The girl next door turns into a cat

Chapter 88 Holiday, the upcoming kendo competition
"Student Yucheng, do you feel that there is room for improvement in the way we communicate?"

This was the first day of the holiday, the topic that Suzuki Mamoru once again met with Yucheng Michiyo at the door of his house at noon on Saturday.

Today's sky is still swaying with drizzle, and the girl standing at the door is still holding her transparent umbrella.The light is slightly dim, and the outstanding facial features under the umbrella also blur the details, but the one thing that remains unchanged is that it still looks good.

"Why do you say that?" The girl's questioning voice floated into the entrance together with a few strands of rain that lost its direction.

Suzuki Mamoru was lowering his head to change his shoes at the moment.

"If you think about it, it seems that no matter what it is, you always come to my door and tell me."

After putting on his shoes, he turned his head and said "Let's go" to Yuko who was lying on the ground, Yuko Michiyo stepped aside a little at the door, Suzuki Mamoru carried the bag containing the kendo uniform, and stretched out an ordinary convenience Transparent umbrellas in the store, out the door.

After closing the door, he resumed the topic just now.

"For example, when I first started practicing kendo, I was told to run in the morning, reminded me to relax my arm muscles after practice, and told me yesterday afternoon that I would practice today."

Yucheng Michiyo glanced at him, asking "What's the problem?"

"It's not a problem, it's just"

In contrast, yesterday afternoon Asagiri and him sent a Line message, while Tamaki Michiyo visited him directly, which would be too formal if it wasn't something urgent.

"Actually, just let me know about this kind of thing on Line."

"Line?"

"Ah."

Holding a transparent umbrella, the two walked out of the front yard of Suzuki's house, passed by the gate of Yucheng's house after a few steps, and continued walking along the street.

The raindrops fell on the wet gray-black ground, making a fine and light rustling sound, like fallen leaves.In contrast, the sound of the footsteps of the two falling was a little slow and heavy.

"I do not have."

On the basis of the two sounds, the third sound, the calm and crisp sound, complements the sound of raindrops.

Suzuki Mamoru turned to look at the girl who spoke.

"No?"

"No."

"This"

"Is it surprising?"

"It's not very, but... a little bit."

"There is a mailbox." Tamaki Michiyo added.

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"what happened?"

"It feels outdated." Suzuki Mamoru said bluntly.

"Really?" Under the transparent umbrella, the girl's expression remained unchanged.

Looking at such a quiet and beautiful side face, Suzuki Mamoru responded softly after a while, skipping the topic.

"In addition to Line, you can actually talk directly from the window, after all, the distance is very close." Suzuki Mamoru said again.

For the rest of the journey, Tamaki Michiyo did not respond to this topic, and Suzuki Mamoru didn't know if she didn't hear because she was distracted, or for some other reason.

But I didn't care about it anymore, the slight raindrops fell lightly, falling on the eaves, treetops, and pedestrians' umbrellas, and the background sound made people feel comfortable. Suzuki Mamoru and Tamaki Michiyo arrived at the Kendo Gym.

Then there is an afternoon of kendo practice time.

Asagiri should be with her mother at the moment, and she is not free. Nakazawa Rinka didn't see anyone, and for some reason she didn't practice with Tamaki Michiyo. In the kendo gym all afternoon, there were only the voices of Suzuki Mamoru and Tamaki Michiyo. , and the sound of the bamboo sword hitting.

For Tamaki Michiyo, it was normal practice, and for Suzuki Mamoru, it was preparation for the kendo exchange match that started tomorrow.

This will be Suzuki Mamoru's first time participating in a kendo competition, and it will also be the first time he will fight against strangers other than Asagiri and Tamaki Michiyo. He still has a little expectation.

After all, in the competition with these two girls, the difference in level made it almost impossible for him to win except by using his ability. Although this should be the case, he only learned kendo for only a month, but he still felt frustrated, so he still I hope to be able to fight against other people, and it would be even better if I can win normally.

In addition, today's exercise has another purpose, to get familiar with the upgraded "Cat Spirit" ability.

In the kendo hall on Thursday, after the joke-like scene, the little thoughts hidden by Tamaki Michiyo surfaced, and immediately, the copied "Cat Spirit" was promoted.

"Cat Spirit"

"Passive: Increase sensory sensitivity."

"Ability upgrade: The degree of improvement is slightly increased."

"Active: Greatly increases sensory sensitivity, consumes a lot of stamina, duration depends on stamina (currently the maximum duration is 11 seconds), cooldown time is 10 hours."

"Ability upgrade: the degree of improvement remains the same, and the duration depends on physical strength (currently the maximum duration is 11 seconds), but there is no longer a cooling time limit, as long as you have physical strength, you can use it all the time."

"Note: Don't overdraw your physical strength at will"

Returning in the evening, Suzuki Mori, who had practiced all afternoon, exhausted himself with the last bit of physical strength to finish writing the notebook, then closed it, put it in the drawer and locked it, and then there was no more energy left
When I opened my eyes again, the already gloomy sky outside the window could no longer see the light, and the transparent glass outer wall was covered with crystal water droplets, and the outside was dark, only the shadows of the trees were dark, and the room of Michiyo Yucheng was opened from the closed curtains. The hazy light shining through.

And Yuko next to him in the room.

She poked his face with her finger.

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Suzuki Mori blinked after waking up, and Yuko withdrew her hand as if nothing had happened.

"Awake?"

Across the window, there was still the sound of small rain that had not stopped outside the window.Suzuki Mamoru straightened up from the table lying on his stomach, and stretched his numb hands carefully.

He let out a long yawn.

"Why did you fall asleep lying on the table?" Yuko asked.

"Too tired." Suzuki Mamoru replied, still stretching his hands.

"Is your hand numb like this?"

"Ah."

"The bed is right next to it."

"Too tired to manage so much." Suzuki Mamoru shook his hand, Yuko laughed seeing him like this.

Suzuki Mori glanced at her, Yuko stopped laughing again, but the remaining smile was still obvious in his eyes.

"Xiao Shou is sleeping here now, mom can't hold you anymore, she can't put you on the bed."

".Not required."

"So indifferent."

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"It would be bad if Xiaoshou catches a cold."

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"Okay, it's time for dinner."

"Ah."

Suzuki Mori finally pressed his hands again, got up from the table, and followed Yuko out of the room.

"Tomorrow Xiaoshou is going to take part in the Kendo competition, right?"

"Well, tomorrow morning." Suzuki watched the stairs going downstairs, still gently pressing his numb hand.

"He Yucheng, and Xiao Xi?"

"Only Yucheng classmate, if Chaowu, she will accompany her mother."

"That's right, Mother Xiaoxi"

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About Asagiri's mother coming, Suzuki Mamoru just told Yuko last night.As for this news, even Yuko understands what will probably happen when Asagiri's mother arrives.

Suzuki Mamoru was the one who abducted her daughter from Tokyo to Kyoto.

"Has Xiaoshou really thought about how to answer Xiaoxi's mother?"

"...This question was not mentioned yesterday."

After going down the stairs, Mamoru Suzuki walked to the dining table and sat down.Yuko had already put his meal on his seat.

"Ask again."

"I know."

"." Yuko didn't know what to say, did he really know?She has such doubts.But after seeing Suzuki Mamoru's expression, she stopped further questioning.

"How about the kendo competition?" Yuko jumped to another topic.

"I don't know." Suzuki Mamoru had already had his first bite of food, and his voice was a bit vague, "It's also my first time participating."

"Then can mom be an audience?"

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When Suzuki Mamoru raised his face, he saw Yuko's eyes full of expectation.

"...Actually, there's nothing to look at." He lowered his head and took another bite of rice.

"Don't you want your mother to watch?"

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If I really want to say it, I really don’t want to. His current level of kendo is not to the point where he can be watched by his mother without changing his face. If Yuko is here, I think he will.
"Xiao Shou is really shy in front of mother." Yuko muttered.

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Suzuki Mamoru was silent, Yuko continued: "Then Mamoru will go out tomorrow, so mom will be the only one left at home. Xiao Xi knows that she wants to accompany her mother during the holidays."

"...Then please, mother, take care of the house." Suzuki Mamoru didn't understand the second part of Yuko's words.

Yuko froze for a moment, then puffed out her cheeks.

"What tone did Xiao Shou use to talk to his mother, did he treat me like a child?"

"...No." Suzuki Mamoru only focused on eating for the time being.

"Really."

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"It's not a formal game." Although he wanted to pretend that it didn't exist, Suzuki Mamoru was forced to respond with Yuko's resentful eyes.

"Nothing to see," he said sincerely.

"Mom wants to see Xiaoshu's performance." Yuko was still puffing her cheeks, her voice was vague. Now it was because she was eating.

"...Let's watch it later." Suzuki Mamoru planned to fool the past.

"When?" Yuko asked.

"." Suzuki Mamoru couldn't answer for a while, Yuko was rather persistent, and his eyes chased after him.

Suzuki Mamoru hesitated for a long time, so he had no choice but to give a definite answer.

"Let's wait until we have the opportunity to enter the national competition."

"National competition?"

"Well, the national competition."

The next morning, Suzuki Mamoru sat in front of the desk after changing his clothes.

Today's weather is the same as yesterday, the sky is covered with uneven clouds, and the light passing through the clouds shows a mixture of gray and white.The sky was gloomy, and the drizzle was continuous, and I didn't know when it would stop.

The branches and leaves in front of the window also turned dark green in the dim light.

In the opposite room, the curtains are closed.

"If it's raining, it won't be convenient to go out as a cat, right? The fur will get wet."

Thinking about this kind of question, until it was almost time, the closed curtain was pulled open suddenly, attracting the attention of Suzuki Mamoru who was waiting in a daze.

Across the two rain-soaked windows, the water vapor filled the air, and the face of the girl who appeared behind the window was already blurred.

But then, the two opened the window together, and the figures of the two became clear in each other's eyes.

Mixed with the sound of rustling and rain, the eyes of the two met, and they didn't say a word, but Suzuki Mamoru still understood what Tamaki Michiyo wanted to express.

The erratic rain curtain is hidden by the calm eyes, just like the raindrops falling on the surface of the lake to make circles and ripples.

She was saying that she was going out.

Suzuki Mori nodded, and the two closed the window again.

　Except for a little dizziness and a feeling of lightness when sitting in front of the computer, everything else is basically fine.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)