At 2:30 p.m., Ikeda was awakened from his sleep by a soft sound.

She sat on the bed for a long time, until she gradually became conscious, and she suddenly noticed that a flash on Binglan had fallen to the ground at some point.

The room was silent, and Ikeda picked up a flash of powerlessness in the night.

It was cold at her fingertips, but it suddenly made her feel a little frustrated.

After coming to X City, she tried many practices that seemed unreasonable, but unfortunately, even with the guidance of her teacher, she didn't seem to have taken a few steps forward on this path.

Perhaps, as the people say, he is a person with dull talents.

From an early age, Ikeda heard stories of his father, who at her age had already received a flash of recognition as the most powerful swordsman in the clan.

Those words outlined a wilderness, in which she walked alone, in front of her, a path that her father had opened up, but the more she understood her father, the stronger her sense of powerlessness became, and between them, there was an insurmountable gap.

However, such a powerful father died at someone's hands, so the sword, which represents the treasure of the Ikeda family, reached her.

When Ikeda was about to release Flashe back on Hyoran at night, the ghost made a surprise move.

The dragon pattern carving on the hilt of the knife was lifelike, and looking at the delicate lines, she couldn't help but think of the glimpse she had seen in the simulation training ground.

The broken wood of the woods, the soft sound of the blade as it sheathed it, seemed to be right in front of you.

Draw the knife!

Ikeda's eyes stared at the night.

However, as always, the blade has not shown the slightest tendency to unsheath.

With a sigh, he put a flash back on Binglan, although he couldn't understand the true meaning of the spiritual power that the teacher said, but if she continued to train, maybe one day, she would be recognized by a flash.

For now, we can only hope for this.

Let's take care of your illness first.

But at the moment of turning, Ikeda froze in place, and the fear that struck her heart made her steps feel like lead, and from this angle, she just saw the person standing quietly outside the door.

She was sure that she had locked the bedroom door before going to bed, but in her sleep, the door had become hidden.

A figure wearing a kendo suit with a white saber tied around her waist was watching her at the door.

She couldn't make out the other person's appearance, a fox mask blocked his entire face, and his right hand, which was holding the hilt of the saber, for no apparent reason, Ikeda felt a terrifying and distorted aura.

Demon Knife.

Although she had heard the legend of the demon knife countless times in the clan, this was the first time she really felt the oppression of the demon knife.

Ikeda immediately realized that the flash of detachment from the hyoran did not seem to be accidental, and that it was a warning to himself.

At the same time, she remembered the rumors in the clan.

The Foundation said that her father was ambushed by evil spirits while working on an important commission, and eventually died of exhaustion under enemy siege, however, the grapevine spread that the real fatal wound on her father's body was a knife wound, and there was only one stab wound.

Extremely clean.

They said that the sword maker was a swordsman who was more powerful than his father, and the only ones who were able to do this today were the Gomori clan who were in the same city of N.

In fact, looking back on the genealogy, it seems that every heir in the clan who is known as a genius has not escaped the fate of untimely death in the end, and only a few family heads with mediocre talents have survived the peaceful world.

Ikeda wanted to do something, but under the fox-faced gaze, she fell into a state of stiffness.

"It's not you."

A male voice came from under the mask.

"Now you ...... Can't make a mistake for me yet. ”

………………

At the same time, the other side.

"You mean, Shinichi Ashina's bastard is still alive?"

Gu Yun was amazed, he counted with his fingers, the era in which Reed Shinai lived was thousands of years away from today, and his illegitimate children were probably hundreds of years old, right?

Just now, the red duck told him a secret history that was not recorded in the biography of "Reed".

In the biography, Shinichi Ashina is far away from his lover and best friend, and in his later years in order to pursue the ultimate of kendo, he was bewitched by a demon sword, and Michimitsu Ikeda and Gomori Akutagawa joined hands to end the life of the world's greatest swordsman.

However, the whereabouts of the demon knife have never been mentioned in the biography of "Reed Name".

And the red duck tells him that when Shinichi Ashina left his lover, his lover was already pregnant.

Shinichi Ashina's death revealed to the world that his lover could not bear such a blow and died shortly after giving birth to a baby boy.

The era of rebellion came to an end with the deaths of Michimitsu Ikeda and Akutagawa, and from then on, the shogunate ruled in a period of stability for a long time.

The baby boy was raised by the villagers and was supposed to live an ordinary life like other villagers, but by chance he learned about his father's past.

"Omori Akutagawa remembered his old friend and placed Shinichi Ashina's saber in the temple, guarded by a high monk, hoping to use mana to purify the demon in the sword, until one day, the baby boy came to the temple gate."

Chiyang spoke eloquently, her words and deeds made people feel like they were there, and Gu Yun seemed to have really seen the temple.

"And then?"

"It's gone."

The red duck spread her hands, but this time it was not to deliberately play with Gu Yun's curiosity, but she really didn't know what happened next.

"Huh?"

"In the three biographies of "Ashina", "Ikeda", and "Gomori", in addition to recording historical facts, they also entrust the author's strong personal feelings, and among these three, Ikeda Michimitsu has the most happy ending, and Omamori Akutagawa is the most tragic, but the writer's favorite is Ashina Shinichi, and his love for Ashina Shinichi made him feel unsettled for a long time after writing the three biographies, so in his later years, he decided to start writing and began the creation of "The Legend of Masana".

It's just that compared with the previous three biographies, "The Biography of Masaji" is based on wild history, and the official history does not record the ending of Shinichi Aina's lover, and there is no strong evidence that Shinichi Aina had a son.

Therefore, "The Legend of the Righteous Self" is more of the author's imagination and creation.

"And the reason why I can't tell you the ending of Masashi Ashina is because the writer died before this work was completed."

Even as the god of inspiration, the Red Duck could not get answers from the dead.

"So, you're looking for someone who didn't have time to write the ending."