The Last Day of Chiri-Dō Training

Today is the last day of training about the Chiri-dō ryū. The previous days have covered the sorts of urban operations that Makishi and I will have to perform, along with the forest and plains strategies the samurai will be doing alongside us.

But today, the training is about how one would integrate Chiri-dō fighting styles with Shugendō. Though I once followed the way of the yamabushi, I have forgotten much… and I certainly do not perform any yamabushi duties for Clan Noriaibasha. Hence, Makishi and I have little to do here today.

We are writing scrolls of what we have learned so far. Next week, we must meet with some of the samurai and start planning out our strategies. This campaign will be long and hard, and it will involve a great many things we have never done before.

Luckily, it seems unlikely that I will have to use the strange, double-edged, straight sword from the mainland. That distasteful type of combat will mostly fall to the samurai.

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