Laid-Back Life in Tokyo: I Really Didn't Want to Work Hard-Chapter 19 Kyudo! Sword Dao!

After Seisuke Yooya introduced at length again, he invited the only Sixth Rank in the Kyudo Club to come forward for a demonstration.

Sugita Shuhei, dressed in a white top and black hakama, with a waist belt, respectfully bowed to the audience, then holding a longbow, walked slowly to the left.

"Kyudo's ranks are divided into five levels and ten ranks."

Accompanying Seisuke Yooya's voice, Sugita Shuhei walked to the left corner of the dojo's shooting position.

"In Kyudo, the most important thing is the spirit of 'Rei' which manifests in every 'Taihai' of the archer."

Sugita Shuhei held an arrow with his right hand, a bow with his left hand, and placed both hands on the black waistband at his waist, facing forward, walking with steady steps towards the center of the shooting position.

When he reached the rear of the shooting position, he made a right-angle turn to the left, facing the shooting field.

The set of actions was natural and solemn.

"An archer's rank is audited by the National Kyudo Alliance, the Fifth Level is for those at the beginner level of Kyudo practice."

Sugita Shuhei maintained a straight posture, inhaled.

"The Fourth Level is for those who have received structured guidance and made progress in the use of bow and arrows."

While keeping his upper body straight, he stepped back half a step, stretching his neck upwards and sinking his waist.

"The Third Level involves understanding the basic actions of shooting, methods of using bow and arrows have slight adjustments, trained under orderly guidance."

Looking ahead, his sunken right knee first touched the ground, keeping his breathing steady.

"The Second Level is for those who have made significant progress compared to the Third Level."

Exhaling, his right knee, with the sole of his foot, slid forward to join the left knee, placing the bow and arrows at the waistband.

"The First Level is for those generally considered correct in the form and coordination of their shooting."

Raising his knee, maintaining his seated position, he slightly lifted the kneeling side that held the bow, leaving a distance roughly the thickness of a book from the floor.

"Sho-dan (First Dan), achieving a form and function together, reaching a degree where arrows are not out of place."

Sugita Shuhei maintained his upright posture, stood up, and stepped forward three times to reach the center of the shooting position.

"Nidan, achieving orderly alignment, using force fully, where arrows are not out of place."

Taking the position, sitting down, maintaining a sitting state.

"Sandan, with stable form and coordination, orderly breathing, uses shooting technique according to the standard, with arrows flying straight, approaching hitting accurately."

Inhaling, he straightened his upper body, keeping his wrist at the waist level, placing the bow tip at eye level, maintaining it parallel.

"Yondan, adding the elements of the first three ranks, correct stance, having reached the precise domain."

He inhaled again, turning his waist to bring his right knee in front of the left knee, then bringing them together, returning to his natural sitting posture, turning in the direction from where he started.

"Godan, exhibiting the grace of shooting form, technique, and coordination method, recognized for remarkable diligence."

He stood the bow on the ground, then by turning the bow, the longbow fell beside him, placing the Alpha Arrow on the bowstring, holding the Beta Arrow parallel to the ground with his ring finger and little finger.

"Rokudan, superior skill and refined ability, even more outstanding."

Keeping his body straight, Sugita Shuhei holding the bow and arrow stood up, looked straight ahead, and completed all seven parts of the shooting technique in one go—Foot Placement, Body Construction, Preparedness, Lifting, Drawing the Bow, Holding, Releasing.

Only hearing the sound of the bow, the bowstring sang high, and the arrow flew as if towards the sky.

With a thud, over twenty meters away, the arrow struck the bullseye of the target.

Residual Heart.

Here, a complete set of archery etiquette was basically accomplished.

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Silence.

The place was quiet, just the steady posture of drawing and shooting the bow was enough to captivate everyone present.

A visible temperament, outlining a shooting form full of aesthetic appeal.

Impressive.

Wearing the Kyudo hakama, adding several points of charm, enchanting a few of the girls present with starlit eyes.

Even though Senior Sugita's appearance was not outstanding.

However, praising his exceptional skill, they couldn't help but sigh at the complexity of Kyudo etiquette.

In fact, most people came here for wearing the Kyudo uniform.

Seisuke Yooya stepped forward, smiling at everyone:

"Since this isn't a formal examination, there's no need for the exit etiquette now."

Even more exit etiquette...

Despite being impressive, many students felt a growing urge to back out.

It was rumored that wearing the Kyudo hakama requires long practice in Kyudo.

After bowing to the audience again, Sugita Shuhei returned to his original seat.

Seisuke Yooya continued: "Since you are beginners, that is, starting from scratch, you are not allowed to touch bow and arrows right now, you must first complete the body posture training."

"After body posture, I'm sorry, you still can't touch the bow, you need to draw a rubber band for the introductory training."

Drawing a rubber band...

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The room fell silent again.

Uesugi Sakura glanced at the dial on his wrist.

17:02:12

Seeing this reaction, Seisuke Yooya fully understood what everyone was thinking.

The purpose of today's briefing was to screen for those truly persistent and interested.

"Ladies and gentlemen, as you have seen, this is the practice of Kyudo, not just simple archery."

Once again, Seisuke Yooya's demeanor became serious,

"Today's briefing is thus concluded, if you remain interested, we will welcome you again tomorrow afternoon, the Kyudo Club is always open to interested students, and our members will strive to teach and help everyone, thank you."

With his bow, the many students returned the gesture, but what was on their minds, no one knew.

Leaving the Kyudo Club, Uesugi Sakura walked along the road to the club building.

Senior Sugita's performance left a deep impression on him, composed, orderly, steady, all shown through his every move.

The white top combined with the black hakama further highlighted his profound temperament.

One had to admit, it was indeed very handsome.

But the etiquette is too complex, yet this is something necessary for learning Kyudo.

One side is abiding by the rules, the other is fulfilling promises, which made the lazy Uesugi Sakura quite conflicted.

Forget it, go again tomorrow, thinking to drop out then wouldn't be too late.

Uesugi Sakura thought, checking today's task rewards while walking.

[Miyamoto Musashi's Advanced Card]

[Usage: Click to use]

[Description: The samurai's sword is their soul. As the swordsman who founded the Niten Ichi Style, his name is known worldwide, Shinmen Musashi no Kami Fujiwara no Genshin! Present!]

[Card's Additional Effect: Increases Kendo skill acquisition rate by 75%]

Miyamoto Musashi? Sword Dao?

But I'm studying Kyudo, Uesugi Sakura was speechless as he put away the system panel.

The club building was bustling in the afternoon, you could hear the sounds inside just walking past the entrance, Uesugi Sakura stepped into the stairwell, re-entered, and clicked to use.

[You used Miyamoto Musashi's Advanced Card, extracting, please wait...]

[Extracting...]

Seeing the skip button in the top right corner, Uesugi Sakura chose to skip.

Extraction results: [Attribute Point ×18], [Kendo Skill Activation Card lv5 (Advanced)], [The Legend of Miyamoto Musashi (Black Gold)], please check.

?

Seeing that last dazzling text, Uesugi Sakura doubted if his eyes were playing tricks, or if there was a system error.

Did I just pull something with a 0.06% chance?

And the Kendo Skill Activation Card is directly level 5?

Maybe... I should just join the Kendo Department... I could possibly achieve a ninth rank or something in the future...

Uesugi Sakura stood dumbfounded at the stairway corner, clicked on [The Legend of Miyamoto Musashi (Black Gold)] for detailed attributes.

[Name: The Legend of Miyamoto Musashi]

[Quality: Black Gold]

[Effect: Grants oneself the skill of Miyamoto Musashi for 10 minutes, cooldown time 1 day]

[Duration: Permanent]

[Description: Skills that surpass today's nine-rank swordsmen by several times have reappeared in the world, don't you feel excited?]

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Uesugi Sakura fell silent again, why does it feel like a hot-blooded manga?