Volume 4: The Undead Chapter 249: Samurai Swordsmanship and Ninja Jujutsu (Part 2)
So - the encounter between Ogata and Aotaro can be considered a new coincidence born out of a series of coincidences.
Ogata happened to show up here at this time.
Qingtaro also appeared on the ceiling here at this time.
Seeing Aotaro rushing towards him with a knife, Ogata also held the knife in his hand steadily, ready to meet the enemy.
Just as Ogata guessed - being from Shiranui, Aotaro is the type of person who excels at speed and agility.
In almost the blink of an eye, Aotaro rushed to Ogata and swung his sword at him.
However, although Aotaro's speed was fast, it was not so fast that Ogata could not catch up.
Ogata neither dodged nor evaded, but swung his sword to meet the wakizashi that was coming towards him from Aotaro.
However - at this moment, just as the two swords were about to collide in mid-air, a strange smile suddenly appeared on Qingtaro's face.
Then, at the moment when the two swords were about to collide, Qingtaro suddenly stopped the knife in his hand and took it back.
After making this feint, he pounced into Ogata's arms like a slippery fish at a much faster speed than before.
While rushing towards Ogata's arms, he opened his arms as if he was going to give Ogata a big hug.
Looking at Aotaro who was rushing towards him with his arms open, Ogata's pupils shrank slightly.
Ogata had seen this kind of situation before.
Ogata had seen this move when Atachi was demonstrating the Shiranui-ryu ninjutsu to him - it was a throwing technique in the Shiranui-ryu jutsu that was specifically used to throw people to the ground.
After being hit by Ating's move, Ogata's back hurt for a long time - and this was because Ating showed mercy.
In terms of judo skills, who is better between Aotaro and Amachi - Ogata is not sure.
But Ogata was sure that Aotaro's physical fitness was definitely better than Atachi's.
After all, Aotaro's body is obviously stronger than Atachi's.
Ogata didn't dare to take Aotaro's throw head-on, so he used a step to jump to the right and escaped from Aotaro's attack range in time before Aotaro's hand touched him.
A look of displeasure appeared on Qingtaro's face. "Did I let you dodge... You dodged beautifully. If you had been hit by my move just now, your waist or neck would have been broken by me."
"Shiranui-style Jujutsu..." Ogata jumped out of Aotaro's attack range and looked at Aotaro in front of him with a serious expression.
"Oh?" Aotaro raised his eyebrows in surprise, "You can actually recognize that this is Shiranui-ryu's jutsu? Not bad, do you have any ninja friends who are from Shiranui?"
“I guess so.”
Aotaro held the wakizashi in his hand and danced with a sword flower: "Although I was only a Chunin until I escaped from Shiranui, but in terms of close combat ability, I am not inferior to some of the Jonins in the area."
"Because - I created a set of fighting techniques that combines the assassination techniques of the Shiranui style with the soft techniques of the Shiranui style."
"Without understanding our Shiranui-ryu's jutsu, my unique fighting technique won't be so easy to break!"
After saying that, Aotaro rushed towards Ogata with his sword again.
"Tsk..." Looking at Aotaro who rushed towards him again, Ogata curled his lips, "You are much more difficult to deal with than Soutarou..."
After a brief round of fighting just now, Oba could see that there was a huge gap between Aotaro and Soutarou in close combat.
After muttering this, Ogata couldn't help but look up at the ceiling above his head.
My mind uncontrollably drifted to the third floor, where the sound of something being smashed and chopped could be heard.
Compared to fighting with Aotaro in front of him, Ogata now wants to rush to the third floor to support Atachi who is currently unaware of the battle situation.
With the mentality of "quick battle, quick decision", Ogata pulled out the wakizashi from his waist with his left hand, and rushed towards Aotaro who was rushing towards him with two swords in hand.
It was the first time that Ogata encountered this kind of fighting technique that combined swordsmanship with hand-to-hand combat.
Due to lack of experience in dealing with this kind of enemy, Ogata did not dare to use an overly aggressive attack style.
And Aotaro seemed to have noticed that Ogata was very anxious, so with the idea of "disgusting Ogata, making Ogata more anxious, and waiting for Ogata to show a flaw", he deliberately fought with Ogata and delayed time.
Use language, actions and other means to disrupt the enemy's mentality, making the enemy more anxious and unable to remain calm, so as to interfere with the enemy's combat effectiveness - this "psychological tactic" is also a common means of fighting the enemy in battle.
After clearly realizing that Aotaro was deliberately wasting his time, Ogata snorted coldly, swung his two swords, forcing Aotaro to retreat, and then he also took a few steps back to increase the distance between himself and Aotaro.
"You've been looking upstairs." Qingtaro glanced at the ceiling above his head, "It seems that you are quite concerned about the movements upstairs."
Aotaro continued to speak to Ogata with a slightly sarcastic tone.
"I advise you not to be too anxious."
"If you are too anxious, it will be easy to make mistakes."
Ogata ignored Aotaro who was mocking him.
The reason why he wanted to distance himself from Aotaro just now was because - he needed to prepare for his next kill on Aotaro.
"Hello!"
Ogata shouted while slowly putting the wakizashi in his left hand back into the sheath.
"You just said that if you don't know the Shiranui-ryu Jutsu, your unique fighting technique won't be so easy to break, right?"
"Ah?" Not understanding why Ogata suddenly asked this, Aotaro raised his eyebrows in confusion, "Yes. I did say that. Only those who also know Shiranui Jutsu know the weaknesses and cracking methods of each move. Why are you asking this?"
"Nothing, just a casual question."
After saying that, Ogata pulled up his personal system interface.
[Current personal level: Lv24 (50/3200)]
[Sakakibara Ittoryu Level: 9th Stage (3615/4000)]
[Mutual Dual Blade Level: 7th Stage (4420/5000)]
[Remaining skill points: 2 points]
These two skill points are all new skill points brought to Ogata after the personal level is upgraded.
When he killed Soutarou and his group not long ago, his personal level was raised from 22 to 23, and he gained 1 skill point.
Because I haven't figured out where to add these skill points, I've kept them for now.
After the melee with the shogunate soldiers on the first floor, his personal level was raised from level 23 to level 24, and he gained 1 skill point.
When dealing with Soutarou and his crew and the shogunate army, because Ogata used both Sakakibara Ittoryu and Muga Nito-ryu, mixing the two sets of swordsmanship, the experience points were split into two parts and distributed to the two, so neither of them was upgraded, but they were both just a little bit away from upgrading.
