"Sanako, the sword hall is in a mess right now. I want to straighten out the order of the sword hall now. I will leave it to you, Mr. Tachibana."

"..." Sanako flattened her lips and glanced sideways at her brother with a rather deep and complicated look.

"knew……"

After muttering this in a sigh-like tone, Sanako turned around gracefully and walked nonchalantly toward the outside of the dojo.

"Tangerine-kun, come with me."

"Uh..." Qingto looked at Chiba Jutaro blankly, and then looked at Sanako who was almost walking away.

The matter was now at this point, and it was not convenient for him to say anything more.

As a result, Qingden had no choice but to bite the bullet and chase after Sanako's back.

Sanako and Aoshito left the dojo one after another... This scene gave the already extremely depressed "Sanako's Pursuers Legion" people present a brutal blow again.

Some people cast jealous glances in the direction Qingdeng left.

Some people continued to hang their heads - they no longer had the energy to compete with Qingdeng...

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After a while——

Small Chiba Sword Hall, inner courtyard——

Wow!

Qingdeng, who was squatting next to the well, picked up a handful of freshly poured well water from the basin with both hands and splashed it on his face.

The refreshing touch spread from his face to his whole body, making Qingden feel so comfortable that he felt like the pores all over his body were open.

After simply washing his face, Qingto retracted his arms into the wide sleeves of the kimono. The two hands retracted into the kimono reached out through the front of the chest, and lifted the kimono force of his upper body back.

, revealing his muscular upper body which still had a lot of sweat beads left on it.

This feeling of sticky sweat on the body is really unpleasant.

Wearing a full set of fencing protective gear that is stuffy and hot in such a hot summer is a complete torture.

Even if you are not doing anything, you will be sweating all over just standing there, so let alone Qing Teng wearing it and playing 18 fierce one-on-one games in a row.

When all the protective gear was taken off, the clothes on Qingdeng's body were basically wet with his sweat, and his whole body looked like he had just been fished out of the water.

Qingdeng took out a hand towel he carried with him from his lower back and soaked it in the basin.

At this time, Sanako's voice came from behind.

"Tangerine-kun."

"Huh?" Qingdeng subconsciously followed the sound and turned his eyes.

Then, he saw the back of a cute head with a high ponytail, a graceful back, and a pair of slender feet with a plump "peach" whose horizontal girth was slightly larger than that of a bear.

It was Sanako who was currently sitting on the corridor connecting the house and the inner courtyard with his back to Qingto.

When his eyes unconsciously glanced at Sanako's "peach" which had an astonishing presence, Qingden quickly put away his eyes in embarrassment, not daring to look any further.

The elastic flesh was piled together due to the kneeling posture, and most of the two feet were buried, with only a small part of the forefoot exposed.

Originally, this part of the body is particularly conspicuous due to its size that can lift up the skirt.

The current sitting posture directly increases the eye-catching degree of this area to an unparalleled level.

After all, Sanako is still an unmarried young lady.

In line with the principle of non-sexuality between men and women, after leading Qingteng to the inner courtyard and letting Qingteng clean his body with the well in the inner courtyard, Sanako sat down with his back to Qingteng, only touching the back of his head and back.

, buttocks and small soles of feet were exposed to Qingdeng.

"Do you need me to find you a clean hand towel?"

"Ah, no need. I have a hand towel I carry with me. I can just use my hand towel."

After saying that, Qingden picked up the hand towel soaked in the basin, wrung it out, and carefully wiped his body with the hand towel up and down.

"Miss Sanako, I'm sorry that I bothered you to bring me here to wipe my sweat and rest."

"You're welcome." Sanako said calmly, "These are just what I should do."

Having said this, Sanako paused.

"It would be better to say...I am the one who should say 'sorry' to you."

"Huh?" Qingden cast a doubtful look at Sanako.

"...It just so happens that there are no outsiders here, so I'll be honest with you. Mr. Ju, the reason why so many people suddenly want to challenge you today is because of me."

A trace of guilt appeared on Sanako's cheeks... It was a pity that because her back was turned to Qingdeng, Qingdeng didn't have the chance to see her.

Sanako was about to continue explaining, but was interrupted by Qingden's chuckle.

"Hahaha, you're talking about this..."

Qingdeng smiled calmly.

"I've known about this for a long time."

"You already knew this?"

Sanako subconsciously wanted to turn her head to look at Qingteng behind her, but she suddenly remembered that Qingteng was in a state of insanity, so she quickly stopped her head and straightened her slightly tilted head, almost seeing the scene behind her.

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"I already knew that the first few people who challenged me just now were all your suitors."

Aoto told Sanako the details of the incident in which he accidentally overheard the plot of the "Sanako Pursuit Army" while going to the toilet.

After listening to this, Sanako bit her red lower lip lightly, then parted her lips and let out a soft sigh.

"I'm really sorry...it's all because of me that you encountered such trouble for no reason."

"No need to apologize. Strictly speaking, today's incident has nothing to do with you. The culprits are all your fanatical suitors."

"Those people... are really annoying. They don't want to do anything serious, and they just come up with some evil ways. I will discuss with my father and brother what to do with these people later. What can they do today because of this kind of thing?"

If they come to find trouble with you for inexplicable reasons, there is no guarantee that they will do something ridiculous to someone in the future."

"Hahaha, from another perspective, I would also like to thank these people. Thanks to them, I was able to compete with many masters one by one today. I benefited a lot from today's battle."

——I have indeed benefited a lot, acquired many talents... and made a lot of money.

After adding this sentence silently in his heart, Qingdeng continued:

"The Little Chiba Sword Hall is truly worthy of its reputation. The overall quality of its disciples is truly incredible."

"Although it may not be appropriate for me, a disciple of the Imperial Guard Hall, to say this... But in terms of the overall quality of the disciples, the Little Chiba Sword Hall is really much better than our Imperial Guard Hall.

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"I feel more and more that in the 'Red and White Battle' half a year ago, our trial defense hall was able to defeat your little Qianba sword hall. There was really a lot of luck involved."

"If some of the people who challenged me today had participated in the competition at that time... then the winner in the end should be your little Chiba Sword Hall."

Among the 18 challengers Qingdeng faced today, most of them had faces that had not appeared in the "Red and White Battle" half a year ago.

At that time, many of the masters of the Little Chiba Sword Hall did not participate in the "red and white battle" with the Shiwei Hall because they were busy or were not interested in the competition.

If all the masters of the Little Chiba Sword Hall had come to participate in the competition at that time... then it would be just like Aonto said just now, let alone him, Souji and others, no matter how hard they fought, they would never have any chance of winning.

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In terms of high-end combat power, the Shiwei Hall is not inferior to the Little Chiba Sword Hall.

Okita, Kondo, Hijikata, and Inoue, the four of them, would still be top-notch masters even if they were placed in a small Chiba sword academy.

Especially Okita, if it was just a one-on-one fight, then no disciple of the Little Chiba Sword Hall could compete with Okita.

But the combat power of the middle and lower classes...the Trial Guard Hall was completely destroyed by the Little Chiba Sword Hall.

After listening quietly to Qingden's words, Sanazi blinked her beautiful eyes gently a few times.

"The 'Red and White Battle' half a year ago... Time flies so fast. It was half a year ago that we competed with you at the Trial Defense Hall."

"Speaking of it, it's really incredible."

The eyes in Sanako's eyes swayed slightly as she muttered these words.

Qingden didn't understand what Sanako meant when he said "It's incredible", so he looked at Sanako with confusion.

"Tachibana-kun, your talent and the speed of your progress... are incredible."

Sanako said softly in a calm tone.

"Obviously in the 'Red and White Battle' half a year ago, Tachibana-kun, your strength was not as good as mine."

"But in the past six months, Mr. Ju, your strength has changed dramatically with each passing day."

"The speed at which your strength has improved is astonishing to me."

"I still remember the swordsmanship competition held by Lord Aizu more than four months ago. I witnessed you effortlessly defeat the outstanding newcomers from each sword hall one by one."
To be continued...