Step in and sweep across with your sword - all in one movement.
The movement speed is also much faster than the previous movement speed!
Mikami's pupils shrank slightly in shock.
He didn't expect Ogata's movements to be so fast.
He had no time to take back the sword that was raised above his head.
He could only watch helplessly as Ogata's sword struck his abdomen.
Because Mikami was taller than Ogata, cutting Mikami's chest was too difficult for Ogata.
For Ogata, the best place to attack is Mikami's belly.
Sakakihara Itto-ryu·Ryuubi.
Dragon Tail - a horizontal slashing technique in Sakakihara's Itto style.
Ogata's sword was like the tail of a giant dragon, sweeping towards Mikami's belly from left to right.
When the blade of the wooden sword was only one finger away from Mikami's belly, Ogata's sword suddenly stopped.
After taking the sword back with a smile, Ogata saluted Mikami and said:
"I accept it, Senior Mikami."
Mikami also recovered from the stunned state just now.
Putting down the sword in his hand, he saluted Ogata with a helpless smile:
"I lost... I didn't expect you, Ogata-kun, to be so fast... It seems like Ogata-kun, you usually hide quite deeply."
As soon as Mikami finished speaking, a familiar system sound sounded in Ogata's mind:
[Ding! Use Sakakibara Itto-ryu·Dragon Tail to defeat the enemy.]
[Acquire 50 personal experience points and 60 swordsmanship "Sakakibara Itto-ryu" experience points. 】
[Ding! When the experience points are full, Sakakibara's Itto-ryu level will be upgraded by 1 level, and 2 skill points will be obtained]
[Currently remaining skill points: 2 points]
[Current personal level: LV8 (50/700)]
[Sakakihara Itto-ryu level: 4th Dan (20/700)]
——My Sakakibara Itto-ryu has been upgraded! I have skill points again! And it’s still 2 points!
After the system sound in his mind fell, Ogata couldn't help shouting excitedly in his heart.
——As expected of Mikami-senpai, the experience gained after defeating him is more than that of Makino and his previous senior!
——My judgment is indeed correct... upgrading my martial arts school level is much more cost-effective than upgrading my personal level!
——Upgrade your personal level by 1 level, and you can only get 1 skill point.
——When the level of martial arts school is increased by 1 level, 2 skill points can be obtained.
——Just now, after I upgraded my Sakakibara Itto-style from 3rd level to 4th level, I gained 2 skill points.
——It’s a pity that the maximum level of each martial arts school is only 15 levels...
——It cannot be like personal level, which can be upgraded infinitely without cap...
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Although Mikami is the strongest among the disciples of their Sakakihara Kenkan, he is not invincible and has never been defeated by anyone.
After all, Mikami is not strong enough to crush all his brothers.
Therefore, in daily sword duels, Mikami would always lose to others.
Because of this, after Ogata defeated Mikami, it only aroused a little surprise from everyone in the hall, and no one was surprised.
The sword showdown between Ogata and Mikami was the last showdown in today's swordsmanship competition.
After Ogata and Mikami finished their sword duel, it was already sunset.
After sunset, the sword gym closes - this is the rule of the Sakakibara Gym.
All the disciples lined up and after saluting their master Sakakihara Hanbei, they took back their respective swords, put on their own shoes, and went back to their homes.
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Ogata lived in a relatively remote place, so no one was traveling with him, so Ogata could only walk alone on the way home.
While walking home along the country road based on the memories in his mind, Ogata's eyes uncontrollably glanced at his left waist.
To be precise, he glanced at the long and short swords pinned to his left waist.
These two knives are very heavy, and they are quite heavy when hung on the waist.
Looking at the two heavy knives on his left waist, Ogata couldn't help but swallow.
——This is a real sword...
——I never imagined that I would still have a real sword hanging on my waist and walk struttingly on the road one day...
Before coming to the Edo period, Ogata once heard a saying somewhere - men basically like to wield swords.
Ogata deeply agreed with this statement.
When he thought that he had two real swords hanging on his waist - and they were his own family heirloom swords, excitement emerged from Ogata's body uncontrollably.
Ogata wanted to take out his two sabers and look at them carefully.
But now we are outdoors. Although Ogata is living in the Edo period where samurai are respected, it is still not appropriate to draw a sword for no reason outdoors.
In order to quickly see some of his sabers, Ogata accelerated his pace home.
Ogata's mother died due to dystocia when giving birth to Ogata.
Ogata's father also died of illness a few years ago.
Therefore, Ogata now lives alone.
Ogata's home is just a dilapidated and old thatched house.
Although the house is small, it is enough for one person to live in.
Opening the door, without even having time to take off the straw sandals on his feet, Oufang rushed into the room in one breath and took off the two sabers, one long and one short, from his left waist.
These two knives, one long and one short, each have their own exclusive nouns.
The longer knife is called a dao.
The shorter sword is called a wakizashi.
The katana is the main weapon of the samurai in battle, and the wakizashi is the backup weapon.
Ogata first pulled out his katana.
It was already dark now, and Ogata didn't light a lamp, making the light in the room extremely dim.
But after Ogata pulled his sword out of its sheath, the light in the whole house instantly became much brighter.
The snow-white blade clearly reflected Ogata's face.
After carefully playing with the katana in his hand, Ojiri pulled out his wakizashi from its sheath.
Both the sword and the wakizashi are well maintained.
The blade of the sword is extremely bright.
The blade is also sharpened.
These two knives are truly “family heirloom knives”.
It has been passed down from generation to generation in the Ogata family since the early Edo period.
So these two knives are antiques with a history of more than a hundred years.
After Ogata's father died, these two swords were passed to Ogata's hands.
Although they are said to be "family heirloom knives," in fact, these two knives are not "treasures" at all.
They are just two ordinary samurai swords, not the kind of swords that can cut iron like clay.
Since the founding of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Japan has been quite peaceful.
Except for the Battle of Sekigahara in the early Edo period, there were no large-scale wars in Japan.
Without war, it means that the katana has no use.
It is precisely because the katana sword has no use anymore that Ogata's two swords can be passed down from generation to generation and have a history of more than a hundred years.
The fact that these two samurai swords have been handed down for so many years means that these two swords have not been used much at all.
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After enjoying the long and short samurai swords for enough time, Ouri put them all back into their sheaths.
Just sheathed the knife——
Gu...
There was a slight noise in my stomach.
Ogata touched his flat belly without a trace of fat and thought to himself:
——Just now I was just looking at the knife and playing with it...