Qingdeng couldn't help but be surprised by A Bi's words.

Qingto quickly tilted his head, lowered his voice, and asked Okita beside him: "Have we never defeated Chiba Kenkan in the 'Red and White Battle' before?"

"No." Okita responded in a low voice without thinking, "Auntie, she is exaggerating."

"The overall strength of our trial defense hall is indeed inferior to that of the Xuanwu Hall and the Little Chiba Sword Hall, but it is not so weak that we have never defeated them in the 'Red and White Battle'."

"us……"

At this point, Okita suddenly started hesitating.

"We...we have also defeated them a few times..."

Seeing Okita's hesitant look, Qingto couldn't help but frown: "How many games have we defeated them in total?"

"Hmm..." Okita raised his right hand and began to play with the slender ponytail on the back of his head, "We...we won a total of 1 game at Xuanbu Hall and 2 games at Xiaoqianba Sword Hall..."

"Then...how many games have we played against them in total?" Qingdeng asked without hesitation.

"Guh..."

Okita lowered his head slightly as if he didn't dare to look at Qingden anymore. His face now no longer had the indignant look he had when he criticized Abi for "exaggerating."

He smiled sheepishly and said to his knees:

"In the past two years, we have played about 20 games with Genbukan, and about 40 games with Xiaochiba Kenkan..."

The corners of Qingden's mouth couldn't help but twitch.

I played more than 20 games with Xuanbu Hall and only won 1 game. I played more than 40 games with Xiaoqianba Sword Hall and only won 2 games... That is to say: in the swordsmanship competitions with these two swords halls,

Is the chance of winning in the trial defense hall only half a percent...

A half chance of winning... Qingdeng felt that this seemed to be not much different from "a hundred battles and a hundred defeats"...

There is a huge gap in strength between the Trial Guard Hall, the Xuanwu Hall, and the Little Chiba Sword Hall, which was actually what Qingto had expected.

After all, the other party is a "famous sect among the most famous sects" with a national reputation, and the Shiweiguan... to put it bluntly, is a second-rate dojo where few people even know the name of the sect.

Just in terms of the number of apprentices and the source of their students, the Genbukan and the Little Chiba Swordsman are countless times better than the Shiweijuan. The Shiweijuan cannot beat them in swordsmanship competitions, which is quite normal.

However - although Qingto had predicted that the overall strength of the Trial Guard Hall would be far inferior to that of the Xuanwu Hall and the Little Chiba Sword Hall, he did not expect that the strength gap between them would be so large.

I can only win 1 or 2 games in 20 games...

"Madam..." Zhou Zhu, who had recovered from A Bi's "sonic attack", sighed, "I have explained it to you many times... why can't you understand?"

"The reason why I agreed to hold the 'Red and White Battle' together with the Kochiba Kenkan in Yushima Tenmangu Shrine on the day of the 'Plum Blossom Festival' is because I wanted to take this opportunity to promote our natural principles.

Flow, let’s promote our trial clinic.”

"Let more people know that a school like ours and a swordsmanship hall like ours exist."

"Indeed, the overall strength of our Imperial Guard Hall is far inferior to that of the Little Chiba Sword Hall. The overall quality of their disciples is really much higher than ours."

"Unless there is some extraordinary accident or miracle, we should be defeated by the Little Chiba Sword Hall again on the day of the Plum Blossom Festival."

"but--"

Zhou Zhu lengthened his words and continued with a serious tone:

"As long as we show the strength of our Natural Rise-Ryu in the match with Little Chiba Kenkan, then even if we lose to Little Chiba Kenkan in the end, our Natural Rise-Ryu will still be able to get a great wave of success.

publicity.”

"Madam, do you know what is the biggest advantage of our Imperial Guard Hall compared to large sword halls such as the Xuanwu Hall and the Little Chiba Sword Hall in recruiting apprentices?"

"Our tuition fees are much cheaper than those of these sword halls, and the entry threshold is quite low. As long as you have sound hands and feet and a normal mind, you can enter our trial sword hall."

"There are many people in Edo who want to learn powerful swordsmanship, but cannot afford it."

"Madam, think about it - if Ruoyong and the others fought bravely in the competition with Xiao Qianba Sword Hall, although they lost in the end, they still "killed" many people in Xiao Qianba Sword Hall, which made the spectators

Now that people have seen the practicality and power of our Natural Rishin-ryu, what will happen?”

"It will definitely make many people discover that although this trial defense hall cannot beat the Little Chiba Sword Hall, their swordsmanship is quite powerful."

"Look, didn't our Natural Rishin-ryu successfully publicize it?"

"In this way, we can naturally attract a group of people who want to learn powerful swordsmanship, but don't have the money to study at a large swordsmanship hall like the Little Chiba Swordsmanship Hall!"

"So, Madam, the advantages of this matter far outweigh the disadvantages. This is a good opportunity that will greatly benefit the future development of our trial defense hall."

Zhou Zhu's words are sincere and sincere.

However...it seems that Abi was not moved.

Her face was still blue and her mood was visibly unhappy.

"...Zhouzhu, I understand everything you said."

"But I just feel uncomfortable!"

Abi raised his hand and patted the tatami next to him vigorously.

"I don't want to see our trial gym being defeated with so many people watching!"

"We don't even want to see the one who defeats us is that little Chiba Sword Hall!"

Kondo, who had been silent just now, raised his eyes and looked at Abi who was angrily patting the tatami.

After a moment of hesitation, he took a deep breath: "Mother, it is too early to conclude that our trial defense hall will definitely lose to the Little Chiba Sword Hall on the day of the Plum Blossom Festival!"

"No one knows the outcome of the game until the end."

"It's not like we haven't beaten the Little Chiba Sword Hall."

Kondo clenched his right fist and punched his chest with neither light nor heavy force.

"Mother, I promise you that on the day of the competition, I will work hard..."

Before Kondo finished speaking, Abi snorted coldly, as if he was too lazy to listen to Kondo's nonsense, and then walked away.

As he left the living room, he said to Kondo without looking back:

"Work hard...didn't you work hard when you competed with Xuanbu Hall and Xiaoqianba Sword Hall before? What happened next? Did your efforts allow us to successfully defeat these two sword halls? Huh!"

Looking at Abi who left immediately, Kondo maintained a posture of punching his chest with an awkward expression.

Also looking awkward was Zhou Zuke.

"Alas..." Zhou Zhu sighed forcefully and stood up slowly, "Yong, come with me. We, father and son, will go and talk more with your mother."

"Your mother is a little awkward right now...you need to be patient and enlighten her."

"Well..." Kondo smiled helplessly, and then stood up with Zhousuke, "Father, it seems that tonight will be a very busy night..."

…

…

After telling Aoto and Okita a few words, "You guys go and have a rest early," Shusuke and Kondo and his son rushed out of the living room one after another and ran to find Abi.

The living room that was bustling just a few minutes ago suddenly became deserted, with only Ayoto and Okita left.

"Tachibana-kun, I'm sorry..." Okita smiled bitterly at Qingden, "Auntie, she often gets into trouble in some strange places regardless of the occasion... to make you laugh..."

It is not convenient for Qingdeng to comment or interfere too much in other people's family affairs.

After saying some polite words, Qingdeng raised his eyes and glanced at the hall door, which was still open.

"Okita-kun, does Mrs. Kondo hate Chiba Kenkan?" Aoto couldn't help but ask Okita.

What A Bi said just now made Qingdeng very concerned - (I don't want to see our trial defense hall being defeated in front of so many people! Let alone see the one who defeats us is that Xiao Qian

Ye Jian Guan!)

What he said... No matter how I heard it, I felt that Abi seemed to have a strong prejudice against Xiao Qianye Sword Hall.

"Ah...well..." Okita pondered for a moment, then smiled helplessly, "Auntie, I don't know if she hates the Little Chiba Sword Hall."

"Anyway, I personally hate Chiba Sword Hall."

"Huh?" Qingto was surprised, "Why? I think your relationship with Mr. Jutaro and Miss Sanako is not very good, isn't it?"

Aoto noticed that just now, Chiba Jutaro and the others directly called Okita "Soji"... being able to call him by his first name was a symbol of good relationship.

"Hmm... I seemed to have said something a little unclear just now."

Okita habitually reached his hand behind his head and played with the ponytail on the back of his head.

"To be precise - I hate some people in the Little Chiba Sword Hall."

"My relationship with Mr. Jutaro and Miss Sanako is indeed very good. I also like these siblings very much."

"Mr. Shigetaro, Miss Sanako...and their father: Chiba Nobuyoshi, the three of them are all very good people."

"Even though our Shiwei Hall is just a little-known 'Taro Dojo' that is completely incomparable to the small Chiba Sword Hall of a wealthy family, the three of them, father and son, have never looked at us in a strange way. They have always regarded us as

Naturally, we treat each other with an equal attitude. Therefore, our relationship with Mr. Jutaro and others has always been very good."

"But...other people in the Little Chiba Sword Hall are not like this."

"Some people in the Little Chiba Sword Hall have always looked down upon us. They think that our Trial Guard Hall is a poor dojo that is not even qualified to serve as a foil for their Little Chiba Sword Hall..."
To be continued...