Cherish the time

At the beginning of November, an unexpected visitor visited Shinto's house, but it was Kaoru Kishimoto, the president of the Neptune Go Club who hadn't seen him for a long time.

The moment he opened the door and saw Kishimoto, Shinto felt a little confused—he never thought that there would be a day when he would be able to see Kishimoto when he was a student in front of his house...

"Kishimoto...senpai, good afternoon."

"Good afternoon, Shinto-san." Kishimoto handed him a piece of paper directly, and explained, "This is your career path survey form, please submit it to the head teacher of your class before next Friday."

Seeing Shindo took the questionnaire, Kishimoto nodded slightly, "Then... I'm leaving." After speaking, he turned and wanted to leave.

"Wait a minute, Kishimoto-senpai." Shinto called out to him in time, "I'll finish filling it out soon, can you please wait a moment?"

The boy with blond bangs scratched his head in embarrassment and said with a smile, "Next week...I probably won't have time to go to school."

What are you going to do in the future?

For most middle school students, this is not an easy question.

Even if it is just to write down the way out after graduating from high school on a thin piece of paper, it seems so difficult.

Fortunately, Hikari Shindo has no worries in this regard.

After leading Kishimoto into the living room and pouring him a glass of water, he found a pen and filled out the questionnaire.

"Okay." He simply put the cap on the pen, stared at the last column of "Parents' Confirmation" for a while, and ran to the entrance as if he suddenly remembered something, and looked through the shoe cabinet.

"I remember that my mother put the seal here..." He opened the shoe boxes one by one while muttering, and finally found the seal and ink pad of the Shinto family in the No. 13 shoe box.

When Shinto put the completed questionnaire in front of Kishimoto, the tea in Kishimoto's hand was still steaming.

"It's really... sorry for the trouble, Senpai." Shindo first saluted him with gratitude, and then asked the question that had troubled him for a long time, "But... why did Kishimoto-senpai come to send me the questionnaire?"

"Honda-kun was originally scheduled to be a member of the Go club, but he has something to do at the last minute, so please leave it to me." Kishimoto put down his teacup, put Shinto's survey form in his bag, and stood up, "Then... I Farewell."

"May I take the liberty to ask?" After sending Kishimoto to the door, Shinto stopped Kishimoto who was about to leave again, "Senior...do you want to be a lawyer?"

Kishimoto frowned, "Who told you?"

"No one," Shinto shook his head, "I just think that a calm and rational person like Senior should be very suitable to be a lawyer."

Kishimoto didn't speak.

As if realizing that what he said was slightly inappropriate, Shinto quickly stopped, and smiled apologetically, "...Sorry, I just said it out of my mind....I hope my whimsical idea didn't offend Senior."

"..." Kishimoto stared at him for a while, then turned and left without saying a word.

Shinto looked at his back and sighed.

"Do you still want to find Kishimoto-kun as a lawyer?" Zuo Wei asked behind him, "but he is only a freshman in high school now." 』

"Yeah..." Shinto shook his head with a broken smile, "I'm really... a little impatient. 』

——"You are too impatient."

As if he made a special trip to prove this sentence, Zhusheng Wujian appeared in front of Shinto the day after meeting Kaoru Kishimoto.

"I can help you adjust the stability of your soul, but I can't help you take care of your body." His tone was flat, and he didn't seem to imply any blame, but was stating a very ordinary fact, "If you continue like this Go on, the aging of the body will be much faster than you imagined."

"Is that so..." Shinto rubbed his nose in embarrassment, "I thought that as long as I wore it, I would have no worries..." This 'it' refers to the star that he put on the bracelet piece.

"It can't do it, and I can't do it either." Zhusheng Wujian said this conclusion without any concealment, "Lina's body has already begun to collapse, and I can't do anything either."

"...Lina?" Shinto suddenly remembered the little girl who came to Tokyo alone to find her brother, "She...how is she now?"

"The function of both legs is lost, and the vision is gradually blurred. Currently, there are only these two symptoms. In the future, there will be more problems." Zhusheng said casually, "Her body will gradually deteriorate until the current physical body until it dies naturally."

"How can you be so calm!Aren't you sad? ! Zuo Wei suddenly yelled as if he had forgotten his fear of him, "That child, that child obviously likes you so much!" 』

Zhusheng's expression remained the same, he turned his head to look at Zuo Wei's face and said word by word, "...I told you, I can't do anything."

The house fell silent for a while.

"..." After a moment of silence, Shinto asked softly, "Can I... go see her?"

"No, Zhusheng's family doesn't allow outsiders to set foot." Zhusheng said, standing up from the sofa, ending the conversation, "That's all I have to say, you can do it yourself."

After Takeuchi left, Shinto returned to his room and stared at the chessboard in a daze for a while.

"Xiaoguang..." Zuo Wei called his name worriedly.

"Ah..." Shinto agreed with a blank expression, "I was thinking..."

"I'm sorry, Zuo. 』

"Huh? 』Hearing this sudden apology, Zuowei couldn't react at all.

Shinto slowly raised his head, looked at the incandescent lamp on the ceiling, opened his arms and kept his legs kneeling, then fell to the ground on his back.

"sorry. 』He said it again, there was no trace of water in his clear brown eyes.

"I originally thought that the name 'Samitsu Honinbo' would remain in Japanese history along with titles such as 'Grand Champion', 'Grand Slam', and 'World No. [-]'..."

"I really... think so..."

As if slightly uncomfortable staring at the light, he raised a hand over his amber eyes.

"But... I still want, I still want to live a little longer..."

"...I want to stay with my parents and grandpa for a while longer..."

"...I want to talk more with my friends..."

"... I want to see Xiaoliang grow up more..."

"…sorry. 』

"I might, have to slow down a bit. 』

"…sorry. 』

Although he kept his eyes covered, there was no liquid from the corners of his eyes.

——He couldn't cry anymore.

Seeing his appearance, Zuo Wei gently closed his eyes, smiled and said softly.

"fool. 』

"Fool... is it..."

He repeated it in a low voice, slightly curling the corners of his mouth.