I formed the strongest swordsman group

In the seventh year of Anzheng (1860), January 16——

The vacation system of the Edo Magistrate is "two days off and one day off".

That is, 2 days of work and 1 day of rest.

Although it seems cool, you can only enjoy such a humanized vacation system if you are lucky.

For "three-time" warriors like Qingdeng and the others, it is very normal for them to encounter any major case and not take a vacation for more than ten days in a row, or even more than a month in a row.

Fortunately—Qingdeng's luck is very good now.

On the second day of his work, he encountered no episodes except for Kinoshita Mai's "meow meow meow meow" incident on the patrol road.

The second day of work was spent in peace and tranquility.

For Qingdeng, who can't wait to improve his strength quickly, what he looks forward to most now is undoubtedly the holiday.

Because in this way, you can go to the trial guard hall to practice swords.

Qingdeng, who didn't have any cases or important things to deal with, after working for 2 days and ushering in the long-awaited vacation, just after dawn, he excitedly picked up the bento prepared by Jiubingwei and went straight to Test hall.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the test hall, Qingdeng found that today's test hall seemed to be a bit lively. Standing outside the gate, he could already hear the sound of shouts and bamboo swords coming from inside.

After entering the dojo and looking around the dojo, Qingdeng found a familiar tall figure.

"Kondo-kun." Qingdeng smiled and walked towards this familiar tall figure, that is, Kondo who was teaching an apprentice how to hold a sword bravely.

"Oh!" Kondo raised his eyebrows at Qingdeng and said with a smile, "Tachibana-kun, are you here to practice swords? Ha, I don't know why, I feel like I haven't seen you for a long time, don't I need to go to the enforcement office today to serve my duty?" ?”

"I don't have any cases to deal with, so I can enjoy my vacation today." After finishing speaking, Qingdeng looked around the dojo again, "There are quite a lot of people today..."

There are roughly ten apprentices practicing swords in the dojo right now.

Qingdeng was a little surprised that so many people came here to practice swords early in the morning.

"Yes." Kondo said with emotion, "Occasionally there will be a few days when more people come to the sword gym to practice swords."

"Ha... If only it could be so lively every day."

"Huh? Why didn't you see Okita-kun?" Qing Deng realized at this moment that the beautiful boy was not in the dojo.

"Oh, Souji went to buy Jinpeito." Kondo smiled helplessly, "He is a big glutton, and he especially likes Jinpeito."

"I eat Jinping candy more frequently than I eat rice."

"Last night, he saw that there were not many Jinpingtang stored at home, so he ran to the dim sum shop he frequented early this morning to 'buy'."

"It will probably be a while before he comes back."

Having said that, Kondo put his hands on his hips and sighed softly.

"Thanks to him being able to eat so much Jinpingtang every day, his teeth won't be broken..."

Kondo turned his gaze back to Qingdeng.

"Okay, forget about the boss."

"Mr. Orange, you came here just in time."

"I came just in time? What do you mean?" Qingdeng showed confusion.

"Father... ah, our master came back yesterday." Kondo said with a smile, "I have already told him about you."

"For your new apprentice, father has been saying since yesterday that he wants to see you soon."

"I thought it would take you a few more days before you could spare time to come here to practice swords again."

"I didn't expect to see you again so soon."

The current owner of this test hall: Shusuke Kondo, Qingdeng has already heard of him, but he has not seen him for a long time.

The day before yesterday, the first time I came to the test guard hall, because Zhou Zhu was away on business and happened to be away from the sword hall, he missed it.

Qingdeng was also quite curious about this master whom he had never had the chance to meet.

"Kondo-kun, since the master has returned, where is he now?"

Qingdeng just asked this question——

"Hey, are you that Ju Qingdeng?"

The old voice that reminds people of "Dead Branch" suddenly caught Qingdeng's attention.

Qing Deng hurriedly followed the direction from which the old male voice came from, that is, looked behind him.

As soon as he turned his gaze to the back, the figure that caught his eyes caused a trace of surprise to emerge from Qingdeng's brows.

Standing behind him... was a hunchbacked, rather short old man.

The old man was putting his hands behind his back, looking at Qingdeng with a warm smile on his face.

"Father!" Kondo took a few steps quickly and ran to the old man's side.

The apprentices in the dojo who were practicing swords at this time also stopped their movements, bowed to the old man and shouted "Master, good morning" one by one.

There is only one person who can be called a master by Isamu Kondo, and by the apprentices in the dojo... who can be called that by them

Realizing who this old man really is, Qingdeng hastily bowed to the old man in a similar manner, and loudly responded to the question Zhou Zhu asked just now:

"I am Juqingdeng!"

While saying hello to this old man...that is, Shusuke Kondo, Qing Deng secretly looked at his master from the corner of his eyes.

——This person... is Shusuke Kondo?

At a glance, the first impression Kondo Shusuke gave him...was short.

However, his "shortness" is only short compared with Qingdeng and Kondo Isamu who are close to 1.8 meters tall.

Compared with most men in this era, Shusuke Kondo is at a normal height.

And the second impression...is his pair of small eyes.

It was the first time that Qingdeng saw such tiny squinting eyes that people couldn't tell whether he was opening them or closing them.

As for the third impression... that is, people seem to be very gentle.

The corner of the mouth has been slightly upturned, with a warm smile on his face, he looks like the kind of person who is easy to get along with.

Zhou Zhu raised his hand, signaling to everyone around him to excuse himself, then raised his gaze with a smile, and looked Qingdeng up and down.

"Hohohohoho... You are Ju Qingdeng, you are really tall."

Standing on tiptoe, Zhou Zhu raised his hand in a slightly comical gesture to compare the height difference between himself and Qingdeng.

Seeing Zhou Zhu's slightly funny actions, Qing Deng couldn't help laughing.

"I heard about you from Yong yesterday."

"Listen to Yong: You are not only talented in swordsmanship, but also proficient in unarmed combat."

"I don't dare to be proficient in anything." Qingdeng said modestly.

After Zhou Zhu laughed a few times, he put his hands behind his back.

"Although Yong has already tested your strength on the first day you came to the test hall."

"But I haven't seen the strength of your new apprentice yet."

"If it's convenient, can you let me see how strong you are now?"

Qing Deng was stunned for a moment, and then quickly said: "Of course there is no problem."

Zhou Zhu nodded: "Then... I want to start with your unarmed martial arts level."

"You want to see my unarmed combat?" Qing Deng was startled.

"In this day and age, warriors who are good at unarmed combat are very rare." Zhou Zhu smiled, "I really want to see how your unarmed combat skills are. Is it possible? If you don't want to, I won't force you. "

"Of course." Qingdeng nodded hastily, "I'm very happy."

To test his strength, it is natural for Qingdeng to compete with others.

Being able to compete reasonably with others, and using the unarmed combat technique that he is best at now to compete with others - such a cool thing, Qingdeng can't think of any reason to refuse.

"Okay, then—Yong." Zhou Zhu glanced at Kondo standing beside him, "You come to compete with Tachibana."

"Me?" Kondo was startled, and pointed at himself.

"Now you are the only one here who knows a little unarmed combat." Kondo Shusuke said calmly, "If you are not sent, who will be sent?"

"Then... well, I see."

Seeing Zhou Zhu send Kondo to the field, Qingdeng was overjoyed.

To be able to take on Kondo--he couldn't have wished for it.

The day before yesterday, because Kondo had to rush back to Tama to visit Hijikata Toshizo, Qingdeng was unable to compete with Kondo at that time, and lost an opportunity to check whether Kondo had talent in his body.

Now that this regret can be made up for, Qingdeng can't help but beam with joy.

All the apprentices in the dojo retreated to the side of the dojo to make room for Qingdeng and Kondo.

Zhou Zhu, on the other hand, sat cross-legged on the head seat of the ashram, watching with interest the two who had already started saluting.

After saluting, Kondo took a deep breath, and then spread his feet.

—Jiu-jitsu...

Qingdeng, who was keen on unarmed combat in his previous life and knew more or less about all major unarmed combat techniques, just glanced at Kondo's posture and recognized what kind of martial art he was using.

Not only did Qingdeng see at a glance that the martial art Kondo used was Jiu-Jitsu, he also saw that his Jiu-Jitsu was not very good.

Such an awkward posture...Qingdeng speculates that Kondo's jujitsu is probably only at the level of a "three-legged cat".

If it was a competition of swordsmanship... then Qingdeng felt that he would only be killed by the master of the sword gym, Kondo.

But if it's more than unarmed combat...

Qingdeng breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hands, and assumed a catching posture.

With every gesture, confidence is flying!

"Drink!" Kondo let out an astonishing aura of kiai, and slid towards Qingdeng.

Although Kondo has a big stature of nearly 1.8 meters and a strong figure, he is not so strong that his "tonnage" directly exceeds Qingdeng by an order of magnitude.

Therefore, facing Kondo who was running towards him, Qingdeng did not dodge, but boldly dodged to the side, then stepped forward and hugged Kondo.

Kondo's reaction was extremely quick. After Qingdeng hugged him, his jujitsu level was only at the level of a "three-legged cat" and he immediately began to struggle, trying to break Qingdeng away directly with brute force.

Kondo's strength is the same as his stature, indeed far above Qingdeng.

But the difference in strength and weight between the two is not so big that Qingdeng can't make up for it with skills!

Qingdeng took a deep breath, and waved his hands as if performing a superb magic trick, locking Kondo's arms with a grappling technique.

Kondo struggled subconsciously, but he was surprised to find that he couldn't use his strength at all.

The harder he tried and the more he wanted to break his arms out of Qingdeng's control, the heavier and heavier pain would spread along his arms and spread throughout his body.

He felt that if he forcibly broke his two arms out of Qingdeng's control, then his arm would definitely be dislocated.

Seeing that Kondo was restrained by Qingdeng so quickly, Zhou Zhu raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Immediately afterwards, a smile emerged from the corner of his mouth.

"Okay, let's call it a day!"

Hearing that Zhou Zhu had called to stop, Qing Deng hastily let go of Kondo's arms.

And at this moment——

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