Cherish the time

They used a simple chess board and cheap chess pieces that grandpa had left in the closet, looking like things that hadn't been used in a long time and had a thin layer of dust on them.

"Start each other first, stick to 5 and a half eyes."

"Tie eye? 』

"Because it is more advantageous for the black pieces to move first, the white pieces can get 5 and a half points from the beginning." Xiaoguang wiped the chessboard with a paper towel, "In other words, if the chessboard is 50 points versus 50 points, then the white pieces will win 5 and a half points."

"oh? 5 and a half eyes...』

"This is the rule of the modern chess world, and it can better balance the strengths of both sides. Some people have proposed to change the stick to 6 and a half." Xiaoguang grabbed a handful of chess pieces, "Come on, guess the pieces."

"pair. 』

"Two, four, six...Thirteen, I'll go first." After speaking, he took the black piece to his right hand, and the white piece to his left hand, the movements were as smooth as if he had done it thousands of times.

"Please advise."

"Please teach me more. 』

The fact that he was able to play chess with Sawei again was beyond Shinto Hikari's expectations.

Therefore, even though he has restrained his emotions very much, at the end of the game, he still lost by half a goal.

"Thank you for the advice."

"Thank you for your advice. 』

He just put the chessboard there, and he didn't have any intention of cleaning it up.

In this game, Zuowei in the early stage had the intention of guiding the chess, and his moves were not too harsh. In addition, there were five and a half meshes there, so the advantage of black's first move was not constituted. Obstacle.

But after ten or so hands passed, he felt that Zuo Wei's aura had changed, and he began to treat him as an opponent in real terms.

He thought in his heart at the time, I have spent more than forty years chasing you, although it is not as long as your thousand years, but anyway... it still makes you face up to my existence from the bottom of your heart.

Not just a friend or apprentice, but also a good opponent who is evenly matched with you and can pursue the realm of God's hand together.

The two of them just sat facing each other for a long time, and they burst out laughing at the same time.

"Pfft hahahaha-"

"Hahahahaha——"

"Xiao Guang! What are you laughing at!" The grandpa next door, who was watching TV in peace, was startled by the sudden laughter.

"You are just as I imagined... No, you are more powerful than I imagined." Jin Teng scratched his golden bangs, "This move of Xiaofei is just right, not only defusing my offensive, but also restraining me The role of my next move."

『Your response was very good, and the reinforcement of this side made me lose the possibility of going further. ’Zuo Wei tapped a few chess pieces in the air with a fan, ‘There is also this move, this move and this move, the effect of controlling the overall situation is very obvious, and the timing of the play is just right. 』

"I think this move can be played here, and then... there is no need to discard these two pieces."

"If you go down like this, I can go down here... your great dragon will be in danger. 』

"How could it be! I have been guarding here, and you will never cut it off."

"I can get down here. 』

"If you come down here, I can go down here..."

The two fought back and forth for more than half an hour, and finally they looked at each other tacitly and smiled.

"Nice to meet you, Zoe."

"Me too, Hikari. 』

Shindo Hikaru didn't know why not only did he not die, but he returned to the moment when he first met Zuo Wei.

—that youthful, stupid, indescribably happy moment.

However, since he has the opportunity to start all over again, he will definitely grasp every minute and every second, so that this life will not leave any regrets.

The remorse, hesitation, loss and confusion that he once had will never appear in his life again.

This time, he was no longer afraid of showing Zuo Wei's strength, no longer afraid of being hidden under Zuo Wei's light.

Because he is confident that he can catch up with Zuo Wei's footsteps, become his opponent, and jointly explore the realm of the hand of God.

His smile is confident, sunny and charming, so beautiful that he doesn't look like an eleven or twelve-year-old boy.

Zuo Wei, who was sitting opposite him, felt a suffocating palpitation for no reason.

For some reason, what he felt from this confident smile turned out to be full of sourness, remorse, and...a trace of apology that seemed inexplicable.

As the person who was directly pointed at by this apology, Satoshi Fujiwara expressed his incomprehension.

So he waved his fan in front of the boy's eyes, "Are you still playing chess?"Xiaoguang? 』

When the ecstatic young man heard this, he immediately returned to the basket, rolled up his sleeves, and expressed that he could continue the battle for [-] rounds.

The direct consequence of reuniting after a long absence is a night of sleepless nights.

It wasn't until the deep blue sky outside the house that a tinge of white appeared, Shindo Hikaru, who had been immersed in the game, rubbed his eyes, belatedly thinking: Is this the next day?

Due to the fact that he has been away from elementary school for too long, his first reaction after realizing the arrival of the next day was not: 'Oh!Homework not done! ’ Instead: ‘You can still sleep for a while before going to the seminar room...'

But his good wish was immediately interrupted by the grandpa yelling from below: "Xiaoguang! Come down quickly—! I'm obviously here to see you—!"

He subconsciously glanced at the ghost on the opposite side who was excited because he played Go all night, and as expected, he saw a pair of curious eyes.

"Xiao Guang, who is it? 』

He had heard the name Fujisaki Akira since he was a child, and the person represented by this name had been with him since he was a child.When she was a child, she felt that she was very annoying, and later she was treated as a relative. Even after she and Sangu got married, the relationship between the two of them was not far away.

— until... she died of brain cancer.

Shinto Hikari let out a long breath, barely restraining the tendency of his eyes to turn red.

It was too cruel and too happy to see one after another in less than a day those who had long since passed away to him.

But whether this rebirth is from the play of the devil or the gift of God.

As long as he exists in this world, he will live out his own life.

——A life without regrets at all.