Cherish the time

Chapter 166

December is over and a new year is coming.

Xiaoliang's birthday is still keeping everything simple.

Apart from his family, only Shindo was invited.

But in comparison, Ogata's birthday was not much better.

Besides Awara, Toya, and Shinto, there is only one friend from his junior high school days.

Although Shinto wondered why he didn't see Ms. Shimizu, but considering that he didn't know her very well, he didn't ask such an unpleasant question.

It is particularly worth mentioning that all the food on the table that night was made by Ogata himself.

- the taste is quite good.

Hikari Shindo said so after eating hiccups.

The end of January is the graduation season.

Tsutsui cried a lot, left the Go club he founded, and appointed Shigeru Kurosawa to take over as the president.

Kaga was chased by many members of the shogi club and ran across half of the campus, just because he didn't want to end his middle school time with Aruba...

But in the end, I was caught by a friend of the same level and carried to rub against the tree...

When hearing this story from Mitani, Shinto, who is also a man, expressed deep sympathy for Kaga's experience.

A few days later, the person he had expressed his sympathy for rang his doorbell in a dawdly manner.

"Long time no see, Kaga-senpai." Shinto nodded to him, then turned sideways to invite him in.

"Yo, you actually remember me." Kaga raised his eyebrows and smiled, his whole person was indescribably handsome, "I won't go in."

"Huh?" Shinto looked at his expression with some doubts.

"I... originally wanted to come to you for the next game." He turned his head, his eyes and Shindo's eyes staggered, "But after thinking about it just now, I decided to forget it."

"Ah... Is that so." Shinto nodded and replied without asking why he changed his mind, "And then?"

"And... I want to tell you something," Kaga scratched the back of his head, then turned his head to look into Shinto's eyes, and said clearly: "...I will get the 'Dragon King'."

With one hand in his pocket and the other behind his head, he stood out of shape and felt uncomfortable no matter how he looked at it.

But in those dark eyes, there is a seriousness that cannot be mistaken.

Shinto Hikari first took half a second to figure out what the Dragon King he was talking about, and then spent half a second sketching out a very warm smile, and at the same time said softly, "I believe it."

Kaga stared at his face with a strange expression for a while, then burst out laughing.

"...really...it's almost the same as when we first met...he's a dumb idiot." He stretched out his hand and rubbed the top of Shinto's hair as he spoke. A gentle smile that has never been seen before, "You, wait for that guy named Ryo Taya."

"A person walking too fast on the road, don't you occasionally... feel a little lonely?"

Then, comes the new year.

This year, the new snow fell quietly with the bells on New Year's Eve, and it was like catkins all over the sky.

Shinto looked out the window, and saw large flakes of snowflakes whirling and dancing outside.

"Is the first snow this year so fierce..." He whispered softly, his clear pupils were a little dark and inexplicable under the slightly dim light, "...It seems that it has really been a difficult year."

Just after the New Year's Eve, Shinto received a call from the Kiin.

On the phone, the staff responsible for coordinating politely asked him if he could attend this year's new early stage routine competition.

So, less than two years after Shindo Hikaru experienced the new first stage routine competition as a new first stage, he returned to the new first stage competition as one of the only three title holders in Japan.

The opponent arranged by the chess academy for him is Tatsuhiko Kadowaki, the champion of last year's National College Go League, who tied for second place with Ochi Kosuke in this year's professional chess player examination with 22 wins and 2 losses.

As for this year's first...

Shinichiro Ikaku, who has made a big circle on the road of life, and finally returned to the road of Go, with 24 wins and 0 losses, deservedly became the number one in this issue.

Shinto did not show much surprise to this result - this is the strength possessed by Ikaku Shinichiro - but only when he overcomes the fragility of his heart, these things he already possessed can finally be displayed On the bright side.

As for Kadowaki...

Shindo still remembers the scene where the other party announced last year that he would regard him as the opponent he identified.

…I just don’t know if the man with the eight-character character still maintains this second-year personality after a year has passed.

However, like most of the roads in life, not everyone can move forward and end at the same time on the road of Go.

A few days after the results of the vocational examination came out, Mashibamitsu submitted an application to Mr. Shinoda to withdraw from the hospital, and decided to give up his status as a student and go back to inherit the family business.

Taking the example of Yijiao as an example, Mr. Shinoda carefully communicated with him and his parents many times, and it took more than half a month before he approved his application for discharge from the hospital without regret.

On the day he got the file back from Mr. Shinoda, his friend Nozaki, who was admitted to the college together with him, silently accompanied him to the entrance of the subway station.

"Let's send it here." Zhenchai raised his head and smiled, "You don't have much time to rest at noon, go back to eat and rest."

"Zhen Chai..." The friend looked at his usual slightly flat smile, and felt speechless for some reason.

"When you become a professional chess player in the future, remember to come and play a few games with me—if I can still beat you, then I can barely be regarded as a professional level person." He patted Nozaki's arm, and from his He took the other half of his luggage in his hand.

Nozaki watched him packing his luggage, and his eyes gradually turned pink.

"——Don't cry." Seeing his appearance, Zhenchai immediately made a disgusted expression, "Once you cry, you can't stop crying. I don't want to miss the train back."

Nozaki suppressed his tears and squeezed out three words from his throat, "...be careful."

"I'm going home...not going to die, why should I take care of myself." He still had a cheap mouth, and tears gradually appeared in his eyes as he laughed, "...you are the one, you have to work hard, Nozaki. "

"You can't let those later little devils always be on your head."

"If you end up like me and become a coward who ran away..."

"I'm going to beat you up."

He waved his fist and carried the box down the steps.

Nozaki watched his back gradually blend into the crowd, and finally burst into tears uncontrollably.

And Zhen Chaichong, who was still so cheap until the last moment of parting, also turned around and cried uncontrollably.

Goodbye... Nozaki.

Goodbye... Go.

Goodbye…

——My once…dream.