Tanuki Rise of the Yokai Clan

Chapter 68: 1st rank of the Seidoukan

Chapter 68: 1st rank of the Seidoukan

Facing the girl in front of him, Tamazuki had a hard time believing that this girl was the 1st rank of the Seidoukan. Instead, he was sure when someone saw them like this, face-to-face, they would think that he was bullying this girl. Yet, the fact was otherwise since this girl was really the strongest student in the Seidoukan.

However, when facing him, this girl hugged herself tightly, trying to curl up into a ball. Her tearful, timid demeanor was reminiscent of a small animal. She seemed unaware that this had the effect of accentuating her generously sized breasts.

She was wearing a middle school uniform. Her large, round eyes and small, pointed nose made a charming combination. While her entire body emanated a shy quality, she was a beautiful girl.

She wore her silver hair tied up in two pigtails at the sides while the rest spilled down her back.

Her growth was unusual for someone around her age, yet the one that attracted him the most was the scabbard at her waist that appeared to house a real blade.

"Ah, um, eh?"

Clearly, she was nervous since Tamazuki appeared out of nowhere, asking her to have a duel.

Still, the middle-aged man, who seemed to be her uncle, was stunned when Tamazuki appeared before him. He frowned and asked, "You are Inugamigyoubu Tamazuki?" If Tamazuki was just a monster, he wouldn't use this tone, but besides being known as a monster, Tamazuki was a prodigy businessman, making his identity unique.

In a world where money was everything, Tamazuki's existence was so bright.

"Sorry for startling you. My name is Inugamigyoubu Tamazuki."

Tamazuki ignored the middle aged-man and only focused on the girl since he had a feeling he could grow even more with this girl.

"Ah, um, I know you." The girl hurriedly nodded since she knew him. Then, she quickly bowed awkwardly to introduce herself. "M-My name is Kirin Todou." Before she looked up once again, observing him timidly. While he hardly smiled, his expression was soft and gentle as he faced her.

In conclusion, he was so handsome.

'I want to see him smile...' she thought.

Unlike the protagonist and the heroines around him, Kirin knew about Tamazuki since she knew that Tamazuki would come sooner or later. She also had watched all of his fights, which always destroyed what his opponents were the best and proud of.

For others, it might seem like a mocking or even ugly way to fight, yet for her; she felt it was a challenge. She knew she wasn't that smart and clumsy. She also had no other advantages in life except for her swordsmanship. It was her only talent, and by facing him, she felt that her swordsmanship could also grow even higher.

"Bastard, how dare you ignore me?!

However, Kirin's uncle was furious at Tamazuki's reaction.

"So, do you want to have a duel with me?"

"Yes!" Kirin answered, but then she met the angry eyes of her uncle, which made her tremble timidly. "U-Uncle."

"Win! You have to win by destroying him!" Her uncle furiously responded as he snorted at Tamazuki. He had to admit that Tamazuki was strong, but it would be impossible for him to defeat his niece, especially when her niece trained in Toudouryuu.

If Tamazuki dared to duel his niece by trying to use Todouryuu, he would be crushed by his niece!

Kirin's uncle knew that by defeating Tamazuki, Kirin's name and prestige would rise even higher, which meant his career would rise even higher!

Still, more importantly, he wanted to tell this bastard the price for ignoring him!

However, suddenly he was stared at by Tamazuki, which made him feel all cold and lose all of his resistance.

Soon, Tamazuki only snickered before he walked to where his bag was to take out a katana. He didn't do anything to Kirin's uncle since doing something to him would cause him to be punished. In a world where a normal human was the majority, they would try to take down and give a lot of trouble to the Genestellar, whose might wasn't something that a normal human could match.

However, if this was in a different place, it would be different.

Still, they were in public and surrounded by so many people. Even if he had money, there were too many eyes around, which made it rather hard for him to do something to Kirin's uncle.

"Kirin, you have to destroy him."

"Ah, um..." Kirin answered in her usual timid manner before she walked away since the faster she faced Tamazuki, the faster she could get away from her uncle.

"Is he your uncle?" Tamazuki didn't immediately fight but asked her a question.

"Um..." Her voice was rather low when she answered his question.

"Why did you let him do whatever he wants with you like that?"

"Because... uncle can help me to achieve my dream..." Kirin looked at Tamazuki with a lonely smile.

"I see..." Tamazuki nodded, but then Kirin asked, "Um... are you going to fight with a katana?"

"Yes."

"...are you going to fight me with a Todouryuu?"

The Toudouryuu is the official Toudou family style of fighting. It has been in place since the last Shogunate. It was considerably less popular compared to the Amagiri Shinmeiryuu due to the speed advantage of the Toudouryuu and the heavy armor maneuvering advantage of the Amagiri Shinmeiryuu, as samurai still wore heavy armor in those times. However, armor isn't used in the battles in Asterisk, allowing the Toudouryuu to become much more popular than the Amagiri Shinmeiryuu.

This should be the setting, yet he wondered whether the other martial arts didn't exist, which made him a little speechless. Moreover, he felt the author was too lazy to think of the name of the martial arts since this author just used the name of the protagonist and the heroine as the name of the martial arts, which made him speechless.

"Well, I haven't learned one, but I will learn it from you."

"You will learn it from me?" Kirin was surprised. "Then, you are..."

Tamazuki didn't say anything and just stayed silent.

By now, Kirin knew that this duel would be difficult. Watching his match previously, she had her doubts, but it was just a possibility, and she didn't think that he would come to her so soon, so she didn't have time to do deep research on him. Yet, she has confirmed it now.

Tamazuki's learning ability was scary. He was like a sponge, and she was sure that as they faced, he would try to master Toudouryuu.

Many might have dreaded his skill, yet she smiled at the challenge.

"Are you ready?"

"Yes!"

The two reached their scabbard at their waist, and everyone felt goose bumps rise all over their skin. Their bodies seemed to move of their own accord, trying to get away from the danger in front of them.

The two smoothly drew their swords.

Neither of them held a Lux. Instead, they were holding a Japanese katana.

Their presence was sharp and cool, akin to a sword, as they wielded their katana pointed straight at each other.

Yet, what surprised everyone the most was how they were so similar to each other.

Kirin's uncle's expression became ugly before he snorted since a copy would never beat the original.

However, for them, they ignored all the pressure around them, and in their eyes, only each other's presence mattered.

Then, at the start of the duel, Kirin made her first move.