Tokyo Girlfriend Guide

Chapter 850 The gods are wrong, I have the final say

"Whoever gets the best lottery ticket wins!"

Yamauchi Sakura laughed out loud.

Eriri, who had just put a 10,000-yuan bill into the donation box, was already nervous. Upon hearing this, she immediately complained:

"What do you think of asking for divination?"

Yingliang did not hold back after hearing this. Instead, he laughed strangely and said:

“I’ve heard a legend!

It is said that among the same group of people praying, only one lucky lot will appear! And this lot absorbs the good luck of the others, so the others will have bad luck afterwards!"

"What? This is even more of an urban legend than an urban legend..."

Ying Lili muttered to herself, then darted to the eaves of the fortune-telling area, but unfortunately, the place was already full of people.

Nishimiya Glass smiled apologetically, then threw a hundred-yuan coin into the coin slot, picked up the fortune-telling tube and shook it vigorously twice.

The sound of bamboo sticks colliding could be heard from inside the metal stick holder, as if the hand of God was manipulating fate.

"Snapped--"

A brown bamboo stick fell onto the table covered with red cloth, on which was the number "thirty-six" written with a brush.

If it was Hojo Kyosuke, he would have assumed that thirty-six was a good number and would have walked away happily without looking at the specific fortune slips. However, the Japanese obviously did not understand his humor, so Glass immediately began to look for the corresponding small box according to the number on the fortune slip.

The layout of the fortune-telling place is similar to that of a Chinese medicine store. There is a coin slot and a fortune-telling tube on a long table. Behind the table is a wall of boxes about 30 to 40 centimeters high, just like the ones for Chinese medicine. The small boxes have numbers written on them, and the fortune sticks are inside. After drawing a fortune stick, you look for the box corresponding to the number and take out your fortune stick.

Nishimiya Naoko whispered the number on the box, and after searching for a while she found box number 36. She opened the box and took out a small note.

"Let me see, is it Daji?"

Eriri stood on tiptoe and stretched her head over, but she only saw "Chapter 36" before Nozomi covered it with her hand.

"what!"

The girl yelled nervously:

"It's a lucky number, right? A good person like you, Nitro, will definitely draw a lucky number!"

Then she lowered her head and started mumbling something, "It's over, my good luck has been sucked away, if I had known I would have come here secretly last night..."

After a while, when Nishimiya Naoko was still studying what was written on the signature paper, Eriri looked up at her pitifully. Although she didn't say anything, her puppy-like eyes were really hard to resist.

The girl shook her head helplessly, a smile broke out on her chubby face, and she held the upper and lower ends of the signature paper with both hands to show it.

"It's Nakaji~" she said with a smile.

Squares were drawn on the white lottery paper with black ink, and the lottery words and the interpretation were written on them.

The top line reads "The thirty-sixth chapter is auspicious"

Then, a five-character quatrain was written vertically from right to left below: "Fortune brings a little happiness, and hard work brings a surplus. When we are together, our hearts are at peace and we are less worried."

It is called a five-character quatrain, but it is more like a doggerel, or "waka". Generally speaking, the fortune sticks in Japanese temples are written in Chinese poetry, while those in shrines are written in waka. But in fact, most of them are doggerel. After all, almost all the fortune sticks are ambiguous, so that people can be convinced. Even if Li Bai were alive again, he would not be able to write so many misleading poems.

All four lines of poetry were written in Chinese characters, and the poor student Eriri couldn't recognize them all. Fortunately, there were kana annotations next to them, so she was able to recite them haltingly.

People who are native Chinese speakers can understand the meaning of the poem just by looking at the poem itself, but Japanese people are different. Even if they look at the explanation next to it, they still cannot fully understand it. Some people may wonder, why not just use Japanese poems?

Bakayaro, if that were the case, wouldn’t the mystery of shrines and temples disappear?

If it were so easy to interpret fate, being a god would be too easy!

After reading it quietly, Eriri nodded as if she suddenly understood something, then smiled and patted Nishimiya Naoko's shoulder, saying happily:

"Nitro, this means you will become very rich in the future. Congratulations!"

This guy understood the phrase "earn a profit from hard work" and thought, isn't this just like playing games and killing monsters to gain experience? If you keep earning a profit, wouldn't that mean you will become infinitely stronger? One hundred dollars a day, ten days is one thousand dollars, one hundred days is one million dollars, one year is ten million dollars...

Nishimiya Glass shook her head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, put away the signature paper and went to find the Sinology expert Hojo Kyosuke.

It’s not that she didn’t understand, but she was thinking that if she drew a good lot, she should be lucky at least at this moment, and she wanted Kyosuke to also share in her good luck!

The girl happily took her good fortune and ran to Kyosuke-kun, pulling open the fortune paper like a child showing off a certificate. Someone then stroked his chin and pretended to read it in Chinese, and finally concluded: "It's a very good fortune!"

The act of drawing lots is just like using astrology to test personality, and it is nothing more than using the principle of the Barnum effect. Ambiguous words allow everyone to find similarities in themselves.

Just like this glass: "Fortune brings a little happiness, and hard work brings a surplus. When love is together, the heart is at peace and there are few worries."

A little good luck in your fortune? No one will be unlucky all their life, right? There will always be something good. Earn a profit from hard work? Come on, the boss of a convenience store doesn't dare to owe you a penny, so of course you earn a profit. Love is in companionship? Why don't you accompany each other when you are in love? Or the other way around, isn't it the same if love grows over time? Peace of mind, less worries? Needless to say, even if the other person is a selfless and enlightened monk, you can still advise him like this, not to mention in love affairs.

Although he kept complaining in his heart, looking at the girl who was happy because she had drawn a good lot, Hojo Kyosuke still carefully analyzed the situation for her based on the reality.

"...Xiaoxi said that the role you are about to voice will make you famous overnight, and this is all because of your previous unremitting efforts. This corresponds to the second half of the fortune, which is all thanks to your hard work, Nitro-chan!"

Nishimiya Glass nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and her mood became even better.

Hojo Kyosuke pointed at the fortune slip and continued to interpret it in a gentle voice: "Love is in the company of each other? Think about it, how many years have we known each other? You wanted to become a voice actor in order to help me complete my work. Isn't this the two of us supporting each other and working together?"

At this point, he suddenly paused:

"As for the last sentence, 'Be at peace and have fewer worries.' I have to criticize you for that!"

When Nishimiya Naoko heard this, the smile on her little face froze immediately, and she raised her head blankly and looked at Kyosuke's face.

"What, what happened?" the girl asked nervously.

Hojo Kyosuke asked, "Ever since you signed the contract to dub Neighbors, Neighbors, Neighbors, you've been feeling uneasy, right?"

"No... not very... just a little bit, really just a little bit!"

The girl raised her hand with a flattering smile, pinched her index finger and thumb together, and then loosened a little.

"A little bit? Huh!"

Hojo Kyosuke sneered:

"Who is the one who rushes to the office right after school? Who is the one who practices alone in the room until the early hours every night? Who is the one who asks seniors for help to practice on weekends? Who is the one who wants to give up the opportunity to go on vacation with everyone to practice? Who is the one who wrote three notebooks for character analysis? Who is so nervous that he has to..."

“Ahhh… Yamedie Yamedie…”

Nishimiya Naoko interrupted by covering her ears and screaming softly, her cute little round face flushed with embarrassment.

Damn it, how come Kyousuke-kun knows all this...

Ah... Really, I practiced hard so as not to disappoint Kyousuke-kun, but in the end, I ended up making Kyousuke-kun worried...

The girl covered her ears and twisted her upper body left and right. After a long while, she whispered:

"So cunning..."

"What?" Hojo Kyosuke asked uncertainly.

"I said……"

Nishimiya Glass raised her head, looked directly at someone's face, and said angrily:

"Kyosuke-kun is so cunning!"

"what?"

"How do you know that I practice in the early hours of the morning every day? How do you know that I wrote three character analyses? I've already asked Sakura to try and make sure she can't hear me outside the door, and I've never taken out my notes at school... How do you know all this, Kyousuke-kun?"

As she spoke, Nishimiya Naoko's voice gradually became lower, and her big brown eyes were covered with mist.

"Kyosuke-kun..."

"You clearly need more peace of mind and fewer worries than I do."

I was worried about whether I would disappoint Kyousuke-kun. Kyousuke-kun was worried about whether I took the performance too seriously and whether I would be too disappointed after the failure...

The girl pursed her lips.

“This lottery ticket…”

She raised the fortune stick in her hand and said firmly:

"The first half is for Glass, and the second half is for Kyousuke-kun!"

Nishimiya Glass took Hojo Kyosuke's hand, carefully placed the signature paper inside, and then covered it with her own little hand.

The girl said softly: "Just like Kyousuke-kun said, I have worked hard for three years to become a voice actor, although I still have a lot of shortcomings compared to other seniors and classmates..."

"I think Nitro-chan, you are much better than them..."

"but!"

She interrupted him.

“This society has never been fair.”

She raised her other hand and touched the hearing aid in her ear. Her big, watery eyes became more gentle, and her voice was as sweet as honey:

“Although I’m not as good as them, I have Kyousuke-kun who is the best in the world.

I don't have the confidence to become the number one like Eriri, I just want to create the best work with Kyousuke-kun.

Love is in the companionship..."

At this point, the girl's eyes flickered, and then a hint of determination flashed across her face. Her tone of voice changed instantly, and she used the voice of an anime heroine:

"When you and I join forces, we are invincible!"

Hojo Kyosuke opened his mouth, stunned.

When Nishimiya Naoko was embarrassed by his gaze and wanted to avoid his gaze, he laughed:

"Hahaha, good, good! When Glass and I join hands, we are invincible!"

Best work?

Isn’t it true that the best works include the original author, the script, the original painting, the voice actor...?

Nitro-chan, your ambitions are no less than Eriri's, right?

Picking up the fortune in his palm, Hojo Kyosuke held the thin piece of paper above his head, facing the bright sun.

Awesome, is this the power of God?

Glass didn't want him to answer why he found her practicing in the early morning, just as he couldn't say that he was tortured by Shiyu in the bed until the early morning before he fled back to his room. This is a pure love work, it can't be like that!

After a heart-to-heart talk, Nishimiya Glass felt that her voice acting skills had improved.

If she can say such embarrassing words to her beloved Hojo-kun, she will definitely have no problem reciting lines to a director she doesn’t even know!

Although she had a lot of things she wanted to say to Kyosuke, Nozomi still obediently said that she was going to find her sister and mother. After all, there must be many people who wanted to find Kyosuke to "interpret the fortune" like her.

Hehe~~

"I'm going over there first~~"

Nishimiya Glass waved her hand and pointed at her mother and sister.

Hojo Kyosuke smiled and nodded. He had already seen Eriri walking towards him with a gloomy face.

Well, needless to say, it is definitely not a lucky sign. The bottom line is bad, but judging from the girl's face, it is definitely very bad.

Really, if you don't have big breasts, you'll be a big monster, right? Where did this bullshit god come from? You are the combination of Izanagi and Izanami, so you can also complement my little golden retriever with such a human hand?

Ying Lili came over with a stinky smile, raised the signature paper and said coldly:

"Kyosuke, read to me what the word 'great evil' means!"

Hojo Kyosuke quickly glanced at the contents of the paper: "The Eighth Great Evil"

The fortune says: "Hope you use your confidant, your hometown will be destroyed by fire. Worry and danger will spread for three to five times, and your wealth will be cut off."

In his previous life, he had scored nearly full marks in the Chinese language section of the college entrance examination, and never lost marks in classical Chinese. He immediately understood the meaning of the poem. Although it was about a fire in his hometown that destroyed his entire fortune, these two were fictitious references. The fire in his hometown meant that he had not taken any action even when the fire burned to his eyebrows, and the fire that destroyed his entire fortune referred to something as important as life.

So the whole poem means: Even if you have a wish, it is just a thought in your mind, and you have not yet reached the point of taking action. Disasters like a house burning down, dangers coming one after another. Sad or dangerous things will continue to happen again and again. Because there is a possibility of losing something as important as life.

Hojo Kyousuke glanced at Eriri's stinky expression and felt that this really fit her... Although she had assumed a fighting stance on the first day of moving into Ruyi Dormitory, but now...

Every day I would randomly grab a fighting partner and hug him, then either watch cartoons or drink tons of Coke. I had a really happy life.

"Look, what does this mean?"

Ying Lili asked while poking the paper with her finger, without any piety as she had when she made the wish before.

"Don't worry, let me take a look."

Hojo Kyosuke took the signature paper with a smile, and just when the girl was about to scold the chores and be serious and not laugh.

"Tear--"

Hojo Kyosuke grabbed the two sides of the signature paper with his slender fingers and tore it in half cleanly.

"The gods made a mistake. Eriri, go and draw another one."

"Huh???" (End of Chapter)