It may be because I was strangely aroused by a sense of challenge, but for the past three days, I did not notice the passing of time and was only absorbed in exercise.
It seems that I fell into mannerism without realizing it.
It must be so much fun to learn something new.
And on the morning of the fourth day.
After my morning workout and early breakfast, Li Meiling said to me.
“I wish I could go a little farther today.”
“Suddenly?”
“The Great Tiger Gwanchang is the secret of our inquisitor. No matter how much I decided to pass it on to you, there is no need to expose the technology to too many people’s eyes.”
For that reason, today, I decided to take the tram for a long time and go far away.
Specifically, we decided to go to Mount Fuji, which is the first name that comes to mind when we think of famous Japanese mountains.
The world is getting better these days, and if you take the limited express train from Shinjuku Station, it takes about 2 hours to reach Mt. Fuji and Lake Kawaguchi.
Of course, the ticket price was expensive, but it wasn’t to the extent that I couldn’t afford it because I had the pocket money I usually saved.
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Meiling said that she would pay her share properly when the reissued card arrives in the mail.
So, after eating breakfast, we went straight to Shibuya Station by subway.
***
Personally, when I think of train stations in Japan, the first thing that comes to mind is the bento box.
There are many different types of bento boxes sold at each station, but it is basically made with local specialties.
After meals at Mt. Geumgang… No, Mt. Fuji is also said to be after-meal, so we ate breakfast and left, but we bought a lunch box as a snack on the train.
I wondered if a high school student without money could indulge in this luxury, but I decided to spend the money I had already decided to spend anyway.
Actually, this is my first time going to Mt. Fuji.
The reason why I chose Mt. Fuji as a place for my training was full of such self-interest.
Li Meiling listened to music on her cell phone on the way, and surprisingly, most of the things on her playlist were k-pop.
When I asked what happened, it seems that K-pop is popular among Chinese teenagers and 20s these days.
She heard it because of a college friend’s recommendation, and it wasn’t as bad as she thought, so she heard it often.
… It wasn’t soup noodles that were talked about on TV every day?
It was indeed an astonishing fact.
“Would you like to listen?”
As I continued to glance at the screen of my phone, perhaps she misunderstood me, she held out a pair of wireless earphones.
Now that I couldn’t say no, I accepted her invitation.
Since her job is her job, of course, I expected to hear things with fast bpm like rap or dance songs, but surprisingly, her taste in songs was ballads.
… Why is Prince Butter older brother here?
***
We got off at Kawaguchiho Station, the last stop of the limited express train.
Lake Kawaguchi is a huge volcanic lake located 800 meters above sea level on Mt. Fuji.
As it is the second largest lake among the five lakes in Mt. Fuji, the shopping street around the station was crowded with hikers trying to climb Mt. Fuji as it is famous as a tourist destination.
Li Meiling, who was already in tourist mode and was reading the brochure at the tourist information center, said.
“It is written that this place is famous for its sulfur springs formed by volcanic eruptions.”
“You don’t have time to go to the hot springs, do you?”
“Chi-“
She clicked her tongue as if it were a pity, but the prices here are so expensive that I paid tens of thousands of yen per night in a hot spring inn.
Even so, I couldn’t afford to lend such a large sum of money.
We didn’t go on the side of the ridge usually climbed by hikers, but on the back road where no one came.
In fact, doing this in a national park would be perfectly fine to get lost, but she had no choice because she wanted secrecy.
After walking for about 10 minutes, we unpacked our luggage when we arrived at an empty lot in the middle of the forest, which is far from tourist attractions.
In fact, the luggage was only water, towels, and a change of clothes in the travel backpack.
I took off my bag, turned my relaxed shoulders, and slowly headed towards the middle of the open space. Meiling, who was dressed in easy-to-move clothes just like me, stood across from me and said:
“Then, I’ll start passing on the secret from now on.”
“Yes.”
Different from before, I looked at her with a nervous expression on a very serious expression.
She drew a circle around her body with her straight toes.
“The six martial arts that I have learned (破天六合大乘八極拳) is a German martial art that was created by the master, who is said to be invincible in the East, in his youth. It is a practice-oriented kwon method that was absorbed and made, and it is also called Pacheonmu (破天舞) because the way it is used looks like dancing.”
“Pacheonmu!”
It’s like the name of a tax-saving officer that could appear in some martial arts magazine.
Eventually, the picture she finished was not just a circle.
It was a figure called the Eight Gwaes (八卦), which was also used in the Taegeukgi of Korea.
“And the main principle of the octagonal circle is this octagon, and the sticks here represent the eight shapes of nature. Of course, if we go further from here, it will be a more profound story, but there is nothing we can teach anyone who will learn to peel watermelon anyway. No, so I’ll keep it short.”
As she said that, she stretched out her right arm in front of her.
“The forces contained in the spear of the Tiger Guan, the skill you will learn, are Lee (離: Fire) and Hand (巽: Wind). They must be ferocious like fire and swiftly thrown like the wind.”
“Further like fire, as fast as the wind?”
What kind of buzzing sound is this?
“Now, what kind of cloud catcher is this?” Did you think?
“no.”
“really?”
“really.”
I shivered on the inside, but I burst into shichimi.
She still didn’t cast a suspicious glance, but she skipped it, perhaps because she didn’t have time to explain.
“Anyway, that’s all I can give you. As long as you’re able to handle the advancing and chungchu perfectly, it’s important to learn how to use it yourself. You’ve already met all the conditions.”
I clenched my fists slowly as I listened to her.
I feel like I know something.
To be honest, I just want you to tell me the answer, but she’s probably not talking about it because she has a reason.
“Then, can I continue practicing by myself today?”
Then Li Meiling shook her head.
“No, I’ll fight you today.”
“Yes?”
I looked at her in surprise at her sudden remark.
But it didn’t seem like a joke.
“Enlightenment is important for us to be taught the five morals of our monks. And to achieve enlightenment, it’s a good way to drive the body to its extreme state.”
“It’s only the second generation.”
“…that’s how I learned it.”
In other words, shut up and fight.
Unlike when I fought at Yaguchine Dojo the other day, I swallowed my saliva at her completely changed mood.
This is the momentum of a top-notch fighter… .
It can’t be compared to the tremendous pressure she felt when she first fought Ivan, but she was definitely strong, showing her sincerity.
Perhaps I will never be able to defeat her now.
But I didn’t want to give up because I thought I couldn’t win.
Because in the beginning, I was looking for learning now.
I slowly changed my position.
This is the readiness she showed me the other day.
Her arms are lightly draped over her waist, and the other hand is extended in front of her chest.
It was different from the preparedness of boxing or combat sambo that I often imitated.
Before long, the two of us started fighting at the same time in the exact same position.
“Banbobungwon, the other side of the world.”
phut!!
It happened in an instant.
Before I could react, she dug into her arms and stepped forward right in front of her nose, slamming a spinning fist into her abdomen.
Unlike before, my body flew backwards like a lie, even though I was clearly in a state of flags all over my body.
Upon realizing it, a sharp pain was rising from the stomach that had been beaten.
Conceptually, it was absurd.
“Even with a bungwon that moves only half a step, he can calm the world.”
With one hand behind her back, she clapped her palm at me.
“I’m not going to sharpen my hand. If I snap it, I might die.”
He even said with a provocative smile.
“Instead, I’m ready to die.”
I clenched my teeth and ran towards her.
***
A beautiful pine tree pierced by the blade of my hand goes backwards.
thud!
The infinity match, which started at 11 am, barely ended at 7 pm.
In the extreme situation of life and death, I have learned the five virtues of Pacheonmu (破天舞) that she has learned.
It is a plateau located 800m above sea level, so despite the cool breeze blowing even in midsummer, both were sweaty when the technology was transferred.
It was me who was beaten unilaterally, but it seems that she, who continued to use great techniques, was also physically burdened.
We went back to the train station where we got off in the morning, sweaty all over.
It was late, but it was to return to Tokyo even now.
But what I heard at the ticket office in front of the station was quite shocking.
“Did the last train stop sooner? Since there are only two trains a day to Tokyo, you should have come a little earlier.”
“Yes?”
Suddenly, I had to stay overnight at Mt. Fuji.
It was just the two of us, a man and a woman who were all grown up.