Cherish the time

Chapter 73

"He lied! Zuo Wei made a firm judgment, turned his head and shouted at Xiao Guang, "He's lying!"He obviously still wants to play chess! 』

Shinto, who was the only one who could hear his voice, just stood there staring blankly at Kazuya and began to question Ikaku's reason for giving up.

How do you feel when you see what you have experienced happening to others?

Shinto Hikari didn't understand it before, but now he has a deep understanding.

Hearing the words of Yijiao's renunciation ringing in his ears, Shindo didn't know where he was for a moment.

What he saw in front of him was clearly the communication and dispute between He Gu and Yi Jiao, but he seemed to see the hesitant, confused self in his previous life who went to the doctor in a hurry.

Shinto Hikaru stood there for a moment, his first real smile of relief since talking to the Takebuki siblings.

"——So I said, why on earth did you say such a thing!" After asking for a long time without being able to find out the reason, He Gu was already on the verge of going berserk, his head was throbbing with veins, and he was holding The canned peaches seemed to be thrown out by him in the next second.

But Yijiao just smiled bitterly, "...Sorry."

Shinto stepped forward and lightly pressed Kazuya's shoulder, "Calm down."

"This kind of thing—how can you be calm!" He yelled as if venting his anger, and slammed his fist on the door panel, making a loud noise.

Immediately there was a shout from the neighbor: "Do you understand etiquette! Please keep your voice down!"

He Gu was in a fit of rage, how could he stand being choked up like this, he puffed up his eyes and wanted to punch again.

Shinto quickly grabbed his arm, and saved the canned peaches that had been flattened from the fate of being splashed with juice.

"Let you calm down." He finished speaking calmly, and looked at Yi Jiao who was standing at the door with a lunch box and a helpless expression on his face, "You don't want to give up Go, do you?"

Yijiao: "..."

"I can see that you don't want to give up at all."

"..."

"No matter what you encounter that confuses you, I believe that the final result will only be that you choose to persevere."

"..."

"...Because the Ikaku-kun I know, no, I am looking forward to is this kind of chess player." Kazuya leaves from Ikaku's apartment.

"Sawei," Shindo walked on the road in the afternoon with a silent Kazuya, passing pedestrians one after another, and walked towards his destination, "Can you tell...he wants to play chess, right? ? 』

"…able. Zuo Wei paused for a moment, and gave an affirmative answer, "Although he is still hesitating, he definitely has a strong will to continue playing chess." 』

"I think so too. ’ He broke out a heartfelt smile, ‘Then…just let him find out about it himself. 』

"Even so..."

"Don't worry, Kazuya is right," Shindo said with emotion in his heart, "If it is really as he appears on the surface, Shinichiro Ikaku won't have any great achievements—he won't give up so easily man. 』

"..." Zuo Wei seemed to be thinking for a while, and it was another topic to speak again, "You also... figured it out, right?" 』

"Thanks to Izuku. ”Shinto unabashedly acknowledged Ikaku’s contribution, “I didn’t expect that after so many years, it would be thanks to him to climb out of the pit that I fell into.” 』

Hearing Shinto's answer, Zuowei finally let go of the big stone that had been hanging in his heart these days.

He let out a long breath, and his expression returned to his usual lively and cheerful expression, "Then let's pull Yijiao-kun out of the trough as soon as possible!" 』

"Of course! 』

One person and one ghost communicated freely with their consciousness, but Kazuya, who was walking behind Shinto, became more and more angry as he thought about it.

He remembered the first time he played against Yijiao.

Obviously, he would blush even when talking to strangers, but when playing chess, he was so serious that he couldn't even breathe.

——It was the first time he was overwhelmed by his opponent's way of playing chess, completely lost his own sense of chess, and finally lost miserably in Yijiao's hands.

At that time, he thought, this person is really powerful.

Although he never announced it, from that day on, he regarded Yijiao as his longing goal and direction of efforts.

And Yi Jiao lived up to his expectations and moved forward steadily.

——But now...his goal is to give up Go...

He Gu only felt that the canned peaches in his hand were heavy, and his whole body was also heavy.

Unexpectedly, he thought of Xiaoguang's recent state again.

It also looks like he is absent-minded.

Is he also...

He Gu, who was thinking like this, felt faintly the coolness of the cold weather in the early spring weather.

He stood still in a daze, and his out-of-focus eyes drifted to unknown places.

"Hello?" Sensing that the footsteps from Kazuya behind him paused unnaturally for a long time, Shinto paused the discussion with Zuo Wei, turned around and shouted, "Let's go."

He Gu seemed startled by his cry, and his eyes brightened, "...where are we going?"

"Go to Xiaoliang." Shinto smiled easily, "It's been a long time since I played chess with him."

"..." He Gu first frowned in embarrassment, then let out a long breath with a broken smile, "Really... one or two are so worrying."

"I'm sorry for making you worry, Mr. Kazuya." Shinto trotted over and grabbed his shoulders, "Hurry up! I'm going back for dinner tonight!"

"If you're in a hurry to go home for dinner, why go early!"

"Okay, okay—it's because I didn't think carefully! Please give me a face and run!"

The two ran all the way and laughed all the way to the Go club of Taya's house.

Miss Shihe, who was idly flipping through the advertisements with her face on her hands, straightened up with bright eyes when she saw the two of them, "Long time no see, little—"

"Shhh!" Shinto quickly put his fingers to his lips and made a silent movement.

Shi He covered his mouth with both hands, lowered his voice and asked, "What do you want?"

Shinto smiled and pointed to Taya's location, made a "shh" gesture again, and walked behind Taya's location with the same smirk on Kazuya's face.

At this time, Taya was writing scores.

The game was played when Kuwahara and Zama met in the Tianyuan qualifiers.

His attention was very concentrated, only the nineteen-way chessboard was in his eyes, and he could only hear the "snap" sound of the chess pieces falling in his ears.

But at this moment of intense concentration——

Two hands went up and down to control his armpit and waist respectively!

Start tickling him!