Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 401 What is the Reward?

"Sakamoto Shu, meet Ginseng!"

"Hurry up and finish the 'monkey show' and start the 'teaching session'..."

Sakamoto Hide, who was the third to come on stage, began to attack with a helpless look on his face.

"The first action is bamboo horse, is that right?"

"Again! Damn it..."

"Hey, did you catch it?"

Perhaps it was because he had practiced kendo for a period of time, on the fifth attempt, the "jade" in his hand actually caught the "sword" that was spinning and flying down!
"It worked in five attempts. Sakamoto-kun is amazing!!!"

Kobayashi and Tetsuda applauded in support.

"Well, next up is 'Sword-jumping Babies'... Oh, no, no..."

But in the next "more difficult move" which required circling the sword once and then letting it fall vertically again to catch it again, Sakamoto Hide made consecutive mistakes without any suspense and was defeated.

"Several guests only managed to complete the first move, which was a pity."

"Can you give me some more surprises at the end, little brother?"

Watching the one-sided "confrontation" in the center of the dojo, Akita Satoru sighed with a hint of regret.

"This is according to your sect's requirements. We have specially selected three young people. Two of them are boys with good kendo experience. It is said on the Internet that Xia Fan even broke the world record for the giant swing with a single elbow..."

"Perhaps, for those who have never experienced it, the movements of competitive kendama are indeed too difficult..."

"It's okay. In the teaching session later, your disciples will be able to show off their cool moves."

Yasaburo Ozu explained to him in a low voice.

Just as several guests speculated, the "Sword Jade Immortal" in this episode is 100% a business order.

The "duel" and "teaching" segments are arranged to showcase the cool moves of competitive kendama and achieve the effect of commercial promotion.

Before the program was recorded, the two of them had been entangled in the question of the difficulty of the Meng Yuan Wushuang disciples' moves...

The moves are too simple to show the audience the charm of kendama sports and subvert the stereotype of "folk toys"...

The moves were too difficult for the guests to complete, and the entire "duel" process was not interesting enough.

After repeated discussions, they finally chose difficult moves, focusing on showing the excitement of competitive kendama.

"Photography team, the last guest Xia Fan is going to lose soon."

"In the next teaching session, give more close-ups of the students demonstrating, so they look more handsome."

In order to smoothly pay the balance of the advertisement, Yasuzaburo Ozu whispered remedial measures into the communication channel in the headset.

"Is it my turn now... Xia Fan, I'm here to meet you!"

At the same time, as the last "surviving" guest on the stage, Xia Fan stood up with an obedient look on his face.

Even without makeup and holding a toy-like "sword ball" in his hand, it cannot conceal his piercing eyes and handsome temperament.

"Please make a move!"

The disciple who served as the referee guided softly.

"Um, Director, I want to ask you something first..."

"When the rules were announced just now, it didn't seem to mention what the reward would be if our guest team won?"

Just as everyone was paying close attention to Xia Fan's next move, he suddenly turned his head and asked in the direction of Director Ozu.

"The guest team... won... the reward..."

The whole audience's attention was immediately focused on Yasuzaburo Ozu.

"Ahem... the reward for winning is... is..."

He seemed to be stumped by Xia Fan's question, and his tongue began to become tied.

This kind of "duel" segment is a common plot in "Secrets of the Immortal", and it almost always ends with the guests losing, highlighting the power of the "immortal"... and in all these episodes, Xia Fan is the first guest to ask about the "reward for winning".

Yasuzaburo Ozu was unable to answer the question because the production team not only forgot to announce it, but also did not design any reward for the winning guest team!

Just think about it, how could the disciples who have been practicing Kendama for years lose to the guests who have never practiced before?

"If the guests can defeat these useless disciples, I will give them a limited edition collection of kendama that I forged and engraved my name on by hand..."

"The market price is about 300,000 yen..."

Akita Satoru next to him answered the question for the director, and was afraid that the guests and the audience had no idea, so he specifically emphasized the market price.

Not only was his answer timely, but the reward content he made up on the spot also cleverly promoted the value of "commercial competitive kendama".

"300,000 yen? Isn't that higher than my announcement fee for this show?"

"I will work hard!"

Xia Fan nodded with shining eyes.

"Remember to cut this sentence out for Xia Jun. These newly debuted traffic idols are the most troublesome. They think they can say whatever they want just because they are a little popular..."

Director Ozu secretly wiped his sweat when he saw everyone's eyes shift away from him and return to the center of the dojo.

In recent years, the industry has long been criticizing the "Secrets of the Immortals" program crew for being stingy, taking advantage of both sides, and exploiting the guests. We can't give these people any more excuses.

"What's the point of asking for the reward? Does Xia Fan think that he can defeat four well-trained disciples by himself?"

"Maybe, I can't even complete the first 'Jumping Bamboo Horse', and I'm not as good as Sakamoto Shuu..."

The awkward feeling from just now was still lingering, and Xiao Jin glared resentfully at Xia Fan who had almost embarrassed him.

"Baby boy...I jump!"

At the same time, the hilt of the sword in Xia Fan's hand had been pulled around by the cotton rope and firmly inserted into the small hole in the ball.

"Baby, done!"

After a moment of silence, the referee announced the verdict.

"Wow……"

The previous one, Hideo Sakamoto, had also completed this action, so the people around him just exclaimed.

"If I feel this way, I can accomplish it!"

"A prize worth three hundred thousand is a lot of money..."

Xia Fan weighed the sword jade in his hand, his eyes became sharp, and a sharp murderous aura emanated from him...

The next second, Xia Fan's hands danced like afterimages, and the sword and jade in his hands were like orbiting asteroids, and began to fly with him as the "sun" as the center...

"Sword jumping bamboo horse, done!"

"Turn back to the bamboo horse roller, done!"

"Baby fight, done!"

"Pull the string to stop the sword, done!"

Using the same movements as the previous "Daxiangwan", Xia Fan completed this set of "Kendama Seven Stages LV10 Certification Moves" in a blink of an eye.

The move "Bamboo Horse" involves the sword flying into the air and falling back onto the ball, and it is named for its visual similarity to "Jumping Bamboo Horse".

Daxiangwan's seven-stage LV10 verification moves may seem fancy, but they are actually a series of moves derived from "baby's nest" with increasing difficulty as the core.

In front of Xia Fan, who has the protection of [Naked Body] and [Stand Puppet], this kind of action that requires physical fitness, detail control and force skills is not difficult to "replicate" at all.

"..."

The entire dojo quickly fell silent, completely eliminating the previous low laughter and discussions.

(End of this chapter)