Experience in building a branch of Crab Castle King in Hong Kong and Heilongjiang

The two-and-a-half-day course was very tight, and Taketori taught from day to night.But it is the most basic things that are the most critical, which is also the reason why Purgatory Xingshoulang, as a teacher, cannot be left in the hands of others.

He must play the leading role of being a teacher.

Purgatory Kyojuro asked the medical team to check her body, bones, blood and a series of physiological foundations, and saw the results of Taketori Che's years of sword practice through exchanges. He was immediately very satisfied and personally formulated a series of Follow-up study and diet plan, trying to make the little girl's body develop better.

Don't get me wrong here, Purgatory Xing Shoulang simply hopes that she can become stronger, faster, and better able to bear weight... Only when her physical fitness keeps up, can the exercise of breathing method get twice the result with half the effort.

Two and a half days passed in a blink of an eye, and the crow brought new mission news. Yan Zhu of the ghost killing team was going to go to the battlefield against ghosts again.

Just before leaving, Taketori asked in confusion, "Teacher, why don't you teach me the breathing method?"

Purgatory Xingshoulang turned around to look at her, and said solemnly: "Because—the time hasn't come yet."

"opportunity?"

"Well, Shiina, like many people in our ghost killing team, you have lost important people and things because of the damage of ghosts. But you are also different from them...that is, your flame is too calm gone."

"Or, you are still confused."

The young teacher with long golden red hair gently pressed her head with his palm, "Promise me, before I come back, let your flame get rid of that confusion!"

The girl was silent for a while: "What if you still can't find it?"

"Then keep looking!" Purgatory Xingshoulang laughed boldly, "Only when the flame in your heart really burns can the knife in your hand be more steadfast!"

The teacher left the dojo.

There are only a few medical staff and the "hidden" army personnel in charge of logistics on the huge mountain, and there is the teacher's younger brother Purgatory Senshouro-Taketori Che has not had time to meet the latter, but I heard that the other party has not been there for a few days. Just come here.

If you can't figure it out, go find someone who has already figured it out.

Therefore, after the day's physical training, while sitting on the corridor wiping his sweat, Taketori asked curiously the senior swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Squad who were also good at the breath of flames.

"Speaking of which, why do you want to join the Demon Slayer Squad?"

The seniors froze for a moment, and then laughed at this slightly childish question.

A tall and thin senior sighed and replied: "Because all my family members were killed by ghosts, so as the only surviving child in the family, I decided to avenge them in this life."

"I came here because I heard that I can eat and drink enough!" The friend of the tall and thin senior replied loudly holding the sword.

The other person was more straightforward, still smiling and said: "As for me, I was fooled by the previous Mr. 'Yanzhu'! Hahaha, he told me that the salary is very high, but... when I officially become a member of the Ghost Killing Squad Instead, he retired early."

"Hey." The companion next to him elbowed the guy who didn't have a handle on his mouth, "Don't say strange things to the newcomer."

So the seniors were laughing again, changed the subject bluntly, and asked about the family swordsmanship that Taketori Che is good at.

... Isn't the previous Yan Zhu the father of Mr. Xing Shoulang?

Did injury or sacrifice lead to retirement?

No, there should be no sacrifices, otherwise the tone of the conversation of the two members of the ghost killing team would not be so weird.This sounds like she is afraid that her junior will hear something bad from it... The girl secretly made a note of this guess,

Perhaps it is an innate instinct, Akihara Shiina has a different talent for understanding the pain of others.

She can see at a glance what the mother who is suffering from the loss of her son is blaming herself, and she can also see through the true heart of her father who does not want to suffer herself behind the lonely back and bluffing yelling—this is why she saw Teacher Purgatory kill her colleagues in battle The admiration will only be shown when the pain is turned into new motivation.

Just like this time, she could clearly sense the confusion and distress in that senior's heart when he said that he was recommended by the previous Yan Zhu to join the team.

He probably didn't understand why that reliable senior retired early.

When Purgatory Xing Shoulang came back a month later, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the disciple who had been lost in confusion was no longer the one who forbears revenge.

"Have you found the meaning of swinging the knife?" he asked.

"Yes, Teacher Purgatory." Taketori Che sat across from him solemnly, and said, "I once thought that revenge is the only way of life in this life, but I don't even know who the enemy is, let alone seek revenge .”

"So I thought again, the existence of the Ghost Killing Squad is to protect the people, so can I forget the pain and concentrate on protecting the people?"

"No. After all, I am also a selfish person. I can't forget the death of my parents, and I can't forget the scene of how those simple and kind people were killed by ghosts during the trip... So I have found My goal."

Hearing this, Purgatory Xingjulang subconsciously held his breath.

"Since you can't find a specific enemy, let's kill the chief culprit."

"Since I can't forget the help those ordinary people have given me and the pain they have suffered, I will do my best to protect them."

At this moment, Taketori Che's eyes were like sparks on the grassland, weak but threatening to start a prairie fire.

"—Slay the ghost king and protect the people! This is the path that I, Akihara Shiina, have walked in this life!"

If you change to another teacher, you may feel that the teenage kid is talking nonsense.

Also kill the ghost king?For thousands of years, so many amazing and talented senior geniuses have been unable to do something, why do you say that?

However, Purgatory Xingshou Lang didn't think so.

He just laughed happily and slapped the little girl on the back hard.

"Well said! As my disciple, you must have such boldness!"

In the next six months, Taketori Che made great progress in mastering the breathing method of flame. In just four months, he learned the nine "patterns" of breathing of flame.

And seven months have passed since she joined the Ghost Killing Squad.

Although this has something to do with the good foundation she laid in her early practice of family kendo, but more depends on the breakthrough of her state of mind.

Now she is also developing her own breathing method.

The so-called breathing method originated from the "breathing of the sun", and since then five basic breathing methods have been extended, but not all basic breathing methods are suitable for everyone. Encourage her to observe nature, learn from seniors of different genres, etc...

Time is gradually approaching the end of the year, and seeing that Taketori Che plans to celebrate the New Year alone, Purgatory Kyojuro can't bear to leave his well-behaved apprentice who has been training hard for more than half a year at the dojo on the mountain, so he takes her back to celebrate the New Year together.

But when approaching the door of Purgatory's house, this young man who was always bold and fearless in front of outsiders suddenly confessed to her: "Have you met my father, Shiina?"

"Teacher, are you talking about the former Mr. Yanzhu? No." Taketori Che said truthfully, "I deal with your brother Senjurou-kun more often."

Purgatory Senjuro is introverted by nature, and is very weak compared to his elder brother. He can't even shoulder the ancestral profession of becoming a "Demon Slayer Swordsman", let alone a "stepson".

The so-called "stepson" does not refer to the recognition of relatives, but refers to the special successor of "zhu" or "genre", which can be regarded as a kind of recognition for qualified juniors and a preference for various resources.Of course, the responsibilities and tasks of these stepchildren will be heavier, and they will accept more difficult trials and tests.

Although Purgatory Senshouro is mediocre in swordsmanship, this does not prevent him from mastering a solid theoretical foundation.Therefore, when the eldest brother was not at home, Senjuro would go up to the mountain to give lectures to Takecheche every few days, and the two of them got along very well.In front of Taketori Che, Purgatory Senshouro also more or less found a feeling of "brother wants to protect sister", he was very patient and gentle with her, and would bite the bullet and ask his father when he encountered unanswerable questions... and then he was scolded .

Yes, scolded.

Taketori Che remembered, whether it was the elder brother Senshouro or the teacher of the purgatory, the old father of the two of them——was a violent spirit from Zaun.

"Ahem..." Purgatory Xingshoulang in front of him coughed inexplicably, "My father usually speaks... relatively rough, if the words offend you, please don't take it to heart."

As a teacher, it seems strange to apologize to students, but Taketori Che just likes the magnanimity and openness of Purgatory Kyojurou.

"How could it be? He is your father and the previous Yanzhu. I will respect him both in public and in private."

However, to put it nicely, the happy atmosphere between the master and the apprentice (the atmosphere was also very harmonious with the addition of Senjuro later) was still broken when they saw the old father lying in the kotatsu.

"what?"

His appearance was seven to eight points similar to Mr. Purgatory, but the middle-aged man with a decadent expression rolled his eyes.

"The stinky brat who spent the New Year's Eve actually came here."

In an instant, the originally polite smile on Taketori Che's face froze instantly.

Just when Taketori Che was thinking about how to fight back, a majestic figure suddenly stood in front of her.

"Father, how can you say Shiina like that!"

It was Purgatory Xingshourou who spoke up to defend the girl, and he said seriously: "She is not only a guest invited by me and Qianjurou to celebrate the New Year, but also a disciple recognized by me! Although she is old I'm still young, but I'm already very assertive and self-judgmental—please take back what you just said, it's too rude!"

The middle-aged man lying in the kotatsu stared at his eldest son for several seconds, let out a "chi" and turned around.

"Whatever..." the decadent old man said sullenly, "Anyway, they are all boring guys like you."

Purgatory Brothers: ...

Taketori Che: ...

The original dissatisfaction in her heart was temporarily suppressed by this love and affection. Forget it, seeing that the teacher's father also looked decadent, and it was true that they were eating at home during the Chinese New Year, so she would not talk to her elders. What do you care about.

After leaving the living room, the two brothers apologized to her repeatedly, which made Taketori feel very embarrassed.

"Teacher and Senior Senjuro, you don't need to be like this. I didn't pay attention to what Mr. Makijuro (the old man's real name) said."

"Shiina, I'm sorry..." The younger brother still apologized softly, "Father, he has reasons for doing this."

What are your reasons?Do you spit out fragrant thoughts?

On the contrary, Teacher Xingjulang patted her on the shoulder, "It's good that you can think like this, Shiina! Because I usually don't listen to some words of my father!"

The younger brother Qianshoulang on the side seemed to be hit violently: "Brother?"

"Although everyone says that one should be filial, I am not a fool! I have my own path to follow!" Liangui Xingjulang said energetically, "As long as you follow your own path, you don't have to care about what others say! Even if that person is Father, don’t worry about it!”

Taketori Che was encouraged by him, and he also looked like he had been beaten up: "I remember! Teacher Xingjuro!"

Hearing the noise outside the house, the middle-aged man inside the door turned over irritably, not wanting to listen to the laughter of those young people.

"Another stinky brat chooses to pick up a knife... Over the years, how many people have died one after another... Everything is meaningless at all!"

There are still a few days before the big dark day, Taketori Che seizes the time to train at the teacher's house, and once Teacher Anjurou is free, he will ask the other party about the problems he encountered in daily practice.

There is just one strange problem, that is, whenever a girl starts training, she will feel that someone is silently spying on her practice, watching it for a while and then leaving.

Taketori Che thought to himself, who else in this purgatory family would do this.

The teacher never concealed his whereabouts at home, Qian Shoulang was very familiar with him, and if he wanted to watch the training, of course he would appear openly, and outsiders couldn't come in, so there was only one left - the former Mr. Yan Zhu!

...That guy is also a person who has "painful" things in his heart.

Taketori Che's hard work lasted until the day of the big dark day. She chose to give herself a day off today, and then went to the kitchen to make a lot of soba noodles and other food with Senjuro for dinner.

As for Mr. Xing Shoulang himself, as a contemporary Yan Zhu, he went to the residence of the leader of the Ghost Killing Squad to participate in the bi-annual "Zhuhe Meeting".To put it bluntly, it is a seminar for the highest decision-making of the Demon Slayer Squad. Everyone takes advantage of the Chinese New Year period to pay New Year's greetings to the protagonist of the Demon Slayer Squad, Yoya Sanyashiki, and at the same time chat with colleagues about the developments in various parts of the country in the past six months.

When Taketori Che walked through the courtyard with a bundle of firewood in his arms, he suddenly heard someone calling himself from the corridor next to him.

"Hey, kid."

Taketori Che stopped, and turned his head to correct the other party with a serious face: "Mr. Makijuro, I have a name, and my name is Akihara Shiina."

"I don't care what your name is, anyway, people who join the Ghost Killing Squad don't live long." The middle-aged man said very bluntly, "What is your original intention for joining the Ghost Killing Squad?"

"Kill the ghost."

——Otherwise, do you think you can get a [-]% discount on grocery shopping in the supermarket?

It has to be said that this blunt answer made Purgatory Makijuro a little uncomfortable. Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Taketori Che decided to send the firewood to the designated location first.

But the man stopped her again.

"Akihara."

Taketori Che rolled his eyes and had to turn around calmly, "What else do you want?"

"Is there anyone else in your family?" Purgatory Makijuro said lazily, "If you have family members, don't mess around in this business, get out of the Demon Slayer Squad quickly, or your family will send you away when they turn around."

Taketori Che was silent for a moment: "No one will send me off, I have sent away all the people who should be sent away."

As she spoke, she stared at the man with her calm black eyes.

Purgatory Makijuro scratched his bearded chin, seemed to feel a little uncomfortable, and immediately waved his hand, "Then go and do your work, I'm fine here."

Taketori Che: "But I have something to tell you."

"I don't want to hear it." Makijuro replied arrogantly.

"I'm very envious of you." Taketori Che didn't care whether the other party wanted to hear his story or not, and he said it on his own, "You have two sensible sons, and you have superb fighting skills yourself, and you have killed so many people. Ghost... I really envy you."

Purgatory Makijuro sneered after hearing this: "Hey, Akihara, you don't have to envy me, I'm just a decadent and incompetent uncle. When I was young, I thought the same way as you - 'Wow, my father is Zhu',' When I grow up, I must kill the ghost king'...these are all passionate and unreliable ideas."

"Unreliable?" Taketori Che repeated.

"That's right!" At this point, the middle-aged man's expression suddenly became grim and painful, "What's the use of being strong? What's the use of protecting as many ordinary people as possible? Not even the one who wants to protect the most Everyone will be lost! Being a pillar of fire, a ghost killing team... are all hopeless things!"

"Our purgatory family has paid a price for killing ghosts for thousands of years? When the father dies, the son goes, when the elder brother dies, the younger brother goes, and when the brothers die, the sisters go to battle!"

"But what about the result? The result is still far away! The ghost king is still unimaginably powerful, there are more and more ghosts all over the world, and the casualty rate of the ghost killing team is increasing year by year...We got nothing! Nothing!"

"No, you still got something. You and all the Purgatory family have paid for thousands of years and it's not fruitless." Taketori Che heard his voice so gentle and calm, like a slow breeze in the mountains and forests. Flowing spring water, "For example, my mother was rescued by your father when she was a child. When my grandfather told me this incident, he still praised the demeanor of the swordsman who killed the ghost with a sword."

Purgatory Makijuro suddenly froze.

Father……

If you were in my situation, what would you do?

It had been a long time since he had dreamed of his dead family members.

His father, his mother, his grandparents, and... the love of his life.

If his lover is still alive, he must look at him with disapproval eyes, right?After all, Xing Shoulang inherited his mother's enthusiasm and strong consciousness, completely different from a cowardly and incompetent man like himself...

Thinking of the pain of trying to forget, Purgatory Makijuro felt his whole body become weak.

"Go away, kid, before I beat you hard."

Taketori Che tilted his head and thought for a few seconds, then asked, "Will you feel better if you beat me up?"

Purgatory Makijuro:? ? ?

The middle-aged man turned his head to look at her fiercely: "Are you looking for death!"

"Ah."

Taketori Che pulled out a piece of firewood from his arms, and held it up to his chest like holding a sword, "Please enlighten me."

Purgatory Makijuro smiled angrily, originally he didn't want to embarrass her too much for the sake of his father's saving this stinky girl's senior, but he didn't expect to be provoked to come to her door!

Well, if he doesn't beat up this itchy little disciple today, anyone can jump around on top of his former Yan Zhu!

"I will fulfill you!"

The man in kimono angrily jumped down the corridor stepping on clogs, and instead of bullying her, he took a firewood from the pile, his lazy and world-weary temperament suddenly changed, and he roared like thunder: "Stinky girl, please!" die!"

Taketori Che was beaten and crawled all over the ground like a dog.

The middle-aged man didn't feel too much pity for her because of her identity, gender and age.

There is no way, the level and combat experience of both sides are there, as for the breathing method of flame?Don't be kidding, isn't it just a joke?

So it didn't take long before Taketori Che's little arms and legs were defeated.

Seeing the level above the other party's head showing "???" and the super long health bar full of bars, Taketori Che gritted his teeth and opened the read file!

The scene in front of her suddenly changed, and the timeline jumped back to 2 minutes ago, before returning to the duel before she was disabled.

And Purgatory Makijuro was still rolling up his sleeves while walking over and glaring at her: "I will fulfill you right now!"

This time, Taketori Che persisted for two minutes and 15 seconds.

The second time I read the file, I persisted for two and a half minutes.

Due to a misjudgment in the third file read, he was directly beaten by the opponent, his right wrist was swollen, and he was out of the game early, at one minute and 12 seconds.

…………

[Guiding Battle: Don't be discouraged and fight]

[Mission Description: Persist for more than 5 minutes in the teaching and training of Purgatory Harunojuro]

Finally, after reading No.20's three archives, Taketori Che, who had already figured out the middle-aged man's early moves, finally seized a gap and thrust out with a stick, aiming at the opponent's ribs!

However, just when the firewood was about to hit the opponent, the hulking man suddenly shrank his chest back, turned sideways to avoid the wooden stick, and at the same time turned his hand to pull it, forcing the girl to lean forward, and even took this opportunity to swing her directly. Get up and throw it to the sky!

not good!

This is something Makijuro only thought of when he was throwing people up. He was used to fighting ghosts in the past, and he used whatever moves were fierce.In addition, Taketori Che's previous performance was very skillful and calm, which gave him some illusions that this kid might be very strong-but ordinary people can't stand this kind of head-on-down fall!If the neck of Boring's eldest son's apprentice was broken, wouldn't he be charged with murder? !

Therefore, the firewood that was cutting towards Taketori Che's neck in mid-air braked urgently, changed lanes and pushed her shoulder with a gentle force.

But Taketori, as if he had seen this scene in advance, grabbed Makijuro's wrist with his backhand to use his strength, pulled out the broken knife hidden in his coat, and stabbed him with a knife!

However, Duan Ren was too short after all.

In other words, Taketori Che calculated this just-right distance in advance.

The dull tip of the broken blade tore through the man's feathered jacket, and then fell powerlessly to the ground.

Makijuro, who felt the wind of the knife brushing his nose, froze suddenly.

This brat...

As soon as his hand was loosened, the softness dissipated, and Taketori Che fell into the ground with a "bang", unable to get up for a long time.

But... I don't want to read the file anymore!so tired!And the task has been overfulfilled!

It was only at this time that Makijuro came back to his senses, he looked at the little girl who had been under him for 5 minutes with complicated eyes: "You..."

"Father!"

A call interrupted the man's words.

At this moment, Senshouro, who had been waiting for the firewood for a long time and couldn't come, came to find someone but found that his father was beating his elder brother and apprentice angrily, was trembling, almost covered his eyes with tears in front of the exhausted girl, and opened his hands to stop his father.

"Please don't get angry, no matter what Shiina did wrong, please don't get angry with her! If you are really angry, hit me!"

"Go away, you useless guy!" The rough middle-aged man pulled away the obstructive young son, and then stared at the girl condescendingly, "Now...do you still want to envy me?"

Taketori Che looked at Senjurou who was about to cry, then at the middle-aged man with an inexplicable expression, and then nodded: "I still envy you."

Whether it's his own fighting power, or his outstanding eldest son, or his gentle and considerate youngest son... After all, there are still family members alive, and this alone is enough to make the current Taketori Che feel envious.

Purgatory Makijuro pursed his lips, and turned his face away in a particularly unhappy way: "Hmph, whatever you want."

After all, he threw away the firewood that was almost chopped off, turned around and entered the house.

"Shiina, Shiina, are you alright!" Qianjulang was about to cry, and rushed over to help her up, "Why did father beat you up all of a sudden?"

"I'm fine, Senjuro-senpai." Taketori Che comforted him, "I want to test his strength."

Chijuro:? ? ?

In fact, Taketori Che still lied.

She just wanted to touch the fleeting...pain on the other person's body.

It's more about wanting to do something for my teacher and Senjuro. If everyone doesn't love each other well when the family is still there, shouldn't we wait until one of them dies before crying at the other's grave?

After all, Taketori Che also read the same thing called "pain" from his teacher - the feeling of wanting to be praised and recognized by his father no matter how old he is.

So she stood up with the help of the boy, and shouted loudly into the room: "Thank you for your guidance, Mr. Harunojuro! I have learned a lot!"

After several seconds, there was a cold hum from inside the room, but no one was there.

The boy Qianshoulang on the side looked at her with the eyes of an alien, as if a scumbag saw that the top student at the same table solved a difficult problem that he couldn't understand at all——Shiina actually gave birth to his decadent father. Thoughts?Terrible!This is something that even the eldest brother can't do!

"Why are you staring at me like this, Senior Senjurou?" Taketori Che got up from the ground with a bruised nose and a swollen pig's face, and joked casually, "You won't be tempted by me, will you?"

Purgatory Chishouro: "...No."