Global Games: Old Chess Players

Chapter 130 "What kind of person am I?" (10,000-word chapter)

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

[The sequence of events begins.]

The train began to move its cold steel body, speeding faster and faster, roaring through the dark tunnel.

The car door was closed tightly, and there was no room to escape.

As the sequence of events began, 55 Tokyo citizens appeared one after another in carriages 11 and 12, sitting in the left and right rows of seats, tightly packed.

The expressions of these citizens were very strange, their throats were dry and hoarse, and they all uttered sounds of confusion and confusion.

"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. What about you?"

"I can't move either."

Ansenlu put his hands into his pockets and looked around tiredly, "Really... I'm tired enough."

He tried to hold the handle in the car, but failed.

His fingers passed through the armrests, as if his body had turned into air - just as the rules said, he could not touch the objects in the carriage and could only direct the actions of the citizens and Yuliu.

Ansonlu sighed softly and turned to look at the three people who were standing blankly, "Yulius, Cosimo, and Jindai Ruri, confirm what the system has placed in your luggage space, and give it back to me."

Cosimo's expression is wonderful.

The three of them were like puppets on strings, following Anson Deer's orders accurately.

"A can of gas spray," Yuliu said.

"A lighter," said Cosimo.

"A tachi." Jindai Ruri said.

Ansonlu thought thoughtfully, "Gas and lighter...a small explosion?"

After a pause, he looked at Kamishiro Ruri, "As for the sword... it can be used to spar with monsters."

The controllable factors in this sequence of events are-55 citizens and 3 players.

The conditions for the success of the event are - at least 20 citizens and 2 players must survive.

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 immortal ending be achieved.

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

Currently, with their skills blocked, Iulius and Cosimo obviously have little combat effectiveness.

There is no doubt that Kamishiro Ruri can be the victim, because she at least has a tachi.

Having said this, Ansenlu turned his head and glanced at Shiro Ruri.

Cold sweat slid down Kamishiro Ruri's cheeks, and her eyes seemed to say - "No, chess player brother, are you really planning to sell me out?".

"Come on." Anson Luruo sighed meaningfully.

Suddenly, there was movement from the car next door.

"ah--!!!"

A sharp wailing sound came.

Listening to this wailing sound, Anson Deer came to the conclusion: The monster appeared from Car No. 11, so I have to let the citizens in Car No. 11 and Car No. 12 run to the car behind No. 13...

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

Anson Deer's crackling voice soon spread through the two carriages.

In an instant, the citizens in Cars 11 and 12 unlocked the right to run: the citizens in Car 12 stood up from their seats and ran towards Car 13 with a roar.

As for the citizens in Car No. 11, they were not so lucky.

Because, a monster covered in blood, with numerous bone spurs protruding from its body, had already started a massacre in Car No. 11.

"Bang!"

The monster stretched out its right arm and aimed it at the door between carriages 11 and 12. Its right arm turned into a twenty-meter-long bone spur and shot forward in an instant.

"Pfft——!!!"

More than twenty citizens were skewered together like barbecue skewers by the monster's bone spurs. Then, blood flowed out like a waterfall, staining the entire carriage red.

In Car No. 11, only a few citizens were lucky enough to escape.

[Current number of remaining citizens: 31/55]

"Isn't it right..." An Senlu's face was solemn, "In an instant, 24 people died?"

I saw the bone monster returning its right arm to its normal state, and the 24 citizens who had been strung together suddenly fell to the ground with a "plop-plop".

Their eyes were empty, and the wounds on their bodies were bleeding continuously.

The bone monster ran very fast, almost two or three times faster than the world sprint champion. In an instant, it arrived at Car No. 12.

"Classmate Liuli, go and hold down that monster quickly. You can be resurrected even if you die." An Senlu ordered.

In an instant, Kamishiro Ruri pulled out the sword from his sleeve and swooped towards the bone-spur monster.

"Qiang!"

"clang!"

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

Kamishiro Ruri is quick in movement, quick in hands and quick in eyesight.

She held the sword and kept circling around the monster, seemingly with ease.

However, after fighting the monster for two or three times, she tried to use the blade of the sword to resist the monster's bone spurs.

This is a wrong decision.

"Bang!"

The blade instantly shattered.

Jindai Ruri's chest was severely penetrated by bone spurs, blood spattered, and her beautiful eyes dimmed.

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

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

Unless...it lasts for two minutes and waits until it automatically disintegrates.

[There are still 1 minute and 29 seconds until the monster disintegrates]

[Players remaining: 2 (Cosimo, Iulius)]

[Citizens remaining: 31 people]

To win, at least 2 players must survive.

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

"Run, Cosimo, Iulius."

Seeing the heroic death of Kamidai Ruri in battle, Ansen Lu put his hand on his chin and gave the order.

When Anson's command fell, Cosimo and Iulius ran away without hesitation, following closely behind the citizens - these two were players, so of course they ran faster than the citizens.

At this time, the bone monster kicked away the corpse of Jindai Ruri.

"roar!!!"

He put his feet on the ground and rushed forward at a terrifying speed, passing straight through the Anson deer's void body and chasing Cosimo and Iulius.

"It's so fast..."

Anson Deer walked quickly to Car No. 13.

Car No. 13 was already empty, and the citizens were running very fast - by now, most of the citizens should have squeezed into Car No. 15, but some people were left behind in Car No. 14.

However, the most important thing is that there are only 16 carriages in this subway, and carriage 16 is the end of where they can escape.

According to the speed of the Bone Monster's pursuit, it will soon catch up to Car No. 16 and kill all the remaining citizens.

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

Anson Deer looked from a distance to observe the situation in Car No. 14.

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

"Wow--"

Shocking blood spread inside the carriage.

Amidst several hoarse screams and wails, more citizens died one after another.

[There are still: 52 seconds until the monster disintegrates]

[Citizens remaining: 25 people]

[The current location of the monster: Car No. 14]

Among them, between carriages 15 and 16, 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 achieve 52 seconds.

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

"Mom, dad..."

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

In Car No. 16, a pair of parents who were busy looking for their child seemed to have heard the boy's call. They quickly turned around and looked at the boy two cars away in shock.

"Why, I should order them to run to Car No. 16." Ansonlu was stunned, "By the way, I can only order some citizens, not all citizens."

His reaction was quick and he could order:

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

In an instant, Iulius unscrewed the cap of the spray can; Cosimo opened the lighter, and a wisp of flame burst out.

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

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

At this moment, a gas spray can and a lighter came towards it, and the white mist pouring out of the spray can enveloped its body.

"Bang!"

The contact between gas and flame produces a violent explosion.

"Uhhhhh-"

The raging fire rose up and violently burned the bone monster's body.

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

"Already won." Anson Deer was silent for half a second and then ordered: "Juliu, Cosimo, run to Car No. 16."

Iulius and Cosimo ran wildly. They passed by the parents coming from Car No. 16 and hid in Car No. 16.

[There are still: 35 seconds until the monster disintegrates]

At this moment, there are only 35 seconds left before the monster disintegrates.

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

The fire on the monster's body grew stronger and stronger.

It crawls forward in the fire.

The pace was so slow, he stumbled and fell, and he was in a state of embarrassment, but he seemed to be wearing the black robe of death and holding a sickle.

[Citizens remaining: 25 people]

[There are still: 29 seconds until the monster disintegrates]

At this time, a dispute broke out among the citizens in Car No. 16, and everyone was red-faced. Some people yelled to close the metal door quickly, while others yelled not to close it.

Finally, the party that closed the door gained the upper hand and forced the metal door shut.

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

At this time, the metal door connecting Car No. 15 and Car No. 16 was almost closing.

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

"call!"

At the last second, the boy's head hit the metal door. He squeezed into Car No. 16 through the gap and was hugged by citizens on the other side of the metal door.

"Bang!"

The metal door closed completely.

The father and mother rushed to the metal door. The father banged the metal door, then turned to look at the creeping monster behind, and shouted hoarsely to the citizens behind the door:

"Open the door! Hurry! Hurry-!!!"

[There are still: 20 seconds until the monster disintegrates]

"This" Ansenlu put his hands in his pockets and said, "How could it actually develop like this?"

In Car No. 16.

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

"Dad, Mom!"

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

The boy shouted almost hysterically:

"Let me open the door!"

Behind him, Iulius and Cosimo were like dolls, unable to move.

They could only take action after receiving orders from Anson Deer - both of them looked very angry, especially Cosimo, who almost stared out of his eyes and his whole face was twitching violently.

Anson put his hand on his chin and stared expressionlessly at the roaring parents outside the door, his thoughts racing at high speed.

What would happen if I asked Iulius and Cosimo to open the door...

no……

If the Skeleton Man seizes this moment, extends his arm, and penetrates the bodies of those citizens, then this game will be lost.

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

What 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 and Kamishiro Ruri can be resurrected.

Use the lives of two people to exchange for thirty-one lives stably.

Yes, this is the most correct choice...

There was no fluctuation in Ansonlu's eyes. He quietly looked at the monster burning with flames and gradually approached the man and woman.

I've always been like this...

I have always chosen this way...

It's always been this way...

Something's wrong...

Anson deer lowered his eyelids and looked a little tired.

At this time, a loud kowtow sounded through the interior of Car No. 16, interrupting Ansonlu's thoughts.

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

"Kang Yi, you have to live a good life from now on." His father leaned on the back of the door, his voice hoarse and muddy, "Mom and Dad love you."

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

"They are all good people!"

"My parents have never done anything bad! They are both very good people!"

The jet-black hair covered Anson Deer's eyes.

He recalled some things.

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

That car accident.

The car accident that took his parents away.

Fire, a fire that burns very brightly.

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

What if I had a chance to save them at that time...

Is this boy going through similar things now...

No... what he experienced was probably even more cruel than what I experienced at that time.

wrong……

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

What on earth was I thinking...

What's there to hesitate about...

"I..." Anson Lu opened his dark brown eyes wide, his pupils trembling slightly, "What on earth am I... hesitating about?"

What am I struggling with.

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

Trade the lives of two people for the lives of everyone in the car.

What's wrong with this...

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

If it weren't for this, the crow wouldn't take a fancy to me.

He is right, without this disability, I would not be a person who can save mankind.

I need to make it right...

choose.

The wisest choice...

I don't need to empathize with others, and I don't need to let these boring things affect my judgment.

Otherwise...I wouldn't be me.

I can't climb as high as I am now.

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

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

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

The father leaned on the back of the door and lowered his head: "I'm sorry, son, I can't stay with you."

Anson Deer's pupils shrank to the extreme.

Ten years ago.

Next to the broken vehicle, the woman's arm was squeezed by the broken window, and blood was flowing freely.

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

The boy knelt on the ground and cried.

"Dad, 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 said with a pale smile.

, with tears streaming down his cheeks, he 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..."

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

"Even if your parents are not here... don't close yourself off. 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 could not even speak a complete sentence. Every time she said a word, a line of blood flowed from her mouth.

"You were never..."

"one person."

The boy tried his best to open the car window, but could not pull his mother out.

He cried and yelled at the whole world until he had no strength anymore.

In the end I...

Anson's deer's teeth were about to bite out blood, like a wild beast rubbing its sharp teeth. His lowered deep 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 Car No. 16, the boy roared so hard that his throat was about to tear and his internal organs were about to break. His voice gradually became hoarse, "Dad, I don't want you to die."

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

So close.

Anson Deer raised his head, reflecting this scene in his eyes. The boy's father had already closed his eyes.

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

I no longer want to weigh the pros and cons...

I'm really tired enough.

Can anyone listen to what I was crying and yelling at that time?

"Dad, I don't want you to die." The boy was still struggling. He suddenly broke away from the restraints of the citizens around him and lay hysterically on the iron gate, wailing desperately:

"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, how could I...not hear it? How could I not hear it? What was I saying at that time?

How could I pretend not to hear what he was talking about...

The boy in the car could no longer scream. His eyes were empty and numb. He lay on the ground and watched quietly through the gap in the metal window as the monster stretched out its hands to his parents.

"Cosimo, Iulius," Anson deer almost roared, "...open the door for me!!"

The sound of Anson Deer 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 Car No. 16, Cosimo surged up like a mad dog, knocking away all the citizens who were blocking him. Iulius rushed towards the metal door and slammed the door open with his dark arms.

"Bang!"

The door opened.

The parents who were leaning against the door fell backward for a moment, and the monster's hands failed to catch them.

The monster roared hysterically. It raised its right arm that was burning with flames. A bone instantly extended from the right arm, and this sharp bone shot into the car with an unstoppable force.

Yuliu stood in front of everyone. He used his Devouring Arm as a shield to resist the extending bone spurs.

"Uhhh-!!!"

Yuliu's arm was penetrated in an instant, and he was shot backwards and nailed to the end of the carriage. Blood spilled crazily from the hole in his arm. The next second, his arm was cut off in the middle.

"Pfft!"

Blood was flowing wildly inside the carriage.

[There are still: 4 seconds until the monster disintegrates]

The monster took a step forward, and fire burst out.

The boy's parents crawled back in shock.

[There are still: 2 seconds until the monster disintegrates]

The monster retracted its bone spurs, and Yuriu slid down from the top of the carriage wall, creating a bloody ravine.

[There are still: 1 second until the monster disintegrates]

The monster roared and rushed forward.

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

[There are: 0 seconds until the monster disintegrates]

[The sequence of events 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, and a total of 30 citizens have died, which means that all citizens have been resurrected.]

[Citizens have returned to another space.]

[The dead player has been resurrected, and the player's injuries have been healed.]

[Sequence event reward: The old chess player will receive 1 special chess type, and the other players will receive 10,000 evolution coins and 10,000 experience points.]

The system beep sounded, and Kamishiro Ruri's figure appeared in Car No. 16. Yuriu's wound healed quickly, and his broken right arm was reattached.

"Fortunately you are okay."

Cosimo breathed a sigh of relief and looked out at the carriage.

Anson Deer has returned to his physical form. He stood there blankly, staring at the open metal door in silence.

"You..." Cosimo walked out of the carriage quickly and cursed: "I thought you really didn't want us to open that door. I was so worried, but luckily you opened it."

"Hmm." Anson Deer said.

"Well, doesn't this complete the matter?"

"right."

"I misunderstood you before..." Cosimo shrugged his shoulders, coughed twice and said: "I thought you were the kind of extremely selfish and indifferent person, and you would definitely not open that door. Then

If some citizens really die, you..."

His voice stopped suddenly.

Because Ansonlu had already stepped out of the carriage, and his back was swallowed up by the light at the end of the station.

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

At 12 o'clock, Sky City and Giant Squid began to send troops.

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

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

So far, players have killed a total of 1,000 sky monsters and 1,000 sea monsters each.

As long as you kill another 500 sky monsters and 500 ocean monsters to meet the requirement of 1,500 kills, you can unlock the right to challenge the sky boss and ocean boss.

Night, Japan, Tokyo, a hotel.

Anson Deer leaned on the back of the bed and sat on the bed.

He opened the memo on his phone and sorted out some clues in a messy way.

——

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

During the world boss battle, the principal used the time travel ability of a certain chess piece to drag Xue Long to the Atlantic Ocean in 1912.

What is the purpose...

Is it to protect other players?

Or is it because he doesn't trust other players and drags it into the past so that he can fight the world boss?

No matter what...

In the Atlantic Ocean, the principal challenged Xue Long alone.

He tried to annihilate the snow dragon by himself.

However, the principal failed.

By the way, Snow Dragon capsized the Titanic.

This is the Titanic incident in later generations.

I still have many questions that I haven't clarified.

For example: What is the matter with Yuri? Why are there three Icelandic girls? Why is it a disease that will cause death at the age of eighteen? Is this the price the principal said?

Regarding this, I have a guess in my mind: If the old chess players want to stay in other timelines longer, they must let the time chess piece absorb the vitality of the three Icelandic girls or something...

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

But... this is too cruel. Should I say that it is worthy of me?

Scumbags like me don't care about other people's lives.

That's why you do such cruel things, isn't it?

However, why was Yuri chosen...

Even so, if this incident had not happened, Yuri would not have become the Snow Walker.

If she didn't suffer from Ankaches Syndrome, she would grow up normally, and then... die normally in the evolution game.

It seems that the principal made me meet her.

The same goes for Asuka Uesugi. Without this series of operations from the principal, they would not be around me.

I was wondering how the principal at that time managed to survive.

In the previous timeline, after the death chess game at Shangshi High School, there was no other 'principal' standing next to the principal.

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

What kind of life was Anson Deer living at that time...

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

A monster with extreme indifference who treats human lives as pawns.

No one will play chess with him for several months, and no one will talk back for him when everyone scolds him. Similarly, no one will make an agreement with him to treat him to rice cakes when he publishes a copy.

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

So... the principal became a loner.

The reason why he killed Urushihara Ritsu who approached him was because he couldn't trust anyone.

Even, half a year later, he chose to face the snow dragon alone.

But he failed.

Completely defeated.

In the end, this desperate loser came to me in order to prevent me... from making the same mistakes again.

————

Anson Lu 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 going down your old path?"

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

I'm just sympathizing with my past self.

"That's true..." Ansonlu shrugged, "He just wants to achieve his own goals."

"bite."

A message alert sounds.

Ansonlu opened the panel, which was Yuri's message.

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

Anson Deer has forgotten what he said in his last message.

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

[Ansen Lu: Did you just reply to the morning message now? 】

Ansonlu paused, then continued typing.

[Anson Deer: But thank you, except for an old...]

He typed this and deleted three words.

[Anson Deer: No one will remember my birthday except myself, only you.]

[Yu Rui: I just remembered it and sent you a message. 】

[Yuri: And... Asuka also knows. She said that if you queue up a dungeon, on your birthday, while you are sleeping soundly, she will transform into a dragon and scare you so much that you run up and down. 】

Ansonlu laughed dryly and typed angrily.

[Anson Deer:... Let’s forget about this birthday gift. 】

[Ansenlu: I remember it has a voice function. How about you say a few words to me? 】

There was a long pause there.

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

[The player ‘Yuri’ has made a call to you, do you want to accept it? 】

Anson Deer answered the phone.

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

Anson Deer said: "I seem a little strange today."

"..."

"I've done a lot of things that I never thought I'd do," Anson Deer said.

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

"I acted impulsively, not rational enough... I made a ridiculous decision, which completely went against my usual way of handling things, that's pretty much it."

"You can do the same, are you not rational enough?"

"I didn't think I could do it before."

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

Ansonlu was stunned for a moment, unable to 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..." Ansonlu said thoughtfully, "Maybe it's just like what the crow said. Once a 'broken weirdo' like me changes, I will become a mediocre person. I hope that at that time, everyone will not

I will be disappointed."

After a moment of silence, he continued:

"Actually, I don't even understand myself anymore."

"At least..." Yuri paused and 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. It's time to rest."

"Okay, go to bed early."

"Thank you for your birthday wishes." Ansonlu scratched his messy hair and teased: "Of course, my birthday was very unlucky, and it must be attributed to your unlucky blessings."

"There won't be a next time."

"What?"

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

Yuri's voice was very calm, as if he was recounting an ordinary fact.

Only then did Ansonlu react.

By this time next year, she may have turned into ice and melted away.

Anson Deer curled up in 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..." Ansonlu said tiredly, "So, I don't want you to die, and 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 dad, my mom, and the principal. If I lose you again, I already... don't know how to go on."

"..."

"..."

"bite."

A message alert sounds.

broke the silence.

Ansonlu raised his head and looked at the message with dim eyes. It was a painting of a girl and a boy skiing on a snowfield. Next to the painting, there was a line of messy handwriting.

The writing is in Icelandic, but Anson Deer can understand it.

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

An Senlu whispered the words she had written down, and said in a hoarse voice: "I... am not powerful enough to forget the people I care about casually."

"I miss the principal so much, Yuri."

"I have never had friends. No one cares about me. Only he cares about me."

“…”

“…”

There was another long silence.

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

"Well, let's play chess...and drink tea."

"Good night."

"Good night."

(End of chapter)