My Gang of Swordsmen

Chapter 660: Chapter 9: Aoto’s Little Fangirls

At the very moment Hosogaya acknowledged his defeat, cheers immediately erupted from the spectators watching from the four corners of the dojo—these cheers were predominantly from female voices.

Although from the standpoint of the Little Chiba Sword Dojo, cheering for Aoto, who had consecutively defeated nine of their disciples, seemed somewhat inappropriate... one couldn’t help but be captivated by the strength Aoto displayed at this moment.

Majestically standing in the dojo, he turned away no challenge.

Nine consecutive battles, nine consecutive victories!

This place is not some obscure third-class Sword Dojo.

This is the renowned Little Chiba Sword Dojo in Edo!

Until now, every challenger faced by Aoto was qualified to freely enter and exit the B Area of the Little Chiba Sword Dojo as a ”Top Student”.

Among them, Kumai and Hosogaya, who was just defeated by Aoto, were top elites ranked in the upper tier of the Little Chiba Sword Dojo.

These formidable figures were all defeated by Aoto’s sword, not a single one could match Aoto...

The male apprentices watched Aoto in the arena with eyes filled with either envy or jealousy.

In contrast to the male apprentices, the female apprentices gazed at Aoto with much purer eyes.

Having hurried over from the C Area to the B Area at the news of some excitement, these female apprentices mostly looked at Aoto with eyes full of admiration and reverence.

A few among them even directed glances at Aoto filled with shyness and some indescribable emotions.

Incidentally, all female apprentices at the Little Chiba Sword Dojo, without exception, were unmarried young girls full of youthful vitality.

It was only those unmarried young women who had the time and leisure to come to the sword dojo to learn martial arts.

The reason why the female apprentices were all fangirls of Aoto isn’t hard to explain.

Compared to most samurai of this era, Aoto’s tangible qualities are exceptionally superior!

Born into an Imperial Family, still very young, currently single and unmarried, tall in stature, rather handsome, having achieved remarkable feats repeatedly, now with a limitless career ahead, with extraordinary Swordsmanship Talent and formidable sword skills, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he’s bound to become a Sword Master renowned far and wide in time...

Compared to the impoverished samurai with nothing but Swordsmanship, or those empty-headed individuals with mere family heritage, Aoto, with both looks and talent, and a bright future, is akin to a Dimensional Strike.

Who wouldn’t hope that their future husband is a Heaven-Reaching and Earth-Supporting, mighty man?

Aoto’s feat of 9 consecutive victories greatly stirred the hearts of admiration in the female apprentices for him.

Therefore, whenever Aoto defeated his opponent before him, those female apprentices became the most excited, cheering the loudest, drawing peculiar gazes from those around them.

The cheers and screams the female apprentices showered upon Aoto caused some male apprentices to involuntarily direct even more intense looks of jealousy at Aoto.

No matter the era, men who can garner such overwhelming admiration and screaming from young girls are inevitably hostile by other men.

At this moment, Aoto, completely absorbed in ”Gathering Spirit”, had no leisure to pay attention to these episodes and changes among the ”audience”.

Having defeated Hosogaya, Aoto let out a deep breath, slowly adjusting his breathing rhythm.

The recently acquired new talent, ”Strong Essence,” from Inoue, found its use now.

The quick recovery speed of stamina and energy provided by ”Strong Essence” greatly enhanced Aoto’s ”endurance”.

The rapid stamina recovery speed, coupled with the fact that none of the battles so far had been arduous struggles, left Aoto with quite substantial stamina still at this moment.

——Another ”Swordsman with Minor Achievement” copied... It truly is a Great Sword Dojo with significant influence in the Edo Swordsmanship World like the Little Chiba Sword Dojo.

——The quality of the apprentices... is indeed impressive.

——Shiwei Hall has a long road ahead...

Currently, Aoto had consecutively defeated nine disciples of the Little Chiba Sword Dojo.

Among the nine, five possessed special talents.

”Golden Voice”, ”Strong Stomach”, three ”Swordsman with Minor Achievement”.

Just from the number of times talents were copied, it’s evident how great the disparity in ”source quality” is between Shiwei Hall and a Great Sword Dojo like the Little Chiba Sword Dojo.

Since entering Shiwei Hall, in an attempt to copy some useful talent, Aoto seamlessly sparred with every apprentice in Shiwei Hall.

The result, copying over and over... throughout Shiwei Hall, only Zhouzhu, Kondo, Hijikata, Chokata, and Inoue possessed special talents.

Others, let alone any ”Body Enhancement Talent” with something unique about their physicality, not even one ”Swordsman with Minor Achievement”.

In contrast to the Little Chiba Sword Dojo, having sparred with only nine people, Aoto has already copied three ”Swordsman with Minor Achievement”.

The quality of apprentices is so high... currently, Shiwei Hall is completely out of reach.

However... from another perspective, the gap in apprentice quality between the Little Chiba Sword Dojo and Shiwei Hall isn’t overwhelmingly despairing.

After all, not every apprentice at the Little Chiba Sword Dojo is a genius with outstanding talent.

Within the nine, only three have swordsmanship talent beyond the ordinary—this ratio makes Aoto further convinced of one truth: those who truly possess outstanding talent, those who shine splendidly, are indeed very few.