Chapter 1012: The misunderstanding that lasted for years
Shunji Tanimori was so excited that he burst into tears.
Youye scratched his cheek. Isn't it just winning a game of chess? Is there any need to be so excited?
He looked at Haneda Hideyoshi and found that his expression was calm, without any of the dejection of a loser.
Could it be...
Haneda Hideyoshi slowly said, "4 seven corners."
Tanimori Shunji's smile froze, and he looked at Haneda Hideyoshi in surprise, but as a chess player he immediately made the move according to Haneda Hideyoshi's instructions.
This move instantly broke the situation where Haneda Hideyoshi was the general.
However, Tanimori Shunji did not give up and immediately took the next step, and Haneda Hideyoshi followed suit.
In this way, the two sides fought back and forth for several rounds, and Haneda Hideyoshi was defeated by Tanimori Shunji almost every step of the way.
Seeing two great chess masters compete against each other in person for the first time made everyone stunned and a little worried at the same time. Was Haneda Hideyoshi going to lose as he was constantly being checked?
However, this situation did not make Tani Mori Shunji smile again. Instead, big drops of sweat flowed from his forehead and his face began to turn pale.
"7--Dama." Haneda Hideyoshi announced his last move.
Tani Mori Shunji stared at the chessboard blankly, as if he had been struck by lightning, and stood there in a daze.
Haneda Hideyoshi said calmly: "In this way, my jade will escape, but your jade will have no way to escape."
Shunji Tanimori gritted his teeth and clenched his fists tightly, looking extremely unwilling to lose to Hideyoshi Haneda.
Haneda Hideyoshi said: "When I realized this winning tactic, I couldn't help but get a little excited, so I didn't hold the chess piece in my hand tightly..."
Tani Mori Shunji was stunned. It turned out that at that time, it was not Hideyoshi Haneda who used dirty tricks to induce his failure?
Come to think of it, he did seem to try to stop himself from making that move, but because he was eager to win and was concerned about his wife in the hospital, he ignored the other party's dissuasion.
Tani Mori Shunji laughed bitterly and said in a hoarse voice: "What a brilliant move to turn defeat into victory. So, I will lose no matter what, right?"
The last sentence seemed to be asking Haneda Hideyoshi, but also seemed to be asking himself.
Haneda Hideyoshi was silent for a moment, then said with some regret: "I'm sorry, actually before that game I accidentally heard you making a phone call and found out about your wife. At that time I was too anxious and only wanted to finish the game quickly, but I accidentally said something rude and caused you to misunderstand..."
Tanimori Shunji was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that when the game was over, Haneda Hideyoshi said, "There is no need to discuss our feelings about this game, right?" That sentence was not meant to mock him, but to make him go to the hospital quickly?
I didn't expect that I would torture myself for ten years because of my paranoia? I immediately slumped my shoulders helplessly.
Seeing this, Haneda Hideyoshi said quickly, "Anyway, quickly dismantle the bomb!"
Tani Mori Shunji smiled faintly: "It's okay, this is just to scare people." Then he raised the remote control, only to find that it was not a remote control at all, but just a controller cut from an electrical appliance.
The smooth cut can still be clearly seen at the end of the wire.
He turned his head and looked at Miyamoto Yumi on the sofa: "Don't worry about her, she just fell asleep due to the effect of the medicine."
Hearing this, Haneda Hideyoshi immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
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Upon receiving the news that the person had been found, Yumi Miyamoto's colleague Miike Naeko rushed over in a mini patrol car.
Yuya suggested returning to Yamanashi Prefecture in his sports car, which would save a lot of time.
But Haneda Hideyoshi refused: "When I left the venue, I had already made up my mind not to go back."
He glanced at Miyamoto Yumi who was sitting in the back seat of the patrol car and smiled gently, "Compared to the competition, Yumi is more important. I'm going to take her to the hospital for a checkup. After all, she's been kidnapped for two days. It would be troublesome if something went wrong with her body."
Since Haneda Hideyoshi himself was planning to give up, Yuya and the others did not continue to dissuade him. After all, there would be opportunities after the competition. However, it would be troublesome if Miyamoto Yumi developed any chronic illness.
And just like that, the two sides parted ways.
Yuya and his friends had originally planned to "visit" Masumi Sera, who happened to be staying in their hotel. However, considering that it was inconvenient to bring three little kids along, and it was getting late, they decided to go home directly.
Hideyoshi Haneda accompanied Miike Naeko in a patrol car to take the patient to the hospital.
Hideyoshi Haneda looked at Yumi Miyamoto worriedly all the way. Suddenly, he was stunned and scratched his ears, suspecting that he had heard it wrong.
Because he seemed to hear Yumi Miyamoto snoring just now?
Looking again, Haneda Hideyoshi was surprised to find that saliva was flowing from the corner of Miyamoto Yumi's mouth.
"Yumi! Yumi!" Hideyoshi Haneda shook Yumi Miyamoto hard and finally woke her up.
Miyamoto Yumi woke up dazedly, turned around and saw Haneda Hideyoshi and was surprised: "Xiongji, why are you here?"
Miike Naeko in the front row took the initiative to help explain how Haneda Hideyoshi rescued Miyamoto Yumi from the kidnappers.
"Where are we going now?" Yumi Miyamoto yawned.
"Go to the hospital," said Miike Naeko, "Ms. Yumi has been imprisoned for two days. It would be better to go to the hospital for a checkup."
Miyamoto Yumi looked at Haneda Hideyoshi out of the corner of her eye and explained, "I didn't do anything strange to him. Although I was knocked unconscious and kidnapped, he let me go to the toilet and prepared a meal for me..."
They both breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that Yumi Miyamoto had not been abused.
Miike Naeko glanced at the rearview mirror, thought for a moment and said, "However, Mr. Haneda is really amazing. He had an important game today, but he gave it up for Miss Yumi..."
"Hmm?" Miyamoto Yumi looked at Haneda Hideyoshi in confusion, "What game?"
Haneda Hideyoshi touched his head and said, "Today is the Meijin Tournament..."
Yumi Miyamoto frowned slightly: "Celebrity match? What time and where?"
Haneda Hideyoshi glanced at his watch and said, "We just need to get back to the Tokiwa Hotel in Yamanashi Prefecture before three o'clock, but there is only less than an hour left..."
“Hehehe,” Miyamoto Yumi patted Haneda Hideyoshi’s shoulder proudly, “Xiongji, you seem to have underestimated this patrol car!”
Haneda Hideyoshi was stunned.
And Miike Miaozi in the front row shed a drop of sweat.
"Ku La La, the car in front, please get out of the way!"
Yumi Miyamoto immediately sounded the alarm and used the loudspeaker to order the car in front to give way.
Those people didn't understand the situation, but when they heard the sirens, they obediently gave way.
In this way, the mini patrol car drove smoothly all the way to Yamanashi Prefecture.
However, there were no obstacles in Tokyo. Shortly after entering Yamanashi Prefecture, the patrol car was stopped by a patrol police.
After checking Miike Naeko's police manual, the patrolman couldn't help but complain: "Although your manual is real, what are you going to do? This is Yamanashi Prefecture!"
Sanchi Miaozi was very embarrassed and could only make vague excuses.
Instead, Miyamoto Yumi shouted directly: "If we don't hurry up, Xiong Ji won't be able to catch up with the Meijin Tournament!"
"Celebrity Battle?" The patrolman was stunned for a moment, walked to the back row and looked inside, and the next second he shouted in surprise, "Taiko Celebrity Battle!"
"Huh?" Haneda Hideyoshi was stunned.
The patrolman pointed at his own face and said excitedly, "It's me. You signed for me in the restaurant before!"
Only then did Hideyoshi Haneda recall that this was indeed the case, but he did not expect that such a random fan could be a patrolman?
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The patrolman waved his hand and called two colleagues. A total of three motorcycles surrounded the mini patrol car. Amid the sound of urgent sirens, they sent Haneda Hideyoshi to Tokiwa Hotel before the deadline.
Miyamoto Yumi glanced at the time and breathed a sigh of relief: "2:57, still in time."
Miike Miaozi was shocked: "I actually caught up..."
Is this the power of celebrity? Even the patrol police have fans.
"Ah!" Hideyoshi Haneda, who was about to enter the venue, suddenly screamed. The photo of Yumi Miyamoto making the "yeah" gesture, which he regarded as a talisman, disappeared.
Yumi Miyamoto was puzzled. It was just a photo and it was lost.
"No, that's my amulet!" Haneda Hideyoshi shouted, "I forgot to bring it to last year's Meijin Tournament..."
Yumi Miyamoto was stunned for a moment, and seeing that the anxiety on Haneda Hideyoshi's face did not seem fake, she thought for a moment, hooked her arms around Haneda Hideyoshi's neck, and gave him a light kiss on the mouth.
Hideyoshi Haneda widened his eyes and touched his lips blankly.
Miyamoto Yumi blushed, blinked her eyes and said, "Isn't this more effective than a photo?"
Haneda Hideyoshi suddenly felt the power rushing from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, and he was full of confidence: "I will definitely win!"
Watching Haneda Hideyoshi run into the hotel, Miyamoto Yumi crossed her arms and said with some emotion: "I didn't expect that there would be a celebrity battle in Rakugo." (Rakugo is very similar to stand-up comedy.)
"Rakugo?" Miike Naeko looked at Miyamoto Yumi in shock. They had kissed each other, but she didn't know Haneda Hideyoshi's identity?
Miyamoto Yumi looked at Miike Naeko strangely and said, "Look at the kimono he's wearing. Maybe he's participating in an amateur Rakugo Meijin tournament?"
"Hehehe... yes, right." Miike Naeko blinked her small eyes speechlessly. Forget it, Haneda Hideyoshi himself didn't explain. Maybe he wanted to give Miyamoto Yumi a surprise after winning the game?
Haneda Hideyoshi arrived at the match, sat down properly, made a move, and then bowed to his opponent, the current celebrity: "Sorry to have kept you waiting."
The current celebrity did not show any sign of being angry. He crossed his arms and said slowly, "I don't mind, but you have already used up the time limit. Now it's only 1 point..."
In a formal shogi game, in addition to the fixed time limit, there is also a time limit for thinking.
When the holding time is used up, the game will begin to follow the "1-point shogi" or "30-second shogi" rules, which means that each of Haneda Hideyoshi's next moves must be made within 1 minute, while his opponent has enough time to think.
This is the highest level of difficulty for the Celebrity Tournament, one of the top competitions.
"It doesn't matter," Haneda Hideyoshi said calmly, his face full of confidence, "For me now, 1 minute is equal to infinity."
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A room in Beihu Grand Hotel.
Sera Masumi had just returned from outside, still holding a helmet in her hand. She asked the girl who had just turned off the TV: "There's a police car parked outside the hotel. What happened?"
"Well," the girl turned her head and suddenly smiled. Her mature voice suddenly became childish. "I don't know!"
After saying that, he returned to his room with a smile.
Sera Masumi looked as if struck by lightning, staring with small eyes and complaining: "What kind of reaction is that? So disgusting..."
Meanwhile, at the Kudo family.
Shuichi Akai was sitting in the study with a laptop in front of him. He supported his chin with one hand and clicked the mouse with the other hand. Suddenly, his fingers stopped.
On the screen was a piece of news that had just been released.
"Master Taiko, seven crowns achieved!"
Looking at the head photo of Haneda Hideyoshi in the news, a trace of relief slowly appeared on Shuichi Akai's lips.
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The next day after school, Yuya and his friends were walking home as usual.
Since Masumi Sera moved to the Grand Hotel, which was not far from the office, she also took the same route as them.
On the way, a few girls were discussing the ramen competition show they watched last night.
Mao Lilan was particularly looking forward to the miso ramen, while Suzuki Sonoko thought that the winning soy sauce ramen was more delicious.
Miyano Shiho prefers salt-flavored ramen.
Sera Masumi did not express her own opinion, but bent down to look at the back of Conan's head and asked: "Conan, what kind of ramen do you like?"
"Me?" Conan turned around and was startled to see Masumi Sera standing so close to him. He quickly quickened his pace and then replied, "For me, it should be Tonkotsu Ramen, right?"
"Where's Kamiya-san?" Sera Masumi looked at Yuya again.
Yuya, who was whispering to Miyano Shiho, replied without thinking, "Tonkotsu ramen, please."
"Wow, everyone has different tastes. Kamiya and Conan have the same taste." Sera Masumi said with a smile.
Yuya was stunned for a moment. He and Conan grew up together, lived in the same environment, and often ate together. It was actually normal for them to have similar tastes.
Even if it's not, there are still many people who like tonkotsu ramen.
He just didn't quite understand what Sera Masumi was trying to do with the veiled meaning in her words.
"What about you, Sera-san?" Yuya asked back.
Sera Masumi smiled mysteriously: "As for me...why don't we all go to the ramen shop I often eat at and try it?"
"Huh?" Everyone was stunned. "Now?"
Sera Masumi thought about it and shook his head again: "Forget it. If you eat ramen, you won't be able to eat dinner."
Mao Lilan thought for a moment and said, "It's okay. Dad said he's going to have dinner with the neighbors tonight, so Conan, let's have ramen tonight, right?"
Conan didn't care what to eat and agreed immediately.
"What about you guys?" Sera Masumi looked at Yuya and Miyano Shiho.
The two looked at each other, and Yuya whispered, "Let's just go eat ramen? We don't have to wash dishes or anything when we eat out."
Miyano Shiho was somewhat tempted. Although she liked the feeling of cooking at home, washing dishes was indeed a very troublesome task, so she nodded in agreement.