I teach kendo in Tokyo

A few days passed after the girls moved in, and everyone became familiar with collective life.

This day also started in the morning, and the Kiryu Dojo was bustling with activity.

As soon as Kazuma got up and put on his home clothes, he heard Haruyu roaring from the direction of the bathroom: "Monkey, ah, ah! You used my toothbrush again!"

"Ah? Is this yours?"

"My toothbrush has a blue streak on the midline!"

"Ah, it's true. I'm sorry. I'll let you use mine and we'll be even!"

"Who wants to be even with you? This is something you have to put in your mouth!"

"Hey, you are so confused now. Didn't you enjoy eating the watermelon with the same spoon that Kazuma and I used a few days ago?"

"That's it! That's it!"

"Haha, you can't refute it, right? Qingliu, you have a stupid mouth!"

"Okay, you're not stupid with your mouth, you have a smart mouth. Let me see what your mouth looks like and what's special about it!"

"Oh! Don't do it, we are against violence! Pis Andoraf (love and peace in English and Japanese pronunciation)! It hurts, hurts!"

Kazuma yawned and came to the bathroom, leaning his shoulders on the door frame and crossing his arms to see what the two were doing.

Qingliu stood on the toilet, holding Mikako's cheeks with both hands, as if he wanted to tear her mouth in half.

Mikako looked like she was about to attack Haruyu's armpit.

Kazuma's appearance put the two of them into a freeze-frame state, and they looked towards the bathroom door together.

Mikako was wearing pajamas with a cartoon cat head on it, and she didn't look as hot as usual. Qingliu, on the other hand, was wearing a vest and a pair of large Hawaiian pants. If it weren't for the pair of ponytails, I would have thought she was a handsome little boy.

"You guys continue." Kazuma yawned again, "I just woke up."

Qingliu let go of his hand, jumped off the toilet, stood in front of the sink and started brushing his teeth and washing his face.

Mikako touched her red cheeks and still said to Qingliu without remorse: "Isn't this inconvenient for you? Standing on this round stool...ah!"

The words stopped abruptly, and Mikako squatted down holding the kicked calf bone.

Kazuma: "Seiryu, you need to control your violent tendencies and learn how to treat others like Danzi."

Qingliu reluctantly responded: "Oh, I understand."

What else did Kazuma want to say? Hinami Rina swayed past him while rubbing her eyes.

"Wait a minute! Hinami! Go back and put your clothes on!" Kazuma stopped her.

Hinami Rina turned around and looked at Kazuma blankly.

After these few days, Kazuma already knew that Hinami Rina had low blood pressure in the morning - usually she would be confused until she drank coffee with a lot of sugar.

Kazuma pointed at the two bare legs exposed under Hinami Rina's long T-shirt.

Hinami Rina looked down, then said "Oh" and walked back unsteadily.

Mikako, who had regained her composure, said while brushing her teeth: "Rina-chan is having a bad time sleeping at night. She comes to me when she falls asleep and likes to hug my neck."

Hinami Rina is now sleeping in the same room as Mikako.

Kazuma asked Mikako with a serious face: "So, will Rina-chan be soft in my arms tonight?"

"It's okay, she's softer than me." Mikako said as she put down the toothbrush cup with her left hand and made a bodybuilding movement. Then the strong muscles exploded and dark blood vessels could be seen.

Qingliu: "Hmph, you're weak, it's up to me."

After saying that, she put down her mouth cup, and as soon as she exerted force, a small mouse appeared on her upper arm, which was bigger than Mikako's! And the blood vessels are all protruding.

Kazuma: "You two, look over here. Look at me."

After that, he buttoned up the two buttons on the placket of his coat and tightened the collar.

The next moment he took a deep breath, roared, and all two buttons on his collar fell apart.

Mikako/Haruru: "Oh!"

Chiyoko: “Have you ever thought about who sews your buttons?”

Kazuma shuddered and quickly turned around to apologize: "Ms. Chiyoko, good morning."

Chiyoko sighed: "Brother, you are already a college student, why do you still do such childish things? Take off your clothes and I will sew the buttons for you."

Kazuma obediently took off his shirt.

Mikako picked up the button that fell into the bathroom and gave it to Chiyoko.

Chiyoko: "It'll be fine in a moment. Brother, please go shirtless."

With that said, she patted Kazuma's abdominal muscles and left.

Kazuma looked at each other and shrugged with the two people in the bathroom.

Mikako: "Kazuma, can I lick your abs?"

"Go away, when did you still have this attribute!"

"I'm joking, hahaha, you won't take it seriously, right? No, right?"

Kazuma flicked Mikako's forehead, went directly to the bathroom, squeezed in between the two of them, and started washing his face and brushing his teeth.

Mikako: "Kazuma, you're too big! Can't you wait for us to finish washing first? I can't even see in the mirror!"

Because of her small stature, Qingliu was not affected at all. After brushing her teeth, she took a sip of water and rinsed her mouth with "Uru Uru". Then she looked at the small patch of herself reflected in the lower right corner of the mirror, picked up a towel and started to wash her face. .

A few minutes later, after washing up, Kazuma put on Chiyoko's buttoned jacket and entered the restaurant.

Honami and Tamamo were standing in front of the stove, one on the left and one on the right, busy. This scene was quite new to Kazuma. After all, when he went to the restaurant in the past, he usually saw Chiyoko spinning between the stove and the dining table.

Kazuma opened the refrigerator, took out the barley tea, took a sip, and then handed it to Haruyu who followed him.

He observed Honami's actions throughout the whole process and found that she actually cooperated very well with Tamamo.

"Honami, you're quite good at making breakfast." Kazuma said, "Generally, young ladies should be idiots at housework."

Haruyu, who was drinking barley tea, froze for a moment.

Honami smiled and said, "I scored very high in home economics, and last year... no, the summer before last, I also took 200 hours of bridal courses."

Kazuma: "Two hundred class hours? Doesn't that take almost the entire summer vacation?"

"No, I took eight hours of classes a day and got it done in a few weeks. I even went to Hawaii that summer."

Kazuma really wanted to ask Honami if she had learned any skills in Hawaii, such as flying a plane, driving a tank, driving a submarine or something like that.

Tamamo started at this time and put the prepared breakfast on the table.

He Ma sat at the table, and just at this time Amao came back from delivering the newspaper. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted from the entrance:

"Something big has happened. President Reagan of the United States has announced that he will implement the Star Wars plan..."

Mikako, who had just entered the restaurant and sat down, was shocked: "What? Are the Americans going to start building a Death Star?"

"No, it looks like we are building an anti-missile system using satellites and space-based laser weapons." Amao walked into the restaurant and read the newspaper and said, "Including land-based chemical laser weapons and space-based reflectors..."

"It can't be built." Kazuma shook his head. "This is to deceive the Soviet Union into engaging in an arms race. The Americans already have an advantage over the Soviet Union in microelectronics, so they plan to use this kind of competition to bring down the Soviet Union."

Amao was shocked: "Is that so?"

Mikako: "What is it?"

Qingliu looked like she didn't hear the conversation with Ma Amao and the others at all, and concentrated on spreading peanut butter on the slices of bread.

Kazuma patiently explained to Amao and Mikako, including the fact that the Soviet Union had fallen behind in the new technological revolution centered on computers, and that Reagan planned to use a new arms race to bring down the Soviet Union.

Mikako: "I understand, can I write it in my international observation report?"

"Of course." Kazuma nodded.

At this time, Tamamo put the miso soup on the table and said, "Maybe Mikako will be appreciated by the teacher for this report."

Mikako: "It's impossible! Now all the teachers at Sophia University know that I'm a fool. Last semester, I flew at low altitude in all subjects. I didn't fail probably because I was cute and didn't miss classes. The professors were tolerant. "

Kazuma: "Why do you look so proud? Flying at low altitude in all subjects is not something worth bragging about, right?"

"Kazuma, don't you also know a lot about subject B?"

"That's because I basically haven't had any classes this semester."

Qingliu: "Give me salt!"

Kazuma brought the salt from the other side of the table to Haru, and at the same time continued to say to Mikako: "If I go to class every day and listen to the class honestly, I will definitely..."

"Kazuma, I think there are no assumptions in life, just accept the reality. Your grades are almost the same as mine. We are good brothers among a group of top academics in this family."

Said Pikako and winked at Kazuma.

At this time, Hinami Rina also got dressed and freshened up and came to the restaurant. Together with Chiyoko who came back from sweeping the yard, everyone in the dojo finally arrived and sat at the dining table.

Breakfast time began as usual.

**

After breakfast it was time for practice at the dojo.

It started with an hour and a half of warm-up and basic physical training, then Amao went to study, and Kazuma began to guide everyone in their exercises.

Kazuma can use his golden fingers to make sword moves that are completely out of shape. This is quite powerful in the eyes of those who have practiced swordsmanship. Only Kazuma knows that this is too routine in actual combat and can easily be targeted.

In actual combat, he used sword skills other than back roll less and less.

The last time I used the Black Dragon to defeat Yamada, I relied on Goldfinger's sword skills for the first two attacks, but they didn't achieve good results and only allowed Kazuma to get closer.

The last time Kazuma didn't use his sword skills, he just made his own sword moves, and the effect was outstanding.

This convinced Kazuma of one thing: his system was only the foundation. After relying on the system to understand sword skills, flexible use was the key.

However, now using golden fingers to perform super standard sword moves is quite useful for teaching disciples.

Especially Jiao Qingliu.

She is so strong that she doesn't need to separate the movements from the horse, she can learn them just by watching the horse's demonstration.

Kazuma has already taught Seiryu his signature skills such as Yato, and today he plans to teach Kirikaku, whom he learned from Minoru Taira.

Because Cut Off is a counter-attack skill, Kazuma called over Honami who was correcting mistakes with Mikako and practicing their moves.

As soon as Honami came over, she said first: "Are you taking too much care of Haruyu? Please give me some guidance."

"Your movements are very standard."

"Then you can teach me some new tricks, such as the black dragon you used last time."

"That's a real sword move, it requires a scabbard." Kazuma smiled at Honami, "Honami, you don't even have your own sword, right?"

Qingliu reminded at this time: "In this era, it is normal not to carry a sword. Those of us who still love swords are the outliers."

Honami pursed her lips and looked at Kazuma.

Kazuma smiled and said, "Okay, you do all the moves I've taught you so far, and I'll see if you do them well."

Seiryu: "Ah, I'm thirsty after practicing for so long. Let's take a rest. Takamizawa, I want water!"

Senior Sister Takamizawa works part-time at the dojo, and her duties include wiping sweat and serving tea and water during training.

But she is not here today.

Chiyoko: "Takamizawa-senpai took the Shinkansen back to her hometown early this morning. If you want to drink water, go get some barley tea yourself. I've iced several pots of it in the refrigerator."

"Oh." Qingliu agreed and ran away.

Kazuma turned to Honami and signaled that she could start.

Honami took a deep breath, and then demonstrated the sword skills she learned from Kazuma one by one, starting from the tooth protrusion.

Kazuma always felt as if she deliberately made some innocuous problems.

He was not polite and corrected everything.

When he was correcting, he was very close, and he could smell the fragrance of the girl's body, which seemed to be the scent of the antiperspirant spray she tried before.

It wasn't the white plum fragrance that surprised Kazuma, but - no matter what smell Honami smelled, he actually didn't mind, being able to smell it was the most important thing.

**

After eating at noon, Kazuma took a short nap as usual.

Because it was too hot to sleep in his room, Kazuma took the pillow to the edge of the dojo leading to the courtyard, and fell asleep beautifully under the eaves while listening to the wind chimes.

When he woke up, Kazuma saw Tamamo sitting next to him, fanning himself gently with a fan.

"Aren't you hot?" Kazuma asked as he got up.

"It's okay, my mind will naturally cool down." Tamamo said softly, and at the same time made a "shh" gesture to Kazuma and pointed to the dojo behind him.

When Kazuma turned his head, he saw the disciples lying very freely in the dojo. Even Honami threw away the restraint of the eldest lady and fell asleep on the ground in the dojo.

The fan's wind swept across the dojo like a searchlight, and wherever it went, the girls' hair flew up in the wind.

Amao sat behind the small table in the corner, concentrating on his review without even looking at the senior sisters and junior sisters lying on the floor.

Chiyoko sat next to Amao, holding a fan in her hand, but not fanning because she was also asleep against the wall of the dojo.

Tamamo whispered, "I think Amao might have a chance of getting admitted to Tokyo University, but the tuition fee... he shouldn't be able to raise it just by working part-time."

He Ma curled his lips: "...If it's not enough, I have to go out first. With Amao's current character, he will probably give me an IOU and pay me back later."

"Yeah, I think so too." Tamamo agreed softly.

At this moment, Kazuma saw someone outside the courtyard wall out of the corner of his eye, so he turned around and saw that it was Oiwakawa Houichi waving outside the wall.

Kazuma looked at everyone in the dojo, stood up quietly, went down to the courtyard without making a sound, and walked towards the courtyard wall.

As soon as they left the shade of the big cherry tree, the sun was so intense that Kazuma almost retreated.

He came to the wall under the sun and asked: "Producer Oiwakawa, what's wrong?"

Oiwakawa Houyi said with an attentive smile: "The score, arrangement, and orchestration are basically done. I'm here to inform you that the hot spring trip has been arranged. We have booked an entire hot spring hotel, and famous musicians often stay in the hotel. Staying in Caifeng, it comes with a fully equipped recording room.

"We plan to bring the entire production team over there, and do all the recording and mastering over there. Of course, we will be mainly responsible for the work. Mr. Kiryu, just treat it as a vacation and guide us occasionally. Oh, by the way, Please also release the B-side songs as soon as possible.”

Kazuma nodded: "Okay. But you haven't told me exactly when to go."

"We have booked the venue. You can leave at any time in the next three weeks, even this afternoon. Just call me and I will rent a bus."

When He Ma heard it, I thought it was a good idea. I was almost dying of heat without air conditioning at home.

Last year I was too busy reviewing to take care of it, but this year I have some free time. In addition, it is an El Niño year and the summer temperature has reached a record high. I feel that if I continue to stay in the dojo, I will become familiar with the people.

The problem is that some hot spring hotels are time-honored. In order to highlight their history, they have kept the old houses without renovation. Traditional Japanese-style houses themselves are not suitable for air conditioning.

So Kazuma confirmed first: "To be on the safe side, let me ask, does the hotel have air conditioning?"

"Yes, of course! The hotel looks like a traditional Japanese hotel, but it has been renovated and has central air conditioning."

Kazuma nodded and immediately wanted to set off immediately.

At this time Tamamo came over: "Kazuma, you didn't invite the producer to come in for a cup of tea..."

"No, no, I have to inform Mr. Kazumasa Kobayashi that I won't go in because I'm busy." Marquis Oiwakawa waved his hand.

Kazuma asked Tamamo: "The hot spring hotel has been booked by Sony Music. What do you think we leave now?"

Tamamo shook her head: "It's too urgent to leave now, and I haven't packed my luggage yet. Kazuma, you are a boy, just throw a few clothes into your bag and be done with it. Girls have to pack a lot of things when they go out."

Kazuma thought it made sense, so he agreed and said to Oiwakawa Houyi: "Then we will set off at noon tomorrow. You can send the bus over at noon."

"Oh, okay!" Oiwakawa Houyi took out a handkerchief and wiped his sweat, "Then, I'll leave first. The bus will arrive at your door at noon tomorrow."

Kazuma nodded, and then watched Oiwakawa Houichi walk to his car.

"The dignified producer drives an unpretentious car and has to drive it himself." Kazuma couldn't help complaining. If he hadn't known the strength of Sonny Music, he would have thought that the company would be out of trouble.

Tamamo: "Let's go, you weirdo."

"Are demon foxes afraid of the sun too?" Kazuma asked in a low voice as he turned around and walked towards the dojo.

"Of course I'm afraid. In ancient times, when winter came, I would ask my slaves - I mean, my admirers to go to Hokkaido to get ice, and then pile it in a deep cellar. In summer, I would Just hide in the cellar and never come out.”

Kazuma raised his eyebrows, slowed down and looked at her: "Really?"

"Of course it's a lie. In fact, I went to Hokkaido to capture the snow girl and imprisoned her underground, and took it out for cooling in the summer."

Kazuma:? ? ?

Tamamo continued walking to the dojo and said: "The tears of the snow girl are a very good drink to relieve the heat, so when I want to drink it, I tell the snow girl about the scene when I wiped out their village, so that there will be tears. Of course I didn't The villages that wiped out the snow girls died naturally."

Kazuma: "Is it...?"

"Yes, I am very kind. By the way, I made up all the above."

Kazuma thought for a while and decided not to complain about her words.

By this time, he had returned to the shady edge, and happened to see Honami getting up in the dojo.

"Kazuma? You and Danzi... went outside?" Honami glanced at the sweltering courtyard behind Kazuma.

Kazuma looked at the red mark pressed out of the gap in the dojo floor on the right side of Honami's face.

Tamamo: "Producer Oiwakawa Houichi from Sonny Music is here. We agreed with him to send a bus to pick us up at noon tomorrow to take us to a hot spring hotel for vacation."

Mikako sat up like a carp: "Hot spring hotel? Is there air conditioning?"

Kazuma nodded: "Yes, central air conditioning."

Mikako raised her hands in the air: "Okay! Wait, why don't you leave today? My fat is almost turning into oil due to the heat! If I continue to steam in this steamer, Kazuma's favorite part will turn into a deflated balloon. Yo."

Honami gently gave Mikako a knife: "How many times have I told you, girls should not talk like middle-aged uncles."

Mikako stuck out her tongue.

At this time, Amao said: "I wish Master and senior sisters have a good time."

Kazuma looked at him: "Aren't you going?"

"I still have to work. And there must be someone looking after the dojo."

Chiyoko also woke up at this time, and immediately said: "Then I won't go either!"

Amao shook his head: "No, Xiao Qian, you have to go. If someone takes advantage of the situation and kidnaps you, I don't have the strength to rescue you right now. It's safest for you to follow Master."

Chiyoko frowned: "I can protect myself!"

"No, you can't." Amao shook his head firmly, "Not now. And it's useless for you to stay here. I have to study and work, so I don't have time to accompany you."

Chiyoko stared at Amao, her displeasure was all written on her face. She suddenly said loudly: "Okay, I'll go! Just let you stay at home alone! I don't care if you're lonely!"

After saying that, she stood up and left angrily.

Kazuma and Tamamo watched Chiyoko leave, and then he asked her in a low voice: "If Amao had stopped Chiyoko just now, wouldn't he have scored a lot of points?"

"Yes, and it will score higher than directly agreeing to let her stay." Tamamo replied in a low voice.

Kazuma looked at his apprentice who then lowered his head to read a book, looked at each other again and shrugged with Tamamo.

At this time, Mikako was vigorously shaking Haruru, who was still sleeping soundly: "Get up! Haruru! Get up! We are going to a hot spring trip! There is central air conditioning!"

Qingliu was shaken for a long time before she opened her eyes. When she saw Mikako's face, she punched her first.

"Why!" Mikako shouted as he fell to the ground.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I just thought when I saw you..." It was clear that Qingliu's mind hadn't come to its senses yet, so she actually apologized first. After she apologized, she realized the problem, pointed at Mikako and shouted, "No! It's because you shook me!" Can't you wake me up in a more normal way?"

"Isn't this very common? When I wake up my dad at home, I just throw his smelly socks in his face..."

Kazuma: "Wow, Mikako, how did you survive until now?"

Mikako sat up and rubbed the side of her face where she was punched. At the same time, she gave Kazuma a thumbs up: "It depends on looks."

Does this mean that if she wasn't a beautiful girl, she would have been beaten to death long ago...

Tamamo clapped her hands and focused the attention of the people who had just woken up on herself: "Listen up, everyone, we are going to go to the hot springs at noon tomorrow! Sponsored by Sony Music. So everyone pack your bags, although we are going to the mountains. But you can bring sunscreen and swimsuits.

“Also, since we are going to the mountains, remember to bring items to prevent mosquito bites.”

Mikako: "Why do you feel like you are a school teacher, Danzi?"

"Mikako-san, please prepare well." Tamamo said to Mikako with a smile.

Mikako: "Okay~"

Hinami Rina stood up: "I didn't expect to be able to travel to a hot spring so soon. It seems that the decisive underwear I bought specially will come in handy."

She said and glanced at Kazuma.

Kazuma pretended to be looking at the scenery.

Tamamo: "By the way, Kazuma, would you like to call Miu Amanaka-senpai?"

Kazuma: "Isn't she going home?"

"It seems that I haven't gone back yet. It is said that I have to do farm work after returning home, so I don't want to leave."

Kazuma: "Actually, it's because her hometown always regards her and Toda-senpai as a couple, so she doesn't want to go back, right?"

"Kazuma, even if you see through some things, you can't tell them." Tamamo reminded with a smile.

Kazuma scratched his head: "Okay, let's call him Kamikawa-san, but not Toda-senpai, so she should be able to get her wish."

"I know, I'll make a call right now." Tamamo was about to leave, but suddenly thought of something again, and asked, "What about Hanayama-san?"

Kazuma: "Call me, I usually eat so much from him, this time I will give back to the fans right then and there."

"I understand." Tamamo turned and left.

**

At noon the next day, the bus arrived on time.

Kazuma originally thought that there would be an air-conditioned bus similar to the airport bus that he had taken once in a while in his previous life, but it turned out that even Japan could not build such a car in 1981.

Of course, this car is still much more luxurious than the kind of bus that Hema used to ride on when he was a kid, with luggage tied to the roof.

The key is that it has air conditioning.

Kazuma remembered that in his last life, in the late 1990s, many buses and most long-distance buses did not have air conditioning.

He got in the car and chose to sit directly in the first row, not for anything else, because the view was good.

Tamamo followed him, stood directly next to him and said, "Please give way, I'll go in."

Kazuma glanced at the empty carriage and honestly said that although there were many people in his dojo, he could still fit two chairs into each other, so there was no need to crowd together.

However, if the girl wants to sit next to you, then sit down.

So he stood up and made way for Tamamo.

Tamamo squeezed past him.

Kazuma suddenly wanted to eat marshmallows, and he didn't know why.

He sat down again.

The girls who were getting on the bus passed by the aisle on his right.

Mikako grabbed the seat behind Kazuma, sat down and directly greeted Haru: "Seiryu, are you coming? You're right behind Kazuma!"

Qingliu rolled his eyes at her, walked all the way to the back, and sat in the last row.

Ami middle school sister got in the car and stuffed a tomato into each of Kazuma and Tamamo's hands: "Fruits and vegetables sent from my hometown."

Kazuma glanced at the big bag of fruit she brought with her: "You don't have to bring them all, right?"

"You said you were going to go for three weeks! Wouldn't it be ruined if you put it in the apartment? You can take it with you to eat." Miwa-senpai said and stuffed a bunch of fruits to Mikako in the back row.

Then she sat down in the third row.

As soon as Huashan came up to take a look at the situation, he consciously sat in the fourth row.

Chiyoko still looked unhappy, probably still upset about Amao not letting her stay. She sat directly next to Mikako by the window.

Hinami Rina, who came up second to last, looked at the armrest under Kazuma's right hand - on buses of this era, the armrests on this side of the aisle are actually small folded chairs.

The corners of Hinami Rina's mouth raised slightly.

However, before she could speak, Honami, who was the last to come up, pushed her forward: "Go forward, don't block the door!"

Hinami Rina was pushed to the back reluctantly.

Then Honami very naturally opened the armrest beside Kazuma and unfolded it into a small chair.

Kazuma: "This is a seat for children. It will be very hard for your butt to be so big."

Honami smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, it's only a few hours' drive."

"But there is an empty seat next to it..."

Honami couldn't help but sit down.

Then, the chair made a creaking sound.

Mikako: "Pfft~"

Kazuma looked at Honami's face and tried not to say "You're fat".

Honami stood up awkwardly and said with a smile: "There seems to be something wrong with this armchair. It's not safe to sit on. I'd better sit next to it."

The driver in front heard this and turned around and said, "How could there be something wrong with my new car?"

Mikako: "Hahahahaha!"

Honami glared at her, blushed and sat down across the aisle from Kazuma.

The driver looked back at Kazuma: "Is that why there are so many people? You are so rich, so many people rent such a big car..."

No, no, Sony Music is the rich one.

But Kazuma didn't say anything, and smiled directly at the driver: "We also booked the entire hot spring hotel."

"Oh, you are worthy of running a dojo. Wait, you...I have the impression, oh, you are that Kiryu-sensei!"

Kazuma: "Yes, that's me."

"Oh, it's a pleasure to meet you. Can you sign your name for me when you get there? My son admires you very much."

"Okay." Kazuma agreed happily.

"So, is everyone here? Can I drive?"

Kazuma: "Okay, let's go."

The driver nodded and pressed the door-closing button. The door closed with the sound of exhaust, and then the bus started smoothly.