Tokyo Sound

Uchida Maaya showed a rare expression of disgust, walked to the table and sat down, looked at the man's back as he washed the dishes, and complained with her head supported by her hands.

"He was born about five years after me. I was just beginning to remember things at that time, and I couldn't quite understand the situation of having a younger brother all of a sudden. That guy was also a typical country brat. He chased fertilizer with firecrackers, slapped a girl in kindergarten and ran away laughing, cut a ping-pong ball in half and put it on his eye sockets to pretend to be a giant of light, but he stepped on it and fell into the ditch. He did a lot of embarrassing and stupid things... And since he was born, my New Year's gifts and pocket money have been cut in half, under the pretext of giving them to my younger brother. It's really enough."

"Human cubs are always cute and troublesome. It's okay when they grow up and become sensible. I can see that Xiongma-kun cares about you very much." Yin Ze smiled.

"He wanted to do something to prove that he was mature and reliable, but he often failed to do so, and the results were always the opposite of what he wanted. I was the one who got criticized along with him every time."

"That's also a rare and important family member." Yin Ze thought of something, and then mentioned it casually with some amusement, "And why does this description sound similar to Sakura-san, and he's about 5 years younger than you, so Yuuma-kun and Sakura-san are the same age."

"...Do you remember my birthday?" Uchida Maaya was surprised.

"Of course!" the man responded cheerfully. It was just a matter of opening the corridor of life and taking a look. It was not difficult.

"Eh~~" Uchida Maaya dragged out a lazy long sound, the meaning of which was unclear.

"What kind of reaction is this? You don't believe it?" The storyteller, who is capable of continuing the human logic, asked in a deep voice.

"Of course I believe it." Uchida Maaya thought for a moment, "Come to think of it, you have a good relationship with Sakura? Obviously, we didn't socialize with each other when we were in the training center before."

"Everyone in this world is a stranger before friendship is established." Yin Ze wiped the water stains on the kitchen counter and said naturally, "Just like I took the initiative to comfort you in the most awkward way when you were hurt. Sending out signals and releasing goodwill, we will gradually become companions. Fate is wonderful."

"You and Sakura, one is a college student and the other is a high school student, but you can play together. Is it that you still have a childlike heart, or is she too mature?"

"Be more confident, it must be the former." Yin Ze turned around and shook off the water droplets on his hands. "I'm done washing. I'll go back first. I'm really sorry for bothering you. I've caused you so much trouble. I really don't know how to thank you."

"Are you leaving now? Why don't you sit for a while? It's not even 10 o'clock yet." Uchida Maaya quickly stood up to try to keep her.

"It's time to go back." Yin Ze smiled.

"Is there anyone at home?" asked Maaya Uchida.

"No."

"Are you in a hurry?"

"No."

"You have an appointment to go out?"

"nor."

"Then why are you in such a hurry to leave?" the girl asked puzzledly.

"I..." The lonely man was speechless for a moment.

"Your clothes were dirty yesterday. I washed them, but they haven't dried yet. Why don't you wait a while? You can't go out wearing my brother's pajamas, can you?" Uchida Maaya smiled naturally and easily.

"Yeah, I'll bother you for a while longer." Yin Ze touched his head.

"What's the point of disturbing me? Are you watching TV or playing games?" Uchida Maaya squatted and fiddled with the TV cabinet. "Do you want to play the game you promoted last time? I saw you were working very hard to complete it."

“I choose to watch…” Yin Ze didn’t want to rub salt into the wound.

"I'm stuck at a level, would you like to help me?" Uchida Maaya looked back expectantly, holding the controller.

"...Okay." Yin Ze turned around the corner with his tongue at the limit of the drainage channel, "Leave it to me."

"I don't play these very often, it's mostly my younger brother who's playing. He seems to be progressing very quickly and is about to complete the game."

Uchida Maaya sat side by side with the man with great interest, pressing the handle awkwardly. An epic title flashed on the screen, and she chose to enter the save interface.

"Are you sure you're done?"

"No, I didn't even buy the game." Yin Ze said coldly.

"Why? Isn't this the prequel to your debut work?" Uchida Maaya looked at him in surprise. "As the newest Night Luan Sword King, don't you want to know the origin and meaning of this title? Don't you want to know the love curse passed down from generation to generation in Aiwani?"

"What is there to know? What's going on? Did all the sword kings of the past die from the forbidden spell?"

"Yes."

"...Let's continue playing the game. If you have trouble passing a level, go to the save file and I'll do the operation." Yin Ze urged.

"Let's take this level. I heard from my brother that this is an important node in the process with half an hour left before the final BOSS. Even if you choose the normal mode, the enemy is still very strong. My brother has failed several times before, and it seems that he even went back to get rare equipment and upgrade his skill levels, waiting to avenge his previous failure." Uchida Maaya pressed the controller to bring up the save column that people with obsessive-compulsive disorder would find very satisfying to see.

"Okay, leave it to me. I will be the one to take away the fruits of victory that Xiongma Jun has coveted for so long!" Yin Ze said insidiously.

"Hahaha, that's too bad. He'll be so pissed if he finds out. I prepared it for so long, and you snatched it away from me."

"It's okay, just save the file after loading it as a backup." Yin Ze still didn't want to make things too awkward.

"Oh, is that so?" Uchida Maaya nodded here and there.

“You just covered the file…” The man’s expression gradually froze, he stretched out his hand again, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"Ah? Then don't keep a backup, just play it directly." Uchida Maaya was stunned, tilted her head, and handed over the handle.

Yin Ze held the black handle and was silent for a moment.

"Shall we just watch TV?"

"All right." Uchida Maaya would not refuse. She took the controller and put it aside, then replaced it with the remote control and skillfully clicked on the recorded playback page. "It just so happens that I haven't watched yesterday's update yet."

"Wow, that's great. Let me appreciate your aesthetic taste." Yin Ze said with interest, "Does Uchida like the domineering CEO falling in love with me, or the poor man and woman struggling together, or the tangled family drama?"

"What? It's an animation." Uchida Maaya took out a pack of peanuts from under the coffee table.

"Ah? You are actually the audience of those reverse harem, BL and other anime that the unscrupulous agent mentioned, the gullible female fans?!" Yin Ze was surprised.

Once again, Uchida Maaya gave him a rare look that said "there's something wrong with you".

Soon, the cool images and passionate songs on the screen proved everything. There was also a very familiar, magnetic and textured voice that slowly narrated the opening in the layered sound effects.

'After the sea and land war, a new era and a new race came. What kind of encounter will humans have with them? In this vortex of obsession, before the end of this final battle - burn everything, resist, resist, resist fate.'

In the dark clouds that covered the sky, the storm swept everything, and dazzling lightning flashed, splitting the fog for a moment. The silver humanoid mobile armor roared with the thunder in the dark waves, and the giant sword swung out a fatal trajectory, rushing forward to cut through the waves.

The woman surrounded by hideous weapons let out a shrill cry full of madness, and her fingers, which were whitened by the sea water, moved forward silently. The huge naval guns shrouded in shadows behind her exploded with deafening fireworks, burning away the needle-like rain curtains around her.

The mobile armor exuded overheating all over its body, and the thick boiling hot steam was like a giant dragon gasping. The heat-seeing electronic eyes on the head of the mobile armor named Sea Cavalry flashed wildly, drawing sharp red lines in the air behind it. The Submarine Dragon threw out a giant sword for cover, and the mellow flames burned a layer of scorching light on the surface of the mechanical beauty. He pulled out the slender knife hidden in the groove on his back in the dead end, gave up all his life, turned into a thin moth flying into the fire, and pierced into the enemy camp in the rain and thunder!

"Isn't this the one I voiced? A bunch of ships are personified and turned into all kinds of beautiful girls. I heard that there are plans to make it into a game. It's so weird. Will anyone really play it?" Yin Ze couldn't help but grab a handful of melon seeds in his hand. "But you're chasing me?"

"It's unexpectedly pretty good." Uchida Maaya said in a pretentious manner, "Besides, the senior's acting is so brilliant, as a junior, I naturally have to study and learn from him."

"The protagonist of this anime is a little miserable. His previous experience was..." Yin Ze began to recall.

"No spoilers!" Maaya Uchida shouted.

"Oh! Hehe! The details here are very important! Because I have already recorded the later episodes, the development is..." The man smiled cunningly and spoke as fast as a bullet.

"Ah! Shut up!" The girl wanted to stuff all the peeled melon seeds into the mouth of the unscrupulous viewer.

The two of them started to play around in a friendly manner on the sofa.

In the dark bedroom, Uchida Yuuma, who was snoring softly, frowned and moved his eyelids slightly, as if he felt something was wrong.

Soon, he turned over subconsciously and continued to sink into his sweet dream.

Chapter 91 Good Friends

In the supermarket chain, people come and go. Experienced housewives look at the meat, eggs, milk, fruits, vegetables and melons on the shelves, as if they were reviewing a controlled nuclear fusion development plan. The women's eyes are as sharp as hawks, just to pick out the real, perfect, heaven-chosen dishes from a large pile of similar products, to achieve the best conversion of yen and the best consumption.

The shopping cart is full of things, and the children who are a few years old sit on it without hesitation, enjoying the same happiness as the rocking car. The older children are more independent and rely on themselves for everything. They run to inject power into the shopping cart, then lie on the handrails with their upper bodies, and instantly become one with the cart, drifting gracefully among the shelves and the flow of people.

Following closely behind him was his gloomy-faced mother, ready to spank him hard on the butt.

Yin Ze, who is mentally mature, naturally would not play around like those children.

At most, you can poke the rice pile with your finger!

"Get a bag of toilet paper." Maaya Uchida said as she looked around the dazzling array of supermarket merchandise and pushed the cart.

"Oh." Since Sakura's shirt hadn't dried yet, the man was still wearing pajamas with Yuuma-kun's body odor. After receiving the order, he picked up a large pack of toilet paper nearby and threw it into the cart.

"You took the wrong one. This one is made of virgin wood pulp. It's too expensive. Don't want this one." Uchida Maaya took a glance at it and took it out and put it back.

"Is it expensive?" The man tilted his head to look at the price tag and asked curiously, "It's quite cheap."

"Don't compare these daily consumables with general merchandise. Stand on tiptoe and take down the sign on the top of the third row. I'm too short to reach it," Maaya Uchida commanded.

"Oh."

A few minutes later.

"Get a box of shower gel." Uchida Maaya issued another order.

"Here." The man handed it over.

"How do you hold this?"

"It's good, cheap, and the bottle is big, so it can hold a lot. I've used it before, and it smells good."

"Fragrance is the least important part of a shower gel. And this one also contains methylisothiazolinone [Note: also known as MIT, a preservative], which is not very compatible with people like me who have sensitive skin." Uchida Maaya shook her head, "You should choose one with natural ingredients."

"What do you mean by natural ingredients???" the man was puzzled.

"The terms in the ingredient list are understandable to normal people, and they are not difficult to challenge with unfamiliar words. They are natural ingredients," the girl patiently taught.

"Row……"

A few minutes later.

"Please take some flour. I want to try making the bear cookies that I learned on the food channel not long ago." said Maaya Uchida.

"Here." The man grabbed a bag nearby.

"I don't want high-gluten flour. I want low-gluten flour."

"No, it's obvious that high-gluten ones are better than low-gluten ones. Since you're making it for yourself, you can't be stingy! Of course, choose the high-gluten one!"

"Gao is good at making noodles, they are chewy and not mushy."

"Isn't this better? Tall and hard!" The man gave a thumbs up generously.

"Don't be stupid, put it back." The girl frowned and ordered.

"Oh……"

A few minutes later.

"Give me a bag of rice. I've been busy lately and don't have time to make a lunch box for my brother. I'll just make him a few seaweed rice balls to get by." said Maaya Uchida.

"Here." This time the man carefully selected a bag and handed it over.

"No, no." The girl held her forehead with her hand.

"The rice can be wrong?!" the man was shocked.

"You must use sushi rice, which is easier to knead. Your Indica rice is so hard, it's the best choice for fried rice." Uchida Maaya finally couldn't stand it anymore and said in despair: "Oh my God, aren't you a top student at the University of Tokyo? How come you are just like my brother, knowing nothing?"

"..."

"But I've almost finished buying everything. Let me see roughly how much these cost." The girl lowered her head to count the goods.

The man's heart was suddenly filled with blood, and his eyes scanned the full shopping cart like a barcode scanner. The corridor of life accelerated in the background, and all the variables such as various discounts and membership card benefits were thrown into it. He calculated in his mind in an instant, vowing to fight for his pride!

"The answer is...!" Yin Ze puffed out his chest and spoke loudly.

"That's about 5400 yen. OK, let's go."

The girl used the calculator on her phone to get a rough answer, and happily pushed the cart towards the trading office, her beautiful ponytail swaying with her steps.

After walking a few steps, he turned back and urged.

"Come on, what are you standing there for? You don't want to buy some snacks, do you? Let's make it clear that you can only buy candies."

Someone silently swallowed the result given by the backstage just now, and followed closely with the humiliating title of "useless". He also took a bag of Little White Rabbit candy.

After walking home, Uchida Maaya put on her apron without stopping, sorted the purchased items into categories, put the items that needed to be put into the refrigerator, and soaked the items that needed to be soaked first. Then she began to think about the recipe in front of the cutting board and the stove.

"I can cut vegetables." Yin Ze immediately volunteered, "I am not very talented, but I also know how to cut vegetables."

"You don't even recognize all the things, and you still want to play with a knife. Okay, go and take a rest and watch TV. I can do it alone." Uchida Maaya waved her hand to signal him not to get in the way.

"Watching TV again?" Yin Ze was a little dissatisfied. "After all, I have many years of experience as a bachelor, and I also have housekeeping skills. If I am not allowed to use a knife, I can just wash the vegetables, right?"

"Then go and thaw the pork." Uchida Maaya reluctantly gave the job.

Yin Ze took out a piece of hard pork belly from the bottom of the refrigerator with satisfaction, filled a basin with cold water and soaked the meat in it.

"Okay." The man clapped his hands.

"Yeah, that's great." The girl held a rubber band in the corner of her mouth, untied her ponytail, and tied it into a more capable and simple bun.

"What do I do next?" the man asked, eager to prove his worth.