[Comprehensive] Natsume Reiko's trip

On the afternoon of the day when Tune came to visit, Seimei went to Sugawara Kentada's mansion.He didn't waste any more words, and let Xianzhong agree to his request to play a new game of chess with Zuo Wei.

Sugawara Michizane's horrible deeds after he became a vengeful spirit are still vivid in his mind, and Sugawara Kentada never wants to be the next person to be revenged by the vengeful spirit.

The time for the re-play of chess was set in the afternoon three days later, and of course the only person who could replace Zuowei to play chess was Reiko.

The autumn night is no longer hot and dry, and there are no non-stop singing cicadas and fireflies flying in the grass. The chill enters the room through the crack of the door.

Reiko was wrapped in a quilt, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.I don't know if it's because Zuowei is a spirit body, even though he is not directly attached to Reiko, the emotions belonging to Zuowei still affect Reiko one after another.

Loneliness, confusion, hesitation... The feeling like a drowning person desperately struggling to find a straw for life was transmitted into Reiko's mind very clearly.

That's right, when the excitement of being able to play chess again dissipated, Zuo Wei must be very disturbed, right?As a ghost, what will his future hold?Will he be forced to reincarnate, or continue to linger in the world alone?

The flute of Depression came from outside the house, whimpering and whimpering seemed to be saying something.

The only things that Zuo Wei can touch are the objects he carried with him when he died-clothes, fan, fife, and the possessed chessboard.

Seimei once learned how to play the flute perfunctorily, but then he gave up because he couldn't arouse interest. Now the only person who can play the flute outside the house must be Zuowei.

The weeping sound of the flute kept drilling into Reiko's mind, she finally couldn't bear it anymore and lifted the quilt, opened the door, and walked towards Zuo Wei who was playing the flute under the tree.

"Although I understand your feelings, at least think about the time to play!" Reiko said abruptly behind Zuowei.

"Scared!" Zuowei, who was frightened, backed away abruptly, then lost his balance with his left foot and right foot, and fell to the ground.

"It's obviously a ghost, why is it still frightened?" Reiko couldn't help sighing.

Zuo Wei put away the flute in embarrassment, and patted the non-existent dust on his body after getting up: "So it's Reiko, aren't you going to sleep so late?"

"You disturbed me." Reiko said the reason bluntly, "And your bad mood seems to affect me to a certain extent."

"I'm sorry, because I don't seem to need to sleep after becoming a ghost, so I thought about more things unconsciously." As he spoke, Zuo Wei's face showed a bit of depression.

Reiko has a big shortcoming, that is, she can never harden her heart to ignore some gentle and soft things.

Although Zuo Wei is a few years older than Reiko, she always gives Reiko a bun-like feeling. It seems that as long as you poke it lightly, he will immediately cry for you.

"If you're unhappy, it'll be much easier to say it. Anyway, I can't sleep now, so I'll just listen to your complaints." Reiko straightened her legs and sat beside Zuo Wei, waiting for him to confide in her heart.

Reiko is really a very gentle person.

Zuo Wei didn't speak for the time being, but quietly stood beside Reiko, enjoying the feeling of being accompanied.

It rarely rains in October, and the clouds in the night sky don't know where to go.A round of bright moon hangs high in the sky, shedding bright brilliance, under the silvery moonlight, it seems that even the existence of stars cannot be seen.

Zuo Wei stood next to Reiko for a long time, so long that people would forget his existence, when Reiko was about to fall asleep, his voice as refined as the moonlight came slowly: "Reiko, I actually regret it , I regret stepping into that river. If I had gritted my teeth and persisted, would I have been able to play Go for decades?"

"After the game with Sugawara Kentada is over, Seimei will send me to reincarnation. The reason why I am nostalgic in this world is not to be angry at that game, but to continue to pursue a higher level of Go."

Go was spread across the ocean from the country of Tang across the sea to Japan.Zuo Wei often wonders why he was not born so many decades earlier?

A few decades ago, the Tang State had not perished.Every once in a while, the emperor would send Tang envoys to that country to study and communicate.How happy it would be if he could go to that distant country with the envoy sent to the Tang Dynasty to play chess with the Tang people in the hometown of Go!

"In Heian-kyo, Go is just an arty plaything for the ministers. If one day, everyone is free to learn Go, what a wonderful world it would be."

"Isn't that just right? Ghosts don't have a lifespan limit, so you can just go and see it with your own eyes." At this time, Reiko was half asleep, and she didn't even realize what she was saying. What, "After a thousand years, every big city has a Go class. Anyone who wants to learn Go can learn it. By the way, there seems to be a professional Go game, but I will not know the specifics. I don't know..."

Zuo Wei looked at Reiko in surprise: "Thousands of years?"How did Reiko know?Could this be a result of divination?

If, if there was such a day, he would have to see it with his own eyes no matter what.

That was the era when everyone could learn Go and regard Go as a professional profession!

After Zuo Wei's mood improved, Reiko gradually dissipated the oppressive feeling in her heart.Her eyelids slowly became heavy, and finally she couldn't resist the drowsiness, and she fell to the ground.

"Lingzi, Lingzi, wake up, the humidity is heavy at night, hurry up and go to the room before going to sleep." Zuowei wanted to help Lingzi up, but his hands passed through Lingzi's body again.

A white and thin but very powerful hand supported Reiko's shoulder, and then hugged Reiko horizontally.

The sudden weightlessness made Reiko frowned in discomfort, but after she opened her eyes and saw Seimei's face, she fell back into a deep sleep.

Qingming shook her head, carried her all the way back to the couch, covered her with the quilt, then gently closed the door, and went back under the tree.

"Spiritual Vision." A cold feeling spread around, and the ghost of Sato Fujiwara appeared in Seimei's eyes.

Zuowei sized Seimei up a few times, then covered his lips with his sleeve, his eyes slightly bent, as if he was a child who had discovered some secret: "Seimei, do you actually like Reiko?"

Qingming was silent for a while, and then replied: "I don't know either. I do have a certain affection for Reiko, but whether this affection has risen to the level of 'like' or 'love', I can't tell the difference. Just let it be."

Seimei has always been a very rational person, and he is used to examining his emotions rationally.When getting along with Reiko, he will have a very relaxed and comfortable feeling. Regarding the past that he doesn't want to mention, Reiko will also tolerate it in some unexpected ways.

He can see through the pure Reiko at a glance, but Reiko may not understand the real him.Relationships are a two-sided thing, so just let it run its course.

"Compared to Reiko's matter, let's talk about your plans." Seimei brought the topic back to Zuowei.

Hearing this, the expression on Zuo Wei's face became serious again: "I don't want to be reincarnated, I want to see the scenery after a thousand years."

"If you don't choose to reincarnate now, then you will lose the qualification for reincarnation forever, until your obsession is exhausted or you are unable to maintain your shape, and finally disappear quietly into this world. Is this also okay?"

"Well, it doesn't matter." Zuo Wei looked at the chessboard in the courtyard with a gentle expression, "If I can pursue the 'God's Hand' and experience the prosperous era of Go, I will have no regrets even if it disappears."

"I see." Seimei agreed to Zuowei's request with a sigh.

All he can do is to seal Zuowei into the chessboard, and let Zuowei quietly wait for his fate.

Maybe it's a person with the same psychic physique, maybe it's an onmyoji who accidentally discovered Zuo Wei, or maybe it's an ordinary person who is destined to have an indissoluble bond with Go... What is Zuo Wei's future? It is estimated that only he himself knows.

Three days passed quickly. During these three days, Zuo Wei began to teach Reiko the basics of Go, so that at least Reiko would not make mistakes because she didn't understand Go.

Zuo Wei, who had untied his heart knot, did not affect Reiko's emotions anymore. He stood beside the chessboard with a fan, sometimes watching Reiko's clumsy moves, and sometimes looking far away.

"Does Reiko like Go?"

"I don't like such troublesome things."

"One day, Reiko will fall in love with Go."

"If I fall in love with Go one day, can I still see you?"

"Of course, because, I will always live in every game."

Sugawara Xianzhong came to Seimei's courtyard in a carriage. In order to prove his words, Seimei turned on his spiritual vision and let Xianzhong see Zuo Wei's figure.

Xianzhong and Zuowei played against each other again, which was an extremely failed chess game.

Because he was afraid of Zuo Wei's revenge, Sugawara Hidechu played the whole game with trepidation, fearing that if he won, he would anger Zuo Wei who had become a ghost.

The game that was supposed to be evenly matched and matched against each other ended in Xianzhong's disastrous defeat, even Xianzhong was satisfied with the result and heaved a sigh of relief.

This is not an era of Go!

Zuowei realized this with great sadness.

Sugawara Kentada said: The outcome on the chessboard does not depend on this square inch.

So in the main hall, he won; but in this courtyard, he lost.

If he wins, it is not Go; if he loses, it is also not Go.

The sealed magic circle was carefully drawn in the courtyard. In order for Zuo Wei to pass through the millennium smoothly, Seimei put in a lot of effort—at least when Zuo Wei was sleeping on the chessboard, he would not be forced to sleep because of his strength. Exhausted and disappeared.

Seimei can only do these things, and the rest can only be left to Zuowei's own good luck.

"Qingming, Reiko, and Zhuyin, thank you for everything you have done for me." Zuowei's soul floated above the chessboard, saying a final farewell to these friends.

"Zuo Wei, I will work hard to like Go, so you must come to see me!" Reiko waved her fist and said a little arrogantly, "Otherwise, I will beat you!"

You can't hit me, Reiko.

Zuowei swallowed the words with a smile, and just nodded to Reiko.

As the light of the magic circle gradually spread, Zuowei gradually disappeared in Reiko's eyes - even with a psychic physique, Reiko could no longer feel Zuowei's existence.

Zhuyin brought the chessboard back to the royal family, at least in the royal warehouse, it can ensure that the chessboard can be passed down safely.As for whether this chessboard will be lost among the people one day, no one knows.

Zuo Wei fell asleep in the dark for a long time, and when he regained consciousness, a small child appeared in front of him.

"Are you the one who lives on the chessboard? Why can no one see the blood on the chessboard? My name is Toranojiro, who are you?"

Ah, he finally returned to the world.

Is this era the millennium that Reiko mentioned?

The author has something to say:

ps1: Toranojiro is the greatest chess player in Japanese history - Honinbo Hidesaku. In the plot of "Soul of Chess", Honinbo Hidesaku has lived for Zuo all his life and helped him play chess.

ps2: Tomorrow I can finally write the modern side story that the author has been longing for, Sahua!