I live my life in Tokyo

The first sentence was "junior", and the second sentence was "senior". It can only be said that Sakurajima Mai switched modes quickly, and immediately adjusted from actor mode to student mode.

He is worthy of being an actor.

"Teacher Sakai recommended that I consider the Department of Mathematics at the University of Tokyo. There are only three months left, so I have to hurry." Sakakibara Kaede leaned back in his chair. He decided to go back to the STARS office once more during dinner time to have dinner before leaving.

"What are your plans, Sakurajima-san?"

Mai Sakurajima nodded her chin and thought for a while.

"I'm going to the private Fengzhizaki Academy to collect materials."

Chapter 12: Plaid shirt is a man's battle suit

Human life is extremely short, and including the time spent sleeping, it is only about 20,000 days.

The promises made with friends in the past have long been burned out, and they were quickly worn away by the reality of life. The roommate who used to love fitness has a belly, and the classmate who loves singing is always carrying beer. The boys who like to run in front of girls with basketballs after class are now numb and indifferent to the struggle for life.

The young men who were once carefree and unrestrained have grown up, and the light of expectation for the future in each other's eyes has gradually dimmed.

The city scenery outside the window changed again and again, and people got on and off the subway in a hurry.

Sakakibara Kaede held the armrest beside him with his brows lowered.

Asking him to play a social animal who squeezes into the subway in the early morning is not acting, but acting in his true colors.

I have only been in this world for a few days, but I feel several years older.

Defining this feeling as a natural hum, Sakakibara Kaede walked out of the subway station with a backpack slung over his shoulder and followed the crowd.

Akihabara is only about less than fifteen minutes by subway from Bunkyo Ward. Kaede Sakakibara used the map to identify the direction and walked towards the University of Tokyo.

During this trip, he hoped to "accidentally" meet a professor and learn about the situation and examination details of the University of Tokyo.

In Japan, it is not a one-time test that determines one's future. The national college entrance examination in January is at most a stepping stone to university. After reaching the admission score and entering university, one still has to take an on-campus examination, which is much more difficult than the national college entrance examination.

In order to live a life of doing nothing and collecting rent in the future, a good diploma is half of success. This time, Sakakibara Kaede's task is to understand the campus examinations of the University of Tokyo, and it would be best to know the scope of the examinations.

After telling the security guard at the gate of Tokyo University that she was a student visiting the campus, Kaede Sakakibara successfully entered the gate of Tokyo University.

The campus of the University of Tokyo was quite lively on Saturday, as students took a break from their classes and went outside to enjoy the sunshine and rain.

The reflection from the lens flashing in front of him blinded Kaede Sakakibara's eyes. When he looked closely, he saw groups of male students wearing glasses sitting on the lawn and chatting. They were wearing the same plaid shirts of different colors.

Gender, 100% male.

What kind of programmers conference is this?

Kaede Sakakibara used to wear this often when he was in college, as if he had a layer of buff with this plaid shirt.

Learning ability increases significantly, while the right to choose a mate decreases significantly.

For the King of Rolls, this is an invincible battle robe.

Sakakibara Kaede looked at them again, with a hint of tenderness in his eyes. These lovely people are all compatriots.

"Hello seniors, I'm a senior student from Chiba Sobu High School who is here to visit the University of Tokyo."

"Excuse me, is there any senior who can show me around the campus? I want to apply for the Department of Mathematics at the University of Tokyo."

The seniors narrowed their eyes and turned to Sakakibara Kaede in unison.

Component one, with dark circles under the eyes, passed. Component two, science, passed. Component three, the eager look at the plaid shirt, a kindred spirit, passed.

A senior student greeted the classmates around him, stood up, walked quickly to Sakakibara Kaede and waved to him.

"Oh, you have a good eye, I like it."

"Senior high school student, are you coming to visit at this time? The campus is completely open to the public during this time, but you cannot enter the classrooms and teaching buildings."

Looking Sakakibara Kaede up and down, the senior smiled and said, "Junior, are you here to learn about the school assessment?"

"Yes, and I also want to learn about campus life." Sakakibara Kaede nodded in agreement.

"——How about this, I'll show you around. It's not easy for you to make the trip all the way from Chiba."

"What's your name, senior?"

"Yuuki Koichiro, where is your junior?"

"Sakakibara Kaede."

The two exchanged their names, and Yuki Koichiro took Sakakibara Kaede into the campus in late autumn.

Sakakibara Kaede learned that this senior Yuki was a junior in the Department of Economics and would graduate in a year, but he wanted to strive for a higher bachelor's degree and then talk about other things after accumulating enough experience.

"Is Yuuki-senpai's club the Programming Department?"

"The full name is Programming and Project Practice Department, but my recent research direction is code and modeling." Yuki Koichiro spread his hands and introduced, "Programming is improving all the time. Although the school provides advanced peripherals, software is different. Sometimes updates come out when you are halfway through learning, which is very troublesome."

After the software is updated, some functions will be added or reduced, and it will take some time to fully master them.

"Advanced peripherals provided by the school?" Sakakibara Kaede repeated slowly.

Yuuki Koichiro nodded and said, "Our club applied to the school, and each person will have a computer with the latest configuration on the market."

Sakakibara Kaede's breathing stagnated and his steps became a little disordered. What a rich man he is! Is this the value of the University of Tokyo?

"Senior, can I visit the club? I'm interested in programs and projects, such as web development, user interaction experience, etc."

Sakakibara Kaede's seemingly careless words seemed to have touched Yuuki Koichiro's itch. His glasses shone brightly, and his tone was also unusually passionate. "Junior brother, you are indeed a fellow traveler. Come with me and take a look at the work of our club."

Koichiro Yuki changed the direction without saying a word, and after wandering around for a few miles with Kaede Sakakibara, they entered a teaching building.

The building was very quiet; the only sounds that could be heard were the computer running and the birds singing outside the window.

Kaede Sakakibara's eyes lit up as she followed Senior Yuki into the classroom.

The smooth display screen, the neatly-shaped chassis, and the fragrance of the graphics card intoxicated him.

He could only play Minesweeper on the XP desktop computer at home, and had long wanted to buy a new peripheral, but he was too poor.

This is the configuration of the club. Is this the same for big companies?

Unopened snacks are spread out next to the sofa pillows, a few lines of code are written in marker on the blackboard, and two stacks of books with thick covers are placed on the bookshelf, adding a bit of life to this originally seemingly cold office space.

He couldn't wait any longer in these three months. Sakakibara Kaede wanted to join the programming department of the University of Tokyo right now, not for anything else, but simply because he liked this kind of working environment.

"Well, programming is my hobby, let's take a look at this."

Koichiro Yuki sat down in front of a computer. The screen lit up after a moment, and a three-dimensional space with dense codes appeared in front of Kaede Sakakibara.

"Modeling?"

"Well, I have a plan of my own." Yuki Koichiro's tone was a little faster. While dragging the camera's angle of view, he introduced it to Sakakibara Kaede, "This software has just been updated recently, and I'm not very familiar with it yet."

"Yuuki-senpai, do you want to make a conceptual model?"

Sakakibara Kaede moved a chair and sat down next to him, watching intently as Yuki Koichiro showed him the outline of a world.

This type of large-scale macro city is usually built for clients who want a panoramic view of real estate, or is outsourced to game companies, who use software to create models with different world views.

"Almost. I want to make games."

Yuki Koichiro waved his hand calmly and said.

After opening the trial demo, Koichiro Yuki controlled the puppet to ride on the horse. The pictures flew across the screen at a rapid speed, and the frame rate gradually decreased from smooth to slightly rough - but it was not unplayable.

"Senior Yuki, it would be smoother to use motion capture here. The streets on both sides are too clear when riding. Senior's computer can still handle it, but civilian computers may crash here."

"Motion capture... wait a moment." Koichiro Yuki opened a new spreadsheet, typed in the code, adjusted the parameters, and started running.

Code error.

His eyes moved over several bugs, and he pinched his temples with some headache. Code engineering is so complicated and heavy that a small change in one place may cause a chain reaction.

"Senior, can you let me take a look?"

"Oh? No problem."

Koichiro Yuki thought of the dark circles under the blue eyes, and without hesitation, he moved his chair to make room for Kaede Sakakibara.

This code is a backup, so no matter how it is modified, it will not affect the original. Sakakibara's hands gradually touched the mechanical keyboard, intoxicated by the cool touch.

After enjoying it for a moment, he turned his attention to the code.

"hiss..."

With strong personal ability, he can work in any large company on the market. It is hard to imagine that this was written by one person. Sakakibara Kaede's blue eyes showed dense data, and he moved the mouse down and paused on a line of words.

That is, the code is not neat.

Sakakibara Kaede's fingers were trembling. No wonder the error was so serious.

Inconsistent code will make the written code too fragile in the face of changing requirements. If a requirement changes, a lot of places in the code need to be changed. If someone familiar with the code makes the changes, it can still be maintained. Once multiple people collaborate, disaster will really strike.

A game cannot be maintained by one person alone. If you want to release it on the market, it must be the cooperation of employees from a whole department.

Full of creativity and genius ideas, if this era is still lacking a 3A masterpiece, then the work of this senior Yuki is likely to fill the gap in the game market.

"Yuuki-senpai, if you don't mind, I can help you adjust it."

Chapter 13: Life in Bloom

Koichiro Yuki took off his glasses. In fact, his eyes had no prescription, but wearing glasses made him concentrate better.

Sakakibara Kaede's actions were not very fast. After all, the code was not written by him, and he always felt awkward and restricted when making changes.

Modifying non-standard code will drive people crazy.

Kaede Sakakibara only needs to modify this part, and the workload is not very large.

"You are very skilled, have you learned this before?"

Watching the originally messy code gradually become well organized, Koichiro Yuki couldn't hide his admiration in his eyes.

"You must have studied with the teacher for a while."

Sakakibara Kaede was confused. "There is nothing wrong with your overall idea, but only you can change the way the framework is built. If it is a game that is put on the market, it will be impossible for you to maintain it alone."

Koichiro Yuki leaned back in his chair. He had taught himself coding entirely. He learned very quickly, but what he lacked was a teacher's correction. In this regard, he was indeed missing something.

Glancing at the clock in the club, the hands pointed to five o'clock. Yuki Koichiro's mouth twitched slightly, feeling a little embarrassed. He was clearly taking the junior to visit the campus, but now the junior didn't see anything and was instead repairing his code.

Koichiro Yuki felt guilty about this coolie who came to his doorstep.

The coolie breathed a sigh of relief at this time. The hand that was typing on the mechanical keyboard touched the keyboard a few times reluctantly, and then shook his fingers to do relaxation exercises.

"This part has been modified, senior. If you want to run it, you need to cooperate with other codes."

What I mean is that there are a lot of things that need to be changed, and they cannot be changed in a short period of time.

If the structure before the change was seen by any small screw in the industry, he would be unable to resist drawing his knife and chopping people.

Yuki Koichiro patted Sakakibara Kaede's shoulder and handed him a bottle of water. "I'm sorry, junior. You came here to visit the campus, but you have to sit here and modify those boring data."

"I'll treat you to dinner, and on the way I'll tell you the key points of the school assessment." Yuki Koichiro took a sip of Coca-Cola, feeling the bubbles rising in his mouth, and suddenly he was startled, "If you go to the cafeteria today, you might meet Dean Kimura of our school. Today is Saturday, and the dean usually eats in the cafeteria."

"It would be great if I could meet the dean. I can also become familiar with him in advance."

"To be honest, the Akamon ramen at our Tokyo University Central Dining Hall is the best. Do you understand the value of Akamon ramen?"

Sakakibara Kaede, who was originally leaning on the cushion, stood up strangely. He stretched out his right hand and smiled calmly, "Senior, please."

The autumn dusk still had a bit of summer laziness, and a ray of sunset slanted down through the shade of the trees, shining directly on the two people who walked out of the teaching building. After staying in the dimly lit room for a long time, Sakakibara Kaede and Yuki Koichiro raised their hands to block their eyes at the same time, and the frequency of their movements was surprisingly synchronized. They looked at each other and laughed.

Walking on the smooth path, Sakakibara Kaede stretched lazily facing the sunset, put the shoulder bag on his back again, and followed the pace of Yuki Koichiro.

Koichiro Yuki's tone became much more relaxed. Perhaps the resolution of a troublesome matter had saved him a lot of worries. In a cheerful tone, he pulled Sakakibara Kaede aside and talked about the key points of the school assessment.

The exam questions are different every year, but the scope is the same. Yuuki Koichiro, who is a student in the Department of Mathematics and Economics, summarized the question types and scopes he remembered. Sakakibara Kaede wrote down the question types in a notebook he carried with him. He didn't need to do a mock test in a big way. He could get the feeling of the past by doing one or two questions.

She entered the central cafeteria on time and didn't hesitate for long in front of the food coupon machine. Sakakibara Kaede chose Akamon Ramen and prepared to taste the unique flavor of the University of Tokyo.

Koichiro Yuki made the same choice. He looked around for a moment with his plate in hand, then sat down on the seat in the middle of the cafeteria with Kaede Sakakibara.

Dry ramen with a bunch of bean sprouts, topped with plenty of sauce, looks bright red, with minced meat, onions, and fungus dotted in. Sakakibara took a bite... It's not spicy.

Seeing Sakakibara Kaede's slightly disappointed face, Yuuki Koichiro calmly pushed the pepper can over to her and said, "I don't like spicy food very much. If you like it, add more."

Sakakibara poured some chili powder and took another bite.