I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"I was a swordsman in ancient Japan ()"

"4, 6, 8, 10..."

In the big room where Ogata and his group of men rested, there was only Ogata alone.

Today is the 6th day of sailing.

Ogata, who stayed alone in the room, leaned against the corner of the room, spread all the money left in his purse on the floor, and counted how much money he had left.

After counting the total amount of funds left at present, Ogata silently put the money back into the purse, and then said softly in a volume that only he could hear clearly:

"I have to find a way to make some money later..."

Since he left the Hirose clan at the end of last year and became a rogue from the clan until now, Ogata has been using the money given to him by the old Kura Yong from the Hirose clan at that time.

The thick purse that Kurangaga gave to Ogata back then was parted from Ogata twice.

The first time it was stolen by a certain Yakuza when I was in Tatsuno Domain.

The second time was confiscated by Hasegawa when he was escorted to Butterfly Island.

Fortunately - after two separations, the purse finally returned to Ogata's hands.

When he was escorted to Butterfly Island, Hasegawa returned Ogata's money bag to Ogata through the hands of the soldiers responsible for sending Ogata to the island.

At that time, in order to compensate Ogata, who had to leave the feudal domain due to the beheading of Matsudaira Gennai, Kuranaga was quite generous. The amount of money contained in the purse presented to Ogata was frighteningly large.

After counting his remaining money just now, according to Ogata's estimate, even under the current situation that he has already spent a lot of money, the money left now is enough for him to spend nearly 10 years alone time.

Although he still has a lot of money left, Ogata still has a sense of crisis when it comes to money.

There is no other reason - he now has a Ding by his side.

Although A-Ming had some money with her when she defected to Shiranui, she didn't have much money at all.

With the addition of A-Ming who needs to be taken care of, the amount of money, which was originally quite considerable, immediately seemed not so much.

The reason why Ogata stayed in the ship's room at this time was just to find a clean place to count and organize his purse.

After putting away the purse again, Ogata, who was no longer in the empty room, stood up and walked out of the room.

After leaving the room and going up to the deck, Xu Fang saw the people who were doing various things on the deck at this time.

Seasick Lin and A-Ming still stayed in their room to rest.

Yuanyi, as usual, sat in the stern of the boat drinking some wine and blowing the sea breeze.

Mamiya was fiddling with and adjusting the position of the sail.

Makimura, Asai, and Shimada were sitting on the bow of the boat and talking about something.

Ogata walked towards the bow of the boat where Mucun and the others were, and the three Mucun people who noticed Ogata coming out of the cabin also turned their heads following the sound.

"How?" Mucun Chao Ogata asked, "Did you sleep comfortably?"

"Yeah. It's okay." Ogata lied casually.

Before Ogata entered the room just now, he pretended to everyone that he was going to take a nap. But in fact, Ogata didn't sleep at all, but went to count his wallet.

"Shimada, how do you feel today?" After sitting cross-legged beside Shimada, Ogata raised his hand and nodded his head, "Do you still feel dizzy?"

"I feel much better today." Shimada smiled, "Thank you for taking care of me these days."

Shimada also suffered from seasickness after going out to sea, but it was not as serious as Lin and Acho, just a little dizzy.

Shimada's energy is good today, and he can still sit leisurely by the bed and chat with Makimura and Asai.

Probably because the waves in this sea area are not so surging.

"I just asked Mamiya how long it will take us to arrive in Edo." Mucun on the side said, "Gamiya said—we will arrive in Edo in about 7 days. "

"7 days..." Ogata murmured,

"It's faster than I thought..."

"Of course." Mucun shrugged, "We are taking the sea route, we don't need to climb mountains or ridges, and our luck is not bad, most of the time there is a tailwind, so the forward speed is of course quick."

Speaking of this, Mucun paused for a moment, then changed into a joking tone, and Chao Ogata continued:

"Brother Ogata, you're almost going to Edo now, and it's almost time for you to think of an alias for yourself and the school of swordsmanship you use."

Hearing Mucun's words, Ogata was taken aback for a moment.

Then whispered softly:

"Pseudonym...that's true...it is indeed time to choose a pseudonym in advance."

When leaving Kyoto and heading to Owari, Okai heard his own legend on the way.

Since he captured Nijo Castle, the names of "Executioner Yidao Zhai" and "Ren Zhan Yi Shi" became famous all over Japan again.

After beheading the feudal lord in the Hirose domain, and then attacking Nijo Castle in Kyoto, Ogata may now be the most famous ronin in Japan and the most vicious ronin in the shogunate.

Now in the eyes of the generals and officials of the shogunate, he may have become a mental patient with brain problems who killed the feudal lord first and then attacked Nijo Castle.

As far as Ogata knew—there were different opinions about whether he was still alive.

Some people think that "Ren Zhan Yishi" had already died in Ertiao City when he attacked Ertiao City.

There are also some people who believe that "Ren Zhan Yi Shi" is still alive.

Because the main battlefield at that time - the castle tower of Nijo Castle was on fire, and all the corpses on the castle tower were burned. Therefore, the government wanted to rely on the corpses present at the time to identify whether Ogata was still alive, but they couldn't do it.

In short - at the moment when he is more famous now, if he does not make any pretense and declares to the citizens of Edo that his name is Ogata Itsei and the style of swordsmanship he uses is Sakakibara Issei, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble trouble.

Anyone who has a little knowledge of "Ren Zhan Yi Shi" knows that the swordsmanship style used by Ogata Yi Shi is a niche genre that is only circulated in the Izumo Hirose Domain: Sakakibara Its Sword Style.

Therefore, it is also necessary to have a pseudonym for the school of swordsmanship that one uses.

Shimada on the side also added at this time:

"In addition to thinking of a pseudonym, Ogata-sama, remember to make a disguise on your face."

"The camouflage of the face is easy to say." As Ogata said, he reached into his arms and took out 2 pieces of flesh-colored things from his arms, "Just wear this."

These are 2 human skin masks.

To be more precise, it was the two human skin masks that Mucun presented to Ogata before leaving Kyoto.

According to Makimura, he got these two human skin masks from Ryunosuke, the leader of the "gravediggers" who tried to destroy Kyoto.

One of these two human skin masks is Ogata's face, and the other is an ordinary, honest face.

Ryunosuke was wearing that Ogata's face at the time, killing people everywhere in Kyoto, causing Ogata to inexplicably bear a big black pot on his back.

Only those whose face shape matches these two human skin masks can wear this mask.

Since Ryunosuke can wear this Ogata's face, then Ogata can naturally wear these two masks.

Because it was useless for Mucun to keep these two human skin masks, Mucun gave these two masks to Ogata.

The quality of these 2 masks is extremely high, and it is really enough to distinguish the real one after wearing it.

When he was preparing to leave Kyoto and go to Owari, Ogata put on the ordinary human skin mask with ordinary facial features, and then he left Kyoto smoothly.

Ogata is going to put on the human skin mask again when he enters the crowded Edo, disguised as an ordinary-looking ronin.

Ogata had already planned how to disguise his face, but he hadn't figured out what alias he should give his name and the school of swordsmanship he used.

After entering Edo, it is inevitable that people will ask what their name and pseudonym are.

After stuffing the two human skin masks back into his bosom, Ogata raised his head, looked at the blue sky above his head, and thought while looking at the blue sky above his head.

Ogata intends to think about the alias he will use after entering Edo right now.

After thinking for a moment, the corners of Ogata's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a faint smile, and then——

"...I've thought about it."

Ogata put his upturned head flat, and then said to Mucun, Asai, and Shimada next to him one by one:

"My alias... let's just say 'Mashima Goro'."

"As for the swordsmanship genre...let's call it 'Gu Mu Yidao Style'."

After all, Ogata dipped in a few drops of sea water splashed on the deck, and quickly wrote the nine Chinese characters "Mashima Goro" and "Gu Mu Yidao Ryu" on the deck.

While writing these 9 Chinese characters, Ogata also marked the pronunciation of these 2 words with pseudonyms.

Mucun and others glanced at the nine Chinese characters written by Ogata on the deck.

"まじま...ごろう(Majima・Gouro)" After Mucun whispered the pronunciation of the name Majima Gouro, Asaogata asked, "It's a very common name... but it's made with such a common name. An alias would be appropriate."

When Ogata was still on modern Earth, due to his strict family education, he had almost no time for entertainment, and spent most of his time studying hard.

This strict family education made Ogata rarely play video games.

The number of video games that Ogata has been exposed to is so small that it can be counted on one hand.

And the electric motors he has come into contact with are all in the homes of friends.

After all, only friends have game consoles and game discs.

The "Rulong" series is one of the very few electric games that Ogata has come into contact with before.

Ogata likes this game series very much, especially one of the protagonists of this game series-"Mashima Goro".

So when thinking of a pseudonym, the first name that came to Ogata's mind was "Mashima Goro".

Ogata, who was too lazy to think of a new name, simply borrowed the name "Mashima Goro" and only replaced the word "Lang" with "Lang". The pronunciation is exactly the same.

As for "Gu Mu Yi Dao Liu" is also a name borrowed from "Like a Dragon".

There is a powerful martial arts series in "Rulong", which is called "Gu Muliu", and Ogata directly borrowed this name.

Ogata had just announced the pseudonym he had decided on to the three Mucun people, when Mamiya's voice suddenly came from behind them:

"What are you talking about?"

"It's nothing." Mucun said, "It's just what alias should be used after Chataofang arrived in Edo."

"Oh? Ogata-kun, have you decided on your alias yet?"

"Yeah." Ogata nodded, and then said in a half-joking tone, "Goro Mashima is the descendant of Gu Mu Yidao style."

"Mashima Goro..." Mamiya chewed the name for a while, "It's a good name... Speaking of which, I haven't chosen a good alias for myself yet."

"That's right." Mucun nodded, "Jamiya is also a wanted criminal. You should give yourself an alias."

Mamiya and Lin are the only two wanted criminals of the shogunate in the gourd house.

But because Lin has never let the government see her face, she doesn't need to make any disguise, she just needs to hide her highly recognizable saber.

"Didn't you, Mamiya, use the pseudonym 'Hirata Ichiro' before?" Asai, who had been silent all this time, interrupted at this moment, "Isn't it fine to continue using this pseudonym?"

"I've used that alias for a long time." Mamiya shrugged, "It's rare to come to Edo, so I want to use a new alias."

"...'Kazuma Kiryu'—how about this name?" Ogata, with an inexplicable smile on his face, took Mamiya's words in a half-joking tone.

"きりゅう·かずま (Kiryu·Kazuma)?" Mamiya repeated the pronunciation of the name Ogata just said in a doubtful tone, "How to write Chinese characters?"

Ogata dipped in the sea water splashed on the deck again, and wrote the four Chinese characters "Kazuma Kiryu" on the deck.

The name also comes from Yakuza.

Ogata replaced the character "horse" in Kiryu Kazuma, one of the protagonists of this series of games, with the character "true". Although the word has been changed, the pronunciation is exactly the same.

Seeing that Jian Gong planned to give himself a new alias, Oo conveniently pushed the name to Jian Gong.

Mamiya carefully looked at the four Chinese characters "Kazushin Kiryu" written by Ogata on the deck, and after chewing the pronunciation of the name several times, a faint look of joy slowly appeared on his face:

"Kazuma Kiryu...the name is not bad..."

Mamiya seems to like the name quite a bit too.

"Do you want to use this name?" Seeing that Mamiya seems to have taken a fancy to this name, Ogata couldn't help showing a bit of surprise on his face.

"Well. Anyway, it's just a pseudonym, so you don't need to be too particular. I'll just use this name."

"Well, as long as you like it."

"Then please give me your advice, Mashima-kun." Mamiya said to Ogata in a half-joking tone.

"To each other, Xiao Kiryu~ (KiryuChan)" Ogata also responded to Mamiya in a half-joking tone.

"Why do you suddenly call me in such a disgusting tone..." Mamiya showed a helpless expression.

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...

In this way, another 6 days passed peacefully——

The sun was high and it was now noon.

Because it was on the boat, there was no place to cook, so Ogata and the others ate every meal with dry food and water these days.

After simply eating today's lunch just now, Asai, Shimada, and Makimura entered the room to take a nap.

Because there was nothing to do on the boat, Mucun's late bed time and afternoon nap time became a little longer.

Lin and A-Ming stayed in the room as usual, fighting against the strong dizziness.

Mamiya was adjusting the sail according to the wind direction.

Genichi, Ogata, and Mucun sat in the stern of the boat, drinking the "oolong tea" made by Yuanyi, and talking wildly.

Ogata and Mucun each held a wine glass filled with "oolong tea" in their hands, and poured the wine in the glass into their mouths one by one.

After the two drank the wine that was so strong that it could ignite a fire in their cups, they both groaned in pain.

"Master Gen..." Ogata wiped the corner of his mouth and said to Yuan in an admiring tone, "It's a shame you can drink such strong wine..."

Ogata has been quietly observing Genichi these days.

After going out to sea, Yuan Yi spent most of his time sitting at the stern drinking his self-brewed "oolong tea".

"Oolong tea" is so strong that it can ignite a fire. After drinking a cup, it feels like the entire mouth, esophagus, and stomach are burning.

And with such a strong wine, Ogata could only drink 3 cups at most.

And Yuan Yi can drink it calmly for a whole day...

Although Yuan Yi always sips the wine in small sips when he drinks it, he never drinks it in big gulps.

Seeing that both Ogata and Mucun happily drank the contents of the cup, Genichi let out a series of heroic laughs.

"Drinking is one of my few hobbies!"

Genichi raised the wine bottle in his hand, and poured "oolong tea" into the glasses of Ogata and Mucun.

But this time, Yuan Yi didn't fill up both of their wine glasses, only poured almost half of it.

While pouring wine for Ogata, Minamoto said to Ogata:

"Ogata-kun, you know, I admire you very much."

"Oh? Why?" Ogata smiled, "Is it because I can drink well?"

"Hahahaha! This is just one of the reasons. The main reason why I admire you is because you are brave enough!"

"How dare you attack Nijo Castle in Kyoto by yourself!"

"This kind of thing, even when I was young, I would not dare to do it!"

"I just admire a brave person like you."

After saying that, Yuan Yi raised his glass and took a sip of wine.

"It's just that there is a price to be paid for this kind of boldness." Ogata changed into a self-deprecating tone, "If I didn't enter the 'Selfless Realm' again in a very timely manner that night, otherwise I might have died there."

Since deciding to cooperate with Gourd House to uproot Shiranui together, Ogata and Acho have exchanged information about Shiranui with Rin and others for countless times.

Atachi, who was once a ninja in Shiranui, revealed everything she knew about Shiranui.

And Ogata also shared what he knew-Shiranui developed a drug called "Yasha Pill", and this "Yasha Pill" was only owned by the Balrog and the Four Heavenly Kings, and shared it with everyone in the Calabash House. .

Calabash House is now his and Ah Ding's ally, a grasshopper on the same line.

It would be good for Ogata and A-machi to tell the people in the gourd house all the information they knew about Shiranui.

In order to attract the attention of the people in Gourd House to the "Yasha state" in Shiranui, Ogata specifically emphasized that he defeated Kotaro who entered the "Yasha state" when he entered the "no-self state".

Lin is the second generation head of Wuwo Erdao Liu, and Mamiya and the others are Lin's subordinates, so naturally they all know what "Nugo Realm" is.

Therefore, they also all know what it means to be an enemy that needs the "state of no self" to contend with.

Ogata still remembers Lin's dignified and serious expression when they learned that he defeated Kotaro, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, under the blessing of the "Selfless Realm".

"I've told you before. When you haven't practiced the breath of source to the peak, one of the tricks to enter the 'Egoless Realm' is to let your mind only think about one thing."

"Only thinking about winning."

"Just trying to survive."

"I just want to protect someone."

"In such a state of mind and using the breath of source, the chances of entering the 'Selfless Realm' will be greatly increased."

"If I'm right, when you were fighting that Kotaro, you were thinking the same idea crazily. Am I right?"

As soon as Genichi finished speaking, Ogata nodded slightly, indicating that what Genichi said just now was correct.

That night, after facing Kotaro and being suppressed by Kotaro who had entered the "Yasha state", Ogata really only thought about one thing in his heart.

And what he thought that night was the same as what he thought when Hirose Fan assassinated Matsudaira Gennai and faced the hundreds of guards Matsudaira Gennai: I want to win.

"By the way—" Mucun suddenly asked, "What does the 'Yasha Realm' look like? Is it just a huge increase in strength and speed?"

"It's the sharp increase in strength and speed." Ogata corrected, "I don't know much about the 'Yasha Realm'. I only know that they have to take a drug called 'Yasha Pill' to enter This state."

"After entering the 'Yaksha Realm', their skin will appear dark red, and thin gas like steam will float out of their bodies."

"Like you just got out of the bathroom."

"Although that Kotaro said that only their leader Balrog and the Four Heavenly Kings in their Shiranui possess this 'Yasha state'."

"However, it is still unknown whether this sentence is true or not."

"Maybe on our way to Edo, the people in Shiranui developed a new method to increase the production of Yashamaru, so that more ninjas under their command could have more Yashamaru."

"If their Yasha pill produces energy, it will be troublesome..." Mucun said in a serious tone in a joke.

As soon as Mu Cun finished speaking, a weak female voice suddenly sounded behind him and Ogata:

"Even if that immortal Balrog has a way to mass-produce the Yasha pill, there is no need to be afraid."

"Our Calabash House still has a way to suppress their 'Yasha state'."

As soon as this weak female voice sounded, Ogata and Mucun immediately turned their heads to follow the sound.

I saw the pale-faced Lin walking slowly out of the cabin towards Ogata and the others.

"They don't know that there are yaksha pills in the fire."

"And our gourd house...has this."

After all, Lin with a weird smile on her face raised her hands in a "money" gesture.