Volume 1: Re:Zero -Starting Life as a Samurai Chapter 42 Ogata Arrives
"Haha... I'm finally off work..."
Although he only worked overtime for two more incense sticks, Ogata felt as if he had done two more days' work.
After finally making it to the end of the get off work day, Ogata stretched the muscles in his shoulders and rushed to Sakakibara Sword Hall impatiently.
Going to Sakakibara Sword Hall to practice sword every day has become Ogata's habit now.
If he didn't go to Sakakibara Sword Hall to practice swordplay, Obe would feel uncomfortable all over.
After experiencing the torment of overtime work, Ogata now wants to go to the dojo to stretch his muscles.
Ogata found that he had now completely accustomed to life in the Edo period.
The reason why he can adapt so well may be because Ogata had already gotten used to this regular and boring life when he was still on modern Earth.
Before coming to the Edo period, Ogata was just a 16-year-old high school student.
When he first inherited this 20-year-old body, Ogata was still a little uncomfortable with this mature body that was 4 years older than his soul.
In his previous life, due to strict family education, Ogata lived a regular and boring life every day.
Every day I am either studying or on my way to learning.
In addition to studying, Ogata's parents have never relaxed their requirements on Ogata's exercise.
Proficient in both civil and military affairs - this is what Ogata's parents in his previous life required of him.
Although the tutoring is strict, from a certain perspective, it is also very efficient.
In his previous life, Ogata was perfect from every angle. Not only was his academic performance excellent, but his athletic ability was also quite good.
However, such strict family education also meant that Ogata in his previous life missed out on many entertainment activities that his peers should have enjoyed.
For example, in his previous life, Ogata had never played any games, whether online or stand-alone.
He had never played mobile games because he didn't even have a smartphone in his previous life.
Not only games, but also movies, animations , and TV series are entertainment products that Ogata rarely touched in his previous life.
Now thinking back to his past life, Ogata couldn't help but think helplessly: Thanks to the strict family education and boring life in his previous life, he was able to adapt to this strange era so quickly.
When the gate of Sakakibara Sword Hall appeared in Ogata's field of vision, Ogata's brows unconsciously frowned slightly.
The gate of Sakakibara Sword Hall is usually closed.
To enter, you have to push the door open, and after pushing the door open, you have to close the door again - this is the rule of Sakakibara Sword Hall.
At this time, the gate of Sakakibara Sword Hall was wide open...
Sensing something unusual, Ogata quickened his pace.
After rushing through the gate of Sakakibara Sword Hall, Oofang heard bursts of screams and groans coming from the dojo.
--what happened?
Because he was extremely anxious, Ogata also remembered the rule that one must take off shoes before entering the dojo .
He steadied the two swords at his waist with his left hand and rushed into the dojo.
After rushing into the dojo, the first thing that caught Ogata's eye was the messy floor.
The wooden floor was covered with footprints, mud, sweat, blood, and vomit.
Eleven brothers were lying on the floor, screaming and groaning in pain.
These 11 brothers all suffered injuries of varying degrees.
Several other disciples were busy taking care of the 11 injured people.
Among the 11 injured brothers, Ogata also found two acquaintances, Mikami and Makino.
"what happened?"
Ogata quickly ran to Makino, who was lying on the ground with his eyes closed, and asked urgently to a junior fellow student who was taking care of Makino.
"I, I don't know." The junior brother who was taking care of Makino said timidly, "I just arrived at the dojo, and after entering the dojo, I saw that everyone was in this state..."
"How is everyone doing now?" Ogata asked urgently, "Is anyone seriously injured?"
"I, I don't know...but Brother San Shang seems to be seriously injured."
Ogata quickly turned his head and looked at Mikami who was lying not far away.
Mikami closed his eyes tightly and his right cheek was swollen, which looked creepy.
Ogata has great respect for his senior brother Mikami.
People like Mikami who are gentle and have good character are extremely rare and respectable men, whether on modern Earth or in the Edo period.
Seeing his fellow apprentice and respected senior brother, who were on close terms with him, lying unconscious on the ground, Ogata clenched his fists unconsciously.
“Damn it…! What the hell just happened…!”
Ogata gritted his teeth.
"What about the doctor? Did you call the doctor?"
"Yes! One of the brothers has already called the doctor over!"
At this moment, Makino, who had his eyes closed, opened them slightly and looked at Ogata.
"Ogata-senpai..."
Seeing that Makino had woken up, Ogata leaned over and asked anxiously:
"Makino! Are you okay? Who beat you up like this?!"
"It's... someone from Ishikawa Sword School... Toyama Renjiro... brought his fellow apprentices... and broke into our sword school... and threatened to look for you..."
"We said...you were not here..."
"But Yuanshan and the others... didn't believe it... and wanted to force their way into our sword hall... to look for someone..."
"We didn't let them enter the sword hall... and then... we started fighting with them..."
"We were outnumbered... and just like this... we were defeated miserably..."
"Looking for me?" Ogata's face was full of confusion.
Ogata tried hard to search for his recent memories.
But no matter how hard he searched, he could not find any memory of offending Ishikawa Sword Hall.
"Ogata-senpai...is there any conflict between you and Toyama Jinshiro...? Toyama Jinshiro...looks quite angry...He seems...to hate you..."
The more Ogata listened, the more confused he became.
He really couldn't remember anything he had done that would cause Yuanshan to hate him.
However, from Makino's two sentences just now, Ogata had already understood the general course of events.
For unknown reasons, Yuanshan brought a large group of his fellow apprentices to come to him, asking Xufang to come out by name.
Ogata was not there at the time.
However, no matter what Mikami and the others said, Toyama and the others did not believe them, so they planned to break into Sakakibara Sword Hall.
So the battle began.
The number of people in Toyama's group is far greater than that of Mikami and his group.
So Mikami and his companions were defeated miserably.
--hateful!
——What’s wrong with that guy Yuanshan!
——I haven’t done anything to offend Yuanshan, right?
——You are looking for me all over the world...
--etc!
—Looking for me...all over the world...?!
Ogata suddenly realized something.
There are only two places Ogata frequents, besides his home and his workplace.
One is Sakakibara Sword School.
And the other one... is Liuya!
An ominous premonition began to surge wildly in Ogata's heart...
"Go call a doctor quickly! I'm going to go out for a while!"
After leaving these words, Obe hurriedly rushed out of Sakakibara Sword Hall.
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As soon as Ogata left, their master, Hanbei, arrived.
It was not until just now that Hanbei received the news that Sakakibara Sword Hall was attacked. He hurriedly rushed out of his residence and rushed to Sakakibara Sword Hall.
After learning the whole story from his disciples, Sakakibara Hanbei's face immediately darkened.
"The people from Ishikawa Sword Hall...are too arrogant! Hmm? Where's Ogata? Isn't Ogata here?"
It was not until then that Hanbei realized that the central figure of today's incident, Ogata, was not present.
"Master..." a disciple responded hesitantly, "Senior Brother Ogata just came to the dojo, but... after a short while, he left in a hurry..."
"Left?" Hanbei's eyes widened. "Where did he go?"
"have no idea……"
One after another, bad ideas began to pop up in Hanbei's mind.
"That stupid disciple... wouldn't he be doing anything stupid...! You guys take good care of these injured people! You guys follow me, we're going to find Ogata!"
After saying that, Hanbei led the disciples he had just named out of the dojo. Although it was a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack, Hanbei still resolutely embarked on the arduous journey of finding Ogata.
