The work of the Go master

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With a 20-second reminder, the pieces fell rapidly, forming a dense forest in the quiet Go room, and the number of pieces on the board increased quickly.

Under the rules of blitz chess, all the visual effects become a storm-like attack speed, leaving only ink-painting-like afterimages fluttering around, as if two swordsmen are attacking at top speed, with the background being a grassland under a full moon!

The terms "pinch," "cut," "lean," and "drag" in Go are used like a storm on the board, striking the opponent's face, hand, belly, and thrust in a kendo match, almost all within an instant!

The isolated black stone at the top needs to be secured!

The white dragon in the lower right corner also continues its attack!

Reflexes, linear calculations, chess intuition and prediction—countless points of light flash on the chessboard!

That's it!

A black stone strike landed on the vital spot of a lone white dragon, causing it to groan in pain!

Harujima Shika's expression changed slightly. She knew that in such a fast-paced game, both sides would inevitably make mistakes, but she could not rule out the possibility that some people could come up with a brilliant move in a short time, even if they thought about it for an hour.

The current situation is that Black's upper side has also been attacked for a long time, and a dragon has been dragged out. The two dragons are about to connect on the board!

Ke Zhiguang raised the chess piece, and the moment it fell, a visual effect like sparks crackled and splashed out.

The entire area was welded shut! The two dragons were forced together to fight.

—What is this? A first-move double-kill?

Harushima Deer had already foreseen the changes to come.

A "double live" situation occurs when two groups of stones from opposing sides are trapped together and locked in a deadly struggle. However, since each group's liberties are the other's, neither can ultimately defeat the other. They can only choose to coexist, leaving each other with their two shared liberties. This perfectly reflects the philosophy of black and white coexistence in the Tai Chi symbol.

However, this is a winning move for Black, giving Black the right to further actions after achieving a double life.

Seize the largest corner piece on the board!

Snapped.

Ke Zhiguang placed his piece and pressed the timer, and time began to run out for White.

"Twenty, nineteen...five, four, three..."

Harushima Shika pressed the switch on the timer, stopping the countdown.

This indicates that the player has resigned and conceded defeat.

"I lost." Shizuka sighed, her eyes gently closing, and the Dragon-Locking Pillar disappeared behind her.

"Thank you for your guidance." The tension that had been hanging over Ke Zhiguang's heart finally eased.

A total of more than 90 moves were made, over half an hour.

To someone unfamiliar with chess, this could only be described as a slow-motion action, but for the two players on the chessboard, it was a duel between masters that took only a dozen seconds to decide the winner; time was slowed down dozens of times on the chessboard.

After nearly a month, this farcical showdown between the nine members has finally come to an end.

"Do you remember why we started this game?" Ke Zhiguang asked, looking as if he couldn't remember anymore.

He only remembered that this game seemed very important, and it would be a pity not to finish it.

“If you can’t remember, then don’t bother remembering. It’s not an important reason anyway,” Harushima Kashima said.

She actually remembered the reason very clearly. She slammed her hand on the table and said, "Winning against me proves that you have the ability to play professionally." The other party nodded in agreement and took the game very seriously.

Looking back now, her actions were so cringeworthy they made me blush; I just wanted to crawl into a hole and disappear.

"Then I'll be going now, there are still opponents waiting for me." Ke Zhiguang got up to leave, and Qingdao Lu watched him go.

"Wait a minute!"

"what happened?"

"Here, take this."

After saying that, Harujima Shika tossed something to Koji Hikaru, who caught it in mid-air.

That was a... folding fan!

Chapter Seventy: The Chess Saint!

This is a folding fan with pure white ribs. When opened, only two elegant Chinese characters are visible on the fan surface.

The Chess Saint!

Ke Zhiguang's eyes twitched, as if he had been shocked.

[Spiritual object: A folding fan that has been blessed]

Slaying demons and monsters

“That’s a fan signed by Hanno-sensei. I don’t know who you’re going to face next, but since you’re even wearing a seijin uniform, it must be a very important showdown!” Harushima Shika said, hands on her hips, puffing out her chest and saying loudly, “Take it with you, it’ll bring you good luck!”

Although she spoke with great righteousness, to be honest, no matter how much you try to lift your chest, it's still only so much.

Hanno-sensei is the person whom Harushima Shika called the strongest Go player, and he even used the honorific title of "god".

Saito also mentioned that "god" refers to a specific person who cannot be surpassed.

"Then... thank you, Professor Hanno!" Ke Zhiguang shouted, flicking open his folding fan and snapping it shut in mid-air!

That's right, it feels just like that flapping fan!

That's incredibly pretentious!

But speaking of which... where exactly did Harushima Shika get that fan from?

Could it be under the skirt? Like in some movies where women pull out guns, strapped to their thighs?

This is so punk!

Regardless, this is indeed the most powerful spiritual object that Ke Zhiguang has obtained so far. The description of slaying demons and monsters alone is exciting enough.

Use it to dissect the demonic dragon!

If Ke Zhiguang previously had a sense of tragic heroism, as if he were going to fight a battle with his back to the wall, now he only has the determination to win!

"Next location, the enemy's lair," Ke Zhiguang said to Qiu Shengzheng, and the car started moving again.

It's eleven o'clock now. Normal shops have already closed, while abnormal shops are open. Outside the car window, a decadent and colorful world unfolds: laughing, wealthy men and women, beautifully decorated stores, and students with nowhere to go. The whole car seems to be moving against the raging tide of materialism.

Ke Zhiguang leaned back in the back seat, closed his eyes as if in deep thought, shutting himself out of everything, with the folding fan folded on his knees.

Main quest completed: Defeat the Dragon-Locking Pillar

Uh, the system latency is a bit high. It took almost ten minutes for it to finally ding.

[Main Quest Update: Win the Team Championship]

It buzzed again.

[WARNING: The side quest you are currently undertaking (Purifying the Corpse Falcon) conflicts with the main quest.]

The reason for the conflict is understandable. Now that he's going to fight the demon dragon, he'll definitely be up all night, and his performance tomorrow will likely be poor, making it very likely that he'll fail in the team competition.

Ke Zhiguang ignored it and focused on the car's forward speed.

【warning】

【warning】

【warning】

【police--】

"It's so noisy," Ke Zhiguang said calmly.

He pulled out his folding fan and swung it at the mission panel!

The folding fan was indeed like a knife, slicing straight through the task panel, and sparks like electricity exploded on the panel!

To be honest, he never knew what the quest panel was for. He just thought it was arrogant, ordering him around all day, giving him a main quest and a side quest out of nowhere, and forcibly dragging him into this event.

To prevent this thing from causing me trouble again in the future, I'll get rid of it first. It's really annoying that it keeps buzzing around there all day.

After all... he hadn't read any online novels, only watched anime. He had the concept of a cheat system, but not the concept of a system. He didn't understand the tricks of this thing, and just found it annoying.

So this thing can actually be used for chopping... If I had known it could be used for chopping, I would have done it long ago.

[Hidden Quest Completed: Destroy the Quest Panel]

"Welcome back, Ke Zhiguang. Your cheat code is yourself." A clear, light voice, like that of artificial intelligence, rang out in his ear. It was a girl's voice.

Quite gentle.

Sure enough, there was something around him.

He tried to reach out and grab something, but only grasped at air.

Indeed, my magic weapon has always been myself—that's what he thought.

After using the Scroll of Life and Death, he returned and lay in bed for a long time. Under the black flames of the Scroll of Life and Death, he recalled more things in his dreams.

He remembered how powerful a chess player he had once been.

How high a peak did I stand on?

What pride and glory they carried.

Only when he remembered these things did he finally realize who he was.

Self-transformation complete.

[Memory Fragment Acquired Successfully: World's Strongest]

Knowing who you are and how strong you were in the past is far more important than how strong you are now.

When he realized this moment, he was certain he had won... I am my own greatest asset!

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It's midnight. Tonight happens to be the night of a full moon.

Kiyonuma Yuzawa was already waiting in the lobby of the Black Shop.

Although the shop is open today, it is not open for business. Every customer who comes here is turned away. Today, the shop is only open for one person.