[Soul of Chess] Xia Lei

That night.

I didn't see that kind of thing again at home, so Ta Yaliang finally returned to the place half-heartedly.

Recently, he began to see those things inexplicably, and was inexplicably haunted by them one after another. If it weren't for the toughness of his nerves trained by playing chess all the year round, most people would have been unable to bear it.

From the clearly identifiable spirits at the beginning to the almost real and evil spirits tonight, if there are a few more waves, he might not be able to tell which is a human and which is a ghost, and even his mind will be confused, and what's more, he will go crazy not sure.

Just like today, when he took one wrong step, he almost died.I don't want to taste the feeling of the icy cold river water pouring into my throat.

Although the so-called spiritual power kept him from losing his life these few times, he might not be able to protect himself next time, and could only fall into the abyss of those evil spirits.

Ta Yaliang was lying on the bed, the quilt under him didn't warm up at all because he had been lying there for more than half an hour, it was as cold as when he entered.On this early summer night, it actually made him feel a little chilly.

Go to sleep, he told himself.Opening your eyes and thinking about it now can't solve any problems. There will be a game tomorrow, so you have to stay energetic.

I don't know when the instructional chess activity in Kyoto will be put on the schedule again...

Empty his head, after a whole day's exhaustion and night's drowning terror, Taya Ryo soon fell into a deep sleep.

wow-

The night wind swept the fallen leaves in the courtyard, and they rolled and flew elsewhere.

Sunny Doll slowly turned around.

Night Breeze passed through the gap of the closed sliding door and slowly climbed up to the second floor.

A soft sound.

Taya Ryo opened the door lock by himself.

"...Aki..."

"...ki..."

"...Akira..."

Snowflakes the size of goose feathers slowly drifted down in the dark sky, one after another, continuously falling.

Ta Yaliang felt that he was walking barefoot in the snow, and the cold feeling was clearly transmitted to his brain, but he didn't feel cold at all.

Even though he was wearing thin summer pajamas, walking in this icy and snowy field, he didn't feel cold.

He walked for a long time, and there was always a voice calling him from afar.He didn't know who it was, but he knew that he was going there.

The snow is getting bigger and bigger.

The voice calling him was also getting closer, and a figure gradually appeared.

Yes……

Ryo Taya forced his eyes to look around in the snowstorm.

A... samurai?

Looking at that attire, it doesn't look like the shogunate era when samurai were popular, but rather...

Ta Yaliang wanted to see the figure clearly, but after walking a few steps, he found that the figure was neither far nor close to him, and he couldn't see who it was.

"Did you save me in the river?" he asked, with a tone of affirmation and doubt. "It's you. Who are you? Why do you want to save me?"

The man didn't answer, but held out a hand.

"Akira."

Saying this, the voice is so ethereal that it seems to come from a distant time and space.

There was something in the outstretched hand of the man.

"...for me?"

There was no answer, but Ta Yaliang knew that the other party had acquiesced.

The flying snow all over the sky reduced his ability to think. He didn't even know whether the other party was a human or a ghost, so he reached out and took that thing.

When his fingertips touched that thing, the surrounding scene distorted and changed in an instant.

The figure in front of him was covered by flying snow, before Ta Yaliang had time to say a word, the surrounding flying snow gathered together and came towards him.

"and many more!"

Ta Yaliang woke up from his sleep, and at the same time, his door rang softly, slowly opening a gap.

There is no one at home.

So, were the thieves who opened the door, or... those things?

His throat suddenly tightened, and the hairs all over his body stood on end in an instant. Taya Ryo looked around the room and subconsciously clenched his hands.

Therefore, also aware of the things in the hand.

He remembered that dream, and quickly spread his palms.

Since being able to see those things, Taya Ryo's night vision has improved by more than one level, and he can see things clearly even in the dark.So even if there is no moonlight tonight and the lights are not turned on, he can clearly see what is in his hand.

a pendant.

A pendant with tassels and a small copper coin tied with a dark red silk thread. Toya Ryo, who had been to China with his father a few months ago, suddenly remembered that this was an ancient Chinese coin, and it was still Yang Hai offered treasures and took them to the Chess Academy for everyone to see.

Unable to think about why the person in the dream gave him such a Chinese pendant, Ta Yaliang suddenly discovered that somehow there were many "spells" in his memory.

About exorcising spirits, exorcising evil spirits, five elements and eight trigrams, and yin and yang spells, all flooded into his mind.

An unknown impulse struck, and before he realized what he was doing, he had already silently recited a series of spells in his heart, feeling that all the power flowing in his body in the river tonight was concentrated in one place, and then——

The walls of the entire room were covered with spirit-removing barriers, and a thing at the foot of the bed was forced out of shape.

Earthbound.

A few words immediately appeared in my heart.

Because of his deep obsession, he doesn't want to be reincarnated. Even if the wish in front of him is fulfilled in the end, he can't be reborn because he is wandering in one place, and he becomes the earth-bound spirit of this place.

To deal with this kind of thing, there is only elimination.

Because of the continuous rain and cloudy weather in recent days, the workload of the dry cleaning shop was full, and it was already half a month later when Taya sent Hikari Shinto's suit.Thanks to Taya's family who sent their suits to this expensive dry cleaner all the year round, Taya asked for a little help, and the clothes sent for washing arrived in three days.

On the other hand, Shinto Hikari delivered his junior high school uniform in a clean bag the day after he fell into the water.

And since he inexplicably took the Chinese pendant from the man in the dream that night, he has a lot of content related to yin and yang in his mind, and every night he dreams of the vast snow and a standing figure in white.

This made him very distressed at the beginning. The life of a professional chess player requires a lot of concentration, and if there are too many things in his mind that are not related to Go, it is easy to cause insufficient calculations when playing chess.

However, his worries were dispelled after playing a few round-robin chess matches. The extra knowledge did not crowd out the Go content in his mind. On the contrary, his memory was getting stronger and better, and he became more and more proficient in calculating officials.This made him a little confused, wondering if his recent promotion was due to his own efforts or the pendant.

In short, his life had been disrupted since that afternoon.

His eyes are getting better and better, not referring to his vision, but now he can vaguely see the pearly white soul on the human body.God knows how he felt when he saw the fuzzy milky white layer on Lu Yuan's body who came to our house as a guest.

The world has changed in his eyes.

It becomes clear, strange, terrifying.

Compared with the yin and yang eyes that can see through everything and can see things that ordinary people can't see, he would rather not see anything.

Those lingering souls, the aging or dark complexion of the person, the chains around the neck, legs and feet, the pearly soul... He didn't want to see it at all.

For this reason, he also searched in his mind for a way to seal the ability, but there is a sealing technique, but they are all aimed at monsters, and there is no way to do it.

Thinking that there was an ancient Chinese coin in this pendant, he simply logged on to the Chinese website—Yang Hai once taught him to log on when he went to the Chinese Chess Academy.

After registering an account, he posted a post on a large forum, recounting what happened in Chinese, and took a photo and uploaded it.

After he finished the game in the afternoon, he went home and logged on to the website, and unexpectedly found that there were a lot of replies to the post.

The first few posts were all vague and vague, and they probably didn’t take it seriously until the first floor pointed out the origin and meaning of his Chinese pendant at length. Ta Yaliang has been studying Chinese for two years, but in this reply A large number of ancient expressions and some specialized terms made it difficult for him to read.In short, the man said to the effect that this pendant has the power of gathering and breaking, holding it can drive away disasters and ward off evil spirits.Ta Yaliang had some encounters recently, but there is no such thing as pie in the sky. Possessing such an ability will definitely pay a corresponding price, so Ta Yaliang should use it with caution.

After the replies on this floor, there were all kinds of messages. Some people quarreled and scolded each other because of the correctness of what this floor said.Taya looked at it, and deleted the post after replying "Thank you, I will pay attention to it" on that floor.

Asking for help online seems to be a very undesirable thing.

Worry is all about worry, the game will continue, and life will also need to be taken care of.Shinto Hikari didn't walk out of the Go club immediately after finishing the game with Ryo Toya one day, but laughed for a long time before rubbing his nose in embarrassment. "Um...Taya, my dad was sent by the company to Kyushu Island for a two-month business trip, and my grandma is also in poor health, so my mother wants to go and take care of her, so..."

"Do you want to live here?" Taya smiled and said, "No problem, I welcome you to come here."

"..." Shinto Hikari opened his eyes wide and stared at Taya Ryo.

Under the gaze of these eyes, Ta Yaliang's smile couldn't hold back: "What's wrong?"

"...No." Shinto Hikari coughed lowly. Originally, Mitsuko wanted him to go to his grandfather's house to spend these two months, but he thought it was time to show his independence, so he volunteered to move. go out to live.After being sternly rejected by Mitsuko, he found a compromise, that is to go to a friend's house for a period of time, so that he can take care of him.

But there are no parents in the house, and the house is big enough to accommodate the next tenant, he immediately thought of Ta Yaliang, and said this request with a feeling of anxiety. Before he got to the point, he didn't expect that the other party would invite him first Live in the past.

This is... too logical, right?

Could it be that Ta Yaliang noticed something?

Shinto Hikari was taken aback by this thought, and after thinking about it carefully, with Toya Ryo's thoughtfulness, it was possible to see what he was thinking, what should I do?Will he hate himself?loathe yourself?Will you never play chess with yourself again and never regard yourself as a strong opponent?

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