83 Chapter 83 Thunderclap and Flash.
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The mountains are open, and only in the distance does there seem to be a peach grove.
Sniff.
There is a damp smell in the air.
Tanjuro looked around, looking at the empty and uninhabited surroundings, and nodded.
- Indeed, it's a good place for thunder training.
He originally thought that his expression might have some problems, causing Urokodaki to not understand.
But now it seems that he was completely overthinking.
"Thank you, Urokodaki-san." He turned his head back and said to Urokodaki with a smile.
"It's just a small effort." Urokodaki shook his head, took a deep breath, then turned around and was about to leave:
"If that's the case, then I'll leave first."
"Goodbye, Kamado-san."
After saying that.
Whoosh!
The blue sleeve swayed slightly, and Urokodaki Sakonji turned into an afterimage and left here.
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After Urokodaki left.
"Alright."
Tanjuro withdrew his gaze from the direction Urokodaki left, he reached into his clothes, and pulled out a crumpled paper man.
His gaze was fixed on the paper doll in his hand, and he murmured to himself:
"Let's start the experiment."
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This is Peach Mountain.
His good friend, the former Sound Hashira, the current Thunder Breathing trainer.
- The mountain where Kuwajima Jigoro lives.
Tap tap tap!!
Urokodaki Sakonji's legs alternated quickly, running rapidly between the mountains. He, who had lived on Mount Sagiri for many years, was very familiar with the mountain terrain.
Hidden under the mask, his eyes were somewhat surprised.
- Unexpectedly, that Kamado Tanjuro, is actually a user of Thunder Breathing.
When he saw Tanjuro before, from the subtle habitual movements of his body, and his sense of smell - he felt different from the Breath Style swordsmen he had seen before.
Urokodaki thought, whether Tanjuro was a user of a self-created Breath Style.
When the other party proposed to find a suitable place for "thunder" practice, Urokodaki suddenly realized.
He immediately recommended the permanent residence of the former Sound Hashira to him.
The Thunder Breathing swordsman who could repel Upper Rank One, Jigoro would definitely be very happy to see him.
Click.
"Just..."
Urokodaki Sakonji jumped with one foot, stepped on a tree branch, slightly supported the tree trunk, and looked back at the direction of Peach Mountain.
He observed the suddenly overcast weather over there, and murmured to himself in a low voice:
"...It's going to rain."
Recalling Tanjuro who seemed to have rushed to this location because of the rainy weather, Urokodaki was slightly puzzled in his heart.
"Is he trying to overcome the Breath of Thunder... in the disadvantage of slowing down in rainy weather?"
In his heart, he also faintly became curious about Tanjuro's swordsmanship.
What kind of Thunder Breath sword technique can hold its own against Upper Rank One... without falling behind.
Urokodaki Sakonji was secretly thinking in his heart.
In the distant sky, a cloud was gradually gathering, and the day was gradually becoming gloomy.
He raised his head, his gaze passed through the hanging leaves, looking at the distant sky.
The pitch-black clouds accompanied by the damp smell made people feel very uncomfortable.
Crack! Pop!
In the cloud layer that had become as dark as thick ink, there seemed to be a faint light flickering.
Just as Urokodaki Sakonji retracted his gaze and was about to return to the direction of the Butterfly Mansion.
The next moment.
"Booooom!!"
Above the location where Tanjuro was in the distance.
A golden thunderbolt Roared down!
The ferocious twisted golden thunderbolt violently struck the open ground in the distance, the roaring thunder wrapped in plasma, like a meteor on the horizon, disappeared in an instant!
Boom!!!
The golden thunderbolt light illuminated Urokodaki Sakonji's dull red tengu mask.
He stared at the direction where the thunderbolt struck.
Leaning against the tree trunk, he was almost stunned for a second.
——?
He quickly reacted, jumped down from the tree, and hurriedly ran towards Tanjuro's direction!
Stomp, stomp, stomp!!
This is not a sword technique... Kamado-san!
Urokodaki Sakonji's face was covered in cold sweat, the situation was somewhat beyond his expectation.
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On the other side.
On the open ground.
Just now.
Click.
Tanjuro pinched the paper man and attached it to the Kusabimaru in his hand.
Then he raised his arm and pointed the sword straight at the sky that had become somewhat gloomy.
The Lightning of Tomoe is called by using special items, or one's own mutated bloodline, to draw thunder from the sky to the weapon.
Then use it to inflict a large range of damage and stiffness on the enemy.
Unlike the defensive technique Thunderclap Flashback, the Lightning of Tomoe can summon thunderbolts to attack at any time.
This kind of thunder technique was brought to Ashina by a person named "Tomoe".
But strictly speaking, probably only one person learned it——Ashina Genichiro.
Ashina Genichiro is a genius.
A hardworking genius.
Without the Water of the Palace without the Divine Jewel, and not a Lightning samurai——this means he basically has no hope of mastering the Thunder of Tomoe.
But he stubbornly trained his arms to be scorched, and his body was full of scars.
In the end, he successfully became the second person in Ashina, besides Tomoe, who could directly use his body to draw thunder to attack the enemy without using any external tools.
An amazing guy.
Unfortunately, Ashina's long night never saw the dawn.
Recalling the details of Genichiro's battle with him, when the other party drew thunder from the sky.
Hum——clang!
The Kusabimaru in his hand was raised high, and a cold light condensed from the sword to the tip of the sword.
Looking at the bottom of the pitch-black cloud layer in the sky, the paper man attached to the Kusabimaru began to emit a faint white light.
A tingling sensation came from his body.
Thunder is gathering between the clouds.
Tanjuro stared closely at his own sword, preparing to jump up the moment the thunderbolt fell.
The dark red pupils reflected the gloomy sky.
At this moment.
——Here it comes!
Tanjuro's eyes condensed, he stared at the sky.
Boooom——!!
The golden thunderbolt roared, striking straight down from the cloud layer!
But.
Just as Tanjuro was about to jump up, wanting to use the Kusabimaru in his hand to absorb the thunderbolt.
Probably because it was the first practice, he was not proficient.
Whoosh!
The paper man that should have been stably attached to Kusabimaru, unexpectedly fell off at the critical moment.
- Oh no!
Tanjuro's pupils contracted, his eyes reflecting the slowly falling paper man.
Boom!!
The thunder that fell from the sky, without the restraint of the paper man, suddenly roared like a runaway horse, carrying golden plasma.
In mid-air, it made a straight ninety-degree turn.
The lightning flickered, menacingly swirling around, avoiding Tanjuro and heading towards the top of a distant mountain.
Plop.
Tanjuro fell to the ground in astonishment, blinking his eyes as he held Kusabimaru in his hand.
At the same time.
Boom!!
The golden lightning that he had drawn down also completely struck an unknown location in the distance.
Suddenly.
"Ahhhhhh!!!"
A heart-wrenching scream came from that location.
After about half a second of silence.
"Zenitsu——!!!"
A clearly older and hoarser cry of horror echoed through the mountains.
Tanjuro stiffly turned his head slowly, looking in the direction of the lightning strike.
A wisp of black smoke slowly rose from another mountain top.
A cold sweat slowly trickled down his forehead.
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