Although he often mocked Shikame Ryoka for being a "primary school boy", it was obvious to all that Shikume Ryoka had continued to practice on the playground every morning for the past year.
Although it is unexpected to have the confidence to challenge myself, it is actually reasonable.
But what about Higashinohara?
The only "Three World War Veterans" in Class F of the first year who failed to pass the academic test for two consecutive years, and he still talks about Stage 2 and Level 1 that makes people laugh, and will most likely be expelled from the academy next year.
That kind of people...
Why does he dare to challenge?
Just how many laps did he run on the playground on a whim today?
Click!
On the other side of the training ground, the petite Tadokawa Asuka subconsciously took out a lighter from the pocket of a woman's windbreaker. When he lit it, he remembered something and put down the lighter calmly. A pair of slender white hands continued to play with the fingers.
The cigarette between them.
Ken Nakazaki next to him breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.
Where can I smoke here?
However, Tadokawa Asuka stared at Higashinohara in the middle of the training ground without blinking.
As the head teacher of Class F for the first year, she naturally knows Higashinohara's information very well, and can even say that he knows it by heart - after all, he is the "nail" in the class of repeaters. In her heart, she is an introvert, sometimes cheerful, but
A boy who will soon give up on himself and become a loser.
But she didn't know when, maybe half a year ago... She occasionally felt that some kind of subtle, indescribable change seemed to have happened to the boy in the class.
The results...are still like that.
The ability level cannot be improved either.
His eyes were as confused and empty as ever.
But it just feels like...a different person.
Looking at the scene in front of him, at least if you compare it to Higashinohara in the past, he would have absolutely no courage. Could it be that he thinks he will be kicked out of school next year and wants to break the rules?
Not far away on the other side, the petite girl Ryoka Shikame's round face was full of worry.
On the one hand, she felt in her heart that this boy should stand up, but on the other hand, she didn't want Higashinohara to go up and get beaten in vain. Her heart was filled with entanglements, but in the end, she became helpless and confused.
The weak...
Can you just be bullied?
...
"Ah..."
The actual training ground is in the middle.
A chuckle escaped from Samuguang's throat.
"Weeds are just weeds, they don't even have the most basic consciousness..." He lowered his eyelids and whispered in a low voice, his eyes full of hatred.
Damn it!
If I hadn't failed the academic test last time because of my carelessness, how could I have been associated with this group of weeds?
It's time for this country boy from Hokkaido to teach him how to "behave" and "read the air" in a new Tokyo where strength is respected.
...
And since Higashinohara was willing to accept the invitation to fight, there was no reason to dissuade Takeru Nakazaki. He asked him to put on his armor and walked aside.
"What weapon did Higashino-san use today?"
Saoki asked with a smile.
Higashinohara didn't answer when he heard this, but turned around and looked around, and finally picked up the bamboo sword that Shikame Ryoka had just thrown away after being hit by the spell from the edge of the field.
"Oh? Higashino-san also knows kendo?"
Samuguang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
There are many schools of kendo in Wano. Currently, the most popular ones include Nen-ryu, Itto-ryu, Iai-ryu, Shinto-ryu, etc. The use of swords as weapons by superpowers is also a technique that requires the most effort and time to hone.
Higashinohara had been in Class F for so long, and his previous sparring sessions were all about close combat. He had never heard of him knowing kendo. This move immediately surprised the other students watching at the actual training ground.
At this time, Higashinohara, who had picked up the bamboo sword, had already walked back to the middle of the field. He held the bamboo sword in his hand and waved it casually. It felt much lighter than a wooden sword or a real samurai sword.
At this time, Higashinohara answered the question just asked by Sagi Hikaru.
"I don't know anything about kendo."
His voice was neither loud nor quiet, neither impatient nor impetuous. Everyone in the actual training room could hear it, and their faces showed a look of astonishment for a moment.
Are you kidding me?
I don't know anything about kendo...
I don’t understand that you are still holding a bamboo sword?
And his tone was so confident,
Of course...
When Zuo Muguang heard this, his originally smiling face suddenly turned gloomy. He suddenly felt that the guy in front of him might be deliberately making a joke to lower his own style as an opponent.
Weeds really...should be removed!
Sasaki Hikaru decided that he wouldn't hold back this time. He couldn't die if he wore armor anyway, so it wouldn't be a big deal to lie in bed for a few weeks, right?
...
"Salute! Get ready..."
On the edge of the training field, practical class teacher Ken Nakazaki glanced at the two of them again.
Following his voice, Higashinohara suddenly raised his hands above his head with a calm expression, assuming an upper sword stance.
"This guy... really doesn't understand kendo at all." Ken Nakazaki couldn't help but frown when he saw this.
"What's wrong?" Tachigawa Asuka next to her couldn't help but ask. She was a magic user and was not proficient in kendo.
Nakazaki Ken shook his head, "Higashino-san's sword-holding posture... is too arrogant."
The general kendo of Wano is divided into three stages of sword-holding postures: upper, middle and lower. The lower stage points the sword to the ground and focuses on defense; the middle stage uses the sword tip to face the enemy and is both offensive and defensive.
As for the upper part of Higashinohara's current stance, it focuses on killing, but the whole body is wide open and he completely gives up defense.
Of course, there is something Nakazaki Ken didn’t say.
In kendo sparring, the sword-holding posture in the upper section is usually the master beating the disciple, the elder beating the junior, the father beating the son... Only when the strength is completely crushing the opponent can he be so arrogant.
Normal people only behave like this if they have a brain disease.
Unexpectedly, after hearing Nakazaki Takeru's explanation, Tadokawa Asuka's pretty baby face showed a slight smile after nodding slightly, "But I feel very impressive... Higashino-kun may know that he has no chance to defend...
.It’s better to just give it a try.”
"But this..."
Takeru Nakazaki started to speak but stopped.
In his heart, he still felt that although Higashinohara did this with great momentum, he gave up his only chance to defend himself. I am afraid that only newcomers who do not understand kendo would do this.
...
In the middle of the field.
Sagi Hikaru's face also turned a little colder.
He lowered his head slightly and said in a sinister voice that only the two of them could hear, "I have decided that I will let Higashino-san stay in bed for a few more weeks!"
At this time, Ken Nakazaki on the sidelines also issued an order after a brief hesitation.
"The battle begins!"
The moment he finished speaking, Sagi Hikaru smiled sternly at Higashinohara.
The next moment, he suddenly loosened his hands and dropped his weapon, the sickle. He immediately put his hands together to form a mysterious and complicated hand seal, and began to read silently quickly.
Second-level technique: Yamata Water Snake!
In an instant, I saw water particles in the surrounding air gathering crazily in front of Sagi Hikaru. In the blink of an eye,
It turned into a more solid water-colored Yamata norochi snake than before - the ferocious appearance of the eight-headed and eight-tailed demon made everyone cry out when they saw it!
"This guy Saaki! Did you just start the technique?!"
"What an enviable talent!"
"Tsk tsk! Dongye is probably going to suffer a disaster this time."
"Is there any need to think about it? If you offend Zuomu, you can get good juice?"
"..."
Everyone around was extremely surprised.
However, this heart-stopping scene fell in the eyes of Higashinohara, who now controls the [Nine Eyes and Six Paths]. When he instantly saw the essence of the piercing technique, what appeared in front of him was a different scene.
Nine Eyes and Six Paths, open!
Value: 40,9,30,7...; total 86.
Is this the principle behind the Yamata Water Snake Technique?
Higashinohara tilted his head slightly and once again felt the terror of [Nine Eyes and Six Paths]. It was indeed a purple epic level talent with serial number 16.
At the same time, he suddenly moved the raised bamboo sword slightly to the top of his right shoulder, staring at the eight-headed and eight-tailed Yamata water snake, weighing his winning chips in his heart.
The Nine Eyes and Six Paths that can see through all spells,
It was his confidence to stand up.
And Ying Shun’s ability and this sword type.
That's what he relies on.
The silent confrontation spread...
At a certain moment, someone suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of oppression from the posture and eyes of Higashinohara standing with a sword, like a beast in the dark that chooses people and devours them.
This is not one person's illusion.
In fact, Sagi Hikaru, who was standing directly opposite him, felt the same way in a daze.
"Damn it! You're still pretending! Go to hell!"
In an instant, the roaring sound of high-pressure water in front of Samuguang was as breathtaking as the hiss of the Yamata-no-Orochi. As soon as he touched the index finger of his right hand, a spear-like high-pressure water column shot out!
"coming!"
Practical class teacher Ken Nakazaki whispered.
In his heart, he sighed for Higashinohara - if he held his sword and gave up defense, Higashinohara might be knocked away before he could even touch his opponent.
Sure enough, the high-pressure water cannon at the front was instantly within reach.
Higashinohara seems completely unavoidable!
Bang!
An unexpected hit!
However, unexpectedly...the water gun whizzed through Higashinohara's body, leaving only a faint shadow that gradually faded in the diffuse water mist.
The next moment, Higashinohara's figure appeared on the bank of the mist, and he raised his sword and charged towards Sagi Hikaru without hesitation.
"It's Yingshun!"
Tadokawa Asuka couldn't help but twitching his brows, "Not a bad tactic."
It turns out that at that moment, Higashinohara directly activated his ability [Shadow Instant], creating a shadow to lure Sagi Hikari's first high-pressure water cannon into the air.
"But this distance..." Nakazaki Ken frowned.
"It's still too late."
Tachigawa Asuka also shook his head.
The Yamata Water Snake technique can shoot out eight high-pressure water jets. Even if Higashinohara managed to escape once by creating a shadow, the remaining seven water jets almost squeezed Higashinohara's penetration space to the extreme.
I'm afraid the next moment,
Higashinohara will be bombarded back.
But next,
One second passed,
Two seconds passed,
Three seconds...
At a certain moment, the eyes of everyone around the venue suddenly widened, their pupils shrank suddenly, their mouths opened slightly uncontrollably, and then they could no longer close...