Evolution of a Girl

Ancient swordsmanship is somewhat similar to kendo, but compared to kendo which is closer to competition, ancient swordsmanship focuses more on the development and research of ancient kendo schools. Whether it is Niten Ichiryu or Beichen Ittoryu, they are all their research targets.

And Aya is a member of the Ancient Swordsmanship (tentative) Club.

"What do you think, Tianyin, do you want to join our club?" After arriving at the club, Aya's clothes changed into a white training suit. She held a wooden sword and posed handsomely.

Tianyin has not yet joined the club, and Aya comes to invite Tianyin to join.

"Aye, do you like swordsmanship?" Tianyin looked at the other person and saw that he was really enthusiastic.

"Ah, yes. After all, our family is the heir to the Zao Goshin-ryu, a tradition that has been passed down for thousands of years! Well, I'll let you see it with your own eyes."

She pressed a few buttons and called up a scarecrow model from the system. Aya walked up to the scarecrow.

"Watch it!"

Aya said, raising her wooden sword.

She closed her eyes and held her breath.

Although they were in the electronic world, Tianyin felt as if the air around them had stopped.

At this moment, Yaye suddenly opened her eyes, and a fierce aura erupted from her. This girl, who seemed only seven or eight years old, suddenly displayed a terrifying and captivating pressure!

"drink!"

She shouted, and the wooden sword in her hand cut through the air, slashing towards the scarecrow with a cross.

"咚咚-"

The scarecrow was cut into pieces and fell to the ground.

“So… so handsome!”

Tianyin exclaimed in praise.

In this virtual space, physical strength is merely a parameter. However, the breathtaking aura that Yaye unleashed in that instant seemed to reach Tianyin's soul.

Compared to the physical pressure, Tianyin was more intoxicated by the amazing momentum that Aya erupted.

"Kendo... so cool!" the girl was very excited.

"It's okay," Aya said proudly, "but the virtual world is still a virtual world, the level of realism is not enough."

"Reality? Yaye, didn't you apply the Neural Connective Matter?" Tianyin asked. "I forgot to apply it once, and I didn't feel anything after I came in."

"Neuroconnectin?" Aya was stunned for a moment. "Tianyin, haven't you already achieved cerebration?"

Tianyin shook her head: "Dad won't let me."

"That's right, my dad also said he's worried that electronic brainization will affect children's growth..." Aya nodded, "But they need to apply neurotransmitter... Tianyin is still using the old neurotransmitter suit. The first generation of neurotransmitter suits seems to have only been used briefly in a few places. Although the effect seems to be good, it is very troublesome to wear. Hahahaha, Tianyin, your school doesn't even have the new neurotransmitter suit~"

Aya guessed that Tianyin's school was probably in a small rural place somewhere.

"Who said that? My neural connection suit was specially made for me by my father, and the neural connection material was also prepared by my father. It's not an old model!" Tianyin also pouted.

"Okay, okay, it's the latest one~ But I'm going to have an electronic brain surgery soon, and then I won't even need to wear a neural connection suit. I can then enter this world anytime and anywhere, hehe~" Aya chuckled, she pressed a switch and took away the remains of the scarecrow.

"How about joining our ancient swordsmanship club?" Yaye invited Tianyin again.

However, the dull-witted Tianyin tilted her neck and said, "No."

“Eh hey hey?!” Aya was caught off guard and fell down because of Tianyin’s answer. “Didn’t you say you were handsome?! Did I just make fun of you? I’m sorry, Tianyin!”

"That's not the reason. I don't care about that. But the name of the club is too tacky. If there was a cool name, I would join." The girl replied.

Tianyin didn't care about this.

She just felt... not handsome enough.

"Hmm..." Aya was stunned. But she gritted her teeth and waved her hand, "It's okay, we'll change the name immediately. Hmm, Soft Sword Club, how about it? This is the essence of our style!"

"Can I change my name?"

"Of course, we're just a hobby group now. Once we have five members, we'll become a real club. Tianyin, you're the second member of our club, a true veteran!"

Well, the club hasn't been established yet...

The reason why it is "tentative" is because of this reason.

Aya is now trying every possible way to get Tianyin to join her club.

"But your style is called Zao Goshin-ryu, but your club is called the Jukenbu... Is that really okay?"

"Eh eh eh?!"

After much persuasion, Tianyin finally agreed to join the club once there were five people, but the name of the club was still under discussion.

"call……"

After emerging from the virtual world, Tianyin returned to the VR classroom, her body now covered in water vapor.

These were hydrolyzed neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters were consumables. Once inside the virtual world, they were gradually absorbed by the body, enhancing its sensitivity and maintaining the neural connection. The water was eventually excreted through the neurotransmitter suit. So, upon emerging, Tianyin's uniform was soaking wet, the plastic hem of her skirt sticking directly to her body.

After drying his body with a towel, Tianyin left the school and prepared to go home.

But at this moment, a female voice suddenly called her.

"Hey, where is Tokina Shrine?"

Chapter 4: The Girl and Motoko Kusanagi

"This is the Puppet Village..."

Kusanagi Motoko looked around.

The sun was setting and most of the tourists had left, but the puppets were still moving.

"Is Kamishiro Gikui here..." She muttered, looking around, "Tokinazakura Shrine..."

Motoko was looking for the Tokina Shrine, but at this time, she found that the terrain of the Puppet Village was much more complicated than on the map, especially some roads in the mountains and forests, which were quite difficult to locate through GPS.

She wanted to ask for directions, but the puppets around her didn't seem to be intelligent, and there was no one to ask questions.

"Yushen Elementary School... Whew, we're finally there."

After getting lost, she arrived at the entrance of Mikami Elementary School and saw the sign for the school. Only then did she feel relieved. Mikami Elementary School was located near the mountain path of Tokina Shrine.

"Ok?"

And at this moment, she suddenly saw an elementary school student walking out from inside.

The elementary school student with platinum blond hair was wearing a black plastic outfit, which reflected a wonderful luster in the afterglow of the setting sun.

However, the other person's size seemed to be slightly smaller than that of an ordinary elementary school student.

"...Elementary school student? No, that's not right."

Looking at the other person's back, Su Zi remembered.

Before she came here, she had investigated relevant intelligence. In the Puppet Village, the last child of school age had graduated and left in March this year.

Moreover, the girl's clothes don't look like those of a normal elementary school student.

"Is that a puppet?" Su Zi's eyes lit up. This kind of puppet that could move automatically had a decent AI, so asking for directions shouldn't be a problem, so she walked right up to it.

"Hey, where is Tokina Shrine?"

Motoko's voice reached the ears of this "puppet".

Tianyin, who heard the voice, was immediately annoyed by the rude shouting.

But she realized almost immediately that the other party probably thought she was a doll.

Tianyin had a mischievous grin on his face.

She turned around calmly and looked at the woman in front of her expressionlessly.

Standing in front of Tianyin was a woman in her twenties with short purple hair. She was wearing a high-cut jumpsuit and looked very chic.

"Excuse me, is there anything I can help you with?" Tianyin's voice was very steady, as if it were a machine.

"No extra reflexes, no muscle twitching... Is it really a puppet?"

Kusanagi Motoko did not answer immediately, but looked up and down at the "puppet".

Although she was only a child, the girl's "doll" had very delicate features. These three-dimensional features were quite different from those of an Oriental person, but somehow, she had an Oriental charm. That harmonious feeling, even with her platinum blonde hair and blue eyes, still made her feel close.

Even though she looks like a foreigner, she wouldn't look out of place in a kimono!

After sighing like this, Kusanagi Motoko finally felt relieved.

After seeing this perfect face that no human should have, she was convinced that the puppet she saw was not a real person.

"Really? For a split second just now, I actually thought it was a real person. But there's such an exquisite puppet here. It must be Mr. Kamishiro's work, right?"

she sighed.

Tianyin on the opposite side did not speak. While the other party was thinking, she just stood there quietly, looking straight ahead with an expressionless face, as if she were a real puppet.

Seeing that it was getting dark, she asked, "Where is the Tokina Shrine?"

"Please follow me." Tianyin nodded slightly to Suzi, then turned around and walked in front.

And Suzi followed behind Tianyin.

Tianyin's speed was neither fast nor slow, and the distance of each of her steps did not vary at all. Such precise steps were probably not something that an ordinary puppet could achieve.

Motoko followed Tianyin up the mountain path, and soon they entered the shrine.

"This is the evergreen cherry tree..."

Entering the shrine, Motoko saw the huge cherry tree in front of her.

A huge cherry tree is in full bloom in the courtyard. Although it is not the blooming season in early spring, this towering tree is still in full bloom, which is really eye-catching.

"Please come this way." Tianyin said to Suzi.

"Yeah." Suzi nodded, then followed Tianyin all the way to the offering hall in front. When the tourists left, Yikui usually took care of the puppets here.

"They are all... dolls of this model..."

As soon as she came in, Su Zi was surprised by the scene inside.

Because everywhere I looked, there were dolls everywhere, and they were all dolls exactly like Tianyin.

These dolls sitting on both sides of the offering hall are really shocking.

"What a rare guest, Miss Motoko." Kamishiro Gikui walked over from the front.

"Mr. Kamishiro." Suzi bowed respectfully. "I'm so sorry I'm late."

Motoko had actually made an appointment before, but she was late.

"It doesn't matter. I'm pretty free anyway. But my daughter has caused you a lot of trouble." Shendai Yikui walked over.

"My little girl?" Su Zi was stunned for a moment. Although they had not been in touch for many years, Su Zi knew the situation of the other party's wife and daughter.

But then Kamishiro Gikui walked over to the "doll" next to Motoko and said, "Amane, stop it."

"Um……?!"

Su Zi was startled, and a creepy feeling spread in her mind.

"Yes, Master." However, Tianyin answered the Yikui just like those puppets, as if the real puppets had completed the task at hand.

Then, Tianyin mechanically walked to the group of puppets and sat down, as if she had become one of them.

In a trance, Tianyin's figure still sank into the sea of dolls.

When Kusanagi Motoko saw this scene, she felt inexplicably relieved.

"As expected... it's a doll..."

"I'm sorry, my daughter is too naughty." Shendai Yikui looked at his daughter helplessly.

"No, please don't worry about it."

Kusanagi Motoko smiled and waved her hand.

She knew that Shendai Yikui had electronic cerebral sclerosis. Although medication could maintain his condition, it would affect his nerves after all. He also had experienced the death of his wife and daughter.

"Perhaps he created a lifelike puppet and ended up mistaking it for his own daughter..."

However, she did not dwell on this matter, after all, Motoko's own body was created by the other party.

"What can I do for you?" asked Shendai Yikui.