I formed the strongest swordsman group

Boss Kiryu is as energetic as ever.

Bright eyes, solid and powerful steps, clear and precise speech.

Except that the skin is inevitably covered with wrinkles due to the growth of age, there is no sign of aging in the whole body, and it is not at all obvious that this is an old man who has reached his prime.

Today's Kinoshita Mai is also very formally dressed.

The bright red kimono embroidered with beautiful patterns, the exquisite goose yellow belt, the jade feet wrapped in white socks that make people want to hold and play in the palm of their hands, and the small red button clogs.

"Qingdeng! Good morning!"

"Well, good morning to you too."

After greeting Qingdeng, she turned her gaze and began to say hello to other people present—then, almost in the blink of an eye, her expression changed from "happy" to "timid".

"That, that... hello... I'm Teyo from Senjiya... Mai Kinoshita..."

As she spoke, her hands folded in front of her were tightly clasped, and her toes wrapped in white socks repeatedly scratched the clogs under her feet, with a tense expression.

Only in front of Qingdeng can she show her innocent and girlish side.

However, after becoming a couple with Qingdeng, nourished and encouraged by love, she became more cheerful and energetic than before.

Although she is still very introverted and shy, at least she dares to say hello to others.

When talking to strangers, dare to look them in the eye and say words clearly enough for them to understand.

In the past, when there were many strangers around, she must have buried her head low long ago, hid behind Boss Kiryu, and stared at the ground in front of her toes without turning her eyes. He didn't even dare to take a breath.

Kinoshita Mai has a very good relationship with the general manager, so she nodded and smiled slightly to the general manager to say hello.

As for Sanako...

She turned her gaze sideways and glanced at Sanako next to her.

Coincidentally, at the same time, Sanako also squinted his eyes, and glanced at Kinoshita Mai with neither sadness nor joy.

Immediately afterwards, they coincidentally and hastily looked away, as if they would see each other's filth when their eyes met.

Kinoshita Mai: "Hmph."

Sanako: "Hmph."

At the same time, the two women snorted coldly at a volume that only they could hear clearly.

Ever since he announced to the three girls and their parents "I want to form a big family" in the ward of the Ren Medical Center, what Qingdeng dreamed of was "the successful integration between the girlfriends and the formation of high affection for each other." "Friendship" scene... didn't happen.

Regardless of "Happy Shiba Inu", the relationship between "Short-legged Cat" and "Noble Fox" is still bad...

To be honest, Qingdeng has not figured out why the relationship between Sanako and Kinoshita Mai is so bad until now.

If it is said that they hate each other because they are rivals in love...it doesn't seem to make sense.

After all, the boss is also their rival in love, but they have a good relationship with the boss.

Fortunately, according to Qingdeng's observation, the two women did not harbor the kind of strong hatred for each other that "wants her to die soon".

All in all, the relationship between the two of them is really awkward.

Maybe this is the so-called "horizontal incompatibility"-there is no reason, it is simply that the other party is not pleasing to the eye.

At this time, Qingdeng suddenly thought: I traveled to this world in January of the seventh year of Anzheng (1860), and now it is December of the second year of Wenjiu (1862).

Roughly speaking, he has lived in this world for nearly 3 years, and has known and gotten along with Sanako, Mai Kinoshita, and the chief executive for nearly 3 years.

Compared with when they first met them, the three girls have changed a lot.

Sanako is 24 years old this year, long past the age of growth.

No matter the height, the bear or the peach, they are no longer developing.

However, the precipitation of time has made her temperament more mature, elegant and charming.

Besides, she seemed to be frozen in age.

Although she is almost three years old, she still looks like a young woman in her early 20s.

Even Sanako had such obvious changes, not to mention Souji and Kinoshita Mai who were already at a mature age.

The facial features have become more mature, and the brows have lost a lot of childishness... These changes in appearance that are not worth mentioning are not listed for the time being.

The biggest change of Souji and Kinoshita Mai in recent years is still the change of body shape - the slender place is still slender, and the already big place is even bigger!

The current general manager has to spend far more time and effort every morning than before to smooth his body.

And the other girl...Qingdeng guessed: This may be a side effect of the talent "milk".

As far back as 3 years ago, Mai Kinoshita's kimono was already very bulging and tall.

But now, the skirt of her kimono was bulging even more! There is almost no free space between the clothes and the body, which is particularly eye-catching.

Although in terms of size, she is still not as good as Sanazi, but Qingdeng feels that her current size and shape are just right.

After all, Kinoshita Mai is far less tall than Sanako.

The size of Sanako is just stuck at the critical point of "if it is bigger, it will be a little scary" and "if she is shorter, it will feel very uncoordinated".

In other words, Sanako's size is only suitable for her height.

If Kinoshita Mai was the same age as Sanako, it would be more scary.

However, it is strange to say that although Kinoshita Mai and Zouji's body changes are quite obvious and prominent, their height has not increased at all.

The head office is still only 1.55 meters...

Kinoshita Mai is still only 1.5 meters...

Perhaps the nutrition has been concentrated elsewhere, and it is unable to provide height.

If Sanako and Kinoshita Mai had met in private, they would probably have said strange things about each other.

However, this time and place is a very serious occasion, and it is naturally impossible for the two women to choke each other in public.

Therefore, after they looked at each other, they looked away tacitly, stopped looking at each other, consciously "truce", and maintained the greatest degree of restraint.

Among the people present, apart from Qingdeng and the third daughter who are the parties concerned, only Boss Kiryu and Chiba Shigetaro knew about Qingdeng's grand wish of "marrying three regular wives".

They promised the general manager that they would not reveal their true gender, so they did not tell others about the complicated relationship between Qingdeng and the three women.

And Qingdeng has also made up his mind - until he really possesses the energy of "even if he marries three regular wives, no one or force will dare to oppose him", he will not advertise his ambition Of.

Otherwise, it would be easy to cause unnecessary trouble for myself and Sanako and the others.

So, so far, only Boss Kiryu, Chiba Shigetaro, and Okita Hikaru who witnessed Qingdeng's "big ambition" in the ward of the Jin Medical Center know everything.

The rest... including Sanako's biological father, Chiba Sakakichi, are still kept in the dark.

For this reason, the atmosphere surrounding Qing Deng's body at this time is quite harmonious.

If there is any inharmonious factor... it is probably that after the three girls got together, Boss Kiryu and Chiba Shigetaro have been casting elusive and complicated gazes at Qingdeng and the girls in their respective families from time to time... …

For the "rebellious" behavior of the young people, as parents, they are both worried and angry, but also helpless...

At this time, Qingdeng heard Hijikata Toshizo's voice.

"Hey! Tachibana! Director! Shannan!"

Not far away, Hijikata Sui folded his waist and continued to shout with high spirits:

"The succession ceremony is about to begin! It's almost time for everyone to take their places!"

"okay, I get it!"

Qing Deng responded loudly.

Keisuke Shannan interjected at the right time:

"Then, ladies and gentlemen, please come with us."

Qingdeng, Zongsi, and Shannan Keisuke led the Chiba family and the Senshiya group to the venue.

When everyone was moving towards the stands, Qingdeng deliberately lagged behind by half a step, walking side by side with Kinoshita Mai.

"A Wu, who is this?"

As he spoke, he looked at the girl in yellow who had been holding hands with Mai Kinoshita since just now, without saying a word.

Qing Deng was busy greeting Chiba Singkichi, Kiryu boss and others just now, so he didn't have time to ask the identity of the girl in yellow.

Before Kinoshita Wu had time to speak, the girl in yellow slightly lifted the low-rimmed bamboo hat on her head, raised her head, and looked directly at Qingdeng.

A head of dazzling blond hair, and a pair of beautiful sapphire-like pupils reminiscent of a clear summer sky, came into Qingdeng's eyes together.

"Master, it's me."

The girl in yellow greeted with a smile in a voice that only she, Kinoshita Mai and Qingdeng could hear clearly.

Blonde hair, blue eyes, calling Qingdeng "Master"... The identity of this woman is already ready to be revealed.

"Elodie?"

Qingdeng blinked, showing surprise.

"Elodie, why are you here?"

Elodie grinned.

"How can I miss such a fun and grand event? I've been staying at home lately, and I'm almost smothered."

After finishing speaking, she added:

"Master, don't worry, my going out today is permitted by my grandfather."

Although he is now the "Minister of the Military Aircraft Department" with a lot of work to do, Qingdeng still insists on being Elodie's tutor, and visits Elodie regularly every month to teach him swordsmanship.

It has to be said that this harmless blond loli is indeed very talented in swordsmanship.

Even if he can't be said to be a genius, at least he can be said to be talented and intelligent.

She has mastered most of the sword skills of the natural Lixin flow.

Even a strong man six feet tall, as long as he is an ordinary person who has never learned martial arts, he is like a chicken tile ditch in front of her.

According to Ai Luodi's current level of strength and learning progress...Qingdeng estimated that as long as she practiced hard for another 10 years, she would be able to get the pass on the natural mind flow.

Although it can't be compared with Souji, Nagakura Shinpachi, Saitoichi and other monsters who can be exempted from everyone in their teens, it can be regarded as a very remarkable achievement.

As Alodie got older, Anthony relaxed a lot of her personal restrictions, and no longer shut her up at home like a canary.

As long as he is accompanied by any one of Qingdeng, Boss Kiryu and Mai Kinoshita, he allows Elodie to go out for a short while.

In the current political situation, the "respecting the king and rejecting barbarians" faction has the upper hand.

Gyeonggi is the absolute center of the movement of respecting the king and fighting barbarians. In comparison, the Edo side is much more peaceful, at least there are no frequent "Tianzhu incidents", but it should not be taken lightly.

However, just to be on the safe side, in order not to be troubled by the "King Respecting the Barbarian Sect", Alodi still had to wear Japanese clothes and a bamboo hat to cover her face when she went out.

Now that he has obtained Anthony's permission to go out, and is accompanied by Boss Kiryu and Mai Kinoshita, Qingdeng feels relieved.

He smiled and chatted with Elodie casually.

Then... Suddenly, his eyes suddenly began to move uncontrollably, staring straight at Elodie's upper body.

Qingdeng dared to pat his chest to make sure - it really wasn't his lust!

But... As a human being, he really can't defy the law of physics that "the greater the mass, the greater the gravitational force"!

If we say that during the period of 1 year and 8 months, the changes that happened to Sanako, Kinoshita Mai, and Soji changed from 1 to 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Then, the change that happened to Elodie was from 0 to 1—in short, a qualitative change!

After all... she is a girl with the talent of "abundant breasts".

The originally extremely straight straight line quickly changed into an uneven curve at a rate of once a month.

The growth has been astounding.

What's even more amazing is that she is obviously a pure-blooded French girl, but like the chief executive and Kinoshita Mai, her height basically hasn't changed...

Maybe she has grown a little taller, but the range of change is low enough to be ignored. Her current height is still less than 1.5 meters.

Not only that, but her facial features have not changed significantly, it is still the baby face that can be broken by blows.

In a word, Elodie has changed from a standard-sized loli to...a loli whose body and age don't match...

At this moment, an indifferent female voice without sadness or joy entered Qingdeng's ears:

"...Qingdeng, where are you looking?"

Qingdeng looked up, and in front of him was a pair of beautiful eyes staring straight at him—correction, beautiful eyes that exuded a biting cold air

"I didn't look anywhere."

Qing Deng straightened his face, and replied with righteous words without thinking.

However, his answer did not get Kinoshita Mai's understanding.

"Liar! I saw you staring straight at Elodie with my own eyes, hum, obscenity! Don't look at it any more!"

After all, she protected Alodie behind her like an old hen protecting her chicks.

Elodie raised her head, looked at Qingdeng, then at Kinoshita Mai, and asked with a childlike face:

"Miss Wu, why do you call the master obscene?"

"Oh...! Don't ask so many questions, kid!"

Qingdeng, who was speechless, had a helpless wry smile on his face.

Elodie blinked her beautiful eyes a few times, with puzzled eyes flashing in her eyes.

...

...

Edo, Fuchu, and Six Myojin—the succession ceremony was held in the square in front of the shrine.

Kondo Shusuke gave the opening speech, Kondo Isamu read the oath... Although these red tapes are boring, they cannot be skipped.

After about half an hour of boring time, the highlight of today's succession ceremony - the "civil war" of the natural Lixin flow is finally about to officially begin!

There are a total of 100 participants, 50 from the red and white sides, all of whom are masters of swordsmanship under the natural spiritual school, and the members of the red and white sides will be allocated by drawing lots.

This competition not only has the performance nature of adding fun to the succession ceremony, but also has the political meaning of proving to the visiting guests that the natural Lixinliu is strong and full of talents. It is always inappropriate to let a junior be the general.

For this reason, the generals of the red and white sides are all seniors with extremely high seniority.

Shirakata's chief general is Hijikata Toshizo's brother-in-law, Sato Hikogoro, who donated a large amount of money when the test guard was first established, and made outstanding contributions to the development of natural Lixin flow.

The chief general of the red side is Ogihara Satsuki, who is older than Shusuke Kondo and is said to be super strong when he was young, but is now very old.

Isamu Kondo and Shusuke Kondo will not participate in this competition. They will sit on the high platform throughout the whole process as referees and refer to the overall situation.

...

...

In a wide space nearly the size of two football fields, both the red and white teams are already in position at the east and west ends of the field.

The guests sat on the north and south sides of the venue, eagerly waiting for the game to start.

In addition, some passers-by who happened to pass by here came to join in the fun.

Looking at the entire auditorium, Mai Kinoshita and Ai Luodi, the girlfriends, were the most excited.

The former loves to watch this type of martial arts competition, while the latter simply likes to join in the fun.

They scanned the arena with their eyes shining, while chatting and discussing.

"Miss Wu, who do you think will win?"

"That's needless to say? Of course, whichever side Qingdeng is on will win!"

When saying these words, Kinoshita Mai raised her chin unconsciously, with a proud look on her face.

...

On the other side, the Chiba family is also discussing the outcome of the game.

"Sanako, who do you think will win?"

Chiba Shigetaro asked his sister beside him in a casual tone.

"……Hard to say."

Sanako replied in a calm tone without haste.

"If there is any side that can fight to the last moment, there is no doubt that the side with Mr. Ju will win."

"But this is a red-white battle. As long as you 'kill' the general, you can win."

"In the battle between red and white, as long as the strategy is right, it might be impossible to defeat the strong with the weak."

"I originally thought that the side with Mr. Ju would have an absolute advantage."

"However... Judging from the current situation, Mr. Ju's side is not sure of winning."

...

Qingdeng's camp is White Fang.

At this moment, he was tying a white cloth belt and a porcelain bowl on his forehead, while casting a speechless look to the opposite side.

"Is there really no black box operation? Why are the strongest people in our test hall all on the opposite side?"

Those who are familiar with the test hall will gasp after seeing the comparison between the red and white lineups—the red side is an all-star lineup!

Hijikata Toshizo, Yamanan Keisuke, Inoue Genzaburo, Nagakura Shinpachi, Saito Kazu, Harada Sanosuke, Fujido Heisuke... The most capable people in the test center are almost all on the red side!

After Shannan Keisuke, Qingdeng's old subordinate: Fujido Heisuke also joined the testing hall.

Compared with Shannan Jingsuke, his reason for joining the test hall is much more simple and unpretentious——

"Mr. Orange! I admire you very much! So I want to learn a lot from your side!"

In this way, Fujido Heisuke moved from the Ito Dojo to which he originally belonged to the Test Guard Hall.

At first, the owner of the Ito Dojo, who was deeply interested in Aoto, was introduced by Todo Heisuke, and Ito Daizo, who had competed with Aoto, refused to let him go.

Although Todo Heisuke is very young, with a frizzy personality and lack of polish, it is undeniable that his talent is outstanding, he has made achievements in knowledge and martial arts, and his appearance is not bad. He can be regarded as a weakened version of Shannan Keisuke.

Ito Dazang is naturally unwilling to give up such a precious talent.

However, Fujido Heisuke's intention to go has been decided, even if Ito Daizo is extremely reluctant, he can only reluctantly cut his flesh.

After looking at the red camp on the opposite side for a few more laps, Qingdeng silently withdrew his gaze, and then heaved a sigh of "hey" - this was not a sigh of regret, but a cry of joy.

Although the lineup of the red team is very luxurious, but fortunately in the misfortune... that genius girl, his most tacit combat partner, is on his side!

"Mr. Ju, the situation is not optimistic."

The chief commander, who had already tied the white cloth belt and porcelain bowl, and tied his sleeves with cuffs, walked slowly to Qingdeng's side with a bamboo sword in his hand.

The two stood side by side.

Qing Deng shrugged.

"As you can see, Hijikata, Shannan, Inoue, Yongcura, Saito, Harada, and Fujido are all tied with red ribbons. On our side...except for the two of us, no one should be able to stop them."

The general manager smiled.

"That is to say...we are going to fight against seven of them with the strength of the two?"

"You can say that."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"Xiao Si, what are you laughing at?"

"It's nothing, I'm just very excited. I can fight Hijikata-san and the others in one breath... To be honest, I'm very excited now."

Speaking of this, the chief executive paused as if he remembered something.

Er, a smile hung on the corner of her mouth, and she continued the conversation.

"And... I am very happy to be able to fight shoulder to shoulder with you after a long time. I have you, you have me - in this world, is there a stronger lineup than this?"

Hearing this, Qing Deng was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing:

"Xiao Si, what a coincidence, you and I wanted to go together."

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Isamu Kondo, Toshizo Hijikata, Keisuke Yamanan, Genzaburo Inoue, Shinpachi Nagakura, Kazu Saito, Saanosuke Harada, Heisuke Fujido—the names of these eight brothers from Aoto, you must keep them in mind!

PS: Speaking of which, it’s been a long time since this book has had character popularity polls. I plan to hold the "Third Voting for Popular Characters" in the book club in a few days~~ Be sure to participate enthusiastically!