Chapter 135: The First Round
"I see." X2
After Fujii Shu and Ichikawa Rikichi answered at the same time, they glanced at each other and saw each other's determination.
National Kendo Tournament Local Tournament Championships, in the first round, Waseda University vs. Tokyo Medical University Hospital.
Kendo competitions are not as big as soccer matches, and are generally held in indoor venues similar to basketball halls, but there are special white line areas to limit the range of movement of players.
This kendo hall can accommodate more than 2,000 spectators, and the local competitions in Tokyo are broadcast entirely by Fuji Television, which is much more important than the average prefecture.
"I didn't expect that during the official competition, I would add armor."
In the locker room, Ichikawa Rikichi complained to Fujii Shu, they all wore full-coverage neck guard helmets, chest protectors, limbs covered with a finger-thick black cotton suit, and light cotton gloves on their gloves, which greatly improved the protection of their hands.
"After all, it's going to be on a TV show, and this glove is still weaker than a regular kendo gauntlet, so the effect of shielding is greater."
Fujii showed off the cotton gloves, which are just thickened full-finger gloves, which slightly affect the feel of the nylon sword of the competition, but are much more flexible than the usual kendo gauntlets, which is a compromise compromise.
Ichikawa Rikichi fastened the rope of his helmet and took the lead in carrying a nylon knife, Fujii Shu followed, and Imamura Shinonome, who was a general, was the last to come out.
The competition area in the kendo hall is a square white line area of ten meters by ten meters, and the players in the Tokyo Medical University Hospital are all doctors in their hospitals, the vanguard and the Chinese army are all at the level of five dans, and the general is a six-dan swordsman, but they are all ordinary kendo practitioners, not as good as the swordsmen of the same rank in the ancient school.
"Waseda University Pioneer Ichikawa Ryu 5dan Swordsman vs. Tokyo Medical University Hospital Pioneer 5th Dan Swordsman."
With the host's commentary, the first game of the first round officially began.
After the two contestants saluted each other, they opened a few steps away, and Ichikawa Rikichi took the lower pose, and the pioneer of the Eastern Medical University started in the middle.
"Hah!"
The pioneer of the Eastern Medical University shouted to lift his breath, swung his sword and stabbed directly, Ichikawa Rikichi picked up the opponent's blade, stabbed homeopathically, and was set up by the other party, but Ichikawa Rikichi was already prepared, turned the thorn into a split, and slashed the opponent's neck guard.
"Hit effectively, Waseda Pioneer earns one point."
The referee shouted out that the two men should be separated and re-positioned, and if one side can win the three points, or knock the opponent to the point of losing action, the latter will be obviously difficult.
"Whew!"
The pioneer of the Eastern Medical University breathed a sigh of relief and let go of the nervousness, although they are not a strong team in the kendo competition in the Tokyo Medical University Hospital, but they don't want to be eliminated by the kendo team of the university in a round of tours, you must know that before the restructuring of the island country this year, the strong teams are mostly police stations, and the team of the school in the early years can still be open to the police, and in recent years, it has been a police station.
Waseda University has never been a strong team, and Imamura Shinonome has never participated in a kendo tournament to show his strength, so they still have hope of winning.
At the beginning of the second round, Ichikawa Rikichi attacked mainly, posing with a sword on the side of the face, swinging a sword and slashing Tang Zhu directly, the pioneer of the Eastern Medical University took a step back to avoid, but Ichikawa Rikichi took the initiative to step forward, quickly approached a trick of the robe, cut the shoulder of the pioneer of the Eastern Medical University, and scored another point.
This time it was the turn of the pioneers of Eastern Medical University to go crazy, and when they were two points behind, it was unlikely that they would want to turn the tables, and the opponent's physical strength did not consume much, they all scored in one round, which made them seem to be too weak.
Are college students all monsters nowadays? This level doesn't look like it's the same rank!
The pioneer of Eastern Medical University complained in his heart, if he was hit in the torso or head in the third round, he should be off, and finally won a large number of colleagues to qualify for the competition, but he couldn't lose to the other party without a point, how to make a little nurse after going back?
"Yikes! Drink!"
The shouts came forward to slash, and the pioneer of the Eastern Medical University planned to take at least one point for one, Ichikawa Rikichi slid to dodge, swung his sword diagonally and slashed upward, was blocked and withdrew the sword, turned the blade and slashed horizontally, and was blocked again, the two of them wrestled with the sword next to each other, and the Eastern Medical University
The pioneer fell to the ground and tripped over Rikichi Ichikawa's physical skills, and was slashed by the hollowed-out helmet mask.
"Waseda pioneer Rikichi Ichikawa, win!"
The referee saw the whole process clearly on the side, raised the small flag to make a decision, and after a five-minute break, the Chinese army of the Eastern Medical University came on the field and continued to compete with Ichikawa Rikichi.
This time, Ichikawa Rikichi lost two points to solve the opponent, and his physical strength also dropped greatly, and when the kendo sixth-dan general of the Eastern Medical University came on the field, his breathing was not stable.
The weight of the nylon sword is similar to that of the real sword, and the kendo competition is a sport with great physical consumption, and after Ichikawa Rikichi won two in a row, he conservatively set up a defensive position in the middle, and he already planned to be able to drag on for a while, and consume more of the physical strength of the opponent's general, although he knew in his heart that with the strength of the Chinese army Fujii Shu, there was no need to do this at all.
"Dr. Akita, come on!"
A group of nurses in white dresses at the banquet cheered for the last master of the University of Oriental Medicine, and the live camera of Fujitai shifted to see a row of young and energetic female nurses waving fans, forming a dazzling scene.
And the new head of the Eastern Medical University did not retain his strength, taking advantage of his physical strength, a diagonal slash and slashed, Ichikawa Rikichi subconsciously reacted, raised his sword to block, but when he touched the opponent's sword, his face sank, this guy was obviously a false move, and he changed his move to a stab, and hit Ichikawa Rikichi's facial helmet like lightning.
"Hit the point, Tokyo Medical University Hospital will accumulate one point."
Rikichi Ichikawa's helmet straps were loose, and the two of them retreated to kneel on the edge of the field under the referee's instructions, leaving Rikichi Ichikawa time to refix the helmet straps.
The general of the University of Eastern Medicine also took off his helmet, revealing a handsome face, took the mineral water bottle handed by the staff, poured a few sips and put it back on, this action caused those little nurses to scream, the general of the University of Eastern Medicine, Akita is the youngest and most promising one of their team, not only superb medical skills, the strength of kendo is also the first in the hospital, otherwise he would not be a general.
"Dr. Akita is so handsome, if only I had been my boyfriend for a day."
"Less coming, people are medical doctors who have returned from studying in the United States, don't daydream."
"I heard that he doesn't have a girlfriend yet, what kind of woman does he need to be worthy of him?"
The little nurses were chattering, but the Akita doctor on the field was contented to smell the smell of sweat in the air, and he didn't like Ichikawa Rikishi's face, but Fujii Tree, who was wearing the same neck guard helmet on the bench outside the field, even if he didn't show his face, also caught his attention.
Manly to manly, this is heaven on earth! I'll get rid of you first, and then I'll get close to Fujii-kun.
Dr. Akita is determined to fight Rikichi Ichikawa quickly, and it doesn't matter if he wins or loses, and when he notices that Fujii, a former island star high school student who has been paying attention, is his opponent in the first round, he hopes that his first two teammates will lose quickly so that he can have a chance to touch Fujii, who can only be watched on TV.
This guy doesn't have something right in his eyes!
Fujii Shu suddenly felt a chill, Doctor Akita's gaze was obviously not normal, but ordinary people couldn't detect it, and his LV4 peak sword master-level sword skills could allow him to perceive some qi that ordinary people ignored.
After Ichikawa Rikichi re-tied his helmet, the second round of the battle began, Dr. Akita instantly burst out, stepped forward with both feet, and slashed at Ichikawa Rikishi's hand holding the sword, and the exhausted Ichikawa reacted a beat slower, was successfully attacked by the sneak attack, and lost another point, after all, losing his fingers is equivalent to no possibility of holding a sword to fight back.
I can't stand it now! This guy is not easy to deal with, and I don't think I can beat him in my full state.
Ichikawa Rikichi objectively analyzed the opponent's strength, and the two fights have already shown the characteristics of Dr. Akita's quick movements, he himself is the kind of Guliu five-stage swordsman with solid basic skills, and it is indeed a bit of a loss to fight against this kind of six-stage master.
Even if the right hand that was cut off before was protected by cotton gloves, it was in pain, Ichikawa Rikichi squatted down to lower his posture to avoid more weaknesses being exposed, and the nylon knife in his hand rose slightly, ready to learn the first opponent's limit one for one, so he could fight a few more times.