I’m a Witch In Dongying

　　 When there were four or five meters away from the stream, the wind raccoon jumped quietly and stopped in front of a few foxes.

　　 "Squeak..."

　　 Except for one of the little foxes, the remaining foxes stopped one after another, looked at the location of the wind raccoon vigilantly, and made a look of grinning teeth. The original fluffy hair stood tall at this moment, and the back was bent into the shape of a bow arm. It was obvious that he was very nervous.

　　Only the little fox was still walking forward in a daze. When he approached the wind raccoon, he cautiously wanted to go around.

　　 As a result, the wind raccoon lifted his tail, flicked it lightly, and immediately planted somersault on the ground.

　　 "Hey, don't bully the weak."

　　 Bai Shuiqiu couldn't stand it anymore, got up and walked to the front, straightened the little fox with all four feet upside down, then lifted his neck up, and glanced at the middle of his hind legs.

　　 "Hmm, it's a male..."

　　 After confirming the **** of the little fox, Bai Shuiqiu turned to look at the wind raccoon again.

　　 Speaking of...

　　 Until now, she still doesn't know the gender of the wind raccoon.

　　Although the body of this guy is a wind monster, gender has no practical meaning to him, but since the mimicry has become the appearance of a fox, there must be a male and a female distinction...

　　 At the same time he noticed Bai Shuiqiu's gaze, the wind raccoon stepped aside a few steps, showing a bit of alertness on the fluffy face.

　　 "……"

　　 Bai Shuiqiu smiled silently.

　　 Then he put the little fox down, pushed against the big foxes, turned around and walked back to the rock, put the puppet doll away, and then left the clearing by the stream and walked towards the shrine.

　　 After walking for a few steps, Bai Shuiqiu paused, then turned his head feelingly, and cast his gaze to the side opposite the stream.

　　 is the direction leading to the depths of the forest.

　　 There, a green figure faintly appeared under a big tree, and it seemed to be casting his sight, but because the distance was too far, the middle interval was covered by the overlapping trees, and the face looked very blurred.

　　 is just a blink of an eye.

　　 When Bai Shuiqiu rubbed his eyes and prepared to make a careful distinction, the figure had disappeared without a trace.

　　 "...Is it rain girl?"

　　 Bai Shuiqiu stood on the spot, and after a moment, he exhaled and turned around to continue down the mountain.

　　……

　　 The next day is the weekend.

　　 Early in the morning, Kanako arrived at Tianmu Mountain, and put on witch costumes with Hyuga Asuka, preparing for a day's business.

　　 But Bai Shuiqiu confessed to the two girls, so he took the tram by himself and went to Yachiyo City.

　　 The purpose of this trip is naturally the scabbard for the snow.

　　 In fact, Keiko Kandaji had mentioned that he wanted to help.

　　 But Yachiyo City is a bit far away from Narita after all, and Shirazuaki is embarrassed to ask Keiko Kanda to accompany him on a trip for this.

　　 after more than an hour.

Bai Shui Qiucai finally got off the long-distance tram and appeared on the streets of Yachiyo City. First, he looked around and took his gaze back from the unfamiliar building complex. He followed the note given by Jubei earlier. Address, searched for it all the way according to the picture.

　　 asked several passers-by along the way, and half an hour later, he came to a knifesmith's shop at the end of a long street.

　　 "Is there anyone, please?"

　　 Bai Shuiqiu knocked on the door of the blacksmith's shop a few times, then lifted his foot into the shop.

　　 The shop is not big.

A house of 30 to 40 square meters, with a courtyard connected to it, is estimated to be used by the knifemaker himself. On the three walls of the house, swords of various styles are hung, ranging from nearly two-meter-long stabbing guns, The wild sword, the shorter one, the rib difference, and the twenty-centimeter short sword... it's dazzling.

　　 It’s the first time Bai Shuiqiu came to this kind of place, and I was a little dizzy.

Chapter 260

　　 And in the courtyard leading to the inside, there are some iron felts, furnaces and the like. A thin figure sitting there is an old man in his sixties.

Although he is very old and his hair is all white, his figure is still very strong, with strong muscles on his arms, wearing a big apron, and he is swinging a hammer toward the iron felt. Keep beating.

　　From Bai Shuiqiu's side, one can vaguely see an unformed knife on the iron felt. Every time the hammer hits, it will spatter a string of dazzling fire.

　　 accompanied by the sound of metal collision, it sounds like there is a special rhythm.

Next to 　　 there are two young people who look like apprentices, watching them attentively, and discussing a few words in a low voice from time to time.

　　 This kind of scene is rarely seen in modern times.

　　 After all... times have changed.

Before the Meiji Restoration, when Bushido was popular, the profession of swordsmith once occupied a very important position in Japanese society. Especially those skilled swordsmiths were often sought after by many samurai and aristocrats, and there were also Many younger generations come here to apprehend their faculty, thus deriving various genres of swordsmiths with a long heritage.

　　 But since the promulgation of the ban on swords, the status of swordsmiths has continued to decline.

　　 Until modern times, samurai culture has basically become the background in anime.

　　 Although Japanese kendo is still very prosperous, almost every school has such clubs, but the plain vibrating stick and wooden sword used in kendo are two concepts, and the real samurai sword.

　　Unless it is for collection, or is a heir of a swordsman family who is from a swordsmanship family like Jubei, who practices orthodox ancient swordsmanship, few people will buy real swords to practice swordsmanship.

However, because the price of real knives is generally very high, there is still a certain "money" in the profession of knifesmithing. It is the kind of work that does not open for three years and eats for three years. If it is a domestic first-class master craftsman, a knife It's common to sell tens of millions.

　　 Seeing that several people are struggling intently.

　　 Bai Shuiqiu did not say a word, and silently retreated to the shop, looking at the knives hanging on the surrounding walls.

　　 took off one of the Kodachi swords smoothly, flicked his fingers lightly, listening to the buzzing sound on the blade surface quietly.

　　 waited a while.

The beating in the yard finally ended. The old man sent the hammered knife blank into the smelting and firing. Until then, the old man raised his head and signaled the two apprentices to stare at the fire in the stove, and he got up and walked towards the shop. Came here:

　　 "I'm Tsuda, the owner of this knife shop, you little girl?"

　　 "Master Tsuda, I'm Shiraki Mizuaki from Narita City. I heard your name from Brother Jubei Yagyu before. I came here from Narita specifically to ask you to help make a scabbard..."

　　 Bai Shuiqiu owed her body politely, then reported to her family and said what she wanted.

Regarding Yuki's departure, Jubei had probably greeted Tsuda before, so after listening to the latter, he was not surprised. He just looked at Bai Shuiqiu a few times, and his eyes stayed on her white face. After a while, a touch of surprise appeared in the slightly muddy eyes:

"The kid from the Liu Sheng family did tell me about this matter once, but it was already half a month ago... and I didn't expect that your age is so young. There are very few girls your age. Someone is interested in dancing swords and swords."

　　 Bai Shuiqiu smiled, noncommittal.

　　 Tsuda sighed a few words, and started talking about business: "Where is the knife you mentioned, show me it?"

"Wait a mininute."

Bai Shuiqiu took off the sword bag on his back. After he untied it, he removed the cloth that was wrapped on the snow walk, took out the sharp cold blade, and handed it to Tsuda with both hands: "This is the knife. Please also take a look."

　　Because she didn't have a scabbard, she could only use this method to bring Snow over.

Fortunately, security checks are not required for taking trams in Japan-as for the reason, it is obviously for "passenger convenience", but in the final analysis, the tram lines are too complicated, the capital involved is too complicated, and the investment required for comprehensive security checks is too complicated. It is too high to recover the cost, so no one is willing to pay the money...

　　 Therefore, even though Bai Shuiqiu took this "control knife" and walked all the way, except for the slight attention of some pedestrians on the way, he was not affected by anything else.

the other side.

Tsuda has already taken Xuezou from Bai Shuiqiu's hand, holding the handle of the knife in one hand, and gently stroking the shiny blade with the other hand. After looking at it carefully for a while, the expression on his face gradually changed. Somewhat dignified:

　　 "It turns out that this is the Xuezou... As expected, it is a fierce ancient knife."

"If I'm not wrong, there should be more than a hundred dead souls who died under this knife. The blood accumulated on the blade is so strong that it is already a veritable weapon. You are a young girl. It is really commendable to be able to be unaffected by it in the slightest..."

"……Ok?"

　　 Bai Shuiqiu was taken aback: "Blood energy?"

　　 There are... more than a hundred dead souls?

　　 Why didn't she see it? ?

　　 Speaking of it, there were more than a hundred dead souls who died under the snow, Bai Shuiqiu believed this.

　　 After all, the era when this sword was born was the most chaotic end of the shogunate period, and its first owner is said to have participated in the war against the curtain. He was truly on the battlefield and saw blood.

Afterwards, he moved to the Kyushu area. After being led by the Inu God, I am afraid that many people have been injured. The group of victims who died in the hands of the Inu God in the Baidi Bay Tunnel alone amounted to more than a dozen people. Adding the two sides together, it is not surprising that a hundred people have been cut down.

Can……

　　 How did Tsuda judge it?

You know, even Shibei only knows the general situation of the snow. He has almost nothing about the latter's experience after living in Kyushu, and the two maidens, Bai Shuiqiu and Suzuki Zhuxi, only saw the snow. As for the formation that I walked on, as for the souls of the dead... I have never seen it at all.

　　Is it possible that this not-so-surprising old knifemaker's vision ability is even higher than that of her and Suzuki Zhuxi?

Under Bai Shuiqiu's uncertain gaze, Tsuda smiled: "It's just a matter of experience. There are many knives I have seen and touched. As long as I start with it, I can feel the history of this knife...like this. This kind of **** ancient knife probably ranks second among all the knives I have seen in my life."

"second?"

"Yes, the only knife that is more astonishing than it is that nearly sixty years ago, there used to be a young girl...should be a bit older than you, but only in her twenties. Looks like, come here with a knife and ask my father to help repair it...

Chapter 261 A Woman in Green?

When 　　 was speaking, Tsuda turned his head and looked out the door, with a look of remembrance on his face:

　　 "At that time, I was a teenage boy, playing with my father, learning the most basic skills of knifemaking...

　　 I remember very clearly that it was a gloomy rainy day. The girl came to our shop with an umbrella and asked my father to help repair the knife.

　　 I don’t remember her appearance clearly now, I just remember wearing a green dress, her hair is very long, and she has a very unique temperament, she seems a bit cold, she feels incompatible with everything around...

　　 As for the knife she brought over, just like your Snow Walker, it was a **** knife.

　　 And the knife didn't know what it went through. The damage was very serious, and the entire blade was broken in two. For an ancient knife that is priceless, this kind of thing is almost impossible.

　　 It took more than a month for even a knifemaker with excellent skills like my father to complete the repair work of the knife, and almost the entire knife body was re-casted again..."

　　 It can be seen that Tsuda was quite impressed by this incident.

　　 I just don’t know if such a deep impression is because of the knife or the person...

　　 The greater possibility is that it has both.

　　 After all, this kind of **** famous knife appeared in the hands of a young girl. It is hard to see in normal times, and it is also difficult for this old swordsman to remember it for nearly sixty years.

but……

　　 The woman in green with an umbrella?

　　 still appeared on a rainy day...

　　 Bai Shuiqiu squinted his eyes slightly. From Tsuda’s description, he faintly outlined a figure, but his face was calm, and he followed the old swordsman’s words and asked:

　　 "The knife you mentioned should also be a famous knife, right?"

　　 The concept of "famous sword" does not actually have a precise limit. It is said that the degree of fame can be called a famous sword.

　　 However, Xuezou should be considered the bottom of the famous knives.

Although it was made by famous masters, and the materials and workmanship are top-notch, but because the previous generations of masters were very ordinary, they did not make any fame. Later, they fell into the hands of the dog gods and became the latter for indiscriminate killing. Innocent weapon.

　　 But generally speaking, those who can complete the achievement of Hundred People Slash are basically considered to be a generation of famous swords.

　　 may even be the kind left behind by history.

　　 "This is really bad..."

Tsuda hesitated for a moment, his tone a little uncertain: "My father alone was responsible for the whole process of repairing that knife. I only touched it once in the middle of the journey and felt the fierce breath of the knife, but didn't watch it. To its name.

　　Furthermore, after the girl left, my father kept secret about this business. Only when he was drunk later, he mentioned that it was a famous sword from the Heian era and killed the ghost of the great rivers and mountains...

　　 But there were many rumors about the monsters in the Heian period, and there were dozens of famous swords, so I didn't know the name of that sword. "

　　 After a pause, the old knifemaker smiled and said: "These are old things decades ago, you have the right to listen to it as a story, or talk about your knife...

　　I only need to make a scabbard, what kind of material do you want? "

　　 "Yes, wood or leather can be used. The main reason is to be lighter and easier to carry. No other requirements..."

　　 Bai Shuiqiu said.

　　 Tsuda nodded, put Snow Walk on the table, took out tools such as rulers and molds, and began to measure.