Chapter 584

First-year Class A.

Natsume Chikage finally got away from the classmates who were greeting him enthusiastically, finally let out a sigh of relief, and returned to his seat.

Xiyuanji Xiyuanji Qilai turned her head, her eyes as clear and lively as amethyst blinking, revealing a gentle smile:

"Morning, Natsume-kun."

Natsume Chikage also returned the smile:

"Morning, Xiyuanji-san."

Yukimura Suzune, sitting in front, put down the literary book she was reading, hesitated slightly, but still turned her head to look at Natsume Chikage in the back seat and asked:

"Just now... the person who called you on the Cherry Blossom Path was the Kendo Club's Captain Shanshan, right?"

"Did he specifically look for you for something?"

Xiyuanji Xiyuanji Qilai heard this and also turned her head curiously:

"Eh? Did someone from the Kendo Club come to look for Natsume-kun?"

"Could it be... because of what was said before, about Natsume-kun temporarily joining the Kendo Club to participate in the competition?"

Natsume Chikage nodded:

"Yes."

"He said there are only ten days or so left until the Yulong Flag competition, and he hopes I can go to the Kendo Club to participate in some training to familiarize myself."

Xiyuanji Xiyuanji Qilai said "Ah," although she had been mentally prepared, a faint trace of disappointment still inevitably flashed in her heart when she heard it with her own ears.

"So that's how it is... that's also true. Kendo is a sport that really needs continuous practice to maintain state..."

Her voice gradually lowered.

A trace of imperceptible displeasure appeared on Yukimura Suzune's cold face.

"So... you plan to go every day for the next few days?"

Natsume Chikage shook his head and smiled:

"How is that possible. I have other things to be busy with; at most, I'll go a few times occasionally."

Xiyuanji Xiyuanji Qilai's eyes immediately lit up:

"That's true!"

She thought to herself, there's so little time left until the competition, and for Natsume-kun, a beginner, to improve to a level where he can compete in a short period is really too difficult.

Yukimura Suzune actually had the same thought in her heart, and even felt that Natsume Chikage saying this was mostly because he knew he was just going to "make up the numbers," and with the tight time, the significance of going to practice every day was indeed not great.

Kendo requires years of hard training and a large amount of actual combat experience accumulation.

Now there are only ten days or so left, and he has to balance work; he can squeeze out at most two hours after school and before work.

If he doesn't work on weekends, maybe he can practice longer, but how could he not work?

Calculating fully, the total time he can use for practice is probably not as much as others' training volume in a few days.

With such a short time, he can't practice anything at all.

Moreover, he was originally just going to make up the number of people.

The school's Kendo Club has had mediocre results in recent years and hasn't been in the top three for a long time; no matter how you look at it, it looks like they are going for a "one-round trip."

Since they can't get a medal, it doesn't really make a difference what place they get.

Xiyuanji Xiyuanji Qilai asked curiously:

"Then Natsume-kun, are you going over after school today? Or are you going another day?"

Natsume Chikage replied:

"I'll go over once after school today. Captain Shanshan came to invite me personally, and I also promised Tong-senpai, so it would be unreasonable not to go over and show my face."

Xiyuanji Xiyuanji Qilai nodded understandingly and smiled: