As a former prodigy, Tojo had always been quite confident. Back in his younger days, he had fought five opponents alone at the Gyokuryu Banner and taken the championship.
Countless kendo prodigies had fallen beneath his blade. Some had even given up kendo because of Tojo, while others claimed he was the Sixth Heaven Demon King of kendo—so long as he did not lay down his sword, no one could defeat him, and so on. Naturally, Tojo was confident. No matter how strong Vice Commander Hijikata was, could he really be stronger than him?
Toshiro Hijikata: "..." After being sneak-attacked by Sougo no fewer than ten times a day, he had developed the instinct to remain vigilant at all times. Forget it. Judging by the other man's expression, if he told him the truth, the guy would probably blow up even faster, right?
With that thought, he could only nod. "Uh..."
"Heh..." Seeing Hijikata admit it, Tojo smiled again. "In that case, Lord Hijikata should know something, right?"
"..." Hijikata had another headache coming on. So what if it was a prestigious dojo? Please stop bringing up theory. He really did not know anything!
"Ever since I began practicing kendo, the masters at my dojo taught me that there was never such a thing as completing one's kendo training..." Fortunately, before Hijikata could agonize over it any longer, Tojo continued, "If you treat training as completing a task, then you will never see the greater vistas in this life. Only by integrating kendo into your life and keeping yourself in a state of kendo training at every moment... Only then can you see sights unseen by those before you, and only then can you continue growing stronger. That is why, from the day I began learning kendo, I have never