Global Games: Old Chess Players

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

January 15th, afternoon, Tokyo, Japan.

"So..." Yuliu crossed his shoulders and stared at Ansenlu, "Do you suspect that the principal of Shangshi High School is the mastermind behind the evolution game?"

"I'm not sure." Ansonlu whispered: "I have investigated many clues in the past few days. I went to Iceland and the Uesugi family in Japan. Almost... all the clues point directly to the principal."

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

The light blue waves hit the beach, making a soothing sound. There is a fence between the beach and the road. Near the fence, a light green JR tram is parked on the track.

Yuliu was silent for a long time, then asked: "Why...don't you tell the crow about these things?"

"He is very important, so we keep him a secret." Anson Deer said, "If... the two of us die because of too deep an investigation, then the crow is one of the few people in the world who can lead the human race."

"Not Lorenzo?"

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

"Indeed..." Yuliu Ruo said thoughtfully, "I can also see that there is something wrong with the captain of the law enforcement team."

"Let's put aside all this, after all, we are still alive." Anson's eyes flashed, "So, even though there may be a risk of death, do you still want to listen to me?"

The tide surged onto the beach and almost hit the fence, but the fence was so close yet seemed so far away that the tide receded back into the sea.

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

"That's good."

"Are you scared?"

"I'm scared." Ansenlu said in a deep voice, "I really feel insecure when such an unknown person is around me. The more I try to find out his identity, the more confused my thinking becomes.

.”

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

"No more nonsense..." Ansonlu said, "So far, I have a total of three clues about the principal's identity."

"Which three?"

"The first one is that Asuka Uesugi has dragon blood in her body."

Two days ago, January 13th, late at night, the Uesugi family's mansion in Tokyo.

"If I remember correctly..." The old man raised his head, his cloudy eyes reflected the figure of a young man, "You are... Ansenlu, the number one person in the world."

"Head of the Uesugi family, I just came to ask you something." Ansonlu wrapped his scarf tightly, his eyes shining, "I want to know why Asuka Uesugi has dragon blood flowing in her body. You know...she has a dragon.

When you change your abilities, the game of evolution has not yet begun.”

"Haha, you are so rude..." The head of the Uesugi family sneered and said slowly: "You know how late it is now. If you want to see me, you must at least inform my servants first."

"I don't have that time, this is very important to me." Ansonlu said in a cold tone, "If you can't answer me, then I might consider being tough."

"Young man, you are drawing fire..."

"I don't care..." Ansonlu said hoarsely, "I'll say it again, 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 has nothing to do with you."

"Today's young people are really hard to understand..." The head of the Uesugi family smiled.

"Answer me."

"I answer you yes, there is no need to be so anxious." The head of the Uesugi family said, "I heard someone say that you have an intuition, an intuition that can distinguish true from false."

"Although I don't know who you heard it from, this information is very accurate. I can rely on my intuition to identify whether you are lying..." Ansonlu said coldly, "So, please answer me seriously and carefully.

What exactly happened to Asuka Uesugi?”

"Tell me, the person with this characteristic of yours is from China. He said that he is just the principal of a high school." The head of the Uesugi family looked at Ansenlu and said unhurriedly:

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

Ansonlu was stunned on the spot, his pupils constricted to the extreme.

Yuliu frowned, "Dragon's blood?"

Ansonlu said: "Yes, with dragon blood, she can already transform into a dragon before the evolution game begins."

"Why..." Yuliu looked a little stunned.

"The head of the Uesugi family told me this..." Ansenlu said slowly, "When Asuka Uesugi 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 had the ability to transform into a dragon."

Old men and girls…

Yuliu'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 the old man." Ansenlu said, "But I can basically confirm that it is the principal... because the principal told me before that he wanted Asuka Uesugi to join Hell.

Lighthouse, more important than the interference of the US and Japanese officials, is the influence of the Uesugi family, so he personally went to Tokyo to find the head of the Uesugi family."

"The principal you are talking about is not a player, right?" Yuliu realized something was wrong.

Ansenlu nodded, "Well, he is obviously not a player, but he can enter and exit the city freely."

Yuliu took a deep breath, his thoughts suddenly confused.

"Then...where's the second clue?"

After a moment, he asked again.

"It's about Yuri, the Icelandic girl in our union," Ansonlu said: "She suffers from a disease called Ankache Syndrome."

"Ankache Syndrome, a name I have never heard of..."

"This disease will cause patients to show clinical manifestations such as 'hair graying', 'hyperamnesia', and 'emotional loss'..." Ansonlu said, "The most important thing is that all patients with Ankache syndrome

The patients, without exception, died at the age of eighteen."

Yuliu's expression was startled again, "What?"

"There have been three cases of Ankache Syndrome. Except for Yuri, the first two patients were named 'Kaki' and 'Rima'. 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 Ankache Syndrome one winter ten years ago."

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

"That's right, ten years ago, after that... old Chinese man took a girl and talked to Asuka Uesugi for a few words, Asuka began to be able to transform into a dragon." Ansenlu nodded.

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

"Almost 100 percent correlation."

Yuliu's thoughts were messy, "I don't know why you are so sure, but you continue to say..."

"I said... the first two patients with Ankache Syndrome were named Khaki and Rima." Ansonlu said slowly: "Rima's family members are all dead, and so are Yuri's family members...

...Only Khaki, her father is still alive."

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

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

Something..."

This was the first time Yuliu saw Anson Deer showing such an expression.

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

Anson Deer raised his head, his dark brown eyes filled with confusion, "In the winter ten years ago, a Chinese man brought a girl in a windbreaker to Dopivogur, Iceland."

At the end of the sentence, his voice became hoarse.

Yuriu was stunned on the spot.

This rhetoric... is exactly the same as the rhetoric of the head of the Uesugi family - an old Chinese man and a girl, a girl wearing a windbreaker? Who is that girl?

"At that time, Yuri was 7 years old, Reima was 16 years old, and Khaki was 17 years old." Ansenlu said hoarsely: "The Chinese men brought girls and talked to them one by one. I don't know what the girls said. After that

, all three of them...all suffer from Ankache syndrome."

Yuliu was completely stunned on the spot, with a puzzled face, "This..."

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

Yuliu's face was solemn. According to this rule, the girl named Yuri will definitely die at the age of 18.

But Yu Ruigang was still young when he got sick, only 7 years old, so he escaped...

But, that was ten years ago...

Ten years later, Yuri's age reaches 17. Soon, she may die like Khaki and Reima...

If all these things were caused by that principal.

So, no wonder Anson Deer shows such a violent side...

"So, according to your statement, it was the girl brought by the Chinese man who caused Khaki, Reima, and Yuri to suffer from Ankache syndrome?" Yuliu asked.

"Yes, Jeff told me that even if he told the officials the facts, the officials would only think that he was insane, because at that time, no one except him witnessed the old Chinese man and the girl." Ansonlu said

, "The same goes for Yuri, 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 painting. In order to remember what the man looked like, Jeff drew the general appearance of the old man." Anson Deer said slowly:

"I looked at the painting, and Jeff wrote down all the features of the man next to the painting - he is about 1.85 meters tall, with white hair, a strong body, and a face as hard as a male model."

"The person in the painting, and the principal in your mouth..." Yuliu couldn't finish.

"Absolutely, just one person." Ansonlu interrupted him.

Yuriu was speechless.

Since Anson Deer has said this, what else can he refute?

"The clues are not clear yet, so don't worry." Yuliu tried to stabilize Ansenlu's mood.

Anson Deer scratched his head with his hands, his eyes moved, and he almost murmured in a trembling voice:

"It's the principal...why, why did he let Yuri suffer from this disease, and...who is the girl who is following the principal?"

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

For a week, Ansonlu has been investigating related matters - but whether it is Asuka Uesugi's past or Yuri's past, they are all closely linked to the existence of the principal.

"What other clues are there?" Yuliu asked.

"Jeff said that the language the girl spoke was English, and she called the old Chinese man like this..." Ansonlu paused and said hoarsely:

"chess master."

"chess master..." Yuliu suddenly opened his eyes wide and shuddered for no reason, "chess master?"

"Yes..." Ansonlu lowered his head, "Chess player."

"Does it have anything to do with your profession, an old chess player..."

"Maybe." Ansenlu said, "In addition to the two clues of Uesugi Asuka and Yuri, I have the last clue."

"What is it?"

"Perhaps I was responsible for the sinking of the Titanic in 1912."

"You are crazy..." Yuliu said.

"You don't understand."

Yuliu's voice was full of confusion. He took a deep breath and retorted forcefully: "That was in 1912, more than 100 years ago. How could it be you who caused it?!"

This time, Yuriu really suspected that Anson Deer was crazy to say such nonsense.

The Anson deer remained silent.

"That's enough..." Yuliu said coldly: "Ansenlu, do you know what you are talking about? I really question whether there is a mental problem with you."

"It was the game system that guided me and let me know about this." Ansonlu said slowly:

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

"This is absolutely ridiculous," Yuliu said unbearably.

"Snow Dragon released a skill and created an iceberg. The iceberg intercepted the Titanic, which led to the famous sinking of the Titanic in later generations." Ansonlu ignored Yuliu's attitude and just said in a tired voice:

"I told you...my intuition is similar to a superpower, and it can help me identify whether some things are true or false."

"so what?"

"My gut...judged that this was the right thing to do."

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

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

Moreover, Anson deer will use intuition to judge which sentences are true and which sentences are false.

The final result was that he guessed correctly without exception.

"You returned to 1912..." Yuliu 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 Deer confirmed again.

Yuliu said deeply: "My world view is being shattered."

"It should have been broken long ago. The evolutionary game came and started a month ago." Anson Deer sarcastically said.

Yuliu put his hand on his forehead, and after being silent for a while, he then asked: "So, what is the connection between this incident and the first two incidents?"

"This incident shows..." Ansenlu said: "At least in half a year, I will get an ability similar to 'time travel', perhaps the effect of which chess piece."

"Then what?"

"Didn't I mention it before? Jeff heard that the girl the principal took to Iceland called the principal a 'chess master', which means a chess player." Anson paused and said with a sneer:

"The chess player... haha, there is a high probability that he is the chess player of the past."

"What you mean is that 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 career sequence as you, he also has the ability to travel through time.

?" Yuliu asked intermittently.

He could no longer keep up with Anson Deer's train of thought.

"I mean..." Anson Deer raised his head, looked at the sky, and whispered: "Is there a possibility?"

"What?"

"Principal, this is me from the future."

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

In the hazy world of ice and snow, two incompatible figures stood—an old man in a trench coat, and a little girl in a dress.

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

The girl sat on an ice rock and shook her long, white legs.

"This is normal. I have exposed so many tricks..." the principal lit a cigarette and said lightly: "Ha... he is an enhanced version of me. He should have guessed everything."

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

"It doesn't matter, I've done everything I need to do."

The girl asked in confusion: "So, what can the three chess pieces you brought to the child change?"

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

"Well, if you 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, Anson Deer this time is completely different from the one you lost to the white dragon thirty years ago. You are no longer a lonely dog ​​who died alone, kneeling in front of the grave of all mankind and crying bitterly..."

The principal gulped and said angrily: "How can any chess piece say that the owner is a lost dog?"

"You used to be a chess player who didn't smoke."

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

The principal raised his head, his empty eyes reflecting the winter sky like thousands of ice cubes, "But it's different now, at least he's no longer alone."

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

"I'm getting old too..."

"It's time for you to go into the coffin, Anson Deer. There will be no place for you in the future. After all, the world line has changed. There will never be an old guy like you again."

"It's so sad..." the principal said, "You were the only one who stayed with me before I died, but you were also the chess piece that stayed with me the longest."

"It's really annoying. I'm about to die, and you still treat me like a pawn."

"Oh, I can't treat you as my lover...you have to remember that you are just a pendulum in the beginning."

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

"Do you think Anson Deer can save the world this time, or is he just like you, full of ideals, trampled by the white dragon into an old man with no eyesight and only knowing how to survive?"

The principal fell weakly on the ice, and the outline of his body gradually became blurred.

"I have been running away for long enough..." he whispered, "I have been running away for more than twenty years, until the white dragon trampled the entire world."

The girl said quietly: "Actually, there is no need to escape. Ever since it lost that war, that dragon has been given an unstoppable aura. It is destined to evolve...until it is enough to swallow the entire world."

"No matter what the outcome is this time..." the principal said softly: "At least, he is no longer alone."

"You're so naive. Is it more important to stop being lonely than to save the world?"

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

"Isn't there still me?"

"The chess pieces should be good chess pieces."

"Tch, that's it. That's why Anson Deer is different from you now. He has begun to change and will no longer just treat chess pieces as chess pieces. But you, this old man, are too indifferent." The girl said lightly.

The principal sighed softly and smiled self-deprecatingly, "It's good to have friends. The days of youth are gone forever."

The girl jumped down from the ice rock and lay down next to the principal. The two of them fell deeper and deeper into the white world.

She suddenly asked:

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

"At that time, I only trusted myself and went my own way. From the moment Qi Yuanlu tried to get close to me, he was destined to be killed by me." The principal said calmly:

"Now, at least that boy 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, you know yourself best." The girl smiled, "In such a short period of time, my past self has trusted you."

"I know what he needs."

"A bit crafty."

"What's the point? I'm lying to myself, not to others."

"Stop being sophistical. He and you are already two entities."

"..."

“…”

"…………"

"I'm tired. I won't argue with you this time." The principal said, "Good night, Historia."

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

January 15th, night, a hotel in Tokyo

Ansonlu was lying on the bed, staring silently at the screen of his mobile phone.

On the screen, he sent nearly a thousand messages to the principal, but the old man didn't reply to any of them. He pretended to be dead and disappeared during the week.

Suddenly, an email arrived, which was sent on a scheduled basis.

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

Anson Lu's face twitched slightly, he typed a line of words and pressed the send button hard.

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

One minute passed.

There was no response, the second hand of the clock was ticking...

Ten minutes passed.

There was no response, and the second hand of the clock turned many times...

An hour passed.

Still no response, the clock's hour hand turned a full circle...

The time has reached midnight, it is January 16th.

"Ding." A message prompt came from the phone.

Anson Lu was startled, opened his eyes suddenly, and looked at the phone.

Another scheduled email——

[Principal: Anson Lu, happy eighteenth birthday. 】

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