Chapter 357 - China Getting Excited (1/2)
Chapter 357: China Getting ExcitedTranslator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Takemiya Hiro was the last Sword Sage of j.a.pan and an immortalized legend. In the eyes of j.a.panese martial artists, he might as well be the most powerful man on earth. It had been forty years since the last time he was in a fight. Even his disciple had become one of the four deadliest Kendo Grandmasters in j.a.pan. Both Erika and Genkaza Takeda held the old man with the utmost reverence and veneration.
In j.a.pan, he was the paragon of strength, a sanctified hero!
On the other hand, Chen Fan’s fame seemed to have caught up with Takemiya Hiro within recent years after he had garnered interest and attention from the underground world. He had killed many Grandmasters and had even laid low four Grandmasters in one battle. He was feared even by the Hong Sect.
Soon after he was placed at first place on the Heaven roll, he was added to third place on the CIA’s Dark Roll. The news of his battle against Takemiya Hiro made the entire East Asia seeth with excitement and expectation.
The Sword Sage of j.a.pan was going to duke it out with the most powerful Grandmaster in China!
“It is j.a.pan versus China.”
There was no t.i.tle more attention-grabbing than that.
j.a.pan and China’s relations were in tatters a hundred years ago when the j.a.panese invaded China and nearly succeeded in bringing China to its knees. The resentment between the two nations spilled into the martial arts world like it spilled into all other aspects of the societies. Rumor had it that the former Sword Sage, Watanabe s.h.i.+rō had ventured into the Chinese mainland with only one sword. He defeated nearly all the powerful figures of the Chinese martial arts community and eventually forced the Lin Family to intervene. The battle between the two was remembered as the fight of the century.
After the War, animosity slowly subsided but with the rise of China, a new era of conflict between the two nations began as the two nations’ interests clashed.
Due to the special political moment, the fight between Chen Fan and Takemiya Hiro was tainted by nationalism from both sides of the firing line.
It was no longer as simple as a duel between two powerful men, it was instead a showdown between the two nations.
As soon as the news reached China, the Chinese martial arts community boiled over.
Meanwhile, on a private online forum where martial artists hung out, discussions about the imminent battle dominated the forum and made up nearly eighty percent of all posts.
“Chen Beixuan went to j.a.pan? When? Why does no one know about it?”
Someone asked.
“He has been there for a few days. I heard he has destroyed a j.a.panese Shrine and killed Kitaniwakawa, Genkaza Takeda and a Grand Onmyoji. He is stirring up quite a racket in j.a.pan now. No wonder Takemiya Hiro had to intervene. ” Someone replied.
“d.a.m.n! He is bada.s.s! How many Grandmasters has he killed now? Over a dozen I guess?”
Another netizen exclaimed.
A few more netizens replied with impressed emojis,
“Let me see: Lu Tianwu, Lu Tianwu, Blacksnake, Zhou Daoji, Theseus, Buck, Zoro, Park Kyung-hwan, Kitaniwakawa, Genkaza Takeda and Chizuru Masahiro. That would be twelve, thirteen if you count Takemiya Hiro.” Username “LIttle Red Sparrow” commented.
“Little Red Sparrow, who are you? Most of us here haven’t even heard of Zhou Daoji or Chizuru Masahiro.” The one who asked the question asked again.
“Ah, right, does anyone know who Takemiya Hiro is? Why is he called Sword Sage? Is he powerful?”
The original poster asked.
It was followed by a few vague replies that couldn’t really shed any light on the question.
Takemiya Hiro was active forty years ago and had almost disappeared since then. A few generations of Martial Artists had come and gone within that time and therefore, no one knew who the old man was. The men and women of the moment were not Takemiya Hiro, but Ye Nantian, Lei Qianjue, and Erika.
“Takemiya Hiro, born in 1910, was a j.a.panese Kendo genius who had reached the peak of Internal Force cultivation when he was only twenty. He followed the last Sword Sage, Watanabe s.h.i.+rō to China and witnessed the battle of the century. After the great war ended, Takemiya Hiro returned to j.a.pan and focused on his cultivation. He had reached the peak of Transcendent State when he was fifty years old. That made him one of the most powerful men in j.a.pan and earned him the t.i.tle of Sword Sage. He was also the last Sword Sage in j.a.pan.”
“He used to be listed on the Dark Roll when he was active. However, he had secluded himself from the world since the 60s. His name was also subsequently removed from the Dark Roll. However, rumor had it that he sparred with the former third place of the Dark Roll, Zeus the Thunder Lord, some twenty years ago, and the fight ended in a draw.”
Someone typed a long paragraph. The user name was again “Little Red Sparrow.”
“OMG! He had reached Transcendent State forty years ago? So is he in the Immortal State now? ”
“I don’t think so, we must have heard of his name if he was of Immortal State. Plus, he is over a hundred years old now, he couldn’t even lift a katana.”
“Little Red Sparrow, who are you? Why do you know so much about it? #Deepstate #Wikileaks”
Many more people joined in the conversation after that, but Little Red Sparrow had gone silent.