between.

But even so, Nitsuma Kuan still endured the discomfort and tried to stand firm while holding the bamboo sword.

"What are you going to do?" A certain referee frowned and cast an unkind look at Shinzuma Kuan.

Now like a gambler whose eyes are red from gambling, Nitsuma Kuan stared at his bloodshot eyes and shouted in a hoarse voice:

"Please allow me to compete with Tachibana Aoden again! I was careless just now! If we compete again, I will never lose again!"

"Young man, you have already lost." Another referee said calmly, "Calm down a little. You look like you can't afford to lose. It's really embarrassing. Since you are a warrior, you must have the most basic sense of shame.

Heart."

However, faced with the referee's kind reminder, Xin Zukuan remained unyielding: "Please give me another chance! I..."

"That's enough!" The referee, who cast an unkind look at Nitsuma Kuan after he yelled "Wait a minute," impatiently interrupted Nitsuma Kan's words, "One final advice: Stop messing around.

Got it!"

Nitsuma Kuan's left hand that was naturally hanging down suddenly clenched into a fist, and the right hand holding the sword also tightly grasped the hilt of the bamboo sword.

Unwilling to give up, he wanted to say something more.

But at this time, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught sight of: the Aizu feudal lords who were responsible for maintaining order around the arena, noticed the commotion caused by him on the arena, and turned to look at him with vigilant glances.

sight.

Some people have even raised their left hands, pressed the sheath of the knife on their waist, and moved their feet slightly towards the direction of the field, looking like they were ready to rush onto the field at any time.

Hiroshi Niizuma raised his eyes and scanned the faces of the more than 20 Aizu feudal lords standing around the arena one by one.

Hesitation and unwillingness repeatedly pulled at the new wife's wide cheeks.

The left hand that was clenched into a fist and the right hand that was holding the sword were both white-knuckled from exerting too much force.

Finally - his tightly clenched left fist slowly loosened...

Immediately afterwards, he looked like a defeated rooster, his head drooped in front of his chest, and his face was as pale as a dead person...

At this moment, the new wife Kuan suddenly felt severe pain in her head!

He let out a low cry of pain, then subconsciously raised his hand to support his head, but because he still hadn't taken off his protective gear, his hand only reached his helmet.

This severe pain made Xin Zukuan feel as if his head was about to burst, and it went away as quickly as it came.

In just a few breaths, the intense pain slowly dissipated.

However, just as the sudden pain dissipated, Nitsuma Kan felt that the highly concentrated concentration he had gained by taking strange drugs also disappeared along with the pain...

Immediately afterwards, Nitsuma Kuan began to feel that his body temperature was rising significantly, and strong dizziness hit his brain one after another...

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The joyful atmosphere that permeated the martial arts viewing seats could not dissipate for a long time.

For most of the spectators at the scene, this swordsmanship competition was truly a feast for the eyes! Various unexpected and wonderful twists appeared one after another!

"Huh..." The owner of a small sword hall sighed, then raised his gaze and looked at the Shiwei Guan and others sitting not far away from him, "The Shiwei Guan is so lucky... unexpectedly... Found such an extraordinary genius..."

At this moment, many people were casting envious or jealous looks at Qing Deng on the field and the people from the Trial Guard Hall headed by Zhou Zhu in the spectator seats.

Anyone who can think normally knows that after this competition, Qingdeng will become famous again!

Before the competition started, many people thought that Qingden and the "Three Heroes" were at most close to each other, and how many people thought that when they fought, it would definitely be a fierce battle between dragons and tigers.

However, the facts now presented to them have slapped all of them hard in the face!

In this competition, Qingden happened to have played against each of the "Three Heroes".

Thanks to this, Qingdeng was able to tell everyone with his actual record: None of the "Three Heroes" are his opponents!

From the first game after the official start of the competition, Aoto showed his absolute strength to crush the same period. No matter who faced him, who was second only to the "Three Heroes" Adachi, who among the "Three Heroes" Morishita and Oizaki were all killed instantly by Qingto with one sword strike.

After Seitō made it to the finals with overwhelming momentum, as Seitō's opponent in the finals, Niizuma Kan suddenly showed extraordinary strength and finally became the first and last person in this competition who did not win at the beginning of the battle. The one who was instantly killed by Qing Deng.

But he didn't last long with his new wife.

At the beginning of the final, Nitsuma Hiroshi and Ayono were evenly matched, but just a few minutes later, Ayoto relied on his overwhelming talent advantage to quickly suppress Nitsuma Kan and defeat him.

From today on, there is no doubt that Aoshinobu's reputation will surpass that of the "Three Heroes" and become the most watched newcomer in the Edo swordsmanship world!

While everyone was sighing that Edo had another swordsman with great talent, they also felt envious or jealous of the Imperial Guard Hall that had such a talent.

All the games have been played and the champion has been decided. There is only one last link left in this swordsmanship competition: award the prize to the swordsman who won the championship!

The person in charge of awarding the awards is the person who hosted the competition - Aizu Hou Matsudaira Yoshiho!

Aoto took off his protective gear and temporarily handed over his bamboo sword to a certain Aizu Domain official for safekeeping. Under the leadership of the old master of ceremonies, he walked unhurriedly towards the crowd of people gathered step by step. Walking to the "VIP booth" of various feudal lords.

Matsudaira Yongho had stood up at this time and looked quietly at Qingteng who was taking the stage.

When he was only a short distance away from Matsudaira Yongho, Qingden couldn't help but raise his eyes and quickly glanced at Matsudaira Yongho's face.

After taking a closer look, Aoto realized that the man in front of him, who was famous and known as the "Pillar of the Shogunate", was really young. If he were to stand next to Aoto, no one else would recognize him.

Which one of them is younger?

Under the leadership and instructions of the master of ceremonies, Qingbo stopped in front of Matsudaira Yongho, and then in accordance with the rules, he knelt on one knee and bowed to salute the young feudal lord in front of him.

Matsudaira Yongho lowered his eyes and stared at Qingden. His face, which was usually expressionless of emotions and anger, actually showed a slight smile at this moment: "...You are very outstanding. I am very surprised by your performance. I hope you can

If you can continue your efforts, you will achieve higher and further achievements in martial arts."

Matsudaira Yongho didn't have too many long talks with Qingnobo. After only saying such a simple encouragement to Qingnobo, he stretched out his hand and took the championship prize of this competition from the person next to him:

10 gold-valued sandalwood disks were handed to Qingdeng.

Qingden expressed his thanks loudly, raised his hands, and took the reward he deserved from Matsudaira Yongho.

Strange to say, for some reason, a strange feeling emerged in Qingto's heart at this moment - he vaguely felt that he would have a chance to meet this unsmiling young feudal lord again in the future.

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As Qingdenbai received his share of the championship reward, this two-day swordsmanship competition finally came to an end!

The dignitaries on the "VIP table" were the first to leave in an orderly manner.

After the figures of the daimyo, led by Matsudaira Yōho, completely disappeared from everyone's sight, the spectators in the spectator seats could finally leave one after another.

Qingdeng returned to his companions with the reward he had received.

As soon as he met Zhou Zhu and the others, Qingdeng discovered that the intense look of shock in Zhou Zhu and the others' eyes had not dissipated until now.

Qingdeng couldn't help but frown: "Master, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so surprised?"

As soon as Qingto finished speaking, he saw Okita jumping up and down in front of Qingto, and then he glanced at Qingto with a strange look on his face: "Tachibana-kun... you don't know what you just did on the field.

What happened?"

"Huh?" Qingdeng was stunned, "What did I do?"

"...It seems that you released it unconsciously." Zhousuke twitched the corner of his mouth and showed a wry smile, "Tachibana-kun, you just showed your 'power' when you were dueling with that new wife!"

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Chapter completed!