The work of the Go master

Harushima Kashima seemed to have no intention of leaving at all, and just lay down on the chair looking out the window.

Ke Zhiguang didn't try to persuade her to go back to her room; he just wanted to give her a quiet period. After all, everyone has moments of spacing out.

Ke Zhiguang lay down on the bed, turned on the TV, and randomly switched channels, discovering that the Go channel was still replaying the previous game.

Okay, let's watch this and see how the commentators hype themselves up. Professional players, regardless of their field, always have the habit of listening to the commentators boast about themselves after the game.

Why is it that it's always Naosaka Kuranosuke commentating on his matches? Is there no one else in the commentary world?

*Snap*, Harushima Deer appeared below the TV and immediately changed the channel.

She turned her head to look at Ke Zhiguang with a resentful expression, wisps of black energy emanating from her body.

This black aura doesn't seem to be a special effect; it's visible to the naked eye.

"Okay, okay, I won't watch this, let's change the channel." Ke Zhiguang turned the remote control and continued changing channels. For about a month, Qingdao Ludou didn't want to see any news about this game.

Soon, another Go channel popped up, but this time it was a replay of the Women's Cup, specifically the day they won. In the deep, dark Japanese-style room, the Queen and the Shrine Maiden sat facing each other, their expressions serious and focused, easily captivating the fans.

"Is this okay? You successfully booked the show?" Ke Zhiguang asked.

"If you... if you really want to watch it, I have no objection. Actually, I usually don't watch videos of me winning games or championships."

Well, let's assume she has dozens of videos of herself winning the princess title at home.

But sorry to say, the only high-definition, uncensored 24K video is in my hands, haha.

"Oh right, there's something I forgot to tell you." Ke Zhiguang suddenly remembered something.

"What is it?"

"Congratulations on winning the Women's Cup." Ke Zhiguang offered his sincere congratulations.

Faced with this belated congratulations, Harushima Kashima's eyes subtly shifted.

"It's too late for you to congratulate me now. At the very least, you should congratulate me when we meet. Now that I'm being congratulated, I've lost all interest..." said Harushima Shika.

Although she said that, Ke Zhiguang could still tell that she was a little proud.

"And thank you as well, for coming all the way from Nagoya just to play against me," Koji Mitsuhiro continued, a line he had prepared beforehand.

"Hmm..." This time, Harushima Deer couldn't move anymore, and just murmured.

Then he started rolling his head wildly on the chair, making "ah ah ah" noises, forcibly changing the subject.

Sure enough, there was a strange sense of satisfaction in bullying her.

Another period of silence followed.

The thick darkness poured in through the window, making the distance appear hazy and the lights blurred into patches. Her attention was unconsciously drawn to a water droplet, sliding down its length. Once the droplet reached the bottom and trailed in a thin line, she began searching for a new droplet to follow.

She inexplicably doesn't want to move right now; she just wants to sit here in a daze for half a day.

Yesterday's two intense chess games lasted until late at night, and then she rushed here to play a third game. Her rest time in between was just a nap on the plane and a short rest in the hotel. Normally, she would have collapsed from all that running around.

On one hand, she was overcome by sleepiness, but on the other hand, she inexplicably didn't want to fall asleep and wanted to do something. In the end, she chose to say something she wouldn't normally say.

"Why did you choose to embark on the path of Go?" Harushima Shika asked, her eyes half-open, as if she were about to fall asleep at any moment.

“Because my talent lies here, and so does my interest.” Ke Zhiguang thought his answer was fairly truthful. “Didn’t you ask me a similar question when I knocked on Lin Ying’s Go room door that day?”

"Really? I can't quite remember, but this answer seems to be my answer too," Harushima Shika said in a low voice.

She continued, "I probably inherited my dad's talent and interests, which led me down this path. With a dad who tries everything to get you into this line of work, it's hard not to be interested in it."

Ke Zhiguang remained silent, realizing that this was Qingdaolu's monologue segment, and it would be better to let her perform slowly by herself.

"Actually, my mother and father have never had a good relationship. They had a major disagreement on my educational approach. My mother wanted to send me abroad to study, while my father insisted that I become a professional Go player. Then the two of them started fighting."

"Excuse me, but who... won?"

“Mom won. She kept telling Dad, ‘Your body is all broken and worn out. Why do you still play chess? You should retire early and live a relaxing life on a Hawaiian beach.’ By then, Dad had already made a lot of money.”

It seems that Hawaii has become a unique meme in the chess world.

Isshin Harushima is the Eternal Moon Goddess, so in theory he should be blessed with numerous buffs and have an excellent physique. However, he was actually a sickly man who died young, which puzzled Koji Mitsuaki.

Heaven knows what attributes Eternal Moon Heaven bestowed upon him.

“In my mother’s eyes, my father was like this because he sat all day long, had irregular schedules, and didn’t eat properly. So she was always afraid that I would follow this path.”

Harujima Shika sighed and continued, "But even though she won, in the end I still had to go to school and learn Go at the same time, just like you. I... wanted to do both."

Harujima Deer stretched out her two little fists and gestured towards Ke Zhiguang.

When Ke Zhiguang said those words to Qingdao Shika, he made the same gesture.

Unexpectedly, his unintentional, childish gesture turned into a gesture with special significance.

"But I didn't manage to do well. My grades in school were terrible, and my chess skills were also awful. I could only beat elementary school girls my age."

"This...this is already quite impressive, it seems."

"But my goal at the time was to become a professional Go player. My skill level, which was only good enough to beat girls my own age, was already quite unsuccessful." Perhaps tired of lying on the chair, Harushima Shika crawled onto the bed, causing the whole bed to sink in.

"I envy you so much precisely because I didn't manage to hold onto either side."

Hearing these words, Ke Zhiguang was also tempted.

"Don't let your current apparent inferiority to mine fool you; in reality, I should be the one chasing after you," Harushima Shika said, burying her head deeper into the pillow.

"This... I keep feeling that the veracity of the previous sentence is questionable."

Harushima Kashima ignored the retort and continued talking to herself as if she were drunk: "So, you absolutely mustn't lose tomorrow, otherwise... I'll be very disappointed, just like when I saw my dad lose a game."

"Well, definitely."

She changed her address for Harushima Isshin back to "Dad".

Before we knew it, it was already 10:30.

“Come on, let’s continue, using the rules of medieval Go. This time, I’ll show you how good I am.” Harushima Shika chuckled and climbed out of bed, bringing out the Go board.

After lying around for so long, the salted fish seemed to have regained some of her energy.

Tomorrow's match will be held at 3 p.m., which is several hours later than usual, meaning I can really go to bed a little later tonight.

"Alright then, let me have a go. Just one game, and then you can go back to your room and sleep." Ke Zhiguang sat up and turned off the TV.

If you just tell him to lie down, he probably won't be able to sleep anyway, his mind will be filled with all sorts of thoughts. It's better to have a thrilling game right now.

In modern parlance, it's called winning one round before going to sleep.

The stars were placed diagonally in a seated arrangement. After guessing who would go first, it was Seishima's turn to play white, and Kou's turn to play black.

In the medieval Go rules, the player with white moves first. In a sense, Ke Zhiguang's game can also be considered as "playing white and moving second".

"Does it give komi?" Ke Zhiguang asked to confirm, since no matter what kind of ancient chess it should be, it should not give komi.

However, not giving a komi would be unreasonable, thus giving the white side a natural huge advantage.

"Of course I won't stick it on." Harujima Kaoru smiled slyly, lying on the bed with her feet kicking in the air.

"Okay, that's pretty shameless."

Let's just consider it a game to cultivate our minds before bed.

The chess pieces fell silently. Perhaps because both of them were relaxed and not emotionally involved, no special effects were shown, and it became an ordinary game of Go.

“Come on, let’s do the upside-down lotus pose,” said Harushima Deer.

"Report, I've flown."

"You, I feel like I've never seen you proactively step out of complicated routines, even though you know how to handle things perfectly..."

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

A while later.

"Hurry... and fight this robbery with me, or... I won't let you sleep..."

"Alright, alright, let's fight, alright, alright. This is your tribulation of carefree bliss."

A while later.

"Huh? What... did you get two living beings?"

"I don't know what happened, but I just kept walking and suddenly I became alive again."

"Then, let's consider it... a draw."

"Okay, it's a draw."

A chess piece slipped naturally from Shiori Shika's hand and landed on the chessboard with a crisp sound, marking the end of the game.

Then she lay down on the bed and fell fast asleep.

It's 11:30 now. The champion aura that had been bestowing upon her has finally disappeared, and her warning color has faded from alternating red and purple back to red.

So what should we do now? A respectable 15-year-old girl has taken over my bed. If word gets out, will people believe that she started it?

Ke Zhiguang scratched his head. He should have sent Qingdaolu away long ago, but for some reason, he had continued playing chess with her for so long.

I measured the size of the bed and it was big enough for me to sleep in.

He couldn't care less about anything else; he was starting to feel sleepy.

But before going to bed, I should still open the box and check the relevant props.

Prop 1: [Humanoid Medium]

【The Road to the End (1/?)】

This is a plain Nendoroid figure, similar to Good Smile Company's chibi-style figures, but the outline of this figure is clearly that of Harushima Deer.

The road to the ultimate goal.

It's presented in the form of (1/?), like a task to collect fragments, but it doesn't tell you exactly how many of these items you need to collect.

medium......

When this term is used in the field of metaphysics, it easily evokes images of summoning skills such as psychic arts.

Is it to summon something?

The answer seems to point only to the god of quantum mechanics, who resides in the metaphysical realm.

Item Two: [Dragon's Blood]