Inokami Inosuke's training is really hard, and his body has the instinct to perform moves because of this.

Lan En, who was in front of him, seemed to be broken because of [Dengli], and the empty door was wide open.

Although he himself was still a little confused, the instinct of his body had already been expressed through the blade of the sword.

[Reed Celebrity: Dengli] is a sword technique that gradually disintegrates the enemy's stance in the middle of the block, and then it is-

【Reed Celebrity: Lower Carp】!

Lan's armor made it impossible for Inosuke to win with a single blow, and his body instinctively chose to further disintegrate the enemy's stance.

[Lower Carp] is to flick back the blade fluently, and continue to disintegrate the opponent's stance in the form of onslaught one after another.

The reed celebrity likened this swordsmanship to a carp rushing down a waterfall.

But when Inosuke instinctively used this trick, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

"The speed at which his posture disintegrates is not. Too fast? ”

The young samurai's eyes widened in astonishment, intertwined with Lan En's eyes that were happy to hunt.

Although it was the first time he had seen this kind of swordsmanship, his instinct as the son of an emperor made him quickly begin to absorb the nourishment of this knowledge.

And now, although I still don't know how this kind of swordsmanship is done, but if you talk about the method of cracking.

He's pretty much clueless, too!

The tall body seemed to fall back naturally as the blade was flicked off.

But it was this seemingly natural backlash that allowed Inosuke to wipe the blade of his sword later and brush his hair.

With a swing of the sword, the young samurai must regain his strength to maintain his condition.

Lan En took advantage of this gap and twisted the boots with the outer plate armor hard, leaving a deep depression in the green soil floor.

A spiral force was transmitted upwards from the toes, integrating the power of each joint all the way, making Lan En's body like a big bow that curved back!

Stretching is energy storage! A spiral is a charge! Until this power is unleashed from the tip of the sword!

"Wow !!"

Inosuke struggled to defend himself, and finally found time to block the blow.

The sheer force made the samurai's facial expression very distorted, and he was even cut off from the ground with his feet in a defensive stance, and he was pushed backwards and flew out!

Until Inosuke inserted the tip of his knife into the dirt floor, he still left a hideous sword mark on the ground, staying five meters away!

And when the samurai came to his attention and looked up at his opponent, he only saw a standard head-on slash!

"His stance. Recovered?! ”

Inosuke was dumbfounded at this time, and the shock was even worse than being slashed by Lan En!

A swordsman who saw [Dengli] for the first time broke his move within two minutes of fighting?!

And at the corner of Lan En's mouth, the smile was getting more and more cheerful.

His hacking idea worked.

In the intermittent battle gap, he unleashed a huge move at once.

I don't need you to break my posture, and I can't maintain it when I use big moves!

But after the blow of this big action, it returned to its normal state, and the process was basically under its own control.

And the feeling of stuckness given by [Dengli] has almost disappeared from a 'broken and then standing'.

The surprise in his heart made Inosuke lose his level, and he reluctantly raised the long knife in his hand, forgetting to use any swordsmanship at all, just simply resisting.

Sword fighting, in other words, is a battle for chance.

A good swordsman, the more disadvantaged he is, the more he must think about it.

A person like Inosuke who has a chaotic brain and only cares about supporting the immediate and doesn't want to follow up on the coping method is just leading himself into the pit of failure.

But it was as if luck was favoring the young samurai.

After Lan En slashed under the angry blow of the big action just now, the katana in his hand was already cut out.

And when he slashed at Inosuke head-on, his footsteps seemed to rush a little over.

The place where the blade that led to the intersection of Inosuke's struggling resistance was the gap in his knife.

The crisp sound of the blade breaking sounded.

Inosuke, whose head was already clouded by the huge pressure, watched in a daze as a snow-shiny blade flew into the sky, then fell diagonally and plunged into the dirt.

There was silence for a moment.

"Oh? It seems that I lost, and I really can't win against you with the same weapons, Inosuke-sama Nogami. ”

The calm and sincere words made Lan En feel from fierce to gentle.

"Uh-huh?!"

The young samurai even had the head of the moon on his head slightly scattered, and he snapped back to his senses.

He saw that the katana in Lan's hand was already shortened, and his own blade, which was still intact, was against the front of his chest as he charged.

"You've won, Inosuke-sama."

Lan smiled and repeated, then broke away from the battle stance and straightened up.

"You accurately grasped the gap on my blade, and your observation is admirable."

"You are!"

Inosuke opened his mouth, but he couldn't say anything for a long time.

Whether he instinctively aimed the blade at the gap just now, he didn't know. But how chaotic his brain was just now, he himself knew very well.

In that chaotic mind, he could still seize the opportunity to win, and he thought that he didn't have the ability.

But since the other party has already given himself a step, it is better not to have too much trouble for the sake of his samurai reputation.

After a slight hesitation, Inokami Inosuke pursed his lips and announced loudly.

"Lane already. Survive forty moves! He is the most skilled martial artist among the ronins! ”

When it came to Lan En's 'surviving' moves, Inosuke said it was a little difficult, and he still felt ashamed.

But the witcher himself seemed very calm.

Don't offend people when you first come to your land, this is a practical truth.

Although I don't know if Inokami Inosuke is the kind of person who can't afford to lose, he doesn't want to take this risk.

Moreover, he himself has already gained new knowledge of swordsmanship in the confrontation just now, and the verbal victory or defeat is something that is not worth caring about.

Gensai Nogami picked up after Inosuke announced the results.

"Everyone, please go back to the castle town to repair the original place, and the supplies that meet the specifications and the first batch of this month's remuneration will be distributed tomorrow. A live chicken will be sent over tonight as a celebration of your passing of the assessment today, so please be welcome. ”

The ronins who passed the assessment left in a lively manner, ready to return to the longhouse.

And it wasn't until Lan En's figure completely disappeared into the corner of the manor wall that Gensai Nogami, who had been watching his back, spoke to Inosuke without looking back.

"Can you recall the state of the man after he threw a powerful slash, Inosuke?"

"I'm so sorry, my lord, I can't."

Nogami ignored Inosuke's obviously ashamed answer, and said to himself.

"The guy gasped on the surface, but there was no instability in the hand holding the knife due to the brief burst, and a person like me, who has held a sword all his life, can only have confidence in this. Do you know what that means? ”

"My subordinates know."

The corners of Inosuke's mouth twitched slightly.

The hand is steady, which means that the knife is not the opponent used some kind of explosive technique. It's the norm!

And if that kind of power is actually Lan En's normal state, it means that he can use his strength to defeat himself from the very beginning of the knife fighting stage!

"Looks like you understand what role you've recruited now, Inosuke."

From the eaves of the house in the courtyard, an old female voice suddenly appeared.

interjected into the conversation between the two.

Gensai Nogami and Inosuke, as well as several samurai behind him, did not look surprised, but bowed slightly in the direction of the voice as a matter of course.

"Butterfly-sama!" *N

I saw that above the eaves, there was a thin old woman with gray hair, swimming there with Erlang's legs crossed.

Dressed smartly, with a short cloak draped over his shoulders. In his hand, he played with a thin and long, shimmering kunai like a toy.

But unlike her relaxed movements, her face seemed to have lost its emotion, and it was wooden from beginning to end, making it difficult to see through her thoughts.

"No more gossip."

She waved her hand to the crowd under the eaves, even if it was a salute in return. Those sharp eyes were nailed to Inosuke's body.

"Now, tell me about him."

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