[Comprehensive] Morning flowers and evening pick up

Chapter 18

Kuwahara Asama began to devote herself to the upcoming Go entry exam.

He read all kinds of chess records all day long, pondering about the fixed formulas and life-and-death problems, and couldn't care about anything else. He even entrusted Atobe Keigo with the weekly club homework.

"Daffodil observation diary!?"

Atobe Keigo stared at Kuwahara Asama, "You asked me to write this for you?!"

Kuwahara Asama rubbed her temples and said wearily, "I really don't have time..."

"Then why don't you join the Go club?!" Atobe Keigo really didn't understand what Kuwahara Asama was thinking, "Even if you can't participate in the competition, you can play chess with the club members as an instructor!"

"Trust me Atobe, I really want to raise flowers and grow grass." Asama Kuwahara sighed, "But I don't know why, what I raise dies, since the hibiscus flower I raised died, I will raise other Plants don't live past a week."

"...Is this why the content of the homework you hand in to the club is different every week?" Atobe's mouth twitched, "If you can't keep it alive...you can try cactus. Speaking of which, the planting club was originally named Cactus, because cactus is easy to grow..."

"I think so too." Asama Kuwahara looked at Keigo Atobe sadly, "But when I bought the cactus...the first pot was placed on the balcony, and it rained heavily that night, and the cactus soaked and rotted the next day ;The second pot was placed in the house, but my brother used it as a murder weapon and took it to school to play with his friends; I gave the third pot to my mother, but three days later, the cactus tied my mother's hand and was thrown into the trash by my father bucket; I gave the fourth pot to my father, but the customer recognized that it was a plastic fake ball the next day my father put it on the desk..."

Atobe Keigo refrained from laughing, his shoulders trembled and his whole body trembled.

"As for the fifth pot..."

He gave the fifth pot to Shikigami Heijo, but after one night, the cactus in the pot disappeared.

He asked where the black-striped cactus went, but the black-striped one pretended to be dead and remained silent.

Hei Tiao: It is enough for the master to have me! !cactus?have eaten! !

"I saw a seller of daffodils after school yesterday, so I bought two. I heard that these flowers can live in water, so..."

Atobe Keigo looked at the daffodils, which were not gorgeous at all, and looked disgusted, "Forget it, throw your daffodils into the trash can! My uncle grows roses at home, and I will find time to write a copy for you when the time comes." never mind."

Kuwahara Asama looked at Keigo Atobe gratefully, "Really? Thank you so much!!"

Keigo Atobe said speechlessly, "How long will professional chess players last?"

He calculated the time, and only wrote four copies in a month...

"Ah, from early summer to late autumn, it will last about half a year!" Kuwahara Asama said briskly, "I will entrust you with the club tasks during this period!"

Atobe Keigo: =口=! ! !

He regrets it!

"Kuwahara Asama?" A staff member of the Chess Institute looked at the information, "Kuwahara... who received this information?"

"Ah! That was sent by Mr. Kuwahara himself!" Another staff member said excitedly, "It's Mr. Kuwahara's grandson!"

"Oh!? Are you saying that Kuwahara-sensei's grandson is going to take the professional chess player exam?!" The staff member suddenly became surprised, "Wait, isn't Taya Ryo, the son of Taya Yukihiro, going to take the exam this year? ?”

"I'm really looking forward to it!" Several teachers from the Chess Academy gathered together, their faces full of excitement, "This year's entrance exam is really a competition!"

"By the way, have you seen this Kuwahara Asama?"

"No, Mr. Kuwahara never brought his grandson here."

"I don't know how to play chess?"

"It should be good, otherwise why would you come to take the vocational exam?"

"Then who do you think will win between him and Taya Ryo?"

"Well, it's hard to say..."

"Yeah, yeah, I've never seen Kuwahara Asama playing chess, how can I judge his chess strength?"

"Speaking of which, Mr. Kuwahara didn't say anything?"

"...Hehe, what do you think Mr. Kuwahara will say?"

"...You don't need to say it, I understand."

Several teachers were discussing excitedly in the office, but they didn't expect that the door of the office was not closed tightly, and all their words were heard by the two passing by the door.

"Kuwahara...Asama?" A man in a suit chuckled, "I never thought that the grandson of that old fox could play Go."

Taya pursed his lips, and he shook his head, "I just heard from Mr. Kuwahara that this person seems to have a heart attack."

"...Oh? Heart attack?" Ogata Seiji sneered, "Xiao Liang, do you think Kuwamoto Inbo's words are credible?"

"Huh?" Taya Ryo looked at Ogata Seiji in surprise, not understanding what this meant.

"Xiao Liang, you are really simple, but you are not considered a chess player. If... Forget it, then there will be a teacher to teach you." Ogata Seiji took out a lighter and lit a cigarette, "Isn't he also a chess player?" Do you want to take the entrance exam? Then you will know his level."

Ta Yaliang was silent, he said with difficulty, "Really?"

Is it really not a phantom?

He tried his best to chase Shinto Hikari, but found that it was just a phantom, and now another person appeared in front of him, this time...

"Xiao Liang, you just need to play chess." Ogata Seiji rolled her eyes gracefully, and said casually, "When you become a chess player, you will understand."

Taya Ryo looked at Seiji Ogata in puzzlement, but found that Seiji Ogata did not intend to continue explaining. He clenched his fists and took a deep breath. No matter what, he had to pass the entrance examination first.

"Huh..." Asama Kuwahara came out of the examination room. He coughed a bit. The sun in June was scorching hot. Recently, he always felt a slight sense of dizziness. The professional examination will be coming soon, so he can no longer read chess records all night long. Still have a good rest.

If you faint and lose during the game, you will lose a lot!

Speaking of which, the tablemates are also very busy these days. The Tokyo Metropolitan Competition has begun. As the first battle of the Ice Emperor after the integration, Atobe attaches great importance to it. Even the promised rose observation diary was postponed for a week before giving it to him. , but fortunately, everyone was very busy with the final exam recently, and it was not conspicuous to hand in a week late, so it was fooled.

Results are announced on the third day after the end of the final exam.

Atobe Keigo looked at the list speechlessly, Kuwahara Asama was still one point behind him, he looked suspiciously at the same table, how did this kid do it?

Kuwahara Asama smiled.

——Give your Shikigami a thumbs up!

After the final exam is the summer vacation, he wished Keigo Atobe good grades in the capital competition in advance, and then devoted himself to the entrance exam.

The preliminaries of the professional chess player entrance examination are open to the whole society. The people who come to take the examination include adults and children, old people and women. They have different levels of quality, and naturally there are obvious differences in chess ability.

The budget match is very simple, and you can enter the official exam with three wins in five rounds. Kuwahara Asama looked at the game time and found that he still had a month's rest after the budget match ended. A trip to Yayuan.

He can't go back to the main family of Dechang Yimen, but he can go to the other courtyard in Yayuan... Could it be that he is standing at the gate of the other courtyard, and Dechang Jingsi can let him sleep in the woods? !

On the morning of the exam, Kuwahara Matsuwa cheered him up, Kuwahara Hideko reassured him that it didn’t matter if he didn’t do well in the exam, Kuwahara Fukasaku bluffed and said that he wanted to treat him after passing the exam, Kuwahara Inbo sat at the main seat and drank soup with a smile, the atmosphere was quite harmonious .

Kuwabara Asama smiled, it's just a preliminaries, can he still make it through? !

After eating, Kuwahara Asama came to the chess academy alone. Kuwahara Inbo could not directly send his grandson to take the exam, so he called his apprentice.

As a veteran of the chess world, Kuwahara Inbo once held a Go exchange meeting and accepted one or two apprentices, but later he got older and lacked energy, so the Go club was disbanded.

The teacher's surname is Lin Chuan, seventh-dan, and he is a middle-aged man who looks smiling.

He took Kuwahara Asama into the chess academy, introduced him to the layout of the chess academy, and then led him to the examination place.

"You only need to play the game according to the seat number. After the game is over, the winner will get a stamp at the registration office. Remember to keep a calm mind during the exam. Next to it is the lounge, where you can eat and rest at noon."

He babbled a lot, Kuwahara Asama nodded with a smile, expressing that he understood.

Then he said goodbye to Lin Chuan Qiduan politely, and walked into the game room.

The room was very large, filled with chessboards and chess pieces. He found his seat according to the seat number. There were not many people in the examination room at the moment, so Kuwahara Asama simply closed his eyes and rested his mind.

After a while, a middle-aged uncle sat down opposite him, looking hideous.

Following the invigilator's words, Kuwahara Asama began to count.

He plays black and the opponent plays white.

Kuwahara Asama smiled slightly, it looked like today would be an easy win.

When eating at noon, Kuwahara Asama was drinking the sour plum juice prepared by his mother, and was flipping through the newspaper. It said that in the first game of the Tokyo Metropolitan Competition, Hyotei won the first game beautifully.

He smiled involuntarily. Atobe must be very happy. Of course, with his personality, he must not show his face, and he would say with a proud face that my uncle's tennis club will of course win.

"Hello."

Asama Kuwahara looked up, and saw a young man standing in front of him, huh?This is……

"I'm Taya Ryo, may I ask if you are Kuwahara Asama?"

Kuwahara Asama nodded, "Hi, nice to meet you."

"I've always wanted to know you, but I never had the chance." Ryo Taya sat next to Asama Kuwahara, "Father said that your health is not good, so don't let me disturb you."

Kuwahara Asama raised his eyebrows, he suddenly remembered that Kuwahara Inbo once asked him if he would like to play chess with his peers, could it be because of Toya Ryo?

Kuwahara Asama put down the newspaper, "Well, grandpa told me to rest at home as the exam was approaching, and he didn't even let me read the chess records."

Ta Yaliang looked at the boy in front of him, hesitated again and again, and said, "After today's game is over, can we play a game of chess?"

Kuwahara Asama thought for a while, the game ended at most three o'clock, and it would be no problem to go home after the next game, so he said straightforwardly, "Okay, I look forward to the game with you!"