After two officers from the club grabbed Ishida's arms respectively, Ishida's apprentice quickly shouted:

"master!"

In order to prevent Ishida's apprentice from causing trouble, Gua Sheng was watching him the whole time.

Seeing that he seemed to be using force to take back his master, Guasheng silently raised his right hand and reached for the wooden knife inserted in his left waist.

"Hongzhi! Don't worry, I'll stay at their club for a few days and I'll be back. During the few days I'm away, you have to concentrate on preparing for the 'Imperial Trial'!"

When Ishida shouted these words, for some reason he still fixed his strange eyes on Ogata...

"Hurry up and take him to the club and lock him up." Gua Sheng ordered.

"yes!"

The two officers who held Ishida's arms separated the crowd and escorted Ishida to their Shirobei Club.

After Ishida was taken away, although Ishida's apprentice looked unhappy, he still did not come forward to cause trouble.

After watching his master leave, Ishida's apprentice also carried his own spear and quickly left the scene.

After being taken away, Ishida finally looked away from Ogata.

Looking at Ishida being taken away, Ogata frowned and muttered:

"Why did he keep looking at me like this..."

Although he was confused as to why Ishida looked at him with such a strange look just now, Ogata didn't take it to heart and regarded everything that happened tonight as an ordinary daily episode.

Also being taken away was the young samurai who invited Ishida to spar, but was shot down by Ishida in the end.

After successfully escorting away the two people who had caused a dispute in Yoshiwara, Gua Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to Ogata and said:

"Mashima-kun, your swordsmanship is so powerful. You can win so easily against someone who uses a spear."

There is a saying called "Three Danshuo" circulating in the modern Japanese martial arts circle:

A person with level 1 swordsmanship can compete with a person with level 3 karate.

A person with a level 1 spear skill can compete with a person with a level 3 swordsmanship or a person with a level 9 karate.

This statement may not be rigorous, but the underlying truth is correct - people with weapons have an advantage over people with empty hands, and people with long weapons have an advantage over people with short weapons.

The spear, which is mainly used for stabbing, is extremely terrifying in terms of attack distance, attack speed, and destructive power.

Therefore, in the cold weapon era, no matter which country it is, long weapons headed by spears will always be the absolute main weapons on the battlefield.

The competition between Guasheng and Ishida just now perfectly illustrates how advantageous long weapons are in combat.

Gua Sheng had to put in a lot of effort and look for the fleeting opportunity to break into the position where his sword could hit Ishida.

And Ishida's spear can easily poke the melon.

So just now, after seeing Ogata defeating Ishida who she couldn't defeat with just one move with just one hand, Gua Sheng was so shocked that her eyes widened and her mouth opened wide.

"This is... a skill that a certain guy taught me." Ogata showed a helpless smile, "Use brute force to knock away the enemy's weapon, and finally make the enemy's hand numb, and then take advantage of it

The gap is close to the body."

The "some guy" Ogata was talking about was none other than the "demon monk" Ishun who gave Ogata a hard fight on Butterfly Island.

Issun's amazing power taught Ogata a good lesson.

Ogata realized this fighting technique when he blocked a powerful and heavy slash from Ichijun.

This combat skill can be regarded as a "one-size-fits-all" combat skill.

Whether it is used to deal with enemies using long weapons or enemies using short weapons, it can work wonders.

Of course - the premise is that your strength must be high enough and your moves must be powerful enough.

"It's good to have enough strength..." Gua Sheng curled his lips and muttered, "You can use skills that people like me will never use in their lives..."

After saying that, Guasheng stood on tiptoes, as if to make his body look bigger.

It's a pity that even if he stands on tiptoes, Gua Sheng's height is still not even 1.5 meters.

"Excuse me."

At this moment, a rich male voice suddenly sounded behind Ogata.

Ogata looked back and saw an old samurai he had never seen before standing not far behind him.

This old samurai has a clean and neatly shaved Tsukiyo head.

He looks to be in his 50s, and his face is covered with quite a few wrinkles.

Although he is old, this old warrior still looks energetic, without any signs of aging, and has a pair of bright eyes.

This old samurai looked old but still energetic. Ogata couldn't help but think of Genichi and the man who always shouted "I'm old, I'm old", but no matter how he looked, he didn't look like an old man.

The wind demon.

The same is true for Yuan Yi and Feng Mo. They both look a lot older, but their spirits are still very good, and they don't look like old people at all.

This old warrior also had several followers, and a full 6 young warriors who were still young were following the old warrior.

"Excuse me, is something wrong?" Ogata asked in a calm tone.

"My dear friend, Jun Nagano."

The old samurai who called himself Nagano Shun showed a faint smile.

"I have just been watching the battle at Tachibanahara House not far away, and I was lucky enough to see the scene of a single strike breaking a gun with a single sword."

"I deeply admire my superb skills. I never thought that Yoshihara in Edo was actually a place where dragons and tigers were hidden."

"I don't know what your name is and what swordsmanship you practice?"

"My friend, Komaki Itto-ryu, Majima Goro." Ogata said.

Komaki Itto-ryu is just a name that Ogata made up to cover up his real name of the swordsmanship school, so Nagano is destined to have never heard of the name of this school.

However, although he had never heard of this ancient Mu Yitō style, Nagano didn't care about it.

In the Edo period when swordsmanship flourished, various swordsmanship schools flourished. The world-famous swordsmanship schools such as Mugai-ryu, Katori Shinto-ryu, and Shigen-ryu are only a small number after all.

Many swordsmanship schools are not widely spread and are only spread in a small area.

Nagano only regarded the Komaki Itto style that Ogata mentioned as an unpopular swordsmanship that was only spread in a small area in a certain place.

"Mashima-kun, I am very pleased with your swordsmanship."

"I have opened an Ono Itto-ryu dojo in my hometown of Deyu."

"I wonder if I would like to become my diners."

"I welcome highly skilled people like Shiba to become guests of my dojo."

"Dinner?" Ogata raised his eyebrows.

Recruiting diners - this can be regarded as one of the dojo customs in the Edo period.

Some wealthy dojo owners will recruit people with good swordsmanship into their dojos.

These people usually don't need to do anything. If they are willing, they can even sleep in the ashram every day, and the ashram will support them every day, take care of their food and drink.

But if there is danger in the dojo, for example, when someone comes to kick the gym, these people have to fight against the kicker to maintain the dignity of the gym.

This group of people who help out when they have nothing to do, help out when they have something to do, and who are accomplices in quarrels and fights are called "diners".

In the Edo period, the main reason why this trend of recruiting diners arose in various dojos was to prevent those who would kick the dojo.

If those who succeed in kicking the gym will lose face, it will be a small matter, but the reputation of the dojo will be reduced, and it will be a big deal if no one will come to study in the future.

Therefore, in order to prevent this kind of thing from happening, some wealthy monastery owners will fund and support some powerful diners.

When someone comes to challenge the restaurant, these capable diners will be asked to come forward to fight.

Of course, many dojo owners have all kinds of strange reasons for raising diners.

Some are to prevent kickers, and some are to increase the momentum of the sword hall.

Some simply like to collect people with superb sword skills.

As for what kind of person this Nagano belongs to, Ogata doesn't know.

But no matter what kind of person Nagano is, Ogata's answer is the same.

"Sorry." Ogata smiled and shook his head, "I have no intention of becoming a guest of any gym."

After receiving Ogata's rejection, Nagano did not show any frustration, but asked:

"Are you really going to stop thinking about it?"

"No." Ogata said again without hesitation, "I appreciate Shiba's kindness, but I really have no intention of becoming someone else's guest."

"...Okay then." Only then did a look of regret finally appear on Nagano's face, and he let out a small sigh.

Ogata didn't even ask how much he would be paid for becoming a diner, and refused outright - based on this alone, Nagano knew that Ogata really had no intention of becoming a diner at his dojo.

"Well - I still have the mission of patrolling Yoshiwara, so I'll excuse you for now."

After saying that, Ogata waved to Gua Sheng, indicating that it was time for Gua Sheng to leave.

However - just as Ogata turned around, Nagano stopped him again.
To be continued...