Volume 1: Re:Zero -Starting Life as a Samurai Chapter 28 The plan failed at the very beginning
Although Hanbei is old, his steps are still firm and powerful.
Judging from the way Hanbei walks, he doesn't look like a white-haired old man at all.
There is a small stream flowing outside Sakakibara Sword Hall.
Sakakibara Hanbei led Ogata directly to the stream.
"Ogata..."
Hanbei looked at the clear water and said to Ogata earnestly:
"I've heard the rumors about you and Yuanshan's duel."
"You can tie with Toyama of Ishikawa Kenkan - I'm proud."
"As a teacher, nothing makes me happier than seeing my students achieve such tremendous growth."
As soon as Hanbei finished speaking, Obe hurriedly bowed respectfully and said:
"Master, thank you for your compliment."
" but--"
However, Hanbei suddenly changed the subject.
"Ogata, I want to remind you now."
"You have great potential and work hard. One day, your swordsmanship will reach a higher level."
"A sword is a tool whose sole purpose is to kill."
"Swordsmanship is a technique designed to kill people."
"But you must not draw your sword unless it is absolutely necessary, and you must not hurt anyone at will."
"Ogata, you must remember this - violence cannot solve any problem."
"I don't know why you are fighting against Yuanshan."
"If the fight between the two of you broke out because of a dispute, I hope that you, Ogata, will remain calm and restrained when you encounter such a thing from now on."
"What can be done with the tongue must never be done with the sword."
As Hanbei finished speaking, Obe said helplessly in his heart:
——Master... the situation that night was such that I couldn't do anything without using the knife...
On the night of the duel with Toyama, both Ogata and Toyama were already on their feet, and it was impossible to get them to put down their swords in a non-violent way.
However, Ogata did not refute what Hanbei had just said.
Instead, he quickly bowed again:
"Yes! Thank you for your teachings, Master!"
Rather than standing here and listening to Hanbei's teachings, Ogata wanted to return to the sword hall to practice swordplay as soon as possible.
So without any argument, I just said something like "thank you, Master" to please the master, in order to end the lecture as soon as possible.
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After returning to the dojo, Ogata did not immediately pick up the wooden sword and join his fellow apprentices in training.
Since coming to the Edo period, Ogata has been thinking about the best "skill point allocation strategy" almost every day.
After the competition with Yuanshan, he finally came up with a strategy that seemed to be extremely cost-effective and at the same time quite simple and crude.
Just spend every skill point where you won't lose anything.
After thinking it over, Ogata realized that the most cost-effective way to spend skill points at this stage was to improve his personal attributes.
Use all your skill points on your personal attributes, maximize your personal attributes, and build a superhuman body.
With a superhuman body, he no longer needs any sword skills and can defeat all enemies with just ordinary slashes.
If in the battle with Toyama a while ago, Ogata had not been foolishly saving up his skill points, but had used all of them to improve his personal attributes before the battle, the final result might have been different.
The more Ogata thought about it recently, the more he felt that his idea made sense.
So until today, Ogata finally made up his mind - he would use all of his skill points now and in the future to improve his personal attributes.
As long as the personal attributes are improved, even if all the sword skills are at the elementary level, you can still defeat the opponent with your strong physical functions.
After standing in the corner of the dojo, Ogata called out the system.
——Add 1 point to Agility!
[Ding! Agility +1]
[Current Agility Value: 8 points]
[Currently remaining skill points: 1 point]
Ogata planned to put his last two skill points into agility and reflexes respectively.
After experiencing so many battles, Ogata has already deeply realized the importance of agility and reflexes in combat.
After the system sound fell, Ogata immediately felt his body become lighter and more flexible.
Ogata turned off the system, tiptoed his feet, clenched his fists, and felt his body becoming lighter.
Just when Ogata was excited about being one step closer to becoming a "superman", he suddenly discovered something strange...
"It's a bit... strange..." Ogata looked at the palms of his open hands and frowned unconsciously.
Although Ogata definitely felt that after adding the points, his body became lighter and more flexible.
But... Ogata felt that the "lightness" he just felt was a little worse than the "lightness" he felt when his Agility increased from 5 points to 6 points...
After upgrading Agility from 7 to 8, Ogata always felt that the improvement he got from upgrading Agility from 5 to 6 was not as great as the improvement he got from upgrading Agility from 5 to 6...
--Could it be that?!
Ogata suddenly thought of a possibility.
In order to verify the possibility he had just thought of, Ogata hurriedly reopened the system and spent the last remaining point on the "reflex nerve".
[Ding! Reflexes +1]
[Current reflex nerve value: 8 points]
[Currently remaining skill points: 0 points]
It was the same feeling that Ogata had when his reflexes were enhanced for the first time. Ogata felt that his hearing and vision had become clearer.
However, this "clear-mindedness" is a little worse than the "clear-mindedness" that Ogata had gained after increasing his "reflex nerve" points...
——As expected…!
Ogata angrily punched the wooden wall next to him.
Ogata is feeling very depressed right now.
Because his "Superman Plan" of "using all skill points to improve personal attributes" ended just as it began...
Ogata figured out the rules for adding points to personal attributes in this system.
Theoretically speaking, if all skill points are used to improve personal attributes, Ogata can indeed become a superman who can "fight a hundred tripods."
But it takes countless skill points to reach this level...
Because of the characteristic of adding points to personal attributes, the higher the personal attribute value, the less improvement in physical function will be after adding points.
Originally, Ogata mistakenly believed that every improvement in his personal attributes would bring the same improvement to himself.
Just now, after putting his last two skill points into agility and reflex nerve damage, Ogata was shocked to realize that this was not the case at all.
When the attribute values are still very low, every skill point added can indeed enable Ogata's physical functions to be greatly improved.
However, as the attribute values continue to increase, the increase brought to Ogata by each skill point will continue to decrease.
In other words - the higher the value of a certain attribute, the less improvement Ogata will get after adding points to this attribute.
The increase in agility from 10 points to 15 points is definitely not as high as the increase in agility from 5 points to 10 points.
Simply put, the cost-effectiveness of adding points to personal attribute values will continue to decline...
“Tsk…”
Ogata scratched his hair in annoyance.
Ogata now understands what it feels like to have a plan fail right at the beginning.
The idea that "as long as personal attribute values are high, everything will be fine" is completely bankrupt at this time.
