The seventh year of Anzheng (1860), January 16——
The vacation system of the Edo Administrative Office is "two days off and one day off".
That is, 2 days of work and 1 day of rest.
Although it seems very refreshing, you can only enjoy such a user-friendly vacation system if you are lucky.
For "three times" samurai like Seito and others, it is extremely normal for them to not take a vacation for more than ten days or even more than a month in a row no matter what big case they encounter.
Fortunately - Qingdeng's luck is very good now.
On his second day at work, except for the "meow meow meow meow" incident of Mai Kinoshita on the patrol road, he didn't encounter any incidents.
The second day of work was spent calmly and peacefully.
For Qingdeng, who can't wait to increase his strength as soon as possible, what he is looking forward to most now is undoubtedly the vacation.
Because in this way, you can go to the trial guard hall to practice swordsmanship.
Qingnobo, who didn't have any cases or important things to deal with at hand, worked for two days and took the long-awaited vacation. As soon as he got up, he excitedly picked up the lunch box that Kubei prepared for him and went straight to the hospital.
Trial Guard House.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of the Trial Guard Hall, Qingdeng noticed that the Trial Guard Hall seemed a bit lively today. Standing outside the gate, he could already hear shouts and the sound of bamboo swords clashing inside.
After entering the dojo and looking around, Qingden found a familiar tall figure.
"Kondo-kun." Aoden smiled and walked quickly to greet this familiar tall figure, Isamu Kondo, who was instructing a certain apprentice on how to hold a sword.
"Oh!" Kondo raised his eyebrows at Qingto and said with a smile, "Tachibana-kun, are you here to practice swordsmanship? Ha, for some reason, I feel like I haven't seen you for a long time. Don't you need to go to the execution office to pay your respects today?
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"There are no cases that need to be dealt with at hand, so I can enjoy my vacation today." After saying that, Qingden looked around the dojo again, "There are quite a lot of people today..."
There are about ten apprentices currently practicing swordsmanship in the dojo.
There were so many people coming here to practice swordplay so early in the morning, which really surprised Qingdeng.
"Yes." Kondo sighed with emotion, "Occasionally, there will be a few days when more people come to the sword hall to practice swordsmanship."
"Ha...it would be great if it could be so lively every day."
"Huh? Why don't you see Okita-kun?" Only then did Qingto realize that the beautiful boy was nowhere to be seen in the dojo.
"Oh, Souji went to buy Jinpei candy." Kondo smiled helplessly, "Souji is a big glutton, and he especially loves to eat Jinpei candy."
"I eat Jinping candy more often than I eat rice."
"Last night he saw that there were not many Jinping candies left in the store at home, so this morning he ran to the snack shop he often patronizes to 'restock'."
"It will probably take a while for him to come back."
Having said this, Kondo put his hands on his hips and sighed softly.
"It's a blessing that he can eat so many Jinping candies every day and his teeth won't break..."
Kondo turned his attention back to Qingto.
"Okay, leave the chief alone."
"Ji Jun, you came at the right time today."
"I came just in time? What do you mean?" Qingdeng looked confused.
"Father...ah, our master came back yesterday." Kondo smiled, "I have already told him about you."
"As for your new apprentice, father has been saying since yesterday that he wants to see you soon."
"I thought it would take a few more days before you could find time to practice sword practice here again."
"I didn't expect to see you again so soon."
The current owner of this imperial examination hall is Kondo Shusuke. Aoto has heard of his name for a long time, but he has yet to meet him.
On the day before yesterday, when I came to the Trial Guard Hall for the first time, I missed Shusuke because he was out of town for something and happened to be away from the sword hall.
Qingdeng was also quite curious about this master whom he had never had the opportunity to meet.
"Kondo-kun, since the master has returned, where is he now?"
Qingdeng’s question just came out——
"Hohoho, are you that Tachibana Aoden?"
The old voice that reminded people of "Dead Branch" suddenly attracted Qingdeng's attention.
Qingdeng quickly followed the direction from which the old male voice came, that is, looked behind him.
As soon as his eyes turned behind him, a trace of surprise emerged from Qingdeng's brows at the figure that came into view.
Standing behind him... was an old man with a hunched back and a rather short stature.
The old man was holding his hands behind his back and looking at Qingdeng with a warm smile.
"Father!" Kondo took a few steps quickly and ran to the old man's side.
The apprentices who were practicing swordplay in the dojo stopped what they were doing, bowed to the old man and shouted "Good morning, master" one by one.
Isamu Kondo can be called master, and the apprentices in the dojo can call him master... There is only one person who can be called that by them.
After realizing who this old man was, Qingdeng quickly bowed to the old man and responded loudly to the question asked by Zhou Zhu:
"I am Tachibana Aoden!"
While saying hello to this old man...that is, Shusuke Kondo, Qingto secretly looked at his master from the corner of his eyes.
——This person...is Kondo Shusuke?
At first glance, the first impression that Kondo Shusuke gave him... was that he was short.
But his "shortness" is just short compared to tall men like Aoto and Isamu Kondo who are close to 1.8 meters tall.
Compared with most men of this era, Kondo Shusuke has a normal height.
And the second impression... was his little eyes.
This was the first time Qingden saw such narrow eyes that made it difficult to tell whether he was opening or closing his eyes.
As for the third impression...it is that the person seems to be very gentle.
The corners of his mouth were always slightly upward, with a warm smile on his face, and he looked like the kind of person he was easy to get along with.
Zhou Assistant raised his hand to signal everyone around him to excuse himself, then raised his eyes with a smile and looked Qingdeng up and down.
"Hohohohoho... You are Ju Qingden, you are so tall."
Zhou Zhu stood on his tiptoes and raised his hand to compare the height difference between himself and Qingden with a slightly funny movement.
Seeing Zhouzhu's slightly funny action, Qingdeng couldn't help but laugh.
"I already heard about you from Yong yesterday."
"Ting Yong said: Not only are you extremely talented in swordsmanship, you are also very proficient in unarmed combat."
"I don't dare to take it seriously as being proficient," Qingdeng said modestly.
After Zhou Zhu laughed a few times, he put his hands behind his back.
"Although Yong has already tested your strength on the first day you came to the trial gym."
"But I haven't seen how strong your new apprentice is."
"If it's convenient, can you let me see how strong you are now?"
Qingdeng was stunned for a moment, then quickly said: "Of course it's no problem."
Zhou Assistant nodded: "Then... I want to start with your unarmed combat skills."
"You want to see my unarmed martial arts?" Qingden was surprised.
"In this day and age, samurai who are good at unarmed combat are very rare." Zhousuke smiled, "I really want to see how good your unarmed combat skills are. Is that okay? If you don't want to, I won't force you.
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"Of course." Qingdeng nodded quickly, "I'm very happy."
If he wanted to test his strength, he would naturally have to compete with others.
Being able to compete reasonably with others, and even using his best hand-to-hand combat skills to compete with others - Qingden couldn't think of any reason to refuse such a satisfying thing.
"Okay, then——Yong." Zhousuke glanced at Kondo who was standing beside him, "You come to compete with Tachibana."
"Me?" Kondo was startled, stretched out his hand and pointed at himself.
"You are the only one here who knows a little bit about unarmed combat." Shusuke Kondo said calmly, "If I don't send you, who will I send?"
"Then...ok, I understand."
Aoto was overjoyed when he saw that Zhou's assistant sent Kondo to the field.
Being able to compete with Kondo - that's what he wants.
The day before yesterday, because Kondo had to rush back to Tama to visit Hijikata Toshizo, Aoto was unable to compete with Kondo at that time and lost an opportunity to see if Kondo had any talent in his body.
Now that he could make up for this regret, Qingdeng couldn't help but feel happy.
All the apprentices in the dojo retreated to the side of the dojo to make way for Aoto and Kondo.
Zhousuke, on the other hand, was sitting cross-legged on the front seat of the dojo, watching with interest the two people who had begun to salute.
After saluting, Kondo took a deep breath and then crossed his legs.
——Jiu Jitsu...
Qingto was keen on unarmed combat in his previous life and was more or less familiar with all major unarmed combat arts. He just glanced at Kondo's stance and recognized what kind of martial art he was using.
Aoto not only saw at a glance that the martial art Kondo used was jujitsu, but also saw that his jujitsu level was not very good.
Such an awkward posture... Aonto speculated that Kondo's jujitsu was probably only at the "Three-Legged Cat" level.
If it was a swordsmanship competition... then Aomori felt that he would definitely be killed by Kondo, the master of the swordsmanship hall.
But if it's better than unarmed fighting...
Qingdeng let out a long sigh and raised his hands in a grabbing posture.
With every move you make, you feel confident!
"Drink——!" Kondo let out an astonishing kiai as he slid towards Aoto.
Although Kondo is nearly 1.8 meters tall and has a strong body, he is not so strong that his "tonnage" directly exceeds Ainoto's by an order of magnitude.
Therefore, facing Kondo who was running towards him, Aoto did not dodge, but boldly dodged to the side, then stepped forward and hugged Kondo.
Kondo's reaction was extremely fast. After Aoto picked him up, his Jiu-Jitsu level was only at the level of a "three-legged cat" and he immediately began to struggle, trying to break Aoto free with brute force.
Kondo's strength, like his size, is indeed far superior to Aoto's.
But the difference in strength and weight between the two is not so great that Qingto cannot make up for it with his skills!
Qingto took a deep breath, waved his hands as if performing a superb magic trick, and used grappling techniques to lock Kondo's arms in one breath.
Kondo struggled subconsciously, but he was surprised to find that he couldn't use his strength at all.
The harder he tried, the more he tried to free his arms from Qingdeng's control, the more and more severe pain would spread down his arms and throughout his body.
He felt that if he forced his two arms out of Qingdeng's control, his arms would definitely be dislocated.
Seeing Kondo being restrained by Aoto so quickly, Shusuke's brows raised in surprise.
Then, a smile appeared from the corner of his mouth.
"Okay, that's it for now!"
Hearing Shusuke's call to stop, Aomori hurriedly let go of Kondo's arms.
And at this moment——
[Ding! Talent scanned]
[Successfully copied talent: "Lonely"]
[Introduction to talent: The greater the number of enemies and the stronger the enemy's strength, the more they can ignite their fighting spirit and use their own strength to extraordinary extent. (Note: There is a limit to the extraordinary expression of strength)]
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