After two days at the Ie Village house, everyone separated, and Yukinobu and Matsumoto Ranju returned home, ending a brief moment of happy relaxation. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Yukishin continued to practice kendo, and in the process of practicing kendo, he also focused on improving muscle strength.

Matsumoto Ranju also began to work, and followed Matsumoto Ranju to set off fireworks everywhere.

Just like that, a month later, the vacation ended, and in October, Mao Spiritual Academy opened, and Yukishin returned to school.

As soon as he arrived at school, Yukishin was found by Kotsubaki Sentaro and said anxiously, "Follow me to see my father." ”

"Go see your father, what's the matter?"

Xue Xin asked curiously.

"Don't you want to learn kendo? I've already told my father that he wants to see you. ”

Kotsubaki Sentaro wiped his fingers under his nose and said with a smile.

"Really?"

Xue Xin immediately stood up with a happy look on his face, which was something he had been looking forward to.

But then he asked suspiciously, "But I haven't won you yet." ”

"You didn't win me, but you didn't know until you killed me during the summer vacation, and you and I learned swordsmanship, just swordsmanship, and your speed and strength far surpassed me. ”

Kotsubaki Sentaro said helplessly, "You are more suitable for my father's kendo than me, so I recommend you to him." ”

"I see, thank you. ”

Xue Xin immediately thanked him.

"Hurry up, my father is on the Shichiban team. ”

Kotsubaki Sentaro pulled Yukishin out of the dormitory and went directly to the second district where Team Shichiban was located.

The second district is the aristocratic district, and there are two teams here, namely the seventh team of the inner court guard and the sixth team of the nobles.

The exclusive team of nobles has always been controlled by the Kuchiki family, and it has been passed down from generation to generation.

The Inner Court Guards are the teams that protect the Inner Court, that is, the Second and First Districts, which do not take the initiative to fight externally, and mainly protect the nobles, decision-making institutions, and important facilities of the Imperial Court.

The current captain of the Shichiban team is Aikawa Ratake, and the vice-captain is the famous swordsman of the Ryō Court, Kotsubaki Blade Uemon.

An hour later, the two arrived at the second district, which was higher than the third district, with a natural barrier and a huge wall that folded inward, about seven or eight meters high, covering part of it.

The two of them are going to the Seventh Team, and they can't enter directly from the west, which is the aristocratic area, and ordinary Death can't easily enter.

Of course, this rule is not mandatory, and it is only a curb.

In the Grim Reaper, there are a few bold guys who not only dare to enter the aristocratic district without permission, but also dare to break into the homes of the great nobles, transform other people's homes, and meet there.

That's right, I'm talking about the Female Reaper Association, where Kusaka Yachiryu is the president.

And the big aristocratic family that has been transformed into multiple secret passages and secret rooms is naturally the Rotten Wood family.

Yukinobu and Kotsubaki Sentaro didn't want to get out of the way, so they went straight around and came to the south, where they entered from this side, which was the shortest side of the terrain and was also the location of the Shichiban team.

"You two, what are you doing here?"

Seeing the two of them, a god of death scolded.

"I'm coming to my father, Tsubaki Blade Uemon. Kotsubaki Sentaro said hurriedly.

"You're the vice-captain's son?"

Death's face immediately changed, and he said to him, "I'll go and report it first." ”

The Grim Reaper didn't take the two of them in directly, but went in to report it, and it seems that the rules here are stricter than those of the Thirteenth Team.

After a while, the Grim Reaper came out and said to them, "Come with me, the vice-captain is waiting for you in the martial arts arena." ”

Yukishin and Kochun Sentaro followed the Grim Reaper into Team Seven, which is more serious and old-fashioned than Team Thirteen, with no one staying in the yard and no one chatting and losing.

All the way forward, into the martial arts arena, there was only a middle-aged man in the huge room, he had neat short hair, but left a short braid at the back of his head, he wore a pair of dark red sunglasses on his face, and a scar ran through his eyes on the left side of his face.

He has a high nose, a rugged face, and a mustache on his chin.

He sat cross-legged on the ground, his hands folded, and a long knife in his arms.

"Father. ”

Seeing him, Kosubaki Sentaro's movements became restrained, and the whole person no longer exuded a lazy posture, and said hello politely.

"I've seen my seniors. ”

Xue Xin walked over and said hello seriously.

"You're Xuexin?"

Tsubaki Blade Uemon looked at Yukishin and asked.

"The younger generation is Xuexin. ”

Xue Xin lowered his head and said.

Kotsubaki Uemon nodded and said, "Sentaro said that you are amazingly talented, work hard, and are also interested in kendo, thinking that you will be my good disciple." ”

Xue Xin said seriously: "I also think that I will be an excellent disciple. ”

"Your confidence is quite to my liking. ”

Tsubaki Blade Uemon snorted and said, "But that's just what Sentaro saw of you, I need to see if it's worth it for me to take you as an apprentice." ”

"I didn't have a knife with me. ”

Yukishin scratched her hair.

"There's a knife on the shelf behind you, choose one for yourself. ”

Tsubaki Blade Uemon lifted his chin.

Xue Xin turned his head to look, and the wooden frame behind him was full of wooden knives, Xue Xin walked over, chose a wooden knife, and walked back.

"Senior, how can I show it?"

Yukishin looked at Tsubaki's right emon and asked curiously.

"Attack me. ”

Tsubaki Blade Uemon said softly.

"Good. ”

Xue Xin took a deep breath, his eyes narrowed, and his momentum changed suddenly, from a shy boy just now, to a decisive swordsman.

"Good. Kotsubaki Blade Uemon couldn't help but appreciate.

But at the moment when the word good just fell, Xue Xin held the knife in one hand, his figure flashed, came to him, and slashed down.

This knife has exhausted Xuexin's eight points of strength, and the power is strong.

Bang.

Tsubaki Uemon raised one of his index fingers and stood in front of the wooden knife.

The wooden knife struck his index finger, which shook slightly, but removed all the force.

"A lot of power. ”

Tsubaki Blade Uemon nodded secretly.

And Xue Xin also showed surprise on his face, his sword had huge power, and it was blocked by a finger.

But when you think about it, it's more common.

Later, Asai Koiji and Tristan fought, and Tristan kicked out, and the foot wind directly smashed a huge stone pillar seven or eight meters high next to him from a distance.

But such a huge power was blocked by Aisani Koiji with one arm, which was very easy and comfortable.

Xue Xin was not discouraged, but slightly withdrew the wooden knife and slashed out horizontally.

Kotsubaki Uemon raised a finger again and blocked it in front of the knife, but the fingers collided, and Kotsubaki Uemon felt that Yukishin's knife did not have much power.

But the next moment, Yukishin stepped forward, stabbed straight with his sword, and stabbed Kotsubaki Righteon in the cheek.

Tsubaki Uemon snorted, pressed the index finger of his right hand down, and with a push, the direction of the long knife changed, and it almost grazed Tsubaki's cheek.

Seeing this scene, Xue was extremely impressed.

Just now, Tsubaki's blade right emon blocked his own slash with one finger, and he could still say that the opponent was powerful.

But this push shows that his grasp of power is extremely strong.

Xue Xin immediately retracted his knife, raised it high, and slashed out again.

Hum.

Tsubaki Blade Uemon raised his finger again to block the knife, blocking the knife, but his finger sank slightly.

Seeing this scene, a smile appeared on the corner of Xuexin's mouth, and with the help of the momentum of the wooden knife, he raised the wooden knife high and slashed it again.

Bang.

Yukishin's knife was blocked, and Tsubaki's fingers trembled slightly.

Again.

Yukishin's knife was raised and slashed again.

This knife was faster and more powerful, and not only that, but Xuexin changed from one hand to two hands.

The strength of the hands doubles the speed and greatly increases the strength.

These three knives were created by Xue Xin according to the tricks of Nagasawa when he was fighting, one knife is more powerful than the other, and the last knife should be turned into two hands with one hand.

In such a surprise, it should be possible to force Tsubaki Blade Uemon to dodge.

In just an instant, the distance between the two was crossed.

Rumble.

Yukishin's knife instantly slashed in front of Tsubaki.

Bang.

A loud muffled sound came, and Xue Xin's knife slashed into the palm of his right hand, shattering the wooden knife.

Seeing this scene, Xue Xin retreated regretfully and said, "Senior, I can't even let you dodge." ”

"You're far from that. ”

The keeper of the right guard of the Tsubaki blade withdrew his hand and said coldly.

"Did I fail then, senior?"

Yukishin scratched his head and looked at Tsubaki Blade Rightemon, feeling that his performance was a little poor.

"It's not like you're failing, your performance is still good, at least meet the learning requirements of the Shinto Mirror Flow. ”

Tsubaki Blade Uemon said softly.

"Can I learn from my predecessors?"

Xue Xin had a happy look on his face,

"You have strength, your moves are also decent, it seems that you have put in a lot of effort, and your temperament is relatively calm. For the sake of your relationship with Kochun Sentaro, there is no problem in accepting you as an apprentice. Tsubaki Blade Uemon looked at Yukishin and said.

"That's great, thank you, Master. ”

Xuexin fell into ecstasy, and the strength shown by the other party was very strong, which made Xuexin yearn for it.

"Congratulations to Xuexin. ”

Tsubaki Blade Emon shouted happily that he himself did not meet the requirements for studying, but his good friend did.

There was not the slightest jealousy in his heart, and not only because they were very good friends.

is also because of Xuexin's sweat for this opportunity.

If I had done it, I would have been able to inherit my father's school, but I didn't do it.

And Xuexin deserves these.

"Don't be in a hurry. ”

Kotsubaki Blade Uemon interrupted the two and said coldly, "I have a request, and you are calling me Master if you meet it." ”

"Request?"

Xue Xin looked at the small Tsubaki blade right emon curiously, and hurriedly said, "Please tell the seniors." ”

"It's very simple, after graduation, you join the Shiban team. ”

Tsubaki Blade Uemon said slowly.

"Join Team Seven?"

Xue Xin was slightly stunned, but then felt that there was no problem.

I can't join the thirteenth team, and I keep an eye on my brother at all times.

So Xuexin's purpose is to join a team and become the captain.

The Shichiban team now has a captain and a vice-captain, but after nine years, Aikawa Ratake will be framed and leave the Ryō Court.

Tsubaki Blade Uemon is old, and without the information that he is the captain, he can only be an acting captain at most.

So I have a great chance to snatch the captaincy in the hands of the big dog.

Even if you can't do it, maybe you can change to another team and get a cadre seat.

Yukishin thinks that the Shichiban team is very good, at least in the Kamen Legion incident, only one captain was lost.

"I do. ”

Xue Xin nodded and made a decision.

"Okay, when you join the Seventh Team, I'll officially take you as an apprentice. A smile appeared at the corner of Tsubaki's mouth.

After joining the Seventh Team, I took myself as an apprentice, and it took a bit of a long time.

Kotsubaki Uemon said with a smile: "You can apply for a grade skip, go directly to the fourth grade, receive a sword of slashing, and graduate after the fourth grade, and the Shichiban team will send you an application." ”

The application of the team is very important, for example, in the future, Hinosaki Shubing, he was invited by the team in advance, and it was not a matter of several years at that time.

Acceleration.

It's not unacceptable, it's still a good thing for me.

After all, the current course is no longer useful to me.

Xue Xin nodded and said, "Okay, after I graduate, I will join the Seventh Band." ”

"Alright, I'll be waiting for you here. ”

The smile on the corner of Tsubaki's mouth became even worse, and he said, "Let's go back, and come here again in a year and a half." ”

"The senior took his leave. ”

After Yukishin saluted, he exited the house.

"Then I'll go back to my father. ”

Kotsubaki Sentaro hurriedly said, his father nodded, and after he got his consent, he followed Yukishin out of the Shichiban team and walked towards the third district.

"That's good, as long as you graduate, you will become my father's apprentice, what kind of identity will we have in the future? Senior brother? I can warn you, even if you are better than me, you are only my junior brother, I am a senior brother. ”

Kosubaki Sentaro said quickly, his words a little nagging.

But Xuexin suddenly said, "Thank you." ”

"Huh?"

Kotsubaki Sentaro was slightly stunned and looked at Yukishin.

Yukishin looked at him seriously and said, "Thank you for introducing me to your father, without you, I wouldn't be able to become the apprentice of the predecessor of the Blade Right Gate." ”

"What are you doing so solemnly? ”

Kochun Sentaro wiped his nose with his fingers and said, "Aren't we friends? Just like when you are in danger, you ask me to retreat and rush forward by myself, just like when you encounter danger in Yijiang Village, you take the initiative to attack regardless of your own safety." We're friends, and shouldn't we do this for our friends?"

"You're right. ”

Seeing Tsubaki Sentaro's smile, Yukishin felt unusually warm in his heart, he nodded heavily, and said with a smile: "That's right, we are friends." ”

Since they are friends, why should they thank them so solemnly?

"Still, you're going to treat me to a meal. ”

Kochun Sentaro put his arm around Yukinobu's shoulders and said with a smile, "I want to eat Mexican barbecue." ”

"Okay, I'll invite you and Ijiangmura to eat Mexican barbecue. Xue Xin directly agreed to his request.

The two walked out of Team Seven together and walked into the distance.

Yukishin is in a good mood, and being accepted as an apprentice by Kotsubaki Uemon represents that he has embarked on a new path.

The next thing I have to do is to graduate as soon as possible and join the Shiban team.

But at this time, a figure appeared in front of Xue Xin, holding a short knife in his hand, staring at Xue Xin coldly.

"Why are you here?"

Xue Xin and the figure asked this sentence in unison.

It's just the tone of the two people, one surprised, the other cold.