Laid-Back Life in Tokyo: I Really Didn't Want to Work Hard Chapter 512 - 348: Girls are Just Great2

But so what, it’s just a foot fetish.

Moreover, when Hanamaru Hanabi helped Miss Fox Demon, Amami Nana Akatsuki, design the original art, didn’t she also draw the feet particularly prominently?

Those feet, beautiful and enticing.

— This shows that little Hanabi fully understands the beauty of feet.

Uesugi Sakura even sowhat suspects now, is Hanabi deliberately talking weird to avoid so potential situations.

Like, using little feet to massage the back or sothing.

...

Aei and Chiaei also went out with Hanabi today.

Since the sumr vacation started, the two of them have enjoyed playing with their sister Hanabi.

Their guardianship is still entrusted to their father-in-law and uncle Hanamaru Yugetsu.

Uesugi Sakura tidied up his outfit, and after washing up in front of the mirror, he saw the ssage just sent to his phone.

It was from Uesugi Shio.

[Hurry over for the match]

Just one line, but concise and to the point.

The ssage even included an address.

Uesugi Sakura replied: [Be there soon]

...

The venue for sword dao competitions is generally indoors.

Similar to a gymnasium, the floor is so clean it reflects light, yet also has friction.

The preliminaries for this national tournant are no exception.

It’s using a dedicated martial arts hall for the competition.

When Uesugi Sakura arrived near the entrance of the martial arts hall, there were already spectators gradually entering.

On the outskirts, you could occasionally see people carrying caras, accompanying TV reporters for interviews.

Though sword dao isn’t as famous as baseball, it is sothing everyone is familiar with.

In Japan, many high schools have promoted it widely.

Basically, starting from junior high school and high school, so people treat club activities as their lifelong path.

So during school days, various sports, including sword dao and kyudo, have well-structured teams and competitions.

In the end, those with both talent and trendous effort stand out, becoming well-known figures nationally and within their circles.

That’s also a form of success.

So treat it as a hobby, while others see it as a life path.

Winning a championship ans having fa and popularity, and this honor is, for them, a lifelong affirmation, a stable livelihood.

In the future, one could beco a vice master at a dojo, or a committee mber in the national association, having pathways.

Uesugi Sakura’s kyudo championship also gained him significant fa in the ritual shooting system of kyudo.

Many high school students even watch his videos to learn the moves.

If he were to beco a vice master at a dojo, it wouldn’t be a problem at all.

But having these jobs also ans constraints.

Uesugi Sakura himself has no intention of developing in this direction.

In his words, kyudo is for self-cultivation.

...

Winning the kyudo championship was like that, so it’s especially true for the sowhat more popular sword dao.

Many people hope to win, hope to beco champions, hope to be famous, hope their na appears in the newspaper, hope for a smoother life in the future.

The chance to compete is rare, and the dreams they carry are extrely heavy.

Uesugi Sakura swept through the crowd heading to watch the competition, entered the martial arts hall, and approached the hallway of the preparation area.

He saw Uesugi Shio waiting for him ahead.

"You’re here."

"Yeah."

Uesugi Shio, sucking on a lollipop, sighed: "I thought you were going to ditch us again this ti and not co."

"Why... again?"

"Did you forget? You signed up for the sword dao competition last year, and in the end, didn’t co."

Did that happen?

Uesugi Sakura thought hard.

Uesugi Shio reminded him: "After the national high school sword dao selection tournant preliminaries."

Uesugi Sakura rembered: "Oh, that ti... I didn’t have much ti... busy with the kyudo competition. Besides, you can’t bla , who knew the kyudo match would be postponed."

At that ti, a two-year-long mission wasn’t completed.

The first year, he flew to England for a few months to bring Hanabi ho and couldn’t complete one of the conditions.

The second year, if he had participated in both kyudo and sword dao in the sa year, he could indeed have completed it.

But the kyudo got delayed, and the two events were squeezed together.

So, Uesugi Sakura could only choose one competition.

Forget about sword dao.

He still had more confidence in archery.

As for the mission...

With little Hanabi as a girlfriend, all those missions and tasks are nonsense.

Uesugi Shio put down his hand and said to him: "Alright, follow in first, and after lunch, it’ll be your ti."

He followed Uesugi Shio into the hall.

Uesugi Sakura didn’t forget to observe so people on the way who were already in full gear.

In their twenties, thirties, forties... people of all ages.

Their aura, appearance, movents... hard to describe, so varied.

He looked around, hoping to spot soone younger...

But after a few circles.

It seed he was the youngest among them all.

Senior brother and the others were considered juniors among these middle-aged folks.

Which made him the youngest of the juniors.

Just recently an adult.

Uesugi Sakura saw more than once so burly middle-aged n, solidly built, whose swings with the bamboo sword would be imposing in terms of physique.

Imagining the scene of facing them in a match would make anyone frown.

"Are those senior brothers really the champions of the past two editions?" Uesugi Sakura withdrew his gaze and asked.

Leading the way, Uesugi Shio responded: "Anyway, from the previous lists I’ve seen, their nas were indeed written in the champion column."

This is the national sword dao tournant.

It’s not a high school tournant, but nationwide.

This ans the opponents are no longer high school students but experienced middle-aged people and policen who are battle-hardened.

Winning the championship from all sorts of diverse, colorful senior predecessors is indeed no easy task.

Just as Uesugi Sakura reached their resting area, Senior Brother Kusunoki greeted him with a smile: "Yo! Little junior brother, thought you weren’t coming!"

"Just a bit late."

"Haha, if you didn’t co, we’d be short of one person here. I even thought about getting Fujimaki back."

"Senior Brother Fujimaki?" Uesugi Sakura recalled the person he once t.

"That’s right." Kusunoki Kubomaru laughed, "Our master senior brother, honestly... I have no confidence in defeating him."

Koshin Kagami interjected: "When have you ever had confidence?"

"Don’t butt in!"

"I will butt in." Koshin Kagami smiled at him.

"Hey! Whatever you like."

Uesugi Sakura was used to seeing these two senior brothers banter.

"What happened with Senior Brother Fujimaki? As I recall... he said he would take back my current General position..."

Kusunoki Kubomaru waved his hand in explanation: "That guy couldn’t find our master treasure for two weeks and got angry, saying he’s not hanging with us anymore!"

"What do you an?"

Koshin Kagami said: "This ti, he’s our opponent."

Kusunoki Kubomaru added: "Perhaps you noticed when you t him before, little junior brother, Fujimaki is proud. Regarding your situation, without our master speaking up, he doesn’t have the face to ask you for the General position, but he’s still upset inside, being so proud, he must have gotten angrier the more he thought about it, not saying it out loud but just not wanting to hang with us."

Oh, so he’s a tsundere.

Uesugi Sakura understood a little.

But it shouldn’t just be about being a tsundere, Uesugi Sakura guessed that Fujimaki Chidori might also have reasons for looking down on him.

Soone truly proud.

Who disdains bullying the weak.

And disdains snatching things from the weak.

Senior Brother Fujimaki probably felt that as an 18-year-old junior, there was no need to bicker with him; even if he won the match and took back the General’s position, there would be nothing to be proud of.

"Haha, this whole thing is funny if you think of it, the One-Mind One-Sword Style’s master senior brother joining another team! If those reporters knew, they’d surely write a tearful story of a genius being expelled from the dojo?"

As he spoke, Kusunoki Kubomaru laughed again, seemingly indifferent to this matter.

"Sigh, Senior Brother Fujimaki is just too proud."

A man with a crew cut spoke at this ti.

Uesugi Sakura rembered him as the one previously talking beside Fujimaki Chidori, by the na of Higuchi Yoshiaki.

Koshin Kagami slightly smiled: "He’s qualified to be proud."