I teach judo in Tokyo.

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On the bus, Sosuke and his three disciples, panting slightly, exchanged a few smiles.

Then, he let his two still excited classmates and class monitor continue chattering, while he himself seemed to be out of it, but was actually looking at the system panel.

You will obtain an SSR-level skill—please select the skill's focus.

You will acquire an SR-level skill—please select the skill's focus.

[Selectable direction: 1. Instrument direction, 2. Freehand direction]

Two skills await Sosuke's choice.

He thought about it. Iga Yahiko's injury hadn't healed yet, and the other teammates were all weaklings. Next, Golden Eagle Flag would have to carry the team all by himself.

Then we might as well choose all unarmed combat methods; that would at least be safer.

I hope there will be some throwing techniques; you can't just punch and kick people in a proper judo competition.

[You have acquired the SSR-level unarmed skill - Earth Crusher]

[You have acquired the unarmed SR-level skill - Manipulation Form: Willow]

The system then loads the skills onto Sousuke.

He immediately understood what he had received.

To put it bluntly, these are two more outrageous things.

And each one is more outrageous than the last.

The technique called "Manipulation Style: Willow" is a theoretical move.

Using this technique, he can sense and manipulate the flow of his opponent's power to a certain extent.

How to describe it? It reminded Sosuke of the kind of effect that fraudulent martial arts masters he had seen in his previous life always tried to achieve.

If we were to use Chinese martial arts as an analogy, it would be similar to the "Eighteen Falls with a Touch" technique, or the kind of martial art that uses minimal force to deflect maximum force.

This is still an SR-level skill, which is a skill that a normal person can theoretically use.

As for the SSR-level skill called "Earth Crushing," it is naturally a skill with a somewhat idealistic effect, just like "Time Capsule" and "Liberation."

The effect can only be described as extremely exaggerated, even so strong that it is incomprehensible—forced scraping.

The move involves jumping up and grabbing the opponent's head. No matter if the opponent tries to block or counterattack, the only outcome is that Sousuke forcibly grabs them and forces them into a state of stun.

It's a bugged skill that can't be faced, only dodged.

I don't know if it's allowed to "jump up and grab someone's head" in judo competitions.

It's highly likely that it won't be allowed.

However, even if this SSR skill cannot be used in the next match, having "Manipulation Style: Willow" is enough.

With that move, he can conserve a lot of energy when facing weaker opponents and single-handedly win the match.

All I can say is that, from the perspective of "saving effort" and "smashing noobs", this SR skill is even more useful than other SSR skills.

After mastering the new skills, Sosuke looked up and realized they had arrived at the hotel.

To make getting to the competition venue convenient, He Feng booked a hotel that was very close to the Ocean Exhibition Center. The bus ride from start to finish took only ten minutes.

The class monitor and his deskmate, who had been excitedly chatting away, stopped their mutual boasting and fell asleep leaning back in their chairs a few minutes later.

It can only be said that the two of them unleashed an excessive amount of energy for this Golden Eagle Flag event. The more exaggerated their achievements, the more terrifying their accumulated fatigue became.

Seeing this, Sosuke raised an eyebrow at Motoko Itaka, who was watching the two of them with concern: "Motoko, let's each take one and carry them to rest first."

Wufang Suzi nodded: "Yes, they are both too tired and should rest."

So, the two of them carried the two of them out of the car in a princess carry.

Sosuke was carrying Emi Yotsuba, who was relatively heavier. The girl seemed to be quite used to Sosuke's embrace. As soon as she was picked up, she adjusted her position and comfortably leaned against Sosuke's chest, her little hands comfortably tucked in front of her chest, and a relieved smile appeared on her lips.

As for Yumi Mifune, she wasn't as mentally exhausted as Saki Yotsuba. When Motoko Itako picked her up, she opened her eyes and looked around. Upon realizing it was Motoko Itako, she immediately grinned and reached out to hook her arm around her neck: "Hehehe, Motoko, Saki and I succeeded! We actually got the Golden Eagle Flag!"

As it spoke, its speech became increasingly indistinct, and then it emitted adorable snoring sounds.

Sosuke and Motoko exchanged a glance, gave each other a helpless smile, and then headed towards their hotel room.

Sousuke glanced at the calm-looking kendo girl beside him and chuckled, "As a kendo genius, Motoko must have won the flag last year, right?"

Wu Fang Suzi nodded: "Last year, I was already the champion of three events: the Jade Dragon Flag, the Kui Xing Flag, and the National Competition. Among them, the Kui Xing Flag and the National Competition were individual championships, while the Jade Dragon Flag was a team victory."

"Oh?" Sousuke asked curiously, "So how many opponents did Motoko defeat in the end on the Jade Dragon Flag?"

"I also received the Twenty Daring to Fight Award. At that time, my body had not fully developed as it is now, my physical strength was not up to par, and my technique was not as perfect as it is now, so I received less."

Wufang Suzi spoke in a flat tone, but in a rather pretentious manner.

Chapter 150 Next, it's my stage.

"You already won the 20th Fighting Award last year, not bad." Sousuke nodded and said with a smile, "So, what results does Motoko plan to achieve this year?"

"Let the team members experience the first match, and then..." Motoko Itako revealed an expectant expression: "This time, I plan to fight from beginning to end, and the goal is to win the flag with a score of 40 or above in the Fighting Award!"

"Wow~ That's ambitious, but do you have the confidence?" Sosuke teased.

"Of course, my strength now is incomparable to that of previous years. If I were to face my former self now, I could easily defeat him."

Wufang Suzi replied quite seriously.

Then, the two successfully placed the two fast-sleeping champions into their room.

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Before we knew it, it was afternoon.

Having returned to the hotel at some point, Hojo Kazuya knocked on Sosuke's door.

He looked at Sosuke, who opened the door, with an embarrassed expression, and said, "Sosuke, could you please go and wake Mifune and Yotsuba up? They're going to be interviewed by reporters later..."

Sosuke smiled and said, "Hojo-sensei, I thought you could turn away all those random reporters."

Hojo Kazuya scratched the back of his head: "Actually, I did turn down more than 90% of the interview requests, but there were two I just couldn't refuse. One was an official interview request from the event organizer, Nishi Nihon Shimbun, and the other was a mainstream sports media outlet that I asked to interview through connections with the Kyushu Judo Association, which is also an organizer..."

Hojo Kazuya gave a brief explanation, and Sousuke immediately understood the situation.

To put it bluntly, it's not impossible to refuse these two interviews that can't be turned down, but offending both organizers at once is not a wise choice for either Hefeng or the two emerging judo prodigies.

"Okay, I'll go get someone. Could you please tell me where we'll be interviewing later, Mr. Hojo?" After a moment's thought, Sosuke knew what to do.

"The interview will take place in an hour, in the conference room of this hotel!" Hojo Kazuya said, beaming with delight.

After watching Hojo leave, Sousuke took the room keys for his two disciples and went upstairs to wake them up one after the other.

Although it was said to be a smooth process, waking up the two girls was actually quite complicated. They were so sleepy that they resorted to all sorts of tricks and coquettishness to avoid getting up.

To save time, Sosuke resorted to extreme measures to subdue the two.

However, Yumi, the class monitor, was sweating profusely from being beaten by Sosuke's inner demons.

My little classmate's beautiful and alluring lips were slightly red and swollen from being kissed.

With about ten minutes to spare, the two people, having showered and changed, arrived one after the other at the hotel's conference room door.

Hojo-sensei had been waiting here for so long that her neck had grown several centimeters longer.

The two girls, their faces still flushed, blushed even more when they saw Sosuke looking at them with a relaxed and comfortable expression, his smile ambiguous. They then followed Hojo into the meeting room, looking rather evasive.

Since Sosuke had nothing better to do, he went to the hotel gym to work out.

Before they could play for long, Hojo Kazuya called again.

"Sosuke, where are you? Come to the conference room quickly!" Hojo Kazuya's urgent voice rang out as soon as the call was answered.

"Hojo-sensei, what's up?" Sosuke asked curiously into the phone.

"They want to interview you."

"what?"

So, after tidying up for a while, Sosuke also came to the conference room.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw two photographers carrying video cameras, filming him as he entered.

Sosuke glanced around the room as soon as he entered.

On one side of the huge rectangular conference table sat Yumi and Emi, looking quite pleased with themselves.

On the other side sat two middle-aged men dressed in suits who looked quite serious.

Sousuke's excellent eyesight immediately caught the text on the two men's name tags.

It is "Nishi Nihon Shimbun" and "Tokyo Sports".

Two very well-known media organizations...

"Hello." Sosuke greeted them politely while thinking for a moment. "I'm Atobe Sosuke from Tsurumine High School."

"Quickly! Atobe-kun, please take a seat!"

"Come on, sit down!"

The two middle-aged men also saw Sosuke enter and immediately invited him to sit down.

“Master! Come sit here!” Mifune Yumi waved to Atobe Sousuke with a smile, gesturing for him to sit between her and Emi.

As for his deskmate, who wasn't wearing his glasses, "Yotsuba Emi" waved to him excitedly.

Sosuke quickly sat down, then looked up at the two middle-aged men with a puzzled expression: "Gentlemen, may I ask why I was called here for the interview with these two women?"

Upon hearing his question, the two middle-aged men exchanged a smile, with the one from the Nishi Nihon Shimbun responding with a chuckle.

"Of course I'll have to invite you. Mifune and Yotsuba have already mentioned that you're their shared teacher, Atobe-kun."

The middle-aged man drew out his words and continued, "The teacher training college that can produce two such talented athletes is actually a high school student in the same grade as the athletes. To be honest, this news is probably just as appealing as the two talented athletes themselves!"

“That’s right.” The reporter from the Tokyo Sports newspaper nodded in agreement. “So, both of our media outlets are very interested in Atobe-kun and would like to conduct an in-depth interview with you. Would you mind?”

"Hehehe, Shi Fan, you'll be on the news with us!" Mifune Yumi chuckled mischievously from the side.

Yotsuba Emi said smugly, "After all, although it's mainly because of my and Yumi's genius, it wouldn't have been possible without your guidance, Master!"

Seeing the eager looks from the group, Sousuke shrugged and smiled, "We've come this far, if I don't cooperate, I'd be too clueless. So please ask your questions."

The two middle-aged men's faces lit up with joy, and they exchanged a slight glance. Then the man from the Nishi-Nihon Shimbun continued, "How about this, we take turns asking questions, shall we?"

The man from the Tokyo Sports newspaper nodded in agreement.

Thus, the joint interview with Sosuke and his two disciples proceeded smoothly.

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Twenty minutes later.

"Atobe-kun, what did you just say?!" The uncle from the Tokyo Sports newspaper pinched his ear, wondering if he had misheard.

Beside him, the man from the Nishi Nippon Shimbun also looked incredulous.

After a period of friendly exchange and questioning, both reporters obtained ample interview material and expressed considerable satisfaction.

When she politely asked Atobe Sousuke about his next plans, she was taken aback by Sousuke's astonishing answer.

Sousuke smiled as he looked at the two shocked people in front of him and repeated, "I just said this, and I actually said this to other reporters yesterday as well, but no one took it seriously—I said that in the men's judo competition starting tomorrow, I will be the vanguard and do everything by myself from the start to 'capture the flag'."

His expression was confident and unrestrained.

"Please stay tuned, it's my turn to shine next!"

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Chapter 151: The victory was far too easy!

[Defeated Yumi Mifune (three years later), reward has been issued]

[Victory Reward: Throwing Skill Level +3]

[Virtual Trial Ends]

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