I'm having fun in Tokyo

It was undoubtedly a girl's voice.

She looked up and glared at Morikawa Yu, but then turned her head away embarrassedly because of the "Morikawa-san's little girlfriend" he was referring to.

No one had ever called her that before, and the minister had not yet agreed to date her.

She secretly watched Morikawa Yu.

"I am Nishimiya Tamako, nice to meet you."

A voice came through the phone again.

Nishimiya Tamako...?

Is it that strange, monstrous girl from yesterday noon?

Is she the friend the minister was talking about?

Emi looked at Morikawa Yu with suspicion.

"I'm sorry you misunderstood. I drank the alcohol. I wanted to talk to Morikawa about today's match, so I came directly to him... I'm very sorry."

Otamaru explained directly over the phone.

Her words were simple and very frank, so frank that Emi wondered if she was overthinking things.

Emi hesitated for a moment, then remembered that Otamaru called her "Morikawa-san's little girlfriend," and finally blushed, lowered her head, stared at her toes with a subtle expression, twisted her fingers, and remained silent.

She glanced up at Morikawa Yu discreetly, then immediately looked down again, took two steps forward, returned the phone to Morikawa Yu, and fled the room like a startled deer.

Morikawa Yu watched her retreating figure and shook his head.

He turned off the speakerphone: "Thank you for your help, Daitamaru."

"It's nothing. After all, I did bother you and cause you trouble yesterday," Ootamaru said, then changed the subject: "How are you feeling today?"

"Very good, I can't wait to beat you to a pulp."

"Wow, you're really in high spirits." Daimamaru laughed. "I'm ready too. Let's see who finishes the semifinals first."

"Yes." Morikawa Yu nodded.

He hung up the phone, continued getting dressed, quickly washed up, took his room key, and went out to call Emi and Maki-sensei to have dinner together in the hotel's large restaurant on the second floor.

Emi kept her head down the whole time, and buried her face even lower when Morikawa Yu called her name.

Morikawa Yu wanted to tease her, and the meal was quite interesting.

......

After finishing his meal, Morikawa Yu gathered the club members together.

Ms. Maki's chartered bus arrived at the hotel, and she took all the members of the Kendo Club to the venue.

Chapter 342 The Kui Xing Flag, Opening Ceremony!

Upon arriving at the venue entrance, Morikawa Yu and her group got out of the car.

He spotted Daikokumaru immediately.

The other person stood at the top of the steps in front of the county martial arts hall and waved to him.

He waved to signal them and led the group uphill.

"Morikawa-kun," Ootamaru greeted, then looked at Emi: "Emi-kun?"

Emi immediately turned her face away, then immediately met Otamaru's gaze.

"Tamako... Tamako-san."

She knew that Ootamaru was a demon, and although she had called him that morning, she still didn't dare to get close.

Ms. Maki watched the three of them talking, then called over the club manager from among the members and asked her to lead the members to the reserved viewing area, leaving only Morikawa Yu and Emi behind.

Ootamaru glanced at Emi, then at Maki-sensei, and finally smiled at Morikawa Yu.

"Tsk, having a woman on each side."

"Are you here to participate in the competition, or are you taking your great swordsman on a tour?"

Morikawa Yu raised an eyebrow.

One meaning of "Ōoku" in Japanese is "harem," originating from the Tokugawa Shogunate period. Within the Ōoku, no man other than the Shogun was allowed to enter.

This guy is making fun of himself.

I wonder what Emi's reaction will be; I really want to see.

Morikawa Yu turned her head to look at Emi and found that Emi's eyes were complicated. She seemed somewhat unwilling, but she did not directly refute him in anger.

She noticed Morikawa Yu looking at him and scoffed, "Why are you looking at me, Minister?"

"I have nothing to do with you, I'm not your Ooku, I'm not! I...I'm leaving now!"

As Emi spoke, her face flushed, she quickened her pace and hurried after the group of club managers and members.

Hojo Maki glanced at Otamaru but said nothing.

Ootamaru smiled at Maki-sensei, then looked at Morikawa Yu: "The opening ceremony is coming soon. I'll head over to our school team first. See you at the competition."

She waved, turned around, entered the venue through the main door, and walked towards one area of ​​the venue.

"Let's go too, Morikawa."

Ms. Maki said something and, together with Morikawa Yu, followed the group of club members.

......

Once all the kendo clubs from each school have arrived, the competition is about to begin.

Before the competition began, the organizers of Kui Xing Qi sent people to inspect the bamboo knives and various competition equipment of each participating team.

Because there were an unusually large number of people in the queue this year, the inspection took a long time.

After the inspection was completed, the organizers began to speak, followed by a pledge from the participating athletes' representatives, just like the opening ceremony of a major sporting event seen on television.

Morikawa Yu waited listlessly in the players' area for the match to begin.

This competition is divided into four rounds of elimination matches: the quarterfinals, the semifinals, and finally the final.

Although a kendo match is very quick, a round can be decided in about ten seconds. The two teams play a best-of-three format, and it takes less than ten minutes for all five people, from the vanguard to the general, to finish their matches.

However, there were too many participating teams, so the first round of elimination matches consisted of 64 groups.

The venue allowed a maximum of twelve teams to compete at the same time, and the first round lasted for nearly an hour and a half.

After a break of more than half an hour, and with the team roster being arranged, the second round of elimination matches began, consisting of 32 matches that lasted for almost an hour.

The third round was much faster, finishing in half an hour.

After another break, the fourth round determined the top eight teams, with a total of sixteen teams and eight matches played simultaneously, each round ending in just over ten minutes.

Sakuragawa Academy's Kendo Club naturally became one of the top eight.

Last year, our own kendo club was among the top eight, but lost in the quarterfinals.

This year, thanks to his "training," the team members' abilities have improved dramatically. It would be too embarrassing if they couldn't even get past the elimination rounds.

......

After four rounds of elimination matches, it was already afternoon.

The club manager handed the competition schedule to Morikawa Yu: "Captain, our quarterfinal opponent is the Fushimi High School Kendo Club from Kyoto."

Morikawa Yu glanced at the list.

He looked at the name "Kyoto Fushimi High School Kendo Club" and felt it sounded familiar. Suddenly, he remembered that the Kyoto Fushimi High School Kendo Club was the champion team of last year's Kuiseki.

The team's star player and kendo captain, Fujiwara Bunta, is the older brother of Fujiwara Shiori, the eldest daughter of the Fujiwara family.

He met Fujiwara Bunta several times while he was in Kyoto.

At the time, he led the Fujiwara and Tokugawa families to hunt down the remnants of the Seiro clan, and Fujiwara Bunta was one of the ordinary people sent by the Fujiwara family to help.

The other party became his admirer because of his campaign against Qingluo. After meeting him, they asked for his contact information, took a photo with him, and got his autograph.

So it can't really be him, right?

He once said he would be my tour guide and take me to all sorts of places in Kyoto.

She simply couldn't leave on her own, and even if she did go, it would be the household gods like Fujiwara Shiori who would act as her guides, so she didn't agree to his offer.

Morikawa Yu glanced at the competition schedule again, then looked at the Kyoto Fushimi High School Kendo Club preparing on the other side of the field, and sure enough, he saw their figures.

Upon seeing the other person, Morikawa Yu felt a little conflicted.

He sensed that Bunta Fujiwara's feelings must have been quite complicated, after all, the other person was his admirer, but he ended up seeing his idol on the field.

Teacher Morikawa came prepared and showed no martial ethics.

If the other person knew this meme, they would definitely make this comment, right?

In fact, Bunta Fujiwara's feelings were indeed quite complicated.

He stood in his own kendo club's activity area, looking towards the location of the Sakuragawa Academy kendo club, and at the familiar figure standing inside, he couldn't be sure if he had mistaken the person for someone else.

"Chihiro, bring me my phone."

He called out to one of his colleagues.

"Yes, Minister." The staff member named Chihiro immediately went to the backpack where the contestant kept his personal belongings, took out his cell phone, and quickly handed it to him.

Bunta Fujiwara took off one glove, opened his phone, scrolled through the photo album, and found a selfie.

There's a photo of him with his dream idol inside.

In the photo, Morikawa Yu has her arm around his neck and is making a very old-fashioned, but surprisingly handsome "V" sign.

He couldn't suppress the flattered smile on his face as Morikawa Yu exposed him so intimately.

Fujiwara Bunta kept looking down and up, comparing the photo on his phone with the face of that figure.

He finally realized that the other party was indeed Morikawa Yu, the living swordsman he admired.

But why is that?

Why?

That's Morikawa Yu.

A great swordsman in the modern world.

The great swordsman who defeated Qingluo.

Who is Qingluo?

Lord of the Oni Clan, the household deity of the Abe family, a top-tier high-ranking demon, a powerful figure with a name and title even in the hidden corners of Kyoto, with countless titles.

Even the ancestral spirit of the Fujiwara clan, Lady Asaka, might not be a match for Seiro.

In the final battle to subdue Qingluo, she single-handedly overpowered Lady Asaka and the Tokugawa family's guardian deity, Kurozo, as if she were a living demon.

Even so, she was still killed by the opponent.

That's how he heard about the other party's existence, and he met the other party during the subsequent operation to wipe out the remnants of the Qingluo gang, and was fortunate enough to take a photo with the other party.

Why would someone like that participate in a competition for an ordinary person like myself?

Fujiwara Bunta looked at his phone, then gazed at the Sakuragawa Academy area in the distance, and suddenly felt a little lost.

Chapter 343 Why is this happening?!

Not right.

Something is really wrong.

There must be something wrong with the world I know.

Fujiwara Bunta stared blankly at Morikawa Hayao's figure standing in the Sakuragawa Academy Kendo Club, his eyes becoming unfocused.

There is such an unwritten rule in both the real world and the hidden world.

A powerful figure hidden in the shadows, who leads the upper-class families in the world, accepting their loyalty and offerings, and protecting them.

In return, these powerful individuals will maintain the power and status of these families in the modern world.