I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Before Ogata entered the bath, Isshiki had already soaked in the bath for a long time.

When taking a bath, because the water temperature is too high, the blood vessels in the whole body will expand accordingly, the blood supply to the skin will increase, and the blood supply to the brain will decrease relatively, so if you take a long bath, it is very easy to Symptoms of dizziness appear.

Isshi felt his head getting dizzy, and his cheeks slowly turned pale again due to dizziness and panic.

- Trouble...

——I have to... quickly think of a way to get Yidao Zhai out of here... Otherwise... I'm going to faint in the bath...

Passed out in the bathtub—this kind of mistake only children would make, Isshiki would not want to make it even if he died...

At this time, Ogata didn't notice Isshiki's strangeness now - it would be strange if he could notice. Now his back is facing Isshiki, and Isshiki's back is also facing him, the two of them are facing each other, it's only a ghost that Ogata can find Isshiki's physical discomfort.

Ogata, who didn't notice that Isshiki's body was in trouble, continued to say to himself:

"Even if you don't talk about these nonsense and just talk about the real thing, I still feel that I'm still far behind in swordsmanship."

"As far as I know, there is still one person in this world whose attainments in swordsmanship are far superior to mine."

Isshiki's astonishment that had just dissipated appeared on her face again.

"Is there anyone else with a higher level of swordsmanship than you?"

Isshiki has an almost endless interest in topics related to swordsmanship. After hearing what Ogata just said that she couldn't ignore no matter what, Isshiki couldn't care less about being dizzy for the time being.

"Yeah." Ogata nodded, "It's the senior I just mentioned who named that wonderful state 'Transparent Realm'."

Kinoshita Genichi leaning against the corner of the wall, drinking in a very chic manner, emerged in Ogata's mind.

"As for his name, for some reason, I won't say it."

Genichi is a troublemaker. He has enemies all over the world. If he casually reports Genichi's name, he may cause trouble that could have been avoided. So in order to avoid trouble, Ogata chose to conceal Genichi's name.

"For the time being, he can be regarded as my teacher. In terms of his attainments in swordsmanship,

I'm sure he's just on par with him. "

Creation of "Wuwu Two Swords Style" and "Original Breath" - these two achievements alone are enough to make it difficult for Ogata to compare with Genichi in terms of swordsmanship achievements.

Isshiki's cheeks were now full of shock.

In the eyes of Isshiki, Ogata, who has accomplished the two miraculous feats of "killing the tyrant with one as a hundred" and "breaking the Nijo Castle", is already well-deserved and unparalleled in the world.

But at this moment, I heard from Ogata's mouth that there is actually one person in the world whose swordsmanship attainments are higher than Ogata's - the impact on Isshiki is almost like the destruction of the Three Views.

"Can you tell me where this person is now?" Isshiki shot a fiery gaze at Ogata, "I really want to visit him!"

——This guy is really obsessed with swordsmanship...

Ogata shook his head:

"Sorry, but for some reason, I can't casually tell you where he currently lives."

"Is that so..." Isshiki's eyes flashed a touch of desolation, "Then... can I ask another question that may be rude?"

Ogata: "Just ask."

"Since you said that your master's swordsmanship is superior to yours..." Isshiki asked in a cautious tone, "then isn't your master the most powerful swordsman in Japan?"

"Well..." Ogata laughed dumbly, "In terms of swordsmanship, he should be the most powerful in Japan right now."

"But if we only talk about combat power, it's hard for me to say."

"In terms of combat power alone, I have never faced him, but I think I should be on par with him."

"Although his swordsmanship attainments are higher than mine, he is old after all. He is over sixty years old this year."

"Although he usually doesn't look like an old man at all, aging must have made his physical fitness more or less what it used to be."

"And I am young. In terms of physical fitness, I have the confidence to surpass him."

"And——in terms of his persistence in winning and losing, he may not be as good as me."

"Persistence on winning or losing?" Isshiki asked doubtfully.

"The way I walk is completely different from the way my teacher walks." Xu Fanglu sighed, "I pursue victory, while my teacher pursues enjoyment."

"In my eyes, as long as you can win the battle with others, you can win. As long as you can win, you can use any trick or any weapon."

"Swordsmanship is easy to use swordsmanship, jujitsu is good to use jujitsu, firearms are good to use firearms... All weapons and skills should be used according to local conditions, and everything is for victory."

"And my teacher is not like that."

"For him, winning is secondary, and being able to swing the sword to his heart's content is the most important thing."

"He is perfecting his skills and fighting people to enjoy the feeling of swinging a sword."

"So even if he knows that it's easier to win with other weapons and other techniques, my teacher will definitely persist in fighting people with a sword."

"If I were to confront him, there would probably be a scene like this: I frowned, thinking of a quick way to defeat him, while he was smiling, expressing the purest joy for being able to swing his sword to the fullest."

"I pursue victory far more than him. This difference in mentality can also give me a little advantage in the duel with him."

"Of course—what I just said is just my nonsense."

Ogata shrugged and smiled.

"I haven't set foot on every piece of land in the world, and I have seen every person. Who knows if there will be anyone in this world who is stronger than me and my teacher?"

"Is that so..." Isshiki had been listening carefully to what Ogata said just now.

Her expression and expression also changed rapidly following Ogata's narration.

"Is everything just for victory..." Isshi whispered.

——No wonder...he said back then that "swordsmanship should be eliminated"...in his eyes, firearms are far easier to defeat the enemy than swordsmanship, so he said such words...

——But... no matter how I think about it, I can't imagine that firearms have the potential to replace swordsmanship...

——Ah, not good... My head is even more dizzy...

The sudden severe dizziness interrupted Isshiki's thoughts.

Isshiki temporarily forgot about his dizziness because he "listened" carefully just now.

After Ogata's "speech" ended, the dizziness immediately attacked Isshiki's brain with a more violent trend.

——I can't drag it on any longer... I have to find a way to lure Ogata Yidaosai out of this bath as soon as possible...

Before Isshiki finished the words in his heart, Ogata's voice suddenly sounded:

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet." Ogata asked back, "Your grandfather told me before that you run a sword gym in Osaka. You who opened a sword gym in Osaka, why did you show up here?" here?"

Just chatting with Isshiki, the atmosphere between the two has become a lot more harmonious in one breath, and Ogata, who is also willing to chat with others in the bath, has also aroused his "chat desire".

——Why did you ask me a question at this very moment...

Isshiki now can be said to want to cry but has no tears.

In the rush to get out of the bath, Ogata asking her questions would undoubtedly disturb her thoughts.

And she couldn't help but answer Ogata's questions.

After all, if Ogata asked her a question and she kept silent, it might attract Ogata's attention.

What Isshiki is most afraid of now is that Ogata's attention will be drawn, and then she will find out her true gender...

It would be fine to discover her true gender in other occasions, but it would be a big deal if they found out her true gender in the bath where both of them are now naked.

Not only the body may be seen naked, but it is also very easy to cause Ogata's misunderstanding, making Ogata mistakenly think that she is a pervert who came to the men's bath to peep...

By then, Isshiki may even have the heart to commit suicide.

So Isshiki had to answer Ogata's question, so he could only resist the dizziness in his head and replied:

"Grandpa and I... can be regarded as a study tour."

"My grandfather wants to see with his own eyes how the people in the world under the rule of the Edo shogunate are living in dire straits."

"And I have hardly left Osaka since I was born. So in order to broaden my horizons, I pestered my grandpa and asked him to take me to travel around with me."

"Then how long have you and your grandfather been studying abroad?" Ogata asked.

"It's been about half a year. After we set off from Osaka, we went all the way west, and we didn't turn back until we reached the Matsumae Domain. It can be said that we have traveled all over the important places in western Japan."

"Because the Matsumae Domain is closer to the territory of the Ainu people, there are many scenes that cannot be seen in Japan."

"My grandfather and I originally wanted to live in the Matsumae Domain for a while, to see these sights that cannot be seen in Japan."

"But it's a pity—the annual 'big test match' of our sword gym will start soon."

"Although the affairs of the sword hall are basically taken care of by my father now, my grandfather is the owner of the sword hall in name after all, so he can't miss the 'big trial match'."

"Therefore, we can only suspend our plan to live in the Matsumae Domain for a period of time, and set off to rush back to Osaka."

"In order to hurry up, we got on the smuggling boat that can leave quickly. Then, I ran into you in the cabin."

"'Big Trial Match'? What is that?" Ogata asked back.

"It's a trial run jointly organized by our One Color Sword Gym and several other sword gyms that have a good relationship. Let the apprentices in each gym compete on the field, so as to test the level of the apprentices in their respective gyms."

"Oh..." Ogata's face was full of memories, and then he murmured in a low voice that only he could hear clearly: "It's very similar to the "Worshiping God and Martial Arts" in our Sakakibara Sword Gym..."

Ogata is no stranger to this "big test match" in Isshiki's mouth - the Sakakibara Sword Gym where he practiced swords before has a similar thing: "Practice martial arts with respect to the gods".

Their Sakakibara Sword Gym had an annual apprenticeship contest with the Ishikawa Sword Gym next door.

"Respecting the gods and practicing martial arts" has an unusual meaning for Ogata - this is the first time he has used a real sword to compete with a human being, and it is also the first time he has had a death fight with a human being that is either you or me.

"Are you a native of Osaka?" Ogata continued to ask with doubts, "Why do you seem to have no Osaka accent when you speak?"

Isshiki and his grandfather don't look like grandparents at all, because their accents are so different.

Naoki speaks with a distinct Kansai accent.

And Isshiki speaks a very standard Japanese mandarin of this era-that is, Kanto dialect.

——Can't you just let me think about how to get out of here quietly...!

Isshiki resisted the impulsive roar of "Okay! Stop talking nonsense! Get out of here!" to Ogata, continued to endure the dizziness in his head, and continued:

"I am a native of Osaka. As early as more than two hundred years ago, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi first built Osaka Castle, our family took root and settled in the land of Osaka."

"The main reason why I don't speak with a Kansai accent is because my mother is from Kanto."

"Grandfather and father are usually very busy, so I was basically brought up by my mother, so under the influence of my mother, I became more like a Kanto person."

Osaka - one of the three major cities in Japan, which is as famous as Edo and Kyoto.

It is also a city that has a strong relationship with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a hero of the Warring States Period more than 200 years ago and once ruled the whole of Japan.

In the eleventh year of Tensho (AD 1583), Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who officially embarked on the road of conquering the world, built Osaka Castle. Since then, Osaka Castle has become the ruling center of the Toyotomi family.

After the Toyotomi family was destroyed by the Edo shogunate led by Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokugawa Ieyasu did not push the capital of the Toyotomi family to the ground, but retained it and made full use of its geographical advantages to transform it It became a giant commercial city, and then gradually became one of the three major capitals of Japan.

"I can actually speak Kansai dialect."

Saying so, Isshiki cleared his throat.

"However, my Kansai dialect is not very standard, so I don't like to speak it in front of others." Isshiki's words switched to some Kansai dialect that is not very accurate.

"Well... I think you can speak more Kansai dialect in front of people." Ogata smiled.

"Why?" Yishi asked puzzled.

"Because I think your Kansai dialect sounds nice."

Ogata has a very peculiar feeling for Kansai dialect.

Because A-cho is from Kansai, she is from Omi in Kansai.

Atachi, who can't speak Mandarin of this era at all, can only speak Kansai dialect.

After listening to Amachi's Kansai dialect for a long time, Ogata not only lost his accent, but also developed a strange sense of familiarity with the Kansai dialect.

Although Isshiki's Kansai dialect is a bit unfamiliar, after hearing Isshiki's slightly unfamiliar Kansai dialect, Ogata still unconsciously developed a strange intimacy with it.

Isshiki has heard all kinds of praises from childhood to adulthood, which can be described as countless.

Isshiki has long been used to the praise of others.

But for some reason—Isshiki felt his heart beat a little faster after hearing Ogata's compliment on her Kansai dialect just now.

"Thank, thank you..."

Isshiki herself didn't notice—a faint blush appeared between her cheeks.

"Then you and your grandfather traveled all over the important places in western Japan, and you must have gained a lot, right?" Ogata's topic jumped again.

"Well... it's a worthwhile trip..."

Isshiki was about to continue talking, but Ogata suddenly turned his head around at this moment.

He frowned, casting a puzzled look at Isshiki.

"What's wrong with you? Why do you always feel that your voice has become much weaker when you speak?"

"Ah?" Yise was startled.

- Oops! Oops!

"No, no..." Isshiki quickly pulled himself together, trying to make his voice full of enthusiasm, "You must have heard it wrong..."

Although Isshiki tried very hard to make her voice full of vitality, her dizzy head, which was so dizzy that she couldn't even concentrate, made her efforts all in vain.

What she said just now not only did not dispel Ogata's doubts, but on the contrary made Ogata's brows wrinkle even tighter.

"...Isshiki-kun, how long have you been soaking in this bath? Are you dizzy?"

"No, no..."

"I still said no, you are so weak when you speak."

As soon as Ogata's voice fell, Isshiki heard the sound of water treading behind him.

Isshiki hurriedly looked behind him - he saw Ogata walking towards him slowly.

"Now go out of the bath and take a rest, can you go now? Do you need me to help you?"

"No no no no, no need!" Isshiki's face was flushed red with anxiety, "I, I can walk by myself!"

After finishing speaking, Isshiki kept his back to Ogata, crossed his hands and covered his chest, and walked quickly towards the side of the bathtub.

Because of his anxiety, Isshiki walked extraordinarily fast.

"Ah, be careful, don't go so fast..."

"what--!"

Before Ogata finished speaking, Isshiki's exclamation suddenly exploded.

Isshiki is now so dizzy that he feels that the whole world is spinning irregularly, and it is not easy to stand still, let alone walk quickly.

Sure enough—Isshiki had just taken a few steps when his feet went limp and he fell toward the water. This sudden change also made Isshiki subconsciously let go of his crossed hands covering his chest and screamed.

Seeing this, with 18 points of agility and 15 points of reflexes, Ogata moved subconsciously.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Fang came behind Isshiki at a speed as if teleporting.

Ogata originally planned to support Isshiki's armpits from bottom to top.

However, due to the sudden incident, Ogata couldn't grasp the strength of his hands and the position of his support so accurately.

In the end—Ogata managed to hold Isshiki who was about to fall.

However... the part he was holding with both hands was slightly different from the position he had imagined....

Ogata's hands supported... the position a little further forward than the armpit.

--what is this……?

Ogata, who was already dumbfounded, stared blankly at Isshiki who was a head shorter than him in front of him.

At this moment, Ogata felt that the wonderful touch as if the palms of his hands were going to be bounced away was continuously reaching the palms of his hands.

Ogata is no stranger to this kind of touch—this is the touch he can often experience on A-Machi.

Although Isshiki's back was still facing him, so she couldn't see her expression clearly, but Ogata could see——Isshiki's two ears were now turning bright red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Be it Ogata or Isshiki, they are all so startled by the little accident that is happening to them right now that they have lost their ability to think.

The two of them were silent because they couldn't recover for a long time, maintaining this strange posture...

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