The New Year in the Akashi family is very ordinary, there are no relatives, friends and subordinates who come and go, except for Akashi-kun, Natsume, and a housekeeper servant, only Akashi's grandfather who came back from the old house, and Akashi's father who came back the day before the new year.

On the big dark day (New Year's Eve), we can't avoid the custom, so we ate soba noodles.Unlike what Aomine and Murasakihara guessed, the Akashi family’s New Year will be very rich. Although the Akashi family is one of the three major chaebols in Japan, it is also a traditional family. The first meal of the new year is rough buckwheat noodles The mirror cake made with mochi means to cut off the hard work of this year.

Because of the early death of his mother, the family members are thin, and there are only four big men on the dining table of the Akashi family.In the mouths of outsiders, there are even faint rumors that the Akashi family restrained his wife.

After dinner on New Year's Eve, it was natural to ring the bell. Because he was getting old, Grandpa Akashi invited an ancient bell from Kiyomizu Temple and placed it at the feng shui level of Chaoyang.This year is Natsume's first year at Akashi's house, so the task of ringing the bell was given to this new family member.

Natsume attached great importance to this task, sat in the corridor, waited for the bell to ring from the direction of Kiyomizu Temple, and went to ring the bell as soon as midnight passed.It's just that children can't bear to stay up late after all, and it's not yet 10 o'clock, and they are already yawning again and again.

Akashi, who was dragged to play shogi by Grandpa Akashi, looked at Natsume who was wearing a thick cotton coat and wrapped into a ball, and smiled lightly. "Natsume, go to sleep for a while, the temple bell will ring for a long time, I will call you when the time is up."

Natsume shook his head stubbornly, forcing his eyes open. "What if Akashi Nisan falls asleep too?"

【Takashi, and me. 】 Saiki glanced at Grandpa Akashi who was secretly changing the positions of the chess pieces, and pretended not to see it.

Natsume shook his head. "Nissan can be so unreliable sometimes."

"Hahaha, Seijuro is still called unreliable?! General!" Grandpa Akashi, who had successfully changed chess, mocked his grandson who had won several rounds.

Seeing that Natsume insisted, Akashi Seijuro stopped persuading him. Regarding the chess game that had been generalized on the chessboard, he calmly sent back General Akashi's pawns, and put his pawns that had been changed positions back to the original position. s position.

"Grandfather, it's not good for you to do this. Please reconsider how to take the next step."

"Akashi Nisan is amazing." Natsume cheered, raising his hands.

Grandpa Akashi looked at the inevitable losing game, blowing his beard and staring.

[Even if I saw it, can't I win a game as if I didn't see it?I lost several rounds in front of my little grandson, I don't want to lose face! 】

Qi Mu in the inner core shook his head.It's not that I won't hide it for you, Akashi-kun's dynamic vision is too good.

This chess game ended with a phone call from an old friend, so it ended on hold.Seijuro, who knew whether the shogi was put on hold or not, would not continue to play. Fortunately, he stopped sitting there cross-legged, walked to the corridor, sat beside Natsume, and waited with him for the 108 bells of Kiyomizu Temple.

The bell on New Year's Eve rang just as Natsume was about to close his eyes. Natsume, who had half closed his eyes just now, suddenly widened his eyes and jumped up. "Akashi Nissan, Nissan, the bell is ringing!"

"Ah."

【Um. 】

I don't know if it's a coincidence, but a little snowflakes are falling at this time.

"Wow~ It's snowing, so beautiful." Natsume raised his head, looking at the glistening white snow falling from the sky.

The first snow in Kyoto this year came a little late, which seems to indicate the unrest in the coming year.In less than half an hour, the snow of moderate size accumulated a thin layer on the ground, which gradually melted into ice crystals.

[This year...a lot of things happened.Accidentally activated spiritual power, Ah Nan woke up, adopted Natsume, joined the basketball team, got to know Midorima, Murasakihara, Aomine, Heizi, Momoi-san, Hongcun-senior...]

Qi Mu didn't respond, and didn't bother what he was thinking. He looked at the snow in the sky and counted the time. [Seijuro, it's midnight later. 】

Akashi stood up from the corridor in response, and waved to Natsume in the courtyard. "Natsume, it's time to ring the bell."

Natsume trotted over, took Akashi's hand that was rarely extended to him, looked up at Akashi and muttered. "In the end it was Akashi Nisan who reminded me to ring the bell."

Akashi laughed. "It was your unreliable Nissan who reminded you."

"Alas."

When Akashi and Natsume arrived, both Grandpa Akashi who was going to answer the phone and Father Akashi who was busy with company affairs had already arrived in front of the ancient clock.Akashi led Natsume to his family, pushed Natsume's hand away, and gave him a slight push on the back. "Go."

Natsume responded, walked to the bell, and along with the bell of Kiyomizu Temple, rang the New Year's bell belonging to the Akashi family.

With the sound of the bell, the year ends and the new year begins again.

"Happy New Year, Nan." Under the ringing bell, Akashi said softly.

【Happy New Year.Seijuro. 】 Qi Mu chuckled lightly.

Because New Year's Eve is a time for the family, Akashi didn't bring his mobile phone with him. When the family returned to the house together, he found that the mobile phone on the bedside table kept lighting up, apparently one message after another.

Click on the information, most of them are the news of the gourd baby group.As for the group whose ID is Cucurbita, it was suggested by Momoi to create it when they were in Yokohama, saying that it was convenient for the exchange of feelings. As for the name, it is said that this anime character fits the image of the few people now.For this reason, Akashi also checked the Chinese anime character and expressed his refusal, but he did not have permission to change the ID.

Shintaro Midorima: Happy New Year, Akashi-kun.

Momoi Mayzuki: Hey~ Didn't Midorima tell us Happy New Year?so disappointed.

Shintaro Midorima: ...Happy New Year.

Atsushi Murasaki: Very perfunctory.

Midorima Shintaro: Enough!

Heizi Tetsuya: Midori-san, don't get angry at the beginning of the new year.

Aomine Daiki: Tetsu is right, hahahaha.

Momoi Mayzuki: Even with lucky charms, if you get angry at the beginning of the new year, it will be a bad year!Maybe Akashi-kun will abandon Midorima.

Atsushi Murasakihara: Uwah~Mayue girl, critical strike, critical strike.

Aomine Daiki: Hahahahahahahaha, hiccup from laughing.

Kuroko Tetsuya: By the way, I haven't seen Akashi-kun yet.

Seeing this, Akashi sent out the edited message.

Akashi Seijuro: Everyone, Happy New Year.

Kuroko Tetsuya: Akashi-kun, happy new year, I will take care of you this year.I'm the first one to congratulate Akashi-kun on the new year.

Midorima Shintaro: Kuroko, are you blind, I'm the first one!

Murasakihara Atsushi: Hey~ Kuroko and Midorima are so cunning, Chizai, happy new year.I have saved a lot of delicious food to share with you when school starts.

Aomine Daiki & Momoi Itsuki: Akashi-kun, Happy New Year.

Akashi Seijuro: (* ̄︶ ̄)

Kuroko Tetsuya: Akashi-kun actually posted an expression, a screenshot from the front row.

Atsushi Murasaki: Cunning, I want it too.

……

Akashi turned off his phone, stopped watching these funny guys messing around in the group, spread the quilt, washed up, and lay down on the bed.The next moment he closed his eyes, he suddenly said.

"Ah Nan, it seems that I haven't told you yet."

【Um?What? 】

"I was lucky to have you last year, and I hope I can continue to be with you this year."

Qi Mu didn't give him an exact answer, but just responded vaguely.

A quiet night.

……

In the new year, more people came to visit. Since Natsume is still young and not the heir of the Akashi family, naturally he does not need to receive all kinds of guests like Akashi.Because sometimes several groups of people come at the same time, Akashi's grandfather, Akashi's father, and Akashi Seijuro will receive them separately.For example, some people who are involved in the shrine, the witch clan, and the exorcist are now entrusted to Seijuro to receive them.

Neither Akashi nor Qi Mu expected that among these people, they would hear the news about the psychic contest for the second time.

This is a psychic named Dragon. It is said that he has been traveling around the world and doesn't often go back to Japan. He looks more like a psychic than an entertainer.

"I heard some news in the circle. I heard that Akashi-kun moved to Tokyo after he activated his spiritual power. I don't know if it is for this year's Shaman King competition."

Akashi paused as he ground the tea powder in the tea bowl. His grandfather had mentioned it to him. Unlike Izumo, who had a good relationship with Akashi's family, Mr. Long was a free man, not bound by his family or interests. If there was anything he could not say It's okay to talk to him about something.

"Actually, I don't know what the Shaman King Contest is." Akashi shook the sieve in the tea bowl, added some hot water, and served it to the dragon in front of him.

Long carefully looked at the young man in front of him, and he was sure that he was not lying. "Actually, I didn't intend to tell Akashi-kun about this, but I'm still worried that Akashi-kun will be tricked by the Asakura family, so I would like to remind you."

"Mr. Long, please tell me."

"Except for the shaman of Izumo and Ichiko, few people know that the heirs of this generation of the Makura family are twins. One is named Makura Hao and the other is Makura Ye."

Hearing what Long said, Qi Mu's eyebrows twitched. Originally, he thought that the familiarity Ma Cangye gave him was just a temporary illusion, but now they are twins, one named Ye and the other applauded. Is it really just a coincidence?

"I've seen the Ma Cang Ye that Mr. Long said, but it doesn't look like anything special."

Long nodded without denying it. "Ma Cangye has a lot of spiritual power reserves, but he looks like an ordinary spiritual power user. What I want to talk about is this man named Ma Canghao. He is the reincarnation of a notorious onmyoji. The specific situation of this person I don't know, but he is wanted by the Izumo shaman and feared by the organizers of the psychic competition. Asakura will participate in this year's Shaman King competition."

"Mr. Long means that he is afraid that I will be instigated by the Ma Cang family so that I can do my part to remove the Ma Cang." Akashi took a sip of his tea. 【Ah Nan...】

[He didn't lie. 】 Qi Mu listened to the inner voice conveyed in his head, and was very sure.Grandpa Akashi, indeed, he saw the right person.

"That's right." Ryu picked up the strong tea Akashi had ground and lightly pecked it. "Akashi-kun has a seasoned tea ceremony."

"I'm joking, can Mr. Long tell me about the Shaman King competition?"

Long frowned, but didn't ask further. "Actually, I don't know much. After all, I'm not interested in this contest. The Shaman King contest is held every 500 years. I don't know what the process is. In the end, the winner can get the Elf King and can realize any of his wishes. .”

"Elf King?"

Dragon nods. "Yes, I heard that it represents the omniscient and omnipotent god."

[The omniscient and omnipotent God...] Omniscient and omnipotent, Qi Mu suddenly had a ridiculous idea in his mind...

In addition to giving New Year's gifts, Mr. Long came here this time to wake up Akashi Seijuro. After talking and drinking tea, a free-spirited person like Long decided to leave.

Akashi sent Ryu to the door and thanked him politely. "Thank you, Mr. Long, for coming here to tell me about this."

Long buttoned his hat, with a casual and gentle smile on his face. "On behalf of Shouzhuang, I should thank Patriarch Akashi for keeping the pure land of Shouzhuang. The other two chaebols are not as tolerant of talented people like us as the Akashi family."

Having said these words, the dragon quietly left, just as he had come, alone and silently.

"Shouzhuang..."

[Where is that place? 】

"Go and ask grandfather later." Seeing that there was another new guest, Akashi stopped talking.

……

The new year's winter break passed quickly, and Akashi and Natsume moved back to Tokyo just a few days before the start of the new semester.

Because of the influence of the spell drawn by Qi Mu, although the spiritual power was activated, none of them were harassed by any monsters.In order to avoid any accidents, Qi Mu always maximizes his telepathy and pays attention to the living conditions of several people.Well, even if something happens, it will be harmless, and it can be considered that he survived to the start of school safely.

Reporting in the new semester, Akashi sent Natsume to Tomoeda, so it was a little late, but he didn't expect to see a group of five who seemed to be waiting for him at the school gate.

Midorima spotted him first, but just raised his glasses and nodded slightly to him.Then Aomine Dahui and the others also saw him, waved their hands and shouted his name.

【Yeah, yeah, Seijuro is really popular. 】

【Isn’t Ah Nan the same? 】

【I?No, I'm just an ordinary student who couldn't be more ordinary. 】

Seijuro, of course, would not be serious about what Oki said, so he walked a few steps quickly and came in front of several people.

"Akashi-kun, you're later than usual today." Heizi said truthfully.

"Sorry, I sent Natsume to the elementary school next door today, are you waiting for me?"

Aomine patted Midorima's shoulder beside him vigorously. "We saw Luma standing here all the time, so he was probably waiting for you, so we came here together, right, Luma!"

A blush appeared on Midorima's face, and she hurriedly explained. "No, it's just because my lucky item today is the watch of a boy with red hair, so I looked for it at the school gate!"

【Obviously, I was waiting for Akashi on purpose, I'm so stubborn. 】

"Hey... is that really the case?" Momoi looked disbelieving.

Akashi was taken aback, rolled up his sleeves, and took off the watch on his right wrist. "What a coincidence, I just brought a watch today, so I gave it to Shintaro as today's lucky item. Well, Shintaro, your lucky item is getting stricter day by day."

Taking the watch from Akashi cautiously, Midorima turned her head a little embarrassed. "Do your best and obey the destiny. Thank you, Akashi."

【You look very happy, Midorima-kun. 】 Qi Mu listened to the flashing in his head.

【Yeah?I can't see it at all. 】 Akashi took a look.

Murasakihara raised his right hand high. "Green Boy didn't wait for Chi Zai, but I am Chi Zai." He spread out his backpack, which was full of snacks. "Look, this is a delicious food that I have saved for a long time for the New Year. Chi Zai wants one?"

"Oh, Ziyuan, give me one too!" Qingfeng was about to reach out, but Ziyuan grabbed his wrist.

"If you dare to move, I will crush you."

Akashi pulled up the backpack for Murasakihara and laughed. "Dun, you can eat the snacks yourself, I'm not interested in these."

【I'm interested! !I saw coffee jelly, a specialty of Hokkaido! !Akashi, you have changed! ! ! ] Qi Mu in the inner core watched Akashi pull up the backpack, and it was too late to stop him at this time.

Akashi resolutely ignored it. You can't imagine that after he gave Saiki a New Year's gift (a box of Hokkaido premium coffee jelly), this guy ate it up in three days!

Since then, Akashi has decided to strictly manage Saiki's diet.

Now that Akashi has been waiting, everyone went to see the situation of the shift.Half a year later, Akashi and others can be said to be celebrities in the school. The main selection of the strong basketball school naturally attracted a lot of attention. The six of them came to the second grade class placement column, and the students who had been surrounding them automatically dispersed.

At this point, Akashi and Midorima have long been used to it, looking for their names in the class.

Akashi found his name in Class A at a glance, and then saw Midorima's name.Said with a sideways smile. "Shintaro, what a fate, we are in the same class again this year."

Midorima raised his glasses, not much, and with the other hand, he clenched the watch that was still warm from another person.

[Do, do everything you can, just obey the destiny. 】

[Ah, what a tsundere. 】

On the other hand, due to work reasons, Kise Ryota, who arrived at school late, was surrounded by some girls before he reached the class division.Wanting to go to the class division, he naturally saw that there seemed to be a few people surrounded by noisy boys and girls.

"Hey? Did someone come to school?"

The girls around him followed his gaze and laughed out loud. "Is it because Ryota is too busy working as a model? He is a student at school, but it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a big shot."

"How do you say that? Who are they?" Kise suddenly became interested.

The girl pointed at the leader Akashi and said. "Teiko is a famous basketball school, and those guys are all the starters of the basketball club. Did you see that red-haired boy, his name is Seijuro Akashi, who transferred here in September last year. The first one He was promoted to the starting position in the first week, and then two months later, he became the vice-captain of the basketball team, a veritable celebrity."

"So powerful?" Kise's eyes widened.

"That's right. In the basketball world, the five of them are similar to Ryota in the modeling world. They are basketball players who have attracted much attention." The girl added.

【Why?Are there five? 】

"Basketball club..." Kise Ryota murmured.

Behind the crowd around Kise, the soul of an Akita dog sat there quietly, barking at Kise from time to time, but it didn't attract any attention from the other party.

Here at the shifting column, Heizi let out a soft voice.

"What's wrong? Kuroko." Akashi asked.

Heizi shook his head, and looked at another person in the same class as him in the classification column: Kise Ryota.

[This person is often surrounded by a group of girls, looking very troublesome, I hope he doesn't sit too close to me. 】

At the beginning of the new semester, the basketball team has also started to prepare for the national competition. Because it was the champion of the national competition and the winter cup last year, there are countless invitations from the basketball teams of various high school basketball teams in the Diguang basketball team.

Akashi flipped through the invitations from the basketball clubs of each school, tapped the table with his index finger, and thought.Captain Hongcun left early because of urgent matters, so these trivial matters were handed over to him.

Because this is Kuroko's first official match, Akashi must choose a suitable opponent for them, not too weak to make them too conceited, not too strong, lest Kuroko still not adapt to the team.

And Qi Mu has been thinking about the psychic contest since the New Year.

[Zheng Juro. 】

"Ok?"

[Can you help me find the detailed information of the psychic contest? 】Qi Mu is also very strange, since he is self-taught in monsters and yin and yang spells, he has no reaction to the psychic contest.

"..." Akashi put down the document in his hand. "You want to go?"

Qi Mu was silent for a moment. [I don't know either, if possible, can you lend me your body? 】

Akashi thought of what Ryu said during the New Year's visit: the omniscient and omnipotent god. "Ah Nan wants to become Shaman King? For what? My own body? I don't mind sharing my body with Ah Nan."

Qi Mu was silent because of his words, and didn't say anything more, and a terrible silence came between the two.

"Pfft..." At this moment of embarrassment, Akashi suddenly laughed, breaking his serious and somewhat dangerous expression.

???

"Well, I really want to see what expression you will make, Nan, if I answer this way. Don't worry, I will help you find the information of the psychic competition." Akashi picked up the information of each basketball club at hand again, picked up the pen Put a check mark on several schools that have already been selected.

"After all... I also want to talk to Ah Nan face to face."

Qi Mu in the inner core blinked his eyes, although he was a bit confused about what was happening now, but...it was going well, right?

The author has something to say: Ah! ! ! !I lost the data cable at home and bought it again. It just arrived today, and there will be another update in the evening, and an update in the early morning!

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