Chapter 229: Kendo Territory

Yayoi Momoi looked at Kimura Kazuki gratefully. She felt decadent just now as she knew that she would not be able to defeat Kimura Kazuki. After all, he was Harunaka’s teacher. Since she could not even defeat Harunaka, then it was more so impossible for her defeat Kimura Kazuki.

However, Kendo was like a boat moving upstream, one would fall behind if one did not move forward. Her mindset was too negative and that affected her sword power. Without the reminder from Kimura Kazuki, perhaps by the time she realized, her sword power might not completely fade away, but her ability would decline for sure.

This is what cultivation is, one would be pushed back if one did not move forward.

She really appreciated that Kimura Kazuki reminded her, but she was also clever enough to know Kimura Kazuki’s intention.

He was not familiar with herself yet he reminded her. Obviously, he wondered about the Momoi family’s territory and wanted to have a look at it. Most of the family members of the Momoi family were reclusive and rarely appeared in public. Unlike other families, the Momoi family did not have a family business. They stayed in Momoi Village, a small village in Kanagawa Prefecture. They enjoyed a simple and self-sufficient lifestyle. The leisurely lifestyle enabled the Momoi family to be in a high mental state. Their rare appearance in public meant that the Momoi family seldom demonstrated their swordsmanship in public. Thus, Kyoshin Meichi-Ryu was a mysterious sword style in the eyes of the public.

While thinking about that, Yayoi Momoi heard the referee announcing the beginning of the match.

Yayoi Momoi took a deep breath, and they bowed to each other. As expected, Kimura Kazuki did not attack first. The figure of Kimura Kazuki’s savage strength appeared in her mind. In group competitions, he would always beat his opponent within a few seconds. Even some of the big family heirs that Yayoi Momoi recognized were unable to brace even a strike from him.

From her observation, it was noticeable how powerful he was.

The next moment, Yayoi Momoi removed all distracting thoughts and relaxed her body and mind. After five seconds, a glimmer of light shone from the eyes of Kimura Kazuki.

The territory… was formed.

Five seconds was very short, as it flew by quickly. However, during the Kendo competition, swords were crossed every second. It was no wonder she could not form the territory whenever she battled with Harunaka.

Five seconds was enough to decide the winner of the competition.

It was obvious that Yayoi Momoi’s cultivation was not matured enough. However, she could be considered as the cream of the crop amongst the younger ones. Due to the limited resources for cultivation at the end of the Dharma Ending Age, the families had to put all their effort on the most talented youngsters. Pouring the resources to nurture the strongest member, so that they could lead the family in the future. Otherwise, dividing the resources equally may produce mediocre heirs, and soon, the family would withdraw from the stage of history.

To reach such a level of cultivation under the condition of limited resources, Yayoi Momoi was indeed powerful. Kimura Kazuki would not look down at her just because she was a woman.

Thinking about that, the moment Yayoi Momoi successfully formed the territory, Kimura Kazuki’s shinai suddenly slashed down at her. It was difficult to feel the territory by sight, it could only be comprehended through battle.

The moment the shinai came down, about 25 centimeters away from Yayoi Momoi, Kimura Kazuki’s eyes were focused. He could clearly feel that the shinai’s weight increased in his hand. Even though he had not hit Yayoi Mamoi yet, and she did not resist at all, he could feel his shinai slow down, as if the air was stopping him.

At this moment, Kimura Kazuki’s speed and strength had begun to drop.

Taichi? This word appeared in Kimura Kazuki’s mind. The feeling just now was similar to Taichi but there were differences. Taichi used gentleness to conquer brute strength, but the Momoi family’s territory merely weakened the strike.

Of course, weakening the strike was no big deal. Even at this moment, he could directly ignore her territory and directly defeat her with just one move. However, this was because of Yayoi Momoi’s weakness. What if the person was on the same level as him?

He heard that the master of the Momoi family could form a territory around himself at all times. Apparently, it was not reiki that forms the territory. The consumption of reiki would be too high. Since it was not reiki that formed the territory, then what could it be?

At this moment, Kimura Kazuki’s mind spun quickly. Under the realm of Kenshin Tsumei, he could clearly comprehend any sword style.

Could it be Kiai? The next second, Kimura Kazuki came to a realization.

Definitely, Kiai was something difficult to explain, but after condensing it, a territory really could be formed. But it was not easy. Otherwise, the other families would have formed their own territory as well, it would not be exclusive to the Momoi family. Maybe there were other Kyoshin Meichi-Ryu sword styles that were related to the Momoi family.

However, as Kimura Kazuki had little understanding about the situation, it was not necessary for him to understand the Momoi family’s sword style. If it was really the Kiai that he thought it was, he would find his own way to form his own territory.

With that in mind, Kimura Kazuki looked at Yayoi, and said faintly, “Thank you!” Then he swayed the sword, ignored the stagnating force of the territory and quickly hit her hand to score a point.

Yayoi Momoi was confused… Did she lose? Was her territory not effective?

After the referee announced the beginning of the second round, before Yayoi Momoi could form her territory, Kimura Kazuki gave her a swift blow.

A pair of eyes stared blankly at Kimura Kazuki’s shinai in his hands. At this moment, she finally knew why others lost this quickly. How could one defend when you could not even tell when Kimura Kazuki swung his blade, which was so fast it could not be seen?

“Hit was effective, two points. Kimura Kazuki wins!”

Woah, woah, woah!

Although it was weird in the beginning, the audience did not think much about it. All the fans cheered when Kimura Kazuki managed to defeat Yayoi Momoi this quickly.

The most important thing for all the fans was their idol’s victory.

Before this, many looked at Tokyo fans in disdain as they claimed to be the best in Japan. They thought that they were too arrogant! But now, many people think that Kimura Kazuki was definitely the most powerful Kendo contestant among the youths.

Obviously, Kimura Kazuki had enough supporters in the world of Kendo. This was also why Kimura Kazuki did not delay the time during the competition. He did not need to make the competition any more interesting. It was because the Yagyu Kendo Gym was doing extremely well now. Furthermore, Yagyu Kenichiro got on Twitter and shared the three recorded clips on twitter, which gave birth to many new fans. The three videos explained three different sword styles, which were the Rainstorm Style, Drizzle Style, and Vibrative Style. In addition, the Kendo Association promised that they would help to promote the Yagyu Kendo Gym back when Ikioi Ito made a mistake. Hence, Yagyu Kenichiro became very busy and started to recruit a coach online.

All he needed to do was to win the title of champion in the Jade Dragon Flag National Competition men’s category. Of course, his main target was to let Harunaka emerge as champion of the women’s category.