They awakened the simulator memory!

"So?" Qing Shuiquan looked at Fumino completely indifferently.

"That...other people's challenge...Izumi, can't you refuse?" There was obvious worry hidden in Furuhashi Fumino's watery eyes.

"You can refuse, but you can't always refuse. For the reputation of your genre, you have to accept the challenge, but..."

Qing Shuiquan paused and said: "Don't worry, Fumino, I'm really, really strong! I conservatively estimate that swordsmanship... up to seventh level, no one of my age can be my opponent. It’s impossible to get hurt.”

"And even if you get injured accidentally..."

Qingshuiquan glanced at Yukinoshita and said with a smile: "Didn't I say before that Yukinoshita has a talent for healing? In case of injury, it would be a good time for her to practice her hands."

"spring......"

Listening to what Qing Shuiquan said, the worry in Furuhashi Fumino's beautiful eyes became more and more obvious.

"..."

Yukinoshita on the other side was not worried at all, and even glanced at Qingshuiquan coldly.

The seventh degree of swordsmanship is really an extremely conservative estimate. This guy is really "humble".

"Okay, Fumino, don't worry." Qing Shuiquan continued to comfort him: "I am invincible among my peers and will not be hurt."

"..." Furukashi Fumino pursed her thin lips tightly and stopped showing her worries.

"Speaking of which, there are quite a few female contestants in the sword dance competition..."

Qingshuiquan took the initiative to change the topic and chatted with Fumino and Yukinoshita.

Not long after, Shizuka Hiratsuka and the others came back.

When she saw the harmonious atmosphere between the three of Qingshuiquan, Hiratsuka Shizu glanced proudly at Yukinoshita Harano.

Yukinoshita Harano ignored Hiratsuka Shizuka. She returned to her original position and continued to watch the game leisurely.

.........

At eight o'clock in the evening, as the night grew darker, Hiratsuka Shizuka, who felt that the ticket price was worth it, led everyone out of the stadium and went to enjoy a feast.

An hour and a half later, everyone who had finished dinner left the restaurant and went to the street to take a taxi back to the hotel.

At 09:30 in the evening, the commercial street is a busy time, and the noisy people all around are mixed together, making it impossible to hear anything.

"唳-----"

At this moment, an extremely shrill scream reached Qing Shuiquan's ears.

He was slightly startled and subconsciously looked towards the source of the sound.

It was a dark alley in a commercial street. People were passing by constantly, but no one noticed the scream that almost reached the sky.

Qingshuiquan frowned and subconsciously glanced at Yukinoshita and Furuhashi Fumino beside him.

Yukinoshita and Fumino also heard the voice.

Yukinoshita, who roughly guessed what it was, frowned like Qingshuiquan.

Fumino Furuhashi, who had just entered the mysterious world and didn't know much about it, looked at the dark alley with a blank face.

"Wow——"

The shrill scream sounded again, and this time there was more hysterical despair in the scream than before.

"Izumi..." Fumino Furuhashi, who was a little scared, leaned against Qingshui Quan.

"It's okay, just pretend you didn't hear me." Qing Shuiquan held Fumino's hand and whispered in her ear.

"Well..." In front of Mr. Hiratsuka and the others, Fumino Furuhashi endured the fear that kept rising in his heart and didn't ask anything.

"Wow—"

The scream sounded for the third time, this time the sound was obviously much quieter.

Not long after, a short girl of indeterminate age walked out of the dark alley.

She was wearing a sweatshirt, a hood, a sword pouch on her back, and a pair of extremely hot hot pants on her lower body, completely exposing her beautiful white legs to the air.

224. "The doubts finally answered"

After the hooded girl walked out of the dark alley, she disappeared into the crowd in just a few steps and disappeared without a trace.

Seeing the strange steps of the hooded girl as she submerged into the crowd, Qing Shuiquan narrowed her eyes slightly.

This step is really familiar. Isn't this the Hiiragi family's "Returning to the Wind Step"?

Is this hooded girl a member of the Hiiragi family?Looking at her appearance, she seems to be quite close to Hiiragi Shinoa. Could it be Hiiragi Shinoa?

"Hey~ why are you three so dazed? The taxi is here, why don't you come over and get in it quickly?"

Hearing Shizuka Hiratsuka's call, Qingshuiquan temporarily interrupted his thoughts and led the thoughtful Yukinoshita and the blank-eyed Fumino into the car.

After getting in the car, Qing Shuiquan took out her mobile phone and sent a message to Hiiragi Shinoa.

"exist? 』——Qingshuiquan

"Something happened?" 』——Hiiragi Shinoa

The message was returned instantly, and Hiiragi Shinoa seemed to be very relaxed.

Qing Shuiquan, who was thinking about this, continued to ask.

"Are you in Chiba?" 』——Qingshuiquan

"Otherwise, where else could I go?"What materials do you want to buy?Send the list directly. I am relatively free now and can deliver the goods to your door. 』——Hiiragi Shinoa

"It's not about buying materials. I'm in Yokohama now, participating in a sword dance competition. I just met a girl who looks like you on the road, and she just got rid of the evil spirit. I thought it was you." 』——Qingshuiquan

"The Sword Dance Competition...isn't that a competition for ordinary people?"Are you, an industry insider, going to join in the fun? 』——Hiiragi Shinoa

"In addition, the girl you met who looks very similar to me may be my sister, or she may be my cousins. 』——Hiiragi Shinoa

"Oh, I see... By the way, may I ask, why is that relative of yours exorcising evil spirits?"I remember that your Hiiragi family are not businessmen? 』——Qingshuiquan

"Just to make pocket money, didn't Yokohama City hold a sword dance competition recently?Many foreign tourists came. The official agencies there were worried that the wandering evil spirits would attack foreigners and cause unnecessary trouble, so they prepared to clean up the evil spirits during the event. However, they did not have enough manpower, so they paid for it. Asking for help, my relative probably took this opportunity to earn some pocket money. 』——Hiiragi Shinoa

"Do the children of a big family also need to take this kind of job to earn pocket money?"A bit unexpected. 』——Qingshuiquan

"Haha~ It's not that easy to wait for death in the Hiiragi family. Besides, what else do you have to do?"It's okay, don't disturb me watching the drama. 』——Hiiragi Shinoa

"No, thanks for clearing up the confusion. 』——Qingshuiquan.

After the communication ended, Qing Shuiquan logged into the official website of the Kendo Competition and checked his qualifying scores.

No problem, perfect score (100).

Immediately afterwards, Qingshuiquan clicked on the qualifying score ranking webpage and looked for Yukinoshita's score and ranking from top to bottom.

After just a moment, Qingshuiquan saw Yukinoshita's name.

Yukinoshita Yukino, with a score of 97.2, ranked 39th.

As he expected, Yukinoshita was deducted a few points due to a slight mistake in the middle and the connection problem at the end. However, because it was an innovative template, the points were not deducted too much, and he still ranked at the top.

After checking the scores, Qing Shuiquan looked at Yukinoshita with a gentle smile.

"Yukishita, I just checked our scores in the qualifying round. I got a perfect score and you got a score of 97.2. We both successfully entered the next round."

"Well, it's pretty good." Yukinoshita responded in a cold tone.

"..." Fumino Furuhashi, who was still wondering about the screams and the hooded girl, was also attracted by the fact that Qingshuiquan received a perfect score.

She watched the entire punishment game between Izumi and Yukinoshita, so she naturally knew that a perfect score meant that Izumi won.

At this moment, she was curious about what Izumi would do to Yukinoshita using the punishment game...

With Quan's character, he probably wouldn't make any stringent requests...

Furuhashi Fumino pursed her thin lips tightly, raised her ears and continued to listen.

"The group stage groupings won't be released until twelve o'clock tonight, right? I hope we won't be in the same group." Qing Shuiquan said with an undiminished smile.

"Yes." Yukinoshita was still cold.

"Speaking of which, how is your actual combat experience, Yukinoshita?"

"..." Yukinoshita said with a lowered eyebrow, "Relatively few."

Qingqiu had very little actual kendo combat. Apart from occasionally sparring with female classmates in the kendo club at school, the most she fought was with her brother.

No, in terms of preparation, it was not a sparring session, it was a flirtatious and affectionate play between scenes. After sparring for a while, Qingqiu would hug her elder brother and start acting coquettishly.

But fortunately, apart from the useless sparring, Beichen Sword Master still taught Qingqiu swordsmanship very strictly from time to time.

Thanks to Beichen Sword Master's high-level teaching method that combines practice and theory, Qingqiu's actual combat skills are not bad, and can even be said to be very solid.

"That's it..." Qing Shuiquan smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. Judging from the previous entrance examination, Yukinoshita is not weak in actual combat. You should pay more attention in the ring. You are still good. There is a high probability of breaking through the group stage.”

"hope so."

"By the way, Yukinoshita, you have been studying kendo longer than me and your theory is more solid than mine. Can you tell me how to deal with other two-sword-style schools?"

"..." Yukinoshita glanced at Qingshuiquan expressionlessly.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Qing Shuiquan pretended to be confused.

Yukinoshita retracted her gaze and said coldly: "It's nothing. If you want to know, I'll tell you. Let's start with Japan..."

Yukinoshita patiently told Qingshuiquan.

Soon after, the taxi arrived at the hotel, and Yukinoshita's story came to an end for the time being.

After returning to the hotel room, Furuhashi Fumino, who had been holding back all the way, finally couldn't help but ask.

"Quan, what was that scream just now?"

"It's an evil spirit."

Qingshuiquan patiently explained the existence of evil spirits to Fumino Furuhashi, and told Yukinoshita and Fumino all the information they had previously obtained from Shinoa Hiiragi.

After explaining, Qing Shuiquan added: "Fumino, actually we have encountered evil spirits before. Do you still remember that time in mid-June? When we were on the way home, I suddenly pulled you to a stop and asked you to run away first. .”

"I remember! We also met two girls that time, one with long blond hair and one with long light purple hair. Izumi, you even thanked the blond girl."

As he spoke, Furuhashi Fumino suddenly realized, "Izumi, was it the blond girl who helped us get rid of the evil spirit that time?"

"Yes." Qing Shuiquan smiled and rubbed Fumino's little head, "Fumino is so smart. At that time, I had just entered the mysterious world, and my strength was not strong enough. It might be a bit difficult to deal with the evil spirit. Thanks to the birth of the blond girl , we can leave safely.”

"Oh~ I see...then I really need to thank you..."

After solving a long-buried confusion in his heart, Furuhashi Fumino's mood suddenly became much brighter.

225. "Candid meeting in the hot spring"

However, the next second, Furuhashi Fumino seemed to remember something. She lowered her voice and asked mysteriously.

"Quan, is that blonde girl particularly strong? I remember she didn't seem to have any special moves at the time. How did the evil spirit die?"

"Fumino, you guessed it right. That girl is really strong. She defeated the evil spirit with just one look. So next time you meet them, remember to be polite."

"Yes, yes, I understand." Fumino Furuhashi nodded his head obediently.

Seeing this, Qing Shuiquan smiled and said, "Okay, now that the matter is clear, it's time for you to enjoy the hot springs here. You must be tired after running back and forth for a day."

"Us?" Furuhashi Fumino glanced at Yukinoshita on the side and asked a little cutely: "What about you, Izumi? Why don't you take a dip?"

Qingshuiquan said with a gentle smile: "I'll take a bath too. You can take a dip in the hot spring in your room, and I'll take a dip in the public hot spring on the first floor below."

"Eh?" Furukashi Fumino was stunned.

She looked at the clear water spring in front of her, her lips trembling slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but her pretty face suddenly turned red and she said nothing.

She pursed her lips and glanced secretly at Yukinoshita beside her, as if she wanted Yukinoshita to stand up and say something.

But Yukinoshita, who looked cold, obviously didn't intend to say anything.

"Then I'll take my things and go to the first floor."

With that said, Qing Shuiquan returned to the room, took a bath towel and a change of clothes and prepared to go to the public hot spring on the first floor.

Before leaving, Qing Shuiquan spoke to the two of them again.

"I'll finish my bath in the hot spring and have to go to the sauna for a steam session. It may take a long time. You don't need to contact me after your bath. I'll come back by myself when I'm better."

"Oh ~ I almost forgot. If you want to eat anything, send me an email and I will bring it to you when I come back."