Chapter 17: Encountering the Master of Haiku! Wang Tanzhi's Journey of Exploring the Japanese World (Part 1)

"Ah... I was talking about something two sections ago... 'How easy is it for me to be the protagonist?', but after changing a chapter, I was completely left in a mess..."

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao Tan was walking alone on the street with his schoolbag on his back, mumbling something.

"What are you talking about...' Anyway, it's still a long time until late at night. It's enough to keep Xiong Ji alone. You can move around freely in this script world. Maybe you can take on some hidden tasks or get props. Something like that... Haha... This is just giving up..."

As he muttered, he lowered his head and looked at the map in his hand: "Also...this map is also poorly drawn...can we really find Miaomei's home and meet them with this..."

"Hey~ That classmate over there."

Just when Xiaotan lowered his head to check the map, a rather feminine voice came from behind him.

"Huh?" Xiaotan's first reaction was, "Salesman?"

In the real world, Wang Tanzhi is the type who is often stopped by people on the street. Because he seems to be a very talkative person, so... "Those who sell insurance, those who sell fitness cards, those who promote various three-no products, and those who call themselves talent scouts... all like to look for him." There are also...random street interviews from TV stations, chats from strange women, chats from strange men, chats from strange people of unknown gender, etc...

Xiao Tan is such a person, making people feel warm and safe at first sight. This is an innate temperament. Although it has something to do with appearance, it is not entirely based on face. If you want to give a negative example... Feng Bujue is one.

Brother Jue's appearance is by no means ugly. The woman in white at the south gate of the harem city made a very fair comment on him - "With all due respect, in terms of appearance, I'm afraid the young master is just a little bit behind." Since it is "a little bit different", that is to say... not much different. Considering that there are no oppas in the world of Harem City, their aesthetics should be relatively reliable.

However. When Feng Bujue walks on the street, he is rarely spoken to by strangers... Even the staff who hand out leaflets to passers-by indiscriminately will look away when handing the paper to Brother Jue, showing that A little nervous.

In the same situation, if Xiao Tan is walking on the street with a smile, others will feel that... something good has happened to this handsome guy. And if Feng Bujue were walking down the street with the same smile on his face, when others saw him, they would think...this handsome guy just completed a secret room murder...

"Hello, classmate, can I delay your time for a little while?"

When Xiao Tan turned around, he saw the figures of two men.

These two... are both "people". A true human being. Rather than some anthropomorphic animal.

The person who spoke to Xiaotan looked to be in his forties or fifties and was wearing a light green kimono. He had light brown hair and an unshaven chin.

The person next to him looked to be in his early twenties and was wearing a beige kimono. He had black hair, fair and fair, and a pair of dead fish eyes. He also carried a wooden box tied to a straw rope on his chest.

"Hmm..." Xiao Tan hesitated for two seconds. He replied, "Okay."

He was wandering aimlessly, trying to find some branch lines and hidden tasks, so he had plenty of time.

[Side mission has been triggered]

After Xiaotan said the word "yes". The system prompt comes.

He immediately opened the game menu and looked at the taskbar. The words "Witness the victory or defeat of Basho-san and Zeng Liangjun as a referee" appeared in front of his eyes.

"Huh?" Xiaotan reacted for two seconds after seeing the task content. I thought, "Judging from the names and shapes of these two people...could they be 'Matsuo Basho' and 'Kawai Soryo' (Historically, Matsuo Basho was a famous haiku comedian in the Edo period who was known as the "Haike Sage" , Kawai Soryo was a contemporary haiku poet who once traveled to Oshu and Hokuriku with Matsuo Basho as his disciple, that is, the "Journey of the Oku no Hosho". He was also one of the top ten disciples of Matsuo Basho, known as the "Ten Philosophers of the Basho School". ?”

Xiao Tan is far less familiar with "Rihe" than Jue Ge, but his historical knowledge is still relatively good. He knows some famous historical figures from various countries, so he wonders in his heart: "Aren't these two people in a master-disciple relationship... ...What's the difference between victory and defeat?" Thinking of this, his eyes changed slightly, "But...in this funny universe, nothing will be surprising, so I'd better take a look first..."

"That's great, classmate. Oh... By the way, let me introduce myself first." Seeing that Xiaotan agreed, Basho smiled and continued, "I am the famous Matsuo Basho."

"You actually said you were famous in front of someone you met for the first time..." Xiao Tan didn't know what kind of character Basho was in Hiyori World. After hearing this, he complained in his heart, "Wait... even in front of acquaintances... Ah...forget it..."

Two seconds later, Xiao Tan smiled awkwardly, pretending to be a little surprised, and replied: "Hey~ you are the famous Matsuo Basho-san?"

"Haha... Yes, it's me. Do you want me to sign your clothes?" Basho asked happily.

"Uh..." Xiao Tan replied with vacant eyes, "Then... that's not necessary... Excuse me, why did you stop me?" Xiao Tan quickly changed the subject to something more serious, wanting to finish it as soon as possible. Task.

"Oh! By the way, it's like this..." Bajiao pointed at Zeng Liang beside him, "The man with poor eyesight over there is my disciple Zeng Liangjun."

"Slap your bear face!" As soon as Bajiao finished speaking, Zeng Liang slapped him from the side and back.

"Ah——" Bajiao screamed and turned his neck more than ninety degrees, but in two seconds, he recovered and looked at Xiao Tan again, saying with a threatening look and tone, "Did you... see anything just now?"

"No... I'm a little farsighted, I didn't see anything..." Xiao Tan looked up at the sky and replied against his will.

"That's good." Basho said solemnly with tears in his eyes, "The legend of Basho on this land depends on you to praise it, thank you!"

"Depend on me..." Xiao Tan replied with a twitch in his mouth, "Speaking of it... 'Legend of Basho'... what the hell is that?"

"Ah, that's why I called you." Basho said, and began to explain, "Actually... Zeng Liangjun and I each wrote a haiku (a kind of classical short poem in Japan, composed of "five-seven-five" a total of 17 syllables, with strict format requirements and subject to the restrictions of "seasonal language")..."

Zeng Liang said to Xiao Tan at a very fast speed: "What I wrote is-Magnificent Pine Island, Du Yu flew peacefully borrowing the sparrow robe, don't let the scenery disappear in vain."

After he finished speaking, Basho said, "And what I did is - although it was still itchy just now, it's gone now."

"Hey..." Xiao Tan was shocked after hearing this, "What's the last part? This shouldn't be a problem with the system translation, right? Even if I haven't learned Japanese, I can hear that the two parts are very different..."

"Classmate, I just want to find a bystander to judge which one is better." Basho's words were not finished yet, he read proudly, "But if you ask me... If my haiku is '100', Zeng Liangjun's is probably '2'... Oh no... It's vomit, hehe... Vomit, ah ha... ah ha... ah ha ha ha..." He said, and smiled foolishly.

"If you smear your bear face again!" The next second, Zeng Liangjun stopped Basho's foolish behavior with another slap...

"Oh my god... Can the attributes of these two guys, one top and one bottom, be more obvious..." Xiao Tan felt overwhelmed watching from the side, and thought to himself, "And... Do the winners between these two really need a 'referee' to judge..."

"Classmate..." Basho quickly covered his swollen left face and approached Xiao Tan as if nothing had happened, "That's the general situation... Sigh~ Come on... Who do you think has a better haiku, me or Zeng Liangjun? Say it... Then sing the legend of Basho..."

"Zeng Liangjun." Xiao Tan gave the answer decisively without waiting for Basho to finish.

"Puff——" Before he finished speaking, Basho instantly spit out a mouthful of old blood and fell on the side of the road.

"You should give up now, Basho-san." Zeng Liang stood behind Basho and said coldly.

"That... this classmate... although I don't know your name yet..." Basho seemed to have not given up. He came to Xiao Tan again and said, "Please... reconsider it carefully..."

"This guy is really thick-skinned..." Xiao Tan's face was covered with cold sweat. Looking at Basho, he thought, "You don't know my name because you didn't ask me at all, and didn't give me the opportunity to introduce myself... and... the more you think about your haiku repeatedly and carefully, the more you will feel that it is too low..."

"Ah! Got it!" Suddenly, Basho's eyes lit up, and he took out a thick cardboard from somewhere and handed it to Xiao Tan, "If you think about it carefully, I can give it to you~"

"Want to bribe me..." Xiao Tan whispered, and took the thing handed over by the other party, "Well... if it is really a good prop, I can take the exam..."

He stopped talking abruptly, because he found that... there was only Basho's signature on the cardboard, and the more outrageous thing was... there was a bright red lip print next to the signature.

"Please put this thing away..." At this moment, Xiao Tan's dark state suddenly came online, "Even if you kneel down and beg me, I won't take it..."

"Stop it, Bajiao-san." At this point, Zeng Liang seemed a little bit unable to bear it. He stepped forward and grabbed Bajiao's collar, "Go quickly, Bajiao-san, don't cause trouble for others anymore."

"Wait... wait! Zeng Liangjun..." At this time, Bajiao turned over and stood up, "No... Zeng Liang!"

Pah——

"No... Master Zeng Liang..." Another strong slap in the face made Bajiao change his address to his disciple, "... Duel! Duel with me!" (To be continued..)