[Go Soul Natsume's Book of Friends] Guang Xia

No.30 seven times

It was late at night after Ryo Taya's replay came out, and there was an unprecedented heavy rain in Nagoya.Rainwater flows down the flat eaves, forming a silver waterfall.The light of the street lamps was scattered in the rain and fog.The wet city is divided into two halves, one half is a golden river, and the other is a black undercurrent.

A girl in Tsing Yi stood at the corner.She holds an oil-paper umbrella in one hand and a paper windmill in the other.The car lights hit her face, flickering on and off, erratic like a ghost.

"Miss Qinglan?" Liang was taken aback.The person who asked him out was Natori, why Qing Lan?

Qinglan...the first female chess player he ever paid attention to, defeated Zama, won the right to challenge the female style Honinbo, and became the most watched inspirational star.However, this kind of her withdrew at the moment of her fame.Her decision shocked the chess world, and it was even more sensational than Shindo Hikaru's non-defeat at that time.

Qinglan's departure also impacted Taya Ryo more or less: Will one day, Shinto Hikari turn around and leave as if nothing had happened?

When they ran into each other in a restaurant once, Liang asked her why.She just wrote lightly on the paper: "The only thing that supports me along the way is the word 'shame'. Now that 'shame' is nowhere to be found, why do I have to stay here?"

Qing Lan and Jin Tengguang have very similar places.It seems that they are not only playing chess for the pursuit of chess skills, but also bound by some unknown obsession.Taya Ryo actually disagreed with this approach.The desire to play chess comes from your own heart. Why do you play chess "for what"?

Qinglan's withdrawal is like a mirror, forcibly illuminating the bright future.Every night after the replay, Guang picked up his backpack and rushed out of the clubhouse in a huff, with only a few chess sounds, Liang would feel a chill spread from the chess pieces at his fingertips, and then slowly permeate his heart.

The people he paid attention to all left one by one.Cousin Natori, Sai, Qinglan...all left.

will you go

will you go

However, these words are only fleeting in my heart.

As if the gods wanted to play tricks on him, Guang actually lost Twelve and a Half in the most important game.Liang was simply annoyed.After seeing Natsume, the anger turned into sadness uncontrollably.

What a shame.His emotions were actually affected by one person to such an extent.This state has continued for five years.

On the day of Shinto Hikaru's birthday, he bought the latest mobile phone, and when he planned to give the gift, he took the opportunity to give that guy a few punches, but he couldn't help but say what was in his heart.

In the first battle in Nagoya, the gap in strength and age could not be eliminated, and Toya Ryo did not have much hope.He liked these few rounds with Kuwamoto Inbo.This is the real battle, won or lost, both sides have respect for each other.

The rain falling on him suddenly stopped.It turned out that Qing Lan covered the oil-paper umbrella over his head.Liang thanked her and took the oil-paper umbrella in her hand.Qing Lan handed the paper pinwheel in front of him.

"Mr. Natori asked me to give it to you." Qing Lan wrote.

"But... I lost."

"You won a game."

It's just that one game.Liang took the pinwheel, not knowing what to say for a while.

"Mr. Natori has a short notice to catch up. I happened to pass through Nagoya, so I passed it on for you."

Qing Lan and Natori met because of Hiiragi.Natori's shikigami, Hiiragi, was ordered to follow Qing Lan, and when Chang Zhou's shikigami harmed Qing Lan, Hiiragi helped her block the fatal blow.Instead, Mayu Kawasoe stood by and watched.

"Miss Qinglan—"

A warm voice came through the rain.Liang took the oil-paper umbrella from Qing Lan's hand, with an imperceptible trace of concern on his tired face.

"Where are you going? I'll take you there."

Qing Lan nodded.

"Just take me to the train station."

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The train stopped on the platform in the forest in the small town.There was no one on the platform, only a few rows of empty benches.

Kawasoe Mayu stood alone on the platform.The wind passing through the tunnel blew up her skirt, and her blue-purple eyes were full of sadness.

"What are you doing?"

A pitiful voice flowed out from under the mask.Shikigami wielding a sword appeared beside her.

"You don't have to feel sad for Miss Qinglan. In Tokyo, whether it's for Sai or Miss Qinglan, you have done your best."

Chuantian couldn't say a word—I knew she would be so stunned one day, and followed Qing Lan through half of Japan on the Shinkansen. Why didn't she pay attention to the one who fell in a pool of blood during the Obon Festival? Girl monster?

Chuan Tim looked down at his right hand, there was a callus between the index finger and middle finger formed by playing chess for a long time.But different from ordinary chess players, there is also a thick layer of calluses on the tiger's mouth next to her thumb.

——That is unique to sword bearers.

Chuantian is a chess player and an exorcist.She has slashed countless monsters that appeared in Tokyo, and the sword has been stained with a lot of scorching blood.Except for the demon master who claims to be the justice of mankind, Chuantian is no exception.The goddess of justice holds the balance in one hand and the sword in the other, but she is blindfolded.Justice needs to close one's eyes to judge, or is that simply a unilateral blindness of race?

Kawatim loves Go.The monster dying under her knife wailed all over the world, and her childhood was already bloody.Only when she played chess with her friends in the Go club, did she feel that she was a normal girl, and she could have the same hobbies and laughter as others.

She was playing chess in the light, and holding the sword in the dark, and just walked over like this.She sees the legend of Chess of Light more clearly than anyone else.She is deeply envious of Senior Shindo, but she also understands the loneliness of Sai, who has talent and learning but not much light—isn't she just like this?

——From that moment on, the balance had its first swing.

"Miss Mayu." Hiiragi said hesitantly, "Master once told me something about you. It seems that the rumor is true?"

Chuan Tian was startled when he heard this, his heart sank suddenly.

"It is said that Chang Yimen once lost power in Tokyo because of you, and the reason was that you fought to the death to defend Sai. You refused to give up half a step, and finally turned against Chang Yimen for this unknown ghost."

"Yes, but that's not the whole story."

Hiiragi didn't ask any more questions, and just sighed faintly:

"Miss Mayu, if you want to continue to eliminate monsters, then stop investing your emotions in monsters."

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