[Soul of Chess] Xia Lei

"Taya Ryo——!!!"

With a loud shout, Taya suddenly opened his eyes, and his body's instinctive reaction made him straighten up all of a sudden.

Then, he and Shinto Hikaru each held their painful foreheads and moved to both sides.

"It hurts, hurts..." Hikari Shinto raised his hand to cover his aching forehead, and glared at Ryo Taya. "What are you doing! I kindly told you to get up, but you bumped into me instead!"

Taya Ryo was a little confused about the situation for a while, and reflexively said to Shinto Hikaru: "You are called a ghost early in the morning!"

"Early in the morning?" Shinto Hikaru held the phone screen in front of him, "Do you think it's still early in the morning?"

Takaya looked over.

On the lock screen of the mobile phone with Honinbo Shusaku's unprecedented and wonderful chess game as the lock screen, the time displayed is 23:[-] in the morning.

Taya Ryo stared blankly at the phone screen, and didn't react until the screen went dark.

"Oops!"

He still has activities this morning!

Ryo Taya felt a tightness in his temples, how could he sleep so late, was it that strange dream...

Just about to get up and get dressed, Shinto Hikaru looked at his anxious look and grinned: "Don't worry, I have already told Mr. Ogata, Fujimoto-kun should be at the venue by now." He nodded while speaking, and copied Ogata Seiji's words. "For the sake of the little brother who was unfortunately injured, Fujimoto-kun has to show a bit of a senior brother."

"Anyway, your activities are gone today. I didn't want to wake you up, but I was afraid that you wouldn't wake up, so..." He shrugged, showing a helpless expression.

Ta Yaliang slowed down his dressing, he knew that Shinto Hikari must have deliberately not told him earlier, this guy likes to see him embarrassed. "Thank you."

"Thank you, my friend, it should be."

A smile appeared on Shinto Hikaru's face, and he picked up the sports jacket he brought last night, instead of putting it on his body, he threw it back and carried it on his shoulder like a delinquent boy. "I still have to go to my grandma's house for lunch, let's go first, bye~"

"Oh, right," halfway out of the door, he stretched back half of his body. "It's still hot at noon today, and Taya, you don't have any activities, so you don't need to wear the suit that only uncles wear."

"……thanks for reminding."

"I might go back later, or go back to Tokyo tomorrow morning, so you don't have to wait for me." Shindo Hikaru waved at him, "That's it, bye."

As the boy's voice fell, there was a light closing sound from the door.

Ta Yaliang sat on the edge of the bed, bowed his head and remained silent for a while.

Suddenly there was a sigh in the room.

Shinto Hikaru took the tram to the house where his grandmother lived in Kyoto, and as soon as he entered the door, Mitsuko nodded his forehead and chanted. "Why did your child come so late, do you still need grandma to wait for you for dinner? Come here quickly."

While talking about the train coming too late, Hikari Shinto wiped the sweat from his forehead, and happily ran to the dining table to drool over the dishes. "Wow, the sushi in Yukoya! Grandma, I love you so much!"

The old grandmother laughed so hard that her wrinkles appeared, she smiled at Mitsuko and said, "Look, let me just say that Hikari likes to eat sushi."

"Yes, yes, yes," Mitsuko said in a good mood in recent days. Her mother, who had been in deteriorating health, was visibly refreshed after being instructed by an expert. Her son, who had not seen her for a long time, came to Kyoto to accompany the two of them. It couldn't be better. . "Mom, since everyone is here, let's have dinner."

"Yeah," Shindo Hikaru raised his chopsticks and cheered, "Dinner is ready!"

After he ate up the meal in front of him in a gust of wind, the dining table was already cleared up.Grandpa was lying on the sun lounger in the courtyard, basking in the sun, and his cat also took a lazily nap in the sun, while Mitsuko chatted with her mother at the dinner table.

The topic of small talk is nothing more than various things in the family. When Hikari Shinto talked about her grandmother's health improving recently, Mitsuko replied that because she went to worship at Kiyomizu Temple, she happened to meet an expert.The expert accurately stated the situation in her family and gave a solution, so the mother's health improved.

"Speaking of which, I still have lingering fears." When mentioning this topic, Mitsuko's face was filled with fear and novelty. "The master said that my mother was entangled in unclean things because she was suffering from illness. If it weren't for his guidance, I'm afraid my mother would be separated from us now."

"Mom, why have you always been superstitious about these gods and gods?" Hikari Shinto believed that there are ghosts in the world after meeting Zuo Wei, but he still reserved his attitude towards the harm of resentful spirits.For Mitsuko's continuous praise for that expert, his first reaction was to refute his mother's words. "Grandma got better because she went to the hospital! Mother, if you are so superstitious, be careful of being deceived by others."

"Ah Hikaru, what are you talking about!" Mitsuko pretended to be angry, ignored Shindo Hikaru, and started talking with her mother at the side again.

Shinto Hikaru was scrolling through Twitter with his mobile phone boredly, and suddenly saw a chess record updated on Yang Hai's feed. The style of the sunspots on it was exactly the same as that of someone he knew well.

On the top of the game record is written: A chess record that I accidentally found after sorting out computer files, an instant game in Phoenix Mountain last March.Black child ToyaAkira, white child JiangSheng.Two hours between the two sides, counting down the second for 1 minute, and Heizi's eyes are seven and a half.Brat, you've been so arrogant recently, your level was only like this a year ago. @Jiang Sheng.

He also used Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages ​​in a grand way.

In fact, he doesn't need to translate, just relying on the English name and chess style of the two names, as long as they are in the professional chess world, there is no one who doesn't know.Needless to say, Taya Ryo has been well-known in the Japanese Go world since he was a child, and even more famous in the three countries after stepping into the professional world.And this Jiang Sheng is a new Go star in China. He has already become famous overseas at the age of 13. His fame was detonated by a game with Mr. Taya Yukihiro and Yang Hai. I have to say that the world at that time The chess world is very lively.

There are already a large group of people commenting below, in various languages, it is simply a three-way melee.Shindo Hikaru didn't know anything about foreign languages, and he didn't bother to read the comments, he just stared at the computer game record in a daze.

Bai Zi is very powerful, but Hei Zi is even more powerful.Counting China's Qimu and a half Tiemu, Taya Ryo won Hachimu, and the official part won neatly.But this should be the most difficult mid-game battle he has ever experienced. The Chinese don't pay much attention to the layout, and the number depends on the mid-game to grab the ground, especially Jiang Sheng.

Shinto Hikaru laughed secretly in his heart, that guy Taya pays special attention to the shape of the flag, almost to the point of obsessive-compulsive disorder.In this game, the flag shapes of the sunspots were all scattered, so he must have been very unhappy playing.It's no wonder that at the end of the show, he frequently used ruthless hands, and didn't give the children a little confidence.

After looking at the chess record for a while, Shinto Hikari's heart was itchy, and he couldn't wait to have a game with Taya Ryo.Or go to the event venue in Kyoto. If he goes, he is considered a customer, and he should be able to play chess with any professional chess player.

Thinking that action is the standard criterion of Hikari Shinto, he talked to his mother and grandmother who were having a good chat, and hurried out the door with his mobile phone.

Mitsuko called him from behind: "Guang, your coat!"

"What kind of coat do you wear on such a hot day, Mom, put it away first!" In order to cover up the gauze on his arm, he specially wore a long-sleeved shirt. It was already hot enough, wouldn't it be necessary to add another coat? To die of heat.

Arriving at the event site by subway, he was refreshed by the cool air-conditioning, and Taya Ryo was not seen in the venue.It happened that there was no one at Kurata's little chess master, so Shinto Hikaru sat down cheerfully, and was about to play a game when Kurata's big palm waved him and pushed him away from the seat. "Go, go, I still have to sign autographs for my fans."

Shinto Hikari also remembered at this time that it seems that the chess instruction activities of the chess academy are specially for the general public. It seems that he, a professional chess player, is not allowed to occupy the time of instruction chess...

Scratching his head in frustration, he had no choice but to turn to Ta Yaliang.

Unexpectedly, Ryo Toya's cell phone was turned off. Because of the shocking experience yesterday, Shinto Hikari suddenly had a brain hole, wondering if the light in the room had blown up again, and asked Mr. Ashihara at the venue.But he was told that Ryo Taya went out alone after lunch, and he didn't know if he came back now.

"Then did he say where to go?"

"Uh..." Lu Yuan looked up at the huge ceiling and thought for a while, "It seems to be... Kiyomizu Temple, but it's possible that he's back now, why don't you call Liang-kun?"

Can I get through and ask you?Shinto Hikari waved his hand, originally wanted to use the air conditioner in the venue for a while before going to Ryo Toya, but suddenly caught a glimpse of Ogata Seiji from the corner of his eye, and hurriedly ran quickly with oil on the soles of his feet.

Just kidding, he doesn't want to be caught and topped by Mr. Ogata again!Taya Ryo's seat was taken by Fujimoto-kun, but what about Fujimoto-kun's original seat?You can't play two guiding chess at the same time!

I checked the map of Kyoto with my mobile phone, and found that the hotel happened to be in the same direction as Kiyomizu Temple, and Shinto Mitsu had nothing to do, so I followed the way to find it.

After going to the hotel, he found that Toya Ryo hadn't returned yet, so he bought a can of iced Coke in the lobby and bought a subway ticket to Kiyomizu Temple.Sitting on the subway drinking Coke and watching the new show on the phone, not to mention how comfortable it is. He wants to play chess, but he has no spare time for such leisure things for a long time.

It will be even busier when I enter various circles and title battles in the future.

When he suddenly found that his life was tending towards the life of the old man he despised the most in the past, Hikari Shindo felt a little bit surprised, but he didn't panic at all.

This kind of life is also very good.

Right, Zoe.

but……

He put down the Coke in his hand, paused the new animation, and switched to the comment page. Watching the comment area quarreling and scolding the fans of both sides because of the male protagonists of the animation, his thoughts drifted away to that dream.

Was that pendant... really... just his dream?

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