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

Momentum!

A sense of crisis, as if a master swordsman had his life force targeted, suddenly arose from the depths of Akira Touya's heart.

It surged forth.

This touch, plus all the previous moves...

Su Ran never intended to defeat me quickly from the very beginning!

He was observing and testing my chess skills, from...

It's a very, very high place!

My right hand trembled slightly.

how long?

How long has it been?

Has this feeling of fear, which I've never experienced before, suddenly appeared?

a year?

Two years?

Three years?

Holding a chess piece in his right hand, a phantom figure slowly appeared before Akira Touya's eyes.

"Xiao Liang, if you also like Go, Dad can teach you."

"This is Tianyuan."

"This place is called the Star Position."

"No, how can the seventeenth move be a 'break'?!"

Why aren't we charging in here!?

"Damn it! If you keep going like this, you'll never master the Divine Hand!"

My thoughts became increasingly blurred, and I drifted into a daze.

The figure that had always inspired awe gradually overlapped with Su Yuan before his eyes!

The same grandeur, the same depth, the same…

Unattainable!

"Snapped!"

A bead of cold sweat silently slid down Akira Touya's forehead.

"Is this the courage you have as a chess player?"

"Pick up the pieces and keep playing!"

"Playing chess is like swordsmanship. Even if your opponent is the greatest swordsman in the world, you must have the courage to pick up your sword and thrust it at them!"

"Ryo! Stop acting like a coward! Pick up your sword! Attack me, Touya Kouyo!"

Yes, attack, I want to...

attack!

"clatter!"

As the memories in his mind faded, Akira Touya, who had been pondering for a long time, finally placed a piece in the upper left corner of the board!

Fourth row, fifth column, join!

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Chapter Fourteen: A Head-to-Head Showdown? A Challenge from the Pinnacle Chess Master!

"clatter"

Fourth row, fifth column, join!

As Akira Touya placed his piece.

The same moment.

In a certain part of the universe in Hikaru Shindo's eyes, a dazzling starlight suddenly exploded!

"This, this is..."

Sai opened his folding fan with a "whoosh," and excitedly exclaimed:

"God...the hand of God?"

At the other end of the chessboard, a sword light as bright as autumn water seemed to suddenly bloom before Su Ran's eyes.

Sword energy stretches across ninety thousand miles, and battle intent surges throughout nineteen provinces!

"Was it really a divine intervention?"

Su Ran was startled at first, but soon sighed.

No, it's a little short.

Ultimately, it still fell short by a little...

Akira Touya, if only you had more experience in matches!

If you add just a little more detail, you'll be worthy of making me draw my sword too!

pity……

At once!

It's terrible!!

So!!!

a little!!!!

Even if your swordsmanship is unparalleled, I will still...

Break it with one brute force!

"clatter!"

Sixteenth row, fifth column, jump!

Silently closing his folding fan, the divine light in Sai's eyes vanished completely in that instant.

"Unfortunately, this sword strike ultimately... missed its mark."

"boom!"

As Su Ran placed his piece, Akira Touya felt a figure collapse before his eyes!

Still not working?

I've tried so hard, but still...

Is that not allowed?

With a reluctant pursing of his lips, Akira Touya's eyes quickly scanned every corner of the chessboard.

We can't give up like this, we absolutely can't give up like this!

There is definitely still a chance.

There definitely is still a chance!

Here, here, and here again, these are all my opportunities.

I can fight again.

Correct.

I can fight again!

Suppressing the trembling in his palms, Akira Touya slowly picked up the Go piece in his hand and put it down.

After a long while, it finally landed in the lower right corner of the chessboard.

"White, move 18, row 17, column 17, point... Black, move 19, row 6, column 5, join... White, move 19..."

Just as Akira Touya placed his chess piece down.

Sai, who was standing next to Hikaru Shindo, suddenly started muttering something to himself.

"Sai, what are you talking about? White has only just reached the eighteenth move, where did the nineteenth move come from?"

Shindo Mitsuda was very curious.

"Xiao Guang, just like Su Ran before, I'm also mentally analyzing the next move in this game."

Oh?

Upon hearing this, Shindo Mitsudai became interested.

"So you can also do deductions, Sai? Did you deduce the final outcome?"

Not yet, but it will be soon.

He gave a casual reply, but the speed at which Sai was silently reciting the words aloud was getting faster and faster:

"White's 97th move, 13th column, 17th row, block."

"Black's 98th move, 9th row, 8th column, is a 'suppress' move."

"White's ninety-eighth move..."

"Black's 99th move, in the 10th row and 12th column, is a dragon-slaying finisher!"

Sai quickly deduced all the possible outcomes and excitedly rushed into Fujimitsu:

"Xiao Guang, I've figured it out. Black will defeat White on the 99th move..."

Before he could even utter the last word, Sai suddenly froze!

"Wait! Ninety-nine moves? Ninety-nine moves!"