The ten-year trace of the soul of chess

door, open.

Although Heihachi was taken aback by the fact that his son disturbed the peace during the working day, he still brought Masao into the house.

Sitting down in the Japanese room, the husband didn't know how to speak for a while, so he had to start asking about his health, and almost asked about all the basic necessities of life, Pingba couldn't bear it, and finally interrupted him: "Say what you want to say, what are you doing around the corner?! "

The husband was so embarrassed that he unconsciously rubbed his pants with his hands on his knees.

He considers himself a very enlightened parent, so he agreed when Ah Guang said that he wanted to become a professional chess player, that he agreed when Ah Guang wanted to terminate his studies, and that he agreed when Ah Guang said that he wanted to move out.

Because of this, when he heard that his son had done extremely absurd things, his first reaction was not to use violence to solve the problem-violence would only push Ah Guang further.

Besides, he knows his own children.

Guang has been stubborn since he was a child.Once he decides something, basically nine cows will not be able to pull back.

But after all, he is not enlightened enough to accept the fact that his son is gay.He really couldn't figure it out, how could he have such... such deformed feelings when he played Go so well?And, why is Taya Ryo?

Ping Hachi waited patiently for a while, seeing that Masao was still looking like a bear, and was about to chase someone away, Masao finally opened his mouth.

"You are familiar with Go. I just want to ask you this time." Masao took a deep breath as if gaining momentum, "Do you know Ta Ya Ryo?"

Ping Ba glanced at him, and said in a tone of "you need to ask", "Not only did I watch it on TV, but I also met him in person, chatted and played chess with him."

The husband was startled, but after thinking about it for a while, he guessed seven or eight points: "Did Ah Guang bring him to your place?"

That kid, how much preparation did he make before this?

He swallowed a bit, and asked again: "Then what do you think, Taya-kun... how about him?"

Heihachi looked at Masao again, and felt that he obviously had something to say when he came here today.

He pondered for a moment, but instead of answering, he asked instead: "Then do you think that kid, A Guang, has changed after he was exposed to Go?"

At the same time, inside the Kuwahara house.

Hikari followed Kuwahara Jin into the Japanese room with chess pier.

After the old man sat down next to the chess pier, Guang stood still one meter away, with his hands clinging to the seam of his trousers, and bowed his head heavily to him: "I abstained from the game without prior notice that day, I am really sorry!"

Kuwahara stared at the hair spinning on top of his bald head in silence for a long time, and finally said: "Boy, raise your head!"

Guang heard the words and slowly raised his head.

Kuwahara then urged dissatisfiedly: "What are you still doing in a daze? Sit down!"

The light is still in place.

"You boy," Kuwahara couldn't help crying and laughing, "Do you want me, an old man, to keep talking to you with my head up, or to stand with you?"

Guang blushed at being teased by the old man, and hurriedly sat down.

Kuwahara looked at the light sitting opposite him, suddenly stretched his eyebrows, and asked with a little understanding: "That day, boy Taya was rushed to the hospital, right?"

Hikaru's hands on his knees tightened suddenly, and after half a second of hesitation, he replied Kuwahara Ren: "Yes."

Once the heart defense was opened, the subsequent speech became smoother.

Guang sat up straight and said seriously, "I'm here today to invite you to finish the sixth game of the Honinbo match that I couldn't do before."

"But no matter what the result of today's game is, nothing will change." Kuwahara said.

"I know." Guang's expression was calm, "But to me, it means a lot."

Kuwahara didn't speak, he looked at the light for a moment, then slowly got up, took out a timer from a cabinet and put it next to the chess pier.

Sitting back in front of the chess pier again, Kuwahara Jin glanced at him and said slowly: "According to the rules of the Honinbo title match, both sides have 8 hours to play chess, and keep 10 minutes for the countdown. However, I don't have so much time to spend with you. So one day decides the outcome, no problem, right?"

Bright flames burst out from his eyes, and he nodded vigorously: "No problem!"

Ah Guang's changes over the past few years...

The husband fell silent.

Although he has been in a stocking state all year round, he has always noticed Ah Guang's changes.

After a long while, Zhengfu finally couldn't go against his will and said: "Focus, confident, and full of fighting spirit."

Heihachi glanced at Masao, but did not continue the conversation.

"That child, he has visited me more than once." Ping Hachi said suddenly.

Zhengfu was taken aback.

"Every time he comes, he will accompany me to play a game of chess and chat for a while, even though I know I'm not playing very well." Pingpachi said, watching Zhengfu's expression, "I don't believe you didn't hear Aguang mention it. Well, about the kid."

Zhengfu: "..."

More than mentioned, for a period of time, almost every day when he went home, he could hear the name "Taya Ryo" dozens of times.

——I must defeat Taya!

——You can play chess with Taya again soon!

——Taya won the fifth round of the round robin today!

……

Taya Taya Taya.

At first, he only thought that the two were the same age as rivals, then when, exactly when...

In the silent room.

Chess pier with a sense of age, a timer with ever-decreasing time.

When you focus on one thing, all other distractions fade away.

Time seems to have really returned to the day of the Sixth Tournament.

Guang continued the guessing order before the game, and automatically took the white chess pieces.

Xu has been obsessed with that chess game for a long time, the first ten moves that Kuwahara played today have been rehearsed countless times in Guang's mind.

In the layout stage, neither side took too long, and Bai 30's shoulder charge directly led the chess game to the middle game.

Entering the middle game, after Black 39 was "clamped", he once grasped the whole situation.

The upper right white chess has insufficient eye positions, and is attacked by black chess continuously. Only by running out can there be a glimmer of life.

However, Guang didn't change his face. Under the condition of ensuring his eye position, he chose to stand still and wait for the opportunity.

Up to the 64th move, when Hikaru made a "fly" move at "Seven of 3", Hitoshi Kuwahara frowned slightly.

In this situation, if the black piece is added with a knife, the part of the white piece will not be fully alive; if the white piece is pressed all the way, the top 2 pieces will also become thinner, and the situation of the white piece is still unfavorable.

why?

Why did White choose to fly out at this time?

After continuous rapid moves, Kuwahara had to slow down the rhythm of moves.

After nearly 15 minutes of thinking, Kuwahara still chose to ignore the questioning move of the light. According to the original idea, he made the "4 out of [-]" - as long as there is a slight movement of the white piece, black can directly move the white piece with a "shackle". eat up.

However, when the black and white sides reached the 88th move, Kuwahara suddenly leaned forward and looked at the chess game in front of him in disbelief.

Just now it was clearly considered to be the move of the doubting hand, after several twists and turns, it actually blocked the way of the lower black chess like a tiger blocking the way.

In an instant, the life and death of the black chess below became confusing!

Kuwahara unconsciously grabbed his left hand and fell into the long test again.

It seemed that Heihachi had no intention of getting any answer from Masao.

Seeing that Zhengfu didn't speak anymore, he raised his cup and drank some tea, then turned his gaze to the warehouse not far away.

"That child is someone whom Aguang can share his thoughts with." Ping Hachi said slowly, looking at the warehouse with deeper eyes, "Although Aguang didn't say it clearly, I know that there are some things that Aguang even hides from us. He is willing to talk to that child."

Zhengfu was surprised again.

He looked at Heihachi first, and then looked where Heihachi looked.

Hei Hachi retracted his gaze, met Masao's gaze, but only smiled faintly at him.

"Not everyone can meet someone who can talk about everything and is willing to give all their concerns, Masao." Heihachi said, "I'm afraid you can't talk about everything with Mitsuko."

Heihachi's words were to the point, Masao could only raise the corner of his lips in embarrassment.

Heihachi looked at Zhengfu and asked again: "For you, what kind of person do you want Aguang to be? Or to put it another way, why did you name him 'Guang' in the first place?"

Masao lowered his head silently.

ヒカル.

Japanese kanji, written "light".

A name with warmth in itself.

When they named the child "Light", he and Mitsuko didn't want the child to be rich and powerful in the future, but only hoped that he would be healthy and safe, and that when he grows up, he would be an upright and kind person who could bring warmth to others.

He looked up at Heihachi.

Heihachi asked as if he knew what he was thinking: "So now, has Hikari met your expectations?"

The originally silent husband raised his head and let out a long sigh, and then laughed with emotion: "It's not just meeting expectations, it's simply far exceeding expectations."

He doesn't know much about the world of Go, nor is he interested in it.

When he first learned that Ah Guang was admitted as a professional chess player, he just thought that it would be good for his son to have a skill to support himself. better...

When the father and son looked at each other, both of them laughed heartily.

Smiling and laughing, Ping Hachi said seriously again: "As a parent, besides asking your children to live a safe and happy life, don't you want more?" Him, what about after that? Can you take care of him for the rest of your life? "

Masao understood what Heihachi meant.

It's like the unique sympathy between father and son. From the time Zhenghu entered the door until now, Ping Hachi never asked him the purpose of coming here, nor did he ask whether Ah Guang did something wrong again, but every sentence he said seemed to be Unravel yourself.

At this point in the conversation, Ping Ba stood up unhurriedly: "I am old and can only talk nonsense, so you can just talk casually with me, an old man, and don't take it to heart."

Masao saw that he wanted to pour water, so he quickly took Heihachi's cup, filled it with tea, and handed it to him.

Masao wanted to spend more time with his father, but Heihachi issued an order to evict the guest in disguise.

The unwelcome son had no choice but to leave.

As soon as Zhengfu stepped out of the entrance, the door couldn't wait to close behind him.

It was as if he wanted to shut out all doubts about his grandson.

When the sunset crows, the chess game is over.

Guang Guang seemed to fulfill a wish, he did not speak for a long time, and after a while, he leaned over again to express his thanks to Kuwahara.

Kuwahara stared at the chessboard for a long time, and suddenly laughed loudly.

He raised his eyes and asked Guang: "Boy, do you regret it? If you have not abstained, maybe the new Honinbo will be you."

Guang seemed to have never expected Kuwahara to ask this question, or, he had never thought about this question, and he couldn't help being slightly taken aback when he first heard Kuwahara asking this question.

That day, when he saw Liang fainted on the ground, he was frightened out of his wits.

At that moment, he really forgot about the chess game.

But now, even if he thinks about it afterwards, he has never regretted his decision—there will be many chess games in the future, but the world will smile at him, argue with himself, and make him dream of a Go player Taya Ryo only has one.

If Taya ignored it, he would regret it for the rest of his life.

Just thinking about how to answer, in the silence, Kuwahara suddenly said without beginning or end: "When you are young, you can distinguish what is most important to you. It is something to be happy about."

After Kuwahara finished speaking, he could see that he softened his eyes and looked at a cabinet beside him.

On the top of the cabinet, there are many chess game trophies and certificates that Hitoshi Kuwahara won in his career, and in front of these honors, there is a wooden photo frame.The photo of a family of three in the frame is slightly yellowed due to its age.

In front of the light, Kuwahara Ren did not restrain the look of nostalgia in his eyes.

He continued as if talking to himself: "You must be very surprised, why am I the only one in this family?"

He looked at Guang and smiled slightly: "Because I didn't know how to cherish when I was young, my wife and children have left. Although we have been in touch with each other in recent years, there are some things that we still can't go back..."

Just thinking of Kuwahara Ren's deserted ward when he was hospitalized, he suddenly understood a little bit.

He hesitated and asked the old man: "Then do you... regret it?"

Sang Yuanren looked at him, and didn't answer directly, but urged angrily: "What are you dawdling in, quickly clear up these chess pieces!"

Light nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

It's just that when his gaze swept across Kuang Yuanren's face, he still caught a fleeting pain in the old man's eyes.

At that moment, what was Kuwamoto Inbo, who has dominated the chess world for many years, thinking?Whose figure appeared in his mind?

Light doesn't know.

And the other two who were being missed in the photo didn't know either.

Guang stared at Kuwahara for a moment, then lowered his head and arranged the chess pieces.

After Guang finished packing up the chess set, he got up to say goodbye and leave, and Ren Kuangyuan sent him all the way to the door.

At the entrance, when he put on his shoes and was about to leave, Guang suddenly turned around and grinned at the old man, at the same time he clenched his right fist to his heart: "I am responsible for the decision I made, and I will never regret it!"

I, Shinto Hikari, have no regrets about any decision related to Ryo Toya.