Volume 1: Re:Zero -Starting Life as a Samurai Chapter 8 Research System
Although Ogata did not stop the work at hand, he was quietly listening to the conversations of his colleagues.
——My Lord...Matsudaira Gennai...
Matsudaira Gennai——The current daimyo of Hirose Domain and the lord of Ogata and his lord.
Ogata was a samurai from the Hirose domain.
As Matsudaira Gen'uchi was the daimyo and ruler of Hirose Domain, he was naturally the lord of Ogata and his comrades, the lord that Ogata and his comrades had to protect and support at the risk of their lives.
Matsudaira Gennai is a young daimyo who is only 23 years old this year.
Although he is young, since he took over his late father's mantle and became the new ruler of Hirose Domain two years ago, Matsudaira Gennai has shown his... indescribably brutal nature.
When Matsudaira Gennai's father was still alive, Matsudaira Gennai's brutal nature was somewhat restrained.
But after his father died and no one could tell him what to do anymore, Matsudaira Gennai completely revealed his brutal side.
In just two years, he committed countless absurd and cruel acts.
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Ogata didn't pay much attention to the content of the conversation between those colleagues just now.
After all, he was just a low-ranking samurai with an annual salary of only 50 koku .
Do not meddle in matters that are not your responsibility - this has always been Ogata's way of dealing with things.
That's why he didn't care what ridiculous things his lord did.
He was just a low-ranking samurai, and Ogata didn't need to worry about such things at all.
Ogata just wants to continue doing his job well.
Let those bigwigs find a way to solve the problem of the lord's brutality.
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The sky began to turn yellow.
Dusk is coming.
Now that dusk has arrived, it means that Ogata and the others can get off work.
He quickly packed up everything on the desk, said hello to his colleagues who were still leisurely tidying up their desks, and then left quickly.
He hurried to Sakakibara Sword Hall.
Every day after get off work, he would go to Sakakibara Sword Hall to practice swordplay - this was something Ogata did every day.
Ogata is still not very familiar with the system in his mind .
Therefore, Ogata has secretly made plans to use his fellow disciples as "experimental subjects" in the Sakakibara Sword Hall to test the functions of the system bit by bit.
Holding the two swords on his left waist, Ogata ran quickly to Sakakibara Sword Hall.
At present, not many people come to the sword hall to practice sword.
These few people were not very close to Ogata.
Ogata was a little disappointed to see that there were no familiar people present.
But he soon cheered up.
Although there were no acquaintances present, Ogata had an experiment that could be conducted even without any acquaintances to practice with.
Putting away his sword, Ogata picked up a wooden sword at random and walked slowly to a corner of the sword hall.
He assumed a downward stance facing the air in front of him.
After adjusting his breathing, he shouted loudly.
Following this loud shout, Ogata performed the only upward attack technique in Sakakibara Ittoryu - climbing the stairs.
Climbing the stairs - the only upward attack technique in Sakakibara Ittoryu.
Sakakibara Ittoryu has a total of 4 sword techniques.
They are——
Stabbing technique - bird stabbing.
Downward chopping technique - water fall.
Horizontal slashing technique - Dragon Tail.
Upward skill - climbing stairs.
There are no fancy tricks.
There are only these four sword skills that are simple, yet extremely practical.
Climbing the tower is the sword technique that Ogata is least good at.
His best move was water fall, followed by bird thorn, and then dragon tail. His worst move was climbing buildings.
When performing the Climbing Skill on the air in front of him, Ogata clearly felt a sense of disharmony in his body.
This is proof of lack of proficiency in swordsmanship.
"You need to practice more..."
After murmuring this in a voice , Ogata stretched his muscles and continued to practice Sakakibara Ittoryu's sword skills on the air in front of him.
"Hey, look."
"Ogata-kun is so serious today..."
"Yeah, I see he has been practicing alone for quite some time..."
"Okay, since Ogata-kun is so serious, then as your senior, I can't slack off either."
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Since entering the sword hall, Xu Fang has been practicing hard alone, which has attracted the attention of his fellow disciples in the sword hall.
While everyone was praising Ogata's diligence, they were also inspired by his diligence and began to practice their own swordsmanship in a more serious manner.
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After performing the Climbing Technique for who knows how many times in the air in front of him, Ogata paused and raised his hand to wipe the beads of sweat that were about to drip down his chin to the ground.
At this moment, a familiar system prompt sounded in my mind:
[Ding! Practice "Sakakibara Ittoryu" and gain 10 experience points for the sword technique "Sakakibara Ittoryu"]
[Sakakibara Ittoryu Level: 4th Stage (30/700)]
After hearing this reminder in his mind, an expression of uncontrollable joy appeared on Ogata's face.
He muttered in a low voice:
"Success..."
The reason why Ogata practiced swordsmanship alone just now was to do an experiment.
Experiment - can you gain experience points by practicing swordsmanship alone without defeating or killing others?
And now, the experimental results are out - it is absolutely possible.
But... the efficiency is too low.
Ogata swung the sword until he was sweating profusely and his hands were almost weak, and only then did he gain 10 points of experience in Sakakibara Ittoryu.
And it only adds experience points for swordsmanship, not personal level experience points.
With this calculation, it is not cost-effective to upgrade one's personal level and sword skills level by practicing alone.
——If you want to level up quickly, you really have to compete with others in swordplay...
Ogata said this in his mind while wiping the sweat off his clothes and adjusting his breathing.
At this moment, a male voice that was quite familiar to Ogata sounded behind him:
"Good evening, Ogata-senpai."
The person who spoke was the person who had the best relationship with Ogata in the entire Sakakibara Sword Hall - Ogata's junior fellow apprentice Makino Fumushiro.
"Makino." Ogata replied with a smile, "Good evening to you too. You're so late today."
"Alas." Makino smiled helplessly, "I was delayed on the way because of something."
"In that case, don't waste time. Come and duel with me."
"Oh?" Makino raised his eyebrows. "Senior Ogata seems to be very eager to fight today. Okay, wait for me. I'll go get the wooden sword."
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Ogata held a middle stance, and Makino also held a middle stance.
The two of them stared at each other.
Although Ogata is much stronger than Makino in terms of swordsmanship, he is not strong enough to crush Makino.
If you are careless for a moment, you may be defeated by Makino.
After an unknown amount of time of confrontation, Makino took the lead by shouting loudly and using Sakakibara Ittoryu's Dragon Tail, with the tip of the sword sweeping towards the back of Ogata's right hand.
Ogata took a half step back very swiftly, avoiding the sword that Makino was slashing at him.
After dodging Makino's sword, he stepped forward and closed the distance between them again.
As he closed the distance between the two, Ogata raised the wooden sword high, and then chopped it down - Sakakibara Ittoryu: Water Fall.
The blade of the wooden sword stopped just a finger's distance from the tip of Makino's nose.
"Ogata-senpai..." Makino said with a wry smile, "You win again."
[Ding! Use Sakakibara Ittoryu: Waterfall to defeat the enemy]
[Gain 20 points of personal experience and 20 points of swordsmanship "Sakakibara Ittoryu" experience]
[Current personal level: Lv8 (70/700)]
[Sakakibara Ittoryu Level: 4th Stage (50/700)]
A look of joy appeared on Ogata's face again.
