I'm Ornn, and I'm about to be beaten to my knees by the Man-eating Horse Girl!

Komiyayama laughed and said, "Hehe, are you worried that Little Chestnut Hat will eat your family's ranch out of business?"

"Of course! Komiya, just think about it! Our place is already drafty when it's windy and rainy, if Koguri goes there again! We might even eat the roof off!"

Tamamo Cross looked at the white weasel in the distance, which was demanding a gag from Orn, with a worried expression, and then said, "Uncle's health wasn't good to begin with, and he can't take any more frights."

"It's better not to tell them in the first place than to make Oguri worry."

Komiyama gently rubbed Tamamo's head, and although her ears initially resisted, they quickly went limp.

In the past, Tamamo would never let her touch her head, but the atmosphere was quite nice now, so she allowed her trainer to indulge herself for a while.

"Hehe, Xiaoyu has really grown up. I suddenly feel a sense of relief, like a mother who has watched her daughter grow up."

"Huh!? What daughter?! Komiyama, let go!! You're not allowed to touch her anymore!!"

"I'm a high school student! I'll be an adult in two years! I'm not some little girl!!"

After passing through Aomori Prefecture and entering Hokkaido, the group from Central Tressen traveled through Sapporo, transferred to the JR Limited Express Line in Takasu Town, and then took a bus. After a day and three hours, they finally arrived at their destination.

Shining brightly, she was the first to step off the bus, dragging her suitcase. She couldn't help but stretch and exclaim, "Ugh! This is so tiring!"

"Even though we stayed overnight in Sapporo, we were still exhausted! Couldn't the school just fly us there?!"

Orn was also carrying large bags of luggage. He said helplessly, "There's nothing I can do. I asked the president before, and the school is currently out of funds to build a new dance building."

"Please bear with it, everyone. But we can take a plane back. I didn't expect that we would actually come all by train. To be honest, I also felt a bit of a torment."

Fujimasa looked at the students around her who were running towards several hotels in the distance and asked, "Are those hotels our destination for this training camp?"

"Yes, that's it... It looks pretty good! You can even see the ocean from here!"

Orn shielded his eyes from the sun with his hand and looked at his phone, saying, "When we were in the car earlier, Uncle Beidao said his men were nearby, so we had them come to meet us."

"Judging by the time, it should be almost time, right? Can you look around and see if there are two men wearing floral shorts? Uncle Beidao said they're also carrying round fans... What a strange outfit!"

Little Chestnut Hat raised her right hand, pointed to the intersection ahead, and said, "Torenna, I think I see them! Is that them?!"

Orn looked in the direction Little Chestnut Hat was pointing, narrowed his eyes, and waved to the two people in that direction.

The other party seemed to have spotted Dolan's team as well, and began to walk towards them.

It wasn't until the other person was right in front of him that Orn realized one of the faces looked very familiar.

Even though he was wearing sunglasses, his figure and face still felt very familiar to Orn.

He hesitated for a moment, then asked, "You are...you are Asuka Izumi-suke?? What are you doing here?!"

Asuka took off his sunglasses, scratched his head, and said, "Uh, it's a long story. I'll explain it to you later."

"Let's go check into the hotel first. I've been through a lot lately... well, I have."

Chapter 150 The Current State of the Yae Dojo

"My benefactor! Shall we head to the playground to meet up?"

Shining Radiance had already changed into her training uniform. She waved to Orn and said, "The coach leading the team this time wants us to gather on the field first. It seems like he has some instructions for us!"

"Come pick us up after the meeting, Oguri! March! Aldan! Let's go!"

"Alright, I'll wait for you here. Go on your way!"

Watching the students head towards the beach to gather, someone next to Orn said, "Wow, it seems you're doing a pretty good job as a trainer. You even got the Megumi family's daughter on your team?"

Orn shook his head and said, "No, nominally Aldan is still registered under the name of the Asama family head's husband. It's not time for her to officially join yet."

"Even though that's what you said, you still accepted it, didn't you?"

The man laughed again, "Don't worry, the old man doesn't care. You can accept it, just don't forget about them."

"I feel like I can't see through you anymore, but I always thought you were something special. It seems I can rest assured that I'll be entrusting Miss's training to you from now on."

"Alright, that's enough of the small talk. Asuka, you chat with Orn for a bit, I'm going to make a phone call to the old man."

As he spoke, the man turned and walked out of the hotel lobby.

Asuka Izumi smiled and said, "Brother Orn, it's been several months since we last met in Nagoya."

Orn nodded and said, "Yes, but more than that, I'm curious why you and Brother Wada ended up in Hokkaido. Did your master give up the dojo you were given?"

"Well... that's a long story."

Asuka gestured for Orn to sit on the sofa in the hotel lobby. He continued, "After Brother Wada intervened that day, the dojo left by Master has finally found a backer. People who had been helped by Master before are also doing their best to help us. Now, Yae Dojo has become the most famous and busiest dojo in the area."

“Some people brought professional construction teams to help renovate the dojo, some donated dozens of precious plants, and some promoted the dojo on forums and the internet, attracting many tourists and also letting more people know about the Kongo Hachigaki-ryu school and the master's philosophy of martial arts,”

"Later I heard from Brother Wada that all the dojo disciples actually came that night, but they were stopped by Brother Wada's men, and a fight almost broke out,"

"If he hadn't helped me stop my junior brothers and sisters, things might have gotten much worse if they had rushed in."

At this point, Asuka looked up at the marble-inlaid ceiling of the hotel lobby, his expression seemingly melancholy, which then changed to one of wistfulness.

"Hehe, after this incident, I realized that those who received kindness from my master back then haven't all forgotten it; they just haven't found a suitable opportunity to repay it."

"My master always firmly believed that only the sword in one's own hand and the skills one possessed were the foundation of one's livelihood. Therefore, he always refused to allow other forces to interfere in the dojo, and even I used to think so."

"But now it seems that perhaps we were all too naive. My master, my fellow disciples, and I were able to uphold righteousness, but our enemies were not."

"Without anyone to back you up, you're just a reed swaying in the wind. You'll be easily destroyed if a strong wind blows."

He rested his hands on his knees, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Fortunately, Brother Tian is helping to coordinate things, so my master can concentrate on being a trainer. It's a relief for me."

Orn glanced at the new curator beside him, noticing the somewhat forlorn look in his eyes as he stared at the floor, and the added sharpness in the angles of his face.

He asked, "Would you... would you blame Miyazaki? After all, in the end, he didn't choose the gym, but chose the other side."

"......"

"what......"

"Perhaps there will still be some."

Asuka Izumi let out a sigh of relief and said with a sense of relief, "But I've come to terms with it. I can understand Master's decision. You have to give up something to gain something. People always have to give up something to get something. This is a principle I've known for a long time."

"Now that the dojo is in my hands, I will naturally carry on the martial arts I inherited from my master, just as I wish. Doesn't my junior sister have the same idea?"

"From this perspective, our master didn't actually abandon us. My master and I... are both trying our best to realize our own 'Tao' now."

Orn nodded. He had been worried that this somewhat honest traditional samurai might have a moment of madness and do something outrageous. It seemed that after these months of reflection, Asuka Izumi had completely figured things out.

He asked, "So what's going on with you right now? As the gym leader, shouldn't you be in Nagoya? Why are you in the northernmost part of Hokkaido?"

Asuka Izumi stammered, "This... I don't really know how to say it..."

"Haha! Asuka, let me talk to Orn about this!"

With a hearty laugh, Hotan, who had just finished making a phone call, strode in from the hotel entrance.

He sat down on the sofa next to the two of them, then expertly took out a cigarette and started smoking.

"Hey, do you want a smoke?"

"No, I don't need to."

Wada exhaled a puff of white smoke and said to Orn, "Alright, after that was over, we used the Great Memory Restoration Technique on that traitor from the Hongkou Group and managed to extract some information from him."

"Since the Hongkou Gang was destroyed by Miss SS nine years ago, most of their remaining members have become thieves, thugs, and idle members of society, giving the police a huge headache,"

"Then, about five or six years ago, this group of vagrants was taken in by a security company called Quan Luo, and they were all registered with the police department, turning them into a kind of debt collection gang."

"Quan Luo's work area is mostly in Hokkaido and the Kanto region of Japan. The last time he came to the dojo to cause trouble, it was someone they arranged."

Wada took out his phone, pulled up the information he had found, and handed it to Orn, saying, "Look, these people can't be found to have any loopholes in the law. After all, they went from being the masterminds behind loan sharking to henchmen who help loan sharks collect debts. They didn't do anything wrong by taking money and doing their jobs."

"And I checked, and these people are actually doing business with the urban management officers on the side. In the areas they are in charge of, although ordinary people are still afraid of them, the public security has indeed improved, which is somewhat unexpected."

Orn glanced at the documents in his hand. They not only contained the company's organizational structure and information about most of its members, but also comments from the surrounding local people.

Violent law enforcement, swift action, and some disturbance to the public... these are the locals' assessments of them.

He laughed and said, "According to you, Brother Hetian, these people can be considered to have reformed?"

Wada took a drag of his cigarette and shook his head dismissively. "How could that be? These are just the rumors. Look at what happened last time, when they forcibly took over Asuka Kid's dojo. Do you think reformed people would do something like that?"

"Old habits die hard! Old habits die hard! The only reason these bandits don't harass the local people is because they can make more money that way!"

“We are currently collecting relevant evidence, but these people are quite good at hiding their true colors. Although the boss and I both feel that there is something fishy going on, we really can't find any clues in the short term.”

As if suddenly remembering something, Wada pointed to Asuka sitting opposite him and said, "Oh, I almost forgot to mention, this kid is now my subordinate. I brought him here to familiarize him with the business."

Upon hearing this, Orn abruptly raised his head, looked at the bird beside him, and frowned, saying, "You've joined the North Island Group!? Do you know what this means!?"

"If anything happens to you, I won't be able to explain it to Yae Muti and Grandpa Miyazaki!"

Wada laughed and said, "Ha, Mr. Orn, don't get excited. He didn't join. Look, he doesn't have any tattoos."

"He's basically the open martial arts instructor for the Kitajima Group now, since his main job is still the dojo owner, isn't it?"

Asuka Izumi quickly added, "That's right, Orn brothers. I joined in voluntarily to help them with whatever I can."

"Brother Hetian told me that they were able to help me before because of you. Although they didn't want any reward, I, a grown man, can't just eat for free!"

"I hope Brother Orn will keep this a secret for me. If Master and Invincible Junior Sister find out, they'll skin me alive!"

Wada continued, "Don't worry, Mr. Orn. ​​The old man knows the priorities here. Asuka will be the legitimate person in charge of our business in the future. He won't personally take up a knife and kill people. That's my job."

"After all, the dojo can't rely on the protection of the Hokuto family forever. Before the Hokuto family's businesses move from Kansai to Kanchu, we can only stay here for a maximum of three more years."

"So this is a last resort. If Asuka can take control of some of the businesses, at least the enemy won't touch him for a while."

Orn frowned, stroked his chin, thought seriously for a moment, and finally nodded, saying, "Okay, but Asuka, you still need to be careful about your own safety."

“I’ll cover for you with Mr. Miyazaki, but you’ll have to tell him yourself when the time is right. Don’t worry, he’s not as old-fashioned as he used to be.”

Asuka Izumi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "In that case, I'm relieved. Thank you, Brother Orn."

Wada stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and said, "I brought Asuka here this time mainly because my men found evidence of suspected smuggling by Quanluo Company personnel in the nearby Horonen Town. So I brought him here to go through the procedures, at least to know how we usually do our work."

"Oh, right, Mr. Orn, didn't you give the old man two pairs of horseshoes when you were still in Kasamatsu?"

Seeing that Orn nodded, Wada asked, "The old man asked me to ask you, this thing... can you mass-produce it?"

"The quantity doesn't need to be too large, and the effect doesn't even need to be that good. Just half of the sample is enough."

"If you can do it, you can provide the technology, and the old man and the Satomi family can provide the money to set up a new company. That way, you can have a new industry that can be transformed."

"Mass production..."

Orn shook his head and sighed, "I haven't found a way to mass-produce it yet. I really don't have a clue how to mass-produce this thing right now."

Wada stood up and said, "It's alright. I also think the old man is being a bit delusional. If something of that quality could be mass-produced, I'd rather believe I could chew through a keyboard! Anyway, I think it's highly unlikely!"

He took a key and a card out of his pocket and handed them to Orn, saying, "By the way, Orn-kun, the things you asked that guy to deliver for you have arrived. By the way, do you really know how to drive?"

Orn took the keys and card, and shrugged. "It's okay. I went to a driving school near Central Treson a week ago and passed the test quickly. It should be fine."

"Hey, okay, since you're in your own hands, you'd better be careful."

"Enjoy your vacation! We won't bother you anymore, bye!"

Wada greeted Asuka, who was sitting next to him, and the two walked out of the hotel.

Ornn put the two items in his pocket, then got up and walked towards the beach.

"Phew—it's about time, I should go check on Oguri and the others,"

"I just hope they don't cause any trouble for me."

Chapter 151 Yao Mozi

The meeting point was set on the beach about a kilometer in front of the hotel, which is still a short distance from the sea.

To ensure the horses' training is undisturbed, roadblocks have been set up around the hotel, and the entire area is basically surrounded by cliffs and walls.

To enter the hotel from the outside, you either need to show your student ID, your trainer's certificate, or make a reservation in advance.

Wada and Asuka were able to enter so easily mainly because of the last method: they had contacted the hotel and Central Tresson management beforehand. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy for them to get into the hotel.

The reason for such tight security is simple: it's to deal with the prying eyes of extreme fans and the media. After all, the female beachgoers expose a lot of skin on the beach, and if someone with ulterior motives tries to use this to create some kind of controversy, it could cause trouble.

"Alright everyone, listen carefully to what I have to say! This concerns your personal safety!"

In front of hundreds of students, a female teacher with a microphone clipped to her collar announced, "The summer training camp will run from today, July 1st, to August 31st, a total of 62 days."

"Starting from August 28th, you can return to school. You can discuss and decide with your trainers. Of course, you can also take the school train back on the 31st. However, if you choose to take the school bus, you can only return to Central on September 2nd!"

"After all, the school is short of funds recently, so everyone can only endure the painful feeling of being tied to their seats on the bus once again!"

The students couldn't help but laugh, and at the same time began to complain, making the scene quite lively.