The day after the race, the doorbell rang at the apartment where Ichikawa Rikichi rented near Fujii Tree.

"Wait a minute."

Ichikawa Rikichi, who was playing PS3 in the living room, threw down the handle and went barefoot to open the door, the apartment he rented was much more upscale than Fujii's, after all, he was the future heir of Ichikawa Ryu, and Ichikawa Ryuhei, who had a lot of money, would not be stingy with his living expenses.

After opening the door, the person standing was the uncle Ichikawa Ryozo, who he didn't want to see, and appeared outside the door with a normal face with a souvenir in his hand.

"I'm here to remind you that the day after tomorrow, you know what to do."

Ichikawa Ryozo came to visit alone, and his kendo genius son Takashi Ichikawa was defeated by Fujii Shu last time, and now in addition to the competition, he has been practicing his sword skills day and night, in order to fight next time, and be ashamed.

"What do you mean I know what to do? Uncle, you have to make it clear. ”

Ichikawa Rikichi leaned in front of the door, not intending to let this nasty guy into the house, pretending to be stupid.

"This kid, the future of Ichikawa is in the competition the day after tomorrow, if I can enter the fifth and sixth rounds, I hope to participate in the national competition, so as to revitalize my Ichikawa, don't you understand this reason?"

Ichikawa Ryozo explained a little angrily, I thought Ichikawa Rikichi had this awareness, but I didn't expect to only care about myself in the limelight and forget the great future of Ichikawa Ryu.

"Hehe, it's useless to cheat and find me, I won't release water, and even if you release water, you and your cousin are not Fujii Shu's opponents, if you want to win, it depends on my father, these days he has served the old man, maybe he can take you to win."

With a sneer, Ichikawa Rikichi told the truth, Ichikawa Ryozo and his genius son Ichikawa Takayuki, one is seven sections, one is six sections, and the sum is not enough for Fujii Tree to cut, only Dad has a certain chance of winning, what is the use of playing these outside moves?

"I'm not asking you to release the water, I just want to know in advance, Fujii Shu's sword moves and weaknesses, you and he often train, you should know a little bit, right?"

Ichikawa Ryozo thinks that he is a bitter persuasion, and despicable people always feel good about themselves and don't feel inferior at all. When he and Ichikawa Takahei split up and went to Sendai to open a branch, Ichikawa Takahei was soft-hearted and asked him to take away half of his assets, most of which were working capital, and what was left to Ichikawa Ryuhei and Ichikawa Rikichi was real estate that was difficult to sell. I didn't expect them to get better and better with a stable income from real estate, but Ichikawa Ryozo's branch was faintly down.

Therefore, Ichikawa Rikichi didn't have a good impression of this uncle, so he simply didn't pretend, and said directly.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what Fujii-san's weakness is, and the Flying Sword Flow he uses is also his own comprehension, is there anything else? I'm going to rest. ”

"Bastard! Open the door to me, and I'll teach you a good lesson in place of your father. ”

Ichikawa Ryozo broke through the defense, and slapped the door that was closed after Ichikawa Rikichi finished speaking, and Ichikawa Rikichi in the house picked up the PS3 controller in the living room again, no matter how noisy it was outside, he just didn't pay attention to it.

——

At the end of the day's announcement activities, Atsuko Maeda dragged her tired body and lay down on the sofa, she was twenty-three years old this year, she graduated from the idol group two years ago and retired from the idol group two years ago, and changed careers to become an actor.

Fujii tree.

She took out her mobile phone to search for the name, and a lot of news with pictures popped up, all of which reported on his sports in high school, and the heroic and beautiful boy on the screen couldn't help but make people fascinated.

Boarding the commonly used chat software, you can still search for a fan group of 3,000 people, which is already the largest upper limit of the number of people in the group.

"Newcomer explodes."

"Welcome to our tree's support group, don't bother upstairs."

"Now it's going to be full again, isn't the head of the regiment going to use the old group that has been sealed?"

"I don't need it for the time being, but the members are still not expensive, are you a friend near Tokyo? I see your website is from Minato. ”

"Hey! Yes, please advise. Atsuko Maeda quickly replied to the message, and the purpose of her joining the group was to learn more about Fujii through these fans.

"That's good, if you're free, you can come to support Fujii-kun for the game the day after tomorrow, and the ticket is only a few hundred yen, which is very cheap."

"Thank you, but I'm usually busy, and it depends on the situation to decide whether I can go." After thinking about it, Atsuko Maeda did not directly refuse.

"Do you live in Minato? Your address is full of rich people! Could it be a young lady from a big family? ”

Sharp-eyed friends recognized the gold content of Atsuko Maeda's coordinates, although it was only vague to the street, but the place where Atsuko Maeda lived was indeed a rich area that ordinary office workers would not dare to think of.

"I earn money from my work, and my house is rented, so I am not a rich person."

Atsuko Maeda responded modestly, in fact, her current high-end seaside apartment was bought by herself, and she has been a top idol and actress for two years for so many years, and she is still worth hundreds of millions of yen.

Want to check it out? It doesn't look like there's an announcement the day after tomorrow.

After chatting for a while, Atsuko Maeda suddenly became interested in watching the Fujii tree competition on the spot, hesitantly put down her mobile phone, looked up at the crystal chandelier on the ceiling, and thought silently.

——

In the darkness, a figure drew a sword, slashed quickly, and then returned the sword to its sheath, repeating the action over and over again, like a robot entering a circular command.

"Not enough! I'm not fast enough! How did that guy do it? ”

Takayuki Ichikawa, who had been hit by Fujii Tree, muttered to himself in the dark, and in the dead of night, he was still practicing hard at the Ichikawa Dojo, and everyone only saw his genius side, but they didn't pay attention to his hard work, thinking that everything was given to him by talent.

Drawing his sword, swinging and sheathing, Takayuki Ichikawa keeps repeating this process, and the day after tomorrow he will face Fujii Shu again, and he must win this time to prove his strength.

A black shadow moved towards him in the shadows, and Ichikawa Takashi subconsciously waved his sword, and the cold light flashed, illuminating Ichikawa Takahei's calm face.

The bladed knife was firmly clamped, and when you looked closely, a pair of fleshy palms sandwiched the blade in the middle, and its owner was none other than Ichikawa Ryohei, who suddenly appeared.

"You want to defeat him?"

Ichikawa Ryuhei asked, how could anyone not think of comparing with that kind of monster, as early as the battle of 100 people in Sumiyoshi's trouble, Fujii Tree, who had rough sword skills, could reach one to a hundred, and recently he has been paying attention to Fujii Tree's performance, it can be said that Fujii Tree, whose sword skills are faintly at the level of a great swordsman, should be the one who came out of the mountain in the millennium fourteen years ago and swept the ancient sword sect of the entire island country, in addition, he can't think of anyone who can match.

Seeing his nephew Takayuki Ichikawa respond with a fixed gaze, he sighed lightly, compared to his utilitarian younger brother Ryozo Ichikawa, Takayuki is indeed a pure swordsman, but he was born at the wrong time, and sooner or later he will have a great achievement in thirty years.

"You know what? Swordsmen are generally divided into two types, the former is born for the sword, and the latter dies after the sword. "But he's a different kind of person, a unique person." ”

"In our current era, there are two rising stars, everything will be covered by their brilliance, the day after tomorrow, I can only do my best to obey the destiny of heaven, live up to what I have learned all my life."

Ichikawa Rypei, who is the eighth stage of Guliu Kendo, also has the standard level swordsmanship of a swordsman in the Warring States, but he is still pessimistic, but the reputation of the swordsman makes him still choose to draw his sword to meet the enemy.

"I won't be deterred, it's not a challenge between life and death, if you don't even have this level of courage and confidence, what's the use of practicing kendo?"

Takayuki Ichikawa disagreed with Ryuhei Ichikawa's point of view and maintained his original attitude, and Takahei Ichikawa withdrew his palms and retreated into the darkness.

Gone?

Only a faint glimmer could be seen in the darkness, Takayuki Ichikawa thought uncertainly.

"Boom!"

A flash of silver light appeared, and in the depths of the dark night, the muffled noise of Ichikawa Takahei sounded.

"Then use the real sword to hone your perception, Fujii Tree's swing speed is extremely fast, it is difficult to argue with the naked eye, and only by relying on an instinctive sense of crisis can you dodge."

"Hey! Please advise! ”

Takayuki Ichikawa replied with a little excitement, and the sword light and sword shadows filled every corner of the dark space.

Three more to ask for a monthly pass, if the effect is good, there will be more in the future.

(End of chapter)