Tokyo: Being coveted by my wife, I just want to play games

Chapter 409 Subtle Changes

"Yuki-chan! This Mr. Fuyukawa seems to live in the neighborhood where you live. Have you seen him?!"

“.Never seen it.”

"Oh! That's a pity. Otherwise, with your gaming talent, Yuki-chan, you might be chosen by Mr. Fuyukawa to join the company!"

"Come on, what's so good about the Holy Light Society? I'm exhausted from working overtime every day."

"No way, I heard from some cosplayers in the gaming community that the benefits of Holy Light Society are super good. Even at some anime festivals, they want to go to the Holy Light Society booth the most. They say that not only is the salary high, but they also buy delicious food for them and give them souvenirs to take home!"

".It's not as good as you say."

[PH·Holy Light: Game House] in Kamurocho, Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture.

I listened to my roommates chattering excitedly while watching various game discs.

Standing behind a row of computer desks, Sato Xiaobai, who was watching the little kids in front of him playing "World of Warcraft" noisily, with a lollipop in his mouth and his hands in his sweatshirt pockets, responded incoherently.

However, although she said, "There's nothing good about the Holy Light Society" and "I've never met Toru Dongchuan," and her expression became more and more like Sato Fujiko when Toru Dongchuan first met her, she looked a little cold and a little world-weary, but her clear big eyes still showed a lot of smiles and nostalgia.

"Really, my brother-in-law always likes to make such a big noise."

"Fortunately, I went to school under a pseudonym, otherwise I would not have been able to go to school safely in Japan."

"But... it will be fine next year!"

"Next year, Sayuri, I will be able to become a full member of the team! By then, I, Sayuri, will no longer be a burden just sitting there doing nothing!"

The smiling face of Toru Dongchuan flashed through her mind, and Sato Sayuri muttered a few complaints, but soon, thinking of the happy times with Toru Dongchuan and her family, and the talent she had shown in games, a smile of expectation emerged on her cold little face, and she no longer had the previous feeling of confusion and decadence.

To be honest, when she first came to Gunma Prefecture to study, she was still as confused and depressed as before.

It's just that she was lucky. The roommates she met in high school were all great people, and unlike Nanako Ohara.

In her heart, Nanako Ohara is an irreplaceable best friend who grew up with her, but Nanako Ohara's personality is somewhat similar to Chika Ohara's. She usually speaks very little and is relatively passive, not an active person. Moreover, as the production of "Pokemon" gets on track, Nanako Ohara does not have much time to accompany her on the street, around the campus, and talk with her until late at night.

And that's the problem.

Ohara Nanako's personality is similar to Ohara Chika's, and her personality is also similar to Sato Fujiko's. She is indifferent to strangers, but she always puts herself in the shoes of her close ones.

Although she had always wanted to find Ohara Nanako to complain and talk, she also knew that period of time was very critical for Ohara Nanako, so she would rather endure it alone than take the initiative to show too many negative emotions in front of Ohara Nanako.

One is passive, while the other is active, but at this critical moment, she keeps suppressing her emotions for fear of affecting the other. Coupled with the self-consciousness of adolescence, following Ohara Nanako, who has already made a great career, Sato Fujiko is emotionally stimulated every day and cannot find the purpose of her life.

In such an environment, it would be strange if children did not have negative emotions. But now it is different.

Although the relationship with these roommates I met in high school was not as deep as that with Nanako Ohara, they were all relatively cheerful types.

With her friends by her side, Sayuri Sato gradually became more cheerful. More importantly, at the end of last year, she joined the ROG team by chance.

To be honest, she had never thought about joining a gaming team before.

Although she cannot exercise due to her left leg amputation, she occasionally plays games when she is bored. However, since Fujiko Sato is engaged in the gaming industry and Fujiko Sato is busy with work and does not have much time to spend with her, she used to be a bit disgusted with games, let alone thinking about playing professional e-sports.

Joining the ROG team at the end of last year was purely coincidental. At that time, her roommate wanted to pursue a boy who loved playing games, so she went to sign up for the campus competition held by ROG. As a result, on the day of the competition, her roommate was unable to play because she had eaten expired fried noodles and bread. At the request of her roommate, she had no choice but to play two games.

Unexpectedly, the ROG team leader saw her talent at first sight and invited her to further try out.

Although Sayuri Sato herself is not very interested in games, she grew up in a gaming family after all. In addition, as Fujiko Sato and Toru Fuyukawa have become closer in recent years, she is often dragged by Futaba Koyama and Asuka Tsuki to play games at home.

Yuezhu Asuka is a super monster who can remember anything after seeing it once; although Koyama Futaba is not that talented, she is also able to rely on her own abilities to work part-time while being admitted to the University of Tokyo, and then she founded an outsourcing studio on her own that can take jobs from companies like SATE and NTsoft, and she is also a super gaming nerd who stays at home playing games every day.

Under the day and night torture of these two big demons, she basically has sufficient experience in various games. What's more, she does have a good talent in games.

People used to like to say that “genius is equal to 99% sweat plus 1% talent”. Later, some people thought that this statement was wrong and interpreted it as “that 1% talent is more important than 99% hard work”.

It is difficult to answer which statement is more correct, but if I have to say, instead of worrying about which is more important, talent or hard work, it is better to first find out which industry you are more talented in.

This is just like doing math problems in school. Some people can understand it after listening to the teacher once, while some people cannot understand it even after listening to it several times.

This is not a difference in intelligence, but because their talents are not in the field of mathematics. It is like Yao Ming playing football or participating in some kind of Olympic Games. Although with the perseverance of such a top athlete, he will definitely not do too badly, but he will definitely not reach this level.

Try as much as possible and try to find an industry that allows you to demonstrate different qualities from ordinary people. This may be more important than worrying about talent or hard work.

Sayuri Sato once tried to learn how to draw comics and write novels in order to catch up with Nanako Ohara, but she had no talent for this. She stayed at home for several months writing light novels, but when she submitted her work to the [No Holy Light Light Novel Website] at home, she couldn't even get a contract.

You should know that at that time, the [No Holy Light Light Novel Website] had already set a very low threshold for signing in order to seize the market. But even so, Sayuri Sato still could not succeed. This incident also gave her a very big blow at the time, but as the saying goes, if the east is dark, the west will be bright.

She never imagined that she just wanted to move to another place for a while because her life was too boring; and just because she accompanied her roommate to watch a game competition on the weekend, she ended up discovering an area she was very good at.

This is indeed a very lucky thing, but Sato Sayuri now feels that the luckiest and happiest thing for her is perhaps not only to encounter an industry that can display her talents, but also to meet a brother-in-law who is willing to patiently understand what this little kid is thinking and is willing to listen to her inner demands.

"Come to think of it, I haven't seen my brother-in-law and sister for more than a month."

Thinking of this, a strong sense of nostalgia and a little grievance of being ignored emerged in Sato Sayuri's eyes.

But it was obvious that this was just her excessive self-awareness. Although Toru Fuyukawa and Fujiko Sato were indeed very busy during this period and indeed had not gone to school to find her, this was mainly because they were worried that the girl was overthinking it.

This is the case for junior and high school students like Sayuri Sato. She would feel lonely when away from her family, but if her family always went to school to find her, she would feel that she was losing face and being treated like a child.

Therefore, since she transferred to Gunma Prefecture, Sato Fujiko would come here almost every few days, and then go to the third floor of the cafe opposite the school to see how this girl was doing in school.

Even though Toru Fuyukawa has been very busy recently, he still takes time out every weekend to come and have a look. After all, there is a Mount Haruna in Gunma Prefecture, and Mount Haruna is the prototype of Mount Akina in "Initial D".

Although the reality is not as exaggerated as in anime and there are not so many biker gangs, Fuyukawa Che has already sent people to greet several yakuza gangs like Tojo Club in Gunma Prefecture. Now all the registered tattooed YaZaKu in Gunma Prefecture are afraid that Sayuri Sato will make trouble in their own territory, let alone offend her.

There is absolutely no problem with Sayuri Sato's safety, but as the saying goes, too much concern can lead to confusion. Dongchuan Che is still very concerned about this sister-in-law who is in the confused period of youth.

Sato Sayuri didn't know all this, but she wasn't a spoiled rich girl.

On the contrary, when she was young, Fujiko Sato had not yet made a fortune and had just arrived in Tokyo, so she had to rely on Chika Ohara to pay for her rent. Therefore, her childhood was not a life of luxury, but rather a very difficult one.

Children from poor families have to grow up early, so she is even more sensible than many of her peers.

Or to put it more bluntly, people who are prone to depression are generally more "sensible" than their peers. Because they have experienced more and know the difficulties of their families, so even if sometimes it is normal for them to confide in their relatives, it is difficult for them to confide their negative emotions casually like those so-called "ignorant" children.

I feel very uncomfortable and want to talk about it, but I don’t want to because I’m worried about affecting the emotions of my loved ones.

If this twisted mentality is maintained for a long time, it will naturally lead to illness.

Fortunately, after studying in Gunma for half a year and integrating into the cheerful dormitory environment, Sayuri Sato's depression was released and her personality became more carefree as before.

"Humph! When I go home during the summer vacation, I must ask my brother-in-law to cook a good meal for me! I, Sayuri, am the first e-sports player in the Fuyukawa family!"

"Hey, Yuki-chan, what are you daydreaming about? It's our turn to get on the plane!"

"Oh, here it comes!"

Sayuri Sato complained about the hard-heartedness of Tokugawa Tetsu and Sayuri Sato, and then she started to brag about how she would show off her [identity as an e-sports player] when she got home. However, she hadn't been bragging for a while, and when she heard her roommate's excited shouting, she didn't continue to watch others play World of Warcraft, but walked quickly towards a chubby girl.

This slightly plump girl is Sayuri Sato's high school roommate, named Nohara Akiko, a native of Gunma Prefecture. At this time, Nohara Akiko was sitting down on a computer chair at the invitation of a staff member, and excitedly waved to Sayuri Sato.

on board.

Yes, use the computer in an Internet cafe.

Now Shengguangshe and SATE have in-depth cooperation, and this cooperation is not limited to online platforms. SATE has also established cooperation with Shengguangshe in large offline sales outlets in some key cities.

For example, this [PH Holy Light: Game House] located in Kamurocho.

This store was previously called [PH Game House], but during this year's New Year's Eve dinner, Toru Fuyukawa and Kuriyama finalized the specific details of the offline cooperation at the dinner table, and the store was renamed.

Now, there are not only PH console trials and SATE series game cartridges here. One-third of the area is directly allocated to the Holy Light Society, and the shelves are full of Holy Light Society game cartridges, vinyl music records, comics, "Pokemon" anime discs, and some peripheral products.

Of course, SATE is not doing charity, and Fuyukawa Tetsu needs to pay monthly rent for these stalls. In addition to those physical goods, Fuyukawa Tetsu has also placed computers for trial playing World of Warcraft in many stores recently because of the release of World of Warcraft. This store in Kamurocho is also one of the signature stores in Gunma Prefecture.

But the interesting thing is

Although this store is one of SATE's signature stores in Gunma Prefecture and there are many customers in the store, almost everyone is gathered in the area of ​​Shengguangshe at this time, and there are few people in the trial area of ​​PH console.

There is no other reason.

On the one hand, it’s because SATE hasn’t released any new blockbusters recently, and on the other hand, “World of Warcraft” is really too popular recently.

Although there were only a few computers in this trial store, only about 20 or 30, the queue had stretched from inside to outside! The players in the entire first floor hall were all discussing World of Warcraft!

Sayuri Sato turned on her computer while listening to the discussion of several players nearby. When she heard those people constantly praising Dongchuan Che for being so great, she smiled with pride, but at the same time, she had some other thoughts in her mind.

"Brother-in-law, you are even more powerful than I thought."

There was an indescribable emotion flashing in Sayuri Sato's eyes.