"Master, are you worried about Sorayama-senpai?" Kenshin randomly tied the broken blood blisters in his palms with a piece of cloth, and asked with some concern to Hiko Seijuro who was drinking silently.
After Sorayama Kazuha and the others left, the most intuitive impact on the master and apprentice was that their dietary standards plummeted. How could Seijuro Hiko, a single older man who specializes in swordsmanship, compare with Kiriko's cooking skills!
It is the limit to ensure that the two of them are not hungry. Rice and pickles are sufficient. As for the taste, Kenshin said that they can still swallow it. Soup? No need. Higu has wine. Kenshin can boil water for tea.
Food? I can only bring some with me when I go down the mountain to buy wine, so as to improve the food for master and apprentice.
Fortunately, the two of them were much easier to serve than Kazuha Sorayama, so they didn't care much about it. However, the departure of his good friend made Seijuro Hiko become even more silent.
Kenshin was also vaguely aware of the changes in his master: he was no longer as cheerful and cheerful as when he was sparring and bickering with senior Sorayama. Every day, in addition to teaching himself, he studied the sword skills left by Sorayama Kazuha to improve the inheritance of the Hiten sword style.
, just drinking and having fun, and regaining the aura of a taciturn sect leader.
Especially since the descent from the mountain took a lot longer than usual the day before yesterday, this phenomenon became even more obvious after coming back. Sometimes the master couldn't even suppress the raging sword intent. The sensitive Kenshin knew that the master must have heard some news about Senior Kongshan and was disturbed.
Ning, and unable to leave because of the guidance of his practice, the master must be missing them...
Kenshin also misses the powerful swordsmanship of Kazuha Sorayama flying in the sky, misses Sister Kiriko who is silent but always leaves more delicious food for herself, misses Sister Sana with a gentle and friendly smile, misses the relationship between the master and Senior Sorayama
It was a dizzying competition... What I miss most is the continuous laughter all day long in the mountains, and the atmosphere that is more reassuring than home.
"If you are worried about Sorayama-senpai, you can go out to find him. Although the basic swordsmanship taught by my master last time has not been completely mastered, it is enough to practice it on your own." Seeing that Higu did not answer, Kenshin advised him cautiously,
In order to prove this point, he deliberately held the wooden sword and tried to swing it a few times, but as soon as the hilt was attached, his palm began to tremble due to the severe pain from the worn skin, which made Seijuro Higu who was standing beside him unable to bear it.
Zhu frowned.
"Worried about him? Huh, that guy who thinks he is invincible in swordsmanship is probably going to do something stupid again!" Higu Seijuro finally regained some of his old energy in his eyes, nodded towards Kenshin and said: "Let's not talk about him anymore, let's talk about it now.
You, your stupid apprentice, although you have a rigid mind, you still have some talent in swordsmanship. I am very confident in your practice, but things are not as simple as you think, and..."
He glanced at Kenshin's palms covered with blood blisters inadvertently, and continued: "Rather than worrying about you being lazy, I am more worried about you damaging the foundation of your body due to practicing beyond your physical capacity."
"I'm sorry, it's my disciple who worries you, but I want to practice swordsmanship as soon as possible and become like my master and Sorayama-senpai..."
"No, you don't have to be like us. Doing so will not do any good for your life." Bigu waved his hand, "Although you are still young, you have become far more mature than the average person after experiencing so many painful things.
This is your advantage, but it is also your burden, stupid apprentice! Do you still remember your original intention of learning swordsmanship?"
"Original intention?"
"Look!" Hiko Seijuro took a sip of wine and pointed his finger to the sky, "Just like the bright moon in the sky, I point it to you with my finger to let you know that it is the moon; the swordsmanship of Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu is just
My finger, and the moon is your life, Kenshin! Do you understand, your original intention is to live well with the wishes of all those who died for you, and practicing swordsmanship is just so that you can have better and more lives
It's just a choice, instead of wasting our lives on the sword like that guy Kongshan and I. This is our fate, not yours!"
We are swordsmen, and we don’t have to bear the burden of life that you are burdened with. Pursuing the perfection of swordsmanship is also each other’s highest wish, so we can have no distractions. In addition, the blind gods and Buddhas bestowed superb swordsmanship talents, so we can reach this stage today.
.Although they have not yet reached the level of the legendary sword master, as long as they continue to practice, they will surely have the opportunity to glimpse this realm sooner or later in this life. But you are different, Kenshin. No matter your experience or physical talent, you will not be allowed to do this!
Higu Seijuro glanced at his apprentice and thought sadly.
Although Kenshin is precocious and has a crystal-clear mind, he is still young after all and cannot quite understand what his master Hiko is saying. If he has something to say, his big eyes shining with ignorance looked at the moon and then at Hiko, not knowing how to answer.
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Knowing that his words were in vain, Higu sighed, forget it, you can only be responsible for your life and cannot be appointed by others. It is not impossible for Kenshin to suddenly leave him one day, just like he does not
He did not follow his master's advice and has been practicing in seclusion in the mountains. Instead, he wanted to save all the people with the sword in his hand. Fortunately, he woke up early after seeing many evil people and was not used by those high-ranking bastards.
Looking at the disciples he taught, Hiko couldn't help but think of his friend Sorayama Kazuha. If Kenshin was captured by the shogunate, would he risk his life to rescue him? This may not be a multiple-choice question, but a necessity.
Answer the question.
However, judging from the information he learned, the shogunate deliberately spread the news that Yoshida Shoin and Katsura Kogoro were to be executed, and it was obviously with bad intentions!
Regardless of him, Yoshida Shoin has heard of this person for a long time. He is a very famous scholar and has considerable influence in the Choshu clan. However, he is more like a theorist like a minister of the imperial court, and he is limited to Choshu and Satsuma. In remote areas of the west, their ideas pose no actual threat to the shogunate, so it is better to kill than to imprison, to imprison is better to imprison, and to imprison is worse than releasing;
But Katsura Kogoro is different, he is a man of action!
Not only was he on the shogunate's blacklist early due to Sorayama Kazuha, but these men actively organized and participated in the downfall activities, and became the leading figure of the young people with ideals in the Choshu Domain. The most important thing is that Katsura Kogoro is a genuine Shinto Muken-ryu swordsman.
The master is well-known in the circles of swordsmen in Edo and Choshu, and most of the people gathered around him are also good at martial arts. Once he participates in violent overthrow activities, his destructive power is far greater than the former, and he can be said to be a serious problem for the shogunate.
But in this case, why not execute him secretly when they caught him, but publicize it in a big way? Did he intentionally set a trap to lure his companions to come to the rescue, and then set the trap to catch them all, or was the target simply... an empty mountain?
You must know that rescuing a person when surrounded by a large army and well prepared is ten thousand times more difficult than escaping on your own!
Once the shogunate chooses a sparsely populated open area near Edo as the execution ground and ambush hundreds of foreign guns, iron cannons and crossbowmen, no matter how many people participate in the rescue, they will be shot into pieces before they even get close, as long as there is enough ammunition.
, it can be said that they will kill as many as they come.
Seijuro Hiko, who has practiced the swordsmanship of Sorayama Ichiha, knows very well where the limits of friends are. The legendary battle of one against a hundred is a joke!
Activating magical skills requires stamina and even physical potential! Those armored and well-trained Hatamoto Sorayama Kazuha can certainly kill ten or twenty people in one breath, but the energy consumed in doing so is also very serious, and the remaining ones
He was just frightened by his cruel and efficient killing, and he couldn't show a single point in his swordsmanship, so he was killed by Sorayama Kazuha during his escape.
If they choose to form a formation and resist, the one who escapes will probably be replaced by a close friend.
"But with your personality, will you escape? The man behind the shogunate must have figured this out for you! I hope you don't die. I only have a good opponent like you. Without you, the world would be too boring...
..." Higu Seijuro couldn't help but murmured.
"Huh? Master, what did you say?"
"Ah! It's nothing... Kenshin, practicing all day long will not do you any good. Would you like to go to Edo with my master to see..."