Global Games: Old Chess Players

Chapter 127 "We will sink into the long river of time together."

January 1, afternoon, Tokyo, Japan.

"So..." Juliu hugged his shoulders and stared at An Senlu, "Do you suspect that the principal of Shangshi High School is the mastermind behind the evolution game?"

"I'm not sure." Anson Lu said in a low voice: "I have investigated many clues in the past few days. I went to Iceland and also visited Uesugi's house in Japan. Almost...all the clues lead to the principal."

It was near dusk. After bidding farewell to Ruri Kindai in the afternoon, Ansenlu came to the intersection of Kamakura High School Station and met Yuliu here.

The light blue tide hits the beach, and there is a soothing sound. There is a fence between the beach and the road. Near the fence, a JR tram with a light green shell is parked on the track.

Juliu was silent for a while, then asked, "Why...you didn't tell the crow about these things?"

"He is very important, so keep him a secret." Anson Lu said, "If... the two of us die because of too deep investigation, then the crow is the only few people in the world who can take humans down."

"Isn't Lorenzo?"

"No, the existence of the crow is to prevent Lorenzo from going crazy in the future and make things unstoppable."

"Indeed..." Juliu Ruo had deep meaning, "I can also see that something is wrong with the captain of the law enforcement team."

"Leave these things aside, we are still alive after all." An Sen Lu's eyes flashed, "So, even though there may be a risk of death, do you still want to listen to me?"

The tide came up on the beach, and it almost hit the fence, but the fence was close at hand, but it seemed out of reach, and the tide receded back into the sea again.

"I'll listen." Juliu said coldly, "If you don't dare to listen, it's better than being kept in the dark and being a lamb waiting to be slaughtered."

"That's good."

"Are you afraid?"

"I'm scared." Ansen Lu said in a deep voice, "I really feel insecure with such an unclear person by my side. The more I try to figure out his identity, the more confused my thoughts become. .”

Juliu observed his expression, "I can see that you are under a lot of pressure."

"Stop talking nonsense..." Anson Lu said, "So far, I have three clues about the principal's identity."

"Which three?"

"First, Asuka Uesugi has the blood of a dragon in her body."

Two days ago, on January 1, late at night, Tokyo, the Uesugi family's mansion.

"If I remember correctly..." The old man raised his head, his cloudy eyes reflected the figure of a young man, "You are... An Senlu, No.1 in the world."

"Patriarch Uesugi, I just came to ask you something." An Senlu wrapped his scarf tightly, his eyes glowing, "I want to know why there is dragon blood flowing in Asuka Uesugi's body, you know...she has dragon blood. When it comes to transforming abilities, the evolution game has not yet begun."

"Hehe, you are really rude..." Patriarch Uesugi sneered, and said slowly: "You know how late it is, if you want to see me, you must at least notify my servants first."

"I don't have that time, it's very important to me." An Senlu said in a cold tone, "If you can't answer me, then I might consider asking for it."

"Young man, you are setting yourself on fire..."

"I don't care..." Anson Lu said hoarsely, "I repeat, I don't care, but you do. If you don't answer me, I can do anything now."

"You look angry, what are you angry about?"

"It's none of your business."

"Young people nowadays are really incomprehensible..." Patriarch Uesugi smiled.

"answer me."

"I answered you yes, there is no need to be so anxious." Patriarch Uesugi said, "I heard someone say that you have an intuition, an intuition that can distinguish between true and false."

"Although I don't know who you listened to, this information is very accurate. I can rely on my intuition to recognize whether you are lying..." An Senlu said coldly, "So, please answer me seriously and carefully, What happened to Asuka Uesugi?"

"Tell me, the person with this characteristic of yours is from Huaxia. He said that he is just the principal of a high school." Patriarch Uesugi looked at An Senlu and said unhurriedly:

"And this person came to the Uesugi family once ten years ago, and after that, Asuka's body began to flow the blood of the dragon."

An Senlu froze in place, his pupils constricted to the extreme.

Juliu frowned, "Dragon's blood?"

An Senlu said: "That's right, dragon's blood, before the evolution game starts, she can already transform into a dragon."

"Why..." Juliu's expression was a little stunned.

"The head of the Uesugi family told me this..." An Senlu said slowly, "When Uesugi Asuka was seven years old, that is, ten years ago, an old Chinese man came to Tokyo, and the old man brought a Girl, this girl just said a few words to Asuka, and after that day, Asuka has the ability to transform into a dragon."

old man and girl...

Juliu's expression became even weirder, "You mean...that old Chinese man is the principal of Shangshi High School?"

"The head of the Uesugi family didn't say it clearly, he only said that he had an agreement with that old man." An Senlu said, "However, I can basically confirm that it is the principal... because the principal told me before that Uesugi Asuka will join hell For the lighthouse, more important is the influence of the Uesugi family than the official interference of the United States and Japan, so he went to Tokyo to find the Uesugi family head in person."

"The principal you're talking about shouldn't be a player, right?" Juliu realized something was wrong.

An Senlu nodded, "Well, he is obviously not a player, but he can freely enter and leave the city."

Juliu gasped, his thoughts suddenly became confused.

"Then... what about the second clue?"

After a moment, he asked again.

"It's about Yuri, the Icelandic girl from our union," said Anson Lu. "She suffers from a disease called Ancaches Syndrome."

"Ancaches Syndrome, a disease name I've never heard of..."

"This kind of disease will cause patients to show clinical manifestations such as 'hair whitening', 'hypermemory', and 'emotional loss'..." Anson Lu said, "The most important thing is that all the symptoms of Ancaches syndrome Patients, without exception, died that year."

Juliu's expression was stunned again, "What?"

"There have been three cases of Ancaches Syndrome. Except Yuri, the first two patients were named 'Kaki' and 'Rima' respectively. After getting sick, they all showed the symptoms I mentioned."

"How did they all get this disease?"

"Like Yuri, the three of them suffered from Ancaches syndrome in a winter ten years ago."

"Ten years ago?" Juliu said thoughtfully: "Isn't this the time you just said, when the old Chinese man went to Tokyo to visit the Uesugi family?"

"That's right, ten years ago, after that...an old Chinese man took a girl and said a few words to Uesugi Asuka, Asuka began to be able to turn into a dragon." An Senlu nodded.

"You suspect there is a connection between the two?"

"Almost 100 percent correlation."

Juliu's thoughts were in a mess, "I don't know why you are so sure, but you continue to say..."

"As I said...the first two patients with Ancaches Syndrome are named Kaqi and Ruima." An Senlu said slowly: "Rema's family members are all dead, and Yuri's family members are also... …Only Khaki, her father is still alive."

"So, you went to see Khaki's father?"

"Yes, her father's name is Jeff." Anson Lu lowered his head, his eyes were covered by dark hair, "A week ago, I went to Iceland to find him, and he told me something something..."

It was the first time for Juliu to see Ansenlu showing such an expression.

"What did you say?" Julius asked in a low voice.

An Senlu raised his head, his dark brown eyes were full of confusion, "In the winter of ten years ago, a Chinese man brought a girl in a windbreaker to Dupivogur in Iceland."

At the end, his voice became hoarse.

Julius froze in place.

This rhetoric...is exactly the same as Patriarch Uesugi's rhetoric-an old man in Huaxia and a girl, a girl in a windbreaker?Who the hell is that girl?

"At that time, Yuri was 7 years old, Ruima was 16 years old, and Khaki was 17 years old." An Senlu said hoarsely: "The girls brought by the Huaxia man talked to them one by one. I don't know what the girls said. After that , all three of them...all suffer from Ancaches Syndrome."

Juliu was completely stunned, with a puzzled face, "This..."

"One year after that winter, Khaki reached the age of 18 and died." Anson Lu paused, and said, "Two years after that, Rema reached the age of 18 and died."

Juliu's face was serious, so according to this rule, this girl named Yuri would definitely die at the age of 18.

But You Rui was still young when he got sick, only 7 years old, so he escaped a catastrophe...

But, that was ten years ago...

Ten years later, Yuri's age will reach 17 years old, and she may die like Khaki and Rema soon...

If all these things were caused by that headmaster alone.

So, no wonder Anson Lu showed such a violent side...

"So, according to what you said, it was the girl brought by the Chinese man that caused Kaqi, Ruima, and Yuri to suffer from Ancaches syndrome?" Juliu asked.

"Yes, Jeff told me that even if he told the facts to the authorities, the officials would only think that he was insane, because at that time, no one except him witnessed the old Chinese man and girl." Anson Lu said , "And Yuri is the same, she doesn't remember talking to a girl at that time."

"Then what impression does Jeff have of that Chinese man?"

"He gave me a picture. In order to remember the man's appearance, Jeff drew the general appearance of the old man." Anson Lu said slowly:

"I saw that picture, and Jeff recorded all the characteristics of the man next to the picture - he is about 1.8 meters five, with white hair, a strong body, and the outline of the face is as hard as a male model."

"The person in the painting, and the principal you mentioned..." Juliu couldn't finish.

"It's just one person." An Senlu interrupted him.

Julius fell silent.

Now that Anson Lu has said so, what else can he refute.

"The clues are not yet clear, so don't worry." Juliu tried to stabilize An Senlu's emotions.

An Senlu scratched his head with his hands, his eyes flashed, and he murmured almost tremblingly:
"It's the principal... why, why did he make Yuri suffer from this disease, and... who is that girl who is following the principal?"

His thoughts were so chaotic that they were about to explode.

For a week, An Senlu has been investigating related matters - but whether it is Asuka Uesugi's past or Yuri's past, they are all closely related to the existence of the principal without exception.

"Any other clues?" Juliu asked.

"Jeff said that the girl's language is English, so she called that old Chinese man..." Anson Lu paused, and said hoarsely:

"chess master."

"Chess master..." Juliu suddenly opened his eyes wide and shivered for no reason, "Chess player?"

"Yes..." An Senlu lowered his head, "Chess player."

"Is it related to your profession, old chess player..."

"Perhaps." Anson Lu said, "Besides the two clues of Asuka Uesugi and Yuri, I have one last clue."

"What is it?"

"In 1912, the sinking of the Titanic may have been caused by me."

"You're crazy..." Julius said.

"You don't understand."

Juliu's voice was full of puzzlement, he took a deep breath, and retorted vigorously: "That was in 1912, more than 100 years ago, how could it be caused by you?!"

This time, Juliu really suspected that Anson Lu was crazy to speak such nonsense.

Anson Deer remained silent.

"That's enough..." Juliu said coldly, "Ansenlu, do you know what you're talking about? I really question whether you have mental problems."

"It was the game system that guided me and let me know about it." An Senlu said slowly:

"I took the snow dragon that was about to come to Tokyo half a year later to the Atlantic Ocean more than 100 years ago. Just at that time, it hit the passing Titanic."

"It's absolutely ridiculous," said Julius impatiently.

"Xuelong released a skill and created an iceberg, and that iceberg intercepted the Titanic, which led to the famous Titanic shipwreck." Anson Lu ignored Juliu's attitude, but said in a tired voice:
"I told you...my intuition is close to a superpower, and it can help me identify the truth of some things."

"so what?"

"My hunch...that's the right thing to do."

Juliu froze in place, as if something was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't even say a word.

Before having this conversation, he had done an experiment with Anson Deer—Anson Deer asked him to mix fifty lies and fifty truths in one hundred sentences.

Moreover, Anson deer will use intuition to judge which sentence is true and which sentence is false.

In the end, he guessed right without exception.

"You went back to 1912..." Juliu said, "Moreover, you also used a transfer method to bring the white dragon that will come to Tokyo in the future to the Atlantic Ocean in 1912."

"Yes." Anson Lu confirmed again.

Juliu said deeply: "My worldview is shattering."

"It should have been broken a long time ago. The evolution game started a month ago." An Senlu sarcastically said.

Juliu rested his hand on his forehead, and after a long silence, he asked, "So, what is the connection between this matter and the previous two matters?"

"This incident shows..." Anson Lu said: "At least half a year later, I will get an ability similar to 'time travel', maybe it is the effect of a chess piece."

"and then?"

"Didn't you say before that Jeff heard the girl the headmaster took to Iceland called the headmaster a 'chess master', that is, a chess player." Anson paused, and said with a sneer:
"The chess player...hehe, there is a high probability that he is an old chess player."

"You mean, you will have the ability to travel through time in the future... and the principal is also a player, and there is a high probability that he is a player from the future, because he is in the same occupation sequence as you, so he also has the ability to travel through time ?” Juliu asked intermittently.

He couldn't keep up with Anson Lu's train of thought at all.

"I mean..." Ansen Lu looked up at the sky, and whispered, "Is there a possibility?"

"what?"

"Principal, it's me from the future."

At this moment, on the other side of the world, the North Pole.

In the hazy world of ice and snow, there are two out of place figures - an old man in a windbreaker and a little girl in a dress.

"Ah, I've been guessed. Should I say... you are worthy of the old you?"

The girl sat on an ice rock, shaking her pale and slender calves.

"It's normal. I've shown so many lies..." The principal lit a cigarette and said flatly, "Heh...he's an enhanced version of me, so I should have guessed it anyway."

"In short, according to my skill rules, you can no longer stay in this time and space."

"It doesn't matter, I have already done what I have to do."

The girl asked puzzledly: "So, what can the three chess pieces you bring to that child change?"

"That is the future of mankind." The principal hissed deeply, "I have no future, but he still has one, and unlike me, this time the old chess player is no longer fighting alone."

"Well, think about it carefully, you not only brought him a lot of companions, but also brought him the ability of 'super intuition'." The girl poked her chin with her finger and said casually:
"Indeed, Ansenlu this time is completely different from you who lost to that white dragon 30 years ago. You are no longer a bereaved dog who died alone, kneeling in front of the grave of all mankind and weeping bitterly..."

The principal gasped, and said angrily: "How can there be a chess piece that says the owner is a lost dog."

"You used to be a non-smoker, chess player."

"Tobacco and alcohol are both good things. At that time, I hid myself too deeply. I was lonely and didn't trust anyone. I was only 17 years old, and I shouldered the responsibility of saving the whole world."

The headmaster raised his head, his empty pupils reflected the winter sky like thousands of ice cubes, "But it's different now, at least he's not alone anymore."

"I think that you were more attractive in the past. The young man who faced the Tokyo dragon alone is dead."

"I'm old too..."

"It's time for you to go into the coffin, Anson Lu. There is no place for you in the future. After all, the world line has changed, and there will be no old guy like you in the future."

"I'm really moved..." the principal said, "You were the only one who accompanied me before I died, but you are also the pawn who accompanied me the longest."

"It's disgusting, it's about to die, and you still use me as a pawn."

"Oh, I can't treat you as a lover... You have to remember that you were just a pendulum at first."

"Yes yes yes." The girl tilted her head and said:

"Tell me, can Ansenlu save the world this time, or is it like you, full of ideals, trampled by that white dragon into an old man with lifeless eyes who only knows how to live?"

The headmaster fell powerlessly on the ice, the contours of his body gradually becoming blurred.

"I've been running away long enough..." he whispered, "For more than 20 years, until that white dragon trampled the entire world, I have been running away."

The girl said quietly: "Actually, there is no need to run away. Since losing that war, that dragon has been endowed with an unstoppable halo. It is destined to evolve...until it is enough to swallow the entire world."

"No matter how it ends this time..." the headmaster said softly, "At least, he is no longer alone."

"You are so naive, is it more important to stop being alone than to save the world?"

"I just learned to feel sorry for myself... At that time, I was just a 17-year-old child. No one understood me. I was just a lone wolf through and through, an out-and-out loner."

"Isn't there still me?"

"A chess piece is a good chess piece."

"Che, that's it. That's why Ansen Lu is different from you now. He has started to change, and he doesn't just treat chess pieces as chess pieces, but you, an old man, are too indifferent." The girl said lightly.

The headmaster sighed softly and smiled self-deprecatingly, "It's nice to have friends, the time of youth is gone forever."

The girl jumped off the ice rock and lay down next to the principal, and the two got deeper and deeper in the white world.

She suddenly asked:

"If you hadn't killed Urushihara at that time, wouldn't the world line have progressed like this?"

"At that time, I only believed in myself and insisted on going my own way. Since Ritsu Urushihara tried to get close to me, he was destined to be killed by me." The headmaster said flatly:
"Now, at least that kid trusts me, so he also has the ability to trust others-this is something I only learned in the decades after the destruction of the world, and I... taught it in three months he."

"Sure enough, I know myself best." The girl smiled, "In such a short period of time, I have made my past self trust you."

"I know what he needs."

"A little cunning."

"What's the matter with lying to yourself, not to others."

"Don't be sophistry, he and you are already two existences."

"..."

"........."

"........."

"I'm tired, so I won't bicker with you this time." The principal said, "Good night, Hystoria."

"Good night, Anson Lu." The girl closed her eyes, with a slight smile on her lips, "We will... sink into the long river of time together."

January 1, night, a hotel in Tokyo

An Senlu lay on the bed, staring at the phone screen silently.

On the screen, he sent nearly a thousand messages to the principal, but the old man refused to reply to any of them, and disappeared for a week as if he was dead.

Suddenly, an email arrives, which is scheduled to be sent.

[Principal: Make good use of the 'Future Blue Bird' chess set. This is a gift I specially brought to you from the future. Also, the 'Salvation Team' chess set must be assembled. 】

An Senlu's face twitched slightly, he typed a line suddenly, and pressed the send button hard.

[An Senlu: Where the hell are you? You have been hiding from me for several days, old man, you still have a lot of things to explain to me! 】

1 minutes passed.

No response, the second hand of the clock is ticking...

10 minutes passed.

There was no response, and the second hand of the clock made many revolutions...

An hour passed.

There was still no response, and the hour hand of the clock turned a full circle...

The time has come to zero, and it is now January 1.

"Ding." A notification sound came from the phone.

An Senlu shuddered, opened his eyes suddenly, and looked at the phone.

Another timed email——

[Principal: Anson Lu, happy birthday. 】

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(End of this chapter)