In Tokyo, I just want salted fish

Chapter 205 Isshin Sakakihara

Walking to the last main hall of Hachiman Shrine, the rotten wooden blocks here are also crumbling like before.

The vines and grass covered the former door frame, and miserable cracks could be seen everywhere.

But it seems that people live here, and there is a small shed built with branches next to it.

Kaoru Uesugi stared at the thick soup boiling in the hanging pot on the open space.

Hanamaru Hanabi was still a little angry with him, so he insisted on dragging himself to watch the sexy video together.

Why do women and girls watch that kind of stuff?
So the girl just stood behind him and looked at him, her face was rosy that couldn't fade away.

But as the fragrance from the soup pot came out, Hanamaru Hanahi suddenly came back to his senses when he found that there was a piece of wild grass and green land under his feet.

Why... come here?

She looked around at the quiet forest, there was no one inhabited here, under the greenery that covered the sky and the sun, only the chirping of summer insects and cicadas could be heard, and a strange feeling emerged in her heart.

Why did Kai-kun come to this place?
He said he was looking for someone.
But who would be inside such an abandoned shrine.

Hanamaru Hanabi raised her head abruptly, and looked at Kai Uesugi, who seemed to be looking for someone.

Is it possible that Kai-kun wants to secretly sell Hanabi?

Facts have proved that she is simply thinking too much in her small head.

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Hachiman Shrine, which has been abandoned for many years, Uesugi Kai waited for a long time in the main hall of the shrine.

"Who are you?" From the direction of Shi Shinto, a middle-aged man holding firewood came, accompanied by a small Shiba Inu.

Seeing a Shiba Inu Hanamaru Hanabi hurriedly hid behind Uesugi Kai in fear.

"Who are you?" Uesugi Kaoru also asked the uncle in the mountaineering quick-drying suit.

The air was silent with each other for a second.

The beautifully colored Shiba Inu squatted on the grassy dirt surface, its almond eyes slightly tilted up, its tongue sticking out, and a lively and innocent smile on the dog's face.

It was tilting its head and looking at Uesugi Kai.

"Oh! Who am I?"

The middle-aged man standing next to the Shiba Inu frowned, puffed up his chest and pointed to himself with a thumbs up, "Do you know the strongest and tallest Wuxin Sword Master in Japan? That's me, Sakakibara Isshin!!"

[Contact the mysterious person (completed) reward: advanced skill card*1]

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The uncle with the second illness.

Kaoru Uesugi first put a label on his forehead, killing the strongest swordsman in Japan. Is it useful for a high school student to boast about himself like this?

"I've never seen a sword master boasting of himself so much." Kai Uesugi was wary of this mysterious uncle.

"Wang Wang!"

The shiny A Chai yelled twice at Hanamaru Hanabi who was hiding behind Uesugi Kai, pouted her cherry petals buttocks and wagged her tail.

Originally, this cute Shiba Inu is the most popular among girls, but unfortunately Hanamaru Hanabi is a little afraid of Shiba Inu, hiding behind Uesugi like a little rabbit, with two small hands tightly clutching his clothes, and only poking out one head to observe that One person and one dog.

Uesugi always thought it was because she was chased and bitten in the park when she was a child.

"This is not boasting! This is glory!"

Uncle Sakakibara caught a glimpse of the wooden sword on Uesugi Kai's back, "I think you must be a young man chasing dreams, heh, how about it? Are you interested in being my Wuxin Sword Master's disciple? Let me explain in advance, I don't know if I don't have enough qualifications. Will take it."

Kaoru Uesugi glanced at the pheasant soup cooked with firewood behind him, "I won't believe what strange people say."

"Huh!? You don't believe it?"

Uncle Sakakibara rubbed his chin, pretended to be contemplative, and said to himself: "As a sword master, I take the initiative to recruit people to be my disciples, but there are still people who would categorically refuse!? It's unbelievable, what kind of world is this now?"

Uesugi Kai has good hearing and said calmly:
"It's the year of Reiwa, Uncle Juggernaut, there are still people who tell high school students that they are Juggernauts?"

"What? The era name has changed? Isn't Heisei now?" Uncle Sakakibara, who was familiar with him, seemed to be in deep doubt.

"Times have changed, uncle."

"Wow woof!" A Chai yelled happily to Hanamaru Hanabi twice, then walked towards her with four little hooves and wagging his little tail.

As soon as Hanamaru Hanabi was approached by a Shiba Inu, she became very nervous and wanted to drive it away: "Dog, don't, don't come here."

"It's called A Chai." The spirited uncle grinned.

"A Chai, don't come here." Hanamaru Hanabi took two steps back and waved at it in a panic.

But the cute and lovely A Chai kept wagging his tail, looking extremely happy, and felt that the girl's waving was telling him to hurry over.

The four running short legs seemed to be hopping lightly on the grass, and rushed to Hanamaru Hanabi, barking in front of Hanamaru Hanabi.

The girl who is a little afraid of the Shiba Inu, keeps avoiding A Shiba around Kai Uesugi.

The simple dog just thought she was playing with him, stuck out her tongue and panted, and at the same time flicked her tail faster.

The system rewards have already been obtained, Uesugi Kai thinks there is no need to entangle with this uncle with the second disease.

After all, I am not familiar with him, and I am completely a stranger who just met.

And looking at his mountaineering suit, he should be the guy who came here to climb mountains on vacation.

He can't live in this abandoned shrine and has nothing to do with him.

Uesugi Kai didn't think he could help him, even though he called himself a sword master.

After receiving the reward, Ah Chi was about to turn around and leave.

"Young man!" Sakakibara called him wholeheartedly.

"how?"

Seeing him looking at him, suddenly, Uncle Sakakibara raised his right hand high, clenched his fist, with an expression as if he was going to the toilet:
"Mountain peaks! Like a group of children clamoring, raising their arms to catch the stars in the sky!!"

Hanabi and A Chai are happily playing Qin Wangzhuanzhu next to Uesugi Kai.

Although Hanamaru Hanabi asked him to help in a panic, blocking Shiba Inu.

Uesugi Kai only looked at the uncle with a blank expression: "What do you want to say?"

"Everyone should have a lifelong goal to fight for!" Uncle Sakakibara kept clenching his fist and turned his head, "Young man, be my disciple and realize your dream!"

"I haven't said anything yet, uncle knows what dreams I have?"

Uncle Sakakibara laughed loudly as if seeing through the world:
"I understand! From your eyes, I understand!

"It's a kind of indifference that sees through the world, and a disdain for victory."

Uncle Sakakibara became more and more excited as he spoke, his eyes were completely closed, and his tightly clenched fists trembled.

"But I understand—you are eager to prove yourself, eager to prove that you are strong enough to break through the nightmare that haunts you, remember, it's not just—"

Sakakibara Yishin babbled with his eyes closed, his thick uncle's voice was not suitable for his age, and his tone and speech were extremely middle school.

Okay, Uesugi Kai already knew that this guy is a complete second-year-old.

He bent down and grabbed A Chai who was dangling at his feet.

"Kai-kun." Hanamaru Hanabi who was hiding behind him glanced at the Shiba Inu he was holding.

Uesugi Kai, who squatted down, touched A Chai's extremely happy dog's head, then lifted its neck with one hand and walked forward, placing it at Sakakihara Isshin's feet.

After A Chai's limbs and claws fell to the ground, he turned around and raised his head, his two triangular plush ears trembled, and he called out to him twice excitedly.

"Wang Wang!"

A Chai's face seemed to be smiling.

Looks a little bit obedient.

Uesugi Kai rubbed its dog's head again, and ordered:
"sit."

A Chai immediately sat down on the grass with his round buttocks, and shook his tail vigorously.

"Wang Wang!"

"You're so obedient." Hanamaru Hanabi, who had been chased by it for a long time, blinked.

"Well, it's very obedient."

Kaoru Uesugi looked down into Shiba Inu's bright eyes.

"Right hand."

A Chai stretched out his right paw.

"Left hand."

A Chai stretched out his left paw.

"As long as you can grow a flower, don't let it be a rotten grass! Sometimes I, an unintentional swordsman, have to—" The second-year-old uncle whose face was green by the green shade is still intoxicated .

"Stand up." Uesugi Kai said to Gouzi in front of him.

Achai stood up.

"sit down."

A Chai sat back obediently.

Uesugi Kai turned his head and said to the curious Hanamaru Hanabi:
"Although Shiba Inu likes to show its teeth, this one obviously doesn't. Don't be so afraid."

"And we, even more—"

Out of the corner of Uncle Sakakibara's eyes, he saw Uesugi Uesugi teasing A Chai, "Hey, are you listening to me?"

Kai Uesugi put down A Chai's paw, stood up and clapped his hands, saying, "I'm sorry, no."

"No? You didn't listen to my Wuxin Sword Master's kendo experience? Do you know that this is a peerless secret book that others can't buy for 500 million yen?"

Although Uesugi recognized that it was what Tagore and Lu Xun had said, he still rejected this uncle who wanted to recruit someone to be his disciple at the first meeting:
"I'm not interested in kendo."

".not interested?"

Sakakibara Yishin's brows were gradually furrowed, his facial expression was no longer exaggerated, his nose and face formed a very serious line.

"Be my disciple, I will teach you the way of swordsmanship."

"It's the first time we've met, uncle, anyone would be afraid that you are cheating money, right?"

Uesugi Kai sensed that the uncle seemed to really want to keep him, "We only chatted a few words, and we didn't know each other.

"Any normal person would be suspicious of such a sudden request instead of accepting your invitation."

"It was you who came to my house suddenly, and in exchange, you became my disciple." Uncle Sakakibara smiled honestly again.

"This Sakura Hill is under the management of the Songshan City Government, right? I'm a free traveler."

"Hey, this is my home." Uncle Sakakibara pointed to the shrine, grinning with teeth showing, "Break into a private house, now you are mine."

Even if it is your home, here is where people can visit the shrine, okay?

Uesugi took a step back and touched the wooden knife behind him: "I don't have the talent to practice kendo."

Uncle Sakakibara smiled even wider, bent down, picked up a slender piece of firewood that he had just picked up, and squeezed it with one hand: "It's okay to deceive a layman, but you want to deceive me, an unintentional sword master? Hmph, there is no door."

He waved his hand and made a gesture that he thought was extremely handsome:
"Little girl! Hold A Chai and go further away, now uncle is going to compete with your little boyfriend!"

"what?"

Hanamaru Hanabi, who was touching A Chai's head, hadn't reacted yet, why was it suddenly about to fight?

Uesugi Kai had already pulled out a wooden knife behind his back, and his expression gradually became dignified.

According to his recent experience in kendo training, the kendo posture of the second-year-old man in front of him is not fake at all.

Moreover, the rank should be very high.

At least taller than everyone he met before, except Hanamaru Hiroki.

This momentum is completely different from the aura.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound in my mind.

【Drip.】

【New event】

【Yishin One Sword Style · Sakakibara One Heart】

[Mission introduction: The uncle with the exaggerated facial expression, seems to have some reason why you must be his disciple. Deep in his heart, he may have always had a long-cherished wish that could not be fulfilled. 】

[Accept, or. Defeat him? 】

[Task Reward: Noble Advanced Card*1]

Uesugi Kai glanced at the font in his mind, and then refocused his attention on the face of the uncle in front of him.

Sakakibara Yixin smiled and said: "For you, this invitation may be a bit abrupt, but I understand that you have some background, and it happens that I am also looking for someone who can inherit my waiver."

"I don't care if you don't have to pass it on." Uesugi Kai opened his posture.

"Uncle will make you like it." Sakakibara smiled heartily, his handsome face was full of smiles, "Obtain this thing, but you can start a school."

"I'm lazy and don't want to start a genre."

Uesugi Kai held the wooden knife handle with both hands, and started to walk around the opposite side, looking for some flaws that the uncle showed.

"Sometimes laziness is no excuse for not wanting to keep trying."

Sakakibara Isshin laughed again, holding the lower end of the firewood covered with dry skin with both hands, his legs followed the opponent's legs and began to move slowly, a series of movements appeared calm and well-planned.

"Uncle, let me first remind you that this is not a kendo competition, but a swordsmanship exchange—"

In the instant before the words fell, Kai Uesugi completed a forward swing.

'There's something about this kid. '

Uncle Isshin Sakakihara shrank his pupils a little, and immediately raised his hand to greet him.

With a bang, the crumbs of the firewood were beaten finely under the sunlight.

Mu Mu and Mu Mu pressed together, and Uncle Sakakibara smiled again: "You have some strength, young man. Fortunately, I reacted in advance, otherwise I would be hit by you. This will damage my title of Wuxin Sword Master."

Uesugi Kai said nothing, and was swinging his arms, moving his body sideways, exerting force on his waist in an instant, striking the opponent's firewood back and forth several times vigorously with the clenched wooden knife.

The sound of fighting continued to come, and under the pressure of the opponent's pace, Sakakihara Isshin stepped back continuously.

He understands what he's trying to do.

He wanted to take advantage of the weapon and knock out his stick.

"My dear disciple, it seems that you have really realized that this is a swordsmanship competition." Sakakibara Yixin kept retreating while being pressed, but he still did not forget to tease him.

Uesugi stepped on his feet and swung his arms, the whole set of movements suddenly became extremely fierce, his whole body seemed to be dragged and elongated, and in an instant, the wooden knife came out horizontally!

Isshin Sakakibara, who was still smiling just now, froze instantly.

This speed is.
Bang-!
The loud and dull sound of wood percussion flooded into the eardrums instantly.

The weak firewood snapped.

Uesugi Kai retracted his posture, breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head and said to Sakakibara Isshin whose weapon was shortened in front:

"Uncle with the second illness, you can't do it, remember to talk less."

(End of this chapter)