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049 Little Old Man

Early morning, Tokyo.

Low-rent apartments in Kamiyagawa.

"Ah!" "Hum!"

"Ah!" "Hum!"

The bamboo knife was swung down again and again, making the sound of hunting in the air.

This is Kamiyagawa’s daily Suzhen practice.

From time to time, small droplets of sweat would drip from his cheeks or arms and fall on the old wooden floor.

But Kamiya didn't care about this at all.

He just kept his original movements and kept repeating the boring action of slashing.

Combined with the rhythmic breathing method of opening the mouth "Ah" and closing the mouth "Hum", the momentum of each air swing is very powerful.

Although in the Kaidan world, you can hang up and gain proficiency in [Nodachi Self-Revelation Style].

But in reality, whenever he has time, Kamiyagawa will practice certain sword swings every day.

After finishing 300 sets of Suzhen, Kamiyakawa stopped the bamboo knife, raised his aching arms, and wiped the sweat from his cheeks and forehead:

"Not fast enough."

If you find a knowledgeable person to watch this group of works just completed by Kamiyagawa, then they will definitely not be stingy with praise and praise for this beautiful young man.

Kamiyagawa's basic swordsmanship skills are too solid.

At his current age, to be able to produce such a set of basic skills must be the result of practicing swordsmanship since he was a child and persisting for more than ten years.

This kid has a promising future!

But Kamiyagawa himself is not satisfied with his current performance.

"Is this the only way cheating can be done?"

By hanging up with Mr. Akuki before, Kamiyagawa has successfully raised the "Nodachi Self-Revealing Style" to another level.

From [Proficient Level], cross over to [Proficient Level].

The experience required for the next upgrade has also changed from the original 1,000 points to an unreachable 10,000 points.

"I originally thought that after mastering the proficient level of [Nodachi Self-evident Style], I would be able to successfully understand the secrets of swordsmanship for advancement, but it still didn't work."

"Tsk, what went wrong?"

To practice Jisen-ryu, a swordsmanship school, in addition to practicing physical techniques, you also need to master a set of corresponding mental techniques.

The heart method is about how to use the blade to divide time.

The corresponding time units are - "quarter", "minute", "second", "silk", "sudden", "mill", "centi", and the highest level "yunyao".

When he met Hanako's family for the first time, Kamiyagawa suddenly had a sudden burst of talent, and he realized the three flavors of the self-evident flow of mind like an enlightenment.

He successfully mastered the method of using a blade to divide time into "a trace" (corresponding to the modern 24-hour timing method, which is approximately 0.134 seconds), and also mastered the corresponding secrets of sword skills, such as three-foot strike.

However, this seems to be the current limit of Kamiya River.

"Divide time into a moment, like silk spun by a silkworm."

Kamiyakawa poured the bamboo knife into the corner and shook his head helplessly: "The mental formula for the next level is easy to remember, but it is a bit too abstract and metaphysical."

According to the mental method of self-evident flow, dividing time with a knife blade to "suddenly" is an important watershed stage. After practicing at this point, you officially enter the stage of perceiving thoughts.

To say it is metaphysics is not an exaggeration at all.

Those who can break through this watershed are worthy of being masters of self-evident swordsmanship.

It takes a unique swordsmanship genius to do it.

After entering the realm where time is divided into "sudden moments", you can master the secret of swordsmanship that is sharper and faster than the three-foot strike——

Silk beat.

However, reality is always cruel.

The vast majority of swordsmen who practice self-revealing style, and even many so-called masters of self-revealing style in the world, will never be able to break through the "sudden" method in their entire lives.

"I'm so far away from mastering silk production, but I always feel like something is missing."

"Are we going to face a desperate situation of life and death again? But let me tell you something, I face a desperate situation of life and death almost every day, living or dying..."

Kamiyagawa gently pressed his right thumb joint with his upper teeth.

"Or maybe it's just that my physical fitness is not good enough?"

"For example, my constitution points or agility points need to be higher, and then combined with the techniques and mental skills of the self-evident style, can I make silk balls?"

After thinking to no avail, Kamiyagawa went straight to the toilet, took a shower, washed away the smelly sweat, and felt refreshed.

Then he put on his bag and left the house.

Today is the second day since he returned to Tokyo from Inuming.

It's time to go to school and log off the game.

In order to open a new map, I didn't push the progress of the game properly this weekend, as if there were ants crawling on me.



Logged into the game from the cherry blossom forest of Karin High School.

Then go through Kamitsu TP to reach the second map, Inuming Pass.

In the field of vision, dark blocks of color condensed and pieced together, and the colors became thicker and thicker. Finally, everything stabilized, forming an eerie and terrifying world.

"The dog is barking, I'm here!"

The login point on the second map is the same as the one Kamiyagawa saw last time.

The dark tunnel mouth was open, like the gaping mouth of a giant monster.

Behind him, a deserted small road stretches outwards, seemingly leading to places far, far away.

Forward or backward, two directions to explore.

"It is said that the Inuning Tunnel is the passage leading to Inuning Village, so walking into the tunnel should be more dangerous than walking out of the road, right?"

Just as Kamiyagawa was thinking about which direction to explore first, he suddenly felt something crawling up the instep of his right foot and tapping his calf.

This touch is definitely like a living thing!

"leave!"

Kamiyakawa kicked his legs almost subconsciously, turning the unknown object on his right foot into a gorgeous dark parabola and flying far away.

At the same time, he quickly pulled out the [bloody hatchet] and looked intently at the point where the thing landed.

"Aba whined..."

At the landing point of the parabola, a human-shaped creature stood up with a groan.

Probably because it fell so hard just now, the thing stood up and wandered around in the lake for a while before waking up.

The first reaction after waking up was to run fast, like a strange creature, and sprinted to the feet of Kamiya River.

That's right, by the feet.

This humanoid creature is only about 8 centimeters tall by visual inspection.

In appearance, he does look like a human being. He is naked. He is bald, has a long beard, and has wrinkles on his face. He looks like a little old man.

"The little thing looks quite unique."

Because he felt no threat, Kamiyagawa did not attack the 8cm tall thing.

Moreover, he seemed to recognize the identity of this little thing.

After spending so long in the "Kaitan Hyakki Fans Exchange" forum, and having an elder like [Murrasco Shanghao] give me advice from time to time, Kamiyagawa's knowledge of Kaidan theory has also improved.

Little old man.

The name of this thing.

A type of urban ghost story, which basically appears in a harmless and weak image.

The little old man jumped around Kamiyakawa's feet.

"Uh, you look like you have something to tell me?"

Kamitani lightly held the hatchet and squatted down.

"Abba!" Seeing that Kamiya finally paid attention to him, the little old man jumped up excitedly and waved.

Kamiyagawa:……

What nonsense is this?

As a fairly well-known kaidan in Japan, this little old man is no good. He is far inferior to the highly popular kaidan Mari and Hanako.

The toilet doll and the evil phone spirit can at least speak a few understandable human words.


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