second to none? Why bother? When Qingdeng said this, his tone was very calm and his expression was very indifferent.
The plain voice has a direct impact on some people's souls, like a heavy hammer hitting the center of the head.
There is no one in the world who can compete with me - the term "unparalleled in the world" is the dream state of many warriors who are obsessed with martial arts?
How many warriors have spent their whole lives just to get closer to this word?
But this young man, who was smiling calmly at this time, said, "Unparalleled in the world? Why bother."
The lofty realm that countless warriors have dreamed about but couldn't dream of, is actually a trivial thing in the eyes of this young man?
What kind of state is this?
A simple sentence expresses the transcendent state of mind!
If someone else says this, then this person is likely to be bragging.
But if this sentence is tied to Qingdeng... and the man known as the "Benevolent King", it makes people believe it.
Yes! Lord Tachibana has already made outstanding achievements in martial arts at a young age. A talented person like him must have extremely lofty ambitions! His eyes will definitely not only focus on the so-called "unparalleled", his eyes will definitely focus on a more profound realm that we ordinary people cannot understand!
Thinking of this, the eyes and expressions of the group of people headed by Aoi became more and more excited and fiery when they looked at Qingden.
As expected of a benevolent king! Martial arts cultivation has indeed reached a level beyond our understanding!
While Aoi and others were standing here feeling excited and admiring, the man who they thought must have reached a state of mind that ordinary people like them could not reach, was at this moment——
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--very good! Another perfect show-off! Gee, my literary talent is quite good! He was able to come up with such two cool sentences at the last moment!
Qingdeng felt happy in his heart and calm on the outside.
The "Emperor's Art" once again made great achievements. Qingdeng felt more and more that this talent was really a powerful tool for showing off!
The night before yesterday, after Qingdeng said the words "One-armed gang, that's all" in front of a crowd of people, a flash of fire flashed through his mind - he thought of another story that could help him get there as soon as possible. The fire-paying thieves have found a new way to gain a foothold.
This new method, simply put, is to seize every opportunity to show off! Try your best to show off! In a pretentious way, he constantly establishes and strengthens his superior image in front of his subordinates and colleagues.
If you can successfully establish in the minds of your subordinates and colleagues that "this person is not an ordinary person and you should not mess with him casually", then no matter what you do in the future, it will be much easier.
Kuroyu's compliment just now made Qingden's eyes light up - he had just completed the feat of "killing 60 people", it was the perfect time to show off!
This pussy, if you don’t pretend now, when will you wait?
As a result, Qingden quickly used his brain to think about what he should say and how to respond to Kuroyu's words in order to achieve the best pretentious effect.
I don't know why, but when thinking about this kind of problem, Qingdeng's mind always moves very fast.
With just a snap of his fingers, "My sword is no longer limited to one sect or one sect. All martial arts schools can be used by me" and the words "Unparalleled in the world? Why bother", it suddenly appeared in Qingdeng's heart. in mind.
Qingdeng thinks these two sentences are really great! He is both handsome and classy, and has no shortcomings except that he doesn't mean what he says!
It is very helpful to create a mighty image of "superior talent" in front of the tribe, so without thinking, with the cooperation of "Emperor's Art", with a calm face and a decent appearance, he talks nonsense in front of everyone. .
In other words - whatever Lao Shizi "can be used by me"... whatever Lao Shizi is "nothing to care about"... are all made up by Qingdeng!
However, there is a hint of truth mixed in with the lie.
Recently, Qingden has indeed learned many moves from other schools.
The "Ina Wife" move he just used to defeat Akabane was stolen from Saito Ichi, who practiced no leakage.
The reason for this is not that Qingteng dislikes the inability to use Natural Rishin-ryu and wants to change the appearance, but simply because the "Sword Saint" and "Oni's Heart" are too powerful.
Swordsmanship talent that is 106 times that of ordinary people + superior understanding ability... The power that is unleashed by the superposition of the two is simply not too scary.
Even if you don't study hard, you can see and master other people's sword skills with just two eyes!
The sword-holding posture and "Chop Hand Sword" of Beichen Itto-ryu, the "Inazuma" of the no-outflow, the "monkey cry" of the show-style... All the above-mentioned techniques are all created by Aoden watching Sanako and Saito Ichi. When others use the sword, they master it without knowing it.
If the former is quite meaningful, then the latter...that is, the sentence "Unparalleled in the world? Why bother" is completely nonsense!
Why bother? how could it be possible!
If one day he is lucky enough to reach the state of "unparalleled in the world", then Qingdeng will probably wake up laughing even when he sleeps.
I have become unparalleled in the world! Want to marry Kinoshita Mai and Chiba Sanako! Who dares to object?
Qingdeng calmly took a deep breath and simply collected his emotions. Then he quietly swept his eyes and secretly observed the expressions of the people around him - and felt happy again.
Judging from the current situation, the effect of his pretense just now was excellent, far exceeding his expectations.
A large group of people headed by Aoi Jingyang all looked frightened.
However, there are also a small number of people whose expressions are quite meaningful.
For example, Kuroba Shiro.
Another example is Akabane and Shirasaki.
Kuroyu, who is fast-talking and eloquent, has a weird habit of flattering others. When he flatters people, he has a weird characteristic, that is, he doesn't distinguish between the targets.
Even if you are just a civilian who is not even a martial artist, as long as you do something worthy of praise, Kuroyu will habitually say a few nice words to you.
This kind of personality makes Kuroyu very popular. He had everything he wanted in the third division and could not offend anyone.
Therefore, Kuroba's praise of Qingden just now was just out of habit - but who would have thought that Qingden could follow his lead, say such handsome words, and pretend to be so confident!
Black Feather's eyes were straightened and his gaze was dazed. He has always regarded himself as "the most eloquent person in the third division". But now, he was shocked: starting from today, this name seems to have to be changed...
Compared to Kuroba who was simply shocked by Aomori's pretense just now, the emotions shown by Akabane, Shirasaki and others were also very pure - pure boredom and disgust.
Especially Akabane. His eyes filled with disgust seemed to be about to burst out of fire.
For those of them who hate Qingden. Seeing Qing Deng in the limelight was even more uncomfortable than being unlucky for me!
Qingden's eyes narrowed slightly, and he calmly identified and wrote down the faces of the people who did not look at him with admiration and respect at the moment, and thought to himself:
——It is indeed not an easy task to subdue so many arrogant and powerful generals...
In fact, there is another secondary reason why Qingteng suddenly followed Kuroba's flattery: to confirm which people showed respect for him after listening to his pretense, and which ones People are indifferent or look disgusted.
The former are "friendly forces".
The latter is "friendly forces that can be tried to win over in the future" and "enemies that are difficult to tame"
The same rice feeds all kinds of people.
Some people are afraid of power and not ethical.
Some people are neither fearful of authority nor moral.
Demonstrating outstanding personal force and being a saint in front of others can certainly greatly increase Qingdeng's reputation. But they alone are not enough to help Qingdeng completely get rid of the dilemma of being a rootless person and an "airborne leader".
Thinking back to the past life, a great man who pioneered the world once said: The so-called politics means making many friends and making few enemies.
Therefore, if you want to completely control the Third Division, the method is neither difficult nor simple - try to get as many team members to support you and as few team members as possible to oppose you.
Qingdeng has fully demonstrated his powerful martial arts strength through "breaking into the enemy camp alone" the day before yesterday and "killing 60 people" today.
The soldiers who fear and respect Qingdeng for his superb martial arts skills have basically become loyal to him.
Therefore, after such a "big screening", most people who still have no feelings for Qingdeng or are still hostile to Qingdeng will no longer take a high look at Qingdeng because of his extraordinary skills.
In other words, no matter how many times Qingteng holds "rikiri" or how many times he demonstrates his martial arts skills, it will not have any useful effect.
Now that "showing force" is useless, if you want to further win over the hearts and minds of the rest of the people, you have to find another way.
Ever since he learned that he was going to be transferred to the right as the new captain of the third division of the Huofu Thieves Kai, Qingto had been thinking about how he could quickly establish himself in the unfamiliar and baseless Huofu Thieves Kai. heel?
After a long period of hard thinking, Qingdeng really came up with a lot of ideas.
Qingdeng already had ideas on how to win people's hearts and how to make more friends...
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The first year of Wanyan (1860), November 7th——
Edo, Tibetan Book Transfer Station——
Today is Qingden’s long-awaited rest day.
Taking advantage of his free time today, Qingdeng went to the Fanshu Adjustment Institute, which he had not visited for a while, early in the morning.
Before he even got close to the Fanshu Diao House, a refreshing smell of paper and ink hit Qingdeng's nose.
Outside the gate of Fanshu Diaosuo, the four gatekeepers saw Qingdeng and immediately showed warm smiles to Qingdeng.
"Tachibana-sama! Good morning!"
"Good morning! Mr. Tachibana!"
Qingdeng smiled and responded to their greetings one by one:
"Hello, is Mr. Sheng here?"
"Well! Mr. Tachibana, you came just in time! Mr. Sheng came to Fanshu Adjustment Institute early this morning! He should be working in his study now!"
Knowing that his trip was not in vain, Qingteng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He asked the guard to help inform Katsurin Taro: Qingneng was visiting.
After a while, the guard who went to report came back: "Mr. Orange! Please come in!"
Qingdeng took off his shoes in the dirt room of Fanshu Diao House. Take off the orange juice from your left waist and hold it with your right hand.
After the battle with Takasugi Shinsaku, Toudo Takataka and others, the two swords were damaged again, so they were sent for repair.
As a last resort, Qingdeng could only pick up his old sword Ju Shui again these days and make do with it.
When entering other people's homes or other buildings, remove the katana sheathed from your waist and carry it with your right hand - this is one of the basic samurai etiquette.
The right hand is the dominant hand of most warriors. Carrying the sword with the sheath in the right hand makes it inconvenient to draw the sword and kill people.
Therefore, when entering another person's house, holding the knife in your right hand means "I am not here to cause trouble".
Qingdeng walked through the familiar corridors with ease.
As a cultural institution specializing in translating Western books and studying Western knowledge, the Fanshu Diao Institute has a rich academic atmosphere.
Even walking in the corridor, you can smell an atmosphere that is completely different from the outside world.
The sounds of reading, discussing, turning books, and writing are all heard.
Most of the people who passed Qingdeng in the corridor looked like gentle and elegant scholars.
Qingden thought to himself: The shogunate must have spent a lot of effort to gather this group of scholars who are good at studying knowledge and are not against Western knowledge.
Thousands of years ago, when Japan relied on envoys sent to the Sui and Tang dynasties to comprehensively study the advanced culture and systems of the Sui and Tang empires, it once copied the imperial examination system.
However, due to various reasons such as complex national conditions, the imperial examination system was only a short-lived phenomenon in Japan.
Today, because there is no such thing as "taking an exam to become an official", only those who like to study knowledge and are not short of food and clothing will take the initiative to pick up books and study hard.
Among the samurai class, there are far more reckless men who like to use swords and guns than scholars who like to write and write. That's why Qingteng feels this way.
Along the way, Qingdeng received warm smiles from others from time to time.
"Ah! Master Tachibana! Long time no see!"
"Master Tachibana! Why are you here?"
"Master Tachibana! Why are you free to visit us today?"
In line with the mentality of "I'm not in a hurry now anyway", whenever someone greets him, Qingden will stop and say a few words to the person.
Ever since Qingdeng repelled the Yi group and protected the Fanshu Diao Institute from being destroyed by Shenye's sword, he had been unanimously respected by the scholars of the Fanshu Diao Institute.
This valuable connection has enabled Qingteng to maintain a very good and close relationship with the scholars of the Fanshu Diao Institute...especially Katsurin Taro, who currently serves as the head of the Fanshu Diao Institute, that is, the "principal" .
Qingdeng would occasionally come to Fanshu Tiao Institute as a guest on a whim. Every time you visit, you are bound to receive a warm welcome from top to bottom.
Rintaro Katsu, who will reach his forties in three years, is twice as old as Aoto, but he is a funny man without any airs of eldership. He is knowledgeable and humorous. What's more valuable is that he never neglects his talents.
Born as a subordinate, he relied on his own talents and the appreciation of his superiors to climb to his current high position step by step.
At present, there is definite news in the official circles: Katsurin Taro will be transferred to the head of the warship drill department and will be fully responsible for the training and establishment of the shogunate navy.
In other words - Katsu Rintaro is about to be moved to the right as the first marshal of the Shogunate Navy!
From a low-level samurai to the first-generation navy marshal... It stands to reason that Katsu Rintaro, who has completed the "diaosi counterattack" with such a dreamy process, is fully qualified to be arrogant and arrogant.
But Katsurin Taro didn't do that.
Although he has achieved so many amazing achievements, he has always been gentle and kind to others. Never treat others coldly or speak harshly to others just because the status or official position of the person in front of you is lower than his.
Katsu Rintaro's friendly personality appeals to Aoto, and Katsu Rintaro also admires Aoto, so the two unknowingly formed an irreversible friendship.
After a while, Qingden arrived at the top floor of the Fanshu Tiao Institute and found Katsurin Taro's study.
"Mr. Katsu! It's me! Tachibana Aoden!"
"Oh! Mr. Tachibana, you are here, come in quickly."
Qingdeng pushed open the door and entered.
As soon as he entered Katsu Rintaro's study, Aoto had the illusion of traveling back in time - Katsu Rintaro's study was like a utility room, filled with Western things.
French sofas with strong palace colors, Russian bearskin carpets spread all over the floor, English stargazing telescopes, American cowboy hats... the whole thing is a miniature World Expo.
"Mr. Orange! Haha! We haven't seen each other for a while! Come on, come on, sit down!"
Qingden looked up and saw Katsurin Taro burying his head in the desk. Next to his desk stood a huge globe.
"Mr. Sheng, your study seems to be messier than when I came last time."
Using a "hopscotch"-like movement, Aomori carefully jumped into the gap between the clutter on the ground and moved closer to Katsurin Taro.
"It's not 'as if', it's 'certainly'!"
Rintaro Katsu showed a proud expression as if he was proud of his great achievements, puffed out his chest, and continued plausibly:
"An American friend of mine sent me a batch of interesting Western products a few days ago. Come on, Mr. Tachibana, come and take a look. This is the latest Western kaleidoscope! It's very beautiful! It can transform into 20 different patterns, it’s amazing!”
Qingdeng had no interest in Lao Shizi's kaleidoscope at all.
However, seeing his old friend in such high spirits, Qingdeng felt embarrassed to offend him.
So he could only brace himself and pretend to be happy to watch the other party manipulate a very delicate kaleidoscope.
At this time, Qingden suddenly found a small tips bag placed in the corner of Katsurin Taro's desk.
This object, full of oriental style, looks extremely out of place in this room full of Western flavor.
Qingdeng was curious for a moment and asked:
"Mr. Sheng, what is this?"
Katsurin Taro glanced at the brocade bag, and the corners of his mouth suddenly dropped:
"Oh, this..."
Katsurin Taro put down the kaleidoscope in his hand and let out a long sigh.
"Three days ago, when I was walking along Ryogoku Hiro Road, a fortune teller suddenly grabbed me and said: In the future, I will definitely rise to great success, become rich and powerful, and become the commander-in-chief of the shogunate army in charge of the army and navy! Commander-in-chief Thousands of troops! It’s just that during the period of being in power, you will encounter countless dangers, but don’t worry, you only need to spend 20 coins to buy one of his magic weapons and carry it with you. Once you come, you can sit back and relax, and no matter what kind of crisis you encounter in the future, you can turn danger into good luck under the protection of that magic weapon."
After Qingdeng heard this, he smiled:
"So...this is the 'magic weapon'?"
"yes!"
Katsu Kaishu paused for a moment, then continued in an angry tone:
"Let me add: I didn't buy this kit because I believed the fortune teller's lies."
"That fortune teller is obviously lying!"
"I've seen this kind of deceit too many times! First, I keep flattering you and saying all kinds of good things, such as 'You will definitely be a successful person in the future' and 'You will be rich in the future'."
"That liar must have recognized me. He knew that I was Katsu Rintaro, who would be transferred to the warship training center in the near future and was responsible for training the navy for the Edo shogunate. So he followed my identity and flattered me that I would not only be in charge of the navy in the future. , and he will also be in charge of the Army and so on."
"I didn't want to pay attention to that liar. But I saw that this kit is pretty good-looking, both in quality and workmanship. The price is not expensive anyway, so I bought it for my collection."
Qingdeng nodded slightly to show that he understood the whole story.
"The commander-in-chief of the shogunate army in charge of the land and sea armies... Darling, what a big official this is."
Qingden grinned and joked:
"Sir Sheng, please don't forget me if you want to be rich and noble. If you really become the commander-in-chief of the shogunate army one day, please be sure to help me and promote me. I'm not greedy either. Promote me as your deputy. Give me a A position like 'General of the Shogunate Army' will suffice."
Katsurin Taro laughed loudly and waved his hand:
"Okay! No problem! It's a deal!"
Both of them just regarded the words they were saying now as a fantasy that no one took seriously.
The two parties chatted with each other for a while about the trivial matters they had encountered recently.
Seeing that the time was getting ripe, Ayoto put down the tea that Katsurin Taro had just made for him and said calmly:
"Mr. Sheng, I have something... I want to ask you for help."
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The next day——
The first year of Wanyan (1860), November 8th——
In Edo, the thieves were transferred to the camp and school grounds of the third division——
All the members of the Third Division, who had just received the call-up order, hurriedly gathered on the school field.
As soon as the team members arrived at the school grounds, they saw Qingdeng, who was waiting for them calmly with his hands behind his back.
"Everyone!"
After two opening remarks, Qingdeng paused for a moment as if he was getting emotional, and then suddenly began to talk about the arduous process of the execution office and the Huofu thieves teaming up to ban the anti-barbarian group.
The people below became more and more confused as they listened - what is the captain doing? Summoning us for no reason just to talk nonsense to us?
Qingden ignored the doubtful glances cast towards him by the team members. He kept talking to himself, his tone becoming more and more passionate.
"After our hard work, the extremely vicious anti-barbarian group that brought great suffering to Edo has finally been destroyed!"
"But! We can't take it lightly!"
"Although the anti-barbarian group has been destroyed, there are still many villains who are still at large and committing evil deeds!"
"We must always be prepared to deal with new difficulties and new powerful enemies!"
"but!"
Qingdeng's conversation suddenly changed.
"After my recent careful observation, I found that some of the team members may feel that 'the rebel group has been destroyed, and they can just sit back and relax,' and they have a very loose mentality!"
"This unhealthy trend can be stopped!"
"Although I am just a new official who has just taken office, I also know the importance of 'mobilization'!"
"So! In order to boost everyone's morale and mobilize everyone's spirit to the greatest extent, I specially invited Mr. Sheng Lintaro, the head of Fanshu Diao, to speak for us!"
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I forgot to tell everyone about the science - Fanshu Diao Institute later went through a series of evolutions and was eventually renamed into a school that cannot be said to be slightly famous, but can also be said to be famous.
Its name is [University of Tokyo].
Let me tell you a little more about popular science - Rintaro Katsu, nicknamed Haizhou. Therefore, it is also called "Shenghaizhou". Even book friends who are not familiar with Bakumatsu History should have heard this name in anime, movies and TV series.
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