Chapter 206 You must come back alive!

Creak...

A cool night breeze blew across the lake, and the boat's hull swayed slightly in the wind.

The wind blew up the curtain at the door of the ship, and a white dove stood on the stern pole, turning its red eyes and pecking at its feathers.

The water flow, the chirping of insects, breathing, everything in my ears was quiet.

"war……"

After eating, A She stood on the bow of the boat, feeling the fishing boat swaying with the waves under his feet, and looking blankly at the river in front of him.

"Your appetite today is not in line with your current weight." A teasing voice came from behind him.

Asa, who was picking his teeth with a toothpick, came from the cabin. He turned around and leaned against the bow of the ship to look at A She, who had a sad face. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Why, don't you have an appetite? I feel like the food my mother cooked today was pretty good." Bar?"

"No." A She shook his head, sighed, and said casually, "You will understand when you are my age."

"..."

Looking at his younger brother who was pretending to be mature, Asa couldn't help but twitch the corners of his eyes, and subconsciously wanted to twist his ears.

But as if he remembered something, his raised hand stopped in mid-air.

He was leaving soon, so this kid should be worried.

Thinking of this, his slightly frowned brows relaxed, and he put his palm on A She's head and said warmly: "Don't worry, I'm very strong."

"Ah? What are you worried about?"

Hearing this, A She came back to his senses, was stunned for a moment, slapped his hand on top of his head, and complained: "Don't touch my head, Yahiko said I won't grow tall..."

Asa finally couldn't help but twist his ears and squinted his eyes: "So, what are you thinking about? Huh?"

A She scratched his head and coughed hesitantly: "Ahem. It's not a big deal, it's just..."

"What?"

"Promise me first, listen to what I have to say and don't move your hands or feet..." A She muttered.

Asa frowned, wary in his heart, but still said without hesitation: "Okay, okay, I promise you, why do you talk so much nonsense?"

A She pursed her lips and whispered, "I want to go with you."

"Huh? Let's go together?" Asa was stunned for a moment, "Where?

"Of course we are going to the battlefield, brother!"

"……ha?"

Asa's eyes gradually widened, and then he punched him on the head and growled: "Don't call me brother, you are my brother!"

"Why are you so surprised?" A She also said in disbelief, rubbing his head and pouting, "I'm already very strong, and I just lost in the fight with you!"

"You brat, I was just teasing you! Do you really think you can fight me?"

Asa took a deep breath, stood up straight and said in a serious tone: "You are still young and have a lot to learn. It will be too late to go to the battlefield when you graduate from the academy."

"But, you haven't gone to school, but you still went to the battlefield!"

A She lowered his head, looked at his clenched fists, and whispered unwillingly: "What's more, I feel that my breathing method development has been stuck, and I won't make any progress if I stay here!"

Breathing method is mainly used to strengthen the heart and lung function, so that the blood can absorb a large amount of oxygen in a short period of time, which can greatly increase the body's ability in an instant, and thus temporarily possess physical fitness beyond normal.

The higher state of the breathing method is that even if you fall asleep, you can continue to concentrate on mastering the "full concentration and normality" of breathing. Once you master it, you can continuously develop your body's potential day and night, and make that explosive state become your normal state.

However, "Sun Breathing" is not something everyone can master, nor is it suitable for everyone.

"Sun Breath" allows the user to emit heat energy like the sun, and can attach the energy directly to the blade to form a burning crimson blade.

It can cause the enemy to suffer the pain of being burned by blazing flames. The body burned by it will collapse and is extremely difficult to heal. It has huge lethality against enemies who have and are good at healing.

So far, among the "first-generation students", only Yahiko has learned the "Breath of the Sun". The others have all failed after trying, so now they are all exploring their own paths and new schools with various characteristics.

However, among the breathing methods currently developed, apart from the original "Sun Breathing" and "Moon Breathing", the only one is the "Rain Breathing" developed by Teacher Yilong based on his past experience.

Compared with "Breath of the Sun", although "Breath of the Moon" also uses a long sword, it is a killing move with high attack speed and wide range. It can release a wide range of unpredictable sword energy accompanied by the full moon blade. .

As for Yoshitaka's "Breath of Rain", it is based on the "Breath of the Moon" and combined with the breathing style extended by the short sword assassination technique of Yugakure Village. It focuses on the frequency of attacks and moves extremely fast, like rain. Generally dense and silent.

Ashe tried to learn from these three schools, but they were not suitable for him at all.

His body is not as light and agile as Yoshitaka, his character is not as forward-thinking as Yahiko, and he doesn't even like to use a long sword like others...

Seeing all his classmates walking on their own paths, he still didn't know where his own path was, which made him feel extremely uneasy and anxious.

"you……"

Looking at A She with a firm expression in front of him, Asa didn't know what to say for a moment.

He couldn't tell this brat that he was actually a "ghost", right? If he hadn't become a "ghost", he wouldn't have the strength he has now.

"Ghosts" are instantaneous. As long as they are integrated into "blood", they can have strength comparable to chunin and healing abilities that humans cannot match, but if you want to gain power, you have to pay a price.

If you become a "ghost", you will be burned when exposed to light. Although you will not die as long as you are not exposed to the light for a long time, the disgust and fear originating from the depths of your flesh and blood cannot be restrained, and you will have to live in the shadows all your life.

Asa and the others were already aware before they became "ghosts", but that was because they were in dire need of strength to protect themselves at dawn, so instead of becoming "ghosts", Asa wanted his brother to take it one step at a time.

"...If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. Don't even think about it."

Thinking of this, Asa tightened his face and said in a deep voice: "War is not as simple as you think. If you treat it as a training ground, you will definitely die without any body parts. Just stay in the academy!"

The two brothers looked at each other, neither willing to give in.

"Asa, Ashe!"

At this moment, the voice of their mother came from the cabin behind them: "The bed is made, go to bed early!"

"……snort!"

After a moment of silence, A She and Asa looked away, snorted coldly and walked into the cabin.

"You brat! How long has it been since you took a shower? Move your feet to the side, the smell is too strong."

"It's just a small amount of land and can't be moved."

"You're going to get fat!"

"My name is plump!"

The two of them were lying with their backs to each other. A She snorted and ignored him, looking through the gap in the awning at the full moon rising in the sky.

His mind was like a mess, which kept cutting and sorting out. Unknowingly, a feeling of fatigue came to his mind, and A She slowly closed his eyes.

I don’t know how long it took.

There were faint stars and moon hanging in the sky, but the horizon was slowly lighting up, which were the early fishing fires all around.

A faint voice came to his ears, and A She, who was half asleep, suddenly woke up. Subconsciously, he turned over and opened his eyes. Sure enough, the seat next to him was already empty, and there was no one left in the cabin.

"Father, mother, don't worry, I will be back and build a new house with you then..."

"Keep an eye on that brat and let him study hard in the academy..."

"Yeah, take care of yourself..."

A She opened the curtain and saw Asa saying goodbye to his parents on the far shore. Although his voice was low, he heard it clearly.

Without saying a few words, Asa waved his hand, turned around and left with a smile.

My parents stood there like a rock for a long time, and then they walked back to the boat until their backs disappeared from sight.

A She could see and hear her mother being supported by her father, covering her mouth and sobbing softly.

Seeing this, A She's originally firm determination became heavy. After hesitating for a long time, he lowered his head to look at the standard long knife at his waist, and then turned to look at the hammer that he had used before and had been hanging in the cabin...

He gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, picked up the hammer and put it on his waist, and stepped out of the boat.

thump!

Without hesitation, A She knelt on his knees in front of the cabin where his parents lived, and a dull sound echoed throughout the boat.

The subtle sobbing in the boat stopped instantly.

"Father, mother, I..."

A She's lips moved slightly for several times, but the words came to his lips but he couldn't come out. His throat was extremely dry, as if he had swallowed a piece of iron.

I couldn't tell what it was, but it seemed like surprise or panic. The air was filled with unspeakable sadness.

I don't know how long I knelt before a voice finally came from the cabin. It was the voice of my father, Shui Yu.

"I have known for a long time that you two brothers are equally stubborn..."

Hearing this, A She lowered his head, suddenly choked up, a little ashamed, and also afraid.

He finally understood what Asa was thinking.

It's not that they're afraid of death, but that if they leave like this, they won't have the chance to see their parents again. It's because they're afraid that if their two brothers die, their parents will...

The two children who had been raised for a lifetime only received a jar of dead ashes in the end.

This was too cruel for the two old men.

"Don't worry, just go ahead."

When A She's thoughts were confused, Shui Yu said in a deep voice, "Kill the enemy on the battlefield. The day when the enemy is eliminated is when you two brothers return home... come back alive to me."

"Father……"

A She's breathing stagnated, he suddenly raised his head, and said with a firm expression: "Yes, we will definitely come back alive together! Please take care!"

After the words fell, the ship fell into dead silence again, and the figure kneeling in front of the cabin was gone.

I don't know how long it took, but the woman's slightly nasal voice sounded.

"Aren't you leaving yet?"

"...I really can't hide it from you."

"After all, we've been together for most of our lives, how could we not have noticed... You, just go if you want."

"Okay." In the sleepy cabin, the scarlet vertical pupils opened, and he whispered, "For the sake of those two bastards, it's time for me, an old man, to take a risk."

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At the same time, inside Dawn City.

Looking at the looming black building in the morning mist in the distance, A She felt nervous and excited at the moment.

Naturally, he was nervous because he was about to go to the battlefield.

He was excited because he was now going to the Hall of Heroes to see the "Teacher Yunchuan" whom he had not seen for a long time.

Anyone who knows the identity of "Kumokawa-sensei" and the identity of his leader will be excited.

Soon, with this uneasy feeling, A She quickly arrived at the Hall of Heroes.

It’s amazing enough from a distance, but it’s even more shocking when you look up close.

It's dawn now, and there's a sense of oppression in the air.

The hall that opened the palace door was filled with people standing shoulder to shoulder.

In this scene, there should have been a lot of people, but in front of A She, it was not the case at all.

There was no noise in the pure black hall, and even the breathing of the crowd was hard to hear. Only the wind outside the hall seemed so bold and rustling.

Figures in various robes stood together, with black robes, blue robes, and white robes flying behind them. They stopped quietly and looked up at the white monument at the end of the hall. Their faces were shrouded in robes and their expressions could not be seen clearly. They seemed to be solemn and solemn. of.

Many people noticed A She, but they did not say anything to drive him away.

Seeing this, A She's mood eased slightly, and his eyes swept around the hall.

Soon, his eyes froze and stayed at the front of the black-robed team.

There were six figures of different shapes standing there. On the table in front of each person was a long brown-red table with a scarlet flag with numbers on it. Behind each person stood a number. A team of one hundred people.

Among the six people, A She recognized a figure among them at a glance.

"...Brother." When he saw the man clearly, he was stunned for a moment.

At this moment, Asa was not wearing his usual clothes, but was wearing a black robe like those behind him. The only difference was that the pure black collar had four scarlet words embroidered on it.

——"One of the lower strings".

A She could "smell" an extremely terrifying iron-blooded and cold aura from him. If he wasn't too familiar with it, A She wouldn't even believe that he was the brother who had always liked to bully him since he was a child.

Asa, who was standing in the distance, seemed to sense something. His expressionless and cold face turned behind him, and he directly met the eyes of A She, who looked stunned.

The pair of scarlet vertical pupils with "Xixian" and "一" engraved on them, which were extremely cold and strange, first shrank, and then became even colder in an instant.

Gudong...

Staring at those blood-red vertical pupils, A She swallowed subconsciously and smiled guiltily.

At this moment, a "ghost" standing at the end of the team seemed to have received the order. He left the team and walked up to A She expressionlessly and said in a calm tone: "Captain Asa invites you."

After that, without waiting for A She's response, he turned around and walked towards the leader of the team.

A She quickly followed and walked to Asa's side before stopping in a panic.

"elder brother……"

"Shut up."

A She was about to say something but was interrupted by Asa with a cold voice.

He stared at the white giant monument and said expressionlessly: "I don't have time to deal with you now. Now that you are here, just watch it carefully."

The words fell before A She could react.

Boom...boom...boom...

The sun's rays rise from the sky.

The figures waiting for everyone are like ink and wash, reflecting the dawn of the morning, and their figures gradually appear on the high platform of the white giant monument.

The bell of dawn finally rang.