Chapter 18: Playing Chess

"What's going on?"

Natsuhito wanted to see his surroundings clearly, but found that he couldn't control his body at all.

They seemed to be sitting on a bed, with a pillow and the doll on the side. As far as you can see, it is a bunk bed for children.

Looking at his little short legs again, he suddenly realized that this was not his body, and he might be in the world of a little boy.

"Brother, my mother said she was going to take me out tomorrow."

Xinxin looked up at him with fear on her face, "I'm afraid. ”

Xia Ren has been writing novels for many years, and his mind is full of all kinds of strange things, so he can quickly adapt to even the most abnormal situation, if the little boy wants to kill himself, there is no need to make these twists and turns, he speculates that the other party wants to use this way to convey some information to himself.

"Normal children will have fun when they go out to play, why is Li Xin afraid?"

"And this room, where the hell is it."

Li Xin and the little boy have a great relationship, it can be seen from the children's bed on the bunk beds that the two children have lived together for a long time, so this place is very likely to be Sun Aihong's home, and the house they are in now is the locked house!

"Could it be that the little boy is also Sun Aihong's child, Li Xin's own brother?"

Beyond this speculation, it's hard to imagine anything else.

"Don't be afraid, sister, my brother will protect you, I'll follow quietly tomorrow,"

Xia Ren heard himself.

Then the screen turned, and he came to an open place, which was supposed to be an underground garage, with no one around, and all kinds of cars parked.

Xia Ren was used to his height, and it felt quite novel to suddenly observe the world from this perspective.

Just when he thought what was going to happen next, only two seconds later, the scene around him changed again.

This time, the perspective is very high, as if you are standing on a table, surrounded by white and yellow flowers.

"I'm dead?"

Below were people with sad faces, and in the midst of this, he saw two familiar faces.

He saw it in the photo.

"You're so ruthless!"

The man's tone was full of irrepressible anger.

"I didn't mean it, it was him, he climbed into it by himself, it has nothing to do with me!"

Sun Aihong wiped her tears aggrievedly and wanted to pull her husband's hand, but was ruthlessly thrown away.

Pain, resentment, sadness, loneliness...... All kinds of negative emotions are like a flood that bursts the embankment, and it suddenly washes away Xia Ren's reason.

In the last picture, he saw himself standing in the middle of the road, Li Xin running towards him, and the sound of surprise filled his mind.

"Brother!"

The screeching sound of brakes woke Xia Ren up, and a cold touch came from his palms.

He looked around a little dazedly, and found that he was still standing in the hallway, holding the doorknob of the ward, and had not yet entered.

"It's all hallucinations?"

Feeling cold all over, he realized that he was already sweating.

[Warning, host sanity below 30, contaminated, current pollution value: 2/100.] 】

The system prompt that I haven't seen for a long time, but why didn't I hear it when I was dragged into the hallucination just now?

As he thought this, a text unfolded in his head.

[In order to protect the host, information about this mission is temporarily unavailable.] 】

"Again, I remember hearing it when I first fused the system."

I don't care what the hidden part is for the time being, it's just that I'm being dragged into an illusion, and it's polluted to myself, this time the infected body is not as simple as last time Mrs. Liu.

Through the glass on the door, you can see that Shin Shin is still sleeping in the hospital bed, and the doll is lying quietly next to her pillow.

After hesitating for a long time, he let go of his hand and still didn't go in.

"With insufficient information, it is not a good thing to come into contact with an infected person, and it may even backfire and increase his vigilance."

Xia Ren recalled the picture he had just seen, and was more puzzled: "The hint given by the infected body is obvious, his host and Li Xin are brother and sister, but why did Sun Aihong do everything possible to hide this?" ”

He thought about the little girl's reaction to her mother's desire to take her out to play.

"The little girl is very afraid of her mother, it must not be a day or two, and it is not difficult to find from his father's attitude that the death of the little boy must be related to Sun Aihong."

"Why did she kill her own child? And in the last picture, the little boy stands in the middle of the road, waiting for his sister to come close to him, could it be that he wants to harm his sister? ”

Just thinking about the problem for a while, a dull pain began in the skull again.

Both the infected and Sun Aihong seem to have done something bad to Xinxin, one is her mother, and the other is the infected who has her brother's memories, and Xia Ren can't figure out the reason.

It seems that in order to find out the truth, we must find a way to get more information.

At present, when he has not yet confronted the strength of the infected body head-on, he can only use this complex method.

"There is a gazebo on the way to Sun Aihong's house at noon, and the old people in it are pointing at us, and they must know some clues."

In order to solve this matter as soon as possible, he took a taxi and came back to the outside of Sun Aihong's community.

There is an access control at the entrance of the community, but in the morning, he went in directly with Sun Aihong, and was not required to register by the security guards, and the access control management should not be strict.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for him to find an opportunity to easily enter the neighborhood after a young man.

So far, everything has gone well, and Xia Ren is in a much more relaxed mood.

Although it was close to evening, it was the middle of July, and the sun was already moving westward, but the dazzling sunlight was still scorching the earth, and the irritating chirping of cicadas was endless.

In the gazebo in the distance, there were a few idle old people gathering together to enjoy the cool and chat, and a few were playing chess, Xia Ren rubbed his face, let himself look more energetic, and then walked over.

When several old men saw an unfamiliar young man approaching, they only glanced at it at first, but did not care. Xia Ren was not in a hurry, just stood behind an old man who was playing chess, silent, but showed that he was interested in chess, and everyone would not take the initiative to drive him away.

Xia Ren just watched like this, thinking about what method to use to ask the old people.

He is not good at playing chess, but he knows a little, the two old men who are playing the game are obviously profound, and he can't see any intention at all when he walks a few steps.

It seems difficult for Xia Ren to get acquainted with them by playing chess.

However, there are always more solutions than difficulties, especially as an outstanding young man in the 21st century, he knows how to use everything at his disposal, such as ...... Smartphones.

At this time, the second game had just begun, and when the old people saw him start to take out his mobile phone to play, they thought that he had lost interest in watching chess, and they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts that young people nowadays just have no patience.

But they soon found out that they were wrong.

Although the young man had been looking at his phone and his eyes were only occasionally returned to the chessboard, when the game entered the second half of the game, the young man finally made a move.

"Uncle, you can't do this move."

Xia Ren seemed to mention it casually, but it made Professor Zhang on the other side change his face.

He is two steps away from checkmate his opponent, who is this hairy boy who suddenly appeared?

Xia Ren didn't know that there was a saying called watching chess and not saying a true gentleman, and Uncle Wan, who was reminded by him, was a little unhappy at first, thinking that I still need you to teach me to play chess?

But when he saw Professor Zhang's expression on the other side, he immediately noticed that something was wrong, and he moved his gaze back to the chessboard again, and after looking at it for five minutes, his forehead was already covered with fine beads of sweat.

"What a dangerous move!"

Immediately after that, "Who is this young man who popped up out of nowhere?" ”

The same question, but with a different meaning, just now it was disdainful, and now it is shocked.

He has been playing chess for decades, and he has to watch five minutes to see the killer moves, this young man actually pointed it out at random, let me ask who can not be shocked?

At this time, several onlookers also noticed the abnormality, originally since the young man interjected, several people did not have a good impression of him, but then they found that the two experienced chess players on the field seemed to be ...... Hesitant?

"Who is this young man?"

The same question arose in everyone's minds.

Professor Zhang is a well-deserved chess king in several nearby communities, and few people can beat him in chess.

Xia Ren, who had been noticed by everyone, seemed relatively low-key, still playing with his mobile phone, but then he reminded more and more frequently, and everyone didn't stop them when they saw it, let alone say anything, they all watched silently, incredibly, he pointed at the key point every time, and dragged the game down at the most critical time.

Slowly, Uncle Wan went from disdain at the beginning, to the point that he had to ask Xia Ren with his eyes every time he fell into the game, and only after getting the latter's affirmation did he "snap" the child on the chessboard in high spirits.

His chess skills are low, he is always forced to a dead end in the game, and he loses the game with grievances, and now he finally has the opportunity to crush the opponent, how can he not be happy? Although this crushing is relying on the young man behind him, he can do it as long as he is cool, and he doesn't care what he does so much.

On the other hand, Professor Zhang is not so happy, Xia Ren has solved the trap he has painstakingly arranged several times, so that he has no advantage at all now, and every time he falls, he has to think about it for a long time, he is going crazy, if it weren't for his identity, he would have to stand up and give Xia Ren a few punches to vent his anger.

Finally, after a few more minutes, Professor Zhang spread his hands and said, "Admit defeat." ”

"Lao Zhang, you also have today, hahaha." Uncle Wan hadn't been so happy for a long time, so he turned around and gave Xia Ren a thumbs up, "Young people are good, they are more powerful than us old men at this age, and the future is limitless!" ”

"Where, I usually like to watch chess, just talk on paper, if you really want me to play by myself, I must still not be as good as you."

"Hahaha, yes, yes, I'm going to keep my hand today, otherwise Lao Zhang will be my opponent." He took advantage of the situation to say a word, attracting the disdainful glances of the crowd around him.

Especially Professor Zhang, who lost the game, was even more unwilling: "What's your name?" ”

"Xia Ren." He hurriedly answered.

It seems that the goal is almost achieved.

Xia Ren...... I wasn't impressed. Professor Zhang muttered thoughtfully, and then said, "Accompany me for the next game, I won't believe it." ”

"Huh?" Xia Ren's face was embarrassed, "I ......"

Before he could speak, he was interrupted by Professor Zhang: "I know that you have no reason to blend in with us old men, there must be some purpose, I will give you a chance in the next game with me, otherwise you will not talk." ”

Xia Ren still wanted to excuse himself, but Uncle Wan had already given up his position, and patted him on the shoulder at the same time: "Let Lao Zhang suffer!" The excitement in his tone could not be concealed.

Xia Ren had no choice but to sit down.

Professor Zhang added: "Don't stand behind him, lest someone shout a reminder that we have to have a fair game." ”

This sentence is obviously aimed at Xia Ren's indecent behavior just now, but this is exactly what Xia Ren can't ask for, after all, someone behind him will definitely find the cat in the mobile phone, and with his own strength, he will definitely lose.

"Since you're looking for abuse, then don't blame me for not respecting the old and loving the young."

"Smack!"

Gun on.

He was still playing with his phone in one hand, as if the game was not a problem at all.

Professor Zhang is angry and laughing, distracted for two purposes? I can't help but look down on me too much, watch me kill you without leaving a piece of armor!

Ten minutes later......

Two cars died violently.

Professor Zhang's mindset has undergone some subtle changes.

Twenty minutes later......

Three pawns crossed the river on the opposite side.

Professor Zhang began to realize that something was wrong.

Forty-five minutes later......

"Don't play, don't play." Seeing that he was about to have only one taxi left, Professor Zhang finally collapsed, "You are simply a bully!" ”

Xia Ren turned off the chess master, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he received a lot of amazed glances.

While playing with his mobile phone, he can easily defeat Professor Zhang, which is a master.

"Tell me, is there something wrong with the paper, or do you want to get into graduate school under my name." Professor Zhang quickly adjusted his state and turned to look at him with appreciation.

Xia Ren was stunned: "Neither." ”

Professor Zhang was also stunned, "Not looking for me?" So what do you want to do with all the effort? ”

Xia Ren stole a glance at the curious gazes cast around him and felt the pressure.

He lowered his head shyly and said, "I want to inquire about a woman." ”