When Aoden Yu Senshiya, Harada, Toudo and the others were discussing how to test their strength——

Edo, Gofu Bridge, Beifansuo, outside the gate——

In an alley diagonally opposite the main gate of Kitabansuo, which was extremely dark because it was blocked by the eaves, a very young samurai looked at Kokubansuo not far away with a shrinking look on his face.

He kept raising his hand and wiping his forehead again and again, but no matter how he wiped his forehead, cold sweat continued to leak out.

Swallowing his saliva, he took a step towards the alley where the sun was shining brightly. But as soon as he took the step, he immediately retracted it. After retracting it, he stepped forward again...

After repeating this several times, he gritted his teeth.

"There is nothing to hesitate about... we must... find a way to stop that lunatic Kamino as soon as possible...!"

Raising his hands and patting his own cheeks a few times, the young man held his head high and strode out of the alley towards Beifan with the momentum of "The wind is rustling and the water is cold, and a strong man will never return once he is gone."

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About 10 minutes later, some officials in the Beifan Office saw a very strange scene.

All the "Three Chapters" and Li who were currently on duty in the office rushed to Susui's office with solemn expressions.

After everyone from the "Three Chapters" gathered in Bo Jing's office, they were not seen for a long time.

Why did they suddenly gather in Bojing's office? Are they holding an emergency meeting?

No one knows.

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Edo, Chishiya——

Ayoto and Kiryu borrowed the yard of their Senshiya house as well as three bamboo swords and a wooden gun.

It has to be said that Qianshiwu's warehouse is really rich in reserves. Qingto didn't expect that Qianshiwu's warehouse even has wooden guns.

In this regard, Kiryu also explained to Aonto just now: Because it is often necessary to test the true talents of job applicants, there is a large number of weapons stored in Chishiya's warehouse.

Aoto and Saito stood side by side on the east side of the courtyard, while Harada and Todo stood on the west side of the courtyard.

As for Kiryu, Kinoshita Mai, and Nagakura, they were standing on one side of the courtyard, spectators of this assessment.

Regarding this assessment against Harada and Toudo, Aoto is still very eager to try.

After all, this is a good thing that can test the strength of these two people, and if you are lucky, you may be able to copy some talent from them, killing two birds with one stone.

He had competed with Nagakura, and Nagakura was extremely strong. If a strong man like him was willing to be his Okabiki, Aomori would certainly welcome him with both hands.

There is no need to conduct any more interviews with Nagakura. As for Harada and Toudo, you have to play with them and test their strength before making a decision.

This is the first time Qingdeng has recruited subordinates for himself. Qingdeng naturally does not want to recruit any weak and useless mediocre people for himself.

Qingden, who did not intend to be careless in this assessment, checked his bamboo sword and warmed up in a proper manner.

"Huh?" Harada, who was opposite him, suddenly discovered that Saito was actually holding the sword in his left hand, "Hey, why are you using the 'evil sword'?"

In the kendo world of the Edo period, left-handed swords were regarded as "evil swords", and those who wielded left-handed swords were treated as heretics. When left-handers went to sword halls to learn swordsmanship, they were often forced to switch to using their right hands.

Therefore, a left-handed swordsman like Saito is actually very rare.

Facing Harada’s doubts, Saito said calmly:

"Good sword, evil sword, the sword that can cut the enemy to death is a good sword."

Hearing Saito's reply, Harada raised his thick black eyebrows, then smiled naively: "That's right."

After saying that, Harada crossed his legs and pointed the wooden gun with a big ball of cloth wrapped around the head diagonally at the ground in front of him.

"I'm ready! Can start anytime!"

Toudo, who was standing next to Harada, also raised the bamboo sword in his hand and assumed a mid-level stance: "I'm ready too!"

The tip of Toudo's bamboo sword trembles as lightly as a wagtail - this is a characteristic of Beichen's Itto-ryu.

Gently shaking the tip of the sword is one of the most classic moves of Beichen Itto-ryu. This has the advantage of preventing the tip of the sword from freezing, making it easier to respond quickly when facing the enemy's attack, and it is also difficult for the opponent to see through one's attacks.

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Seeing that the two people opposite him were ready, Qingto turned to look at Saito beside him.

After noticing the "conversation" look Aoto directed at him, Saito vigorously grasped the five fingers of his right hand a few times, and then nodded to Aoto.

Qingdeng exhaled a long breath and held the bamboo sword in front of him: "Then... let's start!"

With Qingdeng's words of "start", the atmosphere in the courtyard suddenly became more solemn and a bit more serious.

"I'm on!" Harada shouted with a big grin, stepped forward, and took the lead in provoking the first attack!

The spear's ultra-wide attack range allowed Harada to only take one step forward to put Ayoto and Saito within his attack range.

Harada was seen sending the gun in his hand forward and stabbing Aoto who was directly opposite him.

The gun head wrapped in white cloth zoomed in Qingden's field of vision at an extremely fast speed.

Qingden has quite a lot of experience in how to fight spearmen...especially the spearmen who make the Hohoin style.

After all, the first fight to the death in his life in which he fought with all his strength and made his blood boil all over his body was against a spearman who used the Hohoin-style spear technique.

Since he didn't know the specific strength of Harada and Toudo, Aoto chose a more conservative style of play.

He did not try to catch Harada forcefully, but relied on his "Eagle Eye" to move sideways and avoid Harada's stabbing blow.

At this time, Todo also started to move.

Todo is small in stature, but who knows his speed... no, to be more precise, the explosive power of his legs is astonishing!

He squatted down slightly, then slammed his hind feet on the ground! The soles of his feet peeled off a layer of soil on the ground, and his short body suddenly bounced away like a broken string! He pounced towards Saito, who was facing him!

Toudou's super explosive power made Ainoto, Saito, his companion Harada, and Nagakura who were watching the battle on the side couldn't help but change their expressions slightly.

Because Chishiya had already checked the strength of Harada and Toudo in advance, Kiryu and Kinoshita Mai looked calm.

"Hiss..." Nagakura stared at Toudou who was rushing towards Saito, and stretched out his hand to touch his chin, "This man's legs are very strong..."

Toudou's high explosion caused a slight look of surprise on Saito's eyebrows - but this look of surprise only appeared for a moment and then dissipated, and Saito's expression returned to his usual indifferent look without sadness or joy.

Saito stepped back lightly, leaving room for fighting, then raised his sword and blocked Toudou's slash.

Toudo raised his sword again with great momentum, preparing to attack again. He kicked hard on the mud with both feet, and his short body pressed against Saito like a mountain.

Power starts from the ground - this is an eternal truth in the world of martial arts.

Therefore, "strong leg explosive power" means that it is easier to launch shockingly powerful attacks.

Todo, who has very explosive legs, constantly launched attacks that were too powerful for a man of his size.

Saito took a step back again and swung the bamboo sword in his palm tightly, blocking each of Toudou's slashes one by one.

On the other side, the competition between Qingnobo and Harada became more and more intense.

This man's strength should be comparable to that of Suehiro Moriyuyo - this was the first thought that came to Yu Qingto's mind after a few simple battles with this Harada.

Harada's strength far exceeded his expectations... Qingto felt excited, and his expression became more serious.

In the past two months since his deadly fight with that Suehiro Moriyo, Ayoto has been practicing with great self-discipline and has hardly slacked off for a day. In addition, compared to before, he has many new powerful talents in his body.

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In terms of strength, he is completely different from the person he was in that "Snowy Night Chaos".

But even so, when facing Harada, whose strength was almost equal to that of Suehiro Moriyoshi, Ayoto still did not show any carelessness or slackness.

After the first few tentative attacks, Harada's offensive began to become more and more sharp.

The wooden spear with its head wrapped in a thick cloth struck again, with such force that no one dared to feel paralyzed.

In the blink of an eye, Harada's gun tip was handed to him again. The angle of his attack was quite tricky, and it would be too hard to dodge. So Qingto raised his bamboo sword upwards and deflected the gun tip.

He ran past Qingdeng.

As soon as Harada's gun was put away, he had already put the gun back to its original position, still pointing the tip of the gun diagonally at the ground.

When the spear head struck again, Qingden dodged this time, and at the same time tentatively stepped forward, as if he wanted to get closer to Harada.

Seeing this, Harada took half a step back with ease, aimed his gun at Aoto, and swung it from bottom to top, trying to force Aoto back.

Qingteng stopped rushing forward, swung his sword and opened the head of Harada's gun. As if it was bounced away, Qingteng jumped back to where he originally stood.

The four of them were fighting inextricably, and no one took advantage - at first glance, it seemed that way.

But in fact, anyone who has a little knowledge of martial arts can see at this point: now it is completely Aoto, Saito and the others who have the upper hand.

If Harada and Toudo don't think of a way to break the situation quickly, it will only be a matter of time before they are defeated by Ao Sai and the others.

There are two main reasons why Harada and Todo are not as good as Aoto and Saito.

The first place where they are not as good as Aoi and Sai - neither of them are able to resist Saito's power.

"Hey, hey, hey..." Harada glanced at Saito out of the corner of his eye and muttered in shock, "What's going on with this guy...?"

Todo's offensive was fierce, like a violent storm when a typhoon passes through.

But no matter how he swung the sword and tried to force Saito to reveal his flaws, each of his attacks was dodged or blocked one by one by Saito who responded calmly.

Saito's body seemed to be sucked to the ground, flexible yet stable, with no flaws to be found.

After noticing that Toudou seemed to be no match for Saito, Harada tried to provide support for Toudou.

But every attack he made towards Saito in order to support Toudo was either deflected by Aoto or blocked by Saito himself.

While dealing with Toudo, Saito could also devote his attention and energy to support Aoto from time to time.
To be continued...