I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

In the video, after finishing his daytime abacus work, he would go to an izakaya to work as a security guard...

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"That person really spoke too much..." Shimada said in a low voice that only he could hear clearly, "Is it just a bowl of noodles... can't you wait patiently..."

"It's really ugly, can't you wait obediently?"

"That's right, that's right." Shimada nodded vigorously a few times, "That's how I should scold this kind of person...Huh?"

Shimada looked at Ogata beside him with a look of astonishment.

Not only Shimada, but almost everyone present focused their attention on Ogata, including the "majestic samurai".

"Majestic Samurai" didn't seem to expect that someone would preach to him, so he looked at Ogata with somewhat angry eyes in astonishment.

"Are you talking to me?" he asked.

"Who else but you?" Ogata raised the teacup in his hand, took a sip of tea, and replied in a calm tone.

call!

"Majestic Samurai" stood up abruptly, held his sword, and walked quickly to Ogata's side.

Seeing this, Shimada was about to say something when he was stopped by Mucun at the side.

Makimura signaled Shimada with his eyes—don't pay attention to the "majestic samurai".

It's not just Mucun who is like this, Mamiya, Asai, and Genichi also look calm.

After walking quickly to Ogata's side, the "Majestic Samurai" opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

However, before he had time to say what he wanted to say, Xu conveniently took the first step and said:

"Sit back for me, and wait patiently for the noodles to come."

Hearing Ogata's words, the face of the "majestic samurai" turned blue and white instantly.

Finally, the face of the "Majestic Warrior" turned black like charcoal.

The "majestic warrior" lowers the center of gravity of the body, presses the sheath close to the mouth of the sheath with his left hand, pops the blade out of the mouth of the sheath with his left thumb, and holds the handle of the knife with his right hand.

"Apologize to me!"

Ogata took a look at the posture of this "majestic warrior": "Is the sword drawing skill..."

"Hmph!" "Majestic Warrior" sneered, "You are really stupid, just obediently let me put on a sword posture!"

"Apologize to me quickly! Otherwise, I'll kill you!"

Seeing that the "majestic samurai" seemed to be about to fight Ogata, the guests around immediately stepped aside, fearing that the possible battle that might break out later would affect him.

Only Mamiya and others at the same table as Ogata remained motionless.

"Brother." Mamiya, who was sitting at the farthest place from the "majestic warrior", said to him with a smile, "Put the knife back, and wait obediently, or else..."

Before Mamiya finished speaking, the "Majestic Samurai", whose eyes were fixed on Ogata's body without even looking at Mamiya, shouted:

"Shut up! I warn you! You are also within my slash range! Don't be so arrogant within my slash range! Otherwise, I will cut off your head too!"

The voice of "Majestic Warrior" just fell...

Ogata, who had been holding the teacup and drinking tea silently just now, loosened his hand, and the teacup that fell off from his palm fell towards the table under the influence of gravity.

With his left hand, he grasped the handle of Da Shitian's knife placed on the right side of his body, then raised Da Shitian upright, and pointed the tip of the knife at the throat of the "majestic warrior" who was just standing on his right side.

While grasping and erecting Da Shitian with his left hand, Ogata grabbed Da Shiten's scabbard with his right hand and pulled the scabbard towards him.

When Ogata turned the tip of Da Shitian's knife under the throat of the "Majestic Warrior", Ogata just pulled out Da Shitian's scabbard completely, revealing Da Shitian's extremely sharp blade.

Because the sword was erected and then the scabbard was pulled out, Ogata only needed to use a very small movement to pull out the blade completely.

After pulling out the scabbard, Ogata kept holding the handle of the scabbard with his right hand and the middle of the Dashi Tenchi with his left hand, with the tip of the knife against the throat of the "majestic warrior".

The "Majestic Warrior" lowered his eyes, looking blankly at the tip of the knife against his throat.

Bang.

The teacup that Ogata had put down just now fell steadily back to the table with a small "bang" sound, and not a single drop of tea spilled out.

It wasn't until the sound of the tea cup falling that the "Majestic Samurai" finally seemed to be awakened, and looked at Ogata who was holding the tip of the knife to his throat with horrified eyes.

"You are also within my slash range."

"Don't be so arrogant within the range of my slash."

Ogata said in his usual calm tone.

Chapter 354 Trial before the imperial court 【7200 words】

The tip of Da Shitian's knife was pressed against the throat of the "majestic warrior".

As long as Ogata is willing, he can easily pierce the throat of the "majestic samurai" as long as he pushes the sword forward.

The "majestic warrior" who was pressed against the tip of Da Shitian's knife could clearly feel how sharp the knife was against his throat.Cold sweat began to pour out from his forehead.

"Put the knife back, then sit back obediently and wait patiently for the noodles."

Hearing Ogata's words, the "Majestic Samurai" subconsciously wanted to scold Ogata.

But after opening his mouth, he couldn't spit out half a word.

The cold and sharp touch constantly coming from the throat reminded him differently all the time...

Click.

The "majestic warrior" whose face was covered with cold sweat silently retracted the blade that had been ejected from the sheath, and then stepped back half a step cautiously, away from Da Shitian's blade tip.

After confirming that Ogata had no intention of chasing him, the "Majestic Samurai" returned to his own table with a face that hadn't recovered, and then sat down again.

After the "majestic warrior" retreated, Ogata also slowly put down the scabbard in his right hand and Da Shitian in his left hand, and then put the saber back into the sheath.

Even after withdrawing from Ogata's attack range, the "Majestic Samurai" still looked shocked, and the cold sweat was still breaking out on his face.

Before he sat down for a long time, the "majestic warrior" gritted his teeth, stood up again with a "huh", and rushed out of the soba noodle shop without waiting for noodles.

No one in the audience was surprised by the departure of the "majestic warrior".

After all, no matter who it is, after encountering this situation, there is definitely no way to eat noodles calmly.

Seeing that the "majestic warrior" had left and there would be no more conflicts, everyone in the shop heaved a sigh of relief.

While heaving a sigh of relief, some people—mainly those samurai who also had swords—began to have the courage to ridicule the "majestic samurai" just now for not defending the samurai's honor to the end, and fled like this .

There are still some people who are even talking about why the "majestic samurai" didn't draw his sword just now. At that distance, there is still a good chance to make a move before Ogata's knife point pierces his throat. The sword-drawing technique cut off Ogata's head—the people who said this were basically ordinary people without swords.

Although these people have intentionally lowered their voices, because the hearing of Ogata and his group of sword masters is far better than that of ordinary people, Ogata and the others can still hear those people's speeches about the "Majestic Samurai" quite clearly. ridicule, ridicule.

"Oh." Asai sneered, "Those who said why the idiot didn't draw his sword just now are really stupid. Anyone who has learned a little bit of swordsmanship can see that the idiot just now has no chance to draw his sword, right? ?”

Asai's evaluation was not wrong.

Anyone who knows a little bit about swordsmanship can see that - Ogata's way of pulling the scabbard just now is extremely beautiful, clean and neat, without any unnecessary movements.

Just now, when Ogata used this extremely beautiful sword-drawing technique before the "majestic samurai" used the sword-drawing technique, and pressed the tip of the knife against the throat of the "majestic samurai", people who knew swordsmanship could see it—— The negative has been divided.

"That guy just now knows how to assess the situation."

Yuan Yi interrupted at this time.

"After realizing that I am not Ogata-kun's opponent, I obediently put away my sword and left."

"Have a level of swordsmanship that can clearly see the gap between yourself and Ogata-kun, and the awareness to escape with your tail between your legs. That guy just now can be regarded as a malleable talent."

"Is that kind of person considered a malleable talent?" Mu Cun raised his eyebrows.

"Of course." Yuan Yi smiled, "In my eyes, all those who don't stick to the so-called 'samurai glory' are malleable talents."

"The kind of people who can advance and retreat, and are not bound by the so-called 'glory', have the opportunity to become a hero."

"Look at Izumi Nobutsuna, Yagyu Ishisunsai, Miyamoto Musashi and other great swordsmen who have left a strong mark in the history books. Which one is the kind of pedantic person?"

While Genichi was explaining to Mucun in a preaching tone why he thought that guy just now was a malleable talent, Shimada, who was sitting next to Ogata, was looking at Ogata with admiration.

"Master Ogata, what's the name of the way you drew the sword just now?" Shimada said while raising his hands, imitating the way Ogata drew the sword just now.

"No name." Ogata shrugged, "It's just a technique that I figured out by accident before that I can draw a sword with only a small range of movements."

Although the system can help Ogata improve his physical fitness and swordsmanship at an unimaginable speed.

But the system can't help Ogata get one thing.

That is the enemy experience.

The sword-drawing method just now was Ogata's own method of drawing the sword when he left the Hirose Domain and was hunted down by various bounty hunters who looked at other people's heads.

Hold the knife with the sheath in one hand, raise the knife upright and aim the blade at the enemy, and quickly draw the sheath with the other hand.

The movement range of this knife drawing technique is very small, which is very suitable for places where there is insufficient left and right space, but there is plenty of space below—such as in narrow alleys.

While Shimada was actively asking for advice on the key points of the sword-drawing technique just now, the female middle school girl who was made trouble by the "majestic samurai" just now walked quickly towards the table where Ogata and the others were sitting with a large dinner plate.

The noodles and drinks ordered by the six of them were placed on the plate.

Kneeling respectfully at the table of Ogata and the others, while placing bowls of soba noodles on the table, the girl whispered to Ogata in a grateful tone:

"Master Samurai, I really thank you just now."

"You're welcome." Ogata replied without thinking, "It's just a trivial matter."

"I used to work at an izakaya."

"So I hate this kind of people who make trouble when eating and drinking."

"I just did something I used to do in passing."

"Huh?" Yuan glanced at the number of wine bottles on the plate, "I remember we didn't order that much wine."

"The extra wine is a thank you gift from the store manager. Please accept it with a smile."

"Hoho~~" Yuan Yi grinned, "Thank you. Then we won't be polite."

"Master Yuan." Mamiya smiled wryly, "Don't drink too much."

"Don't worry." Yuan Yi waved his hand, "This kind of sake won't make me drunk."

After bringing the last bowl of noodles to the table, the middle school girl sighed softly, then complained softly:

"It's actually the second time today that ronin made trouble..."

"At noon today, there was also a ronin who caused trouble because the soup was too hot."

"Sigh... recently, I always feel that there have been a lot more ronin gathered in Edo recently..."

Hearing the girl's words, Ogata raised his eyebrows.

Because he suddenly remembered what he had overheard from a woman when he found this soba noodle shop.

"There have been so many ronin in Edo recently, is it because there are any festivals or events to be held here?" Ogata asked.

"I don't know the details..." the female middle school said softly, "I seldom pay attention to these things... But I have heard that we in Edo seem to be holding some kind of 'imperial trial'."

"'Imperial trial match'?" Ogata repeated the unfamiliar name, "Test match...is it some kind of competitive activity? Sword competition? Or competition of knowledge?"

After hearing the word "trial match", the first word that came to Ogata's mind was the "sacrifice to the gods" he had participated in before in the Hirose domain, commonly known as "sacrifice to the gods".

This vocabulary seems to be unfamiliar to the surrounding Mamiya and others, and they all cast doubtful gazes at the female middle school like Ogata.

"I don't know the details..." After saying this in an apologetic tone, the female middle school girl bowed slightly, "I'm sorry, I still have a lot to attend to, so excuse me."

"Yeah." Ogata nodded, "I'm sorry, it took you so long, you can go to your business first."

After the girl walked away with the plate in her arms, everyone focused their attention on Shimada, who was born and raised in Edo.

"Shimada." Makimura said, "Explain. What is 'Gozen Trial Match'?"

"I don't know either..." Shimada shook his head blankly, "It's the first time I've heard of this too..."

"It seems to be a new activity in Edo recently." Mamiya said softly.

"...I'm a little interested in this 'Imperial Trial Match'." Yuan Yi grinned, "It's an interesting name just to hear it."

"Then go get some information." Mucun grabbed a bottle of sake from the table.

"Where are you going to find information?" Asai asked.

"I've noticed just now—the guests at the second table counting west, they speak with a Kyoto accent."