After Ayase left, looking at Kirino's sparkling eyes, Kazuya decided to strike first.

"Well, let's talk about it first, I don't have time to play galgame with you." Kazuya touched his nose and said in advance, and these words made Kirino, who was still very energetic just now, immediately droop his face again.

"Why can't you play?" Kirino raised her head unwillingly, "Also, how did you think that the purpose of me pulling you to stay was to play galgame?" ”

"It's probably not all about playing galgames, but playing games is always a very important choice." Kazuya shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly.

"All along, I always feel like my thoughts are completely seen through by you, obviously you're not such a keen person, right?" Kirino replied with some smugglingness.

Kazuya grinned and didn't speak, after all, although his relationship with Kirino was not bad, it was too exaggerated to let him tell those terrifying words to his love. So, in the end, he just shook his head and said, "That's because your idea is so easy to guess!" ”

"It's not easy to guess what I think!" Kirino argued dissatisfiedly, "It's too early for you, an elm head who has made so many mistakes in dealing with emotional issues, to think of my thoughts!" ”

Kazuya feels that he hasn't experienced this kind of pleasant feeling for a long time, although it does make sense for Kirino to say that he is an "elm head", but, to let Kazuya understand Kirino's mind, it's still too simple, after all, compared to the current Ayase, and the other girls that Kazuya faces, Kirino's mood as a tsundere girl is almost all on her face - not to mention that Kazuya here also has a small future hanging. Therefore, Kazuya said that "Kirino's idea is too easy to guess", and the sentence itself is not wrong at all.

Showing a sly smile, Kazuya said, "For example, I can now understand what the biggest difficulty you are facing right now, do you want to bet with me." ”

"You, how could you possibly know the difficulties I am facing now!" Kirino responded quickly, but there was a clear hint of uncertainty in his tone.

"So, are we going to try?" Kazuya narrowed his eyes and asked confidently.

"Try, well, well, try it! Anyway, when you are wrong, you will just be blinded, and if you are wrong, you will say that it was my original idea, but I temporarily modified the idea, right? It can be seen that Kirino is also a little shaken, but the arrogance and unyielding character as always still let her continue to persevere.

"I wish you didn't really do it."

"Who would do that, and if I do, I'll go back to Japan now, okay?"

"Well, I can't afford to take this responsibility, go back or something, you better wait for your eldest brother to pick you up."

"Ha, why should I let that guy take me back, and then, what the hell do you mean you can't take this responsibility?"

"Well, this, let's not discuss this topic yet," I found that something was wrong with the current situation, and I seemed to have exposed something very important in my complaint, and Kazuya quickly changed the topic, "Let me think about the problem you are facing now, right?" Kirino, although you are already strong on the Chiba side, there are many masters in the United States, right? Even, if you are about to enter high school, you are not as good as a primary school student, which is a very normal thing, right? ”

As if he had been immobilized by a spell, at the moment when Kazuya finished speaking, Kirino was stunned, and he didn't even say the words "I can" to force his composure, Kirino just hung there like that, at a loss, and even looked at Kazuya with some resentment.

This can't help but remind Kazuya of his first meeting with Kirino , at that time, he also used this somewhat unreasonable means to directly tell Kirino the secret, and then, suffered a hard time. The current situation, whether it is the incident, or Kazuya's goal, or even the relationship between Kazuya and Kirino is too far from that time, but Kazuya's somewhat ostentatious mentality has led to Kirino's secret being exposed again, which makes Kazuya suddenly feel that he is too proud, so he made a mistake.

"Uh, I'm just saying it casually, you can say no, I don't care, I lost the bet, okay?" Looking at Kirino with a depressed face, Kazuya cautiously tried to calm the other party's emotions.

However, the other party just didn't look at him, and he didn't calm down at all by Kazuya's poor appeasement, and in the end, Kazuya felt that almost a century had passed, and Kirino bit his lip and asked softly, "How do you know?" ”

At this time, if you say jokes like "your ideas are too easy to guess" again, it will undoubtedly be disrespectful to Kirino. After sorting out his expression, Kazuya replied solemnly: "To be honest, it's just a guess, but if you want to come to the United States to practice track and field, you will definitely encounter strong opponents, and your strength has not yet reached the world-class level, so it is normal to encounter such a setback, right?" ”

"yes, that's normal." In the end, Kirino still spoke tremblingly, "I also know that this is a normal thing, and I also know that my level is not enough, but I just want to win once, I just want to win here, everyone here once." But I can't! ”

Kazuya looked at the other bed, the messy bed of an American little black girl who claimed to be the fastest elementary school student in the world and didn't remember the name of Kazuya, and still sighed.

"Sometimes, talent is more important than hard work, for example, your grades are very good, but many people who work harder than you still end up with grades that are not as good as yours, for them, their mood should be the same as your current mood, right?"

"You mean, let me accept the status quo, is that so? This is not your character! When you play football, because the opponent's strength is obviously stronger than you, then you give up and accept the reality? ”

"Of course not-but, I won't take it as my obsession, only accept the reality that the other party is stronger than you, so that every impact you have on the other party is a challenge to the other party, you have nothing to lose, but the other party has to keep the long-term undefeated record against you, and at that time, psychologically, physically, there will be subtle changes, that may be a chance to reverse, isn't it? However, the opportunity for reversal definitely does not exist in the situation where you push yourself, if you think that I must defeat the other party, and force myself to achieve a task that 'must be achieved', then you have put a heavy shackle on your own back, how can you adjust your mental and physical state to the best? ”

In fact, Kazuya is still very clear about Kirino's situation, Kirino just set himself an overly high goal, and then demanded too much of himself. In the past, the same excellent and countless similar situations have been encountered. Articles like Chicken Soup for the Soul often say that if you only set a 20-point goal, even if you double it and reach 40 points, it is better to set a 100-point goal and achieve half of the 50 points.

However, in reality, more often than not, you set yourself a goal of 100 points, and you only have 20 points of ability, and in the end, in the despair of not being able to reach 100 points, you keep retreating, and in the end, you can't even play that 20 points of ability.

So, the core of the matter is not to aim high, but to have a clear understanding of your own abilities and the potential of the goals you need. Kirino's situation is that she overestimates her abilities, so when she encounters failure, she hates herself extraordinarily. At the same time, because she overestimated her abilities, when she was defeated by someone stronger than herself, she would feel that the powerful person was even stronger, so powerful that it was beyond her own prediction, which was the real reason why she was overwhelmed.

At this time, there are only two ways to change this situation, one is to let Kirino continue to overestimate his ability, and at the same time, use the way of chicken soup for the soul to make Kirino believe that he can do better, and then defeat his opponent - in fact, Kyosuke did it at the time, to be honest, because of his sister's support, an ordinary person can defeat a sprinter, and it is really only possible to do it in novels, and he also complained about this plot more than once when he was reading novels, and now, He also doesn't think he can copy Kyosuke's open-hanging model; Of course, another way is to let Kirino understand her abilities, and at the same time, let her know that the opponent is not as terrible as she imagined, as long as she relaxes and does not need to bear pressure to fight, there is always a chance to create miracles. What's more, it seems that later, that elementary school student has always been a defeated player under Kirino, which also seems to prove that the child's level is not as invincible as imagined.

Kirino listened to Kazuya's words in a bit of a daze, she didn't understand what Kazuya meant, but, what she didn't understand, was Kazuya's mentality that didn't seem to want to win, facing a strong enemy, cowardice before fighting, which was unbearable in Takasaka Kirino's life.

"Why, Kazuya, it seems, doesn't care so much about these things? I've seen you play in high school league, and last year, when you lost the finals, you were so sad that you were going to break down, didn't you? ”

"You didn't know me last year, so you're going to collapse when you're sad, and you probably heard what Ayase said, right?" Kazuya smiled helplessly and said, "I was sad after losing that final because we had a chance. If two teams with a book strength of 0:4 only lose 0:1 in the end, then the team that loses may not be sad; Two teams with a 1:2 book strength, if they still lose 1:2 in the end, it will be sad, right? Because, you have a chance, that's it. In the same way, you now feel that you are not as sad as others, because you feel that your level with the other party is 1:2, and you have been losing, so you are unwilling, but what if your strength is 0:4? ”

"Isn't that my chance to defeat them?" Kirino asked with some frustration.

"However, even if the book strength is 0:4, you still have a chance to win them 1:0, strength is the decisive factor in competitive competition, but if it is just a game where you occupy the right time and place, it is not difficult, the key is that you don't put too much pressure on yourself, don't have the idea of 'you must defeat the opponent', whether you lose 0:1 or 0:2 this time, you must know that your gap is 0:4, the challenger is always the one who has the least pressure, shouldn't it be like this?"

Kirino's eyes slowly brightened.

"In addition, although I haven't seen elementary school students run, I don't think a middle school student can be much slower than a primary school student, even if you have a gap, at most it is a 0:2 gap, you can never win the other party, because of your own psychology is at work!" When the time came, Kazuya hurriedly added fuel to the fire at this time.

To be honest, Kazuya didn't want to get involved in Kirino's mess, so let Kyosuke solve the problem when the time came, but, because of his own carelessness at the time, it led to a change in Kirino, which made him feel a little guilty, so, in the end, Kazuya decided to try to help Kirino in his own way.

If it doesn't work, there is no way, then it can only prove that this set of methods to relieve stress is ineffective for Kirino, and Kyosuke-san can only use the chicken soup encouragement method to create miracles.

However, looking at Kirino now shining again, Kazuya felt that there might not be any problem with his approach.

"Plan to what is best for you, then adjust your mental and physical state, and finally fight your opponent without pressure? I feel like the coach has been saying that, but it doesn't feel as clear as Kazuya said? ”

"Of course, I'm here for one-on-one counseling, which track and field athlete do you mean has this kind of opportunity! Or is it a kid athlete like you? Kazuya replied with a smile.

"People who pretend to be psychoanalysts even though they are very bad are embarrassed to say that I fled to the United States, and that Japan's problems have been solved? Still not solved? In the face of Kazuya's joke, Kirino also routinely replied with a joke.

Then, as soon as she spoke, she knew she might have said something wrong.

"Well, I didn't mean that." Looking at Kazuya's expression that immediately became depressed, Kirino waved her hand in a panic and wanted to apologize, but, after explaining a lot, she didn't know what she should say.

"I know, I'm just here to escape, do you have any opinions?" Kazuya said half provocatively, half self-defeatingly.

"No comment." Kirino nodded honestly.

"Isn't that what it is? I'll come out to relax, and by the way, I will help you solve your psychological problems, and we can be reciprocal, no, you will also help me solve my problems? ”

"Well, it's a bit of a hanging, isn't it?" Kirino smiled reluctantly.

"So, sister Kirino who is controlled by sister and brother," Kazuya smiled and touched Kirino's head, as if he was naturally touching Ayase's head, pressed hard, rubbed the other party's hair, and said, "No matter who you are in front of, it's better to be cautious when you speak, isn't it?" ”

"Yes."

"Then, how to win your roommate will be left to you to prepare, and don't forget my credit when the time comes." Kazuya nodded, turned around and prepared to leave.

"I'll prepare, and, that," however, Kirino stopped Kazuya, "If I'm ready, and you haven't left the U.S., can you, well, and Ayase, come and watch my game?" ”

"Let's see the time and place of Ayase's shooting arrangement? This kind of thing, I can't decide. Kazuya looked at Kirino who was looking at him with some apprehension for a long time, and finally, waved his hand and replied noncommittally.