I teach kendo in Tokyo

At the same time, Kiryu Kazuma was in the Akita Prefectural Martial Arts Hall, bored and watching the progress of the team battle.

The Japanese are really awesome. This prefectural martial arts gym only had one person hanging there yesterday, and it is in normal use today. It's just that a small area was surrounded by four stools and a cordoned off area where Endo Nakato hangs. , placed some flowers.

But if you think about it carefully, Japan has experienced atomic bomb explosions and survived, and then the next day they thought about the strong people who went to work. Death seems to be no big deal to the Japanese, right?

The organizing committee predicts that by the afternoon, about half of the venue will be empty, and selections for individual competitions will begin at that time while the team competition continues - anyway, most of the teams have already lost the group competition by then.

However, now, Kiryu Kazuma is no longer interested in the individual competition. Because he is very free, he has been running around in the martial arts hall this morning, basically looking at the heads of all the players.

In this kendo tournament, there is no opponent worth fighting.

Kazuma's mood was very low, and the key was that he didn't know why he was low.

Obviously, he can win the National Kendo Championship individual championship for free, and in the future he can hang the Kuixing flag on the door of his own dojo.

This way we can recruit some students, right? Find time to go to West Japan and get the Jade Dragon Flag. The kendo gym's business will definitely be booming.

Not only that, if you win the championship, you might get some buffs or titles.

This double happiness, when added together, should be a dreamlike happiness.

But now, it's all boring.

Kazuma shook his head.

Mikako and Nanjo followed closely behind him. Seeing him like this, the two girls looked at each other.

Mikako shrugged and spread his hands, expressing that he didn't know why Kazuma was depressed.

The zipper of the bag carrying the bamboo sword that Nanjo was carrying opened a small opening at some point, revealing a small pattern on the Bizen Nagafune Ichimonji authentic sword room in the bag.

**

That night, the hospital.

After the lights in the ward were turned off, the old man from Saionji suddenly threw a small bag to Kenichi Konma: Old man, this is my private chocolate collection. You can use this for breakfast tomorrow morning. The sugar and calories are enough for you to do strenuous exercise.

I remember that the doctor said when he came to make rounds, you can't eat sugar, right?

I'm already this old. It's too late if I don't eat anymore. Why do I have to worry about it? Let me tell you, the favorite adventure for an old guy like me is 'disrespecting doctors'.

Kenichi Chima looked at the chocolate in his hand, estimated the portion, and felt that if this old man really ate that much chocolate at once, he would definitely go directly to the ICU.

At this time, the old man continued: When I was your age, I had a big adventure. I stole a bicycle and took the landowner's lady over the mountain that had always blocked our sight.

Dashan? Kenichi Chima asked in surprise.

Yes, before that, neither I nor Miss Aiko had ever seen the scenery on the other side of the mountain, even though I was a young farmer and she was the eldest lady.

I saw the railway for the first time. I carried Miss Aiko and followed the roaring night train, as if I could reach anywhere in the world.

The old man stopped, as if immersed in memories.

Kenichi Konma couldn't help but ask: Did you finally arrive?

We've arrived. I've reached the end of the road. I greet the sunrise with Aiko-san.

“Just when the sun was rising, I saw a sight I would never forget in my life. Several large ships passed by the distant headland with their whistles.

“It was the first time I saw such a big ship and I was so shocked that I couldn’t speak. I even thought the whistle was the roar of a sea monster.

Although Ms. Aiko was also shocked, she had seen the ship in the illustrated magazine, so when she saw my panic, she laughed so hard that she couldn't stand upright.

The old man paused, then suddenly changed the subject: Japan at that time was very strange. On the one hand, it could build such a big ship, but on the other hand, I lived in a mountain village so close to the sea, but I still lived as if Life in the Warring States Period.

In our village, only Miss Aiko's family has electric lights, which are not commonly used. Miss Aiko uses kerosene lamps to study at night, but I can only light candles at night.

Except for Miss Aiko's house, the only bicycle in the village is one issued by the government to the postman. I stole this bicycle and took Miss Aiko on this big adventure.

Kinma Kenichi asked with concern: Then the ending of your adventure...

I was caught, the telegraph is really powerful. The old man smiled bitterly, Soon after that, Miss Aiko was sent to Tokyo to go to school. I studied hard to get into Tokyo schools.

“Then I regretfully discovered that even if I passed the exam, I couldn’t study.

I don't care at all about the rise and fall of empires. I chose military school in the end because I am a poor boy. Even if I go to a national university with free tuition, I can't afford the living expenses in a big city.

For poor boys like me, military school is the only option.

So, you went to Toyama Army School? Kenichi Chima asked.

No, the old man shook his head, and then grinned at Kenichi Konma, I am a boy. As a boy, you must understand. In the end, I chose the big ship.

“I went to Etajima, which is further away from Tokyo than my hometown.

But I don't regret it at all. Looking back now, it's a great thing that I didn't go to the Army. These beasts are an embarrassment to our entire country.

Kenma Ken nodded and asked, What happened next? Did you... did you see Miss Aiko?

I saw it, but it was after the war. At that time, I came to Tokyo, which was still in ruins, to inquire about the whereabouts of Miss Aiko, and finally found her.

“She lived tenaciously with her two children and six adopted war orphans.

Girls are very powerful. They have incredible resilience. I can't imagine how much suffering she has gone through. Compared with the suffering she has gone through, the so-called hell I have seen must be insignificant.

The old man waved his hand: I'm off topic, I'm telling you this, the main thing I want to say is, be willful while you are young and can be willful. Don't wait until everything is lost before you regret it.

Kenichi Konma looked at the old man of Saionji: I... understand.

By the way, below the window of this ward is actually a bicycle shed. The window sill to the top of the shed is actually less than one person tall, and the shed and the ground are only about one person high. The old man from Saionji looked at Kenichi Konma, If it weren't for my bones The quality is loose and it can’t stand the torment, so I’ll have gone out for a walk a long time ago.”

Kenichi Chima laughed.