I mean, if you’re the judge, it would put me at disadvantage. Don’t interfere until I smash down this young girl
She barks a lot for a weak dog.
I recall that line.
I see. Otome-chan thinks that actual combat is a brawl
Nei stirs her up.
For us, actual combat means killing the opponent
So you say. But what can a decorative bodyguard of the young lady of nobility do?
Tendou Otome glared at Haiji-san.
You’re just taking it easy with your rich employer, and I don’t. We’re different. I lived through hell back at my hometown
Tendou Otome doesn’t know.
Haiji-san is born from a prostitution den in Europe, where she escaped by herself.
No, she doesn’t know us either.
She has no intention of knowing either.
I mean, she’s a daughter of Yakuza and so she has her hardships too.
Even this time, her father dragged her to this half-hearted plan, forcing her to come to Tokyo.
However.
It’s not just Tendou Otome who experiences hardships.
What about Nei whose parents and brother were murdered and confined her for a long time.
What about Edie whose raised in a closed assassination cult and yet sold to Miss Cordelia.
I will not lose to a lass who’s just an escort of a young lady
Tendou Otome inspires herself.
That means, she can sense some fear towards Haiji-san.
Therefore, she’s trying to reason with herself that she should be stronger than Haiji-san.
Haiji-san, keep calm
I said.
Don’t panic, she’s someone you can beat
Yes, Kuromori-sama
Haiji-san takes a stance.
don’t joke with me, why would I?
At that moment.
Haiji-san starts moving.
WOO!
Fuck off!
Tendou Otome tries to evade but Haiji-san’s faster.
Tsk!
She managed to guard Haiji-san’s kick with her arm.
Goddammit! Haa!
Tendou Otome lets out her Qi.
Haiji-san stopped moving, and she’s going to use that chance to take her down in a single attack.
However.
NON!
Haiji-san’s body slips through Tendou Otome’s Qi.
It’s the technique to ward off Qi. Kudou style martial arts.
why do you?
She knows that Michi and Edie can use that skill, but.
She never thought that the four years younger girl also knows the same skill that can ward off Qi.
She evolves every moment
Edie said.
While Otome’s unconscious, Haiji already moved to the next level
That can’t be true!
Tendou Otome tries to hit Haiji-san with her fist filled with Qi.
The combat ended too soon.
!
Haiji-san’s counter kick hits Tendou Otome’s flank.
Guee!
Tendou Otome’s body turned around from the momentum of the kick and she lied down on the mat floor of the dojo.
Guu!
Tendou Otome twists around the floor as she holds her side.
There’s tears, snot, and saliva leaking out. She’s in pain.
She’s writhing in pain.
Otome-chan!
Tokuda Sonoko-san stood up and tried to rush towards her without thinking but.
Don’t go over here
Edie stops her.
but.
It’s okay. She’s suffering but she won’t die
Yes, she will not die
Haiji-san tells Sonoko-san.
Although, hitting a vital spot would really hurt. Amazingly, you didn’t pee yourself, Otome
Guaa!
Tendou Otome’s groaning in pain.
That’s disgraceful of you. After all that bragging you’ve done
Edie laughed at Tendou Otome who’s lying down on the floor.
Yomi, ease the pain with your power. She can’t talk like that
Yes, Sensei
Yomi uses her Miko power.
Hey, I’ll ease up the pain
Aah, gugu, aguguguu, uugh, aa, fuu, aa, fuu, fuu
Tendou Otome’s breathing calmed down.
She still holds her side but she no longer writhes from pain.
Just because the pain decreased doesn’t mean you can move. The damage still remains in your body
Edie tells her.
If you force yourself now, it will be dangerous for you
Haa, haa, haa
She’s calmed down but her tears and snot still flowing.
Otome, you’re a hopeless frog in a well
Edie said.
Compared to ordinary people, you’re somewhat strong. But, your martial arts aren’t great. You haven’t learned seriously
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She wants to retort but Tendou Otome can do nothing but groan.
Oh right, you also learned martial arts at least. But, Otome, you weren’t serious in learning. The school of techniques you have is all plastered together from the best parts, you don’t know the foundation at all. That’s why you can’t gather up the right experience She thinks that the martial arts flair is nothing and so she only learned the flashy techniques.
She uses Qi skills.
But, her foundation is overwhelmingly lacking.
Furthermore, you’re naive to think that your skill is good enough to get through this world and so you lack daily training. That’s why you are useless
Then, Edie looked at Haiji-san.
Haiji learned the foundation from the Academy. Don’t look down on academic training. It’s multiple people taking a long time to build all the theories. Each of the high-level techniques is different but the foundation isn’t. Human bodies have an identical framework. Haiji only received the training from the academy but she continues to train everything that she learned there. Therefore, she can master a new skill in such a short time. Her body is sharp and flexible.
Haiji-san’s proud that she graduated from the Academy.
And it has also become her insecurity.
Haiji-san has no connections with the elites nor any first-class bodyguard companies.
Therefore, she had no place to learn but the Academy.
During your exhibition match at the party Haiji, that German Ninja Arts that you used was something you made, right?
Edie asks Haiji-san.
Oh right, that one.
That strange technique where she takes out a blade on her toe and fights with kicks.
Yes, I’m sorry
Haiji-san apologized.
Don’t. You thought that you have to show your appeal by learning a special technique you can use, right?
Yes, I’m half Japanese and European after all. I thought that saying that I mastered ninja arts from Japan would increase my chances in getting hired in Europe but I grew up in Europe so I don’t know any ninja arts Thus, she called it German ninja arts.
In the end, Haiji-san couldn’t find an employer in Europe.
That she became a bodyguard of Torii-san in Japan instead.
I see. She wrote that she can use German ninja arts in her resume, and so.
She had to show off that skill during her fight with Anjou Kinuka-san as Torii-san’s watching.
Haiji’s German ninja arts were ill-prepared. It’s not a skill where you thought every corner, and so none of it makes sense
Yeah, during her fight with Kinuka-san, there was that strange atmosphere.
Kinuka-san’s cat claws also looked somewhat stumped.
Although, Anjou arts is an old-fashioned martial art passed down to generations of the bodyguards of Kurama house.
The sisters don’t cooperate with other bodyguards either.
Otome saw Haiji’s German ninja arts and thought that the ill-prepared skill means that she’s not skilled
Therefore, she had confidence that she’s stronger.
But I saw through her poor skills and understood that Haiji habitually trains her body with the basics. I thought that she could grow stronger as she has an honest personality, all she needed is a senior figure. That’s why I see. So that’s why Edie.
That’s why she wants Haiji-san in our family.
Haiji-san’s arrogant on the outside because she’s impatient due to her having no connections.
She saw that the real Haiji-san is an honest and earnest girl.
No.
I also got it somehow. Haiji-san’s speaks harshly with Torii-san but she makes sure to stand behind her Master
She’s enthusiastic about her appeal but she’s not desperate.
She wanted to get a higher class employer among the daughters of nobility at the party.