When Kazuki arrived at the hotel, Yamazaki Masato and the others were all surprised at his dirty appearance.
Kazuki randomly found an excuse, saying that because Akichi High School had not completed its annual repairs, he had stumbled on the stairs of the second floor.
Kazuki thanked Yamazaki Yuki and the others for their concern. He eventually pa.s.sed over the sick Chiba s.h.i.+ori to Sakai Keiko and Suzuki Aichi.
He then declined Nakagawa Aokiji"s offer for him to stay and left directly.
It was about 4.30 a.m. in the morning, and the first train should have already left. Kazuki still had to rush back to the Sakura Kyu Academy for cla.s.s.
Sitting on the train, Kazuki closed his eyes and cleared his mind, not thinking of a single thing. His midnight experience had left him exhausted, and right now, his body felt powerless and wholly sore.
His spirits were stagnant. He used as much strength as possible to make them move, but could only make them turn two rounds.
Soon, Kazuki was able to return to his home on Echizen Road in the JinWen District.
After he got home, Kazuki showered to wake himself up a little. He put on a pair of shorts and sat at his desk, placing the remaining talismans on the table.
After some careful counting, it was discovered that the talismans used to expel spirits were used the most. Kazuki had 10, but two remained. There were still 10 spirit suppression talismans, while the most were spirit fire talismans, that of which he had 13.
Spirit suppression talismans and spirit fire talismans weren"t used a lot because he was fleeing for his life, and his mental state was incredibly stretched. He didn"t have any extra time to use them. Plus, they weren"t beneficial against many evil spirits, so it was better to save them.
He actually did not use that many spirits expelling talismans as well, since he only used two. The rest of the talismans were used for Nakagawa Aokiji and Chiba s.h.i.+ori.
Even five talismans were able to save two lives, it was entirely worth it.
As he looked at the Sun and Moon Sword that he had placed on the table, Kazuki sighed softly. To be honest, the talismans were only supplementary. If there were many evil spirits, he would only be able to run for his life. However, if he didn"t have the Sun and Moon Sword, he probably would have been caught and killed by now.
Despite this, he did not have any swordsmans.h.i.+p whatsoever. He only knew how to peel, chop, and hack… Well, in a nutsh.e.l.l, when holding the Sun and Moon Sword, he would only swing it a few times, without any strategy whatsoever.
This was why he had prepared the "Kendo Genuine Instructions."
As long as he absorbed the spirit of the "Kendo Genuine Instructions," in 10 days he would be able to learn martial arts, in a month Kazuki would be able to complete it, and in three months it would be fully integrated, and he would be a master of Kendo.
Unfortunately…
As he opened the drawer again, the "Kendo Genuine Instructions" still looked unremarkable. His eyes once again became disappointed, and looking at the time, he saw that it was already past 5 a.m., meaning he could only sleep for a few hours.
Lying on his bed, he became incredibly sleepy. Soon, Kazuki descended into a deep sleep.
When he woke up, it was already 8.50 am.
His first period had already started, so Kazuki wasn"t in a hurry. After he finished was.h.i.+ng up, he went out to eat breakfast.
Even though he was poor, he still had to eat breakfast. If not, his rate of practicing asceticism would decrease, and eventually, it would become a vicious cycle.
Even though working to earn money for two days should have settled it, his pockets were already nearly empty. After counting, if he saved up some money, plus rent, he still could live for two more months.
While he was thinking about how to make money, Kazuki arrived at the school gates.
The guard in the security room, Iwai Taifu, saw a student coming over. He wondered who was late and was going to reprimand them, but upon seeing it was Kazuki, he couldn"t help but smile, pleasantly asking, "Kimura, why are you so late today?"
"Things were happening for the past two days, so I had taken a couple days off," Kazuki said with a smile, "My cla.s.s teacher should have already informed you."
"She has." Kazuki had actually only taken the day before yesterday and yesterday off and did not take today off. Thus, Kazuki was technically late, but Iwai Taifu did not have a complaint on Kazuki"s lateness.
He had sat in this security room for three years and witnessed Sakura Kyu rise up from the "Sc.u.m Concentration Camp" to be the best high school in the current Wenjiang District. All this was due to the 17-year-old high school student in front of him.
Not even only if Kazuki was late, but if he did not come to cla.s.ses for a month, the school probably wouldn"t ask about it.
At this time, Kazuki was standing by the school gate and did not enter. Despite this, Iwai Taifu did not question his actions and very quickly realized why Kazuki was standing at the school gate.
"Are you telling the truth? Is she really that pretty?"
"Boss, what we"re telling you is the truth, Sakura Kyu"s freshmen have quadruplets that have grown to be so beautiful that they look as if they"ve come from two-dimensional lands."
"However, I heard that the one that"s called Furuhas.h.i.+ Natsui is Head of Department Kimura"s girlfriend, so we can only go after the other three."
"When the time comes, we will give Boss a chance to play hero and save the beauty… Hehehe…"
Out of the three people walking from the school gate, two were wearing the uniform of Sakura Kyu High school, and the middle one had dyed golden hair. He had both hands in his pockets, and he was striding with arrogant footsteps.
The trio walked with concentration, not noticing Kazuki who was standing at the school gate.
When the three people were close, Kazuki did not say one word before he planted a foot on the body of the one in the middle. He applied a considerable amount of pressure on this foot, and sent Kubo Sabae flying, landing a meter away.
Kubo Sabae rolled on the floor, his body curled up, and his face distorted in pain. He was unable to get up for a while but eventually forced himself to.
The two students were both shocked, and upon reacting, looked at Kazuki with a face of anger.
"What are you doing?"
"b.a.s.t.a.r.d! Why would you suddenly hit someone?"
Kazuki did not answer both questions. Instead, he coldly looked at them, "You two must be Sakura Kyu High School"s freshmen, and have nearly been late for a whole period. You should go to the security office to be registered."
Hearing Kazuki"s words, the two were stunned and didn"t speak. They looked at Iwai Taifu, who was in the security office, looking back at them. Iwai Taifu was waving his hands to make them come over, his mouth full of fervor, "Oi, you two b.a.s.t.a.r.ds still don"t want to come over here and be registered? You"re so late, do you even plan on learning anything? If you don"t want to learn, then you can just go back home and feed pigs! The next time you"re this late, I"m going to call your parents over to the school."
Hearing that they wanted to call their parents to school, the two panicked, and no longer cared for their Boss who was on the ground. They obediently went to the security office to register their names.
However, they still had a lot of resentment. One of them was indignant, "Are you not a security guard? Why did you not care when someone got beaten?" Even though they had heard of Kazuki"s reputation, there had never seen him, so they did not know that the person in front of them was Kazuki.
"When have you seen me hit someone?"
The two high school freshmen were stunned when they heard this and looked at Iwai Taifu. They really wanted to ask if he was blind! However, they said nothing at all, as the words "calling your parents" was like the sword of Damocles on the head, making them dread endlessly.
Kazuki came to Kubo Sabae"s side. He saw that he hadn"t recovered, but he didn"t care. Instead, he asked, "Are you a freshman of Sakura Kyu?"
Kubo Sabae"s eyes were filled with resentment, but they were also filled even more with fear. He nodded.
"Why did you not wear your uniform before coming to school?"
"I… I didn"t receive my uniform?"
Kazuki"s eyebrows furrowed, "Our school uniform was released once school started, how have you not received it?"
"This is my first time coming to school after enrolling," Kubo Sabae said honestly, not daring to conceal it.
Hearing this, Kazuki raised his foot once again.
"Call your parents to school."