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Zhou Zhu kept talking, and Qingdeng felt like there were dozens of mosquitoes flying around his ears.

"Master, don't worry." Qingden smiled helplessly at Zhousuke, "I'm not stupid enough to be complacent because of such a small achievement."

Tonight, except for Okita, who said "I want to come and enjoy the large bath alone late at night," all the men in the trial building, namely Aoto, Shusuke, Kondo, Saito, and Kubei, came to this adjacent building together for a rare occasion.

The bathhouse of the Test Guard Hall: Take a bath in Chihiro House.

Before that, there were very few people who came to bathe together.

"Okay, father." Kondo seemed to be unable to bear Shusuke's nagging at this time, and advised him, "Tachibana-kun will continue the game tomorrow, now let him take a good bath and rest.

, it’s not too late to talk about these great principles later.”

After finishing speaking, Kondo turned his attention to Qingto.

"Tachibana-kun, please stay in the bathtub for a while today. Taking a hot bath will help relieve your body's fatigue."

"Yeah." Qingdeng nodded.

After nodding, Qingdeng silently added in his heart:

——My body actually doesn’t have any fatigue that needs to be relieved...

Qingdeng only swung his sword three times in today's three games. How can he be tired?

Now is one of the most popular times in the bathhouse. Nearly 80% of the space in the huge bathhouse has been occupied by people. Qingdeng, who is soaking his body in a corner of the bathhouse, can't help but feel cramped.

After three fierce rounds of elimination today, only a dozen contestants are left.

The last dozen players will start the final three rounds tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow's fourth round can be understood as the "semi-finals", the fifth round is the "semi-finals", and the final sixth round is the "final" to decide who is the winner of this competition!

Although his body was not very tired, Qingdeng still held the mentality of "I also paid for this bathhouse, so I should take more baths." He closed his eyes and immersed all the parts below the chin into the bathhouse. The temperature was just right.

in the pool water.

——Among all the remaining players... the one who is worthy of attention and who is most likely to have special talents is probably the new wife in the training hall.

Qingden wanted to empty his head, but his thoughts drifted uncontrollably to tomorrow's game.

According to Qingdeng's own observation, among the remaining ten opponents, the only one whose strength is impressive is the last "Three Heroes" with whom he has not yet fought: Kuan Nitsuma of the training hall.

The other players except Kanazuma... To put it bluntly, Aoto could easily kill them all in an instant just by giving up a hand.

Qingdeng believes that if nothing happens, he will have a fight with his new wife Kuan sooner or later tomorrow!

Nitsuma Kuan's strength is much stronger than the other players. Except for Qingto, none of the remaining players can compete with Nitsuma Kuan.

That is to say - if in tomorrow's fourth or fifth round, Aoshito fails to face Shinzuma Kan, then the two opponents who will compete in the sixth round of this competition, that is, the finals

, that is, he and his new wife are estranged!

According to Aoto's observation in today's game, Nitsuma Hiroshi's strength... should be slightly stronger than Morishita, Oizaki and others who were all instantly killed by Aoto with one sword.

In a nutshell - although Qingneng has been listed as the opponent that needs the most attention in tomorrow's game, there is still a huge gap between Shinzuma Kuan's strength and the current Qingneng.

However, Qingdeng did not feel any arrogance or contempt for his new wife Kuan Xin.

He doesn't like Qingdeng, and he doesn't tend to be arrogant and complacent. Even though his strength is much higher than other players, he still wants to play every remaining game with full seriousness and strength.

While Aoto's mind was still drifting to tomorrow's game, he suddenly heard Shusuke, who was sitting across from him, saying to Kondo:

"Ah, by the way, Yong. Just now, the chief executive asked me to help him buy some sweets from the candy shop that is open late when I go home after taking a bath.

Gold-covered sugar."

"This task of buying candy for the chief executive will be left to you. When you take a bath later, remember to buy candy for the chief executive."

"Hua Tang House...Okay, I understand."

Okita... Hearing Kondo and the others mention Okita in their chat, Aoto couldn't help but open his eyes as he remembered something related to Okita, and then he intervened in the conversation between Kondo and Shusuke.

"Kondo-kun, speaking of Okita-kun... I have a question related to Okita-kun. I wonder if I can ask it?"

"A question related to Okita?" Kondo blinked, raised his chin towards Aoto, and motioned to Aoto: You can ask.

Seeing this, Qingdeng no longer hesitated.

"Kondo-kun, I discovered that since I stayed at the Imperial Guard Hall, I have never seen Okita-kun's family come to look for him."

"As for Okita-kun, he has always lived in the imperial examination hall. I have never seen him leave the imperial examination hall temporarily and go back to live with other relatives."

"So I just want to ask: Don't any of Okita-kun's relatives live in Edo?"

"Oh, you're asking this..." Hearing the question raised by Qingto, Kondo raised his eyebrows, then pursed his lips, as if thinking about his words.

After a while, I saw him slowly saying:

"Well, Souji does not have any relatives living in Edo. Apart from the Imperial Guard Hall, he has no other place to go in Edo, so naturally he has been staying in the Imperial Guard Hall."

Having said this, Kondo tilted his body and changed to a more comfortable sitting position, then continued:

"Soji, he lost his parents when he was young."

"The only closest relatives left are his two sisters who are both married."

"The eldest sister Okita Hikaru married a samurai who changed her name to Okita Rintaro because he had married into the Okita family, and now lives in Hino-juku, located in the north of Edo."

"Second sister Okita Kaneya married far away."

"Souji has a very good relationship with his sisters, but because Okita Hikaru and Okita Kane do not live in Edo now, Okita doesn't see his two sisters very often.

"

"Okita-kun turns out to have a sister..." Qingto murmured.

Okita has two sisters - this is the first time Qingto knows about this.

"Souji's two sisters are both great beauties." Kondo continued at this time.

"The second sister of Souji, Kane Okita, is married far away, so she rarely has the opportunity to return to Edo."

"But Hino-juku, where the eldest sister Okita Hikaru currently lives, is not very far from Edo, so she occasionally goes back to Edo to visit the Souji during the holidays."

"Every time Okita Hikaru goes back to Edo to visit Souji, he always attracts a large number of apprentices from our training hall to come and take a peek at Souji's sister."

"Hoo ho ho..." Suddenly, Zhouzhu on the side was smiling "ho ho ho" as he interjected, "When I first met A Guang, I even thought about bringing Yong and A Guang together.

, let us Kondo family and Okita family get closer."

"It's a pity that Aguang was already married at that time. Thinking about it carefully, it's really a pity."

"Are they all great beauties..." Qingto chewed the words carefully and said with a smile, "That's right. After all, Okita-kun is so cute... ah, no, he is so good-looking and has

It’s not surprising that there are two beautiful sisters.”

Aoden originally wanted to use "cute" to describe Okita's appearance.

But I thought that using "cute" to describe a man might be a bit offensive, so I temporarily changed it to "good-looking".

However, although Aoto had temporarily changed his words, Kondo still heard the "cute" sentence Aoto just blurted out.

"Tachibana-kun, when in front of Souji, please don't ever say, 'You look so cute.'" Kondo smiled helplessly, "Souji doesn't like people saying he's cute, because he feels that as a

It is quite humiliating for a man to be called 'cute' by others."

"It's understandable..." Qingto smiled bitterly, "But... to be honest, Okita-kun does have a very cute face. Apart from 'cute', I don't think there is any other adjective that can describe it better."

This describes Okita-kun’s appearance.”

Although it might be rude to say this, Aoden always felt that Okita was born with the wrong gender.

He is obviously a man, but he has a face that is cuter than 99% of women.

When he first met Okita, if it weren't for seeing Okita wearing men's clothes, Aoto would have mistaken Okita for a cute girl from some family.

On weekdays, when Okita and I go out together, Okita's extremely cute face often attracts some strange people.

In ancient Japan, people called Ryo Yang's good behavior "Zhongdao". Zhongdao has been quite popular in the Warring States Period three hundred years ago and in the current Edo Period.

So when I usually walk on the street with Okita, I often bump into some obscene "enthusiasts" who come to talk to and harass Okita.

Qingdeng had also been harassed once by "lovers of the Way".

In terms of appearance, Qingdeng belongs to the type with delicate and slender facial features - which happens to be the face that is most loved by "lovers of all religions"...

About two months ago, when Qingteng was drinking tea in a certain tea house, a well-dressed samurai suddenly came to his table and spoke some affectionate words to Qingteng...

"I am the second son of the Hatamoto Yuki family" and so on... In short, he hinted to Aoto "I am attracted to you" overtly and covertly.

After Qingdeng, whose sexual orientation was completely normal, figured out the guy's purpose, he raised his left hand unceremoniously and pressed the handle of the knife at his waist to scare away the perverted man.

Even Qingden was harassed by such a perverted man, let alone Okita.

There were 7 or 8 incidents of "perverted men harassing Okita" that Qingto had encountered alone.

"Anyway, remember not to praise Okita in front of him, just praise him as 'cute'." Kondo shrugged, "You can praise him for being good-looking, delicate, etc."

Soaking in a bath filled with hot water for a long time will cause blood to rush straight to the head, which is why it is easy to become dizzy after soaking in a bath for a long time.

I saw that Zhou Zhu was in a dazed state.
To be continued...