Sword Raiders II

Because of the previous accident, Yu Li stayed in this world for a few more days directly.

So Honmaru received a delayed letter from her announced through Foxnosuke, saying that it would take two days to return to Honmaru due to some unexpected situation in the real world, which made Baba wait for the master at the door early in the morning. The swords all showed disappointment.

"Why is this? I still want to hang lanterns with you today to decorate Honmaru."

"It seems that the world is not peaceful. Is the master okay there?"

"Tsk, why can't the swordsman return to the present world with the God Judge? Obviously we are also subordinates, so it's not unreasonable to help the master in the past!"

"Don't say it, the god-inspectors of each Honmaru don't use their real names, but the code names themselves are the most obvious signal. This is the protection of the two phases. You all understand the reason, and you can't want to invade the lord's domain too much just because of this. ah."

"I understand the truth... But, I really don't want to be reconciled."

Knowing that it would be useless to wait any longer, some of the swords guarding the door still muttered depressingly.

The difference between a god judge and a swordsman, a human being and a god, no one needs to explain it.

But as long as the thought of not being able to go to the present world with them is touched, there will always be an inexplicable sense of unwillingness in my heart, as if there is a very small voice saying that they can follow their master with confidence, no matter in this pill or in this world. , or anywhere else.

It's just that the sound was too small after all, so small that it seemed to be an illusion of passing by, and was thrown out by them shaking their heads.

He wasn't close to the gate, even if he was standing in a not far away Onimaru, listening to Zhongba murmured disappointment and dissipated, there was no difference on his habitually serious face.

It has been five days since he came to this Honmaru. As the Five Swords of the World, he has not only been familiar with the new body, but also participated in battle with the army twice, and quickly adapted to the new fighting style and lifestyle of being a swordsman.

During this period, I also heard a lot of news about the new owner, from the innocent and lively short sword to Yuan Tingyue's Ping An Zudao with hills and valleys in his chest, every mention of her is positive and high praise, Capable of writing and martial arts, he is well-mannered, capable, tolerant and gentle, and always maintains a perfect distance from his subordinates. He is neither so cold that his subordinates dare not look directly at him, nor does he feel that he can make mistakes at will , can hardly find a single flaw.

It was so perfect that Onimaru felt a little fake.

As the well-known Five Swords of the World, he has a very popular legend of killing ghosts. Therefore, the very popular Onimaru also has the experience of moving around among various famous generals. Among his masters are the emperor and the shogun. , There are also martial arts names... These are all masters who have always been looked up to, but no matter which one they must have some more or less shortcomings——

Suspicion, arrogance, alcoholism, sexiness, indolence, jealousy of talents... and so on, these characteristics can be found in those rulers.

But this one doesn't have it, as if all the beautiful characteristics of a wise lord are gathered together, and there is no flaw that can be criticized, which is the biggest unreasonable thing in itself.

He didn't believe that none of his colleagues here had noticed, especially those of his contemporaries, did they really not notice at all?

No, maybe it was discovered but not shown.

Onimaru remembered the extraordinary force of the lord who had mentioned to him more than once, and the rumor that she "had three Honmaru". This was probably the root cause of their inaction.

Otherwise, he is a new knife... Well, even if he is a little older and has a thousand years of experience so he can quickly see things, those swords of the same generation that are more sleek and shrewd than him are unreasonable and have not been discovered so far.

Doesn't it look like there's no problem, but is Honmaru actually hiding a lot of secrets?

The stern-faced Tianxia Five Swords breathed out lightly, turned around and left as if nothing had happened.

On his way back, Onimaru ran into a certain purple-haired glasses Fusangshen passing in front of him again.

If it's just like this, it's fine, the key is that he and the silver-haired young man joined together again.

Akashi, National Bank, and Yamabakiri Nagayoshi?

Onimaru Kuna, who has been here for a few days, read the names of the two in his heart, remembering that the last time the pursuit was stopped because of the interruption of Higakiri, he had enough reasons to suspect that the two vibrating swords were due to the receipt of the master who did not know today. It was only after the news that we got back that we got together again.

Seeing the two people walking away gradually, Onimaru looked around, it was fine, he didn't plan to come over to talk to him.

Taidao squinted his eyes, raised his legs and followed up.

This time, I won't lose track.

……

If you ask Akashi how the National Bank got together with Yamabuki Choyoshi, he will definitely raise his hands and cry for grievances helplessly. He really didn't want things to turn out like this.

It was Yamaba Kiri Nagayoshi who found it himself!

At the beginning, he found that something was wrong with the master, and he felt that he had to find someone to share the pressure. There was really no such thing as Zhen Dao in the list of candidates he was looking for.

But just when he put his eyes on those blades, thinking who would be safer to find, Changyi suddenly jumped out and cut off the beard.

"It seems that you have noticed something wrong with the lord, are you looking for someone who can discuss it?" The other party smiled, seeing that gentleness actually did not bring rejection at all, "Why don't we exchange information, maybe we will There is something new."

In this way, Akashi boarded Changyi's thief ship... Ah, that's not right, at least after getting in touch with him, he found that this person's ability is really not fake, and the nickname of current political civil servant is really not just a bluff.

This one has found other knives before him, such as Ishikirimaru, Candlestick Kiri Mitsutada, Nanquan Yiwen, Jizo Xingping... There are really many, and there have been several small meetings. A latecomer to this secret circle.

There are so many (fooled into) allies, who come and go, from being quite repulsive at the beginning to actively discussing with each other later, Akashi feels that his mentality has changed very naturally, and it is not awkward at all.

"The situation in the present world is probably quite complicated. That one used to do what he said, but this time he unexpectedly delayed his return."

Inside the house, Changyi's clear and clear voice sounded slowly, obviously deliberately lowering the decibels.

"Really, I'm convinced too, and I told her not to fight like this." Akashi's usual lazy tone this time also contained worry, "If I didn't know that Honmaru is on holiday for three days before and after the first lunar month, I would be worried How can I persuade people to go to rest afterwards. Maybe candlesticks are the best way to do this kind of thing.”

Having said that, Akashi glanced at the candlestick present, and the other party shook his head helplessly: "It's impossible to do that kind of thing often."

Hearing them talking about successfully persuading the lord to rest, Chang Yi's brows moved slightly: "About the fact that the lord is too diligent, haven't you thought about why?"

"Hasn't the master been so busy since the first day of Honmaru's opening? What's so strange?" As one of the first batch of Fifty Blades, Nanquan scratched his head and said.

"My lord has always been like this." Ishikimaru also nodded in agreement, "I'm only worried that she will really hurt her body if she is so busy."

Ksitigarbha Xingping calmed down and asked the core directly: "What clue did you find?"

"I have some clues." Chang Yi replied, "According to the information collected by everyone during this period, I'm [-]% sure about one thing."

Hearing what he said, all the knives couldn't help but look at it seriously, and even Onimaru Kuna, who was lurking outside the house to listen, also looked cold.

"That is, there is something more hidden about what the lord said about "bringing three Honmaru together"."

All blades inside and outside the house: "!!"

"Really!" Because he was so shocked, Akashi couldn't hold back his voice, "You said she had never carried a sword before, so how do you explain that she is very familiar with Honmaru and the battlefield of the retrograde army? And her You are also very clear about the nature of our swords, and every arrangement is sufficient and appropriate, so what should I say?"

She knows them very well. This information is reflected in all aspects of life, battles, and competitions. It is completely irrefutable. Anyone can see and even experience it!

So no sword ever doubted the truth of this sentence.

"I didn't say she didn't bring a sword, I just said that her words had other secrets." Knowing that this remark would definitely cause a commotion, Changyi was very calm, "Have you not noticed, the body of this Honmaru?" The amount is very large, and the living area allocated to each Dao faction is very reasonable, as if tailor-made. I have stayed with the government, and I still have some understanding of the initial Honmaru pattern issued by the current affairs to each god-inspector , it is impossible to be on the scale it is now.”

"Then... maybe it's the special treatment of the master's level?" Candlestick cut his brows and said, "After all, he has led so many appointments as a god judge."

"In this case, there is an obvious problem here. It is not that this Honmaru with its initial scale is not brand new." Changyi glanced over, "It is not brand new, which means that swords have lived in this Honmaru before. Then, in Where did they go before we appeared? But our lord is very familiar with this Konghonmaru, and he knows exactly what flowers and trees grow there. Isn't it a big flaw?"

Jizo also frowned: "You mean all of them met with an accident? Only the master is left guarding this Sora Honmaru?" It sounds uncomfortable.

"It's hard to say. When I was working in the government, I rarely heard of such a thing that all the members of the Honmaru were killed in battle, but it's not unheard of." The silver-haired Da Dao lowered his eyelids, "As far as the lord's ability is concerned, even if No matter how bad the battle situation is, it is impossible to end up with annihilation of the entire army. And when it comes to this, I have to mention another doubt. If our lord has been improving and nurturing his subordinates according to the current method, the original sword of this pill should be very powerful. It is powerful, and it is likely to reach the summit early. It is unheard of for such a top-level Honmaru to say that it will be wiped out by the entire army. Even if you take a step back and say that the retrograde army discovered the coordinates of the Honmaru and rushed in, it should not be in such an intact state. "

The blades couldn't help being silent. It is true that Ipponmaru's top-level swords have a very low probability of annihilation, and the swords also know the character of the master. If there are survivors of the old swords, it is impossible for her to send them away. To pick up a new sword to cultivate, will only rebuild Honmaru with them with sadness.

But speaking of sadness...

"Master doesn't seem to be sad?" As a morose blade who always steals opportunities to avoid laziness, Akashi thinks he has a clear grasp of his master's emotions, "But occasionally there will be some sad expressions..."

No, not just sadness, but depression and anxiety.

After seeing that tired sleeping face, Akashi really felt that she was forcing herself, as if she would be sorry if she didn't walk faster, but these emotions were really not sad.

"So it can be judged that nothing happened to the old sword that stayed in this Honmaru, or something irreversible happened." Changyi nodded, "And from this, combined with such a long period of observation and inquiring about other swords The fragmentary clues that come out, I have a very bold conjecture here, although it is also absurd, it is very consistent with the current doubts."

All was quiet in the house.

"Have you ever thought that there are actually no previous three Honmaru, and no old swords." Tapping the table with his fingers, Yamabuki Choyoshi said slowly, "We are her original swords, which were restored for unknown reasons. Forge back here and return to her subordinates. Looking at this conclusion, don't you think there are reasonable explanations for the past behavior of the lord?"

Light snow fell from the sky, adding a thin layer of silver to Honmaru, which was already covered in silver.

Kunimaru Onimaru walked on the way back to the house, his face was normal, but his heart was overwhelmed.

"Didn't you all realize that staying in this Honmaru is extremely comfortable? It is not only because of the good usage and conditions of Honmaru, but also because of the subconscious familiarity. Because of the familiarity, I am more relaxed. This is why I suspect that I am here. One of the reasons for being a member.”

"As for what happened that caused us to go back to the furnace and reforge, I am afraid that only the lord himself will know the truth. But obviously it is not a good thing, otherwise she will not be sure when we encounter a slightly difficult battlefield. You have to follow, do everything possible to protect.”

"It can also explain why she is so familiar with our living habits. After all, the knives of each Honmaru will be affected by different habits due to different owners, and the special habits that we should take a while to develop seem to be It appeared within a few days, and the master directly took care of those habits without any accidents. She probably didn't realize that such daily casual details have revealed a lot of information."

"The relatively more convincing evidence is that one day I overheard the words of the first sword Mutsu Mori Yoshiyuki, saying that when he appeared in front of the lord as the first sword of Honmaru, that one saw him and shed tears. Said it was great to see him again.”

Yamabukiri Nagayoshi's words kept turning in his mind, and it also reminded Onimaru Kunisuna of his first meeting with that lord at that time.

"I've always wanted to see you, and I wanted to thank you personally, but it's finally time."

Does that sentence, which seemed out of the blue at the beginning, actually represent another layer of unrevealed secret?

He and her... have met before?

It's just that he lost his memory and forgot everything?

With these questions in mind, Onimaru was bored for two whole days, and finally on a sunny day, he waited until the return of the master.

She appeared at the gate of Honmaru that morning, with a tiredness on her face that she didn't notice, but when she looked at them waiting at the gate, she burst out with vitality, smiled gently and opened her arms to welcome a group of short knives swoop.

"Sorry, I came back late."

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