However, several times, when Rikka Takanashi had only one card left in her hand, she was unable to draw the card she needed.
After playing for several more rounds, everyone finally helped Rikka Takanashi win a game with unremitting efforts.
Chapter 1659 Birthday Gift
Looking at the pair of Ks in her hand, Rikka Takanashi's right hand couldn't help but tremble a little, and suddenly, she took off her blindfold.
The golden eyes suddenly appeared, giving people a noble and sacred feeling. Rikka Takanashi smiled and was about to start her own middle school declaration, but suddenly she saw Sagiri Izumi.
Rikka Takanashi was stunned for a moment. She knew that she seemed to be a little too proud of herself and almost exposed her true nature in front of Sagiri Izumi.
Seeing Rikka Takanashi suddenly stop and sit down angrily, everyone couldn't help but laugh.
"Eat cake." Ying Lili said at the right time.
After she brought the cake in the afternoon, she put it directly in the refrigerator. If she didn’t eat it, the taste would probably be much worse and it would no longer have the original soft feeling.
Yushan and others nodded and expressed their agreement.
Since the goal of making Rikka Takanashi win has been achieved, there is no need to continue playing.
If we play for too long and Rikka Takanashi doesn't win for a long time, it will be quite embarrassing.
Besides, it’s getting late now. I can only stay for another hour or two and then I have to get ready to go home.
The cake was soon brought up and the lights in the room went out. Sixteen candles were neatly arranged around the cake, burning leisurely.
Everyone surrounded Rikka Takanashi, stood next to the cake, and made wishes silently.
The wish-making process doesn’t take long, less than a minute, and then comes the real highlight - eating cake!
At first glance, the cake looked ordinary, no different from an ordinary birthday cake, but after taking a bite, Yushan Heren was surprised by the denseness and melt-in-the-mouth feeling of the cake.
Ordinary cakes cannot achieve such a silky texture. This not only requires top-quality ingredients, but also a top-notch pastry chef to personally control the temperature of the cake.
Unfortunately, among all the people present, the only ones who could appreciate this were Kazuto Yuyama and Touka Kotori.
In the eyes of others, this cake is just a more delicious cake.
While everyone was eating cake, Kazuto Yuyama secretly took out from his pocket the birthday present he had spent more than an hour preparing for Rikka Takanashi in the morning.
"Rikka, happy birthday!" Yushan Kazuto smiled and handed over the small box in his hand.
Rikka Takanashi was a little surprised. After all, when Kazuto Ueyama came to celebrate her birthday last year, she didn't prepare any birthday gifts.
It was only much later that I found out that Yushan Kazuto had no habit of preparing birthday gifts for others, and he was not even used to celebrating birthdays for others.
But today, Rikka Takanashi received a birthday gift from Kazuto Hayama, and she was naturally very happy.
"Thank you, thank you. Can I open it?" Rikka Takanashi lowered her head and spoke in a low voice.
"Of course." Yushan Kazuto shrugged.
When Rikka Takanashi opened the gift box, she found a single eye patch inside, which made her blink slightly.
After taking out the eye mask, Rikka Takanashi immediately realized that this eye mask seemed a little different from ordinary eye masks.
The overall weight of the eye mask is heavy, there are some hard objects inside, the straps also feel a bit stiff, and there is an additional small external square in the middle of the strap.
Looking at this somewhat strange eye mask and after thinking about it, Rikka Takanashi decided to put it on her eyes.
When worn on the eyes, it is not much different from an ordinary eye mask. Although it is a little heavier and the straps are not elastic, it is still quite comfortable overall.
"Thank you, messenger... I like it very much." Rikka Takanashi habitually wanted to call Kazuto Yuyama "messenger", but suddenly remembered that Sagiri Izumi was right next to her, so she quickly jumped over.
"Sister Shihua, could you please turn off the lights for a moment?" Yushan Heren asked.
Touka Takanashi glanced at Kazuto Yuyama, walked towards the switch and turned off the light.
The room suddenly became dark and only vague outlines could be seen. Yushan and others turned on the air humidifier nearby, and the humidity in the room gradually increased.
Half a minute later, Yushan Heren clapped his hands gently, and the four corners of the eye mask suddenly lit up.
Four rays of light converged not far in front of Rikka Takanashi, and there appeared the words "Happy Birthday".
Everyone looked at the words floating in the air and couldn't help but be surprised. This kind of aerial imaging was a bit too sci-fi.
"This, this, this, this...what is this?" Rikka Takanashi was so shocked that she was incoherent.
"It's just an aerial imaging technology." Yushan Heren said.
For general aerial imaging, it is necessary to arrange a pyramid-shaped polymer transparent film in advance and use diffracted light to achieve projection imaging.
Yushan Heren, however, took a different approach. He combined the formation principle of rainbows and used the refraction of small water droplets in the air to create images.
The reason for the emergence of four light sources is just to make the imaging clearer.
If you look carefully, you can tell that the four words "Happy Birthday" in front of you are actually several layers superimposed on the instrument.
Although it must be used in an environment with high humidity, it is much more user-friendly than the usual aerial imaging technology.
After clapping again, the projectors on the four corners of the eye mask slowly turned off, and Tohka Takanashi also turned on the lights in time.
It's just that everyone who saw the scene just now was still a little confused. Usually it's just a sci-fi movie.
The scene that just appeared in the movie suddenly appeared in front of him.
Rikka Takanashi was stunned for more than ten seconds, then suddenly ran to the light switch and turned it off again.
After a gentle clap of hands, the projectors on the four corners of the eye mask lit up again, and the words "Happy Birthday" appeared in front of her eyes again. Only then was Rikka Takanashi certain that she had not seen it wrong.
"The sound of applause is the initial switch sound I set. You can also switch it yourself, but you have to connect to the computer." Yushan Heren said.
"That...pattern?" asked Rikka Takanashi cautiously.
"Of course the patterns can be replaced, but the imaging effect of those micro-projection components is limited. If the pattern is too high-definition or too complex, it may be a bit blurry." Yushan Heren said.
"Scumbag, senior Kazuto, how did you do that?" asked Tsuchima in surprise.
"It's somewhat similar to the formation principle of a rainbow, so you can just think of it as a special kind of rainbow." Yushan Heren said.
Everyone couldn't help but blink slightly. The real reason must not be that simple. However, they understood why Yushan and others turned on the air humidifier. It should be because of creating a projection environment.
Chapter 1660 Ivory Comb
While eating the cake, others also brought up their gifts. Even Sagiri Izumi drew a picture for Rikka Takanashi as a birthday gift.
Although the values of these gifts vary, Rikka Takanashi cherishes every gift and carefully collects them one by one.
After everyone else had given their gifts, only Ebina Nana hadn't given her a gift yet.
Nana Ebina looked a little nervous, and moved her lips several times, but in the end she was unable to utter a word.
Yushan Kazuto looked at Nana Ebina and felt that she seemed to be in some difficulties. After all, he had asked Doma Yui to bring Nana here temporarily, so it was normal that she did not prepare a birthday gift.
His gaze lingered on Nana Ebina for a few seconds. When Yushan Kazuto was about to step forward to help her, he suddenly saw a small corner of a box sticking out of Nana Ebina's pocket.
The box is an exquisitely carved wooden box. It doesn't take much to know that it must be the gift prepared by Nana Ebina for Rikka Takanashi.
However, Nana Ebina tried several times to take it out, but failed in the end.
Even though it was too shy to give her gift to Rikka Takanashi in public, Nana Ebina still felt too shy.
In addition, she had been a little hesitant before and had not given the gift to Rikka Takanashi along with everyone else. Now that she had delayed it until the last minute, it would attract more attention, which made her even more afraid to take out the gift from her pocket.
"Rikka." Kazuto Kazuto suddenly said.
Rikka Takanashi turned her head and looked at Hayama Kazuto with some confusion.
"I think Ebina seems to have something to tell you in private, why don't you go to the room and talk."
Rikka Takanashi couldn't help but blink slightly and looked at Kazuto Hayama with some surprise, but after seeing Nana Ebina's hesitant expression, Rikka Takanashi seemed to realize something.
"Come with me." Rikka Takanashi nodded and stood in front to lead the way.
Nana Ebina still kept her head down and followed Rikka Takanashi towards the room. She almost stumbled and fell in the middle, but fortunately Touka Takanashi reacted quickly and held her up.
Rikka Takanashi's room is not big. After all, this apartment was rented by Touka Takanashi when she was still working as an assistant chef. At that time, Touka Takanashi's income was not high, so she could only afford to rent such a small apartment.
However, after entering Rikka Takanashi's room, Nana Ebina still looked around with some surprise.
This time, coming to Takanari’s house was the first time that Nana Ebina came to her classmate’s home, and entering Takanari Rikka’s room was also the first time that Nana Ebina entered her classmate’s boudoir.
The style of Rikka Takanashi's room is quite strange, which made Nana Ebina take a few more glances.
It doesn't have the girlish style that one might imagine, but instead has a darker feel, which is somewhat similar to the layout of a Far Eastern magic society.
It was not until she saw Rikka Takanashi's gaze fixed on her that Nana Ebina came to her senses.
Just now, she had put too much energy into observing Rikka Takanashi's room, and almost forgot that she had followed Juuka Takanashi here for something important.
"H-H-happy birthday to you, Kotori-san."
After taking a few deep breaths, Ebina finally spoke.
With no one else watching nearby, Nana Ebina was still a little nervous, but after several adjustments, she finally said it, and at the same time presented the gift she had prepared with both hands.
"this is?"
Looking at the beautifully carved wooden box in front of her, Rikka Takanashi couldn't help but blink slightly.
"It's... a comb." Ebina Nana said in a low voice.
"Can I open it?" asked Rikka Takanashi.
Nana Ebina lowered her head and nodded.
Opening the wooden box, there was a comb with even more exquisite carvings inside.
The overall color of the comb is white with a slight yellow tint.
However, this yellow is not an old and used color. Instead, it is very natural and gives people a comfortable feeling when looking at it.
When Rikka Takanashi took out the comb, she immediately felt a little strange. The feel of this comb was completely different from the resin combs, wooden combs and other combs she had used before. It was exceptionally delicate.
"What material is this made of?" The more she stroked it, the more she couldn't let it go, and couldn't help but ask.
"It's an ivory comb." Ebina Nana whispered.
"Huh?" Rikka Takanashi was stunned for a moment, and the image of poachers hunting African elephants on the African continent emerged in her mind.
In her second-year fantasy, she had fought with poachers more than once or twice, and her original love for poaching had turned into an instinctive aversion to it.
"Yes... yes, mammoth tusks."
Seeing the change in Rikka Takanashi's expression, Nana Ebina hurriedly spoke.
However, due to nervousness, Nana Ebina spoke even more hesitantly and it was difficult for her to finish her sentence.
Only then did Rikka Takanashi feel relieved. As long as the ivory was not obtained through bloody hunting, it would be fine.
"Thank you, Ebina-san, I really like this gift." said Rikka Takanashi.
Nana Ebina couldn't help but raise her head and glanced at Rikka Takanashi. She blushed immediately and lowered her head again.
This ivory comb was actually given to Ebina by her mother as a gift for her entrance into higher education.
However, after coming to Tokyo with the ivory comb, Nana Ebina never used it once. It was Rikka Takanashi's birthday, and it was too late to prepare a birthday gift for her. Nana Ebina then remembered the ivory comb that she had locked in the cabinet.
"Okay, let's go out." Rikka Takanashi put the ivory comb back into the box and then spoke.
Nana Ebina nodded and followed Rikka Takanashi.
When they reached the door, Rikka Takanashi suddenly stopped and said, "By the way, when is Ebina-san's birthday?"
Nana Ebina was stunned for a moment and took a step back. This was the first time someone asked her about her birthday.
From childhood to adulthood, even the teacher who registered birthdays never asked about Nana Ebina's birthday. This information was communicated to them by their parents. When suddenly asked about her birthday by Rikka Takanashi, Nana Ebina couldn't help but feel flattered.
Rikka Takanashi looked at Nana Ebina strangely. She was just asking about her birthday, but why did Nana Ebina look so scared?
"In no mood……"
"October 19th. My birthday is October 19th."
Before Rikka Takanashi could finish her words, Nana Ebina interrupted her.
Chapter 1661 Tipsy Tujian Yui
Rikka Takanashi looked at Nana Ebina with some surprise. The sentence just now was the most fluent one Nana Ebina spoke all day.
Nana Ebina suddenly realized that her reaction just now seemed to be a bit too much. The redness on her face became more obvious, and a wisp of steam came out of her head.
