"Clam?"
A question word came out of the mouths of three people, and the question point was exactly the same—what is this little guy trying to do
Shinji and Sakura spoke in a slightly softer voice. After all, Mina wasn't yet a human being. Well, they knew her when she was a fertilized egg.
Mizue Ayako's voice was the loudest. She was really a little scared. This little girl had too many tricks up her sleeve, especially the name "stepmother" - wait, she seemed to be calling her that again.
"I told you not to call me 'young mom'."
"You look so much like your mother, it's okay for me to call you that." Wei Na said coquettishly, "Otherwise I can only teach you Meizhui Obasan."
"Obaa-san." Meizhui's eyelids twitched again. "Compared to 'young mother', I'd rather you call me Obaa-san."
However, Meizhui's biggest concession was still ignored by Wei Na. The little girl waved her hand impatiently: "Let's talk about that later. Let's compete with our future master first."
"Competition, what?"
Sakura rubbed Mina's little head. Maybe she was used to being rubbed by Shinji since she was a child, and she was used to expressing intimacy in this way.
"Let's compete in archery." Mina pointed to the target at the other end of the Meizhui archery range. "The future master just said that he is better at archery."
"Oh? Did he really say that?" Meizhui raised his eyebrows, looking very heroic.
"Yes, you won't deny it, future master."
Wei smiled cunningly, as if to say, if you don't admit it, I will look down on you and will not take you as my teacher.
Shinji, who saw through Mina's little trick, was both angry and amused.
"What are you afraid to admit?"
"You're so brave." Meizhui snorted twice.
"It's true." Shinji poked Mina's forehead and nodded helplessly.
"Then let's compare?"
Since ancient times, there has been no first in literature and no second in martial arts.
There is no best in literature, so writers look down on each other.
There is no second best in martial arts, so warriors kill each other.
Meizhu is a young lady from a Wu family, so when she met a challenger of the same age, her competitive spirit was naturally aroused.
"That's not necessary."
Shinji is also a warrior, but he won't bother with Mitsuzu.
"Are you scared?" Meizhui asked provocatively.
"Just think of me as being scared." Shinji sighed.
After hearing this, Meizhu and Mina both showed disappointed expressions.
The former sarcastically said: "I never thought that the famous 'genius' in the school would also brag."
The latter lowered his eyes and stuck out his tongue: "Boasting, bragging, shame on you, shame on you."
"elder brother-"
Sakura started to speak but was interrupted by Shinji.
"—whatever they say, I don't care."
"You're still being stubborn. You've ruined my interest in practicing. Let's stop here. I'll trouble you to clean up, Sakura."
Meizhu put down her bow and arrow with a disappointed look on her face and walked towards the locker room.
"Brother, why don't you compete with Senior Mizue?" Sakura asked in a low voice.
"Because there's no need. What's the point of winning against an ordinary person like Mizue?" Shinji asked back.
"this... "
"Humph, you're still bragging!" Wei Na crossed his arms and tilted his head to the side, "I'm scared, I'm scared. You're such a disgrace to my future master. I won't recognize you as my master anymore."
"Don't be so hasty to make a decision, Mina. You'll know whether it's bragging or not soon."
As Shinji spoke, he picked up the bow and arrow that Mizuki had dropped on the ground, plucked the bowstring with his hand, and listened attentively.
"Not bad. Although it's a bit old, it's a good bow. It's probably not cheap. No wonder Yicheng doesn't like it."
"Has your future master changed his mind? Want to compete with your 'stepmother'? I'll go call her right away."
Mina was about to run inside excitedly, but was stopped by Shinji.
"I told you it's not necessary. Just watch here. It only takes one arrow."
Compared to the fully committed Mizuki and Sakura, Shinji's attitude seemed very casual. He neither put on his Kyudo uniform nor followed the standard Kyudo movements. To be honest, Mina didn't think he would win at all at the beginning.
However, after the arrow hit the target, Mina completely changed his mind.
Shinji was not bragging. The arrow he shot accurately hit the arrow shot by Mizuki that was stuck on the target, splitting Mizuki's arrow in two along the middle seam between the tail feathers. Even though Mina had no knowledge of Kyudo, she could see how difficult this arrow was. Her future master was indeed much better than her stepmother.
"Wow, that's amazing." Wei opened his mouth so wide that almost a whole egg could fit in it.
In contrast to her, Ying believed in her brother from beginning to end: "I know that my brother is the best."
Shinji handed the bow to Sakura and called softly: "Mina."
"Here, my future master." Mina's attitude changed instantly, his eyes shining.
"Want to learn?"
"I want to, I want to."
"I will teach you everything in the future, not only archery, but also other things. But before that, you must remember one thing - you are born extraordinary in the Liangyi family, so there is no need to compare yourself with ordinary people, which will only make you ordinary. No matter how fast a butterfly flies, it cannot fly faster than a bird. Although your stepmother is strong, she is just an ordinary person, a butterfly, not a bird. It is as simple as that."
Mina lowered her head, thought for a while, and said seriously: "I see, Mina should target mom, Uncle Shiki, Aunt Akiba, and others, instead of people like dad and stepmother."
"You are a teachable kid." Shinji nodded with satisfaction, "Come on, I'll take you to find your mother, Sakura, you—"
"I'll contact brother after I'm done packing." Sakura smiled sweetly.
"Then I'll wait for your call."
Shinji said this, took Mina's hand, and walked out of the Kyudo Hall together.
Sakura watched the two of them leave and waved her fist in enthusiasm: "Okay, I'll try my best too. I can't let my brother and sister wait too long."
In fact, there was no need for Sakura to be so anxious, because Shinji and Shiki's meeting had ended before she left the Kyudo Gymnasium.
When Shinji and Mina walked out of the school gate, the Ryougi family's car had already driven over.
Shiki, sitting in the back seat, is still the same as always, wearing a kimono regardless of spring, summer, autumn or winter.
Shinji handed the mina to Shiki and said, "Shiki, I haven't seen you for a while. Do you have any plans tonight? If not, can you come to my house?"
"No, I haven't finished my work yet, and I have to go to several surrounding cities in the evening."
"So anxious?"
"The deadline for the commission in Tokyo is quite tight and we can't delay it."
Tokyo refers to the mysterious management organization in mainland Japan. As the oldest existing demon-exorcising family, it is normal for the Ryogi family to receive commissions.
"A commission from the government? Do you need help?" He didn't dare to talk about other places, but there was basically nothing that the Matou family couldn't handle in the surrounding area.
"No, this commission is mainly for investigation, I can handle it - but there is something that concerns me and I think I should remind you." After marrying Mikiya, especially after Mina was born, Shiki became less cold and more humane.
"What's up?"
"During my investigation, I discovered that there seem to be a lot of evil spirits in this area with unclear intentions. You'd better be careful."
"Evil and heresy? What kind of evil?"
Shinji didn't care at first. He was now considered a top figure in the mysterious world, and few Japanese demons could catch his eye. However, Shiki's next words made his face darken.
"vampire!"