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Nine forty.
In the preparation room, Yushan Kazuto and Sora Ginko sat facing each other.
"I say, Yin Zi, there's no need to monitor me like this, right?" Yu Shanheren said angrily.
Before half past nine, Yushan and others were called out by Kong Yinzi and had been waiting in the preparation room.
Kong Yinzi couldn't help but look at Yushan Heren. Why did she call Yushan Heren over? Doesn't Yushan Heren have any self-awareness?
If it weren't for the fact that Kazuto Yuyama almost missed the start time of the Dragon King Battle in Tokyo last week, Sora Ginko wouldn't have called Kazuto Yuyama to the preparation room after completing the preparations.
Yushan Heren blinked slightly, he knew what Kong Yinzi was thinking.
But I almost missed the battle with the Dragon King last week, and it wasn't my fault. It was mainly because Doma Mai didn't wake me up in time.
Although he couldn't say that he had no responsibility at all, Yushan Heren still felt a little wronged.
Yushan Heren had to support his head with one hand, leaning on the table, staring at Kong Yinzi.
Feeling the gaze of Yushan Heren, Kong Yinzi suddenly felt a little uncomfortable and blinked slightly.
"Snapped"!
A folding fan hit Yushan Heren.
"Why are you hitting me?" Yushan Heren couldn't help but ask.
Although it didn't hurt, Yushan Kazuto felt a little aggrieved that he was always beaten by Kong Ginko.
"What are you looking at?" Kong Yinzi said unhappily, her cheeks slightly flushed.
"I was thinking, it seems like we haven't sat down and talked properly together for a long time." Yushan Heren blinked and couldn't help but speak.
Since the spring break, Yushan Kazuto and Sora Ginko seemed to have become two parallel lines.
Before the spring break, after the weekly chess games at the chess academy, Sora Ginko would bring Hinazuru Ai and Yashagami Ten'i to Yushan to play chess with others.
However, since the spring break, the two have been busy and even the weekly game has been cancelled.
The redness on Kong Yinzi's face became more obvious, and she stood up quickly: "Okay, it's almost time, you should go to the Mysterious Room."
"Huh?" Yushan Kazuto couldn't help but blink and looked at his watch.
It was indeed time to enter at nine forty-five.
"If the game ends early today, remember to put off the review work." Yushan Kazuto stood up and said with a smile.
"Let's talk about it after it's over." Kong Yinzi couldn't help but glance at Yushan Heren and said.
Yushan Heren blinked, he was not surprised by Kong Yinzi's response.
Seeing Yushan and others about to walk out of the preparation room, Kong Yinzi suddenly remembered that she seemed to have forgotten to say something.
“Remember, you have to win.”
Yushan Heren turned around and looked at Kong Yinzi who was grabbing the corner of his clothes. He couldn't help but smile: "Do I need to say this?"
Kong Yinzi couldn't help but look at Yushan Heren. Although with Yushan Heren's chess skills, the possibility of failure is indeed small.
However, Kong Ginzi still hopes that Yushan Heren will not be arrogant at all. Kuzuryu Yaichi's talent is the most powerful one Kong Ginzi has ever seen except for Yushan Heren.
"Don't worry." Looking at Kong Yinzi's worried eyes, Yushan Heren couldn't help but smile.
"I'll give you this fan first." Kong Yinzi handed the folding fan she carried with her to Yushan Heren.
Yushan Kazuto couldn't help but blink. Was he giving the folding fan to himself to use as a mascot?
With a gentle flick, the folding fan opened, revealing the four big characters "The highest good is like water" that Yushan Heren had originally written.
Yushan Heren turned around and looked at Kong Yinzi and couldn't help but smile.
Kong Yinzi, however, seemed to be escaping and quickly walked out of the preparation room.
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A mysterious room.
When I opened the door, Kuzuryuu Yaichi had not arrived yet.
This made Yushan Heren a little uncomfortable. Usually, Kuzuryuu Yaichi arrived first, but today the two of them switched orders.
Sitting on the chess seat, Yushan Kazuto waited for Kuzuryuu Yaichi while quietly admiring the folding fan in his hand.
The fan was not the one that he originally gave to Kong Yinzi. The one he originally gave to Kong Yinzi was just a standard folding fan of the Japanese Chess Institute, made of a very ordinary type of wood.
But the fan bones in his hand today have been replaced with solid beech wood, and it is quite old.
The Kiyomizu Stage at Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto is built using 139 century-old beech trees with mortise and tenon joints.
To use an exaggerated description in Japan, this is a national treasure-level wood of Japan. It must have taken a lot of thought for Kong Ginko to remake the fan with beech wood.
Yushan Heren couldn't help but blink slightly when he saw this. No wonder it seemed to hurt a little more when Kong Yinzi hit him with the folding fan recently.
Originally, Yushan Heren thought it was an illusion of touch, but he didn't expect that it was actually Kong Ginko who replaced the fan bones.
As for the fan, it is still the one with the words written by Yushan Heren, but it has also been treated with anti-corrosion and waterproofing.
The entire fan looks as smooth as new, and Kong Yinzi has protected it very well.
Although I often carry it with me, a year later, it is still as good as a new fan.
Yushan Kazuto was admiring the folding fan in his hand when Kuzuryuu Yaichi walked in quietly. When he saw Yushan Kazuto, his body began to tremble.
After these games, Kuzuryuu Yaichi was almost suffering from a phobia of "Yushan".
Whenever he heard the name of Hayama Kazuto, Kuzuryu Yaichi would start to tremble in response to stress. This morning, when he saw Hayama Kazuto from afar, Kuzuryu Yaichi even wanted to turn around and leave.
But later, considering that even if he left, he would still meet Yushan Kazuto during the battle with the Dragon King, Kuzuryuu Yaichi barely suppressed his inner fear and walked into the restaurant.
If Yushan Kazuto knew that he had brought such great psychological pressure to Kuzuryuu Yaichi, he would probably complain about it, but fortunately he did not notice Kuzuryuu Yaichi's actions.
Seeing Kuzuryuu Yaichi sitting down at the chess position, Yushan and Renren put away their folding fans and looked at the time.
It’s 9:52, and there are still eight minutes before the official game starts.
This period of time is neither long nor short. In the shortest term, a long thought may take ten or sixty times as long as eight minutes, but in the longest term, eight minutes may be enough to finish two or three games of shogi.
Yushan Heren had no choice but to take a deep breath, lower his head, and silently wait for the Dragon King battle to begin.
Chapter 1425 Rural Cuisine
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the game officially ended.
As most expected, Hayama Kazuto defeated Kuzuryuu Yaichi with ease.
Yushan Heren walked out of the mysterious room, but he did not feel much joy. To him, this victory was well deserved. Instead, the process of this game made him feel that it was a bit of a waste of his life.
Kuzuryuu Yaichi didn't even put up any decent resistance and just surrendered.
For Yushan Kazuto, he did not think it was a bad thing that Kuzuryuu Yaichi gave up struggling. Instead, it saved him trouble.
But since you have given up struggling, why do you keep doing it for so long?
Yushan and Ren were somewhat dissatisfied with this.
But in fact, although Kuzuryu Yaichi surrendered early, he still performed well in this game. Occasionally, he made a few moves that could be considered a flash of inspiration. However, compared to Yushan Kazuto, whose every move was perfect, he was indeed several levels behind.
Walking out of the mysterious room, Kong Yinzi just walked towards him. Looking at Kong Yinzi, Yushan Heren couldn't help but smile and returned the folding fan in his hand to the other party: "Thank you for lending me the folding fan."
Kong Yinzi hurriedly took it. Although she had lent it to Yushan Heren on her own initiative, Kong Yinzi still felt a little uneasy when the folding fan was not with her.
After all, it is something I almost never leave behind, and it’s a little hard to get used to giving it away all of a sudden.
Kuzuryuu Yaichi also walked out of the mysterious room. When he saw Yushan Kazuto and Sora Ginko, he paused and then walked past the two of them.
"Do we want to have lunch at the hotel or go out?" Yushan Heren did smile and looked at Kong Yinzi again.
"Go out to eat?" Kong Yinzi couldn't help but blink, her eyes a little evasive.
Although I had promised Yushan Kazuto that I would accompany him to visit Osaka, I was still a little nervous when the time came to set off.
"I heard from people that Kansai cuisine is delicious!" Yushan Kazuto couldn't help but smile.
Kanto cuisine and Kansai cuisine have their strengths. Kanto cuisine may be more popular, such as the oden that can be found everywhere, while Kansai cuisine is more localized and due to the influence of Shintoism, vegetables are used more frequently.
Raw mackerel, tender yellow poached eggs, homemade Jingxi-style pickled Spanish mackerel, stewed eggplant cubes, water shield soup, mushroom rice, and finely chopped yellow radish pickles, which were thickly coated with sesame seeds. The taste was very light, and it was a genuine Kansai flavor.
This is Haruki Murakami's description of Kansai cuisine.
However, what Haruki Murakami was talking about was Kansai cuisine from Kyoto, which is different from Osaka cuisine.
……
"Kyoto cuisine is specifically called Kyoto cuisine, while Osaka cuisine is generally classified as rural cuisine." Kong Ginko introduced while sitting in the car.
Normally, Kong Ginko doesn’t talk much, but when talking about the customs and culture of Osaka, Kong Ginko became obviously much more excited.
"Authentic Osaka cuisine is usually found in the homes of Osaka residents, but the family restaurant in Tennoji is pretty authentic."
The appearance of rural cuisine is generally not very delicate, and the presentation is not good-looking. From the appearance, there are some very obvious differences between it and Kaiseki cuisine, Kaiseki cuisine, etc., but in terms of taste, it is not much worse, and may even be better.
This family restaurant in Tennoji district recommended by Sora Ginko has kept the original flavor of rural cuisine while also incorporating new dish design concepts. Both the taste and presentation are excellent.
Looking at the menu in his hand, Yushan Heren couldn't help but blink slightly. He didn't expect that the special soup specially marked in the soup list was not water shield soup, but ginger soup.
To be honest, the weather was a bit hot and Yushan Kazuto wasn't really in the mood to taste the ginger soup.
But looking at Kong Yinzi's appearance, Yushan Heren still chose to order ginger soup.
Drinking more ginger soup is good for the body, especially for people with weak constitution like Kong Yinzi.
"If you want to eat something else, just order it yourself." Yushan Kazuto smiled and handed the menu to Toumori Sanae and the others.
"Tempura! Okonomiyaki..."
They ordered three or four dishes at random and handed the menu to the waiter.
Since they were sitting at the same table and waiting before the meal, the people who were originally a little nervous were relieved a lot.
Sora Ginko and Doma sat together, chatting from time to time. Toumori Sanae also sat together with Takanashi Rikka, chattering away.
Yushan Heren looked at both sides and seemed unable to get a word in, so he had to take out his cell phone.
After the game, many people congratulated Yushan Heren on winning the third round of the Dragon King War, but Yushan Heren found one of the lines that was a little different.
"Congratulations, Kazuto-san, for winning the third battle of the Dragon King Contest with ease."
It’s not that there is anything wrong with what Sakurajima Mai said. Yushan Kazuto was just a little surprised. He didn’t expect that Sakurajima Mai was also paying attention to his game.
And judging from the timing, Sakurajima Mai sent the message very early. Almost as soon as the game ended, Sakurajima Mai had already sent him a message of congratulations, which surprised Yushan Kazuto.
"Is Senior Mai also paying attention to the Dragon King War?" Yushan Kazuto quickly replied with a message.
In the room, hearing the notification sound of her cell phone, Sakurajima Mai, who was eating lunch, quickly put down her chopsticks and picked up the phone.
"Bingo." Sakurajima Mai replied, and then sent a smiling emoticon.
"Oh, no
"Aren't you working, Mai-senpai? How do you have time to watch the Dragon King Battle?" Yushan Kazuto replied quickly.
"Can't you take a break from work?" Mai Sakurajima asked back.
"Well, it turns out that you, Senior Mai, were slacking off." Yushan Kazuto couldn't help but smile.
Mai Sakurajima couldn't help but blink. This was not just slacking off. The Yomiuri Shimbun invited her to come to Osaka to watch the Dragon King Battle.
In fact, watching the battle between dragon kings was her job, but today, she just sat in the room and watched without leaving the room.
"I'm not slacking off. The work is already done." Mai Sakurajima couldn't help but reply.
"It's over so soon?" Yushan Kazuto was a little surprised. He flew all the way from Tokyo to Osaka, but the work was so easy.
Originally, Yushan Kazuto thought that Sakurajima Mai would be busy for at least a day or two!
Yushan Kazuto seemed to have forgotten that he also flew all the way from Tokyo to Osaka, but the Dragon King Battle ended three hours after it officially began.
Even though it only rained for three hours, Yushan and the others still felt that it was a bit of a waste of life!
"Kazuto-san, when will you return to Tokyo?"
