Chapter VI

The current time is 5:45 p.m. Tokyo time, which is the time when the students of Uematsu Gakuin who have club activities end their club activities and go home. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The distance between Shue and Xilu's home and the school is a distance that does not need to rely on the train to get back and forth, so neither of them chose to stay.

Speaking of which, it has to be mentioned that the Okurayama family is quite wealthy and generous - because the original home is too far away from the school, the time required to get to and from school is too long (at least 1.5 hours), and Xilu's parents are reluctant to let their daughter be a boarder; So they decided to buy an apartment in the neighborhood closest to the school, and then move the family to make it easier for their daughter to go to school, which is about 10 minutes from the school.

On the other hand, the Nanpu house is located about a 35-minute walk from the school. Therefore, with just a bicycle, Shuhua can easily commute to and from school.

In addition, if you take the school as a reference, then the home of the two is in the same direction. Therefore, after the two walked out of the school gate, they walked home together. Then, on the way, the two talked about today's events.

-- The first day of middle school was a different impression for the two of them. For Xilu, like other children her age, she thinks it's something exciting and exciting. The mood of the number painting is slightly more complicated and emotional.

However, more than the classroom, what impressed them more on this day was the mahjong club.

A system that does not use individual merit as the selection criterion (contestants), but rather the academic year as the selection criterion...... It makes the number of paintings feel very helpless.

It's not that Shuhua is the kind of person who goes against the grain and doesn't have ideas against the existing system - she's a traverser after all, and she also has a certain talent and will.

But the reason for not protesting is due to several considerations.

First of all, raising objections is sure to offend the seniors. And based on the current members of the mahjong club, as well as the members who will join this year according to the general situation...... The support that can be obtained from members of the Ministry to raise objections is inevitably not optimistic.

However, the newcomer was not sure that he would be able to change the selection system without the support of the majority of the members of the ministry, which was also inevitable.

And the most important thing is that even if the selection system is successfully changed this year, the strength of the selected team is probably not enough.

After all, Kamimatsu Academy is not a real mahjong giant academy. Therefore, on the premise that there are two strong freshmen joining this year, there is still the possibility of a player of Xilu's level among this year's freshmen...... Actually, it's not too exciting.

And at this stage, in the Uematsu mahjong department, there is no role that can be called a "monster" in the circle of junior high school students. In other words, there is no one in the team who can march into the country with their teammates who are lagging behind.

――In a word, Shue has given up, and this year's possibility of Uematsu Gakuin has been abandoned.

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On the way home, Shue and Xilu talk about her thoughts about the mahjong club (above the dividing line). And Xilu also agreed with her opinion, but at the same time raised a question: "Then why don't you go to the competition yourself, but ask me to participate in the competition?" ”

"Because you need some experience to compete...... On the mahjong table of the game, you will feel the atmosphere different from the usual game. It's great if you can get used to them. Shue smiled, "As for me, Xilu can rest assured." ”

Xilu nodded, and then said, "I see." How are you going to spend this year's after-school time? With your dedication to the competition, you probably don't come to the department every day, right? Do you have a way to improve yourself? What Xilu means is that Shuhua will not be happy to play mahjong with seniors who are not at the same level of strength at all-because such a game with too large a difference in strength will not bring her useful experience at all.

And Shue nodded: "Yes." Later, she added: "I still go to the mahjong club occasionally, and I have to meet the other children who have entered the club this year except for us." ”

"Really...... Okay, I'm home, see you tomorrow, bye-bye. ”

"Well, I'll see you tomorrow."

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After saying goodbye to Xilu, Shue picked up his pace and quickly returned home.

Then, she told her grandfather, Nanpu Queshi, about her experience at school that day, and asked the old man for advice.

- "Grandpa, how can I improve myself effectively?" ”

After hearing Shue's words, Nanpu Finchman couldn't help but be silent - he always thought that his granddaughter's talent and hard work in mahjong were very extraordinary. In the old man's heart, although his granddaughter is not a "monster", her future achievements may not be worse than some monsters.

At least now, in the scope of middle school students, the strength of the number painting can be grasped even in the whole country. However, at this time, the number painting was only in the first grade of junior high school.

Although it is a bit regrettable that her granddaughter is always a little confused when facing the attacks of others, especially the Riichi attack - if you decide to focus on the attack, it is fine, but if you want to concentrate on defense, there are always a lot of mistakes.

However, this is in Nanpu Queshi, it should just be his granddaughter's lack of experience in actual combat, right? So, after hearing the problem of number painting, he quickly gave his own suggestion - go to the Bird Village and do a lot of game training.

“…… There are people I know in this finch village, and I will ask them to take care of you; Let you try not to meet opponents who have no value and meaning for you now. ”

"Really? Okay, I got it. In response to Nanpu's suggestion, Shue readily agreed—because she thought it was okay for her.

When you feel that you want to improve your strength but don't know how to improve it, go for more sparrows.

"Well, then I'll call now, and you can go to that finch village tomorrow to play."

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“...... That's the way it is, Fei Sang. I want to ask you to take care of my granddaughter, can you? "After agreeing to the request of the number painting,

"Yes, I see, Mr. Nanpu." After the other party received the request of the Nanpu Sparrow, he simply agreed - as a former senior, the Nanpu Sparrow had helped the other party a few years ago, so for this request that was not excessive, the other party agreed very simply.

After hearing that the other party agreed, Nanpu Que Shi made another request: "If I can, I have another request - if Fei Sang has time, she can go and play cards with my granddaughter more." She almost needs to feel what it's like to fight against someone stronger than herself. ”

"Yes, yes. It just so happens that my life is very idle now. ”