Absolute Speed ​​of a Certain Anime

Walking on the road at night, Dongtang Daohua looked at Jiang Li beside him.

He looked down at his hands, a thoughtful look on his face.

Seeing that he looked absent-minded, Dongtang Daohua did not get angry, but asked with concern.

"I discovered something when I was shaking hands with Shinomiya Tianyin just now."

Jiang Li pondered and said, "There are a few calluses on his hands."

"Isn't this normal?"

Dongtang Daohua was a little confused.

"Everyone has calluses on their hands, right? Whether it's a swordsman, a worker, or even a student, they need to write often!"

That’s right, a swordsman like her must have calluses on her hands, which are the marks left by practicing sword skills day after day for ten years.

"But Shinomiya Tianyin's calluses didn't remain on the fingertips or the first joints."

Jiang Li spread out his five fingers and demonstrated to his senior sister.

"Typically, students would develop calluses on the tips of their index and middle fingers, or on the first joints. However, Shionomiya Tenon's calluses are on the third joints, and on all four fingers except the thumb. There are no calluses on the fingertips."

If you practice swordplay, you should have calluses on all your knuckles, and even the base of your fingers.

"What do you mean?"

Dongtang Daohua looked puzzled.

The third joints of the four fingers are the only ones with calluses.

"Throwing weapons."

Jiang Li put his four fingers together and made a fist, leaving gaps between them.

"He probably used a weapon like a rapier, clamped between the third joints of the four fingers of both hands and then thrown it."

In other words, his spiritual equipment is multiple rapiers.

For example, it's like the black keys used by the agents in the Type-Moon world.

Because such weapons are used for many years, only marks are left on the third joints of the four fingers.

"That's amazing, Junior Brother, you can actually observe to this extent?"

Dongtang Daohua was amazed at his junior's observation skills.

"Wait, then why did he—?"

She suddenly reacted and her face changed.

"That's my question too."

Jiang Li nodded calmly.

"He was fully capable of subduing the prisoner single-handedly, but he retreated in fear... or rather, he pretended to be frightened and retreated in fear. It was undoubtedly a disguise!"

It is impossible for a person with calluses on his hands from practicing martial arts to be unable to deal with an ordinary random killer, not to mention that he is a knife cutter!

But he disguised himself as a weakling who was unable to even lift a finger, and screamed in fear when facing a mere murderer.

What is his purpose?

"Want to show weakness to the enemy?"

Dongtang Daohua began to guess.

This is a very reasonable guess.

Jiang Li is very famous nowadays. Many students in the academy should know that he has the strength of a Seven-Star Sword King and is a strong candidate for the championship of this year's Seven-Star Sword Dance Festival. It is normal for them to hide some things from him.

"But he probably didn't know we were there at the time. Why would he show weakness to the enemy?"

Jiang Li pointed out the key.

"Makes sense."

Dongtang Daohua frowned.

I have no idea what his purpose is.

Without any clues, even Sherlock Holmes would be at a loss.

"In any case, stay alert to him."

Jiang Li thought for a while, but couldn't come up with an answer no matter what, so he gave up thinking and turned to warn Senior Sister Dao Hua.

"From what we've seen so far, his motives are definitely not pure. He might have planned our encounter. If we run into him at the Seven Star Sword Dance Festival, be sure to watch out for him!"

What we should be especially careful about is his special abilities.

The only thing we don’t know at the moment is what his special ability is. If they are not careful, this may become a hidden danger that leads to their defeat.

After all, the abilities of the Swordsmen are varied and bizarre, and no matter how incredible they are, they are not completely impossible. No one knows what kind of monster will suddenly pop out of some corner, so you have to be careful at all times.

"I see."

Dongtang Daohua nodded seriously.

"Let's not talk about this, let's go to karaoke first!"

"Junior brother, you are really..."

…………

Sing all night without mentioning.

On the morning of the fourth day of training, the two returned to the training ground together.

Toudou Daohua went back to class, while Jiang Li found Kusakabe Kagami.

"Kagami, give me a copy of the list."

"Please take a look!"

The reporter girl handed Jiang Li a list of representatives from each school in the Seven Star Sword Dance Festival.

Jiang Li took it and looked at it carefully.

Without looking at the list of Pojun Academy, Jiang Li immediately looked for the list of Jumen Academy.

Among the six candidates, Tsuruya Mikoto is recognized as the strongest in Jumon Academy. She is currently in her third year of high school and was also one of the top eight in the last Seven Star Sword Dance Festival. Her strength is still very strong.

The other four are not worth mentioning, and the last name is Tianyin Zinomiya.

"It's really him."

Jiang Li nodded secretly.

It seems that he was not lying about being the representative player of Jumen Academy.

But when Jiang Li flipped through the pages, he found that there was very little information about Zi Nai Palace Tianyin.

There are no levels.

I don't know about superpowers.

They don't even know the usual tactics.

The paper only contained basic information such as name and age, and there was absolutely no information about the swordsman.

"Kagami, is this all the information you have about this person?"

"Is that Shinomiya Tenon from Jumen Academy?"

Kusakabe Kagami tapped her chin with her finger, thinking for a moment.

"There's really very little information about him. Even the other representatives from Jumen Academy know nothing about him. I guess only the teacher who selected him knows his abilities, right?"

"Oh, but there is one thing."

Kagami suddenly moved, her expression becoming serious.

"The part about Shionomiya Tianyin's battle record is very strange."

Although there have been no actual combats, mock battles are still conducted within each academy, about five or six times per semester, just like midterm and final exams.

"In all six of Shionomiya Tianyin's simulated battles, she won without fighting!"

Either he suddenly twisted his ankle, got food poisoning, or there was an emergency at home... No matter which time, the opponent would be absent for various reasons, allowing Shinomiya Tenon to easily win the simulation battles.

Very weird!

"Is it because of the sword-cutting ability?"

Jiang Li fell into deep thought, his brows furrowed deeply.

To be honest, this performance reminded him of someone.

Imperial Purification Foam.

The vice president of Pojun Academy, a childhood friend of Senior Sister Daohua and the wealthy lady Bifang. Although he is an ordinary D-class knight, his sword-cutting skill "Absolute Uncertainty" has the terrifying ability to interfere with fate.

As long as he wanted, he could force his opponent to be eliminated before the battle for various reasons and win without fighting.

Shinomiya Tenon's performance is very similar to the ability of Mifububu!

Jiang Li continued to look through the lists of other academies. He had wanted to know about this year's opponents.

But this one look.

But he discovered a huge secret.

Chapter 321: The Conspiracy Against the Seven Star Sword Dance Festival

2023-06-01

A stack of papers was divided into seven parts and placed on the table.

Jiang Li looked through them one by one, glancing over the unimportant characters, and paying close attention to the guys with considerable strength.

For example, last year's Seven-Star Sword King Zhu Xing Xiong Dai, Jiang Li and him have been friends for a long time. After all, they are both big clients of Pharmacist Wu Zi, and he defeated his senior sister last year. He is a powerful B-level knight.

Others include Kurashiki Kōto from Tanlang Academy, Kaga Renji from Lucun Academy, etc., who were all in the top eight last year, so you have to pay attention to them when you meet them.

Suddenly.

Jiang Li discovered a familiar name.

"Sarah Bradlily?"

His gaze suddenly focused on a photo of a girl with messy golden hair.

This look and the nude apron, there is no doubt that it is Sarah who I met at the exhibition hall.

"She's a first-year student at Lucun Academy?"

Jiang Li was suddenly surprised.

The last time he saw Sarah, she fell to the ground with just one push. Her physique was so weak that Jiang Li didn't think she was also a swordsman.

I didn't expect that she was also a swordsman, and became the representative player of Lucun Academy.

Wait a moment.

That last time—

Jiang Li suddenly remembered the last night attack on Changjie.

That happened shortly after he parted with Sarah, and what always concerned him was that several dark shadows appeared at that time, each wanting to capture him alive.

It just so happened that Sarah showed special enthusiasm for him for some reason.

"The ability is color manipulation, conceptual... not creation?"

Jiang Li frowned.

Sarah's spiritual outfit is a paintbrush and a paint palette, and the ability described in the information is conceptual color manipulation.

Unlike what he thought, other swordsmen were not created through painting.

Isn't it her?

It is impossible for the Swordsman to have a second ability. If it is really color manipulation, then it cannot be creating things.