[Soul of Chess] Xia Lei

"Going to Kyoto next weekend?"

"Yeah." Ta Yaliang unscrewed the cap of the milk bottle, took a straw and sucked it. "It was originally a chess instruction activity more than half a month ago, but it was suspended due to the sudden heavy rain, and the chess academy adjusted it to next weekend."

"Is that so..." Shinto Hikaru was not as particular as Taya Ryo, he drank some milk with a straw, he gulped directly from the mouth of the bottle with a demeanor of his age. "Speaking of which, I'm going to Kyoto next weekend too."

"Do you have any activities, too?"

"There are no activities, but my mother said that grandma hasn't missed me for a long time, so she let me go there when I have time. She also happened to take care of grandma over there, so she just happened to go over there to have fun."

In Mitsuko’s mind, Shindo Hikaru’s choice of career is to go out and have a high salary. In fact, he must stay at home every day to play scores so as not to be overtaken by the people behind him. The salary is also directly linked to the outcome of the game. It is very powerful to say it. , but not everyone can experience the heartache.

In the past two years, Hikari Shinto has been sitting at home sitting motionless in front of the chessboard for a whole day. When the family travels on holidays, he either has games or activities, or stays at home to play scores or go to the Go club to play chess. , in short, there is no sky.Although Shindo Hikari tried his best to show that the various guiding chess activities of the Chess Academy are to let them visit various places for free, but Mitsuko still thinks that he has stayed at home for too long, and wants him to go out to play by taking various opportunities.

After all, I still don't think he is working seriously now...

Shinto Hikari sighed silently, and asked casually: "By the way, Taya, did you read the Twitter status that Yang Hai forwarded yesterday?"

Ryo Taya was spreading condensed milk on the bread—he himself didn’t like Western-style breakfast, but after drinking miso soup for a week, Shinto Hikari threatened that if he didn’t change the bread and milk for a day, he wouldn’t play chess with him for a day, He also had to compromise.

"Are there any new chess records?" He asked casually.

"Hey, hey, Taya, can you think of something that has nothing to do with Go? It's a Chinese knot, a Chinese knot," Shindo Hikari didn't know whether it was a Chinese knot, but he couldn't just say a pendant directly. "It's an ancient Chinese coin with tassels hanging under it. I seem to have seen it on you, do you have it?"

When he said this, the hand holding the bottle tightened a little.

A week has passed since Zuo Wei's dream, and at first he couldn't believe it all - Zuo Wei gave him the dream and asked him to get his fan pendant from Ta Ya Ryo, which is really unbelievable.

He really misses Zuo Wei, even if we meet in a dream.God really fulfilled his wish, but this dream was made in a strange way.

How could Taya Ryo have the fan pendant of Saoi on his body? Isn't that something from 1000 years ago?What's more, when Zuo Wei was still by his side, the folding fan he had been holding didn't have a pendant, so why did it appear in the dream?

On the first day he dreamed of Zuo Wei, he was both surprised and happy, but subconsciously he still believed that the dream was caused by his day and night thoughts, and Zuo Wei in the dream was all his imagination, so he didn't ask Ta About Yaliang's pendant.But on the second and third nights, he heard Zuo Wei's vague calling in his dreams, and the shadow of the fan pendant pattern kept appearing in his dreams. The dream can be explained.

He couldn't miss Zuo Wei until the other party created an extra fan pendant out of thin air.

As for Sato Fujiwara, there has never been any information about him on the Internet, and Shinto Hikari has no way of verifying whether the pendant really exists.But since this is what Zuo Wei asked him to do, he will do it, even if it is a dream.And if Taya Ryo really has that fan pendant, then Zuowei's dream is real, which means Zuowei still exists in this world.

This excited and scared him at the same time.

Excited that Zuo Wei is alive, but afraid that this is just a dream.

Zuowei's request was for him to bring Taya Ryo's fan pendant, but he lived in Taya Ryo's house for a week, and he didn't see any fan pendant on Taya.Ta Yaliang's room was also carefully searched by him while the other party was cooking. Except for piles of chess records and a large pile of books he couldn't understand, there was no shadow of a fan at all.

This made him very anxious, Zuo Wei in the dream looked so anxious, it meant that something happened to Ta Yaliang, he must find the fan pendant as soon as possible.

It's just that the determination is the determination, and there are still some difficulties in actually putting it into action.Is it possible that he should directly ask Ta Yaliang if he has such a fan pendant?Doesn't this show that he has a ghost?

Once Sawei and Toya Ryo were involved, Shinto Hikari's temperament obviously calmed down, and he would have been unable to bear it in normal times and stepped forward to ask for clarification.

The hard work paid off, after he waited for five days, he finally found a reason to ask the fan pendant openly.

Yang Hai updated a series of pictures on Twitter, all of which were taken after he visited Xi’an, one of which was a beautiful Chinese knot pendant—whatever it’s called, it’s the one He Zuowei showed him in his dream The fan pendant is more like it.

Taya Ryo's movement of smearing condensed milk paused imperceptibly, but the long-term chess training made Shinto Hikari's observation skills very keen, and he noticed this movement.

Is there really anything?

Shinto Hikari felt his heart beating faster, and his palms were sweating slightly from nervousness.

"Chinese pendant?" Ta Yaliang looked at him with some doubts, "Why do you ask this suddenly?"

"What, why, just tell me if you have it."

"How could I have that kind of thing." Ta Yaliang smiled very naturally, "Speaking of which, I saw one from a friend in the chess academy when I went to China before. It is very beautiful."

"Ah... Is that so?" Shinto Hikari couldn't tell whether he was disappointed or relieved at the moment, there was no fan on Taya, and Zuowei's dream was just the reason why he missed too much...

"Why are you asking this all of a sudden?" Ta Ya Ryo took a bite out of the sliced ​​apple slices sandwiched between the slices of bread. "It just so happens that neither of us played against each other today, so let's play chess at home."

"Ah... um."

The weather has cleared up last week, and today the temperature has risen to the highest since the beginning of summer. If there is no accident, the next 20 days will be high temperature weather above [-] degrees Celsius.

Already in ambush.

The air conditioner in the chess room operated without any sound at all, and the sliding door was tightly closed, so the sunlight could only come in through the glass window opposite, reducing a lot of heat.

At this time, it's really cool to drink Coke and turn on the air conditioner while playing chess.

Shinto Hikaru sighed comfortably.

The sound of the wind chimes outside is also very nice, ah...it's warm and cool, it makes people want to sleep...

"Shinto!"

With a loud shout, Shinto Hikari was pleasantly surprised from his confusion: "What, what?"

"I should be the one asking you something!" On the opposite side, Taya Ryo's face was so dark that water dripped out, "You were able to fall asleep in the game in the early morning, did you play seriously!"

"I'm serious, very serious." Hikari Shinto woke up completely, picked up the Coke on the side and drank most of the bottle. "Well, to be honest, I used to play chess with you every afternoon, but now I play chess with you all day, and I'm almost fatigued."

"What are you talking about!" Taya frowned, seeing that he wanted to say more lectures, Shindo Hikaru quickly stopped him: "Ah, I know, it is my wish to be able to play against the future celebrity Taya every day , my honor, my honor."

"Shinto Hikaru, you..."

"But having said that, Taya, your style of chess has changed a bit recently. Like this move, this move, and this move, they are all very elegant, so that I thought there was some powerful big move behind, so I calculated it. It took me a long time to take the next step.”

"Isn't it all because I played chess with you all day long, and it's okay to absorb a little bit of chess style." Ta Yaliang was also a little puzzled about these few steps of the game, but he still said unwillingly: "I'm not really An old man who is seven or eighty years old, can't he change his style of chess?"

"Hmm..." Hikaru Shindo looked at the game on the board, not showing it on the surface, and was puzzled in his heart.

Is it like his chess style?

His chess is inherited from Zuo Wei. Although Zuo Wei's chess is flexible and changeable, there are more sophistication after thousands of battles. The Xiu Ce style 140 years ago was famous for its steady grabbing of the ground. Zuo Wei maintained the stability of the board while his style of chess was agile.But these few steps of Taya Ryo are too elegant.

It's not that the play was not good, but that these few moves shocked Shindo Hikaru, who has always liked to play chaotically with She Qingchun. At first glance, it was a stupid act of fighting to the death, but the whole chess game was in the palm of his hand.Is it a new attempt with a guaranteed victory...?

"Ah, no matter what, I will definitely lose to you with more than three eyes in this game of chess. This is too annoying!"

"Don't talk about winning or losing before the game is over."

"I know! Let's see how you deal with this move!"

"Is it actually broken? Shindo, are you looking down on my calculation ability or something? You underestimate the enemy!"

"Hmph, look at this hand again!"

The sun gradually climbed into the sky, cicadas kept chirping, and the wind chimes hanging on the eaves also made light sounds from time to time. The noise of teenagers coming from the game room seemed to give more vitality to this summer.

At the same time, Konoe Hikaru walked slowly across the Li Bridge in the heavy snow, and came outside Kamo's mansion with the Yushen Sword in his arms.

A maid transformed into a shikigami blocked his way. "Master He Mao is in the process of recuperating, His Highness Guang, please come back."

"Qingxiu?" Konoe glanced at the maid, and the Imperial Sword in his arms emitted bursts of spiritual pressure. "Why does Qingxiu bother Suzaku, one of the four shikigami, to guard the door? Get out of the way!"

"Your Excellency does not want to see His Highness Guang," Suzaku replied without humility, "Please go back."

"I'll say it again, get out of the way." Konoe Hikaru's eyes gradually became murderous, "It doesn't matter who he sends to stop me, I must see him."

Suzaku slowly shook his head with a gentle smile.

"Suzaku has been admiring His Royal Highness Jinwei for a long time, please give me a lesson today!"

The low-level qualifiers of the LG Cup have already had their final results. A total of seven low-level chess players have qualified. These seven players will play a knockout match with the high-level chess players in half a month to determine the final five. contestants.

The competition form has been sent to the mailboxes of all participating chess players. Shinto Hikari and Taya Ryo know that they are divided into different groups without thinking about it. Both of them will usher in the first knockout match next Thursday.

This weekend is the trip to Kyoto for the two of them.

After inquiring about Ryo Toya's event itinerary, Shinto Hikari bought the same ticket on purpose, and the two of them boarded the tram to Kyoto together, with a little bit of teenage affection.

After eating two Shinkansen car bentos, Shindo Hikaru finally fell down on the seat while touching his chubby stomach.

"Eat so much, be careful not to fall asleep during the afternoon chess instruction activities." Ta Yaliang sat by the window, watching the large flower fields speeding past outside, the sun shone on his face through the blinds, gilding his face. A layer of soft light.

Hikari Shindo sighed contentedly, while enjoying the blowing of the air conditioner with his eyes closed: "You are dementia, I came to visit grandma, and it's not a job arranged by the chess academy. You treat everyone like you, once the famous and popular chess academy Don’t try to escape if there are any big events, and you have to work on big weekends.”

"Don't say that you haven't had the same experience." Ta Yaliang closed his eyes and rested.Xindao waited for Mr. Ogata to pick me up later and saw you following me, so it would be strange not to ask you to guide me for a while.

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