The work of the Go master

This setup is like a game of chess with a stone heart.

Anyone who has played against Shi Xin will immediately forget the details of the game, leaving only fear and incomprehension of him.

The game records I had played all disappeared after I used them, leaving only my memories and proficiency.

It's as if the chess game behind that door cannot be directly revealed to the world.

"Hey, how long are you going to stand there? Come over and give me a hand!" Harushima Shika's voice came from ahead.

She was initially quite happy to see Ke Zhiguang suddenly appear, thinking that reinforcements had finally arrived.

As a result... the person just stood there and didn't move.

It even struck a pose of deep study, as if calculating the stress points on various parts of the deer's body.

So, Shireshima Kashi felt like she was about to burst out laughing again.

Lady Harushima also noticed Koji Mitsu's presence and quickly stopped raising her executioner's hand towards Harushima Shika.

"Hey, cool guy, want to lend a hand sometime?" Mrs. Harushima turned around and smiled kindly.

this.....

Does "lend a hand" mean inviting him to join in the execution of Harushima Deer?

That sounds good.

"This... is my pleasure to serve you."

"Wait a minute! You guys can't form an alliance this quickly!"

......

......

The specific meaning of "da ba dong" is to carry things, such as carrying a few bags of local specialties.

After unloading all the local specialties from the car, Mrs. Harushima dusted off her hands and stepped back into her seat.

"I'm entrusting the task of handling the light to you now. Please make sure you supervise Lu Zi and make sure she personally delivers the gifts to the event organizers' colleagues," Mrs. Harushima said, leaning against the car window, revealing a delicate, girlish profile.

"Understood." Ke Zhiguang nodded.

"Goodbye then, and I wish you all the best in your work, Lu Zi. Mom's leaving now."

Goodbye, goodbye.

Just a moment ago, Harushima Kashiwa was acting like a well-behaved granddaughter, but after the car had driven a distance, she immediately started making faces at the car and sticking out her tongue—"rerererere!"

Suddenly the car stopped, and Mrs. Harushima immediately leaned out of the window, smiling as she turned back: "Oh, Kanoko, is there anything else?"

"No, no! Rest in peace, Mother!"

"Oh, so good."

Once the car had finally driven away, Harushima Kashima breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally, they're gone..."

Hmm... this woman's aura is indeed quite strong.

If she were also a person of the way of Go, her symbolic spirit would definitely be a Yomi-level mother goddess like Izanami, whose special effect would be to instantly kill the Dragon-Locking Pillar.

"Long time no see, Harushima," Ke Zhiguang said in a plain and unremarkable manner.

It's quite amazing, even though we hadn't seen each other for over a month, there was no sense of unfamiliarity, as if we had just been having hot pot together the night before last.

"Well, long time no see. I didn't expect that when we meet again, you'll actually be at the final stage of the Grandmaster Tournament." Harushima Shika stared at Koji Mitsuhiro.

That's probably what envious, jealous, and hateful looks look like.

Like I said before, there's a satisfying feeling of successfully pulling off a stunt.

"So, with this seamless combination of your Hokkaido trip and your family visit to Seto, the whole winter basically just flew by like that?"

"There's nothing I can do, winter is my period of sluggishness, but... I've made up my mind, I'm going to start working hard from March!"

"Hey, there's a near-synonym for the phrase 'I'll work hard next month,' which is 'I'll start dieting tomorrow.' Both are decisions young people make on sensitive nights."

Rebuked like that, Harushima Shika immediately became indignant again, ready to launch an attack at any moment.

Ke Zhiguang looked towards the alley entrance: "Hello, Mrs. Qingdao..."

"Mom, I'm sorry, I was wrong!"

However, there was nothing at the other end of the alley.

The deer's face darkened, as if it had bitten into bitter ginger.

"Come on, let me help you distribute some local specialties to your colleagues in the work group." Ke Zhiguang had already swaggered several steps away.

All the deer on the island could do was shout, "Wait for me!" and then chase after him with local specialties.

Giving gifts to colleagues in the work group is a common practice in workplace social interactions. Wives love to urge their husbands to do this, and sometimes they even ask their husbands to invite their bosses or colleagues over to their homes. Countless NTR movies are based on this... ugh.

What is clearly an adult-oriented event becomes very childish when it happens to Shika Harushima. It's like a parent giving their child a small tip in elementary school so the child can treat their classmates to candy or something, to encourage social interaction.

Harushima Kaoru is a special guest commentator for this event. It is said that this is her first time on the commentary stage, and she can indeed refer to everyone in the work group as her colleagues.

Carrying gifts, they knocked on the doors of their work group colleagues' rooms and handed over the local specialties.

Originally, Harujima Kaoru wasn't particularly fond of such social niceties, finding them rather tacky. But after actually handing over the gift and receiving compliments... she did experience a bit of the satisfaction of a primary school student successfully giving a classmate candy.

This time, they finally got it!

"These are the last two rooms." Harushima Shika hesitated in front of the last two rooms.

The room above the bamboo knife forging and the black jade wisdom.

The question is, are these two considered colleagues?

"These two should be considered competitors, right? At most, they can only be called peers..." Harushima Kashiwa muttered to herself.

"Indeed, to undermine our competitors, I suggest we drug the food in the gifts and get rid of those two. Then I can win the championship tomorrow."

"Hmph, don't forget, you're in the same line of work as me. I'd rather kill all three of you than help you take out those two."

In the end, instead of knocking on their door, they simply placed the local specialties at their doorstep.

Ke Zhiguang also received a portion, which seemed to be some kind of sauce or condiment, meant to be eaten with rice, but most likely he wouldn't need it.

"So, goodbye for tonight?" Ke Zhiguang asked after handing out the gifts.

"See you tomorrow then. By the way, are you really sure this is okay?"

"What's wrong?"

"It's like you right now, facing a formidable enemy, yet feeling like you haven't done anything at all."

"Oh? Harushima, you're so eager to play a game of chess with me to warm up, of course I have no objection."

"Pah, pah, pah! I never agreed to play chess with you. I came all this way just to wash up and go to bed as soon as possible."

"Then I'm leaving."

"Wait a minute, let's get off here. I don't have anything else to do anyway..."

And so, the game of chess began.

Although it's said that it's best not to play Go the day before a major tournament, thinking back to the night before the New Star Tournament, Harushima rushed over with a Go board and played a tense and exciting... medieval Go game.

Let's just consider it a good omen and hope to have a game with her before the big competition.

The game ended quickly with a few moves, and Ke Zhiguang won by a narrow margin of one and a half points.

Although he was defeated in one round, Harushima Kashima was somewhat unconvinced and wanted to play another game. However, considering that his opponent still had a match the next day, he could only leave with the words "I'll beat you next time" before angrily going back to his room to lie down.

After she left, Ke Zhiguang fiddled with the chessboard for a bit, then covered it with a curtain and immediately uncovered it again.

Sure enough, there was nothing there.

It seems she doesn't have any hidden points.

Although the score displayed on Harishima Deer is ×2, Koji couldn't help but wonder, if... we disregard this special trait and use the same scoring method as other deer, how many points would Harishima Deer actually get?

Although she didn't quite understand the principles behind this scoring method, Ke Zhiguang always felt that her score should be very, very high.

And so, the night passed quickly. Since there was no cozy little house, Ke Zhiguang went to sleep very early.

The next morning arrived.

After pushing open the sliding doors, Xuan Yuzhi was already seated, exuding a palpable killing intent.

“Nana, start.”

Chapter Forty-Three: The Black Knight

At 7:55 a.m., in the spacious and elegant Japanese-style room, Ke Zhiguang and Xuan Yuzhi sat facing each other, with a chessboard placed in the center.

Xuan Yuzhi, as the host, had a samurai sword enshrined not far behind him, with a painting bearing the words "Victory or Defeat" hanging on the back of the sword.

That katana was the trophy from the Battle of Fame. It really was a sword, but it wasn't long; it was a short sword.

This is not the trophy that will be awarded to the winner of this tournament, but rather the trophy that Xuan Yuzhi won last time, which he placed behind him to boost his morale.

If Ke Zhiguang wins, another "trophy" awaits him.

There are five minutes left before the official start of the battle; this period is a sit-in period.

Xuan Yuzhi maintained a proper sitting posture with his back straight, while Ke Zhiguang's sitting posture was much more casual.

The chessboard is an expensive kaya wood chessboard, 30 centimeters thick, and is especially expensive. Playing chess on such an exorbitantly priced chessboard always gives people the feeling of frying an egg on the hood of a Rolls-Royce.

Fortunately, the chess pieces here are also top-notch, worthy of the 30-centimeter-thick yak wood chessboard. They are made of the famous clam shell stone, the king of chess pieces, and the sound of the pieces being placed is especially melodious, enough for the gods to hear for thousands of years.

The white pieces are made from natural seashells from the Gulf of Mexico, while the black pieces are made from Nachi stone. They are basically made from the natural colors of the raw materials, without any artificial coloring.

The markings on the chess pieces are also top-grade "snow marks," with beautiful patterns gently and delicately laid on the surface of the pieces, and the gaps are very even and pleasing to the eye.

The price is naturally top-tier as well.

This entire set of chess equipment was prepared by Xuan Yuzhi himself. As the host, he naturally had to prepare the chess equipment himself, which is also a tradition of the famous generals' battle.

Of course, he could prepare a set of the cheapest magnetic chess pieces, which can be bought just by turning left after leaving the house; it all depends on whether he can bring himself to do it.

Looking at this kyaukme wood Go board, Ke Zhiguang recalled the Go board he brought back from the club as a trophy at the beginning, with a line that looked like an advertisement: "Why not get a kyaukme wood Go board?"

If things continue like this, maybe after the fight against Xuan Yuzhi, this thing will actually be revealed.