In the church where the storm never stops, there is a room illuminated by warm candlelight. From a distance, it seems that the dim light is blocking the violent storm outside the window, not the thin glass.
The room is not big, and the furnishings are very simple. There is a huge wooden desk, several small wooden cabinets, antique porcelain and incense burners. The incense burners are still emitting faint fireworks. On the unpretentious brown walls, there are some hanging
Most of the calligraphy and paintings are some kind of ancient Terran characters written on white rice paper and black ink, but the one that stands out is the painting.
It is different from all the mainstream oil paintings in the empire. It is as if light-colored ink was splashed directly on the white paper, and then a few scribbles were drawn. You can see the mountains shrouded in clouds, and there is a small river beside the ancient road at the foot of the mountains.
, the river flows through a wooden bridge, and a man wearing a bamboo hat and a raincoat is standing on the bridge fishing. Four strange silhouettes can still be seen on the top of the mountain, seeming to be overlooking the fishermen below.
On the carpet in the room, there are two figures, one large and one small, sitting on chairs and staring attentively at a thick wooden table. There is a wooden board on the wooden table. There are many small black and white beads scattered on the surface of the wooden board.
They are spread out in an orderly manner, forming an orderly and abstract figure.
The tall man was Chaghatai wearing a herdsman's robe, and the other man was the Bewitcher wearing a mask.
After gently placing the tea cup in his hand on the edge of the table, he heard a crisp sound, like a gentle knock on the door, and Chagatai held the black chess piece between his fingers, decisively and without hesitation.
After making the move, Chagatai gently twirled his beard and whispered:
"Although Riemann is occasionally reckless, he is not stupid. After thinking about it repeatedly after I met him last time, I always felt that he seemed to have something else on his mind."
The bewildered man raised his arm, but the white chess piece has not yet landed.
Jaghatai couldn't see the other person's face because it was separated by a mask, just like he could never see through his father.
"Everything is not a coincidence."
Finally, White made a move, Chagatai narrowed his eyes slightly, and the layout was already in place - Black took the advantage and White took the land, and it was hard to tell who was in the lead for a while.
"It seems that the reason why Riemann went to Veronica was because Elena found him, and the reason why Elena found him was because Sheba gave her power. Sheba said it was because she saw
She is pitiful."
Chagatai picked up the chess piece, thought for a moment, and then dropped it into the chess game.
"You mean, someone is instigating or entrusting Mother."
The black pieces fell almost immediately after the white pieces.
"Who knows."
"The nature of Sheba determines that she is never a controllable person. Sensibility and passion are the source of her power. This cannot be changed, just like most of your brothers."
Chagatai thought for a moment, picked up the tea cup, took a sip and said:
"But I think Riemann had his own ideas."
"This may not be what other people think."
Putting down the tea cup again, Chagatai put his fingers into the chess box, but did not take it out immediately. Instead, he looked at the person in front of him and asked:
"Is he a mortal?"
The confused man sighed softly and shook his head.
"I don't know. Although we are all one, he is the only one. He is the original heart and the original intention, so we will never know his true thoughts."
Chagatai also sighed softly, picked up the black chess piece and moved it again, and the white piece followed suit. There was no time for the black and white sides to think about it. They alternated their moves quickly. For a while, big beads and small beads fell on the jade plate, and the chess pieces and
The collision of the chessboard creates a rhythmic sound, and the chess path is like a mountainous landscape in the mist, looming, seemingly absent, erratic, but extremely profound.
At this time, a sudden turning point occurred. Black's chess was like a huge wrench that divided White's chess into two eyeless and inactive chess shapes. From this, close combat was inevitable, and the chess game suddenly entered the final stage of fierce mutual attacks.
middle.
Suddenly, the deceiver chose to abandon the piece boldly. Suddenly, the whole white piece was like a fish out of water. He turned his whole body over with force, giving the corner that he had already occupied to the black piece, and he
However, a thick high wall was built on top of the black chess piece, overlooking the midfield.
Suddenly, the chess game changed from Black taking the advantage to Black taking the land, and White took the advantage, just like the stars had changed.
There was a temporary calm between the two sides.
"Perplexer, then did you have another purpose in asking me to find Corax?"
"I just want to confirm one thing."
"What's up?"
"What exactly is Riemann going to do?"
Chagatai raised his eyebrows.
"That's it? You should know what Corax is doing. As soon as he leaves, the other person won't be able to stay idle."
After a moment of grace, he landed the black piece. In fact, it was already a dead end. No matter how he played, he was destined to be completely defeated, but what did it matter?
Winning or losing is a concept that he has forgotten for a long time.
There are too many tragedies caused by these two words.
Facing the impending failure, Chagatai just picked up the teacup again with a normal expression, but when he saw that there were no more drops of tea left in it, he put it down with a wry smile.
"After leaving Terra, I heard that Russ became addicted to the art of divination, just like those kings who tried to find comfort in mysticism or superstition due to failure. After he ran away from Fenris, the two of us had not known each other for a long time.
We didn't meet again until more than 4,000 years ago. I asked him what he was doing these days. He said that he was looking for the remains of the ancient ones. In order to find this kind of thing, he might have left the Milky Way briefly. As for what he actually did
He didn't say whether he found anything, but I guess he might have found something, because I found that he always carried a strange cloth bag on his waist, which contained some rattling things, like bones or something else.
No matter what small artifacts, the most common divination object used by Fenris shamans is bones."
The confused man picked up a white piece from the chess case for the last time, but instead of placing it immediately, he held it in front of him and said slowly:
"We never know whether the result of the next step we take is right or wrong. Maybe a step-by-step victory will lead to a final failure, and a failure again and again may lead to the final victory. Too many years ago
It’s far away, a thousand years is too long, I can only try my best to use mistakes to prove correctness, use correctness to refute mistakes, and prove my own value in this contradiction.”
When the white stone falls, the entire chess game ends with the white pieces killing all the black pieces.
Chagatai shook his head and stood up. The confused man looked at him and asked softly:
"Are you leaving? Let's have another two sips of tea."
"Ah, I've already delivered the things to you. If I stay a little longer, I'm afraid those bugs in Comoros will do something else. I've already killed hundreds of assassins who went to kill Veronica, but I always
There will still be some fish that slip through the net.”
"Sorry to trouble you, this problem will be solved soon."
Chagatai laughed dryly, said nothing, turned around and walked towards the door of the room, but as soon as he opened the door, he thought of something and turned around and said:
"Actually, the other reason why you asked me to call Corax away was to lure that person out, right?"
The confused man did not answer, but quietly put the chess pieces back into the chess box. Chagatai was silent for a moment, turned around and left the room, closing the door behind him.