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.
[…what you say is full of excuses. My father… never never! I’m not someone like you!]
Sakura gritted her teeth as she looked at the wooden board with the word closing written on it, then left. that was the last one
It’s been a year since I entered Choten and haven’t seen my father’s face. Sakura did not return to her hometown. I didn’t dare to face my father.
fault! fault! fault! fault!
Sakura’s incredible speed of fire.
The arrow continued to pierce the center of the target. A fearsome skill even if the characteristics are out of the question.
‘If it’s a competition… I’m sure my father will also me…’
Sakura clenched her fists.
‘To Japan or to the whole world… I’m proudly showing my skills.’
Reconciliation with the father is the next goal.
fault! fault! Fain!
Sakura, who shot her arrows nonstop, wiped the sweat from her forehead. Seiji approached, waving her hand from afar.
“I was here! Cherry Blossom?”
“What did you find me for?”
Sakura’s smile, as usual. Seiji stretched out and pointed to a distant mountain.
“It’s a new mission!”
“Isshin?”
“That’s still…”
“Eh. What is lung training? I heard a lot of shams in strange places.”
Sakura grumbled and put the bow in her pocket.
“I can’t help it! Let’s go together!”
* * *
CEO of Shinsung Group. Yunha Kim.
With a personal city guard as her escort, she was on the phone with someone in a long limousine.
– Make sure you never go. got it? Now, I hate seeing my kids involved in dangerous things.
The target of the call is Kim Seong-han, Kim Eun-ah’s father. Yunha Kim smiled brightly.
“Giving orders…isn’t difficult. If your father found out, wouldn’t you let him go? And Eun-ah is my daughter. Are you usually stubborn?”
A long silence followed Kim Yun-ha’s answer. Kim Seong-han did not give up.
– so! Are you saying you’re going to send Eun-ah to that dangerous place?
Let Kim Seong-han raise his voice. Yunha Kim’s voice became cold.
“…It was your opinion that we should wait until graduation.”
Kim Yun-ha’s voice was lower than usual.
A situation where it is clear that you are offended.
– No, that’s not what I meant… Honey now. …I’m angry?
“Just a little bit.”
– sorry.
“…Well, you’re not wrong, though.”
Kim Yun-ha sighed.
“okay. It’s my daughter, what can I do? I will do this job.”
Both parents opposed Kim Eun-ah becoming a hunter. It was something that would happen someday, but it was none other than Shin Ha-yoon who threw the embers of all these beginnings.
* * *
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.