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

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"I will use all my strength to bare my fangs and pull out my blade at you, the Go god of the Edo period!"

"You certainly won't flee in panic. You'll gently parry my fangs, pinch my sword with your fingertips, and retaliate with the strongest and most powerful attack!"

"But we must both be enjoying this fascinating feeling. This is a game of chess where it's either you die or I die."

"To be honest, you are the only one who can fight me to the very end when I'm giving it my all, and who can hold my own against me until the very last half point!"

"Fujiwara no Sai!"

"Regardless, you're finally sitting across from me, ready to face off against me."

"However, I will forge ahead relentlessly on the path to the Tenth Throne!"

"Including you!"

Su Ran's eyes were unusually serious and earnest.

His attitude towards this game was completely different from before.

Hikaru Shindo sensed the fighting spirit emanating from Su Ran's side, as well as an almost suffocating sense of oppression.

"This feeling is just like when I saw Touya's father at the Go club last time..."

After a long while, Hikaru Shindo finally reached into the Go box, took a black piece, but hesitated to place it.

“Sai…”

Hikaru Shindo remained silent for a long time, his mind softly murmuring Sai's name.

"Xiao Guang, just play. Play the game according to your own thoughts. Don't worry too much. You can do it, absolutely."

Sai gazed silently at Su Ran, who was sitting opposite him.

Hikaru Shindo gritted his teeth and placed a black stone on the board.

The fourth of four, the star!

"The first step, the star?"

Su Ran probed her fingers into the chess box, feeling the cool temperature of the chess pieces.

"This isn't the Komoe I expected. Has Sai already started researching modern conventions?"

"Or is it that the person I'm playing chess with now isn't Fujiwara no Sai at all, but Hikaru Shindo?"

"What set piece should I use to respond to this Star? Three-Three? Inverted Lotus? Or..."

Su Ran's wrist hovered in the air, and she pondered for a long time.

A moment later, the white piece finally landed.

Hey.

Seventeen columns and sixteen rows, with small sub-sections.

The chess pieces, placed on the chessboard, gleamed in the sunlight streaming through the window.

"Xiao Mu? This young man from China, he chose Xiao Mu, which is my specialty..."

Sai stared intently at Shirako, his mind filled with a myriad of thoughts.

Compared to the small eye opening, the star position opening is faster and advances into the center with the force of thunder, full of killing power. The only drawback is that it does not protect the corner well. It is an offensive-oriented opening!

Moreover, this set pattern has fewer variations and is easier to control when played by the white side.

However, the opening move of the small eye is different.

Whether it's Black or White, this move provides better protection on the diagonal, and is a type of back-control move that often involves observing the situation and waiting for the right opportunity to act!

This results in a situation where a seemingly peaceful opening like the small eye can, in the end, lead to a complex and dramatic battle!

Su Ran's meaning was quite clear.

He wants to drag this game into the most complex and intense phase, and find a way out!

“Su Ranjun has seen me play twice, so he must know that my specialty is the small-eye opening…”

"Even so, he still dared to respond to Xiaoguang in front of me with a small eye with seventeen columns and seventeen rows."

"Are they trying to defeat me using my most proficient style?"

"This young man from the Tang Dynasty, he has such a proud side deep down...it's truly admirable..."

Sai was lost in thought.

On the chessboard, both sides have already made three moves, firmly occupying three key points.

"Should I continue to focus on the stars, taking a steady and cautious approach, or..."

Su Ran remained silent, a strange light flickering in her eyes.

After a moment's hesitation, Su Ran finally made his move.

Hey.

Fourth move, White piece, sixteenth column, seventeenth row, small eye!

"Still Xiaomu."

When Su Ran finally made his move, Hikaru Shindo was taken aback.

He thought that Su Ran had been thinking for so long, and that she would come up with some amazing move at this step. In fact, Hikaru Shindo even thought that Su Ran might just directly point to the third point.

Unexpectedly, Su Ran still chose the most ordinary small eye.

Sai lowered his eyelids and looked at Hikaru Shindo.

"Xiao Guang, you need to think carefully about this move..."

Hikaru Shindo was stunned and didn't hear Sai's words.

His hand involuntarily reached into the chess box, picking up a black piece as if in a daze or with a mysterious air.

I don't know when it started.

Before his eyes.

The chessboard transformed once again into... a dazzling starry sky!

With each chess piece placed, a star shines brightly.

“There, another star will rise.”

"And I am God."

"On this chessboard."

Hikaru Shindo placed his chess piece.

The black chess piece falls to the ground.

Sixteen columns and five rows.

"Hey, sixteen columns and five rows, hanging high, jumping?"

Sai exclaimed in surprise when he saw Hikaru Shindo make this move, his eyes brightening slightly as he watched with great interest.

"This move..."

"Xiao Guang really surprises me a lot. Even though he hasn't been learning Go for very long, he makes this move just by feeling."

"Although this move didn't land in the place I expected, Xiaoguang's high-hanging move wasn't a bad move... on the contrary, it was a very commendable move."

"White pieces are small, black pieces are high up..."

"However, after making this move, the game irreversibly turned into a fierce and dangerous situation."

"With Xiaoguang's current abilities, can he execute this move effectively?"

"Xiao Guang..."

"The young man sitting across from you, named Su Ran, is no ordinary person."

"He is the kind of person who will settle a battle in the most cruel way, with the coldest methods and the most lethal blows."

“He didn’t hold back at all when facing Akira Touya.”

"Like a cunning lone wolf that's starving..."

"His fangs were so sharp that even I had to take them seriously."

"Xiao Guang, how long can you hold on?"

"Don't worry, I've always been behind you."

Su Ran reached into the chess box again, her eyes gleaming.

His eyes were focused on a point on the chessboard.

Last time.

He once played this shape online against Masao Kato, which resulted in a situation where white stones were at a small eye and black stones were hanging high.

"Now, the person I'm playing chess with, are you Hikaru Shindo or Sai Fujiwara?"

"Let's use this trick to see what's really going on with you."

Give me your answer!

"Are you Hikaru Shindo?"

"Still Sai?"

The chess piece was placed again.

White pieces, high clamp!

The chess pieces landed on the chessboard with a resounding thud.

The onlookers, staring at this move, were first momentarily stunned, then fell silent in astonishment.

especially.

Kato Masao, who was far away at the head of the referee's table, suddenly stood up with a "hmm" sound, his eyes filled with shock!

"Gao Jia, that move... that move was..."