You say this is a love game?

And that time, what Mizutani Makoto relied on was exactly - [Gorgeous Golden Box]!

Boom! !

From Mizutani Makoto's perspective, the moment Kitajima swung his knife, the whole world seemed to be engulfed by lightning. Lightning was floating in the air, stinging him so much that it was extremely difficult for him to even open his eyes and look straight ahead.

But just as his large sword was about to hit Mizutani Makoto, a golden box appeared in Mizutani Makoto's hand.

"Qiang——!!"

The sound of metal clashing with thunder resounded throughout the small space, as if the entire dojo was shaking.

The wooden planks under Mizutani Makoto's feet were cracking, but he himself was as steady as a rock and never took a single step back.

There was a sharp gleam in his eyes.

[Gorgeous Golden Box] can block the attack of "Strong Position" without any damage.

Bei Dao's strength is only at the middle level. Even with this magical weapon in his hand, his output can't exceed the level of Bing, let alone touch the limit of "strong upper level"!

The knife was blocked.

The dark human-shaped electric eyes seemed to expand slightly.

The consequence of the failure of this slash was that Kitajima's attack was briefly left open.

Mizutani Makoto launched the attack without hesitation.

Before this, Kitajima had attacked with all his strength. At this time, the sword landed on the treasure chest and was difficult to retract. He was in a state where his old strength had been wasted and his new strength had not yet been released. However, after Mizutani Makoto took the [Boiling Blood Secret Medicine], his strength increased dramatically. With the sudden increase in strength, he actually pushed against Kitajima's sword and pushed the gold chest out!

The next moment, the young man rushed out like a ghost, holding two swords in his hands. The Liaoyuan sword was burning with a blazing light, and the Jingshui sword was emitting a cold light. The two sword energies met in the air, forming a yin and yang interlaced slashing trajectory, turning into a stream of light and slashing directly at Kitajima's chest!

"clang--!!"

Bei Dao hastily raised his knife to block, but this time, he failed to block it.

Mizutani Makoto's blade slashed directly into Kitajima's charred chest, and scorching flames spread along the cracks.

Just as Kitajima was about to draw his sword and defend himself, he found that his movements were delayed for a moment by a slight sting, and the curse of the cursed coat actually surged up.

The young warrior's blood-stained black clothes could not stop fluttering, but his eyes were brighter than ever. Driven by the secret medicine, the spiritual power in his body surged like a volcanic eruption. His whole aura was almost like a sharp blade. He raised his hand and used Kitajima's usual jujitsu execution technique. With one elbow, Kitajima lost his balance and his posture was disrupted.

He didn't stop, but continued to chase!

The sword flashed again, slashing continuously! slashing continuously!

It was not a three-hit combo of scorched earth explosion. He had to withdraw the Jingshui sword to use his fighting skills... He was unwilling to do so at this time. What he wanted to show Kitajima in the end was his "Niten Ichiryu"!

cut!

By the time the young man stopped his knife, the dark figure in front of him had already had its head and arms chopped off, and its entire body cut into several pieces. It now fell to the ground and turned into black smoke that slowly dissipated.

"ended."

Soon, Bei Dao's figure completely disappeared.

But what puzzled Mizutani Makoto was that he did not receive any soul prompting from Tongzi.

Nothing happened in Bei Dao.

First, he didn't drop a soul, and second, he didn't drop a spirit core.

It was as if the one he was fighting against was not Bei Dao’s own soul, but a puppet or an image or something like that.

Mizutani Makoto frowned, wondering if this thing could have three stages. He looked up at the end of the dojo. The large sword held by Kitajima had reappeared on the sword stand after his death.

It was like a trophy, waiting for him to grab it.

Mizutani Makoto breathed a sigh of relief.

"Finally, I've finished my apprenticeship."

In the end, he never learned the so-called "Natural Reason Flow".

Kitajima's school is ultimately Ittoryu, and he can certainly take its essence, but if he tries to force the Tennen Rishin-ryu's kendo into Niten Ichi-ryu, it will only be a case of drawing a tiger but drawing a dog. The conflict between the two is irreconcilable.

However, he was able to integrate the skills he learned from Bei Dao and the essence displayed by Bei Dao into his understanding of "Two Heavens and One Stream".

He must learn his own "two heavens and one flow".

In fact, he had been on this path for a long time. Others all had a katana and a small katana. Who was like him, wielding two katanas to chop people in the face?

Mizutani Makoto was filled with emotion: "I will probably never forget you, Mr. Kitajima."

In the future, it will probably be difficult to find an opponent like Mr. Bei Dao who can make him so excited and passionate.

In fact, it can be seen from the second form that when the spiritual power or attack methods of both sides become strong to a certain extent, the blessing of the sword fighting will begin to weaken, and that thunder slash is a powerful attack that cannot be achieved by any number of swings.

Only if one has an understanding of kendo that transcends the norm, such as a master, or even a higher level, will it be possible to bring kendo back to the battlefield.

But the means of attack at that time might be more inclined towards "sword energy" or even more mysterious fighting methods.

It can be predicted that such vigorous and aggressive sword fights, which made Mizutani Makoto so happy, will not be seen often in the future.

Mizutani Makoto sighed, but the emotion that followed was particularly uplifting.

He walked briskly to the end of the dojo.

The knife in front of me revealed its information.

【Chidori】

Description: This 6-foot-long, pure white Nodachi sword features a bird-shaped hilt, hence the name "Chidori." Born from legend, this legendary sword emanates a thousand crow-feather-like lightning bolts when swung. Its sharpness and hardness are greatly enhanced, and its slashing strikes deal powerful lightning damage, along with a special attack against "evil."

【Combat Skills: Chidori Dance, Thunder Walk】

【Evaluation: One day, perhaps I can cut off the thunder.】

Grandma Mizutani's eyes immediately widened.

This attribute also comes with two combat skills? !

Miss Miko's [Senko Guri] was a gift from the gods, and was called a "divine tool" by Ippon Taro. It only had three combat skills in total. However, the large sword Chidori in front of him was not inferior to [Senko Guri] in attributes, and it also had two combat skills!

"And this name...Chidori?"

Mizutani Makoto was stunned and suddenly realized the story of the knife.

Chidori, also known as the legendary "Raikiri".

Although this makes one think of the neighboring Konoha Village where A-level and S-level ninjutsu are equally likely to be mastered, in fact, Chidori and Raikiri are legends that have existed in Japan since ancient times.

Few people know that the characters of Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru also come from the traditional Japanese story "The Tale of Jiraiya the Great." In that story, Jiraiya, the heir to a tribe with the ability to summon toads, falls in love with a slug-controlling princess named Tsunade. Together, they fight against an enemy named Orochimaru, who can summon poisonous snakes.

Because of this, Tsunade is a descendant of the Senju clan, but the official book has always referred to her as "Tsunade" instead of "Senju Tsunade"... There is no special conspiracy theory, it's just that old guy Kishimoto has obsessive-compulsive disorder and copied the name and summoning beast.

All I can say is that old man Kishimoto has borrowed a lot from his own history and stories.

The stories of Chidori and Raikiri originated from "Tachibana Dosetsu".

Tachibana Dosetsu is a very famous Warring States general in Japanese history. He is also the founder of the Tachibana family's swordsmanship school "Kage-ryu". He is revered by later generations as the Kyushu God of War, the incarnation of the God of Thunder, Kido Setsu, the God of War, etc.

Yes, he is the founder of Shadow Stream.

According to legend, Tachibana Dosetsu's favorite sword is named "Chidori".

It is said that when Tachibana Dosetsu was young, one day during the hottest part of summer, he was taking a nap under a tree while enjoying the cool air when he encountered a thunderstorm. A bolt of lightning struck Tachibana Dosetsu, and he subconsciously drew his beloved sword "Chidori" and swung it, injuring his foot. However, due to his bravery on the battlefield and the fact that he survived this disaster, he was gradually known as the incarnation of the Thunder God.

His beloved sword, Chidori, was renamed "Raikiri" because it cuts off lightning.

In fact, he just hides under a tree on a rainy day, waving his samurai sword around. Basically, he is a human lightning rod. Who else can he get struck by?

"It's still a famous sword in history..."

No wonder I've seen before that in the records about Kitajima, he was obsessed with "cutting off lightning". It seems that he got the legendary sword Chidori in his hands, so he studied its legend like crazy.

Mizutani Makoto quickly frowned again.

No, this thing is a sword from the Warring States Period!

How could a famous sword from about five hundred years ago appear here?

After Tachibana Michisetsu's death, the historical Chidori became the property of his adopted son Tachibana Muneshige. It is now kept in the Tachibana Family Historical Museum and is open to the public.

That sword is a wakizashi, or a waist sword, a short sword, with a total length of only 1 foot 9 inches 3 minutes, and is called "Raikiri Maru". But you tell me that this 6-foot-long nodachi is also "Raikiri"?

Oh...it's "Chidori".

But is there a difference?

These two are the same knife.

[A legendary sword born from legend] - Mizutani Makoto looked at this description carefully.

"Tongzi, you mean that this sword isn't the sword that Tachibana Dosetsu wore in history, but rather a sword born from 'legend', just like youkai and kaidan?"

In this way, you can understand the difference between the Chidori in front of you and the Chidori in history.

Mizutani Makoto rubbed his hands together, and with the joy of a good harvest, he reached out and grasped the hilt of the Chidori.

And in front of him, an unexpected prompt popped up.

[If the conditions are met, you can sign a Shikigami contract with "Chidori"]

【"Chidori" has designated a media】

Is this guy a Shikigami?

And unlike Yoshiko Satori, she doesn't need him to provide a "medium"?

This medium is Chidori.

Mizutani Makoto was stunned for a moment, then nodded very quickly: "Sign the contract! Sign the contract!"

Whether it's a demon sword or a shikigami, he's making a profit, right?

As a swordsman, Mizutani Makoto smiled.

【Contract Established】

【Please walk with your beloved to the end of the world. 】

"Ah? Her?"

Mizutani Makoto was stunned for a moment and suddenly had a bad feeling.

Putting aside the conclusion of your wholesale "Journey to the End of the World", Tongzi, why do you still need to use "her" to evaluate a knife?

But soon, Mizutani Makoto knew why.

In his mind, a voice sounded:

"Well, finally here comes a guy who looks decent..."

The voice was hazy, and sounded like the murmur of a girl who had just woken up and was half asleep.

"Let me see, is he using Shadow Stream? Or is he using Natural Ritualshin Stream like that guy before?"

Mizutani Makoto felt that the sound that came into his mind from the blade suddenly paused.

“…Huh? Two-sword style?”

"Why is he a scumbag who can use two swords?"

"A bastard who can't even be devoted to his beloved sword, what else can he be but a scumbag?"

Mizutani Makoto: "?"

Knife, the power of thunder, good!

Soul Calibur has genre discrimination, bad!

Chapter 134 Chidori: Adults like you are the most annoying!

Since the birth of spirituality, Chidori has known its own origins.

She is not the sword that Tachibana Dosetsu carried in history.

That small short sword is still enshrined in the Tachibana family. Moreover, from her point of view, the sword has long lost its spirituality and is now just an ordinary weapon. The sword spirit in it is most likely to have followed the former Kyushu Martial God away.

It is precisely because the "Raikirimaru" in the present world has no spirituality that her Chidori was born.

She is not a sword forged by a swordsmith.

But it is a more pure legendary sword that was born into the world in the form of a monster.

Born into the legend of Chidori/Raikiri at the beginning of the 20th century, she faced the world as "Demon Sword Princess." Carrying the spirituality and legend brought by this legend, she naturally wandered the world, seeking a "Sword Master" worthy of her.