Crossover Anime: Starting by defeating the Dragon King, then unexpectedly meeting a child.

The two have known each other for more than half a year now, and their relationship has grown much closer than when they first met.

After eating and drinking their fill, they chatted with Rio Futaba in the lab for a while before class started, and then they packed up and left.

At school, Dongfang Chen's day was rather boring and monotonous.

During class, I would listen to the lecture if I was interested, and sleep or play on my phone if I wasn't. During lunch break, I would basically be with Futaba Rio, and go straight home after school in the afternoon.

As for clubs, I have absolutely no interest in them; it's much more comfortable to just stay home and relax.

And just like that, the short two months of the third semester of the first year of high school flew by.

Nothing particularly noteworthy happened at school; occasionally, Eriri Sawamura would be seen wandering around near his classroom in the hallway.

Every time Dongfang Chen looked at her, she would leave as if nothing had happened. He always felt that she was coming to find him, but she kept her distance. He couldn't figure out what she wanted to do.

It couldn't possibly be to thank Dongfang Chen for taking her to the infirmary on the first day of school.

Dongfang Chen pretended not to see her.

Outside of school, for the past three months, Dongfang Chen has been going to the Shogi Association every week to participate in the Shogi tournaments organized by the association.

In reality, it's just a group of skilled players, encouraged by capital, challenging this newly crowned Dragon King.

Of course, not just any nobody is qualified to challenge him, and he doesn't accept challenges from just anyone.

The minimum requirement for a challenger is a professional 6-dan or higher player, and there are also many professional 8-dan players among them.

But in the end, they all became his stepping stones, giving him an amazing 11-game winning streak!

Some people in the shogi world have even given him the title of the strongest dragon king.

Of course, playing so many matches isn't for nothing; each match comes with a huge prize, ranging from several million yen to tens of millions of yen.

With an eleven-game winning streak, he also won a bonus of a little over a small goal, making his pockets bulge!

……

Friday, September 3st.

The homeroom teacher announced the start of a two-week spring break. The next time we'll be back at school will be in our second year of high school.

By the end of March, the earth was warming up, and Tokyo had already welcomed the Lunar New Year.

The green plants along the roadside are vying for attention, and the cherry blossoms have also ushered in their blooming season.

On March 19, in order to deal with the Shogi Association, this Dragon King had to make an occasional appearance.

P.S.: The little girl is about to make her appearance...

Chapter 20 You're back, Master!

Going to the Shogi Association to show your face is basically just going there for a stroll, or if you're interested, playing a couple of games of shogi with some of the association's members.

Because the headquarters of the Shogi Association is also in the Chiyoda area of ​​Tokyo, it only takes about half an hour by bus to get there from where he rents his apartment.

Dongfang Chen remembered that Kong Yinzi said he would come to his house today, so he went to the headquarters of the Shogi Association in the morning and prepared to eat something nutritious on his way home, such as meat.

He went to the convenience store closest to his home.

"Welcome! Oh? It's Dongfang!"

Aoyama Nanami smiled as she looked at the newcomer.

"Hmm, Aoyama-kun is working again? It seems like there was a different person working for him for a while." Dongfang Chen asked with slight confusion.

Aoyama Nanami forced a smile: "I resigned for a while because of some issues with school selection."

The reason was that she was working three jobs at the time and was too busy to handle them all, so she had to give up one of them.

"I see, Aoyama-kun really worked hard!"

A young woman who works tirelessly for her dream deserves our respect.

Aoyama Nanami's smile vanished instantly. She lowered her head slightly, pursed her lips, and then raised her head again with a faint smile: "Thank you, Dongfang-kun."

Dongfang Chen looked at her misty eyes: "This is nothing to be thanked for."

For some people, an emotional breakdown is just a fleeting moment.

He didn't say anything more and went to select the ingredients that needed to be prepared.

A chicken, red dates, goji berries, dried mushrooms, steak, and broccoli.

……

I prepared a variety of ingredients, and of course, I also prepared a bottle of the sauces that Sora Ginko likes, including tomato, curry, and beef flavors.

Although his LV4 cooking skills made the food delicious enough, Sora Ginko had a particular obsession with sauces...

During this period, the two might not see each other even once a month, and it had been more than a month since their last meeting.

We definitely need to prepare something delicious this time!

He took everything to the front desk, and Aoyama Nanami quickly scanned and packed it.

Aoyama Nanami: "Dongfang, a sincere offer of 32300 yuan."

"OK, all right."

He took out his wallet and handed her the money. After she gave him the change, he said:

"See you next time, Aoyama-kun. Take care and get some rest!"

Dongfang Chen picked up a large bag of things and left.

"Yes, I will be careful, thank you, Dongfang," she replied.

Not long after, he returned to Aoki Apartment, but before he even entered the door, he saw a black aura unique to evil spirits wafting out of his room.

"Huh? Where did this evil spirit come from?"

Dongfang Chen was somewhat puzzled. In the nearly one year since he moved to Qingmu Apartment, he had completely eliminated any evil spirits he encountered. As a result, a few months ago, very few evil spirits dared to approach the area within a kilometer of Qingmu Apartment.

Now, evil spirits have even come to his house?

He casually took out his key and opened the door. When he saw the little figure kneeling in the entryway, a question popped into his head.

Where did this little girl come from?

While Dongfang Chen was lost in thought, the little girl looked at him nervously.

She placed her hands together on her lower abdomen and exclaimed, "You're back, Master!"

She has long brown hair in pigtails, with a red hair clip and a yellow headband on each side. She has light blue eyes like sapphires and bangs in front of her forehead.

She was wearing a white hat, but it couldn't hide the single, sticking-out ahoge (cowlick) on her head.

She wore a white shirt and a blue skirt with a yellow tie at the collar. The skirt hem was white, and she wore white socks and blue shoes.

"Master~ Master~ Can you hear me? Master..."

Behind her, a malevolent spirit dressed in a suit, with a head twice the size of its body and disgustingly distorted features, kept muttering.

He was also exhaling streams of gas that looked like poison, which made Dongfang Chen's face darken.

Evil spirits are truly a complicated thing.

Rikka Takanashi jumped out of the house and pointed at the little girl who was still kneeling on the ground: "Thunder Master, you're finally back! A mutated Snorlax has broken into the barrier you set up."

"So why are you at my house again? Didn't your sister give you a good scolding the other day?"

Dongfang Chen's eyebrows twitched.

You think you can get away with climbing on the roof and tearing off the tiles if you don't beat me for three days?

"Hmph, although I cannot defeat the Holy Healer, the Evil King's True Eye fears no powerful enemy!"

Rikka Takanashi takes out an automatic umbrella from the side of her thigh and strikes a pose.

"That's not what you said when you were getting beaten up."

Dongfang Chen rolled his eyes at her, then looked at the little girl on the ground: "So, who are you, and why are you in my house?"

Dongfang Chen naturally recognized the little girl. According to the original trajectory, she was a disciple of Kuzuryu Hachiichi.

However, although he recognized her, they had never met before, so Dongfang Chen naturally couldn't call her by name directly.

Is it because he disrupted the original timeline and obtained the Dragon King that this girl came looking for him?

When faced with Dongfang Chen's questioning, Chuhe Ai straightened her back and stammered, "N-n ...

Before she could even speak, she nervously bit her tongue...

Chapter 21 Top Disciple - Hinatsuru Ai

"Don't be nervous, just speak slowly."

Seeing that she was in so much pain that tears were streaming down her face, Dongfang Chen quickly comforted her.

"Uh-huh."

Hinatsuru Ai nodded while wiping away her tears. After composing herself, she said again, "N-nice to meet you. My name is Hinatsuru Ai, and I've come to ask you to be my apprentice!"

"How old are you, and where did you come from?"

Dongfang Chen thought to himself that the child had indeed come to become his disciple, but he still needed to ask about the child's situation.

"Reporting to Master, Ai is nine years old this year and in the third grade of elementary school. I came all the way from Ishikawa Prefecture to become your disciple!"