If there was anyone who unconditionally believed that Yushan Kazuto could win, it was only Charlotte.
Most people are not optimistic about the prospect of Yushan Kazuto's victory. After all, playing football is too physically demanding, and when a person's physical energy is greatly consumed, any thinking will become a luxury, and shogi happens to require a lot of thinking.
Chapter 1309: Four Palace Azure Dragons and Four Emperors
"Boring." Long Zhutao leaned back in her seat.
"Why hasn't the game started yet? We've already been in the arena for a long time."
"The show starts at ten o'clock, and it's only nine forty-five now." Shinomiya Kaguya said slowly.
"Fifteen more minutes." Long Zhutao let out a long sigh. She felt like she had been sitting in the stadium for several hours.
If it wasn't for watching Yushan play football, she would rather go to the kendo hall to spar with others than come to the Tokyo Stadium.
"Secretary Longzhu, are you bored?" Fujiwara Chika turned around.
"Isn't this obvious?" Long Zhutao couldn't help but say.
"Why not play an exciting board game while you're waiting?"
Fujiwara Chika took out a board game from somewhere, and looking at the style of the game, you can tell that it was designed by Fujiwara Chika herself.
Long Zhutao has been in the student union for some time. After the senior student union members retired, Long Zhutao officially took on the job of discipline officer.
However, since Shuchiin has a discipline committee, this job actually does not have much practical significance and can only be regarded as a side move by the previous student council president.
It is precisely because of the existence of the Discipline Committee that the Student Union had to change the name of the Discipline Committee member to the Discipline Secretary, which is actually a sinecure.
But this is exactly what Long Zhutao wants. If it really is a job with real power, she would probably have to think about how to slack off!
Precisely because it was a sinecure, Long Zhutao spent a lot of time in the student union and naturally knew a lot of things.
For example, Fujiwara Chika's board game has a trouble index of five stars and a fun index of minus one hundred stars. When seeing Fujiwara Chika take out the board game, Longzhu Tao had the urge to flip over the seat and escape from the stadium.
"Well... forget it, I suddenly don't feel bored anymore." Long Zhutao couldn't help but say.
She was well aware of how difficult Fujiwara Chika was to deal with. If she continued with her usual attitude, Fujiwara Chika would probably force her to play with her.
Sitting in the stadium now is just boring, but if I am really caught by Fujiwara Chika and forced to play board games with her, it will be torture.
"By the way, Kaguya, your family seems to have sponsored the national competition, right?" Longzhu Tao turned her head and looked at Shinomiya Kaguya, as if trying to change the subject.
"The Shinomiya and Shijo families sponsored it."
Shinomiya Kaguya cut ties with the Shinomiya family quite thoroughly. Although she did not change her surname, she no longer considered herself a member of the Shinomiya family.
Looking up, Kaguya Shinomiya looked towards the VIP lounge. Although there was a glass window in the VIP lounge, Kaguya Shinomiya still recognized the identities of the people sitting inside.
It was her former second brother - Sigong Qinglong.
Normally, events like national competitions are attended by Sigong Huangguang.
But after the last incident, Sigong Huangguang was hit hard, and these things temporarily fell on Sigong Qinglong's head.
As for how long Sigong Qinglong can occupy this position, it depends on his ability.
Long Zhutao also looked towards the VIP lounge and saw a familiar face.
Of course, Longzhu Tao did not know Shigong Qinglong, what she saw was another figure - Shijo Zhenfei.
Shijo Shinki and Shijo Tei sat together and also appeared in the VIP room.
Although the two of them were sitting far away from the Four Palaces Azure Dragon, they were indeed in the same room.
Logically speaking, the Shinomiya family and the Shijo family are already incompatible, but now, Shinomiya Qinglong, Shijo Zhenfei and Shijo Tei appeared in the VIP lounge together.
If few people had discovered this matter, it might have caused a lot of speculation.
Shinomiya Kaguya naturally also noticed Shijo Shinki and Shijo Tei, but now she has no connection with the Shinomiya family, so she doesn't care about the relationship between the Shinomiya family and the Shijo family.
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In the VIP lounge.
"Why do those two commentators always bring up the topic of shogi, intentionally or unintentionally?"
Being in the same room with Sigong Qinglong couldn't help but make Sijo Zhenfei a little anxious, and her tone seemed a little dissatisfied.
"Don't you know?" Before the Four Emperors could speak, Sigong Qinglong spoke with a smile.
"Today's Dragon King Tournament will be held in the stadium, and will begin at the same time as the national tournament finals. Didn't you receive the news?"
The four concubines looked at the four palace blue dragons cautiously and shook their heads.
"Oh, that may be because you are too young and have not participated in family affairs." Sigong Qinglong turned his head and smiled meaningfully, and his smile made Shijo Zhenfei feel a little scalp tingling.
"Logically speaking, Nomura Securities, which is controlled by your Shijo family, is the sponsor of both the National Tournament and the Dragon King Tournament, so you should know about this."
The four emperors looked at the four palace blue dragons and couldn't help but ask: "The Dragon King Tournament and the national competition finals are being held at the same time? What's the reason?"
"It seems that he is a qualified challenger for the Dragon King title. He is also a key player in the national competition. The time for the Dragon King competition has already been determined."
"In order to take both sides into account and ensure the interests of the sponsors, we have no choice but to open the two simultaneously."
Shijo Shinki's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but say, "Hayama Kazuto!"
"Someone from the Yushan family?" Sigong Qinglong glanced at the four concubines.
"I didn't expect that your Shijo family could have a connection with the Yushan family?"
“We have no relationship with the Yushan family.
"I just know Yushan and others." The Four Palace Emperor hurriedly protected the four concubines behind him. The look in the eyes of the Four Palace Qinglong just now made even him tremble.
"Is that so?" Sigong Qinglong couldn't help but smile.
"Speaking of which, I have to thank Yushan Kazuto. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be the one sitting here today."
The Four Emperors frowned. He knew that in the past, it was Sigong Huangguang who was in charge of such matters.
"He's from the Yushan family. Since he's from their family, it's not surprising that he can do this."
Generally speaking, human energy is limited. If one focuses deeply on one field, it is difficult to expand into another unrelated field.
Shogi and football are completely unrelated. Most people who want to master both of them will end up being poor at neither.
But the other party is Yushan Kazuto, and the name alone is convincing enough.
"Your Shijo family has been doing pretty well recently." Shigong Qinglong said meaningfully.
"I made a little money from international business." Shijodi said with a smile.
"It's better not to let me find out what your relationship is with the Yushan family." Sigong Qinglong sneered and suddenly said with gritted teeth.
The four emperors stared at the four palace blue dragons, but their momentum was not inferior to that of the other party: "I said, we have nothing to do with Yushan and others."
Chapter 1310 After All, He Is Yushan Kazuto
What Shijo Emperor said was true. To be fair, the Shijo family did want to compete with the Hayama family's supercars in the international market, but the Hayama family has always ignored the Shijo family.
The Shijo family did not dare to show excessive goodwill to the Hayama family. After all, the Shijo family was not like the Hayama family, which had transferred almost all of its assets overseas.
Although the Shijo family has made a lot of profits overseas, it is ultimately a traditional Japanese family that is rooted in Japan.
Since the Shijo family wanted to develop in Japan, they naturally did not dare to get too close to the Hayama family.
Although many of the Yuyama family's Japanese allies have developed very well, this does not mean that other families will have the courage to take risks.
Especially for giants like the Shijo family and the Shinomiya family, the Japanese market is their base. If they make friends with the Hayama family, it means that they will lose their political home advantage in the Japanese market.
The Shijo family naturally did not dare to take any risks. It was fine to occasionally cooperate with the Yuyama family's enterprises, but if they really stood on the side of the Yuyama family, they would probably face encirclement and suppression.
When the Yuyama family withdrew from the Japanese market, it was quite drastic, causing all the major families to scramble frantically for the cake left by the Yuyama family, but they did not notice that the Yuyama family's allies were absorbing the nutrients of the Yuyama family to grow.
By the time they reacted, some of the families had already grown into behemoths that were much bigger than the Shinomiya family, and it was difficult to target them.
If these families join forces to target Japan, the economy and politics of Japan as a whole will probably be in turmoil, and the Congress and the bigwigs behind them will have no choice but to accept it.
Now, if there is a family that wants to side with the Yushan family, I believe that Congress and other families will not be reluctant to pay the cost of killing the chicken to scare the monkey.
"Football, shogi, this Hayama is good at a wide range of things. I remember that Hayama Yayoi seemed to only play music."
Sigong Qinglong recalled.
Looking back, when Shinomiya Qinglong was growing up, he actually grew up listening to the legend of Hayama Yayoi. He saw the incompetence of Shinomiya Huangguang in front of Hayama Yayoi, and also saw the ability of the Hayama family to call the wind and rain.
At that time, he thought that if he was the one who replaced Sigong Huangguang, he would definitely be able to do better.
But now he no longer has such thoughts. Over the years, Sigong Huangguang has been in control of the Sigong family, which has also made Sigong Qinglong realize the gap between himself and Sigong Huangguang.
Sigong Qinglong had to admit that whether in terms of means, wisdom, or even connections, Sigong Huangguang was far superior to him.
He had to join forces with his younger brother Sigong Yunying to barely resist Sigong Huangguang.
Even such a person as Shigong Huangguang was beaten all over by Yushan Yayoi. He could imagine how powerful Yushan Yayoi was at that time.
Yearning, this is a feeling that shouldn't exist. After all, the relationship between the Shinomiya family and the Yuyama family is really bad.
However, Shigong Qinglong actually had a faint admiration for Hayama Yayoi, and he wanted to become as powerful as Hayama Yayoi!
And now, the legendary color of Hayama Yayoi has not faded yet, and his son has stood up again.
However, at the young age of sixteen, he forced the Shinomiya family to retreat and even had to cut off one of his own wrists.
Sigong Huangguang, who originally had plans in mind, was temporarily placed under house arrest at this time, and Sigong Qinglong took this opportunity to ascend to power.
As for the two people from the Yushan family, Sigong Qinglong felt a little admiration and the other felt a little grateful.
I have to say, things in the world are so wonderful.
Hearing what Sigong Qinglong said, the Four Emperors couldn't help but blink. The tone of Sigong Qinglong's voice just now was not teasing, but a hint of approval.
A person from the Shinomiya family actually agrees with the people from the Yuyama family. I guess no one would believe it if I told others about it.
However, just as Shinomiya Qinglong has some admiration for Yushan Yayoi, Shijo Tei's emotions towards Yushan Heren are somewhat similar, or even more complicated.
Ever since he learned of the existence of Yushan Kazuto, Shijo Tei has been wrestling with Yushan Kazuto openly and secretly.
But no matter where he was, in study, ability, or even football, he was convinced of his defeat.
The full score for the national mock exam was 900, and he only got 822 points. This result really made Shijo Di feel desperate.
The 822 points were already the limit for the four emperors, while Yushan Heren's 900 points were the limit of the test paper.
Any point is a huge gap, and there are seventy-eight huge gaps between Shijo Tei and Yushan Heren.
He originally wanted to find another way to defeat Yushan Kazuto, but he didn't expect that the other party was not only good at studying, but also an expert in the football that Shijo Tei had played since he was a child.
Shijo Tei led Longying High School into the top eight of the national competition, which is already a very good result. If the draw is better, they might even be able to enter the top four.
However, Kazuto Hayama led Toyosaki to the finals.
In addition, don’t forget that this is based on the fact that the strength of the teammates of the two is very different.
Among the other players of Toyonozaki, to put it bluntly, the only one who could catch the eye of Shijo Tei was Toyonozaki No. 11.
Even he could only be half noticed by Si Tiao Di, and could not be compared with Si Tiao Di's teammates who had grown up with him in Longying High School.
And just like that, Yushan Kazuto made it to the finals of the national competition.
He single-handedly scored more than 85% of Toyonosaki's goals. Before the final even started, Kazuto Hayama had already secured the title of top scorer in the national tournament.
What is the biggest difference between Ryuyo High School and Fengnosaki? Isn’t it the main commander?
Shijodi is not bragging. His personal ability is definitely among the best in this national competition. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is at the professional level.
But Yushan is different from others, Yushan is a superstar!
That’s right, although Kazuto Yuyama has only played in one national competition, Shijo Tei already feels that Kazuto Yuyama has the strength of a superstar.
It was as if he had only taken one national mock exam, and Shijo Tei felt that with Yushan Kazuto's talent, he was already qualified to study abroad at Harvard University.
He seemed to believe that Yushan Kazuto could do anything.
This is also a kind of affirmation and yearning.
"After all, he is Yushan Kazuto." Shijo Shinki said slowly.
She didn't think too much like Shijo Tei, the name Yushan Kazuto already said it all.
Several people were already familiar with this name. Yes, there was no need to think too much. He was Yushan Heren, which was enough to explain everything.
Haven’t we heard enough about the legend of Yushan and Kazuto in the past?
