"Welcome." Yagyu Sakura said softly when she saw Genya in front of her.
"I really didn't expect to meet you Yagyu here." Yuanye was stunned for a moment, but quickly recovered, "Are you practicing swordsmanship here?"
"That's right." Yagyu Sakura turned sideways and made a gesture of inviting people in.
Genya walked into the dojo. After he entered, Yagyu Sakura took out slippers from the shoe cabinet in the entrance and closed the door of the dojo when he changed his shoes.
The entrance to the entrance is a long corridor, leading straight to the pool in the entrance hall, facing the cherry blossom tree that can be seen outside.
Both sides of the corridor are separated by traditional Japanese paper doors. From the furnishings in the one or two open doors, it can be seen that it is a place like a reception room.
After walking through the corridor, we came to the courtyard surrounded by the main building of the ashram. The courtyard of this ashram was very large, and there was even space to build a tea garden in the pool. However, from this perspective, perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it a small lake.
"It's a very big dojo. No wonder you, Yagyu, are only in name in the kendo club." Genya sighed as he looked around at the scenery of the dojo.
"Nothing." Yagyu Sakura responded, leading Genya along the corridor surrounding the courtyard deeper into the dojo, getting closer and closer to the sound of the sword swinging.
Unlike some newly built Japanese courtyards, this dojo did not use glass to seal the corridors surrounding the courtyards, but maintained an open design. However, Yuanye noticed that there were hidden things under the corridors and among some rocks, flowers and plants. Some technological equipment, thanks to the superb level of designers, are completely integrated with the landscape.
"This courtyard is very beautiful." Yuan Ye praised.
"It's ridiculous." Yagyu Sakura replied, "I just made some modifications based on the ancient architecture."
"Ancient building? But this should have been rebuilt using modern construction techniques, right?" Yuan Ye asked.
"That's true. I didn't expect Mr. Yuan to know something about architecture." Yagyu Sakura smiled, "This mansion was originally a shrine. The original owner was Zeng Jin, a general who followed Shangluo. This mansion is also He was an outlier in his fiefdom and did not believe in gods. He felt that the feng shui of this shrine was very good, so he took it as his own and used it as his residence."
"What's interesting is that his descendants have been sincere believers from generation to generation, and this has been passed down to modern times. In the end, they were reduced to ashes in the fire, and the entire family ceased to exist." Yagyu Sakura said, “A descendant made a fortune during the bubble economy era of the last century, so he bought back the land of his ancestral home and rebuilt it with modern technology according to the style of the ancient building.”
"Yagyu, you know so much about the history of this mansion, are you the descendant mentioned in the story?" Yuanye asked with interest.
"No, I'm just a renter living here." Yagyu Sakura replied calmly, "Everything here does not belong to me."
Genya bypassed the entire courtyard and entered the main building. After passing through several tsubo courts, he came to the official kendo dojo.
The two walked past the wide dojo and arrived at a small dojo behind the main dojo.
Opening the paper door, Yagyu Sakura asked Yuanye to wait here, walked into the small dojo, and came to the old man who was kneeling and meditating in the center of the dojo.
"Uncle, someone has come to apply for a role as a sparring partner." Yagyu Sakura bent down and said softly.
"I understand, you take him for a test." The old man did not open his eyes.
"He is my classmate in school. I have seen his strength. There is no problem. He is a very talented person." Yagyu Sakura replied.
"Very talented?" The old man opened his eyes, "It's rare to hear you use such words to describe a person."
"That's true." Yagyu Sakura still maintained her bent posture.
"Then there's no problem. You sign a contract with him and then let him accompany those brats." The old man closed his eyes again and never looked at Yuanye from beginning to end.
"Okay, I will take care of it." Yagyu Sakura stood up and saluted the old man.
Yuanye looked at Yagyu Sakura walking towards him, feeling a little strange.
The combat power difference label above Yagyu Sakura's head is "Equal". This is not surprising. Yagyu Sakura is just about the same age as him, and he is cheating. But the old man who is meditating in the center of the dojo is hidden in the main building complex. In the deepest part of the body, it looks very powerful, but the combat power label above the head is still "equal".
It was a bit inconsistent with his expectations. In his imagination, it was normal for people of this status to live in such a luxurious mansion and have been genetically adjusted innately. It was normal for them to surpass the carbon-based limit and possess Qi through acquired efforts. matter.
But at present, Yuan Ye can only bury this doubt in his heart. After all, from the current point of view, the system will not make mistakes.
"I've kept you waiting for a long time." Yagyu Sakura closed the paper door and said politely as usual.
"It doesn't matter." Yuanye replied, "Then what should I do?"
"Please follow me." Yagyu Sakura took Genya to the office next to the main dojo and took out a handheld tablet computer from the cabinet.
"This is a contract. The hourly rate is the same as advertised. You must be present for more than 20 hours a week. There are no restrictions on the specific time and you can arrange it freely." Yagyu Sakura showed the contract to Genya.
Naturally, Yuan Ye didn't know much about this aspect, so he had to temporarily pay a lawyer to help him read the contract remotely. After confirming that there were no problems and that it was a contract copied in accordance with the standard labor contract, Yuan Ye checked on his tablet computer. I entered my palmprint, scanned my iris and signed the contract.
"Sorry." Yagyu Sakura took the tablet and put it back in the cabinet.
"This is your identity tag. The dressing room and bathroom are at the other end of the dojo." Yagyu Sakura handed a wooden sign to Genya, "You have a dedicated wardrobe, where you can put some miscellaneous items."
"Do you have a kendo uniform?" Yagyu Sakura asked,
"No." Yuan Ye answered truthfully.
"Then remember to buy a set. It's okay to wear school uniforms for the next two days." Yagyu Sakura explained everything in detail.
"Add a friend." Yagyu Sakura showed her instant messaging software account on her personal terminal, "Remember to ask me for leave if you need anything, and remember to tell me when you are coming."
Genya added Yagyu Sakura as a friend and followed her out of the office.
"Everyone, stop for a moment." Yagyu Sakura led Genya to the people wielding swords in the dojo, "This is the new sparring partner, Mr. Genya."
The underground applauded sparsely.
"After completing the basic quota training every day, you can ask Mr. Genya for sparring training. If you have any questions, you can also ask him." Yagyu Sakura said seriously.
Yuanye glanced at the apprentices in front of him. They all looked to be in their early ten years, and most of them were women. Only three of them looked a little older, about fifteen or sixteen years old, and could be considered teenagers.
——No wonder the old man talks about brats, they are really all a bunch of brats.
Yuan Ye sighed, having a feeling that this job would not be easy.
