Chapter 128 "Really? I've never beaten you in a game of chess."
[Email title: Happy 18th birthday, Anson Deer.]
"Happy birthday..." Anson Deer stared at the email and murmured.
Birthday?
Oh, so today is my birthday. How come this old man remembers it better than I do...
He clicked on the email and looked at the text that appeared.
[Content of email: I don’t have much time left… I think, with your ability, you should have guessed my identity, and your intuition will also help you judge and sort out the clues I left, so I won’t explain more.]
【There has only been one "old chess player" in history, and that's you, and me at the same time.】
Anson Deer's fingers trembled slightly. He pursed his lips and continued to scroll down.
"You are so amazing. You hid it from me for so long."
[I apologize for what happened to Yuri, but to be honest, I don’t think I did anything wrong, because in the future, including Yuri, the three girls in Iceland all died in the evolution game...]
[The same is true for Asuka Uesugi. If she doesn't have the blood of a dragon, she will die sooner or later, dying from her recklessness and sense of justice.]
[Due to certain rules, I must sacrifice some people and pay a price to give you a better chance of winning, and balance your extremely indifferent personality, so that you won't go down the same path as me.]
[I have fought alone all my life, and in these decades I have only had the chess pieces to keep me company.]
[You know... Crow approached me before, but I never trusted him. After I used him, I killed him in the dungeon. That was the biggest mistake I have ever made in my life.]
[The existence of Crow is very important... Perhaps, he is also a person who can influence the world. ]
[The people around you now, whether it was Lorenzo or Julius, they all died in front of my eyes.]
[Because of this, I failed despite treating everyone as a burden and acting on my own... I failed completely. The weight of billions of human lives is not something that one person can bear.]
[You are different from me. I am not sure whether you can succeed...]
[But... at least you have to live well with my share. ]
The email has reached the bottom.
No matter how hard I try I can't draw any new words.
There is only one circle, spinning... spinning... spinning.
It's annoyingly fast.
"So annoying..."
"What the hell are you talking about..."
"Why do you keep bringing up these boring things..."
"Didn't we agree..." Anson Lu's eyes were covered by the strands of hair, and his voice was hoarse, "Didn't we agree to play chess together later?"
He stayed there for a long time, moving his fingers and scrolling up the text message interface. There were many messages, which were the messages the two had chatted about in the past few months.
"Classmate, what's your name?"
"Anson Deer, right? Come, play chess with me. If you win, I'll let you enroll."
"Interesting, it seems like he practices a lot."
"Anson Lu, do you feel lonely? I see you don't make many friends at school. It's a good thing to make more friends."
"Study hard, but don't forget about playing chess."
"Every day after lunch, come and play two games of chess with me. This is the principal's order."
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"Come on, Anson Deer, let's play chess."
"Come, play chess and have some tea."
"Have you finished your meal? Let's play chess."
"Let's play chess, brat, what are you doing standing in the corridor like an idiot?"
"Standing in the corner? Which teacher made you stand in the corner? Ask him to come to my office to drink tea and watch you and I play chess."
"This is Blue Mountain coffee, imported from abroad, produced in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. The higher the altitude, the more expensive it is."
"You little brat, what do you mean by it must be a fake? I think you just don't know how to appreciate it."
"Okay, okay, don't make that expression, let's just drink tea, I'll buy some good coffee next time."
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"Why do you fancy me so much?"
"I told you that you have talent, and I'm giving you advice so that you can live a better life than I did. When you achieve something in the future, we can continue to stay in this shabby place, play chess, and reminisce about the past."
"You are so spineless. You are only seventeen years old and you are already saying such depressing things."
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"I've never beaten you in a single game of chess. Hmm... I'm relieved now. The path you're taking is indeed different from mine."
"I have lived for so many years, and there is only one lesson I can teach you. Sometimes people should not be too obsessed. If you only have the goal in your eyes, you will be left alone as you walk."
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"I am a failure. I have spent my whole life accomplishing nothing. I have lost the people around me. Before I knew it, my hair has turned grey. In the end... I can only stay in this small place and drink tea to make a living."
"You little brat, I don't want you to comfort me. I just don't want you to follow my old path."
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"I have something to do today."
"Busy, maybe another day."
"I have something to do today."
"Don't cling to me, little brat. Don't you have friends with you?"
"Hey, why are you in such a hurry? There's plenty of time. Maybe next time."
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"Is your birthday coming up soon?"
"What? I've never received a blessing text message in my life... Well, then I, an old man, will be your first one reluctantly."
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"You are already an adult, you must take on the responsibilities that you should take on."
"Happy 18th birthday, Anson Deer."
"Principal, my birthday..." Anson Lu laughed at himself, "I'm not having a happy birthday at all."
He leaned against the bed, tilted his head back, and stared at the empty ceiling for a long time.
It was a long time before Anson Lu put down his phone. His figure was like a kite with a broken string. He slowly walked towards the bathroom, turned on the faucet, and the hot bath water gradually filled the bathtub.
He undressed and sunk wearily into the tub.
Half of his cheek was gradually immersed in the water, and bubbles popped up "gurgling".
The rotten spirit was soaked in hot water, and the tight defense lines collapsed layer by layer.
Thoughts gradually became blurred.
Anson Deer had mixed feelings.
He liked playing chess with himself since he was a child. When he grew up, he thought he had found someone who was willing to play chess with him forever... But in the end, that person was still 'himself'.
It seems like nothing has changed, and yet everything has changed.
The constant is that no one will understand him, only he himself will understand himself.
What changed was that he began to feel a little lost.
"My heart feels empty... So this is the feeling you are talking about, Yuri."
The young man lowered his eyes. The brown color in his pupils had never been so dim, like an extinguished fire. He stared quietly at his wrinkled palms and smiled softly.
"Please, my life is already messy enough, and I have to mess it up again..." Anson Lu murmured softly, "I feel like I haven't experienced this feeling in a long time..."
"Can't you just stay with me for a while before leaving, you old man?"
After a long time, he moved his cheek and looked at Tokyo at night through the window where raindrops were falling. The city's countless neon lights were gradually dimming, and a drizzle was falling from the sky. There were a few figures walking on the long street, and their backs were like a slow motion shot, getting longer and longer, and slowly going away.
Only the Tokyo Skytree standing in the city center is still shining brightly and brilliantly.
Anson Deer moved his lips and whispered:
"Good night, Headmaster."
Please give me a monthly ticket.
(End of this chapter)
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