Chapter 102 My Daily Life Seems to Have Been Infiltrated by Some Strange Things?

Chapter 102: Chapter 102 My Daily Life Seems to Have Been Infiltrated by Some Strange Things?[Beep... Beep...] [Task completed] [Task content: Get yourself into the top ten of your grade, supplementary content: For each member of the study club who enters the top ten, reward +1] [Task evaluation: A] [Generating reward, please wait...] [Reward generated successfully, special reward +4, please check your inventory] Closing the system panel, Uesugi Sakura glanced at the rankings on the bulletin board amidst the noisy crowd. How should I put it, second place, barely enough. With a bow bag over 2 meters long tucked under his arm, Uesugi Sakura weaved past classmates on tiptoe, strolling down the bright white corridors of the teaching building. He opened his mental transparent interface’s inventory. [Ono no Michikaze’s Intermediate Card] [How to use: Click to use] [Summary: Bold strokes, smooth connections, the dry and light ink shadows Wang Xizhi’s steps, a representative among the "Three Wonders."] [Card’s attached effect: Increases the extraction rate of calligraphy skills by 50%] ———— [I Am a Cat] [How to use: Click to use] [Duration: 8 hours] [Cooldown period: 2 days] [Summary: Surely, you’ve read many stories about cats, why not experience one yourself?] ———— [Utopia’s Imagination] [How to use: Fusion use] [Use effect: Charm value +1] [Summary: The floating city, the fantasy land, the utopia filled with beauty and equality is where people yearn to be.] ———— [Umbrella That Rains When Opened] [How to use: Take out to use] [Summary: One of the strange umbrellas, a sneaked out gadget from Doraemon.] ———— [Gender Detector] [How to use: Click to use] [Summary: Maybe perhaps or probably you’ll need this gadget.] After a quick glance, Uesugi Sakura thought the rewards for this task were quite ordinary. But aside from that intermediate card, why do the three special rewards afterwards seem weirder and weirder? Especially that [Umbrella That Rains When Opened], what’s the point? If you open it, is it to shield from the rain or to get wet? As for the [Gender Detector], it’s not even worth complaining about. Stopping in his tracks, Uesugi Sakura shook his head and expressionlessly headed toward the Kyudo Club. Along the way, he drew an intermediate card. The draw result was: [Attribute Point ×9], [Calligraphy Skill Activation Card Lv4], please check carefully. On the fifth day of May, after school in the afternoon. Uesugi Sakura walked into the Kyudo Club as usual, took off his shoes, and entered the changing room to change clothes. "Senpai, it seems like you haven’t been coming to the Kyudo Club much lately." "Ah, it’s okay." Uesugi Sakura replied casually. Yuusaki Mutta watched him tighten the cord around his waist, inexplicably recalling the grace of his shooting form from the other day, feeling quite envious of his skill: "Senpai, even though we’re in the same year, your archery moves are much better than mine." In fact, even without the help of [Accuracy Lv8], Uesugi Sakura’s skill level was still above that of their batch of members. "Explain your shooting process to me." He inquired while putting on his kyudo uniform. "Is Senpai going to give me some pointers?" Yuusaki Mutta turned his head to ask, a bit taken aback. "After all, kyudo is about cultivating the mind, and progressing together is an important part." Uesugi Sakura said. "Well then, thank you in advance, Senpai." "No problem." Yuusaki Mutta gathered his thoughts: "Actually, when I stand on the shooting line, I feel like the 28-meter distance is too far, and the target in sight is just a small point. "Every time I raise the bow, I’m at a loss, not knowing if I should raise it a bit more or lower it a bit. "Everyone says Seisha Hicchu, and I can only try my best to maintain my body’s balance, but as soon as I see the distant target, I get inexplicably flustered, feeling like my breath is suffocating me, worried if this arrow will miss." Upon hearing this, Uesugi Sakura felt there was no need to listen further. He pulled out a black hakama, closed the locker, and interrupted him. "Aligning this dot needs to be determined before the ’ready bow’ of the third step in seating posture. You have to face the target directly, and your bow must also face the target directly, face it first, don’t worry about hitting or not." "’Seisha Hicchu’ is first about the heart." Wearing plain white, Uesugi Sakura tied the black hakama around his waist. "Maybe this is a bit difficult for those who have just finished practicing on the straw target, but kyudo cherishes persistence, and actually, archery has a reference method to help grasp distance and strength. Ogasawara Seishin’s ’Detailed Explanation of Kyudo’ mentions it, you can buy it for reference." "’Detailed Explanation of Kyudo’?" Yuusaki Mutta bowed to Uesugi Sakura, "Thank you, Senpai." "No problem." Fully dressed, Uesugi Sakura walked out of the changing room. Opening the door, to the right was Kamigoe High School’s tidy kyudo field. Not many people, but it was peaceful. As he shot arrows, the crisp, pleasant sound of the bowstring resonated continuously, with each interval distinct. Uesugi Sakura took out the bamboo bow and bowstring from the black bow bag, resting its light body against a groove in the wall, then tied the special cotton ropes at both ends of the string onto the bamboo bow. The middle of the string was slightly thicker than the rest. This place is called ’Middle Attachment.’ Since the notch at the arrow’s end is thicker than the bowstring, the main purpose of the middle attachment is to easily catch the arrow’s end, making it easier to set the arrow. You just need to use adhesive (rosin) and hemp rope to wrap and expand it, adjust the thickness of this part of the bowstring, and finally secure it with Doho. In fact, Uesugi Sakura never understood why these two small wooden sticks were called Doho. Chitose Mai and Sakurai Fumiko were chatting happily, and when they saw Uesugi Sakura approaching, they greeted him with a smile. "By the way, Senpai, do you want to sign up for the district competition?" "District competition? Shinjuku District?" Uesugi Sakura paused with the bow in his left hand, "Is it considered a preliminary for the national kyudo championships?" Japan’s administrative divisions are the prefectures, which are 1 metropolis, 1 circuit, 2 urban prefectures, and 43 rural prefectures. Tokyo has 23 wards beneath it, which is already considered a very large scale competition. "Not really." Sakurai Fumiko explained with a smile, "The national competition is a preliminary for the whole Kantou region, and the qualified ones will participate as the host for the national competition." "Hmm... actually, I don’t know if it will be held in Tokyo or in the Capital City this year." "So, Senpai, do you want to try it?" Chitose Mai looked expectantly. To go or not to go? Uesugi Sakura hadn’t made up his mind, but judging from his character, it’d be better not to go. He walked to the wide shooting position, his gaze passed over the green lawn and landed on the target. Holding the bow with his left hand, setting the arrow with his right, and stringing the string pillow, he evenly separated left and right, pulling to one-third and pausing slightly. Holding his breath, he pulled it open in one go, the string sound resonating as the arrow darted forth. The counterforce of releasing the arrow led the string to spin to the outside of the wrist. Hit the target, but just the outer ring at 28 meters away. In steady breaths, Uesugi Sakura said slowly: "Forget it, better not to go."