I teach kendo in Tokyo

Nanjo Honami took the microphone and came to the stage: "Hello everyone, I am Nanjo Honami from Class B of the third year."

She changed her clothes again, this time she looked like a female artist who came out to collect ideas, and she also wore a soft felt hat that is now popular among artists.

How popular is this soft hat among artists in this era? If you look at the old comics of Osamu Tezuka and Fujiko Fujio, anyone who wears this hat must be a painter or cartoonist. It has become a kind of identity label. level expression.

Nanjo also looks very good in this outfit, and Kazuma always feels that she is trying not to be lascivious.

She was determined to show distinction with the president.

Hinami Rina was also pitiful. She showed off her most powerful weapon, but the two main opponents still didn't respond head-on.

One of them plays the taiko drum and the other plays the piano. They are both real talents. Although Nanjo may have practiced piano at the request of her family and does not really like piano, her level is said to be good enough to participate in regional competitions.

She could reach this level without the blessing of talent, so she must have put a lot of energy and effort into it.

While Kazuma admired Nanjo's "new skin", she continued: "If you just play the piano, you may be a little high-key, so I decided to cooperate with Mikako Fujii, and I will play her and sing."

Kazuma stared at Mikako who came on stage in confusion.

Mikako has also changed into a "new skin". This time she is dressed in the orthodox Showa idol style, the same one Matsu Seiko wore when she sang Blue Coral Reef.

Kazuma suddenly noticed something, no way...

Nanjo Honami: "Next, please listen to the song "Blue Coral Reef"."

Sure enough, it was the song "Blue Coral Reef" that Hinami Rina had just sung.

Mikako Fujii held the microphone: "I don't sing as well as Hinami-san, I can only sing at karaoke level, but Honami said it doesn't matter...so I'm going to show my shame. Just listen to her piano, just listen to the piano!"

Nanjo just smiled, put the microphone on the microphone stand next to the piano, sat down gracefully, pressed a few keys to test the sound, and then turned to Mikako to indicate that it was time to start.

Kazuma heard Chiyoko mutter: "Is this really good? Although Hinami's singing is average, Mikako's singing is really ordinary."

"Don't tell me, they went to participate in the beauty pageant. I didn't participate in the whole process, but your participation was higher than mine. You were at least in the curtain of Nanjo's house just now. Didn't you listen to what they said inside?"

"No, I just heard Mikako complaining that she didn't know what to do in the talent show. She couldn't do anything but sword dancing."

Kazuma looked at the stage: "Then what's going on now?"

Chiyoko shrugged: "I don't know. When I left, I heard Mikako thinking about it, saying that she might wear a puppet costume and dance with a sword."

Kazuma didn't know how to evaluate Mikako's fantastic idea.

"Perhaps Nanjo thought she might make a fool of herself and helped her out?" He said the most reliable guess in his mind.

Chiyoko immediately agreed: "It's possible. I suddenly feel that Senior Mikako is so pitiful. Let's prepare some tea that she likes tonight."

At this time, Nanjo began to play the piano.

The original version of Blue Coral Reef did not have a piano accompaniment, but Nanjo changed it to a version with solo piano accompaniment.

Even people who don’t understand music can tell that this piano is extremely difficult to play. In music games, it would be the starting point for the eight-clawed octopus monster.

Amid the sound of Nanjo's piano, Mikako began to sing.

Then Kazuma understood the reason why Nanjo did this. With her level of piano playing, the audience's attention was attracted to the piano and Mikako's level was ignored.

Mikako just needs to stand there beautifully and sway gently from side to side like Matsu Seiko does when she sings Blue Coral Reef.

Of course, the singing can't be too bad, but to be honest, Mikako's song is considered to be quite good among amateurs with two voices. At least to Kazuma, who has learned the harmonica for 100 days, it is all in tune.

In this way, a singing voice that is okay by ordinary people's standards, plus a piano accompaniment that is ridiculously strong by ordinary people's standards, the average result is a super powerful performance.

Kazuma noticed that the people around him had begun to sway gently to the melody.

Chiyoko murmured in a low voice: "This... the effect is really unexpected. It just pulls Mikako-senpai away. But in this way, Mikako-senpai won't be able to hold her head up at all in front of Nanjo-san, right? It really works. I’m the maid in Okada-san’s script.”

When Kazuma heard this, he realized that it really meant something like that. From now on, Mikako would always be Nanjo's foil? When will my childhood sweetheart stand up?

After the song ended, Mikako held the microphone in one hand and raised the other hand: "Does it sound good? Do you want to listen to another song?"

The mixed responses from those who had just swayed to the music were: “Think!”

"Then the second song, "Song of Autumn"! Honami, music!"

Kazuma was speechless, this was indeed the song Hinami had just sung.

Chiyoko: "This second song seems like a last-minute idea from Mikako-senpai."

Kazuma nodded: "You can tell by listening to Nanjo's piano. There is no complicated arrangement this time. I just used the piano to play the main melody of the song, and then added repeated rhythmic phrases."

This time, Nanjo's piano performance became weaker, but Mikako may have picked up her game, and her performance was obviously better than last time.

Kazuma felt that it was appropriate for him to go to Hinami now. She was pinned to the ground and rubbed by two powerful enemies with resources that far exceeded hers. In the end, she was stabbed by Mikako, who had a similar background to her.

"I... leave for a moment." Kazuma said.

"Are you going to find Hinami-senpai?" Chiyoko hit the nail on the head, "I have no objection, as long as it can increase the income of the dojo, I don't care, but brother, you should also think about how it will end in the end. Japan is a monogamous country!

"But brother, you may enter politics in the future, so just pretend I didn't say that."

There are two types of people in Japan who will not get into trouble even if they are caught having a lover. One is the writer, look at Dazai Osamu's glorious resume; the other is the politician.

And this politician covers a wide range, including not only politicians, but also soldiers and policemen. Of course, after the war, Japan theoretically has no soldiers, and the Self-Defense Forces are all civil servants.

Yamamoto Isoroku had a lover, and when he was at odds with the aviation faction and the artillery and ship faction, he once exposed each other's shortcomings in having lovers, and in the end he was not punished by military law. Should he be happy or happy?

Politicians raising lovers is really not even considered scandalous in Japan. The worst they can do is bow and apologize and retreat into the background, only to come out after the limelight has passed. But sexual harassment in public is considered black material and is very strange.

In comparison, Japanese celebrities are in a much worse situation. If their cheating is exposed, they will be doomed.

Kazuma ignored his sister's complaints and left the venue.

It's not like he has any thoughts about Hinami and desperately wants to include her in a luxurious lunch or something, there's no such thing.

He just felt that if his apprentice changed the trajectory of Hinami's life, then he had the responsibility to bring this girl back.

She seems to be a pretty good girl, so we can't just let her get stuck in the entertainment industry. If you get stuck and become famous, that would be fine, but most people in the entertainment industry are just running away.

As soon as Kazuma arrived at the backstage separated by a curtain, he saw that Rina Hinami had already changed her clothes and was standing under the awning set up by the student union, looking at the stage with her arms folded.

There was no one from the student union executive department around her, and they might have all been sent to work.

Kazuma walked towards her, but before he could say anything, the girl spoke first: "Are you here to appease me, a defeated general?"

"It's to clean up the chicken feathers left by my apprentice's wanton behavior." He Ma joked.

"Apprentice?" Rina Hinami looked at Kazuma in surprise, "Uh... you mean the three seniors?"

"Otherwise? You don't really think that we have a relationship like that in Weekly Fang Chun, do you? Don't be stupid, you are also a girl, will you let yourself become part of the kind of abnormal relationship described by Weekly Fang Chun? They and I are very A healthy master-student relationship, and of course I don’t deny that they have the idea of ​​turning the master-student relationship into something else.”

"You know this, but you still maintain the master-disciple relationship?" Hinami Rina frowned, "It's really, really bad. Although I can't tolerate being part of the kind of relationship written in Weekly Fang Chun, I also Nor can one allow oneself to become part of the real situation.”

Kazuma shrugged: "This is your freedom. I just came... I just thought you might need to talk to someone. I'm pretty good at giving people directions."

After all, Kazuma pointed out a knight of the law.

Hinami Rina was silent, seemingly not planning to speak.

So Kazuma continued: "Although the voting results are not certain yet, after all, there are quite a lot of people who think with their lower bodies. They may vote for you in order to praise gravity. But..."

Hinami Rina smiled: "Praising gravity? This is really interesting. Senior, are you an interesting person?"

"There's nothing wrong with this statement, isn't it? Gravity is really amazing." When Kazuma said this, he specifically glanced at Hinami's chest.

Before, he had restrained himself from looking below the girl's neck.

Hinami Rina smiled even more happily: "Gravity hahaha..."

"That's not the point. What I want to say is that although you may not have lost now, you have already admitted defeat, right?"

"That's right." Hinami Rina closed her smile and looked at the stage, "I have already given my best, but I can't win even if I do this. This world is indeed unfair."

"Yes, some people are born with a silver spoon in their mouths, and some people have talents given by God. Although some people have always emphasized that our talents must be useful, but even so, there is no inequality between talents and talents. of."

"Senior, are you here just to tell me these things that I already know?" Rina Hinami asked.

"Of course not," Kazuma organized his words a little, "Before preaching, let me ask first, why do you want to win?"

"Do we need a reason? Whether it's a game or life, isn't it natural to want to win?"

"Then your definition of victory in life is to release a hit single, perform in a hit national drama, and finally perform at the Red and White Song Festival and become a national star?"

"I didn't think about it that much, but...it should be, right?" Rina Hinami answered uncertainly.

"Why do you have to go this route in the entertainment industry?"

"Because... I'm pretty good-looking, right? This is one of the few talents I have."

Kazuma glanced at Hinami Rina's face again, and it was true that this girl was good-looking.

When their eyes met, Hinami Rina added: "I don't wear much makeup because it's hot and I'm busy at work. It's troublesome to put on thick makeup and it will be messed up by sweat."

"She's a natural beauty." Kazuma exclaimed, "It's true that you have such thoughts. But don't you think the chance of debuting in the entertainment industry and becoming a big star is a bit too low?"

"Before I became a reader model, I was so confident that I could kill everyone just by looking good. But I found that all the reader models at the same time were very beautiful." Rina Hinami smiled at herself.

"My agent is responsible for many reader models at the same time. Each of them is a school belle in their own school and a popular lover of boys. I am naive."

Kazuma: "There is an old saying in China, the strongest among the strongest. The same is true for me in the world of kendo. I thought I was already strong. When I left school, I found strong people like me everywhere."

"But you have already taken the Kuixing flag. At least you are the number one high school swordsman in Japan, right?"

That's because I cheated... Of course Kazuma couldn't say that.

"No, because there is still a Jade Dragon Banner Tournament in Western Japan. When I get the Jade Dragon Banner, I can say that I am the strongest swordsman in high school. But time is not enough, because when the next Jade Dragon Banner tournament is held, I will already be a college student.

"Besides, being the strongest in high school is nothing worth bragging about. There are many stronger ones above.

"I know that at least two ultimate masters holding the title of Sword Master are still alive."

Hinami Rina looked at Kazuma in confusion: "So, you want to persuade me not to be discouraged and continue to struggle in the entertainment industry just like you struggled in the field of kendo?"

"No, it's not. What I want to say is that people like me, who inherited the dojo and should have continued to make strides into the world of martial arts, chose to take the exam at Tokyo University. Do you know why?"

Hinami Rina looked at Kazuma: "Why? I thought about it before, but I didn't understand it. I just wanted to ask my senior brother when I get the chance."

"Because to get into college, you don't need the appreciation of others, connections or opportunities. As long as you review more thoroughly than other candidates and perform better than others, you can pass. So if you fail in college, you can only It means you are not good, and other candidates in the same examination room are better than you. It is not even easy to find an excuse to excuse yourself."

In fact, there were other reasons, such as someone cheating in the same examination room, or someone pretending to be you, but Kazuma ignored these "small probability events" at this time.

He extended his index finger and pointed at Hinami Rina: "I think you should go to college instead of the entertainment industry. You can be the student council president, which means you have good grades. I think this is the right way."

Hinami Rina shook her head: "Senior, you're a boy, it's okay for you to think this way. I'm a girl. Even if I get into college, I'll just become a rich lady reserve. I can't go into politics, and I can't..."

"Why not?" Kazuma interrupted Hinami Rina, "Japan studied under the British during the Meiji Restoration. What should the Prime Minister's name be now?"

Hinami Rina hesitated for a moment. She had not yet entered the stage of preparing for college entrance exams, and the current international politics test would not be available to her sophomore year in ordinary high schools.

And Hinami Rina is a girl, so it is normal for her not to care about international politics.

"Is... I don't know, Churchill?"

"It's Mrs. Thatcher."

"Is it a female?"

"Of course, everyone calls me madam. Japan is always slow in this regard, but in the foreseeable future, Japan will definitely have more positions open to women. Women can become police officers, producers, diplomats and even The prime minister's time will come."

Until Kazuma traveled through Japan, there was no female prime minister in Japan in his previous life, but there will definitely be one in the future. There have been many images of female prime ministers in Japanese science fiction movies and animations.

For example, the first season of the new TV version of Ghost in the Shell features an Iron Lady-style female prime minister.

Hinami Rina was shocked by Kazuma's statement.

"Is this going to be like this... No way? Japan is a very traditional country..."

"No! It will! Think about it, in Niijima Yae's time, girls couldn't even go to school. After the Meiji Restoration, girls also had the right to go to school.

"Before the war, ordinary full-time universities in Japan did not even admit girls. Girls who wanted to go to university could only go to women's universities. Now, isn't Tokyo University, the former Imperial University, open to girls?"

Hinami Rina's mouth was half open, obviously she wanted to say something to refute, but she couldn't.

At this time, Kazuma felt that he had regained the feeling he had when a sales representative tricked foreigners into buying products.

But just like in his previous life, he can sell products only if they are of high quality. And what he said to Hinami Rina this time seemed reasonable mainly because - it really made sense.

Kazuma just used expressions that would make it seem more reasonable based on reasonable facts.

"So?" Hinami Rina gave up retorting to Kazuma and directly advanced the topic.

"So, if you don't want to be a big star and perform in red and white singing shows, but just want to realize your own life value, then there is no need to join the entertainment industry. You can go to college. This will not waste your natural beauty. Beautiful people will It's better to eat anywhere.

"Correspondingly, whether you can achieve your goals only depends on whether you can work harder and perform better than other competitors. This is much more than being in the entertainment industry. At least your destiny will be in your own hands. , If you lose, you can’t blame others. More importantly, you don’t have to sell your looks to get into college.”

Hinami Rina nodded thoughtfully: "Senior, what you said...well, it seems to make sense. I will seriously consider what you said."

Kazuma's eyes moved to the top of Hinami Rina's head, and then he found that there was no entry.

Sure enough, it's not that easy to generate entries. This operation actually doesn't even have limited-time entries.

At this time, Hinami Rina suddenly laughed: "I always feel that the seniors are particularly concerned about whether I will betray my sex and start a pillow business?"

"That's right. I don't want to see my lovely junior cry all day long because the pillow business didn't get the expected results." Kazuma responded in a teasing tone.

"Ah, is that just this? Senior, don't you want me to become your apprentice?"

Faced with the sudden straight ball, Kazuma smiled: "It's not that I don't have this idea. After all, I am short of money now, and it is always good to have more tuition."

Hinami Rina looked at Kazuma in surprise: "Are you... concerned about tuition fees?"

"Otherwise? My sister has been encouraging me to drag you into the dojo so that I can collect your tuition fees."

Hinami Rina was silent for a second, then pointed at her chest: "Senior, are you not interested in this at all?"

Kazuma hesitated and said he was not interested, which would definitely be a lie, but he readily admitted that he was interested, and it was too straightforward, so what should he do...

"What?" Hinami Rina said with a relieved look, "I'm still interested. I thought you were immune after seeing too much, senior."

"Does it matter whether you are interested in meat or not?" Kazuma asked back, "You don't like me."

"I don't like it. I don't like it now, but if I go to learn kendo from you, senior, I might like it."

Kazuma heard what she was thinking, so he asked directly: "But you don't want to come to me to learn kendo, right?"

"If I don't work as a reader model, I will go there. At this stage, I still want to try and see how far I can go. When I can't go on without selling my sex, I will come back and prepare for the college entrance examination with peace of mind, and then go to senior school. Learn kendo over there. When the time comes, senior, please accept me, who is both physically and mentally in tatters."

"Quit before your body and mind are ruined! Can you cherish yourself well?"

"Hahaha, it's a rhetorical device. I was about to be persuaded by my agent. I thought that I was betraying my appearance by taking swimsuit photos in magazines, and it wouldn't be wrong to sell more. But today, I suddenly realized that even if Selling lust, I may not win, and then you come running over, senior."

Nichinan Rina stood up and slouched a lot: "I figured it out. I will tell my agent later that I will never do any pillow business. After saying this, my work will probably decrease sharply. After all, I am just a reader. Model, but not officially signed.”

Kazuma was about to say something when Hinami Rina suddenly bowed to him: "Thank you, senior."

Not a senior, but a senior.

When she straightened up, she was the dashing Student Council President Hinami Rina again.

Kazuma checked the top of her head again and saw no entry.

However, this time, he should be able to put Hinami Rina's life back on the normal track?

As for when she would come to the dojo to learn kendo, Kazuma decided not to think about such things. Maybe one day in the future she would like to learn and come directly.

Hinami Rina smiled and said: "I've got the flyer for the kendo gym, senior, and I'll go there when I want to learn. Senior, you should work hard on your exam review. If you don't get into Tokyo University, what you said to me just now My persuasiveness will drop sharply, and then I might go back to the entertainment industry to realize the value of my life.

“It’s time to vote and I’m going to take the stage.”

After talking about the Nichinan cuisine, he walked to the stage with light steps.

Kazuma watched her off from where he was.

**

In the final result, Rina Hinami lost to Honami Nanjo at a slight disadvantage and finished second.

She came over specifically and said to Kazuma: "Senpai, look, at least I won the taiko drum!"

Before Kazuma could reply, she was called away by members of the Student Union Executive Committee in the distance.

Chiyoko, who was next to Kazuma, looked at her brother sideways: "Brother, she has been so seduced by you, why doesn't she come to learn kendo? Are you serious about soliciting customers?"

"I do! Besides, what do you mean by 'getting like this'? Isn't this normal for her?"

"Her name for you has changed!"

"There's not much difference between senior and senior, aren't they?"

"But the sudden change of title is definitely suspicious! No, I want to report it to the seniors!"

"No, just wait a minute! I didn't do anything. Why do I have to be treated like a scumbag who was caught in the act?"

"I don't care, I'm going to file a complaint, right now! Ah, the egg is right over there!"