July 2, Saturday, a rare sunny day since the rainy season.
The sky after the rain is always filled with a special freshness. And this morning, the players from the Kyudo Club who came to participate in the qualifiers gathered together early.
Mr. Sakahara, the consultant teacher of the Kyudo Club, changed into sportswear and watched everyone get off the bus one by one.
"Everyone, slow down. The game doesn't start until nine o'clock. There's still time to take a break."
Team competition consists of 5 players and 1 substitute.
Single match for 8 people.
Mixed doubles match, 2 people.
These are all the players from the Kyūdo Club of Meitoku Junior High School competing in the Tokyo Division.
Seventy-five high schools, a total of 981 contestants. There are nearly a thousand people here. Only the top twenty high schools can enter the official competition and have a chance to qualify.
The preliminaries were held in the gymnasium of Tokyo Sport University. Before half past eight, the school was already crowded.
The bus filled the entire playground, and sports uniforms of various colors and 2-meter-long bow bags were intertwined among the figures.
"There are a lot of people coming this year."
"Isn't kyudo a niche hobby?" As the deputy minister, Masahiro Hata was the first to ask the question.
"Who told you?" Xiaolin Anzhai took out the longbow placed in the bus, walked over and said, "According to statistics from the National Kyudo Federation, there are many more registered Kyudo members than the Kendo next door."
"It's like this, what's the reason?"
"The reason should be that we have many female members here,"
Kobayashi Ansai looked at Amami Kuriuri who was standing under a tree in front of him with Sakakibara Raku, "No girl likes to swing a sword loudly in the summer covered in sweat. Kyudo should be relatively stable and calm."
"An Wen? Give me a break, senior. In the past month, I've almost lost my bow skills..."
"Too tired..."
"I don't know how many days I will be in pain when I practice archery every day. When I get home at night, I can't even hold a cup of tea."
"It hurts so much."
Several first-year students in the team competition complained.
"I said, how many of you are there?"
Kobayashi Ansai looked calm, holding a two-meter-long Japanese bow bag in his right hand, with his eyes closed and his face gloomy. He actually had a bit of Guan Gong's aura, "Can you learn from Sakakibara? He draws the bow 100 times a day, which is the basis of the basics."
, 5 bow strings were broken. How many times do you have every day? Do you have 70 times?"
"That's Reiwa's monster, Sakakibara!"
"I am accompanied by Minister Tianhai..."
"I'm so jealous..."
Several people looked forward at the same time, and Amami Kuruuri and Sakakihara Raku were standing under a tree at the entrance.
"Alas..."
They sighed in unison.
.....
"Brother, come on, don't be nervous." Tianhai Jiuri lowered his voice and said to Sakakihara Raku with a smile.
"Definitely."
"Everyone! Everyone from Mingde Elementary School! Come here!"
A senior from the Kyudo club called the contestants together.
"Although we are not participating in the competition, everyone in our Kyudo Club will still work hard to cheer for you! The entire Kyudo Club is here today just to cheer for you! Even in the qualifiers, we must go all out!
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"Oh! No problem! Senior!"
"One thousand percent strength! Use all your strength!"
"Oh!"
Everyone wearing sportswear with [Mingtoku Elementary School Private High School] written on the back put their hands together.
"1,2,3!"
"Come on! Come on! Come on!!"
At 9 a.m., the three events will start shooting together.
Sakakihara Raku and Amami Kururi stand on the same platform as eight other high school boys and girls
The rules of the doubles competition are very simple. There are two rounds of shooting, a total of forty arrows, and the one with the highest score advances.
A total of 157 people (including substitutes) participated.
Sakakibara Raku and Amami Kuriuri will be among the top 20 among these 157 people and 75 colleges and universities.
After actually setting foot on the qualifiers site, being watched by various directors and referees of the Kyudo Association, and then standing on the same stage with several other schools that he didn't know at all, Sakakibara couldn't help but recall the first time he set foot in a formal competition.
The tension.
Now, he is still a little uncomfortable returning to the competition.
During the stay together, Jiuliuli's hit rate has always been 99%, and today she hit all 20 targets without any problem.
The key lies in yourself.
The first round of shooting begins, with the boys firing the bow first.
The difficulty of the mixed male and female competition compared to the singles competition is that it is not affected by the shooting team next to it.
You must draw the bow in rhythm with your partner.
When shooting with a partner, you must be prepared to draw the bow in advance.
As soon as your partner's arrow is fired, your own arrow must also be shot after the matching shooting action is completed.
Sakakihara took a deep breath, picked up two green arrows, spread his feet flat, and turned his body slightly sideways, looking at the bullseye in the distance.
Complete the eight sections of shooting one by one, aim at the target 28 meters away with the half-moon method, and hit (di) in one shot.
Tianhai Jiuliuli followed his movements and shot the second arrow grandly.
"yoshi!"
Everyone in the Kyudo club shouted enthusiastically in the audience.
But before they started shooting, the rest of the team had already opened their bows and started shooting the third arrow.
The vibration and sound caused by the bow string disturbed the minds of some players, causing them to lose sight of their aim and miss the target one after another.
In the entire A area, some people had one arrow, some had two arrows, and some had three arrows.
It is precisely maintaining the rhythm with your partner in this chaotic two-person match that is the highlight of this event.
"It was so fast just now, must it be from the martial arts system..."
Raku Sakakihara heard the male player from the high school team next door lowering his head and chattering, and he had just lost an arrow.
Boom...
Hearing the strings and the target sound of Amami Kuruli next to him, Sakakihara Raku also quickly recovered his mind and calmed down.
It’s time to get the bow.
He cleared his mind and blocked out the noise from other schools.
Pushing and pulling up the bow with both hands, the straight arrow feathers flew past the side of the face.
......
At the same time, Suzu Sakakihara eagerly sat down next to Nanami Nanami.
She is wearing a pink coat today
shirt
bow
The trendy combination of short skirts, sneakers, and the beret that Sakakihara Raku gave her before.
"Has it started? Has it started?"
Tianhai Qimingyue did not look at her, but stopped the note in her hand recording the target information, "Sister-chan, you are late again."
"I just slept a little longer!" Suzu Sakakihara took out the snacks she brought, "Look what I brought, it's a croquette! Do you want to take a bite."
"Eating too much will make you gain weight."
"What? How can I get fat?" Suzu Sakakihara took a big bite of the croquette in one bite.
"Glutty."
"What a hen..." Sakakibara Suzu-chan swallowed the croquette, "You don't know, when I was a child, I even cherished the tofu eaters, not like you, the eldest lady from a rich family!
Uncle Tianhai is so kind to you, you can have whatever you want."
"Didn't dad also buy you a big TV?"
"Hehe, but I feel like I seldom talk to Uncle Tianhai. I also think he is quite nice."
"Dad is a man who doesn't understand surface gentleness."
"Really?"
Sakakibara Suzu glanced at the playing field, and she immediately spotted her brother Sakakibara Raku.
Wearing white clothes and black hakama, the movements are standard and serious.
Every time he and Jiuliuli hit the target, people cheered.
"Brother is quite handsome."
"Sister-chan, how do you think your brother and sister work together?"
"It's very good. Although I don't understand it very well, I can still see that their cooperation is very rhythmic. The cooperation of several schools next door is chaotic." Suzu Sakakihara happily ate snacks and responded happily.<
/p>
Tianhai Qimingyue closed her hand and recorded some notes, and asked: "If my brother falls in love, do you think his behavior will change?"
"Haha, he said in May that he wanted to fall in love, but it's already July and there's no news at all."
"Sister-chan doesn't seem too worried."
"What am I worried about? He is my brother. What am I worried about? Yes, that's right." Suzu Sakakihara crossed her arms and nodded to herself.
"My sister-chan thinks that with my brother's conditions, he can't find a girlfriend."
"Yes, I just can't find him! He... only knows how to study, run and cook... how can he know about love?"
"Brother, I don't understand, but the so-called love is a learning process," Tianhai Qimingyue stated the facts without emotion, "In other words, it starts with nothing."
Here, Tianhai Qimingyue definitely stated his hypothesis:
"Brother may fall in love soon. Sister-chan, where will you put yourself then?"
Sakakihara Suzu's eyes wandered as she spoke. She squeezed the croquette bag in her hand and murmured in a very weak voice: "It doesn't matter if he is in love. Even so, he likes that person very much.
He will never forget me... I am his biological sister... Some time ago, he brought me water every day..."
Amami Nanami knows very well that Sakakibara Raku's personality has taken care of Sakakibara Suzu for more than ten years, and Sakakibara Suzu has put countless things in his body.
So much so that his younger sister can't cook, she only acts coquettishly towards him, and doesn't like other girls approaching him.
He is a 100% brother-controller.
These things are like barnacles firmly attached to someone's body. If you try to remove them, you will definitely bleed.
Sakakihara Suzu suddenly became angry:
"Why are you talking about this? Isn't my brother busy with the game now?"
"Nothing, I just want to know your reaction after knowing that your brother is in love."
"You said it was a hypothesis! A hypothesis! Wait, do you know who he likes?"
"..." Tianhai Qimingyue did not answer.
"What style of girls does he like? Hum, it must be fake, right? You definitely don't know."
"Sister-chan, shouldn't you have been prepared for this a long time ago?"
"Well...if I really like a girl, and that girl is pretty, has a good personality, is not annoying, and really likes me...I will still bless him!" p>
After talking to this point, Tianhai Qimingyue understood that A Ling usually looks silly.
But she also has a very clear understanding of her own heart.
Although she said the last sentence very generously and openly, this was under the premise that Sakakihara Raku still took care of her wholeheartedly.
"No! Why am I telling you this? It's his business to fall in love and it has nothing to do with me!"
Tianhai Qimingyue: "Sister Jiang is very busy with work recently, right."
"Well, what's wrong."
"I see that your Twitter followers have also increased a lot. This shows that your career is on the rise recently. I suggest you focus more on dubbing. Most firms in the industry know you."
"You all know who I am...why does it sound weird? Do you want to drive me away? And then let me make potato chips and fried rice for you every day?! I won't be fooled!"
"..."
Nanami Nanami just cast her calm eyes towards the bow dojo. She looked at her sister and Raku Sakakibara drawing their bows, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
The qualifiers have come to an end.
......
In the doubles match, each person has twenty arrows, a total of forty arrows.
After a round of shooting, Sakakihara Raku finally knew what the lethality of Tianhai Jiu Liuli was.
Reporters' cameras were filming her, parents' cell phones were filming her, and even the boy next to her who was holding a bow couldn't help but glance at her.
Of course, this resulted in the unlucky guy missing several arrows.
Just shoot well! Look at this beautiful girl!
No wonder Senior Kobayashi always says, "Kyudo doesn't need women."
Out of forty arrows, Sakakihara Raku lost three.
Tianhai Jiuliuli, who thought he would hit 100% of the time, actually missed an arrow.
However, winning thirty-six times still allowed Mingde School to rank among the top three in the doubles competition list.
The list of scoreboards is as follows:
1. Kanto Gakuen High School of Arts and Sciences
37
2.Mingde Junior High School
36
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3. Universities affiliated with Tokyo Sport University
34
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20.Sunrise Middle School
26
For more than 70 colleges and universities, a hit rate of around 55 can rank among the top 20, which is enough to illustrate the difficulty of archery.
If there are no accidents, the winner of this event will basically be among the top 5.
It's just that the appearance of Mingde School surprised those in the know.
You must know that the top 5 schools are basically old and strong schools, and you can see their shadow almost every year.
As for Myeongde Gymnasium...that aristocratic school that is famous for its difficulty in getting into higher education and admission, it can actually achieve such dazzling results.
Second place in the doubles event.
In the singles competition, there are fourth, fifth, eighth and nineteenth.
The team competition was relatively average, and I was barely selected with a score in the top 15.
But overall, it can be said to be a great victory!
After the competition, everyone in the Kyudo Club of Akita Junior High School excitedly discussed how regretful the arrow was.
He said that it would be better if the wind at that time was lighter. As long as the wind was lighter, he would never miss the target.
Because of the arrival of their two younger sisters, Raku Sakakibara and Kururi Amami do not plan to go back to school with their classmates.
After a brief farewell to classmates who went home to find their respective mothers, Sakakibara Raku reunited with Suzu and Nanamigetsu.
"Brother~~Have you missed me?" Sakakihara Suzu jumped up and down, stepped on Sakakihara Raku's side with one foot, stretched out her hand and hugged his arm.
"What are you doing? You're outside."
"Hmm, what's going on outside? We are a family that loves each other!" Suzu Sakakihara giggled and held his arm coquettishly.
The arrogant sister turned into a clingy sister.
To be honest, she is like brown candy and it is really hard to get rid of her.
Fortunately, the boys from the Kyudo club didn't see it, otherwise they would have said, "You guys are deliberately showing off your girls in front of us!".
It’s simply unfair!
It's obviously the younger sister showing off her older brother, okay?
What’s so good about my sister?
Besides jumping on your head, what else will it do?
Alas, what a pity for yesterday’s rabbit.
Haven't had success yet.
"Brother! What are we going to do later? I still have two hours to accompany you!"
"It sounds like I need you to accompany me."
"What? You have a super invincible and cute sister to accompany you, and you're still not happy? Humph, damn~"
Sakakihara Raku was about to vomit blood, and asked with black lines on his head: "Then what do you want to do, you'd better tell me quickly."
"Hey, while you are free now, how about we buy a cage for Rich Rabbit?"
"Going to a pet store?"
"Yeah! I can also treat you to ice cream."
"Are you crazy today?"
"I'll hit you!"
When pulling Sakakibara Raku away, Sakakibara Suzu looked back at the Amami sisters who looked exactly the same.
Between Tianhai Jiuliuli and Tianhai Qimingyue, she chose to raise her eyebrows at Tianhai Qimingyue.
"Humph~"
A very simple and straightforward provocation.
Then she held Sakakibara's arm and walked towards the subway station.
"Silly sister." Tianhai Qimingyue stroked her forehead and shook her head.
The two of them walked away quickly. Sakakihara Raku seemed to want to call them back, but was forcibly pushed back by Sakakihara Suzu.
"Let's go, sister, let's follow."
"Wait a minute, July."
"Huh?"
"Brother, does he like me?"
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Thanks to [Drunk Eyes Seeing the World] for the starting point coins.