Chapter 438 Spend 5 skill points in a row [7000 words]
In addition to the officers on duty at the gate, there are also some officers standing guard and patrolling inside the Kitamachi Office.
The nihilistic monk named "Louluo" killed people so fast that the four officers standing guard at the door were killed one by one without even having a chance to make a sound.
Therefore, the other officers who stayed in Kitamachi Prison did not know that three uninvited guests were gradually approaching them...
Bang!
Toyotomi directly raised his foot and kicked open the door of Kitamachi Shrine.
The huge noise broke the silence around him.
The moment Toyotomi kicked open the door, Lou Luo and Takaharu, who were standing on either side of Toyotomi, pulled out their weapons.
Lou Luo once again pulled out the sword without a blade hanging from his waist.
Gao Qing pulled out the knife inserted in his left waist.
After pulling out their respective weapons, the two of them rushed towards the interior of the Kitamachi Office from different directions like two arrows.
Soon, angry shouts and screams resounded from every corner of Kitamachi Prison...
Lou Luo's sword was very fast, and all the officials he found often didn't even have time to defend themselves, so they were killed with one blow.
This extremely fast speed of the sword was extremely inconsistent with his burly figure.
Gao Qing is also the type whose swordsmanship style and body type are very mismatched.
He is a bit burlier than Lou Luo.
But he is a "skilled" warrior.
Use skilled skills to defend, dodge, and counterattack.
Every time the sword is drawn, it will definitely take the life of an official, and every sword will definitely hit the vital point.
Toyotomi did not take action.
He just walked slowly into the Kitamachi Prison and handed over the task of wiping out all the officials inside the Kitamachi Prison to his two subordinates.
"It is indeed one of the great shrines of Edo." Toyotomi looked around and said in a praising tone, "It's really impressive."
"Who are you?! Why did you attack the training center?!"
Just when Toyotomi was looking at everything around him with great interest somewhere in the Kitamachi Administrative Office, he suddenly heard an angry shout coming from the front.
Toyotomi turned his attention to the front.
He saw a young official who was about the same age as him, probably only in his early twenties, glaring at him angrily.
The officer drew his sword in his hand, took a mid-level stance, and pointed the tip of the sword directly at Toyotomi.
These officials responsible for maintaining public security are not allowed to draw swords casually under normal circumstances.
Just like modern police officers are not allowed to pull out their sidearms and shoot casually.
The officers responsible for maintaining public security are usually only allowed to use ten-hand, stabbing and other catching tools. They can only draw their swords with permission from their superiors.
The only exception is the Fire Pay Thief modification.
As the most special security agency, the Huo Fu Thieves Kai is mainly responsible for dealing with the most vicious thieves and arsonists, so the officers of the Huo Fu Thieves Kai have the privilege of drawing their swords freely.
In addition to being able to draw swords freely, the special privileges possessed by Huo Fu Thief Kai's officers include the ability to use a variety of weapons that ordinary officers cannot use, such as iron cannons.
Now is a special situation - unidentified thieves suddenly invaded the Kitamachi Prison and killed everyone on sight, so the young official no longer paid attention to the rule of "not drawing the sword casually".
Toyotomi briefly looked at the young official.
Just based on the young official's stance and the way he held the sword, he could see that this young official had some attainments in swordsmanship. No wonder he had to ignore the prohibition of "not drawing the sword casually" and prepared to draw the sword to resist.
enemy.
"This is the Kitamachi Office of Edo!" The young official once again shouted with a righteous face and a righteous voice, "Thieves like you will never be allowed to do whatever you want!"
After saying that, he quickly ran towards Toyotomi with his sword in hand.
"I don't hate a righteous person like you."
After these words, which contained a hint of joking, Toyotomi leisurely spread his legs and stood still.
The young officer glided up, and after Toyotomi entered his best attack range, he slashed at Toyotomi with his sword without any hesitation.
His slash was extremely powerful, and one could tell at a glance that it was a slash that could only be executed by someone who had practiced swordsmanship for many years, or who had a unique talent in swordsmanship.
But even such a powerful blow was easily dodged by Toyotomi.
Toyotomi quickly stood to the right and dodged the young officer's slash.
The next moment he dodged the slash, Toyotomi suddenly raised his right hand and placed it on the purple handle of the sword on his left waist.
The sword flashed.
The knife popped out of the sheath, drew an arc with a cold light, and cut open the main artery in the neck of the young official.
Blood splashed out like a fountain, splattering on the nearby wooden wall.
His neck was cut open, and the young officer didn't even have a chance to scream, before he slowly fell forward to the ground.
After killing the young official with one blow, Toyotomi swung the sword in his hand downwards, sprinkled the blood on the blade, and sheathed the sword.
Then, as before, he slowly walked into the depths of the judicial office while looking at the interior layout of the Edo Kita-machi judicial office with great interest.
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Gao Qing: "Toyotomi-sama."
Gao Qing and Lou Luo returned to Toyotomi almost at the same time.
"How?" Toyotomi asked his two subordinates, "Have they all been wiped out?"
"It's been wiped out," Gao Qing replied immediately.
"Very good." Toyotomi nodded slightly, then turned to look at a wall next to him.
There is nothing on this wall.
There was nothing written on it, and nothing hung.
"Just choose this place."
Looking at the wall in front of him, Toyotomi had a look of satisfaction on his face.
"Gao Qing."
"exist!"
"Go and drag over the corpses of one or two official servants." Toyotomi took out a huge writing brush from his arms.
This writing brush is brand new, and you can tell at a glance that it was bought just a short time ago.
"yes!"
"Lou Luo, just go outside and be on guard. If any government support arrives, notify me immediately."
"yes."
After receiving the new mission, Lou Luo nodded lightly with his canopy-covered head, and then slowly walked out.
Not far away was the body of a man who had just been killed by Gao Qing. Gao Qing quickly dragged the body of the official over.
Toyotomi used the officer's blood as ink, and used the newly purchased brush in his hand to scribble something on the wall in front of him.
Soon, Toyotomi scrawled everything he wanted to write on this wall.
"Very good." Toyotomi took two steps back, looked at what he had written on the wall several times, and smiled happily, as if he was very satisfied with what he had written.
At this moment, Lou Luo ran towards him quickly.
"Lord Toyotomi," Lou Luo said, "Reinforcements from the government are here."
"So fast?" Toyotomi raised his eyebrows, a bit of surprise flashed in his eyes, "The speed of the officials is a little faster than I thought."
After Toyotomi and the others entered the execution center, angry shouts and screams began one after another, and it was inevitable that reinforcements from the government would be summoned.
It's just a matter of going faster or slower.
"Now that the weather is getting colder, I originally wanted to burn the Kitamachi Shrine to let the people of Edo warm up."
After saying that, Toyotomi casually threw the brush aside.
"Since the shogunate's officials are here, forget it."
"Anyway, the most important painting and this line of text have been completed."
Toyotomi turned his attention to the wall in front of him again.
To be more precise, it was directed at the graffiti he had just finished on this wall.
"Use this painting and these lines to tell the shogunate and the world."
The corners of Toyotomi's mouth slowly turned up, revealing a smile that was only cold.
"The war 200 years ago is not over yet."
"Gao Qing, Lou Luo are gone."
After saying that, Toyotomi turned and left.
Gao Qing and Lou Luo quickly followed.
"Toyotomi-sama." Takaharu asked after quickly catching up, "Are we going to stay in Edo?"
"No." Toyotomi said, "There is no point in staying here any longer."
"It's been a while since we left Ryukyu."
"It's time to go back."
Speaking of this, Toyotomi paused as if he remembered something.
Then he changed into a half-joking tone and said to Gao Qing beside him:
"Speaking of which - I haven't heard from my friends over in Ezochi for a long time."
When he mentioned the word "friend", Toyotomi emphasized his tone.
"After that, send someone to Ezo to say hello to our friends there."
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Hanshichiro is the name of the Edo Minami Town Office.
It happens to be his turn to work the night shift tonight.
A while ago, because of the "Imperial Trial Match" held, it attracted a lot of ronin.
The increase in the number of ronin made Edo less peaceful during that period.
From time to time, I hear news that there are rogues causing trouble somewhere.
Now that the "Imperial Trial Match" has ended, the wanderers who were originally attracted by the "Imperial Trial Match" have also slowly left.
With the departure of the ronin, the public security situation in Edo gradually returned to the situation before the "Gozen Trial" was held.
Hanshichiro hasn't received any news about rogues from out of town causing trouble for two full days.
Just when Hanshichiro thought that he would still be able to spend the rest of his night in peace, an urgent report suddenly reached him who was stationed at the Nanmachi Administrative Office.
Originally, Hanshichiro was still a little sleepy because it was late at night.
But after receiving this emergency report, he instantly felt no sleepiness at all.
The content of the emergency report he received was that unknown persons had attacked the Kitamachi Prison.
When he first heard the emergency announcement, Hanshichiro thought he had heard it wrong.
He had heard too many urgent reports of attacks on shops and banks.
But it was the first time in his life that he heard the urgent report of the attack on Kitamachi.
After repeatedly confirming the contents of the urgent report, Hanshichiro quickly gathered all the people and rushed to the Kitamachi Office.
After seeing the four officers lying outside the gate of Kitamachi Prison from a distance, Hanshichiro felt as if his heart dropped a little.
Next to the four officers lying on the ground, squatting were two Okabiki who had arrived at the scene before him. They were checking the four officers lying on the ground with a sullen expression.
Seeing Hanshichiro coming, the two Okahiki quickly stood up and bowed to Hanshichiro.
The police system in the Edo period was divided into four levels from top to bottom: Daiban, Yuriki, Doshin, and Okabiki.
Salute to Yuri - this is just a conditioned reflex for the lowest-ranking Okabiki.
Hanshichiro waved his hands to the two Okahibiki, and then immediately asked them:
"How's the situation?"
"These four people are all dead." One of the two men glanced at the four officers lying at his feet. "They were all killed with one blow. They died with a sword in their vital organs. The murderer's swordsmanship was very high."
"The rest of the people are in the monastery now." Another person replied, "The situation inside doesn't seem to be very good."
After listening to the reports of these two Okabiki, Hanshichiro's already ugly face became even more ugly.
"Thank you for your hard work." After simply comforting the two Okahiki who had just reported the situation to him, Hanshichiro led the subordinates he had just brought over and strode into the Kitamachi Prison.
After walking a few steps, he saw another corpse...
After learning that the chief had arrived, the officials who had arrived at the scene before Hanshichiro came to report the situation to Hanshichiro.
After listening to the reports from his subordinates, Hanshichiro finally had a basic understanding of the current case.
First of all - all 14 officers responsible for staying at the Kitamachi Prison tonight were killed.
And all of them were killed by one blow, which shows that the murderer's swordsmanship is quite high.
There were no witnesses.
The first person to report the crime was a young man who lived nearby. He was sleeping soundly when he was suddenly heard by screams coming from the Kitamachi Prison.
He did not dare to go near the Kitamachi Office, so he chose to look for nearby officials and report the crime to them.
A noteworthy clue is that a resident living nearby reported hearing the sound of Shakuhachi music.
But it was a pity - because the sound of the shakuhachi music was very soft, he didn't pay much attention at the time, so he didn't go out to see who was playing the shakuhachi.
While Hanshichiro was silently listening to the reports of his subordinates, an Okabiki hurried towards him.
"Lord Hanshichiro! Please come here! I found a very strange painting and a very strange line of text on a certain wall!"
"Pictures? Texts?" Hanshichiro frowned, "Take me there!"
"yes!"
This Okabiki led the way, and Hanshichiro followed in stride.
After being taken to a relatively remote place, Hanshichiro was so shocked by the scene in front of him that his pupils shrank.
This place is a remote area within the Kitamachi Prison.
It was supposed to be an inconspicuous place, but it became conspicuous because there were something extra on a certain wall of the place.
A large pattern was painted in blood on the wall.
If you don't know much about history, you may not recognize what this pattern is, but you may just think it is very beautiful.
Hanshichiro is from a family of Hatamoto samurai, and his education level is far higher than that of ordinary civilians and samurai.
So Hanshichiro recognized what this pattern was at a glance.
This is a family crest.
Moreover, it is a family crest that should have disappeared for nearly 200 years and should not appear again in the future...
"Taikotong...?" Hanshichiro murmured subconsciously, telling the name of this family.
The family crest painted in blood on the wall is the Taiko Kiri, the family crest of the Toyotomi family that should have disappeared for 200 years.
After unifying the world and establishing a hegemony that shocked the past and the present, the emperor bestowed the "tung pattern" on Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
In order to show the nobility of their Toyotomi clan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi slightly modified the "tung pattern" given to him by the emperor, transformed it into a brand new tong pattern, and then designed this transformed new toyotomi pattern.
It is the family crest of their Toyotomi clan.
For convenience of naming, people used to call the new tung pattern modified by Toyotomi Hideyoshi "Taiko tung".
On the wall, next to the large "Taiko Tung" painted with blood, there is a line of words:
[We will avenge the Battle of Osaka]
This line of characters is the same as the "Taiko Tung" next to it, which is painted with blood.
Drops of fresh blood flowed down the wall, making every word in this sentence distorted and looking particularly horrifying.
At the same time, it also makes this line of text look like she is shedding tears of blood.
Hanshichiro stared blankly at the "Taiko Tung" on the wall and the words "bleeding and crying".
A Tongxin standing next to Banqilang looked at Banqilang doubtfully:
"Master Yuli, what does 'Osaka battle' mean?"
Although Tongxin is literate, he doesn't know much about history.
"...two hundred years ago, a famous battle at the end of the Warring States Period."
Hanqirou said softly.
"Ieyasu launched the Battle of Osaka and completely annihilated the Toyotomi clan through two battles: the Osaka Winter Formation and the Osaka Summer Formation..."
After briefly explaining to his subordinates what the "Battle of Osaka" was, Hanshichiro felt cold sweat starting to break out from all parts of his body.
Just because a terrible suspicion emerged from Hanshichiro's mind...
"Are the remnants of Toyotomi still alive...?"
Hanqirou felt his lips trembling slightly.
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The next day——
morning--
Last night, Yuan Yi and the others drank until late at night before finally giving up.
Naturally, Ogata drank until he died.
Except for Genichi who still had some energy left, Makimura and the others were also drunk until they were unconscious.
Kondo drank too much and couldn't even walk straight, so he stayed at Ogata's place last night.
Gua Sheng did not drink as hard as Kondo, as if she had never drunk in her life, so she was still sober last night until the end of the banquet.
After the banquet, Guasheng returned to her home in Yoshihara.
Just now, Ogata finally woke up faintly.
After I woke up, my head didn't hurt as much as I imagined, and my mind was still clear.
According to Ogata's guess, this should be one of the benefits that "vitality" brings to him.
The increase in "vitality" made Ogata recover from his drunken state faster.
The bed next to A-machi is empty - he must be preparing breakfast.
There is a kitchen in this house. Recently, Amachi and Mamiya, who were less injured, have been basically responsible for preparing everyone's daily meals.
After getting up, Ogata first walked to the bed and looked at the current sky.
According to Ogata's estimation, it is probably around 7 o'clock in the morning.
After confirming the current time, Ogata left the room and headed to the kitchen, intending to look for Atachi.
After arriving at the kitchen, as expected, I saw Atachi busy in the kitchen.
After saying hello to Atachi, Ogata went to wash up briefly and then returned to the room.
After returning to the room, Ogata stood in the center of the room, stretched his body, and then gently touched the wounds that were still wrapped in linen and had not yet healed.
Now, 70% of the linen on Ogata's body has been removed, and the remaining injuries that are not completely healed are in very good recovery condition, and it is only a matter of time before they fully recover.
After confirming that today's wounds were recovering well, Ogata turned his head and looked at the knife holder placed in the corner of the room.
The swords hanging on the sword rest are naturally Ogata's two swords: Daishiten and Daizizai.
Looking at his two sabers, after thinking for a while, Ogata quickly walked towards the sword rest, and then took down Da Shiten.
After unsheathing the sword, Ogata assumed a standard middle stance.
In order to recuperate from his injuries, he has been living like a grandfather. This is the first time he has held a sword since the battle with Shiranui Ri.
Feeling this familiar touch made Ogata feel at ease.
Now that his body has fully recovered and he can swing his sword, Ogata decided to confirm the physical fitness enhanced by the "immortal poison" now.
Ogata stared straight ahead.
After stepping firmly on the tatami with both feet, he aimed the knife in the air in front of him from top to bottom.
call--!
The sound of breaking wind was enough to make an ordinary person's scalp feel numb.
Although he was mentally prepared, Ogata was still slightly startled after hearing the wind-breaking sound he made.
After absorbing the "immortal poison" for the second time, Ogata's power exploded to 20 points.
The explosive increase in power has made Ogata's sword-swinging strength greatly improved.
Ogata felt that even with just one hand, he could chop a big living person from the top of his head to his crotch.
"Now in the world, there are fewer and fewer people who can defeat me."
After muttering in a half-joking tone, Ogata pulled up his personal system interface.
The battle with Shiranui allowed Ogata to upgrade both his Sakakibara one-sword style and Wuga two-sword style, and his personal level also increased by one level. Counting the skill points he had saved before, Ogata now has a total of 6 skill points.
Ogata has already made a plan on how to spend these 6 skill points.
However, because the previous injury was not healed and the body could not act recklessly, even if these skill points were spent, the effect of the upgraded martial arts could not be tested immediately.
Therefore, Ogata put the matter of skill points on hold for the time being and waited until his health was almost healed before using these skill points.
Now is a great time to use up all these skill points.
First of all - Ogata upgraded his "step" first.
[Ding! Consume 4 skill points, Wuwo Erdao style martial arts·Advanced step, and be promoted to a "master level" skill]
[Currently remaining skill points: 2 points]
After the system tone fell, Ogata took a deep breath, and then imagined that there was an enemy in front of him attacking him.
Faced with the attacks he imagined, Ogata slid his feet and used "stepping" to avoid these attacks.
The moment he used the "step step", he immediately felt the change in the "step step".
To give a vivid example, Ogata's current "step forward" is like lubricating the soles of his feet compared to before.
Dodge faster.
At the same time, the grasp of dodge distance is also more accurate.
The physical effort required is also smaller.
After confirming the "first step" changes, Ogata nodded with satisfaction, and then opened his system interface again.
Ogata used 1 of the remaining 2 skill points to unlock "Starfall".
Starfall - a new sword skill unlocked after upgrading to level 11 of the Wuwo Sword Style.
It is also the last sword skill.
The powerful 13 consecutive slashes - this is the secret of Mugo Rado-ryu.
[Ding! Consume 1 skill point to unlock Wuwu Erdao style martial arts·Xingluo!]
[Currently remaining skill points: 1 point]
Ogata hadn't figured out where to use the last skill point yet, so he decided to save it for now.
After the system tone reminded Ogata that "Starfall" had been unlocked, Ogata checked his personal status:
[Name: Ogata Issei]
[Current personal level: LV34 (480/5200]
[Personal attributes:
Strength:20
Agility:18
Reflex nerves:15
Stamina: 21
Vitality: 36]
【Skill:
[Sakakihara Itto-ryu Level: 12th Dan (905/9000)
Selfless Two Sword Style Level: 11th Stage (1300/12000)
Ogata's current personal state can only be described with the word "horrible".
Not to mention his proficiency in swordsmanship, he also has the "advanced" Shiranui-ryu jujutsu in unarmed combat.
The stealth skills include the "intermediate" Shiranui-ryu stealth technique.
For long-distance attacks and sneak attacks, the revolver is a great weapon.
What's more, Ogata also has his strongest trump card: the state of selflessness.
Ogata feels that there are not many people in the world who can defeat him reliably - of course, the premise is that the weapons used by the opponent are unarmed or cold weapons, rather than using muskets or artillery.
Just when Ogata was about to pull out the Great Freedom to test the newly unlocked "Starfall", the door was suddenly opened.
Amachi, who opened the door to the room, raised his eyebrows when he saw Ogata holding Daeshukten in his hands:
"What are you doing?"
Ogata smiled sarcastically: "It's nothing, just a general exercise."
"Don't move around until your body is completely healed." Atachi scolded Ogata angrily, and then said, "Breakfast is ready, come and have breakfast."
"good."
Ogata put Daishiten back on the knife stand and left the room with Amachi one after the other.
As soon as he left the room, Amachi suddenly asked Ogata:
"What are your plans for today?"
Ogata pondered for a moment:
"We will leave Edo in a few days."
"So... I plan to take advantage of the nice weather today to meet some people in Edo and say goodbye to them properly."
"Some people? Who?" Amachi asked.
"There are both people from the government and... people with more complicated identities."
Speaking of this, Ogata couldn't help but smile helplessly.
"Now that I think about it carefully, I have unknowingly become a person who believes in both black and white..."