Ogata became somewhat interested in Fujosai, the man who used a Japanese sword as a weapon and performed Japanese sword techniques as mentioned by Hizaka.
As a time traveler, I still feel a certain familiarity with the Japanese swords and sword techniques that originated in the Tang Dynasty.
"What is the real name of Fujingsai?" Ogata asked.
"Kamito Jyouzou." Hizaka said as he dipped his finger into the water in the cup beside him and wrote Fujosai's real name on the wooden board in front of him.
Although Huosaka has a rough appearance, his handwriting is very beautiful.
After Hizaka wrote the four beautiful Chinese characters "神渡柔作造" on the floor, Ogata couldn't help but mutter in his heart:
——It’s fine that this guy’s title is so cool, but why is even his real name so cool too?
Ogata didn't know what other people thought, but he felt that "Fujosai" was more impressive than his "Ittosai".
The word "unclean" in "unclean house" also carries a bit of Zen meaning.
Ogata didn't expect that not only was Fujingsai's title so cool, but even his real name was so cool.
Shen Du Rouzao - the surname "Shen Du" alone is very imposing.
"Kamito Jyouzo...what a nice name. Could it be that this Fujosai comes from a wealthy family?" Ogata couldn't help but ask as he looked at the name written on the floor by Higasaka, which looked very cultured.
"Hahaha!" Hizaka laughed a few times, "Fujosai's background is very ordinary! He was born in an ordinary samurai family in the Mutsu Aizu Domain."
"As for why his name looks so much like a name that Yue Qing Yunke would come up with... I don't know."
While chatting like this, Ogata and the others finished their dinner tonight without realizing it.
After dinner, Ogata and others discussed it and decided to let the villagers take this opportunity to tell them about the current situation of the village.
Except for Hizaka and Mizuno who arrived first, Ogata and others knew almost nothing about this village.
Therefore, Ogata and others planned to take advantage of this time to get to know the village better, which would also facilitate them in formulating a battle plan to deal with the bandits later.
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"Ah..." The tall middle-aged man sighed, "I think we can try to get the young girls in the village to hide in the nearby mountains."
As soon as the tall middle-aged man finished speaking, the person sitting next to him immediately said:
"it's useless."
"If we send the young girls to the mountains, what will they eat? We don't have much dry food, but we still have to deliver meals to them every day."
"We send people to carry a lot of food up the mountain every day. Isn't that the same as telling the warriors that we have people hiding in the mountains?"
"Village, village chief!"
Just then, a young voice with a hint of anxiety sounded outside the room.
A younger villager rushed into the house.
"What's wrong?" The village chief cast an inquiring look at the young villager.
"The warriors said they hope we can send someone to tell them about the current situation of the village, so that they can formulate a method to deal with the bandits based on the situation of the village!"
As soon as the young villager finished speaking, most of the people present showed a hint of fear on their faces.
Some people even shrank back involuntarily.
Tell the samurai about the current situation of the village - this means facing a lot of samurai.
"Hey..." A thin man present said in a terrified voice, "If I accidentally touch their knives...will they kill me with one blow?"
This person's words made the fear on the faces of everyone present even more intense.
"...I'll go." The village chief said at this time, "I'll go tell the warriors about the current situation of our village."
As soon as the village chief said this, everyone present looked at him in surprise.
Some people who were worried about the village chief said bluntly, "Village chief, you are already very old, so don't go."
But the village chief just shook his head in response to these people's suggestions.
"I am the village chief. I have an obligation to see these warriors we invited."
"Don't say any more."
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The village chief, who was severely hunched over, came to Ogata and others accompanied by some villagers.
The village chief told Ogata and the others everything he knew.
But what the village chief knows is actually very limited.
The only information he could provide was how many entrances and exits the village had, where the river was, and to help Ogata and others draw a map of the village.
Ogata and the others originally wanted to investigate the surroundings of the village, but considering that it was already dark, they could only wait until tomorrow morning to slowly investigate the surroundings of the village.
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In order to entertain the warriors who would come to their village in the future, the villagers of this village specially cleaned some empty houses in the village for the warriors to stay.
There are enough empty houses, enough for Ogata and his friends to have one each.
Ogata and Omachi picked a house that was big enough for both of them.
A villager whose name Ogata didn't know took them both into the house where they stayed.
This house is also the type that has only one room, where eating, drinking, sleeping and entertainment are all done in one room.
"Wow~ It's quite clean." After entering the house, Ating stretched out his fingers and wiped every place within reach. There was almost no dust on his fingers.
You can tell at a glance that it was cleaned recently.
"Mr. Samurai, this house is where you and your wife will live." The villager who was responsible for leading Ogata said this to him while bowing respectfully.
Although he tried his best to conceal it, Ogata could still clearly feel that the villager was extremely nervous, and even his voice was shaking.
"Yeah." Ogata smiled and nodded gently, "Thank you for your hard work."
Hearing Ogata's thanks, the villagers' tension eased a little.
"Then I'll leave first."
After bowing to Ogata and A-Machi again, the villager quickly left Ogata's sight.
After watching the villager leave, Atachi smiled helplessly and said to Ogata:
"We really aren't that popular."
"It's not that we are unwelcome," Ogata corrected. "It's that the samurai are unwelcome."
When Ogata agreed to help the villagers of this village, he had anticipated that the villagers would both respect and fear him.
Now it seems that it is true.
Excluding court nobles and samurai, the non-samurai class in the Edo period can be roughly divided into three types: farmers, townspeople, and eta.
As the name suggests, farmers are people who live in rural areas and engage in agricultural work.
Town residents are people who live in towns and are mainly engaged in the service industry, handicrafts or business.
As for the Eta, who were a member of the low caste class, some lived in cities and towns, while others lived in the wilderness.
Not every town has Eta.
In any town or city where the Eta exist, they will definitely hide in some corners of the town or city that ordinary civilians will never approach casually. They are a group of forgotten and invisible people.
Townspeople and samurai lived together in the castle, so the relationship between townspeople and samurai was relatively close.
Therefore, the townspeople who knew clearly what kind of group the samurai were would not be too afraid of them because of the "unknown".
But this is not the case with farmers.
Although they lived in the same country, the farmers living in the countryside and the samurai living in the towns seemed to be groups living in two different worlds.
The "sense of unknown" caused by this gap created a considerable gap between the farmers and the samurai.
In fact, let alone the samurai, there was actually a huge gap between the farmers and the townspeople living in the castle and town.
The peasants' knowledge of samurai was basically hearsay.
For example, the samurai had the right to kill people at will, they could draw their swords and kill civilians who offended them, the samurai were moody and always drew their swords to hurt people for no reason...
Some of the rumors the peasants had heard about the samurai were true, but some were completely false.
Fortunately, it is now the Edo period, a period of peace and prosperity.
If it were the Warring States period 200 years ago, the gap between farmers and samurai would be even greater.
Soldiers and bandits are inseparable - this is true in any country that is still in a feudal society or still retains a strong feudal atmosphere.
During the Warring States Period, when wars were raging everywhere, it was common for the attacking side to ravage the farmers of the attacked side.
The defeated soldiers would often gather together and harass farmers in various places.
At least we live in a peaceful society now where few people have ever seen war. The samurai in the Edo period were not as brutal as those in the Warring States period. There were no wars, and the probability of farmers being harmed by samurai was greatly reduced.
Therefore, in the Edo period, the gap between samurai and peasants was much smaller than in the Warring States period.
After casually throwing the luggage on his back to a corner not far away, Ating lay down on the floor that had been cleaned by the villagers.
While lying on the floor, A-machi stretched her waist and limbs and casually said to Ogata who was sitting next to her:
"Just now, when I saw the atmosphere between Hizaka and that Jincheng becoming tense, I almost thought they were going to fight."
"Fortunately, Jincheng made a concession in the end."
What Atachi was talking about was naturally the incident that had just happened when Hizaka said, "Bushiro ethics and the like are bullshit," which had caused Jincheng's dissatisfaction.
"I also thought that Jincheng was going to fight with Huosaka." Ogata said, "I was ready to go up and stop the two of them, but fortunately, Jincheng didn't seem to want to cause a big fight, so he didn't bother with Huosaka anymore."
"I'm somewhat interested in the 'Impurity' that Hizaka mentioned." Atachi supported himself with his hands and raised his upper body. "I've heard of Japanese swords in Shiranui before."
"It is said that it is a kind of sword from Tangtu that is a combination of our Japanese swords and their Tangtu swords."
"The Japanese sword technique that matches it is also a very special sword technique that combines the advantages of the sword techniques of the two countries."
"I also want to see what Japanese swordsmanship is like, combining the advantages of both countries' swordsmanship."
"I am also quite interested in Japanese swords and Japanese sword techniques. But..." Ogata shrugged, "You also heard what Tsuchiya said just now, right? Fujosai has disappeared for nearly forty years."
"Maybe he's already dead."
"Even if he hadn't died, he would have been almost 70 this year."
"At this age, he may not even be able to hold a knife steadily."
"Who said that?" Atachi retorted, "Look at Master Fuma and Master Genichi, they are both very old, but still very strong."
"They are special cases," Ogata said unhappily. "Not every old man is as strong and healthy as them."
"Everyone's physique is different. Some people are still very strong when they are old - like Mr. Yuanyi."
"Some people, as they age, their bodies begin to decline at a fairly noticeable rate."
"The unclean fast might be the latter."
Ogata changed his tone to a half-joking one.
"If Fujingsai were still alive, he might be an old man in his 70s who can barely swing a Japanese sword."
As soon as Ogata finished speaking, Atachi yawned loudly.
Ating's physical strength is not as good as Ogata who has a system. After a whole day's journey, he is still full of energy, while Ating is already a little tired.
In addition, now was exactly the time when the two of them were preparing to go to bed, so sleepiness began to take hold in Ating's mind.
Ogata: "Are you sleepy?"
"Well, a little bit..."
"Then let's rest now." Ogata said as he began to take off his haori. "Get a good night's sleep, and then tomorrow we'll take a good look at the terrain around the village with the others."
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Although they were sleeping in an unfamiliar house, Ogata and Atachi were the type of people who were not picky about where they slept.
Since escaping from the feudal domain, Ogata has developed the ability to fall asleep anywhere. He can sleep soundly in the wild with the sky as his blanket and the ground as his bed.
Not to mention Atachi, who had received training in survival in the wild when she was undergoing ninja training, and after officially becoming a female ninja, she had to sleep in the open air many times.
For Ogata and Atachi, having a roof over their heads to protect them from rain and snow, and having bedding provided by the villagers, was much better than being in the wilderness.
After a sound sleep, they both woke up and got up when the sky was just beginning to brighten.
The food the villagers provided them was the same as last night's dinner - white rice, pickles, and radishes.
The warriors gathered in the same place for breakfast as they did last night.
Although he had only met Higasaka yesterday evening, through the brief time they spent together, Ogata had gained some understanding of Higasaka's personality.
He is a person who likes to talk and can't keep his mouth shut.
He was the one who talked the most during dinner last night.
And it's the same at breakfast time now.
He ate big mouthfuls of rice while mumbling:
"You know what? People can't just eat too much white rice."
"I heard from a doctor friend of mine that eating too much white rice can easily lead to beriberi."
"So the nobles and wealthy people are most likely to get beriberi."
“So you can’t just eat white rice, you have to eat brown rice from time to time.”
"Ah, I've heard of something similar." Ating continued, "I've also heard that if people eat too much white rice, they're likely to get beriberi, so even if you have money, you can't eat white rice every meal. You have to eat brown rice occasionally."
As soon as A-Machi finished speaking, Ou-fang, who was sitting next to her, added silently:
"I've heard someone say before that eating too much white rice doesn't make you more likely to get beriberi."
"If you eat white rice with richer side dishes, such as more soybeans or meat, you are less likely to get beriberi."
"In Korea and Tang, across the sea, they eat more side dishes, so beriberi is not so prevalent."
In his previous life, Ogata had heard of beriberi and had some basic understanding of it.
The cause of beriberi is a lack of vitamin B1.
In ancient Japan, people ate foods that lacked vitamin B1.
Foods such as beans and meat are rich in vitamin B1.
In ancient times, people in Japan did not eat meat. The only food they ate that was close to meat was various seafood, headed by fish.
In the Japanese concept, fish and other seafood are not meat. Fish is fish and meat is meat.
Various seafood, mainly fish, lacks vitamin B1.
Brown rice contains a lot of vitamin B1, so beriberi is not common among the poorer common people, but is more common among nobles and wealthy people who can eat white rice every meal.
Unlike brown rice, polished rice contains very little vitamin B1.
It is very easy to get beriberi if you only eat refined rice and simple side dishes and no meat.
Although people of this era had not yet figured out the cause of beriberi, with the accumulation of experience, they gradually figured out some ways to prevent beriberi, which is not to always eat white rice, but to eat brown rice occasionally.
After hearing what Ogata had just said, Hizaka twitched her lips:
"Can eating more soybeans and meat prevent beriberi? This is the first time I've heard of this."
"I've never eaten meat before, so I don't know if it tastes good or not."
"If I have the chance, I really want to try the taste of meat."
"You want to eat meat, but you don't have the chance to eat it." Ah Ting smiled and continued, "Who sells meat? Unless you go hunting yourself."
"It is said that the Ezo people live by hunting and eat meat every meal." Hizaka grinned, "When I have the chance to wander to the Ezo land someday, I will buy some meat from the Ezo people to eat."
"Humph." At this time, Jin Cheng on the side snorted coldly, "The Ezo people are barbaric. They actually eat meat as their staple food. They are indeed barbaric."
In the minds of most people of this era, eating meat is a very strange thing. Only people of low status eat meat, and those of noble birth never eat meat.
Ogata doesn't have such messy ideas.
Listening to what Hizaka and Kinjo just said, Ogata suddenly remembered that he seemed to have not eaten meat since he traveled here.
Eating habits have been assimilated unconsciously.
Although he hadn't eaten meat for more than a year, Ogata still vaguely remembered the taste of pork and beef.
The memories that had been somewhat forgotten slowly emerged in Ogata's mind.
As these memories emerged, Ogata felt his saliva secreting wildly in his mouth.
Ogata was thinking - when he gets to Ezo, he could try to buy or exchange some meat from the Ezo people who are not hostile to foreigners, as Hizaka said.
By then, he will be able to relive the taste of meat, and at the same time, it will also open the eyes of A-Ming, who has never tasted meat.
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Ogata and the others finished their breakfast while chatting idly.
After breakfast, they began to check the terrain around the village according to the plan made last night.
The village was not big, and under the guidance of several villagers, Ogata and his friends quickly walked around the village.
"…This village is not easy to defend." After walking around the village, the first person to express his feelings was Ating.
After Atachi finished speaking, the people around him, including Hizaka, nodded in agreement.
Mutsu is a mountainous area, so many villages in the Mutsu region are located in the plains between the mountains.
This village is a typical case.
The village is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and outsiders can easily find a suitable place to monitor the village from a high position, or even attack the village from a high position.
The only advantage of the location of this village is that it is close to a river on the east side.
With the river as protection, if bandits come to attack, they will basically not take the east as their main attack direction.
"At present, we still have too little information about the bandits who are eyeing this village." Jin Cheng said in a deep voice, "We don't even know their exact number. It would be great if we could get more information."
"The number of bandits eyeing this village is definitely not that large." Huosaka did not shy away from telling the villagers beside him who were responsible for taking them around the village, "This village is obviously poor. Those larger bandits will not waste their energy on such a poor village."
"What we lack now is intelligence on the bandits." The taciturn Tsuchiya also expressed his opinion. "If we know their number and the specific time of attack, we can also formulate tactics based on this."
"...Compared to their number and attack time, I would rather know where their base is." Ogata said in a calm tone, "It would be great if we could capture one of their members alive and extract information from him."
"That gang of bandits might send people to gather intelligence again." Huosaka said, "It would be great if we can capture one or two of them alive when they send people to gather intelligence again."
"It's not that easy to catch him." Jin Cheng sneered, "Let's not even talk about whether the bandits will send people to gather intelligence again."
"Even if they come to gather intelligence, do you know when and where they will gather intelligence?"
Jincheng pointed to the mountains nearby.
"You've seen it, right? There are countless places with good views nearby that can be used to scout the current situation of this village..."
"The bandits are coming! The bandits are coming!"
Before Jincheng could finish his words, a shrill scream suddenly came from the other side of the village.
Hearing these shouts one after another, the expressions on Ogata and others' faces changed to varying degrees.
The first person to react was Ogata.
The moment after hearing this shout, Obunaga immediately turned his head and said to Atachi next to him:
"A-Ming!"
There was no need for Ogata to explain further, as Atachi already understood what he meant.
There happened to be a tree nearby, and using his hands and feet, Ating climbed to the top of the tree in a flash, and then looked in the direction where the shouting came from.
"There were 12 people in total. They all had knives hanging from their waists, but no other weapons were seen. They walked very slowly and didn't look like they were here to rob anything."
Ogata frowned slightly: "Did you see anyone lying in ambush around?"
"No. There is no place to hide."
Hizaka and the others looked at Atachi, who was crouching on the tree, in astonishment.
"Ms. Atachi, are your eyes so powerful?" Hizaka asked, "You can see clearly from such a long distance."
"My eyesight is one of the few qualities I'm proud of." Ating said as he jumped down from the tree.
As soon as Ating jumped down from the tree, Ogata and others saw the villagers running towards them in large numbers.
The leader was the village chief.
Perhaps because he was so anxious, the hunched village chief burst out with unexpected speed, and ran towards Ogata and others at a speed that was no slower than that of the other people around him.
Compared to the panic of the villagers and others, Ogata and his team were much calmer.
The only one who showed signs of panic was Hizaka's apprentice Mizuno.
Tsuchiya remained expressionless as always, while Jincheng looked heavy-hearted.
As for Hizaka—he was even more than happy to make jokes that the villagers couldn’t laugh at at all.
"It seems that we arrived just in time. We have just arrived in this village for a short time and the bandits have come to our door."
"Samurai-sama!" After arriving near Ogata and the others, the village chief said anxiously, "Bandits are coming! They are about to reach the village entrance!"
Ogata thought for a moment and then said to the village chief:
"They don't seem to be here to rob. Bandits who come to rob won't walk around slowly. Let's first see what they are here for."
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Ohno led his 11 subordinates with a proud look on his face and strode towards the unknown village in front of him.
He had just heard a rising noise in the village--he was very pleased with it.
This is exactly the effect he wants.
Before reaching the village entrance, Ohno saw a large number of villagers slowly walking out of the village and then stopping at the entrance - all of them were men, holding a variety of weapons in their hands.
From sickles to long sticks, and so on.
The leader was a hunchbacked old man with white hair - he must be the village chief.
Seeing the villagers coming out, Ohno stopped and raised his hand to signal his subordinates behind him to stop as well.
"What are you here for?!" The village chief, who was standing at the front of the young and strong men in the village, shouted loudly to Ohno and others.
Although the village chief was trying hard to control himself, Ohno could still clearly see fear on his face and his voice trembling slightly with fear.
As for the young and strong men in the village behind the village chief, they all looked similar - although they all had things in their hands that could be used for fighting, everyone looked at Ohno and others with shock and fear.
Looking at these people with fear on their faces, Ohno felt a surge of pleasure rising from the bottom of his heart.
Ohno didn't want to waste any more time and energy on these peasants.
After clearing his throat, he shouted loudly to the group of villagers not far in front of him:
"The New Year is coming soon! My brothers and I would like to borrow some food and daily necessities from your village for the New Year!"
"We like harmony! If possible, we would like to borrow food and daily necessities from your village in the gentlest way possible."
"So you're very lucky - we don't want to deal with you too harshly."
"As long as you hand over half of your food and property, we will leave and never come here again!"
Although Ohno's words just now sounded high-sounding, in essence they were naked blackmail.
As soon as Ohno finished speaking, the village chief's eyes widened with excitement:
"Half of the food and belongings? We have to survive the winter too!"
The village chief knows the current situation of his village better than anyone else.
Their village was already poor, and the food reserves in the village were just at the limit of "barely enough to eat."
This is the Mutsu region, in the northeast of Japan, where winters are long.
They must have enough food to survive the winter.
If half of the food and property were given to these bandits, I wonder how many people would starve to death this winter.
It seemed that Ohno ignored the village chief's shouting.
After shrugging his shoulders, Ohno said in a frivolous tone:
"If you don't want to give us food and property, that's fine too!"
"We'll give you another choice!"
"You can use the women in the village to exchange for food and property!"
"We welcome you to use the women in the village in exchange for food and property!"
As soon as Ohno finished speaking, his subordinates behind him began to laugh in a way that made people feel very uncomfortable.
"Oh, yes, I almost forgot to say that we only accept young girls. We respectfully refuse to accept old ladies!"
"One girl can be exchanged for half a taru of rice! If the girl is pretty enough, we can also consider letting her exchange for more rice."
When Ohno said "Women can be used to exchange for food and property", many young and strong men standing behind the village chief showed indignation.
At this moment, someone finally couldn't bear it anymore and shouted angrily to Ohno:
"We will never hand over the women of our village to you!"
Many of the young and strong men present have wives and daughters.
As long as he is a normal man, who can tolerate his wife or daughter being "borrowed" by bandits as if they were property?
After hearing the villager's shout, Ohno sneered.
"Did you guys make a mistake?"
"We are kind enough to give you a choice that can allow many people in the village to survive."
"If you really don't want to give us half of your property and food, then we can only use other means to 'borrow' from you."
After saying that, Ohno deliberately placed his left hand on the hilt of the knife at his left waist.
"Let me be frank with you - by then, we won't just be asking for half of your food and property."
"We will take away everything edible from your village, including all the women."
“Don’t think we don’t have the ability.”
"We still have many brothers."
"We only need to allocate half of our manpower to wipe out this small village of yours with a population of less than a hundred!"
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While the village chief was confronting the bandits who had suddenly "visited" him and asking them the purpose of their "visit", Ogata and the others had been quietly lurking not far behind the village chief and the young men.
While listening to the purpose of the bandits' "visit", you should also be on guard against various unexpected events such as the bandits suddenly attacking you.
At this moment, Ogata finally understood what this group of bandits were here for.
"Heh." Hizaka sneered, "This is an old trick of the bandits. They ask the villagers to hand over a certain amount of food, property or women, and they will let the village go."
"I've heard that some villages have done that."
"In order to make the women in the village follow the bandits obediently, they even went so far as to knock them unconscious."
Mizuno asked his master with a worried look on his face:
"What should I do now?"
"What else can we do?" Huo Ban grinned, "This is a rare opportunity. This is a great opportunity to capture them alive and extract information from them."
"But what should we do?" Mizuno asked, "There are 12 of them and only 5 of us."
"...I have a plan." Jin Cheng said at this time, "Let the village chief continue to hold back these bandits."
"Then we will go around to the rear of this group of bandits and attack them from behind."
"This way, we can easily win even though we are outnumbered."
The taciturn Tsuchiya remained as taciturn as ever and did not express any of his thoughts.
As for Ogata...
“…I have a plan too.”
From the beginning, Ogata put his right hand in his arms and used his body temperature to warm his cold right hand.
"I'd like to hear the details." Jincheng looked at Ogata.
"We first draw our swords, then charge straight at the bandits, and then when we see that the enemy is fewer, we can leave one or two alive."
Jincheng was stunned.
Not only Jincheng was stunned, but everyone present, except Ating who looked calm, looked shocked.
"Please don't joke at this time." Jin Cheng frowned and said in a deep voice, "The other side has 12 people, and we only have 5. If we don't use some strategies, we will only be at a disadvantage... Hey! Where are you going?"
Before Jincheng finished his sermon, he saw Ogata, who had been warming his hands, suddenly stretch out his right hand from his arms.
He then quickly drew the katana from his waist, jumped out from his hiding place, and rushed straight towards the group of bandits.
"Get out of the way!" Ogata shouted at the young man in the village who was blocking his way.
Although they didn't know what was going on, after hearing Ogata's shout, the village chief and these young men immediately moved to the sides, leaving a road that led directly to Ohno and others.
Ohno was confused.
Huo Ban and the others were also confused.
The first person to react was Hizaka.
"So this brother is so brave?" Hizaka smiled, "This personality is very much my style! Mizuno! Go ahead!"
“Yes, yes!”
Tsuchiya didn't say anything. After a brief moment of surprise, he silently drew his sword and followed Hizaka.
"Is that guy an idiot?!" As for Jincheng, he shouted angrily, drew his sword, and went forward to help Ogata.
But there was no need for them to come forward to help...
Ohno looked at Ogata who was rushing towards them with a confused look on his face.
After a moment, he finally reacted.
"Damn it! You actually hired a samurai!"
While cursing, Ohno quickly drew the knife from his waist.
The subordinates behind him also drew their swords.
"Humph! Although you have invited a samurai, it seems that the samurai you invited is not very smart!" Ohno grinned, "How dare you rush up to fight us with just one person!"
The number of people on his side gave Ohno enough confidence.
In the face of Ohno's ridicule, Osamu remained calm.
When he was only a few steps away from Ohno, Ogata kicked hard with his hind legs.
The speed suddenly increased.
In the blink of an eye, Oobian rushed to Ohno's front.
Ohno was completely unable to react.
It was not until he was thrown to the ground by Ogata using the Shiranui-ryu Jutsu that he finally realized that the samurai had already reached him.
Ogata did not use Daishakuten to take Ohno's life because he had to leave him alive.
This guy looks like a small boss, so it's very suitable to keep him alive.
After knocking Ohno down with one blow, Ogata raised his knife high towards Ohno's subordinates.
It looks like a ferocious beast baring its fangs at its prey.
Da Shitian turned into a stream of light and pierced through the chest of "Bandit 1".
While using the bird spike to pierce the chest of "Bandit 1", Ogata pulled up the man's wide sleeve and placed the sleeve between himself and the man, using the sleeve to block the blood that spurted out of the wound after he pulled back the knife.
Just as he drew out the Great Shakuten, "Bandit 2" came towards Ogata from his left side while roaring.
Ogata didn't even look at the man. He turned his body to the side, dodged the man's knife, and launched a counterattack from bottom to top in the direction of the man.
Sakakibara Ittoryu: Climb the stairs!
Climbing the Tower is Ogata's weakest move in Sakakibara Ittoryu, but it is more than enough to take down these mediocre bandits.
After killing "Bandit 2", Ogata quickly adjusted his stance and ran towards another bandit.
Ogata rushed into the bandit group as if he was in an empty space.
These low-skilled bandits couldn't even touch a piece of Ogata's clothes.
The surviving bandits were stunned.
The villagers were stunned.
Hizaka and the others who hadn't rushed to the battlefield yet... especially Jincheng, were all stunned.