[Soul of Chess] What if

When He Gu came out of the battle room, he saw what Yijiao and Shinoda-sensei were talking about not far away.Out of curiosity, he stopped and watched from afar.

In the past, after each game, Yijiao would leave directly and rarely stay here.Today, Yijiao's game ended about half an hour earlier than his own, but now he is still here, presumably he should still be affected by those rumors.

Really, how could Yijiao be such a person!Hegu clenched his fists angrily.

The conversation over there was over, maybe thinking about something, Yijiao didn't realize his existence.Before Yijiao walked over, Hegu hurriedly called out to him: "Yijiao, what were you talking about with Mr. Shinoda just now?"

Yi Jiao paused, and when he saw that it was him, he forced a smile: "It's He Gu. It's nothing, I just care about some things."

"Is it related to Shinto?"

"……Um."

it is as expected.He Gu couldn't help frowning.

Hearing those words, even I would be very angry. How could Yijiao, who is the protagonist of the topic, have no influence at all?

He has known Ikaku for so long, and he knows what Ikaku is like the most, so it is impossible for Ikaku to secretly hope that Shindo will never come to the competition as those people said.

Obviously, there are so many people who have been taken care of by Yijiao, but now few people stand up to protect it. It is really chilling to think about it.

"Since you care so much, why don't we go to Fuji's house now." He Gu suggested.

"Now?"

"That's right, it's still early anyway."

"...That's fine." Yijiao thought for a while and accepted the proposal, "Thank you, Hegu."

"Why are you polite~" He Gu patted Yi Jiao on the shoulder, and walked towards the door together with Yi Jiao.

As soon as He Gu and the others reached the entrance, they saw a familiar figure push open the door and walk in.

It's Taya Ryo.

Seeing them, Taya was about to ask something, and Kazuya spoke first: "You came to look for Shinto, right? But he didn't come today, so you won't be able to see him."

"That's it..." Taya's expression was a little disappointed for a moment.He lowered his eyes to think for a moment, and then looked at Kazuya, "I read the victory and defeat table of this exam on the Internet before, and found that Shindo, who had been winning consecutively, has recently lost consecutively. Do you know what the content of chess is? Is it?"

He Gu sighed and replied: "It's not that he lost to the opponent, but he didn't participate in the competition at all."

"Didn't play? Why?"

Seeing that many people seem to be paying attention here, He Gu hurriedly said: "We are not very clear about the specific situation. Now we are going to visit the Fuji's house, do you want to go together?"

After a moment of hesitation, Taya nodded: "...OK."

In this way, a group of people walked towards Jinto's house.

"Ding-dong-"

After the doorbell rang, a gentle-looking woman opened the door a short while later.Presumably she should be Shindo's mother.

"Who are you?" The woman looked at them in confusion.

Everyone didn't know how to speak for a moment, but it was Yijiao who reacted first.He politely responded: "Hello, we are friends in Shinto Kiin. Sorry for the sudden visit, is Shinto at home now?"

"That's right." The woman smiled slightly and said apologetically, "Xiaoguang went to take some professional chess player exam today, and he hasn't come back yet. Why don't you wait in his room first?"

Seeing that everyone looked a little strange, she asked, "What's wrong?"

"Actually, we just came back from the exam. Shindo...he didn't take the exam today." Yijiao's tone sounded a bit embarrassed.

"Not only today, he did not participate in the games on Tuesday and Saturday this week." He Gu added.

"Huh?!" Perhaps because she was too surprised, the woman froze there.

After seeing off several guests, Mitsuko picked up the phone quickly.

"Hello, is this Teacher Yuzi?"

After the call was connected, she asked as calmly as possible: "I'm Hikari Shinto's mother, I'm sorry to bother you during your weekend break. I'd like to ask you: Hikari's performance at school this week? Are you okay? Did you follow the schedule well with the courses and the like?"

"Huh? Hikari didn't go to school this week?" Hearing Teacher Yuzi's answer, Mitsuko felt slightly dizzy. She tried to calm down and said, "Ah, yes, I know about Hikari's leave. Yes. I accidentally forgot it just now, I'm really sorry."

"Uh, uh, ok, thank you!"

Mitsuko put the receiver back in a daze. She stood there, not recovering for a long time.

Before going out every morning, Xiao Guangming greeted him well, and he looked no different from usual.As a mother, she didn't see anything unusual about her child. Could it be that she didn't care enough about Xiaoguang?

More importantly, Xiaoguang didn't go to school this week, nor did he go to the chess academy to take the exam, so where did he go?

Thinking that Xiao Guang usually gets closer to Grandpa, she quickly picked up the receiver.

Where did Aguang go?

In fact, Aguang has been looking around for a way to keep Zuowei these days.

That day, after discovering that he could see the scene behind him through Zuo Wei, Ah Guang realized that he hadn't misread the previous time.After confirming this point from Zuowei's mouth, for some reason, his mood suddenly became extremely calm.

Ah Guang clearly knew that Zuo Wei's wish had not come true.In other words, the reason why Zuowei has the current situation is because the time is coming soon?

I didn't expect it to be so fast...

Ah Guang didn't want to pursue Zuo Wei's abnormality when he noticed his body early in the morning, but he didn't tell him about it.Because he knew very well that Zuo Wei did this only because of himself.

Moreover, he seemed to faintly hear the countdown bell.

So, instead of wasting time on this, it's better to try to find it, maybe you can find a way for Zuowei not to disappear.

After answering A Guang's question, Zuo Wei has been paying attention to the changes in his expression.

Feeling Zuo Wei's cautiousness, Ah Guang looked at Zuo Wei, and said in a serious tone: "Zuo Wei, I know you did this for me. But, instead of waiting until I lose you completely and then regret it, I hope that I am here When I know the truth, I will spend the last time with you."

"I don't want everything to be borne by you in silence."

"It's okay, there should be a way." Ah Guang said, showing a faint smile.It is not only for Zuowei, but also for himself.

Although he was mentally prepared, when he actually did it, Ah Guang realized that he still underestimated the difficulty of the matter.

In the past few days, he has searched a lot of information, read a lot of books, and even visited almost all the temples and shrines in the country that are said to be very effective.Unfortunately, until now things have still not progressed at all.

To make matters worse, Zuo Wei spent less and less time awake, and today he was in a deep sleep almost all day.

Zuo Wei certainly disagrees with Aguang's practice of neither going to school nor taking the professional chess player exam.He tried to persuade him many times, but each time, Ah Guang just responded with silence.

It wasn't until he was pressed hard that Aguang finally spoke calmly: "Zuowei, from the beginning to the end, I have never liked Go. The reason why I play chess is because you are here. If you are not here, then , I don’t need to play chess anymore.”

Looking at Zuo Wei's body that became transparent from time to time, Ah Guang's heart was filled with fear, even so, he still had to force himself to be calm.

Because he knew that once he lost his composure, it would be even more impossible to find a solution.

In order not to make Zuo Wei worry, whenever Zuo Wei is awake, he will cover up all his helplessness and insecurity, until Zuo Wei falls asleep, he dares to vent secretly.

Don't worry, Ah Guang, there will be a solution.

Looking at the sunset slowly setting in the distance, Ah Guang raised his head, desperately suppressing the tears that kept pouring down.However, the big teardrops still kept falling down.

Don't give up easily until the last moment.Ah Guang, hold on.Hold on...he kept repeating this sentence in his heart.

By the time Ah Guang dragged his exhausted body to the residential area where his home was located, the sky had completely darkened.

Just as he was about to enter the path leading to his home, he heard a familiar voice not far away chuckling: "It's really embarrassing."

Hikaru raised his eyelids and looked to the left, where there was only a jumping red spark, and then, Ogata's figure slowly emerged from the darkness.

Ah Guang glanced at him, then looked away again, and continued walking towards home.

"You left in such a hurry when you saw me..." Ogata sighed in a nonchalant tone, and after a pause, he spoke leisurely, "But I think, if I say, I can let you The Mr. Phantom next to you is back to normal, maybe you would like to talk to me for a while."

Ah Guang's feet stopped suddenly.He turned his head and looked at Ogata in disbelief: "Can you see Zuowei?!"

"Come up."

Ogata didn't answer, but opened the car door.Seeing that Ah Guang hesitated, he added: "Don't worry, I won't go too far. After all, I don't want your father to know that I have been here."

Ah Guang took a breath, and then got into the car.

Ogata didn't lie to him, because they came to a park not far from Aguang's home.

"right here."

Walking near the flower bed, Ogata stopped: "As long as you don't speak loudly, you won't be heard. And the view here is very wide. Once someone approaches, you can immediately notice it. It is a very suitable The venue for the rest of the conversation."

"Okay, I can ask you any questions now." Ogata looked very patient, "Ah, by the way, the answer to the previous question is: I can't see that Mr. Zuowei."

"Then, why do you know about Zuowei?" Hikaru asked, looking directly at Ogata.

"It's not a difficult thing to do."

Perhaps seeing his doubts, Ogata explained in a good mood: "It's normal that you don't know. In fact, there is an existence called 'Underworld' in a place we usually can't see. In There, as long as you can afford to pay, you can get any information you want to know."

Ogata only said this, and then turned his gaze to himself.Ah Guang suddenly understood what the other party meant—he had asked someone to investigate him.

That's right, I didn't pay attention to covering up Zuowei's existence at first, so it is not impossible for Ogata to investigate something from it.It's just that he didn't expect him to investigate to such an extent that he even knew Zuo Wei's current situation.

Wait a moment.

Although it was true that he was negligent at the beginning, he has been careful not to expose signs of Zuowei's existence, so it is impossible for Ogata to know Zuowei's current situation.

"Could it be your fault that Zuo Wei became like this?" Aguang stared straight at Ogata and said in a condensed tone.

"No, the reason why he became what he is now is because of the 'rules.'"

"rule?"

"Yes." Ogata put away the smile on his face, "Just as Go has the rules of the game, this world also has its own rules. Although there will be some deviations during the operation, because the world has a strong self-healing power, As long as the impact of those deviations can be rationalized as much as possible, the world can continue to function normally."

"However, there is a limit to this self-healing power. Once the deviation value exceeds a certain value range, the world will be unable to afford it, and it will even collapse completely. In order to prevent the worst situation from appearing, when the potential danger is detected After a certain existence exists, the world will use 'rules' to restrict it, and if its development cannot be hindered under the constraints of 'rules', the world will spare no effort to obliterate it before the danger actually occurs."

"One of the rules is: the undead must not interfere too much with the world."

"I am back."

After opening the door, Ah Guang said this habitually.He was about to change his shoes when he heard his mother asking anxiously: "Xiao Guang, where have you been these days? I heard that you didn't participate in the competition, so I called and found out that you didn't go to the school either. What are you doing?" doing what?……"

Aguang stood there, quietly listening to Mitsuko's nagging.When she finally finished what she wanted to say, Ah Guang lowered his head and said solemnly: "I'm sorry, Mom, for making you worry. I won't do this again in the future."

Maybe because she didn't expect to admit her mistake so quickly, Mitsuko didn't make a sound for a while.At the end, she sighed: "Forget it, as long as you are safe and sound. Don't do this again next time. Mom is really worried about you."

"Well, I see." Ah Guang nodded obediently, "I'm a little tired today, so I'll go back to my room to rest first."

After speaking, Ah Guang walked up the stairs and returned to his room.

He didn't turn on the light, but groped his way to the bed, and fell down on the bed without even changing his clothes.

"As long as you don't affect the world too much, you won't be restricted by the rules. It turns out that I harmed Zuowei." A Guang whispered softly.

For some reason, he suddenly wanted to laugh now, and he really started laughing, even tears came out, no matter how hard he wiped it off, he couldn't stop it.

Monday, October 10.People have just finished a happy weekend, and before the day's work is about to start, a piece of news appeared in the eyes of everyone——

Sai announced that he would no longer represent Chess Academy in the World Series.

Since it has nothing to do with their own lives, this news is just one of many news that is forgotten after reading for most people, and it is not worth paying too much attention to.But for the chess world, the power of this news is completely different, and it is not an exaggeration to call it explosive news.

It is an indisputable fact that Sai participated in the competition just to play chess.

Now, he suddenly announced that he would no longer represent Chess Academy to participate in the World Series, and it was announced the day after the end of the first stage of the second Nongshim Cup. Discord without agreement" spread like ink dripping into a pool.

oh?Getting started so soon?Watching the news on the screen, Ogata smiled in his eyes hidden behind the glasses.

As expected of a chess player I admire, not only dominate the world with superb skills on the chessboard, but also be so good at strategizing in life, and have such quick action.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that he knew the other party's intentions from the very beginning, it would be impossible for Ogata to start from such seemingly unrelated events as the holding of the "God of Chess Cup", inviting chess players to station, and friendly exchanges with Go groups. Inextricably linked connections were found.Maybe he will be like today's Chess Academy, he may not be aware of it until the last moment.

Yes, he knew the opponent's plan from the very beginning, or it can be said that it was all facilitated by him.

Because the "Sai Cup" is just a cover, in order to intensify the conflict between Sai and Qiyuan, thus prompting Sai to take action.

Although the chairman has always had the belief of reforming the chess academy, if the "sai cup" goes smoothly, the chess academy may gradually begin to change in three years' time.However, three years is too long, and there are too many variables during this period, and the chairman himself is a bit too merciful in dealing with the problem.Therefore, Ogata never really pinned his hopes on the "sai cup".

As it turned out, he was right.

With the last piece of "puzzle" provided by my friendship, I believe it will not be long before this decadent chess academy will completely collapse.Thinking of this, Ogata couldn't help looking forward to that day.

Of course, in order to allow the other party to do the next work with peace of mind, according to the agreement, on this night, he told Shindo the method he learned from the psychic, and kindly passed the "one-time use only" The advice was relayed to the other party.

The next development is really an annual drama for the people who eat melons.

After sai announced the suspension of the competition, there was no sound. The Chess Academy immediately cried and complained. As a result, the image of Xiaobaihua has not been fully established. The conversation recordings before and after signing the "sai cup" competition contract with sai, the company's financial statements and funds over the years The flow direction and other contents were exposed one after another.

Just when the onlookers were amazed at the debt of more than one billion yuan in the chess academy, and racked their brains to guess who the person who broke the news was, Mr. Xiuxing led many chess players to establish a third party between the Japanese chess academy and the Kansai chess academy. power.

Then, in the name of "rectifying the chess world", this organization marched northward, approaching the city of Qiyuan, and it has the potential to replace it.When the war was about to break out, many chess players in the chess academy turned their backs one after another. Before the war started, the chess academy was already defeated.

Under the double attack of internal and external troubles, in order to survive, Qiyuan had no choice but to carry out drastic reforms on itself.It was also during this process that Seiji Ogata's ninth dan was promoted to the position of chairman.

"Hey~ I didn't expect Mr. Ogata to become the new chairman of the board." Watching the news on the TV screen, Zuo Wei couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Isn't this good? Mr. Ogata has always been displeased with all kinds of chaos in the chess academy, and now he can transform the chess academy into what he wants."

This is a gift I carefully prepared to thank Mr. Ogata for his "care" for me all the time. I don't know if Mr. Ogata will like it~ Thinking of this, the smile on Aguang's face became even brighter.

"Jingle Bell--"

Hearing the phone ring, Aguang stood up and said, "Hi, this is Shindo's house."

"Ah... yes!"

"New initial series?"

After hanging up the phone, Ah Guang turned around and looked at Zuo Wei with a smile: "Zuo Wei, a new battle is about to start~!"

The author has something to say:

The story officially ends here. I don't know if this ending can be accepted by everyone.It was supposed to be posted yesterday, but it was suddenly changed to now ●﹏●

There are so many things I want to say to everyone, but the one I want to say the most is: Thank you.

This story started on October 2016, 10, and it has been two years since today.

During this time, a lot happened, and to be honest, there were times when I felt like giving up.However, after seeing everyone's messages full of trust and encouragement, I have the courage to move forward again.

Without you, this story might have died a day in the middle.It is precisely because of your company all the way that this story is what it is today.

Always, thank you! :)