A person in Japan, a sword that soars to immortality.

Chapter 199 My Flying Sword Style is fake?

The war between the Choshu Domain and the shogunate, which touched the hearts of countless people, has finally come to an end.

But in the end, neither side was happy.

In this battle, the Choshu Domain lost more than 3000 men, and the Shogunate side, along with the soldiers of the Satsuma Domain, suffered a total of more than 10,000 deaths!

With so many corpses piled up in Kyoto, it should take several days to clean them up, and it would be difficult to find a good place to bury them in the short term.

However, a subsequent fire that swept through half of Kyoto burned all the bodies to ashes.

Murder and arson—such heinous crimes must have been committed by... the Choshu Domain!

"Are you kidding me?! How could we, the people of the Choshu Domain, possibly set fire to a place!"

"This is the biggest slander against us!"

Kenshin Himura stood on the bridge, his hands bulging with veins as he gripped the hilt of his sword tightly.

Seeing how excited he was, Yukishiro Tomoe, who was standing behind him, quickly stepped forward, put her hand on his shoulder, and pressed her face against his back.

Feeling the beauty's touch and the warmth emanating from through his clothes, Kenshin's restless heart began to calm down.

I was awakened by the thick smoke.

When he opened his eyes, all he could see was a sea of ​​fire and corpses scorched and huddled like shrimp; his mind went completely blank.

"Who did this! Who on earth did this?!"

In an instant, the image of a demon wearing a Shura mask, wielding a katana as long as himself, tall and imposing, with an aura as vast as mountains and as deep as the sea, immediately appeared in his mind.

Damn it! It must be him! This devil who wreaks havoc on the world, treats human life like dirt, and turns the human world into hell!!!

Thanks to the enhancement of his body by the True Qi Martial Arts, Kenshin didn't have time to help his comrades from the Choshu Domain clean up. He quickly tore off a piece of cloth from his body, covered his mouth and nose, and rushed out of the sea of ​​fire.

When they returned to the Choshu Domain residence, all that remained was a charred ruin.

Feeling lost, disappointed, and frustrated.

The extreme depression in his heart was almost suffocating him.

But just then, a figure in pure white appeared in their field of vision.

It was Yukishiro Tomoe, the woman he decided to protect for the rest of his life.

"Kenshin, this is reality. You should learn to accept it."

A clear, deep male voice came from under the bridge. Kenshin quickly turned around, grabbed Yukishiro Tomoe's hand, and went to the bridge railing to look down.

"Gui Xiao..."

"Shhh."

The man, sitting on the dry riverbed, leaning against the bridge pier, wrapped in a straw mat, simply raised his hand to his lips, making a shushing gesture.

He then continued:

“We lost about 3000 people, and this fire, which happened in an unknown way, has displaced 28,000 households in Kyoto.”

"In fact, the purpose of the secret meeting at the Ikedaya was to set fire to Kyoto and then frame the shogunate so that the Choshu Domain could smoothly take over Kyoto."

"but......"

At this point, Katsura Kogoro lowered his head, stared at the ground, his lips moved, but he couldn't utter the rest of his words.

"But in the end, the shogunate pinned the arson charge on the Choshu Domain. In fact, the fire was caused by that person."

that person?

Kenshin suddenly turned around, his brows furrowed, looking at Yukishiro Tomoe with a surprised expression.

Her expression remained calm and composed, but her cherry lips parted slightly as she uttered the answer that would make him give up.

"The man who defeated you, some people saw him, he was like a god, with a monster's mark flashing on his forehead, and fragments of the sun hanging behind him, constantly radiating desperate heat to the surroundings."

"They burned down the houses, burned down the air, and it seemed they wanted to burn down the whole world..."

what? !

Kenshin's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.

Although he couldn't estimate the opponent's strength, the effect he displayed was something that humans could understand.

How can it emit such immense heat and burn everything?

Is this something humans can truly do? Or is it that there really is a God in this world?

But when he thought of those who died, those comrades who were dismembered in an instant when he was in a daze and didn't even see their opponents clearly, and whose bodies couldn't even be preserved intact after death, he trembled with anger.

click!

The katana was drawn, its blade reflecting the dazzling sunlight, transforming its cold gleam into a burning fury of vengeance.

If there truly is a God, how could He not have mercy on humanity?

Isn't this world created by God? We should all be God's children! So how could parents possibly raise a butcher's knife against their own children!

"He must be a demon!"

"I will vanquish this evil spirit!"

clap clap clap...

A crisp clapping sound came from the bridgehead. Looking in the direction of the sound, one could see that the White Snake Noblewoman, who was often mentioned by Lord Katsura Kogoro and lived in the Kyoto Imperial Palace, had quietly appeared at the bridgehead.

But why are her eyes sparkling with a pink light?

Looking at the White Serpent Goddess, who was praised endlessly by Katsura Kogoro and had provided great help to the righteous men of the Choshu Domain's restoration, Kenshin suddenly felt a sense of dislike from the bottom of his heart.

However, due to the circumstances at the scene, he managed to conceal himself well.

However, the strange feeling he had instilled in him made him more wary of the other party.

"Very good. I am relieved to see that Kenshin was not discouraged after his defeat and still had a high fighting spirit."

"However, I advise you not to seek revenge now."

Ok?

After the White Serpent God finished speaking with a smile, Kenshin frowned and casually swung his sword horizontally in front of him.

Seeing the other person's displeasure, she shook her head helplessly, thinking to herself what a reckless, or rather, innocent young hero he was.

"Because you are no match for him now, you need to train."

After saying that, the White Snake God suddenly found a book in his empty palm and threw it to him.

This is.......?

Looking at the books that exude an ancient and rustic feel, Kenshin could sense a profound sense of history just from their appearance, even without reading the contents.

Upon seeing the words on the book, his pupils contracted instantly, and his heart pounded like a drum.

The Flying Sword Manual!

Isn't this the sword technique I use? Master Kohiko Seijuro once said that our school has no written records left behind.

The Flying Sword Style is taught one-on-one, and is passed down orally and through personal demonstration.

So what's the deal with this book?

Driven by intense curiosity, Kenshin opened the book's cover. As he read on, his initial shock gradually turned into numbness.

"This, this really is the Flying Sword Style? Can I use those incredible techniques according to the method in the book?"

Kenshin opened his mouth, looked up at the White Serpent God, and asked blankly.

The response was a gentle and kind smile and an affirming look from the other party.

What the heck? Is the Flying Sword Style I'm learning now fake?

Kenshin stiffly turned to look at Yukishiro Tomoe, completely bewildered. He really wanted to go back and ask Hiko Seijuro if he had been keeping something from him.