Life in Tokyo starting as a child star

Chapter 299 I will just accept you as my disciple reluctantly (4400 words)

Chapter 299 I will reluctantly accept you as my disciple! (4400 words)

Although he couldn't hold on, it was still Hosokawa Shibaizumi's thoughts after all.

Kitaki Minoru still had the courage to eat a few.

It’s just that I really can’t eat anymore.

Kitaki Minoru could only ask Tamura Koji to accept it for him, and then he could enjoy it when he went home.

Solved the 'murder cake' issue.

Only then did Beicheng San feel free to say hello to Kusakabe Hezi.

It turned out that the other party had already met with the person in charge of this event, and the next step was to go to the locker room to change into kendo uniforms.

Now that Hosokawa Shibaizumi has already started.

Kitaki Minoru and the others did not continue to delay and headed towards the area mentioned by Kusakabe Hezi.

There, they also met the person in charge of the kendo exhibition.

The person in charge of this kendo exhibition is named Jiro Komine.

This man looked to be in his late forties, wearing glasses, and looked quite kind.

As soon as he saw Minoru Kitazumi and Koji Tamura, Jiro Komine smiled and reached out: "Tamura-san, Kitazumi-kun, hello, I am Jiro Komine, the person in charge of this exhibition."

Naturally, Tamura Koji and Kitaki Minoru did not neglect.

The two people returned the greeting in their own way and exchanged a few words.

Only then did we enter the official working state.

According to Jiro Komine.

The process of this ‘kendo exhibition’ is actually not complicated.

There will be many reporters near the exhibition venue later.

When the time comes, the seventh-dan master of kendo will come up to demonstrate his kendo skills in front of the camera.

As for the way of display.

Of course, it is the real sword that is unique to Japanese kendo and cuts the straw mat.

Next came Minoru Kitazumi, who was wearing kendo uniform.

According to the original display process, he will be given practical guidance by a master of the seventh level of kendo, and then he will be graded based on the results of Kitami Minori's practical guidance.

At the end, it was time for Kitami Minoru to shake hands with the seventh dan of Kendo, take photos, accept interviews, and promote the sport of Kendo to the audience in front of the camera.

The whole process is down.

If the speed is faster, it should be over in two or three hours.

During the explanation process, Jiro Komine also asked Minoru Kitazumi if he had forgotten to bring his kendo uniform with the official coat of arms of the Jade Dragon Flag.

Probably because he wanted to repeatedly use his identity as the 9-year-old Jade Dragon Flag Capturer as a promotional tool.

But Kitazumi didn't care about this.

After all, after accepting this job, I will try my best to satisfy the guests whatever they need. This is the basic professional ethics of a servant.

Just before that——

"Uncle Xiaofeng, I would like to ask, which seventh-dan swordsman is here to instruct you this time?"

Kitaki asked curiously.

".Um?"

Kitami Minoru's sudden opening really made Kominejiro stunned for a moment.

After all, the average servant should only care about his appearance rate and work remuneration later.

How could he be like Kitaki Minoru who just asked which seventh-dan swordsman was coming later?

Komine Jiro didn't mean to show off. After being stunned, he immediately smiled and said: "It's Sakata 7th Dan who practices Katori Shinto ancient style. His full name is Sakata Koji."

Sakata is Koji Sakata's surname, and seventh-dan is the opponent's kendo rank.

The Japanese tend to add their rank or title after the names of professional players who are outstanding in the fields of kendo, Go, shogi, etc. to show respect.

Names such as 'xx Dragon King' and 'xx celebrity' are names that you will know are extremely chuunibyou.

"Katori Shinto style."

Beicheng Minoru nodded.

It seems that Tamura Koji did not fool him.

Katori Shinto-ryu is indeed one of the ancient Japanese swordsmanship styles. There is a saying that when you draw your sword, you kill someone, and one close is the best.

The meaning of "one move is one move" here means that as long as you take action, the first move is also the last move.

In other words, as long as you take action, you can kill the enemy with the first move and win.

In the life experience of Kitazumi Sword Master, Kitazumi Minoru also fought against the masters of Katori Shinto style.

It’s just a matter of life experience.

To be honest, I have never fought in real life.

I don’t know what the real ‘seven-dan’ masters are.

Beicheng was very interested.

It’s just that there is still a short period of time before the promotional event starts.

According to the request, Kitami Minori didn't feel too anxious, but went to change the kendo uniform according to Kominejiro's request.

At the same time, on the other side——

As one of the inheritors of the Koryu Katori Shinto style school, Koji Sakata naturally has the airs of a master.

After all, he is young and has already crossed the line to become a seventh-level professional swordsman at the age of 36 this year.

It's natural to be a little arrogant in terms of temperament.

The same goes for today's kendo exhibition.

If it weren't for the repeated invitations from Quanjianlian, which were already broken, Sakata Koji wouldn't bother to come over.

This kendo exhibition is, to put it bluntly, a promotional event, which is quite a thankless job - Japanese kendo has never been as popular as football or baseball, and the popularity of such promotional activities is not as high as that of Yulongqi and Kuixing. flag competition.

Even if there is a live broadcast and promotion, it will not have half the effect of promoting this group of professional male swordsmen.

In addition, Quan Jianlian has always been stingy, and the appearance fee is pitifully low, only a few hundred thousand yen.

It's simply written on their faces that they want to work overtime for office workers, but they don't want to pay them overtime.

They can neither increase their fame through kendo exhibitions nor get the appearance fees they deserve.

This also leads to the fact that their high-ranking professional male swordsmen are unwilling to participate in such promotional activities and avoid them if possible.

But today——

"The popularity of this promotion is so high?!"

Looking at the popularity of the Tokyo Budokan Youth Kendo Exhibition, which has exceeded 3,000 people online just after the live broadcast.

Sakata Koji, who has always been known for his "arrogance", can no longer be arrogant.

There is no way. This popularity is really too exaggerated.

He has participated in such exhibitions before.

But the actual popularity can be said to be terribly low.

Don't look at the various videos of their kendo demonstrations circulating on the Internet.

But click in and take a look.

Wow——There are only a few thousand reproductions (play counts), and there are few that exceed 10,000. The popularity is terribly low.

It can't even be compared to the popularity of videos of girls who twist their waists and move their buttocks in front of the camera, or play the piano with their bare chests.

But this time. This popularity.

Sakata Yuji immediately thought of the fact that the All-Ken Fencing Federation invited Hosokawa Shibaizumi and Kita Sumire as part of the promotion.

To be honest, Sakata Yuji didn't know much about the role of Hosokawa Shibaizumi.

But Kita Sumire was different.

He was the winner of the Jade Dragon Flag this year, and was touted by the media as the youngest 9-year-old Jade Dragon Flag Sword Saint. In their entire kendo circle, Kita Sumire's name was particularly loud.

But it was just loud.

After all, the Jade Dragon Flag was just a college competition, and it was not a great competition in professional kendo competitions.

Not to mention that Kita Sumire was also given the title of "Sword Saint".

This made Kita Sumire's originally "loud" reputation quite unpopular in the entire kendo circle.

After all, every "Sword Saint" in history has been verified by countless people and passed down through schools. It is a very serious title.

As a result, these unscrupulous local media in Kyushu gave the title of "Sword Saint" just to praise a child. Doesn't this mean they don't take their kendo circle seriously at all?

For this reason, their entire kendo circle has specially issued articles to boycott and attack these ignorant media-of course, it is impossible to attack Kita Chengshi.

After all, the title of "Sword Saint" is not claimed by Kita Chengshi himself, and it is really inappropriate for a lot of adults in their kendo circle to attack a child.

But now seeing Kita Chengshi's popularity.

"This really has the potential to be a "Sword Saint."

Sakata Yukiji couldn't help but sigh, his eyes faintly shining.

Kita Chengshi alone is worth more than a dozen of him in publicity, and this popularity and heat can indeed be called a "Sword Saint".

Originally, Sakata Yukiji was not very interested in this publicity event.

But who would have thought that he would meet such a "treasure child actor"?

It feels like as long as he performs a little better in front of the camera.

He can use this opportunity to promote himself as the strongest professional swordsman of the younger generation, Sakata Shichidan!

Thinking of this, Sakata Yukiji immediately became energetic.

Even the promotional activities that he always hated became "friendly" at this moment.

There is no way, no matter how cold you are, you still have to eat.

Nowadays, male professional kendo players, in addition to daily competitions, promote their own dojo and catch up with the popularity of the Internet.

If you can really catch this overwhelming traffic, won't you have to worry about food, clothing and daily necessities in the future?

Thinking of this, Sakata Yukiji couldn't help but look up at the clock hanging on the wall.

This is probably the first time in history.

He actually felt that the promotional activities started so slowly.

He couldn't wait any longer.

Fortunately, after he waited like this for more than 20 minutes.

Finally, a notification sounded outside.

"Sakata Shichidan, are you ready?"

It's finally here!

Slightly relieved.

Without any hesitation, Sakata Yukiji stood up and followed the person who came to inform him towards the gymnasium with big strides, feeling very happy.

He originally thought that he had bad luck this time.

Unexpectedly, he got a good job.

Is your name Kitasumi Minoru?

It's really good!

If you perform better, I don't mind accepting you as my disciple!

"Kitasumi-kun, Hosokawa-kun, this is Sakata Shidan, and the one next to you is the female swordsman Shizuru Airi."

"Please give me your advice!"

According to the planned meeting, Kitasumi Minoru bowed to the male professional swordsman and the female swordsman in front of him, greeted them, and looked up.

First, Shizuru Airi was standing in front of him.

It must be said that the other party was dressed quite exquisitely. Judging from her appearance, she should have put on makeup. Her medium-length hair was slightly curled. Although she was wearing a kendo uniform, she gave people a feeling of youth and beauty.

It is not easy for female swordsmen to make a living in the Japanese kendo circle.

Kitasumi guessed that the Shizuru Airi in front of him was probably following the path of an idol swordsman - that is, she was called a female swordsman and then followed the path of an idol.

On the other side, Sakata Koji

Compared to Shizuru Airi, the other party was much more serious.

He looked to be about 30 years old, without much makeup, tall and with a very calm temperament.

But the strange thing was.

Why do I feel like he's always looking at me?

Feeling the heat in Sakata Yukiji's eyes, Kita Sumire's face was full of confusion.

It seemed like the first time I met this Sakata Yukiji, right?

Why did he feel like a lover seeing her husband, unable to move her eyes away?

In addition, during the handshake session, Sakata Yukiji held his hand tightly and didn't let go, and his eyes were still staring at Kita Sumire.

This further confirmed Kita Sumire's inner thoughts-could this guy really have any quirks?

After all, it's not a glorious title, but I am at least a child actor known as the "No. 1 Beauty of Reiwa".

If that's the case. It's too much.

Kita Sumire made a "hiss" sound and glanced at Sakata Yukiji with some caution.

On the other side, Sakata Yukiji obviously didn't notice Kita Sumire's gaze.

The two sides just shook hands, and then smiled at the camera of the reporter next to them. After taking pictures, they officially entered the demonstration session of cutting straw mats.

Cutting straw mats is actually a more folk saying.

According to the terminology of Kendo, this should be called "test slashing".

According to the ancient Japanese Kendo, test slashing is actually mostly demonstrated with living people or human corpses, mainly to test the swordsman's skills and whether the knife in his hand is sharp.

Being able to cut into a corpse and cut it all the way through is called "Ichidakiri", and being able to cut into two corpses is called "Ryodakiri" - a very cruel way to test the knife.

However, in modern society, it is definitely not possible to test the knife on a corpse.

This has evolved into using a straw mat that is tough and thick enough.

A roll of straw mat represents a corpse.

Under the watchful eyes of Kita Sumire, Sakata Yukiji's test slash reached "Hachidakiri" - that is, cutting off 8 rolls of straw mats with one strike.

This is indeed a certain level.

Although the test slash does not seem to have much technical content.

But in fact, the angle and strength of the knife are quite particular.

During this period, it is also necessary to demonstrate the knives of Katori Shinto Ryu that Sakata Yukiji practices.

This requires more basic skills, and the knife will easily get stuck if there is a slight problem.

Airi Shizuru next to him only reached the limit with Godokiri, and even Godokiri was a bit strenuous.

But Sakata Koji's Hachidokiri was steady and fast, and he didn't adjust it at all.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was not the limit of Sakata Koji.

Even Kita Sumire had to nod his head.

Although it didn't look serious, the technique was really good. It was different from the group of monsters in the Jade Dragon Flag, and it should be considered an elite monster.

The trial cut was over quickly, and then he put away the knife and bowed in front of the camera, the whole process.

Kita Sumire was in high spirits.

Because according to the organizer's arrangement, the next step should be for him to come out and guide Sakata Koji.

This was the first time he faced a master of the seventh degree of kendo head-on.

This really made him look forward to it.

However, just when Kita Sumire was full of interest and was only waiting for the short time to make a move,

On the other side, Sakata Yukiji seemed to have noticed Kita Sumi's gaze.

He put down his real sword and did not retreat in a hurry. Instead, he walked directly to the stage, pulled Kita Sumi, who looked puzzled, down from the stage, and smiled and spoke to the camera of the reporters present.

"Regarding the evaluation and guidance of Kita Sumi next, I have actually made some decisions."

He looked at Kita Sumi with a 'loving' look, and then looked at the camera again: "If Kita Sumi performs well and he is willing, I am willing to accept him as my disciple depending on the situation."

Wow! ! !

As soon as this sentence came out.

Not only the reporters present were boiling, like sharks smelling fishy smells, they rushed forward fiercely, and their cameras could not stop pressing down. Even the audience on the stage who paid to come in to visit were surprised, and discussions continued.

Accepting a disciple?

And a professional 7th dan accepted a 9-year-old child as a disciple?

This is really exciting!

As for Kita Sumi on the other side.

The opponent's sudden attack made him feel confused and bewildered.

No?

Dude?

I remember that this scene was not in the original segment, right?

And

Recalling the "affectionate" expression of Sakata Yukiji when he looked at him just now.

Kita Sumire "hissed" and got goose bumps all over his body.

This.