Cherish the time

Wada Shoji stood awkwardly alone in the lobby.

He was very unaccustomed to being in such a strange and noisy environment, and this unaccustomedness accumulated more and more with the passage of time, even causing a little cold sweat to ooze from the corners of his forehead.

"Good morning, Mr. Wada." At this moment, Shinto's voice came from behind him, so startled that his heart stopped suddenly.

"Ah... it's Shinto-kun... and Taya-kun," Wada tried his best to put on a smile, "Good morning."

"Good morning." Taya nodded at him slightly indifferently.

"Speaking of which, we haven't seriously introduced ourselves to Mr. Wada so far," Shinto smiled and raised his glass to him, "Now that I think about it, it's really rude."

"Where..." Shoji Wada lightly clinked a glass with him, and scratched the back of his head with his other hand, "Actually, there's no need to do that..."

Shinto didn't care what he was talking about, he stood at attention seriously, bowed thirty degrees, and introduced with a smile, "Hello, I'm Hikaru Shinto, please give me more advice in the future."

After speaking, he poked Ta Yaliang who was standing aside, "Xiao Liang."

Ta Yaliang glanced at him lightly, and introduced himself following what he said.

After both of them were introduced, Wada Shoji hurriedly did the same, "Hi, I'm Wada Shoji, from now on... please give me your advice."

"Okay!" Shinto drank the orange juice in the glass, "Then we will officially know each other from today!"

"As the chess players entered at the same time, we were really negligent before." He said sincerely, and stretched out his right hand, "Say it again, please give me more advice! Mr. Wada."

"Please give me more advice!" Wada offered his right hand, making the two hands clasped together.

Ta Yaliang watched this scene quietly, and didn't intend to join in.

But the hand was suddenly held by Shinto with his left hand, and placed on the hands that the two had originally held.

The three shook hands for a while, then withdrew their hands.

"It's incredible." Wada stretched his right hand thoughtfully, and then said, "I was so nervous at first, but now I don't feel any nervousness at all." His expression was full of surprise and confusion.

Shindo was about to say something when he heard the voice of the master of ceremonies on stage again.

"Dear guests, chess players, good morning, everyone, and it's time for the annual awarding ceremony for professional chess players."

"Following the usual practice, this year's opening remarks are still a message from a certain grandmaster to all the chess players present."

"Well, everyone, please listen—"

"——The chess players standing in the hall here, you all gather here with a heart of endless exploration of the realm of Go."

"Everyone meditates, practices, compares, and learns from each other, just to be able to go a step further and get in touch with the realm of the hand of God."

"Therefore, the rewards and honors you will receive here have only one purpose."

"—That is, to inspire you to move further towards a stronger realm."

"I hope that everyone will not forget the original desire to be strong and enterprising, and suffer from the temptation and difficulties of reality, and lose the motivation to advance in the improvement of chess skills."

The voice of the master of ceremonies is very strong and powerful, and it is even more deafening after being conveyed through the speakers all over the lobby.

Shinto felt that his heart was clenched by these passionate words, and he stared blankly at the position of the master of ceremonies on the stage.

The master of ceremonies on the stage continued to speak.

"I entrust everyone that as long as you still have the heart to play chess, no matter what kind of setbacks and discomforts you may have, you will still play chess."

"—even if you have your last breath left, even if you turn into a soul after death, you must continue to play chess!"

Zuo Wei gently closed his eyes, sighed and said with emotion, "This is really... a respectable chess player. 』

Shindo waited quietly for a while, confirmed that there was no more to say, and then heaved a long sigh of relief, "...Yeah. 』

"Even if you turn into a spirit after death...do you want to continue playing chess...?" 』Zuo Wei repeated this passage in a low voice, with a sad and happy look on his face.

"This is really a powerful speech." Wada whispered with emotion as if he finally came back to his senses.

"Yes." Shinto replied with a smile.

The ceremony that followed was as lackluster as most award ceremonies.

The entry ceremony of the three of Shinto, Toya and Wada was placed in the penultimate event.

After receiving the Duan certificate, listen to a few words of encouragement from the leadership of the chess academy, and then you can get off the stage.

Although the steps are extremely simple, from this moment on, the three of them have become professional chess players in the true sense.

"Even if it turns into a soul after death... Ha."

At this moment, Shinto was lying in the playground on the way home, monopolizing the slide that was warmed by the afternoon sun.

Just when he was lost in thought, an immature female voice dragged him back to reality: "Come down! I want to play on the slide!"

Shinto stretched his abdominal muscles and sat up slightly, and saw a little girl in a western dress standing under the slide with her hips on her hips.

"Ah... sorry." Shinto sat up in embarrassment, and slid down like that, "Come on, we can play now."

The girl gave him a haughty look, "It's not too bad."

"Haha, my brother is obsessed with the question." Shindo smiled apologetically, "Forgive me, brother."

"You're not Lina's brother!" The girl stuck out her tongue at him and ran to play on the slide.

"Okay, okay, isn't your name Lena?" Shinto only thought that this little guy was interesting enough, and for some reason he wanted to tease her.

"You are not allowed to call me Lina!" The girl puffed up her cheeks angrily, "Master Zhusheng!"

"Bamboo?" Shinto thought for a while, and felt that he had never heard this surname from his mother, "Don't you live near here?"

"Lina doesn't live in Tokyo." Lina Takebu shook her head and slid down the slide.

"You can't be... lost, right?" Shinto suddenly thought of this possibility, and couldn't pay attention to her unusual name for Tokyo for a moment, "Where is your family? Do you know your home phone number? "

"Lina is not lost!" Unexpectedly, the little girl shook her fist viciously at him, and then put on a somewhat aggrieved expression, "... Lina is here to find brother."

The more Shindo listened, the more he felt that this was the bravado of a little guy who ran away from home, "What about your brother?"

"Brother is coming," Lina's eyes were suddenly filled with tears, and she cried "wow", "but brother won't let Lina stay here! Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ! ! Brother doesn’t like Lina anymore!”