My anime/manga fandom can't be that lazy.

Dongfang Bai happens to be the kind of outrageous and unconventional author who likes to write a whole volume in one go for his editor.

[Humans, gods, monsters... the world-building must be quite vast. If it's well-written, then you might get a spot for a standalone book publication!]

Direct publication as a standalone book is an incredibly tempting prospect for most light novel authors. Editors typically have one slot available for their favorite books to be published as standalone books.

There is a big difference between standalone editions and paperback editions. Authors who get standalone editions are usually quite accomplished, so the number of editors is very important.

However, this spot is extremely rare. There is only one editor in charge of Kagurazaka. If a new author wants to publish a standalone book directly without this spot, they can only win the new author award like Dongfang Bai.

Thank you so much, Sister Changpu. You won't be disappointed.

After finishing his sentence, Dongfang Bai turned off his phone. Now, the only thing he needed to worry about was the local specialties. What kind of local specialties did this tourist attraction sell? It was a real headache. There was nothing he could do but wait until he had more time to go outside and take a look.

Chapter 82 You think you can beat me with sixteen cards? [Please subscribe automatically]

"Let's play cards!"

After soaking in the hot spring, Ritsu Tainaka excitedly took out a deck of cards, which she seemed to have bought along with the fireworks. She seemed very interested in playing this game with everyone, while Mio Akiyama looked a little puzzled.

"But... there are five of us."

Akiyama Mio looked at Tainaka Ritsu with some confusion. Generally speaking, you need three people to play cards, but there are five of them. How are they going to play?

"Then let's take turns."

Dongfang Bai smiled slightly. Three people per game, then they switch players after each game. This way, everyone can play two games, which is pretty good.

"I don't know much about this game, so I'll just watch from the sidelines for now."

Yui Hirasawa plans to observe from the sidelines for the first round, as she is rather dull and not suited to playing card games. She intends to observe first and see how others play.

"Then I'll take a look first."

Kotobuki Tsumugi thought for a moment and decided to watch from the sidelines. However, her eyes were full of curiosity because she had never played poker with anyone before, let alone sat down and played with friends.

So the players of the game became three people: Higashikata Shikiyama Mio, Tainaka Ritsu, and Shikiyama Mio. All three of them had played the game before. Ritsu and Mio used to play it often when they lived at each other's houses, so they were quite familiar with each other.

And Dongfang Bai... actually made him, a Chinese, play cards with two girls from the Light Music Club. It felt like making a Japanese person play mahjong with a Chinese auntie, or an American play chess with a Chinese grandpa.

"Playing Dou Dizhu...?"

Dongfang Bai's lips twitched. He didn't expect that Akiyama Mio and Tainaka Ritsu would play this game with him. Even if he didn't play poker much, he must have played Happy Landlords before.

"Bai Sang, let me tell you, I'm really good at this."

Ritsu Tainaka had a confident expression on her face, as if she was sure she would win. After all, she had played with Mio so many times that she knew the rules by heart.

Even Dongfang Bai, the academic superstar who excels in school, probably wouldn't be a match for him when it comes to playing this kind of game.

"Is that so...~"

Dongfang Bai just smiled and didn't say anything. He didn't know what to say. Then the cards were dealt quickly. The more Dongfang Bai saw his cards, the more complicated his mood became.

There seems to be something wrong with this card; he feels there's a big problem.

He had already played sixteen cards in a short time. If the next card was a 6, then his hand would be ridiculously strong.

"It shouldn't be six, right?"

Dongfang Bai muttered to himself as he took the last card, which had a large number 'six' on it.

What incredible luck! It's amazing! But he now has an extra King in his hand, which is a bit redundant, so he plans to play it later.

"Hmph, hmph hmph hmph."

Dongfang Bai looked at Qiushan Mio beside him. She frowned slightly, as if she didn't have a good hand. Since all the good hands seemed to be on Dongfang Bai's side, it was natural for her to look bad.

Meanwhile, Ritsu Tainaka's lips curled up into a wild smile, looking incredibly happy as if he had all the advantages and was confident that he could win the game.

"Then, who would want to be a landlord?"

"I don't want it..."

Akiyama Mio refused without hesitation. She had no chance of being the landlord with this hand, and if she wanted to win, she could only rely on her teammate.

"Bai Sang, what about you?"

Ritsu Tainaka had an expectant expression, as if he were saying, "I want to be the landlord," which made Dongfang Bai swallow back the words he was about to say.

Fine, I'll just give it to her.

"I don't need it."

"Alright! There's really no other way then, I'll just have to take it."

With an expectant expression, Ritsu Tainaka took the three cards belonging to the landlord. Her first move was to play a straight flush, which significantly reduced the number of cards in her hand.

Akiyama Mio naturally had no way to accept the card, so she passed directly. Dongfang Bai thought for a moment, but still had no choice, so he passed directly as well.

Then Ritsu Tainaka played a lot of cards in succession. During this time, Mio Akiyama played a few cards to suppress her, but she was suppressed back.

In the end, Ritsu Tainaka only had six cards left. She had a confident expression on her face, as if victory was already in her grasp, while Dongfang Bai did a quick calculation of her hand.

If she plays a small joker later, then the remaining five cards should be a bomb with one other card.

"What should we do? We're going to lose..."

Akiyama Mio looked at Dongfang Bai with some anxiety. Dongfang Bai held seventeen cards but didn't play a single one throughout the entire game. Akiyama Mio even wondered if Dongfang Bai didn't know how to play this game.

"I won!"

Without hesitation, Ritsu Tainaka played a 2, while Mio Akiyama was stunned. She didn't have a King in her hand, nor even a bomb, so she had no way to suppress Ritsu.

Dongfang Bai calmly played a small joker, while Lu smiled slyly and played a big joker in succession, leaving her with only four cards. It was now considered a victory for her!

Because she held a bomb, and Dongfang Bai still had sixteen cards, how could he possibly defeat her instantly! This hand was already a guaranteed win!

"That……"

Dongfang Bai sighed softly and slowly spread the four sixes in his hand in front of Tainaka Ritsu. Tainaka Ritsu was stunned. She had exactly four fives in her hand, just missing the one.

It's okay, even so, it's still a victory for me, Ritsu Tainaka!

Then, seeing that no one had played any cards, Dongfang Bai slowly placed the twelve cards in his hand in front of him.

airplane.

(Wang Hao Zhao) "Huh???"

Ritsu Tainaka looked on with a bewildered expression, her eyes wide as she stared at the twelve cards below. No doubt, sixteen cards had indeed defeated her instantly…

Why?!

……

"Well, Ritsu, you don't have to be like this."

Akiyama Mio looked at Tainaka Ritsu, who was drawing circles on the side, and couldn't help but laugh. The contrast between Ritsu's smug look just now and his dejected expression afterwards was too strong.

Even Hirasawa Yui and Kotobuki Tsumugi were secretly laughing. Dongfang Bai was just too lucky to draw such an amazing hand, which really made him instantly defeat Tainaka Ritsu.

Afterwards, Ritsu Tainaka demanded a revenge match, and the group from the Light Music Club played cards for a long time before going to sleep. The day of the training camp ended happily in a short time.

[PS: I originally wrote a detailed description of the hot springs... but they wouldn't approve it no matter what I said, so that chapter was scrapped.]

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Chapter Eighty-Three: Celebration! [Please subscribe automatically]

"I am back."

Dongfang Bai opened his front door with his suitcase and called out, but there was no response for a long time. He looked up at the door with some curiosity.

After a three-day retreat, I'm finally back home. I even bought some local specialties, since I didn't know what else to buy, so I bought some gifts and food as well.

The most famous food there is probably dango. The dango at the training camp is really sweet, filled with red bean paste, so sweet it's almost melting your heart.

After buying local specialties and returning home, Dongfang Bai was somewhat surprised that no one responded to him.

Normally, a fairy would reply to her, and even if the fairy wasn't there, Sagiri would probably stomp her feet a couple of times to let her know she knew.

Today was a bit strange; no one responded at all. Dongfang Bai raised an eyebrow, pulled his suitcase with his right hand, and carried a bag of local specialties in his left. After putting everything in the living room, he went to check the kitchen.

The fairy isn't in the kitchen either... Could it be that she didn't come today?

Dongfang Bai had already told her on Line that he would be back today. Given her personality, she would most likely have mentioned that 637 would come to the house to wait for him when he returned, but there was no sign of it today.

Click...

The sound was so faint that Dongfang Bai raised an eyebrow. Although the sound was so quiet that it was almost inaudible, he could still tell from his senses that someone was upstairs.

Without hesitation, Dongfang Bai ran upstairs and walked around the computer room where the fairy often stayed, but did not find anyone.

There wasn't a soul in sight on the entire second floor, including the corridor. If there was any place I hadn't searched, it was only one place left: Sagiri's room.

Dongfang Bai ran to knock on Sagiri's door and called out, "Sagiri? Are you sleeping?"

He knew that even if his sister Sagiri occasionally left her room, it was absolutely impossible for her to leave the house. He had already checked other places, and since there was no one there, the only place left was Sagiri's room.

Dongfang Bai twisted the doorknob of Shawu's room and found that it was not locked. He opened the door with a cautious attitude.

boom! !

Dongfang Bai subconsciously took two steps back. Suddenly, the room lights turned on, and the pitch-black room instantly became brightly lit. Three beautiful girls stood inside, holding something that looked like a spray canister.

So that was the sound I just heard...

Dongfang Bai's lips twitched. His nerves were too sensitive; his first reaction was actually to think it was a gunshot...

Congratulations on the anime adaptation!

Yamada Elf stood inside the room, smiling at Dongfang Bai. Her sly smile showed that she had been waiting for a long time. As expected of an elf, she really did come.

The other two girls standing there were her younger sister, Sagiri, whose voice was rather soft and who needed a megaphone to speak clearly. She was also speaking happily.

The last one is a beautiful girl with long, black hair reaching her waist and bangs, and a bright beauty mark under her left eye. She has a Japanese-style aura. She is Gokou Ruri.

"...I'm a little surprised."