"Thanks."
Before Kitayama Koichi said "please", no one else dared to taste the tea directly, but Yan Kai directly picked up the boiled water and took a sip.
It is undoubtedly very impolite to start before the host agrees, especially since this is Japan. Japanese people have to say "I'm starting" before eating. He started immediately before speaking, which made everyone present think "Why is this person so rude?" Among them, Suzuki Sonoko, who had a feeling of admiration for Kitayama Koichi, was even more hateful. itch.
However, Kitayama Koichi was not unhappy at all. He smiled slightly and said, "Gentlemen, please drink tea!"
Kudo Shinichi secretly observed and found that Kitayama Koichi was not trying to pretend to be indifferent, but really didn't care. He just didn't know whether Kitayama Koichi was just cultivating his energy, or whether Yan Kai and him were really close. There is no need to talk about the degree of false etiquette.
Even if Kitayama Kōichi's mysterious identity and background are put aside, Kitayama Kōichi's etiquette and upbringing alone will make it difficult for anyone to be casual when facing him. Yan Kai can treat Kitayama Kōichi so casually because it is not Yan Kai's brain. The only thing missing was that his relationship with Kitayama Koichi was so close that ordinary people could hardly imagine it.
Looking at the performance of Kitayama Koichi and Yan Kai, one of them poured a glass of boiled water for the other, and the other said "Thank you" and drank it directly. They looked a bit like besties no matter what.
After everyone bowed and thanked them, they carefully picked up the tea cups and sipped the tea carefully. They drank the hot tea in one sip. The fragrance of the tea was refreshing and left a fragrance on their teeth and cheeks. It actually made them re-recognize tea as a drink. Suddenly, they felt that this kind of drink they usually looked down upon. The drinks are actually very good too.
"Everyone, how about tea?"
Kitayama Hao asked with a smile.
"Excellent, first-class. I have attended many tea parties with my father, and the tea brewed by those tea masters is much inferior to your tea!"
Suzuki Sonoko spoke first, unabashedly admiring Kitayama Koichi in her words.
The Suzuki family is at the top of Japan's upper class society. Suzuki Sonoko has been groomed as an heir since she was a child and often attends gatherings of the upper class. Among Japan's upper class, the tea art originating from the Central Plains is still highly respected. Those tea art masters hold The tea party has naturally become an elegant gathering for the upper class. Suzuki Sonoko has been there many times and has tasted tea from many tea masters, but none of them are as good as the tea that Kitayama Koichi brewed casually at this time.
Onimaru Meng also followed: "I rarely drink tea, and I can't say anything about tasting it, but I am sure that this cup of tea is really great. Thank you very much!"
In fact, even if this cup of tea is actually very ordinary, as long as it is brewed by Kitayama Koichi, it is beyond the reach of ordinary people. Even Onimaru was flattered when he received it.
Dawu said angrily, "That's delicious!"
He just drank the tea in one gulp like a cow chewing peonies. When asked how wonderful the tea was, he really couldn't answer it. He could only say "it tastes good".
Of course, Mao Lilan and Nakamori Aoko also praised him greatly. Although Kudo Shinichi and Kuroba Kaito felt a little displeased when they looked at the flawless Kitayama Koichi, they also found it delicious to hear Mao Lilan and Nakamori Aoko praise Kitayama Koichi. But he still chimed in with a few compliments.
The atmosphere is like this, it’s impossible not to praise it. The most important thing to survive in Japan is to learn to read the air (atmosphere).
"Thank you for the compliment."
Kitayama Koichi responded with a smile.
Kasumigaoka Shiyu also wanted to praise him, but for some reason, he suddenly asked Yan Kai who was sitting next to him: "Hey, junior, what do you think?"
Although Yan Kai was the only one who didn't drink tea, Kasumigaoka Shiyu asked him how the tea was. After she said this, even she felt that it was inappropriate, as if she was a bit mocking Yan Kai.
She just thought that Yan Kai was from the Central Plains, and Beishan Haoyi's method of making tea seemed to be Chinese, so she asked such a question, and actually forgot that Yan Kai did not get tea.
"Ninety-seven points."
Yan Kai's face didn't look strange, but he answered Kasumigaoka Shiyu's question very calmly.
"You know how delicious this tea is even though you haven't even drank it, so you know what you're selling!"
Suzuki Sonoko raised her head proudly as if she was being affirmed by someone, and she was immediately pleased with Yan Kai.
Ninety-seven points, which is only three points short of the perfect score. Although I don’t know how Yan Kai got such a score without drinking, or maybe he just randomly reported the score, Suzuki Sonoko still feels that this score is It really goes well with the tea in my hand.
Yan Kai tilted his head and glanced at Suzuki Sonoko, then said calmly: "Thousand-point system."
"Bah..."
Suzuki Sonoko's blood pressure suddenly rose a lot.
This ungrateful thing!
Just when Suzuki Sonoko was about to yell at Yan Kai, Kitayama Koichi smiled and said: "It's a few points higher than before. It seems that I have made progress. It's not in vain that I practiced hard."
Hearing this, it was not the first time that Yan Kai reviewed Kitayama Koichi's tea, and Kitayama Koichi himself also agreed with this rating. This made Suzuki Sonoko unable to spit out a large puddle of dirty water in her throat. Instead, she had to spit it out with an ugly face. Swallow it back.
Yan Kai smiled softly, shook his head slightly and said: "I don't think you need to waste your time on this kind of thing. After you're in trance, there are still many places where you have to work hard on 'god'!"
"The practice of 'god' cannot be accomplished overnight. If you are not in a hurry, it is better to find something else to do. Speaking of which, I am learning the piano recently, and my father specially gave me a guqin. It is a bit old. The tone is a bit off, so I don’t feel comfortable leaving it to someone else to tune it, for fear of damaging the guqin. Brother Kai, if you have some free time, can you help me tune it?"
Kitayama Koichi said with a smile.
"Are you still planning to learn the piano? Isn't it just right for you to have three parts elegance and one part evil spirit? If you have a little more calmness, I'm afraid it won't be beautiful. But you can send the piano to me and I will help you adjust it. .”
Yan Kai tilted his head and faced Beishan Hao.
Kitayama Koichi has been reading poems and books from the Central Plains since he was a child. He has a bad temper, not too much and not too little, and an elegant temperament, which is neither sullen nor angry. If he continues to learn the piano, being a little more elegant may not be a good thing.
"Isn't learning the piano just for concentration and rejuvenation? My father asked me to learn more about the way my auntie used to play, which is of great reference value."
Kitayama Koichi smiled bitterly.
He didn't learn the piano for fun, in the final analysis it was for practice.
Not everyone is called Yan Kai. He can achieve trance at the age of twelve and transform into a state at the age of fourteen. Other great swordsmen may not be able to complete the journey in half a lifetime. Yan Kai completed it easily in only two years. Such a journey. It cannot be copied at all.
No, it doesn’t mean that it cannot be copied. There should be another person with the same background, and that is Yan Kai’s father Yan Fei. However, considering the relationship between Yan Kai and Yan Fei, it should be said that Yan Kai is copying Yan Fei. Just enter the country.
The conversation between the two was incomprehensible to others. They could only tell that the relationship between the two was indeed very good. Only Onimaru Meng vaguely heard something.
If Japanese swordsmen want to reach the realm of great swordsmen, they need to understand the mystery of "god", and this is called "trance" in the Central Plains. Kitayama Koichi has already reached this realm, and Onimarumu also knows, "Trance" also has stages, and how to practice it specifically. Onimaru Meng's grandfather was afraid that Onimaru Meng was too ambitious and did not explain it to Onimaru Meng, so Onimaru Meng only knew that when a swordsman has reached this stage, just practicing hard is of no use anymore, and even more Most of it is spiritual experience, so many warriors who have reached this level will devote their efforts to learning and exploring other skills in order to draw parallels and help improve the state of swordsmanship.
Kitayama Koichi is already a great swordsman. It is normal for him to mention "god", but why does Yan Kai know so much about "trance"? He looks younger than himself, can he still reach that advanced level at such a young age?
Even if he is as confident as Onimaru, he estimates that it will take him at least seven or eight years to reach that level. If he is unlucky or distracted by other matters, this time may increase to more than ten years. The person in front of him is wearing glasses. How could a somewhat rustic young man reach this level!
Everyone knows that people should not be judged by their appearance, but everyone likes to use other people's appearance as their first impression, and Onimaru Meng is no exception. A pair of big glasses directly made Onimaru Meng regard Yan Kai as an inconspicuous person. There are many, many people besides Onimaru Meng who think this way.
"Onimaru-kun, I think you are also a calm person. Why were you so impulsive just now?"
Just as Onimaru Meng was guessing Yan Kai's identity and strength, Kitayama Koichi ended his conversation with Yan Kai and suddenly turned to Onimaru Meng and said.
Kitayama Koichi could have ignored what happened before. Daigo is just a small character and will not attract Kitayama Koichi's attention at all. Even if he makes the dispute bigger, he is just a substitute. It is great that he is suspended for one person and will not affect the entire team. The team's participation situation, and then Onimaru's sudden involvement forced Kitayama Koichi to covertly intervene.
Regarding Onimaru Meng, Kitayama Koichi's evaluation is still very high.
The heart has the Tigers, fine sniffing the rose.
This is Kitayama Koichi's evaluation of this man with a ghost-like appearance.
I heard that three years ago, Onimaru Meng was still a somewhat arrogant and arrogant young man. Later, after experiencing the temper of his old enemy, his anger has been tempered a lot. Now he is much more humble, and his treatment of others has become neither humble nor overbearing. He has become a mature man. A reliable boy.
In recent years, many powerful new generation masters have emerged in the Kanto martial arts world. Not to mention the outstanding talents of the previous generation such as Shindo Kotaro, Gomomo Taro, Tenkoji Teruhiko, Iga Minuhiko, etc., this generation of Onimaru Take, Tetsu Tsurugi, Busujima Saeko, Kyogoku Makoto, and Tsukamoto Mumi, these people are strong enough to be among the first echelon among their peers in Kansai. Among them, Kitayama Koichi is most optimistic about Onimaru Mu. He is the most likely to become the leader in the Kanto martial arts community in the future.
Kyogoku is really a martial arts idiot. He only knows how to fight with evenly matched opponents all day long to improve himself. After defeating karate masters all over Kanto, he has now set his sights on Kansai. Several high schools in Kansai that are famous for their karate skills have received it. Koichi Kitayama has already agreed to the invitation to the exchange competition at Bado High School. When the next semester begins, this "kicking noble boy" will start his "Western Expedition".
This kind of person may achieve very high achievements in martial arts in the future (provided that he is not beaten to death), but he is not suitable to become a leader. Busujima Saeko and Tsukamoto Sumi, although I am sorry to say this, but as women It is fundamentally impossible for the two of them to get the support of the Kanto martial arts community. After all, Japan favors boys over girls, and this is even more true in the martial arts community. It is difficult for women to convince the public! Disaster! Disaster!
Tetsuken's swordsmanship is comparable to Onimaru's swordsmanship. The two have been fierce rivals in many battles, and they have always won and lost. However, the former's character, Xianyun Yehe, is simply not suitable for a big role.
His father Tetsujuro is a living example. The famous Tetsu Group in Japan just left it behind, completely ignoring how many people would lose their jobs if such a large group suddenly collapsed. What a huge turmoil it will cause for those who work.
I am happy and happy, but my wife Tie Michiko and daughter Tie Zhuyu have suffered. It is really difficult for two women to support such a large group. As the first heir of the Tie family group, Tie Jian does not want to be a mother. After sharing their worries, mother and son ran away immediately after recognizing each other, not wanting to inherit the Tie Group's billions of wealth.
To sum up, among the new generation of Kanto martial arts, only Onimaru Takeo, who is strong yet delicate and has the style of a general, is the most suitable person to take on the role of leader.
And Onimaru Meng has been performing very well before, but this time, although it was a misunderstanding, he pointed the wooden sword at ordinary people before he could figure out the matter, and this was just after the Kuixing Banner Competition started. This kind of irrational behavior This behavior made Kitayama Koichi feel that he needed to remind Onimaru Meng to sober up.
Hearing Kitayama Koichi talk about himself, Onimaru was shocked, and then said very ashamedly: "I'm sorry, it was my gaffe this time."
He didn't quibble that Daigo had done the same thing. Why did Kitayama Koichi only talk about himself and not Daigo? He also knew that Daigo was at a completely different level from him. There were some things that Daigo just did, only to destroy himself. future, but Onimarumu can't do it no matter what, because he doesn't represent just himself.
The Onimaru family was once as famous as the Busujima family in Tokyo swordsmanship. However, more than ten years ago, Onimaru Takeru's father was defeated and died in a duel with other swordsmen. The Onimaru family collapsed. The members were scattered and the disciples withered. The gym was empty. The mother also fell in love with her because of her father's death, and eventually left Onimaru Take and Onimaru Take's sister. Onimaru Take and his sister were both brought up by their grandfather.
Ever since he was little, Onimaru Meng has been determined to revitalize the Onimaru family's dojo, and he has been doing a good job in all this. With the rise of Onimaru Meng, the Onimaru family's dojo has gradually become famous in the surrounding areas, and its reputation has grown. , the income itself will also increase.
This time it was indeed Onimaru's loss of control, but it was also Kudo Shinichi's face that looked like the Iron Sword God that was so hateful.
Anyone who has had his kendo protective gear stolen and walked through various traps to the thief with bruises and bruises is tricked into a trap by the thief. In the trap, he is buried with various sporting goods and then has heavy objects such as barbells and dumbbells thrown at him. Being locked up in a trap until late at night... Anyone who has experienced these things will hate the thief to the core, right?
In particular, the pigeons that Onimaru took good care of were abused by Tetsuken (actually bullied and robbed of food by Tetsuken's vultures). The compensation caused by a chaotic fight after the street encounter even made some improvement in the family. The economy is getting worse... all these things add up, even though three years have passed, Onimaru Meng still gets angry every time he thinks of Tetsuken's flat face.
If it hadn't been for the fact that he and Tetsuken had become fierce rivals in the following year, and that he had become a disciple of Tetsuken's father, Tetsujuro, Onimaru wouldn't have just used a wooden sword to confront Kudo Shinichi just now. Instead of looking at him, he struck him directly with the knife.
All I can say is, it’s all to blame for that damn iron sword!
(Tetsujian, who was laughing and joking with Fernelia in Tokyo, suddenly sneezed)
