[Soul of Chess] Xia Lei

The solid concrete floor under Ta Yaliang's feet suddenly became limp like a swamp, and he sank into it completely a second later.

sank into the suffocating river.

The bitingly cold river water immediately poured into his nasal cavity and eardrums, and his feet were entangled with algae-like things, making it impossible for him to float to the surface.

The stimulation of the river made him unable to open his eyes. When he maintained his last bit of composure and held his breath, he managed to open his eyes, but what he saw was continuous seaweed, covering the top of his head and swaying around him.

To break free of them and rise to the surface.

He thought hard in his mind, just like he did with that head in the morning.

Feeling an unusual force in his heels, he tried wiggling his feet and was pleasantly surprised that they were free of the algae.

He did the same thing again, and when the algae was no longer entangled around him, a powerful coercion suddenly approached.

With an aura similar to Mr. Ogata's in the final round of the Celebrity Challenge, he was approaching him with obvious malice.

A huge wolf dog appeared more than one meter away from him. The wolf dog was much bigger than an elephant, with strange patterns all over its body, and its long hair floated in the water.

Those yellow eyes stared at him with murderous intent.

It raised a paw and patted him.

Just when Ta Yaliang thought he was going to die on the spot, a bright knife light flashed, and the front paw of the wolf dog was cut off abruptly.

When he couldn't bear to take a breath, the speed of the surrounding water suddenly slowed down, and fresh air couldn't wait to pour in from the tip of his nose.

He was still in the water, but he could breathe.

Before it was too late to be surprised, Ta Yaliang found that the wolf dog in front of him roared angrily, and the surrounding algae turned into little halos, swimming towards it at high speed.

In the dimness, he saw a figure.

The back figure facing the wolf dog with a long knife in hand was very familiar.

"Taya!"

When the surrounding water completely engulfed him, a pair of powerful arms brought him upwards and surfaced.

Ta Yaliang coughed violently, if it wasn't for the momentary breathing just now, he would have drowned in the water.

"Ah Guang! Here, here!"

"Grab the bamboo pole! Enter the vine!"

The surroundings became noisy for a moment, Ta Yaliang coughed up the river water accumulated in his throat, then wiped his face, and looked at the kind person who rescued him.

The kind-hearted man's hair was soaked, and strands of blond hair stuck to his forehead, dripping water continuously.He hugged Ta Yaliang tightly with one hand, and grabbed the bamboo pole stretched out with the other.

"...Shindo?"

Shinto Hikaru pursed his lips, and the arm clamped under his arm was tightly bound, it seemed that he had used the greatest strength.Fortunately, the bamboo pole he was holding was pulling very fast, otherwise the two of them might have sunk together.

At the edge of the stone steps immersed in the river, Shinto Hikari first helped Taya Ryo to the bank, and when he started to climb up with his hands on the edge of the stone steps, he suddenly let out a cry, his hands slipped like that, seeing About to sink into the water.

"Shinto!"

"Hey!"

Two voices sounded at the same time, Taya Ryo and the person next to him stretched out their hands to pull Fujiko in at the same time. As a result, one's center of gravity was unstable, and the other hadn't recovered from the shock just now, and both were pulled into the water.

Akira Fujisaki was so frightened that he let go of the bamboo pole in his hand, and stood up with a pale face: "Yuki! Hikari! Taya-kun!"

After a few seconds, the surface of the water shook violently, and Taya Ryo and Mitani Yuki pulled Shinto Hikari's side to surface.

Shinto Hikaru was pulled by the two, and he sank and floated slightly in the water, and smiled awkwardly: "Aha, my leg is cramping."

Akira Fujisaki let out a long breath, and fell to the ground with his feet limp: "I was really scared to death just now, Smelly Aguang, you will never forget to pull our family Yuhui on your back until you die."

"Hey, Ms. Fujisaki, you have to figure it out, I'm a good-natured boy who does what is right. Is this a heroic sacrifice?"

Because Jin Tengguang fell into the water next to the stone steps just now, the three of them were very close to the stone steps, and they landed one after another after swimming for a while.Ta Yaliang fell into the water twice, the first time he was unprepared and almost drowned, and the second time he was implicated by others and was still unprepared. In addition to the struggle in the water, his physical strength was exhausted.He stopped getting up on the stone steps, and even if there were still about three centimeters of cold river water soaking his legs, he didn't want to move for the time being.

As soon as Mitani Yuki landed, he was pulled aside by Akira Fujisaki to ask for warmth. Akira Fujisaki wanted to put his coat on Mitani, but Mitani put it back on himself.The two were looking at each other with pink bubbles, apparently blocking the other two.

Shinto Hikari panted heavily, propped his hands in the shallow water, and did not want to move just like Taya Ryo.His feet were cramping, and he had to struggle even to stand up.

"Ha...ha...Taya Ryo, you idiot!" Before he could catch his breath, Shinto Hikari wiped his face with his sleeve and yelled at Taya Ryo. "Didn't you see that the moss is growing here? You still have to walk on the side of such a slippery road! Look...ha...it fell...you still...you need me to save you... It caused me... oh my god... it caused me to be almost implicated by you!"

After finishing a long series of words, Hikari Shinto began to cough violently, but it was not because he choked on water, but because he choked on air.

Ta Yaliang sat quietly for a while, and coughed twice after his breath calmed down. "……Feel sorry."

Bewildered by that "girl", he almost died when he walked into the river. He didn't know what it looked like in the eyes of others, he probably just fell into the water by slipping.

But why is Hikari Shinto here?The girl just now seemed to be Shinto's neighbor, and he had walked so far without knowing it. The entrance of the subway station he walked before was in the opposite direction from Shinto's house.

Distorted space-time... huh?

Shinto Hikaru took a few breaths vigorously, and it seemed that he had finally recovered his breath. "What an idiot! You would fall into the river when you walk... If Mingming and I were not playing here, you would be on the headlines of tomorrow's newspaper! 'Taya Liang fell into the water by the Jiuduan River', what, the title It's hot enough."

Ta Yaliang tried to stand up, and found that his physical strength recovered much faster than usual.

Is it the effect of "spiritual power"?

Shinto Hikari was still kneeling on the stone steps, the dark blue river water swaying on his legs.Seeing him standing up, he stretched out his hand angrily: "My leg is cramping to save you! At least give me a hand, Taya-kun?"

Taya Ryo stretched out his hand, but instead of holding Hikari Shinto, he reached for Hikari Shinto's left ankle.

He stretched out his index finger and tapped lightly on the little thing that was binding Shinto's bare ankle, and as expected, he saw the fishlike thing turn into fly ash.

"Taya Ryo, what are you doing?" Shinto Hikari tilted his head, with curiosity and impatience in his voice.

"Ah, no, it's nothing." Taya Ryo stretched his hand back, grabbed Shinto Hikari's hand that was outstretched in mid-air, and helped him up with force.

Shinto Hikaru let out a sigh after standing still, "Eh? My foot doesn't seem to hurt anymore?" He tried to step on his left foot, "It really doesn't hurt anymore!"

"So you just had leg cramps just to drag me into the water?" An unceremonious voice came, Mitani Yuki pulled the collar of his high school uniform and asked with raised eyebrows.

"What's wrong, there's a problem." Shinto Hikari grimaced after regaining his vitality, "Don't forget who helped you two escape from Uncle Fujisaki half an hour ago."

"Yes, yes." Akira Fujisaki came over to be a peacemaker, "So Yuki didn't sacrifice his life to save you just now, Hikari. Well, let's go to your house first, it's going to rain today, Taya-kun His complexion doesn't look very good, did he catch a cold?"

Hearing what she said, Shinto Hikaru also looked at Taya Ryo, and carefully looked at his face with some concern. "Taya, are you okay?"

Ta Yaliang shook his head and smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter."

The sky began to rain without warning, Fujisaki Akira let out a short cry, and Mitani Yuki took off his wet coat to block his head, and the two ran up the roadside connected by stone steps first.Shinto Mitsu also quickly pulled Taya Ryo, and the four of them ran back and forth to Shinto Mitsu's house.

Fortunately, the pouring rain stopped last night, and today is just a frightening light rain.When Fujimitsu took out his keys and rushed home, Akira Fujisaki only slightly wet his coat.

Looking at the three boys in the living room who had just passed Adventures in the River, Akira Fujisaki consciously ran to the kitchen, leaving room for the three of them to change clothes. "I'm going to make some hot tea!"

There was the sound of running water in the kitchen, especially in the living room.The three stood in the living room, looking at each other, feeling a little awkward for a while.

Although Ta Yaliang’s clothes today belonged to the category of casual clothes, he still wore a long-sleeved suit and tie underneath. After going back and forth in the river twice, it was already full of water, sticking to his body. How uncomfortable it is, I wish I could change clothes sooner.But it's not at his house now, Shinto Hikari is still stuck in the living room, and there is a young man he doesn't know at the scene, so he can't be rude, so he had to express his courtesy first. "Shinto, I don't know this is..."

Shinto Hikari remembered that he hadn't introduced Taya Ryo and Mitani to each other in the chaos just now, and quickly made up for it: "Oh, Taya, this is my friend, Mitani Yuki. Mitani, this is the guy Kaga has been obsessed with. Toya Ryo."

Mitani said with a deep meaning, and gave him a sideways glance: "Please, I also play Go, and I have heard of his name a long time ago." After speaking, he deliberately stared at Ta Yaliang for a few times.Well, after being completely soaked in water, the clothes are tightly attached to the body. It can be seen that the figure is very good, and the face is also very beautiful. If it weren't for the invisible sharpness of the blue eyes, like a samurai sword drawn out of its sheath, it must be Will be thought to be a girl.

Mitani Yuki rubbed his chin and nodded: "It seems that it is indeed your kid's favorite taste."

Toya Ryo pretended to ignore Mitani's impolite scrutiny and his teasing words, and bowed slightly very politely.Although the other party looked about the same age as him, but he saved himself, this courtesy is still necessary.

"It's the first time we met, Mr. Mitani, thank you very much for saving your life just now."

Mitani Yuhui clicked his tongue, and brushed his wet hair with his hands, "If you want to thank, thank the idiot next to you. He was the first to find you, and he went underwater to find you for a long time."

"...Really." Ta Yaliang narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Mitani, you talk a lot of nonsense! Long-winded! What else do I like!" Shinto Hikari put his hands on Santani's back and pushed him to the kitchen, "If you have time to play handsome here, think about it How did you get Uncle Fujisaki's approval!"

"Hey, my clothes are soaked to save you!"

"I'll give it to you later! Why are you in a hurry, let's go." Pushing Mitani to the kitchen where Akira Fujisaki was, Shin Fujimitsu turned around and pulled Taya Ryo upstairs with a smile on his face. "Taya, go to my room and change your clothes. My mother washed your school uniform and it hasn't dried yet. Just wear my clothes tonight."

Taya Ryo was lowering his head and contemplating the scene that happened underwater just now, when he was suddenly pulled by Shinto Hikari, he was a little surprised: "Ah... that's no need, I'll go home right away."

"It takes four or 10 minutes from my house to yours. Wearing wet clothes for such a long time will definitely catch a cold. I don't want to be told by Mr. Kitajima when I go to the chess club. ’, ah, that would be annoying.”

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