[Comprehensive main volleyball] long distance pass

"Is that the daughter of Yasuhara Kuduan?"

"Oh... so young, and super cute~! She really looks like her father!"

"Don't look at her as a girl, it is said that she is very powerful."

"Huh? You mean she still has a chance to win the championship?"

"Yeah, after all, she has her father's personal heir, and she is also Shimada's eighth-dan disciple...The president is also very optimistic about her."

"That's really amazing. If she can become a professional shogi player, the image and influence of our shogi world in society will become even better!"

"I hope so, hey~ Yasuhara! Come on!"

The time has entered the cold November, and today is the game day of the Shogi Amateur Tournament.

Some of the heated discussions outside the guild hall just now came from media professionals in the shogi world, and some came from industry insiders and amateurs who came to watch.

In the eyes of this group of middle-aged or elderly men, the orange-haired girl who was about to enter the hall seemed like a heavenly gift, bringing them the most novel topics of conversation and the purest hope.

And the girl they were talking about, although she was still a high school student, was dressed more maturely than her real age.With light makeup on her face, she was wearing a beige knitted wool dress and a khaki windbreaker outside. An orange plaid scarf wrapped her slender neck and a small bundle of curly hair, with a part exposed underneath Her calf, high-heeled short boots, and a belt around her waist highlighted her fine figure.

Carrying her handbag, Chiho hurried into the guild hall. She didn't seem to hear the words outside. Now her mind was full of the chess records she had memorized before. Rao, no matter how confident she was, it was the first time she formally participated in a shogi competition. She was still trembling with nervousness.

Sitting down in the lounge, Chiho took out her phone from her bag and quickly scanned through the emails.

She received blessings from all parties, including of course Udo.

"From Little Ruoli: Let's cheer together today."

When Chiho saw this, her anxiety began to ease. She moved her fingers and quickly typed a reply to him.

at the same time--

Miyagi, inside the Sendai Gymnasium, there is a banner with the slogan "Miyagi Prefectural Representative Decision Match of the Spring High Qualification Tournament".

"Ruo Lijun, it's time to get ready to enter~" In the locker room, Tendo reminded Ushijima who was still staring at his phone in a daze.

It wasn't until she came back and "Come on!" that Ushido put the phone in the closet with peace of mind and said "OK".

He stood up, put on his team uniform jacket, and walked out the door.

——Today is the day for the most important competition before the end of the year for this couple who are separated by two places.

The two have made an appointment not to lose.

"The game is over, the winner, Yasuhara Chiho." Exhausted by the game, she still knelt on the mat with her fingers pressed to her lips.

"The game is over, 3-1, Shiratorizawa won!" He raised his arm to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and smiled at his teammates.

She and he both did.

"Phew~ It's delicious! Yasuhara, don't you really want a glass of wine? This is a celebration party for you~ After you join the reward party, we will see each other often!" Matsumoto Kazusa, career [-]th dan, personality Lively and funny, he asked Chiho after pouring himself a glass of whiskey.

"Forget it Matsumoto, you will be hated by Ms. Akari~" the blond, blue-eyed, sixth-dan professional nicknamed "Smith" whispered in Matsumoto's ear.

The two seniors are both Tongshan's very good friends in the chess club. They are both 181cm tall and they are very familiar with each other.Moreover, Matsumoto was also a member of the former volleyball club, and after learning about Chiho's experience, he became very friendly with her.

"No thanks, Matsumoto-senpai..." Chiho smiled and held up a glass of orange juice, "I'll just drink this."

"Senior Matsumoto, she is underage!" Kiriyama also held a glass of orange juice in his hand.

This is Ginza, Tokyo's most high-end business district. There is a private club named "Misaki", where Akari works as a hostess, and the owner, Aunt Misaki, is her relative.

"Ah~ Mr. Matsumoto and Mr. Smith are so kind to the juniors. I believe you will not let them treat you, right?" Akari is now wearing a little black dress, long hair shawl, and she is wearing an apron at home The virtuous image with braids is completely different, and has a fatal appeal to adult men.

"Then~ of course not!" Matsumoto, looking forward to Akari, immediately agreed, not realizing that he had been tricked by the other party.

Akari turned her head and gave Kiriyama an "OK" expression.

Chiho leaned on the sofa, lazily listening to the chat between them, gently shaking the glass in her hand, the orange juice began to emit a series of small bubbles, and the strong smell of alcohol permeating the high-end airtight room made her Feeling dizzy.

However, the taste of the wine was only one of the reasons, and more of it was because the daytime game consumed a lot of her mental energy.

She closed her eyes and recalled how she felt during the game.

It was as if the whole person was walking in a dark forest with towering trees. The opponent in the final was very patient. He set up the game slowly little by little, just waiting for her to accidentally step into the trap he had buried.

But Chiho didn't stop thinking for a moment, and accurately observed all his actions, and used his unexpected strategy to seal the trap in advance and reverse the situation.

Many people who watched the game felt that they saw the shadow of Yasuhara Yuki in her body.

"Huh~" She exhaled lightly. Fortunately, there were no mistakes in the middle. The last game was really hanging by a thread, and one missed step meant failure.

"Are you tired, Yasuhara?" Tong Shan sat beside her and asked with concern, "Do you want to go back first?"

"I'm fine, Xiao Ling, let the seniors have a good drink~" As the protagonist of this drinking game, it would be too rude to retreat first, Chiho sat up straight, regained her spirit and said to Kiriyama.

She stretched out the cup in her hand and touched Tongshan's, her purple eyes were full of tenderness: "Speaking of which, you only have the ranking match of the month left in this year's game, right? On which day? yes……?"

"December 12th, the day before Christmas... the opponent is Yasui 24th Dan." Knowing that Chiho was trying to force himself, Kiriyama's heart tightened, and even the tone of his answer began to tremble a little.

However, Chiho just drank the orange juice in the glass, staring at the ceiling with empty eyes: "Christmas..."

—It's almost time again.

She still remembered the snowy night in the second year of junior high school, the chance encounter with him at the gate of Niu Dao's house, and what he had said.

——Ruoli also passed the Spring High Qualifiers today, that is to say, we will see him in two months.

There was a burst of sweetness and sourness in her heart, which tasted like the orange juice she just drank.

"What's the matter?" Kiriyama asked, and Matsumoto and Smith were almost unconscious from drinking over there, and he felt that the drinking party would soon be over.

Chiho shook her head, patted Kiriyama's shoulder vigorously: "It's nothing, I'll see you that day! How about bringing you to my house for dinner after the game~? Of course Ruo Li won't object hahaha~"

"Yeah - Yasuhara, take it easy! You're still so energetic after playing chess all day, are you a monster..."

"Huh~?"

"...No, no, I didn't say anything!"

For Kiriyama Rei, the match in December was just an ordinary must-win game.

——It should have been like this before she came to find herself.

Xingtian Xiangzi, the daughter of his adoptive father, who is also his sister in name, is also a complete poisonous woman.

In the previous match, she actually came to him, not for anything else, just to beat him, and make him feel unhappy even if he won.

But he can't resist anything - she will become what she is now, all because of him.

After Kiriyama appeared, Xiangzi was recognized by her father as having no talent for shogi, lost her most important source of father's favor, and was labeled a "loser". Since then, her personality has become distorted and she has wrapped herself in bottomless darkness .

She began to let herself go, ran away from home, entangled married men, and did not forget to "visit" Tongshan who lived alone from time to time, using him as a tool to vent her vicious words.

This time before the game, I found him specially, told him the miserable situation the opponent was in, aroused his sympathy and made him waver, and then walked away.

—Christmas has never been a good memory for him.

On Christmas when he was a child, he was the only one who got shogi among the gifts his adoptive father gave to the three children.

The moment I opened the box, there was no joy, only deep fear.

How much psychological trauma he has brought to the other two children, it is impossible for him to understand when he is young.

He felt like a cuckoo that gnawed at the nest, eating up the Koda family bit by bit.

The appearance of Xiangzi reminded him of this incident again, standing by the river and looking at her going back, the cold wind picked up the scarf she had just tied for herself.

"Children are really pitiful, because they can't choose their parents... But you are different. After all, you choose your parents for yourself."

"Choose someone else's father, right?"

——Even with such vicious words.

Tongshan still wanted to listen.

The game with Yasui was still won, and he showed no mercy.

The opponent didn't notice his crucial move, and it was all over from then on.

After Yasui loses this game, he will quit the shogi world and will divorce his wife. There is still a daughter waiting for him at home who is looking forward to his father returning home after winning and celebrating the festival with her.

The devastated Yasui hurriedly left the clubhouse immediately after the resumption, and even forgot the Christmas gift he was going to bring to his daughter in the chess club.

Staring at the paper bag in a daze for a few seconds, Kiriyama rushed out as soon as he lifted it, before he could buckle his coat in time.

Tong Shan rushed out of the gate: "Mr. Yasui!" But there was no sign of the person he was looking for.

"Xiao Ling?" Chiho, who just arrived, saw this scene outside the gate of the chess club, "What's wrong with Mr. Yasui?"

"He forgot something in it." Tong Shan looked anxiously, his green eyes looked around, "I found it, Mr. Yasui!"

While shouting, he ran towards Yasui's hunched back, leaving Chiho behind.

Chiho didn't chase after her, but watched the conversation between Kiriyama and Yasui from a distance.

"Crack", she saw - Yasui, who obviously lost the game, angrily snatched the paper bag from Kiriyama's hand, left after casting a vicious look.

—he must hate him, she thought.

"Xiaoling?" Seeing that Tongshan stayed in place for a long time without moving, Chiho walked towards him worriedly.

But Tongshan turned around suddenly and passed her by, as if he didn't notice her.

The evening sky was a golden red color, and a flock of pigeons flew over their heads, flapping their wings loudly.

On the deserted street, Kiriyama walked quietly at first—but his pace became faster and faster, and he gradually began to run.

"Zero!" Chiho's pupils constricted, realizing that something was wrong with him, and started chasing after him desperately.

She followed behind Tongshan, ran over the long ramp, came to the main road, and ran through the sidewalk and groves into a park.

After both of them ran for a long distance, Kiriyama finally stopped in the park.

Chiho was also behind him, silently stopping.

——Looking at the figure of Kiriyama holding his knees and panting desperately, she had a bad premonition.

In the next second, the scene in front of her was almost unforgettable for her forever.

Chiho brought a plate of baked potatoes to the dining table: "What exactly did you go through in this game? You made such a soul cry, it really shocked me."

"—Obviously you did nothing wrong." The brisk voice became serious.

"I'm sorry, Yasuhara." Tongshan sat at the dining table with his head down, like a child who has done something wrong and is being lectured by his mother, "I lost control of my emotions... did I scare you?"

"It's nothing, I've seen you in more embarrassing ways." Chiho pushed a bowl of steaming creamy mushroom soup in front of Tongshan, "Let's eat first, my mother is still working overtime."

"Anyuan," Tongshan said without moving his chopsticks, "I met Miss Xiangzi before."

"Really?" Chiho recalled the name, she hadn't seen her since she met once when she was a child, "Tell me, what did Sister Xiangzi do to you?"

Chiho's expression was very serious, she stared at Tongshan closely, and there was a hint that he could not refuse in her words.

She heard Tongshan talk about Xiangzi's later behavior, and it was a scar that would never be erased from his heart.

"That's it..." After listening to the other party's confession, she lay down on the table in shock, "Zero, we are all the kind of people she hates."

——It was only then that Chiho realized that she had unknowingly embarked on the path of the "strong man" that Ushijima said at the beginning.

"But, it's not our fault, is it?" Chiho buried her head in her arms and said sullenly.

"Hmm." Kiriyama Rei only had shogi left, and he had to take this path if he wanted to continue to survive.

But she is different.

Unable to comfort Tongshan, Qiansui felt a deep powerlessness while scooping up the soup.

However, Kiriyama is now different from before.

"Anyuan... Thank you." Tongshan had a gentle smile on his face, "I wish you a smooth promotion to the fourth rank!"

His words warmed her heart. On this Christmas Eve, it is better to forget about those troubles.

She can't be disturbed by this kind of unreasonable malice anymore. After joining the reward next year and becoming the first dan, she still has a long way to go before becoming a professional chess player at the [-]th dan.

"You're welcome, the dishes are getting cold, eat quickly."

After the New Year's Eve, the time came to the beginning of January. The Winter Cup of Basketball and the National Competition of Spring High Volleyball will be held this month.

Chiho also successfully joined the reward meeting after being recommended by Shimada, and started the long road to promotion in the game.

It was relatively easy to win the first game. With her strength, as long as she plays steadily, she will be fine.

This day was the first day for Shiratorizawa to participate in the spring high school. Chiho arrived in front of the Tokyo Gymnasium early, already unable to wait to see her long-lost boyfriend.

——The new star in the shogi world, the beautiful girl Chiho actually has a boyfriend who is out of town, which really makes the single men in the shogi club hate it.

The situation in Ushido is similar. He is very popular among girls at school, and he receives a confession or love letter almost every day, but he sternly rejects them on the grounds that "I already have a girlfriend."

The "girlfriend" in Ushido's mouth has been investigated for a long time by some radicals among fans, but nothing can be found.The students of Shiratorizawa High School all said that no one has ever witnessed Ushido get very close to any girl, it is better to say that he is almost not close to women.

And everyone in the volleyball club has all agreed and chose to keep silent, thus hiding Chiho's existence.

So this year's Spring High National Competition, when the students who came to support the team saw that Ushido was embraced and kissed by a stylishly dressed orange-haired girl rushing out of nowhere as soon as he got off the car. Swipe to scare off the support stick in his hand.

"Ruoli!" Chiho hung on Ushido's neck and refused to let go, gently kissing his cheek, "Long time no see~!"

"Chiho." Ushishima hugged her back, "I miss you very much."

"Qingqing, I'll show me the occasion too, you two!" the eagle craftsman roared.

The author has something to say:

This chapter is actually Xiao Ling's home game.

I really like this episode, the performance in the animation is very shocking, in the 10th episode.