Laid-Back Life in Tokyo: I Really Didn't Want to Work Hard
Chapter 254 - 210: Hanabi Festival (3)

Chapter 254: Chapter 210: Hanabi Festival (3)

A bustling crowd, flickering lanterns, and steaming hot takoyaki stalls.

The night market at night is filled with people wearing yukatas playing around.

And below the archery range, more and more spectators are gathering curiously.

When they looked up at the young man on stage with a slender figure and handsome face.

They discovered that in his hands, the arrows were released one by one, effortlessly hitting balloon after balloon.

His posture and charm were enough to make many yukata-wearing girls admire him.

Uesugi Sakura is now the focal point of this area.

"Hey, hey."

"Didn’t you say no one could hit 20 arrows in a row?"

In the resting area of the shooting range, the stall owner’s plump face lost its golden smile.

He looked worried.

Host: "Logically, yes, it should be impossible."

"What do you mean ’logically’? This logic is gone now! He’s hit 15 arrows!"

No sooner had the words been spoken than the sixteenth balloon burst.

"..."

The air was silent for a second, leaving only the sound of cheers from the crowd.

"Boss, since he hit them all, we have no choice but to comply."

Stall Owner: "I’m going to lose so much money!"

The host waved his hand, "Though you might lose some, you’ll make it back soon. Boss, do you see all these people gathered here?"

He was friends with the boss, also working part-time as a host to plan and enliven the atmosphere.

Over the years, they had made a lot of money from this archery game.

The stall owner glanced at the crowd swarming to watch.

"There really are a lot of people."

"From their eyes, I can see they’re very interested in your game," the host said earnestly, "Won’t more people want to try themselves if that handsome young man wins the big prize?"

"Hmm... That seems to be the case."

"So, Boss, maybe you should be more generous. If someone hits 40 times, they can take the first few prizes."

"...?"

"And if he hits forty times, do I still make any money today? It’s almost 100,000 yen!"

"Don’t worry, Boss, no one can hit forty times." The host said, "That young man’s arm must be starting to go numb. If he misses just one arrow, wouldn’t all his previous efforts go to waste?"

"And Boss, you know how tiring it is to draw that bow."

It really was exhausting.

The stall owner touched his plump chin: "Hmm... Makes sense... But forty arrows might still be possible. How about we make it a hundred arrows?"

"A hundred arrows? What do you mean?"

The stall owner pointed to the prize pile, "A hundred times, all the prizes, definitely impossible!"

After shooting the twentieth arrow, Uesugi Sakura paused and took a light breath.

He made it look easy, but the stall owner was smart and knew exactly how many times an average adult could draw the bow.

Uesugi Sakura asked the host on the other side, "Can I collect the prizes now?"

Hmm...?

Was he planning to give up?

The host quickly raised the microphone, "But handsome young man, there’s still a great chance to get the grand prize worth 49,998 yen! The disc edition PS5!!"

"I don’t really play games. I only joined to get that shark plush for my girlfriend."

Hearing him say on stage that she was his girlfriend, Hanamaru Hanabi couldn’t help but purse her rosy lips at the front of the crowd.

"Handsome young man, if you can hit 40 times in a row, you could take all the prizes here." The female host extended her arm, palm open, pointing at the gleaming pile of gifts.

Various plush toys, various cups, tens of thousands of yen in cash, and three PS5s stacked on top.

"Really?" Uesugi Sakura didn’t expect such good fortune, "All three game consoles can be sent together?"

The female host glanced back at the boss’s calm eyes, then picked up the microphone, raised her voice, and said with a big smile:

"As long as the handsome young man hits 100 times! Then everything here will be yours!"

All the spectators heard this loud promise.

The female host handed the microphone to Uesugi Sakura, smiling:

"So, brave hero, will you accept this challenge?"

"Sure." Uesugi Sakura said casually, thinking it’s just easy money.

"Brave hero, we look forward to your victory." With that, the cheerful female host stepped back.

Anyone who has handled a Japanese bow knows that shooting a hundred arrows in succession, hitting every target accurately, is absolutely impossible.

No matter how hard he tries, it’s just boosting his popularity for free.

Seeing him nod, the young, plump-faced stall owner in the back burst into a golden smile.

Money, nothing but money!

Hearing he was going to challenge hitting a hundred times, the crowd below, unclear about the difficulty, became even more expectant, stopping to watch.

Hitting consecutively a hundred arrows certainly sounded impressive.

"Hanabi."

In the crowd, Hanamaru Hanabi suddenly heard someone calling her, turning her head.

"Shio sis! And grandma." Hanabi glanced around the two of them, "Isn’t grandpa here?"

"He’ll come later."

Uesugi Grandma folded her kimono’s sleeves, observing Hanamaru Hanabi’s purple wisteria hairpin swaying under the night lights, and her white bellflower-patterned yukata.

The girl’s demeanor made the old lady smile genuinely.

"Little Hanabi is much prettier than grandma was back then."

Being complimented was one of the many reasons that made little Hanabi feel shy.

"No, no, grandma, please don’t tease me..."

Uesugi Shio looked at Uesugi Sakura in the center continuously shooting arrows:

"Speaking of which, isn’t Akai very good at both Sword Dao and Kyudo?"

"Yes." Hanamaru Hanabi nodded, "He’s very good at both."

Uesugi Grandma also saw her grandson’s shooting form, and sighed, saying leisurely, "Both Sword Dao and Kyudo require time to hone. It seems Akai has been working hard during those times in Tokyo."

Uesugi Shio: "..."

He worked hard, but one could say it was lazily diligent.

But can such effort be called effort?

In Hanamaru Hanabi’s heart, Uesugi Sakura has always been a diligent person.

For example, in this archery game, he won that massive shark plush and three brand new, unopened PS5s for little Hanabi.

One hundred times, one hundred arrows, all hit.

The boss even ran out of prizes for his venue.

Ignoring the stall owner’s resentful stare, Uesugi Sakura handed the big shark to Hanamaru Hanabi.

How big was the big shark?

Bigger than little Hanabi, twice the size of Uesugi Sakura.

Hanamaru Hanabi could only hug its waist, peeking her head out from the side.

From a distance, it looked like a chubby shark was moving on its own.

The girl’s face poking out from the fish’s belly was rosy, her voice sweet and soft:

"Thank you, Akai-kun..."

"It’s nothing."

Hitting a hundred consecutive arrows, no matter how incredible the master is, is daunting. So Uesugi Sakura used an "Energy Recovery Medicine."

—— This tool that’s been piled in the warehouse for months.

The skill card and a precious advanced card obtained the day before yesterday were still unused.

The system was lazy, and he was lazy.

These tools were utterly useless.

Uesugi Sakura never hoped for those things. To him, just continuing a simple life with Hanamaru Hanabi was more than enough.

"By the way, what will you do with all these gifts, Akai?" Uesugi Shio asked, gazing at the two penguin suit girls still busy moving things.

The most numerous were the plush toys and cups, along with tens of thousands of yen in cash and three brand new boxes of PS5.

Many spectators hadn’t left yet, most smiling at the troubled stall owner holding his head. By the time Uesugi Sakura shot the 90th arrow, he was already distressed.

There were also some young children, little girls eagerly looking at so many plush toys and figures.

Uesugi Sakura participated just for the big shark Hanabi liked, "How about donating them all?"

"Donate... all?" Uesugi Shio didn’t expect him to make this decision.

"The cash I’ll give to Shio sis, and one of the game consoles to a friend who’s always wanted one," Uesugi Sakura said, and then asked, "Does little Hanabi want a game console?"

Hugging the big shark, Hanamaru Hanabi nodded gently, "Akai-kun worked hard to get it, Hanabi thinks it’s better to keep one."

"Alright then."

Uesugi Shio: "Akai, the money is actually..."

"It’s not much, only 300,000 yen." Uesugi Sakura knew she wouldn’t take it, so he offered it to his grandma.

Uesugi Grandma suggested he use it, but after he declined, she temporarily kept it for the granddaughter.

Compared to herself, the old lady valued her grandchildren more. Since the grandson gave it to the granddaughter, she would temporarily hold onto it.

It didn’t take much time to distribute plush toys, figures and cups to the kids.

The PS5, Uesugi Sakura gave to the high school girl working in the penguin suit.

Why give it to her?

Because randomly giving it could cause a scramble. Apart from family, Uesugi Sakura had only exchanged a few words with this girl nearby.

When offering it, she looked at him with the same eager gaze as the kids.

She asked, "Are you sure you don’t want to leave a contact?"

Uesugi Sakura’s response naturally pointed to Hanamaru Hanabi distributing plush toys to the kids.

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