I’m a Witch In Dongying

"..."

Bai Shuiqiu was a little bewildered when he was asked, and he paused in his thoughts, and then moved out the rhetoric of "self-study" just now and responded.

As for the calligraphy...

She really learned a little in her previous life, but at best, she just finished her strokes. During this time, she picked it up again because of the need to draw talisman. However, there is still a big difference between the runes and Chinese characters on the talisman. Bai Shuiqiu writes. Can write, but the font is not very good-looking.

But even so, it was enough to cause Hashimoto China and others to exclaim.

Not only did the level of archery leave others a few blocks away, but he also quietly “taught” Sinology by himself, and his academic performance was... Uh, I won’t mention this. After all, the performances of Hashimoto China and others were average. For students with specialties such as archery, academics are not the only way out, and being an athlete can also make a lot of money.

so……

Isn't everyone a high school student? Why can you be so good?

Facing the compliments of several classmates, Bai Shuiqiu had to lower his posture and responded modestly.

She really didn't feel that she had any special talents. In terms of archery, she was slightly better than others. Without the system opening and hanging bonus, the real talents were not as good as Kurijian Sanae. As for Chinese characters...

This was originally a matter of the previous life, and could not be regarded as a "talent" at all. Being so touted by China Hashimoto made her feel fragile.

Fortunately, Hashimoto China and others did not dwell on this topic for too long. After talking for a while, they stopped seeing Bai Shuiqiu behaving modestly.

The incident of Sun Qiyue's family is just an episode.

Next, Shirasuiqiu, China Hashimoto and others walked along the side of the road and walked forward slowly, watching as they walked.

Chapter 485:

Today's pre-meeting, the scale seems to have been very grand.

Not only are tourists coming from other places in an endless stream, most of the local residents of Kyoto have also walked out of their homes and watched and played in various neighborhoods. You can see tourists wearing yukatas or kimonos everywhere, and even some TV reporters. Interviews and shoots on the street with the cameraman, and conducts live broadcasts.

But the most lively time is at night.

There are two major shows.

One is the "Mikoshi Parade", that is, the sedan chair welcoming the gods departs from Yasaka Shrine in Higashiyama District and patrols in the urban area of ​​Kyoto City to show off Najib;

The other is "Xiaoshan". This kind of event is usually held on the eve of the official festival. The first and second festivals are held once each, and each lasts two or three days, from the evening to the middle of the night. To put it bluntly, it is a large-scale lantern festival, because a large number of colored lights are stacked on a wooden frame to form a mountain, hence the name.

And for young men and women...

The "Xiaoshan" event is the best place for dating. Against the backdrop of the sky and lanterns, the couple wore beautiful yukatas and strolled around the streets of Heianjing, listening to the Gion playing in the streets and lanes. Xiaoqu, buying some Kyoto specialty snacks and eating while shopping is a very artistic thing.

"It's a pity that Keiko is not here..."

Bai Shuiqiu looked at the colorfully dressed young people on both sides, thinking like this in his heart.

Of course, even if Keiko was there, the predecessor Xiaoshan couldn't keep up.

However, you can still look forward to the aftermath a week later.

At that time, the IH competition is almost over, and there is no special arrangement at the school, just to meet Keiko Kashiro and the others, and have fun in this thousand-year-old capital.

And now she came to turn around on her own, which can be regarded as stepping on a point in advance, and previewing her homework...

The group of people went round and round along the long street.

While passing by another mountain, China Hashimoto and others discussed a few words and decided to buy a few zongzi in the past.

The price of this thing is not expensive, generally only about 500 yuan, a little more than a thousand yuan, the shape is small and exquisite, it is quite beautiful to hang on the entrance of the home. And it’s hard to get a trip from Kyoto. If you don’t buy anything, it feels like it’s coming in vain...

With the mentality of going to the countryside, Bai Shuiqiu also bought a small pack of glutinous rice dumplings along with a few girls.

The appearance of the glutinous rice dumpling looked nothing special.

A small string less than the size of a palm, there is a small group of white cotton attached to the outside-each roller car's zongzi looks different. This kind of white cotton is unique to "Meng Zong Mountain" and symbolizes snowflakes.

There is also a piece of colored paper with the words "Future Sons of Soviet People" written on it.

This string of words is actually allusive.

Legend has it that when Susano went to the South China Sea, he passed by a village and wanted to ask the villagers for overnight, but only one poor villager named Su Minfu accepted him. So Susano made an appointment with rice dumplings, saying that in the future, all the future descendants of the Soviet people would be free from all disasters. Soon after the plague broke out, most of the people in the village were infected and died. The zongzi protects and is safe and sound.

Since then, the Zongzi of the Su people in the future has become a talisman for expelling epidemics and attracting blessings, and has been adopted by many shrines and even temples.

The legend belongs to the legend.

With the experience over this period of time, Bai Shuiqiu did not dare to easily assert the truth or falsehood of these stories. Maybe Susano might be invited back by this "god welcoming ceremony" somewhere in the sky above Kyoto City. Overlooking the world...

Her main concern was the zongzi in her hand.

At the moment when he started, Bai Shuiqiu really felt a very weak spiritual power flowing in the zongzi.

Although the strength of spiritual power in each zongzi is not very large, considering that these zongzi are produced in large quantities, thousands of pieces may be sold every day during the festival. All these stored spiritual powers add up, The amount is a bit surprising.

If it is really handmade, it would require at least a dozen manpower based on a one-month construction period.

"There are so many people with spiritual power in Yasaka Shrine?"

Bai Shuiqiu probably calculated it in his heart, a little surprised.

But it is not surprising to think about it.

The Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto is not an ordinary small business, but the head shrine of approximately 3,000 Yasaka Shrines throughout the country. It has a very high status in the shrine business. For large shrines of this level, there are few clergy inside. There are also hundreds of people, and there are more than a dozen practitioners with spiritual media qualities among so many people, which makes sense.

After all, it’s really not very common for a shrine to be maintained by only one old man and one young grandson...

After buying the rice dumplings, China Hashimoto went to ask for a lottery.

This time, Bai Shuiqiu didn't participate, but just stood by and played with the rice dumpling in his hand, waiting silently.

It has been transferred to four or five o'clock in the afternoon.

Seeing the setting sun go down, the sky began to darken, and several people turned back and drove their mobile phones to navigate back to the boarding hotel.

At this time, Washmine Shion had returned from the organizing committee and was talking with Ogata.

Seeing Bai Shuiqiu and the others returning, the old monster raised his eyebrows and asked a few casually. After learning that they were out for sightseeing, he smiled slightly:

"It turns out that I went to see the Gion Festival. Well, speaking of it, I haven't visited this kind of event for many years. I really miss it when I think about it. If I have a chance later, I will accompany you out to have fun...

However, you still have to pay attention to the time in the past few days. The competition will officially start the day after tomorrow. Just don't delay the game. "

"Understood."

Shiraizu Hashimoto China and others looked at each other and nodded honestly.

Time is already up for dinner.

The group cleaned up briefly and went downstairs to eat.

I don't know if the old monster ordered the chef to add more meals, and the dishes for dinner were very rich.

After a feast for a while, Bai Shuiqiu walked to the hotel entrance for a while. After digesting his food, he returned to the room. Listening to Jiufeng Ziyuan's explanation of the arrangements for the next few days, he picked up his cup and toothbrush and went into the bathroom. Get ready to wash and go to bed early.

I took a bus from Chiba County for a few hours, and went out for a few hours. Although she had slept in the car, she still felt a little sleepy. As soon as her head touched the pillow, she fell asleep.

No words for a night.

The next day, Bai Shuiqiu stayed in the hotel and rested for a long time.

After having dinner at noon, we went to the stadium with Ogata and others, and prepared to familiarize themselves with the venue in advance.

The venue for the Kyudo Contest is located in the Shimadzu Stadium in Kyoto.

It’s not far from the hotel where Bai Shuiqiu and the others are staying, and it takes only ten minutes by taxi. If you take the subway, it’s about three stops. It’s just a short walk, but half an hour is definitely enough.

When the group came to the gym, it was just after two o'clock.

Compared with the trials, the scale of this national competition is much more spectacular. There is a huge indoor archery range. The stands on both sides are estimated to be able to hold tens of thousands of people. There is a row above the canopy. The rows of lights are densely distributed, like a sky full of stars, crossing each other to cast light. When standing in the middle of the field, you can barely see your own shadow.

In addition, around the venue, there are several large screens several meters high, which are playing real-time images of the stadium.

Of course……

Now the competition has not officially started, so it is still the stage of debugging equipment.

When coming all the way from outside the stadium, Bai Shuiqiu saw a lot of staff in various costumes walking around. During the period, a few people came to say hello to them, saying that they would take some photos and make the competition. Promotional materials.

After taking a few photos with these people, Bai Shuiqiu turned his head to look at Jiufeng Ziyuan with curiosity:

"Are these people the logistics staff for this game?"

so much?

"That's it."

Jiufeng Shion smiled: "The IH competition every summer is a grand event in the sports industry and the entertainment industry. Not only fans of various sports will pay attention to it, but also the production teams of various domestic TV stations and schools in Kyoto. Student reporters will also follow up the report all the way and broadcast the whole process live. In general, you can think of it as a low-profile version of the Olympic Games.

The enthusiasm of archery is actually a little bit low. If you go to the Koshien stadium to see it, you will know what a real national sport is. "

"Yes……"

The old monster said that Jiaziyuan is the national baseball competition of Dongying High School. The popularity of this sport in Dongying is roughly equivalent to basketball in the United States and table tennis in China. Every year, nearly 5,000 teams from all over the country participate in the competition. , The peak audience watching live TV is said to reach 30 million, which is close to a quarter of the population of Dongying...

Compared with the former, the popularity of archery and kendo is much less.

But in any case, there are still millions of viewers.

Moreover, the IH competition is only a high school level competition no matter what, a group of competitions all participated in by high school students, made it as formal and grand as a professional league, which is enough to show how much the Dongying officials attach to youth club activities.

They came here to get acquainted with the venue.

Therefore, Bai Shuiqiu waited for a while, and when the archery field was temporarily vacant, he followed the staff's instructions to change into the archery suit in the locker room, and returned to the court to test a few arrows.

On the other hand, Ogata and others also conducted a test firing session.

However, because the target distances of the men's and women's groups are different, the tracks on both sides are separated from each other.

Bai Shuiqiu visually inspected the length of his track, and after shooting three or five arrows, he stopped and slowly retreated to the sidelines.

"No need to try again?"

Jiufeng Ziyuan glanced at Bai Shuiqiu and asked softly.

"No, I think there should be no problem..."

Bai Shuiqiu shook his head.

There are indeed some players who have poor adaptability to the competition venues, especially those students who are not studying in the Kansai area. In addition, they are also affected by the fatigue of the boats and cars. If they are not familiar with them in advance, they may play directly on the day of the competition. Out of standard. This is also the original intention of the event organizers to set up this link.

But for Bai Shuiqiu, there is little difference between preheating and preheating.

Because she has long been accustomed to using archery in a variety of different environments. When shooting monsters at Narita before, she even had the experience of shooting at the same high-speed moving target in high-speed movement, and those tense tensions. In comparison, small changes on the court are nothing at all.

Washimine Shion knew this well, so after Ogata got acquainted with it, he greeted the organizing committee and took a few people back to the hotel.

That night, Bai Shuiqiu still went to bed early.

...

Until the third morning.

The much-anticipated IH competition finally kicked off, including Narita High School. The participating teams from all prefectures and prefectures in Toyo wear uniforms and stand in a neat line to enter the stadium. The entire Shimadzu Stadium is full of seats. The road media also gathered together, and the flashlights kept lighting up in the venue, illuminating the hall like daylight.

Bai Shuiqiu is also the first experience of this kind of big scene.

Compared with the scenes seen on TV, the feeling of being on the scene is completely different.

Especially when the participating teams entered the arena one after the other, and there were bursts of cheers and cheers in the audience, it was not easy to have a refreshing surging because of the temperament that had been tempered to a certain degree.

"No wonder Ogata is looking forward to this game so much..."

Being able to shine in front of tens of thousands of spectators in the arena, and even millions of spectators sitting behind the TV, is indeed a very proud thing, and if you can get the first place in the game, the exposure may be It's not much worse than the sports stars of those professional events.

Although Bai Shuiqiu's mood fluctuated, the expression on his face still seemed very calm.

But Ogata and others are different.

They were originally half-year-old enthusiastic teenagers, and they were eager to prove themselves through competitions. If they were lucky, they would win another one and a half prizes. Maybe the priority of choosing a spouse in high school life in the next few years would be handed over... Even in high school. I'm about to graduate, and I can still blow my awards to college.

Therefore, these guys are very motivated one by one, and can't wait to show up on stage right away.

Only Jiufeng Ziyuan stood beside the team with her arms folded, looking at them in time, smiling without saying a word.

According to the schedule of the national competition, the first morning is the opening ceremony.

That is to say, the organizer and co-organizer will speak, then the relevant leaders will speak, and the player representative will give a speech... These formal things are required for every sport, and then two local teams from Kyoto will enter the court to perform archery. They are all bells and whistles, used to enliven the atmosphere.

The representatives of other teams took advantage of this time to draw lots to determine the sorting of groups.

At Narita High School, the men's and women's groups are the same, so Bai Shuiqiu can only draw lots on his own behalf.