Chapter 35 Tension

Two days later, Teitan High School.

In less than two weeks, the next Saturday will usher in a grand event of kendo - the Kanto Tournament.

At that time, kendo masters from the Tokyo area and several surrounding counties will gather at the Tokyo National Gymnasium to draw their swords and compete.

The high school group, university group, and adult group competitions will be held together. In the adult group, there are many well-known swordsmen who have already become famous.

It can be predicted that the popularity of the competition at that time may only be second to the football match on the first day of the new year, or even comparable.

Therefore, the kendo department of Teitan High School has received more and more attention in recent days.

Of course, the main focus is on the students in the school. After all, it is the kendo department of their own school, and it is the first time in ten years that they have challenged the Kanto Tournament again.

And it is said that some management of Teitan are also very concerned about this, but these have nothing to do with ordinary students.

Therefore, the kendo club and even every member of the kendo club are the most popular these days.

"Noodles!"

"Hands!"

"Torso!"

After class in the afternoon, in the kendo club, before entering the gymnasium, you can hear the continuous shouting of full of energy.

Sonoko and Xiaolan heard the voices from inside at the door, and stopped for a while before entering the gymnasium and finding the kendo club.

Normally, even if the two beautiful girls passed by the door, they would definitely change the atmosphere of the entire kendo club.

But today, Xiaolan and Sonoko stood at the door, but no one noticed them. Even if there were no people 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 familiar, because the karate club often had such a situation when facing a competition.

But not everyone was so passionate.

Seeing this scene for a while, she was a little excited.

Sonoko was a little different. Although she also felt the hot atmosphere, she was not affected much.

She looked forward to looking for someone, and her goal was very clear from the beginning.

Moreover, in such a hot training atmosphere of the Kendo Club, almost everyone wore protective gear tightly, even those who were training alone, so Sonoko had no time to pay more attention to other aspects of these masked people.

"Hey! Xiaolan, is that it?!"

"Uh, I don't think it should be——."

"What about that over there?"

"Uh"

Xiaolan was reluctant to come, at least she was reluctant to be pulled here by Sonoko for this purpose.

Seeing Sonoko like this, although it was expected, it still felt a bit of a headache.

"Well, Sonoko, calm down a little, Shimizu-kun is the trump card of the Kendo Club's publicity, and with his personality, he will definitely not be here."

Although Xiaolan had never been here and had never heard others talk about the things in the Kendo Club, these words were unexpectedly accurate.

Because when they first met, she had already keenly felt a unique trait in Shimizu Koji, the kind of unsociable temperament that belongs to the strong.

Well, to use a saying from the ancient Eastern country, it is called the heights are lonely.

Xiaolan has seen many such people, and they are completely different from her personality.

She estimated that Shimizu Koji was either in a separate training room or watching the game. Anyway, Xiaolan could not imagine Shimizu Koji sweating profusely in a group of people.

In fact, her guess was not wrong. Shimizu Koji was in the lounge at this time, facing the ground seat of several seniors led by Nohara Naoto.

"I said, you don't have to do this."

"We volunteered!"

"Shimizu! Everyone hopes that you will be the leader this time! My ability is really not enough to take on this important task!"

Nohara Naoto almost burst into tears. He did sacrifice and pay a lot for the Kendo Club, but this was not what Shimizu Koji asked for.

Although he was a little angry at first because this guy had submitted the list of participants without his consent, he agreed to participate after a series of prostrations and requests.

But he didn't expect that it was not enough. Maybe it was because he agreed last time but didn't say much.

Maybe that's why Nohara Naoto thought that he might have some grudges about this, so he brought a few seniors to do this again today.

And this time there were new requirements, oh, should I say requests.

These people actually wanted him to be the leader. What a joke. Not only is he just a freshman, he really doesn't want to be a leader.

"Sorry, please stand up. I can't agree. You should be the leader yourself, Minister Nohara."

Seeing that Shimizu Koji was determined, Nohara Naoto and others no longer insisted. After all, Shimizu Koji's words were usually true.

And to be honest, regarding the issue of the leader, they just felt that it was more appropriate to let Shimizu Koji, the strongest person, take the responsibility. It's not that he must be the leader, but it's just out of respect for the strong.

"Shimizu!"

Nohara Naoto stood up, looking moved, although Shimizu Koji didn't know what he was moved by.

These people are more or less abstract, especially Nohara Naoto. Maybe it's because of the slogan of "Revitalizing the Glory of Teitan" that has been shouted so loudly recently?

Anyway, Shimizu Koji has often seen them shouting like this recently, and when they shout, their blood is surging, their momentum is amazing, and it's embarrassing.

However, there is one thing that still confuses him, because the Kanto Competition is not a competition like the Jade Dragon Flag where individual strength determines success or failure.

If it is a competition system like the Jade Dragon Flag, according to the competition videos that Shimizu Koji has watched recently (given by Nohara Naoto and others), it's nothing that Nohara Naoto and others are so excited. After all, his strength is here, and he really has a great chance to lead the team to achieve a good result.

But the Kanto Kendo Competition is a kendo event in the Kanto region. The competition rules are quite formal, and the team competition is also a small group of three people.

In other words, assuming that Shimizu Koji can get a point every time, he still needs another strong person for the team to go far.

But are there really such people in the Teitan Kendo Club now?

However, there is still an individual competition in the Kanto Tournament. If there is no person like the girl last time, Shimizu Koji thinks that he has a great chance of winning.

Normally, Shimizu Koji would not think so, because he is a cautious person, but he can't stand the fact that Nohara Naoto and the old man of the Kendo Club have been "encouraging and brainwashing" him recently.

They said, "Don't worry, Shimizu, don't look at our poor strength. Even if other schools are stronger than us, they are not much stronger. The girl last time was absolutely an outlier.

The regular competition system is too strict and rigid, and it is difficult to understand. In order to facilitate the development of the plot, I may change some of the competition system and settings. I hope everyone will forgive me.