Chapter 9: Kendo Exchange
Mei practiced a special swordsmanship technique.
This was the information Kouro knew.
As for the name of the sword technique 'Hokushin Itto-ryu', the name of this swordsmanship did not exist in Kouro's memory.
Kouro could not possibly remember all the memories of his previous life in detail.
Therefore he wrote all the information he remembered in a book as a storybook so that people would not be suspicious.
Kouro still updates the storybook when he finds new useful information for example like now.
"Hokushin Itto-ryu... Is this an ancient sword technique?" Kouro asked with a curious expression.
Kouro remembered that when his grandfather taught him martial arts knowledge, this sword technique was mentioned and his grandfather said that it had a great influence on the development of modern Kendo.
Mei nodded her head and replied, "Yes, this sword technique is quite ancient as it was created in the late Edo period. Master said it was designed to render the opponent helpless and end the battle as quickly as possible. "
Mei then demonstrated the Hokushin Itto-ryu technique, although she was not holding the sword, Kouro could feel the heavy momentum of Mei's aura as if she was an expert who had gone through hundreds of battles.
*Swosh!*
The airflow could be seen blowing sharply every time Mei swung her 'empty' hand as if she was holding a sword.
'Mei's sword skills must be very high! Is it Master? No! Probably above that! A Grandmaster!' Kouro thought with his eyes wide open.
Most players in his previous life thought that Mei was an 'ordinary girl chosen by Honkai as Herrscher'.
But actually, Mei was a very talented girl, look at that sword technique.
'Wait! Don't tell me that Mei is the reason Hokushin Itto-ryu is special?'
He only knows that Hokushin Itto-ryu's sword techniques have incredible power.
After all, if ordinary people could fight Honkai Beasts and Undead with just swordsmanship, then there wouldn't be so many Valkyries.
Could it be that Mei had mastered the Hokushin Itto-ryu sword technique to such an extent that she had further developed it into a sword technique that could be used to kill Honkai Beasts?
If the speculation is correct, then Raiden Mei is an extraordinary genius.
He initially did not have high expectations with this sword technique considering Kouro had been trained by her grandfather.
But unfortunately Grandfather only trained him and taught him martial arts for self-defense against humans instead of Honkai.
Moreover, fighting at close range against the Honkai Beast is a very risky thing because of that Kouro plans to use guns.
He planned to learn Kaslana's shooting technique from Kiana, but after he thought about it carefully, he realized that this was something very difficult.
If he really wanted to learn the shooting technique from the white-haired idiot Kiana, Kouro felt that it was tantamount to relying on luck.
Besides, after Kiana appeared at Senba Academy, he didn't have much time... Now Kouro could only hope that the weapons research laboratory had melee weapons like swords.
Kouro was very excited and had high expectations of learning swordsmanship from Mei.
It just so happened that tomorrow was Monday, Kouro could use the excuse of learning swordsmanship to still meet Mei.
But just after declaring his intentions, Mei seemed to have happy expectations and told him to stay here for a while before excitedly running to her dormitory and immediately returning with two bamboo swords.
Kouro blinked at Mei's enthusiastic attitude.
Mei saw Kouro's strange expression and quickly realized her actions had made her put on an embarrassed expression.
"Doing it now... Can't we?"
Currently looking at the attitude of the young girl who looked miserable in front of him, how could Kouro possibly refuse the other party's intentions.
"Of course."
The girl smiled happily and handed him one of the bamboo swords, Kouro opened his mouth wanting to say something but finally he said nothing and took the bamboo sword from Mei's hand.
'Hmm... This bamboo sword is a bit heavy for an ordinary person, I also see usage marks, it seems Mei practiced hard instead of as a hobby...'
He then swung the bamboo sword a few times and created a sharp gust of wind even though he swung it casually.
'I must control my strength so as not to injure Mei badly. '
Kouro was Advanced in weapon skills and martial arts so he had strong control over his body.
The two of them took a distance of about 2 meters before setting up a fighting stance.
Mei's eyes lit up slightly at the sight of Kouro's stable fighting stance, she took a deep breath before attacking first.
*Swosh! *
Mei swung her sword vertically at high speed.
In her perspective, she felt time slowing down as she saw her attack would soon hit Kouro.
But then, just as she blinked.
*Ding! *
Kouro parried her attack with just one hand before counterattacking and throwing a fist.
The first lesson in fighting that Kouro learned from his grandfather was that there was no such thing as shamelessness or cheating in a fight.
*Swosh! *
Mei's pupils shrank as she saw the blast of air from his fist and involuntarily jumped back.
Panting, Mei looked up at Kouro with a surprised expression.
'That was... Is it possible for a human fist to be that strong? Kouro is not an ordinary man... Then I must be serious.'
Seeing her expression, Kouro realized that he had used too much power in his punch earlier.
After all even though Kouro had tried to control his strength, his body had long surpassed that of an ordinary human in terms of strength, agility, vitality and reflexes.
Although still level 1 he could easily defeat Mei who had not yet become a Herrscher, he only needed to rely on his basic techniques and reflexes to keep the situation balanced.
If not he can use other means such as relying on her strength to defeat Raiden Mei.
Mei changed her fighting style before speedily attacking Kouro again.
*Swosh! *
If there were other people here, they would definitely be dumbfounded by how fast Mei was that even her shadow could not be caught by ordinary eyes.
Facing Mei's attacks, Kouro with a steady movement only focused on parrying and dodging rarely counterattacking.
Seeing the incredible reaction speed Kouro had, in Mei's eyes it was a talent and she even vaguely felt Kouro was not using all his power.
In addition Kouro had good sword skills, Mei could see that it was the result of hard training which made her wonder about his past.
They clashed swords, but it could be seen that Mei was the one who dominated in attacking while Kouro only defended.
"Hmm... I see, I understand know. " Kouro muttered before changing his fighting stance and swinging his sword according to the Hokushin Itto-ryu technique.
"Wha-" Mei was dumbfounded but quickly swung her sword.
*Ding! *
Mei bounced back slightly but was able to quickly stabilize herself, she looked down at her trembling hands before setting her sights on Kouro.
"Surely you approached me specifically to learn my swordsmanship right?"
"Does Mei-senpai still doubt my motives? I feel so heartbroken. At least so far, I haven't done anything to hurt you, right?"
"Is it really like that? Sorry. "
As expected, Mei is still uncomfortable with Kouro's personality of joking too much or in other words, she has a gentle personality and is very sensitive, she is a little too careful with people's hearts.
But Kouro doesn't plan to change his way of getting along with Mei, If he is too polite the relationship between the two will stop here forever.
"I heard that Kendo training is also a kind of exchange of feelings. In that case, can you feel my feelings when you get hit by my bamboo sword, Mei-senpai? Can you guess?"
Actually after Kouro said this, Mei knew that the other party was joking with her, but the girl still closed her eyes and took it seriously.
She sharpened all her senses, the pain in her hand became more pronounced but she ignored it.
Kouro originally thought that when Mei closed her eyes her swordsmanship techniques would fall apart so he couldn't help but reduce his strength and speed so as not to hurt the other party.
The result was beyond Kouro's expectation, Mei's swordsmanship became more advanced and more perfect, leaving Kouro who weakened his attacks at a temporary disadvantage.
Is this what the Hokushin Itto-ryu swordsmanship is all about?
Kouro had previously copied Mei's movements in using Hokushin Itto-ryu, but he had yet to understand the essence of the sword technique.
When Kouro decided to take Mei more seriously, Mei, who still had her eyes closed, muttered to herself.
"You have some doubts in your heart, no... or should I say you're facing pressure, a lot of pressure. This pressure is very strange, why... Do you want to be stronger and more persistent?"
Mei's quiet mumbling made Kouro's hand holding the bamboo sword tremble and he took a few steps back to get away from the girl.
"You actually can sense the other party's mood through swordsmanship? What kind of swordsmanship is this Hokushin Itto-ryu?" Kouro muttered with a dumbfounded expression.
Mei opened her deep-set eyes and gave Kouro a long look.
"Did I guess wrong?"
"You should know that I'm joking." Kouro muttered.
"Looks like my previous guess was right, I actually don't know how to read minds. Hokushin's swordsmanship is not so magical. " Mei said as she shook her head and lowered her bamboo sword.
She just looked at Kouro with a serious expression and asked, "I just felt some problems, what kind of progress were you looking for from the beginning? Judging from your previous sword skills I'm sure you've been practicing very hard. "
"I've experienced it personally, but I don't feel any pride or excitement from your sword movements that have just made rapid progress. " Mei continued.
After that Mei seemed to furrow her brows as if thinking of the right words.
"I... Only feel the pure obsession of your swordsmanship, 'Become stronger and stronger'."
From this Mei realized that Kouro was not as relaxed as he seemed.
He also turned out to have his own problems that he kept bottled up.
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