Holding a bamboo sword in both hands, wearing black armor and a black mask on his head, Hasegawa stood in front of Busujima Saeko.
Busujima Saeko's outfit was similar to Hasegawa's. The two of them just stood there, and then shouted: "Hand!"
The bamboo sword in his hand chopped at the other's hand.
There were constant sounds of "hand" and "face" coming from Hasegawa or Busujima Saeko's mouth.
Because he was going to participate in a kendo competition next, but Hasegawa was completely unfamiliar with the process and rules of this kind of competition, so Busujima Saeko was now sparring with Hasegawa to let Hasegawa get familiar with the rules of the competition before the competition.
To be honest, Hasegawa regretted participating in this kind of competition. The feeling was completely different.
When Hasegawa first started learning kendo, he was actually aiming to strengthen his body and practice in actual combat. But the heavy rules of this kind of kendo competition made Hasegawa feel uncomfortable.
After all, he had already promised Busujima Saeko, so Hasegawa couldn't go back on his word.
However, Hasegawa had already decided to participate in this one time, and he would not participate in kendo competitions or other competitions in the future.
"Hasegawa, you have almost mastered the rules of the competition. Just pay a little attention during the competition. In fact, with your kendo level, as long as you pay a little attention, you will definitely win the championship." Busujima Saeko put down the bamboo sword in his hand, took off the mask, shook his long hair, and said to Hasegawa with a smile.
"Yeah. But I still think these rules are quite troublesome." Hasegawa nodded with a smile, and complained a little at the same time.
"There is no way, after all, every competition has its own rules."
"Yes, so I decided to participate in this kind of competition once, and then I won't participate in it again." Hasegawa directly said what he was thinking.
"Is that so? Well, after all, you make your own decisions. Besides, this year is my last year at Sobu High School. It won't have much to do with me in the future. Moreover, I have decided to resign from the position of Kendo Club President after participating in the Jade Dragon Flag. It's time to give it to the newcomers." Busujima Saeko smiled seemingly carefree.
"You're resigning from the position of President so soon?"
"Yes. After all, I'm already in the third year of high school. I have to focus on studying next, after all, I have to take the college entrance examination. What do you think, Hasegawa, are you interested in the position of Kendo Club President?" Busujima asked Hasegawa again.
"Kendo Club Head? Forget it. I'm not really interested in this. Besides, I'm only in the first year of high school. The position of Head will never be mine."
"No. Junior Hasegawa, your kendo level has surpassed mine. You can be said to be the best in the Kendo Club. Moreover, after you participate in the Yulong Flag and win the championship, you are fully qualified to become the Kendo Club Head. Just like me, I also participated in the Yulong Flag competition and won the championship when I was in the first year of high school. After that, I started to serve as the Kendo Club Head."
"Forget it. I'm really not interested in the position of Kendo Club Head." Hasegawa still shook his head.
"Okay, if that's the case, then forget it."
...
After leaving the Busujima Kendo Field, Hasegawa was about to check on Yuigahama Yui's progress when a phone call came in.
"Mr. Hasegawa. Excuse me, are you free?"
"Editor Machida? Yes, it's summer vacation now, so I have plenty of time. What's the matter? About "Tokyo Ghoul"? "Hasegawa was a little curious about why Machida Sonoko called at this time.
"No, it's not about "Tokyo Ghoul", but I want to trouble you with a little private matter."
"Private matter?" Hasegawa frowned slightly.
Generally speaking, Hasegawa is not willing to get involved in private matters, because who knows how troublesome it will be. But Machida Sonoko is his editor after all, so he has to give her some face. Of course, it also depends on how serious the so-called private matter is.
"It's like this. In addition to Mr. Hasegawa, I also have a new author under my command. She is very talented and her works are also excellent. However, due to market reasons and problems with publicity, her works are not selling well. The publisher even wants to cut her works in half because of sales problems."
Hasegawa frowned and couldn't relax: "Editor Machida, I don't think I can help with this kind of thing, right?"
"No, no, no, actually, I just want you, Mr. Hasegawa, to take some time to read her works. If you think her works are of good quality, please help promote them on Twitter." Machida Sonoko said a little embarrassedly.
"Is that so?"
"Yes, that's right. If Hasegawa thinks her work is not good, she doesn't need to promote it. I just hope that I can sacrifice some of Hasegawa's time to read her work."
After hearing what Machida Sonoko said, Hasegawa's frown loosened. Although Hasegawa felt that although Machida Sonoko said so, if he really didn't help her, it would make Machida Sonoko unhappy. After all, Machida Sonoko was his editor, and he had to consider Machida Sonoko's feelings no matter what.
So Hasegawa had already decided in his heart at this time that as long as the quality of the novel that Machida Sonoko asked him to read was not too bad, Hasegawa would promote it, even if it was just to deal with it.
Of course, if the quality of the work that Machida Sonoko said was good, Hasegawa would not be stingy. There would be no problem in promoting it seriously.
"So, Editor Machida, which work are you talking about?"
"Love Metronome. The name of her work is Love Metronome. It's a very good youth campus novel."
"Love Metronome? Okay, I got it. I'll go to the bookstore and buy this book later." Hasegawa nodded.
"Teacher Hasegawa can ask me to reimburse you for the money you spent on the book."
Hearing what Machida Sonoko said, Hasegawa couldn't help rolling his eyes. For a light novel, does he need to be reimbursed?
"No need for that. Does Editor Machida have anything else to do?"
"No. I just hope that Teacher Hasegawa can read Love Metronome carefully. If you think its quality is good, you must help promote it."
"I will."