Inside the dojo.
"Meow."
The kitten meowed softly, looking at Tanjuro who was squatting with his golden eyes. He sat down on the spot and looked at Tanjuro.
Tanjuro recognized the cat.
It's called Chachawan.
It's a cat raised by Jushi.
Chachamaru sat obediently, licking his paws, and allowed Tanjuro to open the small bag on his back and take out the contents.
The small package he brought contained a letter and three syringes.
The light green liquid in the needle tube reflects the sunlight leaking from outside the dojo, making it appear extremely clear.
"Good boy."
After casually rubbing Chachamaru's head, Tanjuro opened the letter and glanced at its contents.
The delicate words written with a fountain pen come into view:
[To Mr. Tanjuro. ]
[First of all, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to you for providing the blood and the first blood. ]
[The following are all the results we have achieved so far. ]
…
Tanjuro took the letter, stood up slowly, and walked outside the dojo.
As for the pillars in the dojo.
The training of understanding the world cannot be achieved by talking about it verbally. It requires them to understand and experience it themselves.
and…
Tanjuro walked under the eaves, stretched out the letter from the eaves, and looked at what was clearly written on the letter in the sunlight——
——The handwriting of "Successfully transformed a ghost back into a human through potion".
My heart was touched.
He rolled up the letter, put away the three green potions, and looked up at the children in the yard who were practicing sword skills.
In the sunshine, several children are learning to wield wooden knives in their hands.
"Very good…"
Tanjuro murmured to himself, his eyes gradually becoming firmer, his dark red eyes reflecting the courtyard under the sun:
"...no misfortune."
yard.
Pong!
The wooden swords wielded by Takeo and Shigeru collided with each other, making a neither dull nor crisp sound.
…
In the infinite city.
Wu Mei, who was squatting in the corner and communicating with Tong Mo, suddenly shuddered.
"...What is it?" He turned around suddenly, glanced around cautiously, and sniffed: "...Do you hate the cold?"
After coming back to his senses, he continued to calm down and communicate with Tong Mo in his heart.
…
Dojo.
"…this."
Immortal Sekawa Saneya frowned, his eyes staring at Chachawan who stayed in place, licking his hair, his face uncertain.
To be honest, he prefers dogs to petting cats...
No, now is not the time to think about that.
After a moment of silence, he turned to look at Ihei Xiaobane, who was sitting quietly beside him.
Although Kobanai is a newly promoted pillar last year, his personality is very compatible with mine, and many aspects can be understood with just one look.
now.
Xiaobanei was sitting cross-legged quietly, not paying any attention to the other pillars around him who were already in a state of confusion.
The dysprosium ball on his neck hissed out a bright red letter, seeming to be telling something.
"Hmm... um... I know." Xiao Bane nodded, closed her eyes, and murmured softly: "That's it."
As a snake, Dymaru's perception is stronger than that of humans.
Through the conversation with Kasimaru, Obanai learned the key story of Tanjuro's battle with Immortal River just now.
This helps him understand what the transparent world is.
aside.
Look at Xiaobanai talking to the snake.
Immortal River's expression was choked up for a while. He opened his mouth slightly, but could not say anything.
And when he turned around and looked at the cat in front of him again.
"Meow."
Chachawan barked softly.
then.
Under the watchful eye of the Immortal River.
The piece of paper hanging around its neck glowed slightly with blue light, and Chachawan's figure disappeared instantly.
——?
Saniya stayed where he was.
…
After a period of time.
Because I am really wondering how to start training in the opaque world.
Under the recommendation of many pillars.
With a helpless look on his face, Purgatory Makijuro came to the yard and found Tanjuro to tell him his dilemma.
"...Isn't it still clear enough? I understand."
Tanjuro listened to Makijuro's words and nodded slightly.
——He thought what he explained was clear enough.
——In the past, before he went to Sekiro, he also explained the world to Tanjiro like this.
——I thought that the pillars, who were more powerful than Tanjiro, would have an easier time understanding the transparent world.
Thinking like this, after pondering for a while, Tanjuro suddenly realized that maybe he was not a good teacher.
When he slowly turned around.
Several pillars have arrived in the yard and are standing in a circle, watching and looking this way.
Tanjuro glanced at a few people, and then pointed casually:
"…Tomioka."
Tomioka Giyuu was slightly startled when he was suddenly named, and he looked at Tanjuro in confusion.
"Use sword skills to attack me."
Tanjuro pointed at himself, then picked up a bamboo knife from the side, weighed it twice in his hand, and looked back at the people:
"I will embody the use of the transparent world in actual combat, and watch carefully."
Allowing him to experience the world in person, this can also be regarded as Tanjuro's apology for stealing Tomioka Giyu's name last time.
Tomioka Giyuu was confused.
——Is this really good?
He should not have participated in this kind of training.
However, under the persistent request of the Lord.
Even Tomioka Giyu, who originally didn't want to participate in this training, had to stay here.
…
soon.
yard.
Uh-huh! Uh-huh!
White steam flowed from the corner of Tomioka Giyu's mouth. He held a wooden knife, and the blade rolled up blue waves like an ukiyo-e painting.
His arms tensed up and he kept attacking Tanjuro.
Snapped!
Tanjuro turned his sword horizontally and once again caught Tomioka Giyuu's attack.
The sound of wooden knives clashing kept ringing.
Tomioka Giyu took two steps back slightly, he was a little confused - from now on, none of his attacks could break through Tanjuro's defense.
See this.
"Don't give up!" Tanjuro shouted during the gap in defense:
“Keep thinking!”
“Feel the opening and closing of the blood vessels and muscles in your body!”
Snapped!
The wooden swords collided again.
"Through muscle movement, the blood vessels in the lungs expand"
"Thus predicting the enemy's actions in advance!"
Tanjuro turned sideways and seemed to have narrowly escaped a vertical slash.
Snap.
He placed the wooden sword on Tomioka Yoshiyuki's neck:
"It's about understanding the world."
aside.
Yusui Tianyuan, who was observing carefully, was slightly startled when he heard this.
There seemed to be something connected in my mind, and it opened with a loud sound.
…
after the end.
"Do you feel it?"
Tanjuro was holding the wooden sword. He moved his eyes away from Tomioka Giyu in front of him and looked at the pillars on the side.
"...It's a pity." Makijuro shook his head, then closed his eyes and sighed heavily.
He picked up the teapot on the side and took a sip.
At this time.
Muichiro Tokitoru, who was also standing in the yard and training on his own on the other side, looked towards this side with stern eyes.
Da da da!
He ran over in small steps, stood next to Tanjuro who was covering his forehead with a look of hope, and jumped up:
"Uncle! Uncle!"
The child's voice attracted the attention of the tired Hashira, who all looked towards Muichiro.
Muichiro's light blue eyes were wide open. He raised his fists excitedly and looked at Tanjuro expectantly:
"That transparent, see-through world."
"Can I do it too?"
After speaking, he smiled expectantly.
Tanjuro bent down slightly, he smiled, breathed a sigh of relief, put his hand on Muichiro's head, and patted it gently:
"If you work hard."
(End of chapter)
