Cherish the time

In terms of troubles, apart from worrying about Shinto's physical condition, there is also dissatisfaction with the status quo of the extra intimacy between Shinto and Ogata.

But taking it for granted, such troubles are destined not to be uttered, so Taya shook his head silently, denying Ogata's guess, and brought up other topics instead.

"Speaking of which, when you passed the first round-robin round of the Masters, your father said that he was looking forward to playing against you in the final." He paused, "Then he asked me to find an opportunity to tell you that this time I won't Leave him alone."

"I see." Shinto smiled, "If you say it like this... why did you call me yesterday? ——I was trapped in bed before I could call you back."

"Oh..." Taya held his hand a little uncomfortably, "It's actually not a big deal..."

"Ok?"

"I just want to ask if you can come to my house for dinner on the night of NO.14 next month." Taya subconsciously brushed the broken hair around her face, "...uh, you know."

"Your birthday is right, of course it's okay." Shinto replied without even thinking about it.

Ogata sat beside him smiling.

The three of them chatted one after the other—more often, it was the two visitors who were chatting with Shinto separately.

This situation is actually a bit embarrassing, but neither of them wants to leave early, leaving the other a chance to be alone with Shinto.

Under this abnormal synchronization of mentality, the two sat until dinner time, and it was not until Mitsuko Shinto went upstairs to invite them to have dinner together that they realized that it was getting late.

Taya subconsciously wanted to refuse because she hadn't informed her family.

But seeing that Ogata accepted Shinto's mother's invitation generously, an inexplicable sense of crisis forced him to make the decision to stay for dinner.

Of course, as a supplementary explanation: "...Let me first make a phone call with my family."

The two had dinner with Shinto Mitsuko, and stayed with Shinto chattering until eight o'clock in the evening, and then they reached a tacit agreement and prepared to leave.

"Thank you so much today, I feel much better." Shinto said goodbye to them while lying softly on the bed with a smile.

Seeing such a scene, Taya and Ogata both looked handsome and slightly flushed.

On the second day after Ogata and Taya's visit, Kazutani, who learned the news of Shinto's illness a day late, rushed over to express his condolences.

After paying a little attention to Shinto's physical condition, Kazuya told him about Ikaku with some reluctance under Shinto's inquiry.

"Ijiao told Mr. Shinoda that he wanted to come back to the Chess Academy, and Mrs. Shinoda told him to go back and think about it... If you want me to say, he comes and leaves whenever he wants, what does he think of the Chess Academy!" He vented his anger As if taking a bite of the biscuit that Ogata brought yesterday, "—Hey! This biscuit is so delicious! Is it a very high-end dessert?"

"I don't know, Mr. Ogata brought those yesterday." Shinto explained the origin of the biscuits, "And then?"

"Then..." He Gu's face brightened a little, "Then he begged Mr. Shinoda very loudly, saying that he had thought it through, and then stood there and saluted him at ninety degrees."

"You didn't see it, Mr. Shinoda was completely intimidated by his appearance hahaha! It took him three seconds to react in a panic hahaha—" Hegu laughed while talking, but was accidentally caught The fine biscuit crumbs in his mouth were choked, so he coughed in joy and sorrow, "cough, cough, cough——"

Shinto silently patted him on the back to help him calm down.

With the help of Shinto, Kazuya, who was blushing from a cough and had a thick neck, calmed down, "...and Shinoda-sensei agreed."

"However, this guy made such a big commotion, and now he wants to come back so easily... I will not forgive him so easily." He Gu added another sentence dissatisfied.

Shinto ignored Kazutani's resentment, and asked some more details, and finally figured out the current situation of Yijiao's return incident.

To say why the matter was resolved so easily, I have to thank Mr. Shinoda.

When Yijiao clearly stated that he would "never play Go again" and asked to be removed from the student file, Mr. Shinoda finally only marked him as a leave of absence on his relevant information.

Otherwise, Yijiao would have to wait until the enrollment period to take the college entrance examination again.

Although I don't know what kind of experience Ikaku had, the successful resolution of this matter made Shinto feel lighter.

I don't know if a happy mood has a good effect on physical recovery. Two days later, Shinto officially returned to the Oshouai arena and defeated the opponent neatly.

However, due to the sudden fever, Shinto's unbeaten record in all events came to an end in the second round of the Honinbo Tournament, and unfortunately stopped at the number of 190.

Although this is already a mythical number, there are still a group of chess players who feel sorry for Shindo from the bottom of their hearts.

"What a pity."

"It's only three games away from two hundred consecutive victories."

"I even bet with someone that he can win [-] consecutive victories! My [-] yen!"

——and various similar sentimental remarks.

Shinto Hikari didn't bother to pay attention to these.

Because the third round-robin match of the Honinbo Tournament has come immediately.

This time the opponent is the seventh dan of Michio Shirakawa, who has already made an appointment to fight with him.

In the face of this good-tempered Go enlightenment teacher, Shinto dare not slack off in the slightest.

Under Shinto's serious response, he won this match with a gap of three and a half eyes, and won Bai Chuan's [-]% admiration.

"To have friends like Shinto-kun, Fujisaki-san and Yamazaki-san are really lucky!" He sighed from the bottom of his heart.

"No," Shinto shook his head sincerely, "It is their real luck to have a teacher like Mr. Shirakawa."

Bai Chuan smiled a little embarrassedly, and stretched out his hand to say goodbye to him, "Thank you so much today...Shinto-kun."

"I should have said this, thank you for your advice, Mr. Bai Chuan."

The big and small hands clasped together, and there were smiles of approval on their faces.

Then came the third round of the Masters Tournament against Yiliu Kisho and the fourth against Akiyama Kudan. Shinto won with four and a half eyes and five and a half eyes respectively.

After this intense competition period came to an end, Shindo ushered in December 13th—that is, Taya Ryo's [-]th birthday.

After the match that day, as soon as Shinto walked out of the chess academy, he saw Harumi Ichikawa and her beloved car, whom he hadn't seen for about three months.

As soon as he got into the back seat of the car, Shi He turned around and began to lecture him, "You heartless guy! Tell me how long it's been since you came to the clubhouse, and it's a good thing I didn't charge you for the entrance fee! You really If you can’t say it, you won’t come!”

Shindo immediately apologized and begged for mercy.

But Shi He still felt puzzled, so he stood up and stretched out his hand to tap his forehead while talking.

Shinto evaded the attack with a wry smile, swaying from side to side in the car, looking quite embarrassed.

At this moment, the door was opened again.

Seeing the frolicking performance of the two before restraining themselves in time, Toya Ryo, who was about to get in the car, froze for a moment.