I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"This matter is urgent..."

Hearing Chepke's words, Manaker's expression became serious in an instant.

"Originally, if Goro Mashima was willing to become a member of our village, our village would directly add 100 new men."

Chepke continued.

"But now Goro Mashima is unwilling to join our village."

"So now we have to think of other ways to ensure the future of the village..."

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After A-cho helped Ogata take a bath, Ogata began to help A-cho take a bath.

Under the condition that only a basin can be used to hold water to scrub the body, it is most convenient for this kind of two people to help each other.

A-Machi was not like Ogata who had been confronting the enemy all the time last night, so A-Machi was not like Ogata, whose body was covered in blood and sweat and was frighteningly dirty.So it is easier to clean up.

After the two simply scrubbed their bodies, they began to take a nap.

Both of them stayed up all night last night.

First, I assisted the villagers to repel the Cossacks, and then followed the villagers to clean up the village, working all night.

Even Ogata, whose physical strength is now as high as 21 points, felt quite tired and sleepy after going through the triple combo of killing enemies in the "selfless state", helping the villagers clean up the village, and staying up all night.

After scrubbing my body and taking a nap, it was afternoon.

The specific time is about 2 o'clock.

After eating some of the dry food they brought with them for today's lunch, Ogata and Atachi left for Scruucci's camp to attend the meeting.

Listen to what Scruucci has to say to him.

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Outside of Qina Village, to the east

Scrooge's Camp

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"Huh? Why wander around? Don't know, I never thought about it, I never thought about it. I wanted to wander, so I wandered."

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Scruucci suddenly felt a warmth covering his face.

The warmth covering his face was quite comfortable at first.

But gradually, Scruucci felt that the temperature of this warmth was gradually increasing.

Finally awakened by the heat, Scruucci escaped from the dream and slowly opened his eyes.

Skulucci, whose consciousness had just returned to reality from a dream, looked around and saw the tent he lived in that was very familiar to him.

He soon saw where the warmth was coming from.

His tent has many small openings for ventilation.

When not in use on weekdays, the fabric sewn on top of these vents can be put down to cover the windows.

In order to ventilate, Scruucci opened every small opening in the tent before taking a nap.

That warmth is the sunlight shining on Scruucci's face through these small openings.

Looking at the small opening where the sun shines in, Skulucci roughly calculated the current time from the sun's position, and secretly said in his heart in a helpless tone:

Too good weather is not a good thing...

After complaining about the weather, which was too good for him to sleep in, Scruucci sat up in his hammock.

He who has woken up has no sleepiness.

He is now going to continue to do the work that he only completed half of because he had to take a nap just now.

Scruucci picked up the chasik knife and whetstone that lay beside his hammock.

Before his afternoon nap, he was concentrating on sharpening his saber with a whetstone.

Halfway through sharpening the knife, I felt drowsy.

So he put aside the half-sharpened saber and whetstone, and prepared to take a good nap before continuing with the boring work.

Scruucci turned his chashik on its side, so that the side of the blade was facing his face.

A well-cared for saber with a clean, mirror-like face.

Scruzzy's face was reflected on this mirror-like blade.

Looking at his own face reflected on the blade, Scruucci couldn't help but recall the dream he had just now.

The dream he had just had was short.

I only dreamed of the person who can be said to have changed his life, and dreamed of the words that person said to him that are still ringing in my ears until now.

"I've been dreaming about him lately..." Scruucci murmured softly.

"Boss Scruucci! Boss Scruucci!"

At this time, Afja's voice sounded outside the tent.

Afterwards, Afjay's freckled face poked into the tent.

"Boss Skulucci! Those two Kazutos are here!"

This morning, after Skulucci said hello to his subordinates, at some point, one or two Japanese may come to the door.If you see a Japanese coming to your door, remember to be respectful and notify him in time.

The facial features and hairstyles of the Japanese and the Ainu are very different, so Skulucci's subordinates can't misread or mistake people.

As soon as Afjay finished speaking, Skulucci laughed out loud.

"It's finally here!"

After all, Skulucci threw aside the saber and whetstone in his hand like a child who threw away a tired toy, and then strode out.

He was going to meet Ogata and the others in person.

Sculucci currently has only 12 subordinates with him.

With such a small number of people, the camp will naturally not be too big.

After only a few steps, Scruucci saw a man and a woman standing outside the entrance of Daying, which were Ogata and Ating.

"Good afternoon! Mr. Mashima! Miss A-Machi!" Scruucci greeted Ogata and A-Machi in a very warm tone.

And Ogata and Atachi also bowed lightly to Scruucci, and responded aloud.

"You guys are so timely!" Scruucci laughed, "I'm just so bored that I can only pass the time by sharpening my knife!"

"Come on, come in quickly! If you keep standing here in Yingkou and talking, it won't look good."

Skulucci led Ogata and the others through the camp gate and walked towards his tent.

Ogata had already been to Skulucci's camp once last night, so these subordinates of Skulucci basically knew Ogata and Atachi.

But even though they had met Ogata and Atachi, they still gathered not far away, looking at them with curious eyes.

Since they came to the Far East, they basically wandered around here in Ezo, and they didn't see many Japanese.

The clothes, weapons, and hairstyles of Ogata and A-Ming all arouse their strong curiosity.

Ogata, who was walking behind Skulucci, asked Skulucci in front of him:

"Skulucci, why did you ask Village Chief Chepke to bring us a message to let us come over? Are you asking for clues about the person you are looking for?"

Ogata is a person who likes to get straight to the point, so he gets straight to the point.

"Ah, it's business or something, don't worry about it." Scruucci waved his hand, "We'll talk about it when we get to my tent."

Ogata followed Skulucci and entered the tent where Skulucci lived.

"Come on! Show you something good!"

Once inside the tent, Scruucci made a beeline for a long cloth bag that lay beside his hammock.

Skulucci lifted the cloth bag and untied the string that bound it, revealing that the contents of the cloth bag were 2 swords.

2 long swords with very thin blades and cage-shaped guards.

Looking at the two swords, Ogata couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

Even though he has no knowledge or interest in swords, he has seen pictures of this kind of sword in various channels in his previous life, and he has heard the name of this kind of sword, Jab Sword.

As a native Japanese, Machi had never seen a rapier.

So after Scruucci unfolded the cloth bag and revealed the two swords hidden in the cloth bag, A-Ming kept looking at the two swords with curious eyes.

"Is this... a sword?" Ah-Ming said, "The blade is so thin... Can this cut people?"

"Of course it can cut people." Skulucci laughed. "It's called a stabbing sword. Although it can cut people, its sword skills are mainly stabbing."

"These two swords are my favorite swords, and they cost a lot of money. I have fought all the way with these two swords."

Ogata cast a surprised look at Scruucci.

"You used to be good at using rapiers?" Ogata asked.

"I'm also very good at the Cossack Chashik knife." Skulucci shrugged, "But I only use the saber when I'm on a horse. When fighting on foot, I prefer to use the bayonet." .”

After all, Scruucci put one of the two rapiers on the hammock.

Then he held the rapier that was left in his hand with his left hand.

"Mr. Mashima." Scruucci smiled at Ogata, "I want to compete with you."

"Competition?" Ogata raised his eyebrows.

A-Ming also looked at Scruucci in surprise.

"I used a telescope to see you fighting with two knives last night." Scruucci said, "It's the first time I've seen someone with two knives."

"In my hometown, the use of double swords is not popular."

"That's why I've never fought anyone with two swords."

"That's why I really want to compete with you."

Scruucci said seriously.

"Mr. Mashima, please allow me to compete with you. I really want to experience what double-sword swordsmanship is like."

Ogata looked Skulucci up and down several times.

"...The village head of Tochepke sent me a message, asking me to come to you, just to compete with me?" Ogata asked.

"You can put it that way." Scruucci smiled.

"I just want to have a friendly exchange with you."

While speaking, Scruzzi slowly drew the rapier held in his left hand out of its sheath.

"The sword in my hand has another name, it's called the Foil Sword, and it's specially used for sparring with others that won't kill anyone."

"The rapier I just threw on the hammock is the real rapier that can kill people."

Speaking of which, Scruucci just happened to have completely unsheathed the sword in his hand.

Skulucci showed Ogata that the blade of the sword was not sharpened, and the tip was round.

It is indeed a sword that cannot kill.

"...Are you really going to compete with me?" Oo confirmed to Scruucci.

"To be precise, I want to compete with you who use double swords." Scruzzi corrected, "I just want to experience double sword skills, so I want to be better than you."

"I didn't expect you to be obsessed with swordsmanship..." Ogata nodded lightly, "Alright then, I'll compete with you."

Ogata doesn't hate Scruucci.

It would be better to say that he has a good impression of this very forthright man.

Yesterday, I very enthusiastically informed the village head Chepke of China Village that "there is a group of Cossacks who are going to loot everywhere, so prepare early."