My Gang of Swordsmen

Chapter 670: Chapter 11: ”What Do You Think About Aoto Marrying Sazanoko?

”Mr. Tachibana.”

”Hmm?” Aoto instinctively turned his gaze towards the voice.

Then, he saw a cute head with a high ponytail, an elegantly outlined back, and a voluptuous ”Water Honey Peach” slightly larger than a bear that was pressing against a pair of slender feet.

It was indeed Sazanoko, sitting with her back to Aoto on the veranda connecting the residence to the Inner Courtyard.

When his gaze unconsciously swept over Sazanoko’s overwhelmingly noticeable ”Water Honey Peach,” Aoto awkwardly averted his eyes, not daring to look further.

The elastic flesh, due to the kneeling posture, piled up together, burying most of her small feet, with only a small part of the forefoot exposed outside.

Ordinarily, this area is particularly noticeable because it can prominently lift the skirt hem.

The current sitting posture directly elevated the attention-grabbing degree of this area to an unprecedented level.

After all, Sazanoko is an unmarried young lady.

In adherence to the principle of keeping distance between men and women, after leading Aoto to the Inner Courtyard and letting him use the well water to clean his body, Sazanoko sat with her back to Aoto, exposing only her back, her rounded hips, and her dainty soles to him.

”Do you need me to find you a clean towel?”

”Ah, there’s no need. I have a towel with me. I can use my own towel.”

Having said that, Aoto picked up the towel soaking in the basin, wrung it dry, and carefully wiped his body up and down with it.

”Apologies, Miss Sazanoko, for bothering you to bring me here to wipe off sweat and rest.”

”You’re too kind,” Sazanoko replied indifferently, ”These are just things I should do.”

At this point, Sazanoko paused.

”Rather, I should be the one saying ’I’m sorry’ to you.”

”Hmm?” Aoto cast a puzzled glance at Sazanoko.

”Since there is no one else here, I’ll be honest with you. Mr. Tachibana, the reason so many people suddenly wanted to challenge you today is because of me.”

A touch of guilt appeared on Sazanoko’s cheeks... Unfortunately, because she had her back facing Aoto, he missed seeing it.

Sazanoko intended to continue explaining, but was interrupted by Aoto’s gentle laughter.

”Hahaha, so you’re talking about this...”

Aoto smiled knowingly.

”I’ve known about this for a while now.”

”You knew beforehand?”

Sazanoko instinctively wanted to turn her head and look at Aoto, but she suddenly remembered that Aoto was currently half-naked, so she quickly stopped herself and repositioned her slightly tilted head to avoid seeing behind her.

”I knew that the few people who initially issued me challenges were all your admirers.”

Aoto relayed to Sazanoko every detail of how he, by accident while going to the bathroom, overheard the plot of the ”Sazanoko Pursuer Corps.”

After hearing it, Sazanoko lightly bit her rosy lower lip, then parted her lips, letting out a gentle sigh.

”I’m truly sorry... because of me, you’ve unnecessarily encountered such trouble.”

”No need to apologize. Strictly speaking, today’s events have nothing to do with you; the instigators are all your fervent admirers.”

”Those people... they are indeed a nuisance, rather than doing something proper, they come up with all sorts of misguided antics. I will discuss thoroughly with my father and brother about what to do with them after this. If they can harass you today for something so absurd, who knows what ridiculous things they might do to someone else.”

”Hahaha, looking at it from another perspective, I really ought to thank these people. Thanks to them, I was able to compete with so many skilled individuals today. The battles were quite educational.”

——Indeed, they provided a lot of benefits, gaining lots of insights... really a windfall.

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

”The reputation of Little Chiba Sword Dojo is indeed well-earned. The overall quality of the disciples is truly outstanding.”

”Although it might be inappropriate for me, as a disciple of Shiwei Hall, to say this... purely in terms of the overall quality of the disciples, Little Chiba Sword Dojo really surpasses our Shiwei Hall by far.”

”I increasingly feel that half a year ago, during the ’Red and White Battle,’ our Shiwei Hall’s victory over your Little Chiba Sword Dojo had a considerable amount of luck involved.”

”If those who challenged me today had participated in the competition at that time... then the ultimate victors would have been your Little Chiba Sword Dojo.”

Among the 18 challengers Aoto faced today, more than half of them hadn’t appeared in the ’Red and White Battle’ six months prior.

At that time, many of the top fighters of Little Chiba Sword Dojo either had other commitments or were uninterested in the competition, thus didn’t participate in the ’Red and White Battle’ against Shiwei Hall.

If all the top fighters of Little Chiba Sword Dojo had participated back then... then, just as Aoto had said earlier, no matter how hard he, Toshisuke, or anyone else fought, they wouldn’t stand a chance of winning.

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

Chokata, Kondo, Hijikata, and Inoue are all top-tier fighters, even within Little Chiba Sword Dojo.

Especially Chokata, if it were a one-on-one duel, no disciple in Little Chiba Sword Dojo could match Chokata.