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"Wow! Miss Ye is amazing! No wonder she's a genius girl, capable of anything, even shogi!" Uncle Yamashita exclaimed sincerely.

"You flatter me, you flatter me, I'm not that good..." Hanon said politely for a moment, then her eyes darted around, and she had something important to ask Yamashita Kazuo: "Mr. Yamashita, I really want to participate in the Kengan Tournament, but unfortunately my opponent surrendered right away last time. Since you're in charge of intermediary work now, could you arrange some matches for me when you have time?"

"Okay, if Miss Ye asks, I'll cooperate fully!" Yamashita Kazuo quickly agreed. He was simple-minded and didn't think much of it, unaware that after he sent a message to Chairman Nogi, Chairman Nogi became suspicious: "Ye Hanane isn't competing for Motorbike Head Motorcycle or Suoh Steel? Could there be some deeper meaning? Is Takakaze and the Suoh Group making some moves? Or is Ye Hanane planning something herself? This force is too important; we can't be careless..."

Well, it's not Kanon's concern that President Nogi is having trouble sleeping for nights on end. After defeating Ichifusa at the Go Academy, she crushed her opponent, "Chess Yoshiwara," in the semifinals.

This was, of course, thanks to Tadakatsu Toyoda. Kanon could only complain: "Hey! This guy's name isn't even shogi anymore! He's a chess player! How did he even make it to the semifinals? How low is the level of this competition?"

"Oh ho ho ho, Miss Hanon, you're joking. It's not that these people are bad, it's just that my Go skills are superior, Tadakatsu~" If it weren't for the spiritual energy of the nearby shrine suppressing him, Toyota Tadakatsu would have almost floated into the sky...

But the technical level of this competition was indeed not low at all. Soon, Kanon saw another familiar face, who was also her opponent in the final.

A Kengan Association fighter, appearing in the main tournament of the elimination rounds, known as "The Killer of the Strong" Kaneda Suekichi.

Kanon had witnessed Kaneda's chess skills on the cruise ship "Death's Bane," and they were truly unmatched, sweeping across the land. She kindly reminded him, "Hey, Tadakatsu, this Kaneda-kun is an acquaintance of mine; his shogi level is extremely high!"

However, the smug Tadakatsu Toyota didn't take it seriously at all: "Oh ho ho ho, don't worry, Ms. Kanon, with me here, everything will be fine."

Author's note: I finally finished the fourth update, and it will be available in ten minutes... It seems to be a side effect of the consecutive all-nighters I stayed up late recently. Although I have recovered somewhat in the past two days, I still feel a lack of energy.

Section 789, Chapter 780: The Devil's Hand

"Miss Ye, it's been a long time. No, it's been a long time since we chatted." Kaneda Suekichi smiled and placed a piece on the board. Three minutes had passed since the start of the shogi match.

On Kanon's side...

"This is a huge problem!" Tadakatsu Toyoda was pacing around again, but this time not out of excitement, but out of panic. He had been cornered by Kaneda and would be checkmated in two or three more moves: "Wow, this man's skill is too high, I can't hold on at all, what do I do? What do I do? What do I do? What do I do..."

"Sigh, if only I had known this would happen..." Hanon was also helpless. She had warned Toyota not to be careless.

But Tadakatsu Toyoda was completely deaf to reason, just pacing around in circles, muttering, "What do I do? What do I do? What do I do…"

What an unreliable guy! Hanon rolled her eyes, secretly thinking that the only solution now was...

"Hey, Tadakatsu, come here and possess me."

"What?" Tadakatsu Toyoda was stunned: "My Go skills are inferior to his, so even if I possess him, it won't be of any use!"

"It's not about letting you control my body, but about me taking the lead." Hanon frowned: "In the later stages of 'Hikaru no Go,' Hikaru unintentionally reminded Sai that the one involved is often confused while the bystander sees clearly. When you can't see the situation clearly, you might as well try anything. Possessing me will enhance my thinking ability. Maybe someone like me who is not bound by tradition can make a 'divine move.'"

"Miss Kanon... that makes some sense." Tadakatsu Toyota was completely bewildered. Kanon's suggestion was a last resort: "Let's take the gamble, Miss Kanon, here I come!"

A flash of light illuminated the room, and the onlookers were momentarily stunned: "How can a light bulb malfunction in broad daylight?" But when they looked again, the previously upright Hanon had straightened up, exuding a menacing aura, as if she had become a completely different person.

On the opposite side, Kaneda Suekichi immediately broke out in a cold sweat. Kanon's current state gave him a terrible feeling: "Ah, Miss Yoko suddenly entered this state, could it be that she has activated a move like 'pre-borrowing'?" As someone who had witnessed Kanon's strength—even having witnessed the epic battle between Kanon and Pike a while ago—Kaneda felt an immense sense of awe for Kanon. Even though she was indeed inferior to him in shogi, Kanon's displayed skill was not weak. What if she suddenly used a brilliant move and reversed the situation?

"Gulp, what kind of brilliant move will Miss Ye make?" Everyone swallowed hard at the same time. Kaneda, the audience, and even Toyota Tadakatsu, who had become an observer after possessing Kanon, all held their breath and waited for Kanon to make her move.

Hanon remained silent, silent... The state of "exorcising demons" allowed her to think without any emotional fluctuations. Her brain was working at high speed while she was able to remain calm enough. Suddenly, her eyes narrowed, and she found a place to place a piece on the chessboard. She raised her hand, pinched the piece, lifted it gently, and then put it down heavily!

"Ah! That move!" Kaneda exclaimed, the audience exclaimed, and Toyota Tadakatsu also exclaimed, not only exclaiming but also falling into a daze.

"Amazing..." the crowd murmured. "This isn't a 'divine move,' it's a 'devil's move,' completely devoid of any rules or principles..."

“Um, Ms. Ye.” The host patted Hana with a complicated expression: “With your skill level, it may be a bit rude of me to say this. Perhaps you were confused and made a mistake? But I still have to tell you, Ryoma… cannot move to the L-shape.”

In Japanese shogi, there are two different pieces: "Ryoma" and "Katsura." The former, often simply called "Horse," moves diagonally; the latter, often simply called "Katsura," moves in an L-shape, similar to the horse in Chinese chess. Kanon thought for a long time, but kept mistaking "Ryoma" for the Chinese chess horse, and ended up placing it in an L-shape...

"Miss Ye has committed a foul and has lost. The winner of this shogi tournament is Mr. Kaneda!"

"Wow—" The audience began to applaud after the host finished the announcement.

"Waaah..." Tadakatsu Toyota withdrew from Kanon's body, twirling around resentfully. Kanon, having regained her emotions after the "demon-slaying" state was lifted, blushed and collapsed into her seat.

"Everyone says they don't understand the rules!"

"Hikaru no Go" and such are just stories. The protagonist's halo is something you can't see or touch, and not everyone has it...

In the days that followed, some gossip circulated within the fitness group, mainly between Rimi and Akemi. They discovered that Kanon, who had recently dominated the game with her exceptional skills, had suddenly lost interest in shogi. She neither mentioned it nor asked anyone to play a few games with her.

"Has Kanon stopped playing shogi?"

"I heard that he forgot all the rules overnight."

"Huh? Is that even possible? Did you get hit on the head by the barbell during training?"

Sigh, Kanon is clearly a nimble and unparalleled martial artist, but in her best friend's eyes, she's portrayed as a clumsy, silly girl who gets hit on the head by the barbell during bench presses. Her reputation is being ruined...

However, the culprit behind this phenomenon was completely oblivious. Upon seeing Hanon at the gym, Toyota Tadakatsu eagerly came over to greet her: "Yo, Miss Hanon, winning and losing are common occurrences in war. A temporary victory or defeat doesn't matter! Once I've honed my skills, we'll go and get revenge on Kaneda-kun!"

"...Impossible, not interested, don't mention it, goodbye." Hanon was already fed up and turned to leave.

Toyota Tadakatsu quickly followed: "Hey, Miss Ye, don't be in such a hurry to leave! This is a once-in-a-lifetime passion of mine, please grant my request!"

Annoyed by her constant pestering, Hanon couldn't help but complain, "Hey, you've been around for hundreds of years, isn't 'one lifetime' a bit too long? And weren't you a pretty powerful general in your previous life? How come I haven't heard you mention martial arts or fighting much in all this time? Instead, you're always talking about fitness and playing chess."

"Martial arts combat? Ah, Miss Hanon, you don't know this. The fighting style on the battlefield is not entirely the same as the martial arts in the dojo. On the battlefield, as long as you have a fast horse, a sharp sword, and enough strength, you can charge into battle and be unstoppable, enough to handle any situation! So, although I was a fierce general back then, I can't be called a martial arts master. Compared to you, I was just showing off my limited skills, not worth mentioning. In the era after me, the scenes of two armies clashing on the battlefield gradually decreased, and the trend of private duels began to flourish. That's when martial arts masters entered the mainstream. I heard that there was a Miyamoto Musashi who was famous all over the world. He was an extremely outstanding swordsman. It's a pity that I died early and never got to see him... Hey? Miss Hanon, where are you?"

While Tadakatsu Toyota was reminiscing about the past, Kanon had already run far away!

Just like what Kanon said to Pike, modern people should live their modern lives. As for those ancient tales, listen to them when you want, and let them go when you don't. Whether it's a fierce general from Japan's Warring States period or a swordsman like Miyamoto Musashi, they are just legends in the hearts of the Japanese. To Kanon, a Chinese girl, they are just famous warriors.

A vast landscape stretches before me, yet my thoughts wander far; falling blossoms and wind and rain only deepen the sorrow of spring. Better to cherish the person before me... What is Miyamoto Musashi? Can you eat him? He's not a living, breathing person standing right in front of me, so why bother caring?

Hmm, what if it were a living, breathing Miyamoto Musashi standing in front of you?

We'll see when the time comes...

Author: Waaah, so tired.

Section 790, Chapter 781: A Basketball Game with an Off-Key Style

It would be quite interesting if Miyamoto Musashi came to modern society, like resurrecting famous historical generals such as Xiang Yu, Lü Bu, and Guan Yu. However, Kanon doesn't care about such things. After all, there's already the example of Pico, and she herself is a time traveler. There are already enough of these kinds of plots.

Compared to the constant battles, Kanon now enjoys playing with her friends more. There have been so many stories about the Fitness Girls lately that Kanon, who runs to Sakura High School every few days, has been mistaken for a transfer student several times...

It all started when Gina was making funny faces at the gym. When Kanon saw her, she thought Gina had been possessed by Tadakatsu Toyota and was going to play shogi. But after trying to save her for a while, they found Tadakatsu Toyota just strolling by. It turned out that Gina felt her Russian girl persona was gradually collapsing and was trying to get some attention...

Then there's Akemi's "arch-rival" from Kyoto, Reioji Ran, who transferred to Sakura Academy as an exchange student—which is why the Sakura students misunderstood Kanon, all thinking the two young ladies were from the same group of transfer students! As for Reioji after the transfer, he clashed with Sakura's student council vice president, Hoshina Airi. Miss Airi is also a huge fan of Akemi, and usually has a lot of complaints about Hibiki, Ayaka, and Gina. Now that she sees the stalker-like Reioji, the two naturally can't stand each other and eventually have a head-on battle. The competition is very characteristic of Mr. Shirogane's gym—lifting tires.

Of course, each truck tire weighed 120 kilograms, so the petite girls, weighing around 200 pounds, couldn't lift them. They were immediately crushed underneath, practically spitting out their souls... If it weren't for Kanon being there, who flung one tire away with each hand, the two girls would most likely be joining Toyota Tadakatsu in the afterlife.

On this day, Kanon was watching a game in the gymnasium of the Imperial Sakura Academy. It was a school girls' basketball game. Akemi's older sister, Shion, the chairman of the board of directors of Imperial Sakura, offered a travel prize of one million yen to encourage students to participate. So Hibiki, Ayaka, Gina, Akemi and Airi formed a team.

As a spectator, Hanon was very grateful to be able to see this game. This world after her time travel had characters from "Slam Dunk," but unfortunately it was men's basketball, and Hanon didn't participate much. Now, being able to witness her friends playing a passionate game was wonderful, especially since the game was also very entertaining.

The problem is that when the people on the field are your friends, the so-called "good show" becomes less enjoyable.

"Watch this, a two-point jump shot!" Hibiki Sakura received a pass from his teammate, shouted, jumped up and shot, the ball drew a perfect and straight parabola and landed straight on... cough cough, Gina's face.

"Sigh, so loud..." Kanon and Rimi-sensei on the sidelines were both facepalming, their lips twitching as well. The loud shot was really powerful, but unfortunately, the accuracy was always off. His shooting was like Brownian motion; he could accurately aim at the basket and then shoot his teammates in the face. In one game, Gina's nose had already bled four or five times.

Hibiki's behavior was still within everyone's tolerance range, simply because she had a "sister," that girl Airi, who looked like a proper short-haired girl, but was actually an idiot whose mind was filled with nothing but "Akami is the best"...

"Whoa, bring it on!" Airi waved her arms wildly, her defenses impenetrable: "Only constant victories are worthy of Lady Akemi! I will protect her!"

"Drink!" Hibiki jumped high, showing off the results of his long-term fitness routine: "That one million yen travel prize is definitely mine!"

"Beep—" The referee blew his whistle: "Three-second rule, possession changes."

Hanon's hand, which was rubbing her forehead, started scratching at Nao's head, causing her hair to fall out in a rustling sound: "How did these miraculously stupid girls end up together...? An ordinary girls' high school can actually produce two of them at the same time. They are truly the hidden dragon and the phoenix among stupid girls."

On the other hand, Zhu Mei, Gina, and Ayaka are really strong. Despite having two super burdens, they were able to keep the score close and never collapsed.

The match was nearing its end, and in the last minute, the phone suddenly rang—not the match's ringtone, but Hana's cell phone.

"Hello, ah, Mr. Yamashita!" Kanon answered the phone and heard Yamashita Kazuo's voice: "Oh, you want to arrange a Kengan match for me? Okay, okay~ Thank you for remembering the request from last time."

Yamashita Kazuo was truly a man of his word—of course, no one in the Kengan Association would dare to ignore Kanon's request, especially since it wasn't difficult to fulfill. Immediately after the shogi tournament that day, Yamashita Kazuo began arranging for Kanon to represent the other companies in the competition.

"Heh, haven't fought in over a month, my body's practically rusted. Who's my opponent? Oh, a member of the 'new generation' who rose to prominence after the final elimination rounds... nicknamed 'Wolf Soldier'? Defeated 'Yuande'? Sounds pretty good, a worthy opponent... The match is in a few days... Hmm, thanks!"

After hanging up the phone, Hanon was in a great mood. How long had it been since she'd competed in a Kengan match? Even as the nominal queen of the Kengan, her win count was still in the single digits!

With one thing on her mind, Hana's attention returned to the basketball court. She made a phone call forty or fifty seconds, while the fitness girls' team was already launching their final attack.

In the final moments, Airi finally found the action that would benefit the team the most—standing still and not causing any trouble. Hibiki was originally going to do the same, but during the scramble for the ball, it inexplicably flew into her hands, leaving her with no choice but to dribble and break through for the final attack.

Surprisingly, Hibiki's dribbling was excellent. After all, she was strong and could easily shake off any opponent who tried to intercept her. By the time she reached the three-point line, time was up, so Hibiki jumped high and released her Brownian motion shot.

"Beep—" The final whistle blew, and the basketball... swished through the net.

Hurray! Long live! The Brownian motion of the bullet is unpredictable, but things always have two sides. She really got lucky! Aside from marveling at the wonder of fate, the audience could only applaud and celebrate for Hibiki. Seeing this scene brought them some joy, and everyone had good luck this year!

Amidst the celebrating crowd, Hibiki and Akemi, who had passed the ball to her, silently walked together. The two, panting heavily, stared at each other, everything unspoken... It felt right, it felt right! For a moment, Kanon seemed to see the epic high-five between Sakuragi and Rukawa at the end of "Slam Dunk"...?

Weird!

"Hey! It's one thing for you two beautiful girls not to hug, but at least give each other a high five like Sakuragi or Rukawa! What's with showing off your muscles like that?! Your brains are hopelessly poisoned by muscle!" Kanon was stunned by the scene before her, offering her final吐槽 (tu cao, a form of online commentary/criticism), before collapsing weakly into her seat and burning to ashes.

They're youthful enough, and they're full of passion enough, but the story of these muscular girls just feels a bit off...

While limp and exhausted, Hana received another phone call.

"Hello, Mr. Tokugawa." Surprisingly, it was Tokugawa Mitsunari who called this time: "Oh, you also have a match to arrange for me? How unexpected... Who is my opponent?"

Author's note: I've been feeling a bit dizzy these past few days, so please forgive the late updates~ This marks the start of the Musashi Path, but it'll still be a while before Kanon and Musashi face off.

Section 791, Chapter 782: The Unreliable East