[Soul of Chess] Shugui

"Mr. Taya, I really need to trouble you this time." A group of organizer staff took a step behind and walked beside a tall and handsome young man.

The young man was wearing a light-colored suit, his coat was neatly folded on his right hand, and he was holding a small portable suitcase in his left hand.Her dark green hair was tied up with a hair rope, hanging behind her head, slightly draped over her shoulders.

The young man nodded slightly in the direction of the speaker, and said in fluent Chinese: "It is my honor to be able to participate in this meeting, and I should thank you for your invitation."

A smile appeared on the face of the staff walking on the other side: "Mr. Taya, you are welcome. We are really grateful that you came to China to participate in the conference all the way."

There was a reassuring smile on the young man's face: "China has always been a place I yearn for. It is also a great blessing to come to Shanghai to experience different customs and customs."

"Haha." The people seeing off were obviously pleased by the young man, "Taya teacher, if you like it, you are welcome to come again next time!"

……

Several people talked politely one after another, and finally arrived at the destination of this trip.

The young man, 21-year-old Toya Ryo, changed his boarding pass and stood at the security checkpoint to say goodbye to the staff who saw him off.

"Then, I'll leave first. You guys should go back early too." Taya always looked as gentle as jade, which made people feel happy when they saw it.

Because of the uncommon hair color and slightly abrupt hairstyle, the people around have been secretly looking at this handsome young man with an extraordinary temperament.

The staff stood aside: "Teacher Taya, you have worked hard these few days. If there is any place where the hospitality is not good, I hope Haihan."

Taya shook her head with a smile, roughly trying to say "there's nothing wrong with the hospitality", but everyone just bent down and bowed, so they didn't continue to be humble.

When the staff got up, Taya waved at them, then turned and walked into the security checkpoint.

The send-off people stood where they were and watched Taya chess player go through the security check and walked into the waiting hall, they were relieved.

Chess player Taya was specially invited by the Shanghai Branch of the China-Japan Go Exchange Conference from Tokyo, Japan.Taya's eight-dan chess skills are strong, and he has already won the titles of "Celebrity" and "Honinbo" at a young age.At the same time this year, Taya chess players have started to participate in the World Go League and are expected to enter the finals.It is no exaggeration to say that the image of Ryo Toya is enough to represent the Japanese Go Academy, and even the entire Japanese Go middle-aged and young circles.

To be able to invite Taya Hachidan this time is really something that even the organizers did not expect.After all, they are just a small branch exhibition.Naturally, he cannot and dare not be negligent in all aspects of hospitality.

The staff of the team leader first reported the situation of seeing them off to their superiors, and then rushed to and fro with the accompanying people.

After leaving the tense and must-carry work state, everyone relaxed a lot.As we chatted, the topic came back to Taya Hachidan.

A staff member suddenly remembered a question in his mind just now, and asked out of the opportunity: "Have you noticed Mr. Taya's flight? The destination does not seem to be Japan."

"I saw it too." Another staff member who was standing near Taya chess player picked up the conversation, "That flight seems to be going to Beijing. Who booked the ticket for the teacher?"

The leader of the team spoke at this moment: "I made the reservation. At that time, Mr. Taya said that he was going to Beijing and asked if we could change the destination. No, he plans to buy the ticket himself."

"Going to Beijing? Does Chess Taya have any acquaintances in Beijing?"

"Who knows? There are also many chess players in Beijing."

"Yeah, maybe there is a friendship!"

"a?"

A group of people guessed and guessed, but they couldn't get any conclusions, so they gave up.

Taya, who was already sitting in the cabin, pursed her lips tightly, and clenched her hands into fists unconsciously.

Hikaru, I'm here to pick you up.

Back to three days ago, the coordinates are Beijing.

"Brother Xiaoguang, do you really want to go back?" A little boy tugged on the strap of his overalls, looked up at his elder brother who he had known for three years, something was spinning in his big black and bright eyes .

"A Yue, how many times have I told you that you are a boy, don't cry every now and then!" The elder brother bent down and hugged the crybaby directly.

The little boy named "A Yue" looked only four or five years old. He lay in the arms of his elder brother, looking soft and easy to pinch.

"I don't want you to go." A Yue buried his head in Brother Xiaoguang's chest, "Aren't you coming back after you leave?"

"No, no." Brother Xiaoguang, that is, Shinto Hikari dug out Ayue's little head, and put his own head against Ayue's forehead, "I will definitely come back to see you."

"Nonsense!" A Yue stretched out his hand to pull the blond hair that fell in front of his eyes, "Sister Zidi and Luo Chen also said that they would come back to see A Yue, but they have been away for so long and have never come back! Have they already put Ah Yue has forgotten, Ah Yue has been forgotten, wow~~~"

The more Ayue Xiaodouding said, the more sad he became, he grabbed the blond hair in his hand, raised his neck and cried loudly.

"It hurts, it hurts!" Jin Teng wanted to hold Ayue with one hand, and wanted to pull up his forehead hair with the other hand, and at the same time, he was one head and two big.

"Hmph, crybaby, shameface!" A crisp girl's voice overshadowed A Yue's crying.

It turned out that Xiaoyu ran out.

"A Yue, Ah Yue is not a crybaby!" As soon as the girl said, A Yue stopped his crying immediately, but he was still pulling someone's hair with his hands.

Shinto simply found a place to sit down, let Ah Yue sit on his lap, concentrated on saving his hair, and said in his mouth: "A Yue is not a crybaby, so can Ah Yue put Xiao Guang Is brother's hair loose?"

With short legs, Xiao Yu ran to Jin Teng's side, and then yelled at her little friend: "He also said he was not a crybaby, and even grabbed Uncle Xiaoguang's hair in his hands."

As soon as Ah Yue heard it, he let go of his hand immediately, and turned around and said, "No, no, no! I didn't grab my hair."

"That's right, you're a crybaby, I've seen it all."

"no!"

"Yes!"

"no!"

"Yes, yes!"

The two little Doudings suddenly quarreled, but Shinto was hit by Xiaoyu's "Uncle Xiaoguang", and he didn't react for a long time, so he didn't notice the two bickering little guys.

"A Yue, Xiao Yu, you two, don't pester Xiao Guang to quarrel, go back to the classroom." A teacher wearing glasses came over and patted the heads of the two little Doudings.

"Teacher Yangyang, Ayue is crying again." Xiaoyu reacted quickly and directly revealed Ayue's old background.

Ah Yue slipped off Jin Teng's legs, ran to the teacher, grabbed the teacher's clothes, and argued: "Ah Yue is not crying, Ah Yue is sad!"

Seeing that the two little friends were going to fight again, Teacher Yang Yang made a decisive decision and hugged the two little guys one by one: "Okay, don't disturb brother Xiaoguang, let's go back to the classroom and talk about it."

A Yue lay on the teacher's shoulder, and kept looking at Jin Teng: "Brother Xiaoguang, you promise A Yue, you must come back to see A Yue!"

Shinto nodded with a smile, and assured Ayue: "I will definitely come back to see little Ayue, ah, and Xiaoyu."

Seeing the small feather on the other shoulder of Mr. Yangyang wrinkling his face, Shinto hastily added.As for the so-called "Uncle Xiaoguang", he has decisively left it behind: forget it, this is not the first time Xiaoyu has been called uncle twice...

The cute and annoying little guys were taken away by the teacher, but Jin Teng still sat where he was, staring at the green grass on the playground for a while.

I have lived in China for three years.

Three years ago, I willfully chose to stay in China without discussing with anyone.

Although Zidi was with me at that time, taught me to speak Chinese, brought me to know everyone in the Chinese Chess Academy and her childhood friends, and brought me to this place full of little angels, but two years ago, Zidi He returned to Japan to undergo a heart transplant operation; Luo Chen, who came here together, also returned to Guangzhou to continue his Go career.In China, in Beijing, I became a lonely person again.

Fortunately, there is still this warm place, the small courtyard where Zidi grew up, which brought him some motivation and comfort in life, otherwise he might not be able to survive the next year.

The strange environment, the strange language, the longing for thousands of miles away from home, and the longing for someone are all disintegrating my determination to stay in a foreign land and the perseverance to abandon everything all the time.

However, three years are coming to an end suddenly.

Shindo felt a little confused, he didn't know what would happen next, and what was waiting for him to face.

When he is already familiar with this land and this language, he doesn't know whether he can get used to the old people, old things, and old things after three years of absence.

But now, it's time to go back.

No matter how confused Jin Teng is, there are only a few days left to be in a daze and take it easy.

"Ah Guang, did you go to the orphanage again?" As soon as Jin Teng entered the gate of the chess academy, he met chess player Yang Hai.

Shinto nodded weakly.

Yang Hai didn't care, and asked again: "Have the handover procedures of the Chess Academy been completed? Have you packed up all the things you need to go back?"

"Yeah." Seeing that Yang Hai was talking very excitedly, Jin Teng cheered up: "It's all done."

"Oh, when did you take the plane." Yang Hai continued to ask.

Shinto thought for a while: "Let's take another four days."

"There are only four days left." Yang Hai touched his beard that he hadn't had time to shave, "Why don't you have a meal with the big guys from the Chess Academy tomorrow, as a practice for you."

Jin Teng quickly said: "No, no, I'm here to trouble you so much, why am I ashamed to make you spend money?"

Yang Hai waved his hand: "Hey, who said we'll pay, of course you are the one who treats us to dinner. That's it. I have something else to do, so I'm leaving first, and I'll contact you at noon tomorrow!"

Shinto's face was full of black lines, he was about to kneel down to Yang Haiqi player, China has a deep way of treating guests, Mama, I want to go back to Japan.

Seeing Jinto's expression, Yang Hai smiled and left without saying anything.

Jin Teng looked at Yang Hai's leaving back and choked speechlessly, but in the end he could only accept it happily.

After all, during the past few years in China, Chess Master Yang Hai still took good care of himself.

You should know that the reason why Jinto applied for international students is to help Yang Haiqi player in the development of Go artificial intelligence, such as providing chess records and moves, directly playing against semi-finished products to test performance and so on.

Of course, Shinto is not alone in this content. The chess players in the Chinese Chess Academy and a few overseas chess players were all caught by Yang Hai to contribute game records, serve as testers and other strange things.

Three years have passed, Yang Haiqishi has made a great breakthrough in the overall development progress from fighting alone to leading the team to develop together, but the cycle of being stuck in the bottleneck has also been shortened a lot.No, some time ago, Yang Hai and the others encountered another technical difficulty. Everyone was trying their best to solve it, and even thought of cooperating with overseas artificial intelligence research institutes.

Because of this, Chess Master Yang Hai has been in a slump for a long time, and Shinto, who knows nothing about it and only knows how to play chess, can't help him.After finally seeing Chess Master Yang Hai become more energetic today, he naturally fell on a big rock in his heart, so he felt relieved a lot.

Mr. Yang Hai can do whatever he wants, I just hope he will not be too immersed in the bottleneck of research and development.

"Let me tell you that in the future, network information must be the mainstream of people's lives." Yang Hai poured down a pint of beer, and arrogantly directed at the people at the table, "I still say that, the strongest chess player It's right there, in the computer."

Le Ping curled his lips impatiently: "Okay, according to what you said, we chess players don't need to play chess anymore, and we can just watch the computer play chess in the future."

"That's not enough." Yang Hai grabbed a handful of peanuts, picked one and threw it into his mouth, "At most, it's a game of chess between a human and a computer. What's the point of a computer playing chess with a computer?"

Le Ping felt awkward after hearing this, and wanted to add a few words, Zhao Shi said: "Okay, we are seeing A Guang off today, don't digress."

Shindo sat obediently on the side, drinking slowly with a jug of beer, and when Zhao Shi called himself, he smiled: "It's okay, let them talk."

But Le Ping hooked Jin Teng: "Oh, poor Aguang, after you leave, you won't be able to eat authentic Chinese food."

Shinto said helplessly: "Isn't there no one to accompany you to explore the New World?"

I don’t know when, Leping’s trumpet Hegu has become a big foodie. Whether it’s authentic Beijing snacks or popular local specialties, they can’t escape Leping’s dog nose.

Since Jin Teng stayed in Beijing, he has to be dragged by Le Ping to look for food every now and then.But just like that, Jinto also ate a lot of real delicacies.However, Shinto's favorite food is still ramen.In addition to Japanese-style ramen, traditional Chinese hand-pulled noodles has also become Shinto's favorite.

"Ah Guang, if you want me to say, you might as well stay in China, you can also play chess in China." Le Ping thought for a while and said.

But Yang Hai gave Le Ping a headache: "You are stupid, Ah Guang stays in China, so will he be promoted or not?"

"Then let's take the Chinese professional Go game."

"There is an age limit for the selection of professional Go in China." Zhao Shi said, "If you exceed the age limit, you will not be able to participate."

"Okay." Le Ping, this kid, became a professional chess player too early, but he forgot some of the most basic conditions to become a professional chess player.

Shindo doesn't want to talk to this guy who thinks and says anything at all, and even if there are so many delicacies in China, it's better to be in his own country.

Le Ping didn't care about everyone's complaints at all, and began to report the name of the dish with his fingers: "Boiled and roasted bean noodle cake, pickled soy bean juice with shredded ginger, Beijing roast duck and donkey rolling, fried mochi tofu and pea yellow, deep-fried crunchy box of sour plum soup... these are all You can’t even eat it. Ah, why don’t we go for skewers next.”

Le Ping got hungry after counting, sucking his saliva and thinking about where to hang out next.

Yang Hai boiled edamame in salt water, expressing that he didn't want to talk to this foodie; Zhao Shi stuffed quick sweet and sour pork ribs into Leping's mouth, and finally gagged his mouth.

Le Ping chewed and chewed, and just after swallowing, he opened his mouth again: "By the way, Ah Guang, have you booked your ticket to go back to China?"

Shindo came back to his senses and shook his head: "Not yet, I'll fix it tomorrow."

"That's it..." Le Ping thought for a while, "The Qiyuan will send someone to Japan to attend an exchange meeting the day after tomorrow, why don't you go back with the group, and let the Qiyuan reimburse you, hehe~"

Zhao Shi nodded at the side: "Well, there were one or two more places, just in case. If you don't mind going back early, Ah Guang, you can come with us."

"You?" Shinto wondered.

Zhao Shi said: "This trip to Japan happened to be led by me."

"Oh, let me think about it."

"What, are you leaving again?"

Two voices sounded at the same time.

Shinto was taken aback by Le Ping's loud voice, and Le Ping was still asking: "Didn't you just come back from Shenzhen? Why are you going to Japan again? Is there no one in the chess academy? Why are you alone? !"

Leping's face was full of resentment, angry and aggrieved.Anger is because the Chess Institute has always sent Zhao Shi out recently. It is wronged, and naturally there are reasons for being wronged.

Jin Teng and Yang Hai looked at each other, their noses and noses, their mouths and their hearts, and they ate as quietly as a chicken.

Zhao Shi leaned close to Le Ping and comforted him carefully, the two whispered for a long time, their faces getting closer and closer.

Yang Hai looked like he "had no eyes to see". Looking at Le Ping, who grew up to be more and more like He Gu, Jin Teng always felt that he could see the shadow of Yi Jiao in Zhao Shi.

It's great, important people can be by my side, can have quarrels, and can also have laughter.

The dinner was finally over, Shinto took the wallet to pay the bill, but was told that the bill had already been settled.

Walking out of the gate, the three of them stood not far away, smiling and looking at themselves.

Yang Hai will always look like a big brother, although sometimes he is out of tune, but once everyone has any difficulties, he will definitely be the first person that comes to mind.

Zhao Shi has always been a gentle boy, serious and reliable, strong but never proud, facing everyone humbly, not at all the publicity and vigor of becoming famous when he was young, but he is inadvertently convincing.

The child Leping finally grew up and became a confident and powerful boy, but in front of his friends, he was still so straightforward, not hiding his emotions, and being the most authentic and natural self.

It is these three people who have continuously helped me during these three years, making this painful and helpless time become the best and most precious memory on my growth path.

Looking at these three people, Jinto thought back to everyone he met on the road of Go, everyone who helped him, cared about himself, made progress and grew up with him, his peers and elders, his friends .

Those friends who are far away in Japan, colleagues who have been separated for three years, I will be back soon.

Just wait and see!

"Why are you in a daze, the barbecue is still waiting in front!" Le Ping frowned with a smile, rushed into the vine and shouted.

Shinto also showed a bright smile: "Coming!" and ran forward.

Zhao Shi asked lightly: "Do you want to go to Japan with us? If you want to go, I will tell Qiyuan."

Shinto said bluntly, "Of course!"

Yang Hai dismantled the stage from the side: "This kid, how could he not take advantage of it?"

The group of people gradually drifted away, even though they were about to part, they still laughed and were still intimate.

Because there is no banquet in the world that never ends, but people will eventually meet each other.

"Guest, the Chinese Chess Academy is here." The taxi driver said enthusiastically.

"Well, I'm sorry to trouble you." The young man paid the fare and got off with the small suitcase.

Standing at the gate where he had been away for three years, Ryo Taya felt like going back in time.

Three years ago, on this land, I left behind and lost the most important person.

today……

"Hey, are you a Taya chess player?" A voice interrupted Taya's contemplation.

Ta Ya turned his head and said, "Hello, Chess Master Yang Hai."

"Ah, it's really you. I think it looks like your hair color." Yang Hai is still the same, with a shirt and sweatpants. Compared with the neatly dressed Taya Ryo, he looks a little rough.

"Taya chess player is here for something?" Yang Hai asked curiously.Recently, the chess academy has not invited the chess players from the Japanese chess academy, but Zhao Shi and the others have been invited to Japan.

"Well, that's it." Facing the seniors in the chess world, who are not particularly familiar with them, Taya felt a little uncomfortable, "It's a private matter, I, I'm here to find someone."

When Yang Hai heard it, he asked with a strange expression: "Isn't it a Jinto chess player?"

Taya frowned, "Well, it's... Is Shinto chess player in the chess academy now?"

"Hey, Chess Taya, you're a step late. Shinto just followed Zhao Shi and the others to the airport." Yang Hai roughly understood, "He's going back to Japan today."

Taya was startled: "Isn't there still two days?"

Yang Hai scratched his head, thinking that this matter was a bit of an oolong: "They just left, you should rush over now, there should be still time."

"Then I'll take my leave first." After hearing this, Taya stopped exchanging greetings, and walked directly to the intersection, reaching out to stop the car.

"Driver, please go back to the airport." Ta Ya hurriedly said as soon as she got into the taxi.

"Okay!" The driver took a closer look, okay, it's that passenger again, just pulled over from the airport.

Taya said anxiously: "Please drive faster, I'm in a hurry."

"No problem." The driver saw that the calm young man was so anxious that his forehead was sweating, so he simply stepped on the accelerator and rushed out.

Only Yang Hai was left standing where he was, stroking the stubble that had just grown out, and laughed twice: "It's interesting, so that's how it is."

Shindo sat on the airport bus arranged by the Chinese Chess Academy, chatting with Zhao Shi.

But after chatting for a while, he became a little absent-minded.

Zhao Shi saw that Jin Teng couldn't answer a few words for a long time, so he stopped talking: "Let's rest for a while, there is still a long way to the airport."

"Yeah." Shindo replied, closing his eyes.

I'm going back.Finally, it's time to go back.

After returning, they will be competitors for life.

Playing every game of chess well and pursuing the "divine skill" is what I should do, and it was also the opportunity for Zuo Wei to appear in front of me.

It was me who was too stupid, too confused, and too greedy to play Go well; it was...

Taya Ryo, you should be like this.

A strong role model who can make me keep improving; a chess player who loves Go and works hard for it; an eternal competitor, but only an opponent, this is enough.

Shinto clutched the luggage lever beside him, trying to control his breathing and heartbeat.

Reluctance, longing, love, admiration, pain, determination, sadness, helplessness... As the distance from the homeland gets closer, the feelings that have been neglected and accumulated for three years also surge up.

The large luggage has been stored, and the remaining small luggage contains the memories of the past three years.

The airport is always so busy, countless people stay here, but in the next moment, they start from here again.

Too late to say goodbye and too late to be sentimental, Pian Li's life is too short, and the love between children is too sad.

For a moment, Shinto felt as if he had returned to three years ago, wandering slowly into the airport, passing the person he wanted to see as he wished.

Only one person, stayed in place.

Shindo suddenly quickened his pace, he wanted to see you, his relatives, his friends, and everyone.

"Shinto, wait a minute!"

Just one glance, just the first glance, let me take a presumptuous look, and then, let us go back to the starting point.

"Shinto, wait for me!"

Who is calling yourself.

"Shinto! Shinto!"

Such a familiar voice.

Shinto turned around, and a figure wrapped himself in a chill.

Am I dazzled?Am I dreaming?

But the powerful arms hugged him tightly, the feeling of wanting to strangle himself was so real!

"Taya, is that you?"

Warm liquid poured out of his eyes unconsciously, and he touched his face with one hand.

That familiar appearance, that unique hair color, that person who shouldn't be here.

"You, why are you here?"

"Hikaru, I'll take you home."

That person said so.

Shinto Hikaru suddenly discovered——

It turns out that as long as I turn around, the whole world is behind me.

What Taya Ryo thought was——

Whether you want to look back or not, I will always stand behind you.

The author has something to say: Great!Knot!Game!

Hahaha, after holding back for three days, I finally finished writing.

There will be more episodes from time to time.

If there is a follow-up that you want to see, daily, cuties, you can talk about it.

The next hole is already being dug, probably in late November.

If you are interested, you can collect it first~~~

[Soul of Chess] Nineteen (formerly [Soul of Chess] Fog Mirror)

muah!

We are destined to see you in the rivers and lakes!

that's all.