Chapter 53 – Protagonist’s Talent #2
“Your thyroid should be tightened like this. Anyway, I’m really glad. The director said it was okay.”
Chinami helping me put on the armor in front of me.
Looking at her like that, I said in her serious tone.
“I see. But Master.”
“Yes?”
“It was great.”
At those words, an arc was drawn in Chinami’s eyes.
“I couldn’t score. As expected, Lenka is an excellent kendo player.”
“In my eyes, Master looked better.”
“You are overrated. Did you get anything?”
There was.
When the other nerds and Lenka got together, it was over too quickly, so there was nothing to see or do,
In the match between Lenka and Chinami, I could see the flow and movement of the two people to some extent, as if they had received a main character buff.
I couldn’t see all of them, but I thought I could hit Lenka at least once.
“Sure. But what is cruelty? Earlier, I heard that seniors say that good manners are important.”
“Ah…That’s…”
While Chinami helps her put on the hukou, she starts teaching her how to score in kendo.
She said that effective lattice, jansim, ki sample matching… All of these must be harmonized to win a match,
She understood, but she was frankly complicated.
She wasn’t able to learn everything while wearing Hogu.
Chinami also thought that she had the same thoughts as me, and she explained her very simply.
“If you look at it with a real sword, if you can incapacitate the opponent with a single, accurate attack, it’s a bout. I need more explanation, but it’s good to know this much for now.”
“All right.”
“Try bumping into it. Lenka is really strong and it will be difficult to score her, so she just does whatever she wants to do.”
It’s not difficult, you might think it’s impossible.
Even so, I am grateful to Chinami, who takes care of my feelings and softens her words.
I said with a smirk as I looked down at her.
“I will avenge Master’s grudge.”
“Phew!”
She bursts out laughing and wraps her head towel around my head.
It wasn’t a mockery, but there seemed to be no anticipation at all.
She put on her face and tied her hair tie, and she patted my back.
“It’s done now. When junior Miura’s sparring is over, you can wear her Howan and go to the coach. Feel free to do whatever you want to do. No one will say anything.”
“Yes.”
Hearing Chinami’s encouragement, I got up and looked in the mirror.
It seems to fit well except for the fact that the waist looks chubby.
Looking into the middle,
“Ahh!”
Tetsuya, who let out a pretentious spirit, was charging at Lenka.
And Lenka was silently accepting Tetsuya’s courageous attack.
It’s going the way I knew it, but…
I will take this event and make it into a new scene.
The number of victors should be raised in the beginning.
Otherwise, there is no chance for me to score points.
I, with a fighting spirit burning inside, holding a shinai,
“Five…! Matsuda! Does it suit you?”
I went in front of the seniors who were quietly chatting in the corner of the room and lowered my waist.
Then, after peeking at Goro, who was concentrating on fighting, he joked in a voice that was barely audible to Lenka.
“Lightning Breath…”
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“Lightning Breath…”
Flinch.
Lenka, who was receiving Miura’s attack, was taken aback when she heard her small voice coming from a distance.
It was because I heard the name of a technique used by my favorite character in an animation I had fun watching recently.
‘Who is it…?’
Fuck-!
Having parried off Miura’s clumsy attack, Lenka glanced at the place where the voice had come from while taking a breather.
I see one with his left foot stretched forward and his hand on the bamboo sword at his waist.
He’s wearing a mask, so I don’t know the details, but he’s probably Ken Matsuda.
I didn’t think he would be interested in anime, but he knew something like that… It’s unexpected.
And I’m a little angry
Beginners who have just learned kendo do not engage in sparring.
Even so, the director highly praised Miura and Matsuda’s momentum, and made them wear special protective gear.
But even if I waited with a godly heart, I couldn’t believe I was playing such a funny prank.
It doesn’t look good because they seem to think of kendo as a game.
But I’m a beginner who hasn’t mastered etiquette yet, so let’s take a look.
“What is the breath of lightning?”
A naive Chinami approaches Matsuda and asks a question.
And Matsuda…
“It is one of the breathing methods that promotes blood circulation and heartbeat, increases body temperature and recovery, and strengthens physical abilities. You become stronger as if you became a goblin.”
I recited the explanation exactly as it appeared in the anime.
“Wow…! By the way, did you have a breathing method like that?”
“Yes.”
“Breath of lightning… What a wonderful name. I want to learn it too.”
“I will teach you. We will tell you more later.”
Don’t be fooled, Chinami!
You are being teased right now!
Calming her heat, Lenka nodded her head as she looked at Goro, who was watching her and Miura closely.
It means that the sparring with Miura will stop here.
After confirming the signal, Goro raised the flags in her hands and declared the game to be stopped.
“Stop. Both into position.”
Renka, who went to the middle of her, smiled brightly at Miura, who was making reference to her with her awkward posture.
Unlike Matsuda, it was because I liked him since he was sincere.
“Thank you for your effort.”
“Thank you for your effort.”
After greeting Miura, Lenka said,
“Can I ask what your last attack was like?”
She smiled benignly as he approached and asked a question.
“If the director is present, giving instructions between trainees is disrespectful. I’ll tell you later.”
“Ah yes…! Thank you!”
“Yes. Good work.”
Soon after, Matsuda, who had been called by Goro, walked confidently and stood opposite him.
Then he said while bowing.
“I will leave it up to you.”
There seems to be a mixture of courtesy in the tone of speech.
Just like the rumors within the academy, it seems that the attitude is definitely changing.
“Give it.”
Hearing Goro’s stern voice, Matsuda crouched down slowly.
The attitude of conformity is also quite good. Slightly better than Tetsuya Miura.
This must be because of Chinami’s one-on-one tutoring.
Standing up facing each other, Lenka’s eyes lit up as Matsuda raised her shinai.
When I saw it a while ago, the bamboo sword swayed like a reed, but now it is calm.
Even considering that he is standing still, his aim is quite good.
I think it would be useful if you just fix that cheeky look…
‘Great.’
If you crush a guy like that once, he’ll be calm for a few days.
So, she should tease her in moderation, tease her pride, and tell Chinami to treat Matsuda somewhat harshly.
“Start!”
Hearing Goro’s voice, Lenka tried to set up a bamboo sword.
“Yes?”
Unknowingly, I ended up spitting out an exclamation mixed with doubts.
It was because Matsuda raised her arms high and took an awkward top position.
A guy who hasn’t learned the middle school properly yet uses the top tax?
Could it be that Chinami told her to use the top three in her sparring?
Glancing at Chinami, she was more than surprised and almost shocked.
That doesn’t mean she didn’t do it.
‘This…!’
Having sunken her eyes, Lenka silently gnashed her teeth.
She tried to be moderately flirtatious, but I’m just going to shame her openly.
It tells you how crappy the guild without basics is, and makes you serious about kendo.
Lenka thought about how to cook Matsuda, and as she posed,
‘Yes…?’
I was very surprised to see that Matsuda’s body, which had taken the top position, looked quite gigantic.
She can’t be said to be like Mount Tai, but her momentum is fierce.
So much so that she feels like a perfect fit for the top three.
The eyes seen through the face of the face are also very serious.
Even her sharp momentum that she exudes is met head-on.
The spirit is great. It’s like watching her tiger.
Lenka, who almost lost her breath for the moment, quickly regained her composure.
She surprisingly shows off her good side, but that’s all.
Her aim is clumsy and there are many gaps, and she even covers my view with her own wrist.
‘Great.’
Her bout is taken without mercy.
Let’s instill her frustration by not even allowing her to attack.
Lenka gripped the hilt of her sword and vigorously extended her shinai just in time for Matsuda to try to roll her feet.
Wedge-!
One of the top three’s representative weaknesses, neck sting.
Even Chinami, who had excellent experience and skills, had numerous enemies who scored on this stabbing, much less Matsuda, who had not even learned the basics of midterms and kicks, could avoid or parry this attack.
‘It’ll hurt a little.’
When Lenka confirmed that the shinhyeok of the bamboo sword was being fired at the point on her neck, she had no doubt that Matsuda would let out an unsightly scream.
But,
Parchit-!
“Uh…?”
She opened her eyes wide as her shinobi brushed Matsuda’s face.
‘Did you avoid blood…?’
Was that what you were expecting? The neck sting will fly?
No, no.
Judging from Matsuda’s current stance, her legs were spread out to the side, far too wide to be seen in a normal kendo match.
This means that it was not expected and avoided, but moved with animal senses.
“Suck!”
Whoa-!
After that, Matsuda’s arms, which burst into a short and light spirit, were dynamically swung around, creating a piercing sound that seemed to rip the air.
Piing-!
Lenka gulped down her saliva as Matsuda’s piercing eyes peered through her face towards her own waist.
‘Waist…!’
Suddenly regaining her senses, Lenka hurriedly tried to move, but Matsuda’s bamboo sword had already touched her right waist.
Wow-!
A heavy hitting sound that resonated clearly.
The atmosphere in the room, which had been relaxed after several sparring battles, became heavy again.
“…..”
“…..”
Insolvency where only silence lingers.
The members, Chinami, Lenka, and even Goro were staring at Lenka and Matsuda in a state of fascination.
The first to break the silence
“Is it done? Did you get that score?”
It was a half-doubtful voice from Matsuda, who casually retrieved her shinai and stepped back.
The second time he came to his senses, the head of the 3rd grader who was watching the referee creaked and turned toward her blast furnace.
“Ha, one round…?”
