Koishikawa Kohigaricho, Trial Hall, Dojo-

Today's test hall is quite deserted.

Until now, no apprentice has come to practice natural mental flow.

Kondo Yuki sat cross-legged on the edge of the dojo alone, wiped it with a rag to clean up the bamboo sword in the museum.

After wiping another bamboo sword as bright as new, he put down the rag in his hand, held the bamboo sword in his palm with both hands, and raised it high.

His eyes were fixed on the sword body, and his face showed contemplation.

Until a while later, a faint sigh came out of Kondo's mouth:

"……well……"

"Well? Yong, why are you sighing here? Hoho, I heard you sighing here as soon as I come back. This is not good. As a real man, how can you sigh for a long time?"

Very suddenly, as Kondo's sigh fell, an old voice suddenly rang behind Kondo.

Listening to this, Kondo's eyes widened slightly due to surprise, then quickly turned his head and stood up.

"Sir Father! Sir Mother! Are you back?"

I saw an old man and an old woman standing behind Kondo at the entrance of the dojo.

This old man has a very common height for men of this era, and his height is only about 1.55 meters.

Even though he was not tall, his spine was a little hunched, which made this person look even shorter.

The skin is covered with traces of time, and the wrinkles on the face are so thick that they can feel that they can kill mosquitoes.

The hair that has not been shaved into the moon is covered with white frost, the chin is naked, and there is no beard.

He has pairs of tiny squint eyes. Because his eyes are so small that it is difficult for him to see clearly, it is difficult for him to tell whether he is now open or closed.

If you can be called "Master Father" by Kondo, the young master of the Examination Hall, then the identity of this old man is about to emerge - it is the third-generation head of the Tianlixin Liuzong family and the current owner of the Examination Hall: Kondo Shusuke!

As for the old woman standing behind Zhou Shu, it is naturally Aoki Kondo's mother: Kondo Pen.

Abi looks younger than Zhou Zhu, about 60 years old.

Its overall appearance... can only be described as "normal".

But she is quite tall.

As a woman of this era, she is 1.65 meters tall, 10 cm taller than her husband.

The only thing on her face that was eye-catching... was probably her pair of Danfeng eyes.

The reason why her eyes are eye-catching is not that her pair of Danfeng eyes are so beautiful, but that her eyes are very sharp.

Her eyes were neither sad nor happy, and combined with her mouth that had been tightly pursed, she looked like a momentum of being arrogant without anger.

Kondo greeted him enthusiastically while quickly greeting his parents.

Faced with the greetings from Kondo, Zhou Shuo, who was filled with warm smiles, responded enthusiastically.

But Abi didn't say a word and just nodded slightly to Kondo in a very unfamiliar way.

"My father, my mother, I have to work hard all the way, right? Come on, give me all my luggage."

"Yes, it's really hard." Zhou Zhuo smiled bitterly and hammered his waist. "I've been traveling for so many days... I've really broken my old bones..."

"...why?" A low female voice that reminds people of ice made Zhou Zhu's body tremble slightly, "I asked you to accompany me to my parents' home. Are you wronged?"

"No!" Zhou Zhuo quickly waved his hand to Abi behind him and smiled, "How could I feel wronged? I just complained that my old bone is useless."

"Hmph." Abi snorted coldly with his nose.

"Hey...ah, by the way, where is the Chief Executive? Why don't you see the Chief Executive?" Zhou Shuo changed the topic a little.

"The Chief Secretary has gone to buy ingredients for lunch and dinner today, and will be back in a while."

"During the time when your mother and I were not here, nothing should have happened to the test hall, right?"

"There is nothing, only Asui was injured in a fight with someone in Tama. He couldn't come back to the test hall for a while."

"Tu Fang was injured when he fought with someone? Isn't the injury serious?"

"It's just a minor injury. I went back to Tama the day before yesterday to visit him. The injury was not serious and I could recover after a while of resting."

"Since nothing happened, why did you sigh with a worried look on your face just now? Did you encounter any trouble?"

Zhou Zhu patted his chest with a smile.

"If you encounter any trouble, just tell me, my father."

"I didn't encounter any troubles." Kondo smiled helplessly.

Kondo raised his gaze and looked at the empty dojo around him.

"It's almost 4:00 am (10:00 am), and there are still no apprentices coming to practice swordsmanship..."

"I am a teacher training student, and I am full of enthusiasm and have no place to do anything... so I feel a little depressed..."

"Since the deserted sword hall makes you feel depressed, then you should quickly find a way to make the Trial Hall lively."

At this time, Kondo's mother raised her head slightly, looked at Kondo from her nostrils, and coldly interrupted Kondo's head.

"You are the heir of the Kondo family, the future head of the fourth generation of the Natural Lixin Liuzong family and the owner of the Trial Hospital, aren't you?"

"It is the responsibility of you, the young master, to make this sword hall prosperous."

"What's the use of sighing here? With this time, it's better to think about how to recruit more apprentices and how to make this sword hall prosperous."

"We accept you as our adopted son of the Kondo family, but we don't take you here to sigh."

"Madam, it's too much for you to say that..." Zhou Zhu stretched out his hand to A Bi hesitantly.

"What are you doing?" Abi cut Zhou Shu hard, "Am I wrong?"

"It's okay..." Zhou Zhu silently took back the hand that stretched out to Abi...

Faced with his mother's reproach, Kondo did not respond or refute, but only lowered his head with bitter face and quietly received Abi's scolding.

But at this moment, after hearing what Abi said just now, "thinking about how to recruit more apprentices", Kondo seemed to remember something, and his brow jumped suddenly:

"Ah, by the way!"

Kondo changed into an excited tone.

"My father! The day before yesterday, we recruited an extremely powerful newcomer!"

"Extremely awesome?" Zhou Zhu raised his eyebrows, "What? Is it because he is very talented?"

"That person is not as simple as 'excellent talent'." Kondo smiled even happier, "In my judgment, that person's swordsmanship should not be below the Chief Executive!"

Zhou Zhu's jokes opened slightly at this moment.

Two surprised gazes burst out from the cracks of his open eyes.

A Bi, who had been posing with a bad face, also changed his expression at this time.

"...Yong, tell me carefully about the newcomer you mentioned."

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...

Beifan Institute, Youma's office—

"Sir Arima. I have already contacted you with that Saito Ichi, and he said he will be free tonight."

"Yeah, okay." Arima nodded to Nariya, "Please inform him if you help me: come to my house tonight, and I will tell him the details of the work myself."

"yes."

After responding to the words "Yes", Zhugu smiled bitterly and raised his hand to scratch his hair.

"This Saito Ichi is really the most expensive bodyguard I have ever seen... 3 taels of gold a month, and 36 taels a year... We have really invested a lot in order to protect Gumi..."

"Although it's a little more expensive," Arima smiled slightly, "but Saito is indeed worth the price."

"After all, he is not out of the way."

"Getting one person is like getting the power of ten people."

"I'll talk to him tonight about specific matters about his new job."

"Try to let him stay in Jujun's house before tomorrow night to protect Jujun."

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Chapter completed!