Edo, Koishikawa Kohinata Yanagi Town——

——This...is the Trial Guard Hall?

Qingdeng looked at a slightly plain-looking house in the distance with suspicious eyes.

Outside a medium-sized house, there is a plaque with a string of Chinese characters written on it, "Tianren Rishinryu Examination Guard Hall".

——Why can’t I hear any sounds of sword practice?

Inside the trial guard hall, it was quiet...

I couldn't hear the sound of bamboo swords clashing with each other, and it felt like there was no one in the trial guard hall...

With this question in mind, Qingdeng walked slowly towards the trial defense hall.

As soon as he took a few steps forward, Qingdeng suddenly saw a tall and muscular young man walking out of the museum carrying a bucket and a rag.

The young man walked up to the plaque that read "Naturally Rishin-ryu Examination Hall" - he probably wanted to wipe the plaque.

At this moment, the young man spotted Qingdeng walking towards their sword hall.

Qingdeng and the young man's eyes met in mid-air.

Then——

thump.

The sound of buckets and rags falling to the ground was heard.

The young man threw the bucket and rag in his hand firmly to the ground, and then appeared in front of Qingdeng as fast as a flash of light.

"Good morning! Are you coming to my training hall to learn swordsmanship?"

Qingden was startled by this young man who suddenly appeared in front of him and subconsciously took two steps back.

Looking at Qingdeng retreating quickly, the young man was stunned for a moment, then looked ashamed.

"Sorry, sorry, I was impatient. I'm really sorry for scaring you."

After saying that, the young man cleared his throat, and then showed a somewhat naive smile to Qingden:

"My Excellency, Isamu Kondo! I am the teacher of this imperial examination hall! Who is your Majesty?"

[Note: "Shihan Dai" can be understood as an acting master, responsible for assisting the sword master in carrying out teaching tasks. 】

After Isamu Kondo introduced himself, Aoto quickly called home politely and explained his purpose in a concise and concise manner:

"I'm Ju Qingden. I heard that your hall is a sword hall with excellent martial arts, so I want to join your hall and practice swordsmanship."

While checking in to his house, Aoden looked up and down at Kondo Isamu's appearance.

The first impression Kondo Isamu gave to Aoto... was that he was very energetic.

He has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and is tall and strong, about 1.8 meters tall. He looks quite energetic.

Among his facial features, the one that left the deepest impression on Qingdeng was his mouth.

His mouth is very big.

With this big mouth, it feels like you could swallow a fist alive without any problem at all.

However, although this man's mouth is big, it does not have a great negative effect on his appearance. Looking at his entire face, he still feels quite handsome, a masculine type of handsome guy.

The only flaw is... he has a menstrual haircut.

This outrageously ugly hairstyle directly reduced Kondo’s appearance by 50%.

The Tsukiyo haircut was the most popular hairstyle in Japan during the Edo period. About 9 out of 10 men had this hairstyle.

Its general appearance... can be understood as a variant version of "Mediterranean Sea".

All the hair on the top of the head is shaved, leaving only the hair on the back of the head and the temples. The hair on the back of the head and temples is braided into a bun and placed on the top of the shaved head - this is the Tsukiyo head.

This hairstyle was cool, easy to wear a helmet, and you didn't have to worry about your hair spreading out and blocking your vision when fighting. Therefore, it became popular among the samurai class first, and then led the common people to also start to wear this hairstyle.

Looking at Kondo's Tsukiyo haircut, he twitched the corner of his mouth. Qingto couldn't help but raise his hand and touch his hair - he was very lucky: his hairstyle was full hair, not Tsukiyo hairdo.

The so-called total hair is to keep the hair on the top of the head and only braid the hair into a bun.

Although Qingden also thinks this hairstyle is ugly, no matter how ugly it is, it is still thousands of times better than Tsukiyo's hairstyle.

"Oh! I really want to learn the sword!"

The smile on Kondo's face instantly became a lot more enthusiastic.

However, in the next moment, Kondo's smiling face suddenly froze, and then the smile turned into embarrassment.

"Ah... I almost forgot... our master is not in the sword hall today... If you want to become a disciple, you have to wait until tomorrow at the earliest..."

"Tomorrow?" Qingdeng stared.

Japan is also a country that attaches great importance to the term "respecting teachers and respecting morality."

When learning swordsmanship in a swordsmanship hall, you usually have to pay homage to the master of the swordsmanship hall, and then go through a bunch of miscellaneous etiquette before you can be considered an introduction and you can officially start learning swordsmanship.

Therefore - if the master of the sword hall happens to be absent, then generally no new apprentices will be accepted during the period when the master is absent.

"I'm sorry..." Kondo's face was filled with apologies, "But Master is indeed not here today... If you want to get started, please choose a day."

The Sword of Damocles, the "Radical Rebellion Sect", is hanging over Qingdeng's head all the time. Under the current situation, Qingdeng does not want to waste a day. He just wants to learn the sword as soon as possible and copy his talent as soon as possible.

, and asked him to come back another day, he would naturally refuse.

"I don't have time tomorrow! Do I have to wait for your master to come back before I can start learning swordsmanship?"

After today's holiday, Qingden will have to go to work at the monastery tomorrow, and it will take at least two days before he can have another holiday.

"This..." Kondo looked embarrassed.

Seeing Kondo's troubled expression, Qingto suddenly remembered the "new customer benefits" that Kiryu's boss had just given him.

Aomori took out from his arms the piece of paper that Kiryu's boss had given him just now, with the four characters "Kiryu Kazuma" written on it.

Before he could say anything, Kondo opened his eyes when he saw the note.

"This is...were you introduced by Mr. Kiryu?"

"Yes." Qingden nodded quickly, "It was Mr. Kiryu who introduced you to me."

"Did Mr. Kiryu introduce me here..."

There was a little more confusion between Kondo's brows.

After a long while, I saw him let out a sigh of relief and nodded vigorously:

"...Okay, since Mr. Kiryu introduced me, let's make an exception."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Let's do this - you pay the tuition today and write your information in the apprentice book. When the master comes back later, you can make up for the apprenticeship ceremony. You

What do you think?"

For Qingdeng, any of these introductory programs are fine, as long as they allow him to learn swordsmanship and fight with others as soon as possible.

"Of course." Qingdeng nodded vigorously without thinking.

"Then come in with me!"

Kondo turned around and picked up the bucket and rag he had just thrown on the ground, and led Qingto into the trial hall.

The Imperial Palace is a very typical architectural style of this era - a house surrounded by a circle of earth walls, and the gap between the house and the earth wall is a small courtyard.

Aoto asked Kondo curiously while taking back the note Kiryu gave him into his arms.

"Kondo-kun, do you have a close relationship with Mr. Kiryu from Senshiya?"

"Well... to be precise, it's my father... ah, that is, I have a deep friendship with the master." Kondo sighed, "When the master planned to build a training hall here, Mr. Kiryu

It helped us a lot.”

"Father?" Hearing the word "Father" that Kondo accidentally blurted out just now, Qingto raised an eyebrow.

He suddenly recalled - Boss Kiryu seemed to have told him just now: the current owner and master of the Shoeikan is the third generation head of the Tenurishin-ryu clan: Shusuke Kondo.

He happens to have the same surname as the Kondo Isamu in front of him.

"I didn't expect you to be the young master of this sword hall." Qingdeng said with a smile, "Being the young master of the sword hall must be very hard, right? You have to help manage the sword hall, and when you practice swordsmanship, you will also be specially treated.

care'."

"That's right." Kondo smiled bitterly and sighed, "Ever since I was young, I have been scolded more than other brothers in the sword hall... Well, this can be regarded as a responsibility that people like us have to bear.

.”

After the two briefly chatted for a few words, the atmosphere between them became much more harmonious.

"Tangerine-kun, have you ever learned swordsmanship before?"

"Having only learned some wild tricks from my late father is almost the same as not having learned swordsmanship."

"That means you have some basic knowledge."

At this time, Kondo lowered his gaze and looked at the inruga on Qingto's right waist.

"You have the seal cage of the enshrinement office hanging around your waist. I wonder if you are enshrining the office in the northern institution or the southern institution now?"
To be continued...