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But the words kept lingering in my mind and I couldn't say them out.

Perhaps deep down in his heart, even though he was unwilling to admit it, he wanted to teach this ungrateful freshman a lesson.

The ignorant newbie actually looked down on kendo. Wearing protective gear is not just a matter of etiquette.

Even though he was a kind person, Senior A was a little annoyed by the difficult situation and the opponent's mysterious determination to play without wearing protective gear.

So, after opening and closing his mouth several times, he gave up.

Komoto Chi gripped the hilt tightly, feeling the sword in his hand, his eyes finally revealed some of the look of a kendo master, and finally said with relief: "Just do as you said, hold back when it's about to hit the body, no matter where you hit, as long as the opponent is unable to parry, the opponent loses. Don't worry about the rules of kendo, just draw the sword."

"That's right." Xing Yuanhui looked at the other party and saw that he had finally made up his mind. He said easily, "I see you have been struggling for a long time. There is no need to worry so much about a competition that is mostly a performance."

"I can't help but think about it." Senior A shook his head, not wanting to say anything more. "Come on, fight excitingly. I won't hold back."

"It will not let you down."

Chapter 28: You're not going to hold back, are you?

Senior Po Ma slightly bent her knees, adjusted her posture, and started with the sword in the middle position.

Xing Yuanhui followed suit and also used the mid-section style, competing with the opponent for the center line.

The two swords crossed and collided in the air, and crisp sounds were heard from time to time.

"Well, count to three, two, one, and then we'll begin."

Senior A didn't bother with the pre-battle etiquette of kendo, as it was meaningless for a newcomer.

This is no longer a simple tutorial for beginners, it must be a heavy punch! There is no time for these red tapes!

They silently recited numbers at the same time, their eyes exchanged, and they watched each other's movements. The rhythm of their mouths soon became consistent.

3. Chika Fujiwara, who was wandering around the scene, was called over by Minister Kojima. She saw two familiar people next to Kojima. They were Kallen and Erica Kose, who were active in the school newspaper as a duo in the News Department.

2. As the two of them stayed in the center of the field for too long, people kept casting curious glances at them. When they saw the two of them crossing their swords, they had a premonition that the competition would begin soon.

1. Senior A exhaled a long breath through his nostrils. Although this competition was not as serious as the martial arts competition outside the school, nor as boring as the internal training, it was enough for him to concentrate and perform at his best for various reasons.

Zero. Xing Yuanhui took a step forward, suddenly stretched out his hand from his wrist and chopped down vertically, and the senior quickly returned to defend horizontally.

"Pah!" The swords collided with each other making a loud noise, and some of the audience were startled.

Taking the initiative to attack? Oh, that's just what I want. Watch me put an end to this farce with a sword counterattack...

The idea was good, but Senior Jia was sweating profusely, and could only rely on the advantage of the strong sword body to barely block Xing Yuanhui's sword from getting closer to his head. (Strong sword body: the part from the middle of the sword body to the hilt).

Damn, this guy is so strong? I can't move at all!

In his imagination, he should block and deflect Xing Yuanhui's downward strike, then jump diagonally to avoid the opponent's subsequent inertial strike, and then chop the opponent's head diagonally to end the fight. This whole set of moves was also another perfect sword counter in his life.

As a result, he did block it, but Xing Yuanhui's sword was like it was filled with iron, and it was completely unable to deflect or rebound. If it weren't for the leverage advantage of using the strong sword to hit the weak sword, he would have been kneeling by now.

After realizing that he had no advantage in this brief wrestling match, Senior A took advantage of the fact that Xing Yuanhui had not systematically learned kendo and was accustomed to using his right hand to exert force, and deliberately tilted the sword to make Xing Yuanhui's sword slip.

At the same time, he moved his feet backwards, and while retreating to create distance, he got into a mid-range stance again, with the tip of the sword facing Xing Yuanhui.

The senior was secretly surprised that Xing Yuanhui's strength was astonishing!

Even before the count, although both parties had their hands on the hilt, he knew that the newcomer originally held it with only one hand, but when he saw him use both hands, he also learned to do the same.

But without day-to-day training, if one allows the arm to exert force naturally, people who are only good at using one hand will subconsciously ignore the existence of the other hand.

This was demonstrated in the confrontation just now. Even though Xing Yuanhui still held the weapon with both hands, only his right hand was exerting force, which would cause the force to tilt to one side.

He took advantage of this point, swiping in the direction of Xing Yuanhui's force while dodging backwards, thus avoiding a head-on confrontation with him.

Is the strength of one hand so great? Senior A watched Xing Yuanhui recover to the same mid-game stance as him, looking at him carefully, apparently thinking about how to attack.

During the competition, the people in the kendo club always think faster than usual. This is the result of long-term training.

Senior A thought: I can’t compete head-on with him in terms of strength and reaction. The failed sword counterattack just now has already explained a lot. I must let the newcomer reveal a bigger flaw...

But he couldn't find an opportunity. His sixth sense told him that even if he used his body skills to dodge after cheating, Xing Yuanhui's sword would definitely come to his rescue in time before his sword touched the opponent.

Perhaps it was because of Xing Yuanhui's powerful windmill before the game that made him alert. His control and reaction speed were definitely not low, and he could not be completely regarded as a novice.

Generally speaking, it is not easy to control the force in quick moves.

If your sword moves are fast and straight, with great force and momentum, but if you fail to decide the outcome with one move, the price of going all out is that your defense is exposed, and your opponent can kill you with a single stab. That's why there is a saying that you should retain three-tenths of your strength when you make a move.

But judging from the strength of the wrestling just now, Senior A could never have imagined that this young man who looked normal in size could be so strong that he could overpower his two hands with just one hand.

Even Minister Kojima, the son of the Metropolitan Police Department's Superintendent General who has practiced kendo since childhood, can't do it. Could this be the legendary gifted talent?

Unfortunately, if Xing Yuanhui had been able to control the direction and hold him down with the sword, he would have had nowhere to hide until the tip of the sword was about to touch his forehead.

This wouldn't have earned him any points in a regular match, but according to their pre-match rules, he lost.

No wonder Xing Yuanhui claimed that he had no experience in kendo but was able to walk onto the field so naturally. With such great strength, he could defeat even the strongest with his own strength. Could he have walked sideways with just this strength?

But strength is not everything! Let me, Tomokazu Komoto, practice with you!

Neither side on the field acted rashly. Xing Yuanhui seemed to have thought of an offensive strategy and moved closer to his predecessor.

The senior's pupils reflected Xing Yuanhui's slow and cautious pace forward, and he saw sufficient confidence in Xing Yuanhui's eyes.

The senior's brain was working quickly, and he thought: I have to find a weak point that is big enough to ensure that the opponent cannot come to my rescue in time after the pull. This way, I can ensure that I can retract my force or push away the sword that he cannot retract.

Judging from the opponent's attack, although he imitated me and took the same mid-range stance, he seemed to do it just because I did it. Without a deeper understanding of this, it means that Xing Yuanhui has no intention of grabbing the midline at all.

The center line is the battleground in kendo. On this straight line, whether it is attacking or defending, it is of great significance to both ends.

From the offensive end, this is the closest attack route. From the defensive end, the bamboo sword's general range is in the middle line between the two people. If you guard it well, you can resolve the attack with half the effort.

Since Xing Yuanhui was a novice, he couldn't understand the action of giving up the center line. He didn't know what it meant. Fighting wits and courage with the air would only waste his energy and be like winking at a blind man.

But precisely because Xing Yuanhui is a novice, he does not pay as much attention to his center line as someone like himself who has undergone a period of kendo training.

In the eyes of novices, as long as they are fast, they can recover no matter what the situation is.

But in reality, slow is slow. Imagine that the opponent's sword is coming straight at you, but you misjudge and swing outwards. How can you use the sword to block the aggressive Tang Zhu in front of you?

After going through all this, the idea of attack becomes obvious - find a way to lure Xing Yuanhui's sword away from the center line, trick the opponent into revealing a flaw when drawing his sword, and then give him a thundering blow. After the collision, he must retract the force in time or wrestle with the post-match attack unique to novices to avoid getting hurt.

Although it feels a bit strange for a senior to take the initiative to use the back hand, it doesn't matter! Anyway, the kendo club is supposed to give the newcomers the first hand. I didn't expect that I would remember this at this time.

By the way, I would like to take this opportunity to let the freshmen present here see that kendo in reality is not as easy as it seems. When facing the enemy's sword tip that breaks through the defense line, there will be no revolving lantern that explodes the small universe to save the world.

After deciding on the idea, Senior Jia also moved forward, and just like at the beginning of the competition, the swords entangled with each other. The hoarse friction sound was like the muffled thunder under the gloomy clouds. No one would doubt that a rainstorm was coming.

In a kendo match, it is common for two sides to fight each other with swords for a long time without attacking. This is not because they are using the frequency of the sword's shaking to communicate, but they are just fighting for control of the center line.

Senior Jia would occasionally knock Xing Yuanhui's sword hard to make it deviate from the center line, and he would always pay attention to the distance to resist Xing Yuanhui's counterattack. He did all this just to force out his ruthlessness.

Very good, very good. Since you are so serious, I hope you won’t miss my “flaws”.

Komoto continued to increase the force on his wrist, making the collision more aggressive. This would not bring any advantages, but it was an extremely effective psychological tactic, hoping to bring psychological pressure to the opponent, so that the opponent could not bear to attack.

But it wasn't enough, the bait wasn't big enough, not conspicuous enough.

He had to take one step further, get closer to Xing Yuanhui's attack range, as if deliberately exposing his back to the tiger, to tempt him and irritate him.

The new player's dominant hand is right, right? Then he will probably chop to the left, which will make his power more comfortable.

Senior Jia was like a seasoned hunter. He analyzed as much information as possible in a very short time and set a trap for Xing Yuanhui.

Now, the trap has been set, waiting for the right time.

He held the sword and poked it deep into the center line along Xing Yuanhui's sword. He used both hands to exert force, with the tips of the swords pointing towards their throats. Only the sound of the swords rubbing against each other, which was getting louder and louder, echoed around them.

For beginners like Xing Yuanhui who have never been exposed to kendo, keeping a distance from the tip of a sword is an instinct engraved in their genes. This will make them feel that danger is approaching, and they will inevitably want to keep their distance... or counterattack violently when they realize that they cannot retreat.

Komoto Tomo's step-by-step pressure successfully made Xing Yuanhui's decision move in the direction expected by his predecessor.

He was too close, Xing Yuanhui didn't even need to coordinate his steps, he could just stretch out his hand and poke his senior's throat.

This may be a trap, but the reward is too good.

Xing Yuanhui suddenly exerted force to push his predecessor's sword upwards, and used the cassock slash to swing the bamboo sword in the center to the lower left.

Senior Jia was well prepared. Although the bamboo sword seemed to be picked up, in fact the angle was adjusted in an instant, and the sword was pressed down and cut forward horizontally.

The senior himself also lowered his head and rushed into Xing Yuanhui's arms. Xing Yuanhui's sword made a sound of breaking through the air, and Senior Jia, who passed by it, broke out in sweat of fear on his forehead.

You kid really rely on the fact that you are a novice and don't try hard at all!

Generally speaking, this kind of behavior is rarely seen in kendo.

Regardless of the fact that Xing Yuanhui gave the opponent space to lower his head and dodge, the route he himself took for swinging the sword was not the best, and the aggressive moves would reveal flaws that should not have appeared.

The strike was made, and Senior Jia went from looking at the gates of hell to looking up into the sky. His state of mind at this moment was like a mountaineer who was about to reach the top of the mountain and see the sun after the clouds had cleared.

He suppressed the joy of impending victory, exerted force on his feet, and continued to rush into Xing Yuanhui's arms, with the tip of the sword cutting into Xing Yuanhui's armpit and waist.

That's right! This way, he can win. He won't have time to do it at this distance! He doesn't need to think about how to control his strength. He just needs to push the hilt of the sword into his chest...

It’s a pity that the senior is destined to be disappointed.

At the moment of swinging down, before the senior could rush over, Xing Yuanhui had already instinctively realized that the sword might miss. He didn't know that this was a trap carefully prepared for him by the other party.

But his instinct told him that if he didn't step back and create some space, even if he used all his strength to pull the sword back at an extremely fast speed and strike out in the reverse cassock, he wouldn't be able to save the current situation.

When the senior rushed into his arms with the sword against his chest, how would he attack inwards with the sword facing outwards?

So Xing Yuanhui jumped back with force on his feet, his body leaning back continuously. At the same time, he turned his wrist and used force with both hands to pull back the sword with brute force.

All these efforts were made just to leave enough stage for Ni Jiasha to fight back with both sword and body before the senior rushed in.

Seeing this scene, Erica instinctively wanted to raise the camera, not realizing that the camera in her hand had already been confiscated because of Fujiwara Chika - Fujiwara Chika did not allow the news department to record her duel posture just because Xing Yuanhui did not express his opinion. It is common sense to ask the person's opinion before filming.

As a result, the news department missed a picture that could have been on campus headlines for three days.

Just like the dueling warriors in the comics, Xing Yuanhui fell into a desperate situation in an instant, but he used his magic power, and every part of his body performed its function, using the reverse cassock to the absolute limit to beat out Senior Jia who had come uninvited to his "arms".

Senior Jia felt something was wrong when he saw Xing Yuanhui's sword flying back so quickly.

How did this guy's sword come back so quickly?! Wasn't there any stiffness? I was holding back!

The senior did not dare to underestimate Xing Yuanhui's strength. In order to avoid being hit headfirst on the wooden board of the Kendo Club by the powerful freshman with his sword, he quickly adjusted the sword to aim at the tip of Xing Yuanhui's sword and used the strong sword of the bamboo sword to meet it.

Feeling the blockage in his hand from the collision of the sword, Xing Yuanhui began to reduce his strength. The reverse cassock changed from a fast, powerful swing to a stable, continuous thrust.

Chapter 29: Our troops have unimpeded access! Unimpeded access!

With the help of the lever principle and Xing Yuanhui's swinging and pushing, Senior Jia effectively offset Xing Yuanhui's counterattack force and successfully saved his own reputation. He did not leave a scene that would be ridiculed for a lifetime like Yamcha.

Everyone outside the field only saw the senior from the Kendo Club bounce out three feet high, and like a conditioned reflex, he raised his bamboo sword and performed the "Zanshin" move, jumping backwards on the road to release his strength.

Xing Yuanhui breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, nothing went wrong. Damn, I shouldn't have agreed to play swordplay on a whim.

Tomoya Komoto breathed a sigh of relief. He almost lost all the face he had accumulated for three years in one breath.

Even after the impact of the shock wore off, the senior continued pacing, fearing that his legs would go weak if he stopped.

Everything that happened a few seconds ago made him feel a little dazed, but the uncontrollable trembling of his arms proved that it was not a dream.

As the applause from outside the venue continued, Senior Jia felt bitter in his mouth as he watched Xing Yuanhui's chest slightly rise and fall as he performed the lower section posture.

Compared to Xing Yuanhui's second-stage appearance, his chest contracted and expanded rapidly, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat from the brief confrontation just now. He looked much more embarrassed than his opponent.

How did this guy draw his sword in time to come to the rescue just now? Is your teacher the manga of Bleach or Naruto? No one is shouting about bond, friendship, and passion with you?

The audience may still be thinking about the previous fight, thinking that both sides were evenly matched. But only those who have fought in person can feel that the opponent's physical strength forced him to use the power brought by his physical talent to level the sword skills he had practiced since childhood.

This feeling of disappointment was even more serious than the defeat to Kojima a year ago. Kojima was strong, but not incomparable.

Even though the minister's father was the Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police Department, the resources at his disposal gave him experience and skills that he shouldn't have at his age.

But so what? Kendo is a sport that requires long-term dedication and effort, and a temporary lead does not mean anything.

Even after losing to Kojima, he could still convince himself in this way.