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Today is the day I shouldn't have taken the leap.
But the anger is in my heart.
Makomo used to be a child with rich facial expressions, but she couldn't express them until she came to Teacher Urokodaki. She had lost the days of having rich expressions.
The cabin today was exceptionally quiet. When I entered the room, I could not see anyone.
"Oh, Mr. Urokodaki is not at home today. Where did he go? Did he go far away? Senior sister, look where Mr. Urokodaki left his letter."
Listening to his junior brother's flattering words, Zhengu sighed, "Show me the courage you had half a month ago when you went to the creek to eat alone, junior brother."
"Isn't this because I'm lazy, Senior Sister?"
Makomo ignored him and went to get the letter, on which Mr. Urokodaki wrote the words that explained his whereabouts.
Someone from Hidden had found him today, so he had to be away for a few days. Let Zhen Gu and Li Mo get along well during this time.
After telling this to her junior, she waited for his reply of "Oh", as if he didn't take it to heart. Teacher Urokodaki's departure now would not affect their training. Teacher Urokodaki had not taught them for a while.
Only the assessment is left.
"Come and help me."
"Got it, Makoto."
The name changed from Senior Sister to Zhengu. Is she Senior Sister when there is something going on? If nothing is going on, she is Zhengu.
Zhengu shook his head. Perhaps he should stay angry for a while longer?
"By the way, Senior Sister, I decided not to go to the boulder tomorrow. Let's just do the actual combat training at home."
"also."
She doesn’t know now that this is the beginning of Li Mo’s “laziness”.
Chapter 29: Different Treatments of Juniors
Urokodaki Sakonji was away for several days this time. But it did not affect their lives. There was food stored at home, and training did not require the help of Mr. Urokodaki. In the short time, Li Mo also did his old business, sharpened his old axe, went hunting in the mountains and caught some rabbits to eat.
Zhengu had no problem with this, but she had an issue with something else.
"Junior brother, are you still not going up the mountain today?"
"What are you doing up the mountain? Senior sister, can you let me sleep a little longer?"
Going up the mountain refers to doing physical training on the mountain. Previously, Zhen Gu thought that Li Mo just didn't want to go to the boulder. However, it turned out that, except for hunting, he rarely went up the mountain. Usually, he only completed basic training and actual combat training with himself. Most of the time, he sat there with a basin of water in front of him, not knowing what to do.
Just like a child having a tantrum.
"I hope you can still say that after Urokodaki-sensei comes back."
"of course can."
The sound of Zhen Gu's footsteps became smaller and smaller, until it could no longer be heard. Li Mo decisively chose to go back to sleep, but he could vaguely hear the sound of people talking outside the house.
Li Mo moved his ears and heard the conversation outside clearly. One of the people was Zhen Gu's voice.
"Teacher Urokotaki, you're back."
Mr. Urokodaki is back? No way, how come he is back now? He has been out for one, two, three, four... It seems like he has been out for quite a while, so it is normal for him to come back now.
Now, Li Mo's sleepiness was useless. He got up from the bed, put on his clothes, and walked out slowly.
When you arrive at the courtyard, you can see the iconic Tengu mask. Who else could this be but Urokodaki Sakonji?
"You've been slacking off, Li Mo."
"Hey hey hey."
Li Mo touched his head and smiled awkwardly.
I took quite some time, and I guess Zhen Gu said everything he needed to say during this time. Although I had a legitimate reason, it was still a bit embarrassing to be caught.
It was just embarrassing.
"Aren't you afraid?"
"I don't think you'll blame me, Mr. Urokodaki."
"Oh?"
Because of the Tengu mask, I couldn't see Urokodaki Sakonji's expression clearly. I think Mr. Urokodaki would be very surprised.
——I hope I can pass it successfully.
Urokodaki Sakonji approached Li Mo, and the height difference between them was not much. But Li Mo felt that he was much shorter than him.
Psychological effect?
"I see. Your breathing has reached this level? You passed the test."
After standing there for two or three minutes, Urokodaki Sakonji gave a fair evaluation.
Now it was Zhengu's turn to be confused.
"Mr. Urokodaki, why is this?"
"He didn't sleep well every night, so of course he would sleep in. Plus, he had trouble breathing and his body wasn't used to it, so of course he didn't want to exercise."
After hearing Urokodaki Sakonji's explanation, Makomo frowned. Various knowledge points circled in her mind, and an answer appeared in front of her. "Full Breathing Concentration?"
"Yes. That's right. I've been trying to replace normal breathing with full breathing concentration recently, even when I sleep at night. That's why I didn't sleep well." Li Mo smiled sunny. That expression of "come and praise me" was unpleasant.
"I understand." Zhen Gu gave a calm response, and the person opposite him looked slightly disappointed.
There is a time limit for ordinary people to use full breathing concentration. When you exceed that time, you will feel like your lungs are about to explode. It is a very painful process.
It was indeed a great sense of accomplishment to achieve this. But Zhen Gu just didn't want to praise the other party.
"Won't you get hurt if you do this?" Zhen Gu asked.
Li Mo said: "I value my life very much, so I won't get hurt because of training."
During training, he placed a basin of water in front of him and watched his health bar. If his health bar dropped, even a little bit, he would stop training.
He didn't want to lie down and wait for treatment because of a training injury.
"That's enough for this topic," Urokodaki Sakonji interrupted in a serious voice.
He knew that his foreign disciple could not stop talking. Especially when talking to Zhen Gu, for some reason, he always liked to see Zhen Gu embarrassed. It didn't matter if he was retaliated against later.
If you don't stop it at the beginning, it will waste a lot of time later.
Thinking of this, Urokodaki Sakonji pushed out the two young men behind him.
"These two children, one is called Santoshi and the other is called Tomioka Giyu."
"From now on, I will be your two junior brothers."
Urokodaki Sakonji went on this trip for the sake of these two children. To be more precise, it was for the rabbit, and Tomioka Giyuu found it when he came back from a hunter friend.
But no matter what, these two people will be his disciples in the future.
……
With two more junior brothers, life still goes on the same as before.
Zhen Gu still couldn't do anything about the huge rock. As time passed, she felt like she had gotten used to it.
Maybe, I really can't participate in the "final selection".
One day, when Zhen Komo returned to the foot of the mountain, he saw that the person who was training wrestling with Santu in the courtyard was not Mr. Urokodaki, but Li Mo.
"Xiantu, didn't you eat? You don't have any strength at all. Try a little harder! Are you still a man like this?"
"You don't have the strength! You bastard who bullies me just because you're older than me."
"I usually tell you you're stupid and you still argue? You can't even tell if I'm using skill or strength."
"Damn it!"
"I've told you countless times, don't be arrogant. Do you think you are strong? You rush over all at once, are you stupid? Or are you stubborn? Don't you know how to try another method? Sooner or later you will die because of this character."
Zhen Gu saw that Li Mo had knocked Xuantu down again, and he kept muttering, "Flexible, flexible, flexible! I've told you so many times. Can you learn to be flexible? Yesterday you just rushed over, and today you added a throw. Then what? Then what? Then that was it. Can't you be more flexible? Don't be a toad that jumps when it's touched."
"Also, can't you pay attention to your own condition? You're obviously very tired but you still rush over. Oh my god..."
Li Mo's teaching of Xuantu lasted for a long time until Giyu Tomioka returned to the house from the mountain.
Xuantu and Tomioka Giyu were trained separately. This was completely different from the situation between him and Li Mo. The factor that caused this was Li Mo who was resting.
This cheap junior fellow is trying to concentrate on breathing. This is a very difficult thing, at least Zhen Gu is far from being able to achieve this step.
He practiced this skill, and under the advice of Mr. Urokodaki, he accompanied Santo and Tomioka Giyu in wrestling training while maintaining full concentration on breathing. As a result, one person was tortured by Li Mo at home, and the other was tortured on the mountain.
After Tomioka Giyuu came back, the suffering of the rabbit ended. Then Tomioka Giyuu received wrestling training.
But compared to facing Xuantu, Li Mo's painting style changed.
"Giyuu, take your time. Use your body to feel. You are usually a beat slower than others in your understanding of others' thoughts. But it doesn't matter. Ghost's thoughts are not worth listening to."
"Your slow personality is not a flaw, because there is no need to communicate with ghosts. What you need to practice is to move your body when your brain is not moving."
When facing Santo, he is the hot-tempered elder brother, but when facing Tomioka Giyuu, he is gentle.
Is it really okay to treat people differently like this?
Seeing that Mr. Urokodaki didn't say anything, Zhengu didn't say much either.
Chapter 30 Never Brag
"Mr. Urokotaki, are you finally back?"
Now, it is the end of spring. The rising temperature also tells people that summer is coming soon.
Li Mo didn't care what time it was. The rising temperature only meant he had to wear fewer clothes.
There was only one thing he cared about.
Urokodaki Sakonji, did you bring back what he wanted?
Today was the day for Urokodaki Sakon to go out and do some shopping. Although they lived in the mountains and had plenty of game, they still needed to buy rice, flour, grain and oil from outside.
"I brought you all the seasonings you requested. What are you doing?"