The door quickly opened a crack, and a weak voice came out: "Sorry, I, I don't need TV service."
Doma Mai was a little dumbfounded for a moment. Ebina Nana seemed to think of herself as a toll collector of NHK.
NHK's programs are still very well made, but its management style is a bit disappointing.
Many people stay away from NHK's mandatory charging policy, which is already a very notorious regulation.
Nana Ebina doesn't usually use TV. If she wants to watch a video occasionally, it's much more convenient to watch it directly on the Internet. Of course, she doesn't want to pay NHK's TV fees.
Seeing the door closed again, Tsuchima blinked and rang the doorbell again.
There was no response from inside the door, and the muscles on Tsuchiya's face twitched involuntarily.
If she hadn't known how difficult NHK was and hadn't had similar experiences, Tsuchima might have gone straight upstairs.
He rang the doorbell again, but there was still no response. Tsuchima couldn't help but frown. He really had to go all out today.
After ringing the doorbell several times, the door finally closed.
After opening it, Nana Ebina said, "I don't have a TV at home, Mr. Toll Collector."
"Ebina-san, it's me." Seeing that Ebina Nana was about to close the door again, Doma Mai hurriedly held the door and spoke as gently as possible.
However, Doma Mai did not expect that Ebina Nana's grip was so strong. After just a little resistance, she felt her right hand was strained.
"Tsuchima-san." Nana Ebina suddenly became nervous.
She didn't expect that the person who rang her doorbell was not the NHK toll collector, but Tsuchima.
"Ebina-san." Domama took a breath, hid her right hand behind her back, and then spoke.
“I’m sorry... Tsuchima-san, I... I treated you as..." Steam was coming out of Nana Ebina's head, and she was even a little incoherent.
Doma Mai couldn't help but blink slightly and stared at Ebina Nana.
"Ebina-san, I came here this time..."
"Come in first." Ebina Nana said tremblingly.
Tsuchiya couldn't help but blink, but finally chose to go in.
The decoration of Ebina Nana's house is quite traditional, so there is no slippers or anything like that, so you can just walk in barefoot.
Doma Mei couldn't help but blink as she watched. For some reason, she always felt that Ebina Nana's house seemed more spacious than her own.
"Tsuchima-san, please, please have some tea." Ebina Nana brought out a cup of tea, but her hands were shaking.
Doma Mai quickly took the hot tea and said, "Thank you, Ebina-san."
Chapter 1404: Two Nervous People
Sitting in front of the kotatsu, both Doma Mei and Ebina Nana looked a little embarrassed.
Nana Ebina kept her head down and didn't dare to even look at Doma Mai. She was already very shy, not to mention that she had just mistaken Doma Mai for an NHK cashier.
Tsuchiya Mai opened and closed her lips several times, but she couldn't utter a complete sentence.
Nana Ebina was so shy that Mai Doma also became shy.
The clock on the wall struck six o'clock, and Ebina Nana finally reacted. She couldn't help but speak timidly:
"T-Tsuchima-san, it's getting late. Why don't you have dinner here?"
Doma Mai couldn't help but blink. She came here with the intention of inviting Ebina Nana to dinner upstairs, but she didn't expect to be outwitted by Ebina Nana instead.
"Ebina-san, that's fine. I came to your house this time because Senior He Ren asked me to come over. I want to invite you to come upstairs for dinner."
Hearing what Domama Yui said, Ebina Nana was stunned, and her body, which was about to stand up, suddenly froze in mid-air.
"Did... was it Senior Kazuto who asked... asked Doma-san to come over?" Ebina Nana became even more nervous.
"That's right, Senior Kazuto bought a big turtle and is going to make a turtle banquet tonight, so he invited us to go upstairs to taste it." Doma Mai said with a smile.
Nana Ebina sat down again, with her head lowered even more than before.
"No, no need. I can just eat at home by myself." Ebina Nana blinked slightly and said in a low voice.
"Doma-san... just tell Kazuto-senpai that I've already had dinner."
"Yeah." Tsuchima couldn't help but blink, "But this is deceiving Senior Kazuto."
"I... I don't like eating soft-shelled turtle." Ebina Nana's voice was trembling a little. Just by listening to her words, it was clear that this was just an excuse.
"Student Ebina, you don't know how big the turtle that senior He Ren bought is. It weighs at least 7 or 8 kilograms. If you don't go up, we will definitely not be able to finish it." Doma Mai said earnestly.
Nana Ebina blinked slightly. There is a soft-shelled turtle base near her hometown, but soft-shelled turtles weighing seven or eight kilograms are very rare. The soft-shelled turtle soup boiled from them is both delicious and nutritious.
Seeing that Ebina Nana was somewhat moved, Doma Mai continued, "Ebina-san, just come with me. We have been neighbors and classmates for such a long time, and I haven't gotten to know you well."
Nana Ebina immediately looked up and glanced at Doma Mai. In fact, she had wanted to make friends with Doma Mai for a long time, but Doma Mai was always surrounded by Sanae Touma and Rikka Takanashi. Every time she wanted to step forward and say hello, she would be scared away.
If she could take this opportunity today to get to know Doma Yui better, Nana Ebina would be very willing to do so.
However, Nana Ebina felt a little embarrassed as she wanted to go to Hayama Kazuya's house again.
Originally, she had planned to thank Kazuto Yuyama for his help after coming to Tokyo, but due to personal reasons, she never had the courage to invite Kazuto Yuyama.
On the contrary, during my time in Tokyo, I received a lot of help from Yushan and others, and I owe him even more favors.
"No, it's better not to. Senior Kazuto always takes care of me. It's really embarrassing." Nana Ebina said with her head down.
Doma Yui blinked her eyes. It seemed that there was a special connection between Yushan Kazuto and Ebina Nana that she didn't know about.
"Then... I'll call senior Kazuto and tell him that if you don't want to go up, just make a phone call and explain it to him yourself." Doma Mai took out her trump card.
It was visibly that Ebina Nana became more nervous.
"No, there's no need to call. Do... Doma-san, just tell senior Kazuto that I'll be fine as long as I have dinner." Ebina Nana said hurriedly.
"That won't work. Ebina-san, you should talk to senior Kazuto yourself," said Doma.
Watching Doma Mei making a call to Hayama Kazuto, Ebina Nana suddenly became extremely nervous, and even her body was shaking.
After the call was connected, Doma Mai handed the phone to Ebina Nana. Ebina Nana took the phone with some trembling hands and put it to her ear.
"Hello, Umaru-chan?" The voice of Yushan Kazuto came from the other end of the phone.
Ebina Nana didn't say anything, and Yushan Kazuto suddenly realized: "Oh, it's Ebina! What's wrong, don't you want to come up for dinner?"
"Kazu, Kazu and Kazuto-senpai, I... I've already eaten dinner." Nana Ebina said in a trembling voice.
"Have you eaten? Are you lying to me?" Yushan Heren stretched out his voice.
Nana Ebina's body suddenly began to tremble even more violently, and she almost dropped her cell phone to the ground.
"Really, really." Ebina Nana said in a very low voice.
"Such a small sound. Even if you have eaten, you must not be full. Come up and eat more." Yushan Heren said with a smile.
Listening to Nana Ebina's voice, Hayama Kazuto realized that the other party was just pretending.
Nana Ebina lowered her head, unable to speak.
She knew that Yushan Kazuto must have seen through her lie and that the reason she said she was not full was that she was just taking care of herself.
"Why aren't you talking? It's settled then! Come up quickly, the meal will be served soon." Yushan Heren said with a smile.
Ebina Nana responded and then returned the phone to Doma Mai.
Doma Mai couldn't help but look at Ebina Nana. If she had known this would happen, she would have just agreed to it directly!
"Then let's go up." Tsuchimura stood up.
"Tsuchima-san, wait a moment." Nana Ebina stood up, walked into the kitchen, and brought out a bag of rice.
"This, this is rice from my hometown. I...I brought it from Akita. You, you take it." Ebina Nana handed the rice to Doma Mai.
Tsuchiya couldn't help but blink, then took it. Her hand suddenly sank and she almost fell to the ground.
Fortunately, Nana Ebina supported Doma Mai in time, otherwise Doma Mai might have fallen to the ground.
Doma Mai smiled bitterly, her face full of embarrassment. She didn't expect that such a small bag could be so heavy.
"What is this?" Tsuchima looked at the trademark.
"The rice we grow in our hometown can be used to make sushi, rice balls and the like." Nana Ebina said in a low voice, without saying the name of Akita Komachi.
Doma Mai blinked and nodded. It seemed that Yushan Kazuto had mentioned this matter to her before, but Doma Mai didn't have a very deep impression of it now.
"Then...thank you Ebina-san." Domama Yui thanked her.
Ebina Nana couldn't help but lower her head again.
Chapter 1405: Battle of Osaka
It was a dinner that was enjoyed by both the host and the guests. Although Ebina Nana kept her head down and didn't say a word, her mouth was busy too.
But the way she was concentrating on eating, it seemed that Nana Ebina was even more shy than Sagiri Izumi.
Especially when Izumi Sagiri stared at Nana Ebina, she felt so shy that she wanted to escape from the dining table.
It’s just that the dinner made by Yushan Kazuto was so delicious that it seemed to seal him to his seat.
Even though my heart wanted to escape, my body didn't react at all.
After dinner, Kong Yinzi walked to the door and prepared to go home.
In the past, Kong Yinzi would often look for Yushan and others to play shogi together.
But today was the Dragon King battle, and Yushan and his men had been down for four full hours.
Kong Yinzi felt that even with Yushan and Ren's brain, it should have reached its operating limit, otherwise he would not have taken a nap and would not disturb Yushan and Ren's rest at night.
What Kong Yinzi didn't know was that when Yushan was playing chess with others, he was actually dozing off while making moves.
Every time the timekeeper reminded him, Yushan Kazuto would open his eyes, make the next move, and then continue to doze off.
However, the live broadcast of the chess academy did not capture the status of the two chess players, so Kong Yinzi did not discover it.
"Yin Zi, are you going back so early?" Yushan Heren couldn't help but ask.
Kong Yinzi looked at Yushan and Ren and nodded slightly.
"Shall I take you down?" Yushan Heren blinked and said helplessly.
Kong Yinzi shook her head: "No need."
In the past, when Yushan and Ren sent him home, it was always late at night around 10 or 11 o'clock.
We had just finished dinner and it was just past seven o'clock. The streets were brightly lit, so there was no need for Yushan and others to take us home.
Yushan Kazuto blinked and nodded.
"By the way." Kong Yinzi suddenly turned around and looked at Yushan Heren.
"What's wrong?" Yushan Heren couldn't help but ask.
"Next week's Dragon King battle will be in Osaka." Kong Yinzi said slowly.
The location of the Dragon King Battle is different every year. Some years it is even held in Hawaii, Europe, etc.
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This highest-level competition, in addition to deciding the winner, also serves to promote shogi.
However, this year, since Kazuto Yuyama is still in school and does not want to take leave, all arrangements were made in Japan.
Even so, several different locations were selected. The third and fourth games were not in the vicinity of Tokyo.
The next five, six, and seven games were all over the country, including but not limited to Hokkaido, Kyushu and other places.
However, judging from the current situation, it is unlikely that five, six or seven games will be held, and shogi fans in these areas will probably be disappointed.
"So, we have to go there on Friday night?" Yushan Kazuto couldn't help but blink.
Kong Yinzi glanced at Yushan Heren and nodded.
If I were to fly from Tokyo to Osaka on Saturday morning, the time would be a bit too tight.
After all, the hot spring hotel where the Dragon King Battle is held is not in Osaka city, but in a quieter place nearby, so Yushan and others can only make preparations in advance.
Yushan Kazuto nodded, and Kong Yinzi blinked slightly and walked towards the elevator.
Turning back, Ebina Nana also came over and said, "Kazuto-senpai, I, I'm going back too."
