Saturday, May 18th.

As the alarm clock rang, the sleeping Shiori Chiba made a meaningless sound, she picked up her phone and looked at the time, it was already seven o'clock in the morning. She wanted to sleep a little more, and when she thought of today's day, she couldn't help but cheer up.

She got up and looked at Yuriko lying on the table, but she didn't bother the other party.

After getting out of bed and washing, I went to the living room.

Chiba Akiko couldn't help but be stunned when she saw her daughter get up so early, "It's the weekend today, why did you get up so early?" ”

"The Jade Dragon Banner Tokyo Prefecture Qualifiers are about to start, and I want to go and see it."

Chiba Akiko was stunned, and then she looked at her daughter suspiciously, "Is the person you like in the kendo club?" ”

Shiori Chiba was drinking milk, and she almost didn't choke when she was asked this question. When she finished drinking, she took a piece of bread and shook her head, "No! I've only recently been interested in kendo, so I'll go first. ”

After speaking, regardless of his mother's doubts, he hurriedly walked towards Mingxiu High School.

When Shiori Chiba came to the school gate, it was already half past seven. A large number of people have gathered at the entrance of the school, and in addition to the IH conference, the Jade Dragon Flag is the most important competition in the national high school kendo department. As long as the number of students reaches the standard, they will generally sign up, and if they can't win the championship, it's okay to meet the world.

"Shiori, here!" When Tamako saw Shiori Chiba, she couldn't help but shout.

At school, Chiba Shiori basically didn't have any friends, and Tamako counted as one. And Tamako is different from Shiori Chiba, she has a lot of friends. Many close friends will ask her in private, Chiba Shiori is so beautiful, won't she feel ashamed next to her? You must know that Tamako is also a very beautiful girl.

Tamako said very frankly that only in front of the most beautiful flowers can she maintain a good attitude. Chiba Shiori is the first in both appearance and study, and the other party is not complacent, so she naturally has to learn from the other party.

And the more Tamako gets along with Shiori Chiba, the more she likes each other.

With Tamako's exclamation, the students at the school gate all looked at Shiori Chiba, and many of the boys were hot. Especially the members of the kendo club, today is the start of the prefectural qualifiers, and Shiori Chiba must have come over to cheer for them.

"I'm not late." Shiori Chiba smiled gently.

The teacher's surname is Morishita, and he smiled, "No," he said, he looked at the time, "I'll wait for Yamashita and Nakata." ”

Five minutes later, Yamashita and Nakata arrived at the school gate. After a few words of laughter, everyone set off, and instead of taking the train, they chartered a bus to the Tachibana Budokkan.

Tachibana Budokan is the third largest budokan in Tokyo, after Nakura Budokan and Tokyo Budokan .

At 8:20 a.m., the students of Meixiu High School came to the outside of the Tachibana Budokan Gym, which, unlike gymnasiums in other areas, has maintained a quaint style and has a heavy historical atmosphere when viewed from a distance.

Budokan is widely used in judo, kendo, karate, martial arts, dance, orchestras, martial arts performances, concerts and martial arts venues, and large-scale entrance ceremonies and graduation venues for universities. At the same time, the Budokan has increasingly become a mecca for concerts held by famous singers from Europe, America and East Asia, and it is regarded as a symbol of the depth of one's artistic attainment.

Many of the students came to Tachibana Budokan for the first time, and they were all very interested. Mr. Morishita quickly led the students through the entrance of the East Zone. He then led the students of the Mingxiu Kendo Club to the second floor, and asked Tamako to lead the other students to sit and wait in the first area of the venue.

Shiori Chiba found a place to sit down, and she noticed that it was already full of people. Apparently they are all here to watch the game.

Although it is only a prefectural qualifier for the Jade Dragon Banner, this is Tokyo after all.

Tokyo has the largest number of high schools and the most competitive. According to Mr. Morishita, there are 100 schools that have signed up for the competition in Tokyo this year. The average number of participating schools in other counties is about forty-five.

According to the most basic school, there are five boys and five girls in the girls' group. That's a little over a thousand, and that's not counting the substitutes. Coupled with the fact that every school must have students who come to cheer up, this word count is even more unbearable. In addition, there must be many adults who are interested in kendo, and today is the weekend, so it is basically a holiday, so there are even more people.

Even if you need to buy tickets to watch the game, the people at the scene swept around and knew that it had already broken 10,000. And the number is still increasing, and I heard that it is hard to get a ticket now.

At nine o'clock, the Tokyo Prefectural Qualifiers will enter the official stage.

Since it is not an official Jade Dragon Flag Contest, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government is not eligible to hold the opening ceremony. However, the people of the All Japan Kendo Federation still sent a director of the eighth dan to give a speech to explain the rules and system of the Jade Dragon Banner competition.

The rules of the team competition of this year's Jade Dragon Flag Competition are the knockout mode, and the winning system is a winner-loser. The so-called win-loss system, that is, as long as you score one point in the competition, then it is considered a victory. And there is a special rule for the team competition, which is the deathmatch system.

In the general team competition, each school is composed of five people: pioneer, secondary, middle, deputy general, and general. The deathmatch system of the team competition is similar to the King of Fighters game, where one person can always be present until he loses. If the Vanguard is strong enough, it is completely possible to shave the head of a hostile school in 1v5.

The individual competition is a three-book winning system, and the individual competition is not divided into male and female groups.

In the past, the individual competition was divided into men's and women's groups, but due to some special organizations and public opinion for special reasons, the individual competition is no longer divided into men's and women's groups.

At half past nine, the major high schools in Tokyo sent representatives of one man and one woman to draw lots. Draw the area first, and then draw the number. The main venue of the Tachibana Budokan is used to hold the finals, and it is naturally impossible for more than 100 schools to participate in the main venue.

After all, after the team competition, there is also an individual competition. Therefore, the prefectural qualifiers for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government are generally held for about a week.

The team competition ends in four days and the individual competition ends in three days.

After each school draws, the host will report the competition area and the number of words. As for the individual competition, it is mainly based on electronic drawing.

"Mingxiu Comprehensive High School, Men's Division, Zone A, No. 15. Women's Division, Zone D, No. 8. ”

Hearing about her school, Shiori Chiba glanced up... Seeing that the classmates next to him were excited, they were speechless.

It's just a lottery, what's there to be excited about.

After a few more minutes...

"Sakura Kyu Private High School, Men's Division, Zone A, No. 1. Women's Division, Zone B, No. 14. ”

Shiori Chiba's eyes lit up, her mood suddenly rose high, and she thought silently in her heart.

The arena in Zone C seems to be the entrance to the northeast area of the Budokan Hall. She turned her head to look at Yuzi and said, "Yuzi, let's go to Area A first to take a place." ”

"Well, I thought you'd go and watch the women's competition... I didn't expect Shiori to watch the men's competition, Shiori, do you have someone you like in the kendo club? ”

Shiori Chiba was confused for a moment when she heard this, and then she reacted, as if the men's group of her school was also in Area A... Thinking about it, she glanced at Yuzi and didn't say much.