The individual format of the Nagano Prefectural Games is not a regular round-robin or knockout tournament, but like most chess tournaments, the Swiss system is used to control the length of the tournament and eliminate chance to the greatest extent.

The individual competition was held over two days, with Saturday's preliminaries being played with a shorter duration due to the large number of competitors. At the end of the day's competition, according to the players' points, some of the players who are behind will be eliminated. The remaining finalists will face off on Sunday in a semi-square battle, with the top three finishers in the standings making it to the national competition.

Because the Swiss format will place players with similar points in the same match, and their wins and losses are closely related to the result of qualifying, the suspense of the game is often reserved until the last minute, which is very exciting.

And now, it's Saturday night, just after the end of the first day of preliminaries.

The location is the mahjong department of Fengyue Women's High School.

For the players who can represent the famous Fengyue in the individual competition, the preliminaries alone cannot stop their progress. And the night after the preliminaries should be the time for them to stay at home and recharge their batteries for tomorrow's final.

Therefore, after sorting out the information, passing by the department that should have been empty, but finding that a figure appeared inside, the coach of the Fengyue mahjong club, Takako Kubo, was indeed a little surprised.

However, after opening the door and confirming the identity of the girl sitting at the mahjong table in contemplation, Takako Kubo's accident disappeared completely.

This girl who was completely immersed in her own thoughts and didn't even notice the coach coming in, the head of the Kazegoshi Mahjong Department, Mizuki Morita, although she has always been considered too strict and impersonal by some of the members, but in Kubo Takako's opinion, she even cares more about the entire team than herself, a coach who has been in the mahjong club for nearly 10 years.

If it were her, it wouldn't be surprising that she would come to the department because she was more worried about the whole team than she was preparing for her own individual competition.

"Are you worried about tomorrow's finals?" Finding that the girl didn't notice her arrival, afraid of disturbing the other party's thoughts, Takako's voice was very soft.

"Yes. Hearing the coach's question, Rishi finally recovered from his contemplation, "In today's preliminaries, although Zhu Xi won the first place, the second and third were Jun Inoue and Touhua of Longmen Tsuka. If this is the case in tomorrow's final...... We're going to lose to Longmen in the individual competition......"

Compared with the past few years, Feng Yue won the top three promotions in the individual competition, and even if they won the first place in this year's individual competition, there is only one promotion place, which is absolutely unacceptable for them.

Moreover, as compared to whether she can advance, she is more worried about whether Feng Yue will be able to go to the whole country in the end, although as long as she advances, the team will be able to get one more place to go to the country, and the two are not contradictory.

Takako Kubo felt more and more that she knew the girl in front of her better.

"The uneven level of the Dongfeng battle on the first day requires strong ability, so it is not surprising that Zhu Xi and Jun Inoue of Ryumen will get the top two. However, in the final on the second day, most of the players with poor level have been eliminated, and the game will also change from the Dongfeng battle to the Banzhuang battle, which will test the comprehensive ability of the players. In that case, at least Rishi you can get an extra spot for us. Knowing the girl's worries, Takako's comfort came immediately.

"I'll try. For the coach's unreserved trust, Rishi accepted it calmly, and it was the responsibility of the captain to shoulder the whole team without hesitation in the face of adversity, "but in the face of Longmen, we still have no significant advantage to guarantee more promotion places." ”

Rishi continued to confide in Guizi about his worries: "The only thing to be thankful for is probably that their general Tian Jiangyi did not participate in the individual competition. ”

If Tianjiangyi also participated, probably the first place would be booked directly.

"But even in the individual competition, we don't have to worry about the big guys. Next year, and the team competition the year after, what are we going to do?"

Takako Kubo realized that Rishi was thinking far more deeply than she thought. Even though she is about to leave, she is still worried about the future of the Fengyue Mahjong Club.

"All five players in the Ryumundo are only in the first grade, which means that in the next two years, if we want to qualify for the national level, we will only face a much stronger Ryūmonto. ”

And Rishi's worries don't stop there.

"And after me, Joo-hee, and Anna left, there were no outstanding players in the lower grades, except for Hwasa. ”

The girl's voice sounded very deep.

"In addition, the next minister, Mihoko. I believe she will be a more qualified minister than I am. However, she and the coach are too gentle, and two gentle leaders may be perfect for a small team, but it is too difficult to manage a mahjong club with more than 80 members. ”

Takako Kubo is very clear about what Rishi means. No one likes to turn people away. Rishi, in Takako's opinion, is also an empathetic girl, and the reason why she behaves so unkindly in the mahjong club is only because she is too gentle, so she has to take on this red-faced role.

In this case, for the sake of the Kazegoshi Mahjong Club, after Mihoko became the minister, this role will be played by me.

In front of the worried current captain, Takako Kubo quietly made an oath.

In any case, the Fengyue Mahjong Club cannot be allowed to decline from the term when she was the captain. Otherwise, this child will probably feel guilty for the rest of his life.

Looking at the girl who confided in him in front of her, Takako Kubo's thoughts became more and more determined.

But will this solve the problem? Even if she made up her mind, Takako Kubo was still skeptical. Because there is a bigger problem in front of the Fengyue Mahjong Department.

"Tian Jiangyi, there is no doubt that a player like Miyanaga Teru is dominant, even in the whole country. How can we fight such a monster in the future county assembly?"

At the mention of Tianjiangyi, Rishi's mood became even more depressed.

"Coach, this may be the last time I play mahjong. "The captain of Fengyue said his decision for the future with some difficulty.

"After this tournament, I probably won't be playing mahjong anymore. ”

"College, work, getting married, having children, such an ordinary life may be more suitable for me. ”

"Players like Tian Jiangyi and Gong Yongzhao originally thought that as long as they worked hard to improve themselves, they would be able to catch up with them, or at least they would be able to close the distance. But the cruel truth is that they are still out of reach. ”

Perhaps, there is an insurmountable gap between ordinary people and geniuses. ”

Maybe it's because Xiaoyi's performance in the team finals left too deep a mark on Rishi, who has always been a strong impression and aimed at revenge for Gong Yongzhao in the national competition, this time, he finally showed his vulnerable side in front of Guizi. It seems that he failed to lead Feng Yue to successfully enter the country in the team competition and fulfill the promise he made three years ago. It was a huge blow for Rishi. If it weren't for the fact that he had to fulfill his responsibilities as captain and win a city for the team in the individual competition, Rishi might have chosen to give up even earlier.

And Guizi also had a hard time convincing himself to persuade Rishi to change his mind. Kojiji Kenya, Mizuhara Saori, and Fujita Yasuko, it was also because of these names that they withdrew from the professional circle and became the coach of this school, right?

For the talentless, if the hard work is only disappointed, giving up may be a better choice.

In the depths of your heart, I'm afraid I think so.

"At the very least, enjoy the individual race. As for the future of the Fengyue Mahjong Club, I, as a coach, will make a guarantee. ”

In the end, Takako Kubo can only respond to her love in this way.

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Not favored by the god of mahjong

Unable to depict the desired card

Thank you for being the first to notice

Thank you for not giving a glimmer of hope

I am Mizuki Morita, the representative of the untalented;

Musicians who can only plagiarize

There is no sensual designer

Office workers who have been laid off

Students who fail repeatedly

A third-rate artist

Uninteresting novelist

A voice actor in a dull version

Traders who lose money

A martial artist who was knocked out

Players who lost in the preliminaries

A cartoonist who can't draw

and others, who do not know what victory is......

All mediocre people

I forgive you for your iniquities;

Even if I know that I can't fly into the sky, I still can't stop flapping my wings

I forgive you for everything

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The final result of the individual competition.

Mizuki Morita, second, advances.