Cherish the time

"Oh..." Jin Teng agreed blankly, "What about Xiaoliang?"

"It looks like it's more than capable," Ogata lowered his head and took another breath, "...his progress in the past six months has been astonishing. Even if he meets me, he may still be able to compete."

Shinto didn't want to understand why Ogata said this to him, so he just nodded thoughtfully and didn't continue.

Ogata is a smart person, knowing that Hikari Shinto is not a person who likes to ask questions, so he threw out what he wanted to say, "Do the math, it's after I got to know you."

"Really?" Shinto asked innocently.

"I am very aware of Xiao Liang's situation. It will take a year or two before he reaches the point where he can threaten me. This is already quite an astonishing speed."

"So?" Shinto still had an innocent expression on his face, "What do you want to say, Mr. Ogata?"

"—Let me see your true strength." Ogata squatted down, slightly raised his head to look at Shinto's face, "The last time you played chess, you won more outside the court than inside. "

"Is it off-court and...in-court?" Shindo Hikaru held the collar to give himself some wind, "——I don't think so."

As soon as he heard Ogata's words, he remembered a saying that had been circulated among chess players in the previous life, saying that Ogata was once confused by Kuwahara's remarks about Fengqi, and finally lost to Kuwahara in the final of the Honinbo Challenge hand.

Thanks to Mr. Chun, he also had the same experience, and he deeply understands that having a calm heart is also part of the strength of a chess player.

——If it weren't for this, Yijiao wouldn't be in such an embarrassing situation for two consecutive lives.

All the thoughts in his mind flashed, and he continued to put on an experienced tone and said, "Can Go win only by strength? Predicting the opponent's behavior pattern in advance or disturbing the opponent with words are called off-court factors." ?"

A thoughtful look flashed in Ogata's eyes.

"Of course, behaviors such as cheating and threats and coercion are definitely not included," Shindo took a breath and continued, "But the rest, why do you say that they are not part of my strength."

When people are overheated, they are prone to emotions such as irritability and anxiety, and these negative emotions can easily cause side effects such as being outspoken, also known as speaking without thinking.

Shinto Hikari was dizzy from the heat, but Sato was still awake, shouting "Xiaoguang! 』Trying to stop his words, but Shinto directly ignored them.

"Oh?" Ogata raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, and stood up with his hands on his knees, "You mean... that game of chess was actually your strength?"

Shinto Hikaru smiled and did not answer, but his confident and determined expression seemed to indicate that "my strength is far more unfathomable than what was shown in that game of chess."

Ogata's lips trembled slightly, as if to say something, but was interrupted by a sudden call.

"Xiaoguang...?" Akira Fujisaki's voice sounded behind Shinto.

Shinto turned his head, stared at it for two seconds, and then smiled, "It's obvious." That smile looked a little silly, and Fujisaki frowned and walked over.

"Xiaoguang, do you... have a fever?" Fujisaki naturally stretched out his hand to touch Fuji's forehead and his own forehead, and said hesitantly, "Hey... this should be... a fever, right?"

When Ogata heard this, he also frowned and leaned over, bent down and lowered his head, and pressed his forehead against it.

Ogata's face is well-defined and his eyes are deep-set. If the person he suddenly approached was a woman, his heartbeat would speed up immediately, his body temperature would soar, and his face would even glow with happiness and his eyes would turn red.

And Shinto just stared blankly at the tip of his nose, while complaining to Zuo Wei, "His glasses are so cold...", but Fujisaki felt an inexplicable physiological reaction of his heart beating faster.

"Your temperature... is indeed a bit high." After waiting for a few seconds, he let go of his hand and said, "Do you need to go to the hospital?"

"Should...no need." Shinto tested his body temperature with the back of his hand, "I don't think...it's too hot."

"It's just...so hot..." He wiped the back of his neck, feeling his hands were wet with sweat.

"What's the matter?" Taya came out from the door, looked at the two men and a woman standing at the window and asked naturally.

"Ah... finished downloading?" Shinto nodded, "How is it?"

"Win." Taya didn't say much about her match, but asked with a frown, "What's wrong with you? Your face is so red?"

"It's too hot here..." Shinto explained with a smile, then turned to look at Akira Fujisaki, "Speaking of... why are you here?"

"I heard from Auntie that you are going to participate in the competition today... so I came to take a look..." Akira Fujisaki carefully put his fingers together, looked at Toya and then at Ogata, "...I won't... bother you Are you?"

"No, you are very welcome." Shindo smiled again, "...how long do you plan to stay?"

"Fujisaki-san?" Michio Shirakawa walked over from the other side of the corridor, as if an invisible god liked to watch them chat here.

"Ah! Sensei Shirakawa!" Fujisaki Akira didn't even bother to answer Shinto's question, and quickly crossed his hands in front of him, bowing to him upright.

"Haha, hello, Jinto chess player is here too," Bai Chuan walked over with a smile, "I promised to play chess with me last time. It's a pity that we haven't been able to meet since then!"

"Oh..." Shindo thought about it seriously, and found that there seemed to be such a thing, "Why don't we... see you at the Honinbo round-robin competition."

As soon as he said this, both Ogata and Bai Chuan were unable to react for a moment.

——After all, a round robin who wants to break into Honinbo in the first stage...

It's kind of unbelievable after all.

"...Haha, well said." Fortunately, Bai Chuan responded in a timely manner, and patted Shinto on the shoulder confidently, "I'll borrow your good words! See you at the Honinbo round-robin competition!"

Akira Fujisaki stood aside a little awkwardly, only feeling that the world where Xiaoguang lived was really far away from her.

It's so far away...it may be impossible to chase it in a lifetime.

The question that has been lingering in her mind since learning chess was placed in front of her very clearly at this moment.

——The reason why she chooses to learn Go... What is it?

——What she hoped that Go could bring her... What exactly is it?