It's time to come to the Dawn of the Water.

Today is the day Ritsu Ninomiya participates in the seven-dan kendo assessment.

Early in the morning, he came to the Great Martial Arts Hall.

Prepare to go to the kendo alliance with the senior brother Murai Kazuki and the gym teacher Togo Yoshihuai.

"Ninomiya boy, you're here."

Senior brother Murai Kazuki hammered his chest: "Behave well today, strive to pass the seventh-stage assessment, and fight for our Great Martial Arts Hall." ”

"Big brother, you're mistaken."

Ritsu Ninomiya pointed out his slip of the tongue: "I'm going to take the eight-dan qualification today, so you should wish me to pass the eight-dan exam in one go, not the so-called seven-dan." ”

"No, you're playing really?"

"Did I tell you before?"

Ninomiya Ritsu replied very plainly: "My goal has always been eight dans, if it wasn't for the eighth dan exam, I need to get the seventh dan qualification first, I will directly sign up for the eighth dan, and I won't take the seventh dan exam in one fell swoop." ”

“……”

Kazuki Murai complained: "I thought you were just joking, who knew you were serious?" After all, the difficulty of obtaining the eighth stage of the Manifestation Flow is much more difficult than other schools such as Beichen One Knife Stream and Mirror Heart Wise Stream. ”

"Kendo 8th dan, I've got it!"

The second palace law spoke firmly, with a fierce look like a god blocking and killing a god, and a Buddha blocking and killing a Buddha.

Joke.

The eight-stage qualification is related to whether he can become a partner of the dojo and a 10% stake in the Great Martial Arts Dojo.

How much does this have to be?

"It's nice to be young."

Kazuki Murai sighed: "For me, I don't think about what to go up to, I just want not to be eliminated from the last place." ”

"Senior brother, you must be fine."

Ninomiya Ritsu comforted: "In order to help you with special training, I deliberately took an extra day off, not anyone, you have the opportunity to let a kendo master accompany you to practice for a day or two nights." ”

Ninomiya Ritsu bit the four words of kendo master very hard.

Kazuki Murai's face darkened, and he immediately understood: "Hey! Hi! I see, as a thank you, I'll be able to take care of the lunch box in the afternoon and dinner in the evening, right? ”

"It turns out that kendo masters are only worth two meals."

Ninomiya Ritsu once again raised the volume of the words 'kendo master'.

“……”

Murai Kazuki's face darkened: "If you can pass the assessment, you can choose the dinner venue, and the budget is less than 50,000 yen!" ”

"Then I'll thank Senior Brother in advance."

Ritsu Ninomiya smiled contentedly: "By the way, what about your spare set of protective gear?" By the way, borrow me again. ”

“？？？”

Murai Kazuki's eyes were wrong: "Ninomiya boy, I didn't say you, you are a kendo master, and you don't even buy a set of protective gear until now, you know to borrow me all day long, why did the Great Martial Arts Hall have such a wonderful flower for you!" ”

"I promise it's the last time."

"That's what you said last time."

"This is really the last time."

Ninomiya Ritsu swore an oath: "I checked it before I came, and I heard that as long as you pass the seven-stage kendo assessment, the kendo alliance will officially send a set of protective gear and bamboo knives, right?" If there is a gift, why buy it? ”

"That's for memorials!"

"What does it matter? It's not that it can't be used. ”

"Kill you."

Kazuki Murai rolled his eyes and threw the spare armor to Ritsu Ninomiya, too lazy to say anything.

"Thank you, brother!"

Ritsu Ninomiya smiled, not caring about being scolded and slammed.

A set of medium-to-upper protective gear is more than 100,000 yen.

He doesn't usually practice against people.

Just for a kendo assessment, let him buy a set of protective gear for hundreds of thousands of yen?

His money didn't come from the wind.

It is not cost-effective to work hard to raise a cat for Shiori Hayakawa for a month before she can change a set of protective gear.

And he heard that in the kendo assessment, as long as he passed the seventh section, he would be given a commemorative protective bamboo knife, and he had no desire to buy it.

……

An hour later.

Ritsu Ninomiya, together with his elder brothers Kazuki Murai and Yoshihuai Higashigo Higashigo, came to the Neon Budokan near Kitanomaru Park in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, where the Kendo Federation held a review meeting for kendo 4 to 8 dans these days.

"Ninomiya-kun, don't have too much pressure."

Fan Dongxiang Yihuai Baduan comforted: "Your strength has reached the level of a mid-to-upper kendo master, as long as there are no mistakes, there is absolutely no problem in obtaining the eighth dan." ”

There was a pause.

As if in order to completely reassure Ninomiya Ritsu, he also whispered: "I have already said hello to you, and the person in charge of assessing you is Nagasaki Shozo Hachidan, who is also my friend, and his strength is probably about the same as yours." ”

"Dongxiang teacher, thank you."

Ninomiya Ritsu secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

After the reform of the kendo exam section this year.

The evaluation of the high rank has increased the kendo trial.

Fortunately, you don't need to win the three matches, as long as the actions and etiquette are unanimously approved by the review committee, and then you can score one point from the opponent who tried to match.

If it suits the opponent, unfortunately it is a top kendo master.

He really wasn't that sure enough to get a point from a top kendo master.

But if it is replaced by someone with similar strength to him.

And what you learn is also a manifestation stream.

He won't be able to even get a point.

Therefore, the assessment of the eighth stage this time is basically stable.

"Ninomiya-kun, you're welcome."

Dongxiang Yihuai said happily: "I'm still waiting for the gym to add an eight-stage partner, helping you is also helping myself." ”

As he spoke.

He patted Ninomiya Ritsu on the shoulder again: "The assessment didn't start so soon, you go to the review committee with me, and I'll take you to meet some people, whether you intend to deepen kendo in the future or not, it won't hurt you." ”

"Yes, teacher."

Ritsu Ninomiya hurriedly followed.

Senior brother Murai Kazuki also wanted to come along, but was stopped by Dongxiang Yoshihuai: "Yimu, don't be embarrassed by coming over, if you fall to the fifth stage in today's assessment, don't say it's my disciple outside." ”

“……”

Kazuki Murai had a Japanese dog's expression: "Teacher, you are too partial, I am your apprentice." ”

"Huh!"

Dongxiang Yihuai sneered: "If you have the strength of the second palace king, let me offer you up and call you a teacher." ”

“……”

Kazuki Murai was speechless.

Dongxiang Yihuai couldn't stand it a little: "Okay, who to show with a sad face, I don't ask you to get the eight-dan certificate, as long as you get the seventh-dan exam, I will take you over next time to show your face." ”

"Teacher, you can't go back!"

Kazuki Murai smiled like a rat that had stolen oil.

He had long been greedy for Fan Dongxiang Yihuai's connections, and begged Dongxiang Yihuai several times to take him to make a familiar face in front of those big guys, but unfortunately Dongxiang Yihuai didn't agree at all.

This time I finally relented.

Next, he said that he would also work hard to rush the seventh dan.

"Damn, I'm so envious!"

Kazuki Murai looked at the back of Ritsu Ninomiya leaving: "If you get the approval of those bigwigs, you can avoid many years of detours." ”