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

"He's not exactly handsome, but he's surprisingly gentle?" Chitose Mai felt that gentleness and Uesugi Kai were completely opposite to each other.

"Yes."

Kai Uesugi spoke without any emotion and changed the subject, "Aren't you women's teams planning to participate?"

In addition to five-person teams, there are also three-person teams in the team competition.

“I’m not good enough, senior,” Chitose Mai said. “I haven’t hit the target with a single arrow so far. Going to participate would only cause trouble for Asaka-senpai and Fuuko-senpai.”

Several members of the archery club walked in one after another and nodded to Kai Uesugi in greeting.

"Good afternoon, Uesugi-senpai."

"good afternoon."

Uesugi Kai casually replied a few words, then continued to Chitose Mai, "So what are your plans?"

"Hmm..." Chitose Mai thought for a moment, "Both of my seniors signed up for the individual competition, and as for me, I can only cheer you on with Hanabi-chan."

###Chapter 111 Effort and Slacking Off Must Be Done Simultaneously###

Although the archery club has few members, it is very famous.

The reputation of being among the top ten in the national championships also brought some publicity to the private school, Shin-Etsu.

Therefore, quite a few people join the archery club because of its reputation, but most of them are ghost members, and only a few persevere.

Principal's Office.

dong dong...

"Please come in."

The principal turned his chair to face the person who came in and stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray.

"Most of the talented students in the archery club go on to higher education. I won't even mention the individual competitions, but what are our chances of winning a place in this year's team competition?"

"some."

"Then I'll trouble you to do it. The archery club is very important to the school."

The principal's expression softened. "The archery club has never had an instructor. Would you like the school to arrange one for you?"

Aoyuya hesitated for a moment, then said, "If Sugita-kun is here, we don't need to for now."

The principal turned his chair around, closed his eyes, and under his somewhat graying hair, only his lips moved: "Actually, the school didn't pay much attention to the archery club before, just regarding it as a hobby group for the students."

"But ever since Sugita achieved such a remarkable result in the national championships, the board members have wanted to turn the archery club into a second baseball club to promote our Kanzaki-Koshido Private School."

He sighed.

"After all, it's a private school; it needs to make money."

The principal's words were very blunt, with no intention of avoiding any appearance of impropriety.

"However, I think it would be better for the archery club to maintain its own style. After all, even without the school's interference, students like Sugita can still emerge."

He spoke slowly and deliberately, pausing for a moment.

"That's what I told the board members, but ultimately, they still look at the results."

Wisps of smoke swirled in the room, and the principal, with his chair slung over his shoulder, remained silent.

Qingyouya understood that the principal meant that if the archery club did not achieve good results, the board of directors would probably have to forcibly intervene in management.

It might not be too bad, but it certainly wouldn't have the relaxed and comfortable atmosphere we have now.

Being in the baseball club is very tiring. There are fixed training times every day, and leaving early is strictly prohibited. It is also strictly forbidden to talk back to senior students.

First-year students usually do errands like handing out water and returning equipment.

The principal turned around again, took out a document from the cabinet, and handed it to Aoyuya who was walking over.

"This is general information about archery clubs in other schools, which I believe will be useful to you."

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Uesugi Kai, from the archery club, drew a green-feathered arrow from his quiver and hooked the fletching with the middle hook on the bowstring.

He raised the bamboo bow high, slowly drew the string with an extremely graceful shooting motion, looked straight ahead, released his finger, and shot. A streak of emerald green light flew across the lawn and hit the target.

Sugita Sohei stood aside, helping the first-year students correct their shooting patterns.

They just shoot randomly now, and often the arrows even fall off the ground, making it as bad as a cat falling into the water.

However, Sugita Sohei patiently guided and corrected their gruesome movements, and had them refer to the shooting pattern that Uesugi Kai had just demonstrated.

"It's common for arrows to fall off, so there's no need to worry too much. Make sure the arrow is properly nocked and the fletching is perpendicular to the string when you draw it."

"Pay attention to the connections; the body should display the cross shape."

A single note from a string.

After firing another arrow, Uesugi Kai lowered his bamboo bow and let out a soft sigh of relief.

This is his 40th arrow shot today.

His arms and fingers had begun sending cries of pain to his brain, desperately pleading with him to rest.

The first-year student diligently studied Uesugi Kai's movements, but he couldn't understand what Sugita Sohei was saying at all, and asked:

"Senior... what does this mean?"

Upon hearing this, Sugita Sohei did not answer his question, but instead called out to Uesugi Kai.

"alright."

Uesugi Kai reluctantly agreed, then drew another arrow, nocked it on the bamboo bow, and proceeded to the "meeting" before the "separation" of the eighth section of archery.

This refers to the action of drawing the bow before releasing the arrow, and holding that position.

“Pay close attention to Uesugi’s movements,” Sugita Sohei explained to the new students. “His shoulders, waist, and feet form a vertical line from top to bottom. This vertical line is perpendicular to the horizontal line of his hands as he draws the bow, forming a cross pattern.”

"The most important thing is the vertical line. As long as the vertical line of the waist is stable, the hands and arms on the horizontal line can be stretched out smoothly, thus showing an extremely beautiful shooting shape, making the whole person look very stable."

"Do you understand?"

"I... understand..." the first-year student replied blankly.

Kai Uesugi decisively lowered his trembling hand, which had been holding the bow in a drawing position.

"..."

Sugita Sohei felt he had explained things clearly enough. "Alright, you just need to keep your lower body steady and your hands steady when drawing the bow."

Sakurai Fuko smiled warmly: "Haha~ After all, this is a question from the fifth dan exam. It's quite difficult to understand and master it on the first try."

"Then... does senior know how?" Chitose Mai asked curiously.

“I can do both ‘Jiehe’ and ‘Shenhe’.” Uesugi Kai left his shooting position, turned around and walked to the bow rack. Right now, he just wanted to rest for a bit.

Chitose Mai looked at Uesugi Kai leaning against the stool and asked, "Zuihei should be the one that Sohei-senpai was talking about earlier, but what is Shinhei?"

"Draw the bow, release it, do not draw the bow again; for only this arrow remains in your heart." Uesugi Kai recited a line of poetry in a languid tone.

"?"

She was even more confused. "What do you mean?"

"It means I suggest you learn how to use the hexagram 'jihe' (解合) first."

"Really?" Chitose May had some basic Mandarin and could roughly understand the meaning of the poem.

"That's just the way it is."

Kai Uesugi felt that without Hanabi's smile by his side today, he had lost much of his motivation.

Understanding these things is meaningless now; Chitose Mai decided to shoot an arrow first.

"Huh, why isn't Asaka-nee here today?" Sakurai Fuko looked around. The department head, Hirata Masanobu, and Sugai Hideyoshi were all there.

With the competition approaching, the archery club's training has been quite intense lately.

The five players in the team competition will work together to develop their rhythm, while the two girls in the individual competition will also need to improve their shooting skills.

"There might be something important going on." Chitose Mai had just picked up a bow with relatively low draw weight from the stand.

Kai Uesugi knew why, but during his brief respite, he could only silently wish someone good luck.

The next few days were spent in this half-hearted effort.

###Chapter 112 After the hard work comes a comfortable weekend.###

After a fulfilling week, it started raining again on Saturday.

"Kai...Kai-kun...stop rubbing Hanabi's face..."

With a smile on her face, Uesugi Kai gently kneaded Hanamaru Hanabi's blushing, soft cheeks with both hands.

The fleshy sensation seeps into the lines of my fingertips, and my whole heart relaxes.

"Little Fireworks promised me I could customize your character's face today."

Since she was at home, Hanabi Hanamaru was wearing her favorite shark t-shirt and pink lantern shorts. Her fair thighs were hidden under the quilt, and her small, delicate feet were occasionally pulled inwards.

"But... Kai-kun has been massaging it for so long..."

Hanabi Hanabi's face bounced back under his pressure, her eyes fixed on him, her little hands pulling tightly at the wrinkled sheets as he moved.

"I started sculpting it before the fireworks even woke up..."

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Uesugi Kai lowered his hands and met her bright, gentle eyes.

"Auntie let me in."

"Mom... is a bad person too..."

"Didn't your aunt help Hanabi a lot?"

"Hanabi is very grateful to her mother, but now her mother is a bad guy."

Mrs. Hanamaru, who was watching TV in the living room, suddenly sneezed.

A moment later, she seemed to realize something, glanced at a room upstairs with a smile, and muttered things like "get married soon" and "have a grandson".