The Budokan welcomed many spectators early in the morning.
Because it was the day of the finals, the competition was more lively and started earlier than the first day of the Kanto regional competition.
At 7:50, most of the contestants were ready and entered the venue.
Just like before, the individual competition will be held in the morning and the team competition will be held in the afternoon.
As the players from various universities entered the preparation seats, the audience seats were very lively.
This time, Yuki Ichinose and the gyaru group were all present.
The reason why there are so many people is because of Shiina Ai's instigation, all the hot girls were brought here.
However, not everyone was there. For example, Matsushita Tong and Akizuki Aoi’s boyfriend both wanted to let themselves go during the summer vacation.
At night, they either go out to race cars or fight. Only Shiina Ai's boyfriend Sato, who practices judo, can go to bed early and get up early.
"Let me tell you, Kurosawa looks super cool when shooting arrows."
Seeing that more and more players were entering the field, Shiina Lan looked around and spoke excitedly.
"Ha..." Qiu Yuekui yawned. She didn't get enough sleep last night.
It's summer vacation, but I have to get up at 7 o'clock in the morning. It's too tiring.
"What time does the game start?"
It's almost the same with Songxia Tong. After the summer vacation, she sleeps until noon every day. She has never woken up so early and sits lazily in the chair.
"It starts at 8 o'clock, it's quick."
Yuki Ichinose felt a little embarrassed to see how tired they were.
Because it was quite embarrassing to drag everyone to watch Brother Guang’s game so early in the morning.
"Why can't I see Kurosawa Ze? He was sitting over there before."
Shiina Lan didn't seem to be bothered at all, she just looked around.
"Where's Kurosawa?"
"Why hasn't Kurosawa-senpai come out yet..."
She is not the only one looking for it. Many viewers are also looking for it, including many junior and senior students from the University of Tokyo who are eager to find it.
Because of Kurosawa Hikaru's videos on the Internet, the number of views has increased significantly in the past two days and it has had a significant impact, especially among various universities.
The school spirit and tradition of the University of Tokyo is originally a circle, so any major events in the circle will naturally attract attention.
Ultimately, it’s because the people in the Kyudo Federation are very good at publicity.
The video of Kurosawa Hikaru's three-arrow match was given some exaggerated titles, such as "God's Arrow" and "Genius Shooter", and a side view was used as the cover, using that handsome face to promote the video.
That's why this video caused quite a stir.
The game hasn't started yet, but the restlessness and noise in the audience seats are affecting the entire stadium.
The players sitting in the middle of the field, from all over the country and from various strong kyudo universities, naturally took notice.
"What Kurosawa..."
Many people feel resentful because their limelight has been stolen.
Logically speaking, they should have been the protagonists today, but in the end, the limelight was stolen by an unknown person.
The layman watches the excitement, while the expert sees the details.
Even if an outsider does not understand Kyudo, he or she will have more or less an idea about it as they grow up.
When I saw athlete Kurosawa shooting arrows in a hakama, I naturally thought he was super handsome and charming. When I learned that there was a competition, I wanted to come and see it live.
For an expert, although it is true that Kurosawa Mitsuru's posture is extraordinary, the fact that he could hit the target from a hundred paces away and shoot from 160 meters away is just a video after all, which makes people doubt it.
In this day and age, with all the special effects editing going on, it’s really hard to tell the truth from the fake just by watching the video… Even if it’s broadcast on TV, it’s still questionable.
Especially those players who are proficient in Kyudo, they don’t believe it at all and think it is hype.
You know, a 160-meter ultra-long shot is too exaggerated and incredible. Not to mention university archery, which is called student archery, even in professional archery, no one among the current professional players can do it.
Looking around the world, even with modern compound bows and recurve bows with sights, top athletes who have won Olympic championships have not achieved such incredible feats.
Using common sense, everyone would understand Kurosawa's 160-meter long shot.
However, Kyudo is a martial art that cultivates the mind, and not all players care about what happens outside the field.
Compared to this, some strong schools that want to compete for the championship sat in the preparation seats and observed the strong players in today's game.
At Ritsumeikan University, the best university in Kansai, five boys were sitting in the preparation seats, their postures upright and steady, calm and composed, neither arrogant nor impatient.
They didn't make loud noises, but they moved their mouths slightly and communicated in low voices.
"One of the only four-dan in university archery, Waseda University, position, ace player, Ohara Makoto... I wonder how he is doing today."
"There's no point paying attention to him. Waseda is ranked third in Kanto this year and is not qualified to be our opponent."
"I heard from a friend that the reason Waseda ranked third in the team competition this time was because Ohara Makoto missed nine out of ten shots... Even so, they still won the third place in the team competition."
"No way? Ohara Makoto missed nine out of ten arrows? That was a close shot. Even if he shot from 60 meters, the result would be more than that, right?"
"His teammates performed exceptionally well and dragged him into the finals... In other words, as long as he is in good shape, Waseda will still be the best in Kanto."
When it comes to university kyudo, if there are any star players, Makoto Ohara is definitely one of them.
Although he is only a fourth-degree black belt in Kyudo, his actual level is close to a sixth-degree black belt, which is comparable to professional players. His only shortcomings are his young age and insufficient experience.
The fourth stage of Kyudo is already a very terrifying level. You should know that the requirements of the fourth stage are fixed shooting shape, stable body coordination, elegant and correct temperament, precise application of archery skills, sharp arrows, and accurate hits.
In close shooting situations, Ohara Makoto's target hit rate is at least 90%, if not 100% accurate.
Even with a 60-meter long shot, Ohara Makoto has a very high hit rate.
With such terrifying archery skills, Ohara Makoto became famous since high school and even won the University King Championship.
Not only Ritsumeikan University, but all the players who have played against Waseda or Makoto Ohara care about him very much.
However, Ohara Makoto didn't care about people's gazes at all, and felt a little restless.
As the game approached, he became more and more anxious.
"despair."
At this moment, Ohara Makoto heard something vaguely and looked back suddenly.
Two figures walked in from the entrance next to the martial arts hall and stepped onto the field.
The leader had thick black hair, sword-like eyebrows, star-like eyes, sharp pupils, and deep facial features. He walked towards them holding a bow in one hand. He was dignified and had a calm expression. He was wearing a pure white archery uniform. He had a slender figure and his steps were steady and powerful.
Following closely behind him was a middle-aged man with black hair and gray sideburns, carrying spare bowstrings and other things in his hands, following behind him.
Seeing him coming, Ohara Makoto's face turned pale, and the scene of the game the day before yesterday came to his mind. A feeling of powerlessness and insignificance emerged, making his body tremble like a sieve.
He has been hailed as a genius since he was a child. After competing with Kurosawa Hikaru on the same stage, he knows better than anyone what kind of monster this man who is younger than him is.
That is the absolute gap between strength and talent, just like the difference between different dimensions, which is insurmountable.
"Ohara Makoto is afraid? Afraid of him?"
"Kurosawa."
Through Ohara Makoto's reaction, the elites from various universities became aware of it all at once and started looking over.
Just one look at it is enough to make you feel shocked.
To put it bluntly, the stronger you are, the more pressure you can feel from Kurosawa Mitsuru.
There are many things to pay attention to in Kyudo. The requirements for the rank are not just about hitting the target, but also about the movements, spirit, and aura when entering and exiting the arena.
All of Kurosawa Mitsuru's movements do not need to be done deliberately. He just takes one step at a time, and everything is natural and impeccable.
At the same time, the audience also noticed this and immediately became excited.
"It's Kurosawa."
"Wow, he's even more handsome than he looks in the video."
"The stars on TV are all made up... but he has to be a naturally handsome guy like this, and he is also a top student at the University of Tokyo."
"Kurosawa-senpai looks so handsome in his Kyudo uniform."
Many people who came here specially after watching the video were very happy.
"Is Kurosawa so handsome?"
When Akizuki Aoi saw Kurosawa Hikaru's appearance, she suddenly became energetic although she was originally sleepy.
Not only her, but also Song Xia Tong was awakened by his handsomeness, staring at him with a pair of big eyes, sparkling.
“Isn’t it handsome?”
Shiina Lan was very satisfied with their reactions and teased.
"Tsk." As her boyfriend, Sato felt a little jealous when he saw her eyes shining. He then looked at Kurosawa Hikaru on the field and pouted in annoyance.
It's annoying enough that his girlfriend is happy because of other handsome guys, but the key is that as a man, he also thinks Kurosawa is handsome, which is the most annoying thing.
"Yuki, Kurosawa is looking this way."
At this moment, Shiina Lan suddenly became excited.
"Uh-huh."
Yuki Ichinose naturally also noticed that when Guang Ge, who was entering the venue, saw her while looking around, he immediately smiled, feeling extremely proud and happy.
Because the University of Tokyo performed averagely in the team competition and individual competition, it failed to make it into the top three in today's finals, so it does not have an exclusive regional seat this time.
However, there was a chair in the stadium with Kurosawa Hikaru's name on the back.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Kurosawa Mitsuru walked step by step to the chair, sat down, and placed Kazuyuki against the side of the chair.
If it is a smaller venue, you cannot let go of the bow. Even when you sit down, you must hold the bow while sitting.
However, this is a large-scale competition with too many participants, so there are only requirements for sitting posture, and the bow does not need to be held all the time.
After receiving the reward for the perfect-level exclusive mission, although Kurosawa Mitsuru has not shot an arrow in the past two days, he has some ideas.
The characteristics of Yang Youji's bow, that everything is a bow and everything in the universe, are very strong, but as long as it leaves his hand, it will return to its original state.
Having said that, he used Black Wind as his foundation, so even if he wanted to integrate the power of Yang Youji's bow, others would not be able to see any clues, or even the process of change.
As long as he doesn't use other things to turn them into bows and arrows, no one will notice anything unusual.
Perhaps he became famous in the first day's preliminaries, but today's game is the moment when he will truly become famous.
A good horse needs a good saddle, a good boat needs a good sail. In the national finals, he will use the best bow to unleash the power of perfect-level archery.
After sitting down, Kurosawa Mitsuru did not close his eyes to rest, but raised his eyes and looked around the audience.
He saw many familiar faces, such as Yuuki, Aoi, Ai, Tong, and Sato.
There is also Shifengyuan Mirai, Shifengyuan Shinryu, Miss Sayaka, Akai Kazuki, and those bodyguards.
Yuta Miyazaki, a junior from Miki, a junior from Toyokawa in the Faculty of Literature, a member of the Kyudo Club, and a classmate from the Department of Economics at the University of Tokyo.
"You really didn't come?"
Looking around the place, Kurosawa Mitsuru couldn't help but feel regretful.
There were more spectators in today's finals, but there were only two people missing: Chizuru Ninomiya and Runa Igarashi.