Despite Aoto's best efforts to raise his bamboo sword at maximum speed, he was still a beat too slow.
Bang!
The dull sound of bamboo sword clashing against armor echoed through the spacious dojo.
Chiba Eijiro's bamboo sword struck Aoto for the first time.
If Chiba Eijiro were wielding a real sword... Aoto's entire right arm might have already been severed at the root.
Watching the struck Aoto, Chokata and his group, standing by the edge of the dojo, couldn't help but change their expressions slightly.
In an ordinary contest, Aoto, having been struck in the shoulder, would have already lost, and their duel could end here.
But the intense fight currently unfolding between Aoto and Chiba Eijiro wasn't an ordinary contest.
This was a duel with the ultimate goal of forcing Aoto to release his "momentum" once again.
Thus, this duel had only two ending conditions.
Either Aoto would unconsciously release his "momentum" again.
