The work of the Go master

It was Ke Zhiguang's turn to play again—

They fought their way through, securing a valuable two-point advantage in the endgame.

—Huh? Has it already reached the endgame?

Bai Mengyinyu was stunned for a moment, pondering the meaning behind Ke Zhiguang's move.

Suddenly, she realized that Ke Zhiguang had handed the reins of the game back to her.

And finishing a project is precisely her forte.

Bai Mengyin's eyes immediately sharpened, sweeping across every corner of the chessboard in a single glance.

Ke Zhiguang once heard Cang Yuqiao analyze Bai Mengyinyu's Go strength, which mainly consisted of a 5-dan opening, a 4-dan middle game, and... a 7-dan endgame. Her final strength was at the level of a strong amateur 5-dan, and she was fully capable of fighting against an average amateur 6-dan.

This is a very unique style of play. When playing against her, opponents feel almost no pressure in the early and middle stages, and may even think she is weak. But in the later stages of the game, she will quietly exert her strength, gradually chipping away at the small points on the board, and eventually causing the opponent to lose by half a point almost painlessly. Until the opponent loses, they still don't understand what happened.

This is the charm of endgame; it requires patience to practice problems, memorize the number of points in common endgame moves, and the order of play.

In Cang Yuqiao's words, Bai Meng is the...endgame queen of this Go club!

Now is the perfect time to hand over the power of the official position to her!

With a clever move, he pushed the black stones along the bottom line!

Qinxiang's fingers twitched; she hadn't noticed such a method before.

We have to be very careful here. Although this is just a simple endgame move, if it's not handled properly, the entire group of stones will be lost.

With the initial setup in place, Ke Zhiguang quickly anticipated the changes to come.

If he knew beforehand that there was a piece here, he would definitely be able to react to this move immediately, but in actual play, whether there is a piece or not can only be judged by oneself.

Fortunately, his teammate posed a problem here, which he was able to solve.

"After a thorough looting, what seemed like a fairly strong little fortress has been reduced to just two points of living strength in an instant, and White has even gained the initiative."

Then move to another position, move closer to a piece, make a cut first, and then move again!

One after another, the game unfolded with decisive moves, and Chunhu dared not be careless. He could only respond to each move. In this situation where each move was only 5 seconds long, he could not judge whether he could launch a counterattack on the spot and could only play conservatively.

—What's up with this older sister? How did she suddenly become so amazing?

Chunhu initially thought this high school girl was just a pretty face, the kind who clings to her boyfriend, but after these few rounds of development, it seems her legs aren't actually that thin!

He ate it from both sides! Then he swallowed several more pieces!

Now, it's finally not the first move anymore. The turn to draw cards has finally come to Chunhu's side, but at a glance, it seems that there are only some unimportant parts left on the board.

This situation... is already a loss, and a significant one at that.

He could clearly feel Qinxiang tugging at the back of his clothes, as if to say, "Let's not play this game anymore, we've already lost."

But he still responded with a smile.

You have to see how much you've lost.

Moreover, as a hot-blooded junior high school student, he really didn't have the habit of admitting defeat on the chessboard. Even if he lost a dragon, he wanted to see how many points he had lost. This was a stubbornness unique to chess players of this age.

Relax your mind and body, and make your moves with grace!

"Let's congratulate our two guests, number 35, on winning this game by 13 points!"

Applause rang out around her, and Bai Mengyinyu felt as if she had suddenly woken up from a dark dream, surrounded by light.

The person next to her happened to have a name containing the character for "light".

......

......

At 10 p.m., the surrounding shops closed one by one.

Ke Zhiguang and Bai Mengyin walked out of a convenience store, holding the hot drinks they had just bought.

"What an incredible day! I never thought I could actually win first place in this event," Bai Mengyin said, holding her hot drink. If this were winter, it would be so pleasant.

The washing machine will be delivered later, which will save her a considerable amount of money.

Of course, for her, there was a more important gain today than buying a washing machine.

She glanced at Ke Zhiguang beside her, who was gazing at the night sky.

Although we didn't find any clues about the Lord of the Swamp today, it was still a fairly fulfilling day. We gave the three spot-the-difference duo another good beating and played another round of novel and interesting two-player chess.

This was the first time Ke Zhiguang had gazed at the world and the starry sky from a bustling area of ​​Tokyo near midnight since he came into this world.

This city is really big...

In the future, I'm sure I'll encounter many more interesting things.

"President, do your best in the competition the day after tomorrow," Ke Zhiguang said.

"Yes, after participating in this event today, I feel much more confident in myself," Bai Mengyinyu said.

"So, shall we call it a day?"

"This... um, okay." Bai Mengyinyu wanted to chat a little longer, but then she thought there was no need for it; they were just classmates.

And so, clearing their minds of all distractions, they turned and left.

step.

Two steps.

Three steps.

Bai Mengyinyu kept her head down, counting her steps, as if she was waiting for a voice to come from behind her.

"President, please wait." The voice actually came through.

"what's up?"

"It's not good for a girl to walk alone at night," Ke Zhiguang said in a low and steady voice, and you could easily guess what his next line would be.

Bai Mengyinyu looked at the other person's face, her eyes widening slightly, and covered her chest with her forearm, where it was throbbing.

Yes, she is a very charming girl, she needs to be more confident.

"Really? Then please take me home—"

Since the other party has taken such a proactive approach, I guess I have no choice but to agree.

"Here, take this."

"Ok?"

*Thud*, a pepper spray was placed in Bai Mengyinyu's hand.

The scene was quiet for a moment, the night wind whistled, and Bai Mengyinyu's body stiffened.

The art style suddenly abruptly changes!

You said it wasn't good to let a girl walk alone at night, and this is what you handed her?

Wait a minute! Why would a boy like you wear this?!

Ke Zhiguang thought he had done something very classy by giving his most precious protective item to a girl who was going home alone in the dark, and couldn't help but smile victoriously.

He turned around with a rustle of his clothes, his voice still gentle and deep: "Well then, see you tomorrow."

But after taking only a few steps, he froze again.

The road home looked very dark, with hardly any streetlights, and it seemed like there were some thugs lurking in the alleys.

Ke Zhiguang turned around again and walked towards Bai Mengyin, who was standing there in a daze: "President, let me take you home."

"Ok?"

what's the situation?

Although the process was tortuous, it seems to have yielded the same result as she hoped.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you, Ke-kun." Bai Mengyin bowed her head with her hands folded, a smile spreading across her face.

Although I don't understand what happened, I should just accept it.

Ke Zhiguang was glad that he was cautious and did not act rashly.

First, take the president home, then you can conveniently retrieve the small spray bottle yourself. That way you can go home in peace. The script is perfect, just act according to this!

And so, Ke Zhiguang embarked on his journey to Bai Mengyinyu's home.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he had a feeling... he might not be able to go home tonight.

Because the weather doesn't look too good.

Chapter 45 The most beautiful day isn't a rainy day?

After a 20-minute drive, Bai Mengyinyu was safely delivered home.

Her home was a typical two-story Japanese house, quiet and secluded. Judging from the facade alone, one could not tell that the family was poor; on the contrary, they seemed quite wealthy.

The property prices in this area seem to be quite high.

Come to think of it, if her own home looked too shabby, she probably wouldn't be willing to bring people home.

"Big sister, you're back way too late." A primary school girl in a dress walked out with her hands on her hips, accompanied by a boy of the same age, who was probably Bai Mengyinyu's younger brother and sister-in-law.

"I'm sorry, Guan Lian, Xia Kui, I'm late, but I still have good news. A new washing machine will be delivered to our house in a few days, and it'll be free." Bai Mengyinyu bent down and spoke to her younger siblings.

"Really? That's wonderful." The younger sister-in-law was delighted, and then their gazes both fell on Ke Zhiguang behind Bai Mengyinyu.

—My sister brought a man home?!

Ke Zhiguang had been observing the surrounding environment. According to Shuicheng Xiyue, Bai Mengyinyu's family was in debt. Since they were in debt, it was inevitable that gangsters would come to their door. He wanted to look for any traces that looked like a door being kicked or paint being splashed.

Fortunately, none of these were found.

Ke Zhiguang kept reminding himself that Bai Mengyinyu's current state was very dangerous, possibly related to her family environment, but she didn't seem to be acting normally at the moment.

Perhaps her condition isn't that urgent?

"See you tomorrow, President."

"Okay, goodbye, Ke-kun."