The failure of the tactical plan made Kazuya feel behind and his momentum was slightly dampened. However, he was a person who likes to play it safe. Seeing that he could not deceive Haruka, he used a triangle step and turned behind Haruka. He raised the sword and stabbed Haruka in the back of the head silently.
This is not a sports competition, but a simulated hand-to-hand combat. There is nothing that cannot be stabbed here or kicked there.
When he finally made his move, Haruka suddenly opened her crescent moon eyes. She instinctively twisted her body to avoid his thrust and directly stood up in a kneeling position to stab Kazuya's throat. She was originally short, and even shorter when she was kneeling. Kazuya had to lean forward to stab her, but she twisted herself around and rushed into the his another side.
She had been preparing for such an opportunity for a long time and was highly concentrated, feeling as if the thrusts and slashes of both were in slow motion at the same time. Kazuya's thrusts were moving away from her, and her sword was approaching his neck.
However, there was no trace of happiness on her face, and her mouth was still tightly pursed. She has begun to face her own heart. Kazuya, the man who makes her fear in her heart, is definitely not that easy to defeat.
She has a back-up move. The "Liang Jian" she used, one of the five canon of Itto-ryu, has a change move. Kazuya's center of gravity was forward and was unable to dodge. The only way to go was to return to the sword for parry. At that time, she could chopped his hand to complete the entire technique.
After seeing her strike, Naotaka's wound felt itchy. He felt that the sword was impeccable and couldn't help but take another sip of wine. He was relieved that his eldest daughter finally started to use her brain to hold the sword instead of using her temper.
On the field, Kazuya accidentally fell into a disadvantage in a few tenths of a second, but his psychological quality was excellent and he had a very thorough understanding of Sasaki Ittoryu.
Instead of returning to block with his sword, he moved his entire center of gravity forward to accelerate his fall, and bent his elbows to knock Haruka over with the momentum of his sudden fall, showing rich experience in hundreds of hand-to-hand combats.
Haruka judged the situation in an instant and found that the second half of the "Liang Jian" was useless. Kazuya hit her faster than expected. The target of her slash became the back of his head, and when the sword entered the killing range, she should have been knocked to the ground. Without the protection of the gears, she would have lost her combat effectiveness.
She quickly gave up her plan to continue the attack and rolled to one side, causing Kazuya's elbow to lose its target. When her body stabilized slightly, she started to attack again. She didn't shout to increase her momentum like before, but silently slashed at Kazuya, who had lost his center of gravity and was extremely unstable.
Haruna was confused, scratching her head and wondering: "Ah? My sister seems to be stronger than before. What's going on?"
Naotaka was still drinking. He felt that both were coping well. It was like two skilled chess players playing a game, making random moves but letting onlookers feel comfortable watching.
On the field, Haruka was using the "Garuda Sword" technique of Sasaki Ittoryu. She seized the opportunity when Kazuya lost his center of gravity and displayed a proactive offensive spirit, keeping slashing at Kazuya to force him to continuously block and release his strength. Then she waited for another opportunity to suddenly slash his forearm.
And Kazuya knew her techniques clearly. He knew what she wanted to do and defends calmly, never giving her a chance. Now he could only use Sasaki Ittoryu techniques to fight against her. The other methods from various schools couldn't be used, making him feel a little constrained.
The the technique Haruka was using now is a style of continuous pressure on the opponent to force the opponent to make mistakes. It is also the tactic used by Haruna when she fought Kazuya. It's just that Haruka's skills are more delicate, and Haruna's are more violent.
Kazuya dragged her and passed the moment of her peak. He directly cut down and forcibly used the strong part of his sword to cut into the weak part of Haruka's. He pushed her bamboo sword to the side, broke her slash and rushed towards Haruka's forehead without stopping.
The timing, angle and power of Kazuya's slash were all very clever, as if he had practiced countless times and experienced hundreds of battles, which surprised Naotaka. Even he would not dare to say that his sword was better than Kazuya's. This slash was integrating offense and defense, almost perfect.
As soon as the move was broken, the advantage immediately returned to Kazuya's hands, but Haruka felt no fluctuation in her heart. Seeing that his sword was about to hit her forehead, she immediately fell to the ground, rolled away with her head in her arms, which learned from him last time.
She had a very petite figure. When she didn't regard her short stature as a shame and was willing to shrink into a ball, she turned it into her advantage and avoided the impending strike.
She didn't think that her opponent in this battle was Kazuya. No matter whether he laughed at her or not, every sword she struck was slashing at the haze of failure in her heart. What she wanted to chop into pieces was fear inner self.
She began to take advantage of her short size, constantly diving down to attack Kazuya, either using the kneeling position of the "Miao Jian" or the half-kneeling position of the "Du Miao Jian". The results of practice which she had kept since childhood were fully demonstrated.
Her sword was insidious, constantly piercing Kazuya's throat from low places or cutting his thighs and feet. Kazuya was not to be outdone. The secret of the Ittoryu that begins with a cut and ends with a cut is vividly showed. He cut whatever comes, forcing Haruka to change her moves and roll around on the ground.
When a master fights an ordinary person, the fight will look good no matter what. However, when two masters with similar skills compete, the winner will either be decided in a moment, or it will turn into a gangster fight and the scene will be ugly. It never looks good if you really compete seriously and don't care about face.
At the moment, Kazuya seemed to be playing a large-scale game of whack-a-mole, but Haruka, the freshly baked mole, felt that she had never been so focused on the sword in her hand. Her mind was extremely clear, and she could exert her utmost with 120% strength. It seemed that the potential was beginning to burn.
No matter whether she knelt on the ground or rolled, the height difference between them was definitely more than half a meter, and any attack with this extra half meter distance would be enough for her to react. Kazuya was very unaccustomed to attacking her and many of the habits he had formed had to be changed temporarily.
The scene between them became deadlocked for a while.
Kazuya continued to show off his flaws and even used some moves of sacrificing his own life to actively seduce Haruka, but she turned a blind eye and followed her own rhythm. She was not greedy and had no desire, seeming to have suddenly touched the edge of the secret of Sasaki Ittoryu.
Although she was at a disadvantage and all her moves were defeated by Kazuya, she persisted and struggled for more than two minutes. After being forced into danger several times, she gritted her teeth and refused to admit defeat.
Haruna was watching the battle from the side and her expression gradually became serious. Such a sister is a real sister! She was a little ready to move and wanted to fight Haruka. As for Kazuya, she would definitely must fight, but today she felt that her sister's fighting spirit was more tenacious and admirable.
Ayaka and Chika couldn't help but sit upright in the seats. They no longer cursed Haruka in a low voice for being beaten horizontally, vertically, diagonally and variously by Kazuya, but focused on the field. The blood was thicker than water, even though They had just been punished, but when they saw their sister showing such a attitude, they instinctively felt the same hatred, which made them want to help.
Of course, they knew they couldn't go, so they could only focus on Kazuya's buttocks and scan around, holding the spear tightly in their hands.
Akiho was the most nervous. She clenched her fists hard and finally made Toutaro cry. Toutaro was only over three years old and he was just watching the fun, while his one hand was held by his third sister. He would't be able to bear being so abused.
He suddenly cried loudly, and he and Akiho happened to be very close to Kazuya and Haruka. Kazuya glanced to avoid accidentally hurting the child, but Haruka was completely immersed in her own battle. She didn't notice the cry at all and was keenly aware of his distraction.
She forced Kazuya back with a horizontal slash of her sword. Then she bounced up from the ground and once again used all her strength to slash Kazuya. Kazuya missed the chance and was not sure how to accurately cut off her attack, so he was forced to take a step back again,. Haruka finally let out the first roar of the entire battle.
"Ah----!"
She roared like an angry little tiger, and the momentum that had accumulated for a long time erupted like a volcano. After shrinking her small body to the extreme, she directly gave up any defense and stabbed Kazuya in the throat with a decisive gesture.
There is him without me, and there is me without him! There is no return after going!