"Today is a great experience. I actually saw 'Saito of Power' and 'Momoi of Position' in succession."

And just when everyone thought that the consecutive appearance of "Saito of Power" and "Momoi of Bits" was the biggest surprise of this competition... a new mutation appeared.

The first person to notice the change was an Aizu feudal lord who was maintaining order outside the arena.

He hurriedly walked to one of his colleagues and said something to his colleague. His colleague's face immediately changed.

Immediately afterwards, spectators in groups of three or three looked anxious and excitedly poured into the spectator seats, announcing something to the people around them.

Just like this, pass it on to ten, and then pass it on to a hundred.

At the martial arts viewing table, the crowd immediately became excited.

Saito Yakuro, who originally had a calm face, raised his eyebrows and grinned, showing a surprised expression.

The second son sitting behind him, Saito Kannosuke, known as "Ghost Joy", turned pale in an instant.

Momoi Haruzo, who had always had a gentle smile since he appeared on the field, had a stiff smile on his face.

The other swordsmen who were somewhat famous in Edo on the viewing table either showed resentment on their faces, tightened their lips with complicated expressions, or showed unabashed admiration.

Shusuke, Kondo, and Okita opened their eyes and mouths wide in surprise.

Qingdeng had curiosity mixed with confusion between his brows.

All these changes stem from the rapid spread of a word——

"'Gi no Chiba' Chiba Eijiro is here!"

Amidst the commotion, on the east side of the arena, two fencing teams came into view with unhurried steps.

These two teams are the Xuanbukan and Xiaoqianba Swordsman who have a brotherly relationship.

The people leading these two teams are none other than the famous "number one sect in the martial arts world" - the Chiba family.

Chiba Nobuyoshi is undoubtedly at the forefront.

In addition to Chiba Sadakichi, Aomori also met Chiba Jutaro and Sanako, whom he was familiar with, as well as Chiba Tamonshiro, who had had some unpleasantness with him at the "Plum Blossom Festival".

Apart from these few familiar people, Qingdeng had never met the other two people.

These two people are both quite young. They are walking on the left and right sides of Chiba Nobuyoshi. They have very similar appearances and should be brothers.

The man walking to the right of Chiba Nobuyoshi had an expressionless face.

The man walking to the left of Chiba Nobuyoshi had a faint and plain smile hanging on the corner of his mouth.

I can't explain why... After seeing this young man with a smile on his face, a thought automatically floated in Ayoto's mind: This person is Eijiro Chiba, who is known as "Chiba of Technique"!

——Eijiro Chiba...I heard that this person is now serving as an official in the Mito Domain? Didn't he just return to Edo recently...

Just when Aoto was wondering why the famous Chiba Eijiro suddenly appeared in Edo, the noises one after another brought Aoto's consciousness back to reality.

After the appearance of the Genbu Hall and the Little Chiba Sword Hall led by the Chiba family... no, to be precise, after seeing the appearance of Eijiro Chiba, there were calls that seemed to lift the sky.

Sighs erupted from the spectator seats.

The noise was far greater than the scene when the Military Training Hall and Scholarship Hall entered the hall just now!

Qingdeng was even a little shocked by the current battle.

Kondo noticed the astonishment on Aoto's face and smiled: "Tachibana-kun, you have only just come into contact with the field of 'swordsmanship' not long ago, so you probably don't quite understand Chiba Eijiro's strength and his swordsmanship in Edo.

What a prestige it has in the world.”

"To put it simply...if you don't include those masters who live in seclusion, Chiba Eijiro is recognized as 'the best swordsman in Edo' and 'the strongest in Edo'."

"Although Saito Yakuro and Momoi Haruzo are as famous as Chiba Eijiro in name."

"But in actual terms of prestige, neither of these two people can compare with Eijiro Chiba."

After saying that, Kondo turned his gaze back to Chiba Eijiro, with a look of envy in his eyes again.

Hijikata's attitude was as usual - he curled his lips and looked at the Chiba family indifferently, as if he didn't think Chiba Eijiro and others were any special beings.

The reason why the appearance of the Chiba family can trigger this series of fierce reactions in the spectator seats is also due to Sanako.

Sanako was not dressed in kendo uniform and high ponytail today as she usually does when she practices swordsmanship.

Today, she is wearing a white and blue kimono, a pair of pure white stockings on her feet, a pair of flat wooden geta with blue buttons, and three thousand blue silk threads tied into an exquisite Shimada bun.

This outfit lacks the heroic spirit of the female samurai, but has the elegance of Yamato Nadeshiko and the splendor of a famous lady.

Sanako, who was folding his hands in front of him, holding up his perfectly swan neck, and following Chiba Sadayoshi at a leisurely pace, attracted no more eyes and sighs than Chiba Eijiro.

He is less.

Countless people stared at Sanako's stunning appearance with their eyes wide open, and from time to time they could hear the sound of swallowing saliva.

After accompanying Chiba Sadayoshi and others into the arena, Chiba Jutaro stretched his neck and looked around.

After a while, his eyes were locked on the group of people in the Trial Guard Hall.

After finding the group of people from the Trial Guard Hall, Chiba Jutaro turned his head and whispered something to Chiba Nobuyoshi and Chiba Eijiro beside him.

After Chiba Nobuyoshi and the others nodded slightly, they led the team from the Xuanwu Hall and the Little Chiba Sword Hall to change direction and walk straight towards Qingden and the others.

Chiba Nobuyoshi: "Hahaha, Shusuke."

"Hoo ho ho, it's auspicious." Zhou Zhu stood up to greet him.

Aoto, Okita and others stood up together with Shusuke and headed towards the Xuanbu Hall and Chiba Sword Hall, which had always had a special relationship with them.

After Zhousuke and Chiba Sadakichi chatted happily for a while, Zhousuke turned to look at Chiba Eijiro who was standing next to Chiba Sadikichi: "Hey, Eijiro, I didn't expect that I could see you here and now.

, I was shocked. When did you return to Edo?"

Chiba Eijiro bowed slightly, and then greeted him politely and softly: "Mr. Kondo, my long-awaited greetings..."

…

In such a scene, as an ordinary disciple of the Imperial Examination Hall, he could not say anything. He could only wait obediently and quietly behind Zhou Zhu.

There happened to be a lot of empty seats next to the seats in their test hall. After Shusuke led everyone to give polite greetings to Chiba Sadaki and his party, he directly invited Chiba Sadaki to sit with them, and Chiba Sadikichi

Guitar readily agreed without any hesitation.

Just when Aoden was about to sit back in his seat, he suddenly heard Chiba Jutaro's loud voice:

"Hey! Orange-kun! Hahaha, long time no see!"

Hearing Chiba Jutaro's greetings, Qingto couldn't help but smile helplessly: "Mr. Jutaro, we haven't seen each other for a long time, right? We just met more than half a month ago."

Aoto looked towards Chiba Jutaro and saw Chiba Jutaro leading Sanako and striding towards him.

"Tachibana-kun, Gui'an." Sanako folded his hands in front of him and bowed to Qingteng in a very elegant manner.

It's been a long time since I met Sanako and Qingden.

"Miss Sanako, long time no see." Qingden bowed and returned the favor to Sanako.

"Tachibana-kun." Chiba Jutaro raised his hand and patted Aonto's shoulder affectionately, "How are you? It's your first time to participate in a competition of such a large scale. Are you nervous?"

"There is still some tension...to a certain extent." Qingdeng responded half-jokingly.

"Hahaha! You are much calmer than I thought!"

Chiba Jutaro was about to say something more to Qingto.

But at this moment, new commotion emerged again in the spectator seats.

"Sit down quickly! Sit down quickly!" The Aizu feudal lords responsible for maintaining order quickly shouted, "The feudal lords are here!"

Hearing these shouts, the originally noisy martial arts viewing seats on the east, west, and south sides quickly became quiet.

Everyone quickly shut their mouths and sat back in their respective seats.

Chiba Jutaro, who could only end the conversation with Aoto in a hurry, rolled his eyes, and then hurriedly sat down not far from Aoto.

"Come on, Sanako, there's an empty seat over here, you sit over here!" Chiba Jutaro pointed to him.

The empty space that Chiba Jutaro was pointing to... was exactly to his left and to Aoto's right...

Neither Aoto nor Sanako noticed Chiba Jutaro's deliberate thought...

Without thinking much, Sanako moved his steps lightly and sat on the right side of Qingden.

Okita sits on the left and Sanako sits on the right - these are Ayoto's current neighbors on the left and right.

After a few more minutes, the dignitaries who needed to sit at the "VIP seats" finally arrived.

Everyone on the martial arts viewing table immediately bowed down and bowed.

Crash la la la... From the direction of the "VIP desk", there were bursts of tiny footsteps.

After receiving the permission to get free of the gift and stand down, Qingdeng immediately raised his eyes and looked towards the "VIP table" directly opposite them.

I saw that the "VIP table" that was empty just now was almost full of people. Looking around, I saw that they were all famous people from a country.

The family crests on their clothes clearly declare which vassal country they are the masters of.

Lord of the Utsunomiya Domain, Lord of the Maebashi Domain, Lord of the Ninja Domain, Lord of the Matsushiro Domain...

A very young young man, probably in his early 20s at most, sat in the middle of these famous people with an expressionless face.
To be continued...