Chapter 455 Ogata: I was misunderstood as a genius swordsman, what should I do? [7400 words]
The term "Yue Qing Yun Ke" appeared in yesterday's chapter, so a book friend asked what "Yue Qing Yun Ke" meant. Here I will give you a brief introduction.
"Yueqingyunke" is a Japanese idiom, which refers to the nobles and nobles, but also refers to the masters.
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Before Ogata rushed into the bandits, Jincheng was actually looking at a joke.
He is also a swordsman, so he naturally knows how difficult it is to defeat many enemies with one person.
Facing these 12 bandits, even if they were all mediocre in strength, but the numbers were there, if they didn't use some tactics and strategies, even if they were all wiped out, there would definitely be some casualties.
So when he heard Ogata say his plan to "draw his sword and go straight up", Jincheng's only thought was that this guy was an idiot.
Later, when he saw Ogata rushing up to him alone, Jincheng's evaluation of Ogata became "a foolhardy fool".
How did such an idiot get such a beautiful wife?
Under the influence of this kind of mood of sitting and watching the joke, Jincheng developed a somewhat gloating attitude, and was mentally prepared to see the brave and foolhardy Ogata being hacked to death with random knives.
However... I did see the scene of being hacked to death with random knives.
It was just that the bandits were hacked to death with knives.
No...using "random knife" may be a little inaccurate.
Ogata's precise swing of the sword has a strong sense of beauty. The sword in his hand can always cut through the shortest route and accurately hit the vital points of the bandits, one by one.
The picture in front of him was so different from the picture imagined in his mind that Jincheng's expression was the most exaggerated, and his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
Ogata rushed straight into the bandits like a tiger rushing into a herd of sheep.
How can a sheep fight back against a tiger?
After fighting against these bandits, Ogata had already discovered that these people were not very healthy.
I was a little far away just now, so I couldn't see it clearly.
Now, after getting closer, Ogata realized that the mental outlook of the bandits in front of him was not much better than that of the villagers.
All have sallow complexions, and some even have sunken cheeks.
It looked like he hadn't eaten properly in a long time.
And their movements were indeed very much like the loose and weak steps of people who haven't had a good meal for a long time.
Their swordsmanship level was already not very good, and coupled with such a weak body, their already weak combat power became even weaker.
The weapon used in "Bandit 3" is the Odachi.
The Odachi is also a relatively rare weapon. There are very few samurai who can specialize in the Odachi.
Among all the samurai Ogata had seen before, the only one who used the Odachi as his common weapon was Makimura.
The astonishing length of the Odachi makes it very powerful when wielded, regardless of whether you are proficient in it or not.
But if you are not proficient in Odachi, you can only fool those who do not understand swordsmanship.
For Ogata, the "Bandit 3" in front of him was extremely good at using the Odachi, and was completely incomparable to Makimura.
It would be better to say that the thin body of "Bandit 3" is not suitable for using a weapon like the Odachi, which is extremely long and requires arm strength.
"Bandit 3", who lacks strength, cannot even lift the Odachi quickly and smoothly.
A cold light flashed.
Before "Bandit 3" could fully raise the Odachi in his hand, the daishakuten in Ogata's hand turned into a ray of cold light and cut open the throat of "Bandit 3" horizontally.
[Ding! Use Sakakibara Itto-ryu·Dragon Tail to kill the enemy]
[Acquire 60 personal experience points and 60 experience points for the Ninjutsu "Shiranui-ryu Ninjutsu"]
[Current personal level: LV35 (205400)]
[Sakakihara Itto-ryu Level: 12th Dan (38059000)]
[Ding! When the experience is full, your personal level will be upgraded by 1, and you will gain 1 skill point]
[Currently remaining skill points: 4 points]
From the experience points given by the system, it can also be seen that the strength of "Bandit 3" is really weak. After killing him, both the personal level and the Sakakibara Itto Style will only get 60 experience points each.
When you defeat the "Ten Swords of Hosei" in the Hosei Dojo, you can get about 50 experience points.
However, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still flesh. After killing "Bandit 3", Ogata's personal level, which had already reached the critical point of upgrading, was finally upgraded to level 35, and he gained 1 skill point.
Counting the 1 skill point saved after the battle with Shiranui Ri and the 2 points gained after upgrading Shiranui-ryu ninjutsu by gaining experience at the Hosho Sword Hall a few days ago, Ogata now has a total of 4 skill points.
Should I call him a bandit?
After Ogata knocked down the guy who looked like a mini-boss with one move and killed three of their companions in a row, the remaining people instantly lost their will to fight.
About 10 seconds ago, when they saw Ogata rushing towards them alone, they were still very proud, thinking that there were 12 people on their side, and they were completely unfazed by this samurai who dared to charge towards them with a single sword.
After only 10 seconds, the expressions of the eight bandits who were still alive changed 180 degrees. They looked at Ogata with horror on their faces, and then turned around and ran away without caring about anything.
Ogata was not surprised by the bandit's sudden escape.
To put it bluntly, bandits are just a bunch of rabble who can only fight with the wind, and they are not elites who have fought a hundred battles.
If these bandits refused to retreat, Ogata would feel strange.
This gang of bandits who have committed many evil deeds must not be allowed to leave.
If they are allowed to return to their stronghold and tell the rest of their accomplices that the villagers in this village have invited samurai to help, it will cause a lot of trouble.
Seeing these bandits running away, Oufang immediately picked up his knife and chased after them.
How could these loose-footed bandits escape in front of Xu Feng, whose agility value was now as high as 18 points?
With just one step, Ogata caught up with the nearest bandit.
Sakakihara Ittōryu·Bird Thorn!
Da Shitian turned into a stream of light and penetrated the bandit's heart from his back.
At this time, Huosaka and others finally caught up.
Ogata's heroic performance just now shocked Higasaka and the others, but there are still enemies to deal with now, so they can only suppress the shock in their hearts first.
In fact, it doesn't matter if Kasaka and the others don't rush up to help. Anyway, with Ogata's current speed, they can easily kill all the fleeing bandits one by one.
Ogata is like a ferocious beast chasing its prey.
Ogata ran, jumped, and slashed.
The bandits were running, screaming, and dying.
There was also a bandit who still had some vitality. He gritted his teeth, knowing that he probably couldn't escape. He stopped, clenched the weapon in his hand, turned around, roared, and attacked Ogata.
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Although courage is commendable, it cannot make up for the gap in strength.
Ogata rushed straight towards the bandit who mustered up his courage and prepared to launch a life-threatening blow.
Perhaps it was because he was too nervous, or perhaps because he was simply lacking in strength. The bandit made a mistake that many people would make in battle: he did not calculate the distance between the enemy and ourselves.
Ogata considers himself to be a man who has experienced hundreds of battles. According to Ogata's calculations, countless people have been defeated or died by his sword because they "could not calculate the distance between ourselves and the enemy".
Either you don't even know that you have entered the enemy's attack range, or you determine the enemy's entry into your attack range early or late, causing your attack to fail.
This bandit fell into the latter category and swung his sword too early.
Ogata didn't even get into his attack range, so he yelled in panic and slashed at Ogata with his sword.
Because he swung the sword too early, his sword only cut through the air an inch away from the tip of Ogata's nose.
Ogata passed him by.
While passing by him, Ogata's Daishiten also "passed by" him.
The moment his body and knife passed by the bandit, blood mist spurted out from the bandit's chest.
The bandit fell.
The system sound prompts you to gain experience points.
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This is the only bandit who still has the courage to fight against Ogata.
The remaining people were trying their best to escape, wishing they could use their own hands.
Eventually, the fleeing bandits were caught up one by one and beheaded to death.
Of course, most of them were killed by the extremely fast Ogata.
It was not until the bandits began to flee that Kasaka and the others finally arrived and only picked up two heads.
Huosaka and Jincheng each killed a fleeing bandit.
After Ogata killed the last bandit who didn't even dare to look back, this brief encounter officially came to an end.
Of the 12 bandits, Ogata killed 9 and captured 1 alive. Huosaka and Kinjo each killed 1.
Ogata took out his pocket paper, wiped off the blood and fat on the blade, and then sheathed the blade.
As soon as Daishi Ten was sheathed, Kasaka and the others, all with wide-eyed eyes, quickly came to Ogata.
Ogata's heroic act of rushing into the enemy formation at extremely fast speeds and then defeating the 12 bandits with one blow shocked Higasaka and the others greatly.
Nowadays, martial arts are weakened, and many warriors don't even know how to hold a sword.
This was the first time for Kasaka and the others to see with their own eyes a samurai who could defeat 1 against 12.
Even Tsuchiya, who didn't speak much and didn't express much, showed a look full of shock at this time.
"Mashima." Kasaka, who is usually very lively, had the most exaggerated expression, "I didn't expect you to be a swordsman..."
Mizuno, who was standing next to Huosaka, also showed an expression of shock that was no less exaggerated than that of his master.
"Mashima-kun." Jincheng, who just criticized Ogata's so-called plan as "nonsense", now also looked at Ogata in front of him in astonishment, "Who are you?"
"A ronin who is at home all over the world and has no fixed abode." Ogata smiled and patted the sword on his left waist.
"Ronin?" The look of astonishment on Jincheng's face became more intense, "If you have such swordsmanship, all the vassals will rush to invite you to become a swordsman, right? It's impossible to worry about food and drink."
"Is it possible that you voluntarily continue to be a ronin in order to practice as a warrior?"
When he said these words, Jincheng's eyes burst into light.
In this era, one way out for warriors with superb martial arts skills...or in other words, the best way out is to become martial arts teachers in various vassal states.
Tsukahara Buden, Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, Miyamoto Musashi, Sasaki Kojiro...these famous great swordsmen in history all taught swordsmanship to daimyo.
In the Edo period, where class solidification was extremely serious and communication between classes was almost impossible, if samurai wanted to raise their class through their own efforts, they could only hone their sword skills in addition to making great achievements.
Let the feudal lord or other feudal lords take a fancy to your swordsmanship, and then ask yourself to be their swordsman.
Many samurai rely on their excellent swordsmanship to rise in class. Unfortunately, there are very few people who can rise in class through their swordsmanship.
As Jincheng said just now, based on Ogata's superb swordsmanship just now, a lot of vassals must be vying to invite Ogata to be their domain's swordsmanship teacher, and it is impossible to worry about food and drink.
Although he has the conditions to live a life without wandering, he is still a wandering ronin. Jincheng's imagination is somewhat barren. The only possibility he can think of is that Ogata is a man with great ambitions and still insists on being a wanderer.
A great swordsman who trained as a warrior.
Naturally, it was impossible for Ogata to tell them the real reason why he was still a ronin.
Seeing Jincheng hand out a step, Oufon followed the step and went down.
"Yes." Ogata nodded, "I can still be considered a warrior and continue to hone my sword skills."
Hearing Ogata's words, Huosaka and the others felt a chill in their hearts.
To be able to possess such strong swordsmanship at such a young age must be a genius combined with talent and hard work.
A tall image slowly emerged in the minds of Huosaka and others.
At the same time, I also figured out the story behind Ogata. Ogata may have been a samurai of a certain domain in the past, and he was a famous and talented swordsman in the domain.
I could have relied on my swordsmanship to live a life of no worries about food and clothing, and be respected by countless people.
But Ogata is a man who is extremely passionate about swords.
In order to improve his swordsmanship, he gave up the fame and wealth that countless people dream of, and resolutely traveled around the world with his sword in hand to hone his swordsmanship.
What kind of spirit is this?
This is the true warrior!
Kasaka and others all came up with the same idea. This is the real swordsman!
The way Kasaka and the others looked at Ogata changed unconsciously.
Originally, they all looked at Ogata with the same eyes as their peers.
But now, they all looked at Ogata with respect, as if they were looking at some highly respected senior.
The respect in Jincheng's eyes was the strongest.
The only thing he is good at and interested in is swordsmanship.
Because of his passion for swordsmanship, he gave up the job his father had arranged for him to look after the homes and homes of other Hatamoto samurai families, and traveled around the world with his sword in hand to hone his swordsmanship.
For Jincheng, Ogata is simply his role model!
Jincheng's face is full of passion now, like an extremely devout believer.
Huosaka is the most lively and has the most jumping thoughts.
Not only did he imagine Ogata's story, but he also imagined Omachi's story.
Anyone who is not blind can see that A-Machi cannot be a peasant girl, her temperament is more like that of a child of the samurai family.
Why would a child of the martial arts family marry a talented swordsman and then willingly accompany him to live a miserable life of wandering around?
Kasaka imagined a story like this: Ogata and Omachi both spoke with the same Kansai accent, and they were most likely from the same vassal country.
The two fell in love with each other. When Ogata decided to practice martial arts in order to hone his sword skills, Atachi left the feudal country with Ogata without any complaints, abandoning the life of worry-free food and clothing that was easily available to him and following Ogata.
Wandering around together.
With his powerful imagination, Kawasaka not only developed respect for Ogata, but also for Atachi.
Ogata naturally noticed a change in the way Kasaka and others looked at him.
Looking blankly at Hosaka and the others in front of him, Ogata couldn't help but thought to himself:
Did they misunderstand something...?
"Samurai-sama!"
At this time, the village chief and others also led the strong men in the village to rush to Ogata and others.
The village chief and others also saw Ogata's fight just now.
The village chief doesn't understand swordsmanship like Kasaka and the others do, nor do they understand what it means to fight 1 against 12 like Kasaka and the others do.
They only know that Ogata is very strong, very strong, and a very strong samurai.
Unlike Hosaka and others who had deep respect for him, the village chief and others thought they had found a treasure after seeing how strong Ogata was.
Successfully found a very powerful warrior.
This feeling of finding a treasure made the village chief and others look at Ogata with passion.
It's just that the heat in their eyes is not the same emotion as the heat in Kasaka's eyes.
"Village chief, you are here just in time." Ogata said, "You ask the young men in the village to bury the corpses of these bandits. Remember to bury them away from water sources and bury them deeply."
"Although it is winter and the bodies decompose slowly, it is better to dispose of them as soon as possible. If it is delayed for too long, it may lead to an outbreak of disease."
"Then help us prepare an empty house."
Ogata pursed his lips at the little bandit leader who was knocked unconscious by Shiranui-ryu jujutsu not far away.
"We need a secluded place to get information out of him."
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The village chief quickly arranged a secluded empty house for Ogata and others.
After Ogata and the others dragged the knocked out bandit leader into the house, they silently waited for him to wake up.
There was a faint musty smell in this empty house. Ogata hated this smell, so he held the knife and sat outside the house, breathing in the cold and fresh air outside, while silently waiting for the little boss to wake up.
After Ogata single-handedly defeated the 12 bandits who came to blackmail them, he clearly felt that the atmosphere in the village had changed.
The original atmosphere of the village...for example, was like a tight "string".
Maybe it's because I feel safe after seeing Ogata's strong strength, or maybe because I feel that these samurai who have the courage to step forward and fight the bandits are trustworthy. This tight "string" is now a little tighter.
Relaxed for a moment.
Ogata sat outside to breathe in the fresh air, and Omachi naturally accompanied him.
Taking advantage of a little free time now, Ogata clicked on his personal system interface to check the experience points he had just gained.
Although you will gain more experience points by killing opponents, especially those who are strongly hostile to you.
But because the bandits just now were all very weak, in terms of individual level, on average, each of the bandits just gave Ogata less than 100 experience points.
After checking his personal system interface, Ogata was thinking about whether to take out the "Teaching Guide to Ezo Common Phrases" to learn Ezo, when he suddenly felt the light beside him dim.
Turn around and look.
He saw a young warrior walking towards him quickly with a tense expression.
This young samurai is none other than Huosaka's apprentice, Mizuno.
Mizuno quickly ran in front of Ogata and stared at Ogata closely.
He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.
But every time he opened his mouth, he would immediately close it again, as if he was about to speak but hesitated.
Although he was timid, his eyes were fixed on Ogata, full of fire.
"What's wrong?" Ogata asked, "If you have something to say, just say it. There's no need to be nervous or afraid."
Mizuno's words are less, second only to Tsuchiya.
All Ogata knew about Mizuno was that he was Huosaka's apprentice, and he was a very reserved and shy person.
It's because of being cautious and afraid of strangers that I speak so little.
Mizuno is now standing in front of Ogata, looking like he has something to say but is hesitant to say it. It must be due to his restraint and nervousness.
After hearing Ogata's encouragement, Mizuno seemed to be inspired.
After taking a deep breath, Mizuno said to Mizuno word by word:
"You...your swordsmanship is so amazing. I admire you so much."
After leaving these words quickly, Mizuno quickly left Ogata and returned to the room behind where the bandit leader was imprisoned.
After hearing what Mizuno said just now, Oubon was stunned for a moment.
After watching Mizuno leave, A-Machi on the side covered his mouth with a smile and said to Ogata:
"It's just a compliment about your swordsmanship. Why should you make it sound like you are expressing your feelings to the person you like?"
Ogata smiled and shrugged: "Maybe you were too shy. You were too embarrassed to talk to me in public just now."
Just when Ogata was about to continue leisurely watching the clouds in the sky with Amachi, Higasaka's voice suddenly came from behind:
"Hey! Majima-sama! The prisoner is awake!"
Ogata raised his eyebrows, picked up the sword in his arms and stood up.
"Are you awake... It happened quite quickly... By the way, why are you talking... so weird now?"
If Ogata heard him correctly, Huosaka seemed to have called him "Mashima-sama" just now, and the words just now were said using honorifics.
Hearing Ogata's question, Kawasaka showed his most common expression and grinned:
"I admire you very much, Majima-sama! It would be really rude if I still use the same address and tone to talk to you."
"Come on, Majima-sama, let's interrogate that scumbag together!"
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The review process was extremely easy.
Kasaka just rounded up his sandbag-sized fists and punched the little bandit leader twice in the face, and everything he knew was gone.
It can be seen from this that this man's will is quite weak and he succumbed after only being punched twice.
However, this man gave in so quickly, which was within Ogata's expectation.
People who would rather die than surrender basically have strong beliefs.
What kind of faith can a mere bandit have?
Maybe there really are those bandits who would rather die than betray their comrades out of loyalty, but such people can really be described as one in a million.
Ogata and others first asked the name of the bandit leader.
After learning that the little leader's surname was Ohno, he immediately asked where their stronghold was, what weapons they had, and other more important information.
According to Ohno, they are a group of bandits that have recently gathered and fled here. All the members are ronin, a total of 42 people.
They currently live somewhere in the mountains, and it would take more than an hour to walk from here to their stronghold.
The weapons are only the swords on each member's waist, and there is no such thing as armor.
Although with their numbers and combat power, it would be extremely easy to rob this small village with a population of less than a hundred.
But their leader also understands the concept of "sustainable development" and knows that if everything in this village is robbed, there will be very few villagers in this village who can survive this winter.
Their leader does not want to do this kind of thing.
So they sent Ohno to lead people to negotiate with the village today and let them go if they only handed over half of the food, property or women.
Leave some seeds for them so that they can continue to grab them in the coming days.
What Ohno said to the village chief before, "As long as they obediently hand over their money, food or women, they will not harass them again in the future" was just pure deception.
According to their plan, after "borrowing" half of the village's money, food or women, they would continue to "borrow" them again.
"There are no troublesome things like bows, iron cannons, armors, and spears..." Kasaka scratched his hair, "That would be much easier."
"We are not in the troubled times of the Warring States Period. Armor, spears and other equipment are not so easy to obtain." Jincheng on the side said lightly, "It is normal for the bandits not to have these things, but it would be strange if they did."
In the troubled times of the Warring States Period two hundred years ago, weapons were everywhere.
Just go to any battlefield and you can pick up a lot of weapons and equipment.
Some people even make a living by picking up weapons and equipment left on the battlefield and selling them.
During the Warring States Period, not only were bandits generally well-equipped, but even farmers often kept well-equipped equipment.
In order to protect themselves, farmers during the Warring States Period often picked up some weapons and equipment.
Either for the safety of the village, or just to retaliate against the samurai who made them uneasy, they chose to take risks, kill the lone samurai passing by their village, and then steal their equipment.
Because there were too many weapons and equipment scattered among the people, Toyotomi Hideyoshi issued the "Sword Hunting Order" not long after he unified the world and collected all the weapons and equipment that were scattered among the people.
After saying that, Jincheng crossed his arms and pondered for a moment before saying in a deep voice:
"42 people... Now we have killed 12, and there are still 30 left... Even without that troublesome weapon, there are still a lot of people..."
After pondering for a moment, Jincheng suddenly turned to look at Ogata and asked Ogata with the utmost respect:
"Mashima-sama, what are your ideas?"
Being called out suddenly, Ogata raised his eyebrows unconsciously.
Ogata happens to have a plan now.
Now that he was called by name, Oe simply cleared his throat and said slowly:
"We have now wiped out all their teams who came to 'borrow' money and food."
"The team's delay in returning will definitely arouse their suspicion."
"So I just have a plan now."
"Let's just fight and decide quickly."
"Draw your sword, go straight to Huanglong, attack their stronghold, kill the enemy on sight, and wipe out this group of bandits. This is my plan."
"What do you think?"
Fan filters exist in every era.
If it had been before Ohno and others attacked, Jincheng would have just sneered at Ogata's plan.
But now after learning that Ogata is a great swordsman, under the influence of this fan filter, and hearing Ogata's plan, Jincheng just feels that he is worthy of being a swordsman, he is courageous and heroic!
The fire in Jincheng's eyes burned even brighter.
Bathed in Jincheng's fiery gaze, Ogata couldn't help but lower the corners of his mouth and thought to himself: