It was just dawn, the first tram had just appeared on the street, and the breakfast vendors had just started to set up the stoves. Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng joined forces and took to the street. At this time, the two of them were already dressed as ronin, in order to protect themselves. Due to their identities, both of them could only hold their noses and put on their kimonos, step on their wooden shoes, and insert two tachis, one long and one short, on their waists.
What made the two of them even more distressed was that their hair was twisted when Zhang Dayang moved his hands.
Compared with the short Japanese people around them, tall people like Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng are very conspicuous. In addition, the two of them are dressed in ronin makeup, so wherever they pass by, pedestrians look sideways and look at each other. The patrolman in black police uniform cast a wary look at the two of them, because it was this kind of rogue with a knife who loved to cause trouble.
However, no police came forward to question him because there were too many ronin like this in Tokyo.
Moreover, Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng are not afraid of the police coming forward for questioning, because they are not their true colors now.
In addition, there have been no major cases in Tokyo recently, and the police cannot inquire too deeply, so Zhang Dayang's temporary identity is enough to cope with it. Not only Tokyo, but in fact, the entire Japan is not vigilant at this time. High, because there are almost no danger factors that can threaten Japan's mainland.
The two had breakfast on the street, and then took the tram to Tulip Town according to the route left by Zhang Dayang. A Japanese town is equivalent to a township or town in China. It is an administrative unit one level lower than the urban area. At this time, Tokyo Of course, it is impossible to have the prosperity of that era when Xu Rui traveled through time.
In the era when Xu Rui traveled through time, the population of the Tokyo Bay Area could match the current total population of Japan.
Therefore, in Tokyo at this time, there were still large areas of wilderness and forests, as well as villages scattered among them. The Fukuchi Village they were looking for was such a village.
The two first took the tram to Tulip Town, and then took a passing farmer's ox cart to Fukuchi Village. The farmers of Fukuchi Village who were working in the fields on the roadside were very curious about the sudden arrival of the two ronin, and they stopped one after another. He even came forward to ask the two of them why.
Knowing that the two came to compete with the ronin at the village entrance shrine, these farmers showed a look of surprise on their faces, and then enthusiastically showed them the way, saying that the shrine where the ronin stayed was at the entrance of their village, and as long as they walked along this You can see it within five miles of the dirt road, and they said that the ronin must be practicing his sword in the open space in front of the shrine at this time.
"Hai." The two thanked the farmer who showed them the way, and then continued walking along the dirt road.
Just as the farmer said, after walking less than five miles and passing through a forest, a dilapidated shrine appeared in front of me. The national religion of Japan is Shintoism, and shrines are houses used to worship Shinto gods. , to put it bluntly, a shrine is a place dedicated to the so-called Amaterasu, which has almost the same meaning as the Guandi Temple and Confucius Temple in China.
The shrine in sight should belong to Fukuchi Village. The reason why the villagers of Fukuchi Village reported to the government was probably to drive away the ronin who occupied their shrine. After all, this ronin not only occupied the shrine, but also definitely wanted to Stealing the offerings they made to worship Amaterasu, the two sides might even have fought each other.
Then, Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng saw a tall ronin.
Ronin only practiced the simplest sword-drawing posture, and it took half a day to stand.
The ronin stood in the open space at the entrance of the shrine with his back to the woods. His hair was disheveled and his kimono was dirty. He could smell a sour smell from a distance. It made people want to vomit. Leng Tiefeng quickly held his breath. Damn, how long has it been since you took a shower? How can it stink like this? Xu Rui still had that cold expression on his face.
At this time, Ronin, who had his back to the two of them, suddenly noticed something and tilted his head slightly.
Ronin just tilted his head slightly, and did not really turn his head, let alone turn around. However, Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng felt that they had been enveloped by a faint aura, as if they only needed to take one more step forward. He was about to receive the most powerful attack immediately. Leng Tiefeng's heart suddenly sank. Is he really a master of swordsmanship
Leng Tiefeng turned to look at Xu Rui again, and Xu Rui nodded gently.
"Hai!" Leng Tiefeng imitated the Japanese, and he gave a heavy bow. Then he drew out the long tachi, and then drew a semicircle with the Ronin in front who had his back turned to him as the center of the circle, and walked step by step to that place. Ronin's front view. After more than ten seconds, Leng Tiefeng finally faced the Ronin face to face and saw the Ronin's face clearly.
It's just that I didn't see it, because except for a pair of sharp eyes, the rest of his face was hidden among the weed-like messy hair and beard. However, this ronin's eyes were really sharp, and he glanced at Leng Tiefeng. At that moment, he actually felt that the temperature around him seemed to have cooled down in an instant.
Then the two fell into a long confrontation.
The confrontation lasted for five minutes. In the end, Xu Rui signaled. Leng Tiefeng finally gave a low shout, raised his sword high, and rushed towards Ronin. When the two were still more than two meters apart, Leng Tiefeng violently struck with his right foot. As soon as he kicked off the ground, his entire long body jumped high into the air, and then, using the inertia of the human body's fall, he slashed down with his sword.
Leng Tiefeng's strike was as powerful as thunder and cunning. It was a life-saving style of giving up defense and using all his strength to seize the power. This is highly consistent with the true meaning of Japanese kendo. The true meaning of Japanese kendo is to seize the opportunity to be killed by the enemy. Previously, I killed the enemy, but this is the so-called one-sword style, killing the enemy with one sword!
"Hey!" Leng Tiefeng raised his sword and slashed it down fiercely.
Almost at the same time that Leng Tiefeng slashed down the sword, the ronin also pulled out the sword from the sheath at lightning speed.
A good knife. The coldness on the blade seems to condense into substance at any time. What's even more rare is that there are stacks of wavy patterns on both sides of the blade. It is obvious that this is a sword made by Baiyang Steel. , the wavy pattern left on the blade is the result of hundreds of refinements. It is definitely a rare and good knife.
In the blink of an eye, the two knives suddenly struck each other in the air.
"Light, ding!" There was a clear sound of gold and iron, followed by the soft groan of metal breaking.
With just one blow, the sword in Leng Tiefeng's hand was broken into two pieces. At the critical moment of life and death, Leng Tiefeng twisted his body violently, and then slumped his shoulders and waist. He barely dodged the sword that Ronin slashed at him by a hair. It was only by a small margin that he was not disemboweled. After retreating more than ten steps, Leng Tiefeng couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.
After all, Leng Tiefeng was not good at swordsmanship, and he almost capsized in the gutter just now.
Looking back, the ronin's sword had been sheathed, and he had no intention of pursuing him.
"The skill is good, but the sword is a bit weak." After Ronin finished speaking, his hawk-like gaze turned to Xu Rui, and he added, "Next time, remember to bring a good sword."
Xu Rui ignored Ronin, shook his head slightly at Leng Tiefeng, and said, "Open the way."
"Hai!" Leng Tiefeng paused slightly and returned to Xu Rui in disgrace.
Ronin did not stop the two from leaving, but continued to practice the sword-drawing gesture at the beginning, as if nothing had happened, and soon he was immersed in his own world again.
On the way back to Nagata Town, Leng Tiefeng could not calm down for a long time.
"Old Xu, this little devil is a master." Leng Tiefeng said with lingering fear.
"I know, this is a sword fanatic!" Xu Rui nodded expressionlessly.
The Kazuto tribe is really a weird nation, so there are often many weird people, and the most well-known among them is the kind of idiot who is crazy about chess, crazy about swords, and of course the famous crazy guy on electric trains.
In order to hone their chess skills, those chess fanatics can actually spend their whole lives traveling across Japan with a pair of chessboards and a pair of Go games on their backs, just to ask for advice from various masters; while those sword fanatics just want to practice drawing a sword. With this style, one can practice drawing swords in the abyss alone for decades, and never regret it until the end of his life!
This ronin from Fudi Village is obviously a sword fanatic! The reason why he lives in Fudi Village anonymously and unkemptly is probably just to practice the sword-drawing style!
Leng Tiefeng frowned and said, "I'm talking about his swordsmanship!"
"I know." Xu Rui's face was still expressionless and he said coldly, "His swordsmanship has surpassed the ninth level and entered the level of a swordsman!"
In the Japanese kendo realm, the entry level is the first level and the highest level is the ninth level. But in fact, there are swordsmen above the ninth level, just like there is the purple belt tenth level above the ninth level of judo, and to a certain extent, swordsmen are The gap between the 9th Dan in Kendo is greater than the gap between the 9th Dan in Judo and the 10th Dan Purple Belt.
In other words, this ronin is even more terrifying than Abe Tashi.
At that moment, Leng Tiefeng said: "Old Xu, I suddenly feel a little less optimistic about this trip to Tokyo."
After a pause, Leng Tiefeng said again: "Old Xu, think about it. In such a small and small village, there is such a terrible master of swordsmanship. You can imagine the imperial palace of little devil Hirohito. It's not like a master like this." Yun? It doesn’t take much, five sword masters like this are enough for us to drink a pot.”
"Veteran, you are overthinking." Xu Rui shook his head and said, "There are not more than three such swordsmen in Japan."
"No more than three?" Leng Tiefeng said doubtfully, "Are you so lucky? There are no more than three swordsmen in Japan, and you met them all at once?"
Xu Rui didn't answer the question and said coldly: "This kid's swordsmanship is good, but it's easy for me to kill him."
"Really?" Leng Tiefeng still didn't believe it, and added, "You activated the bloodthirsty secret technique to kill Abe Gangyi. This little devil is even more powerful than Abe Gangyi, but you said it was easy to kill him?"
"The situation is different." Xu Rui shook his head and said, "The main purpose of killing Abe Gangyi at Ten Thousand Horse Crossing was to save people, so I could only activate the bloodthirsty secret technique, but now I don't have any worries."
ps: The first chapter is updated.