"It just takes a little rest to recover."

"Just lie there quietly for a while."

The man in black turned his gaze back to the front and moved his feet again.

"Wait a moment……"

Qingdeng gritted his teeth, raised his face with all his strength, and poured all the remaining strength in his body into his lips and tongue.

Taking advantage of the movement of the man in black and the moment he paused because of his "wait a moment", Qingdeng hurriedly asked:

"Excuse me, are you... the Eternal Sword Master... Ogata Issei?"

When he saw the man in black raising his wooden sword and making a slash that "becomes one with heaven and earth", a bold guess popped into Qingdeng's mind.

The old voice...

Abnormally strong strength...

Coupled with the anecdotes that the once all-powerful Eternal Sword Master is still alive...

This piece of information turned Qingdeng's conjecture into a solid conclusion.

Apart from this legendary swordsman, Qingdeng really couldn't think of anyone else who could possess such a heaven-defying martial arts realm!

"..."

Qingdeng's eyes met with the man in black who turned around again.

"Have I told you? It doesn't matter who I am."

There was a faint smile in the voice of the man in black.

"Just think of me as a challenger who wants to compete with you because you heard about Niou's name and deeds."

After saying that, the man in black ignored Qingdeng.

He left Qingdeng with a free and easy figure, which was not too thick, and walked slowly down a nearby path.

The western sun shines on him, casting long shadows...

Qingdeng, whose face was full of shock and deep thought, looked straight in the direction in which the man in black left.

Until this dark figure disappeared from his sight, he did not look back for a long time.

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…

Edo, Chishiya——

Click, click, click, click...

The crisp sound of the abacus and the tip of the brush sliding on the page became the only two sounds in the living room of Qianshiwu.

Kiryu was lying down at the front desk, with Chishiya's account books spread out in front of him. He held an abacus in his left hand and a writing brush in his right hand, carefully checking Chishiya's recent income and expenditure.

Suddenly, a gust of cool wind blew from Kiryu's back.

The brush in Kiryu's hand suddenly stopped. After a moment, it started moving again.

"Ogata-kun." Kiryu smiled bitterly, "My employment agency doesn't have a gate, so can't you just walk in through the gate in a good manner?"

"If you come in through the main gate, you have to go around in a circle, so I tried to save trouble."

At this moment, a tall figure suddenly appeared in front of the open window sill behind and to the left of Kiryu.

This man was dressed in black and had a bamboo hat on his head.

If Qingdeng were here at this time, he would definitely be surprised to see this guy - it was the man in black who just showed his crushing strength and beat him up!

However, the difference from just now is that the voice of the man in black is no longer a hoarse old man's voice like two pieces of sandpaper rubbing against each other, but a deep, magnetic, middle-aged male voice.

Kiryu closed the account book in front of him and put the brush in his hand back on the brush mountain. While adjusting the glasses on the bridge of his nose, he turned around and smiled at the man in black:

"Ogata-kun, how are you? Have you had a good fight with Tachibana-kun?"

"Mamiya-kun..."

The man in black raised his hand to open his hat and pulled down his kerchief, revealing the face of a middle-aged man who had had a chat with Aoto at yesterday's wedding banquet of Kondo Isamu and Matsui Tsune.

Komaki Goro...or Ogata Issei, smiled and said:

"You really have a good apprentice."

"I finally understand why you want to take that Tachibana Qingden as your disciple."

"Hehehe, I have been waiting for so long today at the place where Juqing must pass on his way back to the Trial Guard Hall. Finally, I didn't wait in vain."

Hearing Ogata's words, Kiryu looked calm and unchanging...as if he was not surprised at all by Ogata's words.

"Ogata-kun, can you tell me the whole process of your contest with Tachibana-kun?" Kiryu asked with a smile.

"Of course." Ogata shrugged, and then sat down cross-legged next to Kiryu in a very casual posture.

The process of sparring with Qingdeng—actually there is nothing to go into in detail.

It was nothing more than Ogata holding down Aonto and beating him violently throughout the whole process.

In the last round, Aomori barely managed to avoid Ogata's branches and launched a counterattack, but he was kicked away by Ogata before three seconds had passed.

When he heard that his apprentice had been beaten so badly, Kiryu, the master, was not only not angry, but also cast a resentful look at Ogata.

Instead, he laughed happily "Hahaha".

He kept laughing until tears started to form in the corners of his eyes, and then he stopped laughing.

"Ogata-kun, please allow me to ask a few more questions."

Kiryu asked with a smile while stroking his hands.

"You beat Mr. Tachibana so hard... you must have some personal feelings in it, right?"

"..." Ogata showed an intriguing smile, "I didn't intend to bring any personal feelings into my discussion with Ayoto."

When Ogata said "I didn't intend to", he emphasized his tone.

"But - whenever I lift the branch and prepare to pull it away from Mr. Tachibana, my whole hand suddenly loses control and increases the force uncontrollably."

"Oh, Mamiya-kun, you also know."

Ogata spread his hands, showing helplessness.

"I treat Ah Wu as my own."

"Besides, I can also be regarded as A Wu's ninjutsu master."

"I have seen since I was a child that my granddaughter and apprentice was suddenly taken away by a man... This makes it difficult for me not to look at Tachibana Aoden with a different perspective and attitude."

As soon as Ogata finished speaking, Kiryu nodded gently with a serious look on his face.

"I see."

"I also treat the young master as my own son."

"When I first discovered that the young master had a strong impression of Mr. Orange, it was difficult for me to treat Mr. Orange with a normal heart."

"But now, I've looked away."

Kiryu smiled happily.

"One side is the young master who is no different from his own granddaughter."

"The other side is the disciple who I have been looking for for a long time and finally found, who is expected to inherit my mantle."

"No matter which party you are on, they are all very important people to me."

"Ji Jun is very good. Since he and the young master are in love, then the young master can be entrusted to him with confidence."

Ogata grinned

"Mamiya-kun, your opinion of Tachibana Aoden is really high."

"of course."

Kiryu waved his hand confidently.

"After all, he is my favorite disciple who I have been searching for for decades and finally found!"

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