Global Games: Old Chess Players

Late at night on November 21st, in an apartment in Shangshi City.

"Accept the video call." Anson Deer yawned and said in a vague voice.

As the words fell, the chat panel expanded.

Qi Yuanlu's face appeared on the screen, and his background was a cluster of prosperous high-rise buildings standing side by side like giants, with huge LED screens embedded on the surface of the high-rise buildings.

If you look closely, you can still see the famous Tokyo Tower, also known as the Tokyo Sky Tree, which is one of the most famous landscapes in Tokyo.

Different from what Anson Deer imagined.

He originally thought that what was reflected on the screen would be the gloomy prison ceiling, but Urushihara Ritsu only dared to wait for the guard to go to sleep before secretly calling him, like a kid whose parents restricted the time for playing on his mobile phone.

It's a pity, this guy seems to be living a pretty cool life.

"Deer, I'm sorry to bother you so late."

"It's okay." Ansonlu raised his chin and ate a piece of potato chips. "The time difference between Japan and China is only one hour. It's only 10pm here, so it's not too late for a night owl like me."

"That's good."

Qi Yuanlu adjusted the panel so that it was facing his body.

He is wearing a dark tuxedo, and from the picture it appears that he is standing on the railing of a suspension bridge. Under the bridge is a deep bay - the sea is coming back and forth, and the dark waves are rising and falling.

"You won't stand on the Tokyo Bay Bridge, will you?" Ansonlu was shocked, "I'll go, Brother Crow, let's have a good talk if we have anything to say, don't lose hope in this world, how about another village with dark flowers and bright flowers!"

As we all know, countless corpses are buried in Tokyo Bay.

Qi Yuanlu chuckled and sighed in his heart, An Senlu's thinking was still as out-of-the-box as ever.

"Lord Lu, how could I have thoughts of committing suicide? I just escaped from prison using the 'Phantom Crow'."

"Please, what lunatic would stand on Tokyo Bay and chat like you!"

"That's right..." Urushihara put his hand on his chin, as if he was thinking about how to refute.

"But if I really have you, I can let you escape from Tokyo Central Prison."

“A piece of cake.”

"Beep——"

The sound of vehicle horns came from the Tokyo Bay Rainbow Bridge and reached Anson Deer's ears through the panel.

Two weeks ago, Ansonlu would never have imagined that there would be a lunatic standing on the railing of the Tokyo Bay Bridge, having a video call with him with a leisurely look on his face. This is simply crazy...

Help....

How the hell did I get to work with this freak for a whole week and start a freak union with him? I've had enough...

The corners of Ansonlu's eyes twitched slightly. He calmed down and asked:

"So, why are you looking for me?"

"I investigated the information about the 'Iceland girl'."

An Senlu was stunned, "I almost believed it. How can you investigate in prison?"

Urushihara's hair was messy by the wind over Tokyo Bay, and he said calmly:

"I know a lot of people in the underground world, and I have a lot of means to get them to help me get some information. Of course, it's paid."

"Niu, so you said she was hiding something last time?"

"The special sequence 'Snow Country Walker' requires three qualities - hyperamnesia, lack of emotion, and..." Ritsu Urushihara paused and said:

"Ankache Syndrome."

"What is this? It sounds so high-end?" Ansonlu was puzzled.

"Simply put, this is an extremely rare terminal disease."

"Terminally ill?"

"Yes, this symptom has only appeared in a dock village in Iceland..." Qi Yuanlu said: "That village is called 'Dupivogur', located in the north of Iceland, with a sparse population, especially

Rui was born there."

"What and what?" Ansonlu said in a daze, "No, why does the system regard a terminal disease as a trait that matches a special sequence?"

"Lu-kun, first of all, what I need to tell you is..." Qi Yuanlu said slowly:

"Patients with Ankache syndrome will have two clinical manifestations: 'emotional loss' and 'hyperamnesia'."

It took Ansonlu a while to react, "You mean, in other words, the system actually only used one of her characteristics when matching the sequence?"

Qi Yuanlu said with certainty:

"Yes, that's why she hid it from us."

"Then what other manifestations does this terminal disease have?" Ansonlu asked.

"Hair turns white."

"Let me go, no wonder she has gray hair at such a young age?" Ansonlu said, "Actually, it's just such a small problem, and it doesn't need to be a 'terminal disease.' It doesn't sound very serious."

"So far, there have been only three cases of Ankache Syndrome. The first case is an Icelandic girl named 'Kaki', who was also born in that dock village." Urushihara said:

"She died on the third day after her eighteenth birthday. I heard that her death was very miserable. The specific manifestation was - like ice, it melted into water and then evaporated into gas..."

"What?"

Anson Deer's pupils shrank slightly.

"The symptoms of the second case were similar," Qi Yuanlu said calmly: "The other girl died the day after she turned eighteen, and the circumstances of her death were the same as the first case."

"What about this decreasing sequence..." Anson Deer said, "Are you trying to say that Yuri might die at the age of eighteen?"

"Yes, judging from the existing cases, this should be the case."

Anson's eyes flashed and he opened his mouth slightly.

He recalled the profile of the Icelandic girl covered in snow-white hair, and recalled the words "thank you".

What was she saying at that time? Was she thanking me for going all the way to the Sapporo ski resort to find her alone, or was she thanking me for admitting that I was friends with her.

But this is too humble...

You are so competitive that you can play chess with me for two hours, but you will say "thank you" for such a small thing...

By the way, Ankache Syndrome, how do you get along with people in real life if you suffer from such a bad disease? You have to be made into a freak if you are not a freak. It's really funny...

I may be her first friend.

Ansonlu was silent for a long time and asked softly: "Since this kind of thing has not been reported, it must be that the Icelandic government has kept it secret from the outside world. How did you investigate it?"

"I know a few gamblers from Iceland, and the rest are quite troublesome to explain."

"Okay, so what are you going to do..." Anson Deer said:

"We can't save her, can we?"

"There's a lot more I want to say," Qi Yuanlu looked at An Senlu's face and said almost word by word:

"I hope you can hear me out."

"You say it and I listen."

"When she was 10 years old, she showed symptoms for the first time. Her father left the family out of fear. As for her mother, after negotiation, she was sold to the Icelandic government for research." Urushihara said calmly.

explain:

"After that, she left the dock village and came to Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland."

"Um."

"In fact, Icelandic medical scientists were helpless to deal with this symptom, and they dedicated her to capital." Qi Yuanlu said lightly:

"White hair, hyperamnesia, and lack of emotion. Under the marketing of capital, these traits made her become a child star and frequently appeared on the stage. I think everyone likes geniuses, especially geniuses with flaws, because of this

It can bring them psychological balance, right?"

"oh."

"But a year ago, at the age of 16, she withdrew from the stage and disappeared without a trace from the eyes of the residents of Iceland." Urushihara said:

"She ran away, but failed. The existence of Ankaches Syndrome made her body much weaker than ordinary people. It was impossible for her to run away at that time."

He paused and continued: "After that, her physical condition worsened, and the Icelandic government did not want to give up this cash cow. She received treatment in the hospital for a year."

Anson Deer said nothing.

"In the end, due to too much research funding, the treatment progress is far away..."

"When the Icelandic government was planning to give up on her treatment, she awakened a special sequence in the evolution game - Snow Country Walker, becoming the third special sequence player in the capital of Iceland."

"Because of this, her health improved and she was able to leave the hospital bed where she had been staying day after day for the past two years," Qi Yuanlu said, raising his deep eyes and staring straight at Ansenlu:

"But at this moment, the Icelandic government coerced her into cooperating. As long as she was willing to cooperate with the state's actions, nothing would happen to her mother in that dock village."

"Ha..." Ansonlu couldn't help laughing:

"No, if you want to talk nonsense, at least you can justify it. Her mother has already sold her, how could she still do it for..."

Qi Yuanliu interrupted him, "In the past seven years, she has always thought that her mother sent her to the hands of government officials so that she could be saved. She has always thought so."

Ansonlu's voice stopped suddenly, and his face twitched slightly.

"It's really sad, isn't it?" Qi Yuanlu said slowly:

"First she was a plaything of capital, now she is a puppet of the government, and she will remain so in the future. She has never been free. Perhaps during her time in Hokkaido, she experienced things she had never experienced before."

Messy hair covered Ansonlu's dark brown eyes.

He asked calmly:

"She is still in the capital of Iceland now?"

"Yes." Qi Yuanlu said:

"And I have good news. Her mother died in the first round of the Evolution game, but she was kept in the dark by the Icelandic government."

Anson Deer said softly:

"I understand what you want to do."

"By the way, she deleted me as a friend. I can't directly transfer this 'travel voucher' to her through a transaction. I can only leave this matter to you." Qi Yuanlu said calmly:

"That's all I want to say... I'll leave the rest to your judgment, Mr. Lu."

"If you think she is not qualified for redemption, then let her become a puppet. After the remaining half a year, she will be drained of all her value, then melt into ice and die completely."

"Or maybe I still have a 'travel coupon' on hand, which I got from a trade with a Tokyo player. You know what you can do. This right is in your hands."

Now, cities all over the world are blocked by invisible walls, and only through travel vouchers can one leave the original city.

Urushiwon Ryū means...

First, let Anson Deer use the travel voucher he already has on hand to go to Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, to find Yuri.

Then, Ansonlu gave another travel voucher to Yuri, asking Yuri to leave Reykjavik and go to the dungeon elsewhere.

In this way, Yuri will not return to Reykjavik the next time he comes out of the dungeon.

"It is true that we cannot save her from the disease, but we can bring her freedom." Urushihara said.

"So, why did I do this?" Anson Deer sighed softly and asked:

"Just because I am the president you recognize?"

"She can only negotiate with you. As for me, if I go to find her, I guess she won't listen to me, not even a word." Qi Yuanlu said matter-of-factly.

"I need evidence..." Ansonlu said without any doubt, "Evidence that her parents are dead, otherwise I won't be able to convince her even if I go to Iceland."

"I will give you the evidence. This is a necessary part."

"And..." Ansonlu slowly raised his head, revealing the pair of dark brown eyes under his hair, and his voice was extremely cold:

"Crow, if I get to Iceland and find that the facts are even slightly different from what you said, I will make you pay...

A heavy price to pay.”

Qi Yuanlu was startled for a moment.

He had never seen an Anson deer look like this.

There seemed to be a devouring beast lurking in these dark brown eyes, so deep that it was terrifying.

"I promise you with my life, Mr. Lu." Qi Yuanlu said slowly:

"It is impossible for me to induce you with any one-sided, incomplete, and untrustworthy information. If my information is not consistent with the facts at all, then..."

"Okay..." Ansonlu interrupted him, "The next round of dungeons will start on the 24th. I will use the 'travel voucher' to go to the capital of Iceland. Can I persuade that three-no girl to go to another place?

explain."

"Okay, now I feel relieved."

A brief silence enveloped the two of them.

The sea water is rolling in Tokyo Bay, the traffic on the Rainbow Bridge is like a dragon, and the prosperous high-rise buildings in the distance are showing knowledge related to [Evolution Game] on hanging LED screens.

"When I bring that Icelandic girl back to Shangishi City, you can come over here too." Ansonlu said calmly, "Anyway, you have to hide from the police in Tokyo, so it's not very tiring."

Qi Yuanlu was stunned for two seconds and said with a smile:

"Of course, I can, but I still have some things to deal with."

"How long will it take?"

Urushihara Ritsu said thoughtfully, "Well, I will be able to come to Shangshi City by the time the second dungeon is over. I guess by then we will have more than three members."

"How can there be so many freaks on earth..." Anson Deer said without emotion:

"Our union wants to recruit people. The first thing is that the person is unwilling to obey the government's management. This alone can exclude many players, let alone the special series players."

"This is the type of person we want to recruit, Mr. Lu." Urushihara said calmly, "I admire lonely and proud souls, not puppets with no personal spirit like running dogs."

"It sounds so nice," Anson Deer joked, "but it's actually just a bunch of freaks gathering together to keep warm."

"That's enough." Qi Yuanlu said, "Special people need a special safe haven. This has always been the case since ancient times."

"Has anyone commented that you are simply..." Ansonlu paused and said with disgust:

“The Virgin Mary among weirdos.”

"Haha..." Qi Yuanlu chuckled twice:

"If you have to put it this way, then you are the Jesus of freaks, Mr. Lu. I think that without you, the guild of 'Hell's Lighthouse' would be absolutely impossible to establish theoretically."

"This is the end of the disease. If we continue to talk, our union will really have to change its name to the 'Chinese Second Disease Exchange Meeting.'" Ansonlu breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"It's time to rest, it's getting late."

"Thank you, Mr. Lu."

"What?"

"Thank you for your trust in me. I think what I just said would be unbelievable to anyone."

"It does sound ridiculous. I never thought that the Icelandic girl's situation was so complicated." Ansonlu said lightly:

"However, I just intuitively think that you can believe it, and my intuition is generally quite accurate. At least from the time I was born to now, even..." He paused, "I haven't missed it once."