[Comprehensive] Takasugi-kun's Melancholy

The ancestral house of the Takasugi family was not very big originally, but the ancestral house expanded by Mrs. Mifune is unbelievably large. If you really want to say it, it must have been promoted from a house to a manor, right?

The area of ​​the inner house is not very exaggerated, but because Mrs. Mifune likes to be quiet, the number of people entering and leaving the inner house is extremely small. Not only that, they will not make the slightest sound when they come and go, which naturally creates a large and empty inner house. illusion.

Not to mention the outer court, it was not the original land of Takasugi's family, but was expanded after Mrs. Mifune's request. It not only has a martial arts training ground for private soldiers, but also provides land for hired farmers or external maids. The dormitory, where people come and go, looks like a small market, no, it is a little different from the market, at least the people in the market will not do everything like here. orderly.

Everyone in Takasugi House has their own affairs, and they have this precise concept of time, everything is in order.

Although Takasugi-kun lives in the inner courtyard like Mrs. Mifune, except for studying and rest time, he mostly stays in the outer courtyard. First of all, he has not yet reached the point where Mrs. Mifune can improve his realm through "heart training" , so naturally there is no need to stay in the silent inner courtyard. Secondly, most of the people who enter and exit the inner courtyard are women. He is a man, even though he is still a child, he always feels awkward there.

In fact, the outer courtyard is also very good. In order to facilitate the training of those private soldiers, there are also blocks of martial arts training grounds. Watching those people practice will always benefit Gao Sugi-kun a lot.

"9997, 9998, 9999, 10000!" Gritting his teeth, he finished swinging the knife ten thousand times, and Takasugi-kun's inner shirt was soaked. Coupled with the heavy outer shirt, he felt like he was carrying a heavy burden.

Mrs. Mifune arranged systematic training for him, ranging from physical fitness to knife skills and even elementary school, but the amount of training far exceeded that of ordinary samurai children. The amount of training that challenges the limit of each item, this Unlike the training method of the samurai, it is similar to the training method of those Iga ninjas.

Exploit the limits of human performance in extreme ways.

However, Mrs. Mifune obviously made it according to Takasugi-kun's physical fitness. She can guarantee to successfully drain every drop of his energy every day, but it will not hurt his developing body. After a period of training, Takasugi-kun can be regarded as used to it With such a training rhythm, he could still find time to sneak to the outer courtyard, but Mrs. Mifune did not criticize Takasugi-kun's behavior at all.

"If you have energy, you can go anywhere." These are the original words of the lady, "If you have enough confidence in your own strength, it doesn't matter if you go to the battlefield." His mother was full of enthusiasm when she said these words. Confidence, which is the confidence of a powerful warrior in his own strength.

"Have you finished training, Master Mifune?" Takasugi-kun had finished his training and slipped to the outer courtyard when the sun was setting. I have always cleaned myself up and there is no smell of sweat. If I smell it closely, I can only smell the faint smell of lemonade.

Those people called him Master Mifune instead of Master Takasugi, Mr. Gao Sugi thought silently in his heart, but even so he recognized the title of Master Mifune, "It's over." He said to the guards under the training ground.

"Are you still here to watch the battle this time, Master Sanfuan?" It was the leader of the escort who escorted him back who asked the question. Those who escorted him were all carefully selected. In this outer courtyard, at least a small captain, And that leader has already reached the level of "retainer".

"If you come to watch the battle, do you want to go to the training ground in the second district?" The guard said casually, "There is a kid who is about the same age as you there. , that child has a very high talent for swordsmanship."

Possess a very high talent for swordsmanship?Takasugi-kun was a little moved when he heard this. His own talent was praised by Mrs. Mifune. Not to mention a genius, he can be said to be extremely talented. Although he has only started practicing for a short time, he is already decent. , but because he has no peers around him, he has been unable to make a correct assessment of his ability. He doesn't know who is better than that talented child in everyone's eyes.

"What's his name?" After thinking about it, Takasugi-kun asked the guard for his name.

"It's the grandson of Grandma Gui in the laundry room, named Gui Xiaotaro." The guard replied.

Gui Kotaro?Takasugi-kun repeated it several times in his heart, it was really a name with nothing new.

No matter what, Takasugi-kun's curiosity prevailed. No matter it was almost time to eat, he went directly to the training ground in the second district. As soon as he stepped in, he saw the long-haired braid holding a wooden knife. figure.

Gui was about the same age as him, and his stature was also quite similar. Both he and the guard on the opposite side were holding a wooden knife. The huge difference in height between the two made this picture a bit weird.

"Bottom right, stab." This is obviously a guiding battle. The guard opposite him will report the direction and style of his attack before each move, and Gui will respond according to his instructions, although because of his own experience The reason is always to barely block the opponent's attack, but judging from his reflexes and the decisiveness of swinging the knife, it is already very good.

Takasugi-kun squinted his eyes and looked below for a while, and finally came to a conclusion: it really is Ye Luzi's style of play.

Although Takasugi-kun has only started training for a while, he has received the most orthodox samurai education handed down from generation to generation by the Mifune family. You will feel the cold killing intent attached to the sword, and you can appreciate the beauty of the moment when you swing the sword. This is the sword technique worthy of the long history of the Mifune family.

But Gui is different. Although he was also taught to practice swordsmanship, his group of teachers is too mixed. Some have learned orthodox swordsmanship in famous swordsmanship halls, and some swordsmanship has been honed on the battlefield. , the combination of several items formed his own unique sword technique: it has both the courage of the orthodox sword technique and the ruthlessness of the assassination technique commonly used on the battlefield, flexible and adaptable.

Although he is still young, he can already see everyone's demeanor. Takasugi-kun judged that in time, he will definitely become an excellent samurai. The group of guards did not praise this man's talent.

"Someone is looking for you, Kotaro." The guard opposite him had already seen Takasugi-kun below, but because he was far away, he couldn't see his clothes clearly, and he had never seen Takasugi-kun before. Naturally, he didn't recognize him as the "Master Mifune" who was brought back recently, "Is he your good friend?" He thought that Takasugi-kun, who was about the same age as Gui, was his playmate.

Gui's eyesight was better than that of the guard, at least enough for him to see Takasugi-kun's face, "I'm not a friend," he put down the wooden knife, "I've never seen him before."

At this time, the other people who saw that Gui and the others had finished the sparring finally moved their eyes from the martial arts arena, and when they turned around, they saw Takasugi-kun standing behind them.

"Master Mifune!" The leader of the samurai saw the family crest on Takasugi-kun's feathers and immediately knelt down, and the people behind him knelt down after hearing his address to Takasugi-kun.

"You don't need to be too polite, just get up." Gao Sugi-kun was not surprised by their reaction. In fact, after staying in this ancestral house for so many days, everyone except the guards who were already familiar with him had this attitude. got used to.

"I just came to see the kid who is said to be about the same age as me," Takasugi-kun explained, "he does have a rare talent for swordsmanship."

"It's just that the son of a servant can be called a talent?" The leader of the samurai obviously misunderstood what Takasugi-kun meant, and he lowered his head even lower, "We will definitely not overstep and let him receive training again, Please punish the young master."

Hearing this, a string of black lines fell on Takasugi-kun's forehead, what the hell, am I that scary?He thought in his heart, but he didn't show it at all, "Please don't do this, the rare talent for sword skills naturally needs to be taught well, I'm just a little curious to hear that there are people of my age who have such sword skills, in fact, I am a little bit curious about having such a sword skill." Excellent playmates are still very much looking forward to.”

playmate? !Those guards were stunned by the huge pie that fell from the sky. They are not fledgling fools, so they naturally understand how special the identity of "playmate" is. If there is no accident, the playmate will definitely become the important deputy of the Patriarch Or retainers?

Actually a little envious of that silly boy, the guard glanced at Gui Xiaotaro, who was still confused about the situation, and sighed secretly.

Takasugi-kun said that choosing a playmate was not a matter of whim. Mrs. Mifune had discussed this issue with him long ago, and after asking Takasugi-kun about his wishes, he simply used it as a hands-off cabinet.

"It's your playmate, not mine," Mrs. Mifune said. "Since it's your own, of course you have to choose it yourself." It's not like a mother would say it at all, but if It is no surprise that Mrs. Mifune said this. She is a strange woman who cannot be guessed by common sense.

"Would you like to be my playmate, Mr. Gui?" Gao Shanjun walked towards the child. Gui seemed to be a little slow to figure out what happened. The guard next to him knelt on the ground and pulled him desperately The hem of his kimono, implying that he should salute Takasugi-kun.

"Mifune, Mifune..." He didn't seem to hear what Takasugi-kun said at all, and was immersed in his own thinking. After a while, Takasugi-kun was a little impatient before clapping his hands to reflect, "I see, You are the son of the Patriarch they said!"

Did you just react now?Everyone present has some black lines, isn't this guy's reaction arc too long?

"That's right." Although it didn't show on his face, Takasugi-kun already regretted his decision a bit, and always felt that this guy named Gui was as difficult to deal with as Sakata Gintoki.

"Being a playmate? Yes!" The other party readily agreed to Takasugi-kun, "My name is Katsura Kotaro, what's your name?"

Hey, hey, is this the way you speak to Master Sanfuan? You will definitely be punished!All the guards present broke into a cold sweat for Gui, did this brat realize who he was talking to?

Takasugi-kun's eyes widened. This way of self-introduction was really a novel experience. He was stunned for a moment and then realized, "My name is Takasugi Shinsuke, please give me your advice."

"Gaoshan?" Gui was stunned again, "Isn't it Mifune?"

"Mifune is my mother's surname," Takasugi-kun patiently explained, "Although I was brought up by my mother, I did not change my surname to Mifune in the genealogy."

The more important reason is that Takasugi-kun didn't say it out. Personally, he prefers to be called Takasugi instead of Mifune. Although Takasugi represents the inferior blood of his father, at least what the person who calls him Takasugi sees is Takasugi Jin helped this person, but those who called him Master Mifune only saw Mrs. Mifune behind him.

He Takasugi Shinsuke is always just himself, not some master of Mifune, let alone a vassal of Mrs. Mifune.