Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 486 Inheritance

Shenshan Bookstore.

Just as Touya Makoto understood the situation, Sudo Mei grabbed him.

"What? You want me to train you?"

Seeing Sudo Mei's serious expression, Touma couldn't react for a moment.

"How could it be so sudden..."

"I don't want to be called an ordinary person by anyone anymore."

Mei Sudo glanced at Yuri, who was alone in the corner reading superhero comics, her two ponytails sticking up, her whole body brimming with energy.

"I will become the strongest swordsman!"

"ha?"

Fei Yuzhen's lips stiffened.

It's just that there's something strangely funny about what Mei Sudo said.

The original Mei would never have uttered such words.

Since the White Sword awakened, Mei has changed a lot, going directly from a funny sidekick to a hero.

I feel a little out of place, but it's nice to have another swordsman as a companion now.

After all, the enemy wields immense power within the Sword of Truth, and the other swordsmen from the North District are all on the organization's side.

"Alright, I'll be your mentor."

After careful consideration, Fei Yuzhen nodded cautiously.

Whether she likes it or not, Mei has already been drawn into this war.

Only Mei remained by his side throughout.

Even if she can't help, Mei, as a swordswoman, is enough to protect herself.

"etc!"

As Fei Yuzhen stepped out the door, he suddenly looked suspicious.

"Let's make this clear first, don't hit me with that sword... no, I mean, don't let that sword control you again!"

"Of course," Mei Sudo assured, "You're not an enemy, and Koken is easy to talk to."

"Little Sword? By the way, what's the name of this sword?"

Fei Yuzhen looked on with curiosity.

Each holy sword has fixed attributes and a name.

For example, his weapon is the Flame Sword Retsuka, and after transforming into a swordsman, he also has his own title, "Kamen Rider Saber".

Judging from its abilities, Mei's sword could be called the "Sword of Replication," but it seems to be referred to as the "White Sword" until now.

Furthermore, Mei, as a swordswoman, does not have a transformation form.

Compared to other holy swords, the white sword is truly unique.

"I don't know," Mei Sudo shook her head blankly. "Didn't they say there were no records? How would I know the sword's name?"

"I really can't understand it," Yuri followed him out of the bookstore. "It's clearly an awakened holy sword, but it doesn't have its own name. There's only one possibility—it hasn't encountered a true swordsman."

"People who are obsessed with comics have no right to point fingers."

Mei Sudo brandished her white sword, startling Yuri away before finally settling down and finding a place to train with Touma, completely satisfied.

"Tomo, what do I need to do?"

"Originally, swordsmen should train at the South District Base, but that would put a huge strain on the body, so let's do it here."

Fei Yuzhen casually found an open space and began to instruct on the basic elements of swordsmanship and share his own combat experience.

Some of these are inherited from the Holy Sword itself, but Sudo Mei knows nothing about them and has to learn them from scratch.

"Whoosh!"

Inside the white sword.

Xia Chuan silently watched the combat tutorial by Touma as external images were projected in front of him.

He wasn't originally a holy sword, so of course he had no inheritance. Besides, the so-called inheritance was just the instructions for using the holy sword.

Mei Sudo doesn't need this at all.

"Let's replicate the power of the Fire Sword first."

As Xia Chuan slightly released his power, Sudo Mei's mind was suddenly flooded with a large amount of combat experience, and her movements became faster and faster, surpassing even the instructor, Touma, in an instant.

Aside from lacking strength, his swordsmanship is more refined than what Fei Yuzhen has honed over the past year.

"you……"

Touma stopped what he was doing and opened his mouth wide.

The ancient swordsmanship he learned from books day and night, and the swordsmanship he secretly learned from swordsmen during their daily training... all seemed to be useless in front of Sudo Mei.

"Where did you get this swordsmanship from?" Sensing the dangerous aura emanating from Sudo Mei's sword strike, Touma snapped out of his daze.

"It just appeared out of nowhere," Sudo Mei exclaimed, stunned. "Could it be the legacy of the Holy Sword?"

"Well."

Fei Yuzhen suddenly had nothing to say.

He hadn't heard of any specific sword techniques passed down through the Holy Sword; at least, all he received was basic information on transformation and combat. Otherwise, swordsmen wouldn't need to train so diligently.

Even now, he still focuses on harnessing the power of the book, and his swordsmanship is still quite different from that of his predecessors.

"Could it be that they even copied the combat experience?"

Touma let out a long breath and looked solemnly at the dazed Sudo Mei.

Don't be deceived by appearances.

We must go all out...

"Yai, now it's time for real combat. Try to block my attack."

Hiyomaru raised his sword and assumed a fighting stance.

As a master, one should let the disciple make the first move, but Sudo Mei seems a bit reckless, as if she is not up to the role of a master who can cover for the disciple.

There shouldn't be a master who can be surpassed by his apprentice in an instant, right?

I should have known better than to make such a definitive statement. Now I can only grit my teeth and bear it.

"Clang!"

Natsukawa stood up in the white sword space. The white sword faintly emitted a halo, and under Sudo Mei's hands, she accurately caught the trajectory of Touma's sword swing.

The Fiery Sword's edge clashed head-on with the White Sword's blade, sparks flying and illusory scenes erupting with light.

Fei Yuzhen staggered, and in the instant she passed by Bai Jian, her horrified eyes seemed to traverse endless time as she vaguely saw a solitary, luminous figure.

Walking alone amidst the surrounding behemoths, with interconnected outlines of Earth ahead.

An intense sadness overwhelmed Touma's heart.

"Is this... the emotion of a sword?"

"Bang!"

As the sword slashed through, Fei Yuzhen collapsed to his knees, panting heavily, and ceased his attack.

Xia Chuan hesitated, then withdrew his power.

The intended copying did not succeed.

Under normal circumstances, Fei Yu Zhen was unable to unleash the power of the Flame Sword.

Does it require a swordsman to transform, or is the Flame Sword something special?

"call!"

After briefly controlling Sudo Mei, Natsukawa turned around and asked, "Touma, what about the Thunder Sword?"

"Thunder Sword?" Fei Yuzhen groggily raised his head, looking at Sudo Mei, whose hair had turned white again, and replied in confusion, "After the Sage disappeared, the Thunder Sword, Huang Lei, went missing. Mei, you..."

"Not in your possession?"

Xia Chuan used his telekinetic power to spread out in a circular motion, sensing the scene flash by at high speed, and finally found the lingering smoke behind a nearby grove of trees.

Reika Kamishiro, the Swordswoman of Smoke...

This woman deliberately stirred up hatred and sowed discord by saying that the Thunder Sword had been taken over by Fei Yu Zhen.

Therefore, the real Thunder Sword may also be at the Antarctic base.

He didn't care whether Reika Kamishiro was good or bad; his goal was always to disrupt the plot.

However, it seems impossible to bypass the Antarctic base.

The Lord of Truth (Ark) may already know his plans, but unfortunately, the other party occupies a key position in the plot.

Not only does it possess some of the power of the Book of Creation, but it also stays within the Antarctic base protected by a barrier.

"Are they waiting for the Alliance knights to arrive?"

Xia Chuan's consciousness returned to Bai Jian.

The arrival of the knights from this world shouldn't be too long.

In that case, it would be more appropriate to deal with Ark now.

"Touhou Makoto?"

Mei Sudo regained consciousness with a shiver, and after realizing what had happened, she hurriedly ran towards Touma Kamiyama, whose face was pale.

"What's wrong? Are you okay? I didn't mean to..."

"..."

Kamiyama Touma opened his mouth, but suddenly didn't want to say anything.

"I'm fine. Yuri will train you from now on."

"You saw it too?" Yuri snapped the comic book shut, staring intently at Touma with a serious expression.

He kept his distance from the White Sword because he witnessed that scene during the war of the gods a thousand years ago.

"Ya, can we go back to the bookstore first? We can talk about training later."

(End of this chapter)