The work of the Go master

The cozy little room has arrived; please sign for it.

This probably means that the curse effect of 336 has disappeared, and the room has now become a normal room.

But why is "的" written as "の" in this dialog box?

Does he only feel comfortable after being mischievous like this?

Sigh, I wonder who she learned it from.

Prop 2: [Consumer product: Sakura flavored potato chips]

It actually came out, and the familiar packaging style gives it a feel of thirty years from now.

I opened the package out of curiosity, and the first bite of the potato chips brought back a familiar taste, just like my youth.

The drowsiness I felt upon waking has disappeared.

A refreshing stimulation entered Ke Zhiguang's consciousness, and the drowsiness of wanting to go back to bed immediately disappeared.

It's a godsend for those who love to sleep in.

Unfortunately, there was only one serving. Potato chips can't be kept forever once opened, so Ke Zhiguang had no choice but to eat them all.

Item Three: [Spiritual Object: Peach Blossom Amulet]

[Peach Blossom Luck +10]

Good luck, boy.

Ok?

Something's not right with this thing!

Ke Zhiguang examined the pink amulet closely, then rested his chin on his hand, deep in thought.

Good heavens! I worked so hard on this quest, even bearing the pressure of facing a real ghost, and you're trying to fob me off with this vulgar, tasteless, and underhanded trick? This is simply outrageous!

Can't refuse.

So the question is, what specific events will be triggered by an increase in romantic luck?

Ke Zhiguang couldn't help but let his mind wander for a while, with jokes about god-level wrestling and accidentally entering the bathroom flashing before his eyes.

Wait a minute, I'm going to be staying in a single room, and I accidentally stumbled into a scene with a dirty bathroom!

Finally, there's item four: the [Mission Review Card].

Actually, there's no need to look at this card. After he finished his last game of chess yesterday, he chatted with Miss Song Ning for a while and learned the general story.

When Miss Matsunaga followed in her deceased brother's footsteps and came to Tokyo to help him sort through his belongings, she accidentally came into contact with the last chessboard he had ever used, and then inadvertently created this soul with a broken sense of self.

Sugimoto Sadakyu's soul emerges at night. Due to his incomplete self-awareness, he successfully finds a host and can possess them briefly. He can only find someone to play against with vague motives and will unconsciously imitate Harujima Isshin's one-against-many actions.

The person he was running from that day was Matsunaga Teiko. She could sense his location and often came out to find him in the middle of the night. He also had the ability to sense the opposite, so he quickly ran away before being caught.

This... is a bit like a kid sneaking out to an internet cafe in the middle of the night and playing mind games with their parents.

There was a touch of warmth, and a touch of sadness, sadness because we were now worlds apart.

The reason Miss Matsunaga posted his game records on the notice board was because she sensed Sugimoto Teikyu's regret about those games, which were all games he regretted.

So she thought of posting these chess games out so that the young students could try to solve them.

If you were to ask someone with sufficient skill to solve it in a few moves, it would be far too perfunctory—that's what Song Ning said.

Yesterday, the final outcome was that Song Ning buried the chessboard under the peach tree soil, as if to give it a proper rest.

It seems that the soil under this peach tree really does have quantum mechanical properties, capable of purifying spiritual objects.

As for why his soul was attached to the chessboard he last used in his life, it's probably because he was waiting for Isshin Seishima in front of that chessboard.

Unfortunately, at the time, Harujima Isshin was engaged in the coronation battle of Eternal Moonlight, so of course he couldn't come.

That's pretty much it. This matter is over. Miss Songning still sits behind the dormitory manager's desk in Peach Blossom Studio with her usual smile, slowly enjoying the passage of time.

Actually, Ms. Song Ning is only 26 years old, much younger than I imagined.

She had the air of a female boss or owner, and no matter how you looked at her, she looked over 40 and had a daughter.

Perhaps... we should add a widow attribute?

Pooh.

The first thing Ke Zhiguang needs to do is, of course, move the stronghold to Peach Blossom Abode as soon as possible, then gather some people to attend his housewarming banquet, and finally bring in some fellow Daoists from Peach Blossom Abode as a way of paying respects.

It will be another grand banquet.

Ke Zhiguang suddenly remembered Eiichiro Oda's description of the ending of One Piece. He said that the final ending would definitely be a grand banquet, without any tedious preaching or reasoning. The banquet is an indispensable main event for the pirates on the high seas.

That makes sense; we should hold more banquets in the future.

With these thoughts in mind, Ke Zhiguang went out in a relaxed and cheerful mood.

......

......

In the top floor of the women's dormitory in Chiyoda Ward.

Harujima Kashiwa set up his binoculars again, aiming at an office building in the distance.

A few nights ago, Inoue Hoshia said that Koji Mitsuko was in Saito's office. Harushima Shika already knew the approximate location. She had been to this place before. At that time, she didn't have much skill in Go and received Saito's guidance there.

Although Ke Zhiguang said the night before last that he would only stay here for one last night, it doesn't mean he won't come during the day, right?

If that's the case, then maybe we can still manage to catch a glimpse...

Inoue Hoshia's voice suddenly rang out behind her: "Senior Harushima, what you're doing is a perverted and illegal act."

Chapter 40 When You Became a Dragon

Caught red-handed, Harujima Deer's small shoulders trembled, and she almost dropped her binoculars.

—Damn it, why did I bring this binoculars with me when I came back from Suginami Ward?

"I... I was just supervising whether Shigemitsu was studying seriously. I didn't mean to peep!" Harujima Shikayoshi said righteously, like a hungry dragon roaring.

Inoue Seika calmly sipped her afternoon black tea, and after a long while, she exhaled a soft "Oh."

"Why do you look so disbelieving?"

"I never imagined that your spying target was Ke Zhiguang. I was just asking you to stop using binoculars to look out from high up," Inoue said calmly.

"Ah...?" Harushima Shika's chest tightened.

I feel like... I got completely outplayed by her in a word game?

"And what were the results of your supervision? Was he studying diligently?" Inoue asked.

“That room is empty; it hasn’t been used for two days in a row,” Harushima Shika said, shaking her head.

"Oh, so you've been spying on me for two days now."

"Stop! I already said I'm just supervising... And you, have you finished your 'Treatise on the Yang'? How come you have time to have afternoon tea here?" Seeing that she couldn't outwit her, Harushima Kashima immediately blushed and pointed at the other person, striking a pose like a senior.

Inoue, looking relaxed, said, "Senior, doing too much of that 'Hairy Theory' can make you bald. Girls shouldn't do 'Hairy Theory,' you know. There's a saying, 'Cherish your brain cells, stay away from 'Hairy Theory.'"

"What are you talking about?! Is there such a scary saying?" Harujima Kashima was so frightened that she ran into the bathroom and quickly checked how much hair she had left. Clearly, she had done this many times.

Inoue added, "But I think someone as talented as you shouldn't be losing your hair."

"That's good, that's good." Harujima Shika was immediately relieved... what a joke.

"You're just trying to distract me!"

"Oh no, we've been found out."

After a short break for tea, Inoue reluctantly went to the living room and set up the Go board on the table according to the "Treatise on the Discourse of the Rising Sun".

“Oh, right, senior, there’s something I’ve been meaning to forget: your dog is chewing up your doll,” Inoue said.

Upon hearing this, Harushima Deer shuddered again: "Ah! What are you doing, Kata! Let go of my doll right now!"

Harujima rushed to a corner of the room, where the doll she had gotten for free from Ke Zhiguang the previous week was placed, and a two-month-old Border Collie was frantically attacking the doll.

"Let go of this right now, this isn't a toy for you!"

"Wang Wang."

"What kind of position are you in! Wake up! You're a Border Collie, one of the smartest breeds, not a Teddy! And you're a female, not a male!"

"Wang Wang."

With great effort, the deer snatched the toy from under the Border Collie's crotch... oops, from its mouth.

At first glance, it looks like a dog-shaped doll, which might actually appeal to real dogs.

Sunny Island Deer leaned back on the sofa, panting, while a Border Collie named Kata rubbed and licked her, but she had no energy to pay attention to it.

Inoue was used to this kind of daily life; although it was mundane, it was quite interesting.

At first, she thought that Shireshima Kaoru would be a very aloof queen-like figure, after all, the title of Queen of Women sounded really scary.

But after meeting and spending less than a few days together... well, he was exhausted from all that.

This is the top floor of the women's dormitory, with only eight rooms. Each room is four times the size of a regular room below, making it a super luxurious apartment.

If Inoue remembers correctly, the prize money for the last Princess title competition was as high as 3780 million yen, which is quite high, exceeding the 3200 million yen for the Grandmaster title and second only to the 4500 million yen for Dosaku.

She does seem to be able to afford to rent a place like this.

However, since she was still a few years away from adulthood, her prize money was kept by her mother.

"This place really does resemble a palace," Inoue remarked upon entering, gazing at the unobstructed street view outside the window...and the spacious yet overly empty living room.

Suddenly, a noisy commotion came from the next room, which jolted Inoue out of his deep thought.

Next door was a room shared by two well-known female chess players.

What's interesting is that both of these female Go players are of mixed race and both had lived abroad for a period of time before moving back to Japan.

But the crucial point is... one is of Soviet-Japanese descent, and the other is of American-Japanese descent. Those who know, know.

Although there is indeed a cold war going on outside, there is a fierce battle going on inside this room every day, with the sounds of pots and pans being smashed like in "Tom and Jerry" coming from all around, showing how intense the chase is.

Speaking of which, since Disney took over "Tom and Jerry", they have often produced some episodes that satirize the Cold War. For example, in one episode, Tom and Jerry went from fighting with swords to fighting with missiles. After the missiles exploded, they returned to the primitive era and fought with sticks, implying that the fourth world war after the nuclear explosion could only be fought with stones.