——Have you upgraded?

After the system beep fell, Ouriko pulled Shimada up from the ground and eagerly opened his personal system interface, preparing to add points.

Ogata planned to complete two small goals before leaving for Edo.

The first small goal: Upgrade the circulation in Wuwo Erdao style to the "master level".

The second small goal: practice Wuwo Er Dao style to the 10th stage, and rely on the 6 exclusive skill points and 2 skill points obtained from the upgrade to upgrade the Breath of the Source to the "Grandmaster level".

In the personal system interface, after clicking on the small question mark behind the martial art flow, it will display the three prerequisites that must be met to master the "master level" flow:

One: Master the "master-level" blade counterattack.

Two: Strength reaches 14 points.

Three: Agility reaches 12 points.

Ogata has reached the first point, and at this time he has mastered the "master level" blade counterattack.

Only the second and third points have not been reached.

Ogata's strength is still 2 points short, and his agility is 1 point short.

Therefore - in order to learn the "master level" flow as soon as possible, after Ogata opened his personal system interface, he did not hesitate to add all the 2 skill points he obtained after upgrading the "Shiranui-ryu Ninjutsu" to

In terms of strength, he increased his strength from 12 points to 14 points.

[Ding! Strength +2]

[Current strength value: 14 points]

[Currently remaining skill points: 0 points]

As the system tone fell, Ogata felt power emerging from all parts of his body, and the power contained in each muscle in his body was instantly lifted.

After clasping his hands and briefly feeling the more abundant power in his body, Ogata began to deal with the three "Shiranui-ryu Ninjutsu Exclusive Skill Points".

Two of these three points should be used to upgrade the most practical "Shiranui-ryu Jujutsu" - there is no doubt about it.

But the other point is whether it should be used to upgrade the "Shiranui-ryu Stealth Technique" or to unlock the "Shiranui-ryu Breath Holding Technique" - this puts Ogata in a bit of a dilemma.

Shiranui-ryu breath-holding technique, as the name suggests, is to use various techniques to cover up one's own breath, so that when one sneaks into a certain place, it is not easy for others to detect.

This skill may be a very useful skill for ninjas like Atachi who need to sneak into certain places frequently.

But for a samurai like Ogata, this breath-holding technique is a bit useless.

So after some hesitation, Ogata decided to use this exclusive skill point to improve the "Shiranui-ryu stealth technique" and upgrade the stealth technique from "beginner" to "intermediate".

Compared with the Breath Holding Technique, the Stealth Technique is more practical for Ogata.

Mastering and improving the stealth technique can improve Ogata's ability to move on various terrains. For example: on the roof of a house, on top of the ceiling.

The usefulness of the "Shiranui-ryu Stealth Technique" has been verified many times in Kyoto before.

——Use 2 exclusive skill points to upgrade "Shiranui-ryu Jujutsu" to a high level!

——Use 1 exclusive skill point to upgrade the "Shiranui-ryu Stealth Technique" to the intermediate level!

As soon as Ogata finished speaking, a series of system tones immediately sounded in his mind:

[Ding! Spend 2 exclusive skill points to upgrade the Shiranui-ryu ninjutsu martial arts and Shiranui-ryu jujutsu to "advanced" skills]

[Ding! Spend 2 exclusive skill points to upgrade the Shiranui-ryu ninjutsu martial arts and Shiranui-ryu stealth skills to "intermediate" skills]

[Currently remaining skill points: 0 points]

After the system tone fell, Ogata moved his shoulders and muscles, and then said to Shimada who had just gotten up from the ground:

"Shimada, come on. Let's continue."

Ogata plans to experiment a little with the power of Shiranui-ryu jujutsu that has been upgraded to "advanced level".

"Yeah! Okay! Lord Ogata, be careful! The two sparring sessions just now have made me realize some of my problems with the use of Tang Shou. I am now stronger than before!"

Hearing Shimada's words, Ogata couldn't help but smile.

"Have you become stronger than before... Come on, let me see how much stronger you have become compared to just now."

Ogata and Shimada got into a fight again.

It was still Shimada who launched the attack first.

This time, Shimada chose to use kicking skills on Ogata.

Shimada's leg was like a black whip, attacking Ogata.

Looking at Shimada's kick, Ogata raised his eyebrows.

Ogata discovered that Shimada's words "I'm stronger now than before" were actually not nonsense.

Compared with just now, Shimada's focus is a little better.

Of course, it is only a little better, and there is still considerable room for improvement.

Effortlessly dodging Shimada's attack, Ogata hugged Shimada's shoulders, and then used a much sharper and more powerful technique than the previous three sparring sessions, slamming Shimada to the ground.

After throwing Shimada to the ground, Ogata immediately yelled "no" secretly.

"Hey, Shimada, are you not hurt?" Ogata said urgently.

"Hiss..." Shimada gasped, sat up from the ground, and said to Ogata in a half-joking tone, "Ogata-sama, you were so merciless just now..."

"I'm sorry. I didn't control my strength just now. Were you injured?"

Compared with the last three sparring matches, Ogata not only upgraded his "Shiranui-ryu Jujutsu" to "Advanced", but also increased his strength by 2 points, so he was not used to this "new body" yet, so he couldn't do it well just now.

He controlled his strength and threw Shimada hard.

"It's okay." Shimada got up again and patted the dust on his body, "Although I'm not as good as Makimura-senpai, I can be considered a rough-skinned person."

"But... is it my imagination? I always feel that the jujutsu skills you used just now, Ogata-senpai, are much sharper and more sophisticated than the previous three times..."

——Yes, this is not your illusion.

Although he said this in his heart, Ogata still said casually and perfunctorily:

"Well, it must be your imagination."

Shimada, who has an honest personality and is simple, did not dwell on the question "Has Ogata suddenly become stronger" for too long.

After getting up and dusting off his body, Shimada re-arranged his posture.

"Come on, Ogata-sama, let's continue!"

"Let's stop practicing unarmed combat here." Ogata said as he slowly walked towards the wooden swords that Shimada had just brought and then casually placed on the edge of the open space.

"Next - let's practice this!" Ogata picked up 2 wooden katana and 1 wooden wakizashi, and then threw one of the wooden katana to Shimada.

"Do you want to practice swordsmanship?" Shimada grinned, "Okay! Then please give me some advice from Ogata-sama!"

After throwing the katana to Shimada, Ogata clenched the two swords in his hands and put them in the starting position of the two-swordsman style. At the same time, he opened his personal system interface and checked the experience bars of the one-sword style and two-sword style of Sakakihara.

[Sakakihara One-sword Style Level: 1 Wuga Two-sword Style Level: Sakakihara One-sword Style still has 1545 experience points left to upgrade.

There are still 2480 experience points left before leveling up in Wuwo Erdao style.

…

…

Ogata and Shimada conducted 7 swordfights without stopping.

After the seventh game, Shimada hurriedly applied for a temporary break.

In fact, these 7 competitions cannot be regarded as competitions. They should be regarded as "Shimada was beaten unilaterally".

Although Ogata had always been careful, the wooden sword in his hand would inevitably hit Shimada's body.

I have been defeated by Ogata 7 times in a row. I have so many bruises on my body. No matter how thick my skin is, I still feel pain. I can only apply for a timeout to take a break and relax...

Seeing Shimada requesting a timeout, Ogata could only agree, and then sat on the edge of the field with Shimada.

Ogata, who was bored, casually asked Shimada:

"Shimada, Ms. Kinoshita said that she was not only going out to prepare the ship for Edo, but also to meet some old customers and talk about future cooperation."

"What does this sentence mean? What old customer?"

This morning at the Buddhist temple, when I heard Lin say that she was going to meet some old customers, Ogata had always been curious about the "old customers" that Lin mentioned.

"Ah, that's right." Shimada smiled, "My lord, the old customers she refers to actually refer to the people who often buy rice from us."

"Ogata-sama, you should also know - our Calabash House is a rice merchant, right?"

Ogata nodded in response.

When they first met again on Butterfly Island, Mamiya introduced their Calabash House to Ogata.

On the surface, it appears to be a rice merchant who makes a living by selling rice, but in fact, it has been secretly investigating the "immortal" organization - this sentence is the best introduction to Calabash House.

"The funds we usually use are all earned from selling rice."

"Our lord has a very good talent in business."
To be continued...