Looking at Kiyotaki Keika, who seed troubled.
Yukima Azuma spoke up:
"This year, there's an official tournant for won, the Queen tournant. As long as you make it to the main rounds, you can directly beco Joryu."
"Keika-nee will definitely participate. Maybe before the end of this year, you'll officially be a Joryu."
Hearing that, Kiyotaki Keika gave a wry smile.
"If things were really that simple, that would be great."
It wasn't that she had never participated in the Queen tournant before.
But every ti, she was eliminated in the preliminary rounds.
What Yukima Azuma said was truly too idealistic.
"Actually, I have a surefire way to win." Yukima Azuma whispered.
Kiyotaki Keika shook her head vigorously.
"That's not right! That would be cheating!"
The so-called absolute winning thod that Yukima Azuma suggested—
Was to prepare opening moves before the matches.
It wasn't much different from Yamato Kajin and the ijin studying shogi together.
Analyzing the opponents' past gas,
Then Yukima Azuma would design a few sequences of moves.
Kiyotaki Keika only needed to morize them.
Yamato Kajin used the ijin's move sequences, blindly following fixed openings, and almost crushed Yukima Azuma with his shogi skills.
If Yukima Azuma taught Kiyotaki Keika the sequences,
Wouldn't sweeping through those rookies who hadn't even entered Joryu be as easy as flipping a hand?
But Kiyotaki Keika felt that doing so would be cheating.
The shogi world nowadays, for the most part, thought the sa.
It was not yet the era of AlphaGo.
Professional players still held onto their pride.
"Keika-nee, isn't the most important thing in shogi a strong will?"
"The fact that you can reject even my absolute winning thod—doesn't that an you've found your own way to victory?"
Yukima Azuma pointed at Kiyotaki Keika's heavy heart.
"My own way to victory?" Kiyotaki Keika placed a hand on her chest, feeling emotional.
Was she really just lacking confidence?
The answer was obvious—yes.
Since she was young, Kiyotaki Keika had faced too many setbacks.
So much so that whenever she encountered even a little failure in shogi, she would think she wasn't good enough.
If she could just gain confidence, then reaching Joryu wouldn't be a difficult thing at all.
Yukima Azuma quietly walked up behind Kiyotaki Keika.
He gave her a pat on the back.
Along with a startled yelp from Kiyotaki Keika.
Yukima Azuma grinned and said, "Straighten your back! Keika-nee, what kind of posture is this?"
Being lectured like that, Kiyotaki Keika imdiately turned around, reaching out to grab Yukima Azuma.
But if she could really catch him…
Then Yukima Azuma's seven points in physical stats would just be for show.
The two played around for a while.
Kiyotaki Keika, at twenty-five years old, suddenly lost all her maturity.
She looked just like a little girl.
They ran to a small park and then stopped.
Kiyotaki Keika sat on a nearby swing, looking at Yukima Azuma with curiosity.
"How are things between you and Ginko-chan now?"
Yukima Azuma and Sora Ginko—Kiyotaki Keika had watched both of them grow up.
Since childhood, Sora Ginko had liked Yukima Azuma.
But her tsundere personality made it hard for her to be honest about it.
anwhile, Yukima Azuma back then was the type to be completely oblivious—dense as reinforced concrete.
Kiyotaki Keika had worried about this many tis.
But now, things were better.
They were both grown up.
Yukima Azuma's emotional intelligence had even gone from negative to max.
Surely, there had to be so progress, right?
"Next year, when Ginko-senpai gets into Tokyo, things will probably move faster."
Yukima Azuma thought for a mont and could only answer that way.
Thinking about it, his relationship with Sora Ginko was indeed moving a bit slowly.
"It's all your fault. When you were kids, you always bullied Ginko-chan. Serves you right."
Kiyotaki Keika chuckled, recalling the past.
Back then, Yukima Azuma was handso, so a lot of little girls liked him.
Whenever Sora Ginko saw that, she would get sulky.
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Kiyotaki Keika rembered that there was a ti when a Russian girl had just moved into the area.
Sohow, Yukima Azuma had learned Russian from sowhere.
And he got along really well with that girl.
Sora Ginko sat silently in the shogi club, sulking without saying a word.
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Kiyotaki Keika dragged Yukima Azuma over.
Yukima Azuma ran to Sora Ginko and asked if she was angry.
Sora Ginko nodded repeatedly.
Then Yukima Azuma said, "Don't be mad anymore."
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The small Sora Ginko at that ti was so angry that she burst into laughter.
Seeing Sora Ginko laugh, Yukima Azuma thought she was no longer angry, so he turned around and ran off to play with the Russian girl again.
As a result, when he got ho, the small Sora Ginko kicked him in the butt, leaving him completely dumbfounded.
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"I think this was all Keika-nee's fault."
Yukima Azuma argued stubbornly.
"My fault?" Kiyotaki Keika pointed at herself, a little confused.
"That's right, Keika-nee just stood there laughing and didn't bother to teach anything!"
"Even if I had taught you, would you have listened? You weren't exactly a well-behaved kid who followed instructions back then."
"Of course, I would have! Back then, I liked Keika-nee the most."
In the past, Yukima Azuma did have a bit of a thing for older won.
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He wasn't very interested in Sora Ginko.
Instead, he liked Kiyotaki Keika.
Just looking at his first love, Kasumigaoka Utaha, it was clear—he had a definite onee-san preference.
Later on, after gaining more experience, he no longer restricted his preferences.
As long as they were Bishoujo, Yukima Azuma liked them.
Like blonde twin-tails, for example.
Kiyotaki Keika was montarily stunned by Yukima Azuma's sudden confession.
Her heartbeat skipped two beats.
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