Chapter 65 Part 2
Both players bowed to each other and stepped forward, then assumed the sonkyo stance (lion’s position).
Then, following the referee’s call of 「Begin」, they both stood up, and the match officially started.
「Kieeeeee!!」
As soon as the match started, player Kuroda let out a strange voice, which sounded like a bird’s cry, and launched a furious attack.
「Meeeeeeeeen!」
Given that the opposing player had advantage in height, it seemed that the general tactic was to aim for her opponent’s head.
It looked like she was being pushed by the fierce offensive from the get go.
From the amateur Yuu’s point of view, there were many close call moments where he thought the opposing player had gotten her.
「I, I wonder if she is going to be alright?」
「I think so. After all, Mika said she had played against the opposing player, Kuroda, before. She said she would defend against the rush in the first half and bet everything on the second half.」
Kouki’s calm words helped Yuu, who had begun to feel anxious, regain his composure.
The duration for high school matches was four minutes.
It seemed short, but it was long.
Since it was a three-point match, the attacking side would have the advantage.
Yuu thought that the opposing player was furiously coming at her aiming for a point.
However, when he watched closely, he noticed that when the opposing player attacked her, she blocked it using her shinai or dodged it using her footwork.
That was why, even if the attack did land, it only gave rise to a dull sound and did not seem to give the opposing player a point.
Facing her opponent that had been aiming for her head using various tactics, from locking her shinai with hers to forcefully pushing her back, Mika, who had been sticking to the defense, also occasionally launched attacks at her wrist to forestall her, but it was not very effective.
When Yuu took a look at his watch, he noticed that two minutes had almost passed, and they were about to get into the third minute, but then…
As the two players came back after going out-of-bounds and faced each other, the referee pointed at Mika and said something to her.
「This is bad. She got a warning.」
「Huh?」
Just like in judo, if you tried to stall for time without the intention of attacking, you would end up receiving a warning.
If the time ran out just like that, the match would go into overtime, but depending on the number of warnings she received, there was the possibility that she would end up losing the match there by foul play.
「There is one minute left. The real battle begins now.」
「Yes.」
The two players faced each other and began to exchange blows.
This time, Mika also swung her shinai aggressively.
The opposing player, Kuroda, was also pushing hard as if possessed.
Given that they had also exchanged blows in the third minute, she must have consumed a lot of stamina, but worthily a player from a renowned school, she showed no signs of running out of stamina.
Three and a half minutes passed.
While player Kuroda aimed for her head, Mika aimed for her wrist.
While Mika tried to keep her distance using her footwork, player Kuroda kept pushing her single-mindedly.
「We’re running out of time. You can it!」
「Mika! Stay calm and go for it!」
Truly a thrilling development.
Not only Yuu and Kouki, but also the people around them were cheering for Mika loudly.
The students from the opposing school were also cheering for their player zealously.
Still unable to land any effective blows, the two ended up going out-of-bounds, and had to go get ready to resume the match.
Yuu could tell that both sides were breathing heavily.
The time remaining was 10 or 15 seconds.
As the two players faced each other, the referee’s voice echoed, and just as player Kuroda was about to assume the jodan (overhead) stance, Mika dashed toward her.
「Doouuuuu!」
Thwack!
「Ah!」
「Huh?」
For a moment, the area around the hall fell completely silent.
「Dou!」
The flags of the three referees were raised in unison.
Aiming at the opening where the opponent’s elbows were about to go up, the brilliant nuki-dou connected.
Whoaaaaaa!
The match resumed before the cheers had died down.
Before player Kuroda, who was very shaken, could regain her composure, the time ran out.
And then, it was decided that player Hayase Mika of Sairyou Academy High School would advance to the final.
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Mika’s opponent in the final was the top seeded player, who was similarly from Saitama Eiko High School but was more skillful than player Kuroda whom she faced in the semi-final, and regrettably, she lost by a single point and had to settle with the second place.
Yuu, who had been watching and cheering for her up to that point, felt thirsty and gulped down some barley tea from the water bottle he had brought with him.
As he did so, he felt the urge to urinate.
For the kendo club of Sairyou Academy High School, it had been a while since they made it to the finals of the prefectural tournament and secured a place in the Kanto Tournament, so the seniors were still excited about it. The boys and girls around him were all making merry in loud voices.
Yuu poked Eimi, who was sitting right next to him, on the shoulder.
「Hmm? Is something the matter, Yuu-kun?」
「I think I need to go to the restroom.」
「Ah! Wait a sec.」
Eimi called out to the reserve members of the kendo club who were seated in front of them.
Whenever a boy left his seat, it was only natural that someone would accompany him.
「We’ll be serving as your temporary bodyguards.」
「Leave it to us!」
「Yes, please.」
Accompanying Yuu were one third-year senior and two second-year seniors.
Encircled on the front, left and right, Yuu left the cheering seats and went out into the passageway.
When the girls from other schools saw Yuu on his way to the restroom, they stared at him and talked among themselves, such as「Which school is that boy from?」 「So cool!」.
The seniors surrounding Yuu at such a close distance that they could almost touch his body were feeling proud, perhaps out of a sense of superiority.
「It seems to be quite far away, isn’t it?」
「Yeah… that seems to be the case.」
「Well, it can’t be helped. Let’s try to go there!」
When they checked the guide map near the main entrance, they found that in order to go to the men’s restroom, they had to go around the main hall from the side, and then went all the way to the back side of the building near the parking lot.
To begin with, given how large the budokan was, it had five restrooms, but only two of them were equipped with men’s restrooms as well, which was inconvenient.
Considering the male-to-female ratio, though, it was inevitable that it turned out that way.
As they walked, they introduced themselves to each other, and Yuu got to learn their names.
The third-year student leading the way was named Reia. She had a short bob, wore glasses, and seemed to be about 180 cm tall. If there was something to add, it would be the fact that she looked the sexiest and most mature of the three, even though they were only one grade apart.
The second-year student on the right was Hiromi, who gave off a boyish impression with her short hair and brisk tone of voice. She was about the same height as Yuu.
The one on the left was Sanae, also a second-year student. She was a little shorter than Yuu and wore her long hair in one bun. She gave off a childish impression, so it was hard to believe that she was actually his senior.
As far as Reia and the others were concerned, the farther it was, the more time they got to spend with Yuu, so they didn’t seem to be bothered at all.
Almost two months had passed since Yuu entered the school, and it had become known to most of the female students that, unusually for boys, he never treated girls coldly when they called out to him, and didn’t seem to dislike having his body touched by them, no matter who the other party was.
In fact, as they chatted about today’s matches and guarded Yuu from students from other schools who tried to approach him when they saw him, touching his body a little as they did so, the three of them were inwardly enjoying their roles as bodyguards, which they had won through a game of playing rock-paper-scissors.
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「Well then, we’ll wait here for you.」
「Yes. I’m sorry. I’ll be back as soon as I can.」
「No need to be in a hurry. Take your time~」
The men’s restroom they finally found seemed to be located at the far end after taking a turn in the middle of the long passageway.
As expected, there was no way for the girls to wait right in front of the restroom. It would be bad in case there were other men who wanted to use the restroom.
After parting with the seniors, who would be waiting in the passageway, Yuu went into the men’s restroom.
It was equipped with two private stalls and three urinals.
There was no one inside and it was very quiet.
「Cheering for the club activities was surprisingly fun.」
*Splash, splash* Yuu muttered to himself as he listened to the sound of his urine dripping down the urinals.
During his high school days prior to his rebirth, the thought of going to cheer for his classmates in a tournament didn’t even cross his mind.
No one liked to have their long-awaited day off ruined.
However, now, as a member of the student council, he had the pretext of cheering for club activities.
Deep down inside, he was also interested in an all-girls tournament.
As expected, however, the biggest reason was probably because he had come to love his alma mater, Sairyou Academy, even though he had only been attending for less than two months.
One of the reasons for this was that there were many likable female students, such as Sayaka and the other members of the student council, as well as the girls from Class 1-5.
As well as the fact that, given that he was an old man inside, he was apprehensive at first, but he was also blessed with friends in the name of Rei and Masaya.
Although they had not established the boys’ cheering squad yet, the summer prefectural qualifying rounds, which would be held from the end of July after final exams, should be jam-packed.
Yuu had made acquaintances with many seniors from various clubs through his student council activities, so he wanted to come and cheer on them with as many people as possible.
As he thought about those things, he finished urinating and was about to zip up his zipper, but then…
Hands reached out from behind him and held Yuu’s mouth and chest area.
Wha?!
Before he had time to make a sound, Yuu was dragged into one of the private stalls.
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woah he got raped in the stall lol