What made you have the illusion that I am the protagonist! ?

In the end, Yamazaki drew the wanted portrait of Badao Zhai according to the standard of "elegant appearance and short stature", although Fuyuya said "it's not bad, the painting is very similar, only a little worse than me".

——But considering this person's previous evaluation of his paintings, Shannan has great doubts about this conclusion.

After asking about Batosai, Director Kondo invited them to visit the camp and the training of the team members, which was exactly in Fuyuya's arms, but Kondo and Shannan had other affairs, so this matter fell on Hijikata Toshizo.

Compared with Kondo, Shannan and others who seem quite polite, Hijikata's attitude towards Fuyomi and Diarmuid is undoubtedly full of doubts. This is related to his serious character and Fuyomi's seemingly too suspicious background. It wasn't aimed at anyone, so since he accepted this task, he still entertained them well.

"How? The position of the Shinsengumi puts ability as the first priority, as long as they have talent, they will be awarded high positions. These are the team members we are proud of."

After observing the team members' practice today, Hijikata, with his arms folded, asked proudly.

"It's really good." Fuyuya said appreciatively.

Putting ability first, and those who are capable will be the most difficult thing to do even in the future more than 100 years later, it is even more difficult in this era-the so-called warrior is a concept derived from blood No matter how good or bad the offspring of the samurai are, they are all samurai, and no matter how good the descendants of the townspeople are, they are still despised businessmen.

Although, even Hijikata, who claims so, cannot completely break away from the old ideas and is still loyal to the shogunate, but at least the part that can be done in the Shinsengumi is quite good.

The little Todo Hirasuke I saw before was a little upset when he heard his praise, and shouted to Fuyumi: "Hey——are you talking loudly? I heard from the chief executive that you cut off the sword of the drawer. Broken, your swordsmanship should be good, right?"

"Swordsmanship...should be pretty good?" Toomi said honestly, "I have never lost since I was a child."

This is real.

Swordsmanship is supposed to grow continuously through constant sparring, sparring with peers, sparring with seniors, sparring with teachers, sparring with opponents... Even the genius swordsman Okita Souji, before he grows up, must be Have the experience of being defeated by the teacher.

However, Toya is special.In the beginning, Kiyozo Ishitani didn't care about him, and only let his disciples teach him, and the disciples of the same generation as Fuyuya—now Fuyuya can't be sure whether they really can't beat him, or dare not win him. As the legitimate son of his own family, in short, he has never lost to anyone in the dojo.

The only time he sparred with Ishitani Kiyozo was the Kaiden assessment. Afterwards, Fuyuya, who became the master of Goga-ryu, never lost a single defeat when fighting against enemies of other schools.

Obviously, this is nonsense in the eyes of other people, and Fujido showed an expression of disbelief: "Are you joking? I don't believe it."

Fuyumi scratched his cheek and said, "By the way, I haven't asked for advice yet, who are you?"

Although Toya's tone could be called polite, at this delicate moment, it sounded like provocation no matter what.

Sure enough, the little man jumped up immediately, "Ah! I'm so mad! Remember it for me! I'm the captain of the Shinsengumi Eighth Division, Todo Heisuke! Come down, let me try to see if you are really that good Hichikata-san, can I fight him?"

Hijikata seemed to have a bit of a headache. It stands to reason that Fujido should not be allowed to fight with the guests, but when it comes to this point, there are so many team members around watching, it is inevitable to refuse...

"Master Toya, please allow me, Diarmuid, to fight for you."

Heroic Spirit's serious expression made Fuyumi nod and smile, "...well, Diarmuid, win for me."

Hijikata frowned slightly. If it was said that Toya was an approachable and ordinary person before, his calm and usual words at this moment showed the fact that he was used to giving orders.

Hijikata had only seen this kind of posture unique to high-ranking people in the guardian of Kyoto and the lord of the Aizu domain, Matsudaira Yoho-gong, who took them in.

This is also the reason why Kondo and others are always very polite to Master Fuyuya. Otherwise, in this era when it is very common for someone to draw a knife to make trouble in the street, and if they are suspected, they can be killed directly without trial or arrested and tortured. The famous Shinsengumi is not just a patrolling guard.

What they use to maintain the law and order in Kyoto is the sword in their hands and the blood of the enemy.

On the other side, Todo Heisuke saw the Westerner walk off the field, and then found two long wooden sticks among the various bamboo and wooden swords used for practice on the sidelines.

"Excuse me, let me borrow your practice spear."

Although Diarmuid was a little annoyed by the other party's disrespect for his lord, he didn't want to put people to death here, so he didn't plan to use the treasure, especially Huang Qiangwei, who was destined to be destroyed. The people who selected the group had to wait to collect the body of this little man.

"Wait, Hirasuke." A tall soldier left the field.

"What's the matter, Zuozhi?" Seeing that he was one of the best companions, Fujido also relaxed his shoulders.

"Since the opponent is using a long spear, of course let me, the number one gun master in the newly selected group, fight!"

Harada Zuozhi's assistant held another long wooden stick - this is actually the weapon he and the few other team members who use long spears usually use to practice. The part that should have been the tip of the spear is still covered with a thick layer Thick white cloth, otherwise it is quite painful to poke people with ordinary long sticks.

"But..." Although what he said made some sense, Fujido always felt that something was wrong?

"Okay, don't worry about it, everyone is in a hurry, right?"

Fujido didn't know what was going on, so he was persuaded to the side by Harada, and he didn't realize until he realized that his chance to fight had been snatched away! ?

"Sorry, let me introduce myself. I'm Harada Sanosuke, the captain of the Shinsengumi [-]th Division. I can't help but feel a little happy when I see an opponent with two guns." Harada lowered his center of gravity and put on a stance.

His eyes were bright, and it was very rare to have opponents with long spears. Moreover, the opponents had two spears, and he was also a master of spears.

In contrast, Diarmuid didn't even put on a serious fighting posture, "...it doesn't matter, anyone can go up." If the heroic spirit can't even win against humans, then it would be cleaner for him to kill himself on the spot.

"Then it's a favor!!!"

Relying on his aura, Harada rushed in with the long spear. From the first move, he realized the difficulty of using two spears. One shot was used to block and the other was used to attack. It was obvious that he took the initiative to attack at first, but it was only After one round, he began to be forced to switch from offense to defense.

Forced to do so, he could only retreat step by step, using strategic space to delay the defeat.

However, the space in this courtyard of the Shinsengumi is limited. Even though it can accommodate more than a dozen players to practice in it, after he retreated again and again, he quickly approached the edge.

——No more retreats!

He realized it.

"Drink------!!!"

Harada's attack finally made Diarmuid dodge sideways for the first time, but after completely abandoning his defense, the falling gun barrel hit his stomach heavily.

"Puff cough cough—"

"Zuo Zhi! Are you okay?"

"It's okay, I'm the 'Undead Zunosuke'...that's right, it really hurts..." He hugged his abdomen and laughed again.

Harada's popularity in the team has always been very good, Fujido and other team members quickly helped him up.

Seeing that Harada gave up the fight, Diarmuid also retracted the wooden spear, put it back on the previous weapon rack, and then returned to Toyomi.

"Thank you, Diarmuid." Fuyumi smiled brightly.

"Master Fuyuya, luckily you did not disgrace your life."

Although he once thought that Harada might lose, but did not expect such an overwhelming victory, Hijikata frowned.

In any case, he beat the opponent's younger brother to death on his territory, and he might be sacked if he stayed any longer. Fuyuya had also visited the famous Shinsengumi, so he simply said goodbye with Diarmuid.

After seeing the two of them off, Tufang returned to the courtyard and called Harada.

"How about it?"

He asked directly, but in the end he didn't choose to organize this competition. Hijikata also planned to see the strength of Fuyuya, and then to see the strength of Badaosai who could stalemate with him. However, he didn't know if he saw through this point and ended up The person in charge was finally replaced by Diarmuid, but this can be regarded as achieving his purpose of exploring the other party's details.

Although Harada's strength may not be ranked in the top three in the group, he is also top-notch, otherwise he would not be the captain of the [-]th team. The only thing that worries him is that he lost too fast, even the group recognized Okita, who is the most powerful, may not be able to defeat Harada so easily.

"It's really strong." Harada Sanosuke sighed, "However, if I fight again next time, I shouldn't be as ugly as today."

There are many reasons for Harada's big defeat this time. First of all, it was the first time he faced an opponent with two spears, and he was still using western spear skills. His routines and fighting methods were completely different from the opponents he had encountered before;

Secondly, there is the question of style. Although Harada is also a spear user, he took a clumsy and skillful route, while Diarmuid took a light and subtle route. If these two competing styles match, Once one party is inferior, it will be completely defeated by the other party to death.

His mentality is quite good. Although he lost this time, it is not all fruitless. At least the opponent's double spear technique has given him a lot of inspiration. Just before being called by the earthworker, he was still trying to hold two wooden spears. Gestures.

However, changing from a single gun to a double gun is not something that can be achieved overnight, but at least he has a way forward.