Chapter 461 Ogata: Why am I being told by the book again?! [7400 words]
After confronting Akizuki, Ogata finally understood why Akizuki insisted on requiring both parties to wear armor before the battle began.
Qiuyue's fighting method is indeed quite dangerous when fighting without armor.
If Qiuyue had a hand thrown at her with a 3-meter-long spear, it would be extremely easy to injure someone, or even cause fatal injuries.
But the power of his spear is still not as powerful as that of the "demon monk"'s naginata. In terms of strength alone, Qiuyue is obviously weaker than the "demon monk".
The battle with Akizuki made Ogata feel like he was fighting a weakened version of the "Monk".
With the experience of facing long weapon users accumulated in the previous battle with the "Yao Monk" as a basis, Ogata had no reason to lose to Akizuki no matter what.
Before and after putting the tip of the wooden knife against Qiuyue's throat, the system's prompt sounded in his mind:
[Ding! Use Sakakibara's Ichidou Style·Shui Fall to defeat the enemy]
[Acquire 150 personal experience points, 160 experience points for the swordsmanship "Sakakibara One Sword Style", and 35 experience points for the swordsmanship "Mugawara Two Sword Style"]
[Current personal level: LV35 (2730/5400)]
[Sakakihara Itto-ryu Level: 12th Dan (5815/9000)]
[Wuwo Sword Style Level: 11th Stage (4025/12000)]
Ogata had just split Qiuyue's spear with a drop of water, exposing Qiuyue's flaw that could determine the winner.
So probably because of this, the system determined that Ogata defeated the enemy with water.
Before deciding the outcome with one blow, Ogata blocked several Akizuki's attacks with the blade of the Muga Nito style, so he also gained some experience points from the Muga Nito style.
It can be said that the dojo is now in a state of flux.
Neither the masters nor the apprentices in the dojo, nor those brought by Qiuyue, know anything about martial arts.
They all know how difficult it is to fight a knife against a gun.
Although the masters and apprentices of Director Yibaosheng knew that Ogata was very powerful, they still couldn't help but sweat when Ogata came on stage.
The masters and disciples who underestimated Ogata's strength were shocked and stunned after seeing Ogata defeating Qiuyue so neatly.
As for the dozen or so people who came here with Qiuyue, their reactions were even more exaggerated.
What Ogata had just guessed was not wrong; these people were Qiuyue's personal soldiers.
Because they are Qiuyue's personal soldiers, they know how strong Qiuyue is.
A person who was at the top of the Sendai clan's army and was selected as one of the "Seven Spears of Senshu" was unexpectedly killed by an unknown swordsman in an unknown castle town.
Diners who have heard of its name are defeated!
And judging by the appearance of the diner, he seemed to be doing it with ease.
The first person to recover from the shock and astonishment was Qiuyue.
"...Your name is Majima Goro, right?" Qiuyue asked Majima with a serious face.
"That's right." Ogata took his wooden sword away from Qiuyue's throat.
"...what a surprise."
Although Qiuyue recovered from the shock, his expression still looked dull.
Although she lost to Ogata, Qiuyue did not show any signs of depression.
He seemed a little...excited.
"I didn't expect that such a small town whose name I had never heard of before would actually have such a master living in seclusion here..."
After that, Qiuyue said to Majima in a somewhat excited tone.
"Mashima Goro-kun!"
Qiuyue used honorifics.
"Please compete with me again!"
After saying that, Qiuyue raised the wooden spear in her hand.
However, before Qiuyue had time to get into position, a deep voice sounded from behind him:
"Lord Qiuyue, the time is almost up."
Ogata followed the reputation and found that the person speaking was a middle-aged man with a hideous scar on his face.
This middle-aged man is one of the dozen soldiers Qiuyue brought.
As soon as the words "Scarface" came out, Qiuyue frowned.
"Run no time?"
"That's right. There's no time. Scarface" nodded, "It's time to go back."
"Tsk..." A strong look of unwillingness appeared on Qiuyue's face.
Although he showed unwillingness, he silently raised the wooden gun in his hand again and put it on his shoulder.
"……knew."
After responding with "Scarface", Qiuyue looked at Ogata.
"Mashima-kun, will you stay here for a long time?"
"No." Ogata replied without hesitation, "I'm just staying in this town temporarily."
"In about a month, I should be leaving here."
Ogata's words directly made Qiuyue look anxious.
"May I ask where you are going, Master?"
Ogata didn't want to casually report his whereabouts to a guy who was almost a stranger.
"I don't know exactly where I'm going to go after I leave. I'll just take it wherever I go."
Ogata shrugged.
"After all, I'm just a wandering wanderer."
What he just said was actually not a lie.
Because Ogata really doesn't know where he is going to go in the future.
Ezo Land is very big, and if you want to find the pair of masters and disciples who may be able to cure the "immortal poison", you will probably have to wander aimlessly in Ezo Land for a long time.
"Wandering? Are you practicing as a warrior?" Qiuyue asked next.
"Well, that's right." Ogata, who was too lazy to explain too much, nodded and admitted.
Qiuyue's face and eyes showed visible frustration.
"What a pity...I still want to compete with you again..."
After letting out a heavy sigh, Qiuyue called to his soldiers and asked them to help him take off his armor and feathers.
By the way, he also took off Ogata's armor.
After quickly taking off the armor from himself and Ogata, and wrapping them all in a wide cloth, Qiuyue said sternly to Ogata:
"Mashima-kun."
"With your swordsmanship, whether you go to the shogunate or a certain vassal state, you will definitely not have to worry about finding an official position."
"If you are interested, I can introduce you to my lord. My lord likes the art of war and always welcomes strong warriors."
"I assure you that if you come to Sendai Domain, you can get an official position with a salary of 300 stone years at worst."
Qiuyue's words made many apprentices from the Baosheng Sword Hall present, as well as Qiuyue's soldiers, breathe heavily.
From a wanderer with no fixed abode to a "serious warrior" with a salary of at least 300 stone years, in their eyes, it is something that can only be achieved. It can be said that it is a step to the sky, a smooth career.
But faced with this beautiful thing that in their eyes was nothing more than smoke rising from ancestral graves, Ogata replied without hesitation:
"Sorry, I have no intention of entering an official career. Thank you for your kindness."
If you knew that the person invited was "Ogata Ittosai", you wouldn't be scared to death...
Ogata couldn't help but complained in his heart.
Regardless of the fact that he still had to deal with the important matter of going to Ezo, his true identity alone destined Ogata to have no chance of an official career in his life.
Unless Ogata keeps wearing this human skin mask and never takes it off in front of others, he will always live as "Mashima Goro".
But for Ogata, he has no desire to live a life where he has to pretend to be "Mashima Goro" for a lifetime.
Moreover, Ogata's three views are not in sync with the mainstream three views of this era.
Therefore, facing the olive branch thrown by Qiuyue, Ogata just felt like showing a wry smile: The solidification of classes in this era is really outrageous.
A person with excellent swordsmanship like him can only get an annual salary of 300 dan...
Although the annual salary of 300 stone is enough to live a decent life.
But when he thought that so many samurai were born as masters and were destined to inherit a family fortune of hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of koku, Ogata felt very emotional...
In this era, hard work is almost impossible to bridge the gap caused by different tires.
Ogata's ruthless rejection made the look of astonishment on Qiuyue's face become even more intense.
"...That's it."
Qiuyue sighed again.
"Since I have no intention of pursuing an official career, I won't force it."
"Although I don't want to enter the official career, I still welcome you to come to our Sendai Domain at any time."
"I admire strong men the most."
"If you come to Sendai Domain, I will definitely entertain you with a feast."
Speaking of this, Qiuyue seemed to have remembered something, paused, and then added:
"But if Ashimita wants to come to Sendai Domain, I suggest that he come after next summer."
"I won't be in Sendai Clan until tomorrow's summer."
"I understand." Ogata nodded and said casually, "When I have the opportunity and time in the future, I will consider going to Sendai Domain to gain more knowledge."
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Qiuyue has finished everything she wanted to say to Ogata.
Qiuyue, who still had some unwillingness on his face, led his soldiers to salute Ogata respectfully, and then quickly left the Hosei Sword Hall.
As soon as Qiuyue and the others left, the masters and apprentices of the sword hall headed by Director Baosheng immediately surrounded them.
The scene can be called a "buzz".
Some praised Ogata's swordsmanship.
It was the first time for many of them to see "breaking a gun with a knife".
Some people also asked how Ogata was doing during the two days he was away from Nishikino Town.
Some people also asked Ogata why he didn't agree to Qiuyue just now and gave up the opportunity to enter an official career.
Zai Ogata showed a helpless smile and answered these questions one by one from the masters and apprentices of the Hosheng Sword Hall.
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at the same time
On a mountain road not far from Kinkino Town.
"Master, where should we go next?"
Mizuno, who had just woken up from his sleep, cast a questioning look at Kasaka in front of him.
"Hmm..." Kasaka touched his chin, "Let me think about it..."
Masters and apprentices, Huosaka and Mizuno, were the last people to leave the village.
After eating the rich lunch of polished rice, radishes and pickles provided by the villagers at noon yesterday, Tsuchiya and Jincheng left.
Kinjo was already training as a warrior, and the direction he wanted to go happened to be the same as Tsuchiya, who wanted to return to the town where he lived, so he went with Tsuchiya.
Not long after Tsuchiya and Jincheng left, Huosaka and Mizuno also left the village.
The master and the disciple have always been like leaves floating on the sea, wherever the waves push them.
Their wandering is truly a destinationless wandering.
Go wherever you want.
The reason why they are in the Ou area now is because they suddenly wanted to visit the Ou area that they had never been to before on a whim 2 months ago.
So there was a scene where Mizuno, who had just woken up, asked where Kawasaka was going, and Kawasaka was thinking seriously. This scene has appeared countless times.
Usually it's Huosaka who decides where to go.
After thinking for a moment, Huosaka clapped his hands.
"Let's go to Edo next!"
"Going to Edo?" Mizuno looked puzzled, "What are you going to Edo for?"
"No reason." Huosaka shrugged, "It's just that I haven't been to a big city for a long time, so I wanted to go to a big city after a long time."
"And it's almost Chinese New Year."
"It would be too boring to celebrate the New Year in the wild."
"Let's have a peaceful New Year in Edo."
"and……"
Kawasaka glanced at Mizuno with a meaningful look.
"As an Edo native, you have been away from home for so long. It's time to go home and visit."
Mizuno was stunned.
Then he smiled bitterly:
"Master, that last sentence is the real reason why you plan to go to Edo, right?"
Huosaka smiled and said nothing.
"Okay." Mizuno stretched hard, "Then let's go to Edo now."
"But can we reach Edo in time before the New Year?"
"Well, as long as we don't delay, there will definitely be no problem in arriving in Edo before the New Year."
As soon as he finished speaking, Huosaka paused as if he remembered something.
Then he patted his forehead.
"Yeah, I almost forgot."
"That guy Ishida said a few months ago that he wanted his precious apprentice to participate in the 'Imperial Trials' and see the world."
"So he took his precious apprentice to Edo."
"I don't know if they are still in Edo now."
After hearing the name "Ishida" from Huosaka's mouth, Mizuno couldn't help but shrink his neck.
Kasaka has a bold personality and is easy to make friends. Wherever he goes, he makes friends. It can be said that he has friends all over the world.
The "Ishida" he just mentioned is one of Huosaka's friends.
And they are still very close friends.
The full name of that "Ishida" is "Ishida Hiroshi".
Making good use of the Hohoin-style spear skills, he had an apprentice named Hongji.
His spear skills are very good, and he is also a very talented person.
Huosaka had introduced it to Mizuno before. Ishida came from a good family and had practiced literature and martial arts since he was a child. He had once been a teacher of a great scholar of Sinology and received a very high education.
But because he was more interested in martial arts, after studying for a few years under the great scholar of Chinese studies, he carried a spear and began to practice martial arts.
Because he once had the great Confucian scholar of Sinology as his teacher, Ishida also had considerable experience in dance, writing, and calligraphy.
Mizuno has never been good at dealing with Ishida.
Because Ishida is a Taoist person.
Not only that, his apprentice is also someone who is deeply knowledgeable in this way...
The two of them are both master and apprentice, and they also have that kind of relationship...
Mizuno has always been respectful and insensitive to the public.
Therefore, Mizuno never knew how to get along with Ishida, who was fond of all kinds of things.
Mizuno has always been curious about why his master has such a good relationship with a Taoist person...
Mizuno once doubted whether his master was of the same kind.
In fact, Mizuno also tried to directly ask Kawasaka if he was also a member of the Taoist community. However, Kawasaka denied it, saying that the reason why he had a good relationship with Ishida was just because Ishida was more fun to talk to, and he felt more comfortable and happy chatting with him.
"Hahaha." Huosaka let out a heroic laugh, "The last time I saw Ishida and his disciples was five months ago."
"After saying goodbye to Ishida and his master and apprentice, the two of them went to Edo."
"I have encountered a lot of interesting things in the past five months."
"Just the story of fighting side by side with the great swordsman Majima Goro-kun to fight against the bandits this time is enough to talk about for a long time."
"If that guy Ishida is still in Edo now, let's have a good chat with him!"
"Mizuno, let's go!"
After saying that, Huosaka cheered up and strode towards the official road not far away.
Mizuno followed closely behind.
After walking side by side with Huosaka and setting foot on the official road together, Mizuno turned his head unconsciously and looked to the west.
To the west is the location of the village they saved.
"Mizuno, what's wrong? What are you looking at?"
"It's nothing." Mizuno looked away, "It's just...a little emotional."
Mizuno couldn't help but reveal a wry smile.
"We fought bloody battles to save the villagers in that village."
"But the villagers in that village were wary of us from beginning to end and never completely believed in us."
Until Huosaka and the others left, they did not see any young women from their village.
Apparently the villagers hid all the young women from their village.
Although when they left, there were a group of villagers led by the village chief to see them off, Mizuno could guess with his toes that there must be many villagers who were eager for them to leave quickly.
After Mizuno finished speaking, Huosaka was stunned.
Then he smiled bitterly like Mizuno.
"It's normal to be on guard."
"No matter what the world is like, farmers have always been the weakest party."
"There was a war, and the men were drafted and robbed of money and food."
"Even if there is peace, there is still the risk of being hit by natural or man-made disasters and causing families to be destroyed and people to be killed."
"Years of being 'bullied' have taught them various ways to protect themselves."
Speaking of this, Huosaka suddenly showed a self-deprecating smile.
"Well, people like us don't have the right to say that farmers are the 'bullied' party."
"After all, we samurai are also being bullied."
"We, the lower-level samurai, were bullied by the higher-level samurai."
"The superior samurai were bullied by the daimyo."
"The daimyo were bullied by the shogun."
"Even if a new shogunate is established in the future, this situation of one level bullying the other will probably continue unchanged for tens of millions of years."
"After all, if you don't let everyone bully the next level, you can't build a country."
Mizuno cast a surprised look at Huosaka.
"Although Master, you are usually careless and say vulgar and rude things, but occasionally you say things that feel like something only a great scholar would say..."
"Don't underestimate your master." Kasaka grinned, "After all, I am someone who has studied at Terakoya for several years."
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The Sendai Domain military camp is 1 mile (4 kilometers) away from Kinkino Town.
As soon as Qiuyue rode his horse and led his dozen or so soldiers back to his home camp majestically, a very familiar voice sounded from his side:
"Qiuyue! You came back in time! Banze's army is moving faster than expected."
"So we expect that the time to move out of camp will be earlier."
"If you come back any slower, you might delay the time to break camp."
Qiu Yue, who turned over and dismounted, said, "That's it...then it seems that I came back in time."
The person who was talking to Qiuyue was a young samurai who was about 1.7 meters tall and slender.
Although this young samurai does not look very strong, he is actually one of the "Seven Spears of Senzhou" like Qiuyue.
Like Qiuyue, he was a brave general who won the three armies and was named "Kuroda Gengi".
The reason why their Sendai clan's army camped near Nishikino Town was actually to wait for another Sendai clan's army that was walking behind them.
Because that army was moving slower, Qiuyue and the others stopped and waited for the army to catch up.
Because staying in the military camp was a bit boring, and because I heard that there was a sword hall called "Hosei" in Kinkino Town not far away, Qiuyue rushed to Kinkino Town with more than a dozen soldiers in the early morning to meet
Hui Baosheng Sword Hall.
"How's it going? Did you have some fun in Kinkino Town?"
"This trip to Nishikino Town was really worthwhile." Qiuyue smiled happily, "I met a master this time."
After that, Qiu Yue detailed to Hei Yue what he had just experienced at the Baosheng Sword Hall.
"Oh?" Kuroda raised his eyebrows, looking very interested in what Qiuyue just said, "Really? That guy really defeated you?"
"Yes." Qiuyue nodded without hesitation, "None of the words I just said are false."
Kuroda and Qiuyue are both one of the "Seven Spears of Senshu".
Therefore, Kuroda also knows quite well what kind of strength Qiuyue is.
Kuroda was very surprised that a young samurai who was able to defeat one of their "Senju Seven Spears" appeared in a town whose name he had never heard of before.
"I didn't expect that such a master would live in seclusion in the small town of Nishikino..."
Kuroda turned his head and looked towards the direction of Nishikino Town.
"If it weren't for the fact that we have to break camp now, otherwise I would really want to meet the person who defeated you."
"What was the name of the person who defeated you? Majima?"
"Goro." Qiuyue said word by word, "Mashima Goro."
"Is he a person who has lived in Nishikino Town for a long time?"
"No." Qiuyue shook her head with a look of regret on her face, "I asked him about it, and he said that he was just living in Nishikino Town temporarily."
"After a month, he will leave Nishikino Town and continue to travel around the world to practice as a warrior."
"That's it... what a pity." Kuroda sighed softly, "I still thought that after the war with Ezo was over, I would come to Nishikino Town to see what the strength of Majima Goro is."
"Ah, speaking of this...Qiuyue, I almost forgot to tell you."
"Qiuyue, we need to speed up a little bit from now on."
"Huh? Why?" Qiuyue asked.
"I have just received accurate information that Huizhou's army is moving much faster than we imagined."
"If we continue to move at this speed, it is very likely that we will not be able to reach Ezo before the Kaishu army."
Speaking of this, Kuroda smiled twice.
"How can we Sendai samurai lag behind the Aizu samurai?"
Aizhou is also the Aizu Domain.
In the Tohoku region, there is another powerful feudal clan as famous as the Sendai clan.
There is a common saying among the people: "In terms of financial resources, the Sendai Domain has the advantage, and in terms of military force, the Aizu Domain has the advantage."
Due to various reasons such as folk customs, the samurai of the Aizu Domain were famously tough.
The public generally believes that in terms of military strength, the Aizu Domain is undoubtedly the number one in the Tohoku region.
In terms of comprehensive strength, the question of who is the best in Northeast China, the Aizu clan or the Sendai clan, has always been one of the topics that the public talks about after dinner.
Because it is generally believed that the Aizu Domain has the strongest military power, most people believe that the Aizu Domain is the number one domain in the Tohoku region.
The samurai of the Sendai Domain have always been quite unconvinced about the use of force, and they do not need the Aizu samurai.
So when the shogunate issued a summons to the Northeastern feudal clans, asking them to send troops to attack Ezo, the Sendai clan's samurai were very happy to have the opportunity to prove that the Sendai samurai were stronger than the Aizu samurai.
When leading the army on the expedition, Akizuki and the other Sendai samurai held back their anger and vowed to compete with the Aizu samurai.
Whether it's combat effectiveness or marching speed.
They couldn't stand the fact that Tianjin troops reached the front line in one step at night.
So just after Kuroda finished speaking, Qiuyue grinned and smiled:
"So that's it, Huizhou's army has already run in front of us..."
"Don't they also want to compete with us Sendai samurai?"
"Now that they have run ahead of us, we really need to speed up."
"Send the order to the entire army now."
"Let them be mentally prepared that the days ahead will be a little harder."
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Edo, on a certain street
Hongzhi held the rice balls he bought in a depressed mood and walked slowly on the way back to the hotel.
Hongzhi was in a very depressed mood during this period.
Because his master Hiroshi Ishida made him very angry during this period.
In order to let him see the world, his master Ishida planned to let him participate in the "imperial trial".
Not long after arriving in Edo, the two of them went to Yoshiwara for a walk out of curiosity.
Looking back now, Hongji regrets very much that he should not have gone to Yoshiwara at that time.
While wandering around Yoshiwara, I met a samurai named Majima Goro.
The guy obviously looked ordinary, but Ishida became interested in him.
After the "Gozen Trial Combination" martial arts test began, Ishida peeked at Majima Goro from a distance.
That Majima Goro only participated in the martial arts test for 2 days and suddenly disappeared.
But Ishida still seems to be obsessed with Majima.
Hongzhi no longer knows what his master plans to do now.
Although the "Ozen Trial Combination" has ended long ago, it still remains in Edo.
Every day in the hotel, I looked thoughtful and wondered what I was thinking about.
The rice balls that Hongzhi is holding in his arms are the ones he bought to have lunch with his master in the hotel at noon.
"Master, I'm back."
Hongzhi opened the door of the hotel room where he and his master lived.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw his master's face glowing red and looking very energetic.
"Oh! Hongzhi! You're back!"
Looking at the master's appearance, Hongzhi frowned involuntarily.
"Master, what's wrong with you? You seem to be in a very good mood."
"You are right." Ishida crossed his arms, "I am indeed in a very good mood now."
"Because I have already decided."
"I want to write a Joruri Bunraku puppet play script based on Majima Goro!"
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When I asked everyone if they had any female fans, a book friend said to me: I always drive, how could I have female fans?
I think what he said is very reasonable.
So I don't plan to correct it.
If I don’t drive, I will lose at least half of my motivation for writing (seriously).
I'm going to drive a new car. Now before driving, let me briefly lay the groundwork and take you to review the three dimensions of Atachi: