The spring breeze blew through the campus, and the cherry-colored petals swaying from a distance quietly fell over the playground of Meide Junior High School.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, it's time for school to end, and the crisp sound of baseball hitting can be heard from time to time in the empty playground.
"100."
Really having nothing to do, Sakakibara finished doing push-ups casually, and while listening to the English broadcast on the headphones, he headed to the Kyudo Club carrying a two-meter-long bow bag.
Since you can't find your goal, then at this stage, find something to do that can improve yourself.
This is what he thinks.
Line popped up a new message.
He stopped under the shade of a tree, took off his earphones, and took out the new mobile phone that Sakakihara Suzu bought for himself.
["Amami" has agreed to your friend request.]
Amami translates to a surname - Tianhai.
"It took less than two minutes to agree?" Sakakihara muttered to himself.
A bubble popped up in the chat.
Amami:Good afternoon Sakakibara-kun(*^▽^*)
Kaomoji, Sakakihara Raku feels a little nostalgic when seeing this.
It seems that many Japanese girls like to use kaomoji.
Ah Ling also liked to use it before.
Now I always say what I have to say——
"Brother, bring me a bottle of soda when you come back"
"Brother, bring me a piece of takoyaki~"
"Brother, potato chips"
"Brother"
"."
In the end, I was too lazy to shout. I just typed a space for you as a reminder. If I brought her the wrong one, she would get complained about.
She is truly the best sister in the world.
Sakakihara thought for a while and typed a reply: Good afternoon.
The moment the message is sent, "read" is quickly displayed.
Amami: Are Sakakibara-kun going to join the club now?
Raku Sakakibara: Well, I am going to the Kyudo club to participate in club activities.
Amami: It turns out that Sakakibara-kun is from the Kyudo Club. That’s great. Do you want to go home together this afternoon? I can also pay back the money I owe Sakakibara-kun in the afternoon.
This...is inviting yourself home?
Why are my two foster sisters not alive at all?
When a family is reorganized, it will more or less conflict with each other, right?
At least this is how Raku Sakakihara feels about them.
Sakakibara Raku: Okay... But, didn't I say it before, it doesn't matter if you don't pay back the remaining money.
Amami: No, no matter what, this was a mistake I made accidentally.
They are obviously twins, and she and her sister have exactly the same face and height.
The sisters' personalities are so different.
My sister seems to be very communicative.
Since it’s easy to talk to my sister, why not just go to Tianhai Jiuliuli’s side?
Anyway, I have nothing to do, let’s look for Qi Mingyue’s weaknesses.
Sakakihara tapped the phone screen with one hand and output a line of text:
[Today Qi Mingyue asked me to add your Line. I don’t quite understand the reason.]
The message displays [read] for about ten seconds.
Sakakibara was happy to wait, and finally received the reply message from Amami Kuruuri.
Amami: Sakakibara-kun, don’t pay attention to her. Don’t believe anything she says.
Sakakibara Raku:What’s wrong?
Amami: Sakakibara-kun is willing to take the initiative to tell me, so this means that it is definitely not Nanamigetsu’s instruction.
Sakakihara Raku:That’s right.
Amami: Sakakibara-kun should be careful when dealing with her. She is not bad at heart, but she has bad intentions and often plays tricks on people.
My sister can actually comment like this.
Sakakibara Raku:Then is there anything she’s afraid of?
Carrying a bow bag and holding a mobile phone in one hand, he was walking by the playground. Hearing the excited roars of the football club boys on the lawn, Raku Sakakihara looked at the screen of his mobile phone while heading towards the stadium.
Amami: No... As far as I know, no, even if I put a cockroach in front of her, she would look at it curiously. I absolutely, absolutely, absolutely cannot accept this kind of thing.
So, my elder sister is afraid of cockroaches, and what my younger sister is afraid of is unknown for the time being.
It seems that the points here are not that easy to get.
Raku Sakakibara: I’m at the club.
Amami: Okay, then I won’t disturb you anymore. See you later (?*?*?)
Sakakihara Raku:See you after school.
I wonder if Jiuliuli is using emojis to get closer to herself, to ease the embarrassment that the two have just met and have very special identities.
Crossing an old tree with vigorous leaves, Sakakihara Raku opened the movable wooden door of the dojo.
After taking off his shoes at the entrance, he stepped onto the warm yellow solid wood floor and walked into the archery dojo with a wide view.
At this time, many people from the Kyudo Club had arrived. They were wearing white clothes and hakama, and the white sleeves on their arms reached up to their elbows.
When their slender hands raised a two-meter-long bow, their serious attitude seemed to emerge from their grace.
With a whistling sound, vibrations called string sounds echoed in the ears.
The blue arrow skipped over the lawn, whistling with the wind, and hit the orange target 28 meters away.
"Good afternoon." Kobayashi Ansai put down his long bow. When he turned around, he saw Sakakibara Raku who had just walked from the entrance of the dojo. Out of politeness, he shouted.
"Good afternoon, senior."
After the usual greetings, Raku Sakakihara walked into the locker room and took off his school uniform suit and tie.
He took off his clothes, put on the kyudo uniform he had bought for 50,000 yen, and put on the special gauntlet for kyudo - the "彽 (she four sounds)" made of deerskin.
He looked at himself in the mirror on the wardrobe.
50,000 yen for clothes, 20,000 yen for a bow, 20,000 yen for handguards, 5,000 yen for bow strings, 3,000 yen for arrows...
He closed the closet.
I was thinking about how much money I should repay the minister.
Kyudo, a traditional sport, is really difficult for ordinary students to undertake.
In his previous life, he had successfully been selected for the national team with a compound bow. He had also played with traditional bows, but he had never played with bows.
This thing is long at the top and short at the bottom. It is completely different from ordinary shooting. It is also the most difficult type of bow and arrow to hit.
Because it is not used for hunting at all, but an instrument used for "salute shooting".
To sum it up in one sentence, this thing is a spectator sport for cultivating one’s body and mind.
Similar to Tai Chi.
Sakakihara Raku took out his Japanese bow, picked up a few green arrows in the quiver, and walked to the open shooting position of the dojo.
His eyes looked across the shady green lawn to the target under the purple canvas 28 meters away.
He took a deep breath and calmed down.
The body follows the eight sections of the shooting method methodically.
Set foot, settle down, set an arrow, raise the bow...
Bet on one-third of the big eye.
He raised his slender bow over his shoulders, and his sharp eyes focused on the arrow.
Push the bow with your left hand, and draw the bow string smoothly with your right hand wearing a deerskin glove.
Sakakihara stared forward, and the power of the bow string gradually concentrated on the green arrow feathers in his hand.
He counted the time silently in his mind, and after holding it there for a short time, his arm instantly pulled out the bowstring.
Li.
The next moment, he loosened his grip on his thumb.
In an instant, the arrow's string loosened.
Phew!
The high and special string sound stirred the hair beside his ears, and a touch of green fragrance flew over the grass and soil and floated in the sky.
In the distance, there was a "dou" sound, and the arrow passed through the wooden pier and hit the bull's-eye.
Hit.
I was lucky, and before I could get used to the new bow, my first arrow hit the target.
He drew a new arrow from the quiver beside him.
The top of the bow is long and the bottom is short, and the trajectory is erratic. Without long-term training, it will be even more difficult to achieve perfect results.
"Haha! Not bad, new member!"
The speaker was the deputy minister, Hata Masahiro. He walked over and patted Sakakihara Raku on the back, and said to him in an extraordinary voice:
"Our former minister has transferred to another school! Maybe you don't have to pay back the money you owe her!"
"The minister transferred schools? When did it happen?" Raku Sakakihara asked in surprise.
"It was just the weekend. The incident happened suddenly. Xiaolin and I didn't believe it when we heard it, right? Xiaolin!"
"Hmm."
Xiaolin Anzhai at the other end nodded at an angle that was almost invisible, and shot out another arrow mechanically.
The target 28 meters away in front of him already had more than a dozen arrows piercing it.
Masahiro Hata crossed his arms, nodded, and said: "Although the directors of our school's sports club are all directly appointed by the school and are guys who came down by plane, I have to say that Minagawa-san is the only one who I am convinced of.
Women."
Raku Sakakihara still didn't believe it: "Is Minister Minagawa really gone?"
"Gone, really gone. I heard that her father was transferred away from the bank by his boss, and the family had to leave Tokyo."
"What about her competition this year?"
"Perhaps I will still participate, but it will definitely be affected by my family... let alone you, even I feel pity!"
After listening to what Hata Mabe said, Sakakihara looked at the bow and arrows and deerskin gauntlet in his hand.
The cheap bow that he had used for three years was worn out within two days of joining the Kyudo club. Director Minagawa lent him money to buy the new bow, and he planned to return it to her after his salary was paid in the middle of this month.<
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Unexpectedly, people suddenly disappeared.
Hata Masahiro continued:
"There have been a lot of transfers recently. It seemed they were the girls from the Literature Department a few days ago. The last time I saw them was in the afternoon classroom;
"I happened to pass by at that time and saw them holding a study meeting with a male teacher several times. I have to say that the students in the Department of Literature are diligent. But occasionally there are some strange noises. I can't figure out what they are.
Night crow?"
"..."
Sakakibara looked at him mumbling something, and didn't know whether he should remind him of this.
"You don't know? That's right. After all, if they weren't in the class next to us, not many people would know about it. Speaking of which..."
When Hata Masahiro said this, he put his fist into his mouth with his right hand and coughed twice in embarrassment, "I also like one of the girls. I remember her surname is Satake. She is quite cute and looks very pure."<
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Forget it, it’s better not to tell him.
Destroying other people's fantasies has never been what Sakakibara would do.
"Now that Minister Minagawa has transferred to another school, who will be our next minister?"
Masahiro Hata shrugged: "It depends on the school. I would like to be one, but I'm not qualified."
That's right, Minagawa Ogura used to be a top-ranked kyudo player in the Kanto region.
Now the person with the highest rank in the Kyudo Club is no more than 2nd Dan.
Kyudo requires not only accurate shooting, but also up to standard movements.
If your steps are slightly crooked, those old men might deduct a point if they see it.
Raku Sakakibara took the second-dan test before. The shot was on target and the posture was completely correct. However, the depth of the arrow into the target was not up to standard, so he was given a failed shot.
After all, I am now the champion of the district championship, but I am so hopeless.
Boom, another hit.
Kobayashi Ansai, who was dressed in white and black hakama, put down the long bow in his hand and placed it on the wooden frame of the dojo.
He turned around and looked at the two people chatting aside and said:
"It's almost time."
Hata Masahiro looked confused: "What time is it?"
Xiao Lin Anzhai's handsome forehead suddenly had a black line. He held an arrow in his hand, crossed his arms and said: "As the deputy minister, you are not informed about the news to me? Didn't the school inform us today?
A new minister is coming."
"Ah?! This... haha, why didn't I know?" Hata Masahiro scratched his head.
"Shouldn't you ask yourself this question?" Xiaolin Anzhai sighed.
Since the third-year seniors are entering higher schools and the new semester has just started, the number of people in the club can only be said to be quite small.
"Haha, if you don't know, it's not a big deal." Hata Masahiro covered the atmosphere with laughter, and then lowered his voice and asked Kobayashi Ansai, "The minister will come by himself later?"
"Otherwise? We still go to pick him up?"
"It turns out it's a boy. I thought it was a girl."
Kobayashi Anzhai's mouth trembled: "Gender doesn't matter, the main thing is that as the deputy minister, why don't you recruit people quickly? Our Kyudo club has almost reached the bottom of the sports club in terms of number of people."
"Don't worry, no matter how few there are, how many people can there be in the prison escape club next door? All those who have successfully escaped from prison have been suspended from school - why should the school agree to the establishment of this club, democracy?"
"How can we compare with those messy societies?"
"Besides, I'm an average-looking person. When it comes to recruiting people, if you ask Sakakibara to hold up a sign, the effect will be better than mine, haha." Hata Masahiro smiled and reached out to pat Sakakibara Raku's shoulder.
"He is a newcomer who has just joined the department. Do you, the deputy minister, have the nerve to say this?" Xiao Lin Anzhai held his forehead and shook his head.
"Sorry to disturb you."
Just as they were chatting happily, a girl quietly stood at the entrance of the dojo.
She was wearing the standard white clothes and black hakama of kyudo. Her long flaxen hair hung naturally on her shoulders. There were only some subtle expressions on her beautiful and beautiful face. Some male classmates saw her appearance and subconsciously shifted their gazes to his face.
.
After she raised her head, her eyes looked around like a curious cat.
Sakakibara was surprised for a moment, how come Nanamigyue chased her here?
But almost subconsciously, another guess came into his mind - could she be Jiuliuli?
Kobayashi Ansai and Hata Masahiro stopped their bickering at the same time.
Hata Masahiro lowered his voice and said to Xiaolin: "She is your new recruit?"
"Aren't you in charge of recruiting students?" Xiao Lin Anzhai lowered his voice for some unknown reason.
"I guarantee that if you recruit her, there will definitely be a steady stream of members from our Kyudo Club."
"Why?" Xiaolin Anzhai frowned.
"Alas..." Hata Masahiro sighed cautiously, "That's why I sometimes say that you are a fool who only knows how to practice bows. You can't understand the beautiful girl standing in front of you upright." "What are you talking about?"
"Forget it!"
"Ahem..." Hata Masahiro clenched his right fist in front of his mouth, broke the silence in the club with two coughs, and tried his best to show his most handsome smile, "Hello."
The girl walked slowly over. She raised her head and looked around. First she smiled at Sakakibara and nodded, and then her eyes fell on the plaque at the top of the dojo.
On it are written several vigorous characters common to all archery clubs——
"A straight shot will hit the target"
With her white hands behind her back, she raised her head and stared quietly for a while. Her elegant and beautiful figure exuded a unique temperament that subconsciously made people want to stay away.
"From now on, I will be your minister, please take good care of me."
Is it really Tianhai Jiuliuli...?
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The adopted sister who just transferred to school is actually his immediate boss?
This is what Sakakibara Raku realized within a few days after meeting Kururi in the Kyudo Club.
Not only the deputy minister, but also the entire archery department was curious about this new beautiful girl minister.
You must know that although both men and women can join the Kyudo Club, overall, there are more men than women in the Kyudo Club, and the quality is not good.
When a beautiful girl with flaxen hair, sky-blue eyes, tall figure, and delicate face suddenly became a minister.
Seeing her wearing a high ponytail and holding a bow and arrow in an elegant manner, even a boy can't hide the yearning in his eyes.
However, Tianhai Jiuliuli is still the kind of person who is particularly easy to talk to. Whenever anyone asks her questions or talks, she will show her sunny smile to help members answer their questions and correct their posture.
This afternoon Raku Sakakibara finished drawing his bow and took a deep breath while wearing the kyudo hakama suit. Then he heard Deputy Minister Hata Masahiro deliberately standing next to him with his hands on his hips and sighing:
"No way."
Sakakibara saw that the deputy minister wanted to find someone to talk to, so he put down his bow, turned to him and asked: "Senior, what are you talking about?"
Mahiro Hata looked at him: "Sakakibara, do you know our new minister?"
"Huh? What's wrong."
"When I went home a few nights ago, I checked the information of our new minister on the website of the Kanto Kyudo Federation. What happened to you? Minister Minagawa lost at her hands..." Hata Masahiro couldn't help but laugh or cry. "Kanto Regional Competition?"
"Yes, that's it. In the finals, our old minister and new minister both hit 25 consecutive shots. Later in the extra round, they took turns shooting. On the 46th arrow, our old minister
The minister lost. I don’t need to say more about Minister Minagawa’s performance outside. He beat all other schools’ trump cards! But she still lost to Minister Tenkai.”
Sakakihara asked tentatively: "You mean, the minister achieved more than 50 consecutive hits in the finals?"
"To be precise, it's 72 arrows. Do you think it's outrageous or not?! This is archery. If you hit the target with 72 arrows in a row, you think we are playing with compound bows!"
No wonder when I joined this school and this archery club and met Director Minagawa, I could only see the sluggishness in her body.
It is clear that this minister is extremely powerful, and it is clear that this minister is a talented girl who is called a shooting star by the outside world, but she has lost her enthusiasm for kyudo like a salted fish.
It turns out that it was the psychological shadow cast by Jiuliuli.
"Sakakibara, do you think genius can never be surpassed?"
"Talent is important, but hard work is also important. Maybe Minister Tenkai doesn't know how hard he practices in private?" Raku Sakakihara sat down cross-legged, placing his bow and arrow beside him.
Masahiro Hata also sat cross-legged in the dojo behind him. After hearing this, he felt a lot more comfortable: "Indeed, talent only means a high starting point and a fast climbing speed, but this does not mean that I will definitely become a stepping stone.
."
After hearing this sentence, Sakakihara Raku became silent in the true sense.
Stepping stone?
Indeed, in competition, all efforts within a few years are nothing but stepping stones to the championship.
When he was selected for the national team, he stepped on countless talents to get there.
Of course there are people who are better than him, and of course there are people who are more talented than him.
For that kind of person, most ordinary people who have climbed up through hard work can only fall behind.
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No matter how hard you work, you can't compete with someone else's casual training.
This is the most uncomfortable thing.
"Senior, in a game, the championship is important. But I think the most exciting thing in the game is the spirit of persevering even though you know you are going to lose. This is the most fundamental element that makes the world fall in love with this sport." After hearing this, Hata Masahiro couldn't help but glance at his profile. He was obviously just a junior younger than himself, but he strangely felt that this junior was more similar to him in this regard
Have more experience.
"Seniors, you can try to imagine that if you decisively choose to give up a game after knowing that you can't win, what will be the final consequences?"
"...The final consequence...? Well, I lost my passion for confrontation."
"Yes, the most important thing about a sport is the emotion called 'love'. People like this sport, people love this sport, and people expect players to stand out in this sport. This is the charm of the game. When you fight tenaciously,
The spirit no longer exists, and the movement has lost the most essential thing that infects people-expectation and hope."
Sakakibara smiled and said, "Senior, can you think about what kyudo has brought to you?"
"Well... Well, after practicing kyudo, I feel more elegant. Girls seem to recognize me when I walk in school. I can also participate in competitions and enjoy the attention of everyone."
"This is what you have got now, senior. You don't have to win the championship."
"That's good!" Hata Masahiro thought for a moment, laughed and patted Sakakihara Raku on the back, "The words you said made me look like a junior, and I usually look down on you.
You."
"No, no, senior, you are a very nice person."
"Haha, you are still humble..."
Hata Masahiro's eyes were focused on the front of Amami Kuriuri who was instructing the new members on their manners. The girl was instructing the new members on their manners. The boy was a little nervous, blushing and flustered under her guidance.
"Do you like Minister Tenkai?" Hata Masahiro crossed his hands into his sleeves and asked Sakakihara Raku in a low voice.
"What's wrong?" Raku Sakakibara asked.
"I'm telling the truth, Minister Tianhai... I felt a heartbeat when I first saw her. She is gentle, generous and virtuous, especially when I saw her playing tennis yesterday... it was so...
Attractive!"
"Senior wants to pursue the minister?"
"Who doesn't want to? You don't want to?"
Sakakihara just smiled and shook his head.
Hata Masahiro looked distrustful.
"It's true."
"Junior, you are being dishonest. I can see it in the entire club. Except for Anzai, who only has a heart for kyudo, the other juniors all have a good impression of Minister Tianhai. You are also an adolescent boy, how can you
No? Minister Jiu Liuli is so beautiful..." Hata Masahiro deliberately lowered his voice for fear of being heard by Tianhai Jiu Liuli in front.
What can Raku Sakakibara say?
I want to ask if you have a good impression of Jiuliuli.
That's for sure, who doesn't like beautiful girls?
But this is my adopted sister!
When it comes to falling in love, it’s not your turn.
Besides, he has just fallen out of love and is hurt by love, so he has no mood at all.
Sakakihara shook his head, stood up, and picked up the longbow on the ground: "Okay, senior, let's continue practicing. Don't you want to participate in this year's competition?"
Hata Masahiro smiled and said: "You kid deliberately avoided the topic, right?"