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

"Could this boy be...!?"

A name that would haunt Kato Masao's dreams every night, almost slipped out of his mouth.

THESAI!

That terrifying chess player who caused his mid-game defeat!

Is it...

It's this very young man right in front of me!

Everyone was taken aback by Su Ran's sudden display of power. Even Sai was startled by this move, his expression turned serious, and his hand involuntarily tightened around his folding fan.

"The Demon Blade..."

Sai, well aware of the power of this fixed pattern, suddenly turned his head and looked at Hikaru Shindo.

"Xiao Guang will be killed, without a single survivor!"

……

If you still have the dignity of a chess player, then show your full strength!

As the high clamp landed, the crowd erupted in a flurry of activity.

The other participating high school students looked confused, not quite understanding what the judges meant by the "demon sword."

Teacher Yin stared at the chessboard, lost in thought.

"The Demon Blade... is called the Demon Blade because it can harm others, but it can also harm itself."

"If either side makes a single careless move, they will be doomed."

"Nowadays, almost no one is willing to choose the Demon Blade opening strategy anymore..."

"Is that Hikaru Shindo really an opponent that even a genius like Su Ran has to go all out against?"

"So, Hikaru Shindo, what move will that boy make?"

……

Principal's Office.

"Touya-kun, I'm so sorry to have asked you to come today."

The principal, with his hands behind his back, said with a smile.

"No, please don't be shy."

Akira shook his head and said respectfully, "My father asked me to give my regards to the principal."

“When your father was studying here, I was his homeroom teacher.”

The principal shook his head with a sigh, saying, "So many years have passed in the blink of an eye."

With that, the principal opened the door and went out.

Akira Touya paused for a moment, then followed behind the principal.

The principal stood with his hands behind his back, looking nostalgically at the corridors of Haiwang Middle School today.

"Back then, the school buildings were made of wood."

As he spoke, the principal walked forward, a gentle smile appearing on his face: "Back then, it wasn't nearly as beautiful as it is now."

"Back then, there were even rumors that there were haunted rooms on campus."

Akira Toya kept his head down, following the principal and listening quietly.

"Back then, I often played chess with your father, hahaha. I never imagined that many years later, your father would become a 10-dan Meijin. It's really amazing how people get old and have so many feelings, hahahaha."

Akira followed behind the principal without saying a word.

The faces of Hikaru Shindo and Su Ran kept flashing before his eyes.

"If you also get accepted into the academy and enter the professional arena in the future, will I be able to beat you...?"

"Hikaru Shindo and Su Ran-kun..."

Akira Touya was lost in thought, and the scenes of his previous battles with Su Ran and Hikaru Shindo reappeared before his eyes, causing him to unconsciously stop in his tracks.

"Touya-kun, Touya-kun?"

Akira Touya was brought back to his senses by the principal's voice, and awkwardly replied, "Yes!"

The principal smiled and pointed towards the second conference room, asking, "Today happens to be the start of the Go league. Shall we go and take a look?"

"Ok?"

Akira Touya paused for a moment, hesitated, and then nodded.

The principal and Akira walked all the way to the entrance of the competition venue.

The principal was the first to push open the door and walk in, glancing at the match schedule: "Oh? It seems the finals are already underway."

Standing in the crowd, Teacher Yin saw the principal, turned around, nodded to the principal, and then turned back to concentrate on the chessboard.

The principal introduced him to Akira Toya: "That's Mr. Yin from our Go club."

Akira Touya nodded absentmindedly.

At that moment, one of the people surrounding Hikaru Shindo suddenly left, leaving an empty spot.

Akira blinked, his whole body seemingly frozen in place, his eyes widening as he stared at Hikaru Shindo.

"Shindo?"

Why is he here?

"I remember... wasn't he supposed to start high school next year?"

Hikaru Shindo placed another piece and pressed the timer, while Akira Touya finally saw clearly the person sitting opposite Hikaru Shindo.

"Su Ran-jun!"

"What are they all doing here? They're playing chess?!"

Akira Toya walked to the side behind Hikaru Shindo and looked at the Go board on the table.

He looked over expectantly, but in an instant, Akira Touya's eyes widened.

"What... what is this being thrown...?"

"Is Shindo playing Go?"

Akira Touya stared in disbelief at the chessboard on the table.

"In just the first twenty moves, Black was almost suffocating!"

"What exactly happened in this game to cause it to develop like this?"

Akira Touya stared intently at the upper right corner of the Go board, his body trembling slightly as he clenched his fists.

"How could the small square in the upper right corner be so strange? How could anyone have placed a black stone there?"

"The black pieces are already at a huge disadvantage, an eighteen-point difference..."

"Anyone who knows even a little bit about Go would never play like that!"

"How could this be? Kato's strength is definitely not like this, absolutely not!"

"Hikaru Shindo, whom I chased with all my might..."

Su Ran remained silent, her eyes lowered, as she slowly placed her piece.

However, every move they made was perfectly timed to the most cunning and ruthless places, showing no mercy whatsoever.

That's all he could do.

Su Ran gradually understood the feelings of Akira Touya in the original timeline.

With boundless passion and unwavering determination, Akira Touya resolutely chose to pursue Hikaru Shindo, even amidst cold stares and criticism.

In the end, when Akira Touya defeated Hikaru Shindo in the Go League, he felt not joy, but deep disappointment and deep resentment.

Akira Touya gritted his teeth, the scene of his first encounter with Hikaru Shindo flashing before his eyes.

"How about we play another game? My name is Hikaru Shindo."

"Is that right? At the beginning?"

"Don't be sad, let's work together and maybe we can beat that... Su Ran."

The fixed moves were old, and the hand gestures for placing the pieces were amateurish, yet I still lost to him.

In the eight columns and five rows, that move was made.

That wasn't the best move, nor the strongest move. Hikaru Shindo was testing how he would play, testing his Go skills from... a very, very high place!

From that day on, he vowed to catch up with Su Ran and Hikaru Shindo.

I always thought that only Hikaru Shindo could fight Su Ran!

"But...but..."

"Idiot, why would you land there!"

"This game is the Demon Blade opening, didn't you clearly practice it with Kato-senpai? Why are you playing it like this now!"

"Hikaru Shindo, what are you doing?!"

"You, absolutely, absolutely, are more than that... absolutely!"

Akira Toya trembled as he saw Hikaru Shindo about to place another piece. Finally, he couldn't hold back any longer and reached out to slap Hikaru Shindo's wrist away!

The chess piece slipped from Hikaru Shindo's hand, circled in the air a few times, and then fell to the ground.

Hikaru Shindo was startled and stared blankly at Akira Touya: "Touya..."

……

The entire room fell silent!

Everyone stared in shock at the scene before them.

Takeshi Gouda turned his head and saw Akira Touya with an angry look on his face. He exclaimed, "Touya?"