Chapter 15 The Wicked Boy of Thorns Hijikata Toshizo
A masculine man looked at you with such tender eyes - Qingdeng couldn't help but shudder a little.
"Kon, Kondo-kun, what's wrong?"
"Tachibana-kun." Kondo raised his hand and patted Aoto.
When Kondo stretched out his hand, Aoto almost subconsciously moved his shoulders back.
"Have you learned swordsmanship somewhere before? Have you used a sword frequently in your daily life?"
"No, I only learned one and a half moves from my late father. In daily life, when performing official duties, I often use bare hands or ten hands."
"The competition just now really amazed me!" Kondo's face was full of excitement. "Although your swordsmanship level needs to be improved, your talent is really excellent! Just now, when I saw that you can adjust your movements so quickly, I
I can’t believe my eyes!”
Kondo quickly praised Aoto without any mincing words.
"Kondo-kun, you are flattering me." Qingto said politely and modestly.
Qingdeng was smiling calmly on the surface.
But at this moment, deep in his heart, his emotions were so intense that they were like a violent whirlpool.
If Qingdeng were asked to describe his newly acquired talent in one sentence, it would be: A heifer cannot give birth to a calf - that’s awesome!
Everyone else could see that Qingdeng was making rapid progress in the battle just now, let alone Qingdeng as the person involved.
Just now, when he realized that his sword skills had become so much more powerful due to his actions, Qingden almost screamed in surprise.
It wasn't until that moment that Qingdeng truly understood what the term "extraordinary talent" meant.
Extraordinary talent means that you only spend 1% of your sweat to achieve what ordinary people can achieve with 99% of their sweat.
In the previous battle, Qingdeng did almost nothing and was able to perform very beautiful self-corrections on his movements. This feeling was something Qingdeng had never experienced, whether in his previous life or in this life.
And Kondo’s compliments continued:
"In just a few moments, swordsmanship can be improved so much - I have only seen such an amazing scene from Souji before in such a battle!"
Qingdeng: "General Director?"
"Ah, I never mentioned it to you." Kondo's lips curved with pride, "The Souji is the pride of our Imperial Guard Hall!"
"You have shown amazing talent in swordsmanship at a young age."
"When he first started learning the sword, he was just like you - no one taught him how to do it. He was able to adjust his sword skills more subtly and adjust his body posture to a posture more suitable for holding a sword."
"Kondo-san." Okita interjected with a slightly displeased expression, "Why are you giving me more and more titles? I can't bear to say that I am the pride of the Imperial Guard Hall."
"I'm just stating the facts." Kondo shrugged.
When Kondo and Okita were bickering over that, Aoto silently complained in his heart:
——Of course he is the same as me, because our swordsmanship talents are at the same level...
——The pride of the Imperial Guard... No wonder he has such an exaggerated talent as the "Excellent Swordsman".
——Huh? Right...
——I remembered...
——It was in Shannan that I heard the name "Okita Souji" for the first time...
Qingto suddenly realized at this moment - when he met Okita just now, after hearing Okita's self-introduction, why did he feel that his name was familiar?
Because he had just heard this name from his friend: Shannan Keisuke.
Shannan has mentioned before: Okita Souji of the Trial Guard Hall has such good strength that his master, the owner of the Little Chiba Sword Hall, couldn't help but extend an olive branch to him.
——No wonder he was specially praised by Shannan for his strength... With such talent in swordsmanship, it is strange that he is not strong...
At this thought, Qingto couldn't help but turn his gaze slightly, and quietly looked up and down at Okita next to him again.
If it weren't for the "Sword Talent" copied from him, it would be hard for Qingden to imagine that such a slender and beautiful boy could be a swordsman with such extraordinary talent and strength.
"Aoto, your swordsmanship talent is quite good! You are a very malleable talent!" Kondo shouted loudly, bringing Aoto's consciousness back to reality, "As long as you practice hard and practice hard, you will have great achievements in swordsmanship in the future.
, it must not be difficult!”
"I don't expect to achieve very high achievements in swordsmanship." Qingden said half-jokingly, "As long as the me of today can always be better than the me of yesterday."
Qingdeng's words were imitated by a friend from his previous life who worked out with him in the gym.
His friend often talks about the phrase "My goal is to make the person I am today better than the person I was yesterday", which was probably copied from somewhere on the Internet.
My friend looked very handsome when he said this - but if this friend could spend more time operating the equipment when he said this, instead of spending most of his time posing in front of the mirror and posting on Moments
If so, it would be even more handsome.
"Oh!" What Qingto said just now made Kondo's eyes light up, "What you just said is very good!"
"Okay! Let's stop chatting here." Kondo crossed his arms and said, "I already have a rough idea of your current level and talent."
"Your current level is still relatively average, so you have to start with the most basic sword-holding posture."
"How? Do you want to start training now?"
"Of course!" Qingdeng said without hesitation.
"Okay!" Kondo grinned, "Then..."
"Little Master! Little Master Kondo! Is Little Master Kondo here?"
Kondo was talking in high spirits when suddenly a loud shout came from the door of the dojo - the owner of the voice was a strong man dressed as a civilian.
"Xiao Liu?" Kondo cast a surprised look at the strong man, "Why are you here?"
"Little Master Kondo." The strong man whom Kondo called "Soroku" smiled bitterly, "Something happened to your Hijikata Toshizo."
As soon as Xiaoliu said this, Kondo and Okita's expressions suddenly changed.
"What happened to Ah Sui?" Kondo asked anxiously.
"Didn't Hijikata go back to his hometown in Tama to visit relatives a few days ago?" Xiaoliu said, "As you know, Hijikata has always been a restless person, so not long after returning to his hometown, in order to pass the boring time, he
He resumed his old business and went around Tama selling his Ishida powder."
"As a result, something happened just yesterday afternoon. A wave of people came to cause trouble for Hijikata."
"The man said that he was Hijikata's former buyer. He said that after he bought Hijikata's Ishida powder and returned home, he found that the medicine was of no use at all, so he gathered a group of people and wanted to come to Hijikata for an explanation."
"That group of people is coming in a ferocious manner. There are more than 20 people in total."
"You also know what kind of temper Hijikata that thorny evil boy has. He started fighting with those people directly."
"One person beats more than 20 people, and the result is chaos."
"Although Hijikata won the battle, he was seriously injured. He is currently recuperating in his hometown in Tama."
"Although Hijikata asked his family not to tell you about his injury, Hijikata's brother-in-law Sato decided to send me to inform you of the matter."
"Where are Mr. Hijikata injured?" As soon as Xiaoliu finished speaking, Okita asked quickly.
"The leg and forehead are injured." Xiaoliu replied, "The leg injury seems to be quite serious. He will probably have to stay in bed for the next few days."
"Soji!" Kondo shouted to Okita without thinking, "You stay here, I will go back to Tama now to see how Sui is doing."
"I want to go too!" Okita responded without hesitation, "Mr. Hijikata is injured. How can I pretend that I didn't hear it and continue to stay in Edo with peace of mind?"
"No. If you come with me to visit Hijikata, then who should be in charge of the trial defense hall?"
Kondo and Okita had a big argument over "visiting Hijikata".
Ainoto, who didn't know Hijikata at all, quietly walked up to Suzuki and asked:
"That...Hijikata is?"
"Hijikata Toshizo. One of the disciples of our Imperial Guard Hall." Suzuki quietly introduced to Qingto, "You are new here. You probably don't know about the 'Five Great Vajras' of our Imperial Guard Hall yet, right?"
Qingdeng: “I really don’t know.”
"You are now also a member of our Trial Guard Hall. You must pay more attention to the five people in our Trial Guard Hall who are collectively known as the 'Five Great Vajras' in the future."
Suzuki cleared his throat, and then talked eloquently:
"The first person is the owner of our training hall, our master - Mr. Shusuke Kondo."
"Although the master is 68 years old this year, he is still in good health. He usually looks kind and kind, but he is particularly strict only on matters related to swordsmanship."
"In the future, remember not to do anything that insults swordsmanship in front of the master, such as deliberately making the bamboo sword dirty. What the master hates most is people who are disrespectful to swords and swordsmanship."
"The second person is the little master...ah, Mr. Isamu Kondo."
"Because Mr. Kondo Isamu is the teacher of our imperial examination hall and the young master of our swordsmanship hall, we usually like to call Mr. Kondo Isamu the little master."
"Because the master is old, he has basically left the management of the sword hall and the teaching of swordsmanship to the young master."
"It won't be long before the young master will probably inherit this imperial examination hall and officially inherit the position of head of the Tennis Rishin-ryu clan, becoming the fourth generation head of the Tensen Rishin-ryu clan."
"The third person is Okita Souji-kun."
"The relationship between the Okita family and the Kondo family is very good. The two families are as close as one family."
"The relationship between young master and Okita-kun is almost that of brothers."
"And Okita-kun is also very senior in our Shiwei Hall. He became the master's inner disciple when he was 9 years old and entered the Shiwei Hall to practice Natural Rishin-ryu."
"If I remember correctly...Okita-kun is 16 years old this year, which means this is his seventh year in the Imperial Guard Hall."
"Currently, there are almost no apprentices older than Okita-kun in the entire imperial examination hall."
"If neither the master nor the young master happens to be in the sword hall, the trial guard hall will be directly managed by Okita-kun."
"My little master often asks Okita-kun to share the management of the sword hall and the teaching of swordsmanship."
"Okita-kun's status in the trial guard hall can be said to be second only to the young master."
"Are we as close as brothers..." Qingto recalled the scene where Okita's hands were bound by his rope-catching technique and Kondo teased Okita, "No wonder their relationship seems to be very good."
Suzuki’s explanation of the “Five King Kongs” continues——
"And the fourth person...is Hijikata Toshizo."
At this point, Suzuki's mouth twitched.
"Hijikata Toshizo is the second most troublesome person in our Imperial Guard Hall."
"If you encounter him in the future, remember to be more careful."
"What kind of troublesome method?" Qingdeng asked.
"He is one of the disciples of our trial defense hall."
"This man and the young master are fellow villagers. They were both born in Tama, not far from Edo."
"Young master, Hijikata-kun, and Okita-kun, the three of them have a very close relationship. The relationship between the three of them is so good that they can be regarded as half-brothers, just like Liu Guanzhang in "Three Kingdoms"."
"Hijikata-kun has a bad temper and a poisonous mouth, so he often causes troubles outside, and fights with others are commonplace, so he is nicknamed the 'Wicked Boy with Thorns'."
Having said this, Suzuki looked at Kondo and Okita who were still arguing.
"Hijikata-kun went back to his hometown in Tama a few days ago to see his family."
"Oh, I can still be so restless even when I go back to my hometown... This thorny evil boy is really..."
Having said this, Suzuki smiled bitterly and shook his head.
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