Cherish the time

Chapter 75

Although he looked calm on the surface, Shinto was actually taken aback.

The move just now was a wonderful move hidden under the usual response, and in his prediction, Taya would definitely not be able to see it now.

But in fact, Taya not only saw his original intention, but also defuses his offensive just right, which really surprised him a lot.

He sighed with relief and jealousy about Ta Yaliang's great progress, and continued the chess game earnestly.

As the chess game continued, Shinto inexplicably sensed some unpleasant anger from Taya's poker face.

He flinched back bonelessly, shivered, and took another two minutes to look carefully at it for about half a minute, then realized that it was his own illusion, and continued to play chess with peace of mind.

This game of chess was played for more than an hour. Except for the fact that both sides were quite careful in the initial trial stage, which made the game slightly longer, the subsequent stages went very smoothly.

Because both sides are playing chess with a certain will, so this game is played very seriously, and the difference in the number of eyes between the two sides is very tight throughout the process.

In the end, Shindo won by a slight advantage of one and a half, and Taya Ryo lost.

"Thank you for the advice."

"Thank you for the advice."

After saluting each other, Shinto suddenly raised his head and looked at Taya with a happy face, "That's amazing! Such a big improvement!"

"..." Ta Yaliang stared at him with a straight face and a pair of emerald green cat eyes without blinking.

"Huh?" Shinto smiled and picked up the orange juice that Miss Ichikawa sent during the chess game with one hand, and waved it in front of Taya with the other, "What's wrong?"

"...Although I can't do it now, I will definitely surpass you one day." Ta Yaliang opened his mouth, and said such a slightly abrupt line, "No matter... I will not stop."

He didn't say the words after "don't care", but Shinto understood it inexplicably.

"It doesn't matter...will you stop?" 』

Shinto slurped his drink, chewed this sentence several times in his heart, and then smiled, "I won't... stop."

Yes, he will not stop anymore - on this road of Go.

Whether it's for the living self or for the little light that has passed away.

At the door of Yijiao's house, the moment he saw Yijiao overlapped with his past self, Shindo came to a complete realization.

Regardless of whether he killed himself or not, whether he wants to atone for it or not, he must continue to play Go.

There are too many existences in his Go, there are Sawei, Xiaoliang, Tsutsui, Kaga, Mitani, Hetani, Ikaku, Afu, Nase, Iijima, and Hidei , there is the society, there is Gao Yongxia...

Everything he met and gained through Go was finally borne by his Go.

The meaning of these people to him will be passed on to everyone who plays against him through his Go.

And these meanings will also be...the most precious and important thing of that little light.

In other words, "should be" is... the most precious and important thing of that little light.

What's more, in his go game, there is also the existence of the dead, reckless and naive Hikari Shinto.

——That was the starting point of his own Go career, the third piece he dropped when he played against Taya for the first time, a piece in that unfinished game turned into a germinating seed, and was picked up Sowed in the soil of the soul.

Then sprout, grow, and even flourish.

……

Knowing that a fait accompli cannot be changed.

Knowing that it is a wrong road that has been walked once.

He was still caught in the prison of self-blame and annoyance, and almost wasted his time again, making this good time go to waste.

Hearing his confident speech, Ta Yaliang was stunned for a moment, his slightly frowned brows relaxed, and he showed his first smile since we met today, "En!"

"Come and review the chess game." He Gu said with a smile, "I think there are several places where there are better ways to play!"

After Shinto, who had untied his knot, returned to the Oteai arena, it didn't take long for him to become famous.

Strong and decisive, with overwhelming strength, he blocked the mouths of some people who questioned his 'playing ability does not match the rumors' because of his mediocre performance in the previous games.

Ta Yaliang has been playing steadily, and his outstanding strength is in line with everyone's expectations and assumptions for him.

As a matter of course, the situation of the professional chess player examination was staged again.

All the low-level chess players are either explicitly or secretly hoping that the two will be able to match each other with big hands-there is no game record for the professional chess player exam, so although they know that Shinto may be slightly better, they all have It is impossible to accurately estimate how big the gap between the two is, so we can only expect the two to face each other head-on.

However, the sky did not follow people's wishes. After April passed, the cherry blossoms in Tokyo began to wither gradually from May to the first ten days of the month, and neither of them was drawn as a chess opponent. endlessly.

But as time passed further, those chess players who got angry began to calm down.

Because on the sixteenth of May—

It is the day when the annual Wakashi Battle is held.

This is a competition for new shogi players and top-ranked students from all over Japan.

In other words-

This is the arena where Shindo Hikaru and Taya Ryo must meet!

May [-]th, night.

Shinto Hikaru sat in the room and wrote hard.

As a junior high school student of Neptune Middle School, homework is something that cannot be avoided.

Although both he and Taya are professional chess players and can be regarded as adults who have stepped into the society, as long as they are in school, they still have to abide by certain behavioral norms that students must abide by.

What's more, as an uncle who is already in his fifties at heart, he thinks from the bottom of his heart that this simple and pure school time is extremely precious-together with the homework that most students hate, it is a precious experience and experience in youth. wealth.

There was a Chinese textbook in front of him, and an excerpt of Natsume Soseki's "I Am a Cat" was printed on one page.

The goldfish kept in the goldfish tank swim quietly, and the black and white scales reflect the warm light of the stars under the illumination of the desk lamp.

Shinto finished writing the last word in the exercise book, then raised his head and looked at the sitting alarm clock on the table.

"It's ten o'clock..." He stretched, then closed the pen cap, stood up and stood up.

Newspapers and books printed with chess records were placed on the floor of the house, and the incandescent lamps on the roof were silently on.

Zuo Wei knelt on the ground with his eyes closed, looking thoughtful.

"How?" He knelt down and picked up a newspaper casually, and said to himself, "...Ah... This is the chess record of the ten-piece defending match..."

"I've memorized them all. Zuo Wei opened his eyes and replied lightly.

"Not bad." Shinto nodded, "Then I'll put it away."