I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Although Ogata has not stopped the work at hand, he has been quietly listening to the chatter of these colleagues.

——My lord... Matsudaira Gennai...

Matsudaira Gennai—the current daimyo of the Hirose Clan, the lord of Ogata and the others.

Ogata is a samurai of the Hirose domain.

As the daimyo and ruler of the Hirose Domain, Matsudaira Genuchi is naturally the lord of Ogata and the others, the lord whom Ogata and the others have to protect and support even if they risk their lives.

Matsudaira Gennai is a young daimyo who is only 23 years old this year.

Although young, since he took over the mantle of his late father two years ago and became the new ruler of the Hirose domain, Matsudaira Gennai has shown his brutal nature...too many to describe.

When Genuai Matsudaira's father was still alive, Genuai Matsudaira's cruel nature was still restrained.

But after his father died and no one could tell him what to do, Matsudaira Gennai completely showed his cruel side.

In just two years, all kinds of absurd and cruel actions by him are countless.

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Ogata didn't pay much attention to the chat content of those colleagues just now.

After all—he was just a low-level warrior with an annual salary of only 50 shi.

Not in his position, not seeking his own government - this has always been Ogata's way of life.

That's why he didn't care what absurdity his lord did again.

He is just a small low-level samurai, and there is no need for Ogata to worry about this kind of thing.

Ogata just wants to continue doing his job well.

It's up to those big shots to find a way to solve the problem of the lord's brutality.

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The sky is starting to turn yellow.

Dusk came.

Now that dusk has come, it means that Ogata and the others can get off work.

After quickly tidying up all the things on the table, and saying hello to his colleagues who were still slowly tidying up the table, Xu left quickly.

He hurried to Sakakibara Sword Gym.

Every day when I get off work, I go to Sakakibara Sword Gym to practice swords—this is something Ogata must do every day.

Ogata is still not very familiar with the system in his mind.

So——Ogata has quietly made plans to use his senior brothers as "experiments" in the Sakakibara Sword Gym to test the functions of the system bit by bit.

Holding the two sabers on his left waist, Ogata quickly rushed to the Sakakibara Sword Gym.

At present, there are not many people who come to practice swords in the sword hall.

These are the only people who are not close to Ogata.

Seeing that no acquaintances were present, Ogata was a little disappointed.

However, he quickly cheered up.

Although there are no acquaintances present, Ogata has an experiment that can be carried out even without acquaintances to accompany him.

Putting away his saber, he picked a wooden sword at random, and Ogata walked slowly to a corner of the sword hall.

Facing the air in front of him, he set up his next posture.

After adjusting his breathing, he gave a loud drink.

Following his loud shout, Ogata performed the only upswing technique in Sakakibara's Ichidou style - climbing a building.

Climbing the tower - the only upward move in Sakakibara's sword style.

Sakakibara Ichidou-style has a total of 4 sword skills.

They are——

Thrust technique - bird thorn.

Down chopping technique - water falling.

Horizontal slashing technique - dragon tail.

Upstairs - Climb upstairs.

No fancy tricks.

There are only these 4 sword skills that are simple and unpretentious, but extremely practical.

Climbing towers is the sword skill that Ogata is least good at.

He is best at water falling, followed by bird thorns, followed by dragon tail, and the least good at climbing stairs.

When facing the air in front of him to climb the stairs, Ogata clearly felt a sense of incongruity in his body.

This is proof of inexperience with sword skills.

"Practice a lot..."

After murmuring in a volume that only he could hear clearly, Ogata stretched his muscles, and then continued to practice Sakakibara Ichidou-ryu's sword skills against the air in front of him.

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"Hey, look."

"Ogata-kun is so serious today..."

"Yeah, I think he has been practicing alone for a long time..."

"Okay, Ogata-kun is so serious, then I, as a senior brother, can't slack off."

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After entering the sword gym, Xu Fangfang crazily practiced hard alone, which attracted the attention of the brothers in the sword gym.

While praising Ogata's diligence, everyone was also driven by Ogata's diligence, and began to practice their swordsmanship with a more serious attitude.

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After facing the air in front of him for an unknown number of times to climb the stairs, Ogata stopped, and raised his hand to wipe the sweat that was about to drip down his chin to the ground.

At this moment, a familiar system prompt sounded in my mind:

【Ding! Practice "Sakakibara Ichidou" hard and get 10 experience points for swordsmanship "Sakakibara Ichidou\