Chapter 99

Episode 99:

Saaak.

In the forest with no sign.

Sakura aimed her bowstring at the target. This feeling of waking up all the senses of the body when aiming at something.

fault! Wedge love! Pooh-!

The arrow that Sakura shot pierced the target with great speed.

‘...This is not enough.’

Sakura’s expression hardened. She always showed a bright side to her colleagues, but not today.

‘My archery is...’

Sakura’s house, which ran an archery dojo, always had a solemn atmosphere. sober mind. neat demeanor.

Sakura grew up watching everyone around her shoot arrows. admired it

Incorporating the characteristic wind power into archery is also influenced by the archery learned in childhood. A story from a year ago. Before Sakura enters high school. Sakura’s father said:

[...Cherry Blossom. I have a story to tell.]

Sakura’s father, who was always strict, was laughing weakly.

[I am the life and wisdom I have felt. I wanted to teach you the same way.]

Sakura’s father finished with a bitter look on his face.

[...But the times seem to have changed. My old-fashioned philosophy. And the archery I’ve been honing.]

Face.

[...It seems that everything is useless now. Just keep the tradition. I thought it was the correct answer.]

Voice.

[It doesn’t look like that. It’s all worn out.]

Shoulder.

[Now that I think about it, I was obsessed with tradition. Maybe it was an excuse because he was afraid of change.]

The proud and strong father was too small for Sakura, a middle school student.

[What does that mean? Father’s archery is the best! It’s old...]

Sakura shouted with an angry face. Father smiled softly and brushed Sakura’s hair.

[Cherry Blossom. The bow is a difficult weapon to handle. You have to control your mind and focus...]

A story I’ve heard hundreds of times.

[You have to calm down and keep your composure. Only when you and the bow become one can you face the target.]

However, father’s voice had never been as quiet as today. And that made Sakura’s heart sad.

[What I wanted to teach was not a weapon of destruction. It was the mindset to engage in martial arts itself.]

Sakura was silent. Father took out the wooden plank he had left behind.

The words written there are closed.

The dojo is a place where Sakura has been since childhood. Sakura’s hands trembled and she glared at the wooden board.

[...Nonsense.]

[...Sorry. Cherry Blossom. But what people need is a simpler and more powerful weapon. For example, weapons such as guns and hunter supplies...]

Sakura clenched her fists and stood up.

[You... who the hell are you?]

Sakura glared at her father with tears in her eyes.

* * *

Yoosung Shin. Eunah Kim. Sumire.

Three starters gathered for a meeting. After informing them of the rules of the contest, Amy gave a heated speech.

“now! Again! This tournament is a 1-on-1 match, best of 3 out of 3! It’s important what cards you play with a takedown!”

“...for a moment. What difference does it make?”

Kim Eun-ah, hugging the orca, asked with a sour face. Amy frowned.

“Oh my God... Eun-ah asking such a stupid question? There’s no way...”

Amy looked at Kim Eun-ah with suspicion.

“...Are you who?”

Paget.

Static electricity rising from Kim Eun-ah’s index finger. Amy swallowed and resumed her speech.

“In a tournament like this, the starting player has to win first so that the other team members can get the momentum! The competition is all about momentum! Understand?”

Eunah Kim still seemed displeased, but Amy started to explain again.

“That’s why it’s standard for the strongest person to go first in a competition! At our party...”

Naturally, everyone’s eyes turned to Shin Yoo-seong. Amy nodded.

“...Mmmmm, of course he must be the party leader. And the second one is...”

Amy mumbled in agony and looked at Eunah Kim and Sumire in turns. Kim Eun-ah seemed not particularly interested in the order.

“Do it anywhere.”

“I like the third one!”

Sumire’s voluntary giving up.

Amy laughed knowingly.

“good! Then the order is party leader! Eunah! Sumire! It’s decided like this!”

Shin Yoo-seong, who was sitting on the sofa and listening, raised his hand.

“Amy. Are the maps for the competition random again this time?”

“Hmm, yes. But since it’s done in Japan, wouldn’t a map related to that area come out? Hmm...”

Amy thought deeply. Kim Eun-a waved her hand.

“it’s okay. Yooseong and I just have to destroy everything anyway, right?”

Kim Eun-ah, who still has a confident face.

Amy smiled at Kim Eun-ah.

“also. Eunah Kim has changed...”

“I’m sure...”

Sumire nodded as if she agreed. Kim Eun-ah dug her ears and looked at the two with sullen eyes.

“What am I?”

Amy just smirks and doesn’t answer. Sumire just smiled brightly.

“What am I?”

When Kim Eun-ah asked again. This time, even Shin Yoo-seong smiled at Kim Eun-ah.

“Eunah has definitely changed.”

“Ah-oh! So what!”

Kim Eun-ah frowns and holds the orca like a weapon. However, unlike before, Kim Eun-ah’s threat did not work on anyone.