The timing and speed of Aoto's sword strike were so extraordinary that even a layperson could recognize it, and many spectators at the sidelines expressed their amazement.
Faced with this fierce and sudden assault heading straight for him, Chiba Domon Shiro's pupils narrowed sharply in shock, yet his reaction was truly of Divine Speed.
At the critical moment when Aoto's bamboo sword was about to hit the porcelain bowl on his forehead, his body's "reflex nerves" operated automatically. With a whoosh, he sank his waist, retreated half a step, calmly avoiding the crisis, and smoothly swung his sword at Aoto's shoulder.
With such reaction speed, he certainly deserved the identity of Deputy Master at Xuanwu Hall and a member of the Chiba family!
