I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

But he has never been proud of it, and has always practiced swords with a humble heart.

It is precisely because Mikami's character is quite noble that everyone in the sword gym, including Ogata, respects him quite a lot.

Ogata originally thought that Mikami was simply praising him.

But who knew - Mikami stood up from the floor.

And smiled:

"If Ogata-kun doesn't dislike it, can you compete with me?"

"I really want to compete with Ogata-kun who is in good condition today."

Hearing Mikami's request for a sword competition, Ogata raised his eyebrows.

After thinking for a moment, he nodded:

"Okay, then let's have a long-lost competition between you and me."

"Hahahaha! Ogata-kun is also fighting in high spirits today!"

The reason why Ogata agreed to Mikami's request for a sword competition is also very simple-although he has already competed twice in a row, he still has a feeling that he has not fought enough.

Haven't played enough.

I want to keep fighting.

Want to fight a hearty sword fight.

This was Ogata's thoughts at the time.

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After waving the wooden sword in his hand, Mikami held the middle stance and stared at Ogata in front of him after adapting to the wooden sword in his hand.

And Ogata also held the middle posture, staring at Mikami in front of him.

Only by the aura emanating from Mikami's body, Xu Fang could keenly perceive that Sankami was much stronger than Mu Ye and the senior brother just now!

"I'm up."

After saying this sentence softly, Mikami stepped closer one by one, and then swept a "dragon tail" towards Ogata's chest.

Ogata's pupils narrowed slightly.

Mikami's movements were really too fast.

After narrowly dodging Mikami's "dragon tail", Ogata immediately launched a counterattack.

But Ogata's counterattack was all blocked by Mikami.

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Ogata had already increased his concentration to the extreme.

But even so, Ogata could barely dodge Mikami's attack.

All the counterattacks against Mikami were also blocked by Mikami.

Ogata clearly felt that his physical strength was declining rapidly.

And Mikami still has spare energy.

Although the two are still maintaining a balance of power, as time goes by, Ogata's defeat will gradually be revealed.

We must find a way to quickly defeat Mikami.

--hateful……!

Ogata cursed secretly in his heart.

——The speed is still not fast enough...

——If I can move faster, Mikami should not be able to block my sword!

According to Ogata's judgment - it is actually not difficult to defeat Mikami.

As long as you can move faster.

He just moved a little slower now, so that every move he made could be blocked by Mikami at a faster speed.

Just when Ogata was worried that his actions were not fast enough, Ogata suddenly felt a flash of lightning in his mind!

He suddenly realized - doesn't he just have the ability to rapidly increase his movement speed?

--system……

Ogata muttered silently in his heart.

——Add a little skill point to my "Agility" value.

【Ding!Agility +1]

[Current agility value: 6 points]

[Current remaining skill points: 0 points]

Ogata added the 1 skill point he had just gained from leveling up to his agility.

As the system sound fell, Ogata suddenly felt that his body was much lighter than before.

The effect of increasing agility by 1 point immediately appeared on Ogata's body.

After suppressing the smile on his face, Ogata fixed his gaze on Mikami.

Mikami was now holding his sword high above his head, and was about to perform the chopping technique "Water Falling".

Holding the sword aloft is a very risky thing.

Because if the enemy is fast enough and you were within his attack range just now, he can easily knock you down.

Like right now — that’s the perfect example of that.

Mikami raised his sword high, and when he was about to strike down, Ogata suddenly moved at a speed he had never shown before.

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Stepping in, swiping the sword across—the action is done in one go.

The movement speed is also much faster than the movement speed just now!

Mikami's pupils shrank slightly in shock.

He didn't expect Ogata to move so fast.

He didn't have time to retract the sword that had been raised above his head.

He could only watch helplessly as Ogata's sword struck his abdomen.

Because Mikami was taller than Ogata, cutting off Mikami's chest was a bit too difficult for Ogata.

For Ogata, the best attack position is Mikami's belly.

Sakakibara Ichidou Ryu.

Dragon Tail - the horizontal slash technique in Sakakibara's Ichidou style.

Ogata's sword, like a dragon's tail, swept 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 stopped suddenly.

After taking the sword back with a smile, Ogata bowed to Mikami and said:

"Accepted, Senior Sanshang."

Mikami also recovered from the stunned state just now.

Putting down the sword in his hand, he saluted Ogata with a helpless smile on his face:

"I lost...I didn't expect you, Ogata-kun, to be so fast...It seems that Ogata-kun, you usually hide very deeply."

As soon as Mikami finished speaking, the familiar system voice sounded in Ogata's mind:

【Ding!Use Sakakibara Ichidou Ryuo to defeat the enemy. 】

[Gain 50 personal experience points and 60 experience points for swordsmanship "Sakakibara Ichidou". 】

【Ding!When the experience value is full, Sakakibara's Ichidou level will increase by 1 stage, and he will gain 2 skill points]

[Current remaining skill points: 2 points]

[Current personal level: LV8 (50/700)]

[Sakakibara Ichikatsu level: 4th stage (20/700)]

——My Sakakibara One Sword Style has been upgraded!Another skill point!And it's still 2 o'clock!

After the system sound in his mind fell, Ogata couldn't help shouting excitedly in his heart.

——As expected of Senior Mikami, the experience points he gained after defeating him were more than that of Mu Ye and the previous senior brother!

——My judgment is indeed correct... Upgrading my level of martial arts genre is much more cost-effective than improving my personal level!

——When the personal level is raised by 1 level, only 1 skill point can be obtained.

——When the level of the martial arts genre is increased by 1, 2 skill points can be obtained.

——Just now, after my Sakakibara Ichidou style was upgraded from tier 3 to tier 4, I gained 2 skill points.

——It's a pity that the highest level of each martial art genre is only 15th stage...

——It cannot be upgraded infinitely without a cap like a personal level...

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Although Mikami is the strongest among the disciples of Sakakibara Sword Gym, he is not invincible and has never been defeated.

After all, Mikami wasn't strong enough to crush all his seniors.

So in daily sword competitions, Mikami would always lose to others.

It was also because of this that after Ogata defeated Mikami, it only aroused a little amazement from everyone in the museum, and no one felt incredible.

The sword competition between Ogata and Mikami was the last match of today's sword gym sparring.

After Ogata and Mikami finished their sword match, it was already sunset.

After sunset, it is time for the sword gym to close—this is the rule of Sakakihara Gymnasium.

All the disciples lined up, saluted their master Hanbei Sakakibara, took back their sabers, put on their shoes, and went back to their homes.

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Ogata lives in a remote place, so there is no one to go with him, so Ogata can only walk alone on the way home.

When returning home along the country road with the memory in his mind, Ogata's eyes uncontrollably glanced at his left waist frequently.

To be precise, he glanced at the two long and short knives 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 swallowing.

——This is a real knife...

——Unexpectedly, there will be a day when I hang a real knife on my waist and walk swaggeringly on the road...

Before coming to the Edo period, Ogata once heard a sentence somewhere-men basically like to wield swords and swords.

For this sentence, Ogata deeply agrees.

When he thought of having two real knives hanging around his waist—and they were his own family heirloom knives, the excitement burst out of Ogata's body uncontrollably.

Ogata really wanted to pull out his two sabers and have a closer look at them.

But now it is outdoors. Although Ogata is now in the Edo era when samurai were respected, it is still a bit inappropriate to draw a sword outdoors for no reason.

In order to have a quick look at some of his sabers, Ogata hastened his pace home.

Ogata's mother died of dystocia when she gave birth to Ogata.