Volume 1: Re:Zero -Starting Life as a Samurai Chapter 5: Ogata's Sword
Step in, swing the sword across - all in one smooth motion.
The movement speed is also much faster than just now!
Mikami's pupils shrank slightly in shock.
He didn't expect Ogata to be so fast.
He had no time to retract the sword that was already raised above his head.
He could only watch as Ogata's sword slashed towards his abdomen.
Because Mikami was taller than Ogata, chopping Mikami's chest was too difficult for Ogata.
For Ogata, the best place to attack is Mikami's belly.
Sakakibara Ittoryu·Ryubi.
Dragon Tail——A horizontal slashing technique from Sakakibara Ittoryu.
Ogata's sword, like a giant dragon's tail, swept from left to right towards Mikami's belly.
When the blade of the wooden sword was only a finger's length away from Mikami's belly, Ogata's sword suddenly stopped.
After taking back the sword with a smile, Ogata bowed to Mikami and said:
"Thank you, Senior Mikami."
Mikami also recovered from his previous state of shock.
He put down his sword and saluted Ogata with a helpless smile:
"I lost... I didn't expect you to be so fast, Ogata-kun... It seems you are quite well hidden."
As soon as Mikami finished speaking, the familiar system voice sounded in Ogata's mind:
[Ding! Use Sakakibara Ittoryu·Ryubi to defeat the enemy. ]
[Gained 50 personal experience points and 60 swordsmanship "Sakakibara Ittoryu" experience points. ]
[Ding! Experience value is full, Sakakibara Ittoryu level is increased by 1 stage, and 2 skill points are obtained]
[Currently remaining skill points: 2 points]
[Current personal level: Lv8 (50/700)]
[Sakakibara Ittoryu Level: 4th Stage (20/700)]
——My Sakakibara Ittoryu has been upgraded! I got another skill point! And it’s 2 points!
After the system sound in his mind stopped, Ogata couldn't help but shout excitedly in his heart.
——As expected of Senior Mikami, the experience points gained after defeating him are more than those of Makino and the previous senior brother!
——My judgment turned out to be correct... Upgrading my martial arts school level is much more cost-effective than improving my personal level!
——You can only gain 1 skill point when your personal level increases by 1.
——If the level of a martial arts school is increased by 1 level, 2 skill points will be obtained.
——Just now, after my Sakakibara Ittoryu was upgraded from 3rd level to 4th level, I gained 2 skill points.
——It’s a pity that the highest level of each martial arts style is only 15th level...
——It cannot be upgraded infinitely like personal levels...
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Although Mikami is the strongest among all the disciples of Sakakibara Sword Hall, he is not invincible and has never been defeated by anyone.
After all, Mikami is not strong enough to crush all his fellow disciples.
So in daily sword fights, Mikami always loses to others.
Because of this, after Ogata defeated Mikami, it only caused a small exclamation among the people in the museum, and no one felt it was incredible.
The duel between Ogata and Mikami was the last match of the day in the sword hall.
After Ogata and Mikami finished their sword fight, it was already sunset.
After sunset, the sword gym closes - this is the rule of Sakakibara Gym.
All the disciples lined up, saluted to their master Sakakibara Hanbei, then took back their swords, put on their shoes, and returned home.
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Ogata lived in a remote area, so no one went the same way with him, so he had to walk home alone.
As he walked home along the country road relying on his memory, Ogata's eyes uncontrollably glanced towards his left waist frequently.
To be precise, he glanced at the two long and short knives tucked into his left waist.
These two knives are very heavy and feel quite heavy when hung around the waist.
Looking at the two heavy knives on his left waist, Ogata couldn't help swallowing.
——This is a real sword...
——I never thought that there would be a day when I could walk on the street with a real sword hanging on my waist...
Before coming to the Edo period, Ogata once heard a saying somewhere that men basically like to wield swords.
Ogata deeply agreed with this statement.
When he thought about the two real swords hanging around his waist - and they were his own family heirlooms, excitement surged uncontrollably from Ogata's body.
Ogata really wanted to pull out his two swords and take a closer look at them.
But now they are outdoors, and although Ogata is living in the Edo period when samurai are respected, it is still somewhat inappropriate to draw a sword outdoors for no reason.
In order to see his sword more quickly, Ogata quickened his pace to go home.
Ogata's mother died of complications during childbirth.
Ogata's father also died of illness a few years ago.
Therefore, Ogata lives alone now.
Ogata's home was just a shabby, old thatched house.
Although the house is small, it is big enough for one person.
He opened the door and rushed into the room without even taking off his straw sandals. He then took off the two swords, one long and one short, from his left waist.
These two knives, one long and one short, each have their own unique name.
A longer sword is called a katana.
A shorter sword is called a wakizashi.
The katana was the main weapon of the samurai in battle, while the wakizashi was the backup weapon.
Ogata first drew his katana.
It was now dark and Ogata had not turned on a lamp, making the light in the house unusually dim.
But after Ogata pulled his katana out of its sheath, the light in the entire house suddenly became much brighter.
Ogata's face was clearly reflected on the snow-white blade.
After carefully playing with the katana in his hand, Obe pulled his wakizashi out of the sheath.
Both the katana and the wakizashi are in excellent condition.
The blade is extremely sharp.
The blade was also sharpened to a very high level.
These two knives are truly "family heirlooms".
It has been passed down from generation to generation in the Ogata family since the early Edo period.
So these two knives are antiques with a history of more than a hundred years.
After Ogata's father died, the two swords were passed into Ogata's hands.
Although they are called "family heirloom swords", in fact these two swords are not "precious" at all.
They are just two ordinary samurai swords, not the kind of swords that can cut through iron like mud.
Japan has been relatively peaceful since Tokugawa Ieyasu opened the door and established the Tokugawa shogunate.
Apart from the Battle of Sekigahara in the early Edo period, there were no large-scale wars in Japan.
The absence of war means that the samurai sword is no longer useful.
It is precisely because the samurai sword has no place to be used that Ogata's two swords have been passed down from generation to generation and have a history of more than one hundred years.
The fact that these two samurai swords have been passed down for so many years means that they have hardly been used over the years.
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After admiring the two samurai swords, one long and one short, he put them all back into their sheaths.
Just sheathed the knife——
Gu...
My stomach made a slight rumbling sound.
Ogata touched his flat belly without a trace of fat, and thought to himself:
——Just now I was just looking at and playing with the knife...
——I even ignored the fact that “I’m hungry”…
——Let’s eat…
