Chapter 399 "Kinoshita Gen 1! Times Have Changed!" [6,700 Words]

【Ding! Defeat the enemy with Wuwo Two Swords Flowing Flow]

[Gain 110 points of personal experience, 120 points of experience in swordsmanship "Wuwu Two Swords Style"]

[Current personal level: LV33 (125/5000)]

[Nugo Two Swords Level: Level 10 (6290/10000)]

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【Ding! Defeat the enemy with Wuwo Two Swords Flowing Flow]

[Gain 100 points of personal experience, 110 points of experience in swordsmanship "Wuwu Two Swords Style"]

[Current personal level: LV33 (225/5000)]

[Wuwu Two Swords Level: Level 10 (6400/10000)]

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Da Shitian and Da Zizai in their hands cut out 2 sword lights, and as the 2 sword lights fell, Ogata's mind sounded a system notification sound related to Wuwo 2 swords style for a long time.

Since killing the gang of Huofu thieves who were planning to grab credit a few days ago, Ooyoung has never fought anyone else, and his personal level and experience bar of Sakakibara's Ichidou style have remained unchanged.

Let alone the two swords without me.

Since entering Edo, because of the lack of occasions that required the use of the two swords of Wuga, and to avoid the enemy of Genichi, who might be standing aside, recognizing the swordsmanship he used as the two swords of self.

Ogata has always used Sakakibara One Sword Style to fight against the enemy, and the experience bar of Wuwo Two Sword Style has not changed since Ogata entered Edo.

Now hearing the system sound with the words "Wuwo Erdaoliu" in his mind, Ogata couldn't help but sigh "It's been a long time" in his heart.

Of the 6 people who rushed up, 2 of them were cut down by Ogata in the blink of an eye, losing one-third of their combat power in an instant.

Seeing this situation, the remaining four people froze in shock and fear.

The original forward momentum stopped immediately.

The momentum on his body also withered.

The more life-and-death struggles experienced, the more Xu Fang realized the importance of momentum.

Although when fighting people,

The most dominant factor in winning or losing is various data on the physical level.

When everyone talks about martial arts and doesn't play any tricks, if you are not as tall as others, as strong as others, and if you can't match them with the strength and speed of swinging a knife, then you just can't beat them.

However—although various data on the physical level account for the most dominant factor in determining the outcome, some factors on the spiritual level can also have a certain impact on the battle situation.

In a battle where both sides are evenly matched, the man with more momentum and fighting spirit has the upper hand.

If you don't even have the aura of "absolutely want to win the opponent", then you may not even be able to display your original strength.

Seeing that the remaining four people had lost their momentum, Xu knew that these people had no power to fight back.

Although the momentum of these four people has withered, they still retain a certain fighting spirit.

The expressions of astonishment and fear only lingered on their faces for a while, and these negative emotions were suppressed by them. They gritted their teeth, clenched the knife in their hands, and yelled at Ogata again. .

From the actions of these people, it is not difficult to see that they are not the kind of people who have only swung the "dojo sword".

They have real experience in fighting people to the death.

But this is probably only their only advantage.

Whether it's their movements or footsteps, they are full of a "wild way", and they can tell whether they have received professional swordsmanship training.

Ogata and the others are now in an uninhabited path that is not too wide but not too narrow.

There is no need to worry about someone witnessing a "Tengu" and "White Fox" killing people.

This not too narrow space allowed Ogata to move around with ease.

Ogata first used a step, dodged a straight thrust from the nearest "Enemy 1", and dodged directly behind "Enemy 1". It flashed in front of "Enemy 2".

Ogata, who directly attacked behind them, startled "Enemy 2". In a panic, "Enemy 2" subconsciously aimed at Ogata in front of him and slashed horizontally.

clang!

With the sound of a crisp gold-iron strike, "Enemy 2"'s sword was blocked by Ogata with Da Zizai.

Because the sword was blocked by Ogata with Da Zizai, the middle door of "Enemy 2" opened wide, and Ogata swung Da Shitian, easily ending the life of "Enemy 2".

After beheading "Enemy 2", Ogata, like a conditioned reflex, quickly escaped from the original position without any hesitation using steps.

When facing multiple enemies, you must move and constantly create one-on-one opportunities-this is the truth that Ogata realized long before he cut Matsudaira Gennai into pieces.

After beheading "Enemy 2", Ogata used a step to dodge to the side of "Enemy 3" and "Enemy 4", and waved Da Shitian and Da Zizai at the same time, cutting them down.

Finally, he turned around and slit the throat of "Enemy 1", who was ignored by Ogata just now and dodged directly behind him.

4 people 4 knives, clean and neat.

Each knife is a one-hit kill. When the throat of "Enemy 1" was cut open by Ogata, "Enemy 2" who was first cut by Ogata's knife had not yet completely fallen to the ground.

It only took a few seconds for these four people to be beheaded by Ogata from the moment they were alive.

The system notification tone in my mind also rang four times in a row.

Before the sound of the system fell completely, when Ogata looked back at the leader of the gang named "Baoji", he suddenly heard a shout:

"Kinoshita Genichi! Your time of death has arrived!"

Looking at the thing that Baoji is currently holding in his hand, Ogata's face flashed a bit of astonishment.

The thing in Baoji's hand is also a very familiar thing to Ogata - a musket.

However, the musket that Baoji is holding now is not the most advanced musket of this era, but an arquebus that has fallen behind the times, but is still used by the Edo shogunate.

Although compared with contemporary Western countries, this arquebus belongs to the kind of "grandfather weapons" that can enter museums, but in Japan, which is still in the Edo period, it is still one of the "high-end weapons".

Without connections and money, you can't get matchlock guns.

--I see……

Ogata thought to himself.

——It turned out that the thing he was carrying on his back just now was an arquebus...

Just now when that Baoji ordered his six subordinates to come forward, Ogata vaguely heard him shouting "buy time for me", and made a big gesture of using the words behind his back. An action to take down a long pole object wrapped in cloth.

At this moment, the matchlock gun in Baoji's hand was already ready to fire.

The metal hook on the gun that can rotate around the axis has already clamped the burning matchlock.

As long as Baosheng is willing, he can now push the metal hook into the fire door at any time, make the matchstick ignite the gunpowder, and then fire the projectile in the gun chamber.

The operation of the matchlock gun is quite complicated, and less than half a minute has passed since Baoji took off the matchlock gun on his back and completed the preparation for firing the matchlock gun.

The arquebus is ready for firing in less than half a minute - this is simply not possible without long hours of practice.

Baoji's hand speed is enough to be an elite musketeer.

All 6 subordinates under his command were killed in battle, but Baoji did not show any hatred or sadness when he saw this.

He just stared at Yuan Yi not far away with a ferocious face.

"Genichi Kinoshita! Ever since you destroyed my village 8 years ago, I have been thinking about revenge all the time!"

"I don't think about how to defeat you all the time!"

"And this thing! It's the weapon I specially prepared for you!"

After finishing speaking, Baoji tightened his grip on the matchlock gun in his hand.

"It took me a lot of time and energy to get this baby!"

"In order to complete the shooting preparations in the fastest time, I even practiced day and night!"

"Genichi Kinoshita! Times have changed! This is no longer the era of swords!"

A sinister smile slowly appeared on Baoji's face.

"Even a mediocre swordsman like me can kill the 'Sword Master' with an iron cannon!"

Genichi listened quietly to Baoji's roars one after another.

It wasn't until Baoji's voice fell that Genichi said in a tone that was so calm that there was no color mixed in:

"I see. No wonder you dared to come to Edo to find me with only a few subordinates."

"It turned out to be relying on the power of the iron cannon."

Because Genichi was wearing the tengu mask that only showed a pair of eyes, Ogata couldn't see Genichi's expression now.

And Ogata didn't have the spare time to see what Genichi's expression was like at this time.

His eyes were fixed on Baoji who was not far away, measuring the distance between each other, estimating whether he could kill Baoji with a single shot from Kasumi at such a distance.

Kasumi Nagi is now considered one of Ogata's big cards, and at critical moments, it may have a miraculous effect or even save his life.

So when Ogata is away from home now, he always carries Kasumi, who was handed over to him by A-Machi, in his arms. Kasumi's gun was always full of bullets.

There is a distance of about 10 steps between Ogata and Baoji.

Anyone who has used a pistol knows how difficult it is to accurately hit a target with a pistol.

The distance of 10 steps - for Ogata who has never practiced shooting, it is already a distance that may not be able to accurately hit the target, even though the target is a large living person.

Baoji seemed to have noticed Ogata's sharp gaze, and after glancing at Ogata, he said solemnly:

"Genichi Kinoshita, the swordsmanship this kid used just now is your Wuwu Dual Swordsmanship, right?"

"Is this kid your apprentice?"

Although Ogata is wearing a white fox mask that only exposes the eyes, the skin of the neck, hands and other parts are still exposed.

It was through these exposed skins that Baosheng could tell that the guy wearing the "White Fox" mask must be very young.

"Student..." Yuan Yi raised his hand and scratched his hair, "Although I haven't taught him a single move, but the swordsmanship he uses is indeed my Wuwu Erdao style, which can be regarded as half of my successor. Bar."

"Forget it, it doesn't matter who he belongs to you!" Baoji's eyes became more and more frantic and ferocious, "My goal is only you from the beginning to the end!"

"As long as I drag you to hell, I can die in peace even if I die immediately!"

"...It seems that you are very confident in the iron cannon in your hand."

After finishing speaking, Yuan Yi stepped forward and walked slowly towards Baoji in front of him.

Yuan Yi's appearance and footsteps revealed a relaxed atmosphere from inside to outside.

It's like taking a walk in your own back garden.

"Ogata-kun, you step back."

Yuanyi raised his left hand, pressed the Yangshen's sheath on his left waist, and pushed his left thumb forward.

With a soft "click" sound, Yangshen's blade popped out of the sheath for a few inches.

"I'll kill him."

choking lang lang lang...

Yangshen's blade was pulled out of the sheath inch by inch.

The cold light reflected from the blade under the moonlight illuminated the tengu mask on Genichi's face.

Looking at Yuanyi who was walking towards him slowly and drew his knife out of its sheath, Baoji's face turned pale, and he swallowed subconsciously, moistening his dry throat.

Obviously, he simply drew his sword out of its sheath, but Baoji felt that Yuan Yi's whole aura had changed immediately.

At this moment, Baoji felt as if a mountain was slowly approaching him.

Baoji gripped the musket even tighter.

Now the only way to give him a sense of security is to hold the musket tightly.

Genichi's way of walking forward slowly with a knife, not only surprised Baoji, but also made Ogata raise his eyebrows in surprise and curiosity.

Ogata now feels that his mood is very strange.

It was obvious that Genichi was making crazy moves like slowly walking towards the musketeer, but Ogata was not worried about Genichi.

However, Ogata did not let go of his half-raised right hand, and still maintained a posture ready to take out Kasumi from his arms and shoot at any time.

"Bao Ji, although we are mortal enemies, I still have a suggestion."

Yuan Yi's tone remained calm.

"Because you hold an iron cannon in your hand, you feel that you can deal with any opponent—this is an absolutely unacceptable wrong thinking."

Although Yuanyi gave Baoji a suggestion very leisurely, Baoji did not hear what Yuanyi was saying because of his excessive nervousness and high concentration.

Bao Ji now only puts all his thoughts on measuring the distance between himself and Yuan Yi.

Although he didn't know how Yuan Yi walked towards him at a speed like a walk, how to deal with him who had a musket, but Baoji knew that Yuan Yi would only increase the distance between them by shortening the distance between them. hit rate.

After Yuanyi narrowed the distance between them to 6 steps away, the ferocious and excited look on Baoji's face reached its peak.

At this distance, Baoji is sure to hit the target.

The next moment when the ferocious and excited look on his face reached its peak, with a roar, Baoji pulled the trigger.

Searing pellets ejected from the barrel.

Then...the scene that appeared in front of Baoji immediately made Baoji's expression and expression change from ferocious and joyful to shock and disbelief in an instant.

The moment before Baoji pulled the trigger, Genichi tilted his body as if he had seen through when Baoji was going to shoot.

This hot, high-speed projectile just passed through Genichi's side.

The projectile instinctively hit Yuan Yi's chest with precision—of course, the premise was that Yuan Yi didn't dodge.

After dodging the projectile, Genichi moved.

If Yuanyi just now looked like a slowly moving snail, now Yuanyi is like a cheetah starting to pounce on its prey.

The difference in speed between the front and rear is so large that it makes people feel unreal.

Looking at Yuan Yi who was rushing towards him at a dizzying speed, Baoji's face was full of horror.

But he still instinctively threw the iron cannon in his hand aside and pulled out the knife at his waist.

Because Yuan Yi had already rushed into his attack range when he drew the knife out of its sheath, Baoji didn't hesitate at all—now he couldn't afford to waste any more time in hesitating, he just gritted his teeth and swung the knife towards him. Genichi in front of him made a powerful vertical chop.

Facing Baoji's knife, Yuan stopped his forward pace.

Rotate clockwise around the left foot.

Yuanyi's rotation not only avoided Baoji's knife.

While avoiding Baoji's slashing attack, he also charged his power. With the feet around the waist, with the waist around the arms.

When he turned clockwise and turned his face towards Baoji again, Yuan Yi used a whip-like movement to "swing" the Yangshen who followed his body around and accumulated a wave of strength, toward Baoji. Ji's waist and abdomen were swept away.

clatter...

Yuan Yi's Yang God poured out a large handful of blood, splashing it on the dirt wall beside him, making a sound like rain.

"Puff... Goo... Goo..."

Big mouthfuls of blood spit out from Baoji's mouth.

He opened his mouth as if to say something, but he could only make some inexplicable sounds.

His waist and abdomen were completely cut open by Yuan Yi, and all the internal organs in his abdomen were chopped into pieces. Even if he is sent to the doctor immediately, there is no possibility of survival.

After glaring at Yuan Yi fiercely with the terrifying eyes that seemed to want to firmly remember Yuan Yi's face, the light in his eyes gradually dissipated, and then he fell heavily on the ground, splashing a thin layer of light. dust.

It was not until it was confirmed that Baoji was completely out of breath that Yuanyi began to "vibrate the blood", swung Yangshen down heavily, and swung the blood attached to the blade to the ground.

"Master Yuan..."

Ogata held his Dashitian and walked slowly towards Yuanyi.

At this moment, Ogata's face hidden under the mask was full of surprise.

"I thought you were planning to chop the projectile with a knife..."

"That would be too tiring." Yuan Yi smiled, "Compared to cutting off the projectile, it's easier to just avoid it."

"As long as you look at the muzzle of the iron cannon and the action of the enemy pulling the trigger, as long as your feet are more flexible, then anyone can dodge the bullets."

Ogata wasn't really surprised by Genichi's feat of dodging bullets just now.

The fact that Yuan Yi dared to walk towards an enemy holding a musket so boldly showed that he must have the confidence to deal with muskets. Either flash the bullet directly, or smash the bullet.

Ogata has also faced off multiple enemies with bows and arrows, and has also tried to dodge arrows and cut arrows.

So after witnessing Yuan Yi flashing the bullet, I didn't feel very surprised-even though the speed of the bullet is much faster than that of the arrow.

Compared with "dodging the bullet", the trick Genichi used to kill Baoji just now surprised Ogata more.

"Master Yuan, what was the trick you used just now?"

Ogata had been keeping an eye on Baoji the whole time, and was ready to support Genichi at any time. So he read Yuan Yi's move completely and seriously.

After watching Genichi's move just now, Ogata was only very shocked.

Rotating the body, dodging the enemy's attack, and launching a counterattack - it seems ordinary at first glance, but Ogata has seen quite a lot of tricks.

For example - Yuan Yi's "turn around" just now is not an ordinary turn around.

Ogata saw that: while Genichi turned his body clockwise to avoid Baoji's attack, he also used a special technique to make his body dodge with a lighter posture and prepare for the subsequent counterattack. charge.

Due to the addition of special skills, Yuan Yi's move just now became a powerful move that combines evasion and counterattack.

"The trick I just did was called 'Flash'."

Genichi took out the pocket paper that he had prepared early in the morning, and while wiping off the blood and grease left on the blade with the pocket paper, he continued to introduce to Ogata:

"It is one of the masterpieces that I have studied in the past two years."

"It's a very useful technique."

"Recharge your energy while rotating your body to avoid the enemy's attack, and then counterattack the enemy—this is 'dodge'."

"Although it sounds easy, there are actually a lot of skills in it. You need to use certain skills in order to accumulate energy for your counterattack while rotating your body to avoid the attack."

After Yuanyi retracted Yangshen into the scabbard, Chong Xufang grinned:

"How about it, Ogata-kun, do you want to learn?"

"If you are willing to teach, I am naturally willing to learn." Ogata responded in a half-joking tone.

"Of course I am willing to teach you. After all, I have promised you before that I will teach you some sword swing skills. I am still very committed."

"Let's go, Ogata-kun, don't stay here for too long. If a passer-by witnesses 'Tengu' and 'White Fox' standing next to a pile of corpses, it will be difficult."

"Well, before that..." Ogata wiped Da Shitian's blade clean with his pocket paper, put the blade back into its sheath, walked quickly to Baoji's side, picked up the The matchlock gun next to it.

"That's right." Yuan Yi smiled wryly, "I almost forgot about this rare thing..."

"This is a good thing." Ogata smiled, "Don't waste it. It can just be used by A-Ming and her. It can also increase our combat power."

After that, Ogata began to search Baoji's body, looking for bullets and gunpowder.

Although half of Baoji's body was stained red with blood, fortunately, the remaining gunpowder and projectiles on his body were not wetted or soiled by the blood.

"But if you take it back like this, won't the rest of the people know that the two of us sneaked out to hunt 'rats' tonight?"

"That's easy." The matchlock gun was tied with a strap, which made it easier for Ogata to carry the musket.

Ogata carried the musket on his back, and continued:

"Tonight, let's find someone to hide this iron cannon."

"Tomorrow night, I will say: This iron cannon was picked up from a person who was causing trouble in Yoshihara when I was arresting him secretly."

"In this way, wouldn't it be justifiable to take out this iron cannon?"

"So that's how it is... and there's this trick..." Yuan Yi sighed softly, and then changed into a joking tone, "Ogata-kun, I didn't expect you to have quite a lot of tricks."

"This is one of the strengths that I am quite proud of." Ogata smiled, and responded with the same tone of joking.

"Ogata-kun, let's go after picking up the pellets and gunpowder, and see if we can get a few more 'rats' at the gate of Yoshiwara."

"Well, let's go."

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at the same time--

Edo, the residence of Nakamatsudaira Sadanobu——

It is now late at night.

Matsudaira Sadanobu's room was still flickering with flames.

Working late into the night—this has been the norm these days for Sadanobu Matsudaira.

Tonight was no exception. Matsudaira Sadanobu had been working until just now, and finally put down the pen in his hand, put down all kinds of government affairs that did not need to be dealt with urgently, and prepared to go to bed.

In the room, Matsudaira Jonobu stood upright, with both arms raised.

And his surname Tachibana squatted in front of Matsudaira Sadanobu, helping Matsudaira Sadanobu to fasten the belt of the yukata.

When Tachibana was helping Matsudaira Sadanobu to dress, Matsudaira Sadanobu suddenly asked Tachibana:

"Tachibana, remember to get ready to go out tomorrow night."

Before going to bed, tell Tachibana the important things to do tomorrow-this is one of Matsudaira Sadanobu's habits.

After hearing the familiar "reminder before going to bed", Tachibana did not answer "yes" as happily as usual.

Instead, after hesitating for a few minutes, he hesitated and asked back:

"My lord, are you really going to find that person tomorrow night? Are you in a little hurry?"

"You should know that I like to act swiftly and resolutely." Matsudaira replied without hesitation, "Tomorrow night I happen to be free, and apart from tomorrow night, I don't have any other free time in a short time."

"...I see." Tachibana nodded vigorously, "Do you need me to prepare a few more guards tomorrow night?"

"No need." Matsudaira Sadanobu replied without hesitation again, "I plan to go in low clothes tomorrow night, I don't want to make too much noise. Tomorrow night, you only need to go with me."

"yes!"