"Martial arts class?"
Xiayou's mother, who was drying clothes, turned to look at her youngest son and asked curiously: "Why did you suddenly think of this?"
Xia Youyuanluo smiled shyly, "Because he is very handsome."
Xia You's mother couldn't help but laugh. She looked at her now grown-up son in front of her and showed a subtle expression of understanding, "Ah, Yuan Luo has reached this age too."
Xia Youyuanluo, who probably guessed the meaning of his mother's words: "Ah... um."
...
Because his ability was a samurai sword, which was obviously for close combat, Xia Youyuanluo found an excuse to ask his family to enroll him in a martial arts class.
But when he went to a professional training school for consultation, Xia Youyuanluo pretended that he had just discovered that there were people teaching ancient martial arts (equipped with sword skills), and pestered his mother to switch to an ancient martial arts class.
The study time is two days on weekends, from 9 am to 11 am, a total of two hours.
After two classes, Xia Youyuanluo found that the teacher taught only some fancy tricks with little or no lethality, and he instantly lost interest.
Of course, now is a harmonious society. How can you really teach people a killer move? It will get into trouble. Xia Youyuanluo had thought about this, but he didn't expect it to be so watery. It was so watery that even a beginner like him couldn't bear to look at it.
The teacher in charge of the class was pleasantly surprised to find that the newly admitted children were very talented in martial arts. He bluntly said that he had an old friend who was a kendo coach who led students in national competitions, and asked Xia Youyuanluo if he should consider it.
Xia Youyuanluo was a little tempted, after all, that was his unique skill, but after thinking about it for a night, he still refused.
I don't know why, but when he picks up the knife, he feels familiar, as if he has a muscle memory that has been honed over time.
——Especially the katana he summoned himself. It's almost like a half body.
At first, this feeling was not obvious, almost non-existent, so Xia Youyuanluo thought of signing up for a class to make up for it. But after taking a few classes and learning some basics, it was as if he suddenly had access to the Ren and Du channels, and with a snap, he understood everything.
Sounds mysterious, doesn't it?
Well, it is indeed mysterious.
Xia Youyuanluo finally blamed his bloodline again - there must be something in his ancestors.
*
After discovering that his followers couldn't learn anything, Xia Youyuanluo regretted it. It was such a waste of his time.
But his personality was not the type to give up halfway, so Xia Youyuanluo could only endure it, thinking that he would just study for this month, and then excuse himself after studying to put his studies first, or find a hobby that would not affect him to divert his mother's attention. force.
It's another weekend.
Xia Youyuanluo changed into training clothes in the locker room. The style was somewhat similar to Taekwondo clothes, but they were tighter than Taekwondo clothes and there were no belts around the waist.
"real or fake?"
"Are you kidding, Nakamura? To be honest, this isn't funny at all. It's a bit scary. Wait, oh~ I get it. You want to tell a scary story to scare us, right?"
"No, everything I said is true!"
Xia Youyuanluo gently closed the closet door without making any sound, and listened intently to the classmates who came from behind in the locker room.
As long as the three of them were not blind, they would naturally have discovered Xia Youyuanluo, but they just glanced at him and continued talking, which meant that Xia Youyuanluo listened or not.
Because he knew about 'that world' and had a 'change' recently, Xia Youyuanluo was quite interested in such supernatural things, so he did not leave and continued to listen to the chat between the three of them.
Anyway, the other party also acquiesced.
"In the beginning, I just heard the sound of water dripping from the kitchen every night when I turned off the lights and went to bed - you also know that after the faucet washer is damaged or aged, water will drip from the side. This is not surprising, and the kitchen is... It is a place where faucets are frequently used, so the wear rate of the faucets is extremely high... Because it was so noisy that it affected my sleep, so I complained to my parents and asked them to repair the faucets.”
"Eh? No, right? Nakamura, you are obviously the god of sleep. You can fall asleep lying on the ground. Last time the teacher called you and you didn't respond for a long time."
"Ahem! So! One of the strange things is that it can actually make me unable to sleep."
"There is a saying that people can fall asleep in extreme environments that are either very noisy or very quiet. But if they are in between, they will feel uncomfortable and unable to sleep."
"Well... although what you said makes sense, you won't think so after hearing what I say."
"Okay, keep talking."
"My parents bought a new gasket that night. I saw them install it with my own eyes and confirmed that it would stop dripping. I thought I could finally have a good sleep, but the moment I turned off the lights and lay down in bed to close my eyes, I heard it again Snap, snap."
"Hey! It's so scary, I'm getting goosebumps."
"This is not the scariest place." Nakamura didn't know what he thought of, his face turned pale, his eyes showed obvious fear, and his voice trembled: "I was in a bad mood after being disturbed, so I opened the quilt and put on my slippers to breathe. I rushed out of the room and went to the kitchen to see what was going on with the faucet, and then..."
"What?"
"I seemed to see a blurry human head on the smooth wall of the sink."
"Fuck!"
"Nakamura, I admit that you are very good at telling ghost stories. Okay, stop talking. Besides, I'm afraid I won't dare to sleep alone tonight."
"Really! I didn't lie to you!"
"Okay, okay, really."
...
Xia Youyuanluo looked at Nakamura thoughtfully.
He could confirm that there was nothing on Nakamura at first, but after Nakamura started telling the story, a wisp of black air came out of Nakamura's mouth, gathered on top of his head, and condensed into a sphere. Then when Nakamura talked about human heads, The black energy gradually took the shape of facial features.
Xia Youyuanluo has always been interested in how strange creatures are born.
Now there is a living example in front of him. Although he doesn't know the specific reason yet, isn't it because he doesn't know that he wants to study it.
Looking away, Xia Youyuanluo had an idea in his mind.
...
"Xia You, do you really not think about it anymore?" The martial arts teacher reluctantly stopped Xia You Yuanluo, who was about to leave after class.
"The teacher really thinks you are very talented, maybe you can win a prize."
Xia Youyuanluo turned around and looked at the teacher with a smile, and said in a gentle tone: "Sorry, I still want to focus on my studies. According to you, I have to compete for awards. This will take a lot of time and energy. I I don’t want to delay my studies.”
At this point, the martial arts teacher had no choice but to give up with regret.
Walking into the locker room, Nakamura just walked out after changing his clothes, and the two passed by each other.
Xia Youyuanluo looked straight ahead, his expression as normal, but his movements of changing clothes were obviously much faster.
*
Nakamura walked slowly on the way home. After experiencing something like that, he now felt afraid of home.
In fact, after seeing... that night, a shrill scream broke out from his throat, waking up his parents. With their worried comfort, Nakamura told the truth.
As a result, his parents beat him angrily, thinking he was playing a prank.
He is usually a bit naughty, but he doesn't prank his parents for this kind of thing! In short, the result is that the parents do not believe it, and Nakamura is in trouble.
He was concentrating on thinking about things, so when he was suddenly tapped on the shoulder, Nakamura immediately jumped three feet high and let out a quite tragic scream.
Xia Youyuanluo: "...Nakamura-san, it's me. I want to ask you something."
