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"As I said before, the big test match is a competition to test the strength of the apprentices jointly organized by my Yise Sword Gym and other sword gyms with better relations."
"There are 4 sword gyms participating in the big test. They are"
"Katori Shinto School's Quanbingkan."
"The Yuanming Hall without outflows."
"Shimurakan of the Shinto style."
"And Ono Isshiki's Isshiki House is the sword house of our Isshiki family."
"They are all famous swordsmen in Osaka."
"The time for holding the big trial joint every year is scheduled to be in April at the beginning of spring."
"The day after tomorrow is the day when this year's big trial will be held."
"Mashima-sama, the reason why I invite you to watch our big test match is not for anything else, but just to do the landlord's favor and let you enjoy our annual feast."
Naoki chattered about the reason why he invited Ogata to watch the "big test match".
Facing the eloquent Naoshu, Oo was expressionless.
After staring straight at Naoki in front of him for a while, Ogata said to himself in a helpless tone:
What do you mean by "wanting the friendship of the landlord"? It should be "in order to get close to me", "to cultivate a relationship with me", so that I can be smoothly drawn to join you in your great cause, right?
Naoshu spoke nicely, with a nose and eyes, but Ogata was not an idiot who knew nothing about the world, and he could still understand this kind of "adult diplomatic rhetoric".
Ogata didn't believe a word of what Naoshu said about "wanting the friendship of the landlord", after all, such words were too false and empty.
Then why did he invite him to watch their "big trial match"?
Combining with the fact that Zhizhou had kindly invited Ogata to participate in their "Falling Event" before, but was directly rejected by Ogata, it is not difficult to speculate that Zhizhou probably still does not want to give up on this, and he does not want to miss Ogata, which will definitely help a lot The hero who fell behind them.
So I decided to use another method to win over Ogata, first cultivate and cultivate a relationship with Ogata, and after getting acquainted with Ogata, continue to invite Ogata to sacrifice for the end of the curtain.
The more Ogata thought about it, the more he felt that his speculation was reasonable.
"If you are willing to come and watch the big test match, it won't take you too much time!"
"This year's big trial will be held in the Quanbingguan! It will officially start at five o'clock in the evening and end at nine o'clock in the evening! It won't take too much of your time!"
"If you are free tomorrow morning, I sincerely hope that you can come to watch our big test match!"
The sincerity of Naosuke's attitude is only one step away from kneeling on the ground in the position of Dogezaza to pray for Ogata
Naoshu now looked at Ogata expectantly.
Atachi and Azuki, who were sitting on the left and right sides of Ogata, also turned their heads sideways, looked at Ogata, and waited for Ogata's answer.
As for Ogata's current mood, it was as complicated as his current expression.
He is really not interested in any "big test fit".
If it was in the past, when Ogata had not left the Hirose Domain, he might still be quite happy to watch this kind of contest.
But to put it harshly now, looking at this kind of martial arts competition between apprentices in the sword hall, Ogata only has the feeling of watching children babbling and fighting
You let a swordsman who has experienced hundreds of battles, fought in all types of battles, and killed countless enemies, and see a group of people who may not even swing real swords to compete there. What's the fun?
Instead of spending time looking at things that will definitely make you yawn, it is better to spend this time with A-Machi and the others to go shopping and see around Osaka, and appreciate the style of "the world's number one business capital".
If there were no special circumstances, Ogata would have rejected Naoshu's invitation without hesitation.
But right now there are special circumstances
It's really troublesome to owe favors.
Ogata sighed helplessly in his heart.
Zhi Zhou just persuaded Yu Er to help him repair the debt of favor, which made it hard for him to move his lips and tongue that should have said the words of rejecting the invitation immediately.
In the face of such things as debts of favor, Ogata's view has always been "pay it back if you can."
Ogata pursed his lips, weighed the pros and cons, and finally said:
"Are you sure that your big trial will only be held for two hours the day after tomorrow?"
"It's absolutely true." Zhizhou hurriedly said, "Maybe it will take a little longer, but the annual big test will basically end within two hours."
"We have 4 sword halls, so many apprentices, it is naturally impossible for everyone to compete."
"Each sword gym sends the most outstanding disciples from three gyms to participate in the trial match, so there are only 3 apprentices participating in the big trial match, and the competition is almost over in two hours."
Ogata listened carefully while nodding slightly from time to time.
"Then" Ogata let out a silent sigh, and then slowly said with the mentality of "I will pay you back", "I will come to bother you in the morning of the next day."
Hearing Ogata's words, Naosuke was stunned for a while.
Then, with a face full of ecstasy, he bent down towards Ogata in front of him, and said loudly, "I'm so happy that you are willing to come to watch the big test match" and so on.
Naosuke's excited appearance made Ogata worried that at such an old age, he would be overwhelmed with excitement.
"Big test match"?
Ogata thought to himself.
Since it is a sword gym participating in the Yishi Sword Gym, that means we will see that person again
At this time, a figure in light yellow kimono flashed in Ogata's mind.
Osaka, Quanbingkan
"drink!"
"Yo!"
"what!"
"Shout louder! Want to swing a knife in such a low voice?!"
In the huge dojo, all kinds of qi harmony sounds and shouts came and went.
In terms of comprehensive strength, Quanbingkan is undoubtedly the number one sword gym in Osaka.
There are more than 300 apprentices in total, and there are four Daochang halls that can accommodate dozens of people practicing swords at the same time.
Quanbingkan is also one of the largest Katori Shinto-ryuken gymnasiums in western Japan.
Many people who are also practicing the Katori Shinto style have come to the Quanbingkan in Osaka to study in order to further their studies.
Quanbingguan has 4 dojos. For the convenience of management and title, these 4 dojos are called "A Dojo", "B Dojo", "C Dojo", and "D Dojo".
The apprentices in the hall were divided into different dojos one by one based on their strength.
The weakest apprentices practice in "No. D Dojo", while the stronger ones go to "No. C Dojo" and so on. "No. A Dojo" gathers all the best apprentices in the whole military hall.
It is also because the people who practice in the "No. [-] Dojo" are all masters in the Quanbingguan, so the atmosphere of this dojo is completely different from other dojos.
The air in the "Dojo A" was filled with a chilly atmosphere.There was also the least amount of chatter and laughter in the dojo, and everyone was concentrating on practicing their swords.
At this very moment, in the corner of "No. [-] Dojo", Bei Yuan was practicing Su Zhen with an extremely huge wooden knife.
Bei Yuan, who took off his upper body clothes, was already sweating profusely from his upper body, and he could faintly see streams of heat coming out of Bei Yuan's body.
The wooden knife he is wielding is a heavy wooden knife specially made by his client, which is twice as heavy as a real knife. When Bei Yuan usually practices swords, he uses this wooden knife to temper his arm strength.
"999200"
When counting to "200", Beiyuan let out a long breath, then put down the heavy wooden knife in his hand, took out a clean white handkerchief from his waist, and wiped his face and upper body covered with sweat.
"Yo! Beiyuan!"
Bei Yuan heard the voice of an acquaintance behind him, looked back, and saw a friend of his who was walking towards him with a wooden knife in his hand.
"It's really hard work. What? Are you planning to win the first place in the big test in the future?"
"Well, that's right." Bei Yuan nodded without any pretense, "I will definitely win the first place in the big test this year!"
"Oh?" Beiyuan's friend put on a joking tone, "Why haven't I seen you have such a strong drive a few years ago?"
"Oh, I remember."
Beiyuan's friend patted himself on the forehead in a very contrived way, and then said in a joking tone.
"I almost forgot. In the past few years, Miss Yishi never came to watch the big test match, but this year, Miss Yishi has definitely come to watch."
"Don't stand here and talk about these things." Bei Yuan reprimanded angrily, "I'm going to continue practicing swords, don't bother me."
The friend who had been ordered by Beiyuan to "remove guests" shrugged, and walked away with a wooden knife on his shoulder.
The place where Beiyuan was standing happened to be next to a window.
After his friend left, he turned his head and looked at the sky outside the window.
"Miss Isshiki," Kitahara muttered.
Isshikika's voice and appearance appeared in his mind.
Just recalling Isshiki's face, Kitahara felt his whole body full of strength again.
This time, I must perform well in front of Miss Isshiki!
After saying this in a decisive tone in his heart, Bei Yuan picked up the special wooden knife beside him again.
In order to prepare himself in the best condition for the "big test match" in the future, Beiyuan has brought his washing tools, change of clothes and other luggage to the military hall since today.
From now on, I will practice in closed-door training in the Quanbingguan, do not go outside, and do not make contact with anyone outside.
While repeating Isshiki's name in his heart, Beiyuan pointed at the air in front of him again and practiced Suzhen.
Osaka, Isshiki Sword Gym
The Yishi Sword Gym in their family is a very typical structure where the home and the sword gym are integrated.
After passing through the dojo and then walking inside, it is the place where Isshiki and his family live.
In the deepest part of their house, there is a small Buddhist hall.
Isshiki, who is still dressed in a goose yellow kimono, is now in this small Buddhist hall.
This small Buddhist hall houses a golden Buddha statue.
Yishihua knelt and sat on a futon placed in front of the golden Buddha statue. A pair of bare white feet were buried between the buttocks and the futon. She closed her eyes tightly and clasped her hands with a string of brown hair between her palms. Buddha beads, devoutly chanting Buddhist scriptures.
Isshiki's mother is a devout Buddhist.
Influenced by her mother, Yishihua has a devout belief in Buddhism since she was a child.
Isshika's father didn't have any religious beliefs, but in order to take care of his wife's pious heart, he specially spent a lot of money to build this small Buddhist hall and erected this golden Buddha statue.
When living at home, Yisehua would definitely come to this Buddhist hall every day and recite Buddhist scriptures in front of the Buddha statue.
After doing the routine chanting of Buddhist scriptures, Yishihua opened her eyes, put away the prayer beads, and left the Buddhist hall quickly.
As soon as she left the Buddhist hall, she saw her grandfather Yise rushing towards her excitedly.
"Xiao Hua, you are here, I finally found you."
"Grandpa." Isshiki frowned her pretty eyebrows, "What's wrong? What's the matter?"
"Xiaohua, guess who I met outside today?"
"I can't guess." As soon as Zhizhou's voice fell, Yishihua said coldly, "Grandpa, if you have anything to say, just say it directly, and stop playing this boring guessing game."
Isshiki didn't cooperate but Naosuke wasn't annoyed by it.
Naoki looked around, and after confirming that there was no one around, he put his lips close to Isshiki's ear, and said in a low voice:
"I met Mr. Yidao Zhai outside today."
As soon as Zhizhou said this, Yishihua's eyes, which were originally full of indifference, suddenly opened wide, and she almost cried out in surprise.
Zhizhou succinctly told Yishika about the whole story of meeting Ogata today and successfully inviting Ogata to watch the "big trial match".
"Grandpa" Isshiki looked at Naoki with an expression of disbelief, "Did you really succeed in inviting Mr. Yidao Zhai?"
Naoki nodded triumphantly: "You mustn't make it public, the only people who know that Ogata Yidaosai will be here are you and me, and the third person must never know."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhi Zhou froze for a moment.
Then he slapped himself on the head violently.
"Too bad I forgot to explain to Ogata that Nishishiro Ryoma does not exist, only Isshiki Hana exists"
Zhi Zhou smiled wryly.