[DROP] Horimiya: Izuna Miyamura
17. Izuna vs Kouki

Inside the dojo, Izuna who was already wearing her full attributes stood in front of Kouki who was wearing attributes like her.

With a shinai in their hands, the two looked at each other with serious gazes.

'This ...'

Izuna fell silent, this was the first time she had gained two abilities at the same time.

But apart from all, he also felt happy, because he could be confident to win the game today.

...ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ...

They wear equipment ranging from head, chest, genitals and hold shinai (bamboo swords) in their hands.

There were many spectators watching their matches, most of them were women and members of the kendo club.

The referee who is one of the members of the kendo club stands between the two.

The referee gave a cue, Izuna and Kouki bowed respectfully.

They do the horses and hold the Shinai with both hands in front of their bodies.

"Start!"

With the referee's cue, the two started moving and banging their Shinai against each other.

"Is this all you got?" Kouki snorted at Izuna.

Izuna still can not move freely when using the equipment he uses on his body.

Although she had said that she did not need to use it, but they rejected it and forced her to keep wearing it.

And also, the new skill he had acquired was very useful in his current situation, but even though this ability was extremely powerful, it was not meant to have no side effects.

From what he saw in his memories when obtaining this skill, he would not be able to move for several days if using this ability too much, which made him think several times before using it for now.

But even so, it does not mean that the side effects can not be overcome, when Izuna's body gets stronger, the side effects obtained will not be too influential anymore, and he would be able to use this ability without having to worry anymore.

Shinai Kouki continued to attack Izuna from several directions and did not give Izuna a gap to counterattack, leaving him in a state of complete defense.

But, it was just a one-sided thought from Kouki.

What actually happened was, Izuna could read every move of Kouki, and he even only needed 0.9 seconds to know what movement Kouki would use next.

And in those 0.9 seconds, Izuna made a move as if she was being cornered and could only endure.

While Izuna could only hold on, Kouki gritted his teeth and felt frustrated that all of his attacks no one could hit Izuna, and could always be fended off by her.

"Don't underestimate me!" Kouki took a few steps back and raised his shinai above his head and swung it down towards Izuna.

Izuna calmly made a diagonal slash with her shinai, and resisted Kouki's attack right in front of her face.

With all his might, Kouki pushed his shinai, trying to knock Izuna down to the floor, but what he did not expect was that Izuna's strength was too strong, alhasl, he could only grit his teeth and push with all his might.

With a single blow, Izuna repulsed Kouki, not giving Kouki a chance, Izuna langsubg hitting Kouki on his head.

But, before Izuna shinai hit Kouki's head, she stopped her hand movements that made her hand stop a few inches above Kouki's head.

The referee raised the flag to Izuna and Izuna earned one point.

That's the rule they make, they are not allowed to give a real attack.

That is, strong attacks are not allowed, and will be immediately declared defeated.

That was why Izuna did not attack Kouki directly, and stopped his attack before hitting his head, but even so, Izuna still got a point from this because that was the rule they made.

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With 1 point earned by Izuna, the audience—, especially the girls immediately cheered instantly.

"Great!"

"What an incredible movement!"

"I don't know if Miyamura-san can kendo!"

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"Isn't this for many?" Hajime asked in a quite depressed tone, for him who is an Otaku, this atmosphere is truly disastrous, and he hopes to be able to leave as soon as this place.

Moreover, most of those who watch are women from kendo clubs, and although there are some men, but the number is not good because it is dominated by women.

There is no need to ask why there are so many women watching this game.

First, there is Amanogawa Kouki who is one of the most popular first-year students. Even his popularity had reached their upperclassmen, and according to rumors, there were some senpai (classmates) who expressed love for him, but were rejected by Kouki.

Second, Shirasaki Kaori. Of course as a popular girl, especially between the first year, Kaori can be called a 'Goddess' or 'Angel', with her beauty and kindness, many students and students who idolized her and liked her.

And, although Ryo may only be popular in his class, but there are some people who are interested in Ryo because of its open nature.

And also, this protagonist of ours, Miyamura Izuna. As there is a lot of news circulating about Izuna at school, there are some people from the newspaper club who define Izuna as the most handsome man of all first year students.

Surely, there are still people who think that Kouko is the most handsome student among all the first years, but anyone who has seen Izuna will definitely agree if anyone says that Izuna is more handsome than Kouki.

Moreover, there were some rumors that alluded to Izuna, and even though it was not a bad rumor, it was still a rumor.

"Yes, you're right. But isn't this fun?" Ryo just laughed while patting Hajime on the back when he saw his expression.

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Shizuku sat next to Kaori while looking at the arena of the match.

From the outside, he might seem calm, but he was actually very nervous at the moment.

He thought about what would happen if Izuna did, and what happened if Kouki would win.

He would be lying if he was not interested in Izuna. But, he still did not know Izuna any deeper and his mind was quite complicated at the moment.

Kaori was not particularly interested in the match in front of her, and her eyes were always on Hajime sitting across the arena.

He thought of what way he would do to be able to chat with her.

Just to chat is easy, but maintaining a conversation with someone is difficult. And he knew that, especially if the one he wanted to talk to was Hajime.

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After Izuna managed to score one point, they returned to the starting position until the referee gave a starting cue.

They then bumped into each other, and bumped into their two shinai and made quite a loud impact sound.

Bang out! || Bang! || Bang!

The sound of their shinai collision could be heard throughout the room. Izuna, who had gotten used to it, started to launch attacks seriously, but of course, he let his defense open so that Kouki could retaliate

Izuna had promised to give this match a flaw, so he loosened his defenses so that Kouki could attack him.

Kouki gritted his teeth and looked at Izuna hatefully.

He never expected Izuna to be this great in kendo, even though he studied kendo since childhood with Shizuku, but he could still be far below Shizuku, because that was to defeat Izuna, who was the one who was the only one, it's impossible for him

Unfortunately, does Kouki accept that?

Of course not!

Kouki has a habit of interpreting everything according to his own comfort, which is a troublesome type of person according to Izuna.

"Allah ... I think it's time to end this ...." Izuna muttered softly.

Kouki made an attack towards Izuna, but unfortunately Izuna managed to block the attack, she immediately stepped forward and used her elbow to attack Kouki's blind spot.

This is one of the "Yaegashi-ryu" techniques, Thunderclap!

[Thunderclap - The user blocks the attack with their sword, then steps forward and directs their elbow to the opponent's blind spot.]

"Stop! The winner is Miyamura!"

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Shizuku who was at the side of the arena was surprised to see Izuna being able to use one of the "Yaegshi-ryu" techniques, which she should not be able to use because she had never seen directly "Yaegashi-ryu".

Moreover, if one wants to learn "Yaegashi-ryu", one must first join in "Yaegashi-ryu" which is the dojo of his family.

"Yaegashi-ryu" is a style of samurai martial art developed by "Dojo Yaegashi" that has been around for generations. Although it primarily focuses on Kenjutsu, it is more suitable for weapons such as "katana", but it also has Iaijutsu techniques that use its scabbard as well as Taijutsu techniques that use hand-to-hand combat. Shizuku is very skilled in this form, due to her natural talent as well as her relentless training since her childhood.

Having been taught this technique since the age of 4, and considered a kendo genius since he was 4 years old, Shizuku was really very familiar with his family's techniques.

And seeing that Izuna could easily use the technique that her family had taught her, made her think of something in her mind.

'Is it possible....?'

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But, the fact that Shizuku was thinking about was not really true, in fact, Izuna copied Shizuku's "Yaegshi-ryu" technique after seeing it earlier.

It might be impossible, but considering Kouki also learned kendo in "Dojo Yaegashi", he was able to know the "Yaegshi-ryu" technique."

Where does Izuna know? Surely it was because the "Insight" he had just obtained as well as his "Kendo Mastery" made something like imitating the techniques of others possible.

Actually, there are two sub-skills of this ability (Insight), and both are:

perfect Vision: Izuna is able to fully see her opponents by understanding their fighting style using her incredible insight to understand their personalities and tendencies. Using this, it was possible for him to know their thought processes and predict their movements beforehand. It was as if Izuna could see everything about the person in question.

- Blade Steal: Originating from Perfect Vision, Izuna was able to use her incredible insights to analyze and steal her opponent's techniques, then she improved by using her swordsmanship. He was able to grasp most of the styles or techniques after a minute and a second to surpass them, it was not limited to the sword style, but it was applicable to others. Once he understood his style, he proved to be able to grasp their deepest secrets, it was even possible to reproduce their advanced techniques.

Due to those two things, Izuna could easily steal the technique from Kouki, who had previously studied "Yaegashi-ryu" and instantly improved more than Kouki mastered.

Of course, that was the reason why Izuna let Kouki attack him easily without any difficult resistance, because in addition to keeping his promise to Shizuku, he was also able to obtain the Kouki technique when Kouki used his technique.