I formed the strongest swordsman group

A cool red bathrobe... a familiar outfit.

"Qingdeng, good morning!"

Kinoshita Mai responded to Qingdeng energetically.

"Where's Boss Kiryu? Is he not here?"

Qingdeng looked around the shop, but he didn't see Kiryu.

"The house of a regular customer of the store broke down, and Mr. Kiryu went to help him repair the house."

"... Huh? Repairing the house?"

"Yeah. Kiryu-san used to study carpentry in Yamato. So he often helps neighbors and regular customers of the store to repair houses and furniture."

"Boss Kiryu knows everything... When will he come back?"

"This... I can't say well, Qingdeng, is there something you want to see Mr. Kiryu?"

"Yeah." Qingdeng nodded vigorously, clenched his right hand into a fist, and patted his chest lightly, "My body has healed and my state has completely recovered. I think it's time to learn from Boss Kiryu's sword drawing It's time for surgery!"

When Kinoshita Wu heard this, she quickly swept her gaze, circled Qingdeng a few times, and looked carefully at every part of Qingdeng's body.

"Qingdeng, has your body really fully recovered?" Kinoshita Wu asked softly in a worried tone.

Has your body really recovered to the state where you can start practicing sword drawing? But don't force your body—Kinoshita Mai's expression and tone of voice convey such a message.

"Don't worry. My body is indeed fully recovered."

In order to completely dispel Kinoshita Mai's worries, Qingdeng changed into a half-joking tone and continued.

"I'm not so keen on Boss Kiryu's secret skills to the extent of 'Even if the state has not recovered, I have to brace my body to learn as soon as possible'."

Now that Tongyu has gone to help someone repair the house... then Qingdeng can only wait slowly in the Qianshi House for Boss Tongyu to come back.

Since worshiping Boss Tongsheng as his teacher, Qingdeng and Qianshiwu have developed a deep bond.

Today, Qianshiwu has become one of Qingdeng's most frequented "bases" after the Weiwei Hall.

During the two months of recuperating at home, Qingdeng often visited Qianshiwu every now and then to pass the time, drinking tea and chatting with Boss Kiryu and Kinoshita Mai.

Ever since, Qingdeng, who was already familiar with Qianshiwu like home, untied the ghosts and ghosts around his waist with ease, and sat down on the soft cushion in front of the counter.

Kinoshita Mai also trotted into the back kitchen with ease, and brought over the freshly brewed tea and some snacks for tea.

By the way - Qingdeng's fixation of ghosts and spirits was successfully completed in the middle of last month.

"A Wu, has anything interesting happened in Qianshiwu these two days?"

Qingdeng sipped his tea, and casually asked Kinoshita Wu in a relaxed mood.

"Well...it's been quiet recently, nothing worth mentioning happened."

...

Qingdeng chatted casually with Kinoshita Mai, chatted about family affairs, and passed the time waiting for Kiryu's boss to return.

Although the conversations were only about unnutritious topics, neither Qingdeng nor Kinoshita Mai felt bored.

"By the way, Maiko probably doesn't know yet, Okita-kun's eldest sister has come to Edo..."

Just when Qingdeng wanted to talk about all kinds of trivial things that happened to him recently——

Woo--! Snapped!

Woo--! Snapped!

...

The sound of fireworks flying into the air and bursting suddenly came from outside the window.

The volume was very loud... These few fireworks flying in the direction of the outskirts of Edo attracted the attention of Qingdeng and Kinoshita Mai.

When Qingdeng turned his head and looked out of the window beside him, he just happened to see dots of colorful flames in the sky.

These fires were fleeting, and in the blink of an eye, these fires melted into the blue sky and white clouds.

"It's so beautiful..." Mai Kinoshita murmured, "Is this Kenya testing fireworks?"

"Yeah." Qingdeng nodded lightly, "It should be."

Since the fireworks festival became a regular summer event in various parts of Japan more than a hundred years ago, with the continuous popularity of fireworks, fireworks have gradually formed an industry.

The profession of pyrotechnician came into being.

Among the many fireworks dealers in Edo, the most famous ones are "Kenya" and "Tamaya".

The "Ryogoku Kaichuan Fireworks Festival" in Edo was organized by these two major fireworks companies.

The upstream of the Ryogoku Bridge is undertaken by Yuya, and the downstream is undertaken by Jianya.

Every year at the fireworks festival, the two major fireworks manufacturers show off their special skills across the Liangliang Bridge.

In order to cheer on the two major pyrotechnic manufacturers competing with each other, the people who come to watch the fireworks will keep shouting "Key House! (ka-gi-ya)" and "Tama House!" (ta-ma-ya).

Over time, it became a custom to shout "Kenya!" and "Tamaya!" when watching fireworks.

It's a pity that this wonderful scene of "two major fireworks manufacturers competing with each other" did not last long.

On April 17, the 14th year of Tianbao (1843), Yuwu suffered a serious loss of nearly 50 households due to a fire.

It happened to be the day before Ikei Tokugawa, the 12th shogun of the Shogunate, was going to visit Nikko.

In the Edo period, the crime of arson was a felony.

Accidentally did inappropriate things on an inappropriate day... The unlucky Yuya was convicted of destroying Edo and was chased and released. Yuya has never recovered from the fall.

Without the competitor of Tamaya, the Jianya family is dominant, and the annual fireworks festival in Edo has become the "exclusive show" of the Jianya family.

However, although Tamaya is no longer there, Edo men, women and children will still habitually shout "Key House" and "Tama House" when watching the inspection meeting.

There are less than 20 days before this year's fireworks festival. At this time in previous years, Keyya would test fireworks in the outskirts of Edo where there are no houses or people.

Qingdeng speculates that the sound of fireworks that he and Mai Kinoshita heard just now should be the sound of the fireworks that Kenya is testing the fireworks they will set off at this year's conference.

"...There are still 17 days left. This year's fireworks display will start. It will be held from August 23rd to August 25th. It's really rare that it will be held for 3 consecutive days."

"Well, yes." Qing Deng took a sip of tea and answered the conversation casually.

"...Qingdeng, are you free on the night of August 23rd?"

"um, I……"

Qingdeng was about to reply subconsciously, "Huh? I'm free", when he just uttered a few syllables, he suddenly stopped speaking because he suddenly realized something.

The night of August 23rd... isn't this the day for the fireworks display?

With a strange expression on his face, Qingdeng put down the teacup in his hand and turned to look at Kinoshita Mai beside him.

Kinoshita Mai was still looking normal.

But after Qingdeng looked over, she noticed Qingdeng's gaze, and her body trembled slightly.

Immediately afterwards, she slowly lowered her head, looking at her nose, nose, and heart.

Because of the angle, Qingdeng couldn't see the face of Kinoshita Mai who was now burying her head low.

However, Qingdeng could see that Mai Kinoshita's delicate and small ears and the skin near the ears were turning into a lovely cherry pink at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"August 23rd... I was able to take a day off from Kiryu-san."

"I've been in Edo for so long... I haven't seen the famous 'Ryogoku Kaichuan Fireworks Festival' in Edo..."

"So...so...Qingdeng, do you want, do you want...do you want..."

Speaking of this, Kinoshita Mai got stuck.

No...it should be said "I can't go on."

As for the words just now, Mai Kinoshita said the more she spoke, the volume became lower and lower.

The face is getting redder and redder.

It was cherry pink just now, but it turned into light red in the blink of an eye. In the blink of an eye, the light red turned into bright red.

For the thin-skinned Kinoshita Mai, the shame of what she said next has exceeded the limit she can bear.

After murmuring for a long time, I was still unable to complete the second half of the sentence...

Although Kinoshita Mai couldn't finish what she said, Qingdeng had already deduced what this shy girl wanted to say based on Kinoshita Mai's expression.

"..." Qingdeng silently looked away, looking at the void in front of him.

In order to get rid of the reserved expression, he brought the tea cup to his mouth again. Although he pressed his lips against the edge of the cup, there was not a single drop of tea in the cup.

Qingdeng remained silent.

Kinoshita Mai couldn't muster up the courage to speak again.

An inexplicable atmosphere rises between the two...

Ever since the incident of "Kinoshita Mai asked to call each other's names" two months ago, no matter how much Qingdeng deceived himself, he could no longer regard Kinoshita Mai as an "ordinary friend"...

Can no longer treat Kinoshita Mai as an "ordinary friend", so the relationship with Kinoshita Mai becomes uncontrollably ambiguous...

In fact, the way Qingdeng interacted with Kinoshita Mai during this period of time has indeed become much more intimate compared to the past.

The content of the chat is no longer limited to ordinary daily chores.

The slight physical contact with palms, arms, shoulders and other parts does not feel that it has increased-of course, these physical contacts are basically unintentional.

Either they touched Kinoshita Mai's little hand when receiving tea from Kinoshita Mai's hand; or when they were chatting side by side, the chat was too speculative, and they accidentally touched each other's shoulders.

Every time the two had physical contact, Kinoshita Mai's cheeks would turn red rapidly and bounce off her body like an electric shock.

Regarding the changes in his relationship with Kinoshita Mai...Qingdeng has seriously thought about what kind of feelings he has for Kinoshita Mai now.

Qingdeng felt that his feelings for Kinoshita Mai should be mostly "friendship".

However, besides "friendship", there seems to be a lot of... Whenever I look into it carefully, I can feel my heart beating faster and my chest warming.

Qingdeng is a normal man with sound emotions and desires.

He naturally knew the name of this emotion.

This emotion...is called "like".

From no one knows when, this emotion called "like" suddenly appeared and grew stronger without Qing Deng's awareness. Now, it has grown to the point that Qingdeng cannot ignore it.

"..." Qingdeng moved the teacup, which had not lost a drop of tea until now, from his lips, and turned his gaze back to Kinoshita Mai.

Kinoshita Mai still didn't have the courage to finish the remaining half of the sentence, her face was still flushed, her shoulders were shrunk, and her petite body was tense.

Do I want to go to the fireworks display with Ah Wu? ——Qingdeng asked himself in his heart.

In almost an instant, a firm and forceful answer flashed in Qingdeng's mind.

"... Ah Wu."

"Eh, eh?"

Kinoshita Mai, who was suddenly called by Qingdeng, raised her face reflexively, and met Qingdeng's eyes.

Kinoshita Mai, who becomes bold and thick-skinned only when she covers her face with a face scarf, forced her to invite him to "watch the fireworks festival" with her shyness... Regardless of Qingdeng's intentions, Kinoshita Mai I don't want to be slow in any way.

Some things are better said by myself as a man.

Qing Deng took a deep breath.

"A Wu, on August 23rd, do you want to watch the fireworks display with me?"

After finishing speaking, Qingdeng paused.

Then he took another deep breath and added:

"Just the two of us."

The moment Qingdeng finished speaking, Kinoshita Wu's delicate body became visibly stiff

She opened her beautiful eyes, and looked at Qingdeng with surprised eyes.

After blinking vigorously a few times, she gradually revealed an emotional face.

"Yeah! Okay!"

The excitement on Qiao's face turned into an attached smile at the moment of nodding vigorously.

Qingdeng felt that Kinoshita Wu's smile was like the sun.

Just by looking at it, you can feel the warmth in every part of your body.

Being cast with such a smile at close range, Qingdeng felt his cheeks were getting hot.

"..." Qingdeng silently raised his teacup again, covering his face with the teacup and his palm.

The inexplicable and strange atmosphere that filled Qingdeng and Kinoshita Wu suddenly dissipated at this moment.

Instead, there was a strange atmosphere of "if there is a third person present, then this person will definitely want to escape from Qingdeng and Kinoshita Mai quickly".

Under the influence of this atmosphere, Qingdeng and Kinoshita Mai coincidentally looked away.

No longer...or dare not look at each other anymore.

Qingdeng raised his glass and drank tea frantically with a stiff expression, but there was not even a little bit of tea in the cup.

Kinoshita Mai lowered her head and gaze, staring at the wooden corridor in front of her knees, and peeking at Qingdeng sideways from time to time.

Every time he glanced at Qingdeng, a cute smile appeared on Kinoshita Mai's face.

In just a moment, a sweet smile appeared on Kinoshita Mai's face.

While snickering, she quietly moved her round knees, carefully narrowing the distance between herself and Qing Deng.

But at this moment——

"...What are you guys doing?"

Wow...

The shop door of Qianshiwu was slowly pushed open...

With a white turban on his head, a blouse that is easy to work in, and a large suitcase full of hammers, nails, saws and other items in his hand, Kiryu, who was completely dressed as a carpenter, did not enter the door.

He stood outside the open shop door, pursed his lips tightly, and glanced at Qingdeng and Kinoshita Mai in the shop with mixed feelings.

Aoto and Kinoshita Mai, who were startled by Kiryu's sudden appearance, both trembled.

Kinoshita Mai, who just tried to get closer to Qingdeng, reacted the most violently.

Like a cat whose tail was stepped on, she jumped up while maintaining her kneeling posture, and only dropped her knees back to the wooden porch after being about 2 centimeters off the ground.

A similar scene...

However, the situation at this time is slightly different from last time.

In this day and age, single young men ask similarly single young women to go to the fireworks display... It is indeed difficult to talk about this kind of thing with Kiryu, who has an intimate relationship with Kinoshita Mai that is similar to "grandfather and granddaughter"...

Qingdeng felt a sense of "guilty guilt" in his heart, his body tensed up instantly, his eyes wandered, and he didn't dare to look at Kiryu.

While feeling nervous, Qingdeng also felt somewhat shocked.

Even though he has the gift of hearing enhancement: "Wind Senser", he couldn't hear Kiryu's approaching footsteps at all...

"Mr. Kiryu, sir...!" Mai Kinoshita hurriedly corrected her sitting posture, and asked Kiryu anxiously, "When did you come back?"

"Come back just when you were yelling 'Yeah! Okay!'"

When he said "Yeah! Okay!", Kiryu squeezed his throat and imitated Shimoshita Mai's tone of voice.

Kiryu's ability to imitate is surprisingly strong!

He is obviously an old comrade who is already 92 years old this year, but he can accurately grasp the intonation of the girl's voice.

Kiryu successfully imitated Kinoshita Mai's words with an 80% or 90% similarity.

Kiryu's vivid imitation...brought a strong spiritual impact to the thin-skinned Mai Kinoshita.

Kinoshita Mai was stunned, and then her face turned red "shua", wisps of steam seemed to float from her forehead and top of her head.

"So what are you guys doing this time?" Kiryu focused on Qingdeng.

You can't hide it, it's impossible to hide it from Kiryu...just tell it all.

Qingdeng, who was mentally prepared, cleared his throat vigorously.

"...Boss Kiryu."

Qingdeng straightened his waist vigorously, and said to Tongyu seriously.

"On the day of the fireworks display, I want to take Ah Wu to watch the fireworks."

"Fireworks show? August 23rd?"

"Yes."

"...Just the two of you going?"

"Hmm..." Qingdeng's voice froze uncontrollably, "Yes..."

"..."

Kiryu stopped talking.

He glanced back and forth between Qingdeng and Kinoshita Mai with deep eyes, and then let out a heavy sigh with an "ah"...

"The speed of progress is too fast..."

After muttering in a voice that even Qingdeng, who owns the "Wind Senser", couldn't understand clearly, Kiryu finally entered the door.

"...That being the case, pay attention to safety. There are many people at the fireworks display. Don't come back too late."

Kiryu agrees that Mai Kinoshita and Qingdeng go to the fireworks display together.

Kinoshita Mai, who was still immersed in the spiritual shock that Kiryu had brought her just now, did not react.

It wasn't until a moment later that Kinoshita Mai showed joy belatedly.

At almost the same moment, Qingdeng showed a relieved and thankful expression.

Kiryu, who entered the store, put the woodworking box in his hand to the door of the shop, tore off the white towel from his head, and walked quickly to the counter.

"Mr. Tangerine."

Sitting behind the counter in the posture of "Boss of Senshiya", Kiryu's expression became normal, and he no longer stared directly at Qingdeng with that oppressive gaze.

"You came to chat again today."

Qingdeng took several deep breaths, trying to forget the embarrassing incident that just happened between him and Kiryu, and said with a smile:

"Boss Kiryu, I'm here today to tell you some good news—my body has completely healed, and I think I can start practicing sword drawing now."

"oh?"

Kiryu raised his eyebrows, then moved his eyes, and looked Qing Dengzai carefully from head to toe.

"It seems that you are not talking nonsense... Hehehe." Boss Kiryu chuckled a few times, and said seriously, "Then what are you going to do? Do you want to start practicing sword drawing today? Or do you want to do it again? Wait a few days?"

"I want to start practicing today." Qingdeng replied without thinking.

Kiryu is also unambiguous and does not talk nonsense.

Seeing what Qingdeng said, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he stood up slowly...

"Then... come with me, let's go to the yard."

...

...

In the small courtyard of Senshiya, it was noisy for a long time because of the arrival of Qingdeng, Kinoshita Mai, and Kiryu.

Kinoshita Mai obediently stood on the edge of the yard watching.

Qingdeng and Kiryu stood side by side in the center of the yard, and in front of them stood a rolled up bamboo mat with a diameter of about 5 centimeters.

"Mr. Ju, you don't need me to go into details, you should know that our knives and scabbards are both curved, with a certain curvature."

"The so-called knife-drawing technique is to use the arc of the knife to create an instant explosive force, increasing the speed and power of the slash."

Kiryu unhurriedly explained the principle of sword drawing to Qingdeng, who had never been exposed to sword drawing before.

Standing beside Kiryu, Qingtou listened carefully with a solemn expression.

"This skill only pursues one realm - 'one hit kills'."

"If the knife is drawn from its sheath, there will be blood."

"The most important thing in sword drawing is posture."

"If you can't even get your posture right, you can't talk about anything."

"Without a correct posture, not only will it be impossible to smoothly transmit the force of the whole body to the knife, but it will also easily prevent another advantage of the knife drawing technique from being fully utilized."

"Another advantage?" Qingdeng asked.

Kiryu answered immediately.

"In addition to the destructive power of slashing, there is another terrifying aspect of the knife drawing technique that can make the opponent very frightened-it is difficult for the opponent to distinguish the distance of your knife."

"When issuing the knife drawing technique, either use the hand sheath, or wear the knife on the waist."

"Whether you hold the sheath in your hand or wear the knife directly on your waist, the knife will naturally extend behind you."

"So without drawing the knife, it is difficult for the opponent to accurately estimate the length of the knife, and thus unable to accurately predict the distance of your attack."

"In contrast, you know the length of your knife and the breadth of your attack distance. Therefore, once a war starts, it is obvious which side has the upper hand and can better grasp the initiative on the battlefield."

"Compared with other schools of sword drawing techniques, the most significant difference between my streamer is that my streamer pays great attention to the force brought by the knife's own weight when it is drawn out of the sheath."

"This is the secret of why my streamer has such a strong speed and power."

"Our knives are very heavy. If you don't grasp the knives properly when you draw them hard, the knives may be thrown out of your sheath under the influence of their own weight."

"But relatively, if you can use the weight of the knife for your own use, it will greatly increase the strength and speed of your slash."

"So to put it simply, Liu Guang is a sword-drawing technique that pays great attention to the use of the weight of the sword."

"Whether you can practice Liu Guang well... depends on whether you can understand and use the weight of the knife."

"Now, let me demonstrate Liu Guang and watch my movements carefully."

After finishing speaking, Kiryu spread his feet leisurely, held the scabbard of the saber at his waist with his left hand, and rested his right hand lightly on the hilt of the saber in a relaxed state.

Seeing this, Qingdeng hurriedly stood a few steps sideways to distance himself from Kiryu.

The knife on Kiryu's waist was the one he had seen when he was fighting Kamaitachi, the hilt and scabbard were both black and purple, and the blade reflected a coquettish purple light under the moonlight.

Kiryu adjusted his breath, lowered his body's center of gravity, relaxed his shoulders, stepped on his legs and feet, and just looked at the rolled up bamboo mat standing in front of him.

The moment Qingdeng blinked, Kiryu drew his sword.

Close your eyes, open your eyes... It's just such a short time, the scene in front of you has already changed.

A small part of the bamboo mat was missing, and the incision was unbelievably neat.

Kiryu twisted his waist with luck, strode and squatted, the light of the knife flashed, and the ground was dim - all this happened in a flash just now.

The cut off piece of bamboo mat flew out sideways and landed at Kinoshita Mai's feet.

Kiryu, who was maintaining the posture of drawing the sword, raised the sword in his hand high.

The sharply curved blade glowed purple in the sunlight.

"How? Have you seen everything clearly?"

Although Qingdeng accidentally blinked his eyes when Kiryu just drew the sword, relying on the excellent dynamic vision brought by the "Eagle Eye", Qingdeng could barely see the movement of Kiryu's sword.

Qingdeng nodded: "Well... I can see it clearly."

"Okay, it's good to see clearly."

Kiryu flipped his right hand over and danced a chic saber dance, then put the saber back into its sheath with a backhand grip.

"Now try to imitate my action just now, and use the knife drawing technique to chop this bamboo mat."

Qingdeng nodded absently—at this moment, Qingdeng's attention was on Kiryu's right hand and the knife on his waist.

——What a dazzling knife...

...

Qingdeng gathered his mind and stood where Kiryu was standing just now.

With his eyes closed, Qingdeng tried his best to recall the actions of Kiryu he had just seen.

——I remember... Boss Kiryu seems to be so low-centered...

——Then... the body should stand slightly sideways like this... the arms should not be too open...

The three talents of "sword talent", "ghost heart", and "gathering gods" are activated at the same time at this moment!

Qingdeng slowly opened his eyes, staring at the bamboo mat in front of him that had been chopped off by Kiryu.

Breathing out a long breath, his mind became more and more concentrated... Soon, only this bamboo mat remained in the world before Qingdeng's eyes.

At the moment when the mind, qi and body were united, Qing Deng blatantly threw out the saber!

Hum...!

Ding Guishen ejected from the sheath made a sharp sound of breaking the wind, and flew towards the bamboo mat!

Crack!

Like the sound of a cloth bag being cut, the poor bamboo mat was chopped off again.

However... Although Qingdeng successfully cut off the bamboo mat, any layman can see that the level of Qingdeng's cut is far worse than that of Kiryu.

Just looking at the incisions of the two sides can see a huge gap in level.

Kiryu's cut is quite smooth, not as smooth as if it was cut with a knife.

And Qingdeng's cut is very rough.

However, even though Qingdeng's attack was not very good, one has to be clear in advance - this is Qingdeng's first time using the sword drawing technique.

"Oh..." Kiryu's eyes behind the lenses flashed a faint light of surprise.

"Good job." Tongsheng walked over and picked up the piece of bamboo mat that Qingdeng had chopped off just now, "Your movements are more in place than I expected."

"I'm a little surprised that Liu Guang can achieve this level for the first time."

"Your arms were too wide just now, tighten them up..."

Kiryu patiently corrected Qingdeng's movements.

In the end, Tongyu stood aside, took a few bamboo mats that had been prepared early in the morning by the side of the yard, rolled them up, and lined them up in front of Qingdeng.

"You can practice freely now."

"Try to cut off all these bamboo mats."

"Boss Kiryu, why do you have so many bamboo mats here?" Qingdeng couldn't help asking.

"I made these bamboo mats."

"ha?"

"I used to learn how to weave bamboo mats in the Hizen domain of Kyushu. After I opened Senjiya in Edo, I often made bamboo mats to pass the time. I wanted to sell the pile of bamboo mats Yes, but I’ve been forgetting about it. This pile of bamboo mats has been piled up in the warehouse. Now it’s just a good time to use them as waste and use them as equipment for you to practice sword drawing.”

Qingdeng glanced at the quality of these mats silently, and it seemed that they were bamboo mats made by professionals...

"Boss Kiryu, don't you know too many things? You can repair kimonos, calligraphy, carpentry and how to repel termites, and your swordsmanship is so good..."

Kiryu smiled slightly: "It's just some small skills that are not worth mentioning."

——You call this a small skill...?

Qingdeng couldn't help but glanced at these very well-crafted bamboo mats...

...

Qingdeng was not in a hurry to complete the "learning task" assigned to him by Kiryu immediately.

Feeling a little thirsty, Qingdeng quickly walked to Kinoshita Mai after getting Kiryu's consent, and took the water bottle that Kinoshita Mai had prepared for him in advance.

While gulping down the cow's drink to replenish his body's water, Qingdeng unconsciously cast his gaze on the saber at Kiryu's waist who was standing not far from him.

"What's wrong?"

Kiryu, who caught Qingdeng's sight, asked aloud.

"It's nothing... I just feel that your knife is so special, Boss Kiryu." Qingdeng put down the water bottle in his hand, "Boss Kiryu, why is the light from your knife purple?"

"Oh...my knife..."

Kiryu smiled lightly, then touched the sheath with his left hand, opened the mouth of the sheath, grabbed the knife with his right hand, and pulled the knife out of the sheath inch by inch.

The coquettish purple light once again filled Qingdeng's eyes.

"Why the light from the knife is purple...the reason is not complicated. It's just that the blade uses some special materials."

Qingdeng didn't know much about swords.

But as a samurai who lives with swords all day long, he still has the minimum vision.

The purple sword in Kiryu's hand... just by looking at it, you can tell that it is of high quality.

Qingdeng felt that in terms of quality, his ability to fix ghosts and spirits should be far inferior to Kiryu's purple sword.

"Boss Kiryu, what's the name of your knife?" Qingdeng couldn't help asking curiously.

"... Vairocana." Tongsheng softly called out a name that would be recognizable to anyone with a little knowledge of Buddhism.

"Vairocana?" Qing Deng was taken aback, "Isn't this the Buddha's name of Great Sun Tathagata?"

"That's right." Tongsheng smiled, "Because holding this knife, it will be like a great day, so it is named this."

"In addition to the real name of Vairocana...my sword also has the nickname of 'Demon Sword'."

"Demon sword?" Qingdeng blinked, then couldn't help but smile, "Boss Kiryu, is there some kind of demon lodged in your sword?"

"A knife with a demon lodged in it... This kind of thing only exists in fairy tales."

Kiryu raised his brows slightly after saying this angrily, and glanced at Vairocana in his hand.

The blade glowing with purple light clearly reflected Kiryu's eyes flashing with reminiscence.

"Vairocana is the family saber of a certain murderous family... People think that this sword is unknown, so this sword is called the 'demon sword'."

"There are no monsters living in it. The so-called 'Demon Sword' is just people's rumors."

"A knife is a knife, there is nothing unknown."

After finishing speaking, Tongsheng took a knife flower, held Vairocana upside down and retracted it into the sheath.

"..." Qingdeng couldn't help but look at Kiryu with strange eyes.

The saber handed down from a murderous family... Then why is such a saber in your hand?

Thinking of this, Qingdeng couldn't help saying to Kiryu in a complicated tone:

"Boss Kiryu, you are more mysterious than I expected..."

"Could it be that 'Mamiya Kuro' isn't your real name?"

"Could it be that I have worshiped someone with a real identity as a teacher...?"

Kiryu smiled slightly... After smiling without saying a word, he glanced at Qingdeng with intriguing eyes, and said quietly:

"My life so far, although not very exciting, can be regarded as ups and downs for the time being."

"I met a lot of great people, and experienced a lot of things that ordinary people would only find incredible."

"When I have a chance later, I will slowly tell you my previous story."

"Okay, let's stop here for chatting. It's almost time to start practicing again."

"Follow the action I corrected for you just now, and try to chop off all these bamboo mats."

Kiryu made it clear that he didn't want to tell Qingdeng the important secrets about him right now.

Since Kiryu didn't want to say more, it's not convenient for Qingdeng to ask more details.

Ever since, Qingdeng could only suppress his inner curiosity, sort out his emotions and expressions, and follow Tongsheng's instructions to stand in front of the pile of bamboo mats again.

At this stage... it's better to concentrate on practicing Liu Guang first.

— Tighten your arms a little more...

—— Lower your right shoulder a little more...

Qingdeng followed the movements that Kiryu had just corrected him, and adjusted his posture little by little.

When he realized that there was nothing wrong with his posture——

Hum...!

Draw the knife out of the sheath!

Another piece of bamboo mat was chopped off.

"Hmm...not bad." Kiryu glanced at the incision of the cut bamboo mat, smiled and nodded lightly, "The movement is much better than the previous one. Try again."

Qingdeng, who was pleased with the progress of his movements, let out a long breath.

Then he flipped his right hand, danced with a knife with a slightly clumsy movement, and retracted Ding Guishen into the sheath with the posture of holding the knife in his backhand.

——This action of retracting the knife is really dazzling...!

With a cheerful tone, Qingdeng sighed loudly in his heart.

...

...

At this very moment—

Edo, Koishikawa Kohinata Yanagi-cho, Shouweikan, the headmaster's room——

"Director, every time I come to your room, I find it incredible." Hikaru Okita, who was sitting on the tatami, looked at every corner of the chief's room with great interest, "Obviously his personality is so lively, but the room is so Tidy and clean."

"Although I'm lively and active, I also like to be clean." Sitting cross-legged in front of Hikaru Okita, the chief executive curled his lips, "Sister, what's the matter with coming to see me suddenly?"

Okita Hikaru pursed his lips and smiled unsurprisingly at the general manager's straightforwardness.

She would also be happy to see the general manager directly asking her why she came without any nonsense.

Because she is the kind of person who likes to get straight to the point when she speaks.

"Director."

As Okita Hikaru said, he sat up straighter and corrected himself.

A solemn look floated on Okita Hikaru's cheeks.

"It's almost time for you to give up swordsmanship, right?"

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...

After officially starting the practice of drawing swords, Qingdeng basically ran to Qianshiwu every day.

The practice of drawing swords is progressing at a boring but rapid pace.

The effects of the superposition of the three talents of sword talent, ghost heart, and concentration are really powerful.

Qingdeng's cultivation progress can be described as rapid progress.

Even Kiryu, who claims to be used to seeing all kinds of geniuses, is surprised by Qingdeng's learning speed from time to time and looks surprised.

Roughly speaking——Qingdeng's two-month recuperation life was a "three-point-one-line" life.

The "three points" are the test guard hall, the thousand things house, and the little Chiba sword hall where the radish is currently fostered.

In order to visit Radish and kill time, after Qingdeng was discharged from the Ren Medical Hall, besides the Qianshiwu, he often went to Xiaoqianye Sword Hall.

The smooth days passed day by day.

In a blink of an eye... the time came to August 12th.

Qingdeng got up at 2:00 a.m. for morning exercises as usual.

The days in summer are long and dawn early.

Soon, the eastern half of the sky began to turn pale.

Qingdeng, who temporarily stopped his morning exercise, walked slowly to the window of the dojo, looking up at the sky where the night was slowly fading.

——It seems that it has been a while since I have been to Little Chiba Sword Hall...

Qingdeng thought to himself.

——Let’s go to Xiaoqianye Sword Hall today to have a look...

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In the first year of Wanyan (1860), on August 12, in the morning——

Edo, Barrel Town, Little Chiba Sword House——

"Moo~~! Moo~~! Moo~~!"

As soon as the door of the Xiaoqianye Sword Gym, which he was used to seeing because he came here often during this period of time, came into view, Qing Deng heard the familiar cry of a cow.

Immediately afterwards, a big black bull rushed out along the open door of the Little Qianye Sword Gym, and trotted towards Qingdeng with a "hush humchi".

After rushing to Qingdeng's side in one breath, the big black cow obediently used the bull's head to arch Qingdeng's waist.

"Good morning, Luobo." Qingdeng gently stroked Luobo's bull head.

"Moo~~!"

Luo Luo seemed to understand Qingdeng's greeting, raised his head high and let out a long "moo".

"Mr. Orange, you are here."

At this time, a pleasant female voice came from the direction of the door of Little Chiba Sword Gym.

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