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After taking the sword from his friend, Kondo Isami looked at it carefully, and then sighed again.

"God—"

"This knife is so well made, isn't it?"

Just as Kondo Isami lamented, the blade he "asked for" from his good friend Okita Souji was a snow-white weapon with exquisite workmanship and an extremely long blade.

Just looking at it like this makes people a little afraid of being touched by it.

"It's pretty good."

Ian further confirmed Kondo's statement.

"Maybe it's a family heirloom, right?"

"what?"

The moment Okita Souji heard Ian's words, his expression became surprised.

"Is it really that powerful? When Master gave it to me, he clearly said it was just an ordinary sword."

"I'm afraid you won't accept it."

Ian revealed the secret.

"After all, no matter who it is, if they knew this was an heirloom-level sword, they wouldn't just accept it, right?"

"But you don't have to mind it, Okita. You are indeed the only one who has defeated the master head-on. I think this sword should be very suitable for you."

"Yes."

Kondo Isami nodded.

"By the way, what's its name?"

"..."

"Kaga Kiyomitsu." Okita Souji said this while looking at the snow-white scabbard.

"I remember its name."

"Well...that's good."

Kondo Isami returned Kaga Kiyomitsu to Okita Souji.

"Let's hurry on!"

[The little incident regarding Kaga Kiyomitsu did not affect your journey.]

[Soon, you arrived at the ferry.]

[As Kondo Shusuke had instructed before, he has already arranged for someone to receive you in Kyoto.]

"What a huge ship—"

Souji Okita looked at the means of transportation in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.

"This is the first time I've seen such a big ship."

It's not that Okita Souji said this on purpose.

After all, she had never left Qingye City since she was a child, and the farthest place she had been to was just the mountain she arrived at with Ian.

"Me too……"

"But if you go up there, it will definitely be a very unique experience, right?!"

"Eh!"

Ian's words quickly relieved Okita Souji's nervousness.

"Right—the things you can see on a ship this big must be several times more than before, right?"

"Only if you don't get seasick..."

Kondo Isami covered his chest, as if he had recalled something extremely terrible.

"If you get seasick, it's first-rate torture."

"..."

"Is this so terrible?" Okita Souji looked troubled. "But I don't know if I get seasick."

"Let's go up first and talk later—"

Kondo Isami curled his lips.

"but……"

"Where is the person that Master said would come to pick us up?"

"OI, little devils—"

A somewhat unpleasant voice came from not far away.

I saw a tall man with a conical hat standing there.

But there was an indescribable contempt in his eyes when he looked at Ian and others, and he seemed very rude.

"Are you... the ones recommended by that old Kondo?"

"..."

Hearing such disrespectful words towards his master and adoptive father, Kondo Isami naturally had a few tiny blue veins popping out on his forehead.

Souji Okita and Ian have similar attitudes.

"I say...is it necessary to be so disrespectful to our master?" Ian was the first to speak.

"Oh, you still have a temper, huh?"

The man in front of him didn't seem afraid at all.

"Don't forget that you need my help now, little brats from Aoba City."

"..."

Ian clenched his fists tightly, looking like he might punch the man in front of him at any moment.

But in the end, he still remembered the words of his master Kondo Shusuke.

"Anyway, let's talk about it when we get to Kyoto."

"So... can you take us on board?" Ian temporarily suppressed his anger and spoke.

"..."

Seeing that Ian had held back his words, the man in the bamboo hat did not continue to speak. Instead, he continued with what he had just said and said:

"My name is Kiyono Hachiro, you can call me Master Hachiro."

"If that old man Kondo was able to recommend you here, then you must have already obtained his Menkyo Kaiden, right?"

"show me--"

"..."

Although they were not very satisfied with the way this man named Kiyono Hachiro spoke, Ian, Okita Souji, and Kondo Isami all knew that this was indeed the moment to prove their identity.

The three of them took out the Menkyo Kaiden given by Kondo Shusuke one after another.

And it was actually a roll of documents - each page was written and signed by Kondo Shusuke himself.

"..."

Looking at the three Menkyo Kaiden cards in his hand, Kiyono Hachiro's expression became a little better.

"You guys are quite capable—three years at the least, five at the most, and you've already gotten that old man's approval?"

"Okay, get on the boat and I'll take you to Kyoto."

[Under the guidance of Kiyono Hachiro, you were finally able to enter that huge ship.]

【After a while, you will arrive at your final destination, Kyoto. 】

Inside the ship.

Click.

The match scraped across the red parchment and lit a small flame.

Kiyono Hachiro used it to light the cigarette in his hand, took a deep puff, and blew out an extremely beautiful smoke ring.

"Hey--"

"Aoba's little devils, do you want one?"

"..."

Sensing a subtle change in Kiyono Hachiro's tone, Ian also became much more polite.

"no need."

"I don't need it either." Okita Souji followed up, "I don't have any hobbies in this area."

"Give me one." Kondo Isami was not polite.

During the time she was learning from Kondo Shusuke, she seemed to have also picked up the habit of smoking, but she had never shown it in front of Ian and Okita Souji before.

"Take it."

Hachiro Kiyono threw a cigarette at Kondo Isami and continued.

"My tone just now may have made you a little uncomfortable. I'm sorry."

"But there have been too many people trying to take advantage of the situation recently, and I couldn't control myself for a while."

"If you're uncomfortable with anything, you should say it now - I'm not some little punk who puts pressure on others."

"Eh?"

Souji Okita was a little surprised by Seino Hachiro's apology.

But what she cared more about was the phenomenon mentioned in the other party's words.

"Someone who fishes in troubled waters?"

"Eight...Eighth Master, what does this mean?"

"..."

Kiyono Hachiro sat up. Clearly, Okita Souji's reaction was beyond his expectations.

"no?"

"Didn't that old Kondo tell you what he was here for?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

Ian, Okita Souji, and Kondo Isami looked at each other, looking somewhat confused.

"No, Master never mentioned such a thing."

Ian answered truthfully.

"We only know that someone will come to pick us up, and that's you."

"..."

Ian's words made Kiyono Hachiro's expression become a little embarrassed.

He sat in a chair, recalling something seriously, and then he slapped his forehead and shouted:

"** (Kyoto swear word), I didn't mention it in the letter to that old guy!"

"No wonder you guys don't seem afraid at all."

"..."

Kondo Isami hid the cigarette that Seino Hachiro had just given him into his clothes, and then asked back.

"What do you mean—is there somewhere in Kyoto that we can't go?"

"But we should have shown you Master's Menxu Jiechuan, right?"