Living in Tokyo, all I want to do is laze around.

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After class in the afternoon, it's time for the archery club's daily club activities.

Sports clubs are different from cultural clubs. Cultural clubs are more relaxed. You can go there every day and relax. You only need to submit articles or assignments to the student union when needed. You can leave early.

Sports clubs are much busier, often training until around 6 p.m., and sometimes even until 9 p.m., with only two or three days off a month.

The baseball, basketball, and soccer clubs are particularly strict, with early departures strictly prohibited. They often train until late at night, and their figures can be seen on the playground most of the time, after all, these are sports where youthful sweat is poured out.

As Uesugi Kai walked on the playground, watching them sweat profusely and cheer loudly, he grew to like archery even more.

Although the posture of drawing the bow still made his whole body ache, at least it was a training exercise that didn't require him to move, which was much more comfortable for him.

Chitose Mai suddenly appeared in front of Uesugi Kai, with her signature smile.

"Hehe, Uesugi-senpai."

"Ah."

Kai Uesugi nodded in response. Pretty girls look especially beautiful when they smile, and this was perfectly reflected on Chitose Mai's face.

She took off her headphones and smiled at Kai Uesugi:

"Senior, senior, does your leg hurt? This morning when I got up, I couldn't even go down the stairs."

"It's alright."

There was definitely some soreness, after all, I stood in that bow-drawing posture for almost 2 hours, but it wasn't so bad that I couldn't even go down the stairs.

Chitose Mai shook her aching shoulders and said with great distress, "Ah~ it's so good to be a boy. Even though you don't seem like someone who likes to exercise, you don't seem to feel anything from this kind of training. Is it a problem with your physique?"

"Boys do have an advantage in this area, but it varies from person to person. Don't you want to be a girl anymore?"

"How could that be! Senior, why did you suddenly think of this?"

Chitose Mai immediately said, then looked at Uesugi Kai and showed her signature smile, "But I think you're pretty handsome too, senpai. How about you become a girl? You'd definitely be prettier than me!"

Chapter 36: The Archery Club – Continuing to Grow.

Surprisingly, Uesugi Kai did not resist what Chitose Mai said.

What are the advantages of being a girl?

Upon seeing this, Chitose Mai opened her mouth in surprise, "Senpai, you don't really want to become a girl, do you? Although that wouldn't be bad."

As she spoke, she smiled again and began to vigorously promote her gender advantages.

"There are many advantages to becoming a girl: you can be cute, pretty, arrogant, silly, weak, or indifferent. You can also wear dresses, jewelry, and many other things that I can't even describe."

“But that can’t be a reason for me to give up my gender.” Uesugi Kai suddenly noticed a baseball flying over and hitting the wire mesh wall with a crisp sound.

"So, what kind of personality do you like in a girl, senior?" Chitose Mai glanced at the voice, but quickly turned back to ask.

Why ask these questions?

"I want to win you over, senior, just like in a video game, where the male protagonist wins over the female protagonist." She said casually, looking straight ahead, and then took out a piece of chewing gum from her pocket and put it in her mouth.

"?"

Kai Uesugi increasingly felt that she couldn't understand this classmate named Chitose Mai, and recalled some game plot points that Tsubokawa had casually mentioned recently.

"You approached me just to make me fall for you like in a visual novel, and then dump me as revenge?"

He didn't remember ever doing anything to offend her.

"Hehe, I didn't expect someone like you to know about visual novels. Have you played them?"

Chitose Mai replied with a playful smile, her expression showing great delight.

"I've played White Album 2, Steins;Gate, and CLANNAD at home. Actually, visual novels are really fun. Want to play together?"

“No, I’ve only heard of it, I’ve never played it,” Uesugi Kai replied.

"You absolutely, positively must try it! You'll definitely thank me in the end!"

After saying that, she smiled again, looking very happy.

"Ah."

Kai Uesugi nodded and looked again at the archery club not far ahead. Because of her strong recommendation earlier, she had become somewhat interested in these games. She would give them a try if she had the chance, since it was a field she had never ventured into before.

Entering the archery club, one is greeted by a familiar dojo; the wheat-yellow floor is spotless and shiny.

Below the sign "Shoot with utmost accuracy" in the upper right corner of the dojo, several longbows of varying sizes are arranged on a shelf in an orderly and tidy manner.

The senior members, dressed in white haori kimonos and black hakama trousers, stood at the archery positions in front of the dojo, drawing their bows and looking straight ahead, standing steadily.

The aloof Asaka Ogata, the sunny Masanobu Hirata, the short-haired Fuko Sakurai, and the department head Yuya Ao stood in a row with three seniors whose names Kai Uesugi didn't even know yet.

As he took off his shoes and entered, he glanced at the senior on the far left, Sugita Sohei, whose aura stood out from the crowd.

For a moment, Uesugi Kai couldn't even find an adjective to describe him: steady? rigid? mature?

Both are partially correct, but not entirely correct.

At this moment, Qing Youya, who had just fired an arrow, also saw the two entering the dojo. She turned around, walked over, and greeted them with a smile.

"Uesugi-kun, Chitose-kun."

“Mm.” Uesugi Kai nodded to him.

"Minister!" Chitose Mai called out to him, "Can we change the training method today? I stood all afternoon yesterday, and my legs and hands are still sore."

While speaking, he was still chewing the gum he had just eaten, and he seemed inexplicably restless.

"no,"

Qing Youya refused her request without even thinking, saying, "This kind of movement is the most basic of the basics. You can't learn archery well without a solid foundation."

As he spoke, he placed the longbow he was holding on the shelf in the dojo, and also hung his deerskin gloves on the shelf.

"This movement requires at least a week of practice, otherwise you won't even be able to draw the bow, and you might even injure yourself by pulling the bowstring. This is also for safety reasons."

"Sigh, alright then." Chitose Mai could only nod in disappointment.

"Actually, there's no need to be so pessimistic. It's only a week, it will pass quickly. This is the first hurdle in learning archery. After that, you will be able to train in hakama."

"Minister Seiyu," Uesugi Kai called out.

"Is there a problem?" Qing Youya also looked at him.

"I want to participate in the national archery championship. Do you have any suggestions?"

It's much more reliable to ask a professional about this issue than to find random things online.

Chitose Mai looked at Uesugi Kai in surprise: "Senpai, you want to participate in a national competition now?"

"Ha ha,"

Qing Youya smiled nonchalantly. He had always encouraged this idea. "My advice is to practice diligently step by step. If you learn quickly, you can master it in a month and then participate in county-level competitions. You should be able to get involved."

Uesugi Kai hadn't expected to rise to the top overnight, and continued to ask:

When is the national archery competition?

There will be one this September.

That tone... Qing Youya suddenly realized that the guy in front of her was serious.

"If you're serious, our school will be hosting a sports festival in June with four other high schools. There will be archery competitions, and you can gain some competition experience at that time, which will be beneficial to your personal growth."

Is there only two months left...?

Kai Uesugi nodded to him, his tone calm: "Yes, no problem, I will study hard."

Okay, keep it up.

Aoyuu smiled and encouraged him, saying that he admired people who had such goals and worked hard for them, and he would try his best to support them. However, he didn't think Uesugi Kai could get any effective ranking.

Even in high school archery competitions, team archery contests have a hit rate of about six out of ten shots. To stand out, the most important thing is mental training, achieving a unity of spirit and discipline.

This is not something that can be accomplished in just one month.

As for the national archery competition... needless to say, it's a place where only the most freaks can rank.

Aoyuya also subconsciously glanced at Sugita Sohei in the shooting position.

......

The other new members arrived one by one, and then it was training time, just like yesterday.

Due to fatigue and soreness, everyone's standing posture became crooked and unsteady, and it took them a long time to regain their balance.

Kai Uesugi also found it difficult to maintain the same composure as yesterday. The physical pain easily led to mental frustration, causing her to become lethargic.

However, he was trying his best to maintain the posture of raising his hand and drawing the bow, looking at the senior archers training in front of him, and secretly extracting his own precision and proficiency from their movements.

【Precision Lv4 (2/8)】

Time slowly passed...

【Precision Lv4 (3/8)】

At this moment, Uesugi Kai suddenly thought of a question: Wasn't he supposed to be a lazy bum relying on the system? Why was he working so hard now?

While continuing to improve his proficiency, he also fell into deep self-doubt.

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Fireworks Attempt to Take Another Step Forward.

【Precision Lv4 (5/8)】

The setting sun blazed like fire, setting the cherry blossoms on fire as they drifted away.

"See you tomorrow, senior!"

Beneath the cherry blossom path, Chitose Mai smiled and waved to him.

Uesugi Kaiya waved goodbye casually and turned to walk towards the teaching building, as he still had a study session to complete that day.

Actually, he didn't dislike his junior, Chitose Mai; he just thought she was a bit too outgoing and sometimes quite eccentric.