Chapter 23 Tamaki Sanchiyo’s Kendo, Suzuki Mamoru decided to give up

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Chapter 23 Tamaki Sanchiyo’s Kendo, Suzuki Mamoru decided to give up

In the empty kendo hall, it was solemn and quiet. Suzuki Mamoru sat aside from the audience, thinking about the actual kendo practice of the two female high school students in front of him.

Yes, recall.

The actual combat training was over. He was defeated in an instant, so fast that Suzuki Mamoru almost didn't react.

Nakazawa Rinka held the bamboo sword with some dejection, and the bamboo sword almost fell. Tamaki Machiyo still maintained the standard posture, holding the bamboo sword in both hands, facing Nakazawa Rinka.

——It is called "Zanxin" in Kendo.

"Body posture and mental state, even after a blow, must remain alert and ready to react to any counterattack by the opponent."

This is the explanation of "Zanshin" in the "All Japan Kendo Federation Dictionary".

In layman's terms, even if you hit the opponent, you must maintain a "last strike" posture and not relax.

"Completely defeated."

By the time Tamaki Sanchiyo's "Zanshin" was over, Nakazawa Rinka was visibly defeated and sighed, her tone full of frustration.

What she said was indeed correct.

As an audience member, Mamoru Suzuki could clearly see the practice of the two female high school students.

In the first round, Tamaki Sanchiyo sent a foot attack to the face and won the victory with one blow. Ze Rinka barely reacted during the whole process.

In the second round, Nakazawa Rinka took the lead in seizing the opportunity to press in and raised his hand to hit the opponent. As a result, Tamaki Michiyo quickly defended and caught the attack and turned to counterattack, finishing in one go and winning again.

Tamaki Sanchiyo took the lead to win the second book and won.

It was quite simple. The whole process took less than a minute, and the winner was determined instantly. During this period, Rinka Nakazawa had no chance of winning.

Suzuki Mamoru suspected that Nakazawa Rinka was not able to see Tamaki Michiyo's movements clearly, because as an audience, he could hardly see clearly - you must know that he is in cat form now, and in terms of dynamic vision, it is several times that of humans.

Even he felt that Tamakiro Sanchiyo's sword was incredibly fast, let alone Nakazawa Rinka who was standing opposite Tamakiro Sanchiyo holding a bamboo sword.

"I can't see clearly at all, can't keep up, can't react." Nakazawa Rinka faced Tamaki Michiyo who was walking towards her, with a complicated tone, "It feels like Michiyo's strength is getting more and more terrifying."

"Is there any?"

"Absolutely." Nakazawa Rinka affirmed, "In the past, although I would lose, I would never have this kind of situation where I couldn't see the chance of winning at all. Sometimes I could still win from Michiyo.

Get a copy. But recently, I really feel that the distance between me and Sanchiyo is getting bigger and bigger, and I can’t win at all.”

The more he spoke, the deeper and deeper Nakazawa Rinka's voice became, as if his self-confidence was greatly frustrated.

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Tamaki Sanchiyo didn't know what to say, so he silently held his bamboo sword and calmed down.

Suzuki Norori looked at the two people left and right, then lowered his head.

He was thinking about how to make his defeat look better next week.

First of all, through observation and imitation, he was indeed able to perform relatively standard basic kendo skills such as swinging a sword. However, this could not hide the fact that he had only learned kendo for a week. He had never been exposed to the actual combat of kendo, or even the actual rules of kendo.

He had deliberately looked up the information to learn it this morning, otherwise he wouldn't have even been able to understand the exercise the two of them had just done.

Secondly, you don't need to think about it to know that he is definitely not as good as Nakazawa Rinka now, and Nakazawa Rinka said that he "has no chance of winning" against Tamaki Sanchiyo, so it is conceivable that he will face Tamaki Sanchiyo.

Know.

Again, the speed at which Tamakiro Sanchiyo drew his sword just now was really astonishing. Suzuki Mamoru suspected that if he turned into a human form and stood opposite Tamakiro Sanchiyo with a bamboo sword, maybe Tamaki Sanchiyo had "got the chance" to show off his "zanshin".

, he still stood there dumbly and motionless. If this were the case, it would really be an ugly defeat.

It can be said that after this observation of Tamaki Sanchiyo's actual combat training, Suzuki Mamoru himself has completely eliminated any chance of luck that may have remained in his heart.

Not to mention getting 1 point in the actual battle next week, it will be considered a success if you can clearly see the action of drawing the sword.

"Okay, Michiyo, I'm fine." After a long period of silence, the voice finally resounded in the kendo hall. Nakazawa Rinka seemed to have adjusted her condition, and her tone was as light as possible, "Let's continue practicing."

"Okay." Tamaki Machiyo nodded lightly.

Suzuki Norinori stayed for a while and observed the practice of the two female high school students. But nothing happened after that.

When the transformation time was coming to an end, Suzuki Mamoru called "meow" again and asked Tamaki Machiyo to help him open the door of the kendo gym and go home.

"About Tamaki Michiyo, recorded on April 11th"

"One, Tamaki Sanchiyo, has been practicing kendo since the first grade of elementary school. It has been ten years and his level of kendo is quite high."

"Two, I like cats. (cross out)"

"Two, I particularly like cats. Devoted followers of the Cat God Cult have completely different personalities when facing cats."

"Conclusion: It's okay if we don't add the Kendo Club. We'll look for opportunities to continue to upgrade our ability to transform into cats. From now on, we'll rely on cats to get close to Tamaki Sanchiyo."

"complete."

After returning home on Saturday afternoon, Suzuki Mamoru recorded the latest information into his notebook.

After that, when there was nothing else to do, he continued to read and review, and occasionally wrote practice papers.

Waiting until the weekend, if I turned into a cat again and went to the kendo gym, it would be like going on a weekend. Maybe it was a bit deliberate, so Suzuki Mamoru didn't go today.

And since there was an exam on Monday, he would continue to study at home. When he was tired, he would read miscellaneous books or watch kendo videos on YouTube.

Although he already thought that joining the kendo club was hopeless, Suzuki Mamoru felt that since he had decided to learn kendo before and had told Yuko about it, he still didn't give up on kendo itself and should just train his body.

Time passes like this without any fluctuations.

The change happened on weekend night. Suzuki Mamoru, who was still in the room, heard Yuko calling him from downstairs.

"Xiao Mamoru, come down here, someone is looking for you."

"good."

Suzuki Mamoru responded, covering the book on the table and walking out of the room.

When he went downstairs, he was thinking about who would come to see him on a weekend night——

The answer became completely clear the moment we approached the entrance.

The light inside the door dispersed the night outside the entrance. At the intersection of night and light, a girl stood there.

A pretty face, calm eyes, and long, shiny hair.

She is Tamaki Sanchiyo.

Suzuki Mamoru stopped and met Yuko's unexplained look at the door, which showed a bit of confusion.

At this point in time, why is Tamakiro Sanchiyo looking for him?——

At the end of the chapter: Before writing this book, the author didn’t know much about kendo at all, and had barely even heard of it. I started researching it just to write this novel, and the kendo knowledge in the book can only be found online.

Errors and omissions are inevitable, please feel free to point them out if you find them. However, sometimes the settings serve the plot, and it is inevitable that they are inconsistent with reality. I apologize.
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