Tokyo Survival from Tamamomae

Chapter 42 I Learned Kendo in Tokyo
Kendo was originally a kind of traditional competitive weapon martial art that is very popular in the island country and worshiped by the local people.

Of course, because the world usually has supernatural powers, the kendo here is not just an ordinary martial art, but a martial art that can remove spirits and deal with demons.

In island countries, people who practice swords are called swordsmen, or warriors.

Swords were regarded as the soul and spiritual symbol of warriors in ancient times. Samurai in island countries must wear swords all year round and never leave their bodies. Therefore, among all ancient martial arts categories, swordsmanship is one of the most popular martial arts techniques that warriors must master and spread.

But in modern times, for the police officers of the island country and the spirit extermination officers of the Taishi Bureau, kendo is a compulsory course for them. Both the police academy and the Armed Forces Department of the Taishi Bureau have specially formulated "The Metropolitan Police Department Class" "kendo.

That's not counting, a little exaggeration.

Even the tramps who scavenge in the island country mostly know swordsmanship.

To practice kendo, you need to pass level-by-level examinations, and you need to achieve a high degree of control over arm strength and pace.

And because it has a certain degree of attack, it is not listed as an Olympic event.

But even so.

The popularity rate of kendo in island society is also quite high, as it was in the world of Haoren's last life.

In this ordinary world, kendo has become one of the elective courses for most island people.

Every year when the National Juvenile Kendo Competition of the island country opens, thousands of young men and women will practice with their swords on the spot.

In island countries, almost most high schools and universities have kendo clubs and kendo clubs.

Among them, the Kendo Club of Hachioji High School is a large club with a large number of people. Looking at all the national high schools in Tokyo, it can be ranked among the top few.

Of course, the advertising and recruiting work of Hachioji High School Kendo Club is indispensable.

In addition to the "passionate, full-bodied man" promotional poster pasted at the entrance of the venue dedicated to the Kendo Club, there are also many other special posters.

For example, the one before Hao Ren's eyes.

This poster shows a handsome man wearing a kendo suit, protective gear, holding a bamboo sword, and all the equipment, but he took off his head mask, revealing a handsome face and a mouthful of iconic shark teeth. man.

There is also a slogan next to it.

"Want to have a passionate fencing pk with the most handsome and handsome kendo club leader of Hachioji High School, Fujiwara Hirohito?
Want to sweat with Fujiwara-kun and embrace the youth of a real man?
Then join the Kendo club!
Welcome to Hachioji High School Kendo Club! "

That's right, this is an advertisement in Haoren's name.

No way, with his handsome appearance and good reputation in school.

That is when women see it and cry involuntarily at night, wake up in the morning and find that the sheets are wet, and men see it crying and shouting to join the kendo club and work hard to learn fencing.

Thanks to Haoren's golden brand name, the number of new members recruited by the Kendo Department this year is more than double that of previous years, and this is still under the condition of limiting the number of people.

"Oh, the minister used my poster to advertise again!"

All the way to the special venue of the Kendo Club, Haoren saw that rather coquettish poster head-on.

He shook his head speechlessly, and was about to go in when the door of the venue was suddenly opened from the inside.

Then a figure rushed out quickly, and if Haoren hadn't reacted quickly and dodged to the side, he would have been almost hit.

After the visitor rushed out, he saw Hao Ren standing at the gate of the stadium, and immediately let out an urgent cry.

"Oh... Fujiwara-senpai, you are finally here. I was going to find you just now, and something is wrong!"

Hearing this familiar voice, Haoren took a closer look, and found that the person who came was actually Ito's junior who had helped him practice the demon hunting instrument.

This junior Makoto Ito, since he helped him once at the beginning of school, he applied to join the Kendo club.

In his own words, "In order to follow in the footsteps of Fujiwara-senpai", "I want to fencing with him!"

In any case, Ito is now in the same club as him.

"What happened, Ito-kun, why are you in such a panic?"

Seeing Ito's flustered expression, Haoren asked in a deep voice.

"Senior Fujiwara, it's terrible, someone has come to smash our Kendo Club!"

"Smash the scene? Don't worry, just talk slowly, what's going on?"

Haoren was taken aback by Ito's words, and asked quickly.

At the same time, he was also a little surprised.

The so-called smashing the field, generally speaking, refers to other kendo masters coming to challenge.

It is quite common for this kind of thing to happen in gymnasiums, but it can happen in schools...

Although it is not unheard of in ordinary schools, Hachioji High School is different from ordinary high schools.

Yusuke Kimura, the head of the Kendo Department of Hachioji High School this year, is the son of a famous great swordsman in the island country.

Although he is only 19 years old, he has a solid fifth-dan kendo, which is close to the strength of a sixth-dan trainee.

Looking at the high school students in the entire island country, the fifth dan exists like a ceiling.

In the island country in this parallel world, the level division of swordsmanship is slightly different from the island country in Haoren's previous life.

Although it is also divided into "level" and "segment", and "level" is before "segment".

However, there are more divisions of "levels", and there are only "levels" and no "level" swordsmen. It refers specifically to ordinary swordsmen who have no spiritual power or very weak spiritual power. It also generally refers to more than 90% of the island countries who practice kendo swordsman.

Because without the blessing of spiritual power, these ordinary swordsmen cannot cause effective damage to the monsters.

They can only harm demons with some enchanted or spirit-enchanted weapons.

Of course, it is precisely because of the development and development of these spell-equipped weapons that equipped ordinary warriors on the human side, so that ordinary warriors also have the strength to kill demons, and demons will eventually lose to humans.

Compared with ordinary swordsmen, swordsmen with ranks are different.

Rank is the most intuitive division of strength for swordsmen with extraordinary strength in this parallel world.

This kind of "level swordsman" is also an existence that can be compared with spirit masters.

"Section" is divided into the first section, the second section... until the tenth section, a total of ten sections.

Among them, those with six-dan qualifications and good judgment are called "trainers".

Those who have the qualifications of six-dan trainees and have good guiding ability are called "priests".

And those who have the eighth-dan qualification of priests, noble morals, proficient in sword theory, skilled skills, and those who are over 55 years old are called "Fan Shi".

The ranks that can be obtained by passing the exam are only the first to eighth ranks, and the strength corresponds to the eight levels of spiritual masters in the national spiritual master assessment.

As for the [-]th and [-]th dans, they are basically awarded to the [-]th dans who have passed away and made outstanding contributions to kendo.

Therefore, in this parallel world, the fifth stage of kendo is equivalent to the strength of a third-level spiritual master in the country.

Such strength, looking at the entire island country, is almost invincible in the same age group.

So generally speaking, no one who doesn't have a good eye would dare to come to the Kendo Club of Hachioji High School to make trouble.

But now, this short-sighted person just appeared.

"It's too late to explain, come on, senior, let's go in and talk about it first!"

　Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone!

　　By the way, ask for a ticket~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)