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The author didn't sleep for nearly the entire night last night.
But it's not that there's something wrong with my physical or mental condition.
As for the reason, book lovers should all understand.
Alas... Thousands of words turned into a sigh...
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At this moment——
A corner of the military viewing seat on the east side——
"Wow..." Shujiro raised his head, looked at the sea of people surrounding him, and couldn't help but shrink his neck, "There have been more people... I didn't expect so many people to come to watch this competition...
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Soujiro felt very lucky now - he and Asa woke up earlier today, otherwise they would not have been able to get a seat at the viewing table.
"Ah, Soujiro!" Aji, who was sitting next to Soujiro, pulled his husband's haori sleeve, "The fitting has begun, look!"
"Oh, oh..." Soujiro retracted his gaze from looking around and looked at the arena ahead.
Sojiro has never been interested in martial arts competitions.
If it hadn't been for his wife's persuasion to watch the Aizu Hou Swordsman Competition on the grounds that "it might get inspiration for writing", there would have been a question as to whether he would go out today.
Whatever... Soujiro sighed silently.
Now that we’re here, let’s try to watch it until the end...
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Aoto's opponent in his first trial was a swordsman named Adachi Totaro.
Speaking of Adachi...he is also a relatively famous rising star in the Edo swordsmanship community.
He was born in the Kenbukan where Ono Itto-ryu was taught. It is said that his sword is both strong and fast. Even some senior swordsmen who have been practicing swordsmanship for many years are no match for him.
In terms of overall strength and reputation, among the younger generation in the Edo swordsmanship community, Adachi can be said to be second only to Kan and others known as the "Three Heroes".
When they heard the emcee sing the names of Aoto and Adachi, exclamations suddenly erupted from the audience seats.
The "Kitabansho Little Tengu" Tachibana Aoden, who has become famous recently, faces off against Adachi Totaro, whose strength and reputation are second only to the "Three Heroes"... The first trial of the competition is this kind of strong competition, how can we not let it go?
Are the spectators excited?
"Tachibana-kun, come on!" Okita waved his two fists raised to Aoto's chest, who was already standing up with his sword.
Chiba Jutaro raised his hand and patted Qingto's back: "Come on! Tachibana-kun!"
Sanako didn't directly encourage Aoden like Okita and her brother did. She only nodded slightly towards Aoto.
Kondo, Hijikata and the others also gave encouraging words to Aoto who was about to play.
"Ji Jun." At this time, Qingden heard Zhou Zhu call him with a serious face, "Remember what I told you: Never be arrogant or underestimate the enemy."
"Your current strength is indeed pretty good, but there are so many strong players in this competition."
"A group of outstanding new talents led by the 'Three Heroes' have all participated in this competition."
"As far as I know, quite a few contestants have the ability to put you in a tough fight."
"Hold your breath and concentrate, go all out, and don't be careless at all."
Seeing Zhou Zhu's serious expression, Qingdeng's face could not help but become serious.
Qingden nodded vigorously, "Yes!"
After nodding one by one with all the friends who encouraged and encouraged him, Qingden took several deep breaths vigorously, briefly adjusted his condition, and walked towards the arena with his head held high.
But at this time, Qingdeng had a thought in his mind, turned his head, frowned and looked at the martial arts viewing seats on his left.
Is it an illusion... Qingdeng just felt like he was glared at by someone viciously...
He looked around a few times in the direction of the sight he just felt.
Wherever he could see, he could only see a vast sea of people. Qingden, who had gained nothing, could only withdraw his sight and continue to stride towards the stadium.
Qingdeng's feeling was actually not wrong - he had indeed been glared at fiercely just now.
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Hiroshi Arizuma, who belongs to the training hall and is currently sitting not far behind Saito Yakuro, is looking at Tachibana Aoden who has crossed the martial arts gallery and entered the arena with a gloomy look, while speaking in a voice that only he can hear.
He muttered in a clear voice:
"It turns out he is that Tachibana Aoden..."
The new wife Kuan looked at Qingdeng with unconcealable jealousy.
Determined to become a member of the Chiba family and use the Chiba family as a springboard to realize his ambitions, after Chiba Sadaikichi and others appeared on the field, he cast fiery eyes at Chiba Sadaikichi and the others and paid close attention to them.
Every move of the Chiba family.
Therefore... Chiba Jutaro's actions of warmly greeting Aoto and taking Sanako's initiative to sit next to Aoto were all seen by his new wife Kan.
Seeing Chiba Jutaro's enthusiastic attitude toward Aoto, Nitsuma's brows knitted together uncontrollably.
In order to successfully become the son-in-law of the Chiba family, he has been deliberately taking the initiative to associate with the people of the Chiba family...especially Chiba Jutaro, who is Sanako's brother, trying to form a good relationship with them.
However... Chiba Jutaro's attitude towards him has always been extremely cold.
No matter how positive his kindness and good intentions were, Chiba Jutaro remained unmoved.
I have tried so hard, but I am still not taken seriously by Chiba Jutaro, but this Tachibana Aoto can be treated so warmly by Chiba Jutaro... While the new wife Kan is jealous of Aoto, he also feels the pain.
A sense of crisis.
Sanako's brother has a very good relationship with a certain young man - this is not good news for the new wife.
The new wife couldn't help shouting in her heart: Why is this Tachibana Aoden treated so warmly by Chiba Jutaro?! Is it because he looks pretty good? Or is it because his strength is outstanding?
Xinzuma Kuan had always heard about Qingdeng's name and deeds, but he didn't take Qingdeng's strength seriously.
Shinzuma Kuan is quite confident in his talent and strength.
He admitted that Qingdeng, who was able to hit the "radical anti-barbarian faction" one after another in just three months, had some ability, but the new wife Kuan felt that by putting him in Qingdeng's position, with his ability he could win peace and success.
The same as Qingden... or even surpassed Qingden's results!
Hiroshi Arizuma is not an exception - many young swordsmen have the same idea as Hiroshi Arizuma: they think that with their own abilities, if they are placed in Aomori's position, they can win without losing, or win.
Directly surpassing Qingdeng’s results.
——I don’t know if I will have a chance to play against this Tachibana Aoden in this competition...
The new wife's hands that were spread wide on her legs slowly tightened.
If I can defeat Tachibana Aotobu in public in this competition, will the attitude of Chiba Jutaro and others towards me change... Niizuma Kan couldn't help but think like this.
After glancing at Qing Teng a few more times with jealous eyes, Nitsuma Kuan turned his attention to the "VIP table" located on the north side of the arena.
Looking at the people on the "VIP table", Xin Zhikuan couldn't help but look fascinated.
——I didn’t expect so many famous people to come to watch the game this time.
——If you can perform extremely well in this competition, you may be able to directly gain the recognition of a certain famous person, and then be promised a high-ranking official and a generous salary...
——If this is the case... there is no need to cling to the Chiba family anymore.
So many famous people came to this competition... This was really beyond Kuan Shinzuma's expectation.
The reason why he signed up for this competition was because he wanted to take advantage of this rare event to show the world... mainly to show his strength and potential to the Chiba family, so as to pave the way for him to join the Chiba family in the future.
However, now, seeing so many famous people sitting on the "VIP table", Kuan Niizuma's mind has changed a bit.
If he can really get it right in one step and be recognized by a daimyo directly for his extraordinary performance in this competition, then he really doesn't need to covet the Chiba family's connections and resources in the future.
The new wife put her hands on her legs and squeezed them tighter.
He silently strengthened his determination to shine in this swordsmanship competition!
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On the VIP stage——
"Oh, Lord Aizu, there are so many people today." Lord Utsunomiya, who was sitting on the left hand side of Lord Aizu, laughed at Matsudaira Yoshiho.
"Such a huge flow of people... I am afraid that only a few festivals such as summer fireworks festivals and New Year's shrine visits can compare with this." The Lord of the Matsushiro Domain on the side agreed.
Matsudaira Yongho, who was sitting in the center of the VIP table, had been receiving constant greetings and flattery since just now.
Matsudaira Yōho—this young feudal lord who is only 24 years old this year has a mature temperament that is extremely unmatched for his age.
This is also related to his current life experience. Although Matsudaira Yoshiho is young, he has inherited the position of Lord of the Aizu Domain as early as 16 years old, and was exposed to what power and politics are early.
His face was always tense and expressionless, as if no matter what happened, his expression would not change at all.
No matter who came to him to communicate or flatter him, his response was quite bland, basically just a slight nod, and occasionally simple words such as "um" and "oh".
"I didn't expect that one of the contestants in the first trial of this competition would be the recently famous Tachibana Aoshinobu." At this time, the Lord of the Nin Domain sighed in a low voice while looking at the players who were already standing on the field.
Adachi and Aoto on the east and west sides of the picture, "I have been hearing about various deeds of this Tachibana Aoto recently. I really came to the right time for this competition. I want to see if this Tachibana Aoto has any of the rumors."
So powerful."
The words of the Lord of the Ninja Domain attracted the attention of some daimyo.
"Tachibana Aoden...oh, I think about it, he's the official of the "Three Times" of the Beifan Institute who has repeatedly hit the "radical anti-barbarian faction" recently."
"Which one is Tachibana Aoden?"
"Huh? It turns out that there are such interesting contestants in this competition, so I want to take a good look at this trial match of Ju Qingden."
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Many feudal lords raised their sights to the playing field - including Matsudaira Yōho.
After hearing that the daimyo around him were discussing Aoto, Matsudaira Yongho raised his eyes and glanced at Aoto who was standing on the east side of the arena.
However, his expression was still indifferent, and the emotion in his eyes was neither sad nor happy, as if he was not that interested in Qingdeng.
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Chiba Eijiro was sitting upright, looking intently at Aomori on the field.
Suddenly, unexpectedly, Chiba Tamonshiro, who happened to be sitting next to Chiba Eijiro, said softly:
"Second brother, are you paying close attention to that Tachibana Aoden?"
"After all, he is the person that Jutaro tried his best to introduce to me last night." Chiba Eijiro smiled, "I am very interested in how much the person who is so highly praised by Jutaro weighs."
"...This Tachibana Aoden's ability is indeed quite high." Chiba Tamonshiro said quietly, "His performance in the red-white match against Chiba Kenkan two months ago was a bit...
He doesn’t look like a newcomer who has just learned the sword for a short time.”
"Although I don't know exactly what kind of strength that Adachi is...but I guess he is no match for Tachibana Aoden."
"It only takes a few moves for Tachibana Aoden to defeat this Adachi."
After Chiba Eijiro quietly listened to Chiba Tamonshiro's words, he smiled: "Fourth brother, you can actually praise others... It's really rare."
"...I'm just stating a fact." Chiba Tamonshiro said calmly.
"I didn't expect that even you, fourth brother, would have such a high opinion of this Tachibana Aoden..." Eijiro Chiba turned his attention back to the playing field, "Then I want to see what this person's abilities are.
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"'Kitabansho Little Tengu' Tachibana Aoden faced off against the long-famous rising star Adachi Totaro... I never expected that the first trial match would be so interesting!"
"I don't think it's possible. That Tachibana Aoshinobu has so much practical combat experience. He has killed countless lunatics from the 'radical anti-barbarian faction'. As for Adachi... I have never heard of him actually fighting anyone with a real sword.
experience of."
"Lack of experience in actual combat with others does not mean that his strength is necessarily inferior to others."
"I think Tachibana Aoden has a better chance of winning, but it will take some effort for him to defeat Adachi. After all, Adachi was already famous for his excellent swordsmanship two years ago."
"Well, I think so too."
"I think Tachibana Aoto and Adachi may have a fierce battle. After all, isn't Adachi heard to be quite strong?"
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The constant chatter on the martial arts viewing table inevitably reached the ears of the people in the Trial Guard Hall and the Little Chiba Sword Hall.
After hearing that some of the audience actually said, "Aoto will have a fight with Adachi," Chiba Jutaro couldn't help showing a dumbfounded expression.
Their little Chiba Kenkan had a fierce battle with the Showeikan in the red and white battle held at the "Plum Blossom Festival" two months ago.
Therefore, regarding Aoto's strength...Chiba Jutaro and the others are much clearer than these ignorant onlookers.
Chiba Jutaro crossed his arms on his chest and grinned:
"Enter the Dragon... How could it be Enter the Dragon..."
"There must be no suspense for Tachibana-kun to defeat Adachi."
"Although Adachi is indeed very strong, he can only fight Aoto for a few rounds."
"Sanako, what do you think?" Chiba Jutaro tilted his head and asked Sanako beside him.
Suddenly being spoken to by Chiba Jutaro - Sanako said calmly without hesitation:
"There should be no suspense about Mr. Orange winning."
"But I don't think like my brother that Adachi can only last a few rounds."
"I have seen a fight between Adachi and others before. This Adachi is not an ordinary person."
"His strength may not be as strong as Tachibana-kun, but he is definitely not weak."
"Ju-kun will still have to spend a lot of effort to defeat him."
"If Mr. Tachibana makes a careless move or underestimates the enemy, he might be defeated by Adachi."
There is only one seat between Okita, Sanako, and Jutaro Chiba...that is, Aoto's seat is now vacant.
Because of the close distance, Okita heard the conversation between the brother and sister just now without missing a word.
When he first heard the conversation between Sanako and the others, Okita pursed his lips tightly.
Then... the corners of Okita's mouth slowly raised into a weird smile.
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"'There are quite a few contestants who have the strength to put you in a tough fight'..." Kondo, who was sitting directly to the left of Shusuke, smiled bitterly and repeated in a low voice what Shusuke had just said at a volume that only he and Shusuke could hear.
These are the exact words spoken by Qingdeng.
After opening his lips slightly and letting out a silent sigh, Kondo tilted his head in the direction of Shusuke and continued to speak at a volume that only he and Shusuke could hear clearly:
"In order to prevent Mr. Tachibana from becoming arrogant, we worked together to deceive Mr. Tachibana. The lie is finally exposed today."
As if Zhoushu didn't hear Kondo's words, he scratched the itch on his back with his left hand, rubbed his bare chin with his right hand, and looked at the field ahead with interest.
There was an intriguing smile on his face.
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The referees of the match were two Aizu feudal lords whose hair was mostly gray.
After putting on his protective gear, Ayoto walked to the center of the arena carrying his bamboo sword, which had been inspected by the referees and showed no problems. He and Adachi stood on the east and west sides of the center of the arena.
In a swordsmanship match like this, before the fight officially begins, a set of etiquette must be followed - both players will first put their bamboo swords on their left waists, squat on the ground, bow to each other and then imitate the action of drawing the swords.
He slowly pulled out the bamboo sword from his left waist and stood up.
After completing this set of simple etiquette, the fight can begin.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to exchange salutes with Adachi across from him, Aoto half-closed his eyes and took several deep breaths.
——This Adachi is said to be quite strong... his reputation and strength seem to be second only to those "Three Heroes".
——He might be one of the "players who are equal to me" that my master told me many times...
——I didn’t expect that my first battle in this competition would be against such a master.
During this period, Shusuke, Kondo, and Okita would emphasize to Aonto almost every day: This time the Aizu Hou Swordsmanship Competition is a gathering of heroes, there are many masters who are as strong as you. Remember not to be careless and underestimate the enemy during the competition.
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Qingteng also didn't know much about the level of the apprentices in other sword halls. Every time he heard the warnings from Zhoushu and others about "don't underestimate the enemy", Qingteng would feel a chill in his heart.
There are indeed many masters in this world... I didn't expect that for Edo alone, there would be so many people in the younger generation who were as strong as him!
After experiencing last night's competition with Zhou Su, Qingden became even more convinced: There is indeed no shortage of masters in this world!
Since there are so many masters in this competition...then I can't be arrogant in any way.
Qingdeng decided to test the teaching Zhouzhu gave him last night - whenever facing a battle, he must have a high morale of "I will win no matter what".
I have to say that these psychological hints are quite useful.
After being determined to "win", Qingdeng felt that his strength seemed to have become stronger.
After Aoto bowed to Adachi who was opposite him and stood up with his bamboo sword in hand, louder shouts and sighs arose from the spectator seats around him - the long-awaited first test.
Hey, it’s finally about to begin!
"Tachibana-kun, come on!" Adachi raised the upper dan and shouted aggressively, "I have long wanted to have a fight with you, who is known as the 'Little Tengu of the North Bansho'!"
"Let's have a good fight!"
"Please enlighten me!"
——This man... has such a high fighting spirit.
Looking at the majestic opponent opposite him, Qingdeng couldn't help but feel awe-inspiring in his heart.
——In short, let’s make a tentative attack first to test his true strength.
With this thought in mind, Qingdeng set up the bamboo sword in his hand, and then——
call--!
The bamboo sword split the wind and air.
Move forward!
Draw your sword!
Done in one go!
The moment Aoto drew his sword, Adachi, who had smiled excitedly just now, suddenly froze.
Suddenly, for no apparent reason, Adachi remembered the idiom he often heard from storytellers when listening to books: A little cold light arrived first, and then the spear came out like a dragon - even though the sword Aomori was using was a bamboo sword, there was no cold light at all.
The tip of the bamboo sword quickly magnified in front of his eyes.
The speed was so fast and the timing was so good that although his brain reacted, his body did not have time to react.
The moment before Aoto's bamboo sword hit his helmet, an idea flashed through Adachi's head -
This...is this a slash that a swordsman of our level can deliver with less than 3 years of sword practice?
Snapped!
The tip of the sword hit Adachi's helmet hard, and the huge impact made Adachi's head dizzy.
Adachi took a few steps back, then leaned back and fell heavily to the ground.
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The martial arts viewing gallery, which was noisy just now, became much quieter now.
After a few breaths of extra quietness, bursts of exclamations, exclamations, and applause erupted from all directions.
The expressions on the faces of the spectators in the spectator seats who had just said, "Aoto will probably have a fight with Adachi" and "Aoto will have to take a few moves to defeat Adachi", all became very exciting at this time.
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Many people speculated that Aoto should be able to defeat Adachi.
But they didn't expect that Seito could win his first victory so easily! He killed Adachi instantly with just one blow, and Adachi didn't even have the slightest strength to fight back.
Chiba Jutaro and Chiba Tamonshiro, who had just said "Aoden should have taken a few moves to defeat Adachi", widened their eyes and their expressions changed drastically.
Sanako, who told Chiba Jutaro in a firm tone, "Adachi is not weak either, it will take some effort for Aoto to defeat him." At this time, Sanako no longer looked as cold as usual.
She crossed her arms and clenched the bare hands on her legs tightly, her seductive red lips slightly opened into a cute "O" shape, her expression became dull, and her beautiful eyes shone with astonishment.
Those who have a secret crush on Sanako and usually pay attention to Sanako will definitely be quite surprised when they see Sanako's appearance now - it turns out that this person, except for his family, has no regard for any man.
The flowers of the high mountains, which all have a rather cold attitude, will also show such an expression.
Chiba Eijiro was startled for a moment, then lowered his eyelids slightly and cast a thoughtful gaze mixed with surprise into the arena.
Compared with the common people who do not understand swordsmanship, Chiba Eijiro, Chiba Jutaro, Sanako and others who have certain attainments in swordsmanship can better see the extraordinary sword strike made by Aomori just now.
This is completely unlike a slash that a "newcomer who has learned swordsmanship for less than 3 years" can deliver!
The two siblings, Chiba Jutaro and Sanako, were the most shocked - because they had personally seen Aoto's strength in the red-white match two months ago.
Compared with his current strength two months ago... Qingdeng's strength is completely different!
In just 2 months, his strength has improved so much? This, this... Chiba Jutaro couldn't stop the astonishment from his cheeks.
Compared with Sanako and others... Shusuke, Okita and the others are much calmer.
They watched the short game calmly throughout, without even moving their eyebrows - but of course, they had long expected that this "Aoto vs. Adachi" game would end soon.
"Hoo ho ho..." Zhouzhu let out a low, cheerful laugh.
Kondo nodded with satisfaction.
Hijikata grinned.
Pah, pah, pah, pah... Okita raised his hands in front of his chest and "pah pah" like a seal, applauding Aomori who won his first victory beautifully.
As he clapped his hands, he squinted his eyes, raised the corners of his mouth into a smirk, and glanced at the Chiba siblings next to him with pride.
Why are the Chiba brothers and sisters and others so shocked by the sight of Qingnobo, and why are Okita and the others so calm... The reason is quite simple - the information that the Chiba brothers and sisters know about Qingnobo is all
It is much lagging behind.
The Chiba brothers and sisters' impression of Aomori's strength is still based on the Red and White match two months ago.
Although the brothers and sisters expected that the talented Qingdeng would be able to make new breakthroughs in these two months, they underestimated the speed of Qingdeng's breakthrough!
In fact, to be more precise, everyone except the members of the Trial Guard Hall lags behind in their understanding of Qingdeng's strength!
People in the world only know that Qingdeng made another great contribution a while ago, protecting the Tibetan Book Transfer Institute and further attacking the anti-barbarian group. However, people in the world rarely know that after experiencing this battle, Qingdeng's strength has increased again.
Made great progress!
Qingden now possesses the two god-level talents of "Excellence of Sword" and "Heart of Ghost". His progress can only be described by terms such as terrifying and terrifying.
Real combat with swords and swords can best improve a person's strength level - so after experiencing the fierce battle to rescue the Fanshu Diao Institute, Qingdeng's strength once again experienced an extremely exaggerated rise and breakthrough.
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Underestimating Qingdeng's strength and breakthrough speed, everyone's eyes widened and their faces were full of shock.
As for Shusuke and Okita, they don't have the problem of "not knowing Aoto's current true strength" - after all, they live with Aoto and can see with their own eyes how Aoto's strength increases rapidly every day!
They had known for a long time that it was only natural that he could kill Adachi in an instant based on his extraordinary speed of improvement.
Looking at the entire viewing area, there are many people who are now shocked by the strength shown by Aoto. Among them are many famous people, such as "Saito of Power" Yakuro Saito, "Momoi of Position"
"Momoi Haruzang.
Of course - there are only a small number of people who understand swordsmanship and would be surprised by the sword strike that Qingteng made just now that is far beyond the level of others of his level.
Most of the spectators at the martial arts viewing table were ordinary people who just wanted to watch the fun and have fun, and some of them didn't even recognize who was Aoto and who was Adachi.
One of the contestants knocked over another contestant with a single blow of his sword - they just thought this scene was so exciting and exhilarating, so they cheered and clapped hard.
At this time, there was also a small commotion on the VIP stage.
"Oh? That Tachibana Aoden is much stronger than I thought..." The Lord of the Utsunomiya Domain blinked in surprise.
"This strength... is completely different from that of a newcomer who has practiced swordsmanship for less than 3 years..." the Lord of the Ninja Domain agreed.
"...It's a pity that this person has now resigned from the Northern Bureau." The Lord of the Matsushiro Domain tugged at the beard on his chin with regret, "Otherwise, I would really like to give such a potential young man to
Recruit him into my house."
The daimyo were whispering to each other, discussing Qingden in low voices with various emotions and expressions, who had not yet come down from the arena.
Matsudaira Yongho did not participate in their discussions.
However, his eyes, which were neither sad nor happy, but were still unwavering, started to waver slightly after seeing Ayoto showing strength that was far beyond the level of people of his level, killing Adachi instantly with one sword.
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It’s not just the Chiba siblings and others who have “rich” expressions now.
On the field, Qingdeng is still maintaining his sword-drawing posture, and his expression is quite exciting at this time.
--what's the situation……?
Looking at Adachi struggling to get up from the ground in front of him, Aoto blinked and looked confused.
He thought about what had just happened.
Because I wanted to test the strength of this Adachi, I decided to make a preemptive strike with a tentative attack.
Step forward, draw your sword, and then... nothing more...
This Adachi, whose strength is said to be second only to that of the "Three Heroes", could not even defend or dodge his probing attacks, and did not even take the 10 seconds needed to copy his talent... This is really disappointing.
Qingdeng was unexpected.
——Isn’t this Adachi one of the few people who are as powerful as me as the master said?
While Qingdeng was still confused, the referees on the side had already made their decision.
The two referees standing on the left and right sides of Seito and Adachi probably did not expect that the first trial match would end so quickly.
After they stood there in shock for a moment, they finally came to their senses and all stretched out their arms in Qingdeng's direction:
"The winner - Natural Rishin-ryu, Shiweikan, Tachibana Aoden!"
Adachi, who had already climbed up from the ground, touched the helmet that had been stabbed by Aoto just now, and stared blankly at Aoto, with complicated expressions in his eyes.
"Thank you for teaching me..." Adachi took several deep breaths, suppressed the complicated expression on his face, and bowed to Aoto.
After Qingdeng quickly returned the salute, he hurriedly took off his protective gear under the instructions of the referee, made room for the next group of contestants, and returned to his seat with his bamboo sword.
When he returned to Okita, Sanako and the others, Aoto still felt dazed and had not yet completely recovered from the victory that had gone much more smoothly than he had imagined.
"Tachibana-kun! Congratulations! Victory in the first battle!" After Aoto came back, Okita was still clapping vigorously like a seal.
"Thank you." Qingto, who was amused by Okita's "seal applause", smiled slightly.
"Tangerine-kun..."
At this time, Chiba Jutaro's voice came over.
Looking around, he saw Chiba Jutaro casting a surprised and incomprehensible look at him.
Sanako, who was seated next to Qingden, had now recovered from the state of shock and returned to her former elegant high mountain flower appearance.
But - after Qingdeng came back from the competition, she couldn't help but cast a surprised look at Qingdeng like her brother.
Chiba Jutaro remained silent, staring directly at Qingneng. He seemed to want to say something to Qingneng, but he didn't know how to say it.
After a long while, he finally choked out a sentence: "You... have become a lot stronger..."
Faced with Chiba Jutaro's compliment, Qingto didn't know how to respond for a moment. He could only laugh a few times and softly replied, "Thank you..."
Qingdeng instantly killed his opponent with one sword, which undoubtedly affected many people's impression of Qingdeng at the scene, and their assessment of Qingdeng's strength instantly changed.
Those who previously felt that their strength was no worse than Qingdeng, and that if he were placed in Qingdeng's position, they would be able to achieve better results in a series of actions against the "anti-barbarians", now they seem to have guilty consciences and are low-spirited
His head was wet, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose.
Sitting on the seat in the training hall, Nitsuma Kan opened his mouth wide and stared blankly at Aoto, who had sat back down between Okita and Sanako.
I saw the blood on his face fading rapidly, and his whole person seemed to have lost his soul.
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This competition adopts a "one round to determine the winner" format.
As long as the head, chest and other vital parts are directly hit, it will be directly ruled as a loss and eliminated. Therefore, the pace of the game is quite fast, and a game can basically be completed in less than one minute.
One contestant after another was eliminated, and one contestant after another qualified to advance to the second round of competition.
Qingdeng returned to his seat and carefully watched the competition of other players.
The more he looked, the weirder his expression became...
Although it may be a bit straightforward to say this... Qingdeng always feels that the strength of these contestants is a bit too poor.
Basically, in Qingdeng's eyes, almost every player is poor in offense, weak in defense, loose in footwork, and slow in reaction.
If Qing Deng were to replace him, he felt that against every player he had faced so far, he could easily kill them with one sword strike.
——Is this the competition that the master told me that many very strong newcomers will participate in...
Qingdeng frequently looked at Zhousuke, who was sitting not far in front of him, with a strange look on his face...
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Today’s chapter has 9,300 words, so let’s count it as 10,000 words! I’ll make up the remaining 700 words tomorrow, and I’ll try to hit 1.1W more tomorrow!
1W update for the second consecutive day!
Today’s update is to repay the debt owed to the third alliance leader: [L5??].
The author currently still owes 15 chapters and 10,000 words of explosive updates.
I will continue to try to update tomorrow and see if I can keep updating until the end of the sword competition.
For the sake of the author’s hard work, please vote more for this book!
The first character popularity poll ended successfully in the book club!
The result was just as I expected——
【It’s a big victory for Miss Sanako】!
There are 339 people in the book club group, and a total of 100 people participated in this vote.
Among them, Miss Sanako alone received nearly a quarter of the votes: 23 votes.
Second place Okita had 20 votes.
Mai Kinoshita came in third place with 19 votes.
This chapter has been completed!