I am practicing in Tokyo

Chapter 84 Adding Money

Fujii Shu hadn't noticed Azusa Hase's troubles yet, but when school was over, the number of people going to the Kendo Club increased from one to three. If he could have seen it, he would have discovered that Shinnosuke was also in the queue.

When he came to the Kendo Club, Fujii received an unexpected piece of news.

"Boss Ichikawa's father is hospitalized and cannot come to the kendo club for guidance during this period."

The members of the Kendo Club told him that the strongest Ichikawa Reikichi was not around, so there was no suitable opponent for the challenge.

On the other side, in the white ward, the man lying on the bed was the man in kimono who was injured after fighting Nagara Sosuke.

"Who hurt you? Dad."

Ichikawa Reikichi was standing by the bed, peeling an apple. Last night, his father, Ichikawa Nobutaka, who was practicing in his family's dojo, was stabbed in the abdomen with a knife. Fortunately, the part where he was stabbed was not fatal, and the ambulance arrived in time.

"I don't need to know my name, I'm just an unknown swordsman passing by."

Nagara Sosuke's reply echoed in Nobutaka Ichikawa's ears. He turned his face and spoke slowly.

"It's just a matter of competing with the masters. It doesn't matter if your skills are inferior to others, but your character cannot also fall into the inferior category."

"What age has it been, are there still people fighting with real swords? People will die."

Ichikawa Reikichi obviously did not agree with his father's ideas, and he was already an eighth-dan kendo father, a father who understood the essence of his ancestor Ichikawa Itto-ryu. He was convinced that someone could defeat him, and he was completely free of the stubbornness of the past.

"As a swordsman, I don't even have the courage to compete with a real sword, so I might as well not hold a sword."

Ichikawa Nobutaka's temper got worse and he scolded him a few times before he remembered what happened at the gym.

"By the way, have those gangsters from the Sumiyoshi Kai come to cause trouble? They have been eyeing our gym land for a long time."

When he first met Nagara Sosuke, before the fight, he mistakenly thought he was someone Sumiyoshi would invite, but once they fought, he understood that Nagara Sosuke would not soil his sword for money or anything like that.

"No, there is a police seal posted outside the gym, so they don't dare to come."

Ichikawa Reiyoshi answered truthfully, the Sumiyoshi Association is one of the major underground forces in the island country. Although the policy of cracking down on violent gangs has made the underground forces in the island country uncomfortable in recent years, they have turned to real estate and other industries, and they have also begun to use some underhanded tricks to lower their prices.

Purchasing land at a high price and then reselling it to colluding real estate developers can be regarded as a reserved skill of underground forces in various countries.

"That's good. During the period of my recuperation, the gym will be handed over to you, and I have to go to school. You only got No. 5 in Tokyo this time. If there is no successor next year, won't the Kendo Club be overturned?

?”

The injured Ichikawa Nobutaka still had time to care about the kendo club led by his son. The kendo level of high school students in Tokyo has always been very good. Only his son, who is a fifth-level semi-professional swordsman, can get the fifth place, even though his teammates are not good enough.

, but it also explains the problem.

"A new guy has recently arrived. He should be better than me, but unfortunately he is also in his third year of high school."

When it came to the question of successor, Ichikawa Reikichi also had a headache. Finally, he found someone he could count on. Unexpectedly, he was also a senior in high school. He wouldn't even be able to make it into the top eight in next year's Jade Dragon Kendo Competition, right?

"Is your swordsmanship better than yours? It's rare."

Ichikawa Nobutaka looked at his son's hands peeling apples. The joints and pits were covered with calluses. His son, who had practiced Ichikawa Itto-ryu since he was a child, had few peers who were better than him.

"No! It was my physical fitness, strength, speed, and reflexes that completely overwhelmed me. I am simply a monster."

Speaking of Fujii, Ichikawa Reiyoshi became more energetic and made a gesture, replicating the move that Fujii used to hit him with a straight thrust.

"Are you so strong? I feel like I was born to practice swordsmanship. If we were in the Warring States Period, this kind of person would probably become a famous general like Ueizumi Nobutsuna. No! He should be the kind of fierce general who can take down the enemy's commander with one ride."

Ichikawa Nobutaka was able to defeat his own son without any foundation in kendo, and he objectively evaluated it.

"The apple is peeled, do you want to eat it?"

Ichikawa Reikichi handed over the peeled apple, and Ichikawa Nobutaka gave him a strange look and pointed to his injured abdomen.

"Oh, I'll digest it myself."

Seeing his father's abdomen wrapped in bandages, Ichikawa Reikichi took back the apple belatedly, and the ward suddenly became quiet except for the sound of chewing apples.

——

A hollow steel pipe broken into two pieces was placed quietly on the coffee table. The gangster leader who beat the homeless man was no longer as arrogant as that night. He sat down and knelt on the tatami of the Japanese-style ancient house.

The fifty-seven-year-old Yamashita Akihisa, the president of the Tokyo branch of the Sumiyoshi Kaikai, was wearing a pure black kimono and looking at the gangster leader with a cold face. Next to him, the green evil ghost masked man who had briefly appeared, Ueno Shiraki, was looking at him.

The incision of the steel pipe.

"I'm asking you to cause trouble. If you can't handle such a trivial matter, what's the use of you!"

Yamashita Akihisa was particularly angry. The gangster leader was Wakatou from his Sumiyoshi-kai, and Ueno Shigeaki was an agent hired by the real estate developer he cooperated with. He specialized in dealing with underground forces. He was very famous and energetic in recent years. He could

I don’t want Ueno Naraki to underestimate me.

"Such a smooth cut is not something ordinary people can achieve."

Shiraki Ueno picked up the steel pipe, squinted his eyes, looked at it, and came to a conclusion.

"You said that the man used a tachi to cut the steel pipe in your hand, right?"

Wearing an evil ghost mask, Shigeaki Ueno approached forcefully and put the half of the steel pipe that was less than 30 centimeters in his hand back into the hands of the gangster leader.

"Hi! That's it."

The gangster leader looked up in confusion, only to find that Shigeaki Ueno had pulled out the enshrined sword on the indoor knife rest and approached again with the knife.

"Swift!"

The light of the sword suddenly appeared, and a cold light pierced into the eyes of the gangster leader. When he regained his sight, the half of the steel pipe in his hand was half shorter. Shigeaki Ueno, who put the enshrined sword back into the scabbard, picked up the small half of the steel pipe on the ground.

, the cuts are as flat and smooth, perfect reproduction.

At this time, the gangster leader took a few steps back in fear, bent down and put his forehead to the ground, his buttocks raised high, and his body couldn't help shaking.

Is this person also a monster?

The gangster leader who saw Ueno Shigeki's methods was panicking, wondering if his head would have to be moved if he just missed it a little bit. For someone who could kill someone so easily, it was no longer a problem to kill someone.

"Pah, pah! Pah!!!"

Akihisa Yamashita clapped his hands and nodded in approval for Ueno Shigekō's performance.

"You, the Sumiyoshi Council, can't afford to offend a swordsman who can achieve this level. There is only one way."

Ueno Shigekō sat back down and spoke unhurriedly.

"What can I do?"

Yamashita Akihisa asked knowingly.

"Add more money and let me come and meet him."

After taking a sip of tea, Ueno Shigeaki replied confidently.

(End of chapter)