I teach judo in Tokyo.

Hokkaido, Sapporo City.

The small passenger plane landed smoothly on the airport runway.

"Phew! I survived!" Yumi Mifune suddenly shouted, startling everyone.

Sousuke flicked her forehead helplessly: "Why are you yelling like that?"

Yumi Mifune clutched her chest, her face still a little pale: "Teacher, don't you think flying is terrifying? When you're in the sky, your life is completely out of your control!"

"Hmm...now that you put it that way..." Sousuke stroked his chin, "that makes some sense."

With his current level of ability, whether he's traveling by train or ship, if an accident were to occur, he would likely have enough time to react and escape danger.

However, if an accident occurs while traveling by plane at an altitude of 10,000 meters, even if he were twice as strong, he would probably still die.

So he turned to look at Motoko Itako: "Motoko, how about we take the Shinkansen back?"

The kendo girl gave him a helpless look: "If you take the Shinkansen, you have to transfer and the total journey takes about eight hours. If you take a plane, it takes two hours."

"Then let's go with the plane!" Sosuke immediately changed his mind, his stance very wavering.

Are you kidding me? Time is life!

As everyone chatted and laughed, they disembarked from the plane under the guidance of the beautiful flight attendants.

Speaking of which, the flight attendants were quite attentive to Sosuke throughout the journey.

However, with so many beautiful and well-built female companions eyeing her, even if this flight attendant longed for it, she couldn't find an opportunity to have much interaction with our dojo master.

There wasn't even a chance to slip a note inside.

Because it was a chartered plane booked by the Gofu family, Sosuke and his group disembarked quite quickly and soon boarded a car heading to the city.

Of course, the car is also included.

"So, it's good to be rich." Atobe Sousuke leaned back in his bus seat and sighed with heartfelt admiration.

In modern society, as long as you have money, you can achieve a very high quality of life and high efficiency in your life.

Therefore, although in this world with martial arts, the strong may have received a more esteemed status in ancient times.

But if you ask a strong person to choose between ruling and dominating in ancient times without restraint, or living a life under certain rules in modern times, that is not the case.

The vast majority of people would probably still prefer to stay in the modern world.

After all, even in ancient times, the quality of life for emperors was generally inferior to that of wealthy people in modern times.

Not to mention compared to those with great power and big tycoons.

“Sōsuke… Teacher, you’re a rich man now.” The person in the seat in front of Motoko Itō glanced at him speechlessly.

"That's true!" After Motoko's reminder, Sosuke also realized it.

He is now the representative of the Five Directions family's madmen, not only receiving a fixed salary of over one billion yen per year, but also, starting next year, receiving a certain share of the Five Directions family group's profits, which amount to tens of billions of yen in income.

He's already financially independent.

Although this money was a hot potato, requiring him to risk his life to help the Wufang family participate in the deadly showdown.

But this price was exactly what he wanted.

The system permission upgrade requirements still need to accumulate enough experts to defeat.

Level 1 access granted him the ability to conduct virtual trials, where defeating disciples from the future would earn him various rewards.

The level 2 access granted him the ability to "extract" a percentage from the total level of his disciples' protective skills, which he could then use to enhance the effect of his own protective skills.

Level 3 access granted him the ability to restore his disciples' fatigue and injuries, and even improve their aptitude, through special massage techniques.

From the current perspective, each system upgrade grants him permissions that directly or indirectly enhance his strength.

This is his primary goal, a fundamental need that he is striving to achieve.

After all, this world appears to be an ordinary parallel world on the surface, but in reality it is a dangerous world where "martial arts" and "superhumans" exist.

There are countless monsters who have honed their martial arts to a level that is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people, and there are even those who are called "absolute" or "mad" level monsters among monsters.

Although Sosuke is already financially independent, he is still a long way from being able to control his own life as he pleases.

He is indeed very powerful now, but it is far from enough.

Thinking this, Atobe Sousuke looked around.

Inside the minibus, the widow held her daughter and smiled as she looked out the window.

The beautiful master put her legs up on the back of the chair and chatted with the Sakura and Rin sisters beside her.

The kendo girl and the class monitor sat in front, the class monitor leaning against the window, her eyes shining as she looked at the receding street scene on both sides.

His deskmate, who had been gazing at him with affection, sat beside him.

A smile appeared on his lips.

Besides, I'm not alone anymore, so that everyone can be together without worries.

He must become stronger and stronger—until he becomes the strongest in the world.

“Speaking of which…” Sousuke reached out and patted Motoko Itaka in front of him.

The kendo girl turned around in confusion.

Sosuke asked curiously, "The Jade Dragon Flag and the Golden Eagle Flag that we just fought, shouldn't our strongest opponents have already appeared on them?"

Motoko tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said seriously, "I don't know much about judo, but as for kendo geniuses, the only geniuses I've heard of before are Yagyu and Tsukahara. Even Okita Souji suddenly appeared on the Jade Dragon Flag this time."

"Hmm..." Sousuke stroked his chin. "So this time we're just here to go through the motions? Called a competition, but really just sightseeing?"

Wu Fang Suzi's expression was calm: "Not really. The individual competition is indeed as the teacher said, but the national team competition is different from the Jade Dragon Flag competition. It depends on the team's overall strength."

She continued, "With the support of two strong team leaders like yours at the Normal University, winning the championship shouldn't be a problem. But my women's team didn't even make it through the Tokyo qualifiers. I came here on my own to participate in the individual competition."

Just as the two were chatting, Sosuke's phone rang.

He picked up his phone and saw that it was a message from Judo Minister Yahiko Iga.

Iga Yahiko: [Sousuke, have you landed yet?]

Sosuke: [We've arrived. We're on our way to the city by train.]

Iga Yahiko: [That's good. The kendo competition starts tomorrow. How are you feeling?]

Sousuke: [Don't worry, as long as you don't mess up, Captain, I'll be a total carry.]

Iga Yahiko: [What does the kendo competition have to do with me? My group and the others won't be there until the 9th.]

Sosuke scratched his head, almost bursting out laughing.

Damn it, I had a brain fart and mixed up the judo and kendo matches.

Iga Yahiko: [Remember to protect yourself in the kendo competition and don't get injured. I've received news that Arakawa High School's Shirakawa Kenichi is also participating in the judo competition!]

Kenichi Shirakawa?

Sosuke scratched his head, feeling that the name sounded somewhat familiar.

So he lowered his head and replied.

Sousuke: [Just a hint, which genius is this?]

Iga Yahiko: [He's last year's super rookie, the one I mentioned to you when he was in the Golden Eagle Flag competition. I don't know why he didn't participate in the Golden Eagle Flag this year, but instead came to participate in the National Tournament.]

Sousuke clapped his hands. "Oh, it's this guy!"

Sousuke: [Is he that good?]

Iga Yahiko: [Extremely skilled, even more skilled than Takiya Kunio!]

Is he better than Kunio Takiya?

Sosuke thought back and realized that Takiya Kunio's judo skills were actually not very high, probably only around "12".

However, judo is not his forte. As a delinquent, his real strength lies in hand-to-hand street fighting, which he seems to be around the age of 15.

This level of fighting skill is already considered top-tier among ordinary people.

According to Sousuke's assessment of combat-level practical abilities.

A combat skill level of around "10" allows one to fight three ordinary people head-on at the same time. If using hit-and-run tactics or blocking tactics, one can fight ten to twenty people.

When your fighting skill reaches around "15", you can probably take on five opponents in a head-on fight without weapons. In hit-and-run tactics, you can defeat thirty or even more people before you run out of energy.

When the level exceeds "20", the number of ordinary people with this level of strength becomes meaningless.

The ordinary people mentioned above refer to those who have not learned martial arts. However, the outcome will be different if they face someone who has formally studied martial arts techniques or has experience from frequent fights.

Since the minister said that this Kenichi Shirakawa is stronger than Kunio Takiya, and judging from his resolute exclamation mark, he should be considerably stronger than Kunio Takiya...

Will Shirakawa Kenichi's strength exceed "20" and become a formal "fierce" level?

In any case, we'll know when the competition begins.

As Sosuke thought this, a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Having a worthy opponent is good; at least it prevents him from completely losing his anticipation for the match.

......

Soon, the bus carrying Sosuke and the others arrived at their destination.

The Japanese National High School Tournament is held in a different prefecture each year.

This year, Hokkaido is hosting the event, and the stadium for the judo and kendo competitions is the Hokkaido Prefectural Gymnasium.

It is roughly equivalent to a provincial-level stadium in China.

The place that Wu Fang's family arranged for them to stay was not a hotel, but a villa located near the stadium.

Sosuke had thought it would be held at Sapporo Dome, which is on par with Fukuoka Dome, just like the Jade Dragon Flag.

Sosuke asked the question out of curiosity.

The well-informed and knowledgeable Motoko Gofu responded to Sosuke.

"The national tournament is indeed held at Sapporo Dome, but only for the major sport of football."

She calmly stated, "In fact, although Kendo and Judo are traditional national martial arts in Japan, their influence is far less than that of several mainstream ball sports, and they are not worthy of the organizers spending more money on them."

She paused, then continued, "Actually, for students, the main stage for judo and kendo is not the national competition, but the 'Golden Eagle Flag' and 'Jade Dragon Flag' that we just participated in, as well as another real national competition for kendo, the 'Kui Xing Flag'."

“Okay, I understand.” After hearing Motoko’s explanation, Atobe Sousuke scratched his chin.

To put it bluntly, the sport they practice is essentially a niche sport.

That's not quite right. It's more accurate to say that these two sports are essentially niche sports during the student stage, but I've heard that they have a lot of national popularity in various professional competitions after adulthood.

Sosuke looked at Motoko Itsuka with curiosity: "So, Motoko, did you get a score on that 'Kui Xing Flag'?"

Motoko Gofuku remained calm: "Yes, just like in the national tournament, we only won the individual championship and were eliminated in the second round of the team competition."

"Hahaha, our Tsurumine is really suffering from a lack of talent." Sosuke was somewhat speechless.

If you say Tsurumine is no good, then he has powerful characters like Motoko Goto, Kenji Tenkoji, and Yahiko Iga.

Oh, right, I heard from Captain Iga that there used to be an incredibly strong senior in Tsurumine's karate club, I think his name was Shindo Kyotaro.

It's estimated that because it was too powerful, it disappeared after being placed under control by the countermeasures bureau.

If you say it's okay, apart from the representative players, the rest of the staff are all noobs.

"There's nothing we can do about it." Wufang Suzi didn't seem discouraged at all.

"Stop worrying about that." Yumi Mifune jumped forward, pulling her suitcase. "What a big house! Are we going to stay here from now on?"

"Yes, the Wufang family just happened to buy this property here as an investment. Although it can't compare to the dojo of the Normal School, it should be enough for us to live in."

Wu Fang Suzi nodded slightly.

"Damn it, those evil capitalists!" Yumi Mifune hugged Motoko Itsuka and then vigorously rubbed her face to vent her jealousy of the zaibatsu.

"Alright, let's go in and choose a room first, first come first served!"

While the two were playing around, Yae Meixuan grabbed her two younger sisters and rushed into the yard.

"Wow, Master Yae, you're so cunning!" Yumi immediately let go of Motoko and dragged her suitcase inside as well.

Sōsuke watched helplessly as the four figures ran off, then turned to the three disciples who remained by his side and smiled, "Let's go!"

The widow, holding her daughter's hand, bowed slightly to Wufang Suzi with embarrassment: "Suzi, thank you for providing such a nice place to stay."