[Comprehensive] The Light Chaser

Watching the tangled teenager fall into sleep, the white fox squatted on the pole and tilted his head.

He stretched out his paw and waved it, and the boy's frowning brows relaxed a little.

"Have a good dream." The white fox said softly.

We're only halfway through the night and there's still a lot to do.And there are many things that the dark night can hide.

The white fox jumped up from the telegraph pole, and when it landed again, it was already in human form.He raised his head and glanced at the half-covered moon, raised his hand and opened a "door"

On the other side of the door is a Honmaru.

Although all the gates of Honmaru have the same style and look similar, the scenery inside will always change differently due to the different spiritual powers of the various gods.But if Nioh is awake at this time and sees the place where the white fox arrives, he will find that the Honmaru where the white fox is going to open the gate is exactly the same as the place where he fulfills the two-hour contract with difficulty every day through the time-space converter.

When the white fox opened the door, Jin Jian was playing in the courtyard by the door.

"Did it go so smoothly today? Why did you come back so early..." The only dagger in the Sanjo group opened his eyes wide when he saw the person who opened the door of the main pill, "General?!"

"Long time no see, Jinjian." The white fox bent his eyebrows and hugged the dagger that was thrown into his arms.

When he walked to the entrance of the hall, all the knives who hadn't come out received the message.Wuji Zhenzong, who had just returned from practicing, once again verified the essence of his "lucky sword" - he was a servant on the first day of his return, and he waited for the long-awaited chief general.Yakuken, on the other hand, listened helplessly to his brothers who surrounded him, "Hakata went to practice and didn't see the general!", "Did Ba Xing go to the battle? It's a good luck." Such whispers.

The white fox heard the discussion of the daggers.He bowed up and moved closer to the short knives: "What's wrong? Is the kid doing something wrong?"

"Wow, general!" The startled daggers exclaimed, looking at each other with some trepidation, "It's not like that. It's just..."

"It's just that he's not you after all."

"Ah, it should be said that he is not you."

The white fox laughed.He shook his head.

Before he opened his mouth, Hasebe retorted first: "What are you talking about! No matter what time the master is the master! Besides, this is the master's trust in our retainers, we should..."

The tirade he was about to begin was interrupted by the white fox.

"Thank you for your hard work, isn't it tiring to take care of the children?" He said with a smile.

The one who has the most say in "bringing the children" turns his head to look at the two-strike magic swords that have spent the most time with their "new masters" during this period.

Ishikirimaru hurried over, expressing confusion at Yiqi Yizheng's eyes.Taro, on the other hand, caught up with the previous few sentences of the dialogue, and somewhat understood the meaning of Yiqi Yizheng.How should I answer at this time?

He didn't think long, because the questioner clearly didn't need an answer.

"It will take a while. Wait another year..." He said, turning his head.

"Master?" Hasebe showed a puzzled expression.

The white fox shook his head: "I should go, the government meeting is about to start. Thank you for looking after the house, and I will bring you a souvenir next time I come back."

"Is the general leaving?" Jin Jian, who was still in his arms, looked up at him.

The white fox patted the little tengu's head: "This is a busy night."

Before he left, he went upstairs to lose enough spiritual power to Honmaru's center, and then rushed to the meeting in the government building.

The monthly government meeting traditionally begins with pleasantries.The white fox was a few minutes late, but he didn't miss the point at all.He quietly sat in his own seat and listened to this month's work report again.

"The advance progress of the retrograde army of the first echelon...the current strength of the God-inspector team...the overall relationship between victory and defeat..."

The person who gave the report talked endlessly above, and the person who listened to the report carried out the necessary "communication" below.non-interference.

The white fox is not interested in this kind of meeting at all. If he hadn't missed three meetings before and was given an ultimatum, he wouldn't have come to listen to the boring meeting. However, when he found that the Government of Time and the retrograde army were still in a stalemate, he couldn't help showing a faint mockery smile.

"Shut up your expressions, King Ren." The people around him reminded him in a low voice.

The white fox glanced at him: "puri."

"I don't want others to discover your moving hands and feet..."

"Did I tamper with it?" The white fox narrowed his eyes slightly, "You can't talk nonsense."

Although he somehow became a senior member of the Government of Time, White Fox's perception of this organization can only be described as good or bad.He was considered one of the most powerful fighters among the first batch of god-inspectors, and he had some background, coupled with several internal cleansing by the government of the time, it became the current situation.

Ahhh, obviously at first I was just looking for...

What are you looking for?

This is a space that has been pierced into a sieve. When he came, the human beings who tried to change the past had already got bad results.The white fox watched the consequences and chose to help, but in the end he walked on the path he wanted to walk from the beginning.

But originally this is what he has to do after traveling through so many time and space, so it will not be affected by other people's situation and change.

He thought of the bottleneck he had been unable to break through.

This was the fastest way he could think of, and it happened to appear in front of him who was still confused at the time.

This is the only knot in his heart for many years.Perhaps it is not appropriate to say that it is a knot in his heart, but in his smooth life, only the initial experience made him unable to let go.So even after so many years, time and space change and identity change, he still remembers it.

Remember those people, and those things.

If you can't forget, face it.

If you can't let go, then change.

If you don't want to regret it, then...

And he can change.

Because someone had tried it before him, and he had seen it, and he knew he could bear the consequences.

White Fox, who didn't think he could be called a "retrospective army undercover" at all, returned to Honmaru after listening to the meeting.

He didn't have much time to say anything, it was almost dawn in this world.Although he can travel through time and space, considering that he is now in the camp of the government of time, he fixed the time and space shuttle point.Even so, frequent travel through time and space still has sequelae.

He hastily left homework for Honmaru—for the knives, and for the brat.

Stepping into the other end of the "gate" and reappearing on the streets of Kanagawa, he glanced at the dawn sky and turned back into a fox again.

When there was still a little time before dawn, he appeared in a garden in Tokyo.

Then pick up a rock and smash the window.

"...Is it difficult for you to call me well? Mom is still resting, you will wake her up." The red-haired man who opened the window frowned.

The white fox jumped onto the window frame: "No, she can't hear."

Zangma looked at him silently for a few seconds: "...are you a dog?"

"Are you blind?" The white fox couldn't believe it, "How do I look like a dog?"

"It's like everywhere." Zang Ma laughed, "What, you are still in childhood."

"I'm almost two hundred years old." The white fox said, "I'm an adult."

"It's normal for a big monster to be a baby for hundreds of years. That adult's race is different from us little monsters." Kurama, who didn't think there was anything wrong with describing himself as a "little monster", walked to the table, "But You don't have to be so small, do you? Like a pet."

Even if the modern society can't show the full original shape...

"What's wrong?" said the white fox. "Is it possible to become an arctic fox? Then I have to go to the zoo. Wild Samoyeds running outside will not be strange to others."

"You said that yourself, so what's wrong with me recognizing you as a dog?"

The white fox didn't want to argue with him.

He grabbed it twice in the air and threw out two balls of light: "It's used up, I'll return it to you."

"What about the final payment?" Zang Ma took back the seeds.

"Wait until the game is over. You don't need these few months, do you?"

"You're right. I'd also like to know what you're planning."

The white fox didn't intend to explain.

After returning the seeds, he glanced at the sky again: "I have to go."

He must have run faster than the Shinkansen, and returned to Kanagawa just in time for Nioh to go to school.

The teenager with the tennis bag was depressed, but when he saw him, he still gave him a small bag: "Your breakfast."

One night passed, and King Ni still didn't come up with a good solution.

"You really don't forget everything?" he asked.

The white fox bit the rice ball, but still articulated clearly: "You don't need to think about it. Your companion is so caring, and he won't ask if you don't tell him."

Yes, I know Yukimura won't ask, but I also know he will definitely think of weird things.Who hasn't read novels, comics and TV dramas in this era, if he thinks of some twists and turns...

Wouldn't it be embarrassing for me to be in the tennis club in the future? !

King Ren glared at the white fox.

It happened that they went to visit Yukimura after school that day, Nioh tried to refuse but couldn't find a good excuse.Sanada looked at him with the eyes of "Have you been quiet for a few days and started to make trouble again?" Nioh unexpectedly failed to escape smoothly for a while.

The name of my fraudster...

He felt sadly that he might be publicly executed in the hospital.

However, as White Fox said, Yukimura was gentle and considerate enough.

He didn't mention anything, didn't tell a story like Nightmare, and didn't ask Nioh any meaningful questions.Although it can be seen that Yukimura's mood is not so calm from the occasional look, but...

"You don't come here so frequently after that." He said, "The doctor said that through drug control and physical therapy during this period, the condition has been basically controlled, and rehabilitation will begin later."

Everyone understood the meaning of the word rehabilitation, so they also understood what Yukimura meant.

He has always been the benchmark for everyone's direction, and he doesn't want others to see all his weakness.

Nioh stood in the corner (he still felt that he should avoid people) and recalled the dream he had before, in which Yukimura was crying and Sanada slapped Yukimura.It's a pity that I couldn't really see such a scene?

But ah...

Now it is much better than in the dream.

Besides, since Yukimura was admitted to the hospital, he never had a dream again.After all, that dream was just to remind him of the cruelty of the future, wasn't it?Or to be more precise, the dreams he had had only reminded him of the cruel future that might happen in the two years from the second to the third year of junior high school.

Can't go wrong.

Because everything is not a coincidence.

King Ren lowered his head.

He thought Yukimura's illness was over, so what about after that?

What comes after?

Kanto competition, national competition.

Lihai, defeated.

If he had pondered the possible meaning of his dream a few days ago, he might not have believed it.Because how is it possible?It is impossible for Li Hai to lose.

But he saw that game.

A game for high school students.

Those people were only sophomores, and the OB members of the high school they defeated during special training in school were also of that age.But what about strength?It is too shallow to say that the two levels are fundamentally in different dimensions.

If any school suddenly had a person with that level of strength...

Transfer students are unrealistic, but what about the first-year students?

Don't say it's impossible, before Yukimura Kunichi defeated the minister at that time and won the position of Rikkai's chief minister, and before Atobe Kunichi defeated all the main elections at that time and succeeded in becoming king, no one would have thought that the strength of junior high school students could reach that level kind of degree.So it's entirely possible to have someone who can play tennis like those high school kids.

But just one, as long as one, is enough.

Because there is so much one person can do.

Even if tennis is a team game, but...

Nioh looked at Yukimura.

"Huh? What's the matter, King Ni?" Yukimura looked over with a smile.

Niwang shook his head.

"He's in a bad mood recently, can you comfort me, Minister?" Marui said beside him.

"Puri, I..." He looked into Kamiyukimura's eyes and fell silent.

"Not in a good mood?" Yukimura smiled, "Is the amount of training not enough? Liu, I think you and Sanada should discuss changing the training list. Too much time to think about things, right?"

"Indeed." Niwang said.

He touched his nose in the surprised eyes of others: "Maybe it's really too free... You are recovering, so we can't be lazy, can we?"

"...One day I actually heard you say such a thing..." Yukimura's eyes became complicated.

He raised his hand and patted the quilt: "Liu, did you hear that?"

"Yes yes yes." Liu opened his notebook, "Since you all said so."

"Wait? Extra training? Why all of a sudden?" Kirihara, who had been distracted for a while, just woke up when he heard such bad news, and couldn't help hugging his head.And Sanada glared at him: "You are the one who should be trained the most!"

"Eh?!"

"The account of the draw in the last game has not yet been settled!"

"Deputy Minister, are you the one who settles accounts after the fall!"

"Too slack!"

Having learned a lesson once, Nioh paid full attention to the dreams he had once had this time.

He began to recall details, such as how they lost in the dream.

The Kanto Tournament... Ah, he and Yagyu were doubles partners, but they didn't lose.The loser is... Kirihara?willow?Sanada?

Forget about Kirihara, why did Yanagi and Sanada lose?

What about the national competition?

Sanada, Yanagi and Kirihara won the national competition, but everyone else, including Yukimura, lost!

The one who defeated Yukimura and the one who defeated Sanada seemed to be the same person?

Then my previous guess was right!

Sure enough, there will be a "genius first-year student" next year!

And they are all in Qingxue!

Since everyone has lost once, then they all have special training.

I will lose because I am not strong enough!

The names of the Big Three have been called for so long, and the position of the king has been occupied for so long, everyone is somewhat slack, right?

Even he himself once felt complacent...

"I don't think it's enough." Nioh said, "This amount of practice can be achieved by other schools."

"Do you think it's not enough?" Liu frowned slightly, "The amount of training is too much, and there will be more complaints in the department."

"Ordinary members may be enough, but not enough for the main election." King Ni thought for a while and said, "You think, I have learned the state of selflessness in a few months, and others can also learn the state of selflessness in a few months. We There is no way to guarantee that my progress speed will not be surpassed by others.”

"What do you mean by that..."

"I just think that the intensity of practice should at least reach the level where you feel that you have a clear conscience." King Ni raised his head, "And I think, Liu, you can find a few juniors to help you share the affairs of the club. Too many chores will distract you .”

"……Eh?"

"You are also the Big Three." King Ni spread his hands, "Since you are the Big Three, at least you must have the deterrent power of Sanada."

"Where is Xianichiro's deterrent power..." Liu smiled helplessly.

He didn't reject Nioh's kindness, because he knew Nioh's "true words" that he didn't say but showed in his demeanor.

Nioh is saying, Liu, if you don't use dim sum, you will be surpassed by others.

But the fact is that it has been exceeded.When the person who said this sentence defeated Sanada, the "Big Three" were just the image recognized by the outside world.Because they are no longer the three whose strength far exceeds that of other members.

Angry?

Not reconciled?

Yes, everything needs strength to speak.

"I see." Liu Weiwei opened his eyes, "I will rearrange the training list."

On the day when the new training list was issued, all the main candidates were stunned at the training list.

This amount of practice...

Really can't die? !

"I checked the information. I calculated the complete amount of exercise based on the height, weight and blood values ​​of your last physical examination, and it is accurate to single digits." Liu explained, "I do not recommend additional training, which is harmful to the body. There are different degrees of loss, and the probability of causing muscle strain is more than 70.00% six."

"...Additional training?" Marui twitched the corner of his mouth while holding the training sheet, "Do you want to add training on this basis?"

"Ah, by the way, these trainings are all done on the basis of weight-bearing. The weight of each person has also been adjusted, which is basically one-fifth of the body weight, and the decimal point is removed to keep the whole number. You can convert it yourself. See if it is correct. These weights are distributed on the wrists, arms, ankles, calves, and waist respectively. You can get the custom-made weights in the equipment room later." Liu continued.

Marui began to count one-fifth of his body weight.

The last physical examination seemed to be 53kg, so the load was... 10.06kg?Remove the decimal point... ten kilograms? !

Are you kidding?How can a person finish training while wearing so many weights!

Receiving the resentment from Marui (and maybe others), Liu tilted his head: "The training list is just your limit training volume. My suggestion is to complete at least 80.00%. The remaining 20.00% is reserved for additional training. "

"80.00% is a lot!" Marui couldn't help but said.

King Ren glanced at him: "People who are not physically fit, sure enough..."

"What are you talking about?! Just watch! I'm sure I can finish it!" He clearly knew that Nioh was provocative, but Marui still couldn't swallow his breath when he said that.They were competitors half a year ago, but now this guy...

Marui clenched the training sheet tightly, thinking that maybe he really didn't practice enough.

How could... lose to this guy? !

He is not the only one who thinks so.

Obviously.

As a result, everyone's fighting spirit was high, and the mentality of facing the training list at the beginning could not help but change.

Only Kirihara was left scratching his head at the training sheet: "80.00%? Does 80.00% mean four-fifths? Then do I need to calculate the exact number first... Senior Liu, why did you do it so complicatedly?"

Liu: "...I'll do the math for you later, you come here first to claim the burden."

"Oh! Okay!" Kirihara became cheerful again.

Looking at the "innocent" Kirihara, Liu suddenly felt a little worried: Almost a year has passed, and this kid has not become more stable. When they graduate, can he really support the entire tennis club?

His fears quickly became reality.

In the final exam of the second semester, there were three conspicuous red marks on Kirihara Chiya's report card.

One is English, single digit.

One is geography, although it is a two-digit number, it starts with the second.

One is mathematics, below the pass line.

Except for physics and chemistry, which were flying at low altitude, the scores in Chinese were still above the average, and the best scores were in history and biology.

As for the rest of the labor skill class, art class, music class, and moral education class, Liu didn't bother to take care of them, regardless of the overall ranking and deviation value.

after all……

"Kirihara." He looked at the report card, thinking about Sanada's reaction, and couldn't help feeling a little pity for this junior, "You know that in Lihai University, if you fail three subjects, you can't participate in the competition? All competitions, including inter-school competitions All competitions in the middle school league are not allowed."

"……what?!"

"You bastard!" Sanada, who arrived, smashed Kirihara's head hard, "You're too slack!"

"Sanada, if you make him even more stupid, you really can't save him." Liu sighed.

Sanada clenched his fists, his face darkened, "Kirhara Akaya!"

"Yes! Deputy Minister!"

"Remedial lessons! Everyone!" Sanada glanced at the other main candidates who were watching the excitement, "Give him remedial lessons! He must pass all the final exams next semester!"

"No need? Just save one subject..." Marui blew bubbles, "I guess his English and geography are hopeless."

"The king stands tall! Whether it's tennis or academic performance, don't let up!" Sanada was about to hit Kirihara on the head again, but recalling what Liu said, he smashed it on the locker in a circle.

Bang!

There was a dent in the iron cabinet with a punch.

Kirihara stared blankly at the depression, and couldn't help swallowing.

"Deputy Minister..." He almost burst into tears, "I will study hard..."

I still want to live!