I teach kendo in Tokyo

Kazuma gave the command and asked Mikako and Honami to return to their original positions.

Kazuma also reminded Mikako: "It's just a success once, don't get carried away."

"I know!"

Kazuma looked at Mikako's expression and confirmed that she was really not carried away, so he praised: "Well done, really good. Even I was scared."

Mikako chuckled, but immediately remembered Kazuma's reminder to "don't get carried away" and quickly straightened the corners of her mouth to suppress her laughter.

On Honami's side, it could be seen that she was already very energetic and ready to compete with a strong enemy.

Specifically, the Haiyan entry above her head burned like fire.

The string on her head just now looked like the ID string of a WeChat player.

Now, at first glance, it seems that there is no shortage of money.

Kazuma was a little worried that Mikako was injured.

However, now that Mikako's protective gear is well worn on her body, as long as Honami implements the principle of just sticking to it, the injuries will only be minor bruises.

It's common for Lian Kendo to get a little bruised.

Kazuma waved gently: "Start!"

Honami attacked again, the attack route was the same as before, but the speed was much faster.

It seems Honami is not convinced either.

She didn't believe Mikako could still defend herself.

When Honami's bamboo sword swung down, Kazuma even heard the sound of cutting through the air.

Between the lightning and flint, two crisp sounds sounded almost at the same time.

Honami's bamboo knife hit Mikako's mask, and Mikako's bamboo knife hit Honami's gauntlet.

Mikako did not take the subsequent action of poking the armor, but turned to look at Kazuma: "Who won?"

Kazuma glanced at Miyadera first, and found that Jinguji was looking at him, with an expression on his face that seemed to say: "It's up to you to decide."

"In the second round, Honami wins." Kazuma said.

Mikako let out a long sigh and her shoulders slumped: "I knew it. I didn't feel like I had succeeded at all just after I fought."

"Don't be discouraged, it's not a big difference." Kazuma reassured Mikako, "If you continue to practice, you might be able to match me in cutting skills."

"Wait a minute!" Senior Huacheng interjected, "Can you see clearly that sword strike just now?"

Kazuma: "I can see clearly."

Senior Huacheng frowned and stared at Kazuma for a few seconds. He chose to believe Kazuma. Then he turned to ask Jinguji Tamamo, who was the deputy referee: "Can you see clearly?"

Jinguji Tamamo shook his head: "No, I can't see clearly at all. This is beyond my ability."

Senior Huacheng looked relieved.

At this time, Senior Sister Gao Mizawa said abruptly: "Our kendo club at Dongda University has always been looked down upon by the kendo clubs at Nippon Sports University and Tokai University. After all, we have lost in both the university league and the Yulong Banner. This year, it seems, At least if one person can break through the Jade Dragon Flag, we can win."

Kazuma couldn't help but turn his head to look at Gao Mizawa-senpai. He always felt that she was talking about the yin and yang of the strange flower city senior when she suddenly said these words.

To be fair, people like Honami, who have been receiving guidance from famous teachers before becoming Kazuma's apprentice, are not weak in nature, and then have the bonus of entries formed by personal experience, as well as practical experience.

It's normal for her to be stronger than Huacheng senior.

But in the eyes of outsiders who don't know the situation, Hana Cheng, the deputy director of the Kendo Department of the University of Tokyo, can't even see clearly a girl's sword strokes.

It’s normal to be annoyed by club managers.

However, considering that Senior Huacheng is Senior Sister Gao Mize's licking dog, and Senior Sister obviously knows about this, then this yin and yang is a bit subtle.

Kazuma thought carefully for more than ten seconds and finally decided not to interfere in other people's family affairs.

The emotional problems between the two of them are not under the control of his kendo master, not to mention that it is difficult for an upright official to deal with household matters. This kind of trouble can still be avoided as far away as possible.

This is also in line with the general practice of Japanese society.

He Ma: "There are so many strong players from Sun Sports University and Donghai University, and there will be many private masters participating in Jade Dragon Banner. I want to win Jade Dragon Banner, so I need to practice more."

"But I think Kiryu-kun has a 100% winning rate against Buchou." Senior Sister Takamizawa looked at Kazuma and said, "I've always found it strange why Kiryu-kun never practices kata. Looking for someone to fight with?"

——To gain experience!

Mr. Toda, you have level 18! He is a baby with great experience!

But the truth cannot be told, so Kazuma had to make up a reason: "My kata is already perfect, so now I am more inclined to use the moves flexibly. Fighting with different people will help improve my ability in this area."

Senior Sister Takamizawa asked doubtfully: "But except for the days when Mr. Minoru Hiranaka comes to give guidance, you spend most of your time fighting with Mr. Toda."

Kazuma thinks you're right, because it's the fastest way to gain experience points from him.

"After all, Toda-senpai is the strongest player in the club besides me. Of course I spar with him more times than others. Is there any problem with this?" Kazuma asked, "I also spar with Hanacheng-senpai from time to time. ah."

Kazuma said as he glanced at Senior Hua Cheng and found that he was sullen and silent.

At this time, Mikako urged: "Kazuma! Honami and I are waiting!"

"Okay, okay, here's the order." After saying that, he and Ma confirmed that they were both ready, then raised their hands.

"start!"

This time, Honami did not choose to attack directly. It seemed that after confirming that she could break through Mikako's defense with a direct attack, she planned to find other ways to win.

Honami began to move sideways.

Mikako also moved in the opposite direction, and the two began to circle slowly around the midpoint of the line between them.

This is also a common scene in kendo duels.

Those with poor basic skills may make some small mistakes during the movement and be caught immediately.

Of course, competitive kendo does not involve life or death, so the confrontation process is greatly shortened. Most people just do some mental building and take a deep breath.

It was the same this time. Honami suddenly took a step forward and raised her sword.

Mikako also reacted immediately, but Honami was just pretending and didn't attack at all.

And Mikako has already moved.

She thought of a way to quickly counterattack after blocking.

Originally, when blocking, the hand does not feel like the bamboo sword is colliding with each other, so most people would not be able to counterattack.

But Mikako was too focused on the routine she had thought of, and before she could react, the counterattacked bamboo sword hit Honami's helmet.

Honami turned sideways, then swung the knife horizontally, hitting Mikako's armor with a snap.

This time, even Takamize understood. It was a very beautiful blow.

"Beautiful!" Gao Jize clapped his hands.

Kazuma: "Honami Tokumoto, very beautiful sideways."

Honami withdrew her move and sighed: "In the end, I subconsciously used the competitive kendo style. In actual combat, it was the Seven Injury Fist. Mikako was disembowelled and I lost one shoulder."

"Why should I be disemboweled!" Mikako shouted, "Except for Kazuma, the rest of us will never have the opportunity to fight with a real sword in our lives, right?"

Honami: "It never hurts to be prepared."

"Even if you say so, I don't have a knife! Even the modern forged stainless steel knife is so expensive!"

There are a lot of things to pay attention to when it comes to Japanese knives. Even modern knives produced on an assembly line must have a bit of "craftsman spirit." If "craftsman spirit" is involved, things will become meaninglessly expensive.

Kazuma: "If you want to practice with a real sword, I can lend it to you."

"Hey, is that okay?"

"Of course you can, Masamune will still be happy." Kazuma glanced at Bizen Nagafune Ichimonji Masamune in front of the swimsuit poster of Yasuko Tatsuna, "After you practice, remember to hold it against your chest and warm it through the scabbard. good."

Mikako patted her chest: "Hold here? What's the point of this? Huh? Huh?"

Mikako suddenly laughed mischievously: "Oh, Kazuma~ your motives are not pure!"

Honami: "Are you still coming?"

"Come! Of course! I just didn't stop the car! I feel like I can already see the dawn of victory!"

Mikako said energetically.

Kazuma looked at her and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.

With this desire to become stronger, Mikako will definitely become stronger.

However, according to what Kazuma heard from Taira Minoru and others, Mikako can only reach level 30 at most without going through some experience to obtain the entries.

It’s probably impossible to cross this gap just by wanting to become stronger.

In the future, when everyone in the dojo breaks through level 30, this desire to become stronger will bring pressure and anxiety to Mikako.

At that time, I can only rely on Kazuma, the morning star, to enlighten her. Maybe I will have to copy a song "The Road to Ordinary" and give it to her, telling her that being ordinary is the only answer.

Watching Mikako challenge Honami again, Kazuma decided to cheer for her honestly for now.

Let’s consider the future matters later.

Level 30 is still early.

While Kazuma was thinking this, Honami hit Mikako's gauntlet with just a hair's breadth, using the exact cutting technique - of course, her proficiency was far less than Kazuma and Mikako's.

"Ahhh! I was defeated by my own stunts!" Mikako shouted, "No, do it again! I don't believe it!"

Kazuma watched the two of them return to their starting positions and gave the command with a smile.

In this way, Mikako and Honami fought for another fifteen rounds, and Mikako actually won three more times.

"Not bad, not bad, great progress!" Kazuma clapped his hands and continued to praise Kako, "Honami is also very powerful. Now you are an opponent that I can't underestimate. It's almost today. It's time to pack up and go to school."

As soon as Kazuma finished speaking, senior Hana Cheng, who had become a dull gourd from the beginning, said: "Wait a minute! I want to have a competition with Mikako Fujii, according to the rules of general competitive kendo."

Mikako looked at Senior Huacheng and said, "Senior, you still have to warm up and wear protective gear. It's too late, right? Or are you, like me, no class in the first period?"

Senior Huacheng: "I didn't even have class in the second period today."

"Really? That's great! Please give me some advice."

Honami said while taking off her protective gear: "I won't accompany you anymore. I have class in the first period. Kazuma, please let me shower in the bathroom. I'm sweating a bit too much, so it might smell."

"Do it yourself." Kazuma gestured.

Honami walked towards the locker room.

Senior Sister Gao Mize also walked to the locker room to get protective gear and gi for Senior Huacheng.

Jinguji Tamamo: "Wait a minute! Non-dojo students have to pay rent for protective gear and uniforms!"

Everyone turned to look at her, even Honami stopped and looked back.

Jinguji Tamamo's expression didn't change: "If you don't pay the rent, Chiyoko will be angry."

"I'll just give it!" Senior Huacheng said.

…

Just like that, Nanjo Honami changed her clothes, took a shower, and went out to class. At the same time, Hanashiro-senpai changed her equipment and stood in front of Fujii Mikako.

"Courtesy." Kazuma was still in the referee position.

The two of them saluted and got into posture.

Kazuma: "Start!"

Senior Huacheng rushed directly to Mikako.

Kazuma knew at a glance that this was to bring the bamboo sword into a cross state, and then rely on his weight to knock Mikako askew, thereby creating an opportunity.

This move is often used by the bigger ones to bully the smaller ones in competitive kendo. Kazuma just came across time and used this move in his duel with Chiyoko.

Anyway, in competitive kendo, if the state of fighting lasts for a long time, the referee will separate the two people. After the referee gives the separation command until the two people return to the starting position, any attack during this period will be invalid.

And it is basically impossible to achieve effective breakthrough in the cross-e situation.

Therefore, there is basically no risk in running into it this time. If the opponent's bottom plate is unstable and there is a flaw, you can get the advantage.

If there is no hard top on the opposite side and you choose to retreat, there is a very real problem. When people retreat, their posture is generally not as stable as walking forward.

Kendo talks about "advance and retreat with ease", and this freedom is reflected in "retreat", which depends on basic skills.

In short, Senior Huacheng adopted a common tactic in competitive kendo, and Zhu suddenly stepped forward.

Mikako shouted: "Oh!"

The blade of the bamboo knife directly hit Senior Huacheng's mask.

Kazuma: "Why are you using Kikato Shinto-ryu?"

"Why, Honami can use it, but I can't?" Mikako finally became elated, as if she wanted to let out the bad energy she had just crushed by Honami, "And this move is not difficult, isn't it just letting go of the hand in front of her? , use your back hand to move the bamboo knife forward, so easy!"

"You still speak English?"

"I'm from the English Department of Sophia University! Why, can't I focus on my major?"

"You can pull it, you can pull it." He Ma said and turned to Senior Huacheng, "Senior, do you want to continue?"

"Continue." Senior Huacheng returned to the starting position.

Kazuma suddenly discovered that a temporary entry appeared on Senior Huacheng's head!

However, when looking at the color and special effects, Kazuma felt that this entry was a negative entry. When he looked at the content, it turned out to be a negative entry.

haze

Yes, this entry is called Haze, and it lasts for 36,000 seconds, which is a bit long.

The explanation is as always full of the flavor of Kazuma's system: God's mentality has undergone some changes.

It seems that just now Senior Huacheng was stronger but used a more shameless tactic, but it failed, which had a great impact on his mentality.

Kazuma wanted to laugh, but he was afraid of causing a greater change in Huacheng senior's mentality. After all, he was the referee and had to be neutral.

He said with a straight face and seriously: "Start!"

This time, as soon as Kazuma gave the order, Senior Huacheng held the bamboo knife in front of him and blocked it in front of his mask.

This is also a common cheating posture in competitive kendo.

Kazuma thought to himself, Hana Cheng-senpai, you wouldn’t be like that...

Mikako was stunned when he saw this stance. After all, in competitive kendo, how to achieve this stance has always been a big problem. After decades of discussion, the final conclusion is that there is nothing good except relying on hard power. Solution.

Because of this, it is very incomprehensible for the strong to attack the weak.

Kazuma has even seen Yulong Banner champion amateurs in this posture in his life.

He and Ma Xiao were interested in seeing how Mikako responded.

Then, Mikako——

She also put on the same posture!

Kazuma wanted to laugh.

As expected of you.

The scene at this time is very stiff, because it is difficult to attack in this posture, and it can counterattack very well.

If both sides are placed like this, no one will attack.

Kazuma looked at the two people with big eyes and small eyes, and suddenly had an idea: If Sekiro turned on the PVP mode, it would probably look like this.

No one dared to attack, for fear of being perfectly blocked and then getting counterattacked. They could only stare at each other face to face and press the block button frantically.

The two stared at each other for a full minute before Kazuma spoke: "Well, why don't you do it again. Don't even pose like this."

Senior Huacheng: "Agree."

Mikako: "Yeah."

The next moment, Senior Hua Cheng switched to the upper stance, while Mikako assumed the middle stance.

Senior Huacheng suddenly shouted: "Drink!"

But he didn't attack, he just took a step forward and stopped immediately.

Mikako didn't move at all. It seemed that she had learned the lesson she had just been tricked by Honami.

Senior Huacheng took a step back and left Mikako's attack range.

In fact, if Mikako made a move just now, as long as he was quick enough, he would be able to make a profit.

If you fight a horse, you have already won.

However, Mikako obviously didn't want to gamble on her speed.

Senior Huacheng shouted again, this time he really took action.

Mikako nimbly dodged to the side.

Senior Huacheng immediately took a horizontal slash, but Mikako shrank his head to avoid the horizontal slash, bent down and stabbed Senior Huacheng's crotch with a bamboo knife.

Kazuma applauded: "Well done. He made full use of his flexibility. Senior Huacheng's cross-cutting moves are also very fast, but it's a pity that they are a little higher."

Kazuma remembered that Beichen Itto-ryu had a move specifically designed to deal with horizontal slashes. He also ducked his head to dodge, and then stabbed forward. However, Beichen's Itto-ryu thrust was done with one hand, leaving his other hand free to hold the elbow of the opposite horizontal slash. , not letting the opponent take his hand back.

Beichen's Yidao style has many moves that involve grabbing the opponent's hand or even his collar. Anyway, it’s dirty anyway.

Senior Huacheng looked like he couldn't let go.

"Come again!" he said.

Kazuma: "Senior, tell me the rules of competitive kendo. According to the rules of competitive kendo, you have been given two copies and have already lost."

Mikako: "Yeah!"

Senior Huacheng sighed: "How could this be? I have put in so much effort over the years! Is this the gap caused by the integration of mind and skill as Mr. Ping Zhongmin said?"

No, no, no, Kazuma thought to himself, you are wrong. I am the only one who knows all the skills in this dojo now. Honami has also touched the edge. Amao should be able to do it in the future, but Mikako doesn't even have an entry.

Mikako: "Yes, I have been practicing with Master Kiryu for more than a year, and I have already understood a little bit of the essence of the integration of mind and skill!"

What a fool you are!

Kazuma: "Don't listen to her nonsense. Senior, you lost today because you had a broken mentality."

"Mindset? It's true that mind and skill are integrated..."

"No, no, it's just your mentality. Senior, your mentality exploded after you were unexpectedly attacked by Mikako in the first round."

There is no such thing as "boom" in Japanese, so Kazuma said "BOOM" in English, which was simple and straightforward.

Senior Huacheng looked at the bamboo knife in his hand thoughtfully.

Kazuma saw that the duration of the temporary entry above his head was directly reduced by one zero.

——So I can still be a close brother? This effect is immediate!

Kazuma was about to take advantage of the victory and give Senior Huacheng a hand. The senior said: "Maybe you are right. Leave me alone."

After that, he walked to the locker room, taking off his protective gear as he walked.

Kazuma was about to call his senior, but he saw senior Takamizawa mouthing to him: "I'll do it."

Then the senior sister came forward with a towel and handed it to Senior Huacheng: "I just said that just to stimulate you. I'm sorry, I didn't take your mood into consideration."

Kazuma half-opened his mouth and glanced at Mikako.

Mikako suddenly turned her eyes flirtatiously, and then shouted: "Oh, I'm sweating a lot too."

"Here." Jinguji Tamamo handed over the towel and kettle.

Mikako: "Uh...thank you."

Kazuma smiled, glanced at the clock on the wall, and said with a smile: "Let's go too."