Furukawa Ayuo unconsciously clenched the hem of her clothes in her little hand.
She had never taken part in an official competition before. Her past games had been limited to practice matches against her grandfather and Senior Sister Mido.
At the thought of stepping onto a real competitive stage, her young heart began to race uncontrollably.
Nervousness wrapped around her heart like a fine spiderweb, but even stronger than that was an irrepressible excitement and anticipation!
"Grandpa, Ayuo is going over now!"
Furukawa Masahiro looked at his granddaughter, a kindly smile blooming across his wrinkled face.
"Go on, Ayuo. Grandpa will be watching you and cheering you on!"
Furukawa Ayuo nodded hard, her smile as brilliant as sunlight.
"Mhm! Ayuo will definitely bring Grandpa the first win!"
Furukawa Masahiro smiled in gratification and held out his broad palm to his granddaughter.
Furukawa Ayuo immediately reached out with her little hand and gripped it tightly.
Over the past few hours, Horikawa Kaori had also become familiar with this interesting grandfather-granddaughter pair.
She was very fond of the adorable little girl, so she raised her fists in encouragement toward both Natsume Chikage and Furukawa Ayuo.
"Natsume, little Ayuo, you both have to do your best!"
The two exchanged smiles and nodded in response.
Just then, an unwelcome guest strolled over.
Wearing his usual smile, Fukuda Tsukasa approached and said in a sarcastic tone, "Yo, Miss Horikawa. I heard you won this morning."
"It's rare for you to break through your limits and defeat someone who used to be stronger than you. That's indeed worth praising."
"Now you've securely earned ten thousand yen. Congratulations."
"I hope you can keep up that good luck next round and get matched against someone around your level too~"
Horikawa Kaori had no fondness for Fukuda Tsukasa. She