The Sword Deity in Tokyo

Chapter 227: Congratulations, Furuhashi-San!

“Could it be that Yayoi is going to lose?” Mizuki Sugawara who was sitting straight at the audience seat suddenly began to sigh. He felt bitter. “I’m still waiting to explain to Yayoi the main point of Shinto-Ryu when Yayoi is to compete against my sister.”

Barf!

Ikioi Ito and Tomoya Saito at the side also felt like throwing up.

However, for the sake of Katsuki Sugawara, Tomoya Saito could only brown-nose him and said, “I’ve watched the competition clip of this Furuhashi-san from Sakura Kyu, her ability was not that strong during the competition in Tokyo. She seems to have comprehended the sword power during the seven days of rest... There was misinformation in this situation, so it is natural that Momoi-san is in a bad position. In addition, Momoi-san’s realm has not reached a certain level so it would be hard to reverse the situation now. However, Momoi-san is obviously stronger than Furuhashi-san, maybe she could defeat Furuhashi-san later in the battle.”

What bullsh*t! He is such a kiss-*ss! Ikioi Ito glared at Tomoya Saito disdainfully, obviously he had forgotten how he curried favor with Kotone Mikami back then. For that purpose, he even wanted to idolize Kimura Kazuki too.

“Don’t talk if you don’t know how to analyze!” Ikioi Ito snorted. “Before Kyoshin Meichi-Ryu was cultivated to the advanced realm, it was restrained by the sword style of Sokudo-Ryu. This is because during the initial cultivation stage of Kyoshin Meichi-Ryu, starting hand style must first be practiced and used to unite the body and mind. Only then one can fully exhibit the strength of Kyoshin Meichi-Ryu. But unfortunately, the speed of the Yagyu Flying Sword Style was exhibited ultimately, thus, Momoi-san will definitely lose. Am I right, Kimura-Kun?”

One must surely know that the Kyoshin Meichi-Ryu had the title of being invincible in the same realm. For those who cultivated Kyoshin Meichi-Ryu, they were able to torture their rivals until death if they were to have the same level of realm. To compete with someone with a weaker ability, there would be no comments needed. If they were to face someone with a stronger ability, they would be able to last in the battle for quite some time too.

However, in the early stages, Kyoshin Meichi-Ryu would be restrained by the sword style of Sokudo-Ryu. Before someone could enter a situation where the body and mind are united, the Sokudo-Ryu would have already killed that person!

It was because the most noteworthy characteristic of Sokudo-Ryu was that it would easily exhaust a person from defending while Kyoshin Meichi-Ryu would need time to build up the territory.

Kimura Kazuki glanced at Ikioi Ito without saying anything, but he did agree in his heart with what the person said. This was also the exact reason why he had confidence in this match. However, in order to help her have confidence, he did not tell Harunaka.

It would be a great opportunity to increase her confidence if she could defeat Yayoi Momoi after she just comprehended the sword power. Thus, she could have more assurance when she is to compete against Katsuki Sugawara the next day.

As a genius in the Ito family, the words from Ikioi Ito was definitely not an empty promise! His standards and analytical skills were absolutely the best among the younger generation.

Kimura Kazuki was thinking about the match between Harunaka and Katsuki Sugawara the next day. If she could not perform the skill, she would probably lose the match.

Katsuki Sugawara and Yagyu Shizuka were very similar. Both of them were petite in size but powerful naturally. When he first learnt about Katsuki Sugawara, he even thought that she was the enlarged version of Yagyu Shizuka. However, after he watched the video of Katsuki Sugawara, he found that it was not so.

Katsuki Sugawara focused more on Giko-Ryu and had a profound sword style. It was frightful that she could use every ounce of her power just perfectly. As for Yagyu Shizuka, even though she also learned the Yagyu Flying Sword Style, obviously she was a boorish person. Even if she had practiced the Yagyu Flying Sword Style, when she applied the sword style, the skill would be transformed into speed and together with her original strength, it became even more forceful.

Of course, it was not wrong for Yagyu Shizuka to focus on Gokudo-Ryu. It could only be said that in most of the time and under the same realm, Katsuki Sugawara could defeat Yagyu Shizuka in seconds.

Seeing that Kimura Kazuki did not speak, Ikioi Ito took it as tacit approval and his eyes were full of complacency. Mizuki Sugawara and Tomoya Saito were also speechless. This fellow could only satisfy himself by just talking and becoming the king of talks. During the competition yesterday, Aoe High School met with Sakura Kyu High School and was defeated in the top 16.

However, the upcoming competition was just like what Ikioi Ito said. It caused the audience to be in disbelief!

They watched as the Sword Princess, Yayoi Momoi was overpowered by Furuhashi Harunaka bit by bit. Although she could barely withstand it every time, it was enough to express everything.

In the condition that the territory could not be formed, the ability of Yayoi Momoi was not much higher than that of Harunaka. Moreover, she had never seen such a swift sword style. Unexpectedly, the moment Harunaka made a move, she was already at a disadvantage.

Of course, Harunaka would not let her opponent have any time to react. The Rainstorm Style could be handled by her smoothly and easily. Coupled with the Dragon Bone Soup, her physical fitness was kept at pace. Thus, the Rainstorm Style was no longer a burden to her body now.

“Crotch!”

Sail—

Yayoi Momoi’s body became stiff.

The next moment, she heard the referee’s announcement.

“Hit effective, Furuhashi Harunaka wins!”

All the three referees raised the red flag, indicating that victory belonged to Sakura Kyu High School.

The audience went tumultuous. Except for those who did not know about Kendo and came to the Fukuoka Budo Gym for the first time to watch the competition as well as travellers, who else on the spot did not understand at least a little about Kendo?

Even for an ordinary person, if they had watched the video of the district qualifiers, they would see that Yayoi Momoi was a high potential contestant and an ordinary Kendo contestant would not be her opponent.

Other than the audience from Tokyo who knew about Furuhashi Harunaka as a contestant, she was unrecognizable by the audience from other districts. Yet this obscure female contestant actually defeated Yayoi Momoi?

Unbelievable!

Yayoi Momoi looked at the bamboo sword in her hands and was so driven to despair. In fact, she did not know why she was down and out. She was unwilling to participate in the Kendo competition when her family asked her to. Because you cannot... As the Kyoshin Meichi-Ryu from the Momoi family was not suitable for the competition.

When applying Kyoshin Meichi-Ryu in a battle, a territory must be formed or else it would be difficult to win.

Besides, the game started whenever both parties were on the stage and victory or defeat would be decided not long after that. There was no time for preparation at all. Thus, most of the people who practiced Kyoshin Meichi-Ryu were solitary practitioners.

That was why the Momoi family had the title of hermit among the Big Eight. Most of the Momoi family members would choose to solitarily retreat when they were unable to reach the realm that could form the territory anytime.

Just when Yayoi Momoi began to represent the school to participate in competitions, she fell in love with the feeling of fighting for glory.

Thinking of that, Yayoi Momoi smiled, removed her mask and reached out her hand. “Congratulations, Furuhashi-san.”

Harunaka was startled for a moment, then she took off the mask and smiled sweetly. “Thank you.”

The moment they shook hands, they were shrouded by flashlights and rained with uninterrupted snapping sounds of cameras.

At that moment, many people noticed how pretty Furuhashi Harunaka was, even as good looking as Yayoi Momoi.

Ah, appearance chasers.