The work of the Go master

As the water-forged dagger slowly gathered its strength and moved backward, Yabu's 99th move also came down!

"Ghidorah!!!" Yabu shouted fiercely, the sound wave sweeping across the city of doomsday!

Lightning struck the entire hotel!

The entire hotel suddenly lost power!

Darkness descended again, this time true darkness, the physical kind, and the hotel staff and guests alike groaned in dismay.

At the same time, the water-forged dagger slammed into the balcony window with great force, and the entire pane of glass was shattered by the water with a crisp sound!

A strong wind, carrying raindrops, lashed into the room, causing the curtains to flutter violently. The girl's yukata was also lifted by the airflow, and raindrops were slapped onto her skin.

But the deer on the island was still fast asleep, with only its delicate curves rising and falling with its breath—referring to its belly.

The second rain blade continued to take shape. The torrential rain masked the sound of the window shattering, and no one would notice the transparent water blade. Everything was taking shape silently.

Misfortune is creeping in.

The game room remained completely dark, with the only light source being the daylight streaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows, creating a dim and gloomy atmosphere, like a ghost castle at dusk.

One move caused the entire hotel to lose power. The last time Ke Zhiguang saw this kind of script was in the boss battle of the first season of "Saki". Shuang Ge... ptooey, Tian Jiangyi, a complete disaster! The entire competition venue experienced unstable power and a brief power outage.

But that time the power outage was only temporary, and the power came back on quickly, so everyone could continue playing mahjong happily. But this time, Yabu's move seemed to have caused the entire hotel to permanently trip the circuit breaker, and the power went out for half a day.

With the help of the faint light of day, Ke Zhiguang was able to see the entire move.

It was an astonishing move, and it certainly seemed to deserve such a remarkable effect.

On move 99, a strange and eerie elephant move stopped in mid-air, blocking the escape route of the lone white dragon. This piece, along with the surrounding black dragons and even the black star in the far upper right corner, formed an ingenious connection.

Almost the entire upper right corner of the chessboard is connected to form a huge black hole.

Faced with the surreal power outage, the staff nearby were also stunned. They only saw a flash of white light outside the window, and then there was only darkness.

"Quickly, use the spare spotlights and aim them at this chessboard. Neither of them has wavered, so we can't waver either!" Xia Fuying commanded passionately.

The backup spotlights were put into use, creating a stage-like effect on the chessboard, and of course, the extra move, the 99th move, the elephant's flying move, was also discovered.

“This move is almost identical to An Yongxin’s previous game.” Xia Fuying recognized the original move. He also remembered that after An Yongxin made this brilliant move, the game ended in an instant.

"Is this exciting game about to end?" Xia Fuying muttered to himself.

The whole world fell silent, with only embers burning and time passing. Ghidorah, with its enormous wings, strolled toward the distant city, leaving behind only its unshakable silhouette.

White has 3 minutes and 46 seconds remaining in the reserve time.

Black has 1 hour and 15 minutes remaining in their reserve time.

After working under immense strain, Yabu finally felt he could rest. He leaned back in the seat and rubbed his aching temples.

While the three-headed dragon's computing power is indeed formidable, it also places a tremendous strain on its brain.

He now believed he had the victory in his grasp. He not only had an advantage in terms of the board position, but also a huge advantage in terms of time. All he had to do next was ride on it. Even without relying on the [Dragon Gift], he could easily defeat his opponent.

Based on his experience over the past few days, whenever an opponent is in a desperate situation, their heart rate becomes unstable, they jump around wildly, and then they start making one bad move after another, which accelerates their death. At this time, Yabu will seize the opportunity to increase the intensity and move towards the most complex variation.

But after listening carefully for a while, he did not show a victorious smile; instead, he frowned even more deeply.

Ke Zhiguang's heartbeat remains stable and is in a fairly ideal state.

However, Ke Zhiguang's next move—

He suddenly stood up.

Ke Zhiguang walked to the French windows, stood under the rain-soaked night sky, and exhaled a puff of breath onto the glass.

According to the rules, chess players are indeed allowed to get up and move around a little during the game, and even eat the pastries prepared for them by the organizers.

"With only three minutes left, Koji suddenly got up and went to the window to stretch. Although it's unclear whether he simply intended to rest or was planning to gracefully admit defeat, at least... that back view was really cool..." Naosaka scratched his head, looking at this scene, unsure how to explain it.

Many cameras focused on this scene: in the power-outage game room, with only three minutes of backup time left in the game, the player suddenly got up and went to the floor-to-ceiling window, leaving only his back view, and no one could say what he was going to do.

"Have you figured out what to do next?" A faint, ethereal voice suddenly spoke from behind Ke Zhiguang.

"Have you thought it through yet? Probably." Ke Zhiguang said, looking at his reflection in the window. Although there was nothing behind him, he still felt there was something there.

"You seem worried about something, is it the consequences of failure?"

"I'm not a god. Gods know they're going to win before the game even starts, and they do win in the end," Ke Zhiguang said quietly, looking out the window.

It quickly added, "But isn't it precisely winning a game when you don't know if you can win that's what makes it great? That's a human privilege."

"That's true. Apart from the failure itself, there's really nothing else to worry about... But I still want to ask, what will happen to Harushima Kashima if I fail?"

"You gave her that fan, so you didn't even expect it to work?"

"It only says 'use it as a talisman' on it. How am I supposed to know if it's meant for me to risk my life in the arena, or as insurance against failure?" Ke Zhiguang's tone was as relaxed as if he were catching up with a friend.

"Well, it's all good, but it can't guarantee you'll win or save Harushima from misfortune. However, it can definitely increase your chances of winning and help ward off bad luck."

"Oh, then it seems I made the right choice." Ke Zhiguang breathed a sigh of relief and shrugged.

"In that case, you only need to be afraid of failure, not the consequences of failure, right?"

"Pretty much, that makes the game much simpler."

In Yabu's ears, the unease that had been lurking in Koji Mitsuaki's heart suddenly disappeared.

The standby time has ended, and the countdown has begun.

Ke Zhiguang seemed to have finished gazing at the rainy night sea and sat back down in front of the chessboard, instantly entering a state of deep thought.

"Senior, it's time to start the counterattack." Inoue looked out the floor-to-ceiling window and suddenly had this premonition.

[Power of Sacrifice] activated.

We're accumulating more chips; we're starting to add to our positions.

[Sacrifice Power] is a skill granted by the second treasure map, and its description is simply: [Let's see how many chips you have?]

This is a skill of unclear meaning, and the button to activate it is not in Ke Zhiguang's possession.

But at 3 minutes and 46 seconds, "it" told Ke Zhiguang that it was time.

The first countdown ended, and just as the second countdown began—Ke Zhiguang placed his piece.

Thump th ...

The sound of nuclear power is running, like Godzilla absorbing energy.

The background music that follows is called "Godzilla March".

Chapter 94: Godzilla's March!

"On move 100, Koji placed his piece in this position. This is a move we didn't see even after spending half an hour setting up the variation diagram." Naosaka presented the piece on the large Go board, and all the searchlights and flashlights were focused on this move.

Even without special effects, you can tell that it was a move that shone with brilliance, and the entire dimly lit game room would be brightened by its presence.

"It's a brilliant move in the local area!" Naosaka continued to move the pieces down, and he discovered the brilliance of this move.

After careful consideration, Yabu's pupils twitched, realizing the danger of this move.

—So there was chess there?

Most people would never pay attention to this part, but it's possible that some people with a very strange sense of chess might be able to perceive the cracks that exist here.

—He's already counting down the seconds, just keep pushing him!

Yabu countered and struck the gap in the lone white dragon. When the countdown reached one, Ke Zhiguang placed his stone.

A small, pointed object pierced through the center of the elephant's gait, forcibly choking the current with two hissing sounds...

"Ke Zhiguang chose to launch a decisive counterattack. He's already in the final countdown, so he probably didn't have time to calculate the subsequent developments before making this counterattack..."

The speed at which the pieces fell suddenly increased. Although it was Koji Hikaru who was counting down, it felt as if Yabu was also counting down. The two were playing against each other in a super-fast chess game. The clock was being hammered repeatedly, with each blow more powerful than the last, as if it were about to crack open.

Concentrate...

Concentrate, concentrate even more, and continuously build up all your focus.

Under the influence of the [Sacrifice Power], he vaguely sensed that some substance within his body was being ignited, and all the power was surging towards that metaphysical realm.

Lightning flashed across the chessboard, and the three giant dragons spiraled and alternated, shooting out bolts of lightning like bullets at the chessboard!

Yabu knew how to use his time advantage: he would try to snipe at pieces that were not within the opponent's first choice point range, causing the opponent's calculation to falter, and thus defeating them in one fell swoop!

Moreover, he can now perfectly judge the opponent's strategic intentions, listen to the voice of the hand, and easily capture the opponent's choice of position.

King Ghidorah spreads its wings, absorbing oncoming sound waves like a bat, and locking onto them like radar!

—Hmm!

A sharp pain shot through Yabu's ears.

A strange thing happened: besides detecting several points of interest, he also heard strange mechanical sounds...

No, it can't be called mechanical operation sound. It's more like the sound of energy transmission. There are similar sounds in many science fiction movies. When plasma cannons gather energy, there is often this kind of nuclear energy operation sound.

In addition, there is a majestic background music that gradually increases in volume... If we had to use onomatopoeia to describe it, it would be "dang dang dang, dang dang dang".

It seems like this word can be used to describe all background music.

So what the hell did he hear? How was he able to hear these things from Ke Zhiguang?

The pieces continued to fall at a relatively fast pace, but Yabu soon realized that something was wrong. Starting with White's strange cut on move 100, Black's encirclement on the left side became vulnerable. In the following moves, White actually cut into this vulnerability with extremely precise moves.

A small white opening appeared in what seemed like an extremely solid black piece!

"White, it seems that Ke Zhiguang has successfully found a way out of the current situation and has successfully broken through the encirclement on the left side of Black's side!"

A faint blue aura wafted out of Ke Zhiguang's mouth with a burp, like Godzilla having swallowed its fill of nuclear fuel.

Great, I can box again.

Now, blue flames are emanating from his hands.

Ke Zhiguang walked slowly forward, each step causing tremors on the ground.

As he drew closer, Yabu finally understood what the background music, "ding ding ding," really was...

That's actually "Godzilla March"? A famous Toho song!

The moment he realized the secret, Ke Zhiguang was already in front of him, raising his heavy fist that spewed blue nuclear flames.

Gather your strength and unleash a powerful punch!