Chapter 35 Tension
Two days later, Didan High School.
In less than two weeks, next Saturday, there will be a grand event for kendo - the Kanto Tournament.
At that time, kendo masters from the Tokyo metropolitan area and several surrounding districts and counties will gather at the Tokyo National Gymnasium to draw their swords and compete for a showdown.
High school, college, and adult competitions will be held together. In the adult group, there are many well-known swordsmen who have become famous.
It is foreseeable that the intensity of the game will probably only be second to the football showdown on the first day of the New Year, and may even be comparable.
Therefore, the Kendo Club of Didan High School has attracted more and more attention in recent days.
Of course, the main followers are the students in the school. After all, it is the kendo club of my school, which is challenging the Kanto Competition for the first time in ten years.
And it is said that some of the management of Didan are also very concerned about this, but these have nothing to do with ordinary students.
Therefore, it can be said that the limelight of the Kendo Club, and even each member of the Kendo Club, is unprecedented these days.
"noodle!"
"hand!"
"Card!"
After class in the afternoon, in the kendo club, before entering the gymnasium, you can already hear the sound of energetic shouting.
Yuanzi and Xiaolan heard the sound inside at the door and paused for a while before entering the gymnasium and finding the kendo club along the way.
Under normal circumstances, even if two beautiful girls passed by outside the door, it would definitely change the atmosphere of the entire kendo club.
But today, Xiaolan and Yuanzi were standing at the door very cutely, but no one noticed them at all. Even if it weren't for someone training alone at the door, no one would notice them.
"Everyone is so serious. It seems that everyone is working hard for the next competition."
Xiaolan looked around the venue. This atmosphere made her feel quite friendly, because the karate club often faced this situation when facing competitions.
But not everyone is so passionate about it.
Seeing this scene for a moment made her feel excited.
But Yuanzi was a little different. Although she also felt the fiery atmosphere, she was not affected much.
She was eagerly looking for someone, and her goal was clear from the beginning.
What's more, in the fierce training atmosphere of the Kendo Club, almost everyone wears protective gear tightly, even those who are training alone, so Sonoko has no intention of paying more attention to these masked people. aspect.
"Hey! Xiaolan, do you see that?!"
"Well, I don't think so-"
"What about the one over there?"
"Forehead"
Xiaolan was reluctant to come, at least reluctant to be dragged here by Yuanzi for such a purpose.
Seeing Yuanzi like this, although it was expected, I still felt a little headache.
"Well, Sonoko, please calm down for a moment. Shimizu-kun is the trump card of the Kendo Club's promotion, and with his character, he will definitely not be involved."
Although Xiaolan has never been here and has never heard anyone say anything about the Kendo Club, these words are unexpectedly accurate.
Because of the first meeting, she had already keenly sensed a unique trait in Koji Shimizu, the unsociable temperament of a strong man.
Well, to use a saying from an ancient Eastern country, it’s cold at high places.
Xiaolan has met many such people, who have completely different personalities from hers.
She estimated that Koji Shimizu was either in a separate training room or watching the battle. Anyway, Xiaolan couldn't imagine Koji Shimizu sweating like rain in a group of people.
In fact, her guess was not wrong. Koji Shimizu was in the lounge at this time, facing several senior students headed by Nohara Naoto.
"I told you, you don't have to do this."
"We volunteered!"
"Qingshui! Everyone hopes that you will be the team leader this time! My ability is really not enough to take on this important task!"
Nohara Naoto almost burst into tears. He indeed sacrificed and paid a lot for the Kendo Club, but this was not what Koji Shimizu asked for.
Although he was a little angry at first because this guy directly submitted the list of contestants without his consent, but after a while of sitting down and being humbled by his pleas and requests, he agreed to participate.
But I didn't expect it wasn't enough. Maybe it was because although he agreed last time, he didn't say much.
Perhaps because of this, Nohara Naoto felt that he might have a grudge against this, so he brought several seniors here again today.
And this time there are new requirements, oh, I should say requests.
These people actually planned to make him the leader of the team. What a joke. He was only a first-year student, and he really had no intention of being the team leader.
"I'm sorry, please get up. I can't agree. This team leader should be Minister Nohara yourself."
Seeing Shimizu Koji's firm attitude, Nohara Naoto and others stopped insisting. After all, Shimizu Koji usually meant what he said.
And to be honest, regarding the issue of team leader, they all just felt that it would be more appropriate to let Koji Shimizu, the strongest person, take the role. It wasn't that he had to be the one, but just out of respect for the strong.
"Clear water!"
Naoto Nohara stood up with a moved expression on his face, although Koji Shimizu didn't know what moved him.
These people are more or less abstract, especially Naoto Nohara. Perhaps it is because of the slogan that has been shouted very loudly recently to restore the glory of Emperor Dan?
Anyway, Shimizu Koji often saw them shouting like this recently, and when they shouted, their blood was surging, their momentum was amazing, and it was embarrassing.
But there is one thing that he is still a little confused about, because the Kanto Competition is not a competition like Yulong Banner where individual strength determines success or failure.
If it is a competition system like the Yulong Banner, based on the game videos Koji Shimizu has watched recently (given by Nohara Naoto and others), it is nothing for Nohara Naoto and the others to be so excited. After all, his strength is here, and he does have a lot of potential. Great opportunity to lead the team to a good result.
But the Kanto Kendo Competition is a grand kendo event in the Kanto region. The rules of the competition are quite formal, and the team competition is also a small group of three.
In other words, assuming Koji Shimizu can score a point every time, then another strong person is needed for the team to go far.
But is there really such a person in the Emperor Dan Sword Club now?
However, there is still an individual competition in the Kanto Competition. If someone like the girl from last time does not appear, Koji Shimizu feels that he has a high chance of winning.
Normally, Shimizu Koji wouldn't think so, because he has a more cautious personality, but he can't stand the recent "brainwashing" that Nohara Naoto and the old men from the kendo club have been doing to him.
Don't worry, Qingshui. Regardless of our poor strength, even if the students from other schools are better than us, they won't be much better. That girl last time was an absolute outlier.
The formal competition system is too strict and rigid and difficult to understand. In order to facilitate the development of the plot, I may change some competition systems and settings. I hope everyone will bear with me.