[Soul of Chess] Xia Lei

He Maoming put his hand on the hotel door.

He didn't look back, "If one day, you know my name, maybe I will return him to you."

The door slowly closed.

The dead silence at the beginning returned to the room.

Gradually, a low murmur sounded.

"...Taya..."

Shinto Hikaru opened his eyes wide, thinking of Taya Ryo's usual appearance, and then thinking of the indifferent person with Taya Ryo's face on his face, he couldn't help but feel a sore nose.

"Taya..."

He tried to wipe away the tears that kept dripping, but found that he couldn't even lift his arms.

"Taya——!!!"

Hikaru Shinto was bound by He Maoming's technique, unable to move, he could only watch helplessly as the figure belonging to Ryo Toya disappeared in the darkness.

Time flowed in his anxiety, and when he broke away from the feeling of being imprisoned, the inertia made him too late to stop, and he fell to the ground, flipping the chessboard aside, and the chess pieces fell to the ground one place.

Ignoring the sharp pain in his waist and abdomen from being hit by a corner of the chessboard, Shinto Hikari pulled up his legs and rushed out the door.It's only after eight o'clock in the evening, which is the peak time of people flow. The hotel's elevator was beating slowly from floor to floor. He punched the button of the elevator angrily, and Hikaru Shinto went to the emergency passage and began to run down the stairs quickly.

Thanks to the accident last night, his room with Taya Ryo was transferred from the original twelfth floor to the seventh floor, but this did not reduce his anxiety.Later, he jumped down several steps, and almost rolled down when he ran to the turning platform because he landed unstable.

His heart was beating violently, and the despair buried in his heart was almost about to break out.

Don't go—don't leave me again—

Taya!

When Shinto Hikaru managed to run up the seven-story staircase and chased after him to the hotel lobby, all he saw were crowds of people in twos and threes and the neon-lit Kyoto Avenue under the night sky.

Running out of the revolving door of the hotel almost exhausted, the hustle and bustle of the bustling commercial street filled my ears immediately, bustling crowds crowded shoulder to shoulder.

Except...the figure of that person.

Shinto Hikari felt his heart constrict suddenly.

In an instant, Taya Ryo's figure merged with Sawei's.

He seemed to see that in the endless darkness, Taya Ryo turned and left under the falling cherry blossom petals without any nostalgia, leaving only a back that he could never touch.

——Little Light.

- into the rattan.

Zuowei's sad face overlapped with Taya Ryo's smiling face, and two different voices with different emotions echoed in Shinto Hikaru's ears again and again, and the great sadness almost choked his throat.

The night wind on a summer night can be so cold.

Can't breathe.

Is Taya going to disappear without saying hello just like Zuowei?

No words, no perception, just disappear?

I can no longer...can't find his figure...can't hear his words?

how come……

Obviously... there are many, many things... that I haven't said——

don't want……

No……

do not do that--!

At night in the bustling commercial street in Kyoto, there is a lot of traffic.

A Mercedes was parked in the parking lot in front of the hotel, and three men in suits and leather shoes got out of the car, two of whom were still supporting each other.

Intermittent words came into Tengguang's right ear, and then floated out from his left ear.

"...Sei-kun is really too. Not only did he get drunk, but he even spilled the wine. I had to go back to the hotel to change clothes. I could take the subway back to Tokyo right away..."

"That's all you have to do, you can be a good boy if you get it cheap. Are you as unlucky as I am? You were appointed by Mr. Ogata to explain the market at eleven o'clock. It started at eleven o'clock. Oh my god, how late it must be!"

"Fujimoto-kun~ It's your fault. You know that there is an event, but you still skip it because of your girlfriend. The hotel at home also hurt our dear brother Xiaoliang. Isn't it clear that you have trouble with Senior Brother Ogata? Well. If it were me, I would beat you to death too."

"It's an ex-girlfriend, an ex-girlfriend."

"You can't win back your girlfriend's heart even if you skip important events, Fujimoto-kun, what kind of man are you, hahaha..."

It seems that someone is coming...

Shinto Hikaru reacted slowly in his trance.

"Eh? Mitsu-kun?" Someone called him in a surprised tone. It took Shindo Hikari five seconds to digest this information before slowly raising his head.

"...Mr. Ashihara...?"

"It's me." Compared to the two people around him who smelled of alcohol, Ashi Yuan, who didn't drink much at the dinner party, looked relatively refreshed.He asked with a smile, "What are Shindo-kun doing sitting on the ground alone? By the way, did you see Ryo-kun in Kiyomizu Temple—Shinto-kun? Shinto-kun!"

Shinto Hikaru's eyes suddenly lit up, as if thinking of something, he pushed away the three people who came up to meet him, and ran away.

Ashihara's suspicious shout came from behind him, but Shinto Hikari didn't hear anything, now he only has one destination in mind.

Kiyomizu Temple!

That man named Kamo was at Kiyomizu Temple all afternoon, and even had a big fight with Seimei Abe!

He will definitely be there at Kiyomizu Temple!

With such thoughts in mind, Hikaru Shinto quickly rushed to the subway entrance station, watched the long line in line and directly took out his mobile phone, and booked a ticket for passing Kiyomizu Temple as quickly as possible.

The number of subways in Kyoto is not as many as that in Tokyo, but fortunately, it is not as crowded as Tokyo. With his 17-year-old body and strength, Shinto Hikari easily squeezed into the next subway.

At 08:30, the flow of people was not too many, but it was not too many. Hikari Shinto sat on a chair, staring blankly at the huge poster hanging from the car, with his hands clasped tightly on his lap.

He came out in such a hurry that he even forgot the fan he was holding in his hand.

I don't know if the folding fan that has been with me for three years was broken by the chessboard he brought over just now.

I just hope that Taya's fate is not as uncertain as his folding fan...

The subway passed by one station after another. Hikari Shinto sat on a chair and waited for a long time. After a long time, the people around him changed wave after wave. There were fewer and fewer people standing around him, and finally there were not even a few people. , I realized something was wrong.

It's been so long, why hasn't Kiyomizu Temple arrived yet?

Shinto Hikaru got up, moved to the center of this carriage to check the real-time route map above, and was surprised to find that there was no Kiyomizu Road in the platform where the subway passed.

How is this going? !Isn't this the train number of the tourist route?

Shinto Hikaru felt a little uneasy under the shock, he hurriedly took out his mobile phone to check the ticket he had just booked, and it showed the ticket for this train number, not the train number he had booked several times before!

It is impossible to make a wrong order... He was panting because of the violent running before, and his hands were shaking when he took out his mobile phone to check the booking information. In order to prevent the wrong order, he specially enlarged the web page to order!

Yes... what's going on?

Is this also the fault of that He Mao?

Damn it!

Just when Shindo was about to smash his phone, a pleasant bell sounded on the subway, followed by an electronic female voice's announcement: [Dear passengers, the last train of Line [-] has arrived at the terminal, please get off as soon as possible, Depart at six o'clock tomorrow morning.I wish you a safe journey. 】

Oops, it's the last bus!

The few people around picked up their things and went out, Shinto Hikari didn't have time to get annoyed, and quickly followed them out of the car door.

Walking up and down the empty subway station lobby, Shinito Hikaru put his hands in his pockets and bowed his head.

It seems that I can't go to Kiyomizu Temple today, so I have to go tomorrow.

Hmph, does that guy think there is only one way to get to Kiyomizu Temple? Even if he leaves, he will go there!

Awara and Ogata made many phone calls one after another during the time he was on the subway, and text messages came one after another. Before Hikari Shinto, he didn't have the heart to answer them. If they don't answer now, they might call the police and call back. made a phone call.

Thinking that Toya Ryo's disappearance is difficult to explain to others, Shindo Hikari did not call Ogata, but called Ashihara who was relatively easy to deal with.To put it simply, he and Taya accidentally overplayed it at Kiyomizu Temple today, and fell asleep in the hotel outside, and hung up the phone while Awara was stunned by what he said before he could refute.

That Kamo used Taya's body - he was sure of that, no one knew Ryo Taya better than him.Then the phone must be on that guy, I hope he doesn't connect it.

But He Mao didn't kill him to silence him. It's not like the kind of wraith who possesses people and survives, so he probably won't pick it up.If he was now competing with Kiyomizu Temple and Abe Seimei, he would definitely not be disturbed by these things.

Having figured this out, Shindo Hikaru relaxed a little.

Tomorrow, he must go to Kiyomizu Temple to find that Ka Molai!

The heavy snowfall in Heianjing that lasted for half a month has not stopped, and snowflakes continue to fall in this imperial city.

Some people have raised questions about this vision one after another. After praying for the emperor's newly born little princess, several onmyojis left the hall.One of the respected old men looked up at the sky, shook his head and couldn't stop sighing.

"The celestial phenomenon is very different, I'm afraid it's a bad omen..."

Li Bridge, He Mao Mansion.

There was no one in the huge mansion, and the wind blew through the curtains of the corridor, making a soft rattling sound.

inner room.

Konoe Hikaru was lying on the couch in pain all over his body, his face was unusually flushed, and his forehead was covered with beads of sweat.

He Maoming knelt and sat on the edge, his eyes were deep, and he took a handkerchief dipped in the talisman water and gently wiped the sweat off the young man's forehead.

Hikaru Konoe frowned uncomfortably, tilted his head and murmured in a low voice. "... Ming... Ming..." There was anxiety in the murmur, and it seemed to be crying in the end.

He Maoming's hand paused, put the towel aside, stretched out his index finger and tapped Jinwei's forehead.Seeing that Konoe gradually regained his calm and fell into a deep sleep, he sighed faintly. "I know you're feeling extremely uncomfortable right now, but it's impossible... If you want to mend your soul, you have to get rid of the hostility from the Divine Sword... Light, sleep peacefully."

He held Konoe Hikaru's hand that was constantly retracting because of his discomfort, and with the other hand, he pushed Konoe Hikaru's sweaty bangs behind his ears, and patted his cheek comfortingly.His blue eyes are as quiet and gentle as a deep pool, and his slight voice is like a ballad from a distant place: "I will always be by your side..."

As if hearing the soft whispers of his sweetheart, Konoe couldn't help showing a shallow smile, stretched his body, and showed a reassuring look on his face.

"Go to sleep... light... I have everything..."

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