[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment":3,"chapter-tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-chapter-12":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Tokyo: You Call This Normal Equipment?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1948999,2739,"Chapter 12: Playing Shogi with my sister!","tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-chapter-12",12,"\u003Cp>Home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun pushed the door open and returned to this cramped three-tatami room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome back!\" Natsume Ruri's voice was filled with joy, and she greeted him, smiling, \"Brother, our family has money!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun was confused: \"We have money? What's going on?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Natsume Ruri happily took out a 1,000-yen bill from her pocket and laughed triumphantly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Doesn't the supermarket always have a card collection activity?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I collected all the cards and went to the lucky draw—and then I won the third prize, 1,000 yen!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Tomorrow, Ruri will use this money to buy lots of fresh ingredients for you, Brother, and make something delicious!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun was stunned, looking at his sister's excited little face, then laughed and reached out to ruffle her hair, \"Our sister is so lucky!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's a must!\" Natsume Ruri puffed out her little chest and laughed happily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, Brother,\" she remembered the main point, \"Didn't you go to Aunt Kondo's house? Did you get Dad's memento?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm.\" Xia Xia Xia Mujun nodded and handed the ancient, thick book of chess records to his sister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Ruri took it, she flipped through the hard cover and looked confused: \"This book of chess records is Dad's memento?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun explained: \"Calling it a memento, it's not entirely accurate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruri was confused: \"Why do you say that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qianjing looked at the thick cover of the chess records and explained:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This was something Father bought at a roadside stall when he was in high school.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, before graduating, he gave it to a junior in the same club, Aunt Kondo Miyuki.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She is now a full-time housewife and doesn't have much use for this book of chess records, so she thought of returning it to its rightful owner and giving it back to us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So this counts as a memento, but not entirely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruri suddenly realized: \"So that's how it is!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She flipped through a few pages, looking at the dense chess records and annotations, and her little face wrinkled slightly, \"But I'm not really interested in Shogi or anything, Brother, what should we do with this thick and heavy thing...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun reached out at the right time and smiled: \"Then leave it to me to keep; I've actually developed some interest in Shogi recently.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruri was stunned when she heard this, her moist, large eyes full of surprise: \"Brother, you're actually interested in Shogi? Even though when Dad used to teach you how to play Shogi, you were always indifferent and would slip away after sitting for less than ten minutes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qianjing coughed lightly to cover it up: \"The past is the past, now is now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruri tilted her little head and thought about it, thinking she understood—Brother must be missing the person while looking at the object, reminiscing about the time he spent playing chess with Father, which is why he suddenly said he wanted to pick it up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thinking of Brother's previous chess skill level... she couldn't help but giggle to herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she had seen Brother and Father's games with her own eyes; that scene was simply too miserable to look at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She even felt that even if she had only learned for a month at that time, she could easily beat Father, who had been studying Shogi for many years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruri felt she had some talent, but she had mediocre interest in Shogi, so she had never studied it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, Ruri noticed that Qianjing was also carrying a plastic bag in his other hand, which contained a brand-new, well-packaged, simple Shogi board.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was even more surprised: \"Brother, you even bought a new chessboard? Could it be that you really want to spend time studying Shogi?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun shook his head: \"Studying isn't the word, I just want to try a few things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruri, hearing this, also became interested, thinking that since they had a chessboard, playing a few games would be quite nice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she wasn't keen on Shogi, playing occasionally was quite interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for winning against this silly brother, she felt there was no suspense at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She suggested with some anticipation: \"Since you've bought a new chessboard, let Ruri play a few games with you, Brother!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, let's play a few games!\" Xia Xia Xia Mujun readily agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that his sister was a genius in the true sense of the word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention that her studies in junior high school were the best in the whole school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just in terms of Shogi, she was indeed very talented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You have to know that although Ruri's father wasn't very strong, he was quite well-known among amateur players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kind that ordinary people really couldn't beat at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was this father who was beaten by his sister after she had learned for less than a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could imagine how amazing his sister was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he was also very curious about how he would fare against this genius sister after equipping the 'Dust-covered Chess Records'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruri happily took the new chessboard out of the bag, sat on the tatami mat in a duck-sit position, deftly unwrapped the transparent plastic packaging in front of the small table, set up the smooth wooden chessboard, and then began to organize the pieces, sorting them and placing them on both sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking advantage of the gap while his sister was organizing the chessboard, Xia Xia Xia Mujun's attention fell once again on the ancient, thick book of chess records in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dust-covered Chess Records]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Quality: Blue]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effect: After equipping, you can instantly master all the knowledge in this book of chess records, and your comprehension in playing chess will be superb, allowing you to draw inferences about ten cases from one, with an understanding unimaginable to ordinary people in Shogi!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Introduction: If you don't play Shogi, seeing me is like a frog in a well looking at the moon in the sky; if you do play Shogi, seeing me is like a mayfly shaking a green sky!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Synthesis Condition: Requires at least three pieces of equipment of the same type!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have obtained ownership of this equipment. Do you wish to register it?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yes\u002FNo]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun thought to himself: \"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Registration successful!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[One more piece of special equipment needed for an attribute point reward!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Do you wish to equip 'Dust-covered Chess Records'?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yes\u002FNo]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive amount of profound Shogi knowledge, countless classic chess layouts, and ingenious endgame puzzle solutions poured into his mind like a surging torrent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that, he felt as if his thinking had been completely opened up and reshaped; his understanding, insight, and deduction ability regarding the chess game had reached an unimaginable realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just by looking at the squares on the chessboard, countless possible moves, subsequent evolutions, potential traps, and killing moves were automatically and rapidly deduced, combined, and optimized in his mind, forming clear and optimal paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That feeling was as if he had been immersed in this path for decades, becoming a Chess Saint who controlled the chessboard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother, why are you still standing there?\" Ruri's crisp voice pulled him back from that mysterious and powerful feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had already set up the pieces and was looking up at him, a hint of mischievous laughter on her little face, as she patted the seat opposite her, \"I've already set it up, sit down quickly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm.\" Xia Xia Xia Mujun looked at the ancient chess records in his hand, took a deep breath, suppressed the shock and excitement in his heart, and sat cross-legged opposite his sister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The small chessboard lay between the two of them, and the pieces shone with a warm luster under the light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother, do you want to go first or should I?\" Ruri looked relaxed, with a sense of superiority as a \"senior\" guiding a \"junior\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You go first.\" Xia Xia Xia Mujun's expression was calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he knew that going first had a certain advantage in Shogi, he didn't care about this slight difference in winning percentage at all right now.\u003C\u002Fp>",1360,"2026-06-15T06:10:17.270Z","2026-06-15T07:45:38.736Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","0bee6c04ea85818ab2fce0779795472d914d7cfb2389d31870ebc493dde21039","tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-chapter-13","tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-chapter-11",624,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ftokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-cover.jpg"]