Honkai Shura Field: Dear, Who is She?

Chapter 13: How can you slander someone's innocence out of thin air...

"It's not really a sword technique, it's the Hokuchin Itto-ryu Style passed down in my family. It's very powerful!"

Akito looked at Mei carefully, from head to toe, with his eyes spending a large part of the time on her face.

The straightforward gaze also made Mei lower her head shyly.

[host agrees to her! Hokuchin Itto-ryu can enhance the host's swordsmanship. Although it is a sword technique, the host's top swordsmanship is just a general term. In fact, it is the method of hundreds of weapons. If you fight with her for a few moves, I can deduce the complete Hokuchin Itto-ryu by myself!]

'Wait, didn't I already reach the pinnacle?'

[The way of martial arts is endless. From ancient times to now, no one can surpass you now, but it is only from ancient times to now. Who knows what will happen in the future? There is no strongest, only stronger.]

'What's the use? My current top-level swordsmanship is enough. It is completely sufficient to deal with normal people, but it is useless against inhuman beings.'

[Hokuchin Itto-ryu is the ultimate swordsmanship against humans!]

'I don't need it, I don't want to compete with the world.'

[Hokuchin Itto-ryu's sword style is very cool, cool! Awesome! Awesome!]

'I like to keep a low profile. I don't mind showing off in front of others, but I won't take the initiative to stand out.'

[You, you, you, how can you be so stubborn! How can my stupid host be so unmotivated!]

'Ah, yes, yes, you are right.'

Akito is in a mess.

The atmosphere dropped to freezing point, and Akito did not talk to the system for a long time.

Just as Akito said, he didn't care about that little bit of strength at all. What's wrong with making further progress?

If you can't defeat them, you still can't defeat them. The problem of "quality" cannot be solved by increasing "quantity".

Suddenly, the system spoke again.

Akito explained expressionlessly: Stop gossiping, I won't…

[Hokuchin Itto-ryu is the pinnacle of martial arts created by Hokuchin Mei combining all she has learned throughout her life. The last sword contains the words she wanted to say to you but never got the chance to say. Now that I have said this, you decide whether you want to learn it or not. It's up to you. I won't force you.]

…

Mei Hokuchin...

"Mei." Akito stood up straight and pursed his lips.

"Ye-yes."

"Please give me your advice." Akito said firmly, bowing, his eyes revealing an irresistible determination.

He picked up the scabbard beside him and was ready to compete with Mei.

When he traveled to a copy of the Warring States Period, the young boy, who was ignorant of the ways of the world, met a heroic girl with superb martial arts.

By some strange coincidence, the two of them traveled together, experiencing many cold and desolate scenes, and passing through countless deserted villages and empty cities.

Akito promised Hokuchin Mei that he would never draw his sword again except to protect her.

It was also after returning from that copy that Akito acquired top-level swordsmanship, but he never drew his sword again.

No matter which competition took place in Shenzhou, Akito still used the scabbard to compete with the middle-aged man named Ma.

Mei didn't know, and asked curiously: "Aren't you going to take a wooden sword? Don't worry about hurting me, I'm very strong."

Akito was dignified and said confidently: "I had a friend before, and she said the same thing to you. At that time, I was indeed very weak. My male chauvinism made me disdain to draw my sword against women. Then I lost miserably and was beaten black and blue. However..."

Akito held the scabbard horizontally, his sharpness was unstoppable.

"At least I want to win this time. If I can't beat her, I'll beat you!"

'If I can't beat you, can I beat your descendants?!'

(TL: Wait if this Mei Hokuchin has descendants, it means she already married someone or maybe it's the descendants of her disciple not her?)

'I have the right to know what words you left for me when you were dying!'

After saying that, the two tensed their bodies, ready to attack at any time.

When the situation became tense, a burly middle-aged man, nearly two meters tall, stood in front of Akito.

Akito raised his head in dissatisfaction, but he put his arm around his shoulders.

Akito recognized his identity at a glance: the head of the Kendo Department – Zhende Hao Jian.

Zhende Hao Jian smiled frankly: "Isn't this Akito? How dare you fight against Raiden Mei who has learned Hokuchin Itto-ryu? Even I am no match for her. Raiden Mei's swordsmanship is far superior to her peers, and even not much worse than those famous swordsmen. With your small body, can you withstand a sword from her?"

Akito smacked his lips and pulled himself out of the enthusiastic encirclement of Zhende Hao Jian's arms.

"Don't blame the uneven road if you can't do it. Just because you can't win doesn't mean I will lose."

Zhende Hao Jian laughed heartily and said, "You are really funny, don't try to show off. I know boys always want to show off their courage and talent in front of the girls they love. I learned swordsmanship to pursue a girl, although I didn't succeed."

After hearing this, Mei's eyes became blurred, her cheeks flushed slightly, and her slender white fingers gripped the sword even tighter, turning pale.

Zhende Hao Jian did not regard himself as a teacher or an elder, but interacted with Akito as a friend.

Akito felt pretty good about this, but he talked too much nonsense.

And...Zhende Hao jian exposed Akito's dark history.

At that time, he really wanted to show his masculinity in front of Hokuchin Mei, because Hokuchin Mei and Raiden Mei looked almost exactly the same, their every frown and smile, even every small movement was too similar.

Akito likes Mei very much. Before the character of Lei Lu came out, Akito used Mei to kill the boss Jiemie who broke through the abyss. He is definitely a Mei fan.

(TL: I don't understand this Lei lu is probably the second personality of Mei but Jiemei... I don't know what is it)

When he first met Hokuchin Mei, Akito, who possessed top-level fighting skills, challenged her without knowing his own limitations. Although he was beaten badly, fortunately Hokuchin Mei still spared Akito's life, probably because she thought Akito was too stupid to be a bad guy.

'There were indeed many idiotic parts in the journey just now... I was so shivering and cold that I won't even mention it!'

"Come on, get out of my way. My competition with Raiden Mei isn't over yet."

"Wait a moment, I have invited a master from the kendo world! He is from the famous Hunyuan Tai Chi School in Shenzhou, known as Master Ma. Mei is also considered a senior in our kendo club. In such a large kendo club, no one can defeat her. Young people should not be too arrogant..."

Akito's mouth twitched, and he asked hesitantly: "So you found a master to bully her?"

"This is called tempering. How can you grow without failure? Failure is the mother of success!"

Akito sneered, his face full of contempt: "It's nothing more than being unable to win, and repeatedly losing, and being unable to get angry after repeated defeats, so he just looked for someone to fight with."

"You, don't talk nonsense, this is slander!"

"Isn't that so? Otherwise, why don't you just challenge her to a duel on your own? Why do you need to look for a master?"

Zhende Hao jian opened his eyes wide and said, "How can you slander someone's innocence like this..."

"What do you mean innocent? I saw with my own eyes that you were defeated by Raiden Mei last week. You were chased and beaten, and you were hung up and beaten. You were beaten and fled in panic. You were beaten so badly. It was a tragic loss."

Zhende Hao jian's face flushed red, and veins on his forehead popped out. He argued, "Nonsense! Can a swordsman's business be called running away... Losing... A swordsman's business is not called losing. Can a swordsman's business be considered losing?"

What followed were difficult to understand words, such as "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west", and "Do not bully the young because they are poor, do not bully the middle-aged because they are poor, do not bully the old because they are poor, the dead are the greatest." These made everyone laugh.

There was a cheerful atmosphere inside and outside the kendo club.

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