The two people gathered together to discuss for a while, and then Kanae came over and reminded: "Matsuoka, get ready. The final is about to begin!"
Their next opponent team was Kagoshima Boys' High School from Kyushu, whcih was very strong in kendo and was a regular in the semi-finals of various kendo competitions, they even had had some champion experiences. Kendo is more popular in the Kyushu region of Japan and has a larger audience than other regions, so more people join the kendo club in the school.
Akiyoshi Sakura was that one Haruka mentioned just now, a first-year student who participated for the first time. In the IH competition, he didn't get a chance to play, but as a potential player, their coach brought him here to gain experience as a forward in order to prepare for being the main force in IH next year.
As a new star, Akiyoshi was indeed very powerful. He won the "Ten-person Combativity Award" yesterday. If Kazuya and Haruna hadn't come here, he would have been a highlight player in this competition.
The five players from Kagoshima Boys' High School were tall and short, but all look capable. When the two teams saluted each other, their eyes fell on Kazuya and all regarded him as the only enemy they would encounter in this competition.
Any opponent who can defeat the whole game by himself will be paid 10,000% attention as long as his opponents have some brains. Last night they watched the video of Kazuya's games and were impressed by his complicated playing styles, calm on-the-spot judgment and complexible reaction, thinking that the level of professional competitions was nothing more than this.
Kazuya honestly let his opponent watch. The pace of today's game was relatively slow, which was better than yesterday. However, he had fought fifteen opponents in thirty small games. Although he tried his best to fight quickly, he still consumed a lot of energy. Fortunately, he had finally reached the end. As long as he beat this team, he would feel completely relaxed.
He tried his best to cheer up and didn't pay much attention to the other four people. He just looked at Akiyoshi curiously and found that his eyebrows were indeed a bit like Naotaka Sakura, but their temperament were very different. Naotaka had a scholarly demeanor, while Akiyoshi's face was very gloomy, a bit like the smooth feeling of a poisonous snake.
The two sides saluted each other, then saluted the audience, and exited the field together. After the referee stood up and signaled the forwards of both sides to come on, Haruka patted Kazuya on the back and gave him an encouraging look, while Kazuya nodded lightly and came on stage.
But he was surprised when he came on the field. The forward opposite him was not Akiyoshi but the original backbone who Haruka reported back that he was particularly good at wasting other's energy. No wonder he didn't wear a visor just now. Were they using their right to regroup?
They had such a right, but it was never used. Regrouping the lineup under the Gyokuryuu Competition system is not particularly important. Anyway, they must fight until there is no one from the other party on the field.
Kazuya glanced at their coach on the opposite side of the field and found that he was giving instructions to the remaining team members one by one. Probably they felt that he was really strong and was not sure of winning by anyone, so they were going to use the team's strength to fight for some rounds to waster his strength.
Kanae also realized something was wrong and immediately asked the referee for a timeout. She hesitated whether to move Kazuya to the general position, but Kazuya shook his head at her and still stood on the starting line.
It's okay, you want to use team strength to target a tired warrior like me, but I also keep my trump card to no avail!
The game started again, and the opponent's present forward was ready to use his short and flexible advantage to consume Kazuya's physical strength as much as possible. What if he was now at the end of his strength? After all, he fought all day yesterday, no matter how good his skills were, could he be an iron man?
He had confidence in himself. He was one of those players who didn't have strong offensive ability but very strong defensive ability. He was very proficient in knockdown skills and targeting against the sword but not the opponent himself. Now even if Kazuya was strong and he might not be able to defend him, he still had to fulfill his responsibility and consume his whole time.
The referee gave the order to start the game, and Kazuya rushed toward him directly. The forward was full of joy and sent an upward slash from the lower anti-reverse stance, preparing to knock Kazuya's sword aside and start circling around. But Kazuya retracted his hand halfway through the stab, making the opponent's upward slash just happen to rub the tip of his sword. Then he made a sound and continued to lean forward to thrust. After one hit, he took one point easily.
His whole movement was very coherent, and even the person involved may not be able to detect the changes in this thrust. So the opposite forward was confused. How do you know that I am going to struggle with you and shrink without any warning? Can you even grasp the distance so well? Experience or chance? Your starting stance is not a double stab anyway!
He thought hard and looked back at their coach, finding that he was obviously dissatisfied about his actions. He seemed to be blaming him for making such a low-level mistake at such an important moment. Can you not block the opponent's obvious thrust when you are fully prepared?
Kazuya was a little dizzy. Just now he activated the [Anticipation] and the transparent figures on the field were killing each other. Thousands of changes made his head close to explosion. But it was still worth it, at least the dizziness was better than taking two rounds and consuming much energy.
He returned to the starting line. As the referee gave the order again, he thrust forward as usual. The opponent learned the lesson this time and directly evaded and counterattacked with a false slash. However, Kazuya thrust out his sword and then turned around and slashed diagonally towards the open space. The forward was heading here to retreat after half a false slash and happened to put his head under Kazuya's sword and was hit hard. His feet slipped with a "pop" sound and he fell down.
The forward of Kagoshima Boys' High School was lying on the ground in confusion, and the audience was also confused. Are you here to be funny? There are also those who take the initiative to take the sword with their heads? The audience and even the referees thought it was an accident or Kazuya had predicted his position well, so they started to applaud while holding back their laughter.
The forward was reluctant to leave the field. The tactics he prepared did not work and the knockdown technique he practiced so hard didn't even have a chance to show up. He lost in a daze, but Kazuya didn't feel apologetic. His skills were part of him. If he could use them, of course he should use them. Originally, he wasn't afraid of the opponent but just didn't want to waste time.
The opponent's forward went down, and the second forward came on. He was very tall and strong, starting to compete with Kazuya in strength, but Kazuya was more skilled. He avoided the real attack and hit the weak one. After a few sword fighting with his opponent, he suddenly softened his attacks and seized his body disadvantages, winning twice in a row by hitting his hands and sending this second forward off the field directly.
At this point, Kazuya had won 42 people in a row. The entire audience was very excited. They felt that they might really see a player win the champion from beginning to end in their lifetime. The atmosphere on the gym became more and more high.
Kagoshima Boys' High School's backstone came on the field, who was another extremely resilient player. He narrowly escaped defeat several times and even fought swordsmanship with Kazuya several times. In the end, Kazuya struggled to get a point and sent him off the field.
Kanae was so nervous that she could hardly breathe, while Haruka watched it for a moment and suddenly shouted: "Captain, apply for suspension!"