Uesugi got up at 10 a.m. and looked dullly at the chandelier hanging from the ceiling above for half an hour.

......

After a long time, I touched my right hand and there was only empty air except for the bedding.

......

It's really gone...

Uesuma Dora fumbled around with her eyes open for a while, then stretched out her hand before finally holding the phone next to her.

He held the phone in front of him, pressed the power button with his thumb, staring at the photo wallpaper, and her cute smile was stunned.

The screen goes off again and again and lights up again and again.

It was after another daze that Uesugi Sao put down his cell phone and raised himself from the bed sideways.

Lazyly got up and walked to the still raining window, listening to the drizzle that baptized the town at the foot of the mountain.

Use a wooden stick to support the window, support your hands on the wooden frame and stick your head outwards and take a deep breath.

The breath of morning in the rain overflowed, making the brain very refreshed.

Uesugi, who was wasting his day, couldn't help but wonder what should I do today?

Forget it, read a little book.

When Uesuma Yui took the book out of the suitcase and flipped it out, he couldn't read it anyway.

He can understand every picture constructed in the book smoothly, but at this time he is like encountering the most disliked subject in the movie.

Even if the movie is famous, it is smoother.

It's hard to continue to appreciate it.

Unintentionally, Uesugi Dou discovered the PS5 game console that had not eaten dust in the corner.

He planned to find a game to experience this boring hot summer day.

There is an LCD TV in this room, which is not new or old.

After studying all the mess for a long time, Uesugi finally turned on the console. Seeing the TV illuminated the icon, he suddenly realized that he had no account or game.

Besides, the handle is something that has not been used for many years. I can't recognize the keys and have no habit of using them.

It happened that Uncle Kazuhara also came here at this time, and the matter of playing games was temporarily stopped by him.

Walking on the eaves, the sound of rain falling to the ground splashing filled the small courtyard next to it.

"Ahem, did you know this guy Hanamaru Yuki yesterday?"

“…”

"Well, I know a little, it seems like a swordsman showing off his current life, or a policeman."

"That's right!"

Uncle Suhara carried his hands behind his back, holding Shi Yingying's umbrella and walking in front of him to lead the way. Drops of water drip from time to time. "His move is characterized by quick action. If he can beat his opponent in one move, he will never use the second move."

"What if there is a third move?"

"If there is a third move, it will also be a situation where you fight."

Uesugi Doo admits that the uncle said it makes sense.

But his current mentality is similar to the retired hidden swordsman, and he has no interest in the goal of not being the first.

"I always feel like you have changed." Uncle Suhara suddenly said suddenly after walking around the corner.

Uesugi Do felt that the tone of this sentence was a bit dull, and the uncle suddenly became less like an uncle:

“Is there any?”

"You should know better than me." Uncle Suhara turned around, "It's because of your little girlfriend who left?"

“…”

Silenced.

Uesugi Sao admitted that she missed her. What she tossed and turned at night was the peaceful and stable breathing she breathed in front of her when she was sleeping.

Walking under the eaves of the gate, Uncle Kazuhara opened his umbrella, and Uesugiba walked into the umbrella.

The cold raindrops in the morning were covered with blue umbrella surfaces with curves.

"Oh, although the uncle can't give you much good advice in this regard, I still hope you can think more about what you want."

“Isn’t this selfish?”

"You also need to think about this yourself. Uncle, I am just an uncle who can teach swordsmanship."

Walking up the stones covered with grass, Uesugi Sato stared at Kazuhara Ichixin's face for a long time:

"Why did the uncle go to the Hachiman Shrine?"

Kazuhara Yixin did not look back, looked ahead, and his tone became full of memories: "There should be my home there.

"After leaving Tokyo, I have been looking for this place for more than ten years, Hokkaido, Kanto, Kansai, and Kyushu. I have searched all over the country and it is also Shikoku Island that came two years ago."

With just a few words, Uesugi Sao also heard some of the stories from the uncle.

"But wasn't the Hachiman Shrine destroyed by an earthquake decades ago?"

"I didn't know any of these things before. I only remember a few characteristics in my memory: Torii, ancient bells, shrines, big ropes, young and promising fathers, and the smile of a very beautiful woman in a witch suit."

After saying this, Kasuhara Yixin shook his head.

"Forget it, let's practice kendo first. Although you don't seem to have a goal, it's always good to strengthen your body."

I walked along the grass stone path and entered the warehouse from the side, and my cousin had already started practicing here.

Uncle Kazuhara put away his umbrella, leaned against the door, picked up two wooden knives, and handed out one of them to Uesugi.

"How about practical training today?"

Uesugi Take the wooden knife he handed over, without any objection.

———————

"Kill the Killing Knife!"

"Killing skills!"

"murderous look!"

Kazuhara Yixin shouted three times in a row, and the wooden knife in his hand slammed back and forth to suppress the attack made by Uesugizo. "The Qianye clan, who was in Beichen's sword, relied on this so-called three-kill method to defeat the opponent's aura!"

"Killing Sword! It is to suppress the opponent's swinging attack!"

Uesuma's upper section was slashed and was slid by Kazuhara from about 10 cm at the base of the blade.

The lower half of the blade is pushed apart, and the tip of the blade becomes shaking.

"Killing skills! It is to seize the opportunity and destroy the sword skills that block the opponent."

Kazuhara Ichixin first gave a step and took a quick attack, and Uesugizo reacted quickly.

But this is seme (test), and when Uesugi Doo reacts to his attack, it is first-first.

See through the intention, seize the opportunity to attack in advance, and raise a knife to attack.

"Murderous aura! Therefore, with momentum against momentum, you must not end up at all!"

Uesuguso tried to start with his father-in-law's demonstration, but the slash of the robes that he tried his best was imitated by him.

The sound of wooden knives echoed in the air.

The two of them took back their posture when they were on the verge of Ewan.

"If you were the absolute sword skills given by God last time, then you are just a very powerful swordsman genius now."

Uncle Suhara is not stupid either. You can see the difference between him and his previous strength now.

The defense is fine, but the uncle has never been able to break through his defense.

But on the offensive side... it's a lot worse.

"Can you tell me why?"

"It's good and bad."

When a world's richest man suddenly becomes a sloppy beggar who asks for money at his doorstep, he said: My money is always in good condition and bad condition.

Can you believe this?

"Forget it, it is completely wrong to follow the logic of humans like you, who are not like humans."

When he beat up more than a dozen people alone, Uncle Suhara had already given up thinking, "I'll ask another question."

"Well, let's talk." Uesuma Sato had already sat back on the stool to rest.

"Which one is your usual strength?"

"Now."
To be continued...