Just two stops from Beika Station will take you to the newly opened arcade that Akemi Miyano mentioned.
Super Player is the name of this game hall located in Beika Town.
Fujiwara Yu looked up at the shop sign that was flashing neon lights even during the day. He was a little worried about the boss's monthly profit. He wondered if he could not even make back the commercial electricity consumption.
But after the automatic sensor door opened, what hit me was the deafening sound of music and the passionate roars of players. I don’t know what kind of game they were playing that made them so excited and shouting so loudly without paying attention to others.
Fujiwara Yuu was in such an environment, and when he walked to the bar, he couldn't help but raise his voice and asked loudly:
"How many game coins do you think we should exchange for?"
"This shop doesn't use game coins," Miyano Akemi explained with a smile, pointing to a nearby notice. "It seems like they just use 100-yen coins. One coin is enough for one round, which is pretty cheap."
"Is that so? Then what do you want to play?"
After thinking for a moment, Miyano Akemi's eyes fell on the area where many couples were gathered. She raised her hand and pointed at the row of claw machines and suggested:
"Why don't we go catch dolls? Who can catch more out of five coins?"
"Can."
The two came to the claw machine area. Before they put in the coins, they heard the girl next to them praising her boyfriend because her boyfriend seemed to have a talent for catching dolls. From the dolls piled up like a hill next to them, it can be seen that their record is very good.
Fujiwara Yu, whose desire to win was inexplicably ignited, was as serious as studying for the last additional question in an exam. He frowned and began to look around the claw machine, in order to calculate the best grabbing angle and grabbing time with his naked eyes.
"Fujiwara-kun, what are you doing?" Miyano Akemi tilted her head in confusion. She didn't understand why Fujiwara wanted to observe the claw machine from different angles, so she asked.
"I'm calculating the optimal grabbing angle and time. Yeah, it should be fine."
After calculating in his mind, Fujiwara Yu finally put the 100-yen coin into the machine. After his own calculations, he quickly pressed the grab button when he reached the right aiming position. He clasped his hands over his chest, with a slight smile on his lips, and the word "confidence" was written all over his face.
The claws did indeed very accurately grab the rabbit doll closest to the exit, but what Fujiwara Yu did not expect was that the claws' gripping strength was so weak that it could not bear the weight of the doll, and even a slight shake during the movement caused the doll to fall.
The faint smile on his face disappeared instantly, replaced by confusion.
Miyano Akemi, who was standing next to him, covered her mouth and laughed secretly. She didn't expect that the frustrated Fujiwara-kun was so cute.
Fujiwara Yu didn't expect that the grabbing force of this game console was so weak. Feeling puzzled, he began to calculate the inertia of the object and what method could successfully transport the doll to the exit. After his brain worked rapidly, he took action again.
But reality is often contrary to ideals. The failure to score twice made him taste the Waterloo called "reality". The final result was that all five coins failed and he lost all his money.
"Can you give me another chance?"
"Okay, let's give Fujiwara-kun one more chance. I'll catch him with you."
"Um."
Fujiwara Yu frowned, took a deep breath and sighed slowly. He showed the high concentration that he only had when shooting arrows, and rationally applied the physics knowledge he had learned to try again, but what awaited him was the sixth failure.
Is this claw machine a scam? Is it impossible to grab anything?
Just as Fujiwara Yu had this thought, he felt something poking his arm twice. He turned his head in confusion and found a cute tiger doll appeared in his field of vision. The owner holding the tiger doll was the infatuated Saito Masami.
"...You caught it?"
"Yeah, I thought I had missed it, but when I fell I bumped into the one at the entrance. I was so lucky!"
Is this the difference between the lucky ones and the unlucky ones? Fujiwara Yu, who used to be constantly in trouble, didn't think it was just bad luck, but now a claw machine has made him want to go to a shrine to get an amulet to ward off bad luck.
Miyano Akemi had a smile on her lips, but she didn't continue to grab it. Instead, she pointed to the King of Fighters arcade machine beside her with satisfaction, wanting to save some face for Fujiwara Yu, but the result was not satisfactory.
Originally, Miyano Akemi thought that Fujiwara Yu was just unlucky, but she didn't expect that he was not good at playing games at all. Even the fighting arcade games that boys are basically good at were hard to play - she really didn't expect Fujiwara to be a gaming black hole.
She had noticed long ago that Fujiwara Yu, who used to hold his back straight, had become hunched over after repeated failures, much like a German Shepherd that wanted to demonstrate its strength but kept losing in competitions. She couldn't help but raise her hand and gently rub his head twice, and this action made his body stiffen.
The slightly intimate gesture made Fujiwara Yuu's ears blush. He blinked rapidly, trying his best to keep his voice from trembling, and asked softly:
"What's wrong? Is there something dirty in my hair?"
"Ah... well, there's a fly." Miyano Akemi withdrew her hand in time, and said with a hint of embarrassment, "It feels like we've been playing here for quite some time. How about going to the nearby Rice Flower Shrine? I'd like to buy an amulet there."
"Great, the smell of smoke here is a bit strong, and it's not good for your health if you stay here for a long time." Fujiwara Yu couldn't help cheering in his heart, and secretly made up his mind to find a way to play all the facilities in the video game arcade. He even had the urge to recharge VIP so that he could find his home ground here in the future.
After leaving the smoky arcade, the two finally breathed some fresh air. Even the noise around their ears disappeared, and there was no need to raise their voices to chat. If they stayed any longer, their throats would probably become hoarse.
If you go north along the road of 3-chome, you will reach the largest shrine in Beika Town, Beika Shrine. While standing at the T-junction waiting for the traffic light, Akemi Miyano suddenly noticed that the plastic bag in the hand of the old lady across the street was leaking, and oranges fell one after another. She hurriedly ran forward when the red light turned green, bent down to help the old lady pick up the oranges.
"Grandma! Your orange fell!"
The gray-haired old lady turned around and saw the young man and woman standing behind her, bending down to help pick oranges. She smiled sheepishly and said,
"Oh, please help me, thank you!"
"You're welcome." Fujiwara Yu quickly helped pick up the oranges, looked around to make sure there were no oranges left, and then said, "Grandma, where do you live? Let us walk you a little way."
"I'm so sorry, I live in the apartment building over there."
Miyano Akemi also took out the cloth bag outside the lunch box from her bag, put all the oranges in it, and said with a smile:
"This way it won't leak. Grandma, please lead the way."
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