Chapter 257 Now is the time for Qingdeng to show off. Both girls are amazing with their skills
Li!【6300】
August 29, the first year of Wanyan (1860), afternoon——
Edo, Xiao Town, Tsukinomiya Shrine, somewhere——
This is the time when the temperature is the highest of the day.
The sun has unleashed all its heat, and the air between heaven and earth has been heated to a crisp.
The shadows of everything exposed to the sun were illuminated by the blazing sunlight like thick ink, sticking to the ground like a layer of burnt black paint.
Qingden, who did not want to suffer from the burning sun, carefully clung to the shadow of the verandah, followed step by step behind the twins Sae and Yae, and headed towards an unknown location.
Mr. Tachibana, please come with me. Yae and I will take you to the training ground for the first training - these are the exact words Sae said to Aonto just now.
Qingteng asked Shazhong what he was going to train for today, but Shazhong kept it secret and said, "You'll know when you get to the training ground."
Qingdeng was quite curious about what kind of martial arts and skills the new Yutingban practiced on a daily basis.
Since Sha Zhong was betrayed, there was nothing else to do. He could only suppress his expectations for the time being, follow the twins' arrangements, and follow them to the so-called "training ground".
After walking all the way to the deepest part of Tsukinomiya Shrine, Sae and Yae, who were leading the way, finally stopped.
"Mr. Tachibana, we are here."
Shazhong turned around and said to Qingdeng.
Qingden raised his eyes and looked forward.
The first thing that caught Qingdeng's eyes was the wooden stakes inserted upside down in the ground and arranged in a staggered manner.
At first glance, these wooden piles are arranged randomly. But after a closer look, you can find that the arrangement of these wooden piles has a certain pattern.
The further north you go...that is, the closer you get to Qingdeng, the side where the "Second Layer" sisters are currently standing, the wider the cross-section of the wooden pile and the shorter the height.
The shortest and widest wooden stake is about 2 meters high and as wide as an adult man's foot.
The further south you go, the taller the wooden piles are and the narrower the cross-section.
The tallest and narrowest wooden stake is nearly 5 meters, so narrow that even if a child is allowed to stand in the "golden rooster independent" posture, he may not be able to stand firmly.
"Mr. Tachibana, this is the place where we and other new Banshi warriors of the new Royal Court Banner will practice their 'shenfa'."
After saying that, Sasaki put her small white hands into the lapels of her coat and took out a blue scroll.
At the same time, Yae also put his hand into the lapel of his clothes and took out a Juju.
I don’t know how these two little guys, less than 1.4 meters tall, put such big things into their clothes...
According to what Tianzhang Yuan said this morning, although these two sisters look like "Can you tell I'm a primary school student?", they are actually both 18-year-old adults of the same age as Qingdeng.
Since they were peers... for the sake of politeness, Qingdeng decided to use honorifics for the two sisters and add the suffix "Miss" to their titles.
"Miss Sasaki..."
"Listen up, junior! Before we officially start today's training, I want to tell you something important first!"
...junior?
Qingto, who was interrupted by Yae's intervention, realized after a moment that the "junior" Yae mentioned was referring to him.
Qingden turned to look at Yae.
"Ms. Yae, what's wrong?"
"You need to change how you address me and my sister!"
Yae put his right hand on his shoulder and put his left hand on his hip, showing a very proud expression.
"Our New Royal Court Fan is an organization that respects seniority and inferiority!"
"My sister and I entered the new imperial court before you! So we are your seniors! You have to call me and my sister 'senpai'!"
Yae put down the ten hands on his shoulders and pointed at Qingdeng's face with the top of his ten hands.
Although she showed a fierce expression with slightly furrowed eyebrows and slightly curled red lips, because of her cute appearance and her petite body, she didn't look scary or menacing at all.
"Yae, don't point at people like this, it's rude."
Shazhong slapped the Jushou out of Yae's hand, then bent down and bowed lightly to Qingden.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Tachibana, please forgive my sister for being rude."
"My sister is a little complacent."
"Before you joined the New Royal Court Fan, my sister and I were the youngest people in the New Royal Court Fan."
"Finally, a newcomer who is newer than me has arrived. This makes my sister, who has always wanted to have a junior at her disposal, very excited and looking forward to it."
"This morning, my sister has been secretly hiding in the woods behind the shrine, quietly practicing how to show off as a senior to the new juniors."
"As a result, the results of the practice were not shown at all."
"When I came to your rest room just now and called you to the training ground to train, my sister was too ashamed and nervous, so she said 'junior! The happy rest time is over!'"
"Senior, I will train you strictly from today on!" I couldn't wait to say anything but it was too late... Ah, no, I was too embarrassed to say it."
But Yae's roar...corrected, it was a wailing sound with a sense of despair, cutting off Sae's words.
Yae, who had his head hanging low, held his head with both hands and let out a shrill scream.
His eyesight wandered wildly and his eyes were cloudy.
Her little face, which was no bigger than Qingden's palm, suddenly turned extremely red, as if she could bleed with just a pinch.
"Stop talking! Stop talking! My senior's dignity will be ruined by you!"
Yae struck a hungry tiger...corrected, it was a "short-footed tiger pounces on food", and pounced on Saege, trying to block Saege's mouth.
But it was easily dodged by Shazhong, who seemed to have predicted his movements in advance.
The moment Yae pounced on her, Sasuke gently moved her lotus feet, which were covered with clean white socks and red button straws, and stepped out of the reach of Yae's arms.
Qingden was not sure whether he had seen it wrong, but he vaguely noticed that Sa Zhong's little face, which lacked any expression and seemed to have a dull expression, now seemed to have a faint smile.
The evil smile of a successful prank...
"...Kukukukukuku...~~"
Not only could I vaguely see a bad smile, but I could also vaguely hear a cheerful laugh with malicious intent...
Yae, whose face was still extremely red, was preparing to attack a second time.
But he was stopped by Sha Zhong’s words:
"Yae, your childish look will only make your senior's dignity even more fragile."
"Gu...!"
Yae's body suddenly froze.
Taking advantage of the moment when Yae's message stopped, Saege raised her hand to stroke Yae's hair as if she were soothing her own pet.
"Mr. Tachibana, New Royal Court Fan is indeed an organization that pays great attention to seniority, but it does not force everyone who comes late to call "senpai" to those who come first."
"So you can call us casually, and you don't have to be so formal."
Hearing what Sae said, Yae immediately looked like he had something to say but was hesitant to say it.
After a while, Yae's "hesitation to speak" turned into flattened lips and a look of loss on her face - all these small expressions of hers were fully visible to Qingto.
Titles and so on... In Qingdeng's eyes, this matter is completely insignificant.
Since Yae likes to be called "senpai", it might not be a bad idea to fulfill her little wish.
Anyway, when it comes to the order of entry into the New Imperial Garden, Yae is indeed Aoto's senior, so it makes sense to call her senior.
Thinking of this, Qingden cleared his throat:
"Then I'd better call you two seniors. After all, to me, you two are indeed the old people in the New Royal Court series."
As soon as Qingteng finished speaking, Yae suddenly raised his head, straightened his back, and stared at Qingteng with fiercely flashing eyes, as if an electric current was flowing through his body.
Immediately afterwards, she put her hands on her hips, raised her chest without any distortion to the lines of her clothes, her eyes were half-squinted, and the corners of her mouth curled up as if she had heard some praise.
"Like, that's great!"
"Mr. Tachibana, you should call me 'Miss Sashige'."
Saju, who did not show a happy expression like Yae, shook her head gently.
"I'm not used to the title 'senior'..."
"Um...ok, I understand." Qingden nodded.
"I wasted a lot of time by not paying attention. Let's get back to the topic."
Sasaka turned around and faced the dense mass of wooden piles again.
"Mr. Tachibana, before we officially start practicing, please allow me to introduce you."
"The core members of my new Imperial Palace all practice a ninjutsu called 'Cloud Style'."
Qingdeng: "Yunliu?"
A genre that I have never heard of...
Qingto didn't know anything about ninjutsu. He had only heard of Iga and Koga, the two major ninja groups that had shined in the Warring States Period 300 years ago.
The Warring States Period, a time of chaos and chaos, was the golden age for the development of ninja power, and it was also the period when their power reached its greatest peak.
At that time, ninjas were more like mercenaries. They would work for anyone who paid to hire them.
The missions that ninjas specialize in are... to put it mildly, they are secret missions.
To put it bluntly, it is just some dirty work that is shameful and shameless.
For example: collecting intelligence, spreading rumors in enemy territory, setting fire to enemy military strongholds...
During the warring states, which lasted for more than a hundred years, countless ninja groups were born.
Among these many ninja groups, the five major ninjas, namely: Iga no Sato, Koka no Sato, Fuuma no Sato, Togakushi no Sato, and Manten no Sato are the most famous.
Among the five great ninjas, the most famous and well-known to the public are Iga and Koga.
It is said that Iga is good at fighting, and Koga is good at sneaking, gathering intelligence and using drugs.
Since ancient times, standing in line has been a science.
Even if you don't have great abilities, as long as you know how to stand in line, you will have the opportunity to achieve incredible results.
Most of these five great ninjas perished because they were on the wrong team... Only Iga No Sato survived the Warring States Period because he successfully stood on the wrong team.
Iga no Sato firmly supported the Tokugawa family in the late Warring States Period. After Tokugawa Ieyasu pacified Japan and established the Edo shogunate, Iga no Sato was recruited as the "royal ninja" of the shogunate.
Under the canonization of the Edo shogunate, Iga no Sato officially ushered in their golden age.
It's a pity that Iga no Sato suddenly perished due to unknown reasons more than a hundred years ago.
Some people say that the Edo shogunate was killing the donkey. They felt that in today's peaceful world, ninjas were not only useless, but also a double-edged sword that might hurt themselves, so they secretly sent people to destroy them.
Iga no Sato.
Some people say that it was because divisions and internal strife occurred within Iga No Sato due to different ideas of survival, and that they died at their own hands.
Some people also say that Iga no Sato accidentally provoked someone he shouldn't have provoked, and that person massacred the whole family.
There are different opinions, and no one knows what the historical truth is.
Today, the so-called "Five Great Ninjas" have become history.
To be honest - this morning, when I learned from Tianzhangin that these two sisters, Sae and Yae, were female ninjas trained by the new imperial family with a lot of energy and hard work, the reason why Qingto was so shocked was that on the one hand
Because we didn't know the true age of the twins at the time, but on the other hand, we were shocked that there were still ninjas in this era.
Ever since time travel, Qingden has always thought that the "ninja" group has long become a thing of the past.
Unexpectedly, not only did this group not die out, but there was also a ninjutsu school that I had never heard of that was spread throughout the world.
"Yunliu is where Master Yu Du, in order to enhance the combat effectiveness of the new Yutingban, convened a group of martial arts masters led by Tianye who are proficient in ninjutsu, jujutsu, Tangshou, bonejutsu and other martial arts to learn about various schools. A brand new school of ninjutsu created over a long period of time."
Shazhong's explanation was devoid of any emotion, and her tone was so flat that there was no ups and downs in it, which brought Qingden's consciousness back to reality from a slight trance.
God... When he heard this title, Qingdeng blinked in confusion, but he quickly recalled that the "God" in Sha Zhong's mouth was the God who had a big fight with him this morning. Cang Xiao.
"The new Yutingban is positioned as a covert force specializing in various covert missions. It is not a combat force responsible for fighting the enemy head-on."
"So at the request of Master Yu Du, almost all of Yunliu's ninjutsu serve the following purposes: 'How to sneak into the enemy's base; how to collect intelligence; how to fight the enemy in narrow spaces such as rooms and corridors'."
"Therefore, although there are many ninjutsu in Unryu, they can be roughly divided into the following three categories."
Shazhong raised 3 fingers.
"Skills that are useful for moving in various complex terrains and sneaking into various buildings."
"Indoor fighting techniques to suppress enemies in narrow spaces"
"Lock-picking, makeup, cross-dressing, medicine and other magical skills."
"Mr. Orange, what you want to do now is body training."
"My sister is one of the people in the New Royal Court series who has the best body skills."
"If nothing unexpected happens, my sister will be your Shenfa teacher until you start training."
——Yatae is here to teach me body skills?
Qingdeng raised his eyebrows, turned his eyes, and looked at the young senior.
——This little girl is actually so powerful... I can’t tell.
Even though he already knew that the "second" sisters were the same age as him, the childlike appearance of these two ladies still made Qingdeng subconsciously treat them like children.
Yae noticed Aoto's gaze and closed his eyes triumphantly.
With her hands on her hips, she raised her head so high that her entire white neck was exposed to Qingden's sight.
"Without further ado, let's start today's training directly."
Shazhong pulled open the scroll he had just taken out from his lapel.
"Mr. Ju, now let me let my sister demonstrate Yunliu's movement skills for you. Eight layers, enter."
"Okay...Hey! Why does it feel like your tone is like asking a dog!"
After arguing with Shae, Yae turned his attention back to Qingden.
"Junior! Cheer up!"
Yae raised his ten hands and gently patted his right shoulder.
"I will demonstrate Yunliu's movement skills to you next! Remember to watch carefully!"
After saying that, Yae kicked off the red button straw shoes on his feet, and stepped directly on the ground with his little feet wearing white cloth socks.
After a few simple steps, Yae jumped up onto a wooden stake in front of him.
Yae, wearing a white miko costume with a white upper part and a red lower part, is like a beautiful butterfly dancing, flying back and forth on the wooden pile as if walking on the ground.
At first glance, Yae seemed to have broken free from the shackles of gravity and floated up. No matter which wooden stake it was, whether it was as wide as the mouth of a bowl or as narrow as the tip of a cone, Yae's small toes could hold it firmly.
Stand upon it.
Sae said that Yae is the person with the best body skills in the New Imperial Court series... Apparently, this is not a lie or a boast.
As a martial artist who already had certain attainments in martial arts, Qingden quickly saw the profound skills and knowledge hidden under the beautiful and light figure of Yae Layer's fluttering clothes.
Every jump Yae makes is not a random jump.
Every time she accumulates strength, jumps, stabilizes her body's center of gravity... these movements of hers have a very special way of exerting muscle force.
——Is this Yunliu’s footwork...
Qingdeng suddenly realized that this "Yunliu" created by the masters of many schools seemed to be far more powerful than he had imagined.
Just when Qingden wanted to watch Yae's foot movement and force-generating skills for a while longer, the red and white "butterflies" stopped and stopped flying.
Yae stood in the independent posture of a golden rooster on the thinnest wooden stake in this forest of wooden stakes - this wooden stake was only two fingers wide of an adult.
This cannot be called a "pile". It may be more accurate to call it a "stick".
Even a petite person like Yae had to use only one foot and stand on tiptoe to stand on this "stick".
I saw Yae pressing the big toe and second toe of his right foot against the wooden stick. The stability of his body was maintained entirely by these two toes. As a result, Yae stood extremely stable, and his body did not even sway.
"sharp!"
A big living person can stand on a wooden stick with only two toes as calm as a mountain. Seeing this extremely counterintuitive scene, Qingdeng was amazed and applauded sincerely.
Yae seemed to be very proud.
Hearing Qingdeng's praise, she smiled "hum hum hum", put her hands on her hips, her nostrils turned upward, tapped her toes, and jumped off the wooden stick.
"This forest of wooden stakes is specially used to hone the basic skills of Yunliu footwork."
Yae carried her juju and walked quickly towards Qingdeng.
"Only when you have practiced enough to be able to move freely in this forest of wooden stakes can you have laid the foundation for footwork."
"Junior, did you pay close attention to how I moved on each wooden stake just now?"
"Okay, get on the stakes now!"
Yae pointed at the forest of wooden piles behind him with his ten hands.
"Stand on the wooden stake and try to imitate what I just did."
As soon as Yae finished speaking, Saege quickly interjected:
"Yae, let Mr. Tachibana get involved now? Isn't this too fast..."
Before Saege could finish her words, she was interrupted by Yae:
"I am the body technique teacher of the younger generations!"
Yae put his hands on his hips and chopped off his feet.
"I have the final say on how to teach my disciples! Didn't God teach us the same way when he taught us body movements? After he showed us Yunliu's footwork, he drove us directly to the wooden pile."
"..." Yae, who often suppressed and bullied Yae with her words, was rarely speechless by Yae.
While the two sisters were bickering, Qingdeng silently stared at the wooden stake in front of him.
"...I understand. Although I don't know if I can perfectly replicate the actions that senior just made...but I will try my best."
Qingdeng held on to the saber at his waist and walked straight to the forest of stakes ahead.
"Huh?" Qingden's attitude of readily acceding to her teaching request made Yae slightly surprised.
"Uh, um... junior, let me remind you! One mistake that beginners often make is to underestimate the wooden stakes."
"Stake jumping is much harder than you think! So be more careful! If you get injured and delay your subsequent training, you'll be in trouble!"
"Oh." A hint of a smile appeared at the corner of Saezhong's mouth, "Yae, you are so cute when you want to act like a strict teacher but also feel sorry for your junior and disciple."
"Hey, long-winded!"
Yae's face turned red again, and he bared his teeth at Saege, revealing a pair of tiger fangs near the corners of his mouth.
Qingdeng turned back, smiled at the two sisters who were unexpectedly noisy but also surprisingly interesting, and then returned his gaze to the forest of wooden piles in front of him.
——Wood piles...I don’t know how the roof compares...
Qingdeng did not jump over the wooden stake.
But before that, accompanied by Mai Kinoshita, he jumped over many rooftops as a "Fox Monk"!
Qingdeng only stayed in front of the thickest wooden stake for a moment, then turned around and walked towards a certain wooden stake that was only as wide as a fist.
Qingteng's action made the two sisters, including Saju, who always had a calm expression, look shocked.
"Hey! Junior! What are you doing!"
Yae said quickly.
"Didn't you hear what I just said? Did I say it? Jumping on wooden poles is much harder than you think! It's fine if you don't listen to my advice. Why are you so ambitious?"
At this time, Shazhong also joined in the persuasion.
"Mr. Tachibana, I suggest you start practicing with the simplest wooden stake. Even the simplest wooden stake is not that easy for beginners to stand firmly."
Yae took over the conversation again:
"I'll be the first to say something ugly! If you accidentally fall off the wooden post and end up in a mess, don't blame me for not mentioning it..."
Yae's words stopped abruptly.
At the same time, Sasaki also became speechless.
The two women, who were speechless, looked at Qingdeng with straight hair and dazed eyes.
When the two girls earnestly advised Qingdeng not to sacrifice the near for the far, Qingdeng turned his body upwards lightly like origami, and stood firmly on the wooden stake only as wide as an adult's fist with only one foot.
His body didn't even sway.
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Book friends who have played "Persona 5" must be familiar with the personal images of Sae and Yae (Leopard Fat.jpg)
When I played "Persona 5", I liked Karolina and Restina the most. Especially Karolina. I always wanted to make this kind of fierce and cute little lolita who is actually very old.
Write it into my work.
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Saege, Yae, and Amakura Oo were all sweeping the floor when they first appeared. This is actually a historical joke.
Because according to historical records, when the general summoned the banshi of the Imperial Court Banner, the warriors were required to bring a broom and lie flat on the ground with the broom in their left hand to prove their identity as the Imperial Court Banner.
