I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

The system sound that reminds you to absorb the martial arts genre - Ogata feels that if he remembers correctly, the last time he heard this string of sounds was in the spring of last year when he absorbed the "Shiranui Ninjutsu" from A-Machi on Butterfly Island .

Because I haven't heard this sound for a long time, after hearing this series of system sounds for a long time, Ogata couldn't help being startled by this special strangeness.

——Iga-ryu...Forbidden art...?

The word Iga reminded Ogata of the famous "Iga no Sato".

Ogata is no stranger to Iga no Sato.

In the Warring States Period two hundred years ago, Iga, Koga, Fuma, Togakushi, and Manten were called the Five Great Ninjas.

But in the end, Iga Nori, who followed the right master, became the one who had the last laugh.

Two hundred years ago, Iga no Sato served the Tokugawa clan. After the Tokugawa clan usurped the Toyotomi clan, established the shogunate in Edo, and became the new overlord of the world, the status of Iga no Sato also rose. The Iga ninjas became the royal ninjas of the Edo shogunate—until 41 years ago.

Forty-one years ago, Iga no Sato, who had enjoyed a comfortable life for more than a hundred years with his master, was inexplicably destroyed.

There are different opinions on the reasons for the collapse.

And Ogata didn't finally know the truth about the destruction of Iga's Sato until last autumn when he destroyed Shiranui-sato--was destroyed by Genichi.

During the crusade against Shiranui in autumn last year, a group of remnants of the Iga no Sato party appeared to help Shiranui.

A-cho and the whole group of Huluya had seen this group of ninjas from Iga no Sato, but they didn't know who they were at that time - except for Genichi.

And Ogata was dueling with Shuntaro at that time, so he happened to pass by this group of Iga ninjas.

At that time, Genichi stopped the group of Iga ninjas by himself, so that Lin and others could go on to chase Keitaro, one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" in Shiranui.

It wasn't until after the war that Ogata, Lin and the others learned from Yuan Yi the identities of the men in black who were stopped by Yuan Yi one by one.

It was not until then that Ogata knew that Genichi, the troublemaker, had a different history with Iga no Sato—the destruction of Iga no Sato 41 years ago was one of Genichi's handwriting.

But Genichi didn't intend to talk too much about his past with Iga Nori. At that time, after telling Ogata that Iga's Sato was destroyed by him 41 years ago, he kept the rest of the things related to Iga's Sato secret.

He did not tell Ogata the details of his demise of Iga Zhisato, nor did he tell Ogata why he wanted to destroy Iga Zhisato in the first place.

Ogata didn't have much interest in this Iga ninja who had been destroyed for 41 years, and he had no grievances with them, so he didn't want to say more when he saw Genichi, and Ogata didn't ask too much.

Ogata is actually more curious about why there are so many Iga ninjas staying in Shiranui than the grievances between Yuanyi and Iga ninjas.

It's not just Ogata who is curious about this question, but the whole group of Huluya are also quite curious about this question.

It's a pity that Yuan killed that group of Iga ninjas, and there was no one left to ask questions.

After the war, Genichi also frankly stated that he was negligent. When fighting with the Iga no Sato, he should catch one or two people alive, so as to ask these Iga no Sato remnants, how did they get along with Shiranui Ri? ninjas mixed together.

At that time, the battle was over, Shiranui had fallen, and the remnants of Iga were also wiped out by Genichi. If you want to ask why there are Iga ninjas in Shiranui, you can't ask.

In the end—the problem just goes away.

After ending the crusade against Shiranui and leaving Edo, Ogata thought that for the rest of his life, he would never have anything to do with this long-destroyed ninja that had become history.

However... only a few months later, in this unremarkable smuggling boat, I met a girl who could use the "Iga Rufujutsu"...

At this moment, the doubts accumulated in Ogata's mind can already be described as excessive...

A series of system tones that I haven’t heard for a long time,

Coupled with the excessive questions that followed, Ogata directly entered a state of stupefaction.

"That... are you okay?"

At this time, the girl's voice reached Ogata's ears.

The girl's voice suddenly came into Ogata's ear, which made Ogata recover from his daze.

"Sorry, I was a little distracted just now. Your punch just now was so powerful that I was a little scared." Ogata panicked casually.

Hearing Ogata's compliment, the girl's face burst into a big smile.

"How? I didn't lie, did I? Whether it's me or my books, they are all real."

Ogata nodded lightly as a sign of agreement, and then turned his gaze to the pile of books beside the girl: "Excuse me, can I have a look at your books first?"

"of course can!"

The girl randomly grabbed a copy and handed it to Ogata.

After receiving the "Cheats of Martial Arts" handed by the girl, Ogata found that the book was surprisingly thin, only 5 or 6 pages thick.

Ogata didn't start reading from the first page immediately, but flipped through it first.

The girl's "Teaching Cheats of Yunjin" reminded Ogata of the "Teaching Cheats of Wuwu Two Swords" produced by Minamoto in batches. Both are also rich in pictures and texts, but the quality of the former is much better than that of the latter.

The latter's so-called "pictures" are piles of stick figures that can compete with Picasso's paintings.

The pictures of the former are genuine pictures, which meticulously depict various pictures such as the human body and posture.

Ogata turned back to the first page.

The content of the first page is to introduce what this so-called "luck energy" is.

[Seize the timing, at the moment when the movement is completed, suddenly accelerate the contraction of the muscles and send out a short, crisp explosive force, so that the power of the fist and foot will increase sharply. This is "luck energy".

Those who are proficient in "Lucky Strength" can apply the bursting power of "Lucky Strength" to the weapons in their hands, increasing the power of the weapons so that they can cut through iron. 】

On the first page, there are only two simple sentences for the introduction of "Yunjin".

After reading this introduction, Ogata discovered that this so-called "luck strength" is similar to the famous "inch fist" in his previous life.

According to the introduction of "Lucky Strength" in this book, this "Lucky Strength" is indeed somewhat similar to the "Inch Fist" of the previous life.

However, Ogata is actually more interested in the second half of the introduction of "Lucky Strength" than the principle of "Lucky Strength".

"Strength can cut iron..." After repeating the words written in the book softly, Ogata raised his eyes and looked at the girl in front of him, "This book contains words that can explode the 'luck energy'." Power is exerted on weapons. Is it true?"

The girl nodded, and then smiled awkwardly: "It's true. But it's very difficult, and you have to practice the 'luck energy' to perfection before you can do it."

"I have been practicing 'Lucky Strength' since I can remember, but until now I can only use the power of 'Lucky Strength' on the blade very reluctantly."

After all, the girl took out a wakizashi from her bosom.

Wakizashi had a very special status in the Edo period.

The shogunate prohibited civilians from wearing and using the sword, which was the exclusive weapon of the samurai.

However, the shogunate did not prohibit civilians from using and carrying the wakizashi, as long as they do not wear the wakizashi around their waists.

Therefore, some civilians with surplus money in their hands will prepare one or two threats at home.

When going out for a long journey, you will also take the wakizashi on your body for self-defense.

So in the Edo period, it was not so uncommon to see civilians taking out a threat from their bodies.

The wakizasa that the girl took out from her bosom, judging from the appearance of the handle and scabbard, was just an ordinary knife.

The girl did not pull out the blade, but just raised the sheath of the knife in her palm high up, Ogata saw the muscles of her arm contracted with a specific rhythm and amplitude just like before, and then the girl held Wakizashi up. When he slashed forward, there was a sound of breaking wind that made Ogata raise his eyebrows.

——It seems that...the phrase "power can cut iron" in this book is not talking nonsense...

Ogata just clearly saw that the girl's slash just now was not as powerful as the slash that a thin and thin girl like her could swing. I can't take the girl's note just now.

"It's really a powerful technique..." Ogata turned his eyes to the "teaching manual" in his hand, "If this technique is your family's ancestral self-defense technique... then your family is so powerful that you actually represent it Such a powerful self-defense technique has been passed down from generation to generation."

"You are not a descendant of a big family, are you?"

Ogata asked tentatively in a half-joking tone.

The girl replied with a normal face: "Look at me selling straw sandals, I don't look like a descendant of a big family."

The girl smiled wryly and pouted at the pile of straw sandals next to her.

"I'm just an ordinary merchant's daughter."

"In fact, I don't really know what's going on with our family's self-defense technique."

"Maybe it's because our family was a powerful family in the past. But the family has passed down to the present, and it has become an ordinary merchant."

Ogata has been carefully observing the girl's expression. I found that the girl's expression was not the slightest bit strange.

This means two things -

One—this girl is telling the truth.

Two—this girl is the same as Ogata, when she tells a lie, her face doesn't blush and her heart doesn't beat.

What Ogata is sure of now is: This girl can use this "Iga-ryu forbidden technique", so she is very likely to have a relationship with the Iga ninja who has been extinct for 41 years.

Ogata glanced at the "Cultivation Manual" in his palm again.

"...Why did you compile and draw a book about the practice method of self-defense that your family has passed down from generation to generation, and then sell it? It's so cheap."

"Supposedly, shouldn't the martial arts passed down from generation to generation in these families be strictly kept secret and not let outsiders learn it?"

If Ogata heard what the child said correctly just now, then these books seem to be only 30 cents each.

Books are not cheap commodities in this day and age. Although the girl's "practice manual" is very thin, each book is only 5 or 6 pages long, but the price of 30 coins is indeed too cheap.

"Actually, the reason is very simple - I need travel expenses." The girl smiled, "I left home for some reasons and traveled around."

"And I don't have much talent that can be converted into money."

"So we can only compile our family's cultivation technique into a book and sell it everywhere."

"Although I didn't earn as much as my straw sandals, I still made some money."

"There was an owner of a sword gym who was very interested in 'Luck' and bought 10 copies at one go. He also said that he wanted to invite me to be a guest of their sword gym, and wanted me to teach his disciples how to practice 'luck'. strength'."

"But it's a pity that I'm still busy traveling, so I declined his invitation."

"Ah, I'm sorry, I seem to have talked too much, and I talked about a lot of things that have nothing to do with the topic just now."

Ogata's expression became weird: "So you sell the martial arts passed down from generation to generation in your family at a low price just to earn travel expenses?"

The girl nodded.

Ogata's expression became even weirder.

What the girl said just now revealed an aura of "prodigal" everywhere...

"All in all—this book is your thank you for buying my 6 pairs of straw sandals!" The girl continued at this moment, "If you are interested in this 'luck energy', you can try to learn it."

"Taking advantage of the present, we will spend several days together on this ship. If you don't understand anything in the book, feel free to ask me!"

"My name is Azu! You can call me Azu from now on."

"My name is Goro." Ogata gave himself a new pseudonym, "Just call me Goro."

After reporting his new pseudonym, Ogata stuffed the practice manual in his palm into his arms.

"In that case, I will accept this book."

"I'm quite interested in this 'luck'."

"Especially the content of 'Those who are proficient in Yunjin can apply the power of Yunjin to the weapon in their hands, increasing the power of the weapon and making it powerful enough to cut through iron.'"

Speaking of this, Ogata changed into a joking tone.

"After practicing luck to this level, it will definitely be much easier to cook in the kitchen. No matter what kind of melon or fruit it is, it can be easily cut."

For a long time, when fighting with bare hands, Ogata used Shiranui-ryu Jutsu to attack the enemy.

Therefore, after self-study Shiranuo Liujiu, the rest of the unarmed fighting genres, whether Tangshou or wrestling, became existences that Ogata did not need to unlock and master at all.

Ogata is definitely not happy to let Ogata spend precious skill points to unlock Tang Shou, wrestling and other martial arts schools that are no longer useful.

But this "luck" is different.

This "luck strength" not only greatly increases the power of fists and feet, but also greatly increases the power of weapons.

With such a powerful skill, Ogata couldn't help but have a strong interest in it.

"It's not easy to practice to that level." At this moment, Azhu slowly changed into a serious tone, "This kind of luck has a characteristic, that is, it is easy at the beginning, but it becomes more and more difficult as you go on."

"It takes at least 20 years of hard training to be able to proficiently superimpose the power erupted by Yunjin on weapons."

A Zhu raised two fingers and said so with a serious face.

"I've been practicing hard since I was a child, until now I can barely attach the strength of Yunjin to the sword."

"20 years..." Ogata showed a meaningful smile at this time, "Then it seems that this luck is really not very easy to practice."

"To be honest, my mind is quite flexible."

"Maybe it only took me 2 days to master this movement."

"That's impossible." A Zhu said with a smile without thinking, "No matter how powerful a person is, it's impossible for him to master luck in just two days."

Hearing Azuku's words, Ogata remained silent, only allowing the meaningful expression on his face to become more intense.

Then—Ogata silently opened his personal system interface.

——Unlock "Iga-ryu Forbidden Art".

The moment the words in Ogata's mind fell, the system interface in front of him disappeared.

Then a series of system sounds sounded in Ogata's mind:

【Ding! Successfully consume 1 skill point to unlock the hand-to-hand combat technique "Iga Liubanjutsu\