Ogata opened the door of the room that Atachi and Lin borrowed.
As soon as he opened the door, a strong feeling of heat rushed towards him.
After opening the door, the first thing that caught Ogata's eye was a simple stove built with stones and iron blocks.
There was a blazing fire in the stove. Ating was standing next to it, adding firewood to it, apparently trying to heat it up.
During these 10 days, Ating has been busy.
After borrowing this room from Rinna, Atachi spent most of the day in this room, making bullets for Motoya and Kasumi, as well as making her new weapons.
"Huh? Ayi, why are you here?"
Seeing Ogata coming, A-Machi hurriedly stopped the work at hand, turned his head to look at Ogata, and asked Ogata this.
"Ms. Kinoshita is here." Ogata said as he slowly walked to Atachi's side.
He picked up the handkerchief placed beside him and wiped the sweat off A-Ming's face while saying to her:
"She asked us to go to the Buddhist temple right away."
"Since Miss Kinoshita is back, that means... she should have prepared the ship to Edo, right?" asked Atachi.
"Yeah. It should be. Anyway - let's go to the temple quickly."
"Okay. Ayi, come and help me put out this stove."
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After working together with Atachi to extinguish the fire, Ogata and Atachi quickly headed towards the Buddhist hall in the center of the temple.
As soon as he arrived at the Buddhist temple, Obara saw that everyone in the gourd house except Shimada had arrived, except for him and Atachi.
Lin, who hadn't been seen for 10 days, was sitting at the front of the group.
At this moment, Lin could be described as dusty. Both her face and clothes were covered with dust, and her face showed a hint of fatigue.
Not long after Ogata and Atachi arrived, Shimada, who arrived late, finally entered the Buddhist temple.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Lin cleared her throat and without any greetings, went straight to the point:
"I have prepared the ship for Edo."
"We'll leave in the afternoon."
"Departing in the afternoon?" Shimada was the first to exclaim.
"That's right." Lin nodded, "Speed ​​is of the essence in war."
Having said this, Lin paused.
After carefully looking Shimada up and down, Lin frowned slightly:
"Shimada, why do you have so many bruises on your body?"
"I have been practicing sword skills with Lord Ogata these days!" Shimada replied immediately.
"I see..." After learning that the bruises on Shimada's body were caused by sword training, Lin's slightly frowned brows relaxed, and then she continued to talk about business:
"It's still one hour until noon."
"That should be enough time to pack your bags."
"Please remember not to bring too much luggage."
"That's all I have to say."
"Everyone go pack your bags."
After saying that, Lin took the lead in picking up the sword placed aside, stood up and walked out of the Buddhist hall.
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Ogata and Atachi were not in a hurry to pack their luggage.
After all, the two of them didn't have much luggage.
It would be better to say that the two of them were almost like they had no luggage at all. It only took them two or three tries to pack their luggage.
The two of them were not in a hurry to pack their luggage, but instead went to the weapons manufacturing room that Ating borrowed from Lin, intending to clean the room first.
Ogata and Atachi did not forget that they had borrowed the room.
Ogata and Atachi would never do something like making a mess in a borrowed room and not cleaning it up.
When Ogata and Atachi were walking together on the way back to the "weapons room", Atachi suddenly reached into his arms, took out a small cloth bag, and handed the bag to Ogata.
"What is this?" Ogata asked as he took the small cloth bag handed to him by Atachi.
"Special bullets for Motozakura and Kasumi." A-Machi said, "Special bullets for Motozakura and Kasumi are very troublesome to make. In addition, because we don't have the right tools and the time is too short, we can't make many bullets. You have to use them sparingly."
"Can I open it and take a look?"
"Um."
After obtaining Atachi's permission, Ogata opened the small cloth bag and looked inside.
What was contained inside was indeed the cylindrical bullet that was specially used by Motoya and Kasumi.
After a rough count, there are 16 in total.
After putting away the cloth bag, Ogata couldn't help but said to Atachi in a half-joking tone:
"By the way... I feel like I've already claimed Kasumi Nagi as my own..."
After Atachi lent Kasumagami to Ogata, Ogata never returned Kasumagami to Atachi.
It's not that Ogata was unwilling to return it. As early as when he was recuperating in Fuma's home, Ogata had mentioned to Atachi about "returning Kasumiganagi".
But Atachi said: It's okay, Kasumi you just keep holding it, a handful of Suzaku is enough for me anyway.
At this joke from Ogata, Atachi smiled:
"Please take good care of Kasumi Nagi for me. If I find out that you haven't taken good care of it..."
Atachi did not finish the sentence, leaving Ogata to freely imagine what the second half of the sentence would be like.
"You're under so much pressure... I'd better return Kasumi to you." Ogata's tone was full of joking.
"Hold it carefully!" There was also a strong hint of joking in Ating's unpleasant tone.
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Opening the door, Ogata looked at the extinguished stove made of stone and iron in the room, turned his head and asked Atachi:
"By the way, didn't you say that in addition to making special bullets for Suying and Kasumi, you also wanted to make new weapons these days? Have you finished your new weapons?"
"Oh, a new weapon. It's done."
After saying that, Ating walked slowly towards the stove, and then took out two knives and a cloth bag that contained something unknown from a small wooden box placed next to the stove.
Those two swords, one is a wakizashi and the other is a katana.
These two swords were bought by Ogata for Atachi at a pawnshop in a certain town when Ogata and Atachi were hitchhiking on Lin and others' way to Owari.
It is now the late 18th century in Japan.
In this era when the samurai class was becoming increasingly decadent, the most abundant thing in pawnshops was swords sold by down-and-out samurai.
The reason why Ogata bought a knife for Atachi was simply so that Atachi could have a better weapon for self-defense.
At that time, the equipment that Atachi had on her was so few and simple that even Ogata couldn't bear to watch it anymore.
The only things he had on him were a Suzaku and seven kunai that he had taken from Ryuutarou (the guy who led three ninjas to hunt down Atachi but was defeated by Atachi with the Suzaku).
In the pawnshop, Ogata picked out a wakizashi and a katana of the best quality and gave them to Atachi.
Ogata originally wanted to buy another katana for Atachi, but Atachi said that she was not good at using the katana, so he had to give up.
Looking at the two swords in Ating's hand that he had given her, as well as the small cloth bag, Ogata could not help but ask:
"Is this the new weapon you made ?"
"What's in this cloth bag is my new weapon. And these two swords have been modified by me."
Atachi drew the wakizashi and the katana from their sheaths.
After the blades were unsheathed, Ogata discovered that the blades of both swords were painted black.
"I painted the blades black, so it's easier for me to move at night." Ating said as he turned the two swords over. "I mainly modified the handles."
"I wrapped a black cloth around the handle of the knife. In addition to being used to stop bleeding and bandage wounds, this black cloth can also be used to retrieve the wakizashi when the wakizashi is used to climb to a certain place."
Hearing this, Ogata nodded.
He still remembered that when he was on Chou Island, Ating had demonstrated one of the uses of the cloth strip wrapped around the handle of the knife.
Insert the wakizashi into the tall wooden wall, use the wakizashi inserted into the wall as a step to climb up the wall, and then use the cloth strip wrapped around the handle to pull the wakizashi up.
After introducing the cloth strips wrapped around the knife handles, Ating raised his hands and pressed the bottom of the handles of the two knives, then pulled them upwards to remove the bottom of the handles.
"I modified the bottom of the handles of these two knives into a shape that can be opened. Then I made the handles hollow and filled them with medicine powder."
Ogata looked inside along the bottom that was pulled open by Ating, and found that the inside of the handle was really hollowed out by Ating, and then filled with medicinal powder with a strong medicinal smell.
"The wakizashi contains hemostatic medicine. The katana contains medicine for injuries and sprains."
These medicines were also bought by Ogata and Atachi on their way to Owari by hitchhiking with Lin and the others.
"This hollow knife handle can also be used for diving. When you need to dive into the water, you can pull out the knife handle and use it as a tube. Hold one end in your mouth and leave the other end out of the water. This way you can breathe in the water."
After introducing the two wakizashi and katana that she had transformed into "multi-functional weapons" to Ogata, Atachi began to introduce the things in the small cloth bag.
Inside the cloth bag were black, iron diamond-shaped objects.
"This thing is called 'Sa Ling'. It is one of the most commonly used weapons for us ninjas."
"When you're running for your life, scatter this stuff on the road. It can effectively stop the enemy from chasing you."
"If you step on this, at best your feet will be injured and you won't be able to walk, at worst both of your feet will be completely broken."
"If we had this Sally when we were in Kyoto, it would have been much easier for us to avoid being hunted down by the Kyoto officials."
"If you have poison on you, you can put it on it, so it will be more lethal."
After quietly listening to A-Machi's introduction, Ogata couldn't help but say in a helpless tone:
"I thought the new weapon you were talking about was a long iron cannon like the one we used on Butterfly Island."
"That kind of long iron cannon is difficult to make." Ating smiled bitterly, "I lack the special tools here, so I can't make that kind of long iron cannon."
At this point, Ating paused as if he remembered something.
Then he murmured softly:
"I actually have two of those long iron cannons you just mentioned."
"I left one of them at Shiranui's home."
"I took the other one to Butterfly Island, and it was broken by that evil monk."
"I wonder what happened to this long iron cannon I left at home..."
"After I defected to Shiranui, this long iron cannon of mine must have been taken away along with the other things in my house..."
“What a pity…”
After saying that, Ating let out a long sigh.
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After working with A-machi to clean up the room, Ogata returned to his own room and began to pack his luggage.
Ogata had very little luggage with him. His luggage mainly consisted of three things: his two swords, some of his clothes, and his purse.
These three items, plus a homemade kettle and other items, constituted Ogata's entire luggage.
After quickly packing his luggage and folding his bedding neatly, Ogata, who didn't know what to do next, simply sat on the cabinet that he used as a bed, opened his personal system interface, and checked his current personal status.
Looking at this personal interface which looks much better than it did 10 days ago, a satisfied smile appeared on Ogata's face involuntarily.
In terms of results, Ogata's achievements in the past 10 days can be said to be remarkable.
If we were to ask which of these achievements Ogata is most satisfied with, it would undoubtedly be "successfully raising the Source Breathing to the 'Grandmaster level'."
To upgrade a skill from "Master Level" to "Grand Master Level", the required skill points are a terrifying 8 points.
Fortunately, 10 days ago, Ogata's level of Muga Nito-Ryu had reached the 9th level, and he only had a little more than 2,000 experience points left to reach the 10th level.
After reaching the 10th level of Muga Nissiro, Ogata can obtain 6 exclusive skill points for Muga Nissiro in addition to the routine 2 skill points.
During the competition with Shimada, after successfully raising the level of his Muga Nito-Ryu to the 10th level, Ogata immediately used these 6 exclusive skill points and 2 skill points to improve the Breathing of the Source, and successfully raised the Breathing of the Source to the highest level - "Grandmaster Level".
When Ogata clicked on the question mark behind the Breath of Source item in the personal system interface, the effect of Breath of Source at the highest level was displayed:
[Use the breath of origin to enter the state of no self]
The effect of Breathing of Source that has been upgraded to "Grandmaster Level" can be described in just this one very brief sentence.
But this simple sentence was enough to cheer Ogata up.
Just as Ogata had guessed before.
When he was upgrading the Breathing of Source to the "Master Level", Ogata was thinking:
The "master level" of Source Breathing is to maintain the Source Breathing for about 10 minutes and automatically enter the "selfless state".
Then, is the highest level, “Grandmaster-level” Source Breathing, the realm that Yuan Yi has currently reached—the realm that he can freely enter the “selfless realm”?
At present, it seems to be true.
Ogata is now free to enter the "state of no self".
Ogata's biggest trump card that can compete with Shiranui's "Yaksha Realm" has been completely formed.