Mask: Begins with training with Hibiki

"Jiang Chen, don't push yourself too hard, slow down a bit."

Hearing this, Jiang Chen looked at Xiang Gui with some melancholy and said.

"Master Xianggui, I always feel that my current situation is very strange. I always feel that the flame energy around my body has not reached its peak yet, but no matter what I do, I feel that the flame energy is difficult to gather again."

Xianggui smiled and looked at Jiang Chen and said: "It's okay, Jiang Chen, I can feel that your fire energy is much stronger than before. I believe you are about to succeed, don't give up."

Jiang Chen took a deep breath and said:

"Okay, let's talk about the situation of Honggui and Asume. I have been busy practicing these days and haven't seen them except when eating and sleeping."

"Their conditions are fine. The boy can now control the Otoko shikigami flexibly, but Todoroki feels weak all the time."

Hearing this, Jiang Chen nodded and said: "Why don't I go and talk to Hong Gui. After all, we are of similar age and are both new ghosts."

Xianggui nodded and said:

"Okay, you guys can chat about it. Summer is coming soon, and small demonized monsters are not suitable to be dealt with using string weapons."

.....

The Taiko drum stand.

"Boom boom boom boom boom"!

“Boom boom boom boom!”

Two rapid drum beats sounded, but what was unexpected was.

The sound of a drum was extremely powerful, and there seemed to be some kind of power contained in the sound.

Although the rhythm of the other drum beat was the same as the previous one, it seemed weak.

After Jiang Chen finished talking with Xianggui, he went directly to the drum platform and started practicing taiko with Honggui.

Jiang Chen jumped off the drum platform and walked to the side of Hong Gui, looking at him and said:

"What's going on, Hong? I feel like you're not in good shape. You need to use more force on your waist."

Hong Gui said a little awkwardly: "I understand, I will try my best."

"I'm not Master Xianggui, we became ghosts at about the same time, don't be like this."

Jiang Chen said helplessly as he looked at Hong Gui's expression.

Hearing this, Hong Gui relaxed a lot, but was still a little nervous.

Jiang Chen shook his head and said: "Hong, you are not focused here. Don't you want to learn to play Taiko?"

Todoroki looked up and quickly said, "No, it's just that I've always used string weapons to fight, so I don't think there's a need to practice Taiko drumming."

Jiang Chen frowned and said: "But summer is coming soon, and there are a lot of demonized monsters now. If you don't encourage them too much, there will be times when our special guerrilla squad will not be able to provide support."

"There are also small demonized monsters, which are not suitable for being dealt with by string weapons. Taiko drums are needed."

Hong Gui raised his head and looked at Jiang Chen and said seriously:

"I think I can use string weapons to deal with small demonic monsters."

Jiang Chen opened his mouth but finally shook his head helplessly and said:

"Since you don't want to, forget it. Your mind is not on learning Taiko. You need to figure it out on your own. In order to avoid wasting time, you should do some training to maintain your fighting power."

Hearing this, Hong Gui looked at Jiang Chen happily and said, "Really?"

Then he felt that it was not good to do this to a ghost using a taiko drum, so he said:

"It's not that I don't want to study, it's that I really don't think it's necessary. Uncle Xiang, why would I ask you to help me explain it."

Then he turned around, put on his backpack and walked away.

Jiang Chen smiled. He was well versed in the plot and knew that Hong Gui's mindset was seriously fixed. Only after he suffered a little did he realize the importance of the three-system universality.

Hibiki, who had just finished guiding Anda Asumu's training, came over and looked at Todoroki's receding back and asked in confusion:

"What's going on, Jiang Chen? Why did Hong leave? I asked you to persuade him and this is how you did it."

Jiang Chen smiled and explained:

"It's okay, Master Xianggui. Hong's problem with directional thinking is very serious now. Only by suffering a little will he know the importance of the three-system universality."

"Although you are not very good at persuading people, you must have noticed that Hong Gui has no interest at all. In fact, when I didn't transform just now, his control of the drumming strength was not as good as mine."

Xianggui nodded and said:

"That being said, it wouldn't be a good idea to let him suffer on the battlefield."

Hearing this, Jiang Chen smiled and said:

"Master Xianggui, didn't you say that you learned the three systems only after suffering a lot in the past?"

"I understand that you don't want us to follow your old path, but you should also know that not everyone will easily accept this concept."

Jiang Chen had said everything clearly, and Xiang Gui could only sigh and say:

"All right".

As soon as Xiang Gui finished speaking, Jiang Chen quickly said:

"Master Xianggui, I just tried to gather the fire energy while playing the drums. I felt the opportunity. Would you like to demonstrate it to me?"

Upon hearing this, Xianggui readily agreed and stood directly on the drum platform.

The ghost on the drum stand took a deep breath and shouted loudly, then swung the drumstick in his hand violently.

"Boom boom boom boom boom"!

A drumbeat sounded, and Jiang Chen stared at the Xianggui on the drum stand, carefully feeling the feeling of Xianggui beating the drum.

Even when the drums were being beaten, the flame energy did not dissipate, but instead became increasingly denser.

Even that piece of space was filled with red dyed by the power of fire.

As Xianggui's apprentice, Jiang Chen also used the power of fire element after his transformation, which he could sense clearly.

When Xianggui was beating the drum, not only was there more fire energy around him than himself, but the fire power contained in it was also stronger than his.

Jiang Chen couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. Xiang Gui was indeed worthy of being the protagonist of this world.

Not only is he diligent in his practice, but his character and talent are also first-class.

The drumbeats stopped, and Xianggui also stopped moving. He exhaled a breath, and the fiery energy around him slowly dissipated.

Jiang Chen's expression at this moment can be described as dumbfounded. He knew that Xiang Gui was strong, but he didn't expect that there was such a big gap between him and Xiang Gui.

Xianggui jumped off the drum platform, wiped his sweat, looked at Jiang Chen and said:

"Did you see it clearly? Do you need me to demonstrate it again?"

Jiang Chen shook his head. His memory and learning ability were very good, so it would be useless to repeat it again.

Then he looked at Xianggui and said, "Master Xianggui, let me try."

Jiang Chen jumped onto the drum platform, grabbed the drumsticks, took a deep breath, shouted softly, and began to beat the drums.

"Boom boom boom boom boom"!

Jiang Chen consciously controlled himself to gather the fire energy while beating the drum, but Xianggui saw through Jiang Chen's problem at a glance.

Jiang Chen had just finished, Xiang Gui looked at him and said:

"Jiang Chen, you have actually done very well, but you can't control your fire energy. You let them go every time. You care too much about your form. You are imitating me."

Hearing this, Jiang Chen smiled bitterly. It seemed that he had started to imitate Hong Gui just like he did at the beginning.

Xianggui then said: "Your current state is not suitable for practicing. You will only fall into a misunderstanding. Your previous fighting style was distinctive, but in this matter you are just imitating me."