I am Ting Hao Fang.
I'm the world champion in Budō.
I've won a lot of competitions, and beat a lot of people.
But there's only one person whom I really want to beat.
I'm here to challenge you to a battle.
I gave up everything to come back to An Yang, just for the chance to win this one match.
This match, is a promise I owe to my mother.
And a result that I owe to myself.
But I never expected that I would bump into someone who would change all of my plans.
The winners of the male competition are Yi Feng and I
Now, let's continue with the last match of the day
Xiu Qin,
Bai Cao,
One of you two will become the only champion of the females group
Here, Bai Cao, drink this and replenish your energy!
Let me massage your leg for you.
Ya!
Why are you muscles so tight?
Are you ok?
Is it because you're too nervous?
Relax a little. When you get nervous, your muscles will tighten and change shape.
Um, just think about the fact that being the best in group B is already so cool.
As for if you can beat Xiu Qin senpai, it's all based on luck.
Don't be nervous.
Bai Cao?
What happened?
Relax, Relax!
Bai Cao!
Ruo Bai Senpai!
What are you doing?
Ruo Bai Senpai!
Your physical strength is dwindling really fast
Using pure strength is effective against Xiao Ying,
but in your next match,
your opponent is Xiu Qin.
I know
But my physical strength is my only advantage
Let her clear her mind
We'll start the match
in 5 minutes
Why is Ruo Bai senpai like this?
How can he treat girls like this?
It's okay, Xiao Ying.
I actually need to thank him for jolting me away with the water
Or else
I really wouldn't be able to continue competing later
Sit down,
I'll continue to give you a massage
Change your foot!
Relax,
Is it comfy?
Hey, guys,
No matter how strong Bai Cao is,
there's no way she'd win
when her opponent is Xiu Qin senpai right?
The main point is that
Bai Cao doesn't even have any in match experience
That's right,
No matter what,
my sister's chance at winning is definitely greater
Why are you guys saying this?
Remember when Bai Cao defeated Kim Min Zhu?
No one thought that she'd win remember?
She still won!
Green, Red
As long as I win this round,
I can enter the dojo competitions!
Teacher,
I will definitely be able to see you!
Ready,
Bow,
Set,
Start!
Go Xiu Qin Senpai!
Go Bai Cao!
Go Both of you!
Go Sis!
This kind of amateur fighting style,
it can be affective against those who aren't really that great at Budō
But if she meets an expert,
then there's no way she'd win
Bai Cao looks like she's using a lot of strength,
but her moves all seem to have no effect.
Look at all the sweat on her forehead,
but Xiu Qin senpai's
not even a bit red,
but why?
Why won't Xiu Qin senpai attack yet?
There's no need for it.
I saw that the pot was broken,
so I came over to clean up the mess,
I'm sorry
I didn't mean to disturb you two.
Stop!
One...
Two...
Three...
Four...
With your skill?
You want to represent our dojo with that skill level?
You want to enter the competition?
Eight...
Can you continue?
Ready,
Start!
She might as well surrender,
it's already like this,
she might as well surrender,
Xiu Qin's waiting for Bai Cao's physical strength
to be all used up,
When Bai Cao's so tired that she can't even lift her legs,
Xiu Qin will
be able to KO her with one kick.
Hey, my sister's being a bit too mean,
You can do it!
Xiu Qin's getting ready to attack!
Bai Cao!
Sister!
Bai Cao!
Stop!
I told you already,
you're not worthy of being my opponent,
One...
Two...
Three..
Teacher promises you,
when you enter the
finals of the dojo competitions,
I will definetely go cheer for you.
Teacher,
I won't give up.
Even if I can't see properly,
I will still
do my best,
are you okay?
The match continues,
Sister!
One...Two...Three...
Four...Five...Six...
Seven... Eight...Nine...
...Ten
Winner, Qi Bai Cao!
Bai Cao!
I'll do it myself,
That Bai Cao Qi is so rude,
she actually dared to pull a sneak attack
how can she face our dojo master?
He even let her stay at our dojo,
I still can't believe that she dared to pull a sneak attack on our senpai!
And she stole the opportunity to enter the dojo competitions,
yeah man,
you can't tell because she's usually so diligent and nice,
always offering to help everyone,
I can't believe she's actually this kind of person.
I think,
she's not that bad?
She's probably just-
What do you mean "not"?
Look at how fake she usually is!
Acting like a white bunny, the moment
a crucial situation arises, she turns into the big bad wolf!
She'd do anything to win!
Our Xiu Qin senpai's so strong,
if it weren't for her sneak attack, there's no way she'd have won!
That's enough! Just shut up!
Yin Yin, you're being way too critical,
I didn't do anything wrong!
Bai Cao!
Where are you going?
I have to go wash everyone's uniforms!
Everyone's probably waiting for it.
But you got injured during this morning's match,
you should rest some more!
Chill, I'm fine.
I have to wash everyone's uniforms for them daily,
everyone's been training so hard lately,
their uniforms are all covered in sweat,
they have to be washed daily!
Or else everyone won't have anything to wear.
But Chu Yuan senpai specifically told me,
that you have to rest well!
Relax,
I'm not tired!
I have to go train later after washing the laundry
There's only two weeks
until the dojo competitions
I have to train as much as I can!
If I compete on behalf of the Song Bai dojo,
then I have to be the best!
But Bai Cao,
That Bai Cao Qi is so good at acting,
Give me your uniform, I'll wash it!
No need,
See?
Acting like a white rabbit again,
Let's go,
I can't believe you'd sneak attack,
yeah,
if she's representing us, there's no hope for our dojo
Little Bao Cao,
Are you ok?
are you still angry at them?
No,
Actually, ever since you kicked Kim Min Zhu,
and let our dojo stand proud and gloriously in front of the Chang Bai dojo,
everyone had begun to like and accept you,
they all just have a huge misunderstanding
they think that you launched a sneak attack on Xiu Qin senpai,
I didn't cheat,
I know!
Of course I'd believe you,
but in their minds,
you cheated, and you won't admit to it,
Because at that time,
Xiu Qin senpai's head was turned outwards,
and you just so happen to choose that moment to be glaring at her,
So,
you also think that I purposely snuck up on her?
No, no,
just let me explain,
if you were to only use your eyes to view the situation,
it would seem a bit like you cheated,
but I know that you wouldn't lie,
So if you say that you didn't, then I'll believe you!
But they...
I mean, they have a reason for doing this too!
Bai Cao,
they're all really good people.
Really,
it's just that they care so much about this competition, it's all just a misunderstanding
In time,
they'll come to know what kind of person you really are,
so don't be mad at them anymore, alright?
I got it,
I've got to go train.
As long as I can see teacher,
no matter what,
it doesn't matter.
Senpai,
you'll definitely be chosen.
Don't worry,
Yeah, don't worry, it'll be fine.
Yeah,
I think it's definitely you,
don't worry.
Normally, as long as you win the competition, the spot is yours.
Ok.
Look at that Bai Cao Qi, who does she think she is?
Don't worry senpai, it's yours for sure. You're the best.
That's right, you're the best!
Gather around,
Now
I'll announce the list of people who'll be representing our dojo
after yesterdays preliminary competition,
the male contestants are:
Yi Feng Hu,
Damn, it's time for the all nighters to begin again,
Ruo Bai,
and as for the girls,
Although yesterday's match
was won by Bai Cao,
after careful consideration of their overall abilities,
the final decision
is for Xiu Qin to represent us.
Awesome!
That's great sis!
Did you hear that?
It's you! It's you!
Sis, you're the best!
Senpai! Senpai!
Bai Cao,
Senpai! Senpai!
Why?
Next time, you don't have to trouble yourself so much,
I'm merely travelling to go see a patient,
It's fine, I'm not doing anything on the weekend anyways,
and my dad just bought me a new car,
you have to be my first passenger,
What's up Ting Yi?
Chu Yuan, this flower's so cute!
It looks a lot like the one I accidentally smashed the other day.
It's the same one.
Who's that?
Let's go,
Alright,
everyone get back to training.
Yes!
Why? Why?!
I was the winner yesterday, why won't you let me compete?
What do you think?
If you were going to choose her anyways before the match,
then why did you make us all have matches?
Didn't you already say,
who ever won would represent the dojo?
I clearly won,
weren't you the one who announced my win?
What are you yelling for?
Everyone who has eyes
saw that you can't compare
to our Xiu Qin senpai.
If it weren't for your sneak attack,
Our senpai wouldn't have lost!
You're not worthy of representing our dojo if you can only use underhanded methods
I didn't cheat!
You still dare to say you didn't cheat?
I said, I didn't cheat!
I didn't sneak up on Xiu Qin senpai!
At the time, I'd already run out of energy,
I could barely even see,
I had no clue that she was distracted.
I was just trying my best to continue, and you'd already shouted out to continue,
even if I had realized that she was distracted, I still would've continued!
A match is a match,
Being distracted was her mistake, not mine!
If you're removing my right to compete because of this,
then I'm not okay with this!
What right do you have to not be okay?
You're just a cheater!
Right?
Right
Yeah, yeah, what a cheater!
I already said that I didn't!
Xiu Qin senpai,
why haven't you said a single word?
Do you think that I cheated too?
I,
Isn't this that girl from last time?
Wow,
I didn't realize that she has such a fierce side,
They all said that you were distracted back then,
why were you distracted?
The match was clearly still going on, why were you distracted?
I,
Were you looking down on me?
Did you think that I was about to lose?
But Ruo Bai senpai had already yelled out for us to continue,
so no matter what,
you lost to me!
Shut up!
That's enough!
Your victory is indisputable,
but representing Song Bai in the dojo competition,
she's more suitable than you.
Why?
Because if you go,
you'll lose for sure.
Based on the matches I've seen,
your movements are simple.
If you rely only on strength, you'll lose completely.
But,
I'm just lacking some experience, I'll do my best!
I'll do my best!
This is my first time participating in a real competition,
There's still two weeks, I still have room to improve!
Although XIu Qin sepia's stronger than me now, I'll do my best!
Maybe, maybe at the competition in two weeks,
even if I fight like that, I can still win!
This opportunity,
is really very important to me.
Why?
Why can't you give me this opportunity?
Chu Yuan, why don't we go in?
I've already left this world, it's not my place.
Then I'll go try to talk to her.
You're really such a persevering girl,
Ting Yi Fang of the Xian Wu dojo!
Ting Yi senpai!
Bai Cao, I think you still don't understand why Ruo Bai chose to do this,
why don't you try battling me?
This way, maybe you can understand his reasoning.
Ruo Bai, although I'm not from this dojo, a friendly match is still okay right?
Treat it as giving this brave girl a chance to prove herself.
Are you willing?
That's so weird, why would she want to battle Bai Cao?
Battling Ting Yi senpai, she'll probably just be a human body bag.
I'll do it!
Ping Ping,
Here!
Take Ting Yi down to get ready!
Yes!
Ting Yi senpai, let's go!
You too.
Bai Cao,
Are you really going to battle her?
She's the best in all of An Yang,
no, she's one of the top competitors in the country!
Please don't fight her,
No,
I have to do it.
For the sake of seeing teacher,
I must prove myself.
You can do it.
This isn't right,
the difference in their capabilities is too much,
Even the normal Budō matches are drawn based on levels,
This is because they have to take the result into consideration
and for the sanity of the competitions,
If the gap is too big, the loser
could possibly receive a life threatening blow!
She chose it herself,
so she has to bear the consequences herself.
If she can't handle it,
then she might as well leave the Budō world now.
This is so mean,
you're not acting like a senpai at all, more like an arch-nemesis.
Ready,
Bow,
Set,
Go!
Let me show you
what real Budō is like.
I need to prove my capabilities.
Hows she so fast?
I can't tell how she's attacking at all.
Bai Cao!
Little grass is so pitiful.
She has a nose bleed!
This is a little too pathetic, isn't it?
You reap what you sow.
Sis,
Bai Cao!
Stop it!
Bai Cao!
Sorry,
I hurt you,
but if you were to attend the competition,
your opponent wouldn't be as sparing as I am,
so the reason why Ruo Bai wouldn't let you participate,
is all for your own good!
I didn't cheat,
it's not like I don't understand his meaning.
It's just,
I am not willing to give up,
Little grass,
I've shamed teacher.
He sacrificed so much for me,
in order to let me enter the Song Bai dojo,
I've been training very hard every day,
very, very hard.
All for the sake of being able to participate in the competitions.
But I didn't think that
Little grass,
teacher once said,
As long as you preserver and try hard,
one day,
I will become an awesome Budō specialist!
Teacher was lying to me,
in front of Xiu Qin senpai,
In front of Ting Yi senpai,
I can't even begin to compare to them.
I can't even discern how Ting Yi senpai is attacking me!
I'm so useless.
Very useless.
Chu Yuan senpai, this way.
Bai Cao, Bai Cao.
Chu Yuan senpai is here to see you.
Let him tend to your injuries!
What's wrong?
Bai Cao, you must be in pain,
you got hurt so many times today, if you don't treat it, you may get ill
What if you won't be able to training Budō anymore?
How will you face your teacher?
I'm fine
I'll okay soon
Bai Cao,
I'm fine, Chu Yuan senpai, you don't need to worry about me
Bai Cao Qi, can you not be so stubborn on this topic? Do you think you can stay in here forever?
Xiao Ying, let's stop bothering her, maybe she just wants to be alone.
But her injuries...
I was there, Ting Yi didn't hit any of her vitals on purpose.
Bai Cao,
I'll leave the medical ointment here,
When she's feeling better, help her apply the ointment.
If there's anything else, come find me at any time.
Okay,
Bai Cao, I'm leaving now
Take care of her, come find me if you need anything.
Okay Chu Yuan Senpai,
Training until so late every day in preparation for the competition is wearing even me out.
I haven't played games for so long, I've probably fallen so many levels.
You that Bai Cao Qi who really wants to enter? If only I could give her my spot.
She looked so pitiful being beaten up by Ting Yi today, I wonder how she's doing.
Ting Yi's habit of completely suffocating her opponent might've kicked Bai Cao's self-confidence out the door competely
Ruo Bai,
let's go visit her.
Take care of yourself first
Um,
Chu Yuan senpai,
what are you doing here?
I have to talk to Ruo Bai.
You guys talk, I'll go in first.
Ruo Bai
I remember you said that you're leaving the world of Budō.
And that you'd never enter the dojo and the competition centre again.
But today, you entered the dojo, and stepped onto the mat.
Do you regret it?
Ever since you left the world of Budō,
we've stopped having anything to talk about.
I want to talk to you about Bai Cao.
I can tell that she's got a lot of potential that is worth honing,
except today, she kept on getting targeted today, so her form wasn't that great,
I'm a little worried about her
You're her eldest senpai, maybe you can help her out of this,
Eldest senpai?
That year,
someone was my senpai too, my role model.
But he suddenly decided to leave,
he didn't care about wasting his own potential,
he didn't care about the expectations of everyone else
Why didn't he ask how his decision would affect the rest of us?
Ruo Bai,
Starting from that point, his mother started staying out of the country for long periods of time.
Song Bai dojo fell from its high standing,
and yet, he didn't even try to explain anything!
Who can help us walk out of that?
I did it because-
Sorry,
Leave,
Since you've left the world of Budō, you don't need to worry about any of this
I hope that from now on, you'll stay far away from our dojo,
far away from our disciples.
You've shouldered too many burdens for me.
Now that I think about, I'm the one who should apologize to you.
Xiao Ying, Xiao Ying.
The training is about to start. How come Bai Cao still isn't here?
I don't know, when I woke up this morning, she was already gone. And she won't pick up my calls.
No way,
Senpai is here.
At ease,
Hello senpai,
Where's Bai Cao Qi?
Ruo Bai senpai, Bai Cao's sick.
So you're familiar with her now?
Ruo Bai Senpai, Bai Cao has suffered some grave injuries, so I told her to stay home and rest.
If she can't even endure through those small injuries, then she shouldn't even compete in the future.
One on one training, begin!
Bai Cao, where'd you go?
Quan Sheng dojo.
Teacher, I miss you.
Where did she go?
Ruo Bai senpai.
Just because you failed once, you're going to give up?
You won't even come to training?
Bai Cao Qi, do you think you can still qualify as a Budō disciple like this?
You always talk about trying to see your teacher,
that you have to enter the competition. You've only failed once,a and yet you can't handle it?
Sorry teacher,
I couldn't enter the competitions
Right, you're sorry to your teacher,
not because you can't enter the competition,
but because you've been defeated by one loss.
I believe that Master Qu wants to see a Bai Cao that keeps on getting better and has the potential to beat everyone else
And not this Bai Cao in front of me, who's about to give up because she couldn't enter the competition.
I'm not going to give up!
I'm just- just-
just realizing that I don't have any innate ability or potential.
Yesterday, Ting Yi senpai could see through all of my intentions,
and yet, even until the end, I couldn't even figure out where she was standing
It's just like you said,
just relying on strength
That's right, I did say that.
That relying on strength alone won't help you win.
But you can't win without strength either.
To a Budō disciple, the physical strength is the most basic of qualities.
What does it mean to Defeat someone and win?
Defeat (KO) means to kick the opponent so that he/she won't be able to stand back up within 10 seconds
this way, no matter what the scoring was before, the KO'ed person will lose the match.
Then why was there a KO in this match?
Budō isn't supposed to be used just for competing, originally, it was the best form of self-defence.
But through the years, it became that as long as you hit certain body parts, you could receive points. So people stopped caring about strength
If it continues like this, Budō will become like an embellished performance, so this is why the KO appeared.
This rule is to tell all the competitions that only those with the strength to beat down their opponents can really win.
So, although teacher couldn't teach me Budō before, he kept on insisting that I keep on on the basic training.
Strength is your strongest suit,
it's all because of your teacher, that you can have this kind of strength.
Just because of one loss, you're willing to give this all up?
This about it very carefully. How can you face your teacher?
Can you face yourself?
If you're like this, you may as well leave Song Bai as soon as possible.
Xiao Ying, Bai Cao won't not come again right?
I don't know, today's Sunday, so there wasn't any school, I haven't seen her the whole day.
I don't even know where she'd go
She was so agitated and upset yesterday, you don't think that she'd...
Shut up! Don't say such pessimistic things.
Aiya, she was just beaten by Ting Yi senpai, it wasn't even a big deal..
No matter who competes against Ting Yi senpai from our dojo, no one would win.
It's all because of you guys, all because you guys kept insisting that she cheated.
I've already said that she isn't the type to lie.
And she's normally so nice to you guys, helping you with all your chores, and yet you still didn't believe her.
We didn't ask her to do it. Besides, it's not like we don't like her.
Its just that we care too much about that competition. If she were to represent us, then we'd lose for sure!
That's right
Aiya I don't even want to talk to you guys about it.
Bai Cao, hurry back please,
if you don't come back, Ruo Bai senpai will get angry.
Ruo Bai senpai!
It's only your three?
Bai Cao's still feeling uncomfortable, she just ate medicine and went to sleep.
Sorry, I'm late!
Bai Cao, you're here!
I was worried that you had run away on your own again.
I mean, the medicine was very effective, you're so much better already!
That's enough, start training.
One
Two
Three
FOur
Five
Thanks for helping out
Grandpa Chen, I'll take pictures of all these books and upload them onto the internet
there's a lot of people who want to buy old books, but can't find them
I'm sure that soon enough, there'll be a lot of people rushing to buy your books.
Bai Cao, thank you so much! Before, your teacher helped me out so much, and now you're helping me out so much.
If it weren't for you two, my bookstore would've closed down long ago.
It's nothing
Don't say that grandpa Chen, this is barely any work.
Okay, Okay, thank you. Sit! Sit!
Bai Cao, do you like it?
This book is too old, I was planning on throwing it out.
If you like it, then take it.
Really?
Take it.
Thank you Grandpa Chen!
You're welcome.
Hey you lazy biggie, time to get up!
I've already prepared your breakfast, I've fried two eggs for you and left them on the kitchen table.
What?what?
Of course I made it, I'm your brother. Who else would know your temper and likes as well as I do?
What?
Reporters want to interview me? Forget it. I'm sure that there isn't anyone in An Yang who doesn't know me.
Hello,
What? Training?
I, Ting Hao Fang, don't need to do any training.
Ok, I'm going to hang up now. I'm not interested in accepting any interviews at this time.
Bye.
What is this?
Th-Thank you
You study Budō too?
Which dojo are you from?
Why should I tell you?
I've already said thank you,
return my book to me.
Give it back? ok.
You really don't know who I am?
Who are you?
It's okay if you don't know me.
But you have to tell me where your dojo is.
Then, I'll return your book.
Impressive,
you do study Budō after all.
So do you really not know
who I am?
Why should I recognize you just because I practice Budō?
Are you famous?
Of course
Of Course I'm not!
But I like Budō a lot too!
Since you're so good at it,
why don't you
come teach me?
Why should I teach you?
You,
why are you so close to me?
It's not like we're familiar with each other,
Are you embarrassed?
I was just joking with you.
Since I saved you today,
shouldn't you at least give me your number?
I'll give you a great favour.
You can write it on my hand.
Yo gorgeous,
teach me Budō the next time we meet!
Go register?
Mister Fang, you're here to see your mom again?
Wow, the god Ting Hao Fang! He's so handsome! And he values relationships a lot.
So handsome!
I want that commanding god to fall in love with me!
How did you sleep last night, you little beauty?
You look well today.
The doctors say that you're doing better, you're so strong.
Big Brother!
You little liar, I thought you said you just woke up. What are you doing here?
Aren't you the same? You said that you were hanging out with friends, and yet you're here.
You came home so late yesterday, I wanted you to sleep a bit more.
Did you eat the eggs? How were they?
Of course they were delicious! The eggs that my favourite, caring brother made for me are the #1 eggs in the world!
You just know how to compliment people.
Hold this for me, I'm going to get a vase.
I'm here with Ting Yi to visit you.
And we bought your favourite flowers.
Do you like them?
I remember, when we were young, you used to buy bouquets of these and place them in the house.
You used to say that when we got home and saw and smelled them,
we'd forget all of our unhappy thoughts.
But you're no longer at home
and no one buys flowers anymore.
Oh right, mom. This is
the gold medal that Ting Yi and I got from Korea.
Mom, see?
There are so many medals that I can't hang anymore. There's barely anyone who can defeat me in this art anymore.
I'm the best in the world.
All thanks to your wonderful genes of course.
But dad doesn't want me to train in Budō anymore.
He wants me to inherit the company.
But before that,
I have a more important match.