Ogata's plan for these days is to level up hard during the day and have a good rest at night to accumulate physical and mental strength for the next day.
So he had originally planned to take a short rest after dinner and then go to A-Ming's room.
Since there was time anyway, Ogata decided to follow the others to see Genichir's so-called new work after dinner.
After quickly finishing today's dinner, Genichi led Ogata and others straight to his room.
Genichi's room is located in the deepest part of the temple.
After entering Genichi's room, Ogata's eyes subconsciously scanned the surroundings.
Genichi's room was a little smaller than Ogata had imagined, but also much cleaner than Ogata had imagined.
Ogata originally thought that for someone as carefree and unconcerned as Genichi, his room would definitely be a mess.
But unexpectedly, Genichi's room was surprisingly clean and tidy. Although it was not spotless, it was clean and refreshing.
"You guys take a seat first." Yuan Yi pointed to the tatami in the middle of the room , "I'll go make some tea."
As soon as Genichi finished speaking, Mamiya immediately spoke up:
"Master Genichi, let me go make tea and stuff."
"No, no, no." Genichi waved his hand, "I can still do a small thing like making tea."
After Genichir and Mamiya argued for a while, Mamiya finally persuaded Genichir - Genichir stayed in the room with Ogata and others, while Mamiya went to make tea.
Ogata casually sat cross-legged on the tatami in the middle of the room, looking around Genichi's room boredly while waiting for Mamiya to come back with the tea.
As his eyes were aimlessly scanning the room, Ogata suddenly discovered a pile of unidentified objects in a corner of the room.
This huge pile of unidentified objects was piled up as high as a hill and was wrapped in a thick cloth.
Because it was wrapped in thick cloth, Ogata couldn't see what was under the cloth.
"Master Genichi, what is this?" Ogata asked Gen as he raised his hand and pointed at a pile of unidentified objects wrapped in thick cloth placed in the corner of the room.
"Oh, that one. That's my study material."
"Study the teaching materials?" Xu Fang looked puzzled.
With a meaningful smile on his face, Yuan Yi walked slowly to the side of the pile of things and tore off the thick cloth covering it.
The thick steps were pulled off, and Ogata was finally able to see what the pile of things was - a large pile of Ukiyo-e.
No, to be more precise... it should be a bunch of erotic ukiyo-e paintings...
Looking at the pile of pictures from this era that was as high as a small mountain, Ogata asked in astonishment:
"Master Genichi...how many ukiyo-e paintings have you collected?"
"218 pieces. I spent a lot of money to buy these things." Genichi said a very precise number. "I told you just now, didn't I? In recent years, I have been fascinated by those ukiyo-e paintings of men and women."
"I also wanted to try to draw this type of ukiyo-e that specifically depicts the affairs of men and women. So I bought a lot of this type of ukiyo-e to copy and learn."
After saying that, Genichi picked up the dozen or so Ukiyo-e paintings placed on the top of this "hill" and handed them to Ogata.
"These are the new paintings I asked Asai to buy for me when he arrived in Kyoto."
"Come, Ogata-kun, let me lend it to you to have a look."
"The new paintings we bought this time are all from Utagawa Harunobu."
"Utagawa Harunobu is one of my favorite ukiyo-e artists. He is extremely good at painting ukiyo-e that specifically depicts the affairs of men and women."
"I just finished looking at these newly bought paintings last night, and I was so excited that I painted my new work."
"It took me a lot of effort to find this painter named Utagawa Harunobu." Asai on the side suddenly said.
"So this is what you asked Asai to buy, Genichi..." Ogata looked at the stack of pornographic pictures next to Genichi in silence.
When they arrived at the foot of the mountain where the Huluwu base was located yesterday afternoon, when Lin and his gang were discussing how to distribute their luggage, Mucun asked whose luggage a certain cloth bag belonged to.
At that time, Asai quickly admitted that the cloth bag was his and that he had bought it for Genichi.
While saying this, Asai winked at Makura. After seeing the look from Asai, Makura immediately showed a look of understanding, and then stopped asking about the cloth bag.
Ogata noticed the eye contact between Makimura and Asai at that time.
At that time, Ogata was still curious about what the looks from Asai and Makimura meant.
Now the case is solved...
Ogata looked at Makimura, Asai, and Shimada beside him:
"Do you all know about this collection of Master Genichi?"
Mucun nodded:
"We all know that Master Genichi likes to draw, and he has been fascinated by and started to learn to draw this kind of pillow painting in recent years. Not only do we know these things, but the lord also knows them."
As soon as Makimura finished speaking, Asai beside him added:
"My lord has never been very concerned about Mr. Yuan's private affairs, so she allowed Mr. Yuan to buy and paint these pillow paintings."
After listening to the explanations of Makimura and Asai, Ogata silently took the dozen or so Ukiyo-e paintings that Genichirō had just handed to him and took a quick look at them.
This type of Ukiyo-e, which specifically depicts the affairs between men and women, has a special elegant name - pillow-e.
Pillow painting is considered the largest and most eye-catching subject matter in the art of Ukiyo-e.
In the modern Japanese art world of later generations, there is even a saying: Without looking at pillow paintings, there is no way to talk about Ukiyo-e.
"...Your painting skills are really good." Ogata said casually after flipping through the dozen or so paintings in his hand.
"These paintings are all from Utagawa Harunobu," Genichi introduced. "Utagawa Harunobu is very good at painting women. He is one of my favorite painters."
Even someone like Ogata who knows nothing about painting can see that these paintings are of high quality and that the painters who drew them must have had very superb painting skills.
Although the painting skills were superb and the characters were full of flesh, Ogata did not feel anything after looking at these paintings.
Born on modern Earth, he really couldn't appreciate the Ukiyo-e style of the Edo period...
Although he knew that the painting in his hand was considered a blood-curdling picture in the eyes of other men of that era, Ogata could not appreciate it no matter how he looked at it.
After Ogata finished looking at the dozen or so erotic paintings that Genichi had just lent him, Mamiya had just finished making tea and returned to the room carrying a tea tray with six cups of tea.
After everyone had a cup of tea, Genichi pulled out a booklet from somewhere.
Looking at the booklet in Genichi's hand, Shimada asked in confusion:
"Master Genichi, is that booklet your new work?"
"Yeah." Yuan Yi nodded vigorously with a hint of pride on his face.
When Minamoto nodded, everyone, including Ogata, looked curious.
The booklet in Yuan Yi's hand had an intact cover, and unless you opened the cover, you couldn't see the contents inside.
Ogata originally thought that Genichi would take out a painting, but unexpectedly, Genichi took out a booklet.
"Master Genichi." Makimura glanced at the book in Genichi's hand, "It seems... you have drawn a lot of paintings, so many that they can be bound into a book."
“No, no, no.” As soon as Makimura finished speaking, Genichi shook his head, “Makimura-kun, don’t underestimate the book in my hand.”
"This booklet in my hand may be a great innovation in the world of Ukiyo-e."
"You should all know that today's Ukiyo-e paintings all tell a story."
Genichi raised his hand and pointed to the large pile of ukiyo-e prints stacked in the corner of the room.
"After viewing the dozen or so new ukiyo-e paintings that I commissioned from Asai last night, I suddenly had an idea!"
"All pillow paintings on the market now use one painting to tell a story, so why don't I try to tell a story with more than a dozen paintings?"
As soon as Genichi finished speaking, Mamiya raised his eyebrows and asked:
"In other words... Master Genichi, are you planning to draw pillow paintings in the style of comic strips?"
"That's right!" Yuan Yi nodded vigorously and shook the book in his hand.
Ogata couldn't help but give Genichi a weird look.
To be honest - Genichi's plan to draw pillow paintings in the form of comic strips is indeed a very good innovation.
To put it in modern Earth terms, when other artists of this era were drawing single-frame erotic pictures, Genichi had already thought of drawing a book...
"Come! Let me show you my new work!" Genichi handed the booklet in his hand to Ogata who was closest to him.
As soon as Ogata took the booklet handed over by Genichi, Mamiya and others immediately surrounded him.
It can be seen that Mamiya and others are also very interested in Genichirō's innovation of "drawing pillow paintings in the style of comic strips."
Ogata is now also very curious.
I want to see what this book drawn by Genichi looks like.
——Since Genichi said that he has been studying and learning since he became fascinated with pillow painting. After so many years of study, the things he draws should be more or less good...
——What exactly is this book drawn by Genichi-sama like…?
With such an uneasy mood, Ogata opened the first page of this booklet...
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Ogata saw several aliens that barely had human shapes.
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Ogata, with an expressionless face, flipped through the pages of the book that Genichir himself had drawn.
Mamiya and others also surrounded Ogata, looking at the book that Ogata was flipping through with expressionless faces.
After turning the last page and closing the booklet completely, Genichi immediately asked Ogata and the others:
"How? How?"
"…I'm hard." Ogata said.
"Oh? Am I really that good at drawing?"
"I mean my fist is hard," Ogata added.
Although it may be a bit rude to say this.
But Ogata sincerely felt that he could draw better than Genichirō even with his feet...
Ogata originally thought that Mamiya and others must have the same feelings as he did.
But unexpectedly, Mamiya, who was sitting next to Ogata, said seriously:
"Hmm... Master Genichi, your painting skills have improved a lot compared to last time."
As soon as Mamiya finished speaking, Makimura beside him also nodded:
"Well, it's indeed much better."
After Makimura nodded, Asai and Shimada also echoed one after another.
After quietly listening to the thoughts of Mamiya and others, Ogata urgently wanted a mirror.
I want to use this mirror to see how wonderful my expression is now...
——You call this a great improvement in painting skills? How bad were the paintings by Master Genichi before?!
Mamiya seemed to have seen what Ogata was thinking at the moment, so he whispered in Ogata's ear in a voice that only he and Ogata could hear clearly:
"Do you still remember the 'Secret Manual of Muga Nito-ryu' drawn by Master Genichi himself? The pillow paintings that Master Genichi drew before are similar to the pictures he drew on 'Muga Nito-ryu' before."
Hearing what Mamiya said, Ogata was stunned, and then quickly opened the booklet in his hand again.
Looking at the figures above that still vaguely resembled human forms, Ogata nodded seriously:
"Well...my painting skills have indeed improved a lot."
——Compared to the stick figures I drew before...
Ogata added this sentence silently in his mind.
"Master Genichi." Shimada suddenly asked, "Although your painting skills have improved a lot, I don't quite understand what story your series of paintings are telling..."
“The story is actually very simple.”
Genichi moved closer to Ogata, who was holding the booklet.
After Genichi came over, Ogata cooperated and turned back to the first page.
"This woman's name is A Guang."
Yuan Yi raised his hand and pointed at one of the characters in the painting.
"This man's name is Hidejiro, and he's Hikaru's husband."
"The man standing next to Shujiro is called Rengoro."
"The general story is that Hidejiro and Hikaru's house was infested with termites, so they asked Rengoro to come and get rid of them."
"When Rengoro came to remove termites, Hidejiro was not at home."
"Then Rengoro fell in love with Guang's beauty while he was alone at home."
"And Guang also fell in love with Ren Wulang, who was more heroic than her husband."
"So the two of them..."
“Stop, stop, stop!” Before Genichi had even finished his words, Makimura’s face was filled with black lines, as if he couldn’t stand it any longer. “Why is it such a disgusting story!”
"I adapted this story based on a true story," Genichi said seriously. "I went to a nearby town to buy some wine a while ago. After buying the wine, I stopped by a pub to have a few drinks. I heard this story from the patrons of the pub."
“This is a true story.”
"I don't have any talent for making up stories, so I just used this story."
"The stories I drew in this book are all true, except for the names of the characters."
"So how does the story end?" Shimada, with a bit of excitement on his face, asked Genichi in an anxious tone.
"I heard that the man finally forgave his wife."
"Master Genichi." Asai, who had been silent from the beginning, suddenly pointed at the picture in the booklet and said, "You can try to show more of the back of the woman's neck in the future."
"Oh?" Genichi raised an eyebrow, "Asai, do you really like the back of a woman's neck?"
"Yeah." Asai nodded seriously, "I like it the most."
"Asai, your preferences are really ordinary," Makimura said casually.
Different eras have different aesthetics.
Men in the Edo period generally believed that the back of a woman's neck was the most attractive part.
Therefore, those prostitutes and geishas would intentionally open their necklines wide and tilt them backwards to expose their entire necks.
Therefore, Makimura's comment on Asai just now was not wrong. Asai's hobby is indeed quite common and popular in this era.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Makimura finished speaking, Asai asked back to Makimura with an unhappy look on his face:
"Makura, don't you like the back of a woman's neck?"
Makimura shrugged. “I prefer women with good postures when standing to those with fair necks.”
"Ah? What do you mean?" Shimada looked confused.
"To put it simply, I like women who stand elegantly."
"What's this?" Asai frowned, "Makimura, your hobby is really weird."
"I don't call it strange tastes." Mucun said, "I call it outstanding."
"Stop flattering yourself." Asai laughed with a hint of sarcasm.
"In fact, in my eyes, people like you, Asai, who have a special liking for the back of a woman's neck are weird." Makimura said.
"That's because you don't know how to appreciate it!" Asai said unhappily, "Hey, Shimada, you should think the most attractive part of a woman's body is the back of her neck, like me, right?"
"Huh?" Shimada was confused as he was dragged into this topic for no reason.
After Asai brought Shimada into the topic, Makimura, Ogata and others all focused their attention on Shimada.
Seeing that he couldn't seem to avoid this topic, Shimada hesitated for a moment and said hesitantly:
"Compared to the back of the neck... I still prefer women with pretty faces... Hey! Why are you all looking at me like that!"
"... So your preferences are the most common, Shimada... Then - Mamiya, it's your turn. What kind of women do you like?"
"Why did the topic suddenly turn to my preference for women..." Although he said this in a helpless tone, Mamiya still raised his right hand and gently pinched his chin, thinking seriously.
"Well... I prefer older women. Older women have a sense of stability, and I like stable people."
"Older women?" Ogata pressed. "How older?"
"Hmm... those over 30 years old."
"... Mamiya, you know, the only book I have read completely is Tang Tu's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms." Makimura said seriously, "Your preferences are exactly the same as Cao Mengde in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms."
"Have you ever read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms seriously?" Asai said unhappily, "Cao Mengde doesn't like older women at all. He likes married women."
After complaining about Makimura like this, Asai turned his attention to Ogata.
Not only Asai turned his attention to Ogata, but everyone present turned their attention to Ogata.
Even if they didn't say anything, Ogata knew what they were going to do.
“…This is really troublesome.” Ogata sighed in a low voice so that only he could hear it, and then he let out a long sigh.
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About half an hour later——
In Ogata’s room——
Ogata was lying on his bed, resting his left hand on the back of his head, silently recovering his strength.
The cabinet that Ogata used as a bed had been repaired by Mamiya this afternoon.
Tonight we were just going to look at Genichi's new paintings together.
But the topic got more and more off topic for some reason.
In the end, it completely turned into an "XP System Seminar Conference"...
Moreover, this meeting lasted for a particularly long time, and it only ended just now, and Ogata was finally able to return to his room.
Thanks to this conference, Ogata was able to learn about the strange XP of Mamiya and his gang...
Halfway through the conference, Mamiya and the others turned their attention to Ogata, intending to get his XP as well.
Ogata, who was not very interested in the topic, just casually said, "I like tall women," and fooled Mamiya and others.
"Where should I put these paintings..."
Ogata, who was lying on the bed, raised his right hand and placed the paintings he had been holding in his right hand in front of his face.
These paintings were the gifts that Genichi gave them when the conference finally came to an end.
Genichi said this was a thank you gift for them taking the time to look at his new work.
Ogata and the others each received a few pillow paintings from Genichi...
After all, this was a gift from Genichi, and Ogata felt embarrassed to refuse it, so he took back the pillow paintings that Genichi had given him.
Genichirō gave Ogata four pillow paintings.
Looking at the four pillow paintings in his hand, Ogata couldn't help but smile bitterly, not knowing what to do with them.
First of all—he doesn’t need these four pillow paintings.
Secondly, he thought that Ah-Ming would be very unhappy to see that he actually collected pillow paintings...
——Forget it… I’ll think about what to do with these four pillow paintings later… Now let’s go to Atachi first…
But Ogata still remembered the agreement he made with Atachi during the day: he would go to Atachi's room tonight.
Just as Ogata was about to go to Atachi's room, he suddenly heard footsteps outside the door.
Ogata recognized it immediately - it was Atachi's footsteps!
Ating's footsteps were very light, so they were very easy to recognize.
Hearing the sound of Atachi's footsteps, Ogata's pupils suddenly shrank.
Ogata looked at the four pillow paintings in his hands, then looked at the door, and an anxious look uncontrollably appeared on his face.
Because Atachi's footsteps were about to reach his door, Ogata was so anxious that he only had time to hurriedly put the pillow paintings under the quilt and then cover it with the quilt.
Just as Ogata hid the pillow paintings, Atachi's voice rang out from outside the door:
"Ayi! Are you there?"
"Yes, I'm here." Ogata replied quickly, "Come in!"
As soon as Ogata finished speaking, Atachi behind the door opened Ogata's door.
"Why are you here?" Ogata asked back.
What Ogata meant was: Didn’t we agree that I would go to your room tonight?
"I came here to show you this! Look! This is the rhinoceros beetle I just caught! This is the first time I've seen such a big rhinoceros beetle!"
After saying that, Atachi, with a naughty smile like a child on his face, walked towards Ogata, raised his right hand and showed Ogata what he was holding in his right hand.
Ating was holding a large rhinoceros beetle in his right hand.
This rhinoceros beetle is indeed very big, almost as big as Ating’s palm.
"Yeah." Ogata nodded, "It is indeed very big."
"I really want to catch another rhinoceros beetle of the same size, and then let these two rhinoceros beetles duel..." Ating stopped abruptly before he finished his words.
Because she suddenly discovered that the quilt on Ogata's bed seemed to be covering something.
“Is this… a painting?”
According to Ating's observation, the thing seemed to be the corner of some painting.
As Atachi said this, he raised his hand and grabbed the corner of the painting that was sticking out from the quilt.
After pinching the corner of the painting that was exposed outside the quilt with his fingers, Ating discovered that there was not just one painting, but four paintings.
Ah-machi didn't notice that after she found the four paintings hidden under the quilt, Ogata's face suddenly changed and she quickly raised her hand, as if she was going to snatch the four paintings back from Ah-machi.
Unfortunately, Ogata was still one step too late.
As soon as he stretched out his hand, Ating easily pulled the four paintings out of the quilt.
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“…Wow~~”
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After pulling out the four pillow paintings, Atachi let out a strange "whoosh" sound without any emotion or color.
I was in such a hurry to hide the paintings just now that I didn't have time to hide these four pillow paintings properly, resulting in the corners being exposed.
Hearing Atachi's "Wow", Ogata, who lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Atachi's expression, began to sweat on his forehead.
"I didn't expect that you, Ayi, would collect such things..."
Ating's words still do not contain any emotion or color...
The cold sweat on Ogata's forehead also became more and more...
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10 days later——
"Yes, Shimada, that's it."
Ogata swung his sword to block Shimada's thrust and shouted to him.
"Adjust your center of gravity! Remember to adjust your center of gravity at all times!"
"Yes!" Shimada responded loudly while regulating his disordered breathing, then swung his sword towards Ogata again.
Snap, snap!
The sound of wooden swords colliding was heard twice in succession.
After blocking Shimada's two attacks again, Ogata thrust the wooden sword in his hand forward, with the tip of the sword accurately resting against Shimada's chin.
“I lost again…” Although Shimada said this, he did not show any frustration on his face. “Lord Ogata, you are really strong… In the past 10 days, I have never defeated you once… I wish I could be half as strong as you in the future.”
"Why set the goal so low?" Ogata said unhappily, "Since you are going to set a goal, why not just set it higher?"
"To be half as powerful as you - that's a big goal for me." Shimada responded to Ogata in a joking tone.
After the two chatted for a while, Ogata raised the wooden sword in his hand again.
"Shimada, do you still have the energy?"
"certainly!"
"Then—let's get on with it!"
Just when the two were about to start a new round of sparring,
"Hey! You two! Give it a break!"
It was Mamiya's voice.
Ogata and Shimada turned their heads towards the sound and saw Mamiya walking slowly towards them.
"Mamiya, what's wrong?" Ogata knew that there must be a reason why Mamiya suddenly stopped his sparring with Shimada.
"The lord is back." Mamiya answered Ogata's question succinctly, "She is summoning us to the temple now."
"Ms. Kinoshita is finally back..." Ogata muttered softly, slowly putting down the wooden sword in his hand, "Okay , Shimada and I will be there soon."
"Yes. I'll go ahead then. I still have to go inform Makimura and Asai that their two lords have returned. Ogata-kun, could you please inform Miss A-machi that her lord has returned?"
"Yeah, no problem." Ogata nodded.
After Mamiya turned and left, Ogata turned his head and looked at Shimada beside him.
"Shimada, I'll go bring Ah-Ming over here, you go to the Buddhist temple first."
"Yeah! OK!"
After Shimada also left, Ogata was not in a hurry to leave.
Instead, he opened his personal system interface first.
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[Name: Ogata Noriyoshi]
[Current personal level: Lv32 (2230/4800)]
Personal attributes:
Strength: 14
Agility: 12
Reflexes: 9
Stamina: 11
Vitality: 23
【Skill:
Sakakibara Ittoryu Level: 11th dan (3455/7000)
Wuwo's ​​dual swordsmanship level: 10th stage (5520/10000)
Shiranui Style Ninjutsu Level: 6th Stage (3210/4500)]
[Remaining skill points: 2 points]
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[Sakakibara Itto-ryu (11 paragraphs):
Climbing: Intermediate
Water Fall: Advanced
Bird Thorn: Master Level
Dragon Tail: Intermediate]
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【Muga Two-Sword Style (10th level):
Step: Advanced
Blade Return: Master
Flow: Master
Breath of the Source: Grandmaster
Raikiri: Beginner
Cicada Rain: Elementary
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【Shiranui Style Ninjutsu (6th stage):
Shiranui Stealth Technique: Intermediate
Shiranui Style Jujutsu: Advanced
Shiranui Style Breath Holding Technique: (Not unlocked)]
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During these 10 days, Ogata has been maintaining a perfect rhythm of practicing and leveling up with Shimada during the day, and resting well at night to replenish his mental and physical strength for the next day.
Although Shimada is a samurai who can only use basic attacks and does not know any sword skills, in terms of hard power, he is much stronger than ordinary samurai and can be considered a highly skilled one.
Therefore, every time you defeat Shimada, the experience points you gain are very considerable.
In addition, Shimada has sufficient physical strength and thick skin, so Ogata can fight with Shimada many times a day.
The personal level increased by 3 levels, from 29 to 32. Sakakibara Ittoryu and Muga Nito-ryu were upgraded by 1 level each, from 10th and 9th to 11th and 10th respectively. Shiranui-ryu Ninjutsu was upgraded from 4th to 6th.
Including the 6 exclusive skill points obtained after reaching the 10th level of Muga Nissō-ryu, and the 3 exclusive skill points obtained after reaching the 5th level of Shiranui-ryu Ninjutsu, Ogata obtained a total of 20 skill points in these 10 days.
The above are the results obtained from the unremitting leveling in the past 10 days.
And 18 of these 20 skill points were used up by Ogata early on.
The 6 exclusive skill points and 2 skill points obtained after the Muga Two-Sword Style was upgraded to the 10th level were directly used by Ogata to upgrade the Breathing of Source to the highest level - "Grandmaster Level".
The other 10 points of these 20 points are used to increase strength from 12 to 14, agility from 11 to 12, Shiranui style jutsu to "advanced", Shiranui style stealth to "intermediate", and circulation to "master".
When Strength and Agility were increased to 14 and 12 points respectively, all the conditions for upgrading Flow to "Master Level" were finally met.
After he could not wait to upgrade his flow to "Master Level", the difficulty of using Wuga's two-sword flow to spar with Shimada naturally changed from "easy" to "very easy"...
After spending 18 of the 20 skill points, Ogata still had 2 skill points left.
Ogata is still considering where to use these two skill points.