What are you doing here so late at night?
Upon hearing Shinobu Kocho's question, Teiichi's face stiffened, and in a flash, an excuse quickly came to mind:
"I also asked Kanae if she wanted to have a match with you guys tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, Shinobu Kocho frowned.
"What's there to ask!"
"But since you're here, come in first. I need to talk to you about something!"
"Hmm? You wanted to talk to me about something?"
"Um!"
Shinobu Kocho nodded, turned and went inside.
Kanae was sitting on the bed; she had overheard their conversation.
Seeing Teiichi Shinobu Kocho had followed him in, Kanae tilted her head and chuckled softly:
"What brings you to me so late at night Teiichi?"
Teiichi sensed the deep malice in Kanae's words, coughed lightly, and said:
"I came to ask if I should have another match with you guys when we spar with the other pillars tomorrow!"
"Oh! I see!"
Kanae said as if she suddenly understood, then lowered her head and frowned in thought for a while before slowly raising her head to look at Shinobu Kocho.
"Rin, do you think we should have another fight with Teiichi- kun tomorrow?"
Shinobu Kocho frowned upon hearing this, her gaze sweeping over her sister and Teiichi.
She didn't know why, but she always felt something was off.
After thinking about it, nothing seems out of the ordinary.
He shook his head, as if trying to dispel the strange feeling.
Kanae clapped her hands lightly, "You said you wouldn't fight!"
"No, that's not what I meant!" Shinobu Kocho said.
"Huh? Didn't Shinobu just shake her head?" Kanae asked.
Shinobu Kocho said, "My shaking my head has nothing to do with that. We can still fight tomorrow! Let's see if I've improved during this time, and if I can last one more move!"
"Alright, let's play again tomorrow, Teiichi- kun!"
"Okay!" Teiichi nodded, then turned to Shinobu Kocho and asked, "What did you say you wanted to see me about?"
Shinobu Kocho said, "Didn't you mention ' Lifting Light as Though Heavy' today? If I learned how to take Lifting Light as Though Heavy, wouldn't I be able to cut off a demon's head?"
Teiichi moment, then said, "Theoretically, it's possible, but..."
"But what?"
"As I said today, Lifting Light as Though Heavy is the next stage of Wielding the Heavy as Light."
If you want to learn to Lifting Light as Though Heavy, you must first learn to Wielding the Heavy as Light!
Shinobu Kocho frowned. "Why? Aren't these two different things?"
Teiichi explained, " To Lifting Light as Though Heavy means to deeply understand what it feels like to treat something as heavy!"
This feeling isn't something you can simply experience by swinging a heavy object around!
What's needed is a profound understanding. And that profound understanding is about Wielding the Heavy as Light!
Therefore, they are linked together in a chain.
It's like looking at a mountain!
"Looking at the mountains?"
Shinobu Kocho frowned. She didn't understand what this had to do with looking at the mountains.
Teiichi nodded and said, "Ordinary people see mountains as mountains, those with a higher level of understanding see mountains as not mountains, and those with an even higher level of understanding see mountains as mountains again."
For ordinary people here, a mountain is just a mountain, much like how most people are more accustomed to wielding lighter objects.
Those with a higher level of understanding see mountains not as mountains, which is equivalent to Wielding the Heavy as Light.
At an even higher level, one sees a mountain as just a mountain, which is equivalent to Lifting Light as Though Heavy.
Only when you reach the previous level will you have the ability to move on to the next level!
Shinobu Kocho heard, so she simply asked, "In short, does that mean I can't learn to Lifting Light as Though Heavy?"
"With your strength, I'm afraid it will be difficult to reach the level of Wielding the Heavy as Light mastery." Teiichi, then asked:
"But why do you want to reach the Lifting Light as Though Heavy? Your current fighting style has nothing to do with that, does it?"
Shinobu Kocho said, "I was just thinking that if I could reach the Lifting Light as Though Heavy, then my weakness of being weak could be compensated for, right? Then I could cut off the necks of demons!"
Teiichi shook his head. "It has some meaning, but not much."
"Huh? Why?" Shinobu Kocho asked, puzzled.
Teiichi, "Your current fighting style is entirely based on the fact that you are not strong enough. Once you can cut off the head of the demon..."
You'll unconsciously think about this during combat, which might actually negatively impact your current fighting style.
Shinobu Kocho said, "So, you mean I can just continue using my original fighting style?"
"Hmm!" Teiichi. "So you've experienced the effect of focusing on speed in combat too. It's quite impressive, isn't it?"
Shinobu Kocho raised an eyebrow upon hearing this. "Not bad!"
Although Shinobu Kocho's strength is relatively weak, she is not fighting bare-handed.
In close combat, you basically win as long as you can plunge your knife into your opponent's body.
Teiichi, "After all, in the world of martial arts, speed is the ultimate weapon!"
"What did you say?"
"No, I was just saying that when you're training later, remember to study the Wisteria Poison more, otherwise the Upper Rank might not be so easy to kill!"
Upon hearing Teiichi's words, Shinobu Kocho nodded.
"Okay, I understand!"
Kanae raised her small hand and clapped it lightly in front of her, then chuckled softly:
"Hey! I told you I needed to discuss this with Teiichi, didn't I?"
The three chatted about various things, and then, under the watchful eyes of Kanae, they Shinobu Kocho.
Teiichi reluctantly returned to his room.
The next day.
The courtyard of the Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters.
Sanemi Shinazugawa stood on one side of the courtyard.
Raise both hands and strike with your fists and palms together in front of you.
Then, with the force applied to the palm, a crisp cracking sound of bones rang out.
Looking at the figure standing in the distance, Sanemi Shinazugawa couldn't help but let out a sinister laugh.
"Let me see just how strong you really are, this guy who claims to be able to fight Upper Rank One!"
Teiichi gently lifted the wooden sword he was using for sparring and placed it flat on his left hand.
As the left and right hands gradually moved away, the slightly rough texture of the wooden sword was transmitted through the skin of the left hand.
"Then you'd better be prepared, it'll be very soon!"
Upon hearing this, Sanemi Shinazugawa's lips twitched involuntarily.
That's really arrogant...
Snap!
The battle was declared to have begun, accompanied by a deep and resounding clapping.
However, to everyone's surprise...
The two players on the field did not immediately engage in a fierce battle, but instead fell into a delicate stalemate.
Teiichi slightly raised his gaze, looking at Sanemi Shinazugawa and asked, "Aren't you going to attack?"
Sanemi Shinazugawa smirked, his wooden sword Teiichi, and replied, "Aren't you going to attack?"
"Well, that works too..."
Teiichi said softly, the tip of the knife lowering to the ground.
His eyes closed gently, then opened again.