Honkai Impact 3, but I’m Amamiya Ren!

If Mei Beichen had not corrected Amamiya Ren's posture step by step yesterday and taught him the technique of how to swing the bamboo sword to exert force, and was extremely sure that Amamiya Ren had only started practicing kendo yesterday, she would really suspect that Amamiya Ren was actually a stunning genius like herself who had been practicing kendo since childhood.

But the awkward temperament that Amamiya Ren showed when she held the bamboo sword yesterday is impossible to imitate.

If one is truly a genius who has been immersed in kendo for a long time, the moment he holds the bamboo sword, his body will assume a posture suitable for his own power due to the habit developed over the years. Even if he tries his best to hide his clumsiness, the sword he swings will leave traces of true swordsmanship.

And yesterday, Amemiya Ren had none of these.

As he swung the bamboo sword more and more vigorously, and as the feel for the skill gradually came up, he stopped practicing basic swordsmanship and started practicing the shrine swordsmanship used by Yaezakura with the bamboo sword. The sword slashes were as gorgeous and colorful as falling cherry blossoms, and Amamiya Ren felt more and more open and refreshed.

After the intense shock, Beichen Mei's heart gradually wavered. She felt as if she had lost the reason to keep Amamiya Ren, the only junior who was willing to contact her.

“——Huh?”

Just as Beichen Mei was racking her brains, trying to find something to say that would make Amamiya Ren stay with her.

Mei Beichen, who tried her best to use her swordsmanship attainments to see through Amamiya Ren's current flaws and weaknesses in swordsmanship, suddenly let out a light exclamation and showed a look of surprise at the Yae Shrine swordsmanship displayed by Amamiya Ren.

"In addition to practicing basic kendo, Amamiya-kun has also mastered this style of swordsmanship that I have never seen before?"

The practice of Kendo is not something that can be done behind closed doors. Beichen Meiyi once challenged those famous Kendo schools in Changkong City and fought against Kendo players from all over the country.

Although his vision has not yet been honed to be as sharp as his father's, he has still developed the skill of identifying kendo.

The Falling Cherry Blossom Sword Technique that Amamiya Ren is currently using clearly does not belong to any known kendo school in the country.

"The sword light is as gorgeous and beautiful as cherry blossoms, but it can also make the enemy's life return to the ground like falling cherry blossoms, covering the cruelty under the intoxicating smooth beauty. This is indeed the killing swordsmanship that Amamiya-kun had sought before, but..."

Mei Kitano analyzed the shrine swordsmanship performed by Amamiya Ren with her own kendo eyes. She first praised the advantages of the Yae Shrine swordsmanship, but then suddenly changed the subject.

"But this isn't a sword technique for humans, right? Some of the moves are too aggressive. Compared to humans, who are not much different in size and will be afraid and retreat when injured, the sword technique that Amamiya-kun has just mastered seems more like it was created for hunting wild beasts."

Although it carries the murderous aura of actual combat swordsmanship, the first enemy target for which this Fallen Cherry Blossom Swordsmanship was developed was obviously not a human being.

And the fact is just as Beichen Meiyi thought.

The duty of the Yae Shrine is to protect Yae Village from the invasion of monsters. Yae Sakura began to learn swordsmanship under the guidance of her father. The main purpose is to drive away the monsters and kill those monsters that may attack the villagers.

Therefore, Yaezakura's swordsmanship is a killing swordsmanship for hunting large monsters.

If the enemy is a human, or more precisely a humanoid opponent, Yaesakura's swordsmanship will not be able to gain the huge advantage like when fighting against monsters.

Therefore, Amamiya Ren believes that he still needs to continue learning Beichen Ittoryu, especially when he can kill two birds with one stone and get close to Beichen Mei, the master of the palace, and improve her favorability in the community.

However, the shrine swordsmanship experience that Yaezakura fed back to Amamiya Ren as a personality mask has another advantage, that is, because the moves are wide-ranging and target large enemies, there is actually little restriction on the moves.

Normally speaking, even if she had synchronized her kendo experience with Yaesakura, she would not be able to display her sword skills as perfectly as Yaesakura herself.

After all, everyone's physical condition is different, the quality of the weapon, the height of the body, the length of the arm span, the size of the strength...

In all these subtle factors, Amamiya Ren is superior to Yaezakura in her lifetime. Unless he completely transforms into Yaezakura, it would be impossible for him to perform the same swordsmanship.

Fortunately, Yaezakura's swordsmanship is mainly based on hunting large beasts, and her bold and aggressive moves make the differences in these physical elements have almost no effect, allowing Amamiya Ren to almost perfectly inherit Yaezakura's proficient kendo skills.

Chapter 53: Shadow Mei seems to be a socially anxious person?

"As expected of Amamiya-kun... In just two hours, you have already mastered the technique of Hokushin Ittoryu..."

The light of dusk spreads in the air of the Kendo Club.

Looking at the Amamiya Ren in front of him, who was absorbing kendo knowledge and skills from him like a sponge, and in just two hours she was able to perform the Beichen Ittoryu sword technique fluently, with her movements so standard that there was not even a single distortion.

A forced smile appeared on Beichen Mei's pretty face, and she congratulated Amamiya Ren in a dry voice.

Beichen Mei now feels like her whole body is numb.

Although Amamiya Ren has only mastered the sword moves of Beichen Ittoryu, she has not yet been able to flexibly apply the sword moves to connect and change them in battle.

But it's only a matter of time.

If Amamiya Ren is given some time to familiarize himself with the art, he will surely be able to reach the level of a sword saint and unleash the true essence of Beichen Ittoryu with ease.

Mei Beichen started practicing sword when she was five years old, and has been holding the sword for twelve years now.

However, it only took two days for Amamiya Ren to grasp the sword for the first time and master the sword moves of Beichen Ittoryu.

Compared with Amamiya Ren's learning progress, Beichen Mei felt that her practice over the past twelve years was just a waste of time.

Although Amamiya Ren's attainment in Beichen Ittoryu is not as good as his own.

But according to his previous progress, Beichen Meiyi even felt that when they met again tomorrow, she would sadly discover that even her sword skills in Beichen Ittoryu had been completely surpassed by her junior Amamiya Ren.

It seemed like Amamiya Ren had used a cheat to surpass twelve years of effort in just two or three days. At this time, Beichen Mei finally vaguely understood what it meant to have her heart of Tao broken.

"With Amamiya-kun's ability, if he trains for a while longer, he will surely win first place in the national kendo competition in the near future and become famous throughout the country."

Mei Beichen sighed in a faint voice, and she subconsciously wanted to invite Ren Amamiya to join the Kendo Club so that she could shine with her in the National Kendo Competition that would be held soon.

However, as soon as the words came out, Beichen Mei felt a little regretful.

If Amamiya Ren really wants to participate in the national competition because of what I said, after joining the Kendo Club, she will definitely know her true identity.

Putting aside other things, the female students who bully her will be the first to find Amamiya Ren, trying every means to make him quit the kendo club, and even try to get Amamiya Ren to join in bullying her.

In order to continue to maintain her relationship with Amamiya Ren, Mei Kitano thinks it would be better for Amamiya Ren not to join her kendo club.

Fortunately, Amamiya Ren herself was not tempted by Kitano Mei's proposal.

Winning the national kendo tournament is meaningless to Amamiya Ren. She might as well find a beam and do some pull-ups when she has time.

Before Amamiya Ren could tell Beichen Mei her thoughts.

He felt that his eyes suddenly darkened again, and the scene around him quickly became hazy and dim. The shadow Mei, who was like the queen of thunder and lightning, appeared in front of Amamiya Ren again.

here we go again......

Mei Beichen's mood seemed to be particularly changeable today, causing the dark shadows in her heart to be projected from time to time, but on the surface she looked normal and nothing was wrong.

After repeating it so many times, Amamiya Ren started to get used to it.

[Ant....You can see me, right? ]

To Ren Amamiya's surprise, this time the proud Shadow Mei, who was as arrogant as a queen, did not look down on everything from a high position. Instead, she stared at Ren Amamiya's figure for a while again. After realizing that her eyes seemed to have met Ren Amamiya's, she abruptly started talking to Ren Amamiya for the first time.

What a visible girl.

Fortunately, Amamiya Ren knew that this was the world of Persona, otherwise he would not dare to look at Shadow Mei and talk to her.

One of the reasons why Amamiya Ren wants to have a good relationship with Beichen Mei is to get a pass to the palace in her heart.

It is not enough to just get closer to Mei Beichen in the real world. The final right to enter and exit the palace still requires the will of Mei Shadow, the master of the palace.

Therefore, Amamiya Ren needs to try her best to maintain a good relationship with Shadow Mei.

This was the first time that Shadow Mei took the initiative to talk to Amamiya Ren. It would have been very rude of him to ignore her. The first impression is very important in interpersonal communication.

"Ah hello."

Amemiya Ren nodded slightly, raised his hand and waved at Shadow Mei in response.

After seeing that Amamiya Ren actually responded to her, Shadow Mei, who had been looking aloof, suddenly opened her purple eyes wide in surprise, revealing a look of astonishment.

The next moment, Shadow Mei's eyes wandered slightly.

Just when Amamiya Ren thought that Shadow Mei was going to start a conversation with her, the dim and blurred reality background around her suddenly solidified again, and Shadow Mei's figure disappeared from Amamiya Ren's eyes.

"Hey? Ah... H-how are you?"

The slender figure of Mei Beichen herself was once again reflected in Amamiya Ren's eyes.

When Amamiya Ren suddenly raised her hand to greet her, a look of deep confusion appeared on Beichen Mei's delicate face.

However, out of politeness, although she didn't quite understand what was going on, Beichen Mei still subconsciously responded to Amamiya Ren with a greeting.

"Why did Amamiya-kun suddenly start saying hello to me?"

".....No, it's nothing, Mei-senpai, you don't have to worry about it."

The corner of Amemiya Ren's mouth twitched slightly. After he coughed lightly, he calmly put down his raised hand.

As expected, if you communicate with Shadow Mei in the real world, Beichen Mei herself will be able to hear and see Amamiya Ren's actions.

Although she had been mentally prepared, Amamiya Ren still felt a little embarrassed when Beichen Mei looked at her with such a confused and puzzled look.

That Shadow Mei is so rude. I just greeted her and she disappeared without even saying a word in reply.

It's worthy of being called Shadow, it's so capricious and unpredictable.

I don't know if I can successfully obtain the right to enter and exit the palace freely from her...

Amamiya Ren was thinking about this in a trance.

Fortunately, Amemiya Ren now has another alternative palace. If Beichen Meiyi fails to conquer it, he can turn around and try to live in Karin's palace permanently.

With the personality mask of Yae Sakura, it should not be impossible for her to live in Kallen's palace permanently.

but.......

I don’t know if it was Ren Amamiya’s illusion.

Compared to Shadow, Mei is very aloof and disdains to deal with humans who always call her ants.

On the contrary, Amamiya Ren felt that Shadow Mei was a little flustered just now.

It was as if he didn't expect that I would actually respond to her, like a socially anxious person who didn't know what to say next and immediately used the Internet disconnection tactic to escape?

This shouldn't be the case. After all, that was the twisted shadow in Mei Beichen's heart. She shouldn't be so arrogant...

Chapter 54: Weapon merchant Raven is online!

"Well, that's all for today. See you tomorrow, Mei-senpai."

After a while, Amamiya Ren put down the practice bamboo sword in her hand, wiped the sweat from her forehead with a towel, and said goodbye to Beichen Mei who was standing beside her.

Ever since the last question-and-answer conversation with Amamiya Ren, the dark shadow in Beichen Mei's heart seemed to have completely disappeared and never appeared in front of Amamiya Ren again.

Although she avoided being stared at strangely by Mei Beichen herself, she was unable to gain the favorability of Mei Shadow, which made Amamiya Ren, who was obsessed with the palace safe zone, feel regretful.

"Goodbye, Mei-senpai."

Amamiya Ren, who walked to the door of the Kendo Club under the gaze of Beichen Mei, turned around and raised his hand again and waved at Beichen Mei who was standing in the Kendo Club.

"Well, see you tomorrow, Amamiya-kun! .....But why do you have to say goodbye twice..."

Beichen Mei's face turned slightly red, and a gentle smile appeared on her pretty face. She also waved her hand gently to Amamiya Ren at the door as a goodbye.

Mei Beichen thought that Amamiya Ren wanted to practice kendo with her again tomorrow, so she repeated the promise to meet again tomorrow.

But in reality......

Although Mei Beichen was alone, Amamiya Ren's farewell greeting was indeed directed to two beings separately.

The familiar dimness and haziness came again, and the shadow of Mei appeared in front of Amamiya Ren again, as cold and arrogant as before.

It's just that Amamiya Lian always felt that her delicate face looked a little tense, and her whole posture was a little stiff, which looked a little unnatural.

Shadow Mei's wrist trembled slightly, as if she wanted to raise her hand, but was abruptly stopped.

After Shadow Mei stood in silence for a long time, an increasingly majestic aura emanated from her body. There seemed to be lightning surging in her deep purple eyes, as if a noble queen from above was signaling to her subjects. She lightly nodded her fair chin with a very small movement.

Then in the next moment, Shadow Mei's figure disappeared again, and Beichen Mei's figure, waving at her with a gentle smile on her face, reappeared in front of Amamiya Ren.

The farewell words successfully made Shadow Mei react.

Although it was just a nod that was so small that it couldn't be any smaller, it was still a leap forward from zero to one!

Everything is developing steadily and in a positive direction, and the goal of the palace becoming a safe zone is just around the corner!

After thinking of this, the smile on Amamiya Ren's face became even brighter.

After seeing the happy smile that Amamiya Ren showed to her, Beichen Mei's pretty face, which was already a little rosy, suddenly became even redder, and even her crystal clear and delicate earlobes turned red.

She quickly turned around, not looking at Amamiya Ren's dark and deep eyes and her unconcealed happy smile. Her body was so stiff that she almost walked back to the Kendo Club on her hands and feet.

"Okay, Mei-senpai's Coop... should have almost reached the Rank 2 level, and has basically mastered the Hokushin Ittoryu sword skills. Shadow Mei has also started to respond to my words."

"Next, we should find a way to solve the current urgent problem."

Putting the bulging black double-strap backpack that brought her to the Kendo Club on her right shoulder, Amamiya Ren put her right hand in her shirt pocket, took out her cell phone with her left hand and started browsing messages, then strolled out of the Chiyu Academy.

After leaving Qianyu Academy, Amamiya Ren did not take the train home as usual, but instead opened the navigation software and walked to an unfamiliar place.