magical state, it is undoubtedly the "Sword Master" Kinoshita Genichi.
Ever since he moved into this house, Ogata had been looking for opportunities to ask Genichi questions.
But it is a pity that in the past three days, Ogata has been lying in the room recovering from his injuries, and Genichi has also been busy taking care of Lin and the others, and has never been able to find a chance.
But now, Ogata finally had the opportunity.
There are only two people in the room, Genichi and Ogata, and Genichi is still free after being embarrassed - there is no better opportunity than now.
Ogata cleared his throat:
"Master Gendai, when I was fighting Shuntaro, I entered a very strange state..."
Ogata told Genichi everything that happened during the battle with Shuntaro.
After quietly listening to Ogata's retelling of the battle, a faint look of excitement appeared on Genichi's face.
"Ogata-kun, are you saying that you were able to sense everything around you at that time?"
"Yes." Ogata nodded, "Not only can it sense everything around it, but it can also sense itself."
“You can clearly sense which muscles on your body are injured and which muscles are intact, and you can freely mobilize the strength of every muscle in your body.”
If the body is a bottle and power is the water in the bottle, then after entering that magical state, Ogata can freely mobilize the water in the bottle.
Wherever you want the water to be concentrated, you can concentrate it wherever you want it.
At that time, Ogata relied on this ability to freely mobilize the power in his body, and exploded with powerful force in his already scarred state, killing Eitaro instantly with one blow.
After Ogata finished speaking, Genichi, who had lowered his head in deep thought, slowly raised his head.
He cast an admiring and somewhat surprised look at Ogata.
"...Ogata-kun. This is the 'transparent realm'. You entered the 'transparent realm' at that time."
"'Transparent Realm'?" Ogata repeated the unfamiliar term softly.
"After entering this magical state, everything is transparent, so I named this state 'Transparent Realm'." Yuan Yi said slowly.
"Transparent..." Ogata muttered again and again, carefully recalling the scene when Ben and Shuntaro were fighting.
After carefully recalling it, Ogata found that the name "Transparent Realm" was quite suitable.
After entering the "transparent realm", you can clearly sense all the movements of everything around you, including yourself.
The movement of the opponent's muscles, the swaying of the surrounding flowers and plants, the change of the wind direction... these can all be clearly sensed.
All living things and dead objects within the field of vision really seemed to be transparent, and all changes were invisible and could not escape Ogata's perception.
"Master Gendai." Ogata asked impatiently, "Since you named this state the 'Transparent Realm', you must have also entered the 'Transparent Realm', right?"
Yuan nodded.
"I have indeed entered the 'transparent realm'. But I have only entered it five times."
Speaking of this, Yuan Yi showed a wry smile.
"So I actually don't know much about the 'transparent realm'."
"The only thing I can be sure of about the 'realm of transparency' is that this realm is very powerful, far superior to the 'realm of no-self'."
"After entering the 'transparent realm', your body will feel as if it is one with heaven and earth."
"Within your field of vision, changes in the sky and movements on the ground cannot escape your eyes."
"Like you must feel a cockroach crawling on your arm."
"You can clearly sense how the opponent's muscles and bones are moving now, and how they plan to move in the future, and then based on the changes in the opponent's muscles and bones, you can accurately predict the opponent's next move."
"So this powerful perception alone is enough to make you invincible."
"What's more, what the 'Transparent Realm' brings to you is not just this powerful sense of induction."
"The 'Transparent Realm' can also improve your ability to control your body."
"You can freely mobilize the strength of every muscle in your body, and you can freely concentrate your whole body's strength on one point."
"If that powerful induction gives you the ability to predict and be invincible, then this ability to freely mobilize all the power of the body gives you invincible explosive power."
Hearing this, Ogata nodded slightly.
At that time, he relied on his ability to freely mobilize all the power of his body to kill Eitaro instantly.
First, I used my powerful perception to see that Eitaro was a little relaxed in the next moment.
Then he concentrated all his strength on his feet and quickly approached Eitaro's body. Then he concentrated all his strength on his arms and killed Eitaro with one blow.
"That's all I know about the 'Transparent Realm'." A look of helplessness appeared on Yuan Yi's face, "Since I learned the sword, I have only entered the 'Transparent Realm' five times.
So I don’t know much about it.”
"I don't even know what the opportunity is to enter the 'transparent realm'."
"However - I guess that one of the great opportunities to enter the 'realm of transparency' is to first enter the 'realm of selflessness'."
"The only five times I have experienced entering the 'realm of transparency', without exception, I entered the 'realm of no-self' first."
"Then in the 'selfless state', the spirit becomes further concentrated."
"Then I entered the 'transparent realm' without even realizing it."
“There may be opportunities to enter the ‘realm of transparency’, but one of the opportunities I know so far is to advance to the ‘realm of selflessness’, and then further concentrate the spirit in the ‘realm of selflessness’.”
Ogata listened carefully.
While listening, I recalled the battle with Shuntaro.
"...It seems to be true." Ogata said softly, "Shuntaro is very strong. When I was fighting Shutaro, I didn't even dare to breathe. I was so focused that I could hardly hear any sounds from the outside world...
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"Whether you can successfully enter the 'Transparent Realm' may also be related to luck." Yuanban said jokingly, "In short-Ogata-kun, you are really surprising me more and more."
Genichi let out a long breath and looked at Ogata with sincere admiration in his eyes.
"Ogata-kun, how old are you this year?"
"Huh? 21."
"21... I entered the 'Transparent Realm' for the first time when I was 27."
Speaking of this, a faint smile appeared on Yuan Yi's face.
"You entered the 'realm of transparency' six years before me. Your future is limitless..."
"Now it seems that Ogata-kun, your talent is still above mine."
As soon as Genichi finished speaking, Ogata said quickly:
"It's nothing. The reason why I was able to enter the 'Transparent Realm' this time is probably just because I happened to be lucky enough."
"There's no need to be modest, Ogata-kun." Genichi chuckled, "It's a pity that I'm old..."
Speaking of this, Yuan Yi's face showed a bit of helplessness.
"It would be nice if you and I were of the same generation."
"If you and I were of the same generation, I would have to discuss with you whether my Yang Shen is more powerful or your Da Shi Tian is faster."
Ogata smiled.
Just as he was about to say something, a strong pain suddenly hit Ogata's brain.
It was as if someone suddenly placed a big bell on Ogata's head and then struck the big bell hard.
This intense pain caused Ogata's expression to change involuntarily, and then he subconsciously raised his hand to hold his head firmly.
Ogata's move naturally made Genichi sitting in front of him startled.
"Ogata-kun, what's wrong with you?"
"fine……"
This intense pain came suddenly and went away quickly.
Gradually, the pain slowly dissipated and I no longer felt any discomfort.
"It's just that I suddenly felt some pain in my head just now..."
"It hurts? Do you still feel pain now?"
"it's gone now."
"Maybe you are too tired. We just chatted for a long time."
After saying that, Yuan Yi stood up.
"Let's stop talking about this first. You have to rest for a while. It's almost time for me to go see if Xiaolin and the others have gotten up."
"Yeah." Ogata nodded, "Maybe..."
Ogata does feel that his body is a little tired now.
Yuan Yi quickly left the room.
And Ogata also lay back on the bed again.
After lying back on the quilt, Ogata couldn't help but raise his hands and knead his temples.
——Is it the sequelae of taking some medicine recently?
——Or is it a subsequent side effect of entering the "transparent realm"?
After the battle with Shuntaro and Eitaro ended, and after exiting the "Transparent Realm", I not only had a headache but also felt dizzy.
There were so many possible reasons for the headache he had just now, and Ogata couldn't think of a single reason even if he thought about it.
Lying on the bed, Ogata unconsciously felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier.
Finally, at some point, Ogata fell into a deep sleep...
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"……Awake!"
Ogata heard someone calling him.
"… wake up!"
It seemed to be Amachi's voice.
"Ayi, wake up!"
Ogata slowly opened his eyes.
The ceiling, and Omachi's smile between him and the ceiling came into view.
"You really can sleep well." Ating smiled and said, "It's already noon, so let's have lunch and noon medicine instead."
"okay……"
Ogata put his hands on the tatami and was about to get up.
However, at the moment when he was about to get up, Ogata felt something was wrong.
He found that he was unable to exert himself.
Atachi noticed Ogata's strange behavior and quickly stepped forward to support Ogata.
"What's wrong with you?" Amachi heard anxiously and raised his hand to touch Ogata's forehead.
Ogata's forehead was not hot, his body temperature was normal, and he did not have a fever.
"I... don't know..." Because he couldn't exert any strength, Ogata was weak when he spoke, "I just felt... I had no strength... and then... I felt like my body was so heavy... getting heavier and heavier.
Already..."
Ogata felt as if someone was constantly pouring weights into his body, and his body became heavier and heavier.
As the weight of the body continues to increase, the body also feels more and more tired.
"You lie down and have a rest first!" Amachi pushed Ogata back into bed, "I'll call the doctor!"
After saying that, A-Machi ran out of the room with a "dong dong dong" sound.
At this time, Ogata could no longer hear the sound of Amachi's footsteps running out of the room.
The strong feeling of fatigue that kept coming out made Ogata feel that all the senses in his body seemed to have become dull.
I can't open my eyes and can't hear the sound clearly.
Consciousness becomes chaos.
In this chaotic consciousness that could no longer concentrate on any thinking, Ogata vaguely heard a system sound in his mind that he seemed to have heard a long time ago.
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[Ding! The host begins to absorb the "immortal"...]