My Gang of Swordsmen

The unique profound technique belonging to Toshisuke!

At this lightning moment, Toshisuke’s sword comes for the third time!

Like the clear and crisp sound of a skylark singing, the sharp whistling of the third strike reverberates throughout the arena and the clear sky above.

Having narrowly blocked the second sword thrust from Toshisuke, Chiba Daisaburo is now in a rather dangerous position.

The middle of the body is half open, and the two swords in hand are not in the best defensive position…

At this rate, I’ll lose…!

As this thought flashed through Chiba Daisaburo’s mind, a desire to win suddenly burst forth in his heart, instantly filling every corner of his body.

Driven by the urge to win, Chiba Daisaburo clenched his teeth loudly, shouted angrily, and despite the awkwardness of his posture, he lifted the two swords in his hand, crossing them in front of his chest.

Clash—!!

Three swords collide.

Toshisuke’s sword tip precisely hits the cross point of Chiba Daisaburo’s two swords.

“Ha aaaaaaa——!”

Toshisuke, who is less enthusiastic about shouting loudly during battle compared to Aoto, rarely emits a cry that resonates through the sky.

Boom—!

The crossed swords were pushed open!

While breaking through the defense, the Wakizashi in Chiba Daisaburo’s left hand, rendered extremely “fragile” due to poor defensive positioning, was knocked away!

Unfortunately… Toshisuke’s offensive can only go so far.

After breaking through Chiba Daisaburo’s defense and successfully knocking away his Wakizashi, Toshisuke’s bamboo sword was affected by the counterforce, causing the sword route to skew.

The sword edge, which had the chance to follow through and shatter the porcelain bowl of Chiba Daisaburo, grazed past Chiba Daisaburo’s side face, the sword tip missing its mark.

Having completed this set of skills akin to ghostly axe craft, Toshisuke seemed to have drained all her strength, unable to even hold the sword steadily, collapsing softly toward the ground.

Although unable to directly defeat Chiba Daisaburo, in terms of results, Toshisuke’s offensive with the profound technique is commendable as “perfect.”

She perfectly fulfilled Aoto’s request to “knock off one of Chiba Daisaburo’s swords”! Gaining a rare battle opportunity for Aoto that would not appear again if missed!

At this moment, Aoto, who has been patiently waiting for the right opportunity, has a sharp glint bursting in his eyes.

No need for any thought… Aoto’s body has already acted before the brain reacted.

With a swift move that lowered his center of gravity, Aoto dashed suddenly towards Chiba Daisaburo, like flying close to the ground with speed!

While swiftly approaching, Aoto gripped the sword handle tightly with a swift palm gesture.

In the blink of an eye, entering the range where he could strike Chiba Daisaburo with his sword… the sword shadow soared!

Aoto drew the blade out of the “sheath,” leveraging the weight of his body!

The blade unsheathed, rising straight from below toward the porcelain bowl in front of Chiba Daisaburo’s forehead.

The intertwining force of the sword vibrates the surrounding air, the dust and smoke on the ground whirling and scattering with the stream of energy stirred by this sword!

Iaido Streamlight!

Chiba Daisaburo now holds only the Tachi in his right hand.

Not yet at wit’s end! Though he lost his most adept Dual Swordsmanship, his limbs can still move! His palms can still grasp, wield the sword!

In the blink of an eye, Chiba Daisaburo changed to a two-handed grip on the Tachi, seemingly to suppress Aoto’s swift strike from above, raising the Tachi over his head before swinging down!

Boom—!

A tremendous noise erupts so loud it seems like someone’s bamboo sword snapped!

“Ha aaaaaaa——!”

“Wu aaaaaaa——!”

Like a prior agreement made, Aoto and Chiba Daisaburo simultaneously released a shout that seemed to unleash all their hidden strength and emotions from within!

The bamboo swords clashing together groan under the stress.

This duel that locked everyone’s gaze was instantly displayed… and ended in a flash!

“Ha aaaaaaaaa——!!”

Aoto’s volume steadily rose.

With it, the height of his sword rose as well!

Like reversing the flow against a waterfall falling from nine heavens above, Aoto’s bamboo sword pushed against Chiba Daisaburo’s slash, inching higher bit by bit!

Despite Chiba Daisaburo exhausting all his strength, he couldn’t stop Aoto’s sword.

Finally—

Snap!

A clear and crisp sound.

Chiba Daisaburo’s Tachi was forcefully knocked away!

The bamboo sword that broke through Chiba Daisaburo’s last defense with dominant power continued its momentum towards Chiba Daisaburo’s forehead.

Crack.

Fragments of the porcelain bowl fluttered down…

[Ding! Talent detected]

[Successfully copied talent: “Left-Right Combat”]

[Talent Description: Able to multitask. Can simultaneously perform two unrelated tasks]

A concise, impactful, thrilling talent description.

Yet, regrettably, at this moment, Aoto has no strength left to listen carefully to the content of the system sound, nor savor the joy of acquiring another divine-level talent.

At this moment, staring at the fresh porcelain fragments on the ground at his feet, Aoto felt as if his soul were leaving his body, his bones and organs hollowed out… his body felt weightless, his legs weak, almost unable to stand.

No. It’s not a feeling.

He truly cannot stand.

The tightly wound string in his mind slackened all at once, feeling every muscle in his body disobeying orders, Aoto saw the dark yellow mud ground getting closer and closer…

Fortunate—just before Aoto’s face would intimately touch the ground, a pair of small hands urgently reached out to hold Aoto’s waist.

Aoto turned his face, his vision instantly filled with Toshisuke’s bright smile—she didn’t come to aid Aoto.

She came to embrace Aoto.

“Mr. Tachibana, that’s great! That’s great!”

In high spirits, Toshisuke bounced on both feet, wrapped her arms around Aoto’s neck, and hung herself on Aoto.

Toshisuke didn’t pay attention to Aoto, who was now unable to stand.

Aoto: “Woo!”

Toshisuke: “Ah!”

Already unstable, with Chokata resting on him, Aoto completely lost control of his body’s balance, toppling sideways to the ground.

In a reflex, Aoto wrapped his arms tightly around Chokata during the fall.

The two, tightly embracing each other, rolled together on the ground for several rounds before finally stopping.

At this point, led by Kondo, the apprentices of Shiwei Hall rushed eagerly towards Aoto and Toshisuke.

Kiryu and Mukiwa joined along.

“Aoto, that’s great! You won! Congratulations!” Mukiwa shouted excitedly.

It was a rather ordinary, not particularly special blessing.

However… Mukiwa’s address to Aoto was quite surprising to those nearby.

“Ao…to…?”

Still clinging to Aoto, Toshisuke stared dumbfounded with wide eyes.

She looked at Aoto with an unfocused gaze, then looked at Mukiwa running toward them with a joyful smile.

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Step Over Sound, Strike With No Interval, Absolute Blade in Three Steps, Ignorance Three-Stage Puff…ah, sorry, wrong scene. (Leopard Cute.jpg)

This is Chokata Toshisuke’s historical debut of the skill: “Flat Cyan Eye Three-Stage Thrust.” To write it stylishly, to write it with force, the author pondered for a long time today for this chapter.

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