"Time flies so fast, it feels like summer is just over... In fact, winter vacation is almost over." Anna jumped up, blew into her palms, and rubbed her hands together.

Japan has summer vacation, winter vacation, and spring vacation, and winter vacation is the shortest, that is, about one week to ten days.It's not for avoiding the cold, but for the Spring Festival holiday during the semester, which is closer to the National Day in China, or the nature of May Day.

"Winter vacation? Speaking of winter vacation, Anna, do you have any plans?" While tidying up the books on the table, Iki Hiyori stared at Anna with bright eyes: "Ami and the others got the invitation ticket for Ueno House, we want to come together ?"

Uenoya is a well-known century-old wagashi store in Bunkyo District. If it is normal time, Anna is very happy to join this event.But now, I can only refuse very unwillingly.

"Ueno House... that's great, I want to go too. But I can't go. I will ask for leave before the winter vacation. At that time, there is a chess academy in Kyoto - and my aunt's natal family happens to be there too. In Kyoto, she plans to take her family to Kyoto this year to celebrate the New Year."

The Chinese New Year in Japan is the Gregorian calendar year, which makes Anna, who has been celebrating the lunar calendar year, a little uncomfortable, but it’s fine to get used to it.

Iki Hiyori waved his hand empathetically: "There's nothing I can do about work, Anna is different from us, she's already a social person... After all, Kyoto is not bad, and New Year's Eve in a city like Kyoto , it should feel unique.”

The status of Kyoto in Dongying is very unique, similar to Jinling in China. Jinling is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties and has a profound historical heritage.Kyoto even has an advantage over Jinling in this regard, because Jinling has many opponents—no way, there are too many ancient capitals in the country.And Kyoto has no rivals in Japan.

More than 1000 years ago, Kyoto was the capital of Dongying. It was named "Ping An Jing" at that time, and it was built in imitation of the most grand capital in the world at that time, Chang'an in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.The age stretches, and this background makes Kyoto have unparalleled self-confidence and arrogance even in the face of its current capital.

This kind of Kyoto is undoubtedly the most traditional city in Japan in terms of social life. If you don't look at some modern facilities, the living habits of the residents there are almost the same as they were hundreds or thousands of years ago.

"Yes." Anna agreed with a smile.Although she has lived in Japan for a while, she doesn't know anything about Japan's first ancient capital, or the thousand-year-old magic capital.

'The sealing spell mentioned earlier...it should be better. '

When Anna was talking with Iki Hiyori, a text message came from her mobile phone. She glanced at it and laughed: "Hiyo, I'm going back first!"

"See you tomorrow!" "See you tomorrow!"

When Anna was in China, she started to learn Japanese in order to adapt to life in Japan. It was not just as simple as taking supplementary lessons with a language teacher, but also made friends in Japan through the Internet.Why can she communicate with the Japanese so quickly and without barriers?That's because she had communicated with the Japanese before that.

Among these friends, the one with the most frequent exchanges is a rich second-generation speeder who always shows off his modified car to her. It looks a bit annoying, but he is actually a very sincere person.The other... Anna used to think he was a sophomore, but now, she probably thinks he is a colleague.

That's right, colleagues.

At that time, Anna found Japanese friends through a Japanese website that was very interested in China, which was a bit like a gathering place for Chinese lovers in Japan.

The question asked by the Japanese boy with the screen name 'Kinkakuji' is related to Chinese Taoism. If you want to answer this kind of professional question well, you have to be a professional.Anna looked through the previous answers, and it was full of loopholes.

Even though she didn't fully believe in the existence of supernatural abilities at the time, she was also a direct descendant of the Qingzong on Maoshan Mountain. Faced with this kind of question, she subconsciously answered it seriously.

This Japanese friend... This Japanese friend is good everywhere, but the preferences are a bit strange, and it can be said to be obsessed with the supernatural side.Anna at the time didn't know the 'truth' in this regard, only when he was a lover.It is rare to have such a patient friend who tutors her Japanese, and the relationship between the two is getting deeper and deeper.

It wasn't until Anna came to Japan that she showed her talents that she knew that what this friend said at the beginning was true! ! 【I am so surprised.

Probably from this time on, Anna no longer answered each other's questions unilaterally, and occasionally asked the other party about Japanese monsters, onmyojis, and exorcising demons—even Candlestick Kiri Mitsutada and the others could not compare Knowledge reserve on 'Kinkakuji'.

'Is the sealing spell really feasible?My friend said that it would be a waste of spiritual power to make a barrier, and it is not worthwhile, so let me learn a special sealing technique. '

It took a long time for Anna to send this text message before there was a reply.

'Send a photo of the sealing spell you used. '

'Wait a minute, I'm outside now, and I'll pass it on when I get home. '

The mobile phone can't send photos, so what's the reason for Anna who is outside now!

Putting away her mobile phone, Anna rang the doorbell of Taya's house. There was a seminar here today, so she came here in such a hurry.

"It's Anna here? Our big star recently!" "Come in, come in!" "Tsk tsk, now our status in the Go world is going to be worse!"

Almost all the seniors were teasing Anna, only Ta Yaliang was the most caring, smiling and waving to Anna: "Congratulations, it's already fifteen consecutive victories, right?"

Anna thought about it, but couldn't remember whether it was fifteen consecutive victories, so she could only nod her head indiscriminately: "Probably...?"

Rookie chess players are much more relaxed than their predecessors, because they don't have much chance to fight against each other.What's more, it was already summer when Anna and the others entered the ranks, and even some title match qualifiers were already underway, so they missed a lot of chances!

However, there is no doubt that capable people will get more opportunities.In the limited competitions, Anna has always maintained a high performance, and has never lost a game since entering the stage.Although there are reasons why the opponents are relatively weak, victory is victory. At least those opponents are professional chess players.

At present, Anna's most hope is to enter the big three championships, that is, the round-robin round of the chess holy war, the celebrity war, and the Honinbo war - she doesn't even need to get the right to challenge, just to enter this "golden top spot" The three major round-robin rounds, this is already a victory at this stage.

In the Japanese Go world, this is something that only players on the upper echelon can do.

"What, Anna-chan doesn't pay attention to her winning streak, that's not good!" Lu Yuan stretched out his feet, he was still not used to sitting upright when playing chess.

"What's the matter?" Anna sat opposite Ta Ya Ryo and put down her schoolbag: "There is no room to think about this kind of grades that have passed. For me, defeating the next opponent, or entering the junior year This is the more important thing!"

"Ambition!" Compared with a junior sister who is so strong in Go, Lu Yuan feels that he is a salted fish, the kind that is completely hopeless.

Ogata Seiji rapped Awara's back: "Sit down better, the teacher will come over later, do you want to be scolded?"

"Hi, hi." Awara readjusted his posture, still sighing.

"Isn't our Anna sauce the most powerful newcomer at this stage? Take a look, "Go Weekly", "Chess Dao" and "Chess", tsk tsk, there are several Go publications, almost all of them are chasing Anna. This is a Is it the treatment that ordinary newcomers should have?"

Although Anna is just a rookie and hasn't even played an important game yet, her winning streak at this stage has made the Go world pay special attention to her.There are reasons for this, but other factors cannot be ignored-girl chess players, beauty, and the highlights brought by these aspects are also indispensable.

"Even so, she still looks dissatisfied. Such a self-motivated junior sister really puts me under a lot of pressure!" Lu Yuan concluded in this way.

Anna could only smile contemptuously at this: "Then Senior Brother Lu Yuan is ready to retire. After all, in the world of Go, people who are not even self-motivated can't get along. The world used to be yours, but it will always be ours. I'm just the beginning—Xiao Liang is about to play, so what can you do? It's really worrying."

"Xiao Liang, are you right?"

Taya Ryo is definitely a very polite child, he would not usually participate in this kind of teasing of seniors, but seeing Anna's bright smile, he almost nodded his head: "Yes."

"Hahaha." "Ashihara, Ashihara!" "Yes, what can you do!"

"I should have known earlier, Xiao Liang has completely become a country with Anna Jiang." Facing everyone's kind teasing, Lu Yuan could only mutter like this.

"Doesn't he remember that I was his former friend?" Lu Yuan cried out heartbroken.

Only Ogata Seiji poured cold water on him indifferently: "Friend? You think so? Xiaoliang and your age... From this point of view, of course he is better than Anna."

When Taya Yukiyo entered the game room, it was already a sea of ​​joy. Although he didn't know the cause and effect, but seeing that Anna had come, he knew that the matter must have something to do with her.

Anna is a child very similar to Yingji, he couldn't help thinking.As long as they are there, it will always make people feel happy.Back then, all the brothers and sisters in the dojo liked Yingji very much, and no one was jealous of his Go ability.Now it's Anna, it's the same, the father and daughter have the same talents.

Anna is playing training chess with Taya Ryo. At this stage, Taya Ryo's chess strength does not have an impact on her, and she helps him more when playing chess with the opponent.It was precisely because of knowing this that Taya played very seriously. He didn't want Anna to help him, but he didn't make any progress.

The two children lowered their heads and studied Go even more seriously than other seniors—perhaps it is easier for children to have no distractions.

After playing go, the teacher's wife will also bring tea to treat everyone, no matter what, there must be a rest.

"Anna-chan, are you going to this event in Kyoto?" Lu Yuan rubbed against Anna again.

"That's right." Anna breathed a sigh of relief and drank tea cautiously. She was a cat's tongue and could easily get burned.

This time, the Chess Institute organized a trip to Kyoto for chess players who did not have a competition during the Spring Festival. The travel expenses were sponsored by the government in Kyoto, probably for the purpose of uniting to promote Kyoto.After all, the ancient game of Go is very compatible with the atmosphere of Kyoto.

Generally speaking, chess players who want to go can sign up, and the chess academy is not afraid of too many people going.Because there are only so many professional chess players recorded by the Chess Academy, some of them have competitions, and some of them have to stay at home for the New Year, so the number of people who can go is definitely limited.

Anna would not have gone if it wasn't for the fact that her aunt took her family to her mother's house in Kyoto to celebrate the New Year this year.

A senior brother heard them talking about this issue, and he also came over: "The chess players from the Chess Academy are invited. I'm afraid the people from the Kansai Chess Academy will not be very happy, right?"

Ashihara felt that this question was meaningless, and waved his hands: "Kyoto even looks down on Tokyo, let alone Osaka."

Anna listened to these discussions just to listen, but she just laughed and said nothing.Because this is related to an allusion in the Japanese chess world, Anna is not particularly immersed in it as a foreigner.

Unlike the Chinese Go National Team and the Korean Go Academy, there are two Japanese Go Academy, the Nippon Go Academy and the Kansai Ki Academy.Is this for the good development of Japanese Go and to improve its competitiveness?no.Is this developed in line with the historical trend?Nor is it true.

Needless to say, this is the product of a split.

During Japan's post-war reconstruction decades ago, Nihon Kiin ran around in order to rebuild. During this process, Kansai chess players began to fight for independence.They don't want to join the Nihon Kiin, but want to become players of the Kansai Kiin—the most important thing is that they have the support of the Kansai Foundation!

Anyway, after the game at the upper level, there are now two chess schools in Japan.As for the relationship between the two chess academy, it is difficult to say.Judging from the information Anna has obtained at Nippon Kiin these days, the communication between Nippon Kiin and Kansai Kiin is probably not as good as that between Nippon Kiin and the Chinese Go team.

Anna didn't understand at first, aren't they compatriots?It is only after being substituted into the history of China that the tradition of 'Ning with foreign ministers, not with domestic slaves' has long existed.In modern times, there is also a program of action of 'to fight against the outside world, we must first settle the inside'!

For religious elements, heresy is a more terrifying existence than heretics!

There is nothing new under the sun, so Anna can only sigh like this.

Kyoto is adjacent to Osaka, which is the center of Kansai and home to Kansai Kiin.Now that Kyoto invites professional Go players to stand on the platform, instead of choosing a neighbor in Kansai, he invites someone from Tokyo. Just thinking about it makes me drunk.

Anna is not Japanese, and of course she will not join the discussion on the delicate relationship between Japanese regions.So she turned her head and looked at Ta Yaliang who was fiddling with the chess pieces: "Xiao Liang...is he going to enter school soon? Where will he go to junior high school?"

"Sea King Middle School." Ta Yaliang put down the chess pieces.

"Sea King Middle School... it sounds familiar, but I can't remember it." Anna rubbed her bangs and decided not to embarrass herself, and sighed deeply: "Compared to you, Xiao Liang, I am completely clueless. At home Everyone wants me to go to high school, but there is no way to take care of schoolwork, so what's the point of going to high school?"

Even if Anna asked the friends of the Chess Academy about this question, it was useless, and many students in the academy had half-give up their studies.The reason why he didn't give up completely was just to leave room for the future.In case, in case you still can't become a professional chess player, then a high school degree is still useful.

So in their view, it was weird for Anna to continue her studies.

Anna's friends at school strongly advocated that she continue to go to school. They could never imagine that in this society, there are still people who stop with a junior high school education, and they must have a high school education before entering society.

Everyone didn't have anything to say about Anna's plight. It was Lu Yuan who pushed Anna indifferently: "This kind of thing is still a year away? Why worry now, you will know when the time comes."

In fact, it is mainly because there is no point in worrying now.

This is also very reasonable. Anyway, Anna tried to forget about this matter. When she returned to Honmaru, this matter had almost been left behind temporarily. In short, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain.

"Welcome home!" "My lord!" "My lord!"

With the last cheer, a child with green hair came out: "My lord is back! Please let me talk to my lord!"

This is a new sword from Honmaru after Yamabuki Kirihiro. The short sword Mori Toshiro, like the five tigers, is a masterpiece of Awataguchi.Because the former owner was the Mori family, it was named Mori Toshiro.

This child is good at everything, and even takes care of Wuhu Tui and Xiao Ye Zuowenzi two children - but there is one thing that is quite a headache.

"Your lord is so cute, you are a child!" Mori Toshiro expressed his opinion with his hands on his hips, and he didn't feel that his words were convincing given that he had just reached Anna's chest height!

This child is obviously a child, but he likes children the most, so he takes extra care of Xiao Ye and Wu Hu Tui.As for Anna, who is not yet 14 years old, he can also be classified as a child in his opinion, so he is very attached to Anna, and even wants to take care of Anna.

No matter how you think about it, it's impossible.

Anna patted Mori Toshiro's head: "Yeah, Mori helped out a lot today, right? That's great."

Then he hung up his bag and coat: "Dinner has already been eaten at the teacher's house, and it will be fine to bring the snacks later. Can you not disturb me for a while?"

Anna's request will be carried out unconditionally in Honmaru as a matter of course. In the room on the third floor, Anna takes a shower and washes her hair, and no one disturbs her until she blows her hair.

The heated room was as warm as spring. After her hair was half-dried, Anna turned on the computer and pulled out the camera.

'Crack, click', took a few photos of my sealing spell, and uploaded them through the computer.This is really troublesome, but compared to faxing and the like, it is much more convenient.

Of course, these are for the 'Golden Pavilion Temple' that was passed on to Anna before.

'Are these enough?Regarding the Taoist sealing spell, do you need a more detailed formation method? '

'No, no need, ah, wait a minute. '

This flustered tone made Anna a little strange. In her impression, the 'Golden Pavilion Temple' has always been a relatively calm secondary school.Oh, when she understands that something really exists in this world, the word "secondary school" can also be removed.

'Of course, take your time, I'm not in a hurry.But is it okay to reply before ten o'clock?That's my sleep time. '

Anna turned on the computer and didn't care about it anymore. The key is to take out the chessboard and play the score carefully. As long as a chess player like her doesn't work hard, she may face failure at any time.

"My lord, I'm coming in!" The person delivering the snacks was Mori Toshiro, followed by Horikawa Kunihiro.Or put it the other way around, it was Horikawa Kunihiro who originally delivered the snacks, and Mori Toshiro just followed him up.

"Come in." Anna temporarily put down Go.

Mori Toshiro enjoyed snacks and tea with Anna unceremoniously, while Horikawa Kunihiro tidied it up very considerately—in fact, there was nothing to tidy up, Anna's living habits were good, and she didn't mess things up.

"Although there is heating in the room, isn't it good for my lord to dress like this in winter?" Kunihiro Horikawa took out a small blanket and wanted to put it on Anna.

What is Anna wearing?Anna's current pajamas haven't been changed since summer. A short sleeveless nightdress doesn't cover her knees when she stands up. If she sits down, it can only be shorter.

Because of the heating, and because Anna's body is more sensitive to heat than cold, Anna doesn't think there is any problem with this.But Horikawa also cared about her, so she accepted the blanket graciously.

"Pajamas? I'll change them tomorrow, haha, I forgot."

While talking, the computer beeped, and Anna hurried over, and sure enough, there was a response from the 'Golden Pavilion Temple'.The photos are also sent over, probably this is more intuitive.

'The special enchantment should be arranged like this, the spell has been passed on to you...but if you plan to try it, it's best to do it under the supervision of an elder, it's very dangerous. '

At the same time, beside the computer far away in Kyoto, the boy wearing glasses threw himself on the bed: "What the hell am I doing! Is it okay to say such a thing?"

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