Volume 4: The Undead Chapter 161: "Original Breathing" Upgrade
Since being loaded onto the prison van and transported to an unknown place, Hasegawa would come to talk to Ogata from time to time and chat with him about random things.
Thanks to Hasegawa's conversation, Ogata gradually understood some things that had puzzled him before.
For example, how Hasegawa and others arrived at the Negishi family's headquarters in time and captured both Ogata and Mamiya.
For example, the reason why Hasegawa and others appeared in Tatsuno Domain was to capture a vicious thief named "Buddha Enemy".
And Kuro Mamiya is an accomplice of the "Buddha's enemy".
Ogata also learned from Hasegawa that Kuro Mamiya also had the nickname "Ryuko Hachiman".
The reason why Ogata was captured by Hasegawa and his gang was simply because he was unlucky enough to be working with Mamiya.
After learning the truth, Ogata couldn't help but sigh that fate is really a magical thing.
It all started because his purse was stolen.
If his purse had not been stolen, he would not have gone to find the Negishi family's headquarters, and would not have run into Mamiya.
"Ogata Ittosai." Hasegawa stood outside the prison van and talked to Ogata through the small ventilation window. "How is it? Is the prison van comfortable?"
"It's not bad." Ogata said vaguely while drinking porridge. "This prison car is quite spacious, and it's not that uncomfortable to live in it."
Apart from the dim lighting, the prison van where Ogata lived had no other obvious flaws.
The carriage was not narrow and had small windows for ventilation, so the air inside was not turbid or stuffy.
"It's good as long as you live here." Hasegawa said calmly, "Take advantage of the time you have here now. You will have to leave this prison van in the afternoon."
"Oh?" Ogata raised his eyebrows, "Are we almost reaching our destination?"
"That's right."
"So after all this trouble - where exactly is our destination?"
"You'll know when you get there."
During the time when they were stuffed into a prison van and transported to an unknown area, Ogata asked Hasegawa this question countless times: Where are they going?
As for the answer to this question, Hasegawa has always been very secretive.
The answer given to Ogata is always the same - "You will know when you get there."
"Since it's almost time..."
Ogata pressed his eyes against the small ventilation window and looked toward the back of his prison van.
"Can I have a chat with him?"
Although the vision was a little poor, by pressing his eyes close to the small ventilation window and looking back, he could still barely see that there was another prisoner van behind the one Ogata was riding in.
The person imprisoned in this prison car should be Mamiya.
Ogata had countless questions to ask Mamiya.
However, Hasegawa simply responded ruthlessly and firmly to Ogata's request:
"no!"
"How stingy..."
"Ogata Ittosai... please have some awareness of being a prisoner." Hasegawa cast a helpless look at Ogata in the prison van through the ventilation window, "You are now a prisoner in custody, not a daimyo on patrol."
"How can we allow you to meet whoever you want to meet and chat with whoever you want to chat with?"
After saying that, Hasegawa sighed softly.
Then, in a voice that only he could hear clearly, he whispered:
"Besides... you two might be able to meet each other soon... on that 'Butterfly Island'..."
Ogata shrugged without hearing Hasegawa's words.
"Forget about not being able to chat."
"Well, while we can still chat across the prison van, Guiping, please answer my last question."
"Gui Ping, why do you always come to chat with me from time to time these days?"
"I don't think you have a penchant for chatting with prisoners."
"Besides, the food I've been eating these days is really too high-end for prisoners. I have three meals a day, and every meal is enough to fill me up. This should also be your doing, right?"
Hasegawa was stunned when he heard Ogata's question.
A hint of smile slowly appeared on the originally expressionless face.
"Didn't I say that before?"
"I admire you very much."
"While you can still chat, talk more with people you admire - isn't that a normal thing to do?"
"As for your food - yes, just as you said, you have been able to have enough food every day these days, all thanks to me."
At this point, Hasegawa changed his tone to a joking one.
"If you run into Mamiya in the future, don't tell him that you had three meals a day during the time you lived in the prison car, and you were able to eat a full meal every time."
"I'm worried that this will cause psychological imbalance in that guy."
"That guy has only had two meals a day during this period, and each meal is just some thin porridge that can only make people half hungry."
Hearing Hasegawa's words, Ogata laughed a few times.
"Okay! I won't tell him."
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After lunch and a brief rest, Osamu, who had nothing to do and felt bored, leaned casually against the wall of the car behind him and practiced "Source Breathing".
In the absence of any entertainment activities, practicing "Origin Breathing" has become Ogata's only way to kill time.
After taking a deep breath, Ogata slowly adjusted his breathing to the "Original Breathing".
As Ogata was practicing the "Original Breathing", his mind involuntarily flashed back to the scene where Mamiya questioned him why he knew his lord's swordsmanship.
This problem of Mamiya at that time was what Ogata was most concerned about.
It still concerns Ogata to this day.
It’s a pity that until now, Ogata has not had the opportunity to meet with Mamiya again and have a good discussion with him about this issue.
——Mamiya’s lord…could he be the founder of “Muga Nito-ryu”…
As soon as this thought came to Ogata's mind, a system prompt sound that he had never heard before suddenly flashed through his mind:
[Ding! Because I have mastered the use of Wuga's Two-Sword Martial Art·Original Breathing, Wuga's Two-Sword Martial Art·Original Breathing has been upgraded to an "Intermediate" skill! ]
Hearing this system prompt sound, Ogata was slightly stunned.
Then, a look of joy appeared on his face at a speed visible to the naked eye.
——Success!
——It is indeed possible to upgrade the level of martial arts without using skill points!
Ogata felt very excited about the reminder sound that just sounded in his mind.
Because this not only means that the level of martial arts can be upgraded without using skill points but only through hard training.
It also means that Ogata's efforts in practicing Source Breathing whenever he had time over the past few months have not been in vain.
