[Soul of Chess] What if

Since Sai won the match against Xu Zhangyuan by one and a half eyes, the results of the next two games have become no suspense.

With sai proclaiming his existence to the world with a record of six consecutive victories, the first Nongshim Shin Ramen Cup World Go Team Championship came to an end.

It was the first time that the South Korean team's dominance of the Three Kingdoms Tournament was broken, which cheered up many chess fans, and made everyone look forward to this type of competition in the future.After all, if the group arena became a country's solo stage, then watching the competition would seem a little boring.

The only regret is that Sai did not attend the closing ceremony of this group arena. Besides, he did not leave any words on the Internet. lost.Though they didn't hold out much hope for it in the first place.

The day after the end of the Nongshim Cup competition, that is, March 3.At noon this day, after lunch, Aguang and Zuowei set off from home.Their destination was the Simple Insurance Hotel in Nishi Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo.

As for why you want to go there, you have to go back in time to two days ago.

That day, after leaving Hegu's house, Aguang's tense nerves finally relaxed, and at the same time, a deep sense of fatigue swept over him.

However, since it was impossible to rest on the street anyway, Ah Guang had no choice but to support his sleepy eyelids that were about to stick together, and walked unsteadily towards home.

After finally returning home, Ah Guang fell asleep and didn't even bother to eat his favorite ramen. It wasn't until the sun was high the next day that he finally recovered.

After waking up a little, he opened his eyes with difficulty, stared at the alarm clock on the cabinet for a while before he could barely see the time.

"It's ten o'clock..." Ah Guang murmured unconsciously, and then reluctantly crawled out of the bed.

"Ha~~"

He yawned a lot and walked down the stairs slowly while stretching, planning to go to the bathroom to wash up.At this moment, he accidentally saw a familiar figure, so he froze there for a while.

"Ta... Taya?!"

Ah Guang stared at the boy sitting in the living room with wide eyes in disbelief.

At this time, he was holding the tea cup with both hands, and it seemed that he was planning to bring it to his mouth.After hearing Ah Guang's voice, Taya stopped what he was doing and looked over.

Mitsuko's mother also heard Hikaru's sound, so she poked her head out from the kitchen.After she saw Ah Guang's attire clearly, she couldn't help being surprised and said: "Xiao Guang, you just got up now? What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and wash up!"

"Ah...um!" Ah Guang suddenly came back to his senses, and then hurried towards the bathroom.

While walking, he vaguely heard Mitsuko's mother say apologetically, "I'm so sorry, I thought that child had gone out..."

"No, I interrupted rashly. I should have called in advance." Taya replied politely.

Ahhh, this is really embarrassing Q_Q After closing the door with black lines all over his head, looking at himself in the mirror, Ah Guang scratched his hair irritably.

It was already 10 minutes after Ah Guang finally cleaned up.

After opening the bathroom door, looking at the well-dressed Taya, and thinking of his slovenly appearance just now, Ah Guang couldn't help scratching his cheek in embarrassment.After dawdling for a while, he walked over.

"Cough." He coughed lightly to hide his uneasiness, and then quickly got to the point, "Well, Taya, why are you here suddenly? Is there something wrong?"

Taya put down the cup in his hand when Aguang sat down.Hearing his inquiry, Taya took out a card or something from his pocket, and while handing it over, he explained his purpose of coming: "Because I felt that I might not be able to explain clearly on the phone, so I came to you gone."

"This is... an invitation card?" Seeing the handwriting neatly written with a brush on the cover, Aguang looked at Taya in puzzlement.

"Yes." Taya nodded, "There will be a Go event at the Simple Insurance Hotel in Gotanda, Tokyo in two days. Father means, if you have time, you might as well go and see it."

"Father? You mean the celebrity Taya?!" Aguang was taken aback.

"Yes. Father originally planned to come in person. However, due to the complicated preparations for the venue, I had to change it to me." Taya explained.

After hearing Taya's answer, Ah Guang was even more puzzled: "But why did you ask me to participate?"

Taya propped her chin and thought about it seriously, and then said in an uncertain tone: "Hmm... I'm not very clear about this. Maybe it's because my father thinks this is a good learning opportunity? After all, there will be A lot of top chess players from home and abroad attended, in addition to hearing their analysis and understanding of chess moves, there is also a considerable possibility of playing against them.”

"This..." After hearing these words, although Zuo Wei and himself were a little moved, Ah Guang still hesitated.Because he has never participated in any large-scale activities, he feels very nervous when he thinks of going to such a big place and surrounded by strangers...::>_<::

Looking at the embarrassed Aguang, Taya added: "There is no need to reply now. If you are sure to participate, you can go directly to the venue with this invitation letter in two days."

Now that the other party has said so, it would be a bit bad to continue to decline, so Ah Guang accepted the exquisitely crafted invitation letter.

Seeing that his mission for this trip had been completed, Taya didn't stay too long, but got up and planned to leave: "Then, I'll go back first."

"Huh? Sit for a while longer." Mitsuko's mother asked to stay.

"No. There are still some things I need to do at the venue, please come to trouble me next time." Taya replied with a smile.

Seeing this, Metsuko had no choice but to give up.

Although Mitsuko's mother later asked Aguang to take him to the station, Taya declined.However, before leaving, Taya asked Aguang a question: "Shinto... will you participate in the rookie competition in a month's time?"

Even though he didn't understand what the "Xin Rui Sai" Taya was talking about, but facing the other party's extremely serious eyes, A Guang felt that he couldn't say anything except for an affirmative answer.

"Well, of course." He heard himself answer firmly.

After leaving the subway station and walking for a few minutes, Aguang and Zuowei saw the building marked with the words "Simple Insurance Hotel".

"what?"

When Ah Guang stretched out his hand to push open the glass door, a light brown hat stopped at his feet, which made the movement of his hand stop involuntarily.After hesitating for a moment, Ah Guang bent slightly and picked up the hat.

Just when he was at a loss with the hat, he saw an old man on crutches looking at him gently not far away.

It was an old man in a black dress.Although his hair is gray, his eyes are very clear, and because of his good mental state, he doesn't seem to be aging at all.

At this time, there was a slight smile on his face, which made people feel a sense of intimacy.After Ah Guang finally came back to his senses, he found that he had walked in front of the old man before he knew it.

"Uh... that..." Ah Guang looked left and right to find an excuse for his behavior, and he was relieved when he saw the hat in his hand, "Excuse me, is this your hat?"

Seemingly sensing Ah Guang's embarrassment, the old man's expression became more benevolent.

"Yes. Thank you, kid." While thanking him warmly, he took the hat from Ah Guang.

"You're welcome." A Guang said, and entered the hotel as if fleeing.

After entering the hall, according to the signs, A Guang found the venue where the event will be held without much effort.

As soon as I entered the venue, I saw a banner with the words "Otake's [-]-dan breakthrough commemorative meeting" hanging directly above the stage, and there was a photo below the banner.

"This person... should be that Mr. Otake." Looking at the smiling old man wearing black round glasses in the photo, Ah Guang guessed the identity of the other party.

"Yeah." Thinking of the information he had seen earlier, Zuo Wei said with a little regret, "It's a pity that he passed away more than ten years ago."

"Yeah..." As if influenced by Zuo Wei, Ah Guang couldn't help sighing, and then looked around.

Perhaps because they came earlier, there were not many people in the venue at this time, but everyone was dressed more formally, either in kimono or formal attire, and seemed to attach great importance to the appearance of this event.Ah Guang looked down at the clothes on his body, and couldn't help muttering in a low voice: "I knew I should wear a uniform..."

When Ah Guang was worrying about the clothes on his body, he caught a glimpse of a figure inadvertently, and then quickly shook Zuo Wei beside him: "Hey, Zuo Wei, isn't that person we just met at the door!"

Hearing what Ah Guang said, Zuo Wei also looked over, then nodded affirmatively: "Yeah, he's right."

"I didn't expect him to come to this event. I don't know who he is..." Ah Guang murmured softly.

Soon, Ah Guang knew the answer.

After the [-] players with a total of more than [-] ranks under Dazhumen finished meeting with Go lovers, the old man that Aguang and the others met in front of the hotel walked slowly onto the stage.From the host's mouth, Ah Guang learned that this old man is Mr. Wu, who was once called "the double jade in the chess world" with Mr. Dazhu!

The author has something to say:

It was originally planned to let Zuo Wei lose, so that the result of the Nongshim Cup conforms to history.Thinking about it later, Alpha can continue to win consecutively, so it doesn't matter if Zuowei wins, so he let Zuowei win.Hoo hoo...

This story has been updated for a year without knowing it, thank you for your company all the time.Then--

Ah Guang & Zuo Wei: I wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival! O(∩_∩)O~~