Cherish the time

Shinto Hikaru talked to them for a while, and soon fell asleep with a weak voice.

Ta Yaliang and Gu Yigao looked at each other, and quietly retreated from his room.

Gently closing the door, the two walked down the stairs side by side.

"Xiao Guang's health is really bad..." He Gu put his hands behind his head and sighed softly, "Look at this... Maybe Tuesday's game... he won't be able to go."

"Hmm..." Ta Yaliang frowned, not knowing what he was thinking about.

"If that's the case, you've passed with complete victory..." He Gu looked at him longingly for a while, then looked up at the ceiling, "That's great..."

"..." Ta Yaliang didn't say a word.

"Oh, you've come out." When the two walked downstairs, Mitsuko Shinto came over with a bag of ice cubes in a basin, "Did Xiaoguang wake up?"

"I woke up for a while." Seeing Taya Ryo's expression as if he was wandering into the sky, Hegu replied first, "Although it's hard, he seems to be still awake."

"Ah...that's good." Shinto Mitsuko smiled and stuffed the basin into Taya's hand, "Help me change the ice pack for that child——Auntie is cooking delicious food for you."

"Uh...um." Caught off guard by being stuffed with a basin, Taya Ryo subconsciously circled the edge of the basin, "Okay."

"Hey~" He Gu raised his eyebrows and dragged out his voice, "Then—okay—"

The two who were repatriated by Shinto Mitsuko climbed the stairs and returned to Xiaoguang's bedroom.

Ta Yaliang took off the ice pack that had melted a little on his head, and put the one in the basin on it.

"Hey..." He Gu was still sitting on the desk and chair, crossing his hands on the back of the chair and resting his head on the back of the chair, "Is his face redder?"

"Ah?" Ta Yaliang replied blankly.

"It seems... more red than before." He Gu said uncertainly, "Could it be that the temperature has risen again?"

After hearing his words, Taya Ryo also carefully observed Shinto's face.

——It seems... more red...

Taya Ryo poked Fujiyaki's red cheek with his index finger.

The cold fingers touched the reddish cheeks, feeling the other person's high body temperature, Taya Ryo withdrew his fingers as if electrocuted.

Fortunately, his movements were not too big, and He Gu didn't notice anything unusual.

"Is it getting hotter?"

"Fortunately... It's almost the same as before." Ta Yaliang lowered his eyelids and wiped the water droplets on the ice pack with a towel.

"Ah... that's good." He Gu scratched his head, "Let's watch TV! —— Or has his family bought a computer?"

"No." Ta Yaliang dealt with the follow-up matters in an orderly manner, while talking to He Gu calmly, "It's better to watch TV - otherwise, you can also help auntie cook."

"Eh—?" He Gu's face was drawn long, "I don't want it!"

"If you don't want to...just watch TV..."

The two left Shinto's room again while talking.

Taya first brought Kazuya to the living room to watch TV, then went to the kitchen to return the replaced ice pack and towel to Mitsuko Shinto, and then went back to the living room to accompany Kazuya to watch the animation of "Dragon Ball".

On TV, Kakarot was fighting fiercely with Vegeta, while Gu Yigao and Gu Yigao watched with great interest outside the TV.

In Kazuya's eyes, Taya Ryo is also watching the TV seriously, and sometimes becomes nervous while watching it.

And where He Gu can't see...

Taya carefully curled his index finger into his palm.

- so... hot...

The moment he touched Xiaoguang's body temperature, something in his body... seemed to be agitated.

After dinner, Kazuya and Taya went to see Shinto again, and were escorted to the station by Shinto Mitsuko.

Along the way, Jinteng's mother thanked the two for coming to see Jinteng's affairs, and gave each of them a small bag of cookies, "Xiaoguang asked me to bring them to you, and I'm sorry for making you worry."

Two days later, November [-]th.

This is the last day of the professional chess player exam.

It is also the long-awaited duel between Hikari Shindo and Ryo Toya, two candidates with zero losses.

"Who do you think will win?" Nase, holding a cup of milk tea, elbowed Iijima's arm.

"..." Iijima Ryo just glanced at her and didn't speak.

"Hey, let's guess one." Nase insisted.

"You are also someone who played chess with them," Honda said from the side, "What do you think?"

"Ah..." Naze froze all of a sudden, took a big mouthful of milk tea, "...Go into the vine."

"Although Taya is really powerful to the point of envy..."

"But Shinto..."

——It makes people unable to even feel jealous.

She didn't finish her words, but both Iijima and Honda understood what she meant.

The three fell silent for a while.

"...This year's vocational exam is really difficult." Naze said as if summarizing.

"Hey, what are you talking about?" He Gu rushed over from behind, hooked Honda's neck with one hand, and hooked Iijima's neck with the other, forcing the two of them to stagger a few steps, "Guess who will Qualified?"

"Ah... no." Honda was taken aback by him, and answered after a while, "...you said that..."

Three people can pass the professional chess player examination every year.

That is to say, apart from the two quotas occupied by Hikari Shinto and Ryo Taya, there is one qualified quota this year.

第24场过去后，和田庄司17胜7败、真柴充18胜6败、铃木拓也16胜8败。

第25场过去后，和田庄司18胜7败、真柴充18胜7败、铃木拓也16胜8败。

Obviously, Suzuki has lost the qualification to compete for the last place of this year.

In today's 26th match, maybe...the last qualified person can be decided between Wada and Mashiba.

"Oh... I really don't want Mashiba to pass." Nase sighed, "It would be great if Wada-kun can win today..."

She is definitely not the only one who has the same idea.

——At least, Wada Shoji himself thinks so.

He is 26 years old this year, and it is already the sixth time he has taken the professional chess player exam...

And this is also the first time for him to be so close to the position of a professional chess player.

The pressure from his family members was increasing, and he was almost unable to hold on.

——If you can pass the exam again this time, just give up!

He came here for the exam with such a mind.And to be able to win all the way this year, it may be due to the ruthlessness in his heart.

Only after encountering enemies like Taya Ryo and Shinto Hikaru, he still hasn't fallen down.

Speaking of which... there will be such a good kid in the professional chess world in the future...

So he really... wants to compete with such an opponent...?

Wada Shoji stopped his thoughts in time, and he secretly encouraged himself in his heart: No matter what, we must win today!

——Only the one who wins to the end is eligible...to consider the next thing.

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The battle for professional chess players has entered the final round!