Chapter 384
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Chapter 384: Little Sister Challenges in Hokkaido
Yingzhou is divided into four areas in total.
Honshu, Kyushu, Hokkaido, Shikoku.
Hokkaido is located in the northernmost part and used to be called Ezo. The main ethnic group here is the Ainu people.
The full title of the Shogun is "Seii Taishogun," and the "Seii" part refers to subjugating the Ainu.
People on the mainland of ancient Honshu viewed the Emishi people just like how people from the Tang Dynasty viewed grassland people, using the term "barbarians."
Due to cultural differences, Hokkaido had a hard time integrating with Yingzhou for a long time in history. The main inhabitants of Hokkaido, the Emishi people, were a mix of Mongoloid and European races. They had a somewhat similar appearance to Europeans and became targets for conquest.
However, with the evil god using the Goryeo Peninsula as a base, their influence rapidly expanded. They even occupied the neighboring island of Kushiro for a period of time. Faced with attacks from both sides, they eventually came under the rule of Yingzhou. Over several hundred years of assimilation, the Emishi people became part of the Yingzhou nation.
Unlike Earth’s history, due to the threat of evil god worshippers on the Goryeo Peninsula, the Emishi people of Hokkaido were not extensively assimilated. The Emishi people were a typical hunting tribe and naturally possessed strong fighting abilities. This characteristic was put to use, making the western side of Hokkaido one of the outposts in resisting the evil god worshippers. Similar to Tsushima Island, it became a major battlefield multiple times.
Even now, the Emishi people are still scattered throughout Hokkaido and have not been completely dissolved into the Yingzhou population. It is still possible to see some differences in their facial features compared to the pure East Asian race.
The modernization of Hokkaido is slower compared to Edo, so the style here has retained the characteristics of the traditional Taisho era. Different from Edo, which is transforming into modern New Tokyo, you can tell from the school buildings that they still use traditional wood. Walking in the corridors, you can smell the aroma of the timber and hear the familiar creaking of the wooden boards under pressure.
Yagyū Simozi stood in the corridor, looking into the dojo and hearing the continuous shouting from inside.
She really liked the spacious dojo here, which seemed more proper compared to Far East University.
Maybe it was due to the different living environments, Far East University had a more academic atmosphere, while Hokkaido had a stronger martial spirit. It was said that even ordinary police officers here could be skilled in karate, although it might be exaggerated, maybe they have only dealt with a few smugglers from Goryeo.
She really wishes that she could also open a dojo like this in the future, and have dozens of disciples to teach them the art of Mugen Shinmyō-ryū swordsmanship, to comfort the spirits of her late parents.
As long as she obtains the plaque bestowed by the general, opening a dojo and accepting disciples is a piece of cake. The only difficult part is how to obtain it.
Yagyū also thinks that she must become stronger, so she joined the training group.
This time, as one of the members of the high school exchange meeting, she, as a freshman, was recommended to participate mainly because a few days ago she had already swept through more than half of the kendo club, and even defeated the highly acclaimed "once in 500 years prodigy," Daiku So-and-So. Her birthday is in December, and she is already eighteen years old, with just one year left until adulthood. At this age, she has already completed ten matches within the campus, shocking the kendo club advisor.
The advisor was excited to spar with her because their sword skill level was also as high as thirty-seven, but even after the match, they couldn’t defeat Yagyū.
This is because both sides were using wooden swords. Simozi believes that if they had used real swords, she could have defeated her opponent in just ten rounds, leaving them with two fewer brothers.
Her strength is already sufficient, and the kendo advisor is also a professor who inserted her into the exchange meeting team. They bluntly stated that there aren’t many opponents at Far East University that can match you. Take advantage of this exchange meeting to find some opponents, hone your skills, and accumulate experience for the selection competition.
Hokkaido University is also a top university and has studied the martial arts evaluation system of the Ming Country, establishing a relatively comprehensive set of criteria.
It can be said that it was copied directly.
On the day Yagyū Simozi arrived, she quickly dropped off her luggage and joined the group to Hokkaido University.
She couldn’t resist the urge to fight, her hands itching.
Because Simozi was beautiful and had an Eastern lifestyle, the people of Hokkaido with their preference for Eastern aesthetics couldn’t help but be attracted to this lovely girl who practiced kendo. Some even wanted to get her attention.
Then, she got beaten up.
After being beaten more than ten times, Simozi felt that this group of people was too weak and couldn’t meet her expectations. In the afternoon of the same day, she gave up and left, saying she came just to observe. She left the task of communication to the senior students.
The others agreed too. She didn’t have much to do with the communication meeting anyway, just came to broaden her horizons. She voluntarily proposed to leave the group, which made the supervising teacher a little worried. So, another first-year student was asked to follow her.
As a result, this first-year student bought a bottle of coffee because he was thirsty, but Yagyū Simozi got rid of him.
On that night, she returned on her own at 9 o’clock, and this student hadn’t come back yet.
The supervising teacher reluctantly reported to the police, and it turned out that this person was just sitting in the local police station, enjoying a meal of pork cutlet rice.
The person who draws pictures for the civil engineering department is severely nearsighted and cannot fight. His glasses were taken by a cat, making it impossible for him to distinguish between humans and animals from ten meters away. He keeps asking for directions and encounters a dark-skinned woman who is going out to buy groceries. He thinks he has met a kind-hearted person, but he almost gets caught for breeding.
The ratio of men to women in Yingzhou is four to six, with a slight extreme in the Hokkaido region being three to seven.
Not only are men strong in Hokkaido, but women are also strong. The number of hot girls ranks first in the country, and there are also a large number of street racing enthusiasts. The previously mentioned Reiko was once a leader in Sapporo.
A hot girl becomes a hot mom after giving birth to a child. When her daughter is seventeen or eighteen years old, she starts finding a boyfriend for her and considers the issue of marriage and having children. This unlucky guy happens to meet a hot mom who has an eighteen-year-old daughter while looking for food on the street, and he is deceived and taken away.
If he hadn’t reacted quickly, taking off his pants and jumping out of the window to escape, he might have become a son-in-law in Hokkaido as a talented student from Todai University for no reason, and he would have to work in construction here in the future… Later, he was caught by the police running down the street with only a pair of underwear on, and they said it was affecting the city’s appearance.
With a mournful face, the student explained, "I didn’t do it on purpose."
The police uncle sighed and said, "I know you didn’t do it on purpose, but still come with me. If you run a few more miles like this, a new hot mom will immediately come out and give you a flat-bottomed wok and drag you back home."
The freshman turned pale with fear and asked through a bubble of snot, "Why is Hokkaido so scary? Do people just directly steal others on the street?"
The police officer said, "It’s not like that. Just look, when we walk on the road, no one steals from us."
The uncle laughed loudly, and then a frying pan flew out of the alley and made him dizzy.
The hot mom who just chased after them stood in front of the engineering student, holding a rope, and sneered, "Don’t think that just because you’re a police officer, I won’t dare to hit you."
After a fierce battle of wits, the male student was locked up in the police station waiting for his parents to come pick him up because of his "natural beauty," while the hot mom was temporarily detained.
When the teacher brought back the male student and saw him crying like a young wife, all the exchange students listening to the story fell silent.
The lead teacher lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and then said, "You boys should find reliable girls to team up with. When you go out, you must be in a team, don’t go alone… and as for you, Yagyū… starting from tomorrow, you can move around freely."
The teacher finally understood.
This Hokkaido is not like it was decades ago. It’s ten times more dangerous for boys to walk alone here than girls.
Afterwards, the lead teacher curiously asked Yagyū Simozi what she did during the day.
Simozi said she went sightseeing.
The teacher believed.
But others didn’t believe, she came back empty-handed, without buying anything.
Yagyū Simozi did go to the scenic area, but near the scenic area, there was a martial arts hall where people would fight.
Then a representative from the Xia’liu Normal School came, and with just three moves, they defeated their opponent.
Then another representative from the Samo Demonstration School came, and this time they used eight moves.
The disciples’ faces turned ugly, and finally the head representative of the martial arts hall, Samo Demonstration School, was called out. They were skilled in all the techniques.
This time was quite difficult. Yagyū Simozi experienced for the first time the level of skill where all the techniques were mastered. She felt a strong sense of pressure. Some people used their moves like mad dogs, while others used them like a woodcutter’s axe.
It was very heavy.
However, this head representative was already very old, over seventy years old. Their physical strength and energy were inevitably declining. They were not a top expert who practiced both internally and externally in the Ming Country. After a few big moves, their stamina couldn’t keep up.
Yagyū Simozi didn’t take advantage of the situation. After fighting for ten minutes, she suggested taking a break for half an hour before continuing.
After half an hour, they fought again. But this time, it only took five moves for Yagyū Simozi to figure out her opponent’s moves and win the match.
Even though she didn’t use a real sword, she used a wooden sword.
After defeating her opponent, Yagyū Simozi bowed and said, "Thank you for the lesson." It was considered a successful challenge, earning her opponent’s respect. Although she felt disappointed for losing, she accepted that it was just a loss in this particular venue, not a defeat for her entire style. Removing the plaque and leaving was only a thought; the true purpose of the challenge was to gain recognition and learn from others, not to fight to the death.
Yagyū Simozi felt fulfilled and planned to continue challenging other dojos tomorrow. This time, she wanted to challenge the Mirrorheart Wise Flow, not the more famous Hokusinn Itto-ryu. She knew this style too well, and the ordinary permits wouldn’t be enough for her to compete.
The next morning, she left her house. She fought at a dojo in the morning, easily defeating an inflated and unrealistic challenger. At noon, she found a place to eat a bowl of Chinese fried rice, but the taste was subtle and not as good as her older brother’s cooking.
In the afternoon, she continued to search for the next dojo. However, the terrain became complicated, and she got lost while looking for the Tennen Rishin-ryū dojo. So, she asked for directions from various people.
At that moment, a black cat crossed the road and caught Simozi’s attention. She noticed a house nearby and decided to ask for directions. A woman was working at home, sitting at a sewing machine and making simple clothes. Her movements were not very skillful.
Seeing that there was a guest, especially a girl, the woman felt relieved and offered her a cup of tea. Then she pointed out the way and smiled, saying that she had a daughter around the same age. If she didn’t mind, she could stay for dinner.
Yagyū Simozi wasn’t very pushy, but when she saw that the woman was a single mother, she nodded and said she would come back in the evening, but she would pay for herself.
She walked out of the house, took note of this family, and looked at the door sign… closed? This surname sounds a bit like the Ming Country.