Chapter 14: Competition in the Hall and Contest of the Gods (Part 2)

As soon as the boss finished speaking, there were gasps of air-conditioning in the room.

Even Xu Fang frowned.

The lord came to check the inventory of various materials in the treasury—to put it simply, he came to check the work performance of their group of treasury officials.

Check whether they have sorted out the various materials in the treasury, and whether they have calculated the inventory of various materials.

The leader came to check the work situation - through the ages, this should be one of the most annoying things.

What's more--the leader of Ogata and the others is a lord known for his brutality.

Many people in the room swallowed involuntarily when they thought that the cruel lord was about to come to check their work performance...

Ogata and their superiors had already expected this reaction from everyone.

After sighing lightly, he said:

"Everyone, don't be nervous, the lord should just take a look and leave."

"Everyone, pay attention to your words and deeds, and don't say anything that will offend the Lord."

"Ah, and—remember to wear the robe that day, and remember to wash the robe thoroughly."

裃 - The dress of warriors.

Ogata's samurai was stuffed in the deepest part of the closet, and he would only wear this samurai dress on special days or special occasions.

...

...

Hirose Clan, Sakakibara Sword Gym——

boom!

Ogata flicked Makino's wooden sword away.

Then he pressed the tip of the wooden sword in his hand against Makino's chest.

"Makino." Ogata smiled slightly, "I won again."

"Alas..." A bitter smile full of helplessness surfaced on Makino's face, "I don't seem to have defeated you Ogata-senpai once recently."

【Ding! Use Sakakibara Ichidou Ryu to climb the building and defeat the enemy]

[Gain 20 personal experience points, 20 experience points for swordsmanship "Sakakibara Ichidou style"]

[Current personal level: LV8 (670/700)]

[Sakakibara Ichikatsu level: 4th stage (620/700)]

After the notification sound in his mind fell, Ogata thought to himself:

——It's just a little bit...

——With only 30 experience points, my personal level can be upgraded...

——Sakakibara's experience value is only 80 points away...

Although he was only a little short of the upgrade, Ogata was really powerless to compete with others.

So Xu conveniently put away his wooden knife, and then sat on the edge of the dojo with Makino to rest.

"Senior Ogata."

Makino, who was drenched in sweat, sat on the edge of the dojo without any image, and then said to Ogata who was sitting beside him, who was also resting, in an admiring tone:

"Your state is really good recently. If you maintain this state, Ogata-senpai, you are very likely to win the first place in the competition in one month's time!"

——The competition in the hall?

After silently muttering this unfamiliar term in his heart, Ogata searched for the memory related to this word in his mind.

It didn't take long for memories related to this word to emerge from Ogata's mind one after another.

After recalling all the memories related to this term, Ogata smiled slightly at Makino:

"The first name of the competition in the gym or something——I don't dare to think about such things."

"I just plan to hone my sword skills. I don't want to be the first name in the competition in the gym."

The competition in the hall——Sakakibara Sword Hall will hold a swordsmanship competition every six months.

The time is basically set on June 15th and December 15th each year.

There are currently 28 disciples in the Sakakibara Sword Gym, and all of these 28 people have to participate in the big competition in the gym, and they are not allowed to ask for leave unless there are special circumstances.

The ranking among the disciples is determined through competitions one after another.

There will be no substantial rewards for ranking high in the competition in the museum.

But the bottom 5 people will all get a "special reward" - a scolding meal from their master Hanbei Sakakibara.

The reason why Ogata and the others' master, Hanbei Sakakibara, held a grand competition every six months was to motivate his apprentices and let them not slack off their swordsmanship practice.

In the last competition in the gymnasium, it was Mikami who won the first place.

And Ogata... no, it should be said that "Ogata Hara" won the fourth place.

And now—in another month's time, a new round of in-house contests will begin.

Those who are not good at swordsmanship, in order not to be scolded by the master, began to practice swordsmanship hard.

Those who are interested in the ranking of the competition in the gymnasium are also working hard to practice swordsmanship, hoping to get a higher ranking in the competition in the gymnasium one month later.

And Ogata is not interested in the competition in this museum...

For Ogata, with the help of the system, it is not difficult to win the first place in the competition in the gym.

After all, he still has 2 skill points that are useless.

As long as these 2 skill points are added to personal attributes, or used to upgrade sword skills, Ogata can easily become the strongest existence among the disciples of Sakakibara Sword Gym.

But even if he wins the first place in the competition, there is no real reward, so Ogata is not very interested in the competition.

Another main reason why Ogata is not interested in this competition in the museum is because Ogata knows that every June, the winner of the competition in the museum has to participate in the Yu Yawata competition in July every year. A competition to worship the gods held in the grounds of the Jingu Shrine.

God Worship Competition - the full name is "Shen Worship Martial Arts Competition".

Choose an auspicious day in July every year, and hold a friendly match between Sakakibara Sword Hall and Ishikawa Sword Hall in the courtyard of Hachiman Shrine not far away.

Ishikawa Sword Gym - not far from Sakakibara Sword Gym, a sword gym that teaches Katori Shinto style.

It is considered a competitive relationship with Sakakibara Sword Gym.

The main content of the god sacrifice competition is to send a disciple from each of the two sword gyms to fight, to see whose disciple is stronger.

Using the competition to deepen the friendship between the two sword halls and help improve sword skills - this is the purpose of establishing this god-sacrificing competition.

But in fact - friendship is basically put aside, the focus is entirely on learning sword skills and fighting for face for the sword gyms they belong to.

The establishment of the Sakakihara Sword Hall was later than the Ishikawa Sword Hall.

Therefore, since the establishment of the Sakakibara Sword Academy, the masters and apprentices of the Ishikawa Sword Academy have always been hostile to the people of the Sakakibara Sword Academy.

He regards the Sakakihara Sword Gym as a thorn in their side for robbing their business.

In fact - Sakakibara Sword Gym has indeed robbed the business of Ishikawa Sword Gym.

Since Sakakibara Hanbei established the Sakakibara Sword Gym, the number of people who came to the Ishikawa Sword Gym to learn from teachers has decreased a lot.

It was Sakakibara Hanbei who took the lead in advocating holding a god-sacrificing competition to ease the tension between the two sword halls.

However, since the first holding of the God Worship Competition, the relationship between the two sword halls has not only not been eased, but has even worsened.

Since each of the two families sent a disciple to fight, whichever family's disciple lost, the sword gym of that family would lose face.

And because the competition held by the two sword halls is so famous, it attracts many big figures from the domain to watch every year.

Surrounded by so many big figures in the feudal domain—whether people from the Sakakihara Sword Gym or the Ishikawa Sword Gym, no matter which sword gym they are from, they are even less willing to lose in this god-sacrificing competition. Lost face in front of the big shots in the domain.