The next day, Ikue came to Haneda's house early in the morning, and together with Haneda Yasharu, who was already waiting here in formal attire, went to the award ceremony to officially report the name Haneda Danya.
This also means that Haneda Dan is also a level 6 semi-professional chess player from today on.
On the way back to Haneda's house, Haneda Yasuharu chatted with him about his future plans.
The first thing he asked was Yu Jiang's age.
"I just turned twenty-four this year."
As we all know, Danya Shibata and Yuzuru Shimizu have the same face. When Reiko Shimizu made a fake identity for Ikue, she fully considered the fact that as a younger brother, he must be younger than his sister, and changed his age to a younger one. .
Yu Jiang himself should be twenty-six years old this year.
Hearing this answer, Haneda Yasuharu frowned at first, and then relaxed after thinking for a while: "This age is still a bit old for a shogi player."
The age of twenty-four, which can even be called "little fresh meat" in many industries, is an embarrassing limit in the shogi world.
Haneda Yasuharu explained: "In principle, players who have not passed the bonus event before the age of 25 will be rewarded and kicked out. Of course, this is only in principle. In practice, as long as the player can ensure that the winning rate of the game that year is 100% If the age is over fifty, he can extend it by one year, up to twenty-nine years old."
Yu Jiang understood: "That means I only have one year to upgrade from level six to level three, and I also have to pass the three-level league?"
"No more than five years."
Yujie currently has no idea of the difficulty of this matter. He only knows that he will never spend five years on shogi, not to mention that this is only the first step to become a professional shogi player.
Yu Jiang's plan is to achieve the seven-time crown before the truth of the car accident is investigated. The time... should not exceed three years at most.
So in the first step, he only gave himself one year.
"Theoretically, the shortest time to advance from level 6 to level 3 is ten months, and the level 3 league is twice a year, so the shortest time to become a professional chess player is about a year and a half." Yasuharu Haneda laughed at this. , "But you don't have to refer to this number, because so far the shortest record for being promoted from level 6 to level 3 is two years and eleven months!"
Even Yujiang was a little surprised by the difference between the two data: "Is it Mr. Koji who set the record of two years and eleven months?"
Yasuharu Haneda shook his head: "Unfortunately, our Haneda family does not have such a genius. The talent of the chess player who set the record is not inferior to yours. It is a pity that he has been sick since childhood and his physical condition is very bad. He died at the age of twenty-nine. He died young. Otherwise, he might have achieved the achievement of seven championships long ago."
Yasuharu Haneda patted Yujie on the shoulder with relief: "You don't have to think about it for a year and a half, as long as you can tie the existing record."
Yu Jiang responded on the surface, but in his heart he didn't care.
You have to try to find out whether he can succeed. He is invincible until he loses.
Accompanying Yasuharu Haneda back home, Haneda Ichiyo was naturally enthusiastic and invited him to eat. Ikue was about to find an excuse to refuse when his cell phone suddenly rang.
The call came from an unmarked number, but Yu Jiang recognized it. It was Yumi Miyamoto.
He apologized to the Hanedas and walked to the corridor to answer the phone.
"Moshimoshi?"
"Is it Shibata-kun? I'm Miyamoto Yumi. Do you have time now? I'm here to pay you back."
Miyamoto Yumi followed Yujiang's request and chose a working day to pay Yujiang the money.
Yu Jiang looked at the time and agreed happily: "You just got off work? Let's meet at a nearby coffee shop."
"The location will be decided by me. I'll send you the address at the coffee shop."
"Okay, see you later."
While Ikue and Miyamoto Yumi agreed on the time and place to meet, the Haneda couple were peeking at Ikue through the window with curious expressions - to be precise, only Haneda Ichiyo did this.
A rare hint of embarrassment appeared on Haneda Yasuharu's face: "What are you doing, old woman!"
"Shh~ Dan seems to be talking to girls on the phone too. I heard them talking about going on a date at the coffee shop."
"Girl?" Haneda Yasuharu suddenly became unhappy, "Now is the critical moment for him to become a professional chess player. How can he be slowed down by love?"
"boom--"
Haneda Ichiyo mercilessly hit her husband on the head: "What nonsense are you talking about? Dan is not young anymore. If he doesn't find a girl to settle down at this time, will he be a bachelor for the rest of his life?"
"That won't affect your career."
"Old man, that's not what you said when you pursued me!"
When Yu Jiang entered the door, he happened to hear Haneda Ichiyo's last words.
"..."
Did he come back at the wrong time? Then why don't you go out and wait for a while?
When Haneda Ichiro saw him, he quickly put away the gossipy expression on his face and pretended to be distressed and said to him: "Danya, my master suddenly remembered that I have an appointment with my old sister tonight, and the celebration banquet for you becoming a chess player will be held. How about tomorrow night?”
Yujiang was about to find an excuse to leave early, so of course he agreed very considerately upon hearing this.
Only Haneda Yasuharu knew what his wife was planning, and her face became darker.
…
After leaving Haneda's house, Ikue took the train and arrived at the address sent by Miyamoto Yumi.
This is a popular cafe near the Metropolitan Police Department. It sells coffee and simple meals.
It was time to get off work and there were many customers in the cafe.
As soon as you get to the second floor, you can see Yumi Miyamoto sitting alone by the window.
Although she took off her conspicuous coat, revealing only a slightly everyday shirt underneath, Yujiang could still tell at a glance that she was wearing a police uniform.
The reason why Ikue asked Miyamoto Yumi to pay back the money on working days was so that she would not have time to change clothes.
Of course, he is not a uniform controller. Yujiang's focus is on Miyamoto Yumi's pocket.
"Oh, you're here, Shibata-kun!" Miyamoto Yumi waved very hard after seeing him, for fear that Yu Jiang wouldn't notice her.
Ikue walked to sit across from Miyamoto Yumi and said very gentlemanly: "I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long."
"It doesn't matter, I have nothing to do after get off work anyway." Miyamoto Yumi took out the money spent on buying dogs and pet stores from her wallet, put it on the table, and pushed it to Yujiang, "Here, you count and see if you have enough."
You don’t need to count Yujiang, just look at the thickness.
But in the eyes of Miyamoto Yumi, his confidence in not counting money became his trust in her.
Miyamoto Yumi only ordered a latte before, but when Yujie arrived, they ordered steak pasta and other things together.
While waiting for the meal, Ikue made an excuse to go to the bathroom. When passing by Miyamoto Yumi, he pretended to have accidentally slipped and took the opportunity to reach into the pocket of Miyamoto Yumi's police uniform jacket.
"Ah!" Miyamoto Yumi, who knew nothing about Yu Jiang's tricks, quickly helped him, "Are you okay?"
