Became an Extra in a Youth JRPG Game

83 – Midterms (1)

There was Kana Saito that I never thought I would see here.

I didn’t see it wrong. There was no way I could mistake that distinctive silver hair and sharp look. Besides, she was so terrifyingly beautiful that there was no way she could be mistaken.

“Ah. Arigiri Shota. Long time no see.”

Kana said with a smile.

“Ah…Why did you come here? To enter our dojang?”

I said so.

“Are you familiar with Kana Saito…?”

A student exclaimed.

“Kana Saito had her eyes on you…Wrong. Our Shota will also become a victim of killing talent!”

“I’m so attached to it! You can’t stop swordsmanship!!”

Many students were worried about me. Well… These guys are really nice guys.

PABABABATT-!!

The students all surrounded me.

“We can’t give you our shota!!!”

“Hey!!! Kana Go Home!!!”

“f*cking Saito!!”

All of them united in one mind to protect me.

Guys… I unknowingly swept my nose at the warmth.

“Hey!! I’m just here to play!!! Don’t accuse people of being villains!!”

Kana screamed.

“Ah. Really? I thought I came in as a disciple again.”

I said so. But… Why do you come here to play? Doesn’t he live in Tokyo? Why did you come all the way to this corner of Emosh*ta to play?

“There’s no way you can enter such a filthy dojo. Entering a dojo that has no value other than the existence of Gonzaemon Kiryu? Sounds funny.”

Kana said with an arrogant expression.

“You’re here to play. Then, do you want to play tag, the traditional game of the Kiryu dojo?”

I immediately proposed to Kana.

“It’s out!!! Kiryu dojo tagging!!!”

“I trained for today!!”

The pupils excitedly picked up a toy rubber knife that was provided in a corner of the dojo.

It was our dojo’s play that combined kendo with chasing. The way the tagger caught the other person was simple. It was enough to swing the sword and touch the body.

The one who was caught was able to block the swordsman’s sword attack, but there was a condition. I was only able to block the sword once. When I used up that opportunity, I had to mobilize all my physical abilities and run around.

It’s really fun. After training, there were quite a few guys who went to the kendo gym because they were playing hide and seek without Master’s knowledge. It’s real. This is so damn fun If you do it once, you won’t be able to come to your senses. Really.

“Hey. That. Me too.”

A student said as he took off the cast on his leg. It was our dojo’s senior, Kinji.

“No……Kinji!!! You got a hamstring injury while playing hide and seek!! It’s been a while since you’ve been rehabilitated, but if you do it again…”

A disciple stopped Kinji.

“If only I could play hide and seek again… It’s okay if my hamstring breaks again. My hamstring will forgive me too.”

Kinji said with a smile like a pleasant boy.

This guy…Was serious about chasing. Kinji… What kind of a man is you…..!!

“Hee hee hee hee.”

“Chuckling.”

There was already a disciple bursting into laughter at the thought of playing hide and seek.

“I haven’t slept since yesterday because I wanted to play hide and seek.”

“Uhhhhh. Me too.”

Everyone was distracted by the chase. It was almost a drug.

“What bullsh*t!!! Why do skits like that!!”

Kana pointed directly at me.

“Have sparring with me!! That’s why I came here!!”

Kana said.

“Ah… Did you come here just for sparring? You can still talk about fighting in a fighting game anyway.”

My heart immediately cooled. That’s why it’s serious…

“Hey. Chu-rai. Chu-rai.”

I immediately handed the rubber knife to Kana Saito.

“I won’t do it!!! What kind of kids are you playing when you can’t get enough even if you practice!!”

Kana cut right through her rubber knife.

“Huh? Are you crossing the line?”

Are you ignoring our dojo’s proprietary game, hide and seek?

“Try to close your eyes for once. I really can’t come to my senses.”

I relentlessly tried to propagate.

It was then.

“These bastards!!! I should have said that dangerous play is forbidden!!!”

Gonzaemon came in right away.

“I-ssi. Kana. It’s because of you. If I had just answered quickly, I would have played at least one round.”

I said looking at Kana.

“It’s because of me!!!”

Kana screamed.

“Kana …. Why don’t you say that she will come when she comes?”

Said Gonzaemon.

“Uhuhuh. You are free to observe this dojo, right? I also want to find out how strong Arigiri Shota has become.”

Kana said with a smile.

“First of all, our Shota and you are the enemies we have to deal with in the fighting game.

Gonzaemon started taking care of me. Master…..

“Huh. Whatever it is, it’s inevitable that Shota Arigiri will lose to me. Are you running out of money?”

Kana said with a grin.

“Yes. You were careless and cut your wooden sword with a paper knife, right?”

I touched Kana’s evil right away.

“Eugeugheugh!! I won that match!!!”

With that, Kana’s seizure button seemed to be pressed.

“Yes. The wooden sword is dong-gang-dong-gang.”

“Hey!! Float!! Float again!! I won’t even let you shout!!”

Kana shouted.

“Ah… You don’t want to fight a mediocre opponent, do you?”

“Who is saying that someone is boring?!!”

Kana immediately stamped her foot.

“Haa… He looks like Grandpa Ji and is stubborn. Shota. Just stick with him in moderation. Don’t do it with all your might. I think he’s accumulating practical experience.”

In the end, Gonzaemon said a word.

“No. Let’s do it with all our might.”

I picked up the bamboo sword right away.

“Because my strength today and my strength during the battle will be different.”

I said so.

“I’m growing endlessly, right?”

I laughed at Gonzaemon.

“Huh. I see.”

My confidence seems to have been passed on to Gonzaemon.

“Then go wild.”

Gonzaemon pushed my back.

I immediately put on a hoodie.

“Uooooo!! Shotaaa!!!”

“Shota!!! Win one game!!! I won’t even expect to win!!!”

“Shota!! Shota!!”

All students have already gone into cheering mode. Some of them waved their bamboo swords like fluorescent sticks. Hey. You are an idol otaku.

Anyway, Kana quickly put on the hood as if flowing water.

People who are good at kendo especially) put on hogu very quickly.

It was the same logic as a sergeant who was full of time sleeping until just before the morning roll call and then putting on his military uniform in one minute. I got used to it over and over again.

“I’ll let you know the fountain. Don’t be scared because I won’t do my best.”

Kana took her stance right away. She was in the same attitude as she had been with him the other day. The basic suspension posture of the Tennyeuisimryu. Having dealt with him the other day, I knew the danger.

The basis of Kana’s Cheonnyeom-ryu was explosive power. It was a tactic to overwhelm the opponent with a series of attacks after narrowing the distance by blowing his body like bullets.

Defense? There was nothing like that. If you close the distance, you win unconditionally. That conviction made Kana’s sword skills even stronger.

But… You’ve already sparred once before. The bottom line has been revealed.

“I also found a countermeasure against you.”

I smiled and took a pause. It wasn’t yesterday… But this morning, while raiding the dungeon, he had increased his practical experience.

“Hmph. How to respond.”

Kana took a deep breath. Taking advantage of that gap, I also adjusted my breathing.

Shupaaa—-!!

At the same time as my vision brightened, I could see Kana breathing. As the oxygen flowed in and out of her lungs, Kana’s body trembled slightly.

Normally, I could only read breathing, but it was me who discovered that if I concentrated more, I could read muscle movements as well.

The effect of reddening Kana’s arm and leg muscles appeared in her eyes. Seconds later, Kana was her muscle to use.

If you knew which muscles to use, you could predict what kind of attack you would do.

I knew right away that the muscles in my legs were extremely red. However, the muscles on the arm side were pale red. It was not a slash attack that used a lot of arm and shoulder muscles. Is it a thrust and a stab at the same time?

aaah-!!

The prediction was correct. The sword flew aiming at the heart of my hukou.

Hook-!

It was easy to dodge the attack that had already been read. I lightly turned my head to avoid the sword attack. The thrust of the bamboo sword barely passed my ear.

“…….?!”

Through the hood, Kana’s embarrassed expression was revealed.

Baaagh-!!

I immediately hit Kana’s head with a short haircut.

It was a neat haircut.

“One round!!!!”

Gonzaemon exclaimed happily. He didn’t even think he’d win the bout.

“Oohhhhh! Shota!!!!!”

“Shota!! You are strong!! Equal to or better than me!!!!”

“Shota!!! The best!!!”

The pupils cheered.

“Ki yo oh oh oh oh oh oh!”

In the mood, I let out a shout of victory.

“Noisy!!! Get ready for the next edition!!!”

Kana put her toes right on me.

“Ow!! Come on!!!”

I took my posture again.

———

Well, a development like a shonen manga in which you immediately overwhelm the enemy just because you know a new technology is hard to happen in real life…

Because learning a new technology is different from learning it.

At first, I won one round with great enthusiasm, but I lost two rounds.

It was an overwhelming skill gap. I knew painfully that even if I fought again, the same result would come out.

“Then Saito Kana’s victory.”

Gonzaemon declared the end of the match. At that, Kana and I took off our protective gear.

“………”

My disciples, Gonzaemon, and even Kana were staring at my face.

Ah…Is it because of that? Didn’t your heart break because of Kana’s skill? That seemed to be a concern.

But… It didn’t break at all. I lost because I was weaker than Kana. That’s it. There is no need to feel despair over the obvious fact. It was something I could do when I got stronger. As long as you don’t give up, you have plenty of opportunities to become stronger.

“Kana. I got it roughly. Your level.”

I said looking at Kana.

“…… Level?”

“There’s less than a month left before the battle, right? I’ll beat you within that time. It’s a sufficiently feasible goal, so I’m confident.”

I just declared that.

“The wall isn’t as high as I thought? I’ll jump over it.”

At my words, the audience fell silent.

This may sound arrogant, but Gonzaemon and his students looked at me with relief. I was relieved because it was my usual country.

“………”

Unexpectedly, Kana just stared at me. Was it because she was tired from the match? Strangely, her face was also red.

“Heh. Why don’t you try?”

Soon after, Kana regained her original cheeky expression.

Something… Kana’s expression suddenly brightened. Is it because of her mood?