Suigetsu Apartment, Ichinose House.

Yoina Ichinose remembered the conversation between the two in the restaurant just now, and couldn't help but ask worriedly, "Ninomiya-kun, do you really plan to do what Officer Awabara said?" Running for parliament may not be an easy task. ”

"Thank you Teacher Yangna for your concern, I know all this."

Ritsu Ninomiya smiled: "But fortunately, I still have a long time to prepare, after all, I am only eighteen years old this year, and Mr. Yona-sensei don't forget, compared to other candidates, I have an advantage that they can't compare." ”

"You mean the identity of the songwriter?"

"That's right."

Ninomiya Ritsu said confidently: "Every year in the two houses of the Diet, one or two national artists in the entertainment industry are elected, and there are even cartoonists, as long as I continue to write songs in the past few years and show my face in front of the media, I believe that the chances of winning the election for parliament are not low." ”

"Anyway, the teacher will support you!"

Ichinose Yoona saw that Ninomiya Ritsu had already decided on this matter, so she could only choose to support it silently.

But in fact she knows it.

The matter of running for parliament is far from being as simple as Ninomiya Ritsu's mouth.

Popularity does matter.

Every year, there are indeed national-level artists who are elected.

But that's just survivorship bias.

Otherwise, it will be enough to be popular, and then the two houses of Congress should be full of national artists, writers, and cartoonists.

Politics is far more brutal than you think.

If there is no big force behind him, even if he has a huge reputation and becomes a favorite in a certain constituency, then it is not impossible for a candidate from a famous family in the same constituency to use the power in his hand to frame or even assassinate a popular candidate.

There are lessons to be learned from the past.

Of course, Ninomiya Ritsu himself also knew, and even Officer Awahara knew this, so he persuaded him to get the title of Sword Saint first, use the title of Sword Saint to vigorously develop his connections, and seek the support of the big forces.

He still had seven years left to live.

With the title of Juggernaut with a lot of influence, and he is still a wall-mounted player, if he can't gain a foothold at the top in seven years, then he simply jumps from Tokyo Bay.

……

Three days passed in a flash.

The National High School Kendo Tournament and the Juggernaut Title Battle were all held today.

Originally, Ninomiya Ritsu thought that the Sword Saint title battle would occupy the competition venue of the Budokan Hall, and the high school kendo tournament would choose other venues, but he didn't expect that the two matches would be placed in the Tokyo Budokan Hall.

And he finally understood.

Why did the two tournaments be held on the same day?

This is no coincidence.

And it's intentional.

The purpose of the Kendo Federation is to allow high school kendo participants to watch and experience the top kendo competitions up close, so as to improve their enterprising and love for kendo.

Meantime.

It can also allow high school kendo enthusiasts to get in touch with the top kendo masters in the industry at zero distance.

During the competition.

The two sides can also communicate and guide kendo to increase the enthusiasm of high school students for kendo to a greater extent.

Therefore.

The two kendo tournaments are staggered.

That is, the first hour of the kendo title match is held, and the second hour is the high school kendo tournament match, and so on, until at least two matches are held to determine the champion.

Even the final award ceremony.

It's all done in turns.

Therefore, rather than saying that the Juggernaut title battle and the high school kendo tournament are two competitions, it is better to have different players, different levels, and different influences.

Actually, it's normal.

There will not be a situation where two kendo matches will be held at the same time.

For example, during the kendo tournament, it is not possible to hold the Metropolitan Police Department kendo tournament at the same time.

Because to prevent someone from playing both the first and second races, which is obviously extremely unfair to someone who has played two games at the same time.

Physical exertion.

will lead to a decline in the level.

In the end, it may not be possible to play both games.

It is also possible to combine the two events at the same time, such as the high school kendo tournament where the level of participants is low and the group of participants in the Juggernaut title battle does not collide.

However, what the Kendo Federation didn't expect was.

The two competitions with huge differences in level have appeared in Ninomiya Ritsu, an alternative who participates in both the high school kendo tournament and the Sword Saint title battle, so this is full of malice for Ninomiya Ritsu.

But the minority obeys the majority.

It is impossible for the Kendo Federation to change the start time of two tournaments for the sake of one person.

And in the opinion of the people of the kendo league committee.

Ritsu Ninomiya is a kendo master, and it is really unfair to go to the high school kendo tournament, and there was a high school student who was beaten to cry by Ritsu Ninomiya in the last qualifier, which seriously wiped out the enthusiasm of high school kendo practitioners.

So this can be regarded as forcing Ninomiya Ritsu to give up the high school kendo tournament.

But what left the adjudication committee speechless.

As of now, Ritsu Ninomiya has not submitted an application to abstain from the high school kendo tournament, so he won't want to participate in two competitions at the same time, right? Isn't this a joke about your future?

Just a high school kendo tournament.

How can it be so important to fight for the title of Juggernaut?

Togo Yoshihuai saw that the opening ceremony was about to start, and Ninomiya Ritsu hadn't moved yet, so he was immediately anxious, and he found the rest area of Futaba High School: "Ninomiya-kun, did you forget to submit an application for abstaining from the high school kendo tournament." ”

One sentence immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Whether it was the consultant teacher, or the people in the women's group, and the sworn friend Iijima Taisho, they all looked at Ritsu Ninomiya with shocked eyes, because they had never known that Ritsu Ninomiya was going to abstain from the high school kendo tournament before.

"Ninomiya-kun, are you going to abstain from the high school kendo tournament?"

"Why suddenly abstain from the conference."

"We finally got to the main game, and it would be a shame to abstain."

"Yes, Ninomiya-kun, don't think about it."

“……”

Everyone said a word, and they were very excited when they didn't know the truth.

Ninomiya Ritsu glanced at Togo Yoshihuai helplessly.

How could he not understand that Dongxiang Yihuai deliberately mentioned this matter in front of everyone.

So.

After Togo Yoshihuai explained in public, even if he didn't want to abstain from the high school kendo tournament, his classmates and teachers, as long as they were not too selfish, would join the army of persuasion.

Sure enough.

Togo Yoshihuai explained, "You don't know yet, do you?

"In addition to participating in the high school kendo tournament, Ninomiya-kun also participated in the Sword Saint Title Battle, you must know that the Sword Saint Title Battle, which is a competition that gathers countless top kendo masters in the kendo world.

"In this confrontation at the highest level.

"Even a single distraction can cost you a win.

"Therefore, if Ninomiya-kun is distracted by the high school kendo tournament, he will definitely lose the title of sword saint.

That's why I persuaded him to abstain.

"You should also know that the gold content of the title of Juggernaut is far from being comparable to that of a high school kendo champion.

"Please also help persuade Ninomiya-kun."

(End of chapter)