[{"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-22":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},1949009,2739,"Chapter 22: The Ignorant Are Fearless!","tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-chapter-22",22,"\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun lowered his head to look at the navigation map on his phone screen, confirming he had arrived at his destination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly raised his head, and what came into view was the huge Tokyo Shogi Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This \"Newcomer Shogi Challenge\" was being held in this hall, which was gathered with shogi players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun stepped inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The interior space was spacious and bright, and the air was filled with a faint scent of sandalwood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just entering the lobby, one could see people in groups of three or five lining up at the service desk, preparing to participate in this tournament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it was the last day of registration, there weren't many people left in line at the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun walked silently to the end of the line and waited quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, there weren't many staff members responsible for registration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only one female staff member busy at work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reasonably good-looking staff member, Horikawa Kaori, was currently a women's professional 1-dan player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although her strength wasn't outstanding, she had a sincere heart for shogi, so she chose to work here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several consecutive days of high-intensity work meant she hadn't had much rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, she was already showing obvious fatigue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When receiving people lining up to register, her movements also seemed a bit sluggish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please fill in your name, contact information, and whether you have a shogi rank here...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While explaining, she couldn't help but cover the corner of her mouth with her hand, letting out a small yawn, her eyes filled with weariness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Xia Xia Xia Mujun’s turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The originally listless Horikawa Kaori, the moment she saw Xia Xia Xia Mujun, had her tired expression swept away, and she immediately straightened her posture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She considered herself to have seen many shogi players in the shogi world. ===== CHAPTER 45 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Whether they were amateur players, training association players, women's professional players, or famous professional players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And most shogi players started participating in tournaments from a young age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Working at the Shogi Association often, she was basically familiar with the players in the Tokyo area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the shogi circle was just that small, and it was always those familiar faces coming and going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, in Tokyo, Horikawa Kaori had never seen Xia Xia Xia Mujun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was both pleasantly surprised to encounter such an exceptionally handsome boy and curious about his shogi strength, wondering if he was a player who had come to Tokyo specifically from another region to participate in the \"Newcomer Shogi Tournament.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This tournament was open to all of Japan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, it attracted many players from other regions who came for its reputation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that people were still arriving on the last day of registration was enough to show the popularity of this tournament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You have to know that the scale of usual shogi tournaments is usually small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In most cases, players only compete within a small circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number of participants rarely exceeds a hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this tournament was expected to have over two thousand participants, an unprecedented scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the moment she saw Xia Xia Xia Mujun, Horikawa Kaori concluded that he was definitely not an amateur, training association, or professional player from the Tokyo area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And looking at his high school uniform, could he have come from afar from another region?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Horikawa Kaori stood up, sweeping away her previous laziness, a warm smile blooming on her face as she handed an application form to Xia Xia Xia Mujun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello, please fill in your name, contact information, and shogi rank here...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Horikawa Kaori explained with extra patience and detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun nodded and took the application form to start filling it out seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a short while, he finished filling it out and handed the form back to Horikawa Kaori.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Horikawa Kaori took the form, and when she saw the content filled in the \"Rank\" column, she was instantly stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Amateur Rank: None]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Training Association Status: None]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Professional Rank: None]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Horikawa Kaori thought she had misread it and confirmed cautiously: \"Xia Xia Xia Mujun... have you never registered with the Shogi Association, nor participated in an amateur ranking tournament?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun was slightly startled: \"No. Do you have to have an amateur rank to sign up for this tournament?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's not the case...\" Horikawa Kaori was somewhat dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now she understood that this Xia Xia Xia Mujun had never participated in any official tournament, so he had no rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even the most basic amateur rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coming to participate in the \"Newcomer Shogi Tournament\" in this situation, no matter how you looked at it, it felt like a one-and-done rhythm...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You have to know that the participants in this tournament at the very least possessed an amateur rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ordinary person with no rank coming to participate was a first!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although from the rules, it seemed anyone could participate in a shogi tournament, the actual level requirement was very high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you were unlucky, you might encounter a training association member in the first round, or even face a professional player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually: Amateur player \u003C Training association player \u003C Professional player \u003C Title holder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary people couldn't even beat amateur players, let alone face higher-level players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And participating this time required a registration fee of 20,000 yen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This money wasn't a lot, but it wasn't a little either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was definitely not an amount that could be wasted casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, ordinary people basically wouldn't come to participate in such a tournament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing you would lose and still coming to give away money, wasn't that stupid?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Horikawa Kaori scratched her cheek unconsciously, calculating in her heart how to dissuade him tactfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she still held a glimmer of hope and asked tentatively:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um... Xia Xia Xia Mujun, have you been studying shogi since you were a child?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had been learning since childhood, some people, although they hadn't participated in official tournaments, had strength not inferior to amateur players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had seen many such players and hoped Xia Xia Xia Mujun was one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun shook his head and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn't really play much when I was a child.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Horikawa Kaori had fine sweat on her forehead and pursued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then about how many games have you played?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun was puzzled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do I have to answer that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Horikawa Kaori coughed and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I hope you can answer...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Xia Xia Xia Mujun had no choice but to calculate briefly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I played a few games when I was a child, but I played more than ten games with my sister yesterday, so in total, it's about fifteen games.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Horikawa Kaori’s heart skipped a beat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only about fifteen games in total?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn't this just a pure newcomer?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A newcomer running over to participate in this kind of tournament, isn't this nonsense?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Horikawa Kaori wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and hinted tactfully:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um... Xia Xia Xia Mujun, most of the people participating in this tournament are very strong players.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In fact, very few players without a rank participate, because the registration fee is indeed not cheap.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the tournament format this time is very special, different from regular shogi tournaments; it uses a single-elimination system, so if you lose the first round, there's no chance for a comeback.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you... sure you want to participate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun nodded firmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fukuda Tsukasa was about thirty years old, with obvious stubble on his chin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a 5-kyu player in the training association and was somewhat famous in the Tokyo shogi circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn't wanted to say anything while lining up behind, but after hearing Xia Xia Xia Mujun’s situation, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You have to know that the players in the Shogi Association, who wasn't studying shogi from a young age?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone had worked hard for so many years before having the confidence to participate in such a large tournament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this Xia Xia Xia Mujun, having played only a dozen games, dared to come and participate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This really is—the ignorant are fearless, ignorant to the point of being laughable! ===== CHAPTER 46 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1365,"2026-06-15T06:10:17.270Z","2026-06-15T07:45:38.736Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","d9b757af741f5936bab099e272d528ea40579264cf83081fafb5fdf4f10d2544","tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-chapter-23","tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-chapter-21",624,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ftokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-cover.jpg"]