I teach kendo in Tokyo

After Aramaki went upstairs, Kazuma turned to look at Tamamo.

Tamamo: "If Aramaki-san understands the unity of mind and skill, it may be of great benefit to the investigation of welfare technology."

"Are you trying to persuade me to accept a disciple?" Kazuma asked.

Tamamo asked in a very low voice before answering the question: "Is there anyone around here listening?"

Kazuma listened attentively for a moment before shaking his head: "No."

With Kazuma currently holding his breath, he can even hear subtle breathing sounds nearby, which can be used to alert eavesdroppers.

So he can now "perceive the atmosphere" like in many animation and martial arts works.

I always feel that if I continue to improve this ability, I will have the incredible ability to sense heartbeats.

It has heartbeat sensing, good speed, and the weapon specializes in melee combat. Got it, it’s the “Heartbeat” of Rainbow Six’s defensive operator!

Mikako was drinking milk, but when she saw Tamamo and Kazuma like this, she immediately put down the milk and ran away.

Kazuma: "You just heard so many confidential matters, and now you want to run away?"

"Um... you just started talking without chasing anyone away. I'm just curious! Now that you're all acting like 'we're going to talk about things we don't want others to hear,' of course I'm leaving. I'm going to talk to Qingliu Let’s protect Grandma Shangquan together!”

Said that the perfect addition was gone.

Honami leaned against the door, occupying a position suitable for monitoring the direction of the corridor, and crossed her arms.

Tamamo glanced at Honami, and then said: "I have spent a long time pursuing the secret of the unity of mind and skill, and even changed into a man's body, but there was no gain. However, this experience has made me very good at identifying people with this ability. people.

"This is a very amazing ability. Generally speaking, monsters will only find out 'Ah, this person is a real strong human being' when they enter into a desperate battle with a samurai or Taoist priest who comes to conquer."

"Many big monsters underestimated their enemies by killing too many humans pretending to be strong, and were killed by real strong humans.

"Monsters will voluntarily leave human settlements and live in deep mountains and old forests for this reason, because before the fight actually starts, or even before the knife cuts on the body, it is basically impossible to distinguish whether the enemy is really powerful or just an appearance. .

“The result is that every human challenger has to be taken seriously, and it gets tiring over time.

"Some monsters did not want to give up their original territory and chose to kill all the humans they saw. As a result, they quickly attracted a large number of strong human beings to attack them.

"Even if you kill the strong ones one by one, humans will still continue to give birth to new strong ones, and the more evil the monsters do and kill humans, the faster the birth of strong human beings will be, and the strength will be stronger than the last one. .

"For example, there is a powerful demon clan in China called Jiuli. They originally wanted to completely eliminate humans and avoid future troubles. They did gain a great advantage at the beginning, but human heroes began to be born one after another, and they killed more and more. powerful."

At this time Honami said: "This China refers to China!"

Japan also has a region called the "Chinese Region", which includes the five prefectures of Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi.

So fans who play the glorious Nobunaga Ambition series of games have a cold joke: Tao Qingxian is Chinese. This China is the Chinese region of Japan, and the name Tao Qingxian does not look Japanese, so this joke came about.

Kazuma looked at Honami: "When you heard Kuri, you knew you were talking about things on the mainland."

"No, no, no! How can I know what this is when you use Chinese pronunciation?"

He Ma: "It's Chi You's tribal alliance."

Honami: "Oh...eh? Are they actually a group of monsters?"

"Yes," Tamamo nodded, "There used to be many monsters in this world. The strength of the monster world was fixed as soon as they were born. The big monster was the big monster from the day he was born, and the little monster was always the little monster. It's exactly the same as Like animals."

Kazuma: "It does sound like a food chain."

"That's right, the food chain! So it's natural for me to eat little monsters! I'm going too far. In short, the monsters lost the war with humans. The big monster at the beginning was killed, and the little monsters were either slaughtered by the strong humans. Or flee far away.

"Later on, the strong human beings born in the war died one after another. After all, the average life span of humans at that time was less than twenty years old. Then the monsters discovered that the newly born strong human beings were not that strong.

"It seems that as long as there is peace and prosperity, the individual strength of human beings is far inferior to that of monsters. It takes several people to deal with the most ordinary little monsters.

"So the big monsters decided to adopt a non-interfering attitude toward humans in order to curb human strength. In that era, the big monsters would even come forward to help humans kill ignorant little monsters.

"Over time, I gained the admiration of mankind..."

Kazuma opened his mouth in an O shape: "Is that what's going on?"

"Yes, and a big monster discovered that other monsters are actually quite delicious. He even brought his followers to eat the monsters together, and then the believers wrote the "Book of Mountains and Seas"..."

He Ma was even more surprised: "The Classic of Mountains and Seas? It's a classic from the pre-Qin Dynasty, and the writing is very complex..."

He quickly stopped. When he saw the Classic of Mountains and Seas, he thought of Qu Ni Ya and "The Queen is so arrogant." It seemed that too many strange things had been engraved in his DNA.

Honami: "These are all very interesting knowledge, but they don't seem to have anything to do with the oneness of mind and skill you just mentioned, right?"

Tamamo blinked: "Ah... I obviously didn't want to say this..."

"It's okay, we are also very happy to increase our understanding of the world." Kazuma waved his hand, "Actually, wouldn't it be good for you to become a history professor?"

"I'm not trying to be a historical encyclopedia, but that doesn't mean other monsters aren't trying to be a historical encyclopedia." Tamamo said with a smile, "It's just that these are all buried under the surface. Let's talk about the integration of mind and skill."

Kazuma nodded.

Tamamo continued: "I just mentioned that the big monsters have reached a consensus that they cannot start a full-scale war with humans. For more than a thousand years in the beginning, everything looked good..."

Kazuma: "Should we start there?"

"That's the beginning, let's finish. Everything looked good at first, but gradually the big monsters discovered that humans are still getting stronger, and this kind of strength is not only an increase in the strength of the strong, but also an increase in the strength of the strong. A holistic strengthening.

“And the way he became stronger was completely beyond the expectations of the big monsters.

"Youkai don't produce anything. At first, when I saw humans making stone tools and pottery, no one - no monster thought there would be any problem with this.

“But then when we look back, it all started right at the beginning.

"The first human beings couldn't even defeat the trashiest monsters, no, they couldn't even defeat animals that were weaker than monsters, such as saber-toothed tigers and so on.

"Later they learned to use fire to drive away saber-toothed tigers. This was the first thing humans had that could deal with saber-toothed tigers. They carefully preserved fire until they discovered how to make fire by drilling wood.

“Then humans started making stone tools, and wild boars, which were weaker than saber-toothed tigers, started to become prey.

"Humanity's first stone tools were hammered stone tools with very weak cutting ability. Later, humans mastered the method of grinding to process stone tools. The ground new stone tools had cutting capabilities, so humans created the first spear with a sharpened spearhead. The first bow and arrow.

“Sabre-toothed tigers started to become prey.

“Then humans created bronze vessels, and human warriors using bronze swords could deal with some of the lowest level monsters.

"But until this time, the big monsters still didn't take it seriously. Even if humans later made iron tools that were more powerful than bronze, they didn't think it was a problem.

“But in fact, it’s not just technology that makes human progress, as they develop, the human spirit becomes more and more resilient.

“Originally, humans would be so scared that they would fall to the ground when they saw lightning, but with the advancement of technology, humans have become more and more confident.

"Then the top human warriors began to master a technique of turning their own spirit into power.

Kazuma: "I finally came back."

Tamamo smiled and said, "I didn't go off topic like this before. I must have been affected by this dojo."

"I guess you didn't always talk about cross talk before." Honami teased.

"really."

Tamamo paused and continued: "During the ancient war, human heroes also had similar abilities, but with the end of the war and the advent of peace, the iterated human heroes no longer have this ability.

"Unexpectedly, with the development of human beings, strong people have regained this ability. This ability has many names, but it is actually the same thing."

Kazuma nodded: "I understand. So what did you want to say at the beginning?"

"What I want to say is that I am very good at identifying whether humans really have this ability. According to my observations, at least four people in our Kiryu Dojo have mastered the Oneness of Mind Skills, or have the potential to master the Oneness of Mind Skills."

Honami couldn't help complaining: "Then you've gone too far. No, the background introduction you mentioned has nothing to do with what you want to say."

"Don't worry, we also heard the story." Kazuma waved his hand, "Would you like to tell me which four they are?"

Tamamo began to count his fingers: "As for you and Kazuma, Seiryu will definitely understand. Honami and Amao may not understand it now, but they will hopefully master it in the future."

He Ma was speechless, indeed he highlighted all the dojos that had entries.

Having entries is a prerequisite for integrating mind and skill.

but……

Kazuma: "Seiryu did master the Integrated Mind Skill when she and I were fighting in the spring, but she can't use it now."

Although Seiryu's entry is still there and her swordsmanship has improved a lot in the process of fighting Hippo, she can't feel the unity of mind and skill when fighting with her now.

Maybe she is living a more comfortable life in the dojo now and does not have such strong emotions and mental motivation.

Do you live in sorrow and die in happiness?

Honami: "Wait a minute! Do I have it too? I have obviously given up pursuing kendo and only regard kendo as an ordinary physical exercise! It would be better to say that I never pursued kendo in the first place."

Honami started practicing kendo, just following her grandfather's instructions.

Kazuma: "Then why did you come to the dojo?"

"Learn to be a human being." Honami replied matter-of-factly, "You are the master of my life. If I really want to learn kendo, I can even directly become a disciple of Mr. Shangquan. I can't become a disciple, but I can still do it by asking him to guide me. Arrived."

Mr. Shangquan is full of talents all over the world, but he only has few disciples who have entered the family, and there are many disciples who have not entered the family.

Kazuma raised his eyebrows: "Learn to be a good person."

It can indeed be said that he has changed Honami's life attitude and destiny.

Morning star.

Tamamo cleared her throat, drew the two people's attention back to herself, and continued: "I think that among the six disciples of your dojo, Kazuma, except for me, who is destined to not be able to master the mind and skills, and Mikako, who has no pursuit Apart from these guys, all of them have the potential to integrate mind and skill, which shows that you are really good at inspiring people in this regard."

Kazuma scratched his head: "So you suggest that I convince Aramaki to join our dojo? And then teach him the One Mind Technique?"

Tamamo nodded vigorously.

Kazuma shook his head: "This is too difficult. And in this situation, we can only say that we just happened to meet him. What if we can't meet him when we go to Aramaki's place? He is a public security policeman. He is busy with work and has less time to show up at the dojo. , most of the cases he is involved in are confidential and cannot be let me know.

"The reason why he told me so much today was to exchange information. And he must have made a mistake. If he finds out, he will be put in a bad position."

Tamamo tilted her head: "That's right. It seems good to just serve as a consultant on the supernatural aspect like this."

Indeed, Aramaki just asked Kazuma, "What do you think of Inaba from your perspective?" It seemed that he regarded Kazuma as an authority in the supernatural field.

Although he used the phrase "you fought Soviet super soldiers."

Kazuma was speechless: "In short, this matter is fine for the time being. Director Shimo Inaba and Aramaki will definitely make the Kyushu Branch of Welfare Technology peel off. We will just wait for the result."

Tamamo: "Yeah. There's not much we can do right now."

"I could have asked the Nanjo Consortium's market research department to take action," Honami said, "but Kazuma stopped me and asked me not to alert the enemy."

"Yes, don't rush now." Kazuma said, "There will be plenty of opportunities to confront them later."

After saying that, he stood up and said, "I'm sleepy too. I feel even more tired today than yesterday."

Both Honami and Tamamo smiled understandingly.

Kazuma had a day of socializing today and a day of fighting yesterday. These are two completely different types of exhaustion.

When it comes to choosing horses, he thinks it would be easier to fight for one day.

**

Fukuoka, Kanmon Channel Tunnel.

Tosaiko cursed and drove the car.

"What kind of nerves are you asking me to cross the strait at such a late hour!" He cursed, "Damn Chai Sheng, he's just Mr. Aikawa's dog, what's the air?"

Suddenly, he saw someone standing in the center of the tunnel and quickly braked.

Fortunately, the car was not going too fast and stopped a few meters away from the man.

"You don't want your life! Damn it!" Tosaiko yelled.