I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 253 Jade Dragon Flag

The homeroom teacher, Takeuchi Kei, reiterated the holiday schedule and reminded, "The training camp will start on August 3 and last for a week. If there are students who cannot go for various reasons, please ask for leave from me in advance and explain the reason for the leave."

"The results of the final exam will be sent to students and their parents in one week. The rankings will also be announced on the school website. Students can refer to their rankings to determine whether they have improved or regressed, and prepare for the next stage of study."

"Students who did poorly on the exam should not be discouraged, and students who did well on the exam should not be complacent. The three years of hard work in high school have just begun, and it is far from the time to make a final judgment. Not to mention now, even if you are successfully admitted to the university of your choice, do not relax. This society is very stressful. If you don't want to end up wearing cheap suits and walking around the streets as a salesman one day, then be prepared for lifelong learning."

Teacher Takeuchi tapped lightly on the table in the classroom, looked at each student, and nodded slightly.

"I have already said a lot of similar things to you at the beginning of the school year. You are all the best in your respective schools and all over the place. You are smart people. A loud drum does not need a heavy hammer. That is all I have to say."

He pushed his thick tortoise-shell glasses, looking a little old but with an extremely firm look in his eyes, fully demonstrating the determination of a teacher with 35 years of teaching experience to ensure that every student can enter a satisfactory university.

Tachibana High School pursues the path of strict education rather than happy education. Regardless of whether it is a major or minor exam, the student rankings will be announced in real time and sent to the parents' email, along with the teacher's comments and some suggestions for students' studies.

Basically, the pressure is maximized to urge students to work hard to be the best at taking the exam.

As for whether it has an impact on students' physical and mental health, I can only say that in this island country, academic qualifications do determine your future income and destiny to a large extent.

Although the island country has begun to outsource with the guidance of Han people in recent years, academic qualifications are still one of the most important criteria for judgment.

Moreover, the number of admissions to prestigious universities is not constantly expanding like that of China, and the value of admissions remains strong. Graduates from prestigious universities have higher incomes, are more likely to find jobs, and have better prospects than students from unknown universities.

Of course there are exceptions for those with special talents.

For example, some people have good vocal talents and can become voice actors, some people have good painting talents and can become painters, and some people have good musical talents and can become singers, and the list goes on.

But there are only a small number of people who can rely on special talents to make a living and eat well.

The reality is cruel. Most people's talents are quite mediocre. Spending more time and energy to be the top scorer is the only way for ordinary people to get better rewards.

However, Dong Yeyu had been told these words countless times by his teachers and parents in his previous life, and his ears were callused, so he was not as touched as these young students.

I just sigh inexplicably in my heart.

The teachers I met in both lives seem to have the same personality. On one hand, they say you can take leave, but on the other hand, they put pressure on you. Do you allow me to take leave or not?
However, these words did help the students in the classroom to calm down a little bit because of the upcoming vacation. Several boys and girls who wanted to take leave also began to ponder silently.

Dongye Yu glanced around and saw that most of the students were lost in thought with serious expressions, as if they were mentally prepared to study to the end without a break. Even Arima had a determined look in his eyes.

Still young, Dong Yeyu, a senior who is a seasoned student, sighed.

"Okay, let's stop here. I wish my classmates a happy holiday." Kei Takeuchi bowed slightly and then left the classroom.

The atmosphere in the classroom, which had been relaxed due to the holiday, became tense again. The students packed their bags silently and occasionally looked at each other. There was a feeling of tension between competitors.

"Mukai, your grades have always been similar to mine. It's time for us to get to know each other." The mushroom-headed boy named Inagaki Minami pushed his round-frame glasses.

Shingo Mukai, who had a crew cut, grinned and said, "Inagaki, even though there is no best writer, you and I must compete this time."

"What if you lose?"

"If I lose, I will be your godfather."

Higashino Yu: Read less Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Most of Tachibana's students are top students in their respective junior high schools, so they are all a bit arrogant towards each other. They usually get along well, but when it comes to the final exams, which are a life-and-death battle, the smell of gunpowder has already filled the entire classroom.

Only Arima Norimune seemed unaffected. As soon as the homeroom teacher left, he got rid of the shackles of the final exams and began to look forward to the future.

"Dongye, President Yasuhara asked us to go to the club after the exam. He said it's about the arrangements for the Jade Dragon Flag. Do you want to come with us?"

Arima Norimune slung his shoulder bag over his back and stood up elegantly, "This time, I will make the name of Sky Blue Ittoryu famous throughout Kansai!"

He seemed to have thrown away all the frustration he had just felt about the answer into his desk cabinet.

"Arima, are you no longer worried about the test results?" Imagawa Kashiwagi asked curiously.

Arima Zemune laughed three times.

"There is still a week before the exam results are announced. It's still a long time. Besides, this period of time happens to be the time for the Jade Dragon Flag. This must be God's will for me to concentrate on the competition. I have already agreed with President Yasuhara that I will be the vanguard and go into battle first to consume the opponent's physical strength."

As he spoke, he placed his hand on Dong Ye Yu's shoulder with a serious look.

"I will kill a dozen people first to get the reward for daring to fight. If I am finally defeated due to exhaustion, it will all depend on you, Dongye. Please accept it. That is my last ripple."

Dare to fight for rewards? You really dare to think so.

Dong Yeyu was speechless, and he didn't want to hurt his self-confidence, so he just smiled politely and said, "Come on."

Arima Zemune's ability is pretty good among the students, but he is still far from being able to win the Dare to Fight Award.

Although all participants in the Jade Dragon Flag Competition are students, not all of them are mortals. There are also many young demon hunters like Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami who have practiced martial arts and swordsmanship since childhood.

It’s not that other weapons are not suitable for eliminating demons, but the demons on this island country like to lurk in crowded places and secretly eat people.

Therefore, demon hunters often have to fight in the streets when hunting demons. It is difficult to use long weapons, so they have no choice but to choose short weapons such as katana and wakizashi, which have large flaws but are suitable for unarmored street fighting.

This has been passed down from generation to generation. Although their swordsmanship is not perfect, it is at least better than those students who treat kendo as a sport.

After all, it is a skill for survival. As a demon hunter, one has to walk on the edge of life and death all year round. If one does not practice swordsmanship and magic spells hard, and is eaten by the monster while hunting the demon, it will be too late to regret.

In order to assess the degree to which their younger generations have mastered martial arts, the foundation of their lives, many demon hunter families regard national kendo competitions such as the Jade Dragon Flag Competition as a form of training for their younger generations.

If you can win the grand prize, your family marriages will be looked up to in the future - Yulong Banner has more than 500 teams participating in the competition every year, making it the perfect platform for competition and learning from each other.

"I wish you two win the grand prize. I will watch the live broadcast of the game in Tokyo and cheer for you!" Imagawa Kashiwagi said seriously. His swordsmanship was quite average and he lost in the kendo club's contestant selection. In addition, he had to help his family run the store, so he was unable to participate in the Jade Dragon Flag competition.

"Alas, what a pity! If you, Imagawa, had gone too, wouldn't you have been known as one of the Three Sword Masters of Tachibana?"

Arima Norimune sighed. He seemed to have an inexplicable obsession with the number three.

Imagawa Kashiwagi was helpless, "My swordsmanship is mediocre, there is nothing I can do."

The Tachibana Kendo Club is not considered an unpopular club, with more than a hundred members, but there are only five spots for the Jade Dragon Flag, and members from three grades will compete on the ring together.

With Imagawa Kashiwagi's level of swordsmanship, he wouldn't even be eligible to be a substitute, let alone a regular player.

"It's okay. The Jade Dragon Banner will be held three times. If Imagawa is interested, I will teach you sword skills later."

Higashino Yu comforted himself by saying that he had now been recognized by Arima Normal University and was qualified to teach others swordsmanship on his own. It would not be a problem for him to open a kendo gym right now and recruit disciples.

Imagawa Kashiwagi shook his head: "Forget it, I probably don't have a talent for swordsmanship, and I don't have much strength."

Higashino Yu didn't say anything when he saw this. Imagawa Kashiwagi wasn't planning to be a policeman, so it would be good for him to get the prize in the Jade Dragon Flag competition, but it wouldn't affect anything if he didn't have it.

When I arrived at the kendo club, the dojo that used to be so bustling was now much quieter.

The exam had just ended and everyone was preparing to rest. Only the students who were selected to participate in the competition had arrived in the Kendo Club. There were only a dozen people in total, including the official players and substitutes. Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami was among them. She was the captain of the women's group.

Yasuhara Kazushi saw Higashino Yu and Arima Norimune coming in from outside and greeted them with a smile.

Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami also looked back at Higashino Yu, nodded slightly, and said nothing.

It’s not that she’s intentionally distant, it’s just her personality. After spending this semester with her, Dong Ye Yu has gotten to know this girl well.

Although she often went to the Higashino family to attend study sessions under the pretext of looking after Kaori and Shiori, her real purpose was spiritual practice. Nine out of ten sentences she spoke to herself were about spiritual practice.

Dongye Yu has great respect for this girl who is determined to slay demons and monsters. In addition, they have fought side by side and she has good character, so he treats her as a true friend.

Therefore, he often gave her advice on spiritual practice. Except for not teaching her the Shangqing Lingbao Dongxuan Zhenjing, he basically kept his other spiritual practice experiences to himself.

After everyone gathered, Yasuhara and Tsukasa first gave a brief pre-match mobilization, and then began to seriously instruct on pre-match matters.

"There are still two days before the competition. We will gather at school on the afternoon of the 19th and take the Shinkansen to Fukuoka City. The hotel has been booked in advance. The school leaders have allocated a special amount of funds to ensure that the students are in the best combat condition. You don't have to worry about food and accommodation. Just focus on the competition."

"Students need to take care of their health and get more rest in the next two days. If you need to practice swordsmanship, you can come to the club. I have applied to the school. You can come to the club to practice swordsmanship even during holidays. And you must not fight with others."

When Yasuhara and Tsukasa said this, they looked especially at Higashino Yu. After all, the brutal scene in which he had previously chopped off Sugaya Tetsuya with a single sword always made people subconsciously think that he was a brave and aggressive person who enjoyed taking revenge.

There are a lot of people in Tokyo, so naturally there are quite a few gangsters like bad boys.

If someone was so ignorant as to provoke Higashino Yu and was severely injured by a slap, it would be fine if he was injured, but if Higashino Yu was implicated in Orange, Tachibana Takashi would lose a key player in the Yulong Flag competition.

Yasuhara Kazuji, who is determined to win the grand prize, does not want to see such an uncertain event happen - he is already a senior in high school, aiming for the investigation class, and attaches great importance to the result of this kendo competition.

As a terrifying existence who killed dozens of people alone in the internal selection of Tachibana High School Kendo Club, Higashino Yu is a well-deserved leader and a key figure in Tachibana Private High School's winning of the Jade Dragon Flag Award. No mistakes can be made.

After giving instructions for matters before the game, Yasuhara Kazushi said again.

“Finally, let me briefly talk about the Jade Dragon Flag with some students who have not participated in the Jade Dragon Flag Competition.”

Dong Ye Yu had read the rules about the Jade Dragon Flag on the Internet earlier. After comparing them with the rules mentioned by An Yuan He Shi, he found that there were no mistakes or omissions, so he felt relieved.

Yulongqi is a kendo competition for high school students held in Fukuoka every summer. There is no preliminaries and there are many participating teams, with more than 500 teams competing in the competition, so the competition time is not short.

The contestants are divided into men's and women's competitions, with five people on the men's team and five people on the women's team.

The positions of the players are vanguard, second striker, backbone, deputy general, and main general.

The order in which the players appear is generally vanguard, second striker, backbone, deputy general, and main general, usually from weak to strong.

The competition system is a deathmatch, which does not emphasize wisdom or strategy, nor does it emphasize average strength, but only emphasizes absolute strength.

The specific rules are also very simple. There are 5 people in a team. The winner stays on the field, and the loser leaves. The one who finishes his turn first among the 5 loses.

However, the main general of each team has a considerable advantage in determining the outcome. As long as the game ends in a tie and the opponent is not the main general, the player wins and can continue to stay on the field waiting for challenges from other opponents. If the opponent is the main general, then it is considered a tie and both teams have to leave the field.

A powerful commander can even kill several teams in a row by himself and kill them all to the end.

However, that is only an ideal state. After all, even the most talented demon hunters are still human beings with limited physical strength. The current highest record is one person killing four teams in a row, twenty consecutive kills.

Generally speaking, the vanguard appears first and the main general appears last.

There are also cases where the main player is sent out first, but in this case it is either because the player is very confident in the ability of the main player, or because his brain is not working very well.

Just like Tian Ji's horse racing, if the main general plays first, the opponent's inferior horse will consume too much energy, and then the main general will be exhausted and defeated. If the other team members are not strong enough, they will easily lose the game.

After Anyuan Hesi carefully explained the rules of the competition, set the gathering time, and announced the disbandment.

The students left one by one, and Dong Ye Yu did not plan to stay here any longer.

Ma Zhongkang must be brought along to this competition. The old man's soul is on the verge of collapse. If we don't make some magical instruments that can contain his soul, there's no telling when he might collapse.

At this time, Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami came over. Arima Norimune looked at the two of them and then sneaked away, thinking he was quite tactful.

Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami didn't say anything special, he just glanced at Higashino Yu and said softly: "The thing you asked for earlier has been prepared."

(End of this chapter)