[Soul of Chess] What if

Five, with you

With a sound of "shua", the sensor door opened automatically.

After hearing the sound, Harumi Ichikawa, who was standing at the counter next to the entrance, said softly with a smile: "Hello, please come in!"

This is a Go club located on a bustling commercial street in Tokyo.

Because the building where the Go Club is located is just in front of the station, people often call it the Chess Club in front of the station.

The owner of this Go Club is none other than the famous Taya celebrity who is quite influential in the Go world.

Even so, the charges here are very reasonable, not much different from other Go clubs.And the environment is very elegant and comfortable.

This is the seventh floor, with plenty of light, and a row of wide windows facing the street, so it looks spacious and bright overall.The area of ​​the clubhouse is about twice the size of a school classroom. Tables and chairs are neatly arranged on the blue carpet, and green ornamental plants are decorated everywhere, which looks like a coffee shop.

In addition, since the disciples of celebrities will come here to play chess from time to time, it is very easy to invite them to play chess with me, and sometimes even get personal guidance from celebrities.

As a result, this Go clubhouse has attracted many guests as soon as it opened, and most of these guests will stay here permanently.

Mr. Hoshino is one of the frequent visitors of this Go clubhouse.

"Is this schoolbag Xiaoliang's?"

On this day, Mr. Hoshino came to the Go Club as usual.As soon as he entered the door, he saw a black schoolbag on the counter.

The schoolbag looked clean, and it still exuded the unique luster of leather.The corners of the schoolbag are not worn at all.

I think the owner of the schoolbag must cherish it very much when using it.

Although he already vaguely had the answer in his heart, Mr. Hoshino asked aloud.

After hearing Mr. Hoshino's words, Miss Ichikawa realized that she had forgotten to put away her schoolbag.While saying sorry angrily, she quickly tidied up the countertop: "Ah! I'm sorry, I'll tidy up right away."

"This bag is really clean."

Mr. Hoshino didn't care too much about it.Looking at the almost brand-new schoolbag, he couldn't help sighing: "My grandson is also in the sixth grade, but his schoolbag has long been worn out."

Ms. Shihe has tidied up the counter neatly, and handed over the information book and ball pen to Mr. Hoshino.After hearing the other party's emotion, he couldn't help echoing in a brisk tone: "It fits Xiao Liang's personality, right? He won't go crazy with his schoolbag around after school."

"He's playing chess with Mr. Ashihara inside now." Miss Shihe said, pointing to the direction of the second floor.

A Liang was discussing the chess game with Mr. Ashihara.

Today's A Liang has faded away from her childish innocence, and has grown into a handsome boy.His big and very clear eyes in the past are now a little narrow and long, and his soft cheeks are also much thinner, but his eyes are still as calm as ever.

Since he stopped going to the Go classroom, Ah Liang's life has become simpler, although this kind of life is even a bit monotonous in the eyes of others.But that's not the case for Ah Liang.

He was not very used to too much lively atmosphere, so he seldom participated in the boys' games after class.More often, he would quietly flip through the chess records in the classroom.

No, now I have helpers by my side.

Therefore, it should be said that he and Zuowei looked at the chess record together. :)

After all, for more than 100 years, people have done a lot of research on Go, so sometimes they can answer Zuo Wei's questions.

However, most of the time, Zuo Wei is teaching himself the knowledge of Go.

Of course, Zuo Wei will also teach himself some ways to behave in the world.

Although I have learned a lot of social norms under the guidance of my parents since I was a child, I can better deal with the upper class society.It's just that he knew that he was not as comfortable as he appeared to be.

In fact, I am not good at communication at all, and I don't know how to express my thoughts well.I just use a gentle appearance and an invariable smile to cover up the fact that I am not good at getting along.

If I really knew how to deal with the world, maybe I wouldn't have said something that Kaga misunderstood at that time...

After all, he is one of the few peers who is not hostile to him.

It's a pity that I messed up things...

Since then, Ah Liang's life has been fixed between school and home.

His father once asked him if he wanted to compete in the amateur competition.

However, after hearing his father's inquiry, he immediately refused.

Father seemed very satisfied with his answer.Presumably, my father also thought that there was no need for me to participate in amateur competitions.

Why not?

Because, if you participate by yourself, others will only feel repelled.Just like in the Go classroom.What's more, I don't need to prove my strength by participating in the competition.

So, don't waste your time on that.

This go hall was opened by his father when Ah Liang was in the third grade.

So, A Liang had a new place to go after school.

That day, he came to the guild hall as soon as school was over.It happened that Mr. Ashihara was also here, and there were no guests at the moment, so they sat down and started playing chess.Zuo Wei watched enthusiastically from the sidelines.

When the chess game was in the middle of the game, seeing Mr. Lu Yuan's new chess piece, A Liang couldn't help saying: "Isn't that move able to be opened to resist the flying here?"

Mr. Lu Yuan observed the chess game, and he didn't seem to see any problem with his move: "But if the black stone responds with a sharp point, the central black stone will have a thicker chess shape."

"But if you let the black pieces hit the corner, the white pieces on the corner will become unstable!" A Liang said while rehearsing with the pieces on the chessboard.

Following Ah Liang's actions, the situation on the board became much clearer.Mr. Lu Yuan rubbed his head slightly annoyed: "Oh, that's right..."

"Two please have tea."

Miss Shihe's voice interrupted the discussion between the two.

After Ah Liang thanked Miss Shihe, he took the steaming tea.He held the teacup and drank it in small sips.

Mr. Hoshino also followed Ms. Ichikawa here.

After seeing Mr. Lu Yuan, he asked: "Mr. Lu Yuan, can you please play a game of guiding chess with me?"

"Okay, no problem! I'll pack it right away." Mr. Ashihara put the water glass in his hand aside, and he replied while putting the white pieces on the chessboard back into the chess jar.

Seeing this, Mr. Hoshino quickly waved his hands: "It's okay to come here later. It's a rare opportunity to play chess with Xiaoliang."

"Don't worry about me." Ah Liang said.

Despite this, Mr. Ashihara still buried himself in packing the chess pieces.

Mr. Hoshino stopped blocking him.He turned to look at Ah Liang, and said lovingly: "Xiao Liang will be a middle school student next year, right? Will he finally become a chess player?"

"what?"

Miss Shihe seemed very puzzled by Ah Liang's reaction: "You said 'Huh?' You don't plan to take the vocational exam next year, do you? Isn't there no problem to pass at your level?"

"Well, that's..." Mr. Ashihara seemed to want to add something, but Miss Shihe's next words made him slump his shoulders.

"Even our teacher Awara passed the exam, didn't he?" Miss Shihe added with a smile without burden.

"Miss Shihe, your joke doesn't sound funny at all!" Mr. Ashihara protested.

Mr. Hoshino asked Ah Liang with some doubts: "Since you have this strength, how good it would be to participate this year. Are you still hesitating whether to become a professional chess player? It can't be like that."

"I just think...it's okay to join after accumulating a little strength..." A Liang tapped the teacup with his fingers, and replied hesitantly.

The answer given by A Liang is obviously not convincing.

After hearing this, Miss Shihe couldn't help raising her voice a little: "Accumulate a little more? How much is a little more? Xiaoliang has already accumulated so much that it can't be more."

"You must be bored, right?"

Mr. Lu Yuan's words made Ah Liang's eyes widen slightly.He responded slightly flustered: "It's not...it's not because I'm bored..."

"It's boring? How do you say that?" Miss Shihe hurriedly asked.

Mr. Lu Yuan sighed, and then slowly explained: "Because, in the professional Go world, there is no competitor of Xiaoliang's age and strength! Once you enter the professional Go world, you have to keep comparing yourself There are a lot of people playing against each other. If that’s the case, it’s really boring.”

Mr. Ashihara's words made the atmosphere a little heavier.

Seeing A Liang's silent appearance, Zuo Wei realized that the reason why A Liang has been reluctant to take the professional chess player exam is because he has been looking forward to having an evenly matched opponent.

Zuo Wei has always been by A Liang's side, so he may be more aware than A Liang's parents of the gloom that the title of "Taya Celebrity's Son" brings to A Liang.

The most common one is to feel jealous of Ah Liang's strength and reject him because of it.

In the eyes of those people, the reason why Ah Liang has such strength is all because he has a father who has the title of celebrity.They couldn't see A Liang's efforts, or they deliberately ignored A Liang's dedication, thinking that it was only natural that A Liang could have the current strength.They speculated about Ah Liang maliciously, and even deliberately said harsh words in front of him.

For this, Ah Liang did not argue, but chose to ignore it.

Seeing Ah Liang being treated like this at first, Zuo Wei was so angry that he forgot the fact that he was not an entity, and even wanted to rush forward to teach him a lesson.

As the number of times he saw this situation increased, Zuowei was no longer as angry as he was at first.

He felt sorry for Ah Liang more.

It is not a good experience to be so hostile.However, Liang never mentioned it to his parents once.He has been bearing all this in silence.He is obviously just a child!

In addition to these, there will be some people who will come to challenge for the title of "Taya Celebrity's Son".

No matter how unreasonable the other party was to him or how exaggerated his words were, Ah Liang always responded with a smile, and was even vaguely delighted.

Zuo Wei once asked A Liang with some doubts why he was not angry when he was treated like this.

He replied like this: "He knows that I am the son of a celebrity, and he should also know how strong I am. His performance like this shows that his strength should be much stronger than mine. In this case, even if his attitude is not very good It doesn't matter..."

A Liang's answer made Zuo Wei still very confused: Is it possible to be unreasonable if you are strong?

Now Zuo Wei finally understood the meaning of A Liang's words.

Even if you are jealous and rejected by your peers, even if you are misunderstood by others, even if you are disappointed by the strength of the challenger time and time again, do you still look forward to the day when an opponent with comparable strength will appear in front of you?

"However, this is impossible for Xiao Liang. It is impossible for a child as powerful as Xiao Liang to exist." After a moment of silence, Miss Shihe said in a slightly distressed voice.

"..." Ah Liang lowered his head and said softly, "I don't necessarily want some strong opponent..."

Seeing that everyone cares about him so much, he smiled and added: "I will work hard to improve, and one day I will let my father and Mr. Ogata recognize me as a strong enemy."

"Huh? Xiaoliang, what about me?" Mr. Lu Yuan asked quickly.

Ah Liang held back his smile and replied solemnly: "Mr. Lu Yuan is a friend!"

"Small light!"

Sure enough, Mr. Ashihara's expression suddenly changed. *^____^*

"It's been a long time since I played this game of chess so well."

In the early morning of this day, after playing chess with his father, his father said this with a smile after looking at the board for a long time.

Hearing his father's praise, Ah Liang's eyes widened.

Seeing A Liang's unbelievable expression, his father added with a smile: "I believe we will start giving way in the near future."

"Unknowingly, my expectations for you have become bigger and bigger." Finally, the father looked at Ah Liang and said so gently.

"Father..." Ah Liang couldn't restrain his joy on his face.

Except when I was very young, my father hadn't praised me for a long time.

It turned out that my father was looking forward to my performance so much!

Yes, I have to face up to my own strength.

Not complacent, I want to stand at the top of the professional Go world.Just like a father.But also to lead all the latecomers forward.

Forget those inexplicable unease.I want to move forward without hesitation, towards the career path, towards the supernatural!

Ah Liang secretly made up his mind.

He looked at Zuo Wei beside him, and added in his heart: Of course, there is also Zuo Wei.

So, from this day on, A Liang boy officially embarked on the road to become a professional chess player.

"Well……"

Feeling the glaring sunlight outside the window, Ah Guang reluctantly opened his eyes.

Perhaps it was because he had just woken up from his sleep, and now he was not fully awake, only feeling that his mind was chaotic.

What's more, yesterday he fell asleep in a daze while playing chess.

Originally, Aguang liked the school's spring break very much.

Because when the school is on spring break, no homework will be assigned, which means that I can play as much as I want.What's more, now that I have graduated from primary school, I don't have to worry about it.

However, now that I have Zuo Wei by my side, the vacation I was looking forward to so much turned out to be even more exhausting than when I was in school!

It's all Zuowei's fault!I was already very tired yesterday, and I had to drag myself to play chess!As a result, I fell asleep on the ground in a daze...::>_<::

Although the floor was covered with thick tatami mats, it still couldn't compare to my extremely soft and comfortable little bed! ╯﹏╰

So after waking up, besides feeling a little lack of sleep, Ah Guang also felt uncomfortable everywhere in his body.

Be sure to sleep in bed next time!Will never be lazy again!

While rubbing his sore shoulders, Ah Guang secretly swears in his heart.

and many more!

Ah Guang's movements suddenly stopped.

I actually fell asleep on the way to play chess with Zuowei yesterday!Go!up! (⊙o⊙)

Ahhhhhhhhhh!It's over!Zuo Wei will be angry!Most definitely!

Thinking that Zuowei would shake his shoulders and cry non-stop, Aguang couldn't help but scratched his hair hopelessly.

Just when he got up and was about to take the initiative to admit his mistake, he suddenly realized that Zuo Wei seemed a little unusually quiet today.

He looked around, and then he saw Zoe.

Zuo Wei was lying there quietly with his eyes closed.

Without the usual cheerfulness, and not as scary as when playing chess, he looks very gentle at this time.

Ah Guang rubbed his sleepy eyes in disbelief.

Isn't Zoe a ghost?He still sleeps late? !

Just when he opened his mouth wide in surprise, Zuowei slowly opened his eyes.

When Zuo Wei opened his eyes, he saw the enlarged version of A Guang's face full of surprise in front of him.

Therefore, he was inevitably taken aback.

"It's so strange, Zuo Wei you..."

A Guang was going to make a joke about Zuo Wei.

It's just that, after seeing Zuo Wei's expression clearly, his mood that was originally full of banter disappeared all of a sudden.

Zuo Wei didn't seem to have recovered yet.He just opened his eyes in a daze, and the crystal tears kept falling down.

Seeing this, Ah Guang immediately lost his playful mood.He asked in a panic: "Zuo Wei... what's the matter with you? Why are you crying? Is there something wrong?"

Zuo Wei shook his head lightly, indicating that he was fine.

Ah Guang didn't believe this at all, and he continued to ask anxiously: "What's going on? Tell me quickly, Zuo Wei! If you don't tell me, I won't know at all!"

"Guang, I'm really fine. It's just a dream." Although the tears hadn't stopped, Zuo Wei still replied aloud seeing the anxious Guang.

"Dream? It can't be..." Ah Guang gradually stopped talking.What can make Zuo Wei so sad is probably the bad things that happened after Zuo Wei was framed before.

"No, it's not those things." Zuo Wei explained aloud after realizing Aguang's answer, "It was a very good dream."

"then you……"

Seeing Zuo Wei's reluctance to say more, Ah Guang complained as if giving up: "You can do whatever you want. Really, it made me worry for nothing."

Zuo Wei knew that Ah Guang was actually very curious about what he dreamed about.

It's just that even he himself can't explain why. In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, it's better not to tell Ah Guang what he dreamed about.

Presumably, he would dream of Taya, which should be related to the conversation between Aguang and himself yesterday.

When playing chess yesterday, Ah Guang didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly asked: "That... Zuowei. If you meet someone like Taya... in that case, what will it be like? Woolen cloth?"

"I... met Taya Ryo?"

"It's like Xiu Ce. It might be better if you are all chess players." A Guang said with a slight self-mockery, looking a little depressed.

It's rare to see Aguang's lifeless appearance, so Zuowei deliberately agreed with him: "That's true. Maybe now he has really taken back the title of Honinbo."

Hearing what he said, Ah Guang looked even more depressed.

Ah Guang is still a child after all~~O(∩_∩)O~~

After a pause, Zuo Weicai continued: "However, I think it's great to meet Ah Guang. I like Ah Guang's Go very much—going forward bravely and shining brightly."

Ah Guang's face turned red all of a sudden.He pretended to be calm and said, "You won't get any benefits by praising me."

"However, chess skills are still far behind." Zuo Wei added maliciously.

Hearing what he said, Ah Guang frowned all of a sudden: "I know! I know! Zuo Wei, stop laughing at me!"

Seeing Ah Guang who became lively again, Zuo Wei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

and then?

Then he continued to play against Ah Guang.

After that, for some reason, I suddenly felt a little tired and my mind was a little groggy.

While this is not unheard of, it is actually quite rare.However, before he could think about it, he fell asleep completely.

Then, I had such a fantastic dream.

Although I don't know why, in the dream, the person he possessed was not Aguang, but Taya Ryo.

So, he watched Taya grow from an immature child to a handsome and straight boy, and then to a mature and steady youth.Watching Taya pass the professional shogi player exam with a clean slate, and then go on a streak of victories in the game, and successfully took over the title of celebrity from his father at the age of 23.

After fulfilling this long-cherished wish, he handed over the Honinbo title match to Zuowei.

"Is it really possible?" Zuo Wei asked a little uncertainly.

Taya just replied with a smile: "Of course. That belongs to you."

As expected, Zuo Wei successfully won the Honinbo Championship.

In the ensuing years, Taya guarded the title of celebrity, and Sawei held on to the title of Honinbo, and they continued like this until the end of Taya's life.

"I'm sorry, Zuo Wei. It seems that I can't let you continue playing chess..." On the sick bed, Taya's usually handsome face looked haggard now.Even so, his eyes were still very clear.He looked at Zuo Wei and said apologetically.

At the end of the dream, he saw a very gentle smile on Taya's face, and then he heard Taya say in an extremely gentle voice: "Zoe, it's really great to meet you... ..."

On the other side, Taya House.

Mingzi's mother was surprised to find that her son, who always went to bed early and got up early, didn't come out of the room until now.

However, seeing the smile on Taya's face that hadn't faded, he couldn't help asking with a smile: "Is there anything happy about it?"

"Yes. I had a good dream." A Liang was stunned for a moment, then replied.

"What kind of dream is it?" Mingzi's mother couldn't help being very curious.

Taya thought hard, and then said with some distress: "Well... I forgot."

"Yeah, they just took it as a dream. What do you think should be done? Qingming's grandson?"

"Don't call me grandson!"

The author has something to say:

Honglian asked: Changhao, why do you care so much about Taya?

Chang Hao blushed and replied: Because Taya is Zhang Zi's reincarnation...

Cough, the above is pure nonsense, please don't take it seriously.

That's all for the perks.

Because the author has always felt that Ah Liang is a very lonely child.

Hikaru is surrounded by Saoi, Mitani, Tsutsui, Kaga, Watani, Ikaku, Kawai-san and so on.

And what about Taya?He is always alone.And from time to time, he was hated because he was the son of a famous person.

He has never cried, and he is always calm and self-possessed, so people unconsciously ignore the fact that he is actually younger than Ah Guang.

Therefore, the author wants Zuo Wei to accompany him so that he is no longer alone.

So there is a story in the special edition.

This is a story that happened during the spring break after Ah Guang’s elementary school graduation, so it doesn’t digress~

ps: As for the update time... Cough, let’s just think that Santa Claus is late~(*^▽^*)