Chapter 43: The Man Riding a Bamboo Horse (Three in One)

[This kid is... President Kaiba? Him as a child? 】

After entering Rientan's memory world, Li Zheng discovered that her memory did not start with herself, but with...Seto Kaiba as a child.

【This is very interesting. ] Li Zheng pinched his chin and thought: [I remember Haima said that the first time he saw Gentian, he was already preparing for a head-on war with his adoptive father. 】

The little Seto Kaiba once again climbed out of the orphanage wall today. He glanced at the orphanage wall with no reluctance, and then hurriedly walked into the alley.

He is not only going to watch the glamorous primary school students going to school, but also going to pick up books in the alleys - many old books will be thrown into the trash cans in the alleys by students or teachers from nearby schools. It is a common way for orphaned seahorses to gain additional knowledge.

[Hmm... It seems that we can't call him Seto Kaiba now. This name was given by his adoptive father. ] Li Zheng rubbed his chin and thought for a while: [Forget it, before the "plot" advances, I'll just call him Boy A, right? I don’t know what his name is now. 】

The alley was not peaceful today. Just when the little boy walked in, the sound of beatings came from inside.

He hurriedly hid beside the trash can, but saw several little girls ganging up to bully another little girl.

The little girl with braided braids was lying in the middle of the road holding a book. She was kicked in the head and back by several pairs of little feet wearing beautiful leather shoes, but she said nothing.

[I bet fifty cents that the seahorse is going to rush out~]

Sure enough, it soon became a common story of a hero saving a beauty - even though he is a malnourished child in an orphanage, the boys are not afraid of the girls if they want to fight.

When the little boy helped the little girl up, Li Zheng knew the main theme of Okamoto Rgentan's memory.

[Is it love that has not come yet...] Li Zheng held his chin and thought for a while: [I feel a little sick in my stomach. 】

————Fairy Princess Kaguya——————

Every morning from then on, the boy could see the girl with some snacks. Every time she brought the snacks to the boy to share, but one thing was strange, that was, the girl only took one bite each time, and the rest was All were given to him.

This period of time became the boy's happiest time, but because of the other party's habit, the boy was puzzled.

This made him always think involuntarily, wondering why the other party only took one bite of these snacks. Could it be that these snacks were actually not delicious, but he only thought they were delicious because he was too short-sighted?

"Rentian, why do you only eat one bite every time? These snacks are obviously delicious."

Finally one day the boy couldn't help but asked. After hearing this, Rgentan just smiled slightly and her eyes narrowed like crescent moons: "Of course it's because I made these snacks myself. I heard my mother say , If you can’t make a snack that you think is perfect, then there is no need to finish it, just take one bite to remember the taste, and then try your best next time.”

"Oh..." Looking at the snacks in his hand, the boy gave up his worries. Moreover, he also felt that the world of rich people is really scary. Can he be like a little girl in the future? Just take one bite of something you’re not satisfied with?

What a waste!

After Li Zheng saw this scene, he made a calculation using the remaining resources with great interest, because Seto Kaiba's IQ was terrifyingly high, and it was unlikely that he was an orphan who lacked nutrition, especially sugar. The intelligence that a hospital child should have.

The subsequent calculation results told Li Zheng that Xiao Gentian's unintentional "feeding" behavior really helped Seto Kaiba's intellectual development to a certain extent, but I don't know whether the specific effect was large or small.

[Based on how dangerous the seahorse was in the back, maybe this is really useful...] ​​Li Zheng then frowned and glanced at the pleased little Gentian, and thought: [It's just that "just eat one bite if it's not perfect" is a lie. , this child Rgentan actually has no mother at all. 】

Li Zheng sighed inexplicably.

Compared with Seto Kaiba now, Rgent Okamoto just didn't live in an orphanage.

There was no mother in her family, only one younger brother, and an alcoholic, unemployed father who relied on relatives, friends and government relief funds. Due to this man's excessive failure, the little boy's mother left her early due to serious illness.

Even Okamoto Ritsou's tuition for school is free of charge - because of her excellent grades, of course she is occasionally bullied by other girls.

In fact, Gentian has always known that her mother's death was because her father gambled away the life-saving money he had finally collected. On the night when his wife stopped breathing in the hospital bed, the drunk man was stripped naked by the banker. Clothes thrown out of casino.

The man cried on the street all night. He cried about money in countless words and did not mention his family at all.

【Scum. 】This is the only comment Li Zheng, who was watching, made about Okamoto Rgentan’s father after searching the Veins database and seeing this news.

But even if Gentian doesn't know this now, she also knows that she is living in hell. Because this family is full of violence and negative energy, her smart but cowardly younger brother and her alcoholic and violent father make her want to escape all the time.

Until that morning, the boy appeared in front of her and beat away those little girls. Because of some human innate settings and Longdan's hope in despair, this boy who she didn't know before became a ray of light in Longdan's heart.

After knowing that he was a child from the orphanage, Longdan began to bring breakfast to the boy without hesitation - even though it was difficult for her to eat enough - the snack was indeed made by her, but in fact it was all for the boy. She only ate one bite at a time just to protect the boy's self-esteem.

She knew that he was a very self-respecting and self-loving person, completely different from her father.

However, since she made up that reason, Longdan really wanted to make some achievements in cooking.

——————Fairy Legend Princess·Snow White——————

One morning, the door of the nearby orphanage was closed. Longdan waited for a long time at the place where they usually met, but did not wait for the boy who would climb over the wall every day. Because school was about to start, Longdan could only go to school with the snacks that could not be delivered.

After arriving at school, she heard that a very powerful person came to visit the orphanage. Longdan heard from her school teacher that all the children in the orphanage were strictly prohibited from entering, so the boy had no chance to eat her snacks today.

[It's no big deal, I'll give it to him tomorrow. ] This was Longdan's thought on the first day.

But she didn't expect to wait for more than ten years.

——————The Sage with Blue Eyes——————

The day when the two no longer met was the day when the boy was adopted; just like the fish leaping over the dragon gate in the myth, the boy was adopted by the big man and given a new name: Kaiba Seto.

It turned out that the big man who came to the orphanage to show off that day was called Kaiba Gosaburo, a famous amateur chess player, and the boy made a bet with him when he was showing off, "If you can beat him in chess, he will adopt you and your brother."

Firmly believing that he could not lose to a malnourished orphan with his chess skills, Gosaburo agreed to this seemingly childish bet without hesitation... and this became the most regretful moment in his life.

He lost - Kaiba Gosaburo, who had won the international amateur chess championship for countless times, lost to a child in an orphanage!

The large number of media invited for the show became Kaiba Gosaburo's death warrant at this time, forcing him to fulfill his promise.

From now on, Kaiba Seto will rise rapidly, and it can be said that it is as difficult as climbing to the sky to meet him.

But Rindan believes that there will be a day to meet again, as long as she works hard to climb to the position where she can contact Kaiba Seto.

She chose the cuisine she is best at and poured all her energy into it. With talent and hard work, as well as the dual desire to leave the dark home and meet Kaiba Seto again, the name Okamoto Rindan began to be known in the world of cuisine.

Such efforts were rewarded. More than ten years later, Okamoto Rindan was not only able to take his brother away from the drunkard, but also to host banquets for many big shots.

One of them was the board banquet of Kaiba Gosaburo.

——————Blue-eyed Abailong——————

At the banquet, Kaiba Gosaburo and Kaiba Seto had a good chat. It seemed that the news of the father-son equity war in Kaiba Group that was spreading outside was actually false. After eating a plate of foie gras, Gosaburo's expression was obviously satisfied.

He called the waiter, pointed to the foie gras and asked: "This plate of foie gras is very well made. Can the cook come out to meet?"

Okamoto Rindan was brought from the kitchen to Kaiba Seto and Kaiba Gosaburo - at that time, she was so excited that she couldn't even speak clearly, which attracted Gosaburo's seemingly generous laughter.

"Hmm, you are indeed a promising young lady, Rindou. Seto, come and have a look. You are all excellent young people. Let's have a good exchange of ideas."

[On the surface, there is nothing wrong with this sentence, but the expressions of several directors present are obviously wrong... Maybe the girl herself didn't notice it. ] Li Zheng easily noticed the thorn in Kaiba Gosaburo's words: [Comparing the successor who has been vigorously trained with a chef, although I don't have professional discrimination, I also think that Kaiba Gosaburo is warning Kaiba Seto...]

[Warning him that if he dares to have thoughts that he shouldn't have again, he can only be a person who serves others, not a person who is served. ]

The directors around and Kaiba Seto himself obviously heard what Gosaburo said, but the excited Okamoto Rindou obviously didn't have the intelligence to understand this sentence. Instead, she trembled and said "Is it okay?", which made the people at the table laugh again.

Kaiba frowned at the somewhat flattered chef and said to Gosaburo, "It's strange, father. Normally, you don't even give positive comments to Michelin three-star chefs. Why do you praise such a young chef so highly today? Did she use any backdoor?"

The merciless words turned into a sharp sword, piercing Okamoto Ryoudan's heart, making her not even aware of what was going to happen next.

——————Blue-Eyes White Dragon——————

Everyone was very happy at the banquet that day, and the chefs who were praised by Gosaburo were even more excited, but among these happy figures, there was obviously no shadow of Okamoto Ryoudan.

She took the last plate of foie gras she made, walked to the back door of the hotel, sat on the steps, and took a small bite.

It was a bit bitter.

"If you are not satisfied, you have to throw it away after eating a bite." Okamoto Rindan muttered to himself like a puppet, and dumped the plate of foie gras... into the trash can beside him.

"If you can, please don't waste food? Especially the food that I think is delicious."

A familiar yet unfamiliar voice came from behind Rindan. She turned around flattered and found that Kaiba Seto in a white suit was standing behind her.

"I... Seto... No..." The nervous Rindan had no time to explain, and the plate in his hand was picked up by Kaiba Seto.

"I'm sorry for saying something hurtful before, but I had no choice." Kaiba Seto glanced at Okamoto Rindan and said in a slightly apologetic tone: "Although you and I are strangers who met for the first time, I, Kaiba Seto, don't want others to have malice towards me because of this."

After that, Kaiba Seto turned around and left without giving Okamoto Rindan time to react.

[This is not to show off, but necessary.] Li Zheng was hanging upside down on the ceiling at this time, watching this stomach-ache scene happen: [If Gosaburo's subordinates catch the handle, it will be troublesome.]

However, for Okamoto Rindan, there seemed to be only three words in Kaiba Seto's words that were useful, that is, "strangers".

Later, Okamoto Rindan learned from Keipi that after Gosaburo adopted Kaiba Seto, in order to make him like his own clone, Gosaburo asked Seto to give up and forget everything in the past.

And in order to survive in Kaiba's house, Kaiba Seto did everything.

The reason? It was just because this memory in the orphanage did not conform to Gosaburo's imperial studies.

[Has he... forgotten everything? 】This was what Okamoto Rindan thought at the time, but soon, she rushed forward unwillingly, rushed to the back of Kaiba Seto, and shouted loudly:

"I have heard of your legend... Can you tell me why you are so strong?" Okamoto Rindan shouted loudly: "You mentioned Michelin three stars before? I will definitely do it and then come to you!"

For some reason, she did not talk about her childhood, but asked such a question.

Kaiba looked back at this "stranger" and said calmly: "I have a younger brother who is worth protecting, that's all."

"Master Seto, why are you here?" "Master Seto, you made us look for you for a long time."

Several men in black suits came from all directions and surrounded Kaiba Seto, so that Rindan lost the opportunity to continue asking.

——————The girl with blue eyes——————

"Sister, I really can't eat anymore..."

Just because Kaiba Seto said "I have a brother who is worth protecting", in order to understand Kaiba Seto's meaning, Okamoto Rindan has focused his attention on his brother since that day.

She found that although her brother was very beautiful, he walked like a willow in the wind, and he was as easy to fall down as a girl, so she started a muscle-building plan for Xiong Ye.

["Protect" doesn't seem to mean this, right? ]Looking at the crazy Okamoto Rindan, Li Zheng's forehead was dripping with sweat, [And this child walks with the wind, isn't it because he has low blood sugar? Don't you have this common sense? ]

The crazy disaster came soon. Okamoto Rindan fed his brother all kinds of delicious food, but exercise didn't work at all, causing Xiong Ye to get fatter and fatter. When he realized that Xiong Ye also had low blood sugar and couldn't lose weight, Okamoto Rindan had regretted it.

Seeing her handsome brother being fed to death and turned into a fat otaku, even though he was gentle and always told his sister that it didn't matter, it still became another thorn in Longdan's heart.

And this thorn will make her embark on a Shura path in the future.

——————The blue-eyed miko——————

"Congratulations, you are married."

Ironically, at the wedding of Kaiba Seto and Tofutani Mio, Okamoto Longdan was the chef, and she said the words just now with a smile that was uglier than crying.

When Kaiba came to invite Okamoto Longdan, who was planning to build the Michelin three-star restaurant "Sea Waltz" on the sea, to be the chef of her wedding, the kitchen knife in her hand fell directly to the ground.

"What kind of person is she?" Picking up the knife, Okamoto Longdan showed a smile that was uglier than crying.

This time it was Seto Kaiba's turn to be silent first, then he smiled slightly and said to Ryoudan Okamoto: "The person who suits me best... I'm sorry."

This apology was very soft and gentle, but it seemed to have drained all of Ryoudan Okamoto's strength.

With Seto Kaiba's intelligence and intelligence system, it was not difficult to know that Ryoudan Okamoto liked him, but he had no way to accept his love.

Because he was not only Seto Kaiba, but also the priest Set; Mio Tofutani was not only the unscrupulous priestess of the shrine, but also Hakuryū Kisara.

"There was a person who traveled with me in Egypt three thousand years ago, there was a person who faced the evil side of the world with me, there was a person who was willing to travel through a thousand years with me..." Seto Kaiba didn't care whether the other party could understand or not, he just murmured: "So I can't think of anyone other than her who can stand by my side... So, I'm sorry."

"The world of duelists is really exciting..." Okamoto Ritsou sat on the chair a little weakly, waving his hands and said to Seto Kaiba: "Don't worry, I will definitely prepare the best for you. Wedding banquet.”

"Is it really okay?"

"It's okay." Okamoto Gentian murmured: "Isn't it nice that the person I love the most can be accompanied by the person he loves the most...?"

At this moment, even President Kaiba, who didn't understand love, felt a little cruel.

————The decisive weapon against evil beasts: Mechanical Togoland——————

Blessings come in pairs, and misfortunes never come alone.

When Okamoto Gingou prepared a wedding banquet for Seto Kaiba - which was also the funeral banquet for his love - the sea turtle bad beast Gamehir approached Tokyo Bay!

At that time, the bride and groom Kaiba, who were having dinner together at Ryo Okamoto's shop "Waltz of the Sea", directly launched into the air to fight - the aftermath of the battle between White Dragon and the Turtle Bad Beast caused the unprepared "Waltz of the Sea" to be directly destroyed.

Love dies, career dies. Okamoto Ringtong, this talented girl who has struggled in the cooking world all her life, never thought that she would officially come into contact with the dueling world in such a way.

Although both Kaiba and the District 11 government paid compensation for this incident, especially Kaiba's promise to help Okamoto Rgent rebuild the "Sea Waltz", Okamoto Rgent no longer knows whether he can still have the experience he once had. Passionate.

However, the dueling world has never been gentle to her.

In order to pursue the legendary "Golem Dessert" deck, his younger brother Okamoto Kuma entered the Duel Academy and became one of the first students of the Duel Academy. However, he has been despised by the girls in the class because of his obesity. with irony.

JKs regard mocking this fat nerd as their daily pleasure. In addition, the first batch of students who went to Duel Academy soon discovered that dueling is not that simple, so bad grades and other negative things can also be punished. JKs use fat house Okamoto Bear as their outlet.

This made Xiong Ye feel inferior all the time, and this inferiority complex and endless fooling turned into a kind of pressure, which finally made him jump into the sea of ​​Duel Academy one day!

When the news of her brother's suicide reached the ears of Rgent Okamoto, she fell into a coma - in just three days, she lost her love, career and family relationships at the same time.

And the reason seems to be all attributed to duel monsters...

When Rgent Okamoto woke up from his hospital bed, the first thing he thought of was to jump out of the window and end his life of ups and downs.

"If I were you, I would find a way to take revenge on this dueling world, and...don't you want your brother to come back to life again?"