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"No way? That Little Chiba Sword Hall actually lost?"

"Hey, didn't you say that this test hall is a little-known small sword hall?"

"It's indeed a little-known sword gym! You can ask the people around to see if anyone recognizes the guard gym."

"That is to say: the famous Little Chiba Sword Gym actually lost to a little-known little sword Gym?"

...

The reason why some of the audience in the auditorium came to watch this match was entirely because of the participation of Xiaoqianye Sword Gym.

I just wanted to see how powerful the swordsmen of the Little Chiba Sword Gym, the "Three Edo Fields of Edo", were second only to Xuanwu Gym, Scholars Gym, and Military Training Gym in quality of apprentices, scale, and reputation.

They didn't pay attention to the unknown test hall from the beginning to the end.

Isn't the outcome of this match clear at a glance? How can a small sword gym like the Weiwei Hall be an opponent of a big sword gym like the Little Chiba Sword Hall—they are all so determined.

But now... the Little Chiba Sword Hall, which they were sure to win, lost...

And it was ugly to lose.

The test guard hall actually only sent Qingdeng and Chong Tian to break through the joint defense of the Chiba brothers and sisters and the return defense of Shannan and others who arrived later, breaking through the main formation of the Little Chiba Sword Hall.

Those spectators who believed in advance that "the test guard hall must be defeated, and the little Qianye sword hall must win" now have their eyes straightened and their mouths open because of extreme shock.

Of course—there are only a small part of the audience who are extremely shocked by the defeat of Little Chiba Sword Gym.

The vast majority of the audience are just ordinary civilians, and they don't recognize Beichen Yidao Style, Natural Lixin Liu, Xiaoqianye Sword Hall, and Weiwei Hall at all.

They just want to watch the swordsmen fight and have fun.

For those spectators who just want to have a good time and enjoy watching, today's game is really exciting, with all kinds of twists and turns.

The test guard hall first set up a defensive formation that was extremely weird and completely incomprehensible.

When everyone thought that the defense line of the test guard hall would definitely be broken by the little Qianye sword hall, the defense line of the test guard hall stood firm and successfully blocked the onslaught of the little Qianye sword hall.

When almost all the swordsmen in the Little Chiba Sword Gym were held back by Kondo and the others, Qingdeng, the chief general, led Okita to the front line in person, breaking through the defense of the Chiba brothers and sisters in the midfield in one go.

Later, when some people felt that there was no one in the backcourt of the Little Chiba Sword Gym and that the Weiwei Gym was going to win, Shan Nan and the others finally managed to return to defense, making everyone's hearts aroused again.

The return of Shannan and the others was just a surprise. Qingdeng and Chongtian defeated Shannan and his group who had returned to the defense one by one, and finally successfully smashed the porcelain bowl on the head of the chief general of Xiaoqianye Sword Gym, winning the game.

There are both wonderful turning points and hearty battles, which are very enjoyable to watch.

These accounted for the vast majority of the audience, and the spectators who just wanted to have a good time were all cheering and celebrating the birth of the winner.

In the "VIP auditorium", Ah Bi seemed to have lost her soul, staring blankly at the field where the winner and loser had been divided. It was not until about half a minute later that her "soul" finally returned to her body.

I saw that her "soul" had returned to her body, her cheeks were flushed with excitement, and she kept raising her hand to pat her thigh vigorously as if she didn't know the pain.

Because of being too emotional, Ah Bi couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time.

Although Zhou Zhu was not as excited as his wife, the expression on his face was also not calm.

He usually squinted his eyes, but now he opened his eyes slightly, and his pupils staring straight at the arena were no longer as calm as before.

"...awesome." Kiryu smiled slightly, "It was a wonderful match."

Although Kinoshita Mai did not directly raise her hand to slap her thigh excitedly like Ah Bi, but her face also became extraordinarily rosy due to the excitement.

At the other end of the "VIP seats", Chiba Tamonshiro's eyes were as wide as copper bells.

"The test guard... won...?"

Chiba Domonshiro had an unbelievable expression on his face.

Compared to Chiba Tamon Shiro, Chiba Singkichi who was sitting next to him reacted much calmer.

Whether he was seeing Qingdeng and Okita launching a counterattack, or witnessing his son and daughter's defeat, and the porcelain bowl of their chief general of the Chiba Sword Gym being smashed, Chiba Singkichi's expression was calm, with almost no expression on his face. Expression fluctuates.

It was not until now that the competition was over that Chiba Dingkichi's expression finally changed - he quietly looked at the cheering crowd in the test hall, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and a faint smile appeared on his face .

"...Fourth nephew, come with me."

"Huh?" Chiba Sakakichi's words brought Chiba Tameshiro back to his senses, who was still in a state of shock.

He looked at Chiba Dingkichi who had stood up, and said doubtfully:

"Uncle, where are we going?"

"Just follow me."

...

...

On the field——

Looking at Asakura whose porcelain bowl on his forehead had been smashed, Qingdeng couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

--Won……

Qingdeng felt as if he had lost 10 catties all at once.

The tight strings in his head loosened in one breath, only then did Qingdeng realize that his underwear was already wet with his hot sweat.

The whole arena is as big as 3 basketball courts. He ran from one end of the arena to the other end. At the same time, he fought fiercely with Chiba brothers and sisters, Shannan and others. Whether it was him or Okita, the innermost clothes All drenched with sweat.

Okita, who was standing beside Qingdeng, was still in the posture of smashing the porcelain bowl on Asakura's forehead with his sword.

At this moment, Okita was in a trance state where both eyes were not in focus.

"we won……?"

After muttering in a tone of self-talk, Okita's pupils slowly lit up with bits and pieces of light.

He turned his head and looked at Qingdeng, with an excited smile on his face.

"Mr. Ju! We really won!"

"It's our big victory!"

After finishing speaking, Okita threw away the bamboo sword in his hand, rushed forward, threw himself into Qingdeng's arms, and tightly wrapped his hands around Qingdeng's neck.

Okita's height is only 155cm, which is 20cm shorter than Qingdeng's. So after Okita jumped up and wrapped his arms around Qingdeng's neck, he would leave his feet off the ground and hang on Qingdeng's body like a large pendant.

Because the momentum of Okita's pounce was too strong, after Okita's body hung up, Qingdeng could only subconsciously hold Okita tightly with his backhand, and then hugged Okita in circles in circles, so as to dissolve the pain caused by Okita's pounce. potential energy.

Okita's chin hangs on Qingdeng's left shoulder, and Qingdeng can feel the heat of Okita's gills.

Although Qingdeng has lived under the same roof with Okita for nearly a month now, this is the first time that Qingdeng has such close physical contact with Okita.

After embracing Okita with both arms, Qingdeng realized that Okita's body was much thinner than he thought, making it hard to imagine how such a thin body could be equipped with such superb sword skills.

Okita, who is also covered in sweat now, has a faint smell of sweat on his body, but the smell is not unpleasant, at least Qingdeng doesn't think it is unpleasant.

After carrying Okita around for 6 laps, Qingdeng finally stabilized his body gradually.

At this time, all the apprentices in the testing hall headed by Kondo rushed towards Qingdeng and Chongtian excitedly.

In this match, 4 people were "killed" in the Weiwei Pavilion - these 4 people were all "sacrificed" after Qingdeng and Okita launched a counterattack, fought bravely to hold back the main force of the Little Chiba Sword Gym .

Defeating Little Chiba Sword Hall with only 4 people killed... This is something they never even dared to think about before.

Their previous two victories against Xiaoqianye Sword Gym were miserable victories in which everyone on their side was almost "dead".

Out of the corner of Okita's eye, he noticed Kondo and the others who were rushing towards them.

"Goo..."

With a little embarrassment on his face, Okita let go of his arms that were wrapping around Qingdeng's neck.

"Sorry..." Okita Chao Qingdeng lowered his head slightly and muttered, "I'm so excited..."

"It's okay." Qingdeng smiled casually, "You will subconsciously pounce on me, doesn't it mean that you are very excited now. If that's the case, I'd rather be happy to see you continue to pounce on me, Hang on me a little longer."

Hearing what Qingdeng said, the embarrassment on Okita's face gradually disappeared.

He raised his head again, only to see that his eyes changed back to the crescent shape just now, and he grinned at Qing Deng.

At this time, Kondo and others finally arrived.

They surrounded Qingdeng, either surrounded Qingdeng, or directly embraced the greatest hero of this victory.

The bustle of the guarding hall and the desertedness of the Little Chiba Sword Hall formed a very sharp contrast and contrast.

Almost everyone looked like they had lost their souls.

Either stare blankly there, or just stare blankly.

Of course, there are also some accidents - such as Shannan.

Shannan, with a look of surprise on his face, looked at the people in the testing hall not far away who were gathered together, cheering loudly and celebrating the victory.

"...It's really a sword gym with a good atmosphere." Shannan smiled slightly.

Sanako was still standing blankly where she had just been defeated.

"We... lost just like that...?" After muttering, Zuo Nazi raised his hand and touched his empty forehead that no longer had a porcelain bowl.

"Just, it's just a fluke victory for the trial guard hall!" An apprentice from the Little Chiba Sword Hall blushed and shouted at this time, "We haven't exhausted all the elite from the Little Chiba Sword Hall. All the masters from our Little Chiba Sword Gym are here today, there is no way we can win in the Weiwei Gym!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the apprentice pursed his lips and closed his mouth tightly because he also felt that what he just said was unreasonable.

Indeed, all the elites of their Little Chiba Sword Gym did not gather here today.

There are many masters in their gym who are only below Shannan or almost at the same level as Shannan. Today, they either have no time, or they were not selected to participate by Chiba Dingkichi on the grounds that they "want to train more newcomers". Today's "red and white battle".

Although the lineup of Little Chiba Sword Gym today is not the strongest lineup, the overall strength is not weak.

As a famous family with a very high reputation throughout the country, the admission requirements of Xiaoqianye Sword Academy are naturally quite strict. Not all cats and dogs are qualified to learn from Xiaoqianye Sword Academy.

Their little Qianye never recruited newcomers who had no foundation in swordsmanship, only recruited veterans who already had good swordsmanship strength and talent.

Take Asakura, who is the weakest person in today's game as their general, as an example.

Although Chao Cang is a newcomer to their Little Chiba Sword Gym, before he joined their Little Chiba Sword Gym, he had already obtained the second highest level in a sword gym that taught Beichen Yidao Style in their hometown "Catalogue" qualification of "Biography", with his strength, he can be ranked in the middle and upper reaches of those small and medium-sized sword gyms.

Even though their lineup today is not the strongest lineup they can field, but in terms of strength comparison on paper, the overall strength of their lineup today is far stronger than that of the Weiwei Hall, and they should not lose to the Weiwei Hall. right.

Our lineup today is not the strongest-this is not the reason why they lost to the test hall.

"One more competition! One more competition!" Another person shouted, "It was just a fluke victory in the test hall, as long as there is one more competition..."

The man hadn't finished speaking--

"That's enough, don't say these embarrassing things anymore. If you lose, you lose. Why are there so many reasons and excuses? When you started a life-and-death duel with others, you were defeated because your skills were inferior to others. How could you still say to him? : Today's defeat was due to my carelessness, please spare my life, and fight again in the future?"

An old voice interrupted the man's words.

"master!"

"master……"

"It's the master! The master is here!"

...

Chiba Sadakichi, with his hands behind his back, led Chiba Tamonshiro slowly across the arena.

All the swordsmen from the Little Chiba Sword Hall surrounded Chiba Dingji one after another.

"Father..." Chiba Shigetaro hung his head and walked slowly towards Chiba Singkichi.

Sanako followed her elder brother to meet Chiba Dingkichi. She lowered her head slightly, biting her rosy lower lip, and deep in her pupils, there were a few strong colors of unwillingness swaying.

"Father... I'm sorry..." Chiba Shigetaro, whose face was full of shame and shock before and after he came to Chiba Singkichi, said the first sentence was an apology. Played so badly..."

"I'll talk about this later." Chiba Sadakichi smiled and raised his hand to pat Chiba Shigetaro on the shoulder, "Raise your head quickly."

After all, Chiba Dingkichi, surrounded by everyone, continued to walk forward slowly, towards the people in the testing hall who were still embracing one another and still celebrating their victory.

At this time, Qingdeng and others found Chiba Dingkichi who was walking towards them, so they all stopped cheering and turned their heads to cast suspicious glances at Chiba Dingkichi.

Shusuke, Abi, Kiryu, Kinoshita Mai, and Saito also came at this time.

The five of them ran quickly towards Qingdeng and the others on the field from another direction, arriving at Qingdeng and the others one step ahead of Chiba Dingkichi.

"It was a wonderful match." Walking in front of Qingdeng and the others, Chiba Dingyoshi said with a gentle smile, "The exquisite formation and personnel arrangement offset the strength of our Little Chiba Sword Gym advantage, I wonder which hero came up with this strategy?"

Hearing Chiba Dingji's question, everyone in the guard hall immediately stepped aside consciously, allowing Qingdeng's figure to emerge from the crowd.

Chiba Dingkichi raised his curious eyes, and looked at Qingdeng, who was standing in the C position among the crowd in the test hall: "Is this the strategy drawn up by you?"

Qing Deng nodded.

"Not satisfied?"

"I'm on the next orange tree."

Chiba Singkichi's eyes immediately widened slightly in surprise.

It turned out to be the strategy drawn up by Qing Deng—after knowing the truth, whether it is Chiba Shigetaro, Sanako, Shannan and others who are standing behind Chiba Sadakichi, or Kiryu, Kinoshita Mai, Zhou Zhu, Abi, etc. , Saito, and the others all cast their surprised gazes at Qingdeng.

"Oh... so you are the recently famous Juqingdeng."

The smile on Chiba Singkichi's face became stronger.

"Mr. Ju, I don't know how you plan to defeat our Little Chiba Sword Hall? Can you tell me... ah, no, tell us a little bit?"

Chiba Singkichi's question touched the hearts of everyone present.

Kiryu, Kinoshita Mai, Zhou Zhu, Chiba Brothers and Sisters, Shannan...they focused their curious eyes on Qingdeng.

Tell them how you came up with this strategy... It's not impossible, anyway, it's not something to hide.

So, Qing Deng cleared his throat——

...

...

Rewind time back to before the start of the game——

"Our overall strength is far weaker than Little Chiba Sword Hall."

"In the absence of the two main players, Inoue Gensaburo and Hijikata Toshizo, if we want to win, we must use strange tactics!"

"I divide the strategy I have drawn up into two steps."

"The first step: stick to it. Set up a line of defense that can block and hold back the large troops in the Little Chiba Sword Hall."

"Part Two: Counterattack. When the large troops of the Little Chiba Sword Gym were held back by our defense line, we sent surprise soldiers to attack the empty defense of the 'main formation' of the Little Chiba Sword Gym, and smashed the porcelain of their chief general." Bowl, win the game."

"About this line of defense to hold back the large troops of the Little Chiba Sword Hall, I plan to design it like this - deploy 6 people on the left and right sides."

"Then……"

Qingdeng raised his head and cast a solemn gaze at Kondo.

"Kondo-kun alone guards the middle lane."

"Okita-kun and I will be the 'surprise soldiers' responsible for the surprise attack on Little Chiba Sword Hall."

"Okita-kun and I stay in the 'main formation', waiting for the best time to counterattack."

"For a long time, because Okita-kun is too strong, Little Chiba Sword Gym can only effectively guard against Okita-kun by sending their strongest Chiba brothers and sisters."

"So after seeing that we put Okita-kun in the rear, in order to beware of Okita, their Chiba brothers and sisters will not dare to act rashly. They will only send other people except Chiba brothers and sisters to participate in the attack."

"They are bound to concentrate as much combat power as possible to launch a fierce attack on the center that only Kondo-kun is defending."

"Once they concentrate their combat power to attack the middle lane, there will certainly not be too many people who can be sent to attack the left and right lanes."

"In this way, we, who have deployed heavy troops on the left and right, will be able to gain an advantage in numbers. Even if the overall strength of the apprentices of the Little Chiba Sword Academy is higher than ours, it will be difficult for us to be at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. In a short period of time, we have formed a breakthrough in our left and right lanes."

"Therefore——whether our line of defense can hold back the large troops of the Little Chiba Sword Gym depends on Kondo-kun, who is in charge of guarding the middle lane, being able to block the onslaught of the Little Chiba Sword Gym."

"If Kondo-kun can block it, then everything will be easy."

"Looking back on the past, in the previous 'Red and White Battles', the Little Chiba Sword Gym always suppressed us in the Test Guard Gym."

"It is definitely impossible to say that all the apprentices in the Little Chiba Sword Academy have not contemptuous of our guard hall."

"Therefore, when the competition starts, the spirit of Little Chiba Sword Gym will be extremely strong, and they will definitely feel that they will definitely win today's competition."

"Enemies like them who think they can win easily, once they encounter unexpected situations they didn't expect, their momentum and fighting spirit will often be easily shaken."

"Once our line of defense, which they thought could be broken with a single poke, blocks all their attacks, their will will be more or less shaken."

"At that time, it will be the time for me and Okita-kun's 'surprising soldiers' to launch a counterattack."

"Little Qianye Sword Hall probably never imagined that the chief general on our side would be so crazily disregarding the danger and go into battle in person."

"After they launched a fierce attack on our defense, most of the midfield and backcourt of the Little Chiba Sword Gym were left with the Chiba brothers and sisters to defend."

"Those two brothers and sisters can only draw against a Okita-kun."

"If you deal with me and Okita-kun at the same time, the two brothers and sisters will definitely be at a disadvantage."

"Okita-kun and I will break through the defense of the Chiba brothers and sisters as quickly as possible before the large army of the Little Chiba Sword Gym gets rid of Kondo-kun's entanglement with you, and enter the 'main formation' of the Little Chiba Sword Gym. Smash the porcelain bowl on the head of their general."

"The above is my strategy."

"Anyone have any objections?"

After Qingdeng's words fell, everyone in the testing hall surrounding Qingdeng immediately looked at each other in astonishment.

"Wait, wait a minute, this strategy of yours seems a little too unreliable?" Someone said quickly, "You actually let the little master guard the middle lane alone?"

"I'm not denying the strength of the little master."

"But the swordsmen in the Little Chiba Sword Gym are not easy to use. Let the little master alone deal with the siege of several swordsmen in the Little Chiba Sword Gym... It's too much!"

"... Kondo-kun is capable of withstanding the onslaught of Little Chiba Sword Hall." Qingdeng said.

——Because he has a talent called "Lonely Dan", the more enemies there are and the stronger he is, the more powerful he can explode!

It is naturally impossible for Qingdeng to express his true inner thoughts.

So, he can only talk nonsense:

"Under the circumstances that the overall strength is not as good as that of Little Chiba Sword Gym, if our defensive line wants to hold back their large troops, we can only try to use as few people as possible to deal with as many opponents as possible."

"Although I haven't joined the test guard for a long time, but during the period of practicing swords in the test guard with you, I have noticed that Kondo-kun is a very strong character, and the more adversity he has, the more he can fight. High-spirited people."

"So, it is most appropriate to entrust such an important task to Kondo-kun."

Kondo who heard what Qingdeng said... didn't express anything.

He just pursed his lips, thoughtfully.

"Then it doesn't matter whether the little master can hold the middle lane. If only you and Okita-kun are attacking the enemy line, will the number be too small? If the Little Chiba Sword Gym has more people guarding the middle besides Chiba Brothers and Sisters What about the field and the backcourt?"

"Yeah, there are too many uncertainties in your plan, right?"

...

Everyone expressed their doubts one after another.

Qing Deng half-closed his eyes, quietly listening to the doubts reflected by everyone.

After everyone's questioning gradually subsided, Qingdeng slowly opened his half-closed eyes:

"...You guys are right. I also admit that my strategy is too much of a gamble, and it takes a lot of luck to have a chance to win by relying on my strategy."

"I won't hide it from everyone."

"Just now, when Okita-kun and I went to drink sugar water at a nearby sugar water stand, we encountered some...unpleasant things."

Qingdeng told everyone exactly what happened between himself and Okita at the squid stall just now.

After learning that some of the contestants in the Little Chiba Sword Gym who will participate in this competition had said such unpleasant words, everyone's faces were instantly filled with righteous indignation.

"Honestly speaking—actually, until just now, I never imagined that we, who are weak in strength, would defeat Little Chiba Sword Hall in this match. I just wanted to do my best." When everyone was angry , Qingdeng continued, "But after experiencing the series of events just now, my mind has changed."

"Now, I want to win this game!"

Qingdeng moved his eyes slowly, scanning the faces of the people around him one by one.

His voice, word by word, was sonorous and powerful.

"Those people's words are true, but after hearing them say that they are kind to me, I still find it hard to swallow this breath."

"But if you want to earn back this breath, it is meaningless to argue with them just by talking."

"If there is no actual record that can make them look at us with admiration, even if you are eloquent enough to make them speechless, you will not be able to completely change their true inner thoughts."

"So—I really want to win now."

"Just today, win the game that is about to start!"

"Compared to our original 'Desperate Attack' tactic, I personally think that my strategy has a better chance of winning."

"I want to use this strategy of mine to deal with Little Qianye Sword Hall. Even if the odds of winning are slim, I am determined to go forward."

"What about you? What do you think?"

Qingdeng moved his gaze again, sweeping past everyone's solemn faces one by one.

"Are you willing to accompany me to fight till the end with this tactic that has a slightly higher chance of winning than the 'Onslaught Tactic'?"

After finishing speaking, Qing Deng closed his mouth.

Waiting for everyone's response.

Everyone in the test hall looked at each other again.

Compared with the moment when they first heard about Qingdeng's somewhat random strategy, the light in everyone's eyes has changed a little - there is a touch of firmness and determination in everyone's eyes.

Kondo, who had been silent just now, responded first.

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, then opened his eyes, looking at the apprentice who was originally designated as their chief general.

"Asai, hand over the general's Jinhaori to Tachibana-kun."

...

...

After quietly listening to how Qingdeng drew up this strategy, the expressions on the faces of all the people present showed wonderful changes.

A group of apprentices from Chiba Sword Academy, headed by Chiba Shigetaro, Sanako, and Shannan, pursed their lips, silently reminiscing about the whole process of his strategy that Qingdeng just described, and replaying their defeat just now, Recalling how they followed the "script" set by Qingdeng step by step just now, and finally lost the battle.

Chiba Tamonshiro, who had some unpleasant incidents with Qingdeng this morning, stared at Qingdeng with a complicated expression.

Zhou Zhu and Ah Bi showed pure joy.

Kiryu showed a weird smile, and quietly watched Qingdeng with thoughtful eyes.

"...Hahaha." Qianye Dingji was silent for a moment, then laughed, "As expected of a hero who defeated more than 200 thugs of the "Big Barbarians" with only a few dozen warriors..."

"Exquisite strategic arrangement."

"In this match, our Little Chiba Sword Gym did not deserve to lose."

"You have won the prize." Qingdeng smiled slightly, and said modestly, "A considerable part of the reason why we won the test hall is because we happened to be lucky today."

At this moment, no one noticed—Kinoshita Mai, who was standing behind Kiryu, was staring at Qingdeng with a dazed expression.

This is the second time she has seen Qingdeng turn the tide and defeat the strong with the weak.

The previous "Snowy Night Battle" was in the dark and the vision was not very good, and at that time there was no leisure time to pay too much attention to Qingdeng's fighting, so Qingdeng commanded all the warriors that night The figure of defeating the enemy and leading Saito into the formation did not leave a clear and deep impression on Mai Kinoshita's mind.

But today, sitting in the safe and comfortable auditorium, she completely watched the whole process of Qingdeng leading the swordsmen in the test hall to defeat Xiaoqianye sword hall.

The figure of Qingdeng calmly staying in the "main formation" waiting for the best opportunity to counterattack; Why do you have to draw up such a plan... The scenes related to Qingdeng are constantly replaying in Kinoshita Mai's mind.

Kinoshita Mai, who had been staring straight at Qingdeng's face, her eyes slowly glowed brightly at this moment.

Two faint red glows flew onto her cheeks.

...

...

That night——

Edo, a certain restaurant——

"Master, don't pour me any more wine..." Qingdeng, whose face had turned blush, hastily waved his hands to Zhou Zhu, who was about to fill his glass again, "If you drink any more, I will really drink it." Getting drunk..."

The result of today's game... Whether it is for the test hall or Yushima Tenmangu, it is perfect.

The spectators who came to watch the game had a great time watching it. God's vision of boosting people's hearts through a popular event has been successfully realized.

A match that had no hope of winning, but miraculously won? It would be too inappropriate if we don't hold a grand celebration banquet!

So, after the sky darkened and the "Plum Blossom Festival" was successfully concluded, Zhou Zhu boldly invited everyone who participated in the competition today to have a lively celebration banquet in a restaurant of a certain level.

A Bi, who has always attached great importance to money, did not object to Zhou Zhu's bold decision to entertain everyone.

Winning the Little Chiba Sword Hall... and winning the Little Chiba Sword Hall on such a grand stage as the "Plum Blossom Festival", everyone in the test guard hall felt extremely proud, eating, drinking, and making noise with.

As the biggest contributor to today's victory, Qingdeng naturally became the absolute protagonist of tonight's celebration banquet.

The crowd headed by Kondo came to toast Qingdeng one by one.

Qingdeng is the kind of person who neither hates nor likes alcohol.

His drinking principle is: Never get drunk.

Therefore, Qingdeng, who was already feeling slightly top-heavy after being gulped down several rounds of sake by Kondo and the others, began to resolutely say: I won't drink any more, don't pour me any more alcohol.

By the way, Kiryu and Kinoshita Mai also participated in tonight's celebration banquet.

Zhou Zhu invited these two people to their celebration banquet, and Tongyu nodded happily.

At this time, Tongsheng was standing at a corner of the banquet, quietly eating and sipping wine, he also toasted Qingdeng and others with a few congratulatory glasses of wine just now.

Kinoshita Mai, who was sitting next to him, tensed her body tensely because there were too many unknown strangers around her.

"Speaking of which... Tachibana-kun, your eloquence is really good." Sitting next to Qingdeng and drinking a lot of wine, Kondo, who is now a bit tongue-tied, said intermittently, "Today, before the game... listen to After your 'I want to win' words, I feel full of strength and in great shape..."

As soon as Kondo's words fell, there were echoes from the banquet.

"Yeah, me too. I was very nervous at first, but after listening to Tachibana's speech, I don't feel so nervous."

"Me too, me too. Thanks to Mr. Ju's good eloquence, I'm in a very good state today! I haven't been in such a good state for a long time!"

...

Hearing these words of Kondo and others, Qingdeng raised his eyebrows involuntarily.

——My... eloquence is very good...?

Qingdeng suddenly recalled: A month ago, after defeating the gang of "dispossessing barbarians" thugs, Xiaoshi and the others had said similar things to Qingdeng.

They said: After hearing Qingdeng's voice, for some reason, they suddenly felt that their physical condition improved a lot, and they were not so nervous or panicked.

Qingdeng didn't pay much attention to this at the time, he just thought it should be just a coincidence.

However... If this happened only once, it could still be called a coincidence, but if it happened twice in a row, it cannot be explained by a simple "coincidence"...

—Could it be that... this is my own talent...?

Qingdeng couldn't help asking himself in his heart.

——The voice is very contagious, and it can inspire people with simple words...

Qingdeng half closed his eyes, and began to carefully review the process, beginning and end of today's game in his mind.

He found that his state in the game today was very similar to his physical state in the "Snowy Night Battle" more than a month ago.

They are all extremely calm-headed.

The only difference between these two battles is probably that I didn't get that strange ultra-wide field of vision today, and I didn't see that strange air current.

When did I return to the extremely calm state of "Snow Night Chaos" today?

It seemed that it was when I heard the words of the contestants in the Little Chiba Sword Gym at the squid stand.

His mind instantly became extremely calm.

Then I suddenly thought of the tactic of "Kondo and others resisting the army line, he and Okita will capture the flag".

——Is this... is it also my own talent? In an emergency, the head will be extremely calm or something...

——But if these are my own talents, then why doesn't my system list show corresponding entries like "inspirational" and "calm-headed"...

Qingdeng suddenly had a lot of questions in his mind, even if he racked his brains, he couldn't think of a reason.

At this time, due to drinking too much wine just now, Qing Deng gradually felt his bladder start to swell.

After saying "I went to the toilet" to the people around me, Qing Deng stood up unsteadily and walked out of the room.

As soon as Qingdeng left the room, Kinoshita Mai, who had been silent since the banquet started and her body was tense, suddenly raised her head like a kitten smelling fishy, ​​and looked at Qingdeng Gangla Open, step out of the door.

After a few hesitation flashed across her face, she turned her head and said to Kiryu next to her, "I want to go to the toilet", then hurriedly got up without waiting for Tongyu's response, and ran out of the room go.

Although Qingdeng drank a lot of wine, he was not so drunk that he couldn't even walk.

When he walked slowly along the corridor under his feet to the toilet on the first floor of the restaurant, a delicate female voice with a slightly trembling voice came from behind him and stopped him:

"That, that... Ju-kun!"

"Huh? Miss Kinoshita?" Qing Deng paused, turned his head, and looked at Kinoshita Mai standing a few steps behind him in doubt and surprise.

After Qingdeng looked over, the nervous look on Kinoshita Mai's face immediately became a little more intense.

"that……"

She hasn't had time to say anything yet.

Qingdeng took the lead and said with a smile:

"Miss Kinoshita, have you been drinking too? Your face is very red now."

"Huh?" Kinoshita Mai was startled, then quickly raised her hands and touched her cheeks—it was indeed a little hot...

"Yes, yes." Kinoshita Mai laughed a few times in embarrassment, "I had a few drinks just now... I'm sorry, I made you laugh..."

"Ah, it's okay. It's okay." Qingdeng, who was slightly unconscious due to drinking a lot of wine, waved his hands, and subconsciously said softly: "Miss Kinoshita, you are a very cute girl."

"Now she's blushing and cuter."

In an instant, the blood-like red glow spread over Kinoshita Wu's face, and spread all the way to the tip of her ears.

"That, that! I want to ask!" Mai Kinoshita, who was blushing so red now, took the initiative to talk about everything, "In today's game, why do you dare to fight in person as the general?"

"Weren't you afraid that the porcelain bowl on your head would be broken and the whole team would lose?"

Kinoshita Mai's eyes were filled with urgency, it seemed that she was indeed extremely curious about this question.

"Ah... this..." Qingdeng raised his hand and scratched his hair, "How should I put it... If you say you are not afraid, then of course it is impossible."

"I was also scared at the time, but no matter how scared I was, I had no choice but to bite the bullet."

"If you want to defeat Xiaoqianye Sword Hall, everyone must join the battle, and everyone must do their best to fight. No one can stay idle in the 'main formation' waiting for protection."

At this point, Qingdeng paused for a while before continuing:

"The reason why I decided to go to the battle in person today is also considering that doing so will bring a lot of morale boost to Kondo-kun and the others."

"At any time, an important person who should have stayed in the rear for protection to charge forward heroically can basically greatly boost the morale of one's own side."

"after all--"

Qingdeng smiled freely.

"If the king doesn't take the lead, how can his subordinates take the lead?"

This sentence was something Qingdeng saw on the Internet in his previous life, and because he thought it was quite handsome, he remembered it unconsciously.

It is said that it is from a certain animation, but Qingdeng does not know which animation it is.

Kinoshita Mai was taken aback.

Immediately afterwards, a faint look of excitement flooded his face: "This sentence is so handsome!"

"Haha..." Qingdeng smiled, "Really... You also think this sentence is very handsome, and I also think this sentence is quite handsome."

Qingdeng's bladder is really about to explode now, and if he doesn't go to the toilet, it will really leak out.

So after chatting a few more words with Kinoshita Mai, Qingdeng terminated this short "corridor talk", and hurriedly continued to rush to the toilet.

Kinoshita Wu stood where she was, silently watching Qingdeng leave.

In the pupils of the eyes, that gorgeous light shone again.

"Cute... isn't it..." Kinoshita Mai raised her hands to cover her cheeks that were once again heating up at a speed visible to the naked eye...

His gaze gradually became blurred due to the growing embarrassment.