"No, the arrow just now has been shot. It's because I didn't calm down." Raku Sakakihara looked back and glanced at the large character hanging above the bow dojo - "A straight shot will hit".
In the past, I would not have missed the target with my first shot.
"I feel like my brother is a lot more restrained outside." Tianhai Jiuliuli covered half of her face and smiled at him in a low voice.
"After all, you are the minister." Raku Sakakihara glanced around the club and replied in a lowered voice.
"Is it because of this that I can only be called Sakakibara-kun in the Kyudo club?"
Raku Sakakibara is not the kind of person who likes two-dimensional soft and cute girls, but it is inevitable that he would feel comfortable being called "Ni-chan, Ni-chan" by a beautiful girl in real life.
But this kind of experience...it's okay in private, in the archery club where everyone is acquaintances...
It’s the same as social death!
Sakakibara Raku can already imagine that scene - well, Minister Tenkai turns out to be Sakakibara-san's sister; is this true?; So loving;
——There will be endless ideas like this.
When the time comes, everyone will look at me strangely every afternoon when I come to the club.
You might also hear some rumors that Minister Tianhai gave him a small chance because of his brother-sister relationship.
Even more outrageously, he would say that as an elder brother, he is not as powerful as his younger sister.
What Japanese high school students like most is talking in the air.
Once a certain group reaches a consensus, what will spread among students will only be more outrageous rumors.
If you are always in this environment, how can you calm down and practice bowing?
In fact, it doesn't matter if outsiders know that they are brother and sister. It's okay to shout normally like Ling, but when Jiuliuli calls him, he often uses a friendly tone and honorifics.
Changing the context into Chinese is equivalent to a beautiful sister calling herself "Brother, Brother, Brother" in front of outsiders.
This really doesn't work...
"What did Sakakibara-kun use just now?"
"Did you see it?" Raku Sakakihara said in surprise.
"Half Moon" is a term in archery.
A target is round. If the target is completely exposed in the field of vision, then it is a "full moon".
If you block half of the target with your bow, it will be a "half moon".
According to the regulations of the All-Japan Kyudo Federation, Japanese bows and bows must not be equipped with calibration tools, marks, etc., and can only be aimed with the naked eye.
As for why Raku Sakakihara uses half-moon aiming, this is related to his habit of playing bow and arrow in his previous life.
"It can be easily seen from Sakakibara-kun's shooting posture just now. Moreover, Sakakibara-kun's posture just now can be slightly improved. Do you need me to demonstrate it again?"
"Please."
"Hmm."
Tianhai Jiuliuli lowered his head as if saluting him, and then took the bow from his hand.
She looked at the type of bow. It was a 7-foot-3 straight fiberglass bow. The price... was about 20,000 yen.
It looks like it’s a new bow. Has your brother been practicing with this bow before?
Tianhai Jiuliuli stood in the shooting position.
Sakakihara Raku stood aside and watched Amami Kuruuri's movements.
It is said that girls who practice archery are very stylish, and now it seems that is indeed the case.
She slowly took out two arrows from the quiver, put one on the bow, and sandwiched the other between her index finger and ring finger. She formed her body, prepared the bow, and raised it... The first few steps of the eighth section of the shooting method are
There's nothing wrong with her.
"You can draw your upper body back a little, and then push your waist forward a little."
Tianhai Jiuliuli explained while slowly pulling the bowstring flat.
She was wearing a plain white kyudo uniform, with a serious expression on her face, looking at the target in the dojo.
The girl held the bow string with her right hand, supported the bow with her left hand, and opened the bow steadily. The long arrow was even with the corner of her eyes.
The moment the bow is fully drawn, the girl's hands and the bow and arrow form a neat cross shape, elegant and calm.
When the bow is fully drawn, the straight string body does not vibrate at all.
How strong is she?
Sakakibara frowned immediately after seeing it. What kind of magical skill is this?
You know, this is a glass bow with a tension of 22 kilograms. Even for him, his right hand will tremble when the bow is fully loaded.
Ordinary girls would find it difficult to pull even 15 kilograms in a particularly standard bow posture, let alone a 22 kilogram pulling force that even boys can't control.
But the strange thing is.
This glass bow was unfolded as easily as a toy in Tianhai Jiuliuli's hands.
The hands don’t tremble and the face doesn’t turn red.
"Keep breathing."
If others draw their bows cautiously, Jiuliuli draws them slowly and freely. The whole process is as calm as the lake surface, and as comfortable as a basketball showing a perfect parabola.
Sakakihara looked at her again——
The long sleeves are lifted up, the expression is serious, the face is pretty, and the ponytail is flying behind the girl.
The eight sections of shooting are: body formation, bow preparation, raising, drawing the bow, meeting, separation, and remaining heart.
Seeing that she had entered the "meeting" state, with her bowstring fully stretched, Sakakibara immediately counted silently:
One, two, three, four, five——
The arrow flew out of Amami Kuruuri's hand, accompanied by a unique string sound that Sakakibara had never heard before, and the arrow hit the bull's-eye.
When Tianhai Jiuliuli put down her bow, many members in the bow dojo had already silently glanced at her.
Even the deputy director of the Kyudo Department, Hata Masahiro, opened his mouth slightly and was speechless, and then sighed:
"Awesome."
......
......
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the club activities ended, and the sky was still blue.
"It feels like all my bow practice these past few years has been in vain."
Today, it can be said that Jiuliuli helped her correct her posture almost the whole time, and her hands frequently patted her lower abdomen.
Compared with her usual self, she seems to be extremely serious about her work.
"No, brother is already very good, but there are just a few details missing."
"Jiuliuli, how do you manage the pulling force of 22 kilograms easily?"
"Breathe," Tianhai Jiuliuli said, "and it's not easy for me to draw the bow. I have to use all my strength to draw it."
"But I just saw you..."
"Well, it's mainly due to breathing. If you breathe well, your hands will be steady and you can draw the bow string without any trembling. But breathing is not just about pursuing stability, but you need to adjust it appropriately and relax within the eight sections of shooting.
."
"That's it."
"Come to the Kyudo Club at noon tomorrow and I can teach my brother alone."
"Why be alone?"
"Because the breathing method is to be felt on a person's lower abdomen, which means I need to put my hand on my brother's belly to feel his breathing rhythm."
"Want to take off your clothes?"
"No, you can wear hakama clothes."
"I understand..." Raku Sakakibara knew that training alone was to avoid suspicion, but he was still making a fuss.
Breathing methods vary from person to person, and methods vary from place to place in the world.
The breathing method he uses now is based on his previous experience with competitive recurve bows.
All I can say is that it can still be used, but it’s not very suitable for archery.
"Based on what I just observed, my brother is a self-taught archer, right?"
"Well, I was self-taught before, and I won a district championship in junior high school."
"How many years have you been studying by yourself?"
"Two years."
"This is already very impressive! In fact, my brother's level is about the same as mine, but he is a little behind in some unique kyudo techniques."
"It's nothing amazing..." Raku Sakakihara thought to himself that this was all based on his experience playing competitive recurve bows in his previous life.
In his previous life, in order to be selected for the national team, he practiced bow and arrow all the time, and studying and eating became secondary... When he was 18 years old, he won the domestic championship and was preparing to go to the Olympics... but he didn't want to fish on his days off.
People——
After his rebirth, his family did not have the conditions to support him in playing bow and arrow. It was not until his mother's job suddenly improved and the family had more money that he regained this skill that had been neglected for more than ten years.
Subway platform.
The two of them stood in front of the glass guardrail, waiting for the subway, with a distance of one person between them.
"Can you tell me now? The reason why you asked me to go to Ginza."
"Mainly... I want to give my brother a gift!"
"Gift?"
"Meeting gift, clothes, shoes. I see that my brother has been wearing his usual clothes for a long time. I want to help you get a new set."
"What's the matter? I usually wear my school uniform, so I don't have to change."
"Brother's sneakers must be replaced, they are all so old."
Tianhai Jiuliuli stood quietly aside with a smile on her face.
The subway roared from the tunnel, bringing with it the wind, and the girl's flaxen hair was floating gently.
Tianhai Jiuliuli shook his head, put his shoulder bag on the skirt behind him with both hands, straightened his chest and said with a smile: "Besides, it's just a gift. It shouldn't be a problem for my sister to give a gift to my brother, right?"<
/p>
Hearing this, Sakakibara looked away with a smile on his face.
"Brother, what are you laughing at?"
"It's nothing, I just feel good that someone cares about me."
"Ling-chan never gave your brother a gift?"
"She has given me gifts, and they are all small gadgets. She has been very generous recently. She bought me a new mobile phone. I still want to return the money to her."
"Brother, it's better not to return the money to Suzu-chan."
"Why?"
"Because giving a gift to someone means that you are giving it with your heart. If the brother returns the money, doesn't it mean that he is also giving his heart back?"
"You are right to say that..."
"So, Jiuliuli's gift to my brother——"
"Can't I pay it back?"
"That's right! My brother usually gets up early to make breakfast, lunch, and dinner for us. It's hard enough... If I didn't give him some gifts, I would feel bad."
Seeing her happy and delicate face, Sakakihara smiled inwardly, looked back and said, "If my parents hadn't remarried, it would be difficult for people like us to interact."
"Yeah, we don't all study in the same school...so this can be regarded as fate?"
"Well, fate."
The subway stopped slowly amid the beeping sound, and the two quickly boarded the No. 5 subway car.
......
At the same time, in the No. 6 car next door, a girl in a Western-style school uniform pulled down her sunglasses. She looked at the two people chatting together in the No. 5 car next door, then lowered her head and muttered in a low voice:
"Although it's not with Yoshihara-senpai, it's actually with Jiu Liuli. How happy are you to have a new sister? You're still laughing. You don't even laugh when talking to me... You haven't even called me... What are the two guys going to do?