The work of the Go master

On those chess pieces, which are illuminated by light and shadow, numbers symbolizing percentages jump around. As concentration increases, these numbers become clearer, the percentage values ​​increase, and the colors deepen.

Is this what's behind that door?

Is this the ultimate truth?

Suddenly, Ke Zhiguang's eyes widened as if startled—a familiar figure sat upright in the far distance ahead of him.

"Shi Xin!" Ke Zhiguang shouted from afar.

That was undoubtedly Shi Xin's figure; he was behind this door, or rather... he had always been behind this door.

Shi Xin also seemed to be shaken, never expecting that someone would call out his name in this place.

"Ke Zhiguang, you're here too." Shi Xin looked into Ke Zhiguang's eyes; this was the first time the two of them had faced each other.

Finally, I saw this guy's face.

He can be so handsome.

It's a pity he's bald.

Just as Ke Zhiguang was about to continue the conversation, the computational path that had reached its peak finally couldn't hold on any longer and began to decline. The storm of the reverse flow siphoned Ke Zhiguang out of the door, and the door slammed shut!

Shi Xin stared silently at the closed door for a long while, then sighed.

But the door opened again the next moment! Ke Zhiguang stepped in again against the wind!

Shi Xin's eyes finally met with a shock he hadn't seen in decades!

"Let's continue playing chess when you have time." Ke Zhiguang pointed his provocative index finger at Shi Xin and said with a unique smile. His body slowly moved out in the reverse storm, the door was gradually closing, and his gaze tightened little by little.

"Next time for sure." Shi Xin stood up at some point, her gaze fixed on Ke Zhiguang until the very last moment, until the door was completely closed.

The countercurrent pushed Ke Zhiguang back to reality, bringing him back to the front of the chessboard.

The countdown had reached its final ten seconds, the countdown coldly announced, Yabu remained at his peak, and Ghidorah continued to roar, charging up its lightning for the final battle.

Ke Zhiguang leisurely inhaled a breath of human air, and a smile suddenly appeared on his lips, just like before.

Just now, he seemed to have seen something like ultimate truth, and Stone Heart was behind that door of truth.

Putting everything else aside, the move I just made was incredibly cool, practically a replica of Edward's famous scene from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. I almost got goosebumps from my own performance.

Victory is already assured.

As everyone knows, anyone who has seen the Gate of Truth does not need to create a circle for alchemy!

On the 181st move, Ke Zhiguang raised the piece to an unprecedented height and confidently placed it down—

50.1%!

This is the number displayed behind that door; it's the highest of all the numbers.

At this chosen spot, blue flames, like nuclear energy, are erupting!

The moment the chess piece touched it, a blue beam of nuclear energy shot straight into the sky! It was hard to tell whether Godzilla was spewing energy or Goku was unleashing a wave.

With a snap, all the hotel lights came on.

"The power's back on!?" Naosaka had shouted this for the umpteenth time today. The game between the two was too mystical. They each made a move at the exact moment the power went out and came back on, as if they were controlling the lightning from behind the scenes.

"No, not only did the power come back on, but the rain outside stopped, and the moon came out." Inoue pointed out the window... Come to think of it, it seems no one cares that this is being broadcast live on television.

Outside the window, the moonlight actually appeared. Normally, there would be no moon on such a cloudy and rainy day, but this time the weather was unusually clear and the moon appeared directly.

A bright, silvery moon hung outside the French windows, perfectly positioned above the chessboard.

The camera immediately came to life; this scene could easily win Best Scene of the Year.

At times like this, one might wish for the power to go out again, so that the whole scene could be immersed in the moonlight. As for whether the moonlight alone could guarantee that the contestants could see the chessboard, who cares!

*Snap*—the power really went out again.

However, only this floor was blocked; the lights in the rest of the hotel rooms remained on.

"No need to connect spotlights, the moonlight is plenty, let's keep this atmosphere!" Xia Fuying dismissed the staff around her who were about to move forward to set up lights.

Ample moonlight poured in like flowing water, creating gentle ripples on the ground, like those in an aquarium.

The moonlight tonight is so gentle.

Outside Harushima Shika's room, the Water Blade finally gave out, splashing into the air and hitting the unlucky passerby on the head. Harushima Shika also woke up groggily.

When I woke up, my head was still spinning, as if I had just gone through an intense period of thinking.

And my ponytail hurts so much. Could it be that bastard Ke Zhiguang secretly grabbed it while I was sleeping?

But looking around, he found that Ke Zhiguang was not there.

She was also surprised that she had slept until evening.

At that moment, Naosaka's exclamation came from the television, which also attracted Harushima Shika's attention.

So he's still raining.

After staring intently at the chessboard on the screen, Harushima Kashima... was dumbfounded.

"How on earth did he and this Korean guy manage to cut each other to almost 200 pieces in a bloody battle?!"

Chapter Ninety-Five: Flowers Bloom on the Ridge!

Although there are only 361 intersections on the board, it is important to know that one piece equals two points. From this perspective, a board can hold 722 points.

The pieces began to intertwine from the bottom of the board, rushing towards the vast center like fireworks, all the way to the upper right corner of the board, where a fierce battle unfolded in the iron cage of the corner. At a glance, the number of pieces on both sides should add up to nearly 80 moves, at least 160 points, which, rounded up, is indeed around 200.

"Quick, let's continue setting up the game!" Harushima Shika quickly turned on the light. Although she didn't understand why she had been able to sleep for so long, she just wanted to get moving!

But when the room lights were turned on, she was surprised again.

A piece of glass was broken off the balcony window, with shards scattered all over the floor.

So what exactly happened while she was asleep?

In the game hall a hundred meters above the ground, on the chessboard, nuclear energy collides with lightning under the moonlight!

56.1%!

Ke Zhiguang placed his piece in an instant, slamming it down on the clock face.

Yabu felt the storm rushing towards him from the other side of the chessboard!

Even though everyone only has one second left to count down, if we're talking about martial ethics, then everyone should choose to make their move in the last second to extend their thinking time as much as possible.

But now, Koji Hikaru has entered a second-shot mode. The pressure of time firmly presses Yabu to the ground, as if he has entered a training room with a hundred times the gravity, and his knee joints are groaning.

Ghidorah's half-black wing was already teetering on the brink of collapse. After the frantic rotation of the bearings, he was experiencing tinnitus and could no longer hear anything.

No, he could still hear some things, like... the tolling of the apocalypse bells!

"Now the life or death of White's dragon is also related to the life or death of Black's three groups of stones. This is a rare sight... no, an unprecedented dragon-slaying masterpiece, which actually appeared in the New Star Tournament and was played by a low-ranking player."

On the chessboard, the white dragon was not so much surrounded by three black dragons, but rather its sharp claws were gripping the throats of two black dragons. The ferocious dragon head was swallowing another dragon head halfway, and the two dragon heads were tearing at each other. Every thought and confrontation was a friction between teeth, and every move made was a sound of flesh being pierced.

"Black currently has 45 stones, and White has 37, for a total of 164 points. After the final changes in the corner, both sides will have nearly 90 stones each, which should be considered a 200-point killing game." Inoue's tone became much more relaxed, and he gradually got into the swing of things, starting to explain seriously.

She could sense that Yabu's luck was crumbling, and in its place appeared something much stronger on the other side of the chessboard.

181, 60.2%!

183, 64.7%!

Each time you make a move, a percentage will pop up on the piece, like some kind of energy charging progress bar.

It could also be the current win rate.

This was an unprecedentedly exhilarating experience; my thoughts were incredibly light, and my soul seemed to merge with the surrounding moonlight.

This feeling might disappear after today's game, and the percentage numbers might be hidden, but that's okay. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future, and he will eventually return to this realm.

So, it's time to fast forward to the end of this game.

An arc of light, wielding a weapon, streaked across the sky, then blossomed into a calamity in the farthest corner!

75%!

"As expected, whenever a dragon is slain, a calamity is sure to follow!"

Yabu's face twitched briefly, but he didn't back down and placed his piece on the ko!

Don't underestimate me!

King Ghidorah has launched its final counterattack!

However—Ke Zhiguang had already foreseen the ending!

A beam of light traversed the dark labyrinth unimpeded, finally reaching the finish line of victory!

Robbery suspected! 78.5%!

Another robbery is likely, 83.2%!

The percentage keeps increasing, and the dragons on the chessboard are also frantically punching each other!

One of King Ghidorah's heads is broken!

Ke Zhiguang continued his advance with earth-shaking strides.

86.2%!

90.5%!

King Ghidorah's second head was also shattered!

Yabu's eyes were contorted with rage. With all his might, he placed a ghostly inner pincer movement at the very bottom of the chessboard, the very spot where the battle had first erupted. This was his last resort.

He stored his last bit of energy here during the initial 31st and 39th double tesuji techniques, and now it's time to detonate it.

"After a long ko fight, both sides had basically exhausted their ko threats, but at this point, Black has placed its pieces here, which seems quite deceptive..."

"Useless!" A bold declaration came from Ke Zhiguang's mouth, and at that moment his entire style of drawing changed to rough lines.

"This is a complete disaster!"

Everything was revealed in his changing diagram. On the map leading to the maze's exit, this trap was clearly marked, bearing the terrifying symbol of a skull.

He vanquished the calamity, then launched a small flying attack that sliced ​​through the deepest darkness!