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Chapter 45 The Progress of Chess Soul

Spring break is here, from the end of February to April [-]st, when the cherry blossoms bloom, school will not start.

Higashino called his parents because he had to work. He couldn't go home for the time being. I hope they will take care of themselves and don't worry.

The roommates of "Yoshihara-so" are all in school, and they are having hot pot together to send off Takagi Kiko-senpai.

Higashino sent a manuscript of "Ala Lei" signed by Akira Toriyama, and Kiko Takagi was very moved.

It is said that it is time to come and have a good impression.

Higashino refused, saying such words in front of Akemi Akimiya was clearly making fun of him.

Minami Chiharu's gift is miso made by her, saying that after leaving, she can also taste the taste of cooking by herself.

Quite unpretentious and unpretentious, but also full of reluctance.

"Qianchun!" Takagi Kiko hugged Minami Chiharu's leg and burst into tears, "I miss you so much!"

"Be good," Nan Qianchun touched her head, and suddenly froze, "Hey! Don't wipe the soup, tears and snot from the corner of your mouth on my clothes!"

She was going crazy. Today, she bought this dress after saving money for a long time. She cherishes it very much.

Like catching a cat, she grabbed Takagi Kiko's waist and tore her away, leaving only her hands still baring her teeth and claws.

"You must come, see you in Dongda."

After eating hot pot, Takagi Kiko reluctantly said goodbye.

"No," Minami Chiharu replied decisively, "I want to go to Musashino Art University."

"It's too much, Chiharu."

Kiko Takagi was holding the suitcase, and Akemi Akimiya was waiting for her in the car to take her to the subway entrance.

Only Yoshii Sanjiu remained silent, his lips were pursed and his eyes were red.

Higashino pushed him, and Kiko Takagi said expectantly, "Sanku-kun, do you have anything to say?"

"I..." Yoshii Sanjiu's lips trembled, "Bon voyage, Gao... Takagi-senpai."

Takagi Kiko was disappointed, her eyes lowered, "Well, I'm leaving."

She boarded the car and left in a hurry, leaving only Yoshii Shanjiu crying on the spot.

Higashino Hibiki was very surprised, he asked cautiously like Nan Qianchun: "Aren't those two people in love?"

"It was just ambiguous before." Nan Qianchun looked at Higashino and shook his head. This person doesn't understand people's hearts at all. "I don't know why, when the two people's hearts are getting closer, Yoshii-kun suddenly stopped walking."

Higashino shook his head, he couldn't even figure out his own situation, and the number of manuscripts was getting less and less, so he turned around and went back to drawing manga.

……

Spring break is coming to an end soon, but Odagiri hasn't done his drawing notes yet.

The spring break lasted 30 days, which meant that he had to paint [-] paintings, which made him restless.

He is an ordinary junior high school student who plays video games, hangs out with friends, and usually reads some juvenile comics.

It is really difficult for him to think of thirty paintings now.

"Snapped!"

I patted my cheek with my hand. It's not long before school starts, so I must seize the time and concentrate on completing my homework!
"I helped my mother buy soy sauce yesterday, should I draw it?"

Racking his brain to think of something that could be painted, he had a splitting headache, and managed to finish three paintings.

Not long after, when I saw the newly bought jump, I stretched out my hand out of nowhere.

"I just take a look, just one look."

……

"Hahahaha!" Lying on the kotatsu with potato chips and Coke next to him, he laughed and patted the tatami, ""Oolong Police Station" is still so interesting!"

"Next is..."

Flipping to the next comic, "Oh! It's "Soul of Chess"! You can't miss this one."

In the manga, Shinto Hikaru lost to Kaga Tetsuo because of his slippery hand at the Haase Junior High School Founding Memorial Festival. As a result, he had to form a team with Kaga Tetsuo and Tsutsui to participate in the team competition of the middle school Go competition.

When I read this last month, Odagiri was still very surprised. I didn’t expect that the school also had team competitions in Go.

The junior high school he attended did not have a go club, it was a rare game, and Odagiri always thought it was an elegant sport.

"Maybe, I can also start a Go club."

It’s nothing if you don’t know how to play Go, you can learn it slowly.

In the following comics, he saw the shining point of the protagonist Hikari Shinto.

Possesses a very strong memory, and can restore the chessboard where the chess pieces were accidentally touched.

Xiaoguang is still just a novice, but he can do this. Fujiwara Sawei realized why he possessed Xiaoguang.

This boy has great potential.

In the game, in the first game, Shinto Hikari was still very immature and easily lost to his opponent.

His layout in the second game was very interesting. He turned the chess pieces into the universe, and he seemed to be the god of the chessboard universe.

At this moment, he was really happy.

It's great to be able to play Go.

But Shinto Hikaru's two teammates, one wins and the other loses, now they only look at themselves.

If he loses, the game will be over.

In the midst of strong unwillingness, Xiaoguang finally said:

"Zuo Wei, go ahead, I... can't... I can't win... Zuo Wei."

Clenching his fists tightly, he cannot win with his own strength. Xiao Guang, who understood this, burst into tears, feeling powerless.

This may be how Taya Ryo felt when he lost to him.

Under the command of Zuo Wei, they finally entered the final.

Started the game with Neptune High School.

Ta Yaliang happened to be about to enter Neptune's junior high school, and under the leadership of the principal, he saw the game.

And Shindo Hikaru who won him.

Odagiri was deeply shocked by the comics of "Soul of Chess", which is different from the bloody and kingly comics on Jump, or works that sell meat.

It is pure, a work created with great love.

When Odagiri saw Shinto Hikaru crying because of unwillingness, he understood that he would not continue like this.

Shindo Hikaru has awakened, and he will play his own Go.

From January 1th to the end of March, in just over two months, he saw the progress of Shindo Hikaru, the true meaning of "Soul of Chess".

So he waited for a long time, wanting to see the next plot.

……

Shinto Hikaru and Fujiwara Sato are one and the same heart, experiencing Saoi's chess moves.

Time passed slowly, Kaga ended the game, and he found that everyone was paying attention to Shinto Hikari's chess game.

Even Taya Ryo, a good friend back then, was the same.

This is a formidable enemy that he cannot overcome, and it is also his heart disease.

"I deliberately lost to you."

Ta Yaliang was like this back then, what he said to him who was reprimanded by his father that Go was only No.2.

Ta Yaliang doesn't regard himself as an opponent at all, why is he so serious now?

What is he looking at?
Is Shinto Hikari's chess game really so exciting?

(End of this chapter)