After Ogata killed the last bandit who didn't even dare to look back, this brief encounter officially came to an end.

Of the 12 bandits, Ogata killed 9 and captured 1 alive. Huosaka and Kinjo each killed 1.

Ogata took out his pocket paper, wiped off the blood and fat on the blade, and then sheathed the blade.

As soon as Daishi Ten was sheathed, Kasaka and the others, all with wide-eyed eyes, quickly came to Ogata.

Ogata's heroic act of rushing into the enemy formation at extremely fast speeds and then defeating the 12 bandits with one blow shocked Higasaka and the others greatly.

Nowadays, martial arts are weakened, and many warriors don't even know how to hold a sword.

This was the first time for Kasaka and the others to see with their own eyes a samurai who could defeat 1 against 12.

Even Tsuchiya, who didn't speak much and didn't express much, showed a look full of shock at this time.

"Mashima." Kasaka, who is usually very lively, had the most exaggerated expression, "I didn't expect you to be a swordsman..."

Mizuno, who was standing next to Huosaka, also showed an expression of shock that was no less exaggerated than that of his master.

"Mashima-kun." Jincheng, who just criticized Ogata's so-called plan as "nonsense", now also looked at Ogata in front of him in astonishment, "Who are you?"

"A ronin who is at home all over the world and has no fixed abode." Ogata smiled and patted the sword on his left waist.

"Ronin?" The look of astonishment on Jincheng's face became more intense, "If you have such swordsmanship, all the vassals will rush to invite you to become a swordsman, right? It's impossible to worry about food and drink."

"Is it possible that you voluntarily continue to be a ronin in order to practice as a warrior?"

When he said these words, Jincheng's eyes burst into light.

In this era, one way out for warriors with superb martial arts skills...or in other words, the best way out is to become martial arts teachers in various vassal states.

Tsukahara Buden, Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, Miyamoto Musashi, Sasaki Kojiro...these famous great swordsmen in history all taught swordsmanship to daimyo.

In the Edo period, where class solidification was extremely serious and communication between classes was almost impossible, if samurai wanted to raise their class through their own efforts, they could only hone their sword skills in addition to making great achievements.

Let the feudal lord or other feudal lords take a fancy to your swordsmanship, and then ask yourself to be their swordsman.

Many samurai rely on their excellent swordsmanship to rise in class. Unfortunately, there are very few people who can rise in class through their swordsmanship.

As Jincheng said just now, based on Ogata's superb swordsmanship just now, a lot of vassals must be vying to invite Ogata to be their domain's swordsmanship teacher, and it is impossible to worry about food and drink.

Although he has the conditions to live a life without wandering, he is still a wandering ronin. Jincheng's imagination is somewhat barren. The only possibility he can think of is that Ogata is a man with great ambitions and still insists on being a wanderer.

A great swordsman who trained as a warrior.

Naturally, it was impossible for Ogata to tell them the real reason why he was still a ronin.

Seeing Jincheng hand out a step, Oufon followed the step and went down.

"Yes." Ogata nodded, "I can still be considered a warrior and continue to hone my sword skills."

Hearing Ogata's words, Huosaka and the others felt a chill in their hearts.

To be able to possess such strong swordsmanship at such a young age must be a genius combined with talent and hard work.

A tall image slowly emerged in the minds of Huosaka and others.

At the same time, I also figured out the story behind Ogata. Ogata may have been a samurai of a certain domain in the past, and he was a famous and talented swordsman in the domain.

I could have relied on my swordsmanship to live a life of no worries about food and clothing, and be respected by countless people.

But Ogata is a man who is extremely passionate about swords.

In order to improve his swordsmanship, he gave up the fame and wealth that countless people dream of, and resolutely traveled around the world with his sword in hand to hone his swordsmanship.

What kind of spirit is this?

This is the true warrior!

Kasaka and others all came up with the same idea. This is the real swordsman!

The way Kasaka and the others looked at Ogata changed unconsciously.

Originally, they all looked at Ogata with the same eyes as their peers.

But now, they all looked at Ogata with respect, as if they were looking at some highly respected senior.

The respect in Jincheng's eyes was the strongest.

The only thing he is good at and interested in is swordsmanship.

Because of his passion for swordsmanship, he gave up the job his father had arranged for him to look after the homes and homes of other Hatamoto samurai families, and traveled around the world with his sword in hand to hone his swordsmanship.

For Jincheng, Ogata is simply his role model!

Jincheng's face is full of passion now, like an extremely devout believer.

Huosaka is the most lively and has the most jumping thoughts.

Not only did he imagine Ogata's story, but he also imagined Omachi's story.

Anyone who is not blind can see that A-Machi cannot be a peasant girl, her temperament is more like that of a child of the samurai family.

Why would a child of the martial arts family marry a talented swordsman and then willingly accompany him to live a miserable life of wandering around?

Kasaka imagined a story like this: Ogata and Omachi both spoke with the same Kansai accent, and they were most likely from the same vassal country.

The two fell in love with each other. When Ogata decided to practice martial arts in order to hone his sword skills, Atachi left the feudal country with Ogata without any complaints, abandoning the life of worry-free food and clothing that was easily available to him and following Ogata.

Wandering around together.

With his powerful imagination, Kawasaka not only developed respect for Ogata, but also for Atachi.

Ogata naturally noticed a change in the way Kasaka and others looked at him.

Looking blankly at Hosaka and the others in front of him, Ogata couldn't help but thought to himself:

Did they misunderstand something...?

"Samurai-sama!"

At this time, the village chief and others also led the strong men in the village to rush to Ogata and others.

The village chief and others also saw Ogata's fight just now.

The village chief doesn't understand swordsmanship like Kasaka and the others do, nor do they understand what it means to fight 1 against 12 like Kasaka and the others do.

They only know that Ogata is very strong, very strong, and a very strong samurai.

Unlike Hosaka and others who had deep respect for him, the village chief and others thought they had found a treasure after seeing how strong Ogata was.

Successfully found a very powerful warrior.

This feeling of finding a treasure made the village chief and others look at Ogata with passion.

It's just that the heat in their eyes is not the same emotion as the heat in Kasaka's eyes.

"Village chief, you are here just in time." Ogata said, "You ask the young men in the village to bury the corpses of these bandits. Remember to bury them away from water sources and bury them deeply."

"Although it is winter and the bodies decompose slowly, it is better to dispose of them as soon as possible. If it is delayed for too long, it may lead to an outbreak of disease."

"Then help us prepare an empty house."

Ogata pursed his lips at the little bandit leader who was knocked unconscious by Shiranui-ryu jujutsu not far away.

"We need a secluded place to get information out of him."

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The village chief quickly arranged a secluded empty house for Ogata and others.

After Ogata and the others dragged the knocked out bandit leader into the house, they silently waited for him to wake up.

There was a faint musty smell in this empty house. Ogata hated this smell, so he held the knife and sat outside the house, breathing in the cold and fresh air outside, while silently waiting for the little boss to wake up.

After Ogata single-handedly defeated the 12 bandits who came to blackmail them, he clearly felt that the atmosphere in the village had changed.

The original atmosphere of the village...for example, was like a tight "string".

Maybe it's because I feel safe after seeing Ogata's strong strength, or maybe because I feel that these samurai who have the courage to step forward and fight the bandits are trustworthy. This tight "string" is now a little tighter.

Relaxed for a moment.

Ogata sat outside to breathe in the fresh air, and Omachi naturally accompanied him.

Taking advantage of a little free time now, Ogata clicked on his personal system interface to check the experience points he had just gained.

[Current personal level: LV35 (5805400)

Sakakihara Itto-ryu level: 12th Dan (41559000)

Wu-I Two-Knife Style Level: 11th Stage (369012000)

Shiranui style ninjutsu level: 6th level (40004500)]

Although you will gain more experience points by killing opponents, especially those who are strongly hostile to you.

But because the bandits just now were all very weak, in terms of individual level, on average, each of the bandits just gave Ogata less than 100 experience points.

After checking his personal system interface, Ogata was thinking about whether to take out the "Teaching Guide to Ezo Common Phrases" to learn Ezo, when he suddenly felt the light beside him dim.

Turn around and look.
To be continued...