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Aoto, Sanako, and Mai Kinoshita: "?!!"

At this moment, the atmosphere around Qingden and others changed.

There was a slight cool touch on my neck.

I felt warm breath on my left cheek.

"Okita-kun?!"

As if he had been electrocuted, Qingdeng's expression suddenly changed and he hurriedly hid to his right...that is, away from the Director-General, and then looked at the Director-General who had just given him an "unprepared" look on his face in astonishment.

Si, while raising his hand, he touched the left side of his neck that was licked by Souji just now.

At this moment, the general secretary was lying on the ground like a cat, lying on all fours, smiling at Qingden with squinted eyes, his blushing face full of smiles.

Not only Aoden was looking at Souji in astonishment... At this moment, Sanako and Mai Kinoshita temporarily stopped their "confrontation" and turned their heads at the same time in a tacit understanding, focusing their eyes with different emotions on Souji.

On the body.

Although the emotions contained on their faces are different, their expressions of widened eyes and slightly parted red lips are very similar.

Sanako was simply surprised.

It's a well-known fact that Aoto and Souji have a close relationship, so Sanako doesn't think there's anything wrong with what Souji did just now. She just thinks that Tachibana-kun and Okita-kun have a really good relationship, and Okita-kun is too drunk.

That's awesome.

As for Kinoshita Mai... her thoughts are not as "simple" as Sanako's.

——Why is it him again...

Kinoshita Wu's eyes and the expression on her face flickered violently.

At this moment, scenes of memories flooded into Mai Kinoshita's mind.

At the celebration banquet celebrating the victory of the Imperial Guard Hall over the Xuanbu Hall, Qingto and Souji had an intimate conversation...

On the last day of the fireworks display, even though all the young people from the Imperial Guard Hall came out to watch the fireworks, in the end until the end of the display, only Souji stayed with Aoshinobu throughout the whole process...

What is the relationship between Ayoto and Souji? Kinoshita Mai has been consciously avoiding this issue.

The reason is that Kinoshita Mai has never dared to delve into the answer to this question...

Seeing Souji being intimate with Aonto in front of her again, a sense of crisis that was completely different from facing Sanako arose in Kinoshita Mai's heart.

Especially after noticing Qingdeng's expression at this moment, this new sense of crisis quickly expanded like a flame of oil!

If the people who used their tongues to wipe off the sauce on Aoto's neck were Saito and Nagakura, then Aoto would only feel a little nauseous in addition to being shocked.

But the General Secretary is different...

For Qingto, who already knew Souji's true gender, Souji's behavior just now... made him feel a little embarrassed.

This was the first time he was touched so intimately by a girl.

For a moment, Aoto's eyes met with the smiling Souji's eyes, and he unconsciously avoided them - his look, and his little movements, were all keenly captured by Mai Kinoshita.

——Qingdeng...?

Kinoshita Mai's dull gaze flickered back and forth between Ayoto and Souji...

Standing in the center of the whirlpool, as the initiator of this series of "turbulences", the director-general seemed completely aloof from the incident - after all, she might not even know what she had just done.

I saw her yawning vigorously, then smacking her lips "Hmmmm", curling up her body and lying back on the ground again.

"Jinpingtang is so delicious..."

In just a moment, Souji's breathing calmed down again - she returned to sleep.

At this moment, a powerful shout attracted the attention of everyone in the hall.

"Yong! You are now a man with a family! Please be sure to join hands with your wife to carry forward the great school of Shiweikan and Natural Rishin-ryu!"

He turned around and looked - the owner of the shout was Hijikata's brother-in-law: Sato Hikoro.

Hikoro Sato, who smelled of alcohol and was so drunk that his whole face was no longer rosy but dark red, held a wine bottle and glass and squatted in front of Kondo and Tsune Matsui, toasting to the newlyweds.

Kondo drinks a lot, and after the banquet officially started, people kept coming to him with wine to toast him. Kondo had already drank nearly 1 liter of wine, and as a result, in addition to his belly being slightly bulging, his face was slightly red.

, there is nothing strange about the body.

"Mr. Sato, don't worry!"

Kondo raised the wine glass beside his knee and clinked glasses with Sato Hikoro in high spirits.

"It is my dream to carry forward the Shiweikan and the Natural Rishin-ryu! I will definitely devote all my energy to realize this dream!"

As soon as Kondo said this, applause spread.

After raising a glass with Kondo and drinking down the wine in one gulp, Sato Hikoro laughed heartily and stood up unsteadily.

"Yong... Hiccup... the future of natural Rishin-ryu... Hiccup... is entrusted to you... Hiccup... please don't let this great school... don't let Ogata Ittosai, Kondo Uchizosuke

Wait until the names of all our ancestors are brought to shame...!"

As soon as Sato Hikoro said this, he immediately attracted the attention of many people around him.

"Ogata Ittosai?" Upon hearing this name, a family member of the woman raised a shocked look at Sato Hikoro, "Is the Eternal Swordsman Ogata Issei?"

"Hey hey hey...yes!"

Sato Hikoro chuckled meaningfully a few times, and then cleared his throat forcefully.

"You may not know this! Our natural Rishin-ryu is a school that has a lot to say both in terms of practicality and origin!"

"Mr. Sato..." Kondo gave a helpless smile to Sato Hikoro, "The fact that Ogata Ittousai is our ancestor... is just an anecdote that I don't know whether it is true or not, and it is not worth telling more.

"

Kondo's advice had no effect at all - Sato Hikoro continued on by himself:

"If we want to elaborate on the relationship between Ogata Ittosai and our Natural Rishin-ryu, we must start with Kondo Uchizosuke, the ancestor of the Kondo family and the founder of Natural Rishin-ryu!"

"The ancestor Uchizo Sukemoto was the descendant of Katori Shinto-ryu. After practicing the sword skills of Katori Shinto-ryu to the pinnacle, he added his own understanding on the basis of Katori Shinto-ryu. Finally, Kanmasamoto 71 years ago

In 1789, a new school was founded: Natural Rishin-ryu!"

"According to legend, the master of our ancestor Nezosuke was one of the 'Two Saints of Yigen', known as Shura, Ittosai, and the Eternal Sword Master Ogata Yishi!"

"It is said that when the ancestor Uchizosuke founded the Natural Rishin-ryu, Ogata Ittousai gave him a lot of guidance. Without the guidance of Ogata Ittousai, there would be no Natural Rishin-ryu today."

"So Ogata Ittousai can be regarded as the founder of our natural Rishin-ryu!"

Sato Hikoro, who became more and more excited as he talked, raised the bottle of wine in his hand, took a big sip, and then wiped the remaining wine on his lips while letting out a meaningful chuckle again.

"When I was still practicing Natural Rishin-ryu under my master, I heard such a rumor: Ogata Ittousai is still alive! And he would come to visit the successors of Natural Rishin-ryu from time to time.

Let’s see how this genre that is closely related to us is developing!”

"Okay, okay, my dear, you must have drank too much..."

At this time, Sato Hikoro's wife...Hijikata's sister Axin came forward with a speechless expression and helped Sato Hikoro down to rest.

"I didn't drink too much... burp... I was just drunk...!"

Everyone, including Aonto, laughed at Sato Hikoro who was making classic drunken remarks.

After Sato Hikoro's figure submerged into the crowd of banquet guests not far away with the help of Ashin, Qingto looked away and murmured:

"Naturally Rishin-ryu still has such a past..."

Natural Rishin-ryu has a very close connection with the Eternal Sword Master Ogata Issei who was famous all over the world 70 years ago and made history. He was one of the "Two Sages of Issei": Ogata Issei... This kind of thing,

This was the first time Qingdeng knew about it.

The "Two Sages of Yiyuan" mentioned by Hikoro Sato just now are the collective name given to the two swordsmen whose swordsmanship reached a state of perfection more than 70 years ago——

The Eternal Swordsman Ogata Issei.

The Hidden Sword Master Kinoshita Genichi.

Although their names are listed side by side, their ages are actually very different - it is said that when Ogata Issei was still a young man in his early 20s, Kinoshita Genichi was already a gray-haired 6-year-old.

A 70-year-old man.

The reason why the two people with such a big age difference are juxtaposed is because their active periods overlap to a certain extent - both of them were very active during the Kanzhi period 70 years ago.

Ogata Yoshi has done all kinds of earth-shattering things.

Killing the lord with a hundred people, single-handedly conquering Nijo Castle in Kyoto, destroying the "last ninja village" Shiranui, defeating the shogunate army that conquered Ezo, and breaking into the "Buddhist Holy Land" Mount Koya alone...

Because he only did things that could permanently carve his name in the history books, there are a lot of historical materials about Ogata's influence.

However, there are very few official historical records about Kinoshita Genichi.

The reason is that Kinoshita Genichi has basically never done any major events that attracted people's attention...or he has done it, but the deeds have not been passed down. Therefore, Kinoshita Genichi's name often appears in various unofficial rumors.

According to these unofficial records: Genichi Kinoshita was an extraordinary talent whose swordsmanship was so high that it was as if he was favored by a god.

The first time he held a sword, he defeated the seniors in the sword hall.

At the age of 16, he left his hometown and traveled around, fighting and competing with masters from all over the world.
To be continued...