Cherish the time

Shinto's heart skipped a beat for an instant.

Zuo also let out a cry of surprise.

But Taya seemed to realize what he said just now, and turned his head in a panic, "No, sorry...I don't know..."

"It's okay," Shinto shook his head, interrupting his apology, "...why do you say that?"

"Huh?" Taya looked at him in surprise, her eyes were wide open, and she unexpectedly looked like a child.

This scene reminded Shinto of the time when the two first met more than a year ago, and he was full of emotions for a while.

——Little Zhengtai, who was still soft and cute a year ago, has actually embarked on this old path of a beautiful young man with a paralyzed face...

Although the train in his mind had traveled a long way, on the surface, Shinto still looked straight into those emerald green eyes solemnly, and repeated his own question, "Why do you ask such a question?"

Seeing his clear and firm eyes, Taya felt relieved for some reason.

Then he looked down and thought for a while, "...just a feeling."

"After seeing the game between you and Mr. Ogata... I feel that this is not you playing chess."

His brows were slightly frowned, showing a distressed look, "Actually, this feeling has appeared many times...but it's not as obvious as it is today."

"It gave me this weird feeling...like—in you, there's another you..."

Hearing this familiar judgment, Hikari Shinto's smile appeared a bit complicated.

But Taya was still scratching his head to organize words to describe his inexplicable feeling.

"We've been together all this time, and I'm the one who knows you best."

"So, probably only I can see... On your body, there is another person—"

He looked into Shinto's eyes sharply, and carefully asked the last question, "...Is that right?"

Shinto Hikari sighed, stretched out his hand and rubbed the top of Taya's hair.

"...The chess I play now contains everything about me."

This is not a positive answer, and cannot even be called an answer.

But Ta Yaliang breathed a sigh of relief strangely, letting go of the doubts that had been lingering in his heart.

He even felt a subtle excitement.

Not only for Shinto's answer that sounded a little inexplicable, but also for the sentence that he blurted out just now——

"I'm the one who knows you best."

These words made him feel his chest warm and swell... as if an unknown joy was about to overflow.

But even under such high emotions, he didn't forget to take off Shinto's presumptuous hand on his head.

Shinto shrugged, "Do you want to go back? Let's go together."

"No, I still have something to do in the chess academy this afternoon." Ta Yaliang thought for a while, and rejected his invitation, "By the way, just now Hegu asked me to tell you that Yijiao came to watch your game."

"Oh?" Shinto was stunned for a moment, "...I see."

After parting from Taya at the door, Shinto immediately began to question Saoi.

"What happened just now? ! ’His tone was urgent, and even faintly angry, ‘You almost disappeared, you know that! 』

"I just..." Zuo Wei was frightened by his hasty tone, even his voice was tinged with grievance, "I just... saw a starry sky..."

Starry sky?

Shinto was stunned for a moment, and unexpectedly remembered the Xingyu on the chessboard that he had seen before.

"What is it like? ’ He hesitated to speak.

"It's just...a vast starry sky," Zuowei tried hard to recall, "It's just that it gave me a...very familiar feeling. 』

"I was completely attracted by those stars as if possessed, and just kept looking at them——"

"Then the stars emitted a strong light, and the light was so dazzling that I had to look away. 』

"Then I heard you say you want to surrender! Zuowei's tone suddenly became stronger, "How can you say you want to surrender!" 』

"Then what to do! "Shinto replied angrily, "Would you like to watch you disappear? 』

"...! 』Zuo Wei was at a loss for words.

After thinking for a while, he murmured softly, "At least you have to finish the game..."

"Zoe. Shinto sighed, and his tone became much calmer, "You value Go very much, I know. 』

"I also value Go...I think you know that too. 』

"But between Go and you, there is no doubt that I value you more. 』Shinto turned his head to look at him, his golden brown pupils were full of unmistakable seriousness.

Zoe was silent.

Next up!

One after another, strange pictures flooded into his mind!

The appearance of Xiaoguang crying at the chess record...

The way Xiaoguang shouted in the reference room...

Xiaoguang looked at Toranojiro's inscription and laughed...

Xiao Guang turned his head abruptly and then froze...

The appearance of Xiaoguang and Yijiao playing against each other...

And the way Xiaoguang is lying on the bed, with his right hand raised falsely, and his left hand covering his eyes and wiping away his tears.

The scene in front of him was intertwined with the picture in his mind, so strange and yet so familiar, Zuo Wei had the illusion of not knowing where he was.

His eyes went dark, and he lost consciousness.

Zoe just disappeared!

Shinto almost ran home!

As soon as he got home, he found in the closet the chessboard where Zuo Wei had lived.

The originally black and red blood on the chessboard has faded to only a little pink!

He warned himself to calm down, and only after calming down can he think about his next step.

Under such psychological hints, he gradually calmed down his breathing, and after a little thought, he turned on the computer and connected to the Internet.

It's not that he didn't think about searching for Zhusheng's existence through the computer, but considering Zuowei's extremely respectful attitude towards that person, he subconsciously felt that it might be impossible to get any useful information from the Internet.

But now he has been driven to a dead end, no matter how small the possibility is, it is worth giving him a try.

So he typed the keyword "ちくおむけん" in the search bar.

As a result, all the entries found were a newcomer from the LME named Zhijiu Yuwuxuan.

Shinto hammered the table hard, and buried his face deeply in his palm.

However, the current situation does not allow him to waste time on depression, so Shinto just sat there for a while, then went straight to the pile of old newspapers on the first floor.

Shinto Mitsuko just came up with fish food and planned to feed the goldfish, so she passed by the hot-tempered Shinto on the stairs.

"Xiaoguang! Don't run on the stairs!" The mother shouted at Shinto's back, and then complained in a low voice, "Sure enough, you are still like a child... reckless."

She carried the fish food into Jinteng's bedroom.

I threw a few grains of fish food into the black and white goldfish swimming on the desk without worry, watching it float to the surface of the water with its mouth open to eat, a gentle smile appeared on his face.

She conveniently gathered several chess books spread out on Jinteng's desk and stacked them neatly on top of his desk.

Then she saw the computer that Shinto had forgotten to turn off.

"This kid... forgot to turn off the computer again." She squinted her eyes at the screen, trying to recall the shutdown steps that Shinto taught her, "...how to..."

She moved it awkwardly, and accidentally pressed the left button of the mouse.

The newcomer introduction page on the LME official website jumped out.

The one pasted in the photo column is exactly the Mr. Takebu that Shinto is trying to find!