Cherish the time

After deciding the ownership of the final prize, the entire Go game came to an end.

The next day, the highlight of the itinerary - summer watermelon hunting - officially started on the beach.

Sunshine, beaches, bamboo knives, watermelons, men and women in swimsuits!

Cheers, screams, laughter, and chases were heard endlessly. Throughout the day, the beach was filled with the enthusiasm and vitality of Yamato and his children.

Shindo and his party also received watermelon treats from the hotel, and everyone ate to their hearts content.

——On the same day, Hong Xiuying ran over to play a game of chess with Shinto, and told him very seriously after the game that he would regard Shinto as his lifelong enemy.

After that, I packed my luggage and took the Shinkansen back home.

The journey of three days and two nights thus came to an end.

A few days later, Shindo met Ogata in the Honinbo knockout round, beheading him mercilessly again.

Ogata showed great generosity and invited him to dinner after the game.

Shindo didn't have any plans anyway, so he followed him.

The restaurant for that meal was well chosen, the food and atmosphere were very homely, and the taste was great.

In addition, Ogata seems to be trying to make up for being rude to him before, and his speech and behavior are quite friendly, and the chat with Shinto also reveals a sense of intimacy.

So Shinto had a great time eating and chatting.

He doesn't have much ill feeling towards Ogata Seiji, he just doesn't like others to spy on him out of suspicion. Now that the other party has shown real kindness, he no longer cares about the other party's previous speculation, try Added Ogata to the list of acquaintances.

After the meal, Ogata drove Shindo back home.

"Thank you so much today," Shinto thanked Ogata after getting off the car, "By the way, please send my regards to Miss Shimizu."

Ogata nodded, "You're welcome, take a good rest." Then he stepped on the accelerator and left.

In mid-September, he received a notice from Nippon Kiin that he had been officially promoted from the first dan to the second dan, and a table of his wins and losses in Otega was attached below.

Looking at the white star on the right side of his name, Shindo Hikari raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

Immediately afterwards, Shindo celebrated his 13th birthday.

Elderly people like to be more or less lively, but Shinto is different.

Perhaps because of the influence of the time spent with Zuowei, Shinto enjoys the leisurely time spent alone, and is really a bit reluctant to treat guests and receive gifts.

Just because he's not interested doesn't mean the others aren't.

Yamazaki Makoto's big mouth revealed his birthday without hesitation, so a group of people in Haze bought birthday gifts early, and only waited for September 9 to give him.

That afternoon, when Shinto and Taya walked into the science classroom of Haze Middle School as usual after school, Yamazaki, who was hiding behind the door, immediately rushed to him with a gift.

"Dang Clang! Happy Birthday!"

Shinto was not frightened by his sudden action, and accepted the gift very calmly, "Thank you."

Yamazaki pursed his lips, obviously a little dissatisfied.

Next, the people of Haze's "Go Club" took out the prepared gifts one by one-Fujisaki Akira also specially brought a reusable bag, just to hold things for him.

Even He Gu didn't know where he heard the news and showed up in the science classroom with a gift.

Ta Yaliang who was standing behind him was stunned.

Because among all the people, only Taya Ryo didn't prepare anything.

But it's no wonder other people, the relationship between Haze's group of people and Taya Ryo is at best an acquaintance, and the conversation is not speculative. Didn't remind him either.

——And he himself was so busy that he lost the sense of time because of the tight schedule during this period, so much so that he even forgot Shindo's birthday.

In fact, Shinto was just as busy as Taya, so he forgot the time, and it was only after being reminded by the pile of presents that he realized that today was actually his birthday—no wonder when she met Mingming yesterday, she asked herself if she would come over today.

He didn't pay much attention to this matter, so he felt that Taya would not care about it, and he didn't react until Zuowei reminded him that the boy's expression was wrong.

"Haha, I forgot to bring it!" Shinto smiled and patted Taya on the shoulder, "I won't bother with you when I bring it over tomorrow."

Before Taya could speak, he touched his nose in embarrassment, "But to be honest, it's my birthday, but I've already forgotten about it hahaha."

Then he took a group of people to the nearest conveyor belt sushi restaurant and treated them to a hearty birthday meal for their salary.

Another month passed, and Shinto ushered in another winter after his rebirth.

In the winter of this year, he successfully broke into the round-robin competition of the two titles of Honinbo and Tianyuan, becoming the only low-level player ranked in the round-robin competition.

Go Weekly did an exclusive interview with him locally, occupying 1/2 of the newspaper's page.

The title is "Dazzling Light Shining in Black and White—An Interview with Hikaru Shindo, a New Shogi Player". In order to emphasize this domineering title, the editorial department also released a group of deliberately taken photos of Hikaru Shinto and high-ranking shogi players.

In the photo, the youthful and slender young man has a calm expression and confident brows. Compared with the expressionless and frowning look of the grandmaster opposite, it immediately gives people a more intuitive understanding of this person's strength. feel.

There are seven such photos, and in each of them there are different chess players sitting opposite Shinto.

——Even Ogata Seiji had the misfortune to serve as a foil for Shinto Hikari.

The attitude of the entire interview article is very neutral, and there is nothing deliberately processed or distorted into the content of the meaning of the rattan, but in this, there is a very acute problem.

Q: I would like to ask Shindo Chess Player, do you think you can be the one who finally wins the title?

What he asked was not whether he had confidence, but whether he could.

Such a question is very difficult to answer. If you simply deny it, you will appear weak; if you hesitate to give a clear letter, you will appear too slippery; but if you give an affirmative answer, it will inevitably leave people with arrogance. impression.

Even if chess players do not rely on popularity to make a living, they are unwilling to leave a bad impression on themselves to those who like Go.

But Shindo Hikaru said without hesitation, "Yes."

This answer is simply an open challenge to the current title holder!

A mere second-tier chess player dared to answer this question without hesitation, aiming directly at the two top chess players Kuwahara Hitoshi and Tayao Yukihiro.

For a while, the name Shindo Hikaru became popular!

Hikari Shinto is also on fire!

Volume Five: Becoming a God