60. Play chess

(PS: I have been out of shape at all for the past two days, and my brain hurts.) The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info both of these are scribbled. The second half of this volume is mainly written about Yuyuko.

After that, it is time to return to Gensokyo and plan the expansion plan of Gensokyo. )

This westward demon is a hydrogen bomb that will forever hover over the westward temple's house, and it will explode if you are not careful!

As soon as it is bombed, the Xixing temple family will usher in the end of the world.

But...... There was one thing that surprised Yakumoji a little.

At this time, he was able to completely ignore the death qi of the Westbound Demon!

Is it your own strength that has become stronger again? ’

When he lived in the underworld, although Yakumo Temple could almost ignore the death of the Westbound Demon, he still felt a little oppressive when facing the Westbound Demon.

Now in the face of the Westbound Demon, Yakumo Temple can even take a cool ride directly under the Westbound Demon.

You know, the previous Westward Demon was even more ferocious than the Westward Demon in the future!

The westward demon of the next generation, it has been completely sealed.

And although the current Westward Demon also has a seal, it ...... Can't you suppress it if you don't see the seal?

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After another period of time, Yuyuko's figure finally came from the main building of the Xixing Temple family to the Xixing demon in the backyard.

Before reaching the westward demon, Yuyuko saw Yakumoji standing under the westward demon at a glance.

Then he suddenly showed a worried look on his face and rushed towards Yakumo Temple!

But it didn't take long to rush out, and after seeing that Yakumo Temple was not affected by the demonic aura of the westward demon, Yuyuko stopped again.

Step by step, he slowly walked towards the westward demon.

When she came to the westward demon, the first thing Yuyuko did was not to talk to Yakumoji Temple, nor to greet Xiyuji Temple.

After Yuyuko only looked at Yakumo Temple, she closed her eyes, folded her hands and faced the Xixing Demon, and worshipped.

Yayun Temple can see that the worship of Youyouzi is not the westward demon.

It's the family of the Xixing Temple family who died under the westward demon one by one.

Under the westward demon, the roots of the tree are entrenched.

And in the seams between the roots of the trees, there are corpses lying horizontally and vertically.

Can...... In the future, there are no white bones under the westward demons, and some are just graves and tombstones erected one by one.

Some of the corpses have turned into white bones. Some white bones are slowly oxidizing into dry bones.

The freshest corpse is still the corpse of a male onmyoji who had just died and had a dagger stuck in his throat.

But almost...... Every corpse is shrinking.

That's right, it's atrophy.

Under the westbound demon, Yakumo Temple did not see half of the decomposing corpses.

Yes, it is just a 'dried corpse' left after the water in the body has completely evaporated after death.

And if the dried corpse shrinks again, it will become white bones.

But perhaps.

The water in this dried corpse was not evaporated, but absorbed by the Westbound Demon.

And it seems that it is also because of the lifeless aura of the Westward Demon, even though the corpses have turned into white bones, there are still no half people who come to collect the corpses.

Yakumoji even saw moss on the bones!!

After worshipping for a while, Yuyuko finally put down her hands and grabbed Yakumoji's hand, saying apologetically.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry just now, I left you aside. ”

"It's okay, it's okay. I'm just an outsider, and the ancestors of the festival are more important. ”

"yes, it's good that you didn't care about my faux pas. ”

Yuyuko screamed excitedly. Yakumoji then spoke.

"Who are these people who died under the Westward Demon?"

After hearing Yakumoji's words, Yuyuko's head was visibly short-circuited for a few seconds.

He waited until he had fully recovered before he spoke.

"Every person here is a family member of the Saigyoji family. ”

As he spoke, Yuyuko pointed to the person who had fallen to the ground and had already turned into white bones, and said.

"This is Uncle Yan Che of Xixing Temple, who died six years ago. Very good for me.

As soon as people saw me, they ran away, and only Uncle Yan Che would smile at me from a distance. But it's really strange, why do other people want to run when they see me? Why is it that only Uncle Yan Che can't run?

That's the big sister of Rikyu in Saigyoji, who gave me a shogi manual seven years ago and let the yoji teach me shogi.

But on the fifth day after that, Sister Lixia fell here.

That's Uncle Ichiro, Jiro, and Saburo of Saigyoji. They asked Youji to give me a paper fan.

But I seemed a little too happy to get the paper fan at that time.

I only remember that I danced with a paper fan under the Westbound Demon......

But when I opened it, I saw unfamiliar faces, many! many!

Immediately after, faces turned into dead faces in front of me. ”

With that, Yuyuko smiled at Yakumoji Temple again.

Then he took Yakumoji's hand and walked towards his house.

Seeing Yuyuko finish her story with a smile, Yakumoji suddenly felt ...... If it weren't for the fact that he knew Yuyuko well, no matter who stayed in front of Yuyuko just now...... It's going to be creepy.

When Yuyuko said that, the wind was light, as if she was telling a bedtime story.

You know, among the dead people, there are so many acquaintances of Yuyuko!

Won't Yuyuko cry?

No, Yuyuko cries, it's just that she's used to death.

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And at this time, Yuyuko, who was holding Yakumoji's hand and walking towards her room, was not affected by the words just now, Yuyuko at this time was still her original personality, but ...... She's just used to it.

Accustomed to a room for dressing.

Along the way, Yuyuko is also very talkative, chatty and even a little chattering.

However, this is not a bad thing.

At least Yuyuko still has something to divert the sadness of worshipping her loved ones!

Youyuzi's courtyard is not enough to see at all compared to the White Jade Building, first of all, it is small, then it is poor, and finally it is overgrown with weeds!

On the side of the house, where weeds are overgrown, there is even a stone table!

Entering the courtyard, Yuyuko abandoned Yakumo Temple again and rushed towards the backyard of the courtyard by herself.

And then not long after, Yuyuko reappeared.

It's just that at this time, Yuyuko is holding a chessboard in his hand, a shogi chessboard.

The reason why Yuyuko took out the shogi chessboard, Yakumoji doesn't need to guess to know, Yuyuko is going to 'fight' with himself on the chessboard to play a game.

Shogi, Japanese hiragana: しょうぎ. Katakana: ショウギ.

Romanization: Syougi, also known as honshogi, is a popular board game in Japan.

The ancestor of shogi was Chadranka in India about 5,000 years ago, and the mainstream view is that it was introduced from Southeast Asia, and it is said that it was introduced to Japan by the chess of the Tang Dynasty, and evolved into Heian Shogi and Heian Shogi in the Heian period.

After that, Heian Shogi branched out into many predecessors of Japanese shogi, such as Shogi, Shogi, Tenzhu Shogi, Maha Shogi, Tai Shogi, and Daqi Shogi.

At the beginning of the 21st century, archaeological discoveries confirmed the introduction of shogi from Southeast Asia.

Japanese shogi is relatively close to Chaturanga, and it is quite different from chess. The excavation of the oldest shogi ever found in Izumo, Japan, also proves that early shogi were close to Chaturanga and some chess styles in Southeast Asia, especially Thai chess. The Japanese Shogi Federation also endorsed this statement.

Thai chess and Heian shogi have four things in common: first, they both rank the pawns one in advance, second, the promotion line is advanced, third, the pawns are upgraded to turn the chess pieces over, and fourth, the "elephant" of chess in Southeast Asian countries is the same as the "silver general" of shogi.

The four major chess games in the world (Go, Chinese Chess, Chess, and Shogi) are all related to the political system of the country. Shogi reflects the political system of the Japanese state, and the chess pieces have also been upgraded, which shows that the Japanese believe that even a small infantryman can become a dazzling golden general as long as he works hard, and even ordinary people have the possibility of becoming a prince and general.

The shogi board is a grid of 10 horizontal lines and 10 vertical lines, and the pieces are placed inside the squares, which is a board with 9 columns and 9 rows. The 3 columns that are close to oneself are the main formation, and the 3 columns that are far away from oneself and close to the opponent are the enemy formation.

The pieces of shogi are bell-shaped and have a pointed tip. Unlike Chinese chess and chess, shogi is distinguished by the direction in which the front end of the piece is pointed. There are eight types of shogi.

From left to right, the dragon king, the flying car, the king general, the jade general, the horn line and the dragon horse are the descending from left to right, the incense car, the silver general, the silver general, the gold general, the guima, the cheng gui, the infantry and the gold.

When a game of shogi begins, each side has twenty pieces:

1. The king will (jade general) be placed on the row closest to the player in the middle of the board.

2. Two pieces of gold will be placed next to the king or jade general.

3. Two silver pieces will be placed next to the gold general.

4. Two guima are placed next to the silver general.

5. Two incense carts are placed next to Guima.

6. In the second row, place a corner row on the left and a speeding car on the right. Underneath both pieces are Gui Ma.

7. All nine infantry pieces are placed in the third row. It should be noted that shogi has a handicap system, and the above arrangement only applies when there is no handicap.

There is a promotion system for shogi's pieces. Except for the king general (jade general), the golden general and the chess pieces that have been upgraded, all chess pieces can be upgraded.

When an upgradeable piece moves into or out of the area in the three rows furthest from the player, the player may choose to upgrade the piece (or not). Just flip the pieces to complete the upgrade.

It can be said that there are many rules that are dazzling.

However, as with Chinese chess, Japanese shogi also has a distinction between ranks.

Professional chess player: 9th dan ~ 4th dan

Reward chess player: 3rd stage ~ first stage

Amateur ranks: 8th dan, 7th dan (gifted), 6th dan ~ early dan

Amateur level: level 1~15

And it just so happened that in modern times, the shogi division of Yakumoji Temple was nine dans......

Playing chess with Yuyuko is simply abusing vegetables!

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About three or four hours after fighting with Yuyuko, the sun went down.

During the period of playing chess with Yuyuko, Yakumo Temple has been unilaterally beating Yuyuko in Qipan Mountain.

But although it was a one-sided hanging, after playing five or six games of chess, Yakumo Temple suddenly found out......

It's not a game of chess, it's a game of people!

People's chessboard plays chess pieces, but Yuyuko plays chess with Yakumo Temple, and it is people's hearts!

Ordinary people play chess, if it is not a real chess addict who meets a person who can beat himself, and wants to concentrate on learning chess, no one wants to be unilaterally beaten all the time.

Even if you think there is nothing at first, but once you reach the end, it is that no matter how good the form is, no matter how good the temper is, people will get bored.

But what about Yuyuko?

Yuyuko was hung and beaten by Yakumo Temple from the beginning, but ...... She never got bored!

And Yuyuko is not a chess idiot, she is just a dead lady of the Xixing Temple family.

But that's how she is, but she played a whole hut chess with Yakumo Temple.

Yakumoji couldn't help but ask, 'What is Yuyuko's purpose?'.

But obviously.

Yuyuko can't just say it.

But at least, in Yuyuko's eyes, Yakumoji might be able to see one or two clues.

When she first took out her shogi, Yuyuko's eyes were excited and shiny.

After playing chess with Yakumoji for a while, Yuyuko's eyes began to darken.

Maybe that's when Yuyuko gets bored.

But Yuyuko had just felt bored for less than a minute, and Yuyuko's eyes changed again.

began to become euphoric, but in addition to the euphoria, there was a slight dimness.

At this time, even if he is mentally retarded, he can see that Yuyuko is forcing a smile.

But what is the purpose of forcing a smile?

Nobody knows.

I only know that when the sunset is even worse, the more obvious this forced smile will become.

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And looking at Yuyuko's smiling eyes, Yakumo Temple actually had a feeling of heartache.

I always feel that Yuyuko shouldn't have such eyes.

The more Yuyuko appeared with this kind of look, the more nervous and heartbroken Yakumoji became.

'Tonight...... Stay here. Maybe if you stay here, Sister Yuyuko won't show such eyes. ’

Yakumo Temple thought so, and then hurriedly spoke.

"Yuyuko, do you have any other rooms in your room?"

"Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"I want to stay here tonight. ”

"Great!!Of course there are rooms!!"

As soon as Yakumoji's words fell, Yuyuko screamed happily.

The smiling look in his eyes swept away, revealing an excited look.

It seems that Yakumoji Temple has done the right thing.

It turns out that Yuyuko just doesn't want Yakumoji to leave......

"But ......"

But at this moment, Yuyuko suddenly changed her words and called Yakumoji Temple by its name.

"Yakumoji Temple, in fact, the guest room is all useless furniture, used as a storage warehouse. If you go there...... Can't live at all.

You'd better sleep in a room with me!"

"No way!!"

As soon as Yuyuko's words fell, an even rougher shout suddenly came.

That's right, the owner of that shout is the Soul Monster.