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

Otake Hideo whispered to Kato Masao.

"Investment?" Kato Masao adjusted his reading glasses.

Otake Hideo smiled and said, "What? Do you think your disciple is too nervous to even pick up a chess piece?"

Kato Masao shook his head: "Why was Hikaru able to play '103' so badly at the start? I just feel that no matter how much he invests... it's going to be very difficult for him to turn things around right now..."

"To be honest, Xiao Guang's talent should absolutely not be enough to play chess at this level. I think he might have some unspeakable reason."

Is it an unspeakable secret...?

Otake Hideo stared intently at Shindo Hikaru.

Looking at the earnestness on that young face, which seemed completely out of place for someone that age.

Otake Hideo's heart skipped a beat; he suddenly had a premonition.

This child.

It might surprise everyone.

Su Ran sat quietly in the chair, facing Fujiwara Kouichi, and eagerly awaited his arrival.

"Sai, you're thinking things through now, aren't you?"

"Faced with a collapsing building, what can you do to turn the tide?"

"What move will you make?"

"What kind of game will you show me?"

Shindo Hikaru, sweat beading on his forehead, glanced at Sai, who remained silent beside him.

Sai, unusually, gripped the fan tightly with both hands, his eyes fixed on a certain spot on the chessboard.

"Should we go down like that?"

"Is that Kuroko's only way out?... Or is it like the game you played against Akira Touya before...?"

"Is that the cliff that awaits me, the cliff that will shatter me to pieces?"

How long can I hold on?

After a long while, Sai spoke softly: "Hikaru, 18 columns, 16 rows, turn!"

Hikaru Shindo picked up a Go piece from the box and, at Sai's command, slammed it onto the Go board.

Eighteen columns and sixteen rows, turn!

Amidst the astonishment of the crowd, the chess piece was finally placed!

Akira Touya's eyes narrowed slightly, and his body involuntarily leaned forward half an inch.

“Shindo…Shindo, he…”

"They've abandoned the top right corner and are now launching a direct attack into the heart of the territory!"

"They've launched an attack directly! So early!"

"The white piece in the upper right corner could still be saved."

"Why, why did you just give up on it?"

With a gap of nearly twenty points, is he confident he can turn the tide in the mid-game battle?

The entire room fell silent.

Everyone stared at the chessboard in astonishment.

"The top right corner is almost driven to the brink of collapse, but there's absolutely no reason to just ignore it, is there?"

"There was clearly a glimmer of hope, so why, why did he abandon it?"

Kato Masao watched Shindo Hikaru make his move in silence, muttering softly, "Should I play it..."

Su Ran's eyes lit up slightly when she saw Hikaru Shindo's move.

He picked up a white piece from the chess box and quickly placed it down.

11 columns, 14 rows, jump!

"Xiao Guang, twelve columns and fourteen rows, break."

Hikaru Shindo did as he was told and quickly slammed the chess piece down.

The chess pieces landed on the chessboard, gleaming brightly.

Sai raised his eyelids, his gaze serious.

"We must fight to the death with the white pieces. The moment the white pieces decide to fight to the death will be the moment the black pieces' chance to survive will be revealed!"

Seeing Su Ran make another move, Zuo Wei said in a deep voice, "Twelve rows and seventeen columns, damn it."

Hikaru Shindo made his move again.

"We must use the black piece in the upper right corner as bait and a weakness to provoke the white piece to attack."

"And I must open up the middle abdomen as quickly as possible."

"Otherwise, I'll only have one way out: death."

Amidst the clatter of pieces being placed, Sai spoke up: "Hikaru, twelve columns, five elements, pounce!"

"Huh? Twelve columns and five elements...?"

Hikaru Shindo picked up the Go piece and was shocked by his own reaction.

"Twelve columns, five elements, pounce!"

Sai had no time to explain anything else. He resolutely pointed his fan at the twelve columns of the five elements and pounced.

Upon hearing this, Hikaru Shindo chose to believe Sai, and with trembling right hand, placed the chess piece in the tiger's mouth of the white piece in the twelfth column, fifth row.

……

There was an uproar.

"Pouncing? We've given away a white piece; we have to eat it!"

"He wanted to force the white pieces to eat this move, thus tightening his own defenses. Brilliant!"

"Bai Zi will never give up his advantage in the upper right corner; he will definitely take it!"

Those in the know were all shocked; even they, as Go instructors, had never imagined such a move!

Upon seeing this move, Teacher Yin suddenly looked up at Hikaru Shindo, as if Hikaru Shindo was shrouded in layers of mystery.

The black piece in the upper right corner was almost driven to its death.

However, if the white piece captures the black piece in the tiger's mouth in such a crowded upper right corner, it will block its own liberties!

This black stone, sent into the tiger's mouth, is like a fishbone stuck in its throat, but it has to be swallowed!

This is the most powerful counterattack against the top right corner!

"Shindo... didn't Shindo abandon the top right corner?"

"Do not……"

"Shindo is just threatening Shirako, forcing Shirako to respond first and not allowing Shirako any time to continue interfering in the central plan."

"Like a bone spur, deeply embedded in Bai Zi's throat!"

"Is this all the strength you've got, Shindo?"

Akira Toya stared in shock at Hikaru Shindo as he delivered Kuroko into the tiger's den.

Amidst a sea of ​​white pieces, a lone black piece ventures deep into enemy territory, its pieces shining like stars, displaying the resolute spirit of "though there may be thousands of enemies, I will go alone!"

"Su Ranjun will absolutely not be willing to give up the advantage in the upper right corner; he will definitely grit his teeth and swallow it..."

"Otherwise, Kuroko would have survived after his eyes were broken."

"Su Ran, did you see that? This is Hikaru Shindo's strength. He's really... really strong, just like you!"

"Hikaru Shindo can find the faintest glimmer of light even in despair!"

……

Behind Hikaru Shindo, Sai stood with a serious and focused expression.

He looked up at Su Ran, his gaze shifting from the chessboard.

"Come on, eat my black ball!"

"This is the bait you must take. Once you take it, your upper right corner will be impenetrable."

"What's there to hesitate about?"

"Eat my black stones, exchange them in equal numbers, and we'll have a fierce battle in the center!"

"Although Shiro still has a significant advantage, I have found it, I have found that last way out."

"A decisive battle to the death!"

"Young man named Su Ran, what is your answer?"

"tell me!"

Faced with Hei Zi's almost provocative attack, Su Ran remained silent.

The experience of tens of thousands of games in my mind is no longer enough to support the current game.

This is Sai, a Go master at the peak of his skill level. With each move he makes, he could potentially unleash a divine and ingenious move.

Only by using a gold-tier skill of the same level can one withstand Sai's attack.

Without any hesitation.

Su Ran directly opened the simulator and selected to apply the SSS-level gold skill "Divine Hand".

Soon, the game of chess was perfectly simulated in Su Ran's mind, over and over again.

at last.

When Su Ran opened his eyes again, there was now a clearer understanding in them, as if he had a complete grasp of the game.

"Nine columns and eleven rows, is that a large aircraft...?"