Cherish the time

Chapter 175

Early the next morning, it was the routine announcement of the battle table and pre-match interviews.

Hikari Shinto's first opponent was Raymond, a European chess player. This is a hale and hearty elder, and his smiling appearance can give people a natural and easy-going sense of intimacy.

Shindo always felt that the name Raymond was familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before.

In front of the camera lens, the two first shook hands and greeted each other, and chatted casually.

Shindo Hikaru: "I have played many excellent chess records in the Chunlan Cup and gained a lot from them. I hope I can also play a wonderful game with Mr. Raymond today and pass on these gains to others."

Raymond smiled slightly, and then said: "{Before I learned how to play Go, I always thought I was very smart, but after I learned how to play Go, I realized that I didn't seem very smart}."

"{And now, after seeing Mr. Honinbo Samitsu, I have to admit that I am really not smart at all—I just hope that Honinbo will not attack me too hard on this old man, otherwise I will lose face today} .”

The translator faithfully restored his expression and tone, and immediately amused the people present.

The media handed the microphone back to Shinto, wanting to hear his reaction.

Shinto Hikari paused for a moment, then smiled and spread his hands, "The so-called wonderful game--must be played well by both sides, isn't it?"

After the brief interview, Raymond stopped the interpreter with a wave, indicating that he still had something to say to Shinto.

Shinto Hikari waited obediently, waiting for the friendly elder to speak.

"Shindo-kun," he called him with a substandard pronunciation, and smiled apologetically, "{I want to say sorry for Nico's interruption a while ago.}"

"Ah..." Shinto froze for a moment, then remembered where he had seen the name Raymond, "You are..."

"{I'm Nico's teacher}," Raymond slightly turned his head to look into Shinto's eyes, the light gray eyes were filled with gentle apology, "{he's a good boy...just a little immature}. "

"It doesn't matter anymore." Shinto smiled slightly, "Compared to those, how is your body?"

"{Me}?" Raymond chuckled, "{You look like I have something to do}?" As he spoke, he slapped his skinny arm a few times.

Shinto shook his head gently, clearly expressing his disbelief.

"{What a stubborn kid}..." Raymond sighed, then blinked, ending the conversation with him, "{Hope today, you can play a wonderful game as you wish }."

Shinto Hikaru looked into his light gray eyes, and said in a very firm tone, "I will definitely not let you down."

In the following game, the two sides played against each other for two hours and thirteen minutes, and finally ended with Raymond losing four and a half eyes.

Then, Raymond stared at the chessboard for a long time, showing a relieved smile.

"{It was a wonderful game,}" he stood up while speaking, and stretched out his right hand to Shinto again, "{Thank you, Shinto-kun}."

Others only said that he was politely thanking Shinto for his hard work in this game of chess, and they didn't find it strange.

But Shindo knew in his heart that Raymond was thanking him for not choosing to hide his strength.

——At the same time, I didn't hide... that sharp chess style that contains the shadow of SAKOU.

After the first round of the game was declared over, the condition of the Japanese chess players was pretty good.

Except for Yuuki who lost to Lin Zhixing with two eyes and a half, and Obata Teru who lost to An Taishan in the middle game, the rest of them all defeated their opponents and successfully advanced to the second round.

However, judging from the competition arrangement and promotion situation, in the next round, Shinto's opponent is Yang Hai, Kurata's opponent is An Taishan, Ogata's opponent is Wang Xing, and Yamashita's opponent is Lee Changho.

——What the Japanese shogi players will face is definitely a severe challenge.

In such a cruel situation, the only thing to be thankful for may be that there are still more than two months before the next round of competition.

That night, all members of the Japanese team boarded the return plane.

This time, Kurata didn't mutter about the entangled past with An Taishan, but kept stuffing various snacks into his mouth.

Yamashita glanced at Kurata, who was eating happily, put away the newspaper in his hand, turned his head and asked Shindo: "Want to eat something? Honinbo Samitsu?"

Shinto immediately understood what Yamashita meant, so he nodded with a smile.

"Kurata-kun." Yamashita coughed lightly, "...what are you eating?"

"It's nothing." Kurata stopped his mouth very vigilantly, and started to pack the unpacked food back.

"I'm getting old...it's easy to lose taste in my mouth..." Yamashita sighed, "If there is something salty..."

Kurata let out a low "Ah—" and took out a bag of potato chips from his bag and threw it to Yamashita.

"Thank you, Kurata-kun," but Yamashita just handed it over to Shinto, and sighed plaintively, "... But I'm getting old... Eating potato chips makes me gas..."

Kurata looked at his backpack very reluctantly, and took out another pack of dried fish from it very painfully.

"Hey! Small dried fish!" Yamashita's eyes lit up, he took the small dried fish and looked at it twice, and then handed it to Jinteng, "...It's a pity that I'm old, I can't bite anymore..."

Seeing Yamashita looking like he was going to empty out his backpack, Kurata refused to continue digging out snacks even after being beaten to death.

Seeing him clinging to his backpack tightly and not letting go, Yamashita sighed, his whole body looked a little older, "...you are old..."

"Ah, ah! I'll give you everything!" Kurata stuffed the half-deflated backpack into Yamashita's arms, "——Really! Is it interesting for you to keep playing this kind of game!"

Old naughty boy Shanxia laughed until his eyes narrowed, obviously thinking that this was very interesting.

"Come here, enter Fujimoto Inbo, what do you want to eat?" Holding a large bag of snacks in his arms, Yamashita's body looked thinner than usual, "Take whatever you want."

"Ah... that's enough for me to eat potato chips." Shinto glanced at Kurata not far away who was staring at him, and put the package of dried fish back instead.

"Hey...kids should eat more." Before the smile on Kurata's face could fully unfold, Yamashita took out several packs of snacks and put them in his arms, and took a pack of corn jelly for himself, Only then did he return the backpack to Kurata beside him, "Okay, return it to you."

"..."

Looking at the backpack that suddenly collapsed into a large piece, Kurata could only look at the side face of the cheerful Yamashita, the whole face was full of tears.

Seeing how the pair of master and apprentice get along naturally, Shinto smiled slightly and opened the bag of potato chips.

...The scene he saw before him easily brought back part of his memories of getting along with Zuo Wei.

Just thinking about it can make the corners of his mouth slightly curved and his heart warm.