Natural Swordmaster 89

Title: Have You Heard? Musashi Dojo Has Produced a Genius!

Another bright and refreshing weekend, unfortunately, Shinnosuke was still very busy this weekend and couldn’t enjoy his leisure time quietly.

For the kendo circles of Tokyo, today was also a special day.

Musashi Dojo was the dojo of the Kyōshin Meichi-ryū style with the greatest influence today. Musashi Geiken himself and his junior disciple, Suikyō Munen, both possessed considerable strength.

This time, Geiken used all the connections and help he had to invite many kendo masters to witness the examination of the future successor of Musashi Dojo, which caused quite a stir.

Everyone wasn’t stupid. For Geiken to do this meant he had truly found an extraordinary successor.

He even invited the chairman of the All Japan Kendo Federation; somehow, Geiken had such great influence.

In modern kendo, represented by the All Japan Kendo Federation, the seven forms of Kyōshin Meichi-ryū and the three forms of Yagyū-ryū were compulsory for the first six ranks.

Although Kyōshin Meichi-ryū had developed to this day and no longer had the glory of the three great Edo dojo of the past, the philosophy of Kyōshin Meichi-ryū had had a great influence on the development of kendo.

Many films and manga related to kendo adopted the philosophy of Kyōshin Meichi-ryū to express the beauty of kendo.

“Senior disciple, hasn’t Kenta’s student arrived yet?”

Yesterday, Munen had already arrived. He was very curious about this successor his senior disciple had been talking about.

In Geiken’s words, this boy was truly an unparalleled genius who would lead Musashi Dojo and Kyōshin Meichi-ryū to glory.

Rumors were circulating that Musashi Dojo had produced a genius.

But until today, he hadn’t met this genius. This was too impolite, wasn’t it? Did he not want to become the successor of Musashi Dojo?

“He should be here soon, Shinnosuke is still a high school student, he doesn’t have much time to practice kendo.”

“Since he’s decided to become the successor of the dojo, why is he still wasting time studying!”

Munen’s personality was more conservative than Geiken’s. He was someone who applied the philosophy of Kyōshin Meichi-ryū in his daily life and was very enthusiastic about real kendo fights.

“Shinnosuke attends Shuchi’in Academy, you know. Soon he will represent Shuchi’in Academy in the Yūryū-ki tournament and the National High School Sports Championships.”

“And I heard the only daughter of the Busujima family will also come today. Her relationship with Shinnosuke seems quite good.”

Geiken raised an eyebrow at his junior disciple.

“Busujima...”

Munen’s expression became a little strange. He and Busujima Saeko’s father, Busujima Tanaka, were sworn rivals. They had fought many times, and there had never been a winner. It was only after Tanaka went abroad a few years ago to open a dojo that their conflict lessened a lot.

“Is it really okay to make such a big deal out of this?”

It wasn’t just the chairman of the All Japan Kendo Federation who came to attend this examination.

There were also representatives from Hokushin Ittō-ryū, Shintō Munen-ryū, Tennen Rishin-ryū, Niten Ichi-ryū, Yagyū Shinkage-ryū, and Jigen-ryū.

Representatives from these famous styles came to observe this examination. Even styles like Kurama-ryū and Yuishin Ittō-ryū had people come.

“Do I need to hold back a little?”

“No need, just use your full strength, but be careful not to get hurt.”

“Relax, I know my limits, I won’t hurt him.”

Geiken opened his mouth, a little worried that Munen would get hurt.

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Not long after, as time passed, the guests arrived one after another. Geiken had many connections in the kendo circles, plus the chairman of the All Japan Kendo Federation also came, everyone wanted to see the excitement.

Whether the successor of Musashi Dojo was a dragon or a worm was very intriguing.

“Damn Shin-chan! Why hasn’t he arrived yet!”

In front of the gate of Musashi Dojo, Kazama had arrived early in the morning, but he still hadn’t seen Shinnosuke. He should have gone to Shinnosuke’s house to look for him. Could he have overslept?

Kazama felt it was very possible. Someone like Shinnosuke was very likely to fail in something this important!

Since Kazama arrived here, many people carrying katanas and wearing traditional Japanese clothing had entered the dojo. At a glance, it could be seen that they were famous kendo practitioners.

This made Kazama very stressed. Today’s test was clearly not just a formality as Shinnosuke had said; it must be very important.

He sent another message to Shinnosuke, but there was still no reply.

“Kazama-kun.”

“Eh? Yukinoshita-san, why are you here?”

Kazama turned his head and saw Yukino.

“I also practice kendo at Musashi Dojo. Come on, I’ll take you in.”

“But Shin-chan hasn’t arrived yet...”

“You don’t need to worry about him. The young lady from the Suotome family has already picked him up.”

Hearing this, Yukino was a little angry and also a little unwilling.

Of course, she knew about the weekend events. Today, she had deliberately woken up very early, preparing to go to Musashi Dojo with Shinnosuke. Who would have thought that as soon as she opened the door, she saw the entire corridor filled with black-suited bodyguards.

The shocked Yukino saw Ai come out of the elevator and smile at her.

For some reason, Yukino felt very guilty and also smiled at Ai before closing the door.

Why was she so cowardly! She didn’t even dare to speak! She could only peek through the peephole in the door.

When Yukino saw Shinnosuke open the door, Ai immediately hugged Shinnosuke’s arm and greeted Shiro, and her whole body instantly got goosebumps.

What was this feeling of overwhelming victory and desperate powerlessness!

Only after Ai took Shinnosuke away and all the bodyguards left did Yukino dare to open the door and go out, silently standing in front of Shinnosuke’s room door.

Too strong, completely unbeatable. Even her own sister was no match for this young lady at all.

Even Shinomiya Kaguya was completely incomparable to this young lady from the Suotome family.

The Yukinoshita family would go bankrupt if targeted by the Shinomiya family. If she made this young lady unhappy...

Picked up by Ai? Hearing Yukino’s words, Kazama felt relieved.

Kazama had great faith in Ai. He followed behind Yukino into the dojo and soon met Kojima and Saeko inside the dojo.

“Toru-kun! You came too, why didn’t you tell me? Let’s be friends on Line first.”

Kojima certainly knew Kazama and knew that he was Shinnosuke’s best friend. It was just that he had stayed overnight at the dojo yesterday and hadn’t seen Kazama waiting at the gate; otherwise, he would have invited him in.

“Okay, Kojima-senpai.”

Kazama really liked this enthusiastic senior. This senior was very good at socializing, greatly reducing his nervousness at suddenly being in an unfamiliar place.