Global Games: Old Chess Players

Chapter 130 "What kind of person am I?"

[Sequence event reminder: The monster will automatically disintegrate after 2 minutes. 】

[The sequence of events begins. 】

The train began to move the icy steel body, and the speed was getting faster and faster, rumbling through the dark tunnel.

The car door was closed tightly, and there was no way to get out of it.

With the beginning of the sequence of events, 55 citizens of Tokyo appeared one after another in the No. 11 and No. 12 cars, sitting in the left and right rows of seats, tightly packed.

The expressions of these citizens were very strange, their throats were hoarse, and they spit out puzzled and confused voices.

"Why are we here, shouldn't we be watching the battle in a different space just now?"

"I can't move, I can't move at all, how about you?"

"I can't move either."

An Senlu put his hands in his pockets, looked around wearily, "Really...I'm tired enough."

He tried to grab the handle inside the car, but failed.

His fingers passed through the armrest, as if his body had become air—as the rules said, he couldn't touch objects in the compartment, and he could only direct the citizens and Julius to move.

An Senlu sighed softly, then turned to look at the three people standing there dumbfounded, "Juliu, Cosimo, and Ruri Shindai, confirm what the system has placed in your luggage space, and give me feedback."

Cosimo's expression was wonderful.

The three of them followed An Senlu's orders exactly like a string puppet.

"A can of gas spray," Juliu said.

"A lighter," said Cosimo.

"A tachi." Shendai Liuli said.

An Senlu was thoughtful, "Gas and lighter... a small explosion?"

After a pause, he looked at Shendai Liuli, "As for the sword...it can be used to fight monsters."

The manipulable factors for this sequence of events are - 55 citizens, 3 players.

The success condition of the event is to keep at least 20 citizens and 2 players alive.

If successful, the first 30 dead citizens will be resurrected, and all dead players will also be resurrected.

That said, there are two main points:

1. After success, only the first 30 citizens will be resurrected, and the total number of citizens is 55. Only by keeping at least 25 citizens alive can an undead ending be achieved.

2. The success condition only requires 2 players to survive - sacrificing 1 player is allowed, because all players will be resurrected.

At present, with the skills blocked, Juliu and Cosimo obviously have little combat effectiveness.

That Goddai Liuli can undoubtedly be the victim, because she still has at least one Taidao.

Having said that, An Senlu turned his head and glanced at Dai Liuli.

Cold sweat rolled down Shendai Liuli's cheeks, and her eyes seemed to say - "No, brother chess player, are you really going to betray me?".

"Come on." An Senlu sighed deeply.

Suddenly, there was movement in the next compartment.

"what--!!!"

A sharp howl came.

An Senlu heard the wailing, and came to the conclusion in his heart: the monster appeared from the No. 11 car, so I have to let the citizens in the No. 11 and No. 12 cars run to the car behind No. 13...

"All citizens, run to car No. 13, don't look back, run all the way to car No. 16 at the end!"

An Senlu's voice cracked stones and flowed clouds, and soon spread in the two compartments of the carriage.

In an instant, the citizens in the 11th and 12th cars unlocked the right to run: the citizens in the 12th car got up from their seats and rushed to the 13th car with a roar.

As for the citizens in compartment 11, they were not so lucky.

Because, a blood-stained monster with countless bone spurs protruding from its body has already started a massacre in the 11th carriage.

"Oh!"

The monster stretched out its right arm and pointed it at the door between carriages No. 11 and No. 12. Its right arm turned into a 20-meter-long bone spur and shot forward in an instant.

"Pfft-!!!"

Nearly 20 citizens were strung together by the monster's bone spurs like barbecue skewers. Afterwards, blood flowed out like a waterfall, staining the entire carriage red.

In the No. 11 carriage, there were only a few citizens who were lucky enough to escape.

[Current remaining number of citizens: 31/55]

"No way..." An Senlu's face was serious, "24 people died in a flash?"

The bone monster returned its right arm to its normal state, and the 24 citizens who were strung together before suddenly fell to the ground with a "plop plop-plop--".

Their eyes were empty, and their bodies were bleeding from the gashes.

The bone monster ran very fast, almost two or three times faster than the world sprint champion, and it came to the No. 12 car in an instant.

"Student Liuli, hurry up and stop that monster, anyway, you can be resurrected after death." An Senlu ordered.

In an instant, Jindai Liuli pulled out the sword from his sleeve, and rushed towards the bone spur monster.

"Chong!"

"clang!"

The clinking of knives and bones continued to be heard in the train compartment, and even the rumble of driving could not cover it up.

Shendai Liuli moved quickly, with quick hands and quick eyes.

She kept circling around the monster with a dagger in her hand, seemingly with ease.

However, after two or three strokes with the monster, she tried to resist the monster's bone spur with the blade of the ether knife.

This is a wrong decision.

"Oh!"

The blade instantly shattered.

Shendai Liuli's chest was pierced fiercely by bone spurs, blood spattered, and her beautiful eyes dimmed.

From the beginning to the end, her Taidao failed to scratch the bone spur monster.

It seems that in the setting, this monster is invincible.

Unless... for 2 minutes, wait until it automatically disintegrates.

[There is still time until the monster disintegrates: 1 minute and 29 seconds]

[Players remaining: 2 (Cosimo, Juliu)]

【Citizens remaining: 31 people】

To win, at least 2 players must survive.

Now, if one of Cosimo and Julius dies, the game will be over—the 55 citizens, including Ruri, Julius, and Cosimo, will all die.

"Run, Cosimo, Julius."

Seeing Shendai Liuli's heroic death in battle, An Sen put his hand to his chin and gave the order.

After An Senlu's command fell, Cosimo and Juliu ran away without hesitation, following behind the citizens—these two were players, so of course they ran faster than the citizens.

At this moment, the bone monster kicked away Ruri's corpse.

"Roar!!!"

With both feet on the ground, he came rushing at a terrifying speed, passed through the nothingness of Ansen's deer, and chased after Cosimo and Julius.

"It's so fast..."

An Senlu walked quickly towards the No. 13 carriage.

Car No. 13 is already empty, and the citizens are running fast—by now, most of the citizens should have squeezed into Car No. 15, but some citizens were also left in Car No. 14.

However, the most important thing is - there are only 16 cars in this subway section, and the 16th car is the end of their escape.

According to the chasing speed of the bone monster, it will soon be able to catch up to the No. 16 carriage and wipe out all the remaining citizens.

At this moment, the monster ran hysterically and chased the No. 14 carriage.

An Senlu watched from a distance, observing the situation in carriage 14.

In just a few seconds, the bone monster caught up with the few citizens who were squeezed behind, and slit their throats open one by one with the bone spurs on the surface of their arms.

"Whoa-"

Shocking blood color spread in the interior of the carriage.

Amidst several hoarse screams and wailing, some citizens died one after another.

[There are still 52 seconds left before the monster disintegrates]

【Citizens remaining: 25 people】

[Current location of the monster: Car 14]

Among them, between the No. 15 and No. 16 cars, there is a metal door-this locked metal door may be able to block the bone spur monster for a period of time.

It is possible to strive for 52 seconds.

"However, there are only 25 citizens left, and none of them can die..." An Senlu said, "Otherwise, some people will not be able to be resurrected."

"Mom, Dad..."

A cry interrupted Ansenlu's thoughts. In the No. 14 carriage, after witnessing the cruel methods of the monster, a boy was so frightened that he fell to the ground, trembling and crying loudly.

In carriage No. 16, a pair of parents who were busy looking for their child seemed to hear the boy's call, and turned their heads quickly, looking at the boy two carriages away in shock.

"Why, I should order them to run to the No. 16 carriage." Anson Lu was taken aback. "By the way, I can only order some citizens, not all citizens."

His reaction was quick, and he could order:

"Juliu, unscrew the gas spray and throw it at the bone monster; Cosimo, turn on the lighter and throw it at the monster."

In an instant, Juliu unscrewed the cap of the spray can; Cosimo turned on the lighter, and a flame shot out from it.

In the next second, the two aimed at the bone monster and threw the objects in their hands at the same time.

The bone monster put away the bone spurs and was about to chase forward.

At this moment, a gas spray can and a lighter came oncoming, and the white mist gushing from the spray can enveloped its body.

"Oh!"

Gas and flames come into contact, producing a violent explosion.

"Uhhhh-"

The turbulent fire rose up, violently burning the body of the bone monster.

But... it only struggled for about ten seconds before moving its body again, staring straight at the boy on the ground with its scarlet eyes.

"I've already won." An Senlu was silent for half a second, and then ordered: "Juliu, Cosimo, run to the No. 16 carriage."

Juliu and Cosimo ran wildly. They passed the parents who came from the No. 16 car and hid in the No. 16 car.

[There are still 35 seconds left before the monster disintegrates]

This time, there are only 35 seconds left before the monster disintegrates.

Amidst the roar of the monster, the boy's parents rushed back from the No. 16 carriage. The father picked up the boy on his back, and the three of them rushed to the No. 16 carriage together.

The fire on the monster's body was burning more and more fiercely.

It crawls forward in the flames.

The pace is so slow, he stumbles and stumbles, in a state of embarrassment, but he seems to be wearing the black robe of death and holding a sickle.

【Citizens remaining: 25 people】

[There are still 29 seconds left before the monster disintegrates]

At this time, the citizens in the No. 16 car had a dispute, and each of them was red-faced. One side of the people shouted to close the metal door quickly, and the other side shouted that they could not close it.

In the end, the side that closed the door prevailed, and they forced the metal door shut.

"Don't close it!" The father ran wildly with the boy on his back, looked at the citizens at the end of the No. 15 carriage, and shouted: "Don't close it, please, don't close the door!"

At this time, the metal door connecting the No. 15 and No. 16 cars was about to close and go up.

The father gritted his teeth, picked up the boy while running, and threw him violently towards the metal door.

"call!"

Just at the last second, the boy's head hit the metal door, and he squeezed into the No. 16 car through the gap, and was hugged by the citizens opposite the metal door.

"Oh!"

The metal door is completely closed and goes up.

Father and mother rushed to the metal door, father slammed on the metal door, turned his head to look at the creeping monster behind him, and hoarsely shouted at the citizens behind the door:
"Open the door! Quick! Quick——!"

[There are still 20 seconds left before the monster disintegrates]

"This..." An Senlu put his hands in his pockets and said, "How could it develop like this?"

In compartment 16.

The boy beat the backs of those citizens with his hands, tears streaming from the corners of his eyes, and shouted hoarsely: "Open the door quickly, open the door quickly! My father, my parents, and the others are still outside."

"Dad, Mom!"

He knelt down on the ground, and several citizens pressed his back to prevent him from messing around.

The boy shouted almost hysterically:
"Let me open the door!"

Behind him, Julius and Cosimo were like puppets, unable to move.

They could act only after receiving orders from Anson Deer—the expressions of both of them were very angry, especially Cosimo, who almost stared out of his eye sockets, and his entire face was twitching violently.

An Senlu rested his hand on his chin, and looked at the parents who were screaming outside the door expressionlessly, his thoughts running at high speed.

What if I let Julius and Cosimo open the door...

No...

If the skeleton man seized this moment and extended his arm to penetrate the bodies of those citizens, then the game would be lost.

So far, the number of surviving people is only 25, and if 5 more people die, the number of surviving people will be less than 20 people... If the requirements for the success of the event cannot be met, all the citizens who died before then will not be able to be resurrected.

If you don't open the door...

Well, at most two people will die.

There are 55 citizens in total. If you clear the game, only the first 30 people who died will be resurrected...

Although these two people will not be resurrected, the thirty people who died before, as well as Shendai Liuli, can be resurrected.

Use the lives of two people to exchange for 31 lives steadily.

Yes, this is the most correct choice...

An Senlu's eyes didn't fluctuate in any way, he quietly looked at the monster burning with flames, and gradually approached the man and woman.

I have always been like this...

It's always been that way...

It's always been like this...

what's wrong...

An Senlu lowered his eyelids, his face was a little tired.

At this time, the loud kowtow resounded inside the No. 16 carriage, interrupting An Senlu's thoughts.

"Open the door, please... open the door quickly," the boy kowtowed and said with tears in his eyes, "don't sacrifice my parents, please, I don't want them to die."

"Kang Yi, you have to live a good life in the future." His father leaned against the back of the door, his voice was hoarse and muddy, "Mom and Dad love you."

"No, I don't want..." the boy yelled, "Uncle, please let me go, let me open the door! Let my parents in!"

"They are all good people!"

"My parents didn't do anything bad! They are good people!"

The dark strands of hair covered Anson's deer's eyes.

He recalled a few things.

It seems that many years ago, he was like this too, watching the most important person die before his eyes.

That car accident.

The car accident that took his parents away.

Fire, a very hot fire.

Also, the father whose legs were crushed under the car, and the mother whose arm was broken.

If at that time, I had a chance to save them, what would happen...

Is this boy going through similar things now...

No... what he experienced was even crueler than what I experienced back then.

wrong……

If the door is opened, not only these two people will die, but the entire subway may die here...

What the hell am I thinking...

What is there to hesitate about...

"I..." An Senlu opened his dark brown eyes wide, his pupils trembling slightly, "What am I...hesitating about?"

What am I struggling with.

This is not a very normal choice. The death of two people can ensure the safety of everyone and minimize the risk.

Use the lives of two people to exchange the lives of the whole car.

what's wrong with this...

I have always been like this, give up what should be given up, because these have nothing to do with me, so I can choose the most correct option.

If not, the crow would not have taken a fancy to me.

He is right that without this defect I would not be a man who can save mankind.

I need to make the right...

select.

The most sensible choice...

I don't need to empathize with others, and I don't need to cloud my judgment with such nonsense.

Otherwise... I would not be me.

I can't get to the heights I'm at now.

"Father..." The boy was still kowtowing, but the sound of kowtow became weaker and weaker, "Mom... I'm sorry, it's my fault, I just wish I didn't fall..."

His head was already covered with blood, and a citizen held him back desperately. The people in the car were never moved. They were all busy coping with the fear of death, so how could they be willing to open the car door.

"You have to live a good life, take the role of parents and live a good life." The mother outside the door said softly.

The father leaned against the back of the door and lowered his head: "I'm sorry, son, I can't be by your side."

An Senlu's pupils contracted to the extreme.

Ten years ago.

Beside the shattered vehicle, the woman's arm was squeezed by the cracked window, and blood flowed horizontally.

"My child, don't cry..." she said softly, "I hope you can... live happily."

The boy knelt on the ground and howled.

"Father, he said that you are the best. You can beat him at chess at such a young age. Although he is not good at words, he keeps telling me... Our little deer is the best." The woman smiled palely. , with tears streaming down her cheeks, said in a trembling voice:

"He also said... our little deer doesn't like to make friends, if we don't accompany you often, you will be very lonely..."

"Lu, we can't accompany you now..."

"Even if mom and dad are not here...don't close yourself, you will make many...many friends in the future, no one will bully you, everyone...will..."

Her voice gradually became hoarse and intermittent, and she couldn't even utter a complete sentence. Every time she uttered a sentence, a line of blood flowed out of her mouth.

"You were never..."

"one person."

The boy tried his best to open the window, but he still couldn't pull his mother out of it.

He cried and roared at the whole world until he had no strength left.

What am I...

An Senlu's teeth were about to bite blood, like a wild beast rubbing its sharp teeth, and his downcast dark brown eyes were filled with sadness.

What kind of person am I...

Principal, teach me.

Please, teach me...

If it were you, what would you choose...

In carriage No. 16, the boy yelled so loudly that his throat was about to be torn open, and his internal organs were about to shatter. His voice gradually became hoarse, "Dad, I don't want you to die."

In the flames, the monster stretched out its palm and grabbed his father's head.

Close at hand.

An Senlu raised his head, this scene was reflected in his eyes, and the boy's father had already closed his eyes.

I really... don't want to think about it anymore.

I don't want to weigh the pros and cons anymore...

I'm really, really tired enough.

Can anyone listen to what I was crying and roaring at that time.

"Father, I don't want you to die." The boy was still struggling, he suddenly broke away from the shackles of the citizens beside him, lay hysterically on the iron gate, and wailed in despair:

"I really... don't want you to die."

Can anyone listen?

Can anyone hear me?

Really, no one can hear it?

At that time, I was also... saying the same thing... So, I... How could I not hear, how could I not hear, what was I talking about at that time?
How can I pretend not to hear, what is he talking about...

The boy in the carriage could no longer shout, his eyes were empty and numb. He lay on the ground, watching quietly through the gap in the middle of the metal window. The monster stretched out its hands to his parents.

"Cosimo, Juliu," Anson Deer almost roared, "Give me... open the door!!"

Anson's deer's voice shook the entire carriage.

He no longer knew what he was talking about. In nearly ten years, perhaps this was the first time that uncontrollable emotions dominated his brain.

at this moment.

In the No. 16 carriage, Cosimo jumped up like a mad dog and knocked away all the citizens blocking him. Julius rushed to the metal door and slammed the door open with his black arm.

"Oh!"

The door opened.

The parents leaning against the back of the door fell backwards in an instant, and the monster's hands failed to catch their figures.

The monster roared hysterically. It raised its flaming right arm, and a bone stretched out from the right arm in an instant. This sharp bone shot into the carriage with unstoppable momentum.

Juliu stood in front of everyone. He used the devouring arm as a shield to resist the continuously extending bone spur.

"Ugh-!!!"

Juliu's arm was pierced in an instant, he was shot backwards, and was pinned to the end of the carriage, blood crazily spilled from the cut in his arm, and in the next second, his arm was severed from the middle.

"Pfft!"

Blood sloshed wildly inside the carriage.

[There are still 4 seconds left before the monster disintegrates]

The monster took a step forward, and the flames splashed.

The boy's parents crawled back in amazement.

[There are still 2 seconds left before the monster disintegrates]

The monster withdrew the bone spur, and Juliu fell from the top of the carriage wall, drawing a bloody gully.

[There are still 1 seconds left before the monster disintegrates]

The monster roared and rushed forward.

The citizens in the carriage were frantically hiding behind and huddled together.

[There are still 0 seconds left before the monster disintegrates]

[The serial event has ended, the number of surviving citizens is 25, and the number of surviving players is 2, the event goal has been achieved. 】

[The first 30 citizens who died have been resurrected, a total of 30 citizens died, which means that all citizens have been resurrected. 】

[Citizens have returned to a different space. 】

[The dead player has been resurrected, and the player's injury has healed. 】

[Sequential Event Rewards: Old chess players get 1 special chess type, and other players get 1 evolution coins and 1 experience points. 】

The system prompt sounded, and the figure of Jindai Ruri appeared in the No. 16 carriage. Juliu's wound healed quickly, and his broken right arm was attached.

"Fortunately you are all right."

Cosimo breathed a sigh of relief, and looked outside the carriage.

Anson Deer has recovered his body, he stood there dazedly, staring at the open metal door silently.

"You..." Cosimo walked out of the car quickly, cursing, "I thought you really didn't intend to let us open that door. I was so anxious, but luckily you opened it."

"Yeah." Anson Lu said.

"Here, isn't this the end of the matter?"

"Correct."

"In the past, I misunderstood you..." Cosimo shrugged his shoulders, coughed twice and said, "I thought you were the kind of person who was extremely selfish and indifferent, and you would definitely not open that door. Some citizens will really die, you..."

His voice stopped abruptly.

Because, An Senlu had already stepped out of the carriage, his back was swallowed by the light at the end of the station.

Anson Deer did not participate in this day's crusade.

At 12 o'clock, Castle in the Sky and the Giant Squid began to dispatch troops.

At 16 o'clock, the players in Tokyo cleared all the monsters.

Juliu got the highest number of kills, followed by Cosimo and Jindai Ruri.

So far, players have killed 1000 sky monsters and [-] sea monsters in total.

As long as you kill 500 sky monsters and 500 sea monsters to meet the requirement of killing 1500, you can unlock the right to challenge the sky boss and sea boss.

At night, Japan, Tokyo, a hotel.

Anson deer leaned against the back of the bed and sat on the bed.

He opened the memo on his phone, sorting out some clues in a mess.

-

In the principal's timeline, he lost to Tokyo's Hakuryu.

During the World Boss battle, the principal used the time travel ability of a certain chess piece to drag Xuelong to the Atlantic Ocean in 1912.

What is the purpose……

Is it to protect other players?

Or was it because he didn't trust other players and dragged it into the past time in order to allow himself to fight the world boss one-on-one?

No matter how……

In the Atlantic Ocean, the principal single-handedly challenged Xuelong alone.

He tried to annihilate Xuelong by himself.

However, the headmaster failed.

By the way, Xue Long turned over the Titanic.

This is the Titanic incident for later generations.

I still have a lot of questions that I haven't figured out.

For example: What is the matter with Yuri? Why are there three Icelandic girls?Why is it a disease that will die when it arrives?Is this the price the principal said?
Regarding this, I have a guess in my mind: If the old chess players want to stay longer in other timelines, they must let that time chess piece absorb the vitality of the three Icelandic girls or something...

Only in this way can the principal stay in this time and space longer.

But... this is too cruel, should I say that it is me?
A scum like me doesn't care about other people's lives at all.

That's why such cruel things are done, isn't it?
However, why did you choose Yuri...

Having said that, Yuri wouldn't have become 'Snow Country Walker' if this hadn't happened.

If she hadn't suffered from 'Ancaches Syndrome', she would have grown up normally and... died normally in the evolution game.

It seems that the principal let me meet her.

The same goes for Asuka Uesugi, if not for this series of operations by the principal, I would not have them by my side.

I was wondering how the principal at that time survived.

In the last timeline, after the game of death in Shangshi High School, there was no other 'principal' standing beside the principal.

Because in his timeline, he only has himself, only that Anson deer.

What kind of life did Ansenlu live at that time...

If there was no 'principal', all the students would regard him as a monster after that death chess game...

A monster who is extremely indifferent and treats human life as a pawn.

No one would play chess with him for several months, and no one would answer back for him when everyone scolded him.Similarly, no one would make an appointment with him to treat him to rice cakes when he releases the dungeon.

In such an environment, he gradually became indifferent, developing in the most indifferent direction.

So... the headmaster became a loner.

The reason why he killed Urushihara who was close to him was also because he couldn't trust anyone.

Even, after half a year, he chose to face that snow dragon alone.

But he failed.

Completely defeated.

In the end, this desperate loser came to my side in order not to let me... repeat the same mistakes.

----

An Senlu recorded this, lowered his eyelids, and murmured softly: "So...you stayed by my side and acted with me for so long, just to prevent me from following your old path?"

No, he was simply sympathizing with his past self...

It's just that I'm sympathizing with my past self.

"That's true..." An Senlu shrugged, "He just wanted to achieve his own goals."

"Ding."

The message beep sounds.

An Senlu opened the panel, and it was Yuri's message.

[Yuri: I saw it in the student handbook. 】

An Senlu even forgot what he said in his last message.

He flipped up the information panel - Yuri sent him "Happy Birthday" in the morning, and he replied "How do you know today is my birthday?".

[An Senlu: The message in the morning, you are only replying now? 】

Anson paused, then continued typing.

[An Senlu: But thank you, except for one old...]

He typed here and deleted three words.

【An Senlu: Except myself, no one will remember my birthday, only you. 】

[Yuri: I just remembered, so I sent you a message. 】

[Yurui: And... Asuka also knows, she said, if you make a copy, on your birthday, when you are fast asleep, you will turn into a dragon and scare you up and down. 】

An Senlu laughed dryly and typed angrily.

[An Senlu: ... Forget about this birthday present. 】

[An Senlu: I remember that there is a voice function, how about you say a few words with me? 】

There was a long pause.

The hotel room is very quiet, there is no sound at all, only the sound of seconds turning.

[Player 'Yurui' initiated a phone call to you, do you accept it? 】

Anson Deer answered the phone.

"...So, what's wrong with you?" An emotionless voice came from the opposite side.

An Senlu said: "I seem a little strange today."

"..."

Anson Lu said: "I have done a lot of things that I never thought I would do."

"For example?" Yuri's voice was cold.

"Impulsive, irrational ... made a ridiculous decision, completely against the way I always deal with it, and that's about it."

"You will too, not rational?"

"I used to think I wouldn't."

"Okay...then you are one step ahead of me."

An Senlu froze for a moment, but didn't realize what she was saying.

"What?" he asked.

"You are one step ahead of me in terms of becoming a 'complete person'." Yuri's voice was calm.

"Is it complete..." An Senlu thought deeply, "Maybe it's just like what the crow said, once my 'incomplete weirdo' changes, he will become a mediocre person. will be disappointed in me."

After a moment's silence, he continued:
"Actually, I don't understand myself anymore."

"At least..." Yuri paused, then said softly, "I won't be disappointed."

"why?"

"...No reason." She changed the subject, "Do you want to play chess?"

"No, I'm a little tired today, I'm going to rest soon."

"Okay, rest early."

"Thank you for your birthday wishes." An Senlu scratched his messy hair and teased: "Although, my birthday was very unlucky, and it must be due to your unlucky wishes."

"There will be no next time."

"what?"

"Next time, I won't have the chance to say that to you again."

Yuri's voice was very flat, as if describing an unremarkable fact.

It was only then that Anson Lu came to his senses.

By this time next year, she might have melted into ice.

An Senlu curled up into a ball, he was silent for a long time, and asked in a low voice: "Didn't you ask me before, if you die, will I be hurt?"

"Asked."

"I will get hurt..." An Senlu said wearily, "So, I don't want you to die, I... don't want to lose the people around me anymore." When he said this, he smiled softly and said incoherently:

"It's much better to lose. My father, my mother, and the principal. If I lose you again, I already... don't know how to go on."

"..."

"..."

"Ding."

The message prompt sounds.

broke the silence.

An Senlu raised his head and looked at the message with dim eyes. It was a painting, which showed a girl and a boy skiing on a snowy field. Beside the painting, there was a line of messy handwriting.

The handwriting was in Icelandic, but Anson Deer could understand it.

I... don't want to be forgotten by you.

An Senlu muttered the words she wrote down, and said in a hoarse voice: "I... I'm not good enough, I can forget whoever I care about."

"I really miss the principal, Yuri."

"I have never had friends, no one cares about me, only he cares about me."

"........."

"........."

Another long silence.

"When I go back..." Yuri said softly, "I want to play chess with you."

"Well, go play chess...and drink tea."

"Good night."

"Good night."

(End of this chapter)