[Comprehensive] Goddess Event Book

"I'm sorry for the trouble, Mrs. Anna." Anna bowed slightly, and presented the snacks as a gift.

Taya Akiko took the snack box: "Ah, is it confectionery... Honey cake? Not many people eat this kind of snacks now, and everyone likes the more fancy ones."

Although the honey cake is a Western snack, it does not have any cream decoration. It looks similar to an egg cake, and at most it is a little nuts sprinkled on the surface.However, this simple appearance and solid content have a feeling of fashionable youth during the Taisho and Showa years.I like western things, but they are much simpler than now.

This is a snack that Akiko Taya likes very much, and Anna has noticed it for a long time.

Anna pinned a strand of hair behind her ear, smiling with curved eyebrows: "Yes, that's because I thought my wife would like it... For my wife, it happens to be used to match tea when I have afternoon tea alone."

The lives of Japanese housewives are both busy and boring, and they always seem to have endless housework, but they are also young.There is no time to dress up and go shopping or visit the amusement park, at least have afternoon tea at home!

Anna's proposal won her heart, and Taya Akiko nodded with a smile: "It's inside, Xiao Liang and his father."

"Yeah." Anna nodded, and went to find Ta Yaliang and teacher Ta Ya Yukihiro.

Taya Akiko looked at Anna's back, smiled and shook her head.I always feel that this child has grown up a lot, from a lively little girl to gentle and virtuous.

It is already late autumn, and Tokyo has become very cool.Anna wore a thicker skirt and a light-colored sweater over it.Knitted sweaters always give people a gentle feeling, and Anna is like this now-the long curly hair at the bottom seems not as lively as it was two years ago, and it is much more docile.Perhaps because it was left too long, the tail has some yellowing, scattered around the waist, reminiscent of a girl I met in autumn.

"Please come in." With this voice, Anna opened the shoji door of the Japanese room.Both the father and son of the Toya family wear kimonos, and it is not uncommon for the teacher Toya Yukihiro to wear kimonos on a daily basis.Xiao Liang, on the other hand, wears a suit every day after becoming a professional chess player, but it is rare to see him wearing a kimono.

Anna blinked her eyes: "Xiao Liang is dressed like this... like in a Japanese pictorial?"

"What pictorial?" Taya Ryo moved his position, leaving an empty seat for Anna.

When Anna was younger, it was the golden age of Japan. In the eyes of the Chinese people, the Japanese were rich and happy.At that time, I could see a lot of Japanese-related pictorials. Anna still remembered that there was a picture for Boys’ Day, in which a little boy was wearing a kimono.

Taya's eyes fell on Anna's shoulders - when they were kneeling side by side, Anna was no longer taller than him.He shook his head: "I'm not a child anymore."

"It's not a child, of course, it's a social person. But Xiao Liang's doll head always makes people feel super obedient-hasn't the teacher thought about letting Xiao Liang change her hair?"

Facing the suspicious eyes of the female disciple, Taya Yukiyo fell silent.I don't know how to answer this kind of question at all. Of course, Xiao Liang's hair when he was a child was managed by Ming Zi.After growing up, it's Xiaoliang's own business. About Xiaoliang's hairstyle, I'm afraid our teacher Toya Yukihiro didn't care at all.

"This is my own business!" In the end, it was Ryo Taya who ended the topic by himself.

Today, Anna came to Taya House not to drop by, but to accept an interview.The magazine wants to interview Anna and Taya Ryo once. Isn’t the commendation ceremony about to begin? Ana was the most improved chess player last year, the record breaker for winning streaks, and the best rookie...all kinds of things are not worth much , but it does take a whole bunch of honors.

This year, it seems that the people in the Chess Academy were lazy and changed the soup instead of the medicine. All the awards that Anna won last year were given to Xiao Liang...

In Anna's eyes, this seems too careless, but in the eyes of the media, this is the news.This pair of golden boys and girls in the current Japanese chess world, even the way forward is so similar, it is completely like a mirror reflecting the feeling of both sides!

If you want to do an interview, this kind of interview is not a chess interview. It is often a look back at the past and look forward to the future.

The appointment was originally made at a cafe outside—Anna's home did not accept visits from interviewers for various reasons.But in the end, it changed because Xiaoliang suggested that he could go to his house, and the decision was made to interview at Taya's house.

Taya's house is not a mysterious place. Taya Yukio has been famous for so many years, even though he is not the kind of person who frequently speaks in the media, his family's media people have visited many times.But the media was very excited and asked if it would be possible to take a photo with Mr. Taya Yukihiro.

I don't know what gimmick they are trying to do.

But whatever, the Go media doesn't have the brains of the entertainment media anyway, and there will never be anything particularly outrageous to write.It was just a photo, Mr. Taya Yukihiro didn't go out that day, so he agreed very smoothly.

That is to say, in the world of Go, it is an unpopular project, so it is always extra polite to fans, media, and sponsors, paying attention to service and goodwill, so a "big guy" like Mr. So approachable.If it were other popular public figures, this kind of thing is absolutely impossible!

In the photo?Let's talk about price.There will definitely be such a broker jumping out.

The media arrived on time and took a picture of the three of them first, then went to the big room facing the courtyard to interview Anna and Taya Ryo.

Asking and asking, the interview gradually came to an end, the reporter asked: "About the recent newcomers, do you think there is anything you particularly care about?"

Anna and Taya Ryo looked at each other, and Taya Ryo signaled for ladies first, and asked Anna to speak first.Anna is a little more proficient in dealing with the media than Taya Ryo, and feels that this is a problem that may offend people.Then he smiled and said: "We are still newcomers, what's the matter?"

"Please tell me, with the level of Teacher Anna and Teacher Xiaoliang, they are no longer ordinary newcomers." The reporter lobbied very hard: "Just tell me who you like more."

This is to say good things, it is not so easy to offend people, Anna smiled, and raised the Chinese and Korean young chess players as if admitting defeat.Then he mentioned the Japanese side: "Speaking of which, I am more concerned about the new chess players this year."

Hearing what Anna said, the reporter became interested: "Mr. Anna, do you think the new chess player who entered this year is very good? Then... who is it?"

Anna laughed: "I don't know the one with No.1. It's not that his chess is not good... It's because No.2 and No.3 are more familiar."

Anna pointed to the small photo in the newspaper: "This He Gu Yigao was a good friend of our college students! We used to play chess together at that time. As for this——"

Anna put her finger on Kondo Hikaru's photo: "This one, it's better to let Xiao Liang say it."

These reporters became more interested: "So this is a mutual acquaintance of Teacher Anna and Teacher Xiaoliang?"

"Hi! Speaking of which, when we met this Kondo Hikari in the first stage, he didn't know how to play Go. The first game he played was with Xiaoliang - at that time he just walked into the Go club casually, and then watched Xiaoliang Liang is a child of the same age, so I played with him!"

"It turned out to be like this. That's really a great fate." The reporter also lamented in his heart that this new beginner is very talented. He learned Go so late, but improved so fast, leaving behind those college students who studied Go from childhood.

"Speaking of it this way, isn't Teacher Xiaoliang the guide of Hikaru Kondo's first stage of Go?" The photographer behind him also laughed.

Anna thought for a while: "I can't say that, Kondo Hikari also has his own teacher... But it makes sense to say that, because it is because of Xiaoliang's momentum and persistence when he plays Go that Kondo Hikari is only interested in professional Go. I made up my mind - we occasionally talk about this when we chat, ah, please don't write this in the interview content."

Sometimes it is like this. If the things discussed are too personal, it is said that the chess players are new to the familiar reporters, but they are not necessarily willing to be reported by the reporters.

Of course the reporter agreed, this is just a small tidbit.In order to report this loss of the newest Go player who is now the hottest player in the Go world, even if the friendship between the two is not counted, it is not worthwhile to only look at the benefits.

After seeing off the reporter, Anna and Taya Ryo breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Ta Yaliang pursed his lips, looked at Anna: "Drink tea?"

"Yeah, please give me scented tea, as well as nuts and glutinous rice snacks, don't put glutinous rice snacks..." Anna's recipe is like this, and Taya is used to it.

"No animal fat, I know that."

Two people face to face, tea and refreshments.As the heat rises, the atmosphere becomes very warm and relaxing.

Anna glanced up and down Ta Yaliang: "Tomorrow's commendation ceremony, are you wearing a kimono?"

Ta Yaliang shook his head: "It's better to wear a suit."

Japan is a country that advocates ancient clothing. Although the clothing of ordinary people has been Westernized, many people will wear kimonos whenever there are traditional festivals or important events in life.The people next to them would not be surprised to see people wearing kimonos. Even in daily life, Anna would often see men and women wearing kimonos while walking on the road.

However, if you are a man, there are actually fewer kimonos on non-traditional festivals.If there are, they are usually older and engaged in more classical industries.

For example, Mr. Toya Yukihiro, as a Go player, wearing a kimono all day is hardly more normal.

But for a boy like Taya Ryo, it would be a bit strange to wear a kimono on a daily basis.Although Ta Yaliang doesn't care about other people's eyes, but one more thing is worse than one less thing, he doesn't want to draw attention to this kind of thing.

After eating snacks, Anna finally didn't have to sit on her knees. Anna stretched her legs: "Speaking of which, Kondo is really talented... In this way, he became a professional chess player. He didn't go from elementary school to chess!"

Anna and Taya Ryo are actually absolute geniuses in the eyes of everyone, and they are very good at a young age.But Kondo Hikari is different from them. Kondo Hikari did not receive training since he was a child. It didn't take long for him to learn chess seriously.However, with such a limited time, the standard is already very good.

The two of them chatted with each other, and by the way made an appointment to go together at the commendation meeting... To be precise, the teacher's wife Akiko Taya would drive Taya Ryo to go, and Anna was purely successful in the car.

On the second day, Anna and Taya Ryo arrived at the commendation meeting together.At this time, there are already many people in the venue, and it is only at this time that I feel: Oh, so there are still many people in the Go world...

"...What, so Kondo, you really don't know anything!" came the voice with a slightly juvenile voice, and it was obvious in this commendation meeting full of older practitioners.

Anna and Taya Ryo looked over, and sure enough, it was Kazuya and Kondo Hikari.

"Ah, Anna, this way!" He Gu couldn't help complaining to Anna: "This guy Kondo doesn't even know what the conference does—we new chess players are just supporting roles in supporting roles. Duan's chess players go up together and get Duan's certificate."

"That's not the case, summing up the honors of the past year...Although it offends people to say so, the fact is that everyone doesn't care much about the awards given by the chess academy. On the contrary, they are new chess players this year. Duan, but there are only a few of them every year, and everyone's eyes are on you. I want to find out if there are any future pillars of the Go world here." This is Anna's sincere words.

He Gu shrugged: "Yes, but it should be said, look for the next Liu Anna and Ta Yaliang."

He had no other meaning when talking about Anna, but when talking about Taya Ryo, his tone became a little mocking.But this is also normal, his teacher and Taya Yukihiro have always been enemies.Continuing to their respective sects, they always have a kind of subtlety towards Taya's sect.

Coupled with the fact that Taya is always ignoring him, it makes it even more irritating.

For Anna, this kind of meeting is just entertainment, that is, getting together with acquaintances has a little fun.After the conference was over, I still took the ride with my wife.

After bidding farewell to the teacher's wife and Xiao Liang, Anna was planning to go back to the Honmaru through the front shrine, but found that the business of the shrine was surprisingly good today.Zong San Zuowenwen was in charge of acting as the priest for a day in front today. His younger brother Xiaoye was helping him, and he was too busy to turn around.

Originally, the Kotori Shrine did not need a shrine, but with the emergence of businesses such as asking for amulets and asking for gods, it is very important to have a person who can take care of these in front.Over time, this became a duty-like task, and everyone took turns.

When Anna changed back to her home clothes and went downstairs to prepare for dinner, she saw Zong San and Xiao Ye.Passing a glass of water to Zong San Zuo Wenwen, curiously said: "I feel that there are so many people recently!"

Zongsan took the cup with a smile: "Of course, the lord's amulet is very powerful. Although the location here is not suitable for the shrine, everyone knows that it can be trusted now."

It's true that Anna made the amulets, but she was only responsible for writing the amulets.Moreover, she didn't infuse spiritual power into this common amulet, but because she wrote it, it would naturally have some effect.It's just whether the effect is good or bad... In Anna's opinion, nothing is better than nothing.

She doubted: "The effect of that amulet is very poor..."

Zong San smiled more kindly: "Probably because the amulets outside have no effect at all."

Well, it's not how good she is, it all depends on how well she is set off by her peers.

Anna fiddled with a bunch of amulets on the table - they were made before, and they were placed here, so that they could be sold as the sword Fusangshen of the priest for a day at the front shrine.

"But it's amazing to say the least. Among the various charms I make, the effect of exorcising evil is always surprisingly good." Anna recalled her career of drawing charms, and came to this conclusion without difficulty.I wondered in my heart: Am I a violent person, and I didn't light up other skills at all.

"You are good at different directions...My lord, you are very talented in exorcising evil spirits." Smiling Qingjiang and Jiro Tachi came in from the outside.Blinking his eyes on purpose: "Such a lord is really admirable, it seems to be the same as me."

Smiling Qingjiang is famous for beheading female ghosts, Anna doesn't feel that she is related to him.

Sighing heavily, he said sadly, "It's because I think it would be better if I know more about skills like calmness and calming the nerves...you can't count on it."

Jiro Taidao realized later: "Then summon Suzumaru, it is the saber of a famous monk, haha, it must be very suitable~"

Anna reluctantly twitched the corners of her mouth: "I don't really believe in this since I have you and He Qingjiang."

For the sword in Honmaru, she once had great expectations for Jiro Tachi, Hotaru, etc., but the result after that is not worth mentioning.It's not that they are bad, but that the goods are not right - this is not the same as what was agreed!

What about the divine sword?What about the decent knife?

Anna felt a little sorry for Suzumaru Koji, after all, it sounds too sad to give up hope before people come.But the best way to avoid disappointment is not to hold on to hope. As for if he thinks differently from her and is a serious knife...

She will certainly apologize very sincerely for her ignorance and slander.

In Honmaru, which is getting more and more lively, dinner is the only time to see the whole thing.Because of Anna's preference, and because of Fu Sangshen's approval, everyone didn't share a meal and each sat in a seat.Instead, a few shoji doors were disassembled, and several Japanese rooms were assembled into a rectangular Yamato room.

Then, like a long table banquet, the rectangular low tables are made long so that everyone can sit down.

All kinds of delicacies, limited drinks, the sound of passing seasoning bottles, the sound of children running around.Anna couldn't help curling the corners of her mouth as she ate her very 'simple' dinner.Her recipes are as simple as they are now, why she still insists on eating with everyone is probably for this reason.

I don't know why, but it just feels warmer.

"Excuse me, may I come in?" Just when everyone was eating and chatting happily, a hesitant voice came over.This voice is very strange, it seems to be far away, and it seems to be in the ear.

Anna was used to this sort of thing, and agreed immediately.After a while, there was a knock on the door of Honmaru, and Qing Jiang, who was sitting outside with a smile, went to open the door.

The person who came appeared to be an ordinary person on the surface, but if you look closely, you can see that there are a pair of small horns hidden in the hair on the forehead, which is the symbol of the ghost clan.People from hell.

Anna is not an authentic god, but she has all the characteristics that a god should have.For example, this shrine, after the torii, is definitely the domain of God.Apart from human beings, if other existences want to come in, they must obtain her own permission.Especially this ghost clan, the enchantment has the greatest influence on them.

"Excuse me, what's the matter?" Anna had almost finished her dinner, so she simply went to another room to receive guests.

The ghost clan took out a very beautiful invitation card: "This is what Lord Yan Mo asked me to send over. Regarding the tourism festival in hell next month, please be sure to come!"

Hell hosting a travel festival sounds incredible, not to mention how such an ancient institution is connected with such a fashionable event.Let’s just talk about a place like hell, who will go to a tourism festival?No one in their right mind would go there.

But now Anna has gradually adapted to the painting style of the other side of the world under the new modern situation, and thinking about it carefully, it is not so ridiculous.This tourism festival promotes hell tourism, and the target is definitely not human beings, but other creatures from the other side.

It is said that the world is so big, and there are many creatures on the other side. As long as you are interested in hell, there should be quite a few of them!

Just like the blood pool that Anna visited in hell, didn't she say that she organized a Romanian vampire drinking event?Hell definitely can't beat the tourist destinations in this world in terms of conventional items, but there are some unique items that only Hell has!

Although Anna doesn't quite understand why there is economic pressure in Hell, and she still needs to earn money through travel—couldn't the employees' wages be paid?Or just want to boost the economy of the whole hell and bring more jobs.After all, it is different from what ordinary people think. Hell not only has institutions that specialize in dealing with the dead, but also ordinary ghost residents!

"Thank you, I will go." Anna agreed very simply, and did not refuse.After exchanging a few pleasantries, he sent away the messenger from hell.

She no longer expects to get what she wants to know from Hell, but because she often communicated with Hell in order to find out some news, they are already familiar with each other.Now that they are holding a tourism festival, they even specially sent invitations. If you don't go, you will really feel sorry.

It's like a social event, there's always going to be this and that.

Besides, she's also a little bit interested... Hell's travel festival, what the hell is that! ?