[Soul of Chess] What if

Eriko was tidying up the countertop.

This is an internet café located on the first floor of an all-glass building near Roppongi subway station.

Its floor area is about the same as an indoor basketball court, and its floor height is about four or five meters.The walls in the store are simply pasted with silver-gray wallpapers, and there are not too many decorations hanging, which looks very clean and refreshing.The ground is neatly laid with wooden floors, and decorated with green ornamental plants everywhere.Therefore, it is so spacious and bright that people will not feel depressed at all.

Since the store is not far from a residential area, even on weekends, there will not be a lot of traffic on the surrounding roads.

There are no speeding vehicles, no pedestrians coming and going, working in such a quiet environment, it seems that even the heart has calmed down.

The environment here is very good, and the work is not particularly busy, the salary is not bad, and there is no particularly difficult colleague among them, so she still likes this job quite a lot.

There are no classes in school today, so she came here to work again.

Of course, relying on this salary alone cannot afford my own tuition fees, but it is enough for living expenses.

After all, the economy has been sluggish recently. As the eldest daughter of the family, she also wants to reduce some burdens for her parents.If I am a little more frugal, I can deduct part of it for my younger brother. In this case, he will no longer ask his father for pocket money.

Thinking of her younger brother, Eriko couldn't help but sigh.

Youhui's personality has been withdrawn since he was a child, and he is always taciturn, so few children are willing to play with him.

Maybe he felt that he was too lonely, or maybe he thought his personality was more suitable. When Youhui was very young, his grandfather who knew a little bit about Go began to teach him to play chess.

Unexpectedly, Youhui really persisted in what she thought was a very boring thing.Although his expression is still flat, he can still faintly feel that he doesn't seem to hate Go, and even has a look of liking it.The relationship between him and his grandfather has also become much closer.

After Grandpa passed away, Youhui became more silent.

Thanks to this character, he didn't cause trouble everywhere like other boys, which relieved his parents a lot.It's just that as an elder sister, seeing her younger brother like this, she will inevitably feel a little worried.

After entering junior high school, Youhui said that he participated in the school's club activities and would go home later at night.Hearing this news, Eriko felt a sense of relief in her heart.

If you spend more time with your companions, maybe Yuhui can become a little more cheerful.She thought so.

However, one day after more than a month of school, when she was helping Youhui tidy up the room, she accidentally found several new CDs.

After seeing these things, she suddenly felt that it was too early to feel relieved.

These few CDs don't look like they were rented.It's just that Youhui doesn't have much money, how could he afford such a thing?

Although I would deduct part of my salary for Youhui every time, it was not enough to buy so many CDs just by relying on the money.

Where did Youhui get his money from?

Could it be that he insisted on his father giving him pocket money?

Or...he did something like blackmailing his classmates?

Eriko couldn't help feeling a little annoyed that she paid too little attention to her younger brother.If Youhui really did such a thing, what should he do?

She tried to talk to Youhui about this matter, but the other party seemed very uncooperative.Before she could say anything, Youhui interrupted roughly.

"I want you to take care of it!"

He grabbed the CD and slammed the door shut.

In this way, the cold war unilaterally initiated by Youhui began.

Although it is in the stage of the cold war, Eriko still secretly pays attention to her younger brother, intending that once she finds that something is wrong, even if she uses strong methods, she will not let Yuhui be destroyed like this.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long.

At the end of the month, all the depression accumulated in Youhui's body for a long time suddenly dissipated, and his indifferent personality seemed to have gradually eased up a lot.

One day in early June, not long after she returned home, there was a knock on the door of her room.

After she opened it with some doubts, she was surprised to find that Youhui was standing there with an awkward expression.

Seeing her younger brother's hesitant expression, Eriko couldn't help feeling a little funny.

While Youhui was constantly working on psychological construction, she just stood quietly aside, watching gently her younger brother who was cold but not bad in nature.

After struggling for a long time, Youhui finally spoke: "...Sister, I'm sorry about what happened last time..."

That day, Youhui apologized to himself.

After seeing that he forgave him, he asked himself to help take care of his friend.

He said that he has a friend who plays Go online, but because he doesn't have much pocket money, he can only play Go occasionally.This friend has helped himself a lot, so he also wants to do something for the other party.

I didn't expect Youhui to make friends!

Presumably, Youhui's recent changes must have something to do with the friend he mentioned.

The younger brother's request is not something difficult to do. After all, although the place where I work can access the Internet, I don't rely on it for profit.

The machines placed in the lobby are rarely used by anyone, but the shopkeeper pays the monthly internet fee on time, as if to prevent customers from finding that they can’t access the Internet when they suddenly need it, which would affect their reputation.

If Youhui's friend surfed the Internet there, there shouldn't be too much of a problem.However, we still need to pay attention to it, so as not to cause unhappiness in the owner's heart.

Eriko has been wondering what Yuki's friends will be like.It's just that I can't imagine it after guessing for a long time.

Could he also be an introverted child?She finally thought about it like giving up.

After meeting Shindo, Eriko finally understood the reason for Yuki's change.

That is a very sensible, very polite boy.His character is not as cold as Yuhui, but like the winter sun, giving people a very warm feeling.

Such a child is easy to feel good about.

I really don't know how Youhui became friends with him.

However, it was because of his existence that Yuki gradually made a good change. Thinking of this, Eriko couldn't help feeling a little more close to Shinto.

I hope that under Shinto's influence, Yuki can become a warm boy...

When the counter was almost cleared, she heard the sound of the store door being pushed.

"Shinto-kun?!"

After seeing who was coming, Eriko let out a small exclamation.

"Sister Mitani, good morning." Looking at the surprise that he couldn't hide, Shinto's expression became a little awkward, but he still greeted himself politely.

There was no reason for her to be so surprised.

Today is not the weekend, and it is not time for school to end, how could Shinto come here?

Could it be... skipping class? !

However, she felt that a good boy like Shindo would not skip class, so she asked with some doubts: "Shouldn't you be in school now? Why...?"

"There is a competition that I have to participate in no matter what, so I asked for leave from school." Shindo rubbed his head a little embarrassedly.

"Huh—?!" Eriko's eyes widened in surprise, "It's so important?"

"Well, it's very important." Shindo replied seriously.

"It's a bit confusing to ask for leave from school in order to participate in the competition..."

She couldn't help sighing, and then looked at Shinto: "Are you still in the single room today?"

"Yes." Shinto nodded.

In fact, Ah Guang had considered whether to go to other Internet cafes before.

After all, I was going online during normal school days, so if I met Sangu's sister, I always felt that it would be a little troublesome.

However, he was also worried that after going to other places, if he made a mistake because he was not used to using the mouse, which caused Zuowei to lose to Taya Meijin, he would definitely want to do seppuku.

So after hesitating for a long time, he still came to this Internet cafe he was familiar with.

As for the schedule of the game, Aguang was also a little helpless.

Although the Wufanqi game schedule can largely satisfy Zuo Wei's wish to play against celebrities.However, four of the five chess games were arranged on weekdays, and the time for the third game was coincidentally arranged on the day of the college student training day...

Although it is possible to ask for leave during the training day for college students, but the two games on that day should be recorded as defeat without a fight.

If things go on like this, I don't know when I will be promoted to the first group... ╥﹏╥

A few days ago, that is, the first day of the student training day of this month, the Chess Academy distributed the list of students.

Although his ranking has improved, Ah Guang feels that he is still far behind compared to Ochi who started from the 25th place in the second group like himself.

Because, Ochi has already been promoted to the group of college students...

Although I feel helpless, I can't participate in this student training.

Alas... I hope Zuo Wei can end the game 3-0... Then I don't have to think of various reasons to ask for leave. 〒_〒

However, Taya's father seems to be very powerful, and I don't know if he can do what he wants...

Regarding the matter of asking for leave, Ah Guang actually still has some small guilt in his heart.

Because he lied to Mitsuko's mother that he had an important game to participate in at the Chess Academy.

Maybe it's because she has always been very good. Although Mitsuko's mother disagrees with the fact that the chess academy arranges the game during class time, she still believes in Aguang's words and calls the teacher Yuzi, the tutor of Aguang's class, to help Aguang. Just asked for a few days off.

The author has something to say:

I couldn't find any information about Mitani's name, so I just used the name of the voice actor who dubbed Mitani's sister :P

Looking through the previous message, I don't know why I am a little sad.

The people who used to discuss the plot together gradually disappeared, and I don't know if they have left...

Those who cheer for the author now may leave one day...

Thinking about it this way, I suddenly felt a little lonely. :)

So I remembered Mr. Liang Shiqiu's words: You go, I will not see you, you come, no matter how windy or rainy, I will pick you up...

Cherish it now ^_^