The ten-year trace of the soul of chess

I don't know if it is related to the approaching Obon festival.

Occasionally, when he sees a pure white lantern of "Yinghuo" hanging on the door of a house, Guang will always think of Sai unconsciously, and think of every detail of getting along with him.

When I go to the Go club of Taya's house, I will think of the two games between Sai and Taya.

When watching TV, I will think of Sai's surprised and excited expression like a child when he first saw the TV.

And back into the room, it was full of Sai's shadow.Powerful Sai, coquettish Sai, silent Sai, angry Sai...

Sai, where are you now?Is there anyone around to play Go with you?Is it cold where you are?Do you feel lonely when you are alone?

Naturally, white lanterns cannot be hung at home.

Guang can only be in his room, carefully turn on a long burning lamp, and silently wait for Sai's return.

It was precisely because of this time that Hikari was more eager to tell someone about Sai.But for a long time, Sai was an existence that only he knew. At this moment, who can he tell?

No, there is one person.Moreover, it can only be him.

"Grandpa, here I come!"

Thanks to the long holiday of the Obon Festival, Guang went to his grandfather's house after a long absence.

Since Sai left, the frequency of going to grandpa's house has decreased.It may be that the psychology of being close to home is at work.The more I hope that Sai will come back, the more I fear that my hope will fail.

Like countless times in the past, as soon as Guang arrived, he ran directly to the attic of the warehouse.

The chessboard that Toranojiro once used is still quietly placed there.It's just the blood on the disk, which is now so dim that it can hardly be seen.

As if a solemn ceremony, Guang took out the handkerchief prepared in advance and wiped the chessboard fresh.Slowly brushing the smooth surface of the chessboard with his hands, Guang said silently in his heart: "Sai, I'm here."

He and Sai have so many memories, but there are so few things that can really be used to commemorate.Except for the chess record, there is only this chessboard left.

Shinto Heihachi had never been curious about the reason why Hikari cared so much about this chessboard.But when I found that whenever I asked this question, my grandson's face would always look unhappy, so I didn't go any further.Only when Guang visits each time, he insists on insisting that Guang play a game with himself when he is the first to give up three hands at most.

So today, when he Ting Guang took the initiative to mention the chessboard, he was a little surprised.

"You mean the chessboard in the warehouse?"

"Yes. Grandpa, you mentioned the ghost wearing a tall hat before, you..." As if struggling to form words, Guang hesitated and said, "Have you... seen it before?"

Hearing the tense and cautious tone of his grandson, Ping Ba did not answer and asked instead: "Is that ghost wearing a tall hat important to you?"

—Yes, very very important.But I will never see him again...

Guang didn't answer, but silently dropped white stones on the chessboard.

Seeing that his grandson seemed to be troubled by something, Ping Hachi was silent for a moment, and slowly said: "We always lose things inadvertently. Important people, important things. But not seeing them doesn't mean they don't exist .As long as there are people who remember them, they will continue to live in this world and in our hearts. At least Grandpa thinks so..."

——Does disappearing mean non-existence?

That's right, it's like, Sai is living in my Go, in my memory.

Thinking of this, Guang suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment.Scanning the board intently, he decisively made a key move in the lower right corner.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ping Hachi suddenly changed his face.

Just taking advantage of the victory to pursue, in a short while, Hei Hachi's blacks were killed to pieces: "Grandpa, you lost!"

Leaving grandpa's house, Guang went to the agreed embankment.

It was approaching six o'clock, and as night fell, the crowds gathered by the embankment gradually increased.

Standing in a higher position, the line of sight can be wider.

"It's so slow, that guy..."

At 15:[-], [-] minutes had passed since the appointed time, but Taya hadn't appeared yet.

"He Gu always said that I was the king of being late, and there is obviously someone who is more exaggerated than me =="

At [-]:[-], people on the embankment put river lanterns for sacrifice into the water one after another.The surrounding crowd also gradually crowded.

"If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have called him..." Although I thought so in my heart, it was only an angry word.

After a few more minutes, Guang finally saw a familiar figure in the crowd.

He rushed forward quickly, but when he saw Taya's dress, he was slightly taken aback.

suit? !

Just when I was about to explode, I heard him say: "Sorry, I have something to do, so I'm late."

During the speech, there was still some panting, did he come running?It's going to be so formal, and it's work-related, right?

Suddenly, I feel a little sorry: "Since there is something urgent, please tell me, it doesn't matter if you don't come."

"Originally there was enough time, but I didn't expect the other party to be half an hour late, and the time was rushed..." Liang explained seriously, but he never said the words in his heart.

——But even so, I don't want to cancel the agreement with you.

Instead, just add at the end: "I texted you."

Newsletter? !Hikaru completely forgot that he had his cell phone with him.I hurriedly took it out to check, and sure enough, it showed a missed call and two unread messages.

Knowing that he was wrong, Hikaru smiled awkwardly at Taya: "Let's go to the river." While walking, he sighed silently, this guy's tutor is really not so good==...

When they reached the river, there was already a sea of ​​people.

Guang shuttled through the crowd, walked forward for a while, and finally found a place upstream with less traffic.

"Taya, we're right here..." Turning his head away, there was nothing behind him.

Looking around, there are all strange faces and strange figures.

"Ta... Ya?" Hikaru suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

At that moment, he suddenly thought of Sai.

He has lost Sai, he can't lose Taya again.

Absolutely not.

But where is Taya?On which part of the road did I get lost with him?

"Taya! Taya!" Hikari shouted as he walked.As the fear deepened, he only felt that all his thoughts were pulling away a little bit.The mind goes blank.

"Taya, Taya..." walking in the crowd blankly.There were obviously so many people around, but none of them was the Taya he was looking for.

At that moment, a sense of helplessness spread all over his body without warning.Can't go.Can't move.

In the crowd, he was suddenly grasped strongly by a hand.

Light's whole body froze, and he turned his head abruptly.At that moment, the heart that was originally hanging in the air suddenly had a place.

"Taya!"

The joy of almost regaining what was lost made Guang feel his nose sore.

"I called you, why didn't you answer?" coldly.

"I……"

"It's like this every time. What use is the phone to you?!"

Takaya's hand could be felt trembling slightly.Hikari had never seen Taya so annoyed.No, he should have seen it.It was during the battle of the three generals.But I always feel that compared with last time, it seems to be different...

He could read anxiety and anger in Taya's dark green pupils.

Is he... worried about me?Why?

Feeling anxious for no reason.

"You still talk about me! I called you before, didn't you hear nothing?"

Liang was slightly taken aback, and then retorted: "Can it be the same? I was in the midst of a review, how can I check my phone! Can't you send text messages?!"

"Even if it's posted, don't you still have no way to read it?!"

"I didn't even know that you would be waiting for me at the Chess Academy!"

"Since I left my phone number, of course it is possible to contact me!"

Tit for tat, completely ignoring the eyes of others.

But at a certain moment of the quarrel, looking at Taya who was arguing with him on the opposite side, and seeing him standing in front of him for real at this moment, Guang suddenly couldn't continue the quarrel: "Miss Shihe kept saying We were elementary school students arguing, now that I think about it, it really looks like..."

Liang froze for a moment, and his eyes softened accordingly.

It seems that it is.Not a serious problem.But every time he encountered something related to Shinto, he would lose his original calm.

"I think there are few people over there, let's go over there."

We came to the river beach together, and noticed the white letter paper in Shinto's hand: "This is?"

"Secret!" Chao Taya smiled. Hikari first lit the candles on the river lantern prepared in advance, put the letter paper with the chess record into the river lantern, and then gently sent the river lantern into the river.

The river lantern floated forward along the water, and soon, together with other water lanterns on the river, it turned into a river of lights.

"Hey, Taya, do you believe in ghosts in this world?"

"?"

"Tell me, if we light up the water lanterns on the day of the Ghost Festival, will the undead thousands of years ago really be able to find the way back when they saw the Lantern River?"

It was Bright's silence that answered the light.

He vaguely felt that just asking this question did not require a definite answer.

Shinto today is different from usual.There was no smile and vitality in the eyes of the past, but a layer of gloom cast over them instead.All I can do is to be by his side.

Even with his back turned to himself, Ryo could clearly see that Hikari was carelessly rubbing his arms on his face.

Are you crying?

Liang rarely sees light and cries.In his impression, Guang has always been optimistic, cheerful and full of vitality.Although his words and deeds sometimes make people angry, most of the time, just like his name, he is an irreplaceable existence like the sun.

It was this kind of light, seeing him weeping silently, Liang felt as if his heart was being pulled, and it was painful.He suddenly wanted to reach out and hug him.But the hand that was raised in the air suddenly stopped.

"Taya, Sai is gone, gone from the world forever. I lost him..."

"!" Sai?

"Sorry, Taya. There is only so much I can tell you now. But one day, I will definitely tell you everything..." When I become stronger enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with you, become When you are a veritable enemy.

Hikari's voice was muffled, as if speaking to the ground.

However, what surprised Liang was not Guang's words, but his own reaction.

He found uncomfortably that when the answer that he had been obsessed with for so long was about to come out now, he actually felt so insignificant.The current self only cares about whether the light is good or not. Is he still crying?He wished he could squat on the ground right in front of him, hug him into his arms, tell him that it was okay, tell him that he could wait.

The hands hanging by the side of the body were unconsciously clenched by Liang.As if trying to restrain something.

for a long time.

The clenched fists finally loosened a little bit as Guang turned around.

When the eyes met again, the brightness and clarity in Guang's eyes had returned to the past, and there was no more confusion and haze before.

"One day, I will tell you everything. I promise!"

Taya looked at Shinto and nodded slowly.

Suddenly, he felt that as long as Shinto remembered what he had said, it was enough.

The author has something to say:

Liang has gradually touched the layer of tulle that has not been pierced, but Wuli Guangbao is still ignorant.Although a certain bear is also very anxious, but for the rest of the road, Guang Baobao still has to go by himself.I believe that in the near future, he will also clearly realize what kind of role Liang has played in his life.

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