I teach judo in Tokyo.

"Bullshit! He was clearly still secretly touching her thigh, didn't you feel it?"

"I don't mind..."

"I mind! Are you an idiot, letting others touch you like that!"

Unaware of all this, Atobe Sousuke enjoyed the moment for a while before slowly saying, "Saki, I've seen your fighting skills. You truly are a genius; you've perfected the 'form' of your techniques to perfection, but..."

As soon as Sousuke opened his mouth, Emi was completely forgotten by Yotsuba Saki.

"But what?" she asked cautiously.

Sosuke smiled slightly and said leisurely, "However, your current defensive skills are merely in form, lacking the most essential element."

This time, he didn't keep us in suspense and said directly, "You basically don't participate in sports, so your physical fitness is very average. But physical strength is the core essence of combat."

"Therefore, you need to strengthen your strength and physical fitness training," Sosuke concluded.

He then signaled Yotsuba Saki to stop, and then comfortably flipped over, turning his face inward.

The girl's refreshing and alluring fragrance wafted into his nose.

One puff brings joy and refreshment, two puffs bring longevity.

He then gestured for Yotsuba to continue, adding, "Once your strength and stamina reach the required level, your defensive techniques will probably be able to handle even normal people without any problem."

"Okay, Sosuke-kun, I will do my best."

Yotsuba Saki felt Sosuke's warm breath on her lower abdomen, sending a shiver of pleasure through her body. She bit her lip and obediently answered.

Although she wasn't actually interested in any kind of protective magic.

They do not need the protection of protective magic.

However, as long as Sosuke hopes to learn well, I will definitely do my best to do so and never let Sosuke down in the slightest.

As for Emi, who was going crazy beside her, she simply ignored her.

"Good boy, I'll reward you later." Sosuke chuckled.

A prize, a reward!?

Is it...that one?

Hearing Atobe Sousuke's meaningful words, Yotsuba Saki's heart skipped a beat, and she inexplicably began to look forward to it.

"What are you expecting?!"

"Reject him! Reject him firmly!"

"No rewards allowed!"

Emi, standing beside him, was beyond furious.

She was frantic, she was in agony, she wanted nothing more than to tear Atobe Sousuke to pieces.

Unfortunately, she could only helplessly watch all of this unfold before her eyes.

What made her even more desperate was that she felt the same way...

A true sense of empathy!

......

......

When lunch break ended, Sosuke looked up and smacked his lips.

Then he gently helped his little classmate, who was leaning against him and had already slumped into a ball.

Sosuke couldn't help but chuckle to himself.

This little classmate is so easily swayed. They just had a few innocent kisses, and he acted like he'd been completely ruined.

However, Yotsuba Saki's precious and rare state belongs only to him and can only be seen by him.

Yet it gave him immense psychological satisfaction.

Gently wait for Yotsuba Saki to regain some consciousness.

Sosuke stopped teasing her and instead took her soft little hand and left the rooftop.

Yotsuba Saki's face was flushed, her starry eyes were moist, her thin red lips were swollen, and she barely had the strength to walk, only able to walk with the help of Atobe Sousuke.

Fortunately, there was still some time to go down the stairs, enough for her to gradually return to normal.

Back in the classroom, before class started, Yumi Mifune happily ran to Sosuke and Saki Yotsuba's seats.

"Where did you go at noon?" she asked casually.

But she was clearly not interested in the answer to that question, and before Sosuke could reply, she brought up something else: "Shihan, you weren't here at noon, so that Motoko Itako came looking for you."

"Looking for me? What does she want with me?" Sosuke asked curiously.

Yumi Mifune scratched her head, looking completely bewildered: "I don't understand either—oh, right!"

She finally remembered: "Wu Fang asked me to tell you that she invites you to the kendo club to meet her at 5:30 this afternoon after school."

Her expression became excited.

"She said she wants to settle things with you!"

Chapter 71 Kendo Club

Through Yumi Mifune's intermittent relay of information, Sousuke understood the situation.

To put it bluntly, after last night, the swordsmanship genius, Motoko Gofuku, somehow regained her confidence and even took the initiative to issue him a challenge.

She truly lives up to her reputation as a female swordsman bearing the title of "Heavenly Sword".

A minor setback could not break her unwavering resolve to fight.

It seems they want to win her over and bring her into their household.

I must defeat her in a fair and square setting, through a fair and square swordsmanship contest.

We need to make sure she has absolutely nothing to say.

Okay—

This situation was exactly what I expected.

Just as Sousuke understood everything, Yotsuba Saki, who had been listening attentively the whole time, also figured out the situation.

She asked timidly, "Chairman, why did Motoko Itō have to spar with Sōsuke?"

At the same time, a look of worry appeared on her face: "Sousuke-kun is good at judo, which is a form of hand-to-hand combat, not kendo. Is it a bit unfair for Gomo-kun to challenge Sosuke-kun to a sword fight?"

Yotsuba Saki, of course, had complete confidence in Sousuke.

However, Motoko Gofuku, as the captain of the women's kendo club, shamelessly tried to force Sosuke to compete in kendo.

That's absolutely shameless.

She wanted to say something more, but after Sosuke patted her head, she immediately became obedient and stopped talking.

Sousuke smiled slightly and said, "Saki may not know, but my kendo skills are actually no lower than my judo skills."

Before his classmate could reply, he continued, "My family left me the instruction to revitalize our family's Taoist temple. Therefore, I need to recruit as many talented disciples as possible to learn our temple's protective techniques."

It just so happens that this Wufang Suzi has the same talent in martial arts as you two; her talent in swordsmanship is quite outstanding.

So I made a bet with her, a swordsmanship contest. If she lost, she would have to become my disciple and join my dojo…”

Yotsuba Saki suddenly realized.

So that's how it is—

Then, her expression turned somewhat disappointed.

If this Motoko Goto is also defeated by Sosuke and becomes Sosuke's disciple, wouldn't I go from being one of the "only two" disciples to one of the "only three" disciples?

Sosuke already knew his deskmate's personality quite well, and he immediately understood why she looked so disappointed.

So he leaned over and whispered in his classmate's ear, "Don't worry, Saki, you're special to me..."

Special...special!?

Yotsuba Saki's pupils dilated in shock, and then her face flushed red uncontrollably.

It felt like heat was rising from my head.

I felt so dizzy that I could barely sit up.

Am I special to Sousuke-kun?

So happy!

If we were to depict Yotsuba Saki's current appearance in an anime style...

It was probably something like bright red cheeks and swirling patterns on the glasses.

"Hey, hey, hey! You were fooled by a few sweet words? You're so pathetic."

Beside her, Emi angrily leaned on the table, glaring at Yotsuba Saki with a look of utter disappointment.

Then, she raised her eyes and glared angrily at Atobe Sousuke.

She caught a glimpse of Sosuke's gentle smile, and then, without thinking, her eyes fell upon his beautiful lips.

It's these lips... they just touched Saki and me...

Hui Mei's fierceness was almost uncontrollable, and she turned her head away, her neck flushed.

"Emi, that felt really good, didn't it?"

Yotsuba Saki murmured to herself.

Emi was startled and immediately jumped aside, completely enraged.

"Don't be ridiculous! Comfortable my foot! It's not comfortable at all; on the contrary, it's extremely... disgusting!"

Sosuke and Yumi Mifune were completely unaware of all this.

Yumi Mifune has consistently expressed doubts about Sousuke's kendo skills.

Sosuke didn't take it to heart and instead amused himself by teasing her.

Well, what can I say? After all, my life in my previous life was too ordinary and uneventful.

Now I can go back to school and chat with so many lovely and fun girls, talking about everything under the sun, even about love.

I couldn't be happier.

How could they feel unable to accept a small question?

Soon, it was time for class.

As the main teacher entered the classroom, all the noise disappeared, and everyone began to listen attentively.

***

After school, as usual, Sosuke went to the judo club with the class president and his deskmate to do club activities.

As mentioned before, basic judo training is quite arduous and demanding.

In addition to various repetitive technical exercises, the entire judo club, led by Yahiko Iga, would go to the school track several times a week for long-distance running training.

Inside the dojo, simple weightlifting equipment and other props are also set up to facilitate members' various strength training exercises.

Atobe Sousuke's plan for today is to teach Mifune Yumi Nekayagi movements while also supervising and guiding Yotsuba Saki in her strength and physical training.

The goal is to raise Yotsuba Saki to "rank level" as quickly as possible without getting injured, which is more commonly known as "black belt" level.

Once Yotsuba Saki reaches the black belt level, it will meet the system's requirements.

He will then receive a new skill reward—an SSR-level skill!

He had a deep understanding of the power of the previous SSR-level skill, "Dianchen".

Enhancing one's own strength is always the driving force behind a man's motivation.

His key goal recently has been to properly train his deskmate.

Of course, there is currently an even faster way to obtain new SSR skills.

That is to recruit a new SSR disciple.