Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

Inside a quiet Japanese-style mansion.

An uncle in his forties with a stubble face was walking down the corridor under the eaves with a big grin.

The bundles of grass on the mouth, the long hair tied back casually, the wide kimono, the heavy clogs on the feet, and the pair of long black knives at the waist blend with the grass and trees in this Japanese garden, making you feel like you are back in time to the shogunate period.

"Mr. Matsumoto, the young master of the temple has been cultivating in the room for several days in a row, so we can't bother us, so please go in by yourself."

"I'm tired."

The young man in a kimono who led the way in front bowed slightly.

"This guy in the temple is still cultivating so hard."

The middle-aged uncle rubbed his chin full of stubble, and pulled the heavy wooden door that seemed to be specially made for sound insulation.

In the simple and elegant room, Abeji, who wears a double knife at his waist and has dark circles under his eyes, is kneeling on the tatami mat with a solemn face, staring intently at the picture on the 90-inch LCD TV on the wall.

"Uh-huh ~ Delta, deceased deceased deceased deceased ......"

"Oh, Si Guo is going to die......"

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

On TV, a man and a woman are fighting fiercely.

Abeji slowly turned his head and looked at the "uninvited guest" standing at the door with a blank face.

"Temple ......"

"Old ...... Teacher? ”

Looking at his indifferent but deep eyes like the sea, the middle-aged uncle only felt a sharp sword come out of its sheath, break through the water, and slash at him like a gushing waterfall on TV.

Sword Intent: Draw the knife to cut off the water and make the water flow.

Half an hour later.

"Oh! The knock has touched the extreme~~"

"Hey...... Damai ...... Uh-huh~"

The master and apprentice sat in a row, with solemn faces learning the BD quality, delicate, pink and seductive intense scenes on the big screen.

"Tsk, it's really interesting, ordinary male swordsmen, in the face of such a powerful thing, it is really difficult to maintain a normal heart...... It's no wonder that I found out that your sword heart is more clear, breaking through the previous bottleneck, it turns out that you have been cultivating with such powerful things on weekdays. ”

The uncle with a scumbag face looked at the picture on the TV intently, and at the same time, his body exuded a sharp sword intent.

"The master is really powerful, it's obviously the first time to cultivate, and he can actually maintain such calm...... According to the internal information of the 'GEO TV' disc rental company that the Doomon Foundation acquired for me, there is a huge amount of unfathomable 'learning materials' for both male and female swordsmen......

At Abe Temple on the side, the momentum around the body is also like invisible water, making it impossible to lock the qi.

"Whoa."

"Young master, Mr. Matsumoto, excuse me, the tea brewed here ......"

At the same time, the sliding door opened, and the little guy who had left before stood outside the door with refreshments and brewed tea.

The two people in the room who were "full of sword intent" subconsciously turned their heads to look at him.

The emanation of the sword intent that seemed to be substantial, accompanied by the reverie sounds and images in the room, instantly made him almost unable to hold the things in his hands.

"Hey, how did you come up with such a unique way of cultivating?"

After the servant left, the middle-aged uncle took a sip of the tea on the table and asked curiously.

"This is the 'Normal Heart' cultivation method recommended to me by an opponent in April...... Recently, I learned that he had already broken through the cultivation of more than 200 books after class and more than 1,000 books that were hot in Tokyo, and entered a new realm...... I'll catch up with him soon, though. ”

"Is that the kid who won you before......"

The middle-aged uncle touched his beard and remembered that after the defeat of Abe Temple the year before last, he asked him to accompany him to Hokkaido's "Hell Special Training".

Saying...... It's been almost two years since I've eaten a bear's paw, and I really miss it.

"Teacher, don't worry, I'm currently catching up with all my might, and I'll be able to finish the Tokyo Very Hot series soon!"

Speaking of this, Abeji Temple is again in high spirits.

"Deceased, deceased, deceased...... Hee-hee, Ou Yi is vaguely dead......"

With the milk drinking session on the screen, today's "learning materials" have also come to an end.

Abeji took out the DVD with great dignity, put it together with his lifelong CD rental membership black card, and took out a small notebook on the side to record the series number and experience of today's challenge, and then looked at the man in front of him with a straight face.

"What happened to Mr. Matsumoto's sudden arrival in Tokyo?"

The man in front of him, named Matsumoto Ginji, was a first-class teacher for two days, and he lived in seclusion in Nagoya on weekdays.

Since the Abe family was not good at kendo, from the age of three, he hired Matsumoto Ginji with a lot of money, and came to teach him swordsmanship from time to time.

Although because Matsumoto Ginji has no spiritual power, he seems to know nothing about the removal of spirits, and in terms of sword removal and driving the sun and moon double swords, Abeji Temple basically explores by himself.

Although his own teacher has a dissolute and uninhibited style, but when it comes to kendo alone, Abeji can say without hesitation that Matsumoto Sensei is the strongest man he has ever seen.

The teacher's body and skills that have been tempered for many years cannot be defeated even if he uses his spiritual power.

Because, his teacher, is a "half-demon" who lives in seclusion in the world.

Although Matsumoto Ginji never mentioned his bloodline, he did not show anything unusual about ordinary people.

But since Abeji was three years old, the other party's appearance has never aged.

It seems that "longevity" is the power of his bloodline.

No one knows how old Matsumoto-sensei lived, or rather, how many years he practiced kendo.

This is also the reason why after learning of Sosuke Araki's "half-demon" identity that day, Abeji chose to keep it secret for the other party.

"As you get older, you will have more and more debts...... This time, I came here to pay off a favor debt that was not easy to repay...... By the way, let's come and test your recent practice results......"

Matsumoto Ginji smiled bitterly and reached out to pat the double knife on his waist.

"With this in mind, the student has a little doubt about his practice recently, and he just asks the teacher for advice."

……

In the large training room, Abeji and Matsumoto Ginji stood proudly with wooden knives in their hands.

"Please teach me."

Abeji's double swords one after the other, jumped forward, and rushed towards Matsumoto Ginji.

"The old rule, you only have one trick......"

Matsumoto Ginji held the straw in his mouth and hung down with his two knives on his sides, looking appreciatively at the students who rushed in front of him in just one step.

Compared to a few months ago, Abeji's kendo is more mellow and restrained, and the qi is almost difficult to capture.

Approaching in front of him, Abeji didn't have any intention of temptation at all, and the double swords in his hands circled and bloomed in front of him like a gust of wind.

Self-created Secret Sword: Elegy of the Mountain Bear.

Because Matsumoto Ginji's seemingly casual stance exuded a killing intent that seemed to be substantial, letting him know that he didn't have any chance to keep his hand.

"Oh? Has the gesture of this move been improved? Very good...... But ......"

Matsumoto Ginji's eyes narrowed slightly, Abeji's movements slowed infinitely in his eyes, and several flaws in his sword moves appeared one by one, connecting them one by one like stars.

“…… There are still flaws! ”

Then, with the powerful force of the long knife in his hand, he slashed along the line that did not exist.

Matsumoto Ginji's slash was not fast, but the timing was extremely clever, and it happened to meet the double swords of Abeji Temple at the same time.

Abeji only felt an extremely powerful force coming from the opponent's wooden knife, which shook the wooden knife in his hand and began to crack a little, and it was about to break.

“…… Interesting. ”

At the same time, the wakicha of Matsumoto Ginji's other hand, like a poisonous snake coming out of a hole, stabbed straight at Abeji Temple as fast as lightning.

The competition between the two has just begun, and they have directly reached the situation where they are about to be separated.

But Abeji had obviously anticipated his strength, and his hands were slightly loosened in mid-air for a moment, and after removing the power on the knife, he immediately held it again.

“…… Visible. ”

In the face of Matsumoto Ginji's stabbing of the wakicha, Abeji's eyes were as calm as water, and after a limit of backwards flashed, the long knife in his hand directly met the opponent's long knife.

"Good time!"

After seeing Abeji's subtle dodge, it seemed that he had the intention of competing with himself for strength, and Matsumoto Ginji was also interested.

From the age of three, Abeji can be said to have grown up under the beating of his wild power.

This also created Abeji's sharp, cunning, and rounded kendo style.

Matsumoto Ginji, who is known for his real swords and has countless blood-stained blades, seems to have such a style that is not necessarily a good thing.

Gambling on the real knife duel of life and death, often the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, and there is no room for maneuver at all.

But when he found out about this problem, this disciple's swordsmanship was already finalized.

Therefore, after the defeat of the millennium Abe Temple to the opponent who was said to be known for his strength, he was very happy and immediately arranged the "Hokkaido Mountain Bear Land (Shi) Prison (Nishiki) Special (Fire) Training (Pot) Course".

Abeji dared to take the initiative to try to compete with himself, and apparently discovered this problem himself.

The two long knives met in the air with violent force, and immediately burst into pieces of sawdust......

"What?!"

A scene that surprised Matsumoto Ginji slightly.

At the moment when the long knives touched, Abeji Temple in front of him actually let go of the long knife in his hand in advance, and his body fell to the ground like a ghost, and the flank difference in his hand stabbed out from the bottom to the top and at a very fast speed.

This trick is actually seven points similar to "Juyi Text Chop".

Except for the Kikube Sixteen Slash that is difficult for humans to use......

With his strong physical fitness and extremely distorted angle in his hand, Matsumoto Ginji blocked Abeji's treacherous "crotch" sword at the last moment.

"Wow."

The two coercs collided, and they couldn't withstand the strength of the two, and then exploded.

However, the competition is not over.

Abeji decisively abandoned his sword, turned his palm into a knife, and stabbed directly at Matsumoto Ginji in the abdomen.

Faced with this abrupt change, Matsumoto Ginji showed a satisfied smile.

This disciple's progress was far beyond his imagination, and he had comprehended such an eclectic sense of battle on his own.

"Good...... As a teacher, I will teach you one style today, and there is no knife to take. ”

The loose momentum on Matsumoto Ginji disappeared.

Throwing away the two swords in his hand, his whole person seemed to be incarnated into a long sword that would kill when unsheathed......

The killing intent of the essence and the bloody aura that was so thick that it made people want to vomit instantly bloomed in front of Abeji.

"Is this what the teacher looks like when he gets serious?"

This was the first time he felt the killing intent of his teacher.

In the past ten years, Abeji has never seen the teacher serious, and he has never seen him use a real knife.

Because the teacher said that his sword will drink blood when it comes out of its sheath.

But the murderous intent in front of him, which was full of the smell of blood and seemed to be able to slaughter humans as cattle and sheep without hesitation, reminded him of a title.

100 people beheaded.

This is a title that only samurai with more than 100 names on their hands are eligible to obtain.

Don't......

Without waiting for him to think about it, the stabbing knife had been clamped like iron tongs by Matsumoto Ginji's palms.

Immediately, the violent force slammed Abeji to the ground.

"Yes, your progress has exceeded my imagination...... Pack up and join me to visit an old friend. ”

Abeji, who was lying on the ground, looked at Matsumoto Ginji's back with some strangeness, as if there was a real killing intent just now, and it had never existed.

He then laughed to himself and shook his head.

I must be confused in my studies, it's a peaceful era, how can Matsumoto Sensei be a "hundred people beheaded".

……

Nihonbashi, Shinagawa Town.

"Is this it?"

Abeji followed behind Matsumoto Ginji and stopped in front of an old mansion in the middle of nowhere.

This small alley is so wide that cars can't even get in, they can only walk in.

He turned his head to check, and on the side of the mansion, the words "Xuanwu Pavilion" were written on a wooden plaque.

Seeing these three words, Abeji's eyes moved slightly.

Didn't the Xuanwu Pavilion of Beichen move to Kanda Yuchi?

In Shinagawa Town, there is still such an old dojo.

In the years since he came to Tokyo to study, he has basically come to the dojo in the capital to seek advice, but he has never heard of this Xuanwu Hall.

can attract teachers to visit, presumably the level should not be low, and it is really hidden in the city.

"That guy doesn't seem to be here yet, let's have a casual look first."

Putting down the phone in his hand, Matsumoto Ginji took the lead and walked into the dojo.

In the small courtyard behind the gate, several men with unkind faces were clumsily holding wooden knives and receiving guidance from the staff, practicing "empty waving and vibrating".

Abeji only looked at it twice, and the corners of his eyes twitched slightly.

Because the level of these students is really ......

It's all too bad for beginners.

"Two guests, do you want to consult about kendo crash training?"

Seeing the two of them enter the door, a beautiful and energetic girl greeted them with a warm smile.

"Kendo crash course?"

Ginji Matsumoto had an interested expression.

"Yes, our Xuanwu Pavilion is the birthplace of Beichen Yidaoliu, adhering to the spirit of 'everyone can practice kendo', 'so that there is no difficult exemption in the world', and 'no middlemen make the difference', as long as you pay 20,000 yen in tuition and participate in a one-day crash training course, you can be admitted to our Beichen Yidaoliu exemption."

Seeing that the two seemed interested, the beautiful girl immediately enthusiastically introduced the two.