Hikaru no Go: I taught you Go, and you made the Kisei cry?

Kaga Tetsuo went to search for Su Ran's whereabouts.

Su Ran has already left.

Time ticked by.

"Yay! We won!"

Tsutsui clenched his fist excitedly and stood up from his chair. His long period of concentration had left him with some back pain.

The boy opposite him had a gloomy expression and lowered his head.

"Hikaru, Kaga, I won."

Kaga nodded: "It's really not easy. It took us so long to catch up with Yanming Middle School, which is ranked at the bottom."

How can you say that?

Hikaru Shindo stood up for Tsutsui out of a sense of justice.

"Alright, alright, Commander, Commander, go report the results."

Tsutsui didn't care about Kaga's tone. He was already very happy to be able to participate in the Go league, and he pushed Kaga towards the referee's table.

Kaga walked to the referee's table and raised his hand: "Yase Middle School, two wins and one loss, advances."

The middle-aged man on the referee's bench nodded, drew a line on the match list, and said as he drew:

"Yase Middle School, advance to the second round."

Several teachers sitting on the referee's table were somewhat surprised.

"Oh, Yase Middle School advanced? They won the first round in their first competition."

"However, can they emerge victorious from the second round? Those are all established powerhouses."

Who will run into Haiwang Middle School?

"I don't know, whoever runs into it will lose, right?"

Hearing the conversation of the other referees around him, Kato Masao smiled calmly.

"Does anyone who crashes into someone necessarily lose? I think not..."

……

Hikaru Shindo blinked, staring at the words "Kawaji Junior High School advanced," and exclaimed in surprise, "Oh no, that guy advanced too!"

"It's normal for Su Ran to advance, right? He only needs one of his teammates to win to advance."

Sai shook his folding fan, nodded, and looked like a prophet I had expected.

"Damn it! Is that guy really that strong?"

Hikaru Shindo clenched his fists, taking Sai's words very seriously.

"Yeah, not to mention Su Ran-kun, even that boy named Touya Akira, Hikaru would take a long time to catch up with him."

Sai nodded.

"How about it! How about it! Xiao Guang, let me play! Trust me, I'll definitely win!"

"No need, we've already advanced, haven't we?"

Hikaru Shindo snorted and rejected Sai.

"But...but Hikaru, you lost! The opponent in the second round will definitely be stronger than the one in the first round. You can't beat them!"

"No, no."

Hikaru Shindo waved his hand: "Since that guy didn't tell anyone that I'm an elementary school student, it seems like he probably won't tell anyone in the future."

"The person we need to be careful of now is the older brother from the Takada family..."

Thinking this, Hikaru Shindo lowered his head cautiously.

Soon after, everyone finished their game.

On the referee's stand, the middle-aged referee glanced at his watch and said solemnly, "Then, please begin the second round."

"The match schedule is: Kaiou Middle School vs. Kawaii Middle School, and Yase Middle School vs. Meiu Middle School..."

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He's too strong! Playing against him is like playing against a god!

With the results of the second round of draws announced.

Immediately, the crowd erupted in an explosive discussion.

As they walked toward their chessboards, they discussed Neptune Middle School.

"Oh! Aquaman versus Kawaki!"

"I remember Kawaogi qualified for the main tournament before, right? What was the score of her loss to Aquaman?"

"Three to zero, shut out."

"That's terrible. Kawajiri must have some skill to beat Sawara Middle School, but she just had bad luck."

"It looks like we'll be stopped at the semi-finals, after all, our opponent is Neptune Middle School."

"Yes, after all, it's a top national university. Even Meijin Touya graduated from Kaioh."

"Did you know that Akira Touya is said to have entered Kaiou Junior High School this year? I wonder if he will join the Go club and participate in the next Go league?"

"No way, Akira Touya is comparable to a professional Go player. Participating in this kind of competition is just bullying him..."

"I'm sure the principal of the Sea King's Go club will try his best to invite Akira Touya to join, right?"

Listening to the discussions of the crowd, Hirosue Naruto's face turned pale as he recalled the fact that two years ago, when he represented the Kawaogi Trio and entered the finals, he was brutally shut out by Kaioh.

"Those guys are really too strong... I actually ran into them in the second round."

Are you scared?

Takeshi Gouda stared coldly at Naruto Hirosue and suddenly asked a question.

"Are you kidding me? I'm not scared at all!"

Hirosue Naruto was pale, but he still responded to Gouda Takeshi in a firm voice, showing no intention of showing weakness.

"is it?"

Takeshi Gouda laughed and said, "Then why are you shaking? Your shoulders and legs are shaking so violently."

Naruto Hirosue seemed to have been struck on a sore spot, his face turning even paler, and veins bulging on his neck: "No! I'm not scared, I'm just... excited! Excited about getting my revenge!"

"That's just bravado, his chess skills are obviously terrible."

Takeshi Gouda scoffed at Naruto Hirosue's lies: "Don't worry, with me and... Su Ran, we'll win."

"Are you kidding me!"

Naruto Hirosue's eyes widened: "I'm not weak! I just won!"

"Yes, the opponent made such a huge mistake in the endgame, it's practically a mistake only a kindergartener would make, right?"

Takeshi Gouda mercilessly exposed Naruto Hirosue's true colors.

"I... will prove myself, I'll win for you."

Naruto Hirosue clenched his fist.

Takeshi Gouda turned and left, catching up with Su Ran's retreating figure. He pulled out a chair and sat down at the chessboard.

"I hope so."

After a long while, Takeshi Gouda said in a low voice.

……

Mr. Yin, the Go club instructor at Haiwang Middle School, stood calmly beside the Go table, his eyes narrowed to slits.

His calm and collected demeanor made it impossible to discern his true thoughts.

"Neptune Middle School..."

Su Ran stared at the students of Haiwang Middle School beside her, who were wearing dark blue school uniforms with suits.

Let's guess first.

The person opposite nodded and took out a set of chess pieces from the chess box.

Su Ran also took out two chess pieces from the chess box.

The two people let go at the same time, and the chess piece fell to the ground.

"Two, four, six, seven."

The boy smiled and said, "I'm sorry, but I'm the first to get it, and my eye level is six and a half."

"Feel sorry?"

Su Ran shifted her gaze from the chessboard and looked up at the boy opposite her.

"I'm better at going first, and I rarely lose when I'm playing black, so you should go all out."

The boy smiled, his tone calm.

Su Ran remained calm and composed, took the white chess box in front of her, and gently opened the lid.

"I just want you to take this game seriously. Otherwise, if you win too quickly, I'll find it boring."

The boy opposite him maintained his usual humble smile and opened the box containing the black pieces.

As one of the three top students at Neptune Middle School, he certainly had the confidence to say that.

"Are you good at making the first move...?"

Su Ran stroked the chess piece with her hand: "I once met someone who was good at making the first move."

"Oh?" The boy opposite him was taken aback. "Who is it?"

"Honinbo, Hidetoshi."

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