Faculty of Letters.

Five minutes after Kamihara left.

Tianhai Qi Mingyue glanced at the message she had just received on her phone, she picked up her phone and looked at it for a moment.

"Brother, the tournament in the archery club will start next month, right? My sister will definitely participate in the competition......"

She was about to take her phone back when she suddenly gave up and sighed.

Slender fingers began typing in the input field.

"Forget it......"

.......

“yoshi！”

Kamihara changed into a hakama suit, and as soon as he walked out of the locker room, he saw the tall figure of Tianhai Jiuliuli standing in the wind.

Her flaxen-colored ponytail hung down behind her head, and she set her arrows, pushed arrows, and stood bows, and her gaze turned sideways to the distant target from the front.

A bamboo bow more than 2 meters long was held high above her shoulder, her eyes focused on it, and the thumb of her right hand, wearing a deerskin glove, hooked the bowstring.

Smooth and even.

The taut bowstring trembled in her hands without a hint.

The moment the arrow whistled out, the bowstring moved the bow body in a trembling way, and a high bamboo sound sounded.

The sound of "cluck-" sounded, as if following the neat trajectory of the arrow's tail, hitting the bullseye 28 meters away.

“yoshi！” Immediately afterwards, there was the solidarity of teenagers and girls behind him. The sound of youth is as pleasant as a chorus.

Shen Yuan Le looked at the target directly opposite the Tianhai Nine Glass again, and he stared at it.

It was found that dozens of arrows had been inserted around the center of the target, and none of them had landed.

"Awesome ....."

Not only him, but in this archery department, whether it is a newcomer or an experienced kyudo, they all subconsciously sighed, turned their heads sideways, and exchanged something.

Even the seniors in the second and third grades have to admit in their hearts how powerful this new minister is.

"Good afternoon, senior." Kamihara Raku found that the senior, Masahiro Hatata, came over.

"Uh-huh, Kamihara-san, good afternoon, why are you here so late today?"

"Ah, I'm also in the literature department, and I usually go there for an hour."

"Oh, that's fine."

Deputy Minister Masahiro Habata responded casually, he stood beside Kamihara Le with a record book of grades usually used by the archery department, looked at the Tianhai Nine Glass on the shooting position, and whispered to Kamihara Le:

"Do you know how many arrows Minister Tianhai has practiced since he came to the dojo an hour ago?"

"If you have a Japanese bow, there should be only 30 of them at most in an hour."

"49! On average, shoot an arrow in a little over a minute! ”

For example, 100 arrows a day is considered to be on the upper normal level.

As long as you are not afraid of losing your hands, you can also practice more.

However, the traditional bow is quite different.

Kyudo not only requires a posture that is very different from that of a compound bow, but also exercises temperament and mind.

And the bow is the slowest of all the bow types, the compound bow shoots a group, and the person who practices the bow shoots two arrows slowly.

With a bow, shoot the kind of arrow speed of a compound bow... You have to maintain a variety of standard postures...

It's hard, it's special, it's hard.

"Did she hit them all?" Kamihara asked again.

Mahiro Habata showed the record book full of circles in his hand to Kamihara Le, and said in surprise, "All in between!" And the posture is all correct, I just want to know if Minister Tianhai's arm won't hurt? ”

"Whoa—"

The strings came again.

Kamihara Le looked at Tianhai Jiu Liuli, who shot another arrow, turned around and said with a smile: "The deputy minister can take the initiative to ask her if her hand hurts, and Minister Tianhai will answer it if she has a question." ”

"No, no, no," Mahiro Hata quickly shook his head, and drew an extra circle in the record column of Tianhai Nine Glass, he sighed, "Alas... I'm afraid I'll be hit if I ask her... You know, I've been practicing archery since I was a junior high, and so far, I've been persevering every day, and I've not been able to shoot as accurately as Tenkai. ”

"Did you win a district-level event when you were in middle school?"

"Hmm."

"What's your hit rate?"

"80 up."

"That's pretty impressive." Mahiro Hata has a look of "why are you all freaks".

Kamihara sneered and evaded: "I feel that it is much more difficult to have a bow than a compound bow." ”

"The bow is a traditional bow, there is no sight, archery is all based on experience, but if you have played with other bows, and then come to practice the bow, you will have a little experience, there is not much use, and the bow posture is very demanding, which can be said to be completely different. You've been shooting 100 arrows a day lately, and I'm afraid your newly bought fiberglass bow will soon be scrapped...... Fortunately, you didn't buy a bamboo bow, this thing is not only expensive, but also troublesome to maintain. ”

"Hmm."

"Also, are you sure you're going to participate in the county competition?"

"That's right."

"Single or team?" Mahiro Hata's face was written all over "Team competition, choose team competition!" ".

Kamihara Le laughed and said: "The seniors of the third grade of the last session are gone, and the main male forces of the second grade are only Senior Kobayashi and Deputy Minister, right, as for the other seniors, ......"

Kamihara didn't finish speaking, which roughly means that most of the other seniors only came with the purpose of "self-cultivation", and few were willing to participate in the archery competition with a high competitive purpose.

To compete with dozens of aces in the school, every arrow that falls on target is stressful.

Not to mention that the audience will also talk about it offstage.

Mahiro Hata thought for a moment, "It's not easy for me to shout about those people... If it weren't for the attendance standard, I guess I wouldn't have come. Or we can find two more newcomers and experienced people and practice wholeheartedly for a month, and it's not that we can't participate. ”

Kamihara Le shook his head: "It's too late, I believe you understand better than me, Deputy Minister." If we follow such a step, our school will be screened out of the qualifiers. ”

"Alas, but the school has set us a goal, this semester we boys must win at least one of the top three."

"Singles."

"Singles!" Mahiro Hata almost shouted, "I guess you don't know Kamihara, everyone who participates in the singles competition is a bit of a pervert, and the team competition can also rely on the number of people to share the disadvantage... In the singles competition, they are all guys who are extremely proud of themselves, but they have strength. It's not that I don't have confidence in my strength, but in case, if not a single boy enters the top three, the funding of our club will be cut! ”

"What if it's cut? After passing the novice period, most of them will use their own money to buy a set of bows. ”

"Alas, Kamihara, you newcomer you don't understand... Last semester, did you know that during the school year, Minister Minagawa applied to the school to start a dormitory activity? Our whole community, more than 20 people, went directly to Kyoto to play... Ahem, it's been fourteen days of learning and communicating. I just went to eat some barbecue and soaked in the hot springs for a while. Even so, there is still a lot of surplus in the club's funds. ”

Kamihara got it.

If the club funds are gone.

If it's gone, it's estimated that the next time you'll be able to stay at school for two weeks.

At that time, Tokyo was not anything else.

The weather alone can heat people to death.

How can this deliberately go out to run hot spring tourism comfortable.

Be able to understand.

"Oh~ That's it."

"Hehe, got it," Masahiro Hata touched him with his arm and smiled, "So, as long as you join, let's pull two more second-year seniors or newcomers, they are easier to talk to, and it's completely feasible for us to go to the team competition together." The school requirements for the team competition are not high, just the quarterfinals, and work harder, which is more reliable than the single competition! ”

"This..."

"Well, would you like to consider my suggestion?" Mahiro Hata recorded the number of (di) in the nine glasses of the heavenly sea, and asked Kamihara Raku.

It's not impossible to agree to a team competition...

However, he has never participated in a team event, and he has always played alone in his last life.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry to disturb you."

Kamihara Raku interrupted his thoughts, and his eyes followed everyone in the archery department.

The instructor of the archery club, Mr. Sakahara, stood at the entrance of the archery club with his back hunched over and his hands behind his back.

Behind him, there was also a teacher from the Academic Affairs Office who had just taken off his shoes and stood up.

Kamihara Le also knows this, and the last time he met Kobayashi Yuzuki at the school gate, it was this teacher who came to learn about the situation.

He was middle-aged and wore square-rimmed glasses.

He remembered that it seemed to be, surnamed Shiozaki, Director Shiozaki.

Old Mr. Sakahara touched his right hand to his mouth, cleared his throat, and then turned his hands back again, looked around at everyone, and said:

"I'm sure you're all aware of the Kyudo Prefectural (Tokyo) tournament that will be held next month, in mid-July, and schools with archery clubs throughout Tokyo will participate, and we will certainly be no exception."

"Sakahara-sensei!"

Mr. Sakahara's gaze looked at the man who raised his hand, "Ah, my wife-san, if you have any questions, please say." ”

"If you want to participate in the prefectural competition, do you still have to pass the qualifiers?"

"Well," Mr. Sakahara's gaze looked back at everyone, "If you want to participate in the prefectural competition, there must be a preliminary round." Normally, schools throughout Tokyo are required to compete for the top 20 campuses in the qualifiers. Then the top 20 campuses will be divided into groups by lot, promoted layer by layer, and finally select the champion team. ”

"How should the school's expedition team be selected?"

"Well, although the number of our archery club is small, but with the addition of girls, there are more than 20 people in total... In addition, this time, the school said that no one is allowed to escape, and there will be no idea that "I don't want to participate, so I won't participate." ”

Old Mr. Sakahara said this, and his face was apologetic.

As soon as these words came out, sure enough, many old fritter members in the second and third grades began to turn their ears into each other.

They don't seem to be happy with the school's decision.

At this time, Director Shiozaki of the Academic Affairs Office stepped forward.

"Ahem!"

He cleared his voice louder. Dressed in a straight suit, with his chest quite high, his chin slightly raised, he looked around at the students who were sitting or standing in the archery department and said:

"I know that there are many students who are dissatisfied with the mandatory requirements of the school, but students who have this idea in their hearts, you can think about it, what was the purpose of entering this school in the first place, and what was the goal of entering this school? Let's not talk about the girls of our Mingde School, boys!

”

Director Shiozaki screamed sharply, which made the originally lazy second- and third-year seniors feel cold on their backs, and they hurriedly came back to their senses.

Director Shiozaki withdrew his gaze and continued:

"In the past two years, the boys in the archery club have not achieved a single result, and last year, they didn't even enter the top 20 in the qualifiers!

”

"Last year, Kobayashi and I were both sick and didn't participate." Mahiro Hata whispered in Kamihara's ear.

This deputy minister is really rich in personality ... Kamihara complained in his heart.

"The school will give financial support to every sports club every semester. Bows, arrows, hands, strings... as well as the maintenance of the entire dojo and the funding of the competition. Even when you go out to train, you wear the best equipment, use the best territory, and enjoy the best environment, not to mention the things that seem to be exercises but are actually traveling. ”

"Most of the archery clubs are specially recruited sports students, so the school is so angry."

"Vice Minister, are you too?" Kamihara asked in a low voice.

"Well, so am I." Mahiro Hata lowered his voice in response, keeping his eyes on the entrance of the archery department.

"The school can turn a blind eye to this kind of thing, but what is the premise?! The premise is that you have to show the results! The money the school gives you is not just for your pleasure. Director Shiozaki kept slapping the back of his hand on his palm, asking loudly, making a series of overwhelming sounds.

"Okay, okay, Director Shiozaki doesn't have to embarrass the children too much." Mr. Sakahara hurriedly called out to the director of the Academic Affairs Office, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

This is not said to this year's high school freshmen, but at this moment, it still makes people feel worried.

During this period, Kamihara Le glanced at the nine glasses of the heavenly sea.

Luckily, she didn't seem to have anything to do, just listened patiently.

Director Shiozaki paused, "Since Mr. Sakahara has spoken, I won't say more." ”

Old Mr. Sakahara stood up again, with a kind face:

"You don't have to be so nervous, relax a little, and you can move a little when your feet are numb."

“......”

"So, let's get down to business. This county competition is divided into men's team five-person competition, women's team five-person competition, men's singles competition and women's singles competition... There is also a mixed doubles event in this tournament, which is similar to the team event. The contestants, in accordance with the past practice, the entire archery club, whether it is the old or the newcomer, must participate in the selection, the selected personnel, all according to the results, and then I will arrange the order of the group team. ”

When Mr. Sakahara said this, he suddenly paused, and he subconsciously looked at the face of the teacher in the Academic Affairs Office.

Director Shiozaki gave him a quiet look.

Mr. Sakahara sighed in his heart, he thought to himself that he had been an instructor here for so long, and he didn't expect such a thing to happen.

Although the reasons given by the school are completely reasonable.

"The men's and women's team competitions, the men's and women's singles competitions, are all selected within the entire archery club, and as for the mixed doubles competitions, the quota has been determined, and it will be held by Amami and Kamihara."

"Saka——!

"Be quiet first," Mr. Sakahara suppressed the voices of the students, "I understand, you will have questions, but in fact, Amami-san, when he was in junior high school, he won the first place in the entire Kanto region, and he was originally preparing to enter the national competition... I won't go into too much detail about the matter, which involves the privacy of Tianhai's classmates.

"As for Kamihara-san, when he was in junior high school, he also won the championship of our district competition in Tokyo. Even though both are newcomers, they both have the ability to cope with the competition. ”

And so on and so forth!

Kamihara hasn't figured out the situation yet, so why did this suddenly happen to him?

Why did the school suddenly appoint itself and Jiu Liuli to compete in the men's and women's doubles?!

He secretly glanced at Tianhai Jiu Liuli.

I found that she also seemed to be in a state of confusion.

That's a bit too abrupt!

"Hey, Kamihara, what's the matter with you? Messed with school? ”

"What's wrong?"

"Although it is enviable to be able to compete with Minister Tianhai, this is a doubles match! It's also a hard place to go. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Ahem, you've been in a game, you should know the atmosphere of the game."

"Well, there was a lot of pressure, the audience's eyes converged, and many people couldn't even pull their bows steadily."

"That's it, you have to understand, the sport of archery, although it is a solo sport, but in the team competition, the state of any archer will be affected by his peers, if the previous one does not hit the target, the pressure will naturally fall on your side... A pull of the string, a trembling hand, will make the self-confidence a lot weaker, this is the contrast, this is the pressure brought by the team honor when it is your turn..."

Mahiro Hata continued.

"There is nothing wrong with the doubles competition, but it also depends on who you are with, if Minister Tianhai returns to a stable target, you say that she brings pressure to the people around her, is it big enough."

Kamihara tried to construct that scene - Kururi opened the bow smoothly with confidence and charm beside him, and the audience cheered in unison, while he accidentally landed on target, and there was silence inside and outside the arena.

"I think I can feel it a little bit."

"What's only a little! I didn't tell you just now, I blush enough just to see Minister Tianhai practice archery, and I thought that I had learned the bow for so long, and no one was half as powerful... This is a frustration that is out of reach. ”

Well... It's almost the same as ordinary boys who don't dare to look up in front of glamorous beautiful girls?

Mahiro Hata patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry, the boys are very self-aware and won't compete with you for this position." The girl's side is estimated to compete with Minister Tianhai, but ninety percent has no effect, you have to come on, the future champion of the county competition, Shenyuan-san. ”

Kamihara smiled and said, "Don't compliment me like that, senior." ”

Mahiro Hatatake looked worried: "What is it, we are really worried about you, if you accidentally practice early qi by the side of Minister Tianhai, with this thing, your kyudo career will not be enough for treatment for a few years." ”

By the way, early breath - refers to the premature release of arrows.

It is a common kerndo disease in the archery books, and many people have suffered from it, and the speed of treatment varies from a few months to several years.

It can be roughly understood as a mental illness caused by psychological factors.

It's like yips in golf.

After the old gentleman and the teacher in the Academic Affairs Office left, everyone returned to their own progress under the reminder of Tianhai Jiuliuli.

The original senior seniors also began to pick up the bow.

Visible to the naked eye, there are a few more people in the shooting position.

Mahiro Hata looked around at the bow department, clasped his hands on his chest, and said to Kamihara Le beside him:

"Come on, I'm optimistic about you."

"Deputy Minister, what you said ......?"