The girl next door turns into a cat

Chapter 34 Although there are some surprises, but the direction is correct

"Ineffective assault."

In the long silent, empty and silent kendo hall, under the watchful eyes of Suzuki Mamoru and Tamaki Michiyo, Nakazawa Rinka, who hesitated for a long time, finally made such a judgment.

Suzuki Mamoru, who had been waiting for the news of his "deben", was a little stunned when he heard such a voice.

He looked at Rinka Nakazawa.

"Ineffective assault?"

"Well, it's invalid." Nakazawa Rinka reconfirmed to him, and his voice echoed in the quiet kendo hall.

"So...why it doesn't work?"

To be honest, Mamoru Suzuki can't easily accept this conclusion.

After all, he exhausted his physical strength and tried his best to finally hit Tamaki Michiyo. He thought he could win, but was actually deemed "invalid hit" by Nakazawa Rinka, who was the referee.

In other words, the sword he just hit cannot be scored.

"It's because the tendon of the blade is not straight." Yucheng Michiyo, who had been standing still and unable to make a sound after being hit by him, suddenly spoke at this moment.

"The tendon of the blade is not straight?" Suzuki Mori looked at Michiyo Tamaki who spoke, and the girl also turned to him and nodded.

"Ah."

"Michiyo is right." Nakazawa Rinka also agreed, "You Suzuki-san, although you did hit Michiyo's torso, Qihe was also completed, and Zanshin did it, but because the bamboo sword tendons The direction is wrong, so it cannot be judged to be an effective offensive, and it cannot be worthwhile."

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Suzuki Moran was silent.

He knows the concept of "blade tendons".

First of all, there is a big difference between bamboo swords and real swords. For example, if you only look at the appearance, "bamboo sword" is actually more appropriate to say "bamboo stick" than "sword".

The body of the sword is a stick, without a blade.

But
The reason why "kendo" is "kendo" and not "stick way" is because in kendo, "bamboo sword" is regarded as a "true sword".

In order to be close to the real sword, a "sword string" is tied to the bamboo sword. The sword string represents the back of the sword, and its opposite side represents the blade.

So naturally, everyone understands the truth - when you cut with a sword, of course you should use the "blade" to cut it instead of other parts.

Therefore, similarly, in kendo competitions, although bamboo swords that look like bamboo sticks are used, when attacking opponents, they must also use "sword blades" to strike.

Only when such a hit keeps the "blade tendon direction" consistent with the "strike direction" so that the "virtual blade" hits the opponent can it be judged as an effective punch.

Once the "blade tendon" is not straight, it is equivalent to attacking with the blade or even the back of the sword when using the sword. Of course, such an attack is invalid.

In the competition with Yucheng Michiyo just now, it was because he did not keep the direction of the blade tendon consistent with the direction of the attack, so he was deemed to be an invalid punch.

Such a result.
"Okay." Suzuki Mori sighed in silence for a long time, and could only accept it.

He admitted that he did not notice.His experience is still too lacking, as a novice in kendo, he has only held the bamboo sword in his hands for two weeks, and he is still not familiar with it.In addition, in order to hit Michiyo Yucheng as soon as possible, he was too anxious to not give her reaction time. He ignored such details, no wonder others.

"Then" Rinka Nakazawa looked at Michiyo Tamaki and then Mamoru Suzuki, "Since it's an invalid attack, this round is invalid, do you want to do it again?"

"This, no need." Suzuki Mamoru rejected such a proposal without thinking too much.

"Cat Sense" has entered the cooling down, and his physical strength has also been exhausted, and it is impossible to win again.

That is to say, his kendo department had failed in the examination.

Well, although he had hope for a short time, fortunately, he didn't have any expectations when he came here, so the current result, even though there are some setbacks, can't be called disappointment.

and--

"Although the blade tendons are in the wrong direction, it's not bad that you can hit Tamaki Michiyo as a beginner, right?"

"Then, Yucheng-san, I have troubled you this week." Suzuki Mamoru took off the mask on his head, revealing a somewhat pale face.

The circulating air brushed against the cheeks again, bringing a touch of coolness.

"Since I failed the assessment of the Kendo Department, then I will..." He was about to say goodbye, but was suddenly interrupted.

He looked at Michiyo Tamaki who was speaking.

"Although Suzuki-san did not pass the examination of the Kendo Department, but..."

Yucheng Michiyo also took off the mask, and her clear and slightly rosy cheeks appeared in the field of vision.Her expression was still calm, but her tone did contain a little praise.

"I think it's possible to reach this level after only two weeks of kendo practice. It must be admitted that Suzuki-san is quite powerful."

"...I don't deny that." Suzuki Mamoru accepted the girl's praise with confidence.

Despite the "cat senses", the improvement in kendo level is real. He can reach such a point in two weeks, and he thinks it is indeed good.

And just as he was thinking this way, Yucheng Michiyo continued to speak to him.

"Student Suzuki, do you still remember what I told you about my own goal?"

"Target?" Suzuki Mamoru asked.

"Yes." Michiyo Yucheng affirmed, "My goal is to become the champion of the singles competition. The purpose of setting up the assessment of the Kendo Department is also to find opponents who can defeat me head-on, so as to improve myself."

"It looks like I can't do it."

"I couldn't do it, so I can't let Suzuki-san officially join the kendo club." Tamaki Michiyo said.

But, after a little thought, Suzuki Mamoru caught the point: "Formal?"

"Well." She nodded slightly, "Since such a rule is established, we need to act according to the rule. However, today's Suzuki-san failed, but it doesn't mean that future Suzuki-san will not succeed, right?"

"." Suzuki Mamoru blinked, "So?"

"So." Tamaki Michiyo walked up to Suzuki Mamoru with a serious expression on his face, "If Suzuki-san is still willing to practice kendo, I think you can become a preliminary member of the kendo club first, and then become a full-fledged member after you can really score points against me. .”

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"What do you think of it?"

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Suzuki looked at the girl in front of him, then looked at Rinka Nakazawa not far away, with a slightly distorted expression, and finally, he looked again at Michiyo Tamaki who had offered him an invitation very seriously.

"This... I don't seem to have a reason to refuse."

Although there are some surprises, and there are some gaps between goals and expectations, but
The direction is exactly right.

It's just a little distance away.

(End of this chapter)