The ten-year trace of the soul of chess

The determination of the challenger for the 63rd Honinbo title also means that "this day" has finally come.

Toya Ryo Celebrities and Shinto Mitsumoto Inbo.

They are rivals, enemies and friends.

They have played against each other dozens of times before on official occasions, but this will be the first time that they will officially face each other in the title match.

On the night when the chess match ended, in the apartment they rented.

As soon as Guang saw Liang, he couldn't help teasing: "Is that why you want the title of Honinbo?"

Liang did not answer but asked instead: "You know?"

It was only then that he realized that his lines were wrong, Guang's eyes dodged, he faltered and fled to the bedroom, Liang raised his lips and smiled, and pulled Guang back into his arms with one hand.

He naturally knew that Hikari knew it, but he cooperatively did not expose it, only restrained his smile, looked deeply at Hikari, and said, "Yes, but it's not just Honinbo."

Looking at him silently, he suddenly felt his heart beating like thunder.

It's that look again.

Maybe Liang himself has never noticed it. On weekdays, when he looks at him, he is always gentle and pampering, like a gentle breeze in summer and light rain in spring, but whenever he mentions things related to "Go", he His eyes will immediately become sharp and serious, as if there are sharp knives in them all the time, and no sand can be tolerated.

Just like this moment.

But he loves the look in his eyes.

Always awake, always bright.

Every time he saw it, he couldn't move his eyes.

"It's not just the title of Honinbo." He was so easily grasped by Liang, and he heard Liang repeat, "Because I want your eyes to always stay on me alone. As long as it is a title you have, I want it Take it; as long as it is an opponent you care about, I will defeat them one by one."

"Even Mr. Kuwahara is no exception."

It is clearly a person with such great ambitions, but every time he faces himself, his field of vision becomes so narrow, and his words become so childish...

"If Mr. Kuwahara heard about it, he would be very angry." He laughed lightly when he said that, but when he smiled, when he looked at Liang again, his eyes suddenly became sour, and he quickly lowered his head, When the eyes landed on the bright chest, it was almost a subconscious movement - without even knowing how much temptation and reproach this action implied at the time, he stretched out an index finger and lightly touched the bright chest , "Tell me, why, why are you so, so..."

His voice was muffled, and he suddenly ran out of words.

I want to say "willful", but I don't think it's right.

He wanted to say "unreasonable", but Liang's "unreasonable", in his opinion, was too handsome - because Liang had enough capital to be "unreasonable", he believed him.

Maybe I really need to go to the ophthalmology department, Guang thought desperately, but he refused.

Just like the addition of a fan filter, in his eyes, all of Liang's "disadvantages" are "advantages", and all "advantages" are like a galaxy of stars, magnified hundreds or thousands of times in his eyes .

This can really kill.

Finally, he raised his head and could only ask Liang helplessly: "You...why are you so overbearing?"

Liang smiled as if hearing a hymn. He leaned over and kissed Guang's eyes, and said without compromising: "Because I have strength, I dare to be so 'dominant'."

"..." Guang couldn't hold back, and collapsed laughing with a "puchi", "You're just shining with some sunshine!"

"Hmm." Liang raised his eyebrows, and gladly accepted Guang's "criticism", "My sunshine is by my side, so naturally it is shining brightly every day."

"........."

I just feel that someone in front of me has learned badly and has become glib!

Not wanting to babble with this person any more, he just stared at him and shut up.

After winning the right to challenge the title of Honinbo, the next thing for Guangheliang to do is to wait for the schedule of the chess academy.

And in this waiting full of anticipation, two other concurrent matters are also proceeding in an orderly and unsteady manner.

Thanks to the production company's adoption, the boy animation that signed the cooperation agreement earlier has been officially named "Soul of Chess".

Just a month ago, the animation script had been handed over to Liang and Guang for review as agreed.As animation Go supervisors, Hikari and Ryo also pointed out the possible unprofessional content in the script based on the current status of Japanese Go.

Every time I read the script, Guang and Liang must read it together.

Or early morning, or night, see every stitch.

Although the content differs from their actual experience, but seeing the continuous growth and bond of the two protagonists in the story, Guang silently looked at Liang's side face several times, and was "captured" by Liang's sight, and they looked at each other Smile and talk to each other silently in their hearts.

——Looking at them in the story...

——Well, it's like going through it all over again.

Chasing and being chased.Affirm and be affirmed.

And... that will never appear in this script, loving you and being loved.

On the other hand, after two months of renovation and three months of continuous ventilation, after all environmental indicators have passed the inspection and testing, the Go classroom jointly operated by Guangheliang is about to usher in its first opening day .

For the opening information of the Go classroom, Liangheguang did not inform any newspapers and periodicals in advance.

After notifying Koichi Kato, they only quietly announced the official opening time of the Go classroom, enrollment brochures, and the address of the Go classroom on their respective Go Academy blogs and SNS accounts.

But if those in the know saw it, they might find—

The real opening time is one day earlier than the actual notice.

The opening day of the Go classroom.

It is more appropriate to say that it is a small private party than an "opening ceremony".

The guests who came to the opening ceremony this time were all handwritten by Liang and Guang, and delivered to them in person.

1 p.m. on opening day.

At the entrance of the newly renovated Go classroom, the two sides of the wall are already filled with opening flower baskets sent in advance by relatives and friends.

As the sliding door slides open and enters the interior of the Go classroom, the first thing you come to is the front hall of the Go classroom - the left hand side is still the original front desk, but the place is more spacious, and a large locker is quietly set up on the right hand side for customers to store thing.There was originally a round table and several chairs in front of the front desk, but in order to have enough space to welcome guests from all over the place, the tables and chairs were temporarily moved to the back room.

Going a little further in, past the white screen wall behind the front desk with the name of the Go classroom written on it, you will find the formal playing area and teaching area.

In the middle of the two areas is a public rest area.There are also several tables and chairs in the rest area, which can be used for business talks and for customers to rest.Here, it will soon be the site of the opening ceremony, so in addition to leaving a few round tables filled with various desserts and tea to entertain guests, the other chairs are also temporarily taken back into the Go classroom.

Then, with the central rest area as the demarcation line, the right side of the rest area is the compound game area. The upper and lower floors are filled with game tables and chairs. The number is about thirty. [1]—Even the bright and bright exclusive seats are reserved exactly, and to the left of the rest area, there are three independent Go classrooms, each of which is separated by frosted glass. As a whole, different classrooms can accommodate students ranging from 8 to 16 students.

At this moment, the two young operators of this Go classroom were already dressed in suits and ties—although one of them didn't seem quite used to it, and stood in the front hall waiting for the guests for a long time.

The first to arrive were Taya Yukihiro and Mrs. Akiko.

When he came this time, Taya Yukihiro still did not change his usual hakama uniform. He walked up to Liang Heguang, said "Congratulations" solemnly, and then handed a paper bag to the two of them.

Liang Guang and the two looked at each other, and they almost guessed the contents by coincidence.

It's clam stone, you can't go wrong.

After Taya and his wife, Izuku, Watani, and Sachiko Kobayashi also arrived one after another.

Morishita Shigeo arrived almost at the same time as them.

When he heard Hikaru invite Mr. Toya and Mr. Morishita at the same time, Kazuya's eyes widened and he called out, "Shinto, are you crazy?"

Light just looked at him with a smile.

In the end, Guang laughed so hard that he felt hairy, and He Gu threw down the sentence "As you like", and he stopped worrying about it.

In the front hall, guests are still entering.

Ogata, Awara, Shirakawa, and even Shindo Heihachi, who was still recovering, insisted on coming accompanied by Mitsuko—of course, the invitation letter in his hand was still the old man's own request.At that time, when he heard that his two grandsons were about to open a business, but he was not included in the invitation list, the old man was very angry.

Seeing that it was still early for the opening ceremony, Ms. Shihe would lead the guests who arrived earlier to the game area to sit down, and they could also go to the round table in the rest area to get refreshments.

One fifty in the afternoon.

The last guest arrives.

I saw him wearing a casual suit, gentle and elegant, although he looked a little frail, he was very energetic.

It was nearly two o'clock in the afternoon.

Seeing that the time was almost up, the guests and chess players gathered in the rest area one after another.

In the corner, Miss Shihe signaled that the microphone had been adjusted.

Under Liang's encouraging eyes, Guang took the microphone from Miss Shihe, and then walked slowly to the front of the rest area.

Stand still, stand still.

Generally, when encountering such public occasions, Guang will choose to stay away and push Liang to the front of the stage.

But this time, he knew the meaning was extraordinary, so when Liang proposed what he should say, Guang did not refuse.

He just felt nervous.

The heart was pounding and beating wildly.

It seems that the hand holding the microphone is trembling.

Sweaty palms, subconsciously wanted to wipe it on the pants, but finally held back.

He looked up and looked around at the relatives and friends present.

"Hello."

Just tried the sound test, and the sound waves spread through the speakers to all parts of the front hall.

The surroundings, which were still talking, immediately quieted down, and more than 20 pairs of eyes looked at the light in unison.

After hesitating for a moment, Guang clenched the microphone tightly, and finally opened with the most old-fashioned sentence pattern——

"Hello everyone, thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedule to attend the opening ceremony of the Fujiwara Go Classroom."

"To tell you the truth, this is the first time I speak in front of so many acquaintances and seniors, I am a little nervous."

Before the words fell, the audience, led by He Gu, immediately burst into moderate laughter, but there was no sarcasm in the laughter, only encouragement and support.

Guang took a deep breath and said, "Everyone may be curious, why do we have a Go classroom? As a professional chess player, isn't there enough guidance or Go promotion activities? My answer is, yes, far away. Not enough."

"In Japan, there are indeed many Go promotional activities and many Go clubs, but there are not many real Go schools. Even in these Go schools, it is not uncommon for Go enthusiasts of different ages to mix together."

"The reason why we want to open Go classrooms is that we hope that we can teach students in accordance with their aptitude, and give Go lovers of different ages and acceptance levels a more suitable Go learning environment for them. We also hope that through the word of mouth of our students, let more Many people know about Go and like Go."

Once he opened his mouth, the tension seemed to ease a little.

Swallowing slightly, Guang continued: "Today is May 5th. If you pay attention, you will find that the pronunciation is very similar to 'Go'. It is specially chosen to open today, not only because today is 'Go Day'[5], It's also in memory of my teacher..."

Having said this, Guang suddenly choked up a sob.

Although in the ears of others, it may be only a short pause.

But there is such a kind of person, who is used to seeing his bright smile, all your emotions are related to him, you don’t see him suffering a single bit of pain, and when you see him lonely and depressed, your heart feels like being cut by a knife Not to mention, at this moment, he is uncovering the scars little by little in front of you.

But the next moment, the light's face returned to calm.

Standing among the guests, staring at his sweetheart for a long time, never leaving for a minute, Liang Tingguang went on to say: "Just 7 years ago today, my first teacher of Go ... left forever."

In his subconscious mind, he used "leave" instead of "death".

"You may have noticed when you entered the door. I also mentioned it in the introduction just now. Yes, the full name of this Go classroom is 'Fujiwara Go classroom'. And 'Fujiwara' is the name of my first teacher."

"Here, I would like to thank a person in particular for his generosity. When we had no idea, he provided us with a place to set up a Go classroom. Friends who are familiar with this place may know that this place was originally a Go club. We have many, many important memories. At the same time, he tolerated our 'willfulness' and readily agreed to name this place 'Fujiwara Go Classroom'."

Regarding the name of the Go classroom, in fact, Chu Guang didn't think about it.

One day, Liang's question woke him up.

"The dojo run by Shen Fangming is called Shen Fangming Dojo; the dojo run by Mugushi is called Mugushi Dojo. What about our Go classroom?"

Guang was taken aback.

Yes, what about their Go classroom?

Asked to enter Fujiko Go classroom?Taya Ryo Go classroom?

This is the Go classroom jointly established by the two of them, and it is obviously inappropriate to take only one of them by name.

Later, they also thought about taking part of their names.

For example, Toudou, Fujido Go Classroom.

But soon, they were all denied again.

Just when they were at a loss, Liang suddenly said: "How about calling it 'Fujiwara'? Fujiwara Go classroom."

There is no need to say more about the reason.

Liang really put Zuo Wei in his heart and always remembered it.

Guang's eyes lighted up for a moment, but soon dimmed: "But..."

However, after all, this is the asset under the name of Mr. Taya, and it is named "Fujiwara Go Classroom". Will Mr. Taya agree?Does it fit?

But it turns out that it is obviously too much to worry about.

When they tried to tell Taya Yukiyo this idea, he agreed without saying a word.

"Okay, it's called Fujiwara Go Classroom."

A hammer is fixed.

The central rest area of ​​the Go classroom.

When everyone's eyes settled on Taya Yukiyo's face, Hikaru said sincerely: "Thank you, Mr. Taya."

At the same time, in a certain silent time and space, there is also a parallel sound.

——Thank you, my most respected father.

After finishing speaking, he bowed deeply.

Many times, on certain occasions, we are always forced to show respect to each other insincerely.

Constantly using cumbersome and complicated honorific titles, and constantly groveling and duplicity.

But when a person really has respect for another person, he will willingly bow his head without exerting any external force.

The author has something to say:

Note[1]: The Japanese pronunciation of Go is GO, which sounds the same as "five" in Japanese, so May 5th is often called "Go Day".

Note [2]: At 1:12 in the first episode of the original "Soul of Chess" animation, there is a part of the stairs drawn in the screen, and from the scene behind, the original Go clubhouse contains a half-floor duplex design, so in the Go clubhouse During the renovation, the double-height design on the right half was also retained.

And, if you are interested, you can guess who the last guest is~~ It is a character who has appeared before.

So, the above~

Good night everyone~