The work of the Go master

"This is the real Ummida!" Everyone cheered as soon as they saw the beach, as if a Russian flight had landed safely on its destination runway.

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At 10:30 in the morning, on Kona Island in Hawaii, in a hotel with swaying coconut trees and a stunning ocean view—

The sea breeze and the morning light streamed through the French windows of the balcony, casting undulating silhouettes of the sheer curtains in the sunlight, while the warm, salty sea breeze caressed my legs all the way up to my back.

"Um... I'm already full..."

Strange babbling came from Qingdaolu's mouth, and its two legs, which were hooked around the pillow like a koala, rubbed softly upwards.

Hoshia watched with regret as Harushima Kaoru wore a strange smile, while Hoshigami smiled with satisfaction.

"So what exactly did Harujima-senpai dream about? Perhaps we should reasonably assume that she was just being forcibly fed cake?" Hoshia said.

"Oh my, Long'er has grown up so much without me even realizing it. Look at those little legs of hers, they're so muscular!" Xingjia said, rubbing her cheek.

"Hey, Harushima-senpai, it's already 11 a.m., our activities for today are about to begin." Hoshino squatted down and waved in front of Harushima's smiling face.

"This won't do. Let me do it." Hoshino took a step forward, leaned close to Harushima Shika's ear, and whispered, "About the name of my third child with Mr. Hikaru..."

"What?! This is the third one?!" Harushima Kashima exclaimed, her snore bursting as she rolled off the bed.

"So, Xingcai, have you learned it?"

"This... there are three right away, I really didn't expect that..." Xingcai showed a look of helplessness. If she were to do it, she would probably just say something like, "Senior Ke Zhiguang is already waiting for you outside the door."

In any case, all tactics are centered around Ke Zhiguang.

After a moment of confusion, Qingdao Lu came to her senses and stared at Xingjia with a resentful look, grinding her teeth.

Today marks the fifth day since their group successfully arrived in Hawaii.

The first day in Hawaii was exciting yet tiring; the official championship celebration was on the second day.

With the support of the Go Academy, the group booked the hotel lobby and treated the banquet with great ceremony. They also took the opportunity to hold a belated trophy presentation ceremony. The 9-dan players took turns receiving the trophies and handing them back to the team led by Ke Zhiguang. A total of 500 pairs of eyes witnessed this scene.

After all, Hawaii is one of the bases of the Go Association, and these days the yen is particularly expensive, so people don't even blink at bags and hotels, regardless of whether it's Hawaii or not.

The third and fourth days were filled with activities arranged by the chess academy, including a tour of various islands in an open-top vehicle. During the tour, we were constantly bombarded with interview questions, as if we were involved in the production of a variety show. We were also asked about shipwrecks.

But everyone shook their heads in unison, indicating that they knew nothing.

After dealing with all sorts of chores, the fifth day has finally arrived, a day when I don't have to do anything. That means... I can finally play in the water today!

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"We can finally have a barbecue today!" Ke Zhiguang had already set up the grill.

"Why is your thought process so different from ours?!" Harujima Shika exclaimed.

“Well, after all, humans reproduce too fast, look over there.” Ke Zhiguang tilted his chin towards the distant beach.

Looking around, the beach was teeming with people, a dense, dark mass of humans that made one reluctant to venture in.

“Speaking of which, it’s the weekend today,” Xingcai said. “No wonder our interviews ended yesterday; it turns out this group of people is already on holiday today.”

"Don't worry about playing in the water. Saito told me that they will take us to the Go Academy's private uninhabited island the day after tomorrow," said Ke Zhiguang.

Xingjia quickly chimed in, "By the way, the reason we weren't included today is that they're busy having fun too. They'll let us play after they've had their fun."

"Tch, these people are really something. They're all so old, yet they still love to play so much. Can't they leave the fun stuff to us young people?" Harushima Shika pouted. "By the way, you should be a ninth dan by now, right? Can't you use your special privileges to take us up with you?"

"Actually, I was planning to do the same, but they wouldn't let me go because I hadn't officially received the ninth dan ceremony yet." Ke Zhiguang scoffed, "Wait, if we're talking about ninth dan, aren't you the only one in our team?"

"Well... cough cough, once I get the princess title a few more times, they won't have any excuse to stop me from taking it." As if her soft spot had been hit, Harushima Shika said reservedly for a moment.

“I think the main issue isn’t the title, but the age. If you’re a few years older, even without a title, they’ll let you take the position,” Xingjia said kindly.

"Hmph, that's right, that's exactly it. These people are just trying to prevent me from going to the island because I'm still a minor."

"Oh? So you admit it's okay if you don't get the princess title? Then I'll accept it without hesitation." Xingjia finally revealed the smile she had been planning all along.

"Pah! I only agreed with the second half of your statement, not the first half!"

The sizzling sound of grilling meat made mouths water, causing Harushima Deer to dazed, as if she hadn't yet woken from her dream.

After all, in her dream just now, she really was eating barbecue...

As for why I couldn't help but squeeze my legs even tighter like a koala... well, it's probably because the kebabs were so big, big enough to wrap my arms around...

Under the golden sky, the southern-style sky and beach, the laughter of tourists, and many familiar faces and companions are also mixed in.

Xiong Ying and Ying Mei were building a sandcastle on the beach when a wave crashed in and destroyed it instantly. The two then blamed each other for the destruction.

Yamaoka and Soma were chatting under a parasol. Judging from their backs, they seemed to be flirting. A foreign tourist passing by gave them a thumbs up, encouraging them to be more unrestrained.

Sasahara and Narita started a two-person flirting routine, greeting any lone woman on the beach with "you are so beautiful," while Anaga Shin diligently learned the techniques from her two seniors.

Bamboo swordsmith squatted down next to a piece of wood, poking around with a small stick... He was probably experimenting with starting a fire by friction, wasn't he? This was really quite a challenge for him...

And right in front of me, the two Inoue sisters, one cold and one warm, were telling jokes and banter, and... there was that boy earnestly handling the meat skewers in front of the barbecue grill.

Everything felt dreamlike and unreal, especially compared to the catastrophic weather we had just experienced on the ship; it was almost too beautiful.

"Am I... still dreaming?" The words involuntarily slipped out of her mouth.

“This is reality. Try it if you don’t believe me.” Ke Zhiguang immediately handed a skewer of meat to her.

Harushima Deer paused for a moment, adjusted its position slightly, and then took a bite of the meat skewer.

this......

Ke Zhiguang meant for her to hold the wooden skewers of meat and eat them herself...

Who cares! Feeding successful!

Ke Zhiguang could understand the other party's unease, as if they hadn't yet emerged from the seemingly final battle.

He has had these symptoms for several days now.

The moment Tatsumi Koshikawa's Jaestein fell, all the conspiracies and mysteries were resolved, becoming a page in the mission review book, to be revisited later.

Saito's situation has also been resolved. In his words, after waking up, he suddenly felt much lighter in his chest.

There's been no news from Yagami Kunikyo, and it seems unlikely that there will be any updates anytime soon.

Logically speaking, after such a maritime disaster, as the most dazzling person on the entire ship, I should have been adored by countless people and interviewed by numerous media outlets, but none of that happened.

When one of the Dragon Throne Trophys is held in their hand, a new fortune effect is activated, and the psychological suggestion effect is amplified in each person's consciousness.

Although everyone remembers these events—they remember shining flashlights on the ship's roof, passing a folding fan among themselves, and the half-sunken cruise ship rising from the sea—they don't emphasize them. Even when asked by interviewers, they simply say they don't remember them clearly at the time.

However, when they occasionally encountered Ke Zhiguang on the beach afterward, they would greet him happily and tell their companions that it was this boy who had saved them from the disaster that day, and their companions would just take it as a joke.

It's as if everyone has reached a tacit understanding to protect a legendary secret.

They were even more in sync with the people who accepted the "witness to history"—the four teammates and Saito.

When Ke Zhiguang walked towards them with the championship trophy in his hands, everyone showed a knowing smile. They didn't talk about it much afterward, but undeniably, the bond between their team members had reached a new level.

Just like the description of this prop, "The Giant of Light will only reveal his identity in the last few episodes." After his identity is revealed, the ending is inevitable. Since it's already over, it's naturally a happy ending. After all... the GUTS team isn't like the Mac team; they won't suddenly be attacked by the disc creatures and wipe out a large number of them in the middle of the game.

Although it's too early to talk about the final ending, this is at least a quarterly ending.

The current atmosphere is like an extra episode. Because the extra episode is so lighthearted and humorous, the characters who have been busy with the main storyline haven't had time to react.

So, spring has already arrived—so, this is already a bonus chapter.

That's roughly the feeling.

"There's a ton of mess to deal with when you get back, so relax for now." Ke Zhiguang handed over another skewer of meat, and Qingdaolu bit into it without hesitation once again.

"Ptooey! This skewer isn't cooked through!"

"Oh, sorry, then I'll get you another one."

And so, as the sun set, the coastline gradually turned a golden hue, the sea breeze carried a breathtaking scent, and the sunset painted the eyes of the deer on the island with a romantic hue.

The two walked together on the beach, their bare feet soaking in the seawater.

Chapter Ninety-One: Recovering the Final Foreshadowing

The pleasant sound of waves crashing against the beach is like the swaying of wind chimes.

There were far fewer tourists on the beach, and children were collecting seashells. Tourists who had been patiently waiting on the shore finally had the chance to have the sea all to themselves.

After the barbecue, Ke Zhiguang and Qingdaolu strolled on the shallow beach. Waves of seawater soaked their ankles, and the sand was so soft and wet that it felt like pudding. Every step they took drew out moisture.

It's hard to say whether it was a foot bath or something else, but it was exceptionally comfortable.

"Oh, right, there's something I need to tell you," said Harushima Shika, walking ahead, pretending not to care.

"What's the matter?"

"It's that matter, that matter!" Harushima Shika raised her voice unnaturally.

"Oh, you mean that one?" Ke Zhiguang feigned a look of sudden realization, but then his tone became flat, "So, which one is it?"

"Pfft—it's about the last Nova Battle! That incident!" Shika Harushima finally couldn't hold back anymore.

Ke Zhiguang immediately understood, and stood there for a moment, his feet lingering in the sand.

"Anyway, thank you for taking such a great risk to save me and giving me the fan," Harushima Shika said in a restrained tone, as waves licked her calves.

That was indeed a crossroads choice for Ke Zhiguang. On one hand, there was the deer on Harushima who was targeted by an unknown calamity, and on the other hand, there was a fan with an unknown purpose. Its only description was "pure love at the risk of life"... Thinking about it carefully, this seems to be the slogan of a certain visual novel.

For Koji Mitsuaki at that time, there were two choices. One was to take up the fan himself, which might increase his chances of winning, but if he failed, there might be bad consequences for Harushima Kashima. The other was to hand the fan to her. Although his chances of winning would decrease, even if he failed, Harushima Kashima might have a layer of protection.

Although he was someone who liked to believe that "not considering the consequences of losing would increase the chances of winning," he was not able to follow this principle that time. The fear of the unknown and the short time left him no time to make a decision after carefully weighing the pros and cons.

Finally, he attacked on instinct, as if he had entrusted everything to his intuition during the countdown.

He chose the latter, and it proved to be the right choice, one that continues to benefit us today.

【Historical Witness】is from God's perspective, meaning that even his own melancholy and complex inner thoughts at the time were known to Harushima Deer.

This is truly something; even Ke Zhiguang himself was somewhat moved by his own actions.

"That's it, don't misunderstand, it's just a simple thank you, nothing else... um, nothing else." Harushima Shika coughed, digging her toes in the mud and sand several times, her calves twitching.

As it moved forward, it left a clearly visible footprint.