On the second floor of the Sword Heroes Club, walking through the conference hall that is placed with a mess of personal belongings, it doesn't look like a conference hall at all, there is a kendo room dedicated to the sword masters to try and learn, but this kendo room is not a general trial and competition can be used, here, it is worth recording in the sword master club database, and the top sword masters will open and use it when they compete.

On the ground on one side, four years ago, Liu Shengyuan and the volley sword, the sword marks that were chopped out are still on the floor, but the edge of the sword marks has now been inlaid with a layer of silver-white metal edging, making this sword mark even more shocking At the same time, it also protects the floor from further cracking.

Today, the room was opened again.

"Oshima-kun, please!" said today's Chief Sasaki Shinpei with a rare smile on his hippie smile.

This battle was initiated by Shinpei Sasaki.

Today's Sasaki Zhenping has shown an old state on his face, four years have passed, and now he is in his early seventies, even if he has also cultivated the secret method of Taoism and health preservation, his body has begun to decline in recent years, maybe others can't see it, but Sasaki Zhenping himself knows that he is no longer suitable for holding a sword.

Four years ago, Sasaki Shinpei had planned to retire, but Oshima Hui, who was his most optimistic swordsman, left the swordsman club desperately in order to pursue the sword saint realm.

Immediately afterwards, the young sword saint Yanagi Shengyuan and turned out to be born, covering for a while, known as the 'East Sword Saint', Sasaki Jinpei thought that he could finally hand over the burden.

As a result, the wayward young sword master not only did not mean to take over, but went to Chiqi for further study. In the past four years, he has only appeared in the Sword Hero Club a handful of times, and such a person has no way to inherit the Sword Hero Club.

Fortunately, there is now a more ideal successor - Megumi Oshima is back.

Four years ago, Megumi Oshima was the second seat of the Sword Heroes Club, and in terms of performance, personal prestige and management ability, she was much more suitable than the stinky boy who didn't do his job.

However, today's battle is still necessary, although the chief of the Sword Hero Club does not necessarily require that the sword master attainment is the first in the Sword Hero Club, but as a swordsman who is about to take over the head of the Sword Hero Club, he must also prove his ability to everyone, and this is also one of the rituals of the Sword Hero Club.

"Sasaki-senpai, please first!" Oshima Hui bowed slightly and said calmly.

Today's Megumi Oshima is wearing a black kendo uniform printed with many pink cherry blossom petals, and she also has a single ponytail tied on the back of her head for the first time, with her face that is more than ten years younger, which is completely different from her previous image.

"Hirota, do you know what's going on? Why did Oshima-sensei become so young? It's like a different person?"

Sitting on the left side of Kazuko Hirota, Nakajima Kampata, looked at the two people on the field and asked in a low voice.

Kazuko Hirota is now a full member of the Sword Warrior Guild and is eligible to sit in the front row and watch the fight.

And beside them, all the members of the Sword Heroes Club were present to witness the trial union of the two chiefs who were about to replace the old and the new.

"I don't know, but the teacher's current changes should be related to the teacher's healing by Yanagi Shengjun this time.

And the teacher seems a little strange after his physical recovery this time, and he often stands in the yard these days, looking at the sky in a daze, and he doesn't know what he is thinking. Kazuko Hirota replied in a whisper.

"Do you think that Oshima-sensei can defeat Chief Sasaki this time?" Sasaki Shinpei's thoughts about preparing for retirement all these years are clearly known to everyone in the Sword Heroes Association.

"It's definitely no problem, the current teacher has completely surpassed the realm of the sword hero, although Chief Sasaki is very strong, but compared to the current teacher, he is no longer a level of swordsman. ”

Kazuko Hirota said with certainty that in the past few days, although she had never seen Megumi Oshima wield a sword, by the teacher's side, an invisible sense of oppression that existed all the time told Kazuko Hirota, who had stepped into the realm of swordsmanship, that the current teacher had truly entered the realm of unfathomable.

"Oshima-kun, have you reached the realm of the Sword Saint?" Sasaki Jinpei not only did not make a move, but asked with a somewhat strange expression.

Standing opposite Megumi Oshima, Shinpei Sasaki also felt this invisible sense of oppression.

It's a strange feeling, and every tiny movement feels constrained.

This kind of feeling, Sasaki Shinpei has been practicing kendo for nearly sixty years, and he really hasn't felt it, even back then, in the face of Yanagi Motowa, who has now become a sword master, he didn't feel this way.

This feeling of the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves, as a senior, Sasaki Shinhei has a rather complicated feeling in his heart, he told himself that he should feel relieved, but he really has a different taste in his heart.

Among these mixed feelings, the strongest feeling is actually ashamed!

Back then, he didn't have the opportunity to impact the Sword Master. In terms of kendo talent, Sasaki Jinhei asked himself that he was not as good as Yanagi and that youkai, but compared to Oshima Megumi, his kendo talent was still a little surpassing.

However, after he won a martial soul cup, he lost himself. Of course, the injury to his internal organs is also a reason, but does he really have no chance to impact the Sword Master?

No, I still had a chance to hit the Juggernaut at that time!

The real reason is that I am afraid, afraid of the insignificant chance of success of the Sword Master;

It was he who was satisfied, indulging in the pride and pleasure of the winner of the Wuhun Cup, gaining fame and fortune, and losing the heart of a samurai!

When did you become a funny, eccentric old man? Is you really such a person? The previous self used to be as sharp and confident as a knife blade, and later, when I became like this, is it the so-called game world? Or is it trying to anesthetize myself and make myself forget my timidity and weakness?

Today's trial is actually just a passing motion, but for Sasaki Shinpei at this moment, looking at Megumi Oshima, who is standing easily opposite, he is like seeing himself who is still in the high-spirited era.

No, now Megumi Oshima is more calm and confident, although she is just standing there, her momentum has controlled the rhythm.

"Thousands of sails on the side of the sinking boat, ten thousand trees in front of the sick tree", come on, let yourself be a swordsman, as the longest-serving chief of the swordsman club, and finally draw the sword happily again, paving the way for future generations!

No longer waiting for Megumi Oshima's answer, Sasaki Shinpei put everything aside in a long laugh, and the two flying swallow slashes swept towards the opposite side lightly like a flying swallow skimming water.

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"It seems that today's Chief Sasaki has really let go. Miyamoto said with a sigh of relief.

As a friend who has been friends with Sasaki for decades, how could he not see that Chief Sasaki is in an irritable mood these days?

Although Sasaki laughs loudly all day these days, and even sometimes deliberately makes some funny moves to make himself appear to have a young heart, these somewhat excessive behaviors expose the uneasiness in his heart.

Maybe Sasaki Zhenpei doesn't feel anything yet, but Miyamoto knows that his old friend probably feels a little lost, especially although Oshima Hui is paralyzed, but after he successfully breaks through the Sword Master, the old friend is becoming more and more abnormal.

But at this moment, the sword of a swordsman will not deceive!

The old friend finally let go!

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The sword light is like flying snow, floating lightly in the air.

Shinpei Sasaki felt as if he had returned to the age when he wielded his sword completely according to his heart.

What a wonderful time it was! What I had in that era, and what I lost now, was a pure and immaculate swordsman's heart, but unfortunately, it was only now that I understood this from the glory of the past.

Yanagi Motokazu is right, maybe he is also right to give up kendo for the time being, people who are lost in past successes cannot maintain a pure heart.

At this moment, Sasaki Shinhei is in the middle, the knife is divided into two wings, turning sideways, slashing, rushing forward, and whirling, and youth seems to have returned to his body, as if he has truly incarnated as a flying swallow, flying back and forth in the air.

At this moment, Sasaki Jinpei felt that he was wielding a long knife, he was so free, his mood was so relaxed, and the glory of thirty years had blinded his sword heart, and it was not until today, when he was finally about to leave the Sword Hero Club, that he came to his senses-

Only by standing with a sword is you who you are truly yourself!

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Sasaki Shinpei circled around Oshima Hui and turned sharply, light as if his feet did not touch the ground, the long knife turned into wings, slashing and wiping, picking and turning, up and down, endlessly, the sword light flew like snowflakes;

The two of them advanced and retreated, and the sound of sword clashing was crisp and rhythmic in the air, like a melodious music.

Gradually, a strange tacit understanding was formed between the two, and it seemed that it was no longer a sword fight, but more like a sword conversation, a game of chess, a tasting, and a dance.

"It's beautiful—" I don't know who blurted out below.

In the staggered sword light, the white swallow-patterned kendo uniform robe sleeves flew, as if it was walking against the wind, flying around the black-clothed swordsman in the middle, and the sword light fluttered one after another, while the black cherry blossom kendo uniform swirled in place, and the pink cherry blossoms on the kendo uniform seemed to come to life, floating in the wind.

When the black cherry blossom kendo uniform and the white swallow pattern kendo uniform staggered, when Sasaki Shinpei's white hair flew up, and when Oshima Megumi's ponytail had not yet fallen, the two of them stood still back to back at the same time.

Sasaki's Swift Slash retracted from his outstretched left hand and was placed on Megumi Oshima's waist, while Megumi Oshima's right hand hung down, the hilt was held upside down in his hand, and the tip of the long knife was pointed upwards on the back of Sasaki's neck.

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"Papapa-" The sound of applause grew from nothing, from the sparse pull at the beginning, to the thunder at the back.

Today, almost all the swordsmen and swordsmen who can come are gathered together, and a full twenty-four swordsmen are here to witness the handover ceremony of the chief of the new and old swordsmen - the so-called ceremony is this trial.

Japanese kendo is always based on actual combat, so the entrance test of the Sword Hero Club is a real sword duel, the newcomer's initiation ceremony is also a real sword duel, and as the chief of the Sword Hero Club, the highest honor of the Sword Hero Club, the handover ceremony is of course also a real sword duel.

Of course, the video of these real sword duel trials is also an important material for the exchange and learning of kendo within the Sword Hero Association, and in this era of peace, Japan can firmly hold the cold weapon actual combat competition such as the martial soul duel, and the real sword duel of the Sword Hero Association, the exchange tradition of actual combat first is inseparable.

"Hahaha, Oshima-kun, you're so polite!" Sasaki Shinpei put away the long knife and turned around laughing.

"Where, Sasaki-senpai, until today, I didn't know that you used to try to meet me, but it turned out that you had left your hand!" "Meguya Oshima turned around and looked at this old man who always looked improper.

In today's battle, Oshima Hui is indeed merciful, colleagues for so many years, everyone has some feelings,

What's more, Sasaki Shinpei is about to retire, and Megumi Oshima doesn't bother to step on an old man who is about to retire to take the throne, and her reputation doesn't need to be icing on the cake with such a victory.

What's more, Megumi Oshima is confident that even in the thousand-year-old history of kendo in Japan, he can be regarded as one of the top swordsmen.

Otherwise, after Oshima Hui stepped into the Sword Saint realm at this time, she naturally possessed the three abilities of Heart Eye, Kendo Premonition and Lightning Strike, as long as she made a serious move, at most three or two swords, it would be enough to defeat the former Sword Hero Guild leader.

Even so, Megumi Oshima also discovered one thing, that is, in all the previous trials between the two, the former head of the Sword Heroes Association, Sasaki Shinpei, only used five points of strength at most!

You must know that if Oshima Hui normally steps into the realm of the Sword Saint, he can only have the two abilities of Heart Eye and Kendo Premonition at most: Heart Eye can see all directions, and there are no dead ends around the body;

Kendo premonition is a kind of foreknowledge ability, which can judge the opponent's next move in advance, and many martial artists have this ability, but it depends more on experience, and it is remarkable to have a 70% accuracy rate.

And the Kendo premonition of the Sword Master is a kind of psychic ability that cannot be explained, and the accuracy of judging the opponent's next move is - 100%!

However, even with these two miraculous abilities, Megumi Oshima may not be able to defeat the former leader of the Sword Hero Guild with 100% certainty.

And the ability of lightning strike is not something that she has when she stepped into the Sword Saint, this ability is still possessed when she witnessed Liu Shengyuan and stepping into the extraordinary and becoming a real person - yes, Oshima Hui can understand Chinese, after all, she has traveled to the Celestial Empire Continent for five years.

At the time, others may have focused their attention on rebirth and youth.

However, perhaps it was Kendo that had penetrated deep into Megumi Oshima's bone marrow, so when the body tissues were fully refreshed, Megumi Oshima unconsciously took the initiative to optimize the musculoskeletal structure of her arms through intentional or unintentional induction.

Now Megumi Oshima, when she bursts out with a lightning strike ability, she can even chase light and electricity with her slashing action!

It's just that this knife is too intense, and it can be sent but not collected, and it is naturally impossible for Oshima Hui to use this knife during the competition.

And Sasaki Shinpei's Feiyan slash has really reached the point of being superb, the double knives move at will, smart as gods, echoing back and going, one after another, and there are no flaws!

Coupled with the extremely elegant footwork of Sasaki Shinpei, it can be said that in this martial arts level, no matter how you move the sword, you have really achieved almost perfection.

If there is no overwhelming speed and strength, even if Megumi Oshima becomes a Sword Master, if he does not attack with all his strength, he really can't be 100% sure of victory.

Anyway, Megumi Oshima thinks that when he was fighting with this chief back then, as long as he showed half of his ability, he would never be an opponent.

However, this Sasaki senior is probably in order not to frustrate his sword heart, and every time he is evenly matched with himself, and then he admits the game on the grounds that his heart has not healed.

Thinking about it carefully, can his kendo reach the point where he can challenge the realm of swordsmen in just ten years, does it really have nothing to do with Chief Sasaki?