When he and Ma hurried slowly, they finally got to the hospital before the sun set.


    As a result, at the gate of the hospital, I met Masako Shangquan, who was pushed out by his wife in a wheelchair.


    At a glance, he ma saw that Shangquan had just had an entry on his head: dying breath.


    There is no explanation for the entry, and there is really no need to explain such a simple and understandable literal.


    Shangquan just looked at he Ma''s expression and said with a smile, "Why are you so serious? I''m not dead yet."


    But look at the entry on your head.


    Of course he and Ma wouldn''t say that. He also made himself smile: "well, I''m really in a bad hurry. When I received the news, I had just finished a big meal and was enjoying dessert. As a result, I hurried over... "


    "Hum, don''t worry. You won''t come in vain." Shangquan Zhenggang said with a smile, "come on, go to my little house. You really brought a lot of people. "


    When the voice fell, his wife said, "don''t worry, the blanket is enough."


    "Well, that''s good." Shangquan just nodded.


    But his wife said, "the room is not enough. Maybe the children have to sleep together in the dojo at night."


    And Ma hurriedly said, "it doesn''t matter, we have no problem."


    "OK, it''s like sleeping together!" Megako shouted, "let''s have a pillow fight tonight!"


    Qingliu sighed: "like children, we can''t have so much fun with patients."


    "Never mind, never mind." Shangquan just waved his hand, "I also like watching young people make trouble. Let''s go. The car of Quanjian union is over there. Where''s your car? "


    And the horse pointed to the black premium car parked not far away.


    "Keep up." Shangquan Zhenggang said so, and then made a "go" gesture to his wife.


    And Ma then remembered whether he should help the old lady push the wheelchair.


    When he was about to speak, the old lady said first, "let me come. I don''t have much time to push him. "


    The old lady seems to be saying that she can''t push any more soon, but through the entry to know the real situation and Ma''s guess, the hospital has probably informed the old lady of the facts.


    As for Shangquan Zhenggang himself, the old man probably felt that his time was coming, so he called him and the horse.


    And Ma Mu sent the old lady and pushed the old man into the all sword RV - the car also has barrier free design, which can push the wheelchair directly.


    And the horse waved to the disciples, "let''s go, too."


    **


    Shangquan Zhenggang''s villa is indeed, as he said, a small house.


    It is also a building with a Taoist temple. The house is a whole circle smaller than Tongsheng Taoist temple of HEMA family.


    And it seems that there is only a small attic on the second floor, which is completely different from Tongsheng dojo. There is also a row of houses for incoming disciples on the second floor.


    The old lady of Shangquan pushed Shangquan, who had just entered the porch directly, and then waved to HEMA: "come and help me."


    And Ma hurried forward and helped the old lady move her wheelchair up the porch steps.


    Then the old lady bent down and helped Quan Zheng take off her shoes.


    He ma took off his shoes and put them away with the disciples'' shoes.


    At this time, Shangquan Zhenggang suddenly said, "Tongsheng, push me to the Taoist temple."


    He ma immediately came forward and pushed Shangquan to the Taoist center just now.


    Old lady Shangquan helped him open the door of the ashram.


    "Open the door towards the yard." As soon as he entered the ashram, Shangquan pointed to the side door and said.


    Baonaimei, who followed and MA in, immediately stepped to the door and opened the door to the side.


    Outside the gate, you can see the buildings in the urban area of Kagoshima. A little farther away is Kagoshima Bay. On the other side of the bay is the famous yingdao volcano.


    Today''s sakurama pass gathers columnar clouds that look like thick smoke.


    He ma looked at Sakura island and couldn''t help asking, "is that an eruption?"


    "No, geologists say the volcano is not active now." Shangquan just replied, "but even inactive active volcanoes will smoke like this from time to time. This is also the famous scenery of Kagoshima City."


    "Oh" with the horse.


    Shangquan Zhenggang continued, "so you see, the story in the novel cherry island can''t be true at all. As long as people who have lived in Kagoshima for a period of time know it. Artistic creation is artistic creation. "


    According to Shangquan Zhenggang, the novel cherry island still puts the place where the story takes place on Cherry island at his suggestion.


    He Ma was about to ask him why he suggested this. Shangquan Zhenggang said, "when I was young, there was no house on the mountain. It was all wild land. I like to sit here and look at the smoking Sakura island.


    "At that time, I was already the strongest swordsman in Japan. If I were in ancient times, I might have become a guest of fame.


    "But in modern times with cannons and machine guns, martial arts are useless, not to mention the teaching of swordsmanship to become a big man. Even the army doesn''t want me who can only wield swords.


    "Because no matter how powerful I am, I can kill dozens or hundreds of enemies at the top of the sky. The scale of modern war is different from before, and the casualties of dozens or hundreds of people are not worth mentioning at all.


    "During the Russo Japanese War, thousands of casualties can be caused in a day. Machine guns and artillery are much better than swords in this regard."


    And Ma wanted to interrupt, but after looking at the dying breath entry on the old man''s head, he finally chose to listen honestly.


    "Then here, facing Sakura Island, I suddenly figured it out." Shangquan just stopped suddenly and watched yingdao volcano fall into silence.


    And the horse waited for a while before they said, "master Shangquan?"


    The old man then recovered and waved: "sorry, I suddenly remembered the scene at that time. In short, that day I suddenly decided to give up the real sword duel I had always insisted on, join the all sword Federation and promote Kendo as a fitness sport. "


    He said "Oh" to ma. In fact, he was curious about how the old man changed his mind, but it was hard to interrupt the old man.


    "Since then, more than 60 years have passed. I bought this land and built this small house. When I''m free, I''ll come back here and have a look at yingdao volcano.


    "At the same time, I will wave a real sword here so that I won''t forget the skills I regarded as the most precious in the first 30 years of my life."


    He and Ma looked around the ashram and suddenly found that there was no knife rest or sword display in the ashram.


    "Well," he couldn''t help asking, "I don''t see a sword in this Taoist field."


    "There used to be. Later, I took my saber to Nanyang island to participate in the war. When I boarded the transport ship returning to Japan, I threw my sharpened knife into the sea.


    "It should belong there."


    And Ma looked at Qingliu. Behind her was Duanshi Qingyu, who had been taken out from the knife room. In her arms, she held a long boat in front of the knife room, with authentic words and village rain.


    He ma asked himself that he probably couldn''t bear to throw the famous knife fighting side by side into the sea.


    I can''t understand this behavior in my own realm.


    Shangquan Zhenggang looked at Sakura island and fell into silence. If it weren''t for the old man''s bright eyes, he and Ma would suspect that he had slept.


    Just as he and Ma were about to speak, the old man sighed, "now in retrospect, it''s really a good knife. Ganaizi! Bring the knife! "


    "Here we are." The old lady of Shangquan went into the ashram with two Japanese knives in her arms. She came to Shangquan just in front of her and put the two knives into the old man''s hand. "You, can''t you have a good rest when you''re like this?"


    The old lady complained and looked at the horse.


    And Ma felt the old lady''s eyes saying, "just accompany him."


    So he nodded slightly.


    The old lady turned and left.


    Shangquan Zhenggang handed one of the two knives to he ma.


    And Ma quickly picked it up and asked casually, "this knife is..."


    "Modern factory produced knives, stainless steel blades."


    "Oh" with the horse.


    "Why, do you still think it''s an ancient knife?"


    He and Ma smiled awkwardly. He just thought it was a precious ancient knife and looked forward to it.


    Shangquan Zhenggang continued: "the knives produced by modern technology are actually better than most ancient knives. Many ancient knives turn their edges after a few cuts. They are not as strong as stainless steel.


    "It''s just that the knives forged with modern machinery and technology do not contain the belief of craftsmen, so there will be no particularly powerful famous knives."


    After hearing this, he ma suddenly had an idea and said, "according to you, the strongest knife should be forged by modern craftsmen with modern technology, isn''t it?"


    Shangquan Zhenggang said with a smile: "in theory, it is indeed so. But the things made by the knife makers I know are no better than those produced in the factory. I don''t know whether modern craftsmen have no roots or whether they are bad in other places. "


    And the horse raised their eyebrows and looked at the yuzao sitting in the corner.


    Is it because the mystery is declining?


    And Ma''s thinking was interrupted by Shangquan''s action of just standing up from his wheelchair.


    He subconsciously stretched out his hand to help, but the old man stopped him: "don''t move! Take the knife and stand opposite. "


    He and Ma hesitated, but they still loosened their left hand holding the wheelchair handle, and went directly opposite the old man with the knife just handed to him by Shangquan Zhenggang in their right hand.


    When he reached his position, he turned to face the old man.


    Masayoshi ueizumi didn''t look like he was dying. He stood there with great momentum.


    As soon as the old man raised his legs, he kicked away the wheelchair behind him, then held the knife flat in front of him and slowly pulled out the blade.


    The bright blade reflects the sunset light outside the Taoist field.


    Shangquan just threw away the scabbard, turned his right hand, and the blade was straight at he ma.


    "Draw a knife and let me see how much you can do." He snapped.


    The voice fell, and the horse heard a loud noise like thunder behind him. Looking back, he found that a new pillar of smoke was spewing out from the top of yingdao volcano in the distance.


    What the hell? When the wind blew, the wind poured into the ashram from the door and tore the clothes of and horses. Although reason told HEMA that such an eruption could not create a strong wind across Kagoshima Bay, it was just a coincidence. But he ma still felt the wind with the scorching heat of the crater. Shangquan just raised his voice and said, "pull out the sword, Tongsheng and the horse!" And the horse pursed their mouths and silently held the hilt of the sword. The knife was obviously carefully maintained and pulled out of the scabbard with a slight force. He threw the scabbard to the nearest baonaimei, held the handle in both hands and posed in the middle“ Let me explain first, "Shangquan just grinned," although this knife has no blade, it will be broken and seriously injured if it is hit. " And Ma Zha tongue: "then I can only try not to be hit." Shangquan just laughed and stepped forward - he ma thought that the sword master''s hand would blink before his eyes, just like those animated cartoons. He was even surprised to see that the swordsman was still following the laws of physics. But seeing clearly is one thing, and whether you can react is another. And Ma Kankan blocked the front knife, and the knife almost flew away. Just at the moment when the blade collided, Shangquan directly picked up his backhand, picked up the knife with the horse and flew a foot at the same time. This set of Flowing Clouds and water, and the horse were directly kicked back and staggered for several steps“ Well, it''s really old. " Shangquan has just issued a sigh of wrongdoing, and it''s another sword to keep up. And the horse''s footwall was unstable, which was very reluctantly blocked. But he was quick witted. Instead, he held a knife alone and grabbed the old man''s clothes with his free hand. Unexpectedly, the old man''s head hammer came the next moment. And the horse were hit with stars in their eyes and ate another foot in a hurry“ Every part of a real swordsman''s body is a weapon, "said Shangquan Zhenggang loudly." focusing only on Epee is the benevolence and righteousness of competitive kendo. " While the old man was preaching, he and Ma recovered their posture and slowed down. But he knew in his heart that just as the old man didn''t preach and continued to attack, he was in a different place. How strong, swordsman. He Ma felt that the old man didn''t give full play now. After all, he was dying, but beating himself was still the same as playing. Is this the apex of Japanese Kendo? In other words, is that guy Suzuki Ichiro better than this? At the thought of the remaining evils of the old Japanese army, I fought with horses with high morale. He shouted, "master Shangquan, please continue to teach!" Shangquan just smiled: "of course!" He rushed to the horse again. Almost at the same time, the muffled sound of yingdao volcanic eruption came from behind HEMA. The wind blows from behind, echoing the blade roaring from the front! This time, and the horse still blocked very reluctantly“ Too slow! " Shangquan was just shouting and was going to put his horse''s knife on the shelf. Start with the horse. Unexpectedly, the sword Saint took a step back and avoided the foot of he ma. I don''t know when to take back the knife and cut it horizontally towards he Ma''s leg. And the horse quickly fell back and rolled back to avoid the knife. Shangquan is just following. But after rolling over with the horse, there is a knife forward. This knife interrupted Shangquan Zhenggang''s offensive and blocked it“ Hum, I don''t know where you learned this skill, but it really reminds me of a lot of things. " Shangquan just said happily. Yes, happy“ Good! " He took two steps back and reorganized his posture. "You win this round!" And the horse couldn''t help laughing bitterly. He knew he didn''t win at all. He just dealt with it passively. You have to attack.