Chapter 689:
En Passant Grandmaster
Tenju Kuroshiro, age 21. Occupation: SPCM. Favorite chess piece: the rook.
Mornings are never easy for Tenju as every time she wakes up alone, she struggles to find the will to get out of bed. It's only thanks to a visage of Taira she sees that she's able to find the strength to keep living. As SPCM duties are her full-time job, she prefers to go straight to her own secret puzzle cafe in Nagasaki, opening up far earlier than most of her fellow Japanese SPCMs.
She also frequents WWCF HQ often, and is quick to volunteer to help manage the secret puzzle cafes when their respective SPCM/DSPCM are off playing in tournaments. As such, weekends are often busier than weekdays due to more tournaments being held on average over them.
She'll often work as late as she can before the WWCF higher-ups ask her to close shop for the night. She then reluctantly heads home, where she's met with an empty house. The sad reality is that prior to Taira's death, Tenju was always trying to get Taira to come home as soon as possible so that the two could have more alone time together. Now, Tenju is alone, and can't stand being in the empty house by herself. Yet by the time she gets home, she's exhausted to the point that she falls asleep easily.
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