Cherish the time

Yi Jiao subconsciously looked in the direction of the person holding the white stone.

So he saw Shindo Hikaru.

For a moment, Yi Jiao didn't know what to say.

——A person who is a professional chess player and also defeated the chess master in the first stage of the game...

Is it interesting to come here to bully children?

Just when he was thinking this way, Mitani, who was sitting opposite Shinto, lowered his head with an unfriendly expression, "I admit defeat."

"Thank you for your advice." Shindo Hikaru smiled back, with a lively tone and a look that didn't deserve a beating, "Then...you want to buy me something to eat."

Sangu packed up the chess pieces with a grim expression, and ignored him.

Shinto Hikaru smiled, stood up and stretched his muscles, and saw Yijiao standing opposite him with a complicated expression.

"Ah... Ikaku-kun." Shinto raised his hand to greet him very naturally.

All of a sudden, the audience's attention was focused on Yijiao, and even his friend from the Nine Stars Club, a boy named Fukushima Fumiya, also elbowed Yijiao's arm, "Someone you know?"

Being stared at by so many people, Yijiao only felt his face was burning hot, and he couldn't turn his head around. He lowered his head in a bit of embarrassment, and replied, "Forget it, let's do it."

"...Hey... You still know such a powerful person." Another friend - Shunsuke Aso looked yearning, "...Is he also a student?"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the whole chess club became tense, and all the onlookers either obviously or covertly held their breath and raised their ears.

"No." Yijiao paused, and continued, "He is already a professional chess player."

The air in the chess club seemed to stagnate for a moment.

"Che..." Sangu scratched his hair, and was the first to react, "Professional chess player..."

——I will still do this kind of thing...

He didn't say this, but everyone present understood what he meant.

Shinto Hikaru coughed in embarrassment, "Are you here to play chess? Ikaku-kun."

The boss looked up at Shindo, who was talking nonsense with his eyes open, and didn't make a sound.

"Uh..." Yijiao hesitated for a moment - he is not a cowardly person, but he can easily lose control of his emotions and cause abnormal performance in many cases, but when he faces this existence that is so powerful that it is no longer human... There is always a lingering fear.

"We are here to challenge!" Aso Shunsuke didn't have too many scruples, and said loudly, "Let the most powerful people here form a team to play chess with us, we can give up two pieces! "

A group of grown-ups looked at each other for a while—if they usually encountered such an arrogant challenge, they would have rolled up their sleeves long ago, but after listening to their conversation...

Seeing that no one stood up to fight, Shunsuke Aso looked back at Yijiao with some embarrassment.

——It seems that ... these three children are the one who dominates.

Shinto, who came to this judgment, raised his hand with a smile, "Boss, count me in."

Regardless of whether the identity of a professional chess player is true or not, Shinto Hikari's strength is in front of his eyes. With such a strong teammate in charge, the men onlookers are also a little ready to move.

A man in his thirties came out touching the back of his head, "I don't know if it's okay... Count me in as well."

"Oh—! It's Sato-san!"

"Long time no see, Sato-san!"

"Take care of you, Mr. Sato!"

The atmosphere in the chess club suddenly became lively. Obviously, Mr. Sato still has two brushes.

"Well, that's one more." Aso Shunsuke nodded in satisfaction, "Anyone else wants to come?"

A group of people pushed and talked for a long time, and finally, a pair of hands lazily raised from the crowd, "Let me do it."

Shinto and Sato looked in Mitani's direction with a little surprise.

"If I beat them, I won't treat you to dinner." Sangu chewed his gum and scratched his hair, "Is that okay?"

"Okay." Shinto agreed decisively.

"Eh?But..." A certain ghost asked in confusion, "Xiaoguang, didn't you say that there is a purpose in letting him treat guests? 』

"Well, actually, I just want to find a chance to get acquainted with him..." Shinto Hikaru replied in a good mood, "Besides, let's take a step back... There are many ways to let him treat you. 』

"..."

At that moment, Sao seemed to see the two small, pointed horns on the forehead of the creature named Hikari Shinto.

"Let's divide the order," Fukushima Fumiya pushed his eyes gracefully, "Our side has already been divided."

"Who is Ikaku?" Shinto asked looking up.

"..." Yi Jiao was silent for a moment, then said lightly, "...I am a general."

"Then... please let me be a general! Mr. Sato, Mr. Mitani." He put his palms together in front of him, and pleaded with them, "Please!"

"Of course it's...no problem." Sato waved his hand hastily, then turned his head and asked Mitani, "Well, Mitani, you want to be...?"

"The last general will be fine," San Gu blew another bubble, "Let's get started."

"Oh! I forgot to mention it just now!" Aso Shunsuke patted the back of his head as if remembering something, "Excuse me, is the boss...?"

The boss raised his skinny hand, "It's me."

"The team competition uses a best-of-three system... If we win, can we be exempted from paying the entry fee?" Fumiya Fukushima asked, "——If we lose, I will serve you tea and water. "

"It's not necessary to serve tea and water..." The boss said slowly, while walking towards the counter with his back bowed, "But... the chess club needs to be cleaned..."

"——" Fukushima Wen didn't say anything, but just looked in Yijiao's direction.

"No problem!" Aso Shunsuke directly agreed loudly.

"That... Mr. Xiu!" Sato yelled towards the counter, "No problem, shall we come?"

"Of course...no problem." Xiuzi turned on the small TV placed on the counter, "Come on! I'm waiting for someone to help me clean."

After everything was ready, the six of them sat down in two groups. There were more customers in the store than before, and now people outside the door were talking about "a game between college students and professional chess players", "Mr. Xiu's chess club" , "I'm not lying to you" and other voices.

Looking at Hikari Shindo sitting opposite, Shinichiro Ikaku's little finger twitched involuntarily.

—he remembers...

That game in the professional chess player qualifier...

The sharp and murderous intent, crossing the nineteen-lane chessboard, reached his face——

And in the new first stage competition...

Those familiar chess moves, full of chill and determination, are like sharp teeth in the mouth of a dragon, biting the board of the chess master on the opposite side until it is riddled with holes and defeated.

——And he is going to experience it again so soon... Is this enough to be a desperate match?