Chapter 661: The awards ceremony is over, and we are on our way to kill people
Chapter 661: The awards ceremony is over, and we are on our way to kill people
Hojo Kyosuke was originally a little hesitant about whether he should help the elders arrange a place for the dinner later, but as soon as he asked, Mr. Miyamizu over there waved his hand and signaled him to get out. Even Naito Akifumi, who wanted to treat him to a meal to express his apology, was driven away.
However, he did not forget to remind Yingliang to greet Kato Megumi and her friends well, to avoid that when everyone changes scenes, Megumi suddenly activates her ability and is ignored, which would be bad.
Before Sakura could say anything, Eriri beside her had already patted her chest loudly, promising to entertain everyone well, looking like a hostess.
Megumi's friend Ohashi Junko was in great shock. She didn't expect that the super famous teacher Hojo would remember her friend even when he was so busy. This, this is really a treasure given to Megumi by God! You know, she almost forgot about Megumi after chatting with the talented girls around her. She was still wondering how she could come to such a great place. After thinking for a long time, she remembered that it was because of her close friend Kato Megumi.
Instead, Hui looked at Hojo Kyosuke steadily and whispered:
"Although I have roughly figured out that Kyousuke-kun is the kind of person who has obsessive-compulsive disorder and won't feel at ease unless everyone around him is properly arranged, but as someone who can make Kyousuke-kun say
"Ah... Why is Hui the only one missing? I'm so worried~~ Find her back quickly, or my obsessive-compulsive disorder will flare up~~"
I am still very touched by this part of the puzzle.
The tone was still cheerful, but Hojo Kyosuke saw a calm resentment on Hui's face. The girl seemed to be saying, "No matter how stupid I am, I won't lose you!"
"I wouldn't say that. Hui, you are not just a piece of the puzzle, but a complete picture."
Hojo Kyosuke smiled but did not refute the part about his obsessive-compulsive disorder because that was the truth.
The two looked at each other without saying anything. Hui's face was calm and she looked at Hojo Kyosuke quietly. But after a while, she still succumbed to someone's shamelessness. She turned her face away and said:
"Congratulations on winning the award, and may you have a safe journey and great luck in martial arts~~"
After walking out of the venue while greeting each other along the way, Hojo Kyosuke suddenly realized that everyone present was a well-known figure in Tokyo. Even his father, who had been away from Tokyo for many years, would not have trouble finding a high-end place to drink, not to mention the presence of Miyamizu's father-in-law and Spencer's father-in-law. It would be difficult to find two high-end restaurants in the whole of Tokyo that they had not been to.
I wonder if they will fight over the treat later?
Yamauchi Masaji: "On a day like this, of course we have to eat kaiseki cuisine. I know a restaurant run by an old Kyoto native. It's so authentic."
Miyamizu Toshiki: "I think Shojin cuisine is the best. There happens to be a restaurant in Ginza whose head chef is a master who returned to secular life from Todaiji Temple. The dishes he makes are all radiant with Buddha's light, which is perfect for a day like today. It's a good opportunity for the gods and Buddhas to come and celebrate together."
Kasumigaoka Kunio: "Let's just order sushi. Last week, Vice Minister X took me to a restaurant. The quality is very good."
Hojo's father: "Why don't you choose to go to my relative's store and taste the authentic white old beef."
Mr. Spencer: "French bar."
Hahaha, I wonder who will treat us in the end?
Hojo Kyosuke, who escaped early, even had the leisure to gloat over the misfortune. The malicious intent on his face was so obvious that several people in the elevator saw it.
Miyamizu Mitsuha quietly tugged at someone's sleeve, and the latter immediately understood, lowered her head, and whispered to Mitsuha what she was imagining in her mind, which made the girl burst out laughing, and then she quickly covered her mouth and hit the someone in a reproachful manner.
"Don't talk about our elders behind their backs!"
Sanye grumbled, but couldn't help laughing twice and said:
"Dad, you should want to go to a Yakitori restaurant and have a good drink, right? The last time I drank with Uncle Ichiro, I saw that he was very happy afterwards. I heard him talk about wanting to drink with Uncle Ichiro again several times."
"Is that so? Then let's ask my dad to make another date with Miyamizu-san before he goes back to his hometown." Hojo Kyosuke nodded and betrayed his father without hesitation.
Speaking of going back home, Mitsuha immediately asked a few questions with concern and discussed the matter of Hojo Kazeko attending kindergarten.
Needless to say, the girl had a good relationship with her future mother-in-law. She immediately and enthusiastically stated that Tokyo's educational resources were not comparable to those in Hokkaido, a barbaric place. If she needed help, she could send Miyamizu Toshiki to help with the admission procedures.
"Otaru is actually not bad. At least you don't have to queue up to enter the kindergarten there."
The fake Hokkaido man Hojo Kyosuke does not dislike his hometown at all. He takes the small number of people as an advantage. You can meet less than ten people on the road there in ten minutes, and school dismissal is probably the same as a temple fair, so there is no need to queue up to go to kindergarten.
But Mitsuha felt sorry for Kashiko when she heard this. Such a remote place would be boring for an active child. Although Gifu Prefecture, where the Miyamizu family lived, was always ranked in the bottom ten of the Japanese prefectures' attractiveness ranking, this did not affect her contempt for Hokkaido, which ranked first.
Let's put it this way. The area of Otaru, where Hojo Kyousuke lives, is dozens or hundreds of times larger than Itomori Town, but the population is only about ten times that of Itomori. It's OK when the weather is warm, but once winter comes, you can't see anything except snowplows if you walk around the street for an hour. And Itomori, although closed and backward, is full of people who know each other well, so it's not a problem to find someone to chat with.
"It's useless for a child to have too many friends. One or two close friends are enough. Sayaka and the Imperial Envoy are the best examples. If there are more, there will be fights over whose house to go to on the weekend."
Hojo Kyosuke said casually.
"Yes, one or two true good friends are enough, otherwise we will end up quarreling just discussing where to eat."
Mitsuha glared at someone with her eyes slanted.
Hearing the sarcasm in these words, Hojo Kyosuke immediately knew that this was referring to his father-in-law's many problems. Good man, God really spared no one, this boomerang hit his head so quickly? He quickly changed the subject and talked about his sister's education.
"In fact, there is no need for children to care about school before they enter high school. Otaru is a very good place, without any study pressure. It is better to consider whether to come to Tokyo to study after she enters high school. By then, our children will also be in school, and it will be a good opportunity for Kashiko to help them with their homework."
"Hehehe~~ Kyosuke, you said at the beginning that you don't want the child to have academic pressure, but now you want your sister to tutor our child. Really, really...our child...?"
Mitsuha smiled sweetly and was about to say that someone had double standards and treated them differently, but as she spoke, she suddenly realized what Kyousuke was talking about. Suddenly, her face, which was as white as snow, turned red.
Naito Akifumi and Oosaka Tsuyoshi, who were walking with the two men, looked at each other and grinned in disgust.
This guy, no wonder he can get so many girls together without them quarreling.
If it weren't for the wrong occasion, Naito Akifumi would really like to ask for advice. But after thinking about it, this is probably a talent unique to writers. Well, let this guy Hojo publish a book.
The two of them could not help but secretly look at Miss Miyamizu, expecting how she would react to Hojo Kyosuke's words of love. Would she shyly yell "hate you" and ask who wants to have a baby with you? Or would she shyly cover her face and say "hooligan", or...
What Naito and the others didn't expect was that although Miyamizu Mitsuha's shy face looked like she had a fever, after a while she still whispered:
"...As for studying, it still depends on the child's talent. After all, not everyone is good at studying."
The girl's voice was very serious, and it was obvious that she had thought carefully about it:
"But no matter how he studies, we must let him learn kendo with us. It doesn't matter if he has average talent. If he practices well, he can have a healthy body."
When Sanye said this, she smiled brightly:
"It's impossible for the child of Tokyo's Kendo Emperor and Nara's female swordsman to not even know how to swing a sword? Others will laugh at him."
The girl spoke in a firm tone, her brown eyes sparkling with longing, so dazzling, as if she had already seen the scene of a family of three wielding knives in the courtyard.
Hojo Kyosuke was instantly captivated by Mitsuha's sparkling eyes. These plain words about the future were more touching than any love words, because they represented that even in the most beautiful future that Mitsuha could imagine, he would be the most important existence.
Even though there were two light bulbs around him, he couldn't help but take Sanye's hand, interlocked their fingers, held it tightly, and expressed his feelings with practical actions.
"Well, if he doesn't practice well, let him go to Uncle Onitsuka and the others to practice hard!" Someone said firmly. It is better not to disturb the happy life of parents for such an unexpected product as a child.
"No, you'll become an idiot!" Sanye rejected it outright.
So the two began to discuss the white list and black list of their children in the future. Is it better to have uncles like Onizuka Eikichi and Hata Goro who are dumb but kind, or uncles like Kisaki Tetsuta who are smart but bad?
Even Hojo Kyosuke was hooked by Mitsuha's sudden love words... ahem, he was completely bewitched. Not to mention Naito Akifumi and Yamamura Ono who were standing next to him. The two middle-aged uncles had experienced youth when they were young because they practiced kendo, but this made them even more uncomfortable.
Looking at the sweet youth of the two people in front of me that can fill the air with sweetness, and then thinking about my own youth, why do I feel that the white moonlight in high school is instantly eclipsed, and the good years of youth are reduced to trivialities in an instant.
How can this be repaired! How can this be absurd! Can't you see there are two living people here! We are going to kill people now, okay? We should have kept our mouths shut and kept our momentum, Kuo Luo!
Listening to the whispers of young men and women, and looking at the fat middle-aged man next to him, Naito Akifumi became timid and stepped forward decisively and said:
"Hojo, I haven't formally congratulated you on your award today."
His topic was a bit awkward, but he did achieve his goal.
Hojo Kyosuke turned his head reluctantly, trying to kill this guy with his eyes. He wanted to ignore him, but as a girl, Mitsuha was embarrassed to discuss those things in front of outsiders. She could pretend to have forgotten it just now, but it was difficult to do so now.
"Thank you. You have contributed a lot, even though it is useless."
Someone said unhappily that during his competition for the Neon Mystery Writers Association Award, this guy Naito Akifumi also made a contribution. He used some connections to help lobby Kurokawa Toyomasa and Naganuma Hiroki. He helped him convince the two at one point, but later the two defected because of his new mystery comic.
However, Naito's efforts were not useless. The biggest benefit was that it quickly improved the relationship between Hojo Kyosuke and him, from despising him to treating him as a tool.
"Forehead……"
Speaking of this, Naito Akifumi was a little embarrassed. At that time, he patted his chest and promised that this matter would be handed over to him. The two of them were more like an exchange. He helped Hojo Kyosuke win the award, and Hojo Kyosuke immediately followed him to the main family after winning the award. The result...
“Ahahahaha… Anyway, the result is good, isn’t it?”
Yes, although his efforts were in vain, Hojo still won the award. Although he was useless, he still took Hojo away from the award ceremony. What a friendship!
This shows that his attitude satisfied Hojo. As the saying goes, if you want ability, you must have attitude; if you want results, you must have attitude. Attitude determines everything!
Yamamura Ono who was standing next to them didn't know what was going on between the two of them, but he was curious and asked about the prize. Hojo Kyosuke was not stingy and took off his watch and handed it to his former mentor.
"Huh? It's not pure gold?" Yamamura Ono said somewhat disappointedly.
The watches produced by the Detective Association are not valuable items. They are more like imitations of the West. After all, detectives and pocket watches always go well together, right? When talking about Sherlock Holmes, in addition to the iconic deerstalker hat, pocket watches are also indispensable.
"It's just a souvenir after all," explained Hojo Kyosuke.
At this moment, a ray of golden light flashed before everyone's eyes, and Mitsuha Miyamizu squinted her eyes due to the brightness.
Hojo Kyosuke frowned and looked over, only to see Naito Akifumi raising his left hand high, revealing a large gold watch on his wrist.
"Hehe, 24K pure gold!"
Naito Akifumi looked very proud:
"The Mystery Association may be stingy, but we in the Akamon Clan are not. When you, Hojo, graduate from Tokyo University and join the Metropolitan Police Department, I will personally give you a top-notch gold watch!"
The Tokyo University Gold Watch Group is one of the two major groups in the Metropolitan Police Department. If someone who enters the Metropolitan Police Department from the University of Tokyo is recognized by their predecessors, the Tokyo University group will give them a gold watch as a token of trust, so the Tokyo University group is also called the Tokyo University Gold Watch Group. When these people get together, they almost all wear big gold watches when they walk together and wave their hands, giving off an elite aura.
A person with extraordinary abilities like Hojo Kyosuke doesn't need any examination at all. As long as he follows the procedures and enters the Metropolitan Police Department, he will definitely be noticed by the big boss. (End of this chapter)
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