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

"However, since it is a handicap game, Black's huge advantage lies in having three more pieces in the important corners."

"In order to penetrate the other three corner positions, we can do without this corner!"

"To pounce on a lone white piece and try to tear it apart, to make sure all four corners are firmly planted, is too naive, child."

The teacher remained expressionless, picked up a white piece, and slowly placed it down.

Fifteen columns and eight rows.

"That spot is yours."

"This is the first lesson I'm going to teach you: sacrifice pawns to gain strategic advantage."

On the other side of the chessboard, in Su Ran's mind, the experience of tens of thousands of games kept helping him analyze the changes after each move.

"No, that's not fast enough. I need to use the fastest, most powerful speed to crush them!"

"Are you under pressure to take on the three main pieces, so you want to abandon this area and infiltrate the other three star positions of the Black Pawn?"

"As expected of a high-level professional player!"

"As you wish, those three places are yours!"

Su Ran picked up the black piece and continued her fierce attack on the bottom right corner!

The teacher adjusted his glasses and calmly placed his pieces. Each move on the chessboard resonated powerfully in the empty chess room!

"Haven't you noticed yet... this child... I've already been warning him."

The teacher shook his head inwardly, calmly assessing the overall situation: "Rao Yong's skill in battle is an advantage, but neglecting the big picture for petty gains is a disadvantage!"

"This boy doesn't seem to understand this yet."

"Fine, this will teach you a lesson!"

Three columns and twelve rows, jump.

Faced with the teacher's sudden attack, Su Ran responded with a couple of moves before relentlessly turning her attack to the lower right.

Both sides moved their pieces swiftly, the pieces intertwining to form a vast net.

Each chess piece is like a soldier covered in blood on the battlefield, fighting and killing with swords in hand to seize the opponent's territory!

Fifteen columns and eleven rows, break!

"He disconnected on his own?"

Upon seeing Su Ran's move, the teacher's eyelids twitched, and then he continued to place his pieces, developing according to the strategic significance he had previously envisioned.

"Black should have actively made contact with other pieces, so why did it deliberately break off contact?"

"Why……"

"There's always a vague sense of unease in my heart..."

The teacher placed a piece and pondered for a moment.

"It seems there's something hidden within the chessboard that I haven't discovered..."

"What is it?"

"Enough. The white pieces have already formed a counter-encirclement in the three corners. Should I launch a fierce attack now?"

"Has the time come for the final offensive?"

The teacher hesitated for a moment, then remembered the game record he had just looked at, the game between Hikaru Shindo and Su Ran.

Was that a stroke of genius or just a coincidence?

"It's a bit strange. Even the girl who failed the test earlier realized that the triangle was in jeopardy after more than twenty moves and tried her best to salvage the situation."

"But he ignored it all..."

At this moment, a smile appeared on Su Ran's lips. The point calculated from tens of thousands of games of experience and the point he had deduced himself had converged.

Like the most dazzling sun in the Milky Way!

Eight columns and twelve rows, thrust!

Su Ran held her wrist high, her fingers dangling, and the chess piece fell!

The other pieces also seemed to tremble slightly after this piece was placed!

"This...this is..."

"prick!"

The teacher's eyes widened suddenly as he looked at the chessboard in the lower right corner. His hand unconsciously tightened its grip on the chess pieces in the box, making a clattering sound as they collided.

In an instant, all the chess pieces from before flashed through his mind.

From the first move to the current eight columns and twelve rows of stabs!

"He's going to break through my vision and attack from the bottom right corner!"

"How is that possible? I've blocked the bottom right corner; they shouldn't be able to do anything about it!"

"He's supposed to be a cat that can only lord it over in the bottom right corner, when..."

Time ticked by, and the assessing teachers were caught in a long period of contemplation.

Sweat dripped from his forehead. His face was solemn as he stared at the chessboard. One could feel the immense threat that jabs at the white pieces!

The teacher raised her head slightly and looked at Su Ran in front of her, her gaze filled with shock!

"This young man saw through my strategic intentions from the very beginning; he deliberately gave me those three corner positions!"

"His goal is to quietly become a lion in the bottom right corner!"

"A ferocious lion that can easily tear through the White Lion's defenses with its fangs!"

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(PS: The first chapter of the new year! Our protagonist is about to enter the real professional arena and make a name for himself! I also wish all readers a prosperous and successful new year! This book has come this far thanks to the support of a few readers. The website didn't have faith in it, his family didn't have faith in it, nobody had faith in it, only you all have been silently supporting him. Let's work together in this new year to break through the ridicule and cold stares, and with the chess in our hearts, break through the gloom! Happy New Year~)

The 104th lion cub awakens! The ranking tournament is about to begin!

The teacher gazed at the game, which had just entered the middle stage, and fell into deep thought.

Su Ran's legs were completely numb and aching, while the teacher was still deep in thought!

Su Ran turned her head, feeling like crying but having no tears, and sadly realized that this was an assessment, and there was no timer from the very beginning.

The teacher gazed intently at each move, and after a long while, his hand finally touched the chess piece.

"I gave him a three-stone handicap... and the attack from the bottom right corner is coming again. The middle game has just begun... Am I going to lose to a child?"

"How can I face my profession as a teacher after this!"

The teacher slammed the chess piece down with a sharp sound, his expression grave.

Su Ran endured the soreness and numbness in her legs, gritted her teeth, placed the chess piece, and her eyes flashed with fierceness.

"No... I can't think straight anymore..."

"Let's finish this game exactly as the simulator suggests!"

"I really don't want to use my brain anymore!"

Half an hour later.

Su Ran, trembling, leaned against the wall as she walked out of the chess room and got off the elevator.

"Wow, the assessment is over so quickly?"

The teacher greeted Su Ran, who forced a smile and politely replied, "Yes... I'll be going now, teacher."

The teacher who was hosting the event paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Uh... okay."

A while after Su Ran left, the door of the chess academy was pushed open again, and an old man with long white hair walked in with a hunched back.

The teacher who was hosting the event saw the elderly man and his eyes lit up: "Ah, Professor Kuwahara, what brings you here?"

Kuwamoto Honinbo did not answer the question from the host, but turned to look at Su Ran's figure, who had just brushed past him.

Who is that child?

"Ah, the student who came to take the entrance exam today, according to the information, is the son of Su Yuan, the Chess Saint of China."

The teacher sighed, "However, it seems this child didn't pass the test either. The elders of this village really don't show any mercy..."

"Didn't pass? Did he personally tell you that?"

"Uh... no, not at all." The teacher paused, shook his head, and answered truthfully, "It's just that, judging from the time, his assessment was far too fast; it doesn't seem like he won..."

Kuwamoto Honinbo took out a cigarette, stuffed it between his teeth, and laughed, "That child will definitely become an innkeeper."

"Oh? Does Mr. Kuwabara know that child too?"

Kuwamoto Honinbo shook his head: "No... but I heard Touya mention it."

"This child has a natural talent for Go..."

Kuwamoto Honinbo squinted and pondered for a while, seemingly unable to think of a good adjective. In the end, he could only vaguely say, "In short, it far exceeds everyone's imagination."

"What Professor Kuwahara said is so profound, I don't quite understand it."

The teacher in charge of the reception scratched his head helplessly.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Kuwamoto Honinbo laughed twice, narrowed his eyes, and said, "Don't underestimate my judgment. My title of Honinbo was earned through accurate judgment!"

After a while, a staff member came down and whispered something in the ear of the teacher in charge.

The teacher's eyes widened in disbelief: "What did you say? Not only did that child pass, but the village teacher also lost?"

The staff member nodded and whispered, "A crushing defeat."

……

Su Ran dragged her sore and numb legs back to Teacher Chi Shang's Go training center.

"Did it pass?"

Just as I took off my shoes, Harada Ikegami's voice came from inside the Go room.