The work of the Go master

Automatic cleaning

【Permanent Hot Spring】

Pet care

【Cooked with care】

It also features a sparkly effect, with added snowflake patterns, making it look no less impressive than the "Cozy Cottage" effect.

It even adds an effect like "carefully cooked".

At Peach Blossom Studio, Ke Zhiguang always ate in the canteen. Although he had acquired many cooking utensils, he never had a chance to use them and they could only be placed in a corner as decorations.

Of course, it's also possible that the god of quantum mechanics is bad at cooking.

"Ahem." A sound suddenly came from the side.

this......

Perhaps it was because I quietly made a comment about it that upset it.

Ke Zhiguang carefully studied the usage of "Cooking with Care". It is roughly about preparing the tableware and ingredients, placing them in the kitchen, writing down the names of the dishes you want to eat, closing the door and taking a walk, and then the food is automatically prepared. It is a standard quantum mechanical approach, the core of which lies in non-observation.

If no dish name is written, the Snow Woman will use the available ingredients and cooking utensils to make the most delicious dish according to her own understanding.

Hmm... I always felt that its natural inclination was to prepare dishes chilled.

This "cleansing of the soul" is also quite sophisticated. Perhaps it has the same meaning as the "recovery from the fatigue of the past year" effect I saw when I soaked in hot springs before. Both are used to cultivate one's character.

However, this place doesn't offer any benefits like accelerated learning or improved fatigue recovery; in other words, its primary purpose isn't work, but rather a vacation.

Ke Zhiguang wandered around the three-story villa, looking for eye-catching decorations and the view outside the window.

While I was studying, there was a knock on the door: "Excuse me, your milk order has been delivered."

The service was more comprehensive than expected; they even offered milk delivery.

"Here you are, please wait a moment."

Ke Zhiguang came down from the second floor, walked through the corridor and courtyard to the gate of the courtyard, and pushed open the iron gate.

When Ke Zhiguang came in, he didn't lock the door, but now it's locked automatically. It's probably because there's a built-in anti-theft system here.

"Hello, your milk—" The deliveryman handed over the milk, but the moment he saw Ke Zhiguang, his voice suddenly went hoarse, and his expression turned to terror!

"Um, thank you—" Ke Zhiguang was speechless the moment he saw who it was, his expression turning to shock. ???

The two of them stared at each other blankly, frozen in the doorway, the cold wind whistling beside them.

That familiar seaweed-like hairstyle, those familiar smug little eyes, that familiar smug voice... this person... is Kiyonuma Yuzawa.

Goodness, I even ran into Brother Ze here?

Before Ke Zhiguang's brain could even react, Zezi had already taken the initiative to move.

With a thud, the milk bottle fell onto the snow, but luckily the snow was soft and it didn't break.

Zezi looked terrified, as if he had seen a ghost, and ran away as fast as he could. He didn't just see a plague god, he saw the god of death.

No, this person is more terrifying than Death!

"Ghost! Ghost! Why, why is this person here?!" Zezi's screams echoed throughout the area.

Ke Zhiguang suddenly remembered that Saito had mentioned before that Kiyonuma Yuzawa had returned to his hometown of Hokkaido after being fired by Yagami Kunikyo, and was working in an electronics factory.

Does this mean this sentence is foreshadowing?

Is she implying that she will meet him here?

Seeing that Brother Zezi had fled in panic as if he had seen a ghost, Ke Zhiguang did not chase after him immediately. After all, he had no reason to rush up and beat him up.

But upon closer reflection, that doesn't make sense.

The props guided me to this place, which means that this place is very likely used to trigger an event, and Zezi is definitely the character in this event.

So Ke Zhiguang gave chase.

Kiyonuma Yuzawa fled frantically on the snowy road, his limbs flailing about in a disheveled and terrified manner, as if he had entered a tense and exciting chase scene in a horror game and had been caught by a ghost, resulting in a ghostly face jump scar.

He never dreamed... "I hid in Hokkaido, how the hell could you still catch up with me!"

That night in the Demon Dragon's Match Room left him with a lifelong trauma. For several months afterward, he would dream of Ke Zhiguang's combo that sent him flying, hitting him 1000 times, as if... as if it had really happened!

After escaping at top speed for a distance, Kiyonuma Yuzawa was panting heavily and subconsciously wanted to look back to see if the other party had caught up.

"Be good—be good—stand—well—" Ke Zhiguang was right in front of him, with a kind (evil) expression.

Jump scare!!!

"Don't come any closer!"

Kiyonuma Yuzawa collapsed to the ground and plunged headfirst into a snowdrift.

No way, this guy is as irrational as ever, no wonder he can't win at chess.

Ke Zhiguang dragged him into a small izakaya that was open for business nearby. There were many similar small shops in this villa area.

The reason I didn't drag him into my newly acquired villa was because... well, I always felt that this guy might bring some bad luck, so I just left it at that and dragged him to a small izakaya instead.

After being given a few mouthfuls of hot oden broth, he finally came to his senses and sat shivering across from Ke Zhiguang, wrapped in a blanket.

In Kiyonuma Yuzawa's eyes, Koji Hikaru was practically a demon, photoshopped with sunglasses, a Gatling gun, and a motorcycle. Even a casual cough from him sent shivers down Kiyonuma's spine. A glance at him felt like a Barrett sniper bullet blasting him over the head. The first person to instill such fear in him was Yagami Kunikyo, but at least that was the boss, someone who paid salaries. This person, however, was simply... simply...

Sigh, never mind, I can't even describe it anymore, I might as well just lie down.

"Brother...why did you call me here..." Kiyonuma asked weakly.

"Cough cough."

"Ahhh! No, no, I was wrong, I was wrong! I really have turned over a new leaf. I'm working hard now, being a law-abiding citizen, and even helping the old lady next door with her shop. I...I... Yagami Kunikyo, die! Down with Oshiro Ki!"

His last few slogans clearly implied a show of loyalty and allegiance, but they sounded strongly opportunistic.

"Oops, I just choked on the sauce."

"Ah, this..." Kiyonuma Yuzawa was instantly embarrassed. "So you came to find me because you wanted to..."

"Wait a minute, I'm also thinking about what I should do." Ke Zhiguang pursed his lips in thought.

The main reason he rushed up to arrest the other person was that he felt there might be something going on with him, but how could this event be triggered?

"Tell me about your situation first. I heard you used to work in an electronics factory. Why are you delivering milk here now?" Ke Zhiguang raised his doubts first.

"I was indeed sent back home after that day and worked in an electronics factory, but the work was easy, so I couldn't help but find a second job. I was delivering milk in this area..." Brother Ze said with a bit of embarrassment, as if he had been a corporate executive who went bankrupt and was found to be secretly delivering food to support his family, which was quite shameful.

The fact that Ke Zhiguang just appeared in that villa proves that it belongs to him, which is enough to show his recent success.

That would be even more humiliating for Kiyonuma, like delivering takeout to a former classmate's house, where the classmate has risen from the bottom to achieve success, while he himself has achieved success in the opposite direction.

Ke Zhiguang continued to ask, "As far as you know, what major plans does Ye Shen Guojing have? Tell me everything you know, no matter how small."

Ke Zhiguang had already planned to use this interrogation method to extract the key information.

“I’m just a nobody, how would I know so much? I only know the keyword ‘fortune.’ He doesn’t have any other subordinates like me, so I don’t know either.” Kiyonuma Yuzawa shook his head repeatedly.

Ke Zhiguang kept throwing out similar questions, all of which were related to Ye Shen Guojing. After thinking it over, the only person he could connect with was Yu Chengqi.

The questions were all very tricky, such as whether there was a dark world of Go, what other underworld items he had seen, how many wives Yagami Kunikyo had, etc., but the answers were all no.

Ke Zhiguang even suspected that the crucial memories he had when he was kicked out by Yagami Kunikyo were also erased, just as Koshikawa Ryuki was able to secretly modify his lost martial arts memories and disguise himself as someone the other party trusted.

After failing to find a way through several roads, Ke Zhiguang frowned.

Upon seeing the change in Koji Mitsuaki's expression, Kiyonuma Yuzawa was immediately terrified and shouted again, "Yagami Kunikyo, die! Down with Oshiro Ki!"

this......

The atmosphere is gradually shifting towards comedy.

After some thought, Ke Zhiguang simply let the other party ask questions: "So, what do you want to say? About Yagami Kunikyo, about other people, just tell me everything strange you know... even about me."

The last sentence, added by Ke Zhiguang, seemed somewhat unintentional.

"Your matter is also acceptable?"

"Yes, think it over carefully. If there's anything strange, just say it." Ke Zhiguang said calmly, and leisurely ordered another serving of meatballs, adopting an attitude of asking questions in the style of deep thought. He had plenty of time to spare, so he told Ke to think about it quietly.

Perhaps we should give him a bowl of pork chop rice to create an interrogation atmosphere?

Seeing that Keiji was sitting so calmly and composed, Kiyonuma Ryouzawa knew that he had to come up with something.

After sitting with Ke Zhiguang for so long, his PTSD has eased a lot, and he is able to function his brain normally and recall memories.

As someone whose chess skills are only so-so, and who specializes in reaping the fortunes of ordinary chess players, he can only know so much.

After trying to recall everything, he couldn't remember anything, so he had no choice but to start trying to recall Ke Zhiguang himself.

"There's something I don't know if I should say, and that is, I always feel like I was hit a thousand times when we played chess that day..." Kiyonuma Yuzawa said tremblingly, as if afraid of being hit a thousand more times.

"This..." Ke Zhiguang's chopsticks fell to the ground, and he was speechless.

How can I tactfully convey to the other party that I'm incredibly skilled in the field of metaphysics?

"I don't know either. Is there anything else you want to say?" Ke Zhiguang asked, pretending to be serious.

He then asked a more normal question: "Your villa suddenly appeared on the address I was delivering milk to today. Was this... was this part of your plan?"

"No, this is a coincidence." Ke Zhiguang quickly dismissed the question, as there was no solution to it if explained in a normal way.

"So, when you suddenly called out the name 'Swamp Lord' next to the subway station, was that...?"

"No, don't worry about it."

After several questions were rejected, Kiyonuma scratched his head, not knowing what else to ask.

But suddenly an idea struck him...

“There’s another point, which is that the night before our match, I saw the outline of your fortune,” Kiyonuma said.

"You've seen the outline of my fortune?" Ke Zhiguang asked in surprise.

This should be the key information, right?

Chapter Twenty-Three: The Lingering Charm of Winter

“Yes, I really did see the outline of your fortune at that time, but let me make it clear first, my perception of fortune is not based on visual observation, but on abstract perception. For most fortunes, I can only perceive the general category, such as some people being rats, some people being birds, and some people being foxes... But yours is the only one, I perceived it with my own eyes, and I don’t know why.” Kiyonuma explained.