The conditions are really generous...
Although I have tried to please a famous person before, there is still a difference between providing timely assistance and adding icing on the cake.
"Then what about the price list..."
"After collecting so many raw materials, can I still charge more money?"
Hearing Muramasa's answer, Linghua also smiled.
"I didn't think well enough."
"Then, can I ask you for one more favor?"
After so many twists and turns, it's impossible to tell what the other party's appeal is for until the very end.
Muramasa sighed inwardly, "I'm afraid it's something troublesome that I don't know about," and then nodded.
"Well, tell me."
After receiving Muramasa's reply, Linghua straightened her body and said seriously:
"If there are any requests regarding 'Umijima' in the future, please provide them with convenience."
"We only need to charge them 80% of the price, and the rest will be made up by the community officials."
The Swordsmith from Another World: Chapter 32 Wishing Machine?
"Only 20% off?"
Muramasa couldn't help but ask back. Logically, he should just agree, but what the other party said was a little unreasonable.
If Umijima has a good relationship with the shabuyo, then why go around in circles like this?
"It's just to show our attitude and intention."
"Umijima and Inazuma have always been at odds, and I'm afraid they've heard some rumors."
"Besides, there's little contact between Inazuma and Umijima, and a sudden change of attitude is bound to arouse suspicion..."
Linghua's attitude is the attitude that the society upholds, and it sends friendly signals and the intention to make friends by saying "we are fighting for your interests."
There are so many twists and turns...
Muramasa complained in his heart that his straightforward nature made it difficult for him to deal with clients.
So just let the right people take care of things outside the chessboard, he doesn't have that many "cat claws" to use.
"Got it. Since you're in such desperate need of my cat's claws, feel free to use them."
"Cat's paw?"
Linghua was not familiar with this kind of metaphor, so she asked back with a little confusion.
"It means to help, that's all."
He replied humorously, as if to say, "My life story is not an act."
"Ha ha..."
The listener smiled in response, trying to control the amount of sound he made.
She is truly a typical young lady in seclusion. Every move, glance and smile seem to be calculated.
Muramasa thought about it and added:
"By the way, can I borrow your palm to have a look?"
The sudden question caught Linghua off guard, and she couldn't figure out the meaning of his words:
"Palm…?"
"Customized knives, like you just said."
Seeing that she didn't seem to understand the situation, Muramasa first spread out his palms:
"Because everyone's fingers and palms are unique, the size of the handle must be customized according to the user."
"But for this old man, there is something more important."
After hearing his explanation, Linghua finally understood the truth and placed her palm flat on the table.
Muramasa took a quick look and thought to himself:
The fingers are long and slender, and the palms are also small.
The technique you learn should be more inclined towards quick attack, so the knife should be light and agile.
The rest...huh?
The marks left on the palm were evenly distributed, and it was clear that the other party was holding the knife by simply tapping his five fingers together and swinging the knife.
"It may be rude to ask this, but... don't you have the so-called 'hand-in-hand' technique?"
Within hand?
Ayaka, who knew nothing about the technology Muramasa was talking about, shook her head honestly:
"We haven't heard of this."
"Appreciate further details."
really...
Muramasa was silent for a moment, then after organizing his words, he spoke:
"The so-called "within the hand" simply refers to the way you hold the knife."
As he spoke, Muramasa changed his hands from being spread out to a loose clenched position.
He raised and relaxed his index and middle fingers, and placed his ring and little fingers on the nonexistent hilt.
The side of the thumb is also pressed against the handle of the knife, with the fingertip not curled inward and pointing in the same direction as the index and middle fingers.
"It's just a game of leverage, not some advanced technique."
After saying this, he pressed his palm down, making a knife-wielding gesture, and his five fingers also changed accordingly.
Linghua was not a stupid person. After seeing the grip and swinging movements, she understood how sophisticated the skills that had been honed over thousands of years were.
"You should have seen the way my grip works."
"With proper practice, it should be possible to increase the power of your sword swing."
Originally, I only knew that the other party's sword-forging skills had reached perfection, but I didn't expect that he had such research on swordsmanship.
"Where...exactly where did you come from?"
Muramasa looked thoughtful:
"Hmm? Technology?"
Before he could finish, he was stopped by the other party:
"Please wait a moment,"
Before coming here, She Bugyo had already done his homework and proposed cooperation knowing that the other party was keeping a secret.
His powerful fighting ability, chivalrous heart, and superb skills make all parties want to recruit him at all costs.
However, the mysteries surrounding Muramasa kept piling up, causing Linghua to raise questions even though she had been warned not to delve too deeply into the matter.
"What I want to know is..."
Just when she was about to succeed, Linghua stopped her out-of-line thoughts.
She pursed her lips and smiled gently again:
"How advanced are you in swordsmanship?"
There is still a long time to come, and although the other party is still hiding something, it is obviously not something that requires digging three feet into the ground to dig out.
What is important is mutual trust.
"..."
Muramasa already knew what would be revealed in the words, but he thought the other party was also very clear about it, so he just threw out some information appropriately.
After the other party changed the question, continue with the topic:
"If we're just talking about technique, there shouldn't be any problem impersonating the highest-ranked guy here."
He originally wanted to say that he was pretending to be "unparalleled in the world", but he restrained himself a little.
Of course, his claim to be unrivaled was not groundless. After all, he had also seen that "Miyamoto Musashi".
Although it's not the man, but the woman...
Combined with the unique projection technology of this body, it is feasible to imitate her technology.
"In that case...if you have time in the future, could you please come to the club and give me some pointers as my swordsmanship instructor?"
Muramasa looked annoyed.
"You're really not polite! Troubles keep coming one after another. Am I some kind of all-powerful wish-granting machine?"
Why are things getting more troublesome the more we talk about it...
However, these techniques are indeed something that only I can teach.
It's always faster than them figuring it out on their own.
"I'm very sorry, this is just a spur-of-the-moment decision on my part and doesn't represent the company's intentions."
Linghua placed her hands on her chest, looking apologetic.
"If it's inconvenient, please refuse. It won't affect our cooperation."
"Aha..."
Muramasa sighed heavily. Although they could leave it to them to do what they could, this matter did not fall into that category:
"Now that things have come to this, there's nothing we can do."
"Let's talk about the reward later. I'm tired of talking so much."
Linghua knew the principle of knowing when to stop, so she drank the tea in the cup, then stood up and said:
"Then I won't bother you too much. I'll let them put the accompanying gifts in the yard."
"Goodbye, have a nice night."
Muramasa did not see her off, but just came to the door and watched Linghua get back into the car and leave.
After the convoy had left and the air had calmed down again, he finally had time to return to the house.
"With so many parties taking action, it looks like something troublesome is about to happen..."
"Given my current state, I feel like I'm having trouble coping."
He sat back in his chair and glanced at the tea on the table.
One cup full, one cup empty, and I felt like I had made the right choice.
He then closed his eyes, realizing that he could no longer maintain this half-hearted state of being in the present world:
"The method of recovery..."
"That strange pendant, and the 'Eye of God' that Xiao Gong and the others mentioned."
"It's really hard to find this kind of external magic organ. There are no other..."
Suddenly, his body reacted before his brain did, and a fragment mixed with a word appeared in his mind:
"To mend demons?"
The Swordsmith of Another World: Chapter 33 Preparation
Replenishing magic power is essentially the act of obtaining magic power from external objects.
Strictly speaking, the act of absorbing the magic power within the "pendant" can also be called "replenishing magic power".
At this moment, the method recalled by the body is essentially to open up the magical connection that was originally not smooth through body fluids.