[three]

(Friday, August 2, 2013, morning, Shijii Park, Nerima Ward, Tokyo)

Today is a sunny day. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoDu Mu and Lu Qingyi strolled on the road around the lake in Shishenjing Park, enjoying the breeze blowing in the shade of the trees, so comfortable.

They are surrounded by two long strips of underground springs. The shores of the lake are surrounded by lush trees and a wetland community inhabited by many wild birds, adding a touch of nature to the city on all sides.

The sunlight is not very strong, and the meadows and trees by the lake are green and shiny, reflecting on the sparkling water, which is a pleasing sight to watch.

"Mu, tomorrow is the day of the martial arts competition. Lu Qingyi had a smile on his face, "How is it, are you nervous?"

"Ha, what kind of martial arts competition is that, it's just going on stage to play. Du Mu said quite casually, "We are here to travel, and the discussion is at most incidental." ”

It's not that he has no one in his eyes, but that a competition of this nature is destined to be impossible to get serious. The Han sword he used was suitable for one-on-one games without armor, while the German swordsmanship of his opponents was suitable for the battlefield with armor.

Unfortunately, both sides must wear protective gear in the sparl, and it is difficult to use a point system for this kind of smash fight. Coupled with the length advantage of the big sword, in this case, winning is technical suppression, and there is nothing to be ashamed of losing. Therefore, Du Mu didn't take the victory or defeat very seriously, just try his best.

They walked around the park holding hands, then sat side by side on a bench by the lake and watched the wicker on the shore sway gently in the wind.

"Listen. Du Mu's sensitive ears moved and pointed in one direction.

The faint sound of the piano came from a distance, and he and Lu Qingyi got up and walked over there. After rounding a grove of trees, a clearing appeared in front of them, and in the center was a young girl playing the violin.

The girl was about thirteen or fourteen years old, with long flowing blond shawl hair and a goose-yellow dress. She was clearly immersed in the violin, her body dancing with the push and pull of the bow, and the melodious sound of the piano wafted through the park.

Du Mu took Lu Qingyi's hand and quietly admired it beside him. Even if he didn't study Western classical music, he could feel the innocence of the girl. Her music has a soul.

After the song was finished, the unknown girl put down the violin on her shoulder and wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead with the back of her right hand, and only then did she notice their figures.

Du Mu couldn't help but applaud.

The girl ran over with a smile, as if she wanted to greet them, but he couldn't understand a word because he didn't speak Japanese. Lu Qingyi talked to each other quite fluently. Finally, the blonde girl waved goodbye to them.

"She said her name was Kaoru Miyazono. Lu Qingyi explained to him, "It's a violinist who lives nearby." ”

This encounter was just a small episode. After lunch, Du Mu and Lu Qingyi boarded the train to Otsu.

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[four]

(Saturday, August 3, 2013 in the morning; Kenjutsu Dokan)

On Saturday morning, Sora Akiyama and the others arrived at the Kenjutsu Dojo as promised.

There are not many people training in the gym, and the martial arts he is practicing are also varied, and the ones he can recognize are thin swords, one-handed swords, hand-and-half swords, two-handed swords, and Japanese ancient swordsmanship.

"Good morning, Duanshan Pavilion Master. ”

The owner of the gym, Duanyama Shuki, is a middle-aged uncle in his forties, with a medium build, strong muscles, and is obviously due to his perennial exercise. Sora Akiyama learned in advance from Yuta Tomigashi that Tanyama Shuki himself seems to have another industry, and the gym is not for profit, but more for enthusiasts to have a place to communicate and learn.

This is not surprising, he thought to himself, poor and rich in martial arts. If you don't have any spare money, how can you afford all kinds of expenses for martial arts training?

"Good morning. Tomigashi-kun, are these your friends?" the other party was quite enthusiastic.

"Hmm. This is Dansheng Valley, my classmate. Yuta Tomigashi introduced him, "This is the May 7th Senpai-"

"Boss-mori is the servant of the master. "Before the former could finish speaking, Sanae jumped out," [Thunder Warhammer Messenger] participated. ”

Duanyama Shuki was confused when he heard this, and Tomigashi turned his head in embarrassment, looking like he couldn't bear to look at it directly. At this time, the other practitioners were aware of their presence. After a brief greeting, Sora Akiyama offered to set up a camera.

"No problem, come over here. ”

His cameras are robot-like, all of which are equipped with computer vision and artificial intelligence, and can be automatically adjusted after being fixed around the arena, so they are set up in a few minutes. This surprised Duanshan Shuji, and he sighed again and again at the rapid progress of technology.

"We're here, right?" Du Mu sent a message over, and the positioning display was at the door of the gym.

Akiyama said a word to Yuta Tomigashi, and then went to the door to greet Du Mu and the others. Du Mu and Lu Qingyi were both wearing loose sportswear, showing the temperament of a warrior without too much decoration, full of energy and radiant.

He remembered that when he was in Inner Mongolia last year, Du Mu once mentioned that the age of fifteen was a watershed, and many martial arts could not be practiced in childhood. I haven't seen each other for a year, and I guess these two have made great progress.

"Long time no see, both. ”

In the process of introducing each other, Du Mu spoke English, while Lu Qingyi was proficient in Japanese to converse.

This kendo gym is a place for enthusiasts to communicate, and naturally there is no concept of "kicking the gym", and the atmosphere is quite friendly. By the time the belligerents had changed into protective gear, a group of spectators had gathered around the field.

"Tomigashi didn't expect you to accept apprentices!"

"That's it, it's a little girl from Italy!"

"Enough of you...... What are you laughing at? Aren't you the one who started this?"

Sora Akiyama touched his chin silently, never mentioning that he actually initiated it.

After a joking and joking, Yuta Tomigashi and Du Mu each took a two-handed long sword and a half-hand sword, and stood still in the martial arts arena. The blunt swords used in the fight are all weight-reducing and non-bladed, and generally do not pose a threat to life.

"So, let's go!" said Shuki Dutayama, acting as the referee, to announce the start of the game.

As soon as he finished speaking, Yuta Tomigashi took a step forward with his left foot, the toes pointing forward, and his right foot rotated outward forty-five degrees, forming the so-called T-step. His posture is a typical plough position, with the hilt of the sword tucked at the left waist, the blade of the sword facing diagonally, and the tip of the sword pointing directly at Du Mu's face. The posture of the latter's lower body is actually similar, except that the upper body is replaced by holding the sword with one hand, and the sword body stands diagonally in front of him, and the tip of the sword is pointed at Yuta Tomigashi.

Du Mu stepped up first to approach his opponent. Sora Akiyama noticed that his stride was unique, his legs did not rise, the soles of his shoes brushed the ground, and his lower body was as stable as a piece of iron.

Yuta Tomigashi struck suddenly the moment Du Mu entered the attack range. I saw him take a step forward with his right foot, and his left foot crossed an arc, and his steps alternately changed into a new T-shaped step, and at the same time, his waist twisted, driving the long sword to slash diagonally from right to left. His weapon was longer and his attack range was longer, and Du Mu's counterattack could not have hit him at this distance.

Du Mu's movements were even faster than Akiyama Sora imagined. He made a slight undulation of his body, leaping backwards like a monkey, and at the same time the sword stood upright, just to avoid the collision with the long sword.

With a missed blow, Yuta Tomigashi took a sliding step forward, his arms shook, and the tip of his sword was raised, heading straight for Du Mu's throat. Du Mu took a step in front of his left foot, and at the same time used the sword in his hand to put it on the opponent's sword, and then his right foot was retracted, and the tip of the sword pointed at Yuta Tomigashi's wrist.

Yuta Fugashi hurriedly returned his sword and performed a continuous block known as the "Meyer Block", but Du Mu's swordsmanship was extremely sharp, and his body technique was even more flexible. The heavy armor didn't seem to have any effect on him, and it was obvious that he was very solid in his work.

Because their faces were covered in protective masks, the two men on the court did not speak, but put on a stance, ready for the next round of confrontation. Sora Akiyama took the opportunity to look at the tablet in his hand and confirmed that there was no problem with the camera's recording.

"That's amazing...... Dansheng Tani Mori Xia muttered quietly.

"Keep watching. Sora Akiyama shrugged.

A new round of exchanges soon began. This time, Fu Yu Yong was too cautious, and tentatively touched the front end of the sword body with Du Mu, but he didn't expect Du Mu's left hand to suddenly hold the hilt of the sword, and after a violent oblique split, the sword blade turned, and the step up was to cut the neck horizontally. Yuta Tomigashi was caught off guard, and before he could return to defense, he was hit by Du Mu.

"Du Mu's sword speed is much faster than Fu Yan's, even if the weapon is lighter, this speed is amazing. ”

"And the flash is very decisive, without any showmanship. ”

The results of the next few rounds were much the same. Du Mu didn't play any slashing and slashing with Yuta Tomigashi like in film and television works, and he often grabbed his wrist and wiped his throat with a sword, and the move was fatal.

The characteristic of German swordsmanship is the "sticky sword", which emphasizes that after the blades collide with each other, it is quite a skillful technique to slide to a "favorable position" on the opponent's blade. Yuta Tomigashi also tried to use this technique, but Du Mu was also proficient in this technique, but defeated him several times with a "sticky sword".

"The skills are not as good as others, I lost. Yuta Tomigashi took off his mask and waved his hand again and again, indicating that he had admitted defeat.

"Concession. Du Mu's expression was very calm, and he was not excited about defeating his opponent.

"What, I haven't seen Du Mu make a move, hehe. Akiyama laughed a few times, "I didn't expect it to be so strong." ”

"So you're telling me it's worth trying?" said Tomigashi angrily.

You must know that Yuta Tomigashi has the accelerated learning buff of the spiritual network, and he was beaten by Du Mu for a year of sword practice, which made him a little surprised.

"Guoshu?" Duanshan Shuji walked in front of Du Mu, and spelled out these two Chinese characters in a stiff accent, "I didn't expect to see the true biography." ”

Du Mu's English is very good, but Duanshan Shuji does not have the corresponding level, and in the end, Lu Qingyi has to explain.

During the period of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen, Feng Yuxiang and other people with lofty ideals vigorously advocated martial arts in order to strengthen the country and strengthen the species, and the government established the Central Guoshu Museum in Nanjing. At that time, it can be said that there were many talents and masters. Unfortunately, the outbreak of World War II and several upheavals cut off many traditions, and since then Guoshu has been reduced to a performance routine, and the few remaining traditions have fallen behind the times due to a lack of communication and actual combat.

However, this is obviously not the case with Du Mu's lineage. He and Lu Qingyi's family includes physiologists and sports medicine scientists, and at the same time, they pay great attention to actual combat training, and are undoubtedly at the forefront of martial arts concepts and fighting techniques.

"Talking about the realm in the vernacular, it is easy to fall into a false emptiness, and eventually it will return to the understanding in practice, but this vague understanding is the embodiment of the incomplete research. Like the upper level of Tai Chi pusher's kung fu 'listening to the strength', some liars blow as if they have superpowers, which are actually things like human body mechanics and biophysics......"

Du Mu and Lu Qingyi were not stingy and did not mind sharing the secrets behind martial arts. Duanshan Shuji is considered to know the doorway, nodding his head again and again, and from time to time he also talks about his own experience of practice, and sometimes he gets up and compares. As for the second diseases such as Little Bird Swim Liuhua, don't expect their settings to have many dry goods.

Yuta Tomigashi naturally wouldn't stupidly talk about "Yanlong Soul Slash", but Sanae used "mjolnir_tornado" to interact with Dansheng Valley to make the audience laugh.

"The way the human brain thinks differently than computers, and this training process is more like ......machine learning than actual modeling and analysis," said Akiyama, who didn't study much martial arts, but his knowledge of neurobiology solved other people's doubts well.

"Scientists have been able to implant nerve electrodes in the brain to reconnect the brain to the nerves in the spinal cord through wireless transmission, helping monkeys with paralyzed legs regain the ability to walk. The decoding of the motor cortex has been progressing quite rapidly recently, and in the foreseeable future, it may be possible to use brain-computer interfaces to achieve martial arts practice in the same way as learning skills in games. ”

Akiyama had to admit that although the "other side" plan of the [Galaxy Federation] was clearly to bully the human beings on the earth with technological generation, if there was no intervention from them, mankind might not be able to be in such a peaceful and prosperous era as it is now, at least there will definitely be an accident in the Middle East and the Balkan Peninsula, and there may be a conflict between China and Japan. In that case, no matter how enlightened Du Mu and the others were, it must be impossible for them to communicate like this without any guilt, right?

As for the so-called "born in sorrow and dying in peace"? [Galaxy Federation] After several promotions, the mental structure of the [Galaxy Federation] does not know how much higher than that of human beings, and the weakness of human nature does not apply to them.

Martial arts must be implemented after all. After resting for a while, Duanshan Shuji, who had itchy hands, proposed to have a discussion with Du Mu.

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