[Soul of Chess] Xia Lei

Shinto Hikari did not wake up, and slept very soundly, even turned over in his sleep, muttering syllables such as "...ki...".

Ta Yaliang clenched the thin quilt in his hand, panting uncontrollably.

Cold sweat, until now slipped from his forehead.

In the darkness, his eyes that were shining brightly during the day looked a little dim.

Just now... that thing bounced off before it even touched him.

Taya Ryo didn't ignore his heart beating faster at that moment and the convulsions all over his body due to the rapid flow of blood.

At that moment, he had a strange feeling all over his body.

Like something... erupted like a volcanic eruption.

It rained heavily for three consecutive days. Thanks to the complete underground construction in Tokyo, the traffic was not completely paralyzed.Because of the heavy rain for three consecutive days, the water level of the river has risen a lot. At noon on the third day of the rainstorm, the water on the road has reached an adult's calf.Citizens of Tokyo call it "Wan Hai", and said that they will no longer have to go to cities near the sea to see the sea in the future, so happy.

Because of the heavy rain, the chess academy also canceled the recent schedule, and Toya Ryo's work of guiding chess in Kyoto was also cancelled. The rain in Kyoto was even stronger than that in Tokyo, and it was also mixed with strong winds.

Shinto Mitsu played chess with Ryo Taya all morning the next day, and when it was time to order a meal, he realized that some restaurants were inconvenient to deliver food because of the damn rainstorm.

When another restaurant indicated that it was inconvenient to deliver food, Hikari Shinto hung up his cell phone and rolled up his sleeves. "Taya, let's cook by ourselves! Don't underestimate me, my ramen is cooked well."

Ta Yaliang shook his head: "Sorry, there is no quick-frozen food in the refrigerator, and there are almost no fresh dishes."

"Oh...what's in the refrigerator?"

"Watermelon," Ta Yaliang said, "Are you hungry, let's eat watermelon first. My mother has a familiar restaurant, and it should be able to deliver it."

He didn't wait for Shinto Hikaru to refute, he took out his mobile phone and dialed a number, "Hello...well, I want a seasonal set meal for two, the number should have a registered address...OK, thank you."

As soon as Shindo Hikari heard that there was something interesting, he asked quickly after he hung up: "It's done?"

Taya brightly nodded, "They said it might be delayed for a while because of the heavy rain."

"It's fine, it's fine, as long as you can deliver food." Shindo Hikaru waved his hand generously, "I don't want to go shopping in this weather."

Thirty-four minutes later, the doorbell of Toya's house rang.

Shinto Hikaru happily ran to open the door, took the takeaway, greeted the takeaway brother happily, and happily entered the house with two food boxes.

Uh……

I always feel something is missing.

Halfway through the meal, Shindo Hikari remembered, oh my god, he didn't pay for it!

When he anxiously talked to Ta Yaliang, Ta Yaliang said: "It's okay, the money is pre-stored in the mother's VIP card, and it is directly deducted from it."

Shinto Hikaru let out an oh, and asked casually, "How much is this meal?"

"5000 yuan a copy."

Shinto Hikaru didn't swallow it, and sprayed it out.

"What's wrong?" Ta Yaliang raised his head.

Shinto Hikaru poked his rice angrily, "Taya Ryo, you prodigal son!"

Seeing Shinto Hikaru eating there, Taya couldn't help smiling.

Since the shock in the middle of the night last night, it was the first time that Shinto Hikaru's existence became so important.

If you were alone at home, you probably wouldn't be able to sleep well after that night of ecstasy.Unexpectedly, listening to the slight breathing of the person next to him, his heart would be so calm, and then he would fall asleep.

But since I got up in the morning, I haven't seen that kind of thing at home again.

That's right, at home.

When he got up in the morning and opened the door, he saw a "good brother" lying on the wall of the courtyard looking towards him.

If he hadn't reacted quickly and turned his head away, tonight might be the same horror scene as last night.

I took out the only four slices of bread in the refrigerator and put them in the oven. From the corner of my eye when I passed the kitchen, I saw that thing seemed to want to come in, but it seemed very distressed, as if it couldn't come in anyway.

By nine o'clock in the morning, the thing seemed to give up, it slowly slid down, and then never climbed up the wall again.

Ta Yaliang took out his mobile phone to check the Internet while he was having a good meal at Shinto Koda. There were all kinds of information on the Internet. When he felt a little confused, he simply registered a new Twitter account and vaguely described his experience.

Probably they all hid at home and checked Twitter. Netizens responded very positively, and one netizen even helped him summarize a few conclusions.

First, Taya Ryo did open his yin and yang eyes yesterday, because he could see those things.As for the reason for "opening the eyes", most of the Internet agrees that there must be unusual signs and opportunities. Ta Yaliang thought for a long time, and there was only the thunder like a silver dragon yesterday.

Second, what bounced that thing off yesterday was something called "spiritual power". The hero is here to protect you, a guy with eyes but no spiritual power.

Thirdly, Yin Yang is an ancient technique that originated from the neighboring country, and there is such a saying in the ancient Eastern Empire. "Unless you do not enter", that is to say, if those things are not invited by the owner, they cannot enter other people's homes casually, let alone make trouble.

Fourth, the thing that entered his house yesterday and ate his eyes is powerful, and may develop into a future boss.

...what the hell.

Ta Yaliang cursed silently in his heart.

He just posted a question on the Internet, and there are so many seemingly theoretical and systematic answers.But those people seemed to think that he was talking nonsense, all in a joking tone.

However, although the above-mentioned conclusions seem very random and absurd, it has to be said that there is still some truth.

Well, it looks.

Ta Yaliang is not a pure chess idiot. He has read other books besides Go, and it is not so advanced academic papers. Except for manga and some third-rate novels, the scope is quite wide.

He once read a novella of the supernatural reasoning type, which involved a wide range of things, which can be said to be eclectic.Ta Yaliang used to love this book until the new issue of Go Weekly came.

The protagonist of that book is also a person with yin and yang eyes and strong spiritual power. He met many ghosts and solved each case because of this, but the final ending was extremely bleak.

Because of the last case, he consumed too much spiritual power, and was finally backlashed by his own shikigami, and died after devouring his spiritual power.

Ta Yaliang suddenly felt that his future seemed a little dangerous...

"Shinto."

"Huh?" Shinto Hikari, who was eating happily, bit his chopsticks and raised his head, "What's wrong?"

"You..." For the first time when talking about something other than Go, Ta Yaliang coughed unnaturally. "Are you interested in supernatural things?"

He originally just thought that Hikari Shinto might be as interested in these things as other teenagers, and he could know something, but what surprised him was that Hikari Shinto was stunned when he heard his words.

Such a nostalgic look, although it was only for a moment, but Taya Ryo saw it clearly, there would be no falsehood.

It's... an expression of reminiscing about something.

"Taya, I..." Shinto Hikaru looked at him, and there seemed to be something mixed in his smile. "He is a staunch supporter of supernatural events."

"...Is that so..." Taya Ryo didn't know how to answer the boy who looked similar to three years ago.

However, Shindo Hikaru's melancholy expression disappeared immediately in the next second, and was replaced by a cheerful expression. "Hey, let me tell you, do you know what the seven incredible events on campus are?"

Shinto Hikari talked excitedly while wringing his fingers, as if he had forgotten that Ryo Taya had never been interested in these things, so he kept talking.

When it came to the third item, Ta Yaliang was inexplicably annoyed: "Don't talk about it."

Shinto Hikari was stunned, then smiled and touched his head again: "Ah, yes, I forgot that Taya, you are as rigid as a grandfather, and you definitely don't like to hear such things—"

"——If you are not happy, why do you have to force yourself to smile." Ta Yaliang felt the anger in his body expanding uncontrollably. "You're obviously not happy."

Shinto Hikaru's smile froze for a moment, and then he smiled as if he was relieved and said: "Taya...you are always so sharp. You were three years ago, and you are still now."

"three years ago……?"

Three years ago, many small and trivial things have long been forgotten, but maybe that day was the day when I played against Shinto again after two years and four months, or maybe the fact that happened at noon that day was too shocking. I just remembered that day.

About SAI... someday, I will tell you.Quietly.

In my memory, the boy with a round face once said such a sentence.

"You mean SAI?!" Ta Yaliang jumped up and put aside all the previous things about yin and yang eyes and supernatural powers.

This can't be blamed on him. At the age of 15, Shindo Hikari lost to Gao Yongxia in the Hokuto Cup. After returning to China, Toya Ryo said some comforting words cryptically, and he didn't know which tendon touched Shinto Hikari. Tell Taya Ryo SAI's secret.So the two of them went to Honmyoji Temple with umbrellas on a rainy day. Shinto Hikaru stared at the big clock in the temple and was stunned for a while, then went to the temple and Taya Ryo slowly told about the past two years.

Shinto Hikari talked about the various phenomena that Ta Yaliang was puzzled by, and when he said, "Do you know, for you, all the doubts about me are actually..." He suddenly yelled Mr. Ogata, Ta Ya Only then did Yaliang realize that at some point Mr. Ogata was standing a few meters behind the two of them.Then Shinto Hikari pulled Taya Ryo and ran out of Honmyoji in a hurry, and before Taya Ryo said anything, he hurriedly said not to take the subway to go home.

And from then on, no matter how Taya Ryo asked again, Shinto Hikaru refused to speak any more.

When asked why, he said that the atmosphere and impulse of that time were gone.

But when Taya Ryo repeated everything he said to him that day and asked him if he had that kind of atmosphere and impulsiveness, Shinto Hikaru looked like he wanted to hit someone.

Therefore, it is understandable that Taya Ryo was so excited when Shinto Hikaru brought up the incident three years ago again.

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