Shirasaki Hana had seen Daiji Yamate's name in a book introducing professional chess players. Although it said that Daiji Yamate lived in Nanao City, she didn't know that he actually lived on Noto Island.
"Xiaohua, so you knew that too?" Hinazuru Ai said excitedly.
The two looked at Hayama Kazuto, who felt a little embarrassed. How come these two little girls knew the name of Yamate Daiji, but he had never heard of it?
Chapter 640: Umaru-chan
The time spent on fun always passed quickly. After wandering on the seawall for a while, it was already half past eleven.
In fact, it’s not too late at this time. The island is not too far from Hinazuru Hotel, so there is still enough time to go back for dinner.
However, after going out for fun, who would return to the hotel to eat?
Under the guidance of Hinazuru Ai, the three came to an inconspicuous little shop whose decoration had a strong shogi style.
"This is the restaurant opened by Grandpa Yamate. It's a secret base that only people nearby know about!"
The restaurant was rather deserted. It was winter after all. Even Wakura didn't have many customers, let alone Noto Island, which was developed based on Wakura's holiday resources.
There are very few residents on the island, so the income from the store opened by Daiji Yamate is naturally not high, but he is happy to have a leisurely life.
"Grandpa Yamate, look who I brought here." Hinazuru Ai shouted as soon as she entered the door.
Daiji Yamate, who was originally reading a newspaper, raised his head and looked at Hinazuru Ai... and Hayama Kazuto behind him!
Although he has left the shogi world and his shogi skills are almost not as good as Hinazuru Ai, Yamate Daiji's interest in shogi has not diminished at all. Of course, he recognized Hayama Kazuto.
This guy who turned the entire shogi world upside down with his debut!
"May I ask if this is the Demon Lord in person?" Yamate Daiji lowered his voice.
Yushan Kazuto blinked. Why did this old man seem a bit like a chuunibyou? He didn't want to pay attention to Yamate Daiji and said directly.
"Let's take a look at the menu first."
[He is calm and composed, and fearless in the face of danger. He truly has the bearing of a great emperor! ]
Without saying anything else, Yamate Daiji took out the menu. The cover of the menu was actually a shogi board, which really had a strong shogi style.
Kazuto Hayama remembered that even the restaurants near the Tokyo Shogi Hall did not have such a strong Shogi style.
"Xiao Ai, please recommend a few." Yushan Heren said.
"Then I recommend grilled saury, Taisho tempura and scallops." Hinazuru Ai took a casual look and recommended three dishes.
Yushan Kazuto blinked and said, these are not seasonal foods.
But after thinking about it, Yushan Heren felt relieved. After all... there wasn't much seasonal food in winter.
Sitting at the seat, the time was already 11:45. Yushan Kazuto took out his cell phone and called Izumi Sagiri to inform her that someone would deliver the food in five minutes.
Izumi Sagiri's answer was very perfunctory. She just said a few brief words, and the sound of random keyboard typing could be heard from the other side of the phone.
You have to know that Sagiri Izumi's laptop has a chocolate keyboard, which is basically silent, but it still makes such a loud noise. You can imagine how much force Sagiri Izumi used when pressing the keys.
However, Yushan Kazuto did not care too much about this and hung up the phone after Izumi Sagiri replied.
After finishing the call, Yushan Kazuto was about to put away his phone, but a message came at an inopportune time.
"What a beautiful sunrise, did you take this photo, scumbag senior?"
From the address, it can be seen that this was sent by Umi Doma. Yuyama Kazuto slightly avoided Shirosaki Hana and replied: "It wasn't taken by me, was it you who took it?"
"But why is the sunrise so fast? And the clouds in the sky are moving so fast." Domama Mei was a little confused.
"Time-lapse photography, don't you understand? Umaru-chan, are you still asleep?" asked Yushan Kazuto.
Usually, Tsuchiya Mai is quite smart, but now she seems like a bit of a fool, almost as stupid as Touma Sanae.
"No, Komekko has woken up a long time ago." Domama Mai hurriedly explained.
"I woke up a long time ago, why is the message still unread?" asked Yushan Heren.
In fact, Yushan Kazuto was quite aware of Doma Mai's habit of sleeping late, but he did not expect that Doma Mai could actually sleep until noon the next day.
"Umaru-chan didn't look at her phone!" Umaru-chan's reason seemed a little weak.
"Get up quickly, don't let Xiaoxue starve." Yushan Heren said.
"Oh no, I almost forgot." Domama Mai quickly put down her phone and was about to stand up, but when she was halfway up, she suddenly realized that she seemed to have exposed something.
"What I mean is that after I got up in the morning, I forgot to add cat food to Xiaoxue." Tsuchima picked up the phone again and explained hypocritically.
"So stop playing with your phone, get up quickly and feed Xiaoxue, then go out for lunch." Yushan Heren said.
"I told you, Koumeiro has already gotten up!" Domama Mei replied somewhat unhappily.
Although what Yushan Heren said was correct and she was still sitting on the bed, she had clearly told him that she was up, so why didn't she pretend to be deceived and comfort herself?
"Okay, okay, you're up, you're up, Komari is really a good child who goes to bed early and gets up early!"
Seeing Yushan Kazuto's teasing, Doma couldn't help but fall on the bed and rolled over several times before venting her emotions.
"Humph, scumbag senior!"
After sending this message, Tsuchiya sat up again, walked out of the room, and added some cat food for Xiaoxue.
It's winter now, and Xiaoxue doesn't like canned cat food, so she just eats cat food directly.
After adding the cat food, Tsuchima went into the bathroom, cursing in her heart as she washed herself.
[Scumbag senior, you only know how to bully Komari, Komari will always take revenge on you in the future! ]
On the other hand, Shirasaki Hana and Hinazuru Aitsumata
came over and stared at Yushan and others.
"Brother Kazuto, who are you talking to?" Shirosaki Hana asked with a bad look on her face.
"Can you tell Xiao Ai who the person on the other side is? Xiao Ai didn't even see him when she stood up!" Hinazuru Ai's expression always makes people feel extremely dangerous.
Yushan Kazuto quickly put away his phone: "I just talked to Komari and told her not to forget to feed Xiaoxue cat food."
"What? It's about Mai Sister. If it's about Mai Sister, then why are you hiding from us, Brother He Ren?" Shirosaki Hana said dissatisfiedly.
Yushan Kazuto grinned: "Because Koumei just got up, I didn't want to tell you that Koumei has a habit of sleeping in... But since you asked, I will reveal a little to you."
I would rather die than have my friend die. Anyway, the news was sent by Dojian Mei, so Yushanheren simply took the blame for her embarrassing incident.
If Hinazuru Ai and Shirosaki Hana saw Doma Yui calling her senior a scumbag, things would be really serious!
"Hey, Doma-sister, do you like to sleep in?" Hinazuru Ai asked with some surprise.
There was also some shock in Shirasakika's eyes. Although she knew that Doma Yui always got up late during holidays, it was already twelve o'clock now!
It's twelve o'clock, and it's time for lunch. Getting up at this time can no longer be called laziness, but rather being an expert in saving food!
After all, breakfast is saved!
Chapter 641: Ten billion yen!
Although Kazuto Yuyama thought that Daiji Yamate was a strange guy, he had to admit that his cooking skills were pretty good.
Compared to the chef at Hinazuru Ryokan, he may be a little inferior, but he has a very unique personal style.
He lost his personal style in shogi, but after retiring, he found it back in cooking.
Just based on his cooking skills, he is qualified to open a famous restaurant in the urban area.
However, Daiji Yamate is obviously unwilling to leave his hometown. After many years of working outside without making much of a name for himself, he now just wants to spend his old age in a relaxed and comfortable life in his hometown.
Although the old horse is old, it may have forgotten the direction it once ran, but after seeing the person on the other side of the world that it longs for, its former passion and ambition begin to burn again.
After lunch, a shogi set was placed on the table next to Hayama Kazuto, and Yamate Daiji sat beside the chessboard, as if waiting for his opponent.
"Boss Yamate, you have to pay the bill," Hayama Kazuto reminded.
"Play chess with me, and regardless of the outcome, lunch today will be free." Yamate Daiji said slowly.
Yushan Kazuto blinked: "No, I can afford it."
He didn't want to play chess with Yamate Daiji. He looked like a weird old man with poor calculation ability. He might also be the kind of player who would wait until the last second to make a move.
To put it nicely, it is perseverance; to put it bluntly, it is persistence.
Yamate Daiji was also choked by Yushan Kazuto. He had clearly said that regardless of the win or loss, it would be considered free supply, so why did this rising star in the shogi world still have to pay? He didn't mean to look down on him at all!
Could it be that this rising star in the shogi world is a fool?
Daiji Yamate was somewhat skeptical.
"Then you pay, 10 billion yen!" said Daiji Yamate.
Yushan Kazuto couldn't help but blink his eyes. Yamate Daiji seemed to think he was a fool.
"Grandpa Yamate, you are not allowed to bully brother Kazuto!" Before Hayama Kazuto could say anything, Hinazuru Ai had already stood up.
Daiji Yamate did not dare to speak loudly about Hinazuru's love for the little girl. After all, his small restaurant was able to survive to this day thanks to the Hinazuru Hotel.
Although his cooking skills have improved now, Daiji Yamate is not the kind of person who would burn bridges after crossing them.
Besides, Daiji Yamate has always loved Hinazuru very much and treated her like his own granddaughter. Now that Hinazuru has spoken, Daiji Yamate feels a little embarrassed.
"Xiao Ai, Grandpa Yamate just wants to play a game of chess with the Sky-Descending Demon Lord." Yamate Daiji couldn't help but say.
"Grandpa Yamate, you can't even beat me, and you're still playing against brother Kazuto." Hinazuru Ai couldn't help but curl her lips.
When talking about this, Yamate Daiji blushed a little. Although he had not been in the shogi world for many years and it was normal for his shogi level to decline, but now he couldn't even beat a little girl, which was really embarrassing.
"After all, I was a former professional too, so I'll just treat it as a little exchange of ideas with the younger generation, right?" Daiji Yamate said angrily.
"Brother Kazuto, Grandpa Yamate really wants to play chess with you, so why don't you play a game with him?" Hinazuru Ai said.
"That's right, Kazuto-nii, why don't you play chess? I also want to watch you play chess." Shirosaki Hana also spoke.
Yushan and others blinked and sat down on the chessboard: "Can I just resign and admit defeat at the beginning of the game?"
"Of course not!" Yamate Daiji said hurriedly. He didn't expect that Yushan Kazuto could come up with such a vicious method.
"Then let's make a deal in advance. I will only play fast chess, one move every thirty seconds." Yushan Heren said.
In fact, he would rather make one move every fifteen seconds, but considering that the opponent is a little old man, if he goes too fast, he might hurt his waist.
Although shogi is played while sitting, it still requires twisting the body.
Twisting the body requires some particularity. It cannot be too intense, the amplitude cannot be too large, and the emotions cannot be too excited. Otherwise, it is normal to sprain your waist while playing chess.
Of course, this is also one of the excuses for many shogi players to return home late.
"Why did you sprain your back?"
"I hurt my back playing chess!"
Very classic dialogue.
"Quick chess? I see."
There were several reasons why Yamate Daiji was originally called the Seven-tailed Fox.
First of all, he was born in Nanao City.
Secondly, his shogi playing is very agile.
The third is that he is very good at playing fast chess!
He has a strong intuition and can often make good moves based on his intuition without having to think.
This is one of the reasons why his chess style is so agile.
However, after several failed attempts to become a professional player, he began to doubt himself and began to study the tactics of shogi wholeheartedly.
Although he became a professional player later, he could no longer play chess as well as he did before.
Now that Yushan Kazuto wants to play shogi with him, it has aroused his enthusiasm. He wants to know whether his choice is right or not!
"Xiao Ai, please help me keep time." Yushan Kazuto looked at Hinazuru Ai.
Hinazuru Ai nodded, took out her cell phone and turned on the timer.
……
Hayama Kazuto and Yamate Daiji were playing chess and it felt a little strange.
Yamate Daiji's move style is very strange and seems a bit stiff. He often hovers over the piece before choosing another one.
