Chihaya Aine is a member of the team Zero

A life-and-death fight would not have been a good look. She now looked more like a little turtle poking its head out and stretching its legs. This way of attacking looked like a rogue act in the eyes of outsiders, and the boos from outside the stadium suddenly became louder.

But Kobayashi Kaori doesn't care. The winner is justice, and nothing is more important than winning!

She thought Chihaya Aine would be in a panic, but Chihaya Aine just dodged her weak empty slash by turning sideways easily, ignored her feet, and suddenly inserted one hand between her hands, grabbed the hilt of her sword and twisted and pried it!

"Swordless? Yagyu Shinkage-ryu?" Kobayashi Kaori was stunned. She tried to hold the hilt of the sword with both hands, but she could not defy the laws of physics. Under the effect of leverage, she felt a pain in her hand, and the bamboo sword in her hand was actually pried away.

The way of holding the sword in Neon Swordsmanship is different from others. One hand is real and the other hand is empty. In a sense, one hand is up and one hand is down. One hand exerts force and the other hand controls the angle of the blade. So as long as the timing and angle are right, you can cut in with one hand, use the empty hand as a fulcrum, and the hilt as a lever, and you can easily take the sword away.

The core spirit of Yagyu Shinkage-ryu is "victory is achieved by not being killed". It includes many techniques for snatching blades with bare hands, but these are only suitable for the unique sword-holding method of RB swordsmanship. If the more rigid Western two-handed broadsword hammer grip is used, one hand will not be able to snatch the victory from two hands.

Kobayashi Kaori hooked Chihaya Aion, which did make her steps a little unsteady and exposed her weakness, but the bamboo sword in her hand was stolen, so she couldn't attack at all and just stood there. Chihaya Aion was not polite at all. She chopped and stabbed with her sword in one hand, and beat Kobayashi Kaori so hard that she had to use her armor to protect her face. She was defeated step by step, and finally she couldn't stand steadily in panic, and simply hugged her head and rolled over before finally escaping Chihaya Aion's attack range.

She was really furious. After rolling away, she got up and happened to see a bamboo sword left by the kendo teacher on the side of the field. She rushed over to pick it up. Then she calmed down, but found that Chihaya Aine was not in front of her. She was immediately shocked, thinking that she had used the triangle step again. She quickly jumped back to protect herself, but found that Chihaya Aine was looking at her from a distance with two bamboo swords, as if watching a monkey dancing. She could feel her smile through the visor.

Kobayashi Kaori was even more mortified, but panting, she didn't know what to do. If it were a swordfight, she would have been dead by now, having been stabbed over ten times with real swords. But even so, she refused to give in, roaring in anger once more, and charging at Chihaya Aine with her bamboo sword raised – a chance. The Yagyu Shinkage-ryu style used curved strokes to defeat straight ones, and while it had many impressive moves, it lacked dual-sword techniques, which Chihaya Aine definitely couldn't use. He seized the opportunity to kill her!

We must defeat this annoying guy and trample her a thousand times!

But unexpectedly, Chihaya Aine was also good at using both swords, one for attack and the other for defense, and she went up and rolled back just like she did before - many people who have never been in contact with swords have misconceptions, thinking that holding a sword with two hands is powerful but clumsy, while holding a sword with one hand is weak but dexterous. In fact, it is just the opposite. Holding a sword with two hands is more precise in controlling the sword but the power is relatively small, and the emphasis is on using the sharpness of the weapon to kill people. Holding a sword with one hand has greater inertia when swinging it, and it is more difficult to turn. However, it also has advantages, that is, it is heavier due to inertia and has a longer arm span, so it can attack farther.

If the sword is the same length as the arm, then a one-handed sword can just reach a two-handed sword, but a two-handed sword cannot reach a one-handed sword. Similarly, since a two-handed sword has one hand dedicated to controlling the sword, it is much easier to change direction or retract the sword mid-cut than a one-handed sword.

Therefore, holding the knife with both hands is to make the knife more flexible in attack and defense, and requires higher footwork. In many cases, it is necessary to move forward and backward directly, and only rely on the knife to attack at tricky angles, which is more conducive to battlefield performance; holding the knife with one hand makes it difficult to retract the knife and turn, and requires the person to move with the knife, which requires higher body movements, turning around, and requires a larger space for movement.

The gap between the two was still huge, but after Kobayashi Kaori pounced on her, Chihaya Aine took advantage of the knife being held in one hand and beat her back from a distance. She was hit twice without even touching the corner of her clothes and had to retreat.

Kobayashi Kaori was genuinely stunned, her mind swirling with confusion. "You, you... you're not from the Yagyu Shinkage-ryu, but from Niten Ichi-ryu?" That "returning twist" move just now was a Niten Ichi-ryu technique, right? The bamboo sword in her hand was nearly twisted away by the force again.

Chihaya Aine casually threw away a bamboo sword and smiled slightly, saying, "No, I just read some books and watched some movies and TV shows and practiced casually for fun. It's not from any school."

"Impossible!" Kobayashi Kaori thought Chihaya Aine was deceiving her and became even more furious - this infuriating guy was so despicable that he practiced the ancient swordsmanship but concealed his school of swordsmanship and had no sense of honor as a swordsman!

Chihaya Aion controlled the bamboo sword in her hand to spin continuously, slowly approached again, and said softly: "Kobayashi Kaori, next time you see me, please avoid me. Today I will let you go, and that's it. What do you think?"

Kobayashi Kaori yelled angrily: "You are dreaming!" But she yelled like that, but she had lost her courage.

After he finished, he actually felt a little regretful. He stopped and hesitated, not sure whether to defend and counterattack or attack directly.

Chihaya Aine slid forward and slashed forward, saying with a smile, "Then come again!"

Listening to Chihaya Aine's confident laughter, Kobayashi Kaori suddenly realized - don't be afraid, because being afraid means you're really losing!

But when she looked at Chihaya Aine's rushing figure, she felt that the opponent's momentum was extremely high and almost invincible, as if her defeat was already decided and could not be avoided!

But she was unwilling to give up and absolutely did not want to lose!

She suddenly roared loudly, like an angry little hedgehog hit by an arrow in the butt. She tried her best to temporarily dispel the haze in her heart, and met Chihaya Aine's slash with a sword, slashing back.

Chihaya Aine jumped around her flexibly, one in front and one behind, attacking her quickly but not close, and her target was the bamboo sword in her hand.

Every time Kobayashi Kaori's slash was deflected by Chihaya Aine, she was so depressed that she wanted to vomit blood. However, Chihaya Aine changed her previous footwork of keeping her feet on the ground and started to jump in various ways. She jumped forward and slashed, and then took advantage of the reaction force when the slash was blocked to jump backward. She was extremely flexible.

Kobayashi Kaori's horizontal slash was again deflected by Chihaya Aine, but this time Chihaya Aine was one-handed and could not control the bamboo sword. Kobayashi Kaori was overjoyed and tried her best to turn the hilt of the sword to change the direction of the bamboo sword and slash at Chihaya Aine, but she saw Chihaya Aine took the opportunity when both of them were exposed, and suddenly moved close to her and punched her on the visor, which made her stagger back a few steps.

Before Kobayashi Kaori recovered from the shock of being punched, Chihaya Aine's slash came again. She could only try her best to divert the slash to the side and took the opportunity to rush behind Chihaya Aine, but unexpectedly Chihaya Aine jumped sideways and kicked her in the butt, knocking her to the ground immediately.

Kobayashi Kaori wielded her bamboo sword wildly to prevent Chihaya Aine from pursuing her. She managed to get up, but her heart was even more confused, her breathing was rapid, and she could only stare at Chihaya Aine angrily and helplessly, gasping for air. She was filled with doubts: Is it Kurama-ryu? No, is it Taisha-ryu?

Kurama-ryu is a strange school. Their goal is not to kill the enemy immediately but to first cut the enemy's weapons, break the enemy's weapons, and then kill the person - this school developed from duel swordsmanship and was once deeply hated.

Taisha-ryu is even more bizarre. It can be said to be a sword-fighting school, but not only does it jump around like a monkey, it also punches and kicks at every turn. It has more physical skills than sword-fighting skills. It can be said to be a physical-fighting school, but it also holds swords in its hands. After beating the enemy dizzy, it still has to rely on swords to kill the enemy in the end.

Kobayashi Kaori couldn't figure it out, and yelled angrily, "What the hell are you!?"

The spectators were also confused. This didn't look like a practice match anymore. Why were they throwing punches and kicks? Were these two people brawling? Where was their promise of mutual progress? Where was their promise of showcasing the charm of kendo?

Chihaya Aine ignored Kobayashi Kaori's words, jumped forward and chopped her on the head with murderous intent.

For a moment, Kobayashi Kaori didn't dare to draw her sword. She missed the opportunity and could only hold the bamboo sword with both hands above her head to form a "Toriy Gate" - the posture was like the "Kai"-shaped Torii in front of the shrine, hence the name - to deal with the slash from above, and then she should have made a horizontal slash - in the ancient swordsmanship, attack is for attack, and defense is still for attack, but her offensive spirit had been completely worn out by the continuous failures, and her body was a little stiff and out of control. She actually maintained the Torii Gate posture and took a step back, failing to make a horizontal slash.

Chihaya Aine showed no mercy, nor did she care what other students thought of her. She slashed continuously like a storm, each time heavier and faster than the last, until she finally pressed Kobayashi Kaori's bamboo sword down on her head.

Kobayashi Kaori was helpless. She was short and had short arms. Once she lost her offensive spirit and dared not get close to the enemy, she would be beaten to a pulp. However, she had a bottom line in her heart, which was that she would never admit defeat. Even after being beaten so badly, she gritted her teeth and persisted, with red eyes.

Chihaya Aine's heavy slashes fell again. Her arms were already numb, and Torii Gou could no longer maintain it. The bamboo sword in her hand was smashed into her visor. Chihaya Aine was not willing to give in. Her eyes were stern, and she shouted for the first time: "Vess!"

The bamboo sword in Chihaya Aine's hand spun and retracted, then she used the force to thrust it out, hitting Kobayashi Kaori's visor hard. The force was so great that Kobayashi Kaori rolled out and finally fell face down on the floor.

Lost...

Kobayashi Kaori lay there motionless, her little hands clenched into fists that pricked her palms. She tried her best to hold back her tears but they still flowed out. She didn't even dare to look up at Chihaya Aine's smug look... She must be very proud, she won again!

She was in excruciating pain when she suddenly felt a heaviness on her back. She looked up in surprise and saw Chihaya Aine with one foot on her back, slowly raising her bamboo sword. She couldn't help but exclaim in fear, "You...you...what do you want to do?"

Chihaya Aine stepped on her lower back, like she was stepping on a small turtle, preventing her from raising her waist and fighting back. She smiled and said, "I won the duel, so of course I have to finish off the opponent... What, do you have any objections?"

Tears welled up in Kobayashi Kaori's eyes, not out of fear, but out of unwillingness. She shouted angrily, "How dare you! Just wait... Just wait... I won't let you go!"

Volume 1: Chapter 200: Sister, Smile!

Chihaya Aine looked at the immobilized Kobayashi Kaori through the gap in her visor and chuckled, "Kobayashi Kaori, I've always believed in the principle of treating others with kindness, but I'm not without temper either—I won't offend anyone unless they offend me. But if they offend me, I'll definitely offend them, double the damage! Before you cause trouble for others in the future, think carefully about whether you'll end up in this situation. No one in this world is afraid of anyone else, and this place isn't your home, so no one will pamper you. This is my advice to you! This sword strike is also a lesson for you. Remember to avoid me next time you see me. If you dare to provoke me again, you won't get away with it!"

After Chihaya Aion finished speaking, her face turned cold, and the bamboo sword in her hand swung down like lightning, hitting Kobayashi Kaori's head hard, thus taking off her "head" and completing the last step of the duel.

Kobayashi Kaori's eyes went dark and she was completely stunned. The whole audience was silent, and many girls held their chests with their hands and looked terrified - Chihaya Aine's posture just now was full of murderous intent, as if she was really holding a sharp blade to chop off Kobayashi Kaori's head.

Chihaya Aine bowed slightly to the onlookers as an apology and a gesture of respect, but most of the onlookers were so overwhelmed by her presence that they stood up and returned the greeting. Only after they had done so did they realize what was happening and felt a little embarrassed.

After a while, discussions broke out, and the onlookers began to use their imagination to speculate what kind of grievances and hatreds existed between Kobayashi Kaori and Chihaya Aion, and what kind of love and hate were intertwined. Maybe there would be eighteen versions the next day, and five illegitimate daughters would pop up. However, they obviously did not dare to speak too loudly. It seemed that Chihaya Aion, who was slowly walking off the stage, was a little intimidating.

Kita Ikuyo quickly walked over and helped Chihaya Aine remove her protective gear, with a strange look on her face: "So Aine-chan is so skilled?"

"My dad taught me that when he was in Hawaii."

For this question, Chihaya Aine could only choose to answer this way.

Kita Ikuyo thought Chihaya Aine was just being modest, and her eyes became even brighter as she looked at her. At the same time, she changed the subject: "By the way, Aine-chan, isn't it a bit too…" to treat Kobayashi Kaori like this?

Chihaya Aine saw through this problem very clearly and said with a smile: "She provoked me first, and it was a fair duel, so I don't think there is anything wrong with it... She deliberately made trouble for me, and if I lose, do you think she will give me a chance?

Downstairs?"

Judging from the little girl's personality, she would definitely kick people a few times to be happy even if she wins!

"That's right!" Kita Ikuyo was no fool. After a moment's thought, she nodded and turned to look at Kobayashi Kaori. Her heart was softer, and she was a little worried that Kobayashi Kaori wouldn't be able to withstand this blow. But she didn't see any trace of Kobayashi Kaori.

At this time, an unwilling and angry shout came from the door of the kendo field: "Chihaya Aine, you bastard, just wait for me, now you are my lifelong enemy! I will never forgive you! You lousy bastard! Just wait for me! Just wait for me..."

Kobayashi Kaori's hair was a little messy, and her small face, which was the size of a palm, was covered with tear marks. She waved her visor in anger, and shouted a few times with red eyes and unwillingness, then turned around and rushed out the door while wiping her tears - she no longer had the face to stay here.

The kendo teacher who had just returned was almost knocked over by her. He rubbed his head and looked at Kobayashi Kaori who had escaped barefoot. He asked curiously, "What happened? Aren't we having the practice match?"

All the students who remained in the dojo fell silent. What was there to compete for? One of them had his head chopped off. How could they still compete?

After learning about the situation from the students around him, the kendo teacher seemed to be lazy, or wanted to see how strong Chihaya Aion was. He waved his hand and turned the rest of the class into a mock battle between the aspiring students and Chihaya Aion.

At first, everyone was immersed in the momentum of Chihaya Aine beheading Kobayashi Kaori, and for a moment no one dared to step forward.

In the end, it was the boys who were originally members of the Kendo Club who stood out from the crowd in order to test their own abilities.

The mock battle started soon. After a set of ceremonial procedures including saluting from both sides, Chihaya Aine came on the field wearing black armor with a red cloth on her back and squatted obediently at the starting line.

Chihaya Aine had stopped holding the knife and stood up normally, slowly approaching her opponent.

As the two sides slowly approached, Chihaya Aine calculated the distance and simply exposed a flaw, as if she didn't want to use the middle section and wanted to change to the upper section. The opponent's lack of experience really fooled her. She suddenly kicked forward and shouted with a sword. However, Chihaya Aine stopped without warning, letting the opponent's bamboo sword pass in front of her. Then, the sword hit the opponent's visor and shouted "Mian!"

She didn't want to scream, feeling ashamed, but she had to. If she didn't, she wouldn't get the bonus. This wasn't the kind of fight she had just had with Kobayashi Kaori, which was essentially a personal vendetta.

After Chihaya Aine succeeded in striking with her sword, she immediately jumped back to prevent the opponent from counterattacking and possibly preventing her from getting Zanshin. The kendo teacher who was acting as the referee readily gave the hand to Ben - it wasn't pretty, but there was nothing wrong with it.

Chihaya Aine returned to the starting line, and her opponent was a little panicked. After the referee gave the order, Chihaya Aine immediately attacked, breaking through her opponent's defense with two consecutive sword strikes, and finally ended the match with a simple fake throat stab and real punch.

This opponent is not good, and her level is even far inferior to that of Kobayashi Kaori just now.

At the referee's command, she returned to the starting line, squatted down, turned her wrist, held the bamboo sword upside down and pressed it against her waist, then left the field and nodded to the next opponent at the sideline. Only then could she return to the starting line and squat again - she couldn't stand on the field and shout "next one" boldly, she had to leave the field and come back in to show respect, otherwise it would not be in her interest.

Although Chihaya Aine herself didn't care much about it, she came here today as a good friend of Kita Ikuyo and Goto Ichiri, so it wasn't appropriate for her to do anything too out of the ordinary.

The next person to come on stage was a boy who looked very strong, but he also showed the disadvantage of being strong and slow.

As soon as they met for the first time, the bamboo sword in Chihaya Aine's hand chopped towards the opponent's forehead like a storm.

One attacks fiercely, the other defends tightly.

Chihaya Aine felt that this opponent was very resilient. She huddled in a corner of the arena and defended herself with all her strength. She also kept looking for opportunities to wrestle with her. She probably wanted to waste time.

The opponent is indeed smart and responded very reasonably. He hid in a corner of the field. Even if I was more flexible than him, I couldn't rush out of the field to attack him from behind or from the flank. The opponent just needed to stick to defending the front.

If this were an ordinary life-and-death fight with aliens and monsters, Chihaya Aine would be able to crush them all with just her extraordinary physical fitness. However, this was ultimately just an ordinary simulated battle, so Chihaya Aine could only honestly control her physical strength.

If it comes to a real fight, there are ways to deal with it. Techniques like "taking without a sword" can be used, but this is a simulated battle based on a kendo competition. Touching the opponent's bamboo sword or body with bare hands is considered a foul. It is not difficult to snatch the opponent's bamboo sword, but after snatching it, you will be kicked out of the field by the referee, and you will lose whether you win or not.

Chihaya Aine originally wanted to save some energy, but things went against her wishes. She estimated that if she kept up the current offensive, it would take a long time to defeat the opponent. She gradually increased the strength in her hands. After three consecutive heavy blows were blocked by the opponent, she used the self-sacrifice technique and deliberately exposed her left shoulder to the opponent's attack. However, the opponent was focused and did not fall for it at all. She just occupied a corner of the arena and hid for her life, determined to survive and die. Chihaya Aine had no choice but to cut into his inner circle and suddenly exerted force to try to push the opponent out of the arena.

The opponent was confident in his own strength and chose to fight without hesitation - he had nowhere to escape, and wrestling was more suitable for wasting time.

He immediately began to exert force to hold Chihaya Aine back, but when the two of them collided with their bamboo swords, he was shocked to find that although Chihaya Aine was as fierce as a tiger, the power of the bamboo sword was as weak as a chicken. The force was wasted and his body leaned forward, his feet became weak, and he lost his balance for a short time. Then he saw Chihaya Aine had lowered her body and hit him in the chest and abdomen with a half-kneeling cross-cut blow, and at the same time slid under his ribs like a fish.

After succeeding, Chihaya Aine immediately retreated along the sideline with a series of small jumps. Now that she had obtained the first point, it would be easy. She would not be afraid of anyone in the next confrontation between the two sides.

Sure enough, after the start of the second round, the opponent had no choice but to choose to attack first, but Chihaya Aine didn't want to have a protracted fight with him anymore. She concentrated her mind and cut directly in the middle, using offense instead of defense to squeeze the opponent's bamboo sword and hit the opponent's visor with one sword. Her determination, courage, skills and momentum were perfectly integrated. She crossed with the opponent and won with one blow.

Even though the kendo teacher named Yagyu has been immersed in this art for many years, he couldn't help but exclaim "good" at this moment!

The technique of cutting and dropping is very demanding in itself. It is an attack against an attack, and if you attack later than the opponent, if you fail, you will simply give yourself a head. People who are not confident in their own techniques will never dare to use it in a competition. This kind of forced cut and drop in the middle of the face is even more difficult. The force must be used very skillfully, and the cut must be 100% error-free. Even if there is the slightest mistake, the opponent's bamboo sword will be squeezed away and fall on your shoulder, instead of letting the opponent's bamboo sword pass by your shoulder like Chihaya Aine did.

This sword looks light, but the person who can use it and dares to use it is definitely not an ordinary person!

The students watching around also started to applaud. Although they did not have a professional and thorough understanding like the kendo teacher, the scene where the winner was decided immediately after the two exchanged positions was very cool - it had a legendary feeling of two masters fighting each other, standing back to back, and then one of them slowly kneeling down.

The two players saluted each other, then saluted the audience together and then left the stage.

The girls who were crowded together in the corner of the stands also followed Chihaya Aine in the kendo field. In the blink of an eye, they were near Chihaya Aine, and then they looked around.

Turning his gaze to Chihaya Aine, he whispered—

"Right, isn't he super handsome?"

"When she smiled just now, I felt like my heart was about to stop beating!"

"They're very strong, they've already connected two people, and they're still so good-looking..."

"I wonder how strong her fingers are when she grips the hilt of the sword?"

"???"

Shouting is forbidden in the kendo arena, but for the students who are just watching the mock battle, as long as they don't go too far, the kendo teachers usually don't care. And there was actually a bold girl who suddenly shouted at Chihaya Aine, "Onee-sama, come on! Smile!"

The group of girls were stunned for a moment, then started to jeer quietly: "Smile! Smile! Smile!"

This person is afraid of being in a group. These girls are just playing around. If anyone comes down alone and faces Chihaya Aine, they will definitely feel shy immediately, but when they get together like this, they start to play without restraint. They don't feel shy at all, but instead find it very interesting, and they huddle together happily.

Chihaya Aine took the water bottle handed to her by Kita Ikuyo and drank two sips of water slowly to replenish the water she had consumed in the battle while forcibly controlling her strength.

"Aine-chan is so popular~"

Kita Ikuyo joked with a smile on her face.

"Don't tease me, Kita-chan. You've really screwed me over today."

Chihaya Aine put down the water bottle in her hand and gave a wry smile to Kita Ikuyo who was standing beside her.

"Sorry, sorry, next time I'll treat you to a meal at a dessert shop. Just consider it an apology, okay~"

Kita Ikuyo clasped her hands together and looked at Chihaya Aine with her big pikapika eyes sparkling.

"I know, I know. Please, Kita-chan, don't look at me like that."

Chihaya Aine has always been a soft-hearted person, and of course she can't stand seeing a beautiful girl like Kita Ikuyo looking at her like that.

After a short rest, Chihaya Aion faced her next opponent. The opponent's big reflective head made Chihaya Aion stunned.

Chihaya Aine thought that someone was bald at such a young age, and she couldn't help but mourn for the other person in her heart for a while.

The bald man seemed not to notice Chihaya Aine's strange look. He was very imposing and slowly approached while roaring, as if he wanted to overwhelm her with his strength.

Chihaya Aion was not polite either, but she did not learn the opponent's practice of weakening the opponent's fighting spirit before the battle. She just silently held the sword and went forward. After a while, the bamboo swords of both sides began to intersect. The bald man on the opposite side was indeed quite skilled. The moment the bamboo swords of both sides touched, the sword swung and knocked Chihaya Aion's middle structure off track. The bamboo sword drew a circle over her head like lightning, and then he used the Aikido one-body technique, leaning right with all his strength and sending his shoulder to hit Chihaya Aion's side face, which was almost a surprise attack.

Chihaya Aine is a genius in her own right, and with the help of Ultraman Zero's fighting skills to enhance her brain and coach, the skills she can learn can basically be said to be perfect, which has achieved the effect of one plus one being greater than two.

Chihaya Aine could tell at a glance what the bald man was trying to do.

Volume 1: Chapter 201: Various Martial Arts