[Flower card love] turned into a thousand winds

Waking up from the noise of the alarm clock, Mahiru opened his eyes suddenly.Turning off the alarm button with one hand, while opening the double curtain beside the small bed, the morning sun shines straight into the room about six square meters through the glass window.

In the cloudless weather, except that the temperature remained at a single-digit level, the two brown chirping birds did not appear lazily on the branch next to the window on time.

"Good morning!"

Mahiru opened the window, and after her spirited hello, the bird flew away towards somewhere far away.Standing inside the house, she took a deep breath of the thin morning air facing the outside.Mahiru straightened her limbs and stretched her waist, as if she had poured in the energy of a whole day.

"Xiao Zhen, are you awake?"

My mother's voice came from outside, accompanied by the smell of roasted potatoes in my nostrils.She got dressed, picked up the notebook that had been placed on her desk long ago, and walked out of the room quickly.

Yuliangjia is a typical 1LDK room type. After the bedroom door is opened, the dining room and kitchen can be clearly seen.For the daughter who goes to school during the day and the mother who does odd jobs at night, the most common time to see each other is in the early morning, so even if dinner is mostly cold food, for breakfast, mother will show off her skills in front of Mahiru no matter what. .

"Is today's bento a sushi roll?"

Mahiru went around to the dining table, and saw two bento boxes in front of her, one red and one basket, inside were stacked several plum rice balls and handmade egg yolk sushi rolls.

"There are also Hiroshima yaki and octopus balls, and there are also sausage set meals." The middle-aged woman in an apron turned her head, her face was full of smiles, and the results of her busy work since before dawn were already piled up. A square bento box that she barely had.

Mahiru seemed a little surprised, pointing to the bento box that was being put into a basin and said, "Is that all? Mom, maybe it's too much."

"Oh, it's okay. Today all the seniors in Ruize will go to the stadium to cheer. It's rare that Xiaozhen is so serious about asking me to prepare a lunch box. Mom can't do it if she doesn't work hard!" The woman who had obvious fine lines around her eyes raised her hand My right hand, like a young girl in her twenties, cheered herself up, "In terms of cooking, I will not lose to anyone!"

Mahiru gave a soft "hm", looked at the back of the mother who was full of fighting spirit, and slightly curled the corners of her mouth.

It has been four months since I came to Tokyo, and I seem to have gotten used to the life here without knowing it.Far away from the town where I have lived for more than ten years, living in such a rented apartment, I was still worried about whether I could smoothly integrate into the rhythm of life in a metropolis like Tokyo, but in the torrent of time that no one noticed, New participants like them have gradually become members of the city.

If she hadn't entered Utabe at that time, would she still be able to experience every day life so happily?

Mahiru often had such thoughts, but he always wiped away that unrealistic fantasy with a smile in the next moment.

Life is always in front of you, the past cannot be changed, we can only move forward towards tomorrow!

"Mom, I'm leaving."

After breakfast, Mahiru picked up the oversized bento box in the kitchen, and it weighed several catties in his hand.

"Wait a minute, there's this and this!"

Mahiru's mother hurriedly called her daughter to put down her chopsticks, rushed out of the dining room as fast as she could, and handed the two bento boxes, one red and one blue, which were originally placed on the dining table, into the girl's hands.

"Huh? Is this the same? I thought it was your bento, mom."

Mahiru's mother grinned, and stuffed two small bento boxes into her daughter's arms, showing a mysterious smile: "This is a special gift."

The unidentified girl tilted her head.

"Oh, that's it, for that cute little partner who sent Xiaozhen home yesterday."

"Huh? What, what?" Although she had already sensed what her mother meant, the girl blushed and denied it in a panic, "That companion who was just practicing singing cards in the clubhouse... well, he is also a classmate ...Besides, in short, it's not what you think, Mom!"

Although Mahiru's side gave a negative answer, the other party still maintained a meaningful smile, and responded to her with a long "um": "So mom didn't think about it, I just said my little partner Words of this magnitude."

Mahiru, who was so ashamed of being ridiculed by her mother, had no choice but to hold tightly to the bento boxes stacked several layers in her hands, and demonstrated her inner emotions with flustered movements: "So, where did mother learn that kind of fashionable words? Yes!"

"Mom was originally from Tokyo, and I also experienced it when I was a high school student, so I understand, hehe."

"Anyway, anyway, I'm off!"

"Don't forget to thank your little partner for mom! Also remember to eat up all the bento today!"

Unable to hear the nagging sound blocked behind the door, Mahiru rushed out of the door at a flying speed, and trotted for tens of meters before slowly slowing down.

Oops, my heart is beating too fast.

She clutched her rising and falling chest, her eyes fell on the bento boxes stacked three times up and down, and her face flushed again when she thought of her mother's sneer just now.

Because of the closeness of the East and West represents the budget match, every day off, the practice of Baibohui will last until nine o'clock in the evening.Although young players like her and Yu Ye who have just reached the C level have no chance for the important competitions after that, but as the practice atmosphere in the clubhouse has become stronger in recent days, even they often follow in the footsteps of their seniors and become more progressive stand up.So Tamano, who sent Mahiru home after the practice last night, was "unfortunately" caught by Mahiru's mother who had just arrived home from get off work.

At that time, mother just covered her mouth, smiled and waved goodbye to Yu Ye, without asking any gossip.Unexpectedly, the next morning, suddenly...

Mahiru was troubled.

At such an important juncture of the competition, she is probably the only one who would worry about such things.

Throughout the Baibo meeting, everyone was in a state of nervous preparation.Especially after Mashima-senpai left, Ayase-senpai seems to have devoted herself to the world of Karuta.Mahiru has never seen such inhuman concentration. In the previous practice match with Tsubakiguchi-senpai, she also won unexpectedly, and after Tamano challenged her, she also showed no mercy. Tamano, who had a high self-esteem, was beheaded by 20 pieces of land.

"Ayase-senpai has changed." This was what Tamano told Mahiru on the way home after finishing the Shirami Club practice together.

Become strong, tenacious, persistent, brave, fearless... not only Tamano, but all the people in Baibohui can probably notice the changes in Chihaya, as if they have made a resolution, and are constantly using their own practical actions to achieve it it.Even Mr. Harada, who has always been worried that she will become more rigid during competitions and is too easy for the enemy to see through this kind of brave and reckless defect, has slowly begun to face up to Chihaya's changes.

In terms of card delivery skills and details such as inducing others to trigger hand errors, Chihaya's card skills are very similar to Mashima Taiichi who has left.

"She is a player who is very good at learning from other people's strengths. Didn't you just see that Chihaya is taking cards very seriously."

After Mr. Harada's suggestion, Mahiru realized that the girl with ponytail and serious expression would start to think more when staring at the cards.Behind her, there seemed to be another pair of hands resting on her shoulders. That figure with a straight back, as if attached to the girl's soul, gradually merged into her unique strength.

To work hard, and to work hard for someone, although the two methods may be the same, but the meaning is completely different.

Mahiru hugged the bento box in her arms tightly.Therefore, she believed that the final outcome would be different from before.

"Mahiru!"

A figure appeared faintly in the morning light ahead.

The man was leaning against the corner of the alley, with a flat bag hanging from his right shoulder.The sun shone through the top of his head into Mahiru's eyes, his fine hair was gently brushed by the breeze from his forehead, and the unique mint aroma of the other party's body came into the air.

"Tolerate."

She softly called his name while raising the lunch box in her hand.

In short, work harder today than yesterday!

She said so to herself.

As a result, when Mahiru handed the bento box to Tamano, even Tamano began to feel embarrassed.

Because it was rare for Tamano to show such an expression, even Mahiru, who wanted to say something to smooth things over, couldn't find something to say, so the two walked side by side on the street, looking for the focus with their eyes wandering.

Finally, a sudden ringing of the phone interrupted the awkward silence between Mahiru and Tamano.

"Ah, it's Sudou-kun."

"Sudo-kun?" Mahiru's address to Hiroto suddenly changed from "classmate" to "kun", which made Tamano feel a little uncomfortable.

"Hey, Sudou-kun? I'm going to the venue with Tamano-kun now."

Afterwards, he began to struggle with the fact that she changed his name from "Ninja" back to "Tamano-kun" again.

After hanging up the phone with a few sentences, Mahiru raised his head, only to notice that the young man walking beside him had changed into a dark-faced expression at some point, so he asked with some doubts: "What's the matter? Tamano-kun, don't you?" Comfortable?"

The boy in the gray overcoat turned sideways and walked forward stiffly: "It's nothing."

Mahiru trotted after him: "But Tamano-kun seems to have a bad complexion."

Of course bad!Would a man like his beloved girl to answer other guys' calls in front of him!Yu Ye murmured silently in his heart, but on the surface he maintained an unmoved expression like an iceberg, and said with his mouth crooked, "When did you have that idiot's call?"

Mahiru's pupils dilated a little, and then replied with a sudden realization: "In the previous match at the Shiraba Club, after Tamano-kun lost to Sudou-kun."

"Huh?" There seemed to be some serious and dangerous words in Mahiru's words.

"Because I made an agreement with Sudou-kun before." Mahiru stopped, coughed lightly on the spot, and imitated Yuuto's movements, "'If I win that guy, Yura will tell me her mobile phone number. ’, made such a bet with him.”

"What! I don't know anything about it!"

"Because if Tamano-kun knew in advance, maybe there would be distracting thoughts during the game, so he wouldn't be able to devote himself wholeheartedly."

"But even so, Mahiru, don't trust that idiot so easily."

"Sudou-kun is not a bad person, you can rest assured."

Don't worry, how can you rest assured?

Facing Mahiru's innocent and innocent expression, Tamano helplessly said, "But that guy likes Mahiru, it's too dangerous."

Mahiru was taken aback for a moment, then smiled as if comforting Tamano: "Is Tamano-kun jealous?"

"I……"

"It's okay." The girl grabbed Tamano's right hand that was shrunk in the heavy coat, "No matter what kind of offensive Sudou-kun uses, I will never be taken down by him. Because, the person I like is you ,you are the only one."

Yu Ye opened his eyes slightly, and he stared intently at the girl's ink-like pupils in front of him, and the warm touch came through his fingertips.Looking at Mahiru's gentle smile, he suddenly felt that his previous irritability seemed superfluous.

Mahiru has changed, abandoning the cautiousness and timidity she had when we first met, and she became more confident.I will no longer be ashamed of the occasional Shikoku accent, and I will work hard on many things.Sometimes, Tamano even felt that Mahiru was leading him, caring for him, and tolerant of him.

"By the way, this one is for Tamano-kun."

Looking curiously at the notebook handed over from the other party, Yu Ye flipped it open, and it was filled with densely packed words, as well as the pictures and eye-catching marks that shuttled between the lines.

"I have carefully recorded Tamano-kun's matches. In fact, apart from skills, Tamano-kun's occasional sense is also quite accurate. You can make more use of this. Also, look here." Mahiru instructed Tamano while flipping through the In the next few pages, "Did you find out? Tamano-kun also has a high capture rate on friendly cards, maybe because of the relatively large palm? The big mountain card and the attack on the bottom right of the enemy line may need to be practiced, and there is During the match against Sudou-kun..."

The girl's eloquent voice suddenly stopped, and she felt her fingers being grabbed by the boy in front of her, and her heart beat faster. When she raised her head, she found that Yuye's eyes looking at her were gradually becoming hotter.

"Thank you." He said solemnly.

It's great to fall in love with such a girl.

The preliminaries for representatives from East Japan will be located at Naikawa University Karata Kaikan in Minato-ku, Tokyo.

An hour before the start of the game, many people have already gathered in front of the venue.

Hiroto, who saw two figures appearing in front of him from afar, straightened up, waved at the black spot that gradually became clear, and shouted: "Little Yura, this way."

Yu Ye, who was originally in a good mood, immediately pulled the elder's face when he heard the familiar call.If it wasn't for the fact that Mahiru had already made an appointment with this idiot early in the morning, he wouldn't want to be mistaken for fellow travelers with him.

"Oh, it turns out Tamano-san is here too, hey, is this a bento for me?" Hiroto noticed the red and blue lunch box in Tamano's hand.

"Sudou-kun, yours is here." Mahiru raised the slightly exaggerated three-layer lunch box in his hand.

"So big!"

"Just kidding, my mother also served as the seniors of Rui Ze."

"That's it." Hiroto glanced at the hidden small bento box in Tamano's hand again, "Little Yura's mother is really eccentric, why don't you introduce me to your mother next time."

Mahiru showed a puzzled expression.

"You idiot, don't you know what it means to accept as soon as you see it?"

"Oh, Tamano-san really gets angry easily, just like my brother." Hiroto made a slightly exaggerated gesture, "But thank you for coming to cheer for me."

"Huh?" The meaning is unclear.

"Hey, Yura, didn't you tell Tamano? I also want to participate in the qualifiers."

Mahiru smiled awkwardly, waved his hand, and signaled Hiroto with his eyes not to light the fuse again.

Unconscious Hiroto seemed to understand what Mahiru meant, he lowered his fist suddenly, and then hooked Tamano's shoulder: "Understood, Yura is afraid to tell those who are only C-level and cannot participate in the qualifiers. Yuye-kun's incident will somewhat make you feel ashamed, so you will block the news and forcefully drag you here to cheer for me."

"Sudou-kun, you talk too much." Mahiru pointed to Tamano, whose face turned red and then pale, and signaled Hiroto to shut up.

"Little Yura, don't worry. Although Tamano-kun looks cool, he is a dishonest person in essence. As the saying goes, we don't know each other without fighting. In fact, our relationship is better than you imagined. .”

"..."

Mahiru looked at Yuuto with a helpless face, and then a tragic howl rang out from the small group.

"Yura and Tamano, so they are here too."

Yusei Nishida's voice was heard from the crowd gathered at the race registration desk.Immediately behind him are Xiaozao and Komaye. Both A-level Nishida and Komano seem to be preparing to make their last effort in high school.

"Yo, Nishida, what a coincidence."

A high and thin voice echoed in the crowd not far away. The three of Ruize followed the sound and saw a familiar figure appearing in front of them.

"Hey, Xiao Huang, you also come to join in the fun."

"Join the fun!" Facing Nishida's slightly disdainful way of greeting, Xiao Huang crossed his hands and made a big "X" in front of him, "I'm also here to participate, and this year I also became an A-class honorably." Don’t look down on others. By the way, speaking of which, where’s Mashima?”

Every time he came to the arena, he would habitually look for Xiao Huang, who was Tai Yi, but this time he unexpectedly found no familiar figure in the crowd.

"Could it be that he avoided the race because he was afraid of me? Hmph, Mashima is nothing more than that."

"What, Akira, don't you know? Mashima's family has moved to Kyoto, so of course it can't be here."

"What, what!" Xiao Huang, who was hearing such explosive news for the first time, said in shock, "How is it possible, that guy escaped without telling me, leaving a fateful opponent like me here, what is he worth?" man!"

"No no, Mashima has never regarded you as a fateful opponent." Nishida, Xiaozao, and Komano standing in a row waved their hands back in unison.

"It's too much, it's too much..." Xiao Huang, who completely ignored the complaints, started to shout unexpectedly.

Xiao Zuo was touched for a moment, and turned his head to look up at the sky with his palms folded: "Minister, it's really great, there are still people thinking about you like this in a corner of Tokyo."

"Xiaozao, Mashima won't be happy to be missed by Akira." Nishida and Komano stood behind her and responded.

……

Aside from Xiao Huang, who lost nearly 80% of his fighting spirit due to Taiyi's failure to compete, everyone was waiting for the competition with great excitement.Outside the noisy crowd, Chihaya was rarely seen alone sitting on the rest bench in the aisle, silently bowing his head in thought.

She was holding a mobile phone in her hand, and it hadn't turned on once since the morning.

"What, are you waiting for someone's call?"

A black shadow suddenly appeared in front of Chihaya, she looked up in the direction of the shadow, Sudeng Akto stood in front of her with arms folded, looking down at her.

"Senior Sudou."

"It's a pity to hear that Mashima didn't come." Sudou looked around and said.

Chihaya's eyes fixed on Sudou's direction, and she held the flip phone in her hand even tighter.

"By the way, that kid caused me to lose last year's qualifiers, do you know?"

"But that must have been abstained by Sudou-senpai himself."

"I originally wanted to take revenge this year, but forget it, this time the competition looks like it will be very interesting." Sudou looked at the small group of three not far away, and the smirking boy was reflected in him. "There is a guy who really wants to bully, and finally managed to get promoted to A-level this year, hehe."

After Sudou's sneer, the announcer's voice came from the radio.

"Players in the Queen's Tournament, please move to the clubhouse on the first floor, and contestants in the Masters Tournament, please go to the second floor to report."

"Chihaya, the first round match list is out!" Xiaozao and Komaye ran towards her.

"By the way, Ayase, how about we make a bet this time."

Chihaya was slightly stunned, but she quickly closed her eyes calmly and shook her head: "I'm sorry, Sudou-senpai, the meaning of this preliminaries to me is not just as simple as the competition, so I don't want to Use it as a meaningless bet."

"Oh?"

Chihaya's eyes were bright and flickering when she looked at Sudou again: "I'm going to Omi Shrine, this is my agreement with him."

"he?"

Sudou put away the smile at the corner of his mouth, he could somewhat guess who this "he" was referring to from Chihaya's serious eyes.He spread his hands, said "It's up to you", then turned and walked towards the second floor.

"Qianhao, are you okay?" Looking at the girl's silent back, Xiaozao tugged at the corner of her clothes slightly worriedly.

"Xiaozao, hold this for me."

Unexpectedly, Chihaya who turned around suddenly put something on Xiaozai's palm, and then ran towards the direction where the battle table was announced.

It is a mobile phone.

Judging from the scalding heat, it seems that it has been pinched in the hands since the early morning.

Standing in front of the crowded distribution table for the first round, the girl with no distractions, the expression on her face swept away from the obscurity just now, and became resolute and resolute.

Perhaps this is the first time she has clearly realized that even if Taiyi is not by her side, she must fight alone.Not for anything, just for the three years she spent with Ruize's companions, and because so many people around her brought her infinite strength.

Xin, Shi Chang, Xiao Zuo, Meat Bun, Table, Xiao Sumire, Tsukuba, Mahiru, Tamano, Harada-sensei...

And Taichi.

Chihaya looked under her name tag, which said "Yamamoto Yumi".

No matter who the opponent is, nothing can stop her belief in moving on.Autumn must be more dazzling and bright than imagined.