Annoying Yukio

Shinichi Murakami listened to the discussion but didn't participate in it. He was a reporter for the "Aichi Shimbun", a famous newspaper office in Chubu region, who was not on the same level as those from unknown tabloid. Moreover, he hoped that Haruna could turn into a professional female swordsman and continue to shine in the professional arena and win honor for her hometown in the future. It was difficult to see such a talented and solid female swordsman in modern society. He wasn't a native of Nagoya but a native of Aichi Prefecture, so he really hoped that Haruna could go to Tokyo to beat the Kanto players.

He looked at Haruna's innocent smiling face in his camera album and smile slightly. He felt a pity for her. It would have been better if she didn't foul in the first round. In that case, she might be able to achieve the feat of "Forty-five Combativity Award".

Then he focused his attention on the list of male players of Hope's Peak Academy. Looking at the lineup of two second-year students and three first-year students, he shook his head slightly. The structure of this team seemed to be just to fill in the numbers, probably because of their women's team was coming to compete, so they were also bringing the men's team with them. They didn't even have a third-year leader in charge, and they couldn't even talk about training the team. They might even be beaten heavily by someone and shattered their confidence.

This was not a wise choice, but Shinichi didn't care. It was already a miracle to find a talented player in a school. Do you still expect to find another one? Hope's Peak Academy was a new school with little foundation, whose performance in various high school sports events was mediocre. He didn't know where they found a genius like Haruna, but it was impossible to find another one. What a joke! That school was not a genius breeding farm!

The best record of Hope's Peak Academy's men's team was entering the three rounds of the IH regional competition. It was not as good as the best one, but better than some weak teams! This new school probably invested a lot in club activities, but he didn't need to expect too much for it.

He no longer cared about Hope's Peak Academy, and browsed other lists. After looking at the historical results, he picked out a few key teams and then noticed a name. He was also a first-year student, and coincidentally surnamed Sakura, whose full name was Akiyoshi Sakura.

The surname Sakura was quite famous, but Sakura itself was not a popular surname. Could it be that the surname Sakura is the master of some swordsmanship school? Shinichi hesitated for a moment and decided to take a look at him because he had the same surname as Haruna who had the title of "genius kendo girl". What if he was also a genius?

He was doing his work as a sports reporter here, while in the locker room, the men's team was changing clothes and putting on protective gear. Yukio, the leader, said coldly: "First graders, don't rush later. The main thing is to consume their physical strength. Don't come down in ten or twenty seconds and cause a burden to others!"

Shin had a relatively mild temper and responded "Yes" softly, while Yuma curled his lips secretly, ignored him, and said loudly to Kazuya: "Matsuoka, this competition depends on you. I told Junko that I will get the honor for her this time. You must keep on! I will cheer you on from the sidelines. If you win, I will listen to your words during the period when we are in the amusement park!"

He was very dissatisfied with Yukio and shouted very loudly, deliberately trying to disgust him.

Kazuya glanced at his funny look. Is it none of my business if you want to show your manhood in front of your girlfriend Junko?"

Normally he would have to make fun of Yuma, but now he had to choose between Yukio and Yuma. He held his nose and support Yuma: "I see, leave everything to me!"

Although Kanae's wish had indeed been fulfilled now, even if they returned with a disastrous defeat, she probably wouldn't care. If he had known that Haruna could win, he wouldn't have come. But now they were already here, so it was acceptable to be beaten until he lost, while not okay to make him admit defeat directly. 

However, it was really hard to say that. If he didn't come, Haruna might as well eat hot buns with him at the Pure Flavor House right now! He could only say that things in the world are too wonderful and there are too many unexpected things.

He and Yuma both ignored others, making Yukio become angry. He cursed: "I told you not to rush, don't you have ears?" After saying that, he glared at Kazuya, feeling even more disgusted with him in his heart. This first grader is really arrogant. He even needs help from others to put on protective gear. The same goes for Shin. Can't you figure out who is the leader and who is the senior here? If you want to help, you must help me!

Kazuya's charm point was now over 25 points. It was estimated that a smile can make Yukio dissipate a lot of anger, but he didn't want to smile at Yukio, let alone talk to him. He patted his body and smiled at Shin. "Shin, I'm ready. You should hurry up and prepare yourself."

After saying that, he picked up his visor, picked up his bamboo sword, and left. Are you trying to stand out? What a beautiful idea you have. At that time, I wanted to be the general but you refused. Now that I'm a striker, you can just watch the show from behind.

Yukio was angrier He felt that these first-year students were impolite and didn't know how to respect their seniors! When Kazuya passed by him, he picked up his bamboo sword and drew it towards him. Kazuya raised his sword and twisted it with the handle to push him to the side, making Yukio bang his head on the iron cabinet with a loud bang. "Koshima Senpai, be careful. Here is narrow and slippery, you would be better go outside to warm up. Don't get hurt."

Why was kendo just called a sport? Mainly because it didn't work well in actual combat! Yukio might not be able to beat the gangsters with his fancy swordmanship. Not to mention holding a bamboo sword, it wouldn't take Kazuya three seconds to defeat him holding a real sword. Kazuya had the confidence to go to the ancient battlefield and kill three in and three out with a sowrd, while Yukio was probably stabbed into skewers.

Kazuya went out to meet Kanae, Haruka and the others. He didn't care about Yukio at all. He had never messed with this person, but this person always wanted to cause trouble for him. He could bear it once, but it would not last forever. If he hadn't considered the overall situation, he could have stuffed Yukio into the locker.

Kenji Nakano didn't notice Kazuya's movements. He asked concernedly: "Yukio, are you okay? Don't worry. We can talk about it after you warm up and go out later."

Yukio was shocked and angry, but he wanted to save his face. He knew that he had suffered the loss of being mute but was embarrassed to say it. He just felt more hatred in his heart.

The game started soon, and the opponent was the unknown team from Chiba Prefecture. After a set of ritual procedures such as salutes from both sides, Kazuya came on the field wearing black kendo clothes with a red cloth belt on his waist, standing on the starting line.A first-year student from the other side also came up, probably his team was here to train.

Yukio was very disappointed, secretly hating that Kazuya had taken advantage of his drawing lots. He stared closely at Kazuya's back and really wished he could suddenly rush forward and stab Kazuya on his opponent's behalf. 

Kazuya slowly approached his opponent. He planned to try his best to at least get the "Combativity Award" to be worthy of Shin's ask. He must not let him bear the responsibility of asking people wrong for help.

But the main problem was that he didn't have the terrifying stamina of Haruna's. That girl fought in two consecutive days but nothing happened. She could even rush into the eel specialty store and ate five portions of triple-layer eel rice, four portions of grilled eel in pickled sauce and added three large bowls of plain rice, which made her feel 80% full. The owner of the restaurant was shocked by the end of the meal. Not only did he refuse to provide more food for Haruna, but also gave Kanae a 20% discount.

Kazuya didn't want to lose too much to Haruna, so he planned to play less tricks, fight quickly to save energy as much as possible.