What happened?
As a Kazekage Committee member, Fang Zheng naturally could not ignore the disturbance, so he walked over, with the four girls following close behind. When they reached the front of the crowd, they saw a beautiful single-ponytailed girl in a kendo uniform arguing with a boy in the center. From their argument and the surrounding chatter, Fang Zheng more or less pieced together what had happened.
The girl belonged to the Kendo Club of Course Two, while the boy was a member of the Swordsmanship Club of Course One. Just now, while the Kendo Club had been holding an exhibition match, the boy had suddenly stepped forward and thoroughly defeated the Kendo Club members. Well, that was clearly an attempt to wreck their event, so it was no wonder the girl was so furious.
"I know that senior."
Chiba Erika began explaining things to everyone from the side.
"Sayaka Jinbo. She was the national runner-up in the middle school girls' division of the Kendo Tournament two years ago. Back then, she was called the Beautiful Girl Swordsman and Kendo Komachi, and caused quite a sensation."
"But she... was only the runner-up, right?"
Shizuku Kitayama asked in confusion. By common sense, everyone knew the champion, while nobody knew second place.
"The champion had a problem with her... appearance."
Well, everyone understood immediately.
"The boy is Takeaki Kirihara, the middle school division champion of the Kanto Swordsmanship Tournament two years ago. A genuine first-place winner."
Just as Chiba Erika finished introducing both sides, their conversation predictably broke down, and they immediately started fighting again. The tense and fierce battle left the onlookers thoroughly exhilarated. Though the two were initially evenly matched, the girl appeared to be somewhat more skilled. In the end, she struck the boy's right shoulder by the