Miss Heber is fighting her way out of the Lostbelt!

After the Kashuu Kiyomitsu fractured, Okita Souji must have needed a sword that suited her.

The boss also obviously saw her hesitation, so he quoted an extremely high price.

Okita Souji sighed and said, "How about a sword-cutting salary?"

This was a common practice among samurai, who would exchange their salaries for swords, rarely involving cash transactions. For example, the Shinsengumi's vice-captain, Hijikata Toshizo, paid over three years' salary for a genuine sword.

The boss looked embarrassed.

"I'm from the Shinsengumi." Okita Souji sighed again.

The boss stood up straight immediately: "No problem, no problem."

No matter who you mess with, you shouldn’t mess with the Shinsengumi, who are responsible for Kyoto’s security.

Okita Souji got his new sword as he wished. The cherry-colored female swordsman had an unconcealed smile on her face, looking very satisfied.

She walked up to Heber excitedly, but saw that the flaxen-haired girl was lost in thought again.

To be honest, Souji Okita is now scared when he sees Heber thinking.

After a while, Heber slowly raised his head.

"How many kendo schools are there in Kyoto now?"

"What do you want to do?" Souji Okita suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Heber sighed. "I'm different from you. I have no good feelings towards either the anti-shogunate faction or the Shinsengumi. My only purpose in coming to Kyoto is to find the sword."

Looking for a sword? What sword?

Sword, or swordsmanship?

She nodded in the direction of the forge.

"I've just confirmed that the swords forged by the forge aren't what I'm looking for." Heber smiled shyly, "So before I start searching for famous swords, I've decided to first learn about swordsmanship."

"Let's start by kicking the door."

Eastern Kingdom Volume 92: There Are Still True Swordsmen in the World

The city of Kyoto has been in turmoil recently.

For the Shinsengumi, Okita Souji, who had been ill since the Battle of Ikedaya, returned with a new sword that was more suitable for him. The already notorious Shinsengumi was even more powerful. They even put on the light green haori with mountain pattern once again and passed through the long street in a very ostentatious manner.

For a time, the Shinsengumi was booming, with many people flourishing and even its membership expanded.

But internally, Kondo Isami withdrew from the leadership and transferred all power to the "demon vice-chief" Hijikata Toshizo.

Thanks to the latter's strict internal rules, there were no violent conflicts within the Shinsengumi.

For the anti-shogunate faction, the previous armed conflict in the heart of Kyoto could not be hidden from their eyes.

"Haha! Great!" Takechi Hanpeita, the anti-shogunate leader in Tosa, downed three glasses of wine in a row upon hearing the news. "Even the shogunate's lackeys can sometimes make mistakes... Humph, but that's a good thing. If they were to kick against such a hard rock again, they'd definitely be crushed to the ground."

He looked at the young man sitting in front of him and a smile appeared on his face.

"And it's said that even the 'Heavenly Sword' Okita Souji was defeated by the mysterious 'Tamamonomae'. Kondo Isami himself was captured alive without even making it a single round... Izo, what do you think?"

The man with messy kelp-like hair sitting cross-legged opposite him bowed slightly.

"The rumors are true, Sensei." Okada Izo's hands trembled slightly on his knees, a reflection of his belligerent nature. "Both Kondo Isami and Okita Souji have replaced their swords. It seems they've suffered a significant loss. But it's impossible for Kondo Isami to be defeated in a single round."

Whether as an assassin or as a swordsman, Okada Izo believed that it was just a rumor fabricated by mediocre people.

They all have one head and two arms, and they all hold swords in their hands. How could they be captured alive in one round?

Maybe that "Tamamonomae" just used some unconventional methods.

"Oh, oh." Takechi Hanpeita narrowed his eyes and stared at the ceiling. "No matter what, the Shinsengumi's defeat is a fact... It seems that even if the real Tamamonomae were resurrected, he would be no less defeated. If such a brave man were used by us in Tosa..."

For a moment, the room fell into silence.

Okada Izo didn't answer and had no idea at all.

He just had to obey the teacher's instructions completely and become the sharpest sword in the teacher's hand.

Takechi Hanpeita took another sip of wine, took out a piece of paper covered with handwriting from his pocket, and pushed it towards Izo on the table.

"Izo, this man is a capable member of the pro-shogunate faction. I hope you can eliminate him."

Okada Izo finally stood up and picked up the note: "Yes, sir."

“I will not let my teacher down.”

Similarly, similar movements began to be heard from other vassal bases in Kyoto.

But compared to the Tosa forces, they are more cautious.

This caution served them well.

Because the legendary "Tamamonomae" walked out of his residence and entered the dojo in Kyoto openly.

......

The first institution that Heber visited was the Shikken-ryu dojo called Shugensho, which was famous for its rigorous training.

The Shixian-style sword technique comes from the Shogun's orthodox teachings. It focuses on using the large robe to kill with one strike, and uses the "monkey cry" technique while swinging the sword to intimidate the enemy.

In the Battle of Ikedaya, the Satsuma samurai used their violent Shizen-ryu swordsmanship to intimidate the Shinsengumi members.

However, the characteristic of the Shiki-ryu is that one is completely defenseless and attacks with attack, while the Shinsengumi has the high-speed advancing Okita Souji.

Therefore, before the Great Kasaya Slash of the Shigen-ryu could hit them, Okita Souji's sword had already pierced their throats.

The disciple guarding the gate saw Hebe and came forward to ask, "Are you here to become my disciple?"

"No." Heber shook his head. "I heard that the Shugenso has a famous sword forged by the master craftsman Miike Denta Mitsuyo, so I came here to borrow it and take a look."

The gatekeeper's expression suddenly changed.

Miike Tenta Mitsuyo was a famous blacksmith in the late Heian period, active in Miike County in Chikugo Province.

"Dadian Tai Guangshi" among the Five Swords of the World was created by him.

If you want to master the sect's secret sword, you need to align your thinking with the sect's founder, and the best way to do this is to observe the swords left behind by the founder.

The school's signature sword should never be shown to others easily.

This is more insulting to a swordsman than challenging him to a martial arts school.

"Let me experience your swordsmanship!" A disciple in the dojo immediately jumped out of the crowd and his eyes fell on Heber's empty hands.

A wooden sword was thrown towards Heber.

The moment the fox demon raised his hand to take the knife, the disciple shouted loudly.

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

Thunderous roars echoed around the dojo, and the rolling whistles forced their way into Heber's ears. She seemed to be completely shocked and stood there like a wooden chicken.

The wooden sword fell down without any hindrance, and everyone present showed disdain on their faces - with such a level, they dared to challenge?

But Hebe raised his head and started.

In the deep green pupils, the fierce light that moved freely among the clouds was reflected.

"Guwa!"

At an angle where it was impossible to draw the sword, the disciple was hit hard in the abdomen.

His body flew backwards like a rag sack and crashed into the ground of the dojo, leaving a tragic trail on the ground.

Only then did Heber fully grasp the wooden sword.

The looks of the surrounding disciples changed from elation to fear.

What on earth had happened? She hadn't even grasped the sword yet, so how did she fly out?

"Hello everyone from Shugenkan. This is Tamamonomae."

Heber's voice echoed slowly throughout the Shugenkan Dojo: "I wish to see the hidden swords of the various schools of Kyoto. Please do not hold back, attack with all your might."

......

Fifteen minutes later, Heber walked out of the Shugenkan Dojo.

She pulled out the famous sword that was said to be forged by a famous craftsman.

But the touching feeling that Qi Ling⑻ felt did not appear.

Since the famous swords in the Shugenkan were not what Heber needed, she withdrew.

However, such a graceful posture was pure humiliation in the eyes of the disciples of the Shixian School.

—Are you really just borrowing my sword for a look? Nothing else? Are you really going to let us look down on you?

"Damn it! If Senior Brother Nakamura were here, how could he let a woman act so rampant!" someone muttered.

Nakamura Hanjiro, one of the four great slayers of the late shogunate, also came from the Shigen-ryu school.

He once studied swordsmanship under the Shigen-ryu school, and later transferred to the Jigen-ryu school. After many years of training, he finally mastered his own secret sword. Since then, both the Shigen-ryu and Jigen-ryu schools have referred to Nakamura Hanjiro as their swordsman.

The disciples brought up Nakamura Hanjiro simply to save face.

"Alright, stop talking." The eldest brother, Onozaemon, said sullenly, "If you lose, you lose. Why are you talking so much?"

In order to defeat Hebe, he even tried to use the secret sword.

The fox demon even waited patiently for him to swing his sword - it was a pity that Onozaemon was far from being a swordsman and was unable to use the secret sword of the Shigen-ryu.

"Oh right," one of the disciples suddenly stood up hurriedly. "I remember she just said she wanted to 'see the hidden swords of various schools in Kyoto'... Could it be that she wants to challenge another school today?"

Without saying a word, Ōnozaemon immediately put on his shoes and rushed out the door.

The fellow disciples looked at each other, then immediately put on their shoes and coats and followed the eldest brother out.

Less than ten minutes later, another group of people came over aggressively.

The Shugenkan disciples could see clearly that it was the town dojo that had always had some minor friction with them. It belonged to the Heart-Shaped Sword Style, a kind of Kanto swordsmanship that was circulated among the urban class and was originally derived from Tengu Betden.

"Hey, Saemon!" someone from the Heart-Shaped Sword Style group called out, "Are you also being visited by the 'Demon Fox'?"

"Matsushita, what do you mean by that?" Ōnozaemon raised his eyebrows in surprise. "Has that 'demon fox' actually defeated you?"

The two groups looked at each other.

Onozaemon felt even more chilled: How long has it been... Including the distance, only five minutes?

"Where did the fox demon go?" He didn't care about anything else and hurried over to ask Matsushita.

Matsushita Saburo, who usually had a lot of friction with him, didn't care about Onozaemon's rudeness at this moment. His arms were still trembling: "I saw her go in the direction of Genbukan!"

In Heber's previous life, most of these kendo schools were active in the Edo area and set up dojos.

However, in the special environment of the Eastern Lostbelt, the main dojo of these kendo schools were established in Kyoto, and the Edo region became a branch.

Xuanwukan is the dojo of Beichen Ittoryu. Unlike them, there is always a swordsman in the dojo.

Can you still lose?

Onozaemon said nothing, his left hand clenched tightly. He didn't know whether he wanted to see the fox demon defeat Genbukan, or was looking forward to the fox demon being defeated by the secret sword of the Genbukan swordsman.

But the surging blood urged him to run faster on the road.

He turned to look at Saburo Matsushita and saw the same expectant and uneasy look on the other's face.

The two looked at each other and then laughed at the same time.

We are all people who are pursuing the path of becoming a swordsman, how could we not understand each other?

"Matsushita, we may be witnessing history." Ohnozaemon said in a deep voice.

"I can't believe it." Matsushita's voice trembled. "Five hundred years later, there are still true sword masters in the world."

ps: There are two more chapters in the evening

Eastern Kingdom Volume 93: Shocking Kyoto

Heber walked into the Xuanwu Pavilion.

Hokushin Ittoryu is a prominent school in the contemporary world. It originated from the Ittoryu founded by Ito Ittosai Kagehisa and is the orthodox school among the orthodox schools of the Shogun.

Even famous figures in the Shinsengumi such as Ito Koshitaro, Yamanami Keisuke, and Todo Heisuke came from Hokushin Ittoryu.