I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Chapter 14: Competition in the hall and the sacrifice to the gods (part 2)

   As soon as the words of the boss fell, there was a sound of inhaling air-conditioning in the room.

   Even Ogata frowned.

   The lord came to check the inventory of various materials in the feudal treasury-in short, it was to check the work performance of their group of treasury officers.

   Check whether they have sorted out the various materials in the treasury and whether they have calculated the inventory of various materials.

   The leader comes to check the work situation-this should be one of the most annoying things throughout the ages.

   What's more-Ogata and the others are still a ruler who is known for his brutality.

   Thinking that the cruel lord would come to check their work performance, many people in the house swallowed involuntarily...

   Ogata and their boss had already anticipated this reaction.

   sighed lightly and said:

   "Don't be nervous, everyone, the lord should just look at it and leave."

   "Everyone pay attention to your words and deeds, and don't say something that will offend the lord."

   "Ah, and-remember to wear the coat that day, and remember to wash the coat clean."

  裃——The dress of the samurai.

   Ogata's 裃 is tucked in the deepest part of the closet, and this samurai dress is only worn on special days or special occasions.

  ……

  ……

   Hirose Clan, Sakihara Sword Museum——

boom!

   Ogata flew Makino's wooden sword.

   Then he put the tip of the wooden sword in his hand against Makino's chest.

   "Makino." Ogata smiled slightly, "I won again."

   "Hey..." A wry smile full of helplessness appeared on Makino's face, "I haven't beaten you to Ogata-senpai recently."

【Ding! Use Sakahara Ichisagi·Climb to defeat the enemy】

   [Get 20 points of personal experience, 20 points of experience for swordsmanship "Sakihara Ichigan"]

   [Current personal level: LV8 (670/700)]

  【Sakihara One Sword Style Level: 4 Steps (620/700)】

   After the prompt sound in his mind fell, Ogata secretly said in his heart:

  ——Almost...

  ——I only need 30 experience points, and my personal level can be upgraded...

  ——The experience value of Sakihara Kazuki is only 80 points away...

   Although he is only a little short of the upgrade, Ogata is really unable to compete with others.

   So Xu conveniently put away his wooden sword, and then sat with Makino on the edge of the dojo to rest.

   "Senior Ogata."

  Makino, who was sweating profusely, sat on the edge of the dojo without any image, and in a tone of admiration, he said to Ogata, who was also resting beside him:

   "Your recent state is really good. If you maintain this state, Ogata-senpai, you are very likely to win the first place in the museum in one month!"

  ——The big competition in the hall?

After    muttered this strange noun silently in his heart, Ogata searched for memories related to this vocabulary in his mind.

   It didn't take long for the memories related to this vocabulary to emerge from Ogata's mind one after another.

   After recalling all the memories related to this term, Ogata smiled at Makino:

   "The name of Taibi in the museum or something-I dare not think about this kind of thing."

   "I just plan to hone my sword skills. I don't want to be the top name in the hall."

  Inside the hall-Sakura Sword Hall holds a swordsmanship competition every six months.

  The time is basically set on June 15th and December 15th every year.

   Sakura Sword Hall currently has 28 disciples. All of these 28 students have to participate in the competition in the hall. If there are no special circumstances, they are not allowed to ask for leave.

   Through a field of competitions, to determine the ranking among the disciples.

   No substantive rewards will be given to the top rankings in the hall.

   But the people who ranked in the bottom 5 will all receive a "special reward"-a slur from the master Sakahara Hanbei.

  Ogata and their master, Sakihara Hanbei, held a competition in the museum every six months to motivate their apprentices and let them not slacken their swordsmanship practice.

   In the last competition in the museum, it was Mikami who won the top spot.

   And Ogata...No, it should be said that "Ogata Hara" won the 4th place.

   And now-in one month's time, a new round of in-house competitions will begin.

   People with poor swordsmanship began to work hard to practice swordsmanship in order not to be scolded by the master.

   Those who are interested in the ranking of the competition in the hall are also working hard to practice swordsmanship, hoping to get a higher ranking in the competition in the hall one month later.

   And Ogata is lack of interest in this museum...

   For Ogata, with the help of the system, it is not difficult to win the title of Obi in the museum.

   After all, he still has 2 skill points that are useless.

  As long as these 2 skill points are added to personal attributes or used to upgrade sword skills, Ogata can easily become the strongest existence among the disciples of Sakura Sword Museum.

   But even if he won the title of Obi in the museum, there is no substantial reward, so Ogata is not very interested in Obi in the museum.

The other main reason why Ogata’s lack of interest in this exhibition is because Ogata knows that every year in June, the first name in the exhibition hall must participate in the Yawata festival in July every year. A ritual contest held in the courtyard of the shrine.

   Sacrifice to the Gods Competition-the full name is "Sacrificial God Martial Arts Competition".

Choose an auspicious day in July each year and hold a friendly match between Sakura Sword Museum and Ishikawa Sword Museum in the courtyard of Hachiman Shrine not far away~www.wuxiahere.com~Ishikawa Sword Museum-not far from Sakura Sword Museum A sword museum that teaches Katori Shinto-ryu.

   is a competitive relationship with Sakihara Kenkan.

The main content of the    sacrifice to the gods test is to send a disciple from each of the two sword halls to fight to see which disciple is stronger.

  Through the competition to deepen the friendship between the two sword halls, and help improve the sword skills-this is the original policy of setting up this sacrifice to the gods.

   But in fact-the friendship is basically on the side, the focus is entirely on learning sword skills and fighting for face for their respective sword halls.

   Sakura Sword Museum was established later than Ishikawa Sword Museum.

   So since the establishment of Sakura Sword Museum, the masters and apprentices of Ishikawa Sword Museum have been hostile to the people of Sakura Sword Museum.

   saw Sakihara Sword Museum as a thorn in their eyes for stealing their business.

   In fact, Sakihara Sword Museum did steal the business of Ishikawa Sword Museum.

  Since Sakihara Hanbei established Sakura Sword Museum, there have been many fewer people who went to Ishikawa Sword Museum to apprenticeship.

   It was Sakahara Hanbei who first advocated holding a sacrifice to the gods to ease the tension between the two sword halls.

   But since the ritual contest was held for the first time, the relationship between the two sword halls has not only not been eased, but has become worse.

   Since each of the two families sent a disciple to fight, which disciple loses, which sword hall loses face.

   And because the festival held by the two sword halls is so famous, it attracts many clan figures to watch it every year.

To be watched by so many big figures in the feudal clan—the people of Sakura Sword Museum or Ishikawa Sword Museum, no matter which sword museum they are, they are even more reluctant to lose in this sacrifice to the gods. The face was lost in front of the big figures in the feudal clan.

  

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