While thinking silently, time passed quickly.

The performance on the stage ended, and the other semi-final match that followed also came to an end amidst screams.

The two ability users mentioned earlier, Fire Control and Illusion, were ultimately victorious by Pang Kaiyang, the ability user who mastered Fire Control.

This is similar to people's expectations. It does not mean that there is a direct difference between the two abilities. It is just that in a restricted environment, the more direct output ability will be more helpful in the arena battle.

As for the other opponent in the finals, the player who defeated Ji Qingwen, Kurosawa is no stranger.

She is Zhang Qingzi, who performed well in the Haitang Summer League last year.

Her performance this year is still outstanding.

The mechanical elf brigade is even better than last year in terms of combat performance and energy value.

The elf master is a profession that attaches great importance to talent. A quick step usually means a quick step.

At the end of today's match, Kurosawa stood up and left the venue under everyone's gaze.

Final day.

Kurosawa did not continue to go to the venue to watch the game.

Instead, I chose to go home and watch it on the TV with my parents in the living room.

Kurosawa's parents would never miss such finals in the past. This became even more true after Kurosawa awakened his spiritual power and became an elf master. They would never miss a single match in Haitang City.

In the living room, the six elves used ANBU props to transform into small forms, running around on the carpet.

The finals officially start at 8pm.

The family turned on the air conditioner in the living room, cooked hot pot, and watched the performance before the finals amid the billowing steam.

Kurosawa actually wasn't very interested in this game.

He had observed the strength of both players in advance, so the final was thrilling to others, but not much suspense to him.

"Eat more, you have become thinner and thinner since you went out to work." Ms. Tao, Kurosawa's mother, felt distressed and kept adding vegetables to Kurosawa's bowl.

At the same time, he also endlessly condemned Kurosawa's unscrupulous leadership.

Kurosawa took it all as he was told, as his body shape would no longer change due to the amount of food he ate.

However, he also knew that his mother only cared about him.

The other six little ones at the dinner table also came closer to him after smelling the smell. Some jumped onto Kurosawa's lap, and some climbed up on his shoulders, swarming Kurosawa's body.

Soon, the competition officially started with the host's passionate shouts.

The family felt like they were back a few years ago, gathering together to watch the game and have hot pot.

At this moment, there are many families like Kurosawa who are eating dinner with their families and watching the game.

Compared with the finals in previous years, the ratings of this year's finals did not cause as much heated discussion on the Internet, but the number of viewers increased instead of decreasing.

The former is because neither of the two finalists were born and raised in Haitang, and especially Pang Kaiyang, the audience knows less about him. Facing this kind of final, it is difficult to expect the audience to become restless, and there is a lack of emotional connection.

As for the latter, the increase in viewership is mainly due to the overall upward trend of the Haitang League environment, which is the result of the continuous growth of the audience base.

Kurosawa played with his mobile phone and occasionally looked up at what was happening on the TV.

On his phone, he was still diving into WeChat.

The small group formed by Ji Qingwen, the class group from his past student days, the Haitang Elf Master Group, and his personal fan group are all discussing the finals of the Haitang Summer Games that are currently underway.

From time to time, some people try to call him out to make a few comments.

Of course, most of the time Kurosawa just watches everyone chatting silently and does not participate in the discussion, especially in group chats with many outsiders.

Maybe he just said something in the group, and the next second he would be transferred to the forum or the news.

The more famous you are, the more careful you need to be in your actions and words.

While the spotlight brings heat, it also focuses more people's eyes on you. Every word and deed may be magnified, bringing various impacts and consequences.

Although the final adopts a small format of singles, the game time is not short.

Watching the game while having hotpot, plus the pre-game performance, lasted about two hours in total.

In the end, just as Kurosawa predicted before the game, the winner was Zhang Qingzi.

Although she is not a natural ability user and is at a disadvantage in this regard, her battle IQ and on-the-spot response are quite good.

Before there is an obvious gap in strength, the players' own command quality actually has a great impact on the battle.

Kurosawa saw it yesterday after watching her semi-final match against Ji Qingwen. She and Kurosawa are similar to some extent. They are both players with delicate and precise command.

The player's style can actually be seen very intuitively from the battle scenes.

Some open and close, invading like fire. As soon as they enter the battle state, they are like detonated explosive barrels. In this way, they put huge pressure on the opponent, capture the opponent's weaknesses exposed, and end the battle.

There are also some players whose fighting style is just like playing chess, slow and leisurely, and commanding very carefully, pulling the opponent into their own rhythm step by step.

Others like to play defensive counterattacks. No matter what combat strategy the opponent adopts, they just deal with it conservatively and try not to take the initiative. They use turtle shell tactics and wait until the opponent shows obvious flaws before counterattacking.

Combat style depends on many factors, such as the elf master's character, talent, elf lineup, attribute tendencies, on-the-spot response, etc.

"This girl is so awesome. If I remember correctly, she seemed to be the champion in the summer competition last year." Ms. Tao looked at Zhang Qingzi holding the championship trophy on the TV screen and couldn't help but praise. "She's also good-looking.

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"Well, besides Kurosawa, she also performed best in the Haitang team during the Provincial League." Kurosawa's father took a sip of beer and nodded.

Ms. Tao looked at the TV screen and suddenly turned to look at Kurosawa.

Kurosawa was hugging Flora, lying on the sofa and answering messages on his cell phone. Suddenly he felt the gaze from the side and glanced at his mother in confusion.

"What's wrong?"

"Do you know her?" Ms. Tao sat closer.

"who?"

"Who else could it be? That girl on the TV." Ms. Tao pointed to the TV.

On the screen, Zhang Qingzi just received the championship trophy. The sky full of colorful ribbons and lights made her look radiant and extraordinarily beautiful.

"I guess... we know each other." Kurosawa hesitated for a moment and nodded. "But I'm not very familiar with him."

"How old is she?"

"I don't know, why don't you check it on your phone, Mom?" Kurosawa smiled.

Ms. Tao pinched his arm gently.

"How come you kid doesn't know anything? You said you are nineteen this year, so you should start preparing for a family, right?"

"Too early." Kurosawa looked helpless.

In fact, he had just guessed what Ms. Tao was going to say.

The age at which elf masters marry men and women is generally relatively late, and the more determined those are, the more so. It is extremely normal for people to have not found a partner in their forties or fifties.

Kurosawa is only 19 now. In terms of age, he is just a small seedling to the vast community of elf masters. Ms. Tao is now eager to urge him to find a partner, which is somewhat exaggerated.

Moreover, he is currently focused on becoming stronger and has not yet spared any effort to talk about relationships.

After calmly dealing with Ms. Tao, who always wanted to come out at once, the awards ceremony for the summer competition ended on the TV screen, and the audience began to exit in an orderly manner.

"Bang bang bang!"

Gorgeous summer night fireworks light up the sky.

The camera stayed on the bright fireworks scene, when Kurosawa picked up the remote control and was about to turn off the TV.

Suddenly, in the sky above the TV screen, I saw a gibbous moon suddenly starting to turn red from below.

Is there a blood moon phenomenon today?

When Kurosawa was in junior high school, the science teacher talked about the red moon and blood moon phenomena, which seemed to be related to the total lunar eclipse. However, the color of the red moon photo in my impression seemed to be more orange-red and not very deep.

The blush on the moon on the TV is quite deep, even like blood.

"Isn't this normal?"

Kurosawa pinched his chin.

He turned around and asked his parents who were about to leave the living room. After confirming with them that he had read correctly, he carried Flora to the balcony.

The wind is a bit strong tonight, with the summer evening breeze blowing on my face, and even a bit of autumn-like desolate coolness.

Kurosawa looked up to the horizon.

The red coverage area of ​​the moon is getting larger and larger, starting from a small point below and gradually extending upward.

The blood-red and silver-white moon disks complement each other, making the picture look very strange and unsettling.

Kurosawa wasn't sure whether this was a normal astronomical phenomenon or something strange was happening.

But after glancing at his parents behind him, he returned to his room from the balcony, calmly reassuring him that it was just an ordinary change in the sky and there was no need to make a fuss as he returned to his room.

I closed the door and looked at my phone.

Various group chats are also discussing the blood moon that appears in the sky.

This blood moon seems to be visible only in most of Hanquan Province and parts of two or three other surrounding provinces.

Some people are using atmospheric transparency, wavelength length, scattering and absorption of light to explain the appearance of the blood moon.

Some people say that this is a sign of great misfortune.

There are different opinions, but one thing is clear, this blood moon appeared suddenly.

Before this, there was no forecast to remind citizens about the red moon's appearance. Various meteorological agencies did not make any news before it appeared. It was only in the past two or three minutes that some news was released and reports were delayed.

"A special total lunar eclipse is coming! Citizens do not need to panic! This total lunar eclipse is the one with a relatively small observable area in the past ten years. The only visible area is Hanquan Province in my country..."

Kurosawa scratched his head and did not comment.

Then, he closed his eyes, and his perception of the power of nature quietly expanded.

The sound of wind, swaying branches, earth, air, people, squirming insects, everything was clearly presented in his perception network.

There are no changes in the environment.

For a long time, he gathered his senses and shook his head helplessly.

Anyway, at least now, he doesn't know the real reason for the appearance of the blood moon.

Let's wait for the information.

At least as a master elf master, if there is a real reason for the Red Moon, he should be one of the first people to know.

Half an hour later, the red moon reached its peak, filling the entire gibbous moon.

The crimson moon has no trace of color and is very dazzling.

After the red moon is fully formed and reaches its peak, it begins to fade again, and the red color slowly begins to shrink from below.

Finally, the redness that lasted for about an hour finally disappeared completely.

The moon disk in the sky returned to white again, as if the blood red that appeared just now was just an illusion in a dream and never existed at all.

"Is it really a sudden ordinary astronomical phenomenon?"

Kurosawa was a little puzzled when he saw that the moon had returned to normal.

He lay back on the bed and suppressed all the suspicions in his heart.

If it has nothing to do with disasters and disasters, but is simply an astronomical phenomenon caused by the transparency of the atmosphere, it would certainly be the best.

Late at night, he had no intention of leaving home to investigate further.

The elves crowded into his bed, and the night passed quickly in the excitement.

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The next day, the sun rises.

The sun is particularly bright in summer.

But the impact of the red moon last night did not dissipate with the appearance of the scorching sun.

There are still many people discussing it on the Internet.

In fact, its influence does not only stop at the network level. Last night happened to be around the end of the show. Because of the blood moon's appearance and attention, there were a lot more traffic accidents.

However, because it dissipates quickly, after one night, its impact on reality is only an increase in traffic accidents. Nowadays, most netizens do not demonize it too much, and only think it is an occasional spectacle.

The same goes for Kurosawa.

He was sitting at the dining table having breakfast with his parents.

Vegetables, egg pancakes and white porridge.

Breakfast at the Kurosawa family has always been light. It has been a long time since I had breakfast with my parents at home.

Kurosawa ate slowly, enjoying this rare moment.

After three bowls of porridge, Kurosawa suddenly stopped picking up vegetables and heard a vibration in his left trouser pocket.

He took out his "cell phone" from his pocket as if nothing had happened.

The vibrating mobile phone was not the mobile phone he used every day, but the communication device of ANBU.

Even if he is on vacation, he must carry this device with him as long as he is an ANBU member.

Generally speaking, this contact device will not vibrate, nor will it receive ordinary messages, unless it is a more urgent temporary task.

This was also the reason why he was subconsciously stunned.

He silently glanced at the content on the screen, and then put the device back into his pocket with a blank expression.

Kurosawa drank the porridge in his hand in one gulp, picked up Flora who was sitting on the stool beside him, and slowly stood up.

"I'm full."

"Eat more. I ate so little today and cooked too much on purpose." Ms. Tao raised her head and said.

"I can't eat anymore. I don't have a good appetite today." Kurosawa flexed his wrist. "Mom, I'm going out. I have something to ask from the club."

"Are you coming back for lunch?"

"I shouldn't go back. There will most likely be a dinner party. You can just make your own portions of food. There is no need to leave any food for me." Kurosawa replied casually.

He returned to the room to get some things, took back most of the elves, and then left the house.
Chapter completed!