Volume 1: Re:Zero -Starting Life as a Samurai Chapter 54: Dual-Sword Swordsman (Part 1)
After defeating Itagaki, who sexually harassed Afuku, Ogata had speculated that the amount of experience points gained was not only related to the strength of the opponent, but also to the opponent's "murderous intention" towards him.
But at that time, he was just guessing and didn't dare to be sure.
And now, Ogata is 100% sure - as long as the opponent has a strong intention to kill, then even if the opponent is very weak, Ogata can still gain a considerable amount of experience points after defeating or killing him.
After shifting his attention away from the question "What are the factors that affect the acquisition of experience points?", Ogata focused his attention on another place in the personal system interface - the experience bar of Sakakibara Ittoryu.
Looking at the experience bar of Sakakibara Ittoryu, a bitter smile appeared on Ogata's face again.
After yesterday's fierce battle, Ogata's Sakakibara Ittoryu has successfully advanced from 5th dan to 6th dan.
And to raise the level of Sakakibara Ittoryu from 6th stage to 7th stage, a full 1,500 experience points are required.
The level of Sakakibara Ittoryu increases from 5th dan to 6th dan, requiring only 900 experience points.
It takes 1,500 experience points to go from level 6 to level 7.
The difficulty of upgrading has increased significantly.
——Is this system the type where the higher the level, the harder it is to upgrade?
Ogata thought to himself.
——Whether it’s the individual level or the martial arts school level, if the higher , the harder it is to upgrade…
——Then I’m afraid the upgrade speed will become slower and slower in the future…
After checking the personal system interface up and down several times and confirming that there was nothing else worthy of attention, Xu closed his personal system interface.
Just then, Ogata heard light footsteps behind him.
Turning back, Obaka saw his master, Sakakibara Hanbei, walking slowly towards him with his hands behind his back.
"Good morning, Master."
"Well, Ogata, good morning to you too. How was it? How did you sleep last night?"
"I slept soundly. I haven't had such a good sleep in a long time."
What Ogata said was true, without any exaggeration.
The sleep he had last night was indeed a sweet sleep that Ogata hadn't had in a long time.
"Yeah. Just sleep well. Ogata, come with me."
"...Huh?" Ogata tilted his head, "Master, where are you going?"
"Go to my house ."
"Your home? B-but I still have to go to work...Ah, no, I still have work as a warehouse officer to do."
Ogata almost blurted out the extremely modern word "go to work".
Fortunately, Ogata discovered his mistake and corrected it in time.
"You don't have to go to the Domain Office today." Hanbei said in a calm tone, "I have asked for leave for you. You can have a good rest today."
"Ask for leave?"
"Yes. After all, I am the master of Sakakibara Sword Hall, and I have some friends who are high-ranking officials in the domain. It's just a piece of cake for me to ask for leave for you."
After saying that, Hanbei turned and walked out of the dojo.
"Come on, Ogata."
Ogata, feeling a little confused, followed Hanbei's footsteps in confusion.
"Master. Why should we go to your house?"
"…I want to give you something."
"Is it some kind of legendary sword?" Ogata asked in a half-joking tone.
"…It is something far more powerful than the sword handed down from ancient times. Just follow me."
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Ogata followed Hanbei one step behind him, walked out of the dojo, and then walked towards a wooden house not far from the Sakakibara Sword Hall.
Hanbei lives alone in this wooden house.
Therefore, after opening the door and stepping into the entrance hall, Xu Fang sensed that the "human breath", or the "breath of life" in this house was very faint.
The atmosphere in this house gives people a cold feeling.
He took off his straw sandals, took off the katana from his left waist along with its sheath, and then held it in his right hand. He followed Hanbei into a room, stepping on the creaking wooden floor.
Judging from the layout of this room, this should be Hanbei's room.
The layout of Hanbei's room is quite simple.
Just a few ordinary and necessary pieces of furniture and objects.
"Ogata, sit down."
"yes."
After Hanbei asked Ogata to sit down, Ogata knelt obediently on the tatami in the room and placed the katana on his right side.
After asking Ogata to sit down, Hanbei did not sit down with Ogata.
Instead, he walked slowly towards a small wooden cabinet placed in a corner of the room.
Hanbei opened the bottom drawer of the wooden cabinet, and Ofang discovered that the drawer was full of Chinese books, mainly the Four Books and the Five Classics.
Looking at the Chinese books in this drawer, Ogata couldn't help but frown slightly:
——The thing that Master said is more powerful than the sword passed down from generation to generation, could it be this pile of Four Books and Five Classics...
The more Ogata thought about it, the more he felt it was possible...
Because he felt that Ogata was too violent, he planned to give Ogata a set of Four Books and Five Classics so that Ogata could be influenced by the saints and cultivate his sentiments - Ogata felt that such a thing was not impossible to happen.
Ogata was not interested in the Four Books and Five Classics.
Just as Ogata was thinking about whether he should use this pile of Four Books and Five Classics as padding for the corners of the table or as a pillow if his master gave it to him, Hanbei moved out all the Chinese books in the drawer.
Then he picked up a thread-bound book with a yellowed cover that was placed at the bottom of the drawer.
Because of the angle, Ogata couldn't see what was on the cover of the book.
Hanbei held the book in his hand and walked slowly back to Ogata.
After kneeling in front of Ogata, he placed the book on the tatami and pushed it in the direction of Ogata.
It was not until then that Ogata finally saw the cover of the book clearly.
There are only 5 Chinese characters on the cover of this book.
"Muga... Two-sword style...?" Ogata looked puzzled and recited the five Chinese characters on the cover of the book word by word.
"This is what I just told you about, something more powerful than the legendary sword. It's also what I want to give to you."
"...Master, what...is this thing?" Although he had already roughly guessed what this book was, Ogata still chose to ask Hanbei for confirmation.
"This book records all the sword techniques of the two-sword style swordsmanship - Muga's two-sword style."
"Master, what exactly is this Muga Nito-ryu?" Ogata's puzzled expression became more and more intense. "Why do you have a book that teaches Nito-ryu swordsmanship?"
"...Alas." Hanbei sighed softly, "How this book came about... That's a long story."
"Ogata, you should know my brother, right?"
"Of course I know." Ogata answered without hesitation.
Sakakibara Hanbei's elder brother, Sakakibara Denichirō, is the founder of Sakakibara Ittoryu.
Not long after founding the Sakakibara Ittoryu school, he unfortunately passed away due to illness.
It is said that when Denichirō was still alive, he was a famous swordsman, and even had the title of "Izumo Unrivaled".
