Volume 1: Re:Zero -Starting Life as a Samurai Chapter 9: Seeing injustice, draw your sword to help
Another of Ogata's experiments was declared successful.
Ogata came to the sword hall today mainly to do two experiments related to the system.
The first experiment: Test whether you can gain experience points by practicing swordplay alone without defeating or killing the enemy.
The second experiment: Can you gain experience points by defeating enemies repeatedly?
Now, Ogata's two experiments have been completed and declared successful.
Yesterday, Ogata had already defeated Makino once.
And after defeating Makino again today, I can still gain experience points.
This means that even if you defeat enemies repeatedly, you can still gain experience points.
Both experiments were declared successful, which made Ogata in a good mood.
Ogata stretched the muscles of his right arm and smiled at Makino:
"Okay, Makino, let's have some good exercise today."
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Today, Ogata competed with Makino three times and won all three times.
Gained 60 points of personal experience from Makino and 60 points of Sakakibara Ittoryu experience.
Currently, Ogata's personal level is: Lv8 (110/700).
The level of Sakakibara Ittoryu is: 4th stage (90/700)
Ogata originally wanted to have a fourth duel with Makino, but after having fought three rounds in a row, Makino no longer had the strength and energy to duel with Ogata.
Seeing what Makino said, Ogata had no choice but to give up the sword fight with Makino.
Today, Ogata and his friends' master, Sakakibara Hanbei, did not come to the sword hall to teach them sword practice.
This is actually the norm at Sakakibara Sword School. Hanbei does not come to the sword school every day to guide them in sword fighting.
For example, today - Hanbei didn't come, and Ogata and the others were practicing hard on their own from beginning to end.
Makino no longer had the strength to duel with Ogata with swords, and Ogata was also a little tired.
After all, before engaging in three consecutive sword duels with Makino, Ogata had been practicing swordsmanship alone for a long time.
Since his physical condition was not very good and the purpose of today's experiment had been achieved, Xu Fang simply terminated today's practice, took back his sword, put on his straw sandals, and set out on the way home.
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Compared to yesterday, Ogata returned home much later.
It was completely dark outside, and without a lantern, it was impossible to walk.
There are always a large number of lanterns for the disciples to use in the Sakakibara Sword Gym. Everyone in the sword gym can use them at will and just need to put them back in place after use.
Ogata held a lantern in his right hand and his left hand casually rested on the sword at his waist.
Gu~~
The stomach makes embarrassing noises.
"very hungry……"
Ogata lowered his left hand from his sword and gently covered his stomach with it.
Before traveling through time, Ogata lived a life where he could eat whatever meat, eggs and other dishes he wanted.
Ogata, who had long been accustomed to that kind of life, naturally felt extremely uncomfortable with the current days where he could only eat thin porridge for every meal.
From yesterday till now , Ogata has just spent one day in this era.
In just one short day, Xubian had enough of this harsh environment.
——I really want to eat something delicious...
As soon as this thought came into Ogata's mind, he found it a little funny.
It’s actually not difficult at all to eat something good.
The difficulty is where to get the money to eat good food.
The meager salary of 50 koku made Ogata afraid to eat anything except porridge.
So in the final analysis, the only problem Ogata has in his current life is that he has no money.
As long as you have money, everything is easy.
“Money…”
Ogata muttered.
"Where can I get the money from..."
What to do next - I can think about this later.
But “how to make myself a little richer and improve my quality of life” – this question is a real and urgent problem…
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Ogata pondered for a while and found that if he wanted to make his life a little more affluent, the only way was to start a side job in his spare time.
Help the merchants, do some small business, or do something else...
Just when Ogata was worrying about money, he suddenly heard a strange sound coming from the front .
After frowning slightly, Ogata quickened his pace and ran forward.
In front of us, there are four middle-aged men dressed as farmers.
These four middle-aged men dressed as farmers exuded a strong stench of alcohol.
Even from a distance, Ogata was intoxicated by the stench of alcohol on these four people.
At this time, these four middle-aged men were surrounding a pretty woman and saying some very obscene words.
The pretty woman hunched her shoulders and hands tightly against her chest, looking with fear at the four middle-aged men who were laughing lewdly and saying obscene words.
The four drunks would touch the woman from time to time, scaring her so much that her whole body was shaking slightly.
Ogata Hikaru used his eyes to see clearly what was happening.
These four middle-aged men dressed as farmers must have drunk too much and were not sober, so they molested decent women in the street.
This place is quite remote and few people pass by. If we do nothing, the woman might be in danger.
--no solution anymore……
After saying this in his heart, Ogata held the sword at his waist and slowly walked towards the four drunkards who were molesting women in the street.
"Hey, you guys, get out of here!"
Ogata's words immediately attracted the attention of the four drunkards, as well as the woman.
Seeing someone finally coming, the woman's eyes immediately flashed with hope and excitement, and she shouted to Ogata:
"Master Warrior, please save me!"
After hearing Ogata's words "Get out of here", one of the drunks not only did not leave obediently, but also shouted incoherently:
"What's it got to do with you? Get out of here now."
Ogata silently tilted the lantern in his right hand slightly to the left, illuminating the two swords at his waist.
“See this?”
Ogata said in a calm tone.
"Get out of here now, or else - I might make you suffer a little."
Ogata thought that after he showed the samurai sword at his waist, the four drunken men would be scared and retreat.
But who would have thought that these four drunks were not afraid at all, and instead spoke in an even more arrogant tone:
"So what if I'm a samurai! I'm not even afraid of the Shogun, so why would I be afraid of you! "
“That’s right!”
"Get out of here! Otherwise we'll teach you a lesson!"
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Listening quietly to the crazy words of these four drunkards, Ogata sighed helplessly.
I thought to myself:
——It is true that alcohol makes cowards brave...
If they were sober, these four strong men would have been scared and ran away after seeing the two swords on Ogata's waist.
In the Edo period, peasants did not have the courage to go against the samurai, who were the ruling class and had the right to use their surnames and carry swords.
But the problem is - these four guys are not sober now.
They should have been running away, but instead they were talking nonsense.
Seeing that words were no longer enough to make this guy leave, Ogata silently handed the lantern to his left hand.
Then he used his free right hand to slowly pull out the katana that was inserted into his left waist.
In the light of the lantern, the blade of the katana reflected a dazzling glow.
He assumed a mid-range stance, with the tip of his sword pointed at the four drunks who had not yet sobered up after seeing Ogata draw his sword.
——I never thought that I would start using a real sword on the second day after arriving in the Edo period...
