[{"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-500":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},1952475,2739,"Chapter 500","tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-chapter-500",500,"\u003Cp>\"How about... we go celebrate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know a very good dessert shop nearby...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes were shining, full of expectation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suzuki Takayuki, hearing these words, felt his heart being gripped hard by an invisible hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain was clear and sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akatsuki...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just lost the match... you didn't even look at me, didn't offer a word of comfort...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, you are going to take the initiative to invite him to celebrate the victory...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strong sense of sourness and loss drowned him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at the same time, another stranger emotion followed—a kind of near-masochistic \"relief and joy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However... that’s fine too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her so active, so hard at work to approach Xia Xia Xia Mujun...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn't this exactly what I hoped to see?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tanabe Yuto beside him silently adjusted his glasses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eyes behind the lenses flickered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thoughts were eerily synchronized with Suzuki Takayuki’s at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although there was unwillingness and hidden pain, reason told him that this was a \"good thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also nodded imperceptibly, his mood seemingly not bad either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crisp, childish, yet full of \"sovereignty-claiming\" voice exploded like a small cannonball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furukawa Saio didn't know when she had broken free from her grandfather’s \"restraint.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She rushed over like an agile little rabbit, stretched out her two small arms, and held Xia Xia Xia Mujun’s arm tightly and firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised her small face, glaring angrily at Asahina Akatsuki, like a small beast guarding a treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big brother has already made a promise with Saio!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is going to teach Saio shogi later!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Saio is going to be first!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying that, she also shook Xia Xia Xia Mujun’s arm hard and looked up to ask:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right, big brother?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun was stunned for a moment, and gave Asahina Akatsuki an apologetic smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, that’s right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s how it is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bowed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, Asahina-san.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This time, I'm afraid it won't work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The expectation and shyness on Asahina Akatsuki’s face solidified and faded at a speed visible to the naked eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She seemed to be instantly petrified, frozen in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her clear eyes, the luster dimmed, replaced by deep disappointment and a hint of... resentment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at Xia Xia Xia Mujun gloomily, and then at Furukawa Saio, who was holding his arm tightly and looking \"proud.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That look made even Xia Xia Xia Mujun unable to handle it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she didn't give up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking a deep breath, she cheered herself up again, and asked with a tone carrying a last glimmer of hope:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since it won't work this time...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then... can we do it next time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next time, when Xia Xia Xia Mujun is free?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun’s peripheral vision keenly captured the eerie expressions on the faces of Suzuki Takayuki and Tanabe Yuto behind her—almost identical, mixed with \"heartache\" and \"excitement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two guys... what the hell is going on!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It feels more and more wrong...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intuition told him that it was better to stay away from these three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least for the current stage, keeping a distance was the wisest choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about it, he decided to use the safest response—vague, without giving any definite promises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There will be a chance... let’s talk about it when there is a chance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sacred Heart Middle School.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second-year Class A.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The class had just ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lingering sound of the bell was still echoing in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Natsume Ruri couldn't wait to take her phone out of the drawer the moment the teacher announced the end of class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her slender fingers were trembling slightly due to nervousness and expectation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her brother’s match... how did it go?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She understood that her brother usually didn't touch shogi, let alone systematic training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being able to break into the fifth round was already an amazing miracle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the opponent in the fifth round, she heard, was a very, very strong professional reserve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary people couldn't possibly win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, her heart was full of contradictions—eagerly hoping that her brother could continue to create miracles, yet secretly worried, afraid that her brother would taste the bitterness of failure, afraid that he would be dejected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaga Reisa and Ando Chizuru not far away, as well as several other good friends, had long noticed her movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone quietly gathered around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all knew that Natsume Ruri’s brother, Xia Xia Xia Mujun, had a very important shogi match this morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were also very curious about how far that handsome and somewhat mysterious brother could go this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ruri-chan, how is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did Xia brother win?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Small urges and concerned inquiries rang in Natsume Ruri’s ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when the phone screen finally refreshed, and the clear news headline and flash came into view—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Private Moonlight Academy dark horse Xia Xia Xia Mujun, defeats quasi-professional shogi player Suzuki Takayuki, strongly advances to the sixth round!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below was also a close-up of Xia Xia Xia Mujun’s profile deep in thought in front of the shogi board.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Natsume Ruri held her breath instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She widened those clear eyes like glass, and couldn't help but cover her cherry-red lips, which were slightly open in surprise, with her small hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shock, disbelief, and the ecstasy that surged out as a result, washed over her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Won?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The brother who usually stayed at home, spent most of his time playing games, or chatting with her, occasionally being pulled by Dad to play a guidance game, but always losing quickly, then being laughed at by Dad for \"having no talent in shogi,\" and then turning around to continue playing games...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually... won?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the one he won against was the one Dad, an amateur player, was in awe of, thinking he could never reach in his life—a quasi-professional player?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother he... was he actually this amazing?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A huge sense of pride, mixed with amazement at her brother’s hidden depth, instantly filled Natsume Ruri’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes shone with an incomparably brilliant, incomparably excited radiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her small face was flushed red with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>",1010,"2026-06-15T07:10:31.195Z","2026-06-15T07:45:40.648Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash 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