Tokyo Girlfriend Guide

Chapter 244 Minister Hojo
Thursday, April [-]
Hojo Kyosuke was the third to last to get up, and the ones behind him were, of course, Eirisu and Kasumigaoka. He opened the door and smelled the smell of poached eggs, and he knocked on the doors of the two sleeping champions.

Glass and Naoka prepare breakfast in the kitchen. Hojo Kyosuke does not always prepare the meals at home, and the girls have their own schedules.Of course, those who are not good at cooking will make up for it in other places, such as buying snacks and fruits.

When he was walking up the stairs, he heard Nitro's beautiful humming sound, accompanied by the sizzling sound of eggs and hot oil colliding.The amazing thing is that the person who was the least able to sing in elementary school is now the favorite of the whole family and the person who is the best at singing.

Since childhood, as long as there are no special circumstances such as someone sleeping, he will try to walk as loudly as possible when he gets along with Glass, so as not to scare the other party by walking in front of him suddenly.

"Gratia, Zhihua, good morning." Picking up the hot milk that Zhihua handed over, he smiled and said to the two.

"Morning, Kyosuke-kun~"

Wearing a blue apron and holding a spatula, Nitzi turned around in surprise, with a beautiful smile on his face, as if it took a whole night to prepare.

The movement in the living room attracted a person and a dog in the courtyard, and Momotaro resolutely broke free from Sakura's clutches and ran over.

The four legs were bumped separately, and the body was still crooked, as if hungover, but there was still a smile on his face.

Seeing Gou Zi Pi Dian Pi Dian running over, Hojo Kyosuke felt as if he heard "Aniki, you finally woke up!"

Impossible, the only ones who can call themselves aniki (big brother) are those idiots like Misaki, it is impossible to learn it after only coming to Momotaro twice, right?IQ should not be so high.No, even if Momotaro can learn it, it is impossible for him to understand its words.

"The sun is drying your ass, lazy Kyosuke." After chasing after him, Sakura Yamauchi said the first greeting of the day.

"Impossible, with three layers of curtains, no light can penetrate into my room." Hojo Kyosuke said casually.

Momotaro, who was running towards Hojo Kyosuke, couldn't walk in a straight line as soon as he entered the living room, so he ran to the kitchen while bouncing.

The sound of the range hood stopped, and the sleepy-eyed Eriri also walked down. Her sleepwalking state would not end until she heard Kasumigaoka's first taunt.People call it a forced boot.

Momotaro's house is still not ready, adhering to absolute fairness and justice, Hojo Kyosuke decided to make Momotaro a happy dog ​​with two houses, and build houses separately according to the requirements of Einari and Kasumigaoka.One in the yard and one in the house.

Starting today, the school associations of Zongwu High School have officially started recruiting new students. After school, they will put up ancestral or new works to attract customers. On weekends, associations such as drama clubs will also perform performances for publicity. community.

As soon as school was over, Hojo Kyosuke was surrounded by the members of the Kendo club in the classroom and rushed to the activity room before he could escape.

Before he enrolled, the kendo department of Sobu High School was not taken seriously, and only in physical education class would he see so many people wielding bamboo swords.The activity room is only shared with people in the stadium, and because of shouting during practice, people will be disgusted.

"Really, obviously those people in the basketball team are not younger than us at all, just because they advanced one round more than us in the regional competition, they look down on them."

The former head of the Kendo Club, Tamaki Qingyan, who has now entered the third grade, said indignantly, but soon he became complacent again:

"Now the ghosts are crowded with them in the gym, and it's their turn to look at our activity room and drool!"

Now everyone is in a fairly large room. Although it does not have the style of Dongcheng, it is as big as two basketball courts.As far as Hojo Kyosuke knew, the dojo in Suginami District where Hokatsu Ittoryu was located was not even that big.

There are quite a lot of vacant space in the school, but once you start using it, you need to pay the corresponding maintenance fee, so you would rather leave it idle than generously give it to students.Now with the trump card of Hojo Kyosuke, the principal saw the "achievement" beckoning to him, and simply took out a large venue, and he was not stingy in terms of funds.

"It's amazing, it's all brand new protective gear." Hikigu Hachiman exclaimed when he came to the storage room.In his previous school, the kendo department was not taken seriously, and he could only buy protective gear at his own expense, which made people terrified when he was practicing in Jigu, for fear of being headshot accidentally.

Although he has become a minister at the speed of light, Hojo Kyosuke still throws his hands away in front of the shopkeeper like a junior high school. The former minister has become a deputy minister. He still has a chance to participate in the national competition. It is his last summer vacation, his last chance.

So I'm so excited now, I can't wait to take out Doraemon's clothes-changing camera to wipe it off even if I change the Taoist clothes.I kept urging and yelling "Hurry up, hurry up, show your roots" and so on.

Because the sanitation had just been carried out, the wooden floor was quite clean, and Kyosuke Hojo quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Whether it is kendo practice or kendo competition, no shoes are worn. If someone protests, the organizer will tell you "We know it's dirty, but please bear with it."

Although modern kendo has become a competitive sport, many aspects are still imitating real sword competitions.Wearing clogs or straw sandals and rushing up with a knife like in the anime, it will not appear in a real competition.

In neon martial arts novels, you will mostly see a description like "throwing off your shoes and rushing up", so not wearing shoes may also have such a meaning.

Line up in a square line, and everyone sits and prepares for activities together, even Hojo Kyosuke is no exception. No matter how strong the body is, if the preparations are not enough, they will shiver.Holding the two ends of the bamboo knife with both hands, stretch the body from all angles.

After the preparatory activities were over, everyone did not start training immediately, but gathered in the middle, waiting for the new minister's lecture.

As for recruiting new students, there is no rush. The news that Hojo Kyosuke will join the Kendo Club to lead everyone into the national competition has been spread. The big commotion in the teaching building yesterday is the best publicity.

"As long as you join the club now, you can rush into the Budokan!"

On their recruiting booth, there is such a huge slogan hanging so arrogantly.Budokan is the stage that those stars long for, but you can tell the purpose of this gymnasium just by hearing the name.Whether it is a kendo competition or a judo competition, as long as this type of sport is held in Tokyo, you can basically apply for the Budokan.

This year's National High School Kendo Competition happened to be held in Tokyo. Even the football club, the ace club of the school, would not dare to put up such a slogan.Of course, they don't compete in the Nationals, known simply as IH, but in the High School Football Tournament.

Tetsuta Sakisaki has already withdrawn from the training sequence. The competition in the high school is not like the deathmatch system in junior high school, that is, the Liqie method (力ち抜け), as long as the general is strong enough, he can win the victory in one fight, but five With three victories in the game, each combat power is very important. He knew that his talent had come to an end, so he actually took up a position similar to a "manager", managing funds and chores.

Hojo Kyosuke looked at the members below with piercing eyes, and his head also had a headache.Even if Hatagoro and others, who have been trained by him for three years, go to the national competition with their current strength, even if Tokyo, the host, has two representatives this year, he is not fully sure that he can lead everyone out of the regional elections. .

For the national competition, regional elections will be held first, and a total of 47 colleges and universities from 48 first-level administrative regions will participate.In the past few years, the representative of Tokyo Metropolis has never changed. If there is one, it is Dongcheng, and if there are two, it is Dongcheng plus Yuwenguan Higher School.

Of course, the highest level of the latter is the preliminary round of the regional selection. After that, they have never won the round robin, and they have stopped outside the gate of the "top sixteen".Tojo High School is the only high school with the name of Tokyo Metropolitan on the trial results (list of winners) of each kendo competition.

Well, Tokyo is the capital of the whole country, but it has never been a strong county in kendo.

Before Hojo Kyosuke served as the instructor of the Dongcheng Kendo Club, the winner of the national high school kendo competition basically had only one name "Kyushu Academy High School", and it even dominated the list in the individual competition. The name of Maki Kyosuke was often alone. Squeezed among the three people from Kyushu Academy.

The absolute overlord of the high school kendo world, and the future of the neon kendo.

Even after entering university and society, all kinds of contestants and Metropolitan Police Department competitions are all competing with each other from Kyushu Academy.

Fortunately, as the winner of last year's competition, Dongcheng only needs to compete for the right to qualify at the end, so they will not meet in the early stage of the preliminaries. This is the only good news.

"Minister Hojo, everyone is waiting to hear your lecture." Tamaki Qingyan said and shouted.

Hojo Kyosuke still didn't speak, the people in front of him didn't need him to talk about chicken soup and blood.Even Bi Qigu, who has dead fish eyes in the class, has eyes that are embarrassing, as if he can abandon his self-esteem and run to the opponent's lounge to pour laxatives into their water with just one order.

Well, it's kind of weird, but someone felt such determination.

But competition is not something that can be done with determination.

"Deputy Minister Tamaki has announced to the whole school that the goal of our Kendo Department this year is the Budokan." In the empty dojo, Hojo Kyosuke's voice clearly reached everyone's ears.

Hikigu Baban stood at the front of the crowd, because they were arranged according to height, and his eyes were fixed on the tall figure standing in front of the crowd.I don't know if it was because of the height of 1.8 meters, or because of the longing in his heart, but he felt extraordinary strength despite his calm tone.

"I can see the desire for victory in your eyes, and I believe that you have the determination to work hard for your goals."

The voice continued, and Hikigu nodded heavily.Yes, my dead fish eyes will definitely transform into sharp eyes full of determination in high school. For this reason, I practice "Mu Jian" [-] times a day. Even through a mask, I can scare my opponent to death.

"However, at present, even if you put in 120 million times of effort, there is no possibility of breaking out of the qualifiers."

That person's tone obviously didn't change at all, but Hikigu Hachiman felt a stagnation in his chest, and the cruel reality extinguished his surging blood at once.Yes, why do you think that as long as you have a minister like Hojo Kyosuke, you and others can have a different life?

What an arrogant and incompetent idea.

"I don't know what your past life was like, what you want to change and what you want to gain by learning kendo. There is only one thing I want, victory. Only victory is everything in this world. Everything about the winner will be affirmed , everything for the loser will be denied.”

The people who were in a low mood still listened intently, all kinds of unwillingness from the past came to their hearts.Then a voice like thunder exploded in my ear:
"It has to win, no matter who the opponent is, no matter what happens."

Hikigaya Hachiman raised his head, the determination in the roar, the desire to fight to the end even if there is only one person, is completely different from the Hojo Kyosuke he saw these two days.It was as if lightning struck the dead wood, and a flame ignited in his heart.

The dead fish eyes like funny cartoons quietly enlarged, it was not about to die, but a manifestation of more concentrated spirit.There were not a few people in the crowd who clenched their fists like him, and Goro Hata and the others had swollen veins on their foreheads, angry at their own incompetence.

He listened, and the man yelled:
"My goal is to lead the Zongwu Gao Kendo Club to dominate the country and become number one in the country."

Everyone's brains were shaken by the roar, and there was even a long ringing sound in their ears for a long time.Even if it was seen at the National Players Rights Competition, the top masters who practiced and showed their skills, the ape cry is far inferior to this.

"No. [-] in the country!"

Swordsman Shogun Kiza Yoshiki was the first to come to his senses and shouted.Looking at his friend beside him, Hikigaya also raised his fist and started shouting.Zaimoza, who has never practiced kendo, can have such determination, how can he admit defeat.

The other [-] or so people also shouted, and Tamaki Qingyan, who had worked hard for the Kendo Club for more than two years, had tears in his eyes.No longer does he understand the despair of being defeated every time in the early stage of the qualifiers, practicing every day with the determination to win, and despairing under the absolute strength every time.

The door of the activity room opened just at this time. The person who came was a freshman who had been recruited from the recruiting point. Before he could figure out the situation, he was frightened by the frenzied scene, and he staggered to exit the door.But he was immediately pushed in by the seniors of the Kendo Department behind him.

"No. [-] in the country!"

The dragon suit without a name shouted and rushed over, joining the shouting team.

Looking at the member's appearance, Hojo Kyosuke nodded in satisfaction.Chicken soup is delicious only when it is cooked by others.

After everyone quieted down, he raised the bamboo knife and slashed at the air with one word. The piercing sound of cutting through the air made the people in the first row shudder.

"Only when you understand your own incompetence, can you embark on the road to become a master. So, line up to practice with me now, and feel what the world of masters is like."

sparring...

Hatagoro, who was gearing up for a fight, froze, and the corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably.

"As I said before, no matter who the opponent is, my goal is to win. If you prevent me from winning, then..."

Although I feel that what the minister is saying now is a bit scary, Hikigu and the others, who don't know the truth, once again gave a super energetic echo, and began to consciously form a circle.

Devil, still that familiar smell, big brother he is back.

Unsurprisingly, the first one to appear was Mr. Biqigu, who had an overwhelming sense of presence.

Since it is necessary to practice duels, it is natural to wear protective gear. Hojo Kyosuke is no exception. Although he knows that no one can hit him, but in order to allow everyone to use 100% of their strength, he still wears it in a proper manner. .

Looking at the excited classmates Hata Goro and Mihashi Yoshima and others, they gave sympathetic eyes, and then began to concentrate on observing.

Sports kendo does not distinguish between genres, and the daily practice is the basic skills of kendo, that is, nine types and thirteen swords.If you see weird gestures for holding the sword, don't get me wrong, it doesn't necessarily have to be an ancient style, it's more likely to be a self-created trick of the second stroke, which is useless except to bluff people.

The bamboo swords met, and then the two retreated to the specified distance.

Hikigaya Hachiban carefully observed Hojo Kyosuke opposite him through the gap between the horizontal gold (metal protective strip) of the mask. He knew that the opponent would not take the initiative to attack, and that was the protection of the strong.

Like him, the one held a knife in the middle, and both of their bamboo knives were pointed at each other's eyes.After observing, observing, and observing again and again, he failed to see any opportunity suitable for attacking.He could clearly see those black eyes, the eyeballs didn't change in any way, he didn't look at his hands, he didn't look at his feet, he just looked straight into his eyes.

The extreme sense of oppression is constantly coming. Although he has watched many games and there are videos of the "Juvenile Masters" playing, he has never experienced it himself. He has never known that a person can actually bring Come such a strong sense of oppression.

Although it wasn't a game and there was no attack time requirement, he still didn't dare to dawdle, because this kind of confrontation was extremely mentally and physically exhausting. In just a few seconds, he felt his head was soaked in sweat and he couldn't control his body. He was moving slightly.

On the other hand, Hojo Kyosuke on the opposite side remained motionless like a stone Buddha.

"Immortal Fortress"

Although it shouldn't be, he couldn't control the divergence of his thinking, and such words appeared in his head involuntarily.

People on the sidelines held their breaths. People who are not familiar with kendo competitions often find it inexplicable and boring, not knowing what the two of them are doing on the court.Why did you stand there in a daze for a long time, and then ended the game with a babble.

Those who really know how to watch will know that the psychological game before the sword meets is equally exciting.

Hikigu stepped forward carefully with his right foot, keeping the top of his foot no more than two centimeters from the ground.His eyes were fixed on the opposite side, but those dark eyes were still staring at him without emotion.

Hojo Kyosuke's shoulders sank, and his upper body seemed to have a "round" feeling.Hikigu heard about it when watching other people chatting on the Internet. This is a form of expression of superb kendo strength.Before he didn't know why there was such a statement, but now he finally felt it himself.

Compared with a rookie like him, who can faithfully show his shoulders when he moves his hands casually, Minister Hojo's shoulder movements will be much smaller even if he switches from the lower position to the upper position in an instant.This can be said to be an advantage in a battle where both sides are staring at each other's eyes.

Still unable to find an opportunity, knowing that he could not wait any longer, he stepped forward with his right foot, kicked hard with his left foot, and entered the attacking distance between judgments. After the distance of one knife and one foot, he yelled: "Hi!"

In the imagination in his head, he will rush in from the front side, that is, the left side of Minister Hojo, press hard when the opponent raises the bamboo knife to block him, deflect the opponent's bamboo knife and then shout "little hand", quickly Hit the armor on the forearm of the right hand to score points.

Quickly thinking in his mind, he did not know how many times he had done similar exercises before.Shouting to dispel the timidity in his heart, he had heard of the unparalleled power of Minister Hojo, and he made up his mind from the very beginning to put all his strength on the bamboo knife, and use the flesh he had cultivated for 16 years to complete this great achievement.

Although I don't know why, his bamboo knife successfully seized the upper position as expected, and he was just about to press forward with his left foot with joy in his heart, and then...

The bamboo knife on the opposite side seemed to disappear suddenly, and appeared on his bamboo knife for a moment, twisting and picking.The opponent's strength is obviously not very great, but Hikigu only felt that all the strength he exerted returned to his wrist, and he let go of his hand uncontrollably, watching his bamboo knife being swept away.

The "little hand" in his mouth could not be called out, and he even controlled his body and staggered forward a few steps.

Boom - what happened? !

The members of the kendo club who were watching all stood up and gave deafening applause.Among them, the loudest cheer was the third swordsman in Tokyo, General Kiza Yoshiki.

"The super stunt that can return all the shooting stars in the sky, the cry of the stars!"

Cai Muzao was worthy of his burly figure, even in the applause of all the members, he clearly conveyed his words to everyone's ears.

"The super stunt that can return all the shooting stars in the sky, the cry of the stars!"

Hata Goro originally wanted to help explain, but when he heard this, he gave up and repeated it instead.The applause disappeared for a while, like some religious activity, everyone chanted in unison:

"The Cry of the Stars~~"

Hojo Kyosuke, who took back the bamboo knife to make the middle section, was about to take off his mask and start explaining, but immediately couldn't help but want to rush up with the bamboo knife and let these guys have a good cry.

Fortunately, Deputy Minister Tamaki Qingyan stood up and waved to silence everyone.Hojo Kyosuke was a little relieved that there were still normal people in the ministry.

"Minister Hojo, is this Beichen's one-sword, three-kill method!?"

After everyone quieted down, Tamaki Qingyan asked loudly with an aria.Then he popped up aloud:

"Kill his sword, kill his spirit, and kill his skill! Through unimaginable skills, restrain and destroy the opponent's attack from all aspects. The one just now must be the legendary 'killing sword'!"

The swearing voice immediately convinced everyone. Seeing that everyone was about to start singing "Three Kills" and "Killing Sword", Hojo Kyosuke quickly took off his mask.

"Be more serious, this is just the most basic sword-rolling skill!" These bastards, although they are a little serious in order to let them see how powerful their future opponents will be, they will not turn into a fantasy world, right? !

It's not easy at all, okay?Hata Goro cursed in his heart.

After going through so many matches, he has never once seen his opponent use this trick to his own advantage.If it is not a player who specializes in the middle stage, then he must be at least three stages higher than the opponent to succeed.But that is limited to destroying the opponent's sword shape, and then hitting the little hand.

Like this kind of sword flying four meters high, you tell me it's not an anime?

"Minister, the sword rolling skills I have seen are not like this. The bamboo knife has been suppressed by the opponent, how can it still be able to move?" The deputy minister spoke out for everyone.

Hikigu Hachiman, who had already retrieved the bamboo knife, also stood at attention and was ready to attend the class. At that moment, he was sure that his eyes had never left the opponent's upper body, his eyes hadn't deviated in the slightest, and his shoulders hadn't moved at all.

It was almost like magic, and he was disarmed.

Hojo Kyosuke put the mask aside on the ground: "Before I explain, let's take a look at it again. How is it, Hikigu, is it okay? Get ready, I will still roll your sword away this time, and Same action as last time."

"Hmm! No problem, Minister." Hikigu replied loudly. He was not physically injured at all, but his heart was hit hard.

He set his posture, still holding the knife in the middle, this time he didn't have to think hard about how to attack, he used all his strength to hold the knife handle tightly.

This time, absolutely no more...

Phew~ The bamboo knife flew to the roof again. Fortunately, the house was originally designed to be very high.

Monster, this man is undeniably a monster.

Hikigu stared at his empty hands, said this to himself, and then quickly walked out of the depressed mood.

Isn't it natural to lose to such a person?

Hojo Kyosuke parried his full blow with only peripheral perception, and even though he was notified in advance, he still couldn't see anything clearly.

"Did you understand this time?" Hojo Kyosuke asked the crowd with a bamboo knife in his right hand.

"The cry of the stars!" Cai Muzao yelled this sentence in his heart. His clever brain told him that if he really yelled out, he would definitely be beaten, but he firmly believed that such a gorgeous sword move deserved such a name .

Tamaki Qingyan lowered his head in shame, he could see that Hojo Kyosuke had slowed down his movements, but that was far from a move he could see through.

Originally, the continuous confrontation was to prevent the enemy from seeing through the original tricks.But at this moment, repeating and slowing down, the people present looked at each other and couldn't tell what happened.

"Hata Goro, tell me." Hojo Kyosuke answered by name.

"Well, it's the rolling sword skill." Goro Hata rubbed Li Zi's head and smiled sarcastically.

"You will be the next one to demonstrate, and Hikigu will rest." After saying this, Hojo Kyosuke said to the others:

"Don't look at the bamboo knife, pay attention to my hand."

He had never taught so patiently in Dongcheng before, he had been sparring and sparring non-stop, but that was because the people in Dongcheng had a good foundation, and that trick didn't work now.

Hearing Hojo Kyosuke's words, everyone focused their eyes on his hands.

The bamboo knife flew into the sky again, it was still a magical technique.

"Within the hand, within the hand, isn't this the most basic thing?"

The two hands holding the sword and the bamboo knife form a lever, and the entire movement is performed without any movement of the arms.

(End of this chapter)