After Thursday's kendo qualifiers, the members of the kendo club were clearly much more enthusiastic about training.

It's just that the enthusiasm for training is high, but there are various big and small problems with the facilities and equipment in the venue.

For example, the bamboo sword is not enough, the bad bamboo sword is not repaired, and for example, the floor in the stadium is also dented, and if you don't pay attention to it, you may twist it down, or even step into the crack.

This also leads to their training being limited in the venue, which can be said to be very difficult to perform.

Kijima Yoshito noticed this situation and planned to consult with a consultant about funding.

"Funding? Your kendo club has not produced results for 10,000 years, are you embarrassed to ask for funds? ”

"Teacher, you don't know, recently we have won the qualifying tournament... Now it's time for the next round. ”

"Isn't it just a first-round qualifier? Did you lose in the next round or nothing? Don't ask for any funding! What you don't have is what you don't have! Recently, the track and field department and the basketball club have been asking me for funding, where is your turn to get the kendo club! ”

In this way, Kijima Yoshito was sent away, so that when he returned to the kendo club, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Minister, if it really doesn't work, let's all scrape together some money, and then buy our own materials to repair it, right? Tomorrow happens to be Saturday, and we all have time. ”

"Scrape together the money... But I haven't had enough pocket money lately..."

"Me too... Recently, I quit my part-time job because of my kendo training. ”

"I..."

"That..."Kijima Yoshito was also nerve-wracking, because of his kendo training, he also bought a lot of fitness equipment at home, and also brought his own kendo clothes and bamboo swords, and the cost in this regard was already a lot of pocket money advanced with his parents.

It's not good to open your mouth now.

"Hey... We can only make do with practice, and when we advance to the national competition, we can justifiably ask for funds! ”

"Let's all work hard!" Kijima Yoshito said, "Okay, now continue training!" ”

Not far away, Saionji Akino saw their predicament, so after six o'clock in the evening, he took off his kendo suit and took a shower, and went to the teaching building to find the advisor teacher.

"Hello teacher... I'm Saionji Akino from the Kendo Club, and I want to ask..."

"Saionji-kun? Why did you go to the kendo club too? The consultant teacher obviously recognized him, after all, he was now a big celebrity in the school, and he was recognized by the principal as an excellent student pacesetter.

…

"The problem of funding..."

"As for the expenses, I can pay for them, but I can contact the repair personnel and the channels for buying kendo uniforms and bamboo swords... Teacher, can you..."

"Huh? Do you pay? The consultant teacher was stunned, he looked at Saionji Akino smiling, "You're not joking, are you?" ”

"Well, although it is true that the kendo club has not achieved much now, but this time, I believe that everyone is different from before, and... I was also determined to get results. Saionji Akino said seriously.

“…… This..."The consultant teacher was obviously a little embarrassed.

"Please, teacher."

“… Our school is indeed a little short of club funds, but it is not poor enough to let students pay, well, tomorrow I will help you contact the repair staff, and help you buy a batch of goods again, ten sets of kendo uniforms and twenty bamboo swords, plus site repairs, it should be enough, right? The advisor took out a pen and paper, wrote a string of numbers on it, and asked.

"Well, that's definitely enough, thank you, teacher!"

"No, no, no... In short, you should work hard! After the consultant took out a report and began to fill it out, he signaled that Saionji Akino could go back.

After thanking the teacher again, Saionji Akino went back and told Kijima Yoshito the good news.

Hearing this, Kijima Yoshito stared at him for a long time, and then muttered, "It turns out that you still have so much energy..."

He really didn't expect that Saionji Akino would be so fond of the school, or that he would be valued by the school so much that he could help them solve their financial problems.

"Anyway, when you come over tomorrow, you should be able to practice well."

"Minister, I have other things to do tomorrow and the next two days and weekends, so I won't come here to practice."

"Ahh Well, no problem, you don't need me to worry about your level..."

"Saionji... Thank you very much, we are really lucky to receive a member like you in our kendo club. ”

"Let's put the good things later, minister, our goal is the national competition, and now we still need to work harder to improve every point of combat power as much as possible."

"You're right..."Kijima Yoshito nodded, and after seeing Saionji Akino leave, he looked back at the other members of the hall, his eyes shining.

"Xiyuan Temple has already helped us solve the financial problem, so from tomorrow, you will all have to go through devil training during the time you participate in the competition!"

"Huh? Funding problem solved? ”

"What's the situation?"

"It's him again... Saionji, my superman! ”

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and train!" After Kijima Yoshito scolded, he sighed silently in his heart.

Old sister, I approve of the brother-in-law you are looking for at this time! In the future, you can rush casually, brother, I will be your most powerful wingman!

…

Meanwhile, Kaoru Kijima is conducting a rehearsal of the Shura Field.

On the way to the kendo hall, she meets Oriyuki Asaba.

Asaba Oriyuki hasn't had a direct face-to-face conversation with Saionji Akino for nearly five days, and at first she would think about whether it would be embarrassing to meet now, but in the next two days, her desire to meet is becoming more and more exaggerated, and now she doesn't want to care about it so much at all, she just wants to get close to Saionji Akino and talk to him well.

"Asaba-san?" Kaoru Kijima stopped Oriyuki Asaba, who was hurrying away, and slowly approached with a book in her arms.

"Kijima... Classmate, what's the matter? "Oriyuki Asaba felt that she couldn't cope with Kaoru Kijima, and she was still impressed by her last series of straight balls.

"Are you going to a kendo gym?" Kaoru Kijima looked directly into Oriyuki Asaba's eyes, exuding a faint hostility, different from the feeling last time, this time it was polite but did not want to hide his hostility at all.

“… Well. ”

"Are you going to find Saionji-kun?"

"Hmm..."

"Sure enough, Asaba-san, you like him, right?" Kaoru Kijima said unsurprisingly.

"Huh? No, I just..."

"Why, Asaba-san, don't you want to admit it? Obviously, you used to be so down-and-out and generous, why did you become like this when you talked about Xiyuan Temple Jun now, what happened to you at the Courage Test Conference that day? ”

It's another series of straight ball inquiries, and Asa Ha Oriyuki feels very troubled, but she really doesn't know how to answer Kaoru Kijima, and there are some things that she doesn't want to say.

Kaoru Kijima looked at her wavering demeanor and took another step forward.

She treats Saionji Akino with infinite patience, and she will never persecute him, but she treats her rivals.

This is by no means the case.

Love, i.e. war.

She wants to crush and eradicate her enemies as much as possible, especially "pseudo" rivals like Oriyuki Asaba, who is vacillating and has no clear ideas.

"Asaba-san, don't you really like Saionji-kun?"

Asakawa felt that feeling of oppression getting stronger and stronger, and she wanted to squeeze out a smile in response, but found that she couldn't do it at all, and she couldn't lie calmly, so...

"I'm sorry... Kijima-san, I still have something to do, so I'll leave first... I'm sorry. ”

Asakawa Oriyuki fled, and fled without hesitation.

Kaoru Kijima didn't intend to stop her, looking at the scene of the girl running away, her eyes were still indifferent.

If she pushes it once or twice, maybe she'll back down completely, right?

——

When she returned home, Asaba Oriyuki was very depressed, her current appearance of running away in embarrassment was also something she didn't expect, she didn't expect that she would be so timid at a critical moment, and she would face another person who was firm and seriously liked Saionji Akino.

It would feel so scared.

Asaba Oriyuki has always thought that she is the kind of girl who can say it generously even if she is in a relationship with Saionji Akino, like him, and admit it generously.

In fact, she used to be, but after that touch, everything changed...

At dinner, Asaba Ichiri obviously noticed that her sister was not in a state, and although she hid it well in front of her parents, she was still able to smile and talk about what happened today.

But the middle speech will be stuck, and the eyes will wander.

It's weird... Why did my sister become like this?

Not only that, when she was waiting for a bath at night, Asaba Ichiri also found that she hadn't chatted with Saionji Akino, and her phone was just on the coffee table and didn't move, and she was sitting on the sofa, holding the pillow in a daze.

Asa Yu Kazuri tentatively cared about her sister and asked her if something was going on at school, but she was also fooled by Asa Ha Oriyuki.

Asa Yu Yili had some doubts in her heart, but her sister didn't want to say it, and she didn't want to investigate it deeply, so she quickly left this matter behind.

After taking a shower, she returned to her room with great anticipation, took out her guitar, set up her phone, said hello to the phone camera, and began to play and sing by herself.

After the singing was over, he sent the video to Saionji Akino, so he waited for the compliment.

It wasn't long before Ichiri Asaba would be able to hear Saionji Akino's professional praise to her heart's content, and then she would start giggling and rolling around the room again.

Unlike my sister's recent malaise, the frequency of online chats between Isori Asaba and Saionji Akino has increased greatly recently, and now I can chat for about ten pages almost every night.

It's also the happiest time of the day in Kazuri Asaba.

(End of chapter)