For example, at this moment... Kondo encountered this situation.

After receiving six consecutive slashes from Michizaburo Chiba, the coordination of his limbs had become extremely disordered.

As expected - Michizaburo Chiba, who has an extremely keen "fighter sense", immediately pounced on him.

It's the same pattern again: the wakizashi on the left hand forces Aototo back, and Souji tells Aotobu and others not to "get in the way". The katana on the right hand comes out and sweeps! Attack Kondo!

Although Kondo reacted quickly and quickly turned sideways to protect the bamboo sword to his chest, but unexpectedly, his hands and feet, which were in a very uncoordinated state, made a mistake - the defensive angle was not ideal, and the sword body was not gathered in a suitable position.

There was a loud "snap", and Kondo's loophole-filled defense was directly broken. The bamboo sword seemed to be separated from Kondo's hand, and it was raised high towards the sky... Kondo's body was wide open.

Chiba Michizaburo immediately moved his sword back to the best attacking position.

When the knife was swung again, there was a brand new piece of porcelain on the ground...

Isamu Kondo... also lost.

What was originally a great situation of 5 vs. 1 turned into 2 vs. 1 in just a few minutes... Michizaburo Chiba took advantage of the victory and pursued it, hoping to quickly defeat Aoto and Souji in one go!

The two people who had seen through Chiba Michizaburo's intentions straightened their expressions, spread their legs, held their swords steady, and prepared to face the "storm" that was about to come.

The scene that happened just now reappeared on the field - one sword versus one person, Chiba Michizaburo's wakizashi dealt with Souji, and the katana dealt with Aoto.

The wind was blowing under my feet, rushing left and right, and the shadow of the sword flashed.

The three of them fought as a team, fighting back and forth, and were at a stalemate.

Perhaps because he found that it was difficult to defeat the two remaining opponents with just a simple attack at this moment, Chiba Michizaburo made a sweeping strike, forcing Aoto and Souji to dodge, while he himself took this opportunity to retreat.

He retreated to a place more than ten steps away from Qingdeng and the others, and then slowly stopped.

Facing Chiba Michisaburo who took the initiative to retreat, Aoto and Souji did not launch a pursuit - because they both chose to take advantage of this moment to adjust their breathing and think carefully about how to defeat Chiba Michisaburo.

"Huh...huh...huh...huh...huh..." Qingden breathed rapidly.

Before the battle with Chiba Michisaburo, he had already consumed a lot of energy by fighting more than ten Xuanbu Hall swordsmen in succession.

Playing against a master of Chiba Michizaburo's level...both in terms of psychological pressure and physical test, it was quite a challenge.

Even if he possesses the "strong essence" and the newly copied "iron lung", he cannot resist such consumption.

As for Souji, her situation is even worse than Qingteng.

"Haah...haah...haah...haah...haah..."

Souji must open his mouth wide and inhale through his mouth and nose together to ensure the oxygen supply to his body.

Her rapid breathing formed an overwhelming sound barrier, covering up all surrounding sounds.

His fighting style is "high-explosive" and his physical strength is far from abundant. He is good at bursting out extremely powerful combat power in a short period of time and defeating his opponents in one go. He is not very good at long-lasting battles that require him to maintain a fighting state for a long time.

war.

The appearance of Souji made Qingto even worry about whether she still had the strength to continue fighting, so he couldn't help but ask:

"General Secretary, can you continue to fight?"

As soon as Qingneng finished speaking, the Souji immediately raised her cute face, and while wiping the sweat dripping from her chin with the back of his left hand, he smiled brightly at Qingneng and said without thinking:

"certainly!"

Looking at the smiling face of the General Secretary, the corners of Qingto's mouth turned up slightly unconsciously.

"Really...that's good. If you can't fight anymore, it will be very difficult for me. I can't defeat Chiba Michizaburo on my own."

The Joint General Director, Kondo and others beat each other out of five, and one of them was beaten into this kind of behavior.

If he were to fight Chiba Michizaburo in a one-on-one fight, he would probably be beaten as a sandbag.

His current strength is far inferior to Chiba Doisaburo - this is an irrefutable objective fact. Qingto does not intend to deny it, nor does he feel that this is something to be ashamed of.

"Hahaha..." Souji chuckled a few times and said in a half-joking tone, "It seems as if with my help, you can defeat Chiba Michizaburo. Tachibana-kun, regarding the current situation

…Do you have any secret strategies to break the situation?”

Having said this, the Director-General changed the subject and his tone became slightly more serious.

"To be honest - if we don't use our brains quickly and come up with some clever strategies, secret techniques, etc., then we are probably going to lose this battle today..."

Kondo and others were eliminated one after another, and the original "5 vs. 1" good situation was completely lost. Aoto and Souji, who were still able to fight, were out of breath and exhausted... Even a person who did not understand any martial arts

A layman can also see how bad the situation Qingdeng and the others are currently facing.

"'Secret strategy to break the situation'..."

Qingden looked at Chiba Michizaburo opposite him expressionlessly, his eyes twinkling slightly.

"...There is still some."

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At this moment——

"Audience Seat", the seats for the small Chiba Sword Hall group——

"Third cousin, he has become much stronger again..." Sanako murmured.

"Yes..." Chiba Jutaro agreed with a look of admiration.

It's been a long time since these two siblings have seen Chiba Doisaburo at full strength.

So after seeing the fierce fighting power that Chiba Michizaburo just burst out on the field, Sanako and Chiba Jutaro, like the ordinary spectators around them, looked stunned and surprised.

"If this continues, I feel like Tachibana-kun and the others are going to lose..." Chiba Jutaro crossed his arms tightly in front of his chest and frowned slightly.

"...Ju-kun and the others are in a very pessimistic situation right now, but they are not without a chance to turn defeat into victory."

Chiba Jutaro, Sanako, and the other disciples of the small Chiba sword hall sitting next to him, such as Shannan Keisuke, quickly turned their faces and focused their attention on Chiba Nobuyoshi who suddenly made a sound.

"The third nephew has a very fatal weakness." Chiba Nobuyoshi said, "Using two swords as weapons means that the consumption of physical strength and arm strength is more than twice that of ordinary people."

"So 'the inability to maintain high combat power for a long time' has always been the third nephew's biggest weakness."

"Look, the third nephew is a little out of breath now."

Hearing what Chiba Sadaikichi said, everyone quickly raised their heads and looked towards the arena - indeed, just as Chiba Sadaikichi said, Chiba Michizaburo's breathing was quite rapid, and his chest was beating up and down rapidly like a blower.

"The third nephew's sword is no longer as sharp as it was at the beginning of the competition. If Mr. Ju and others can seize the opportunity, maybe... oh?"

Before he finished speaking, Chiba Nobuyoshi suddenly stopped talking, opened his eyes slightly, and cast a surprised look towards the arena.

Correction. This is not only true for Chiba Nobuyoshi.

Sanako, Chiba Jutaro, Shannan Keisuke, everyone in the trial defense hall... In short, everyone in the "auditorium" who knew Aoto, all focused their astonished eyes on the competition field at this moment.

Those who did not know Aoto or were not familiar with Aoto, such as Saito Yakuro and others, had expressions of surprise and expectation on their faces.

Looking at the entire "auditorium", only Kiryu and Mai Kinoshita's expression changes were completely different from everyone else's.

Kinoshita Mai was surprised at first and then overjoyed.

"Oh..." Kiryu raised his eyebrows, an elusive smile appearing on his face.

The reason why everyone in the "auditorium" is like this is all because Qing Deng on the field has put on... the sword-drawing posture at this moment!

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"...Souji, can you help me knock off one of Chiba Doisaburo's swords? Any sword will do. Wakizashi, katana, whatever."

"Um?"

When the general manager turned his face in confusion, he happened to see Qingden put his left palm to his left waist, using it as a sheath, then lowered his waist slightly, turned his right wrist, made a fancy sword dance, and then used his left palm as a sheath.

Holding the bamboo sword upside down, he put the bamboo sword into the "sheath" on his left waist.

"Tachibana-kun, is this...?"

Before he could be surprised by Aomori's sudden sword-drawing stance that he had never seen before, the Souji heard Aomori continue to say:

"Chiba Dosaburo's Beichen Two-Sword Style can be used both offensively and defensively. He can attack with one sword and defend with the other sword at the same time. If he is allowed to wield the two swords like this, we will have a very hard fight. But on the other hand,

——If we can reduce the number of swords in his hand to just one... then our chances of winning will greatly increase."

Having said this, Qingdeng let out a sigh of relief, lowered his eyelids, and his face became serious and solemn at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"I recently figured out a move that is quite powerful for the time being... mysteries."

"The physical strength I have left is no longer enough to allow me to fight fiercely with Michizaburo Chiba for a long time."

"So I plan to pin my victory or defeat on my next secret."

"Soji, help me knock off one of Chiba Doisaburo's swords. Then... leave the rest to me!"

Qingdeng's tone was filled with unpretentious solemnity, confidence...and determination!

Souji blinked her big eyes a few times, looking straight at Qingden's profile with a dazed look that made the facial lines look a bit more stern due to his solemn expression.

After a while, the dull look in the director's eyes slowly dissipated.

Instead, there was a soft smile.
To be continued...