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

After a moment of silence, Su Ran broke the stillness.

"By the way, the 'Hall of Dark Mystery' you mentioned, is that the place where you can only play in title matches?"

Yijiao nodded, explaining on Su Ran's behalf.

"Yes, apart from the new first-dan league and title matches, other matches are not eligible to be held in the Yougen Chamber."

Before they knew it, they had arrived at the sixth floor, and the three of them stepped out of the elevator.

"The first battle to become a professional Go player will be in the Yugen Room."

As Yijiao walked, he explained to Su Ran.

"Perhaps, it's to let the young chess players who have just become professional chess players experience the atmosphere of the mysterious room first, and have a goal, that supreme honor, the goal of a title."

He Gu listened from the side, and couldn't help but feel a longing in his heart.

After a moment, He Gu sighed again: "I wonder if I'll have the chance to play a match in the Mysterious Chamber on the fifth floor this year..."

Seeing this, Isumi smiled, shook his head, and ignored the several moments of dejection that Kazuya experienced every day.

Isumi continued speaking to Su Ran, "Speaking of which, Akira Touya must go to that place called the Ghost Chamber quite often, right?"

"No, I've never been there."

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from beside them. The three of them looked over and saw that Akira Touya was standing next to them.

"Taya..."

Seeing Akira Touya, Waya was clearly surprised. Throughout the entire day yesterday, Akira Touya had not spoken to anyone.

“How could that be? Isn’t your father a celebrity? A regular at the Yugen Chamber, right?” Kazuya turned to ask Akira Toya.

Akira Touya shook his head and said, "That's my father, not me."

"Tch, this arrogant attitude is really annoying."

He Gu, still sulking, turned his head away.

Just then, a thin old man with white hair and eyebrows walked over from the other side of the corridor.

Upon seeing the old man, Waya, Isumi, and Touya Akira were all slightly taken aback, and then immediately lowered their heads slightly.

Su Ran was a little dazed when she recognized the old man as the one she had brushed past at the entrance when she took the entrance exam for the academy.

Seeing that they had all lowered their heads, Su Ran instantly understood that this was the etiquette that students showed to high-ranking players. This old man must be the holder of the Honinbo title, Kuwamoto Honinbo.

Thinking of this, Su Ran quickly and politely lowered her head.

"Ok?"

As Kuwamoto Honinbo walked past the four of them, he suddenly stopped as if he had noticed something.

Kazuya was somewhat unwilling and glanced at Akira Toya.

"Tch, it must be because they discovered the son of a famous person that they alarmed Professor Kuwabara. Otherwise, Professor Kuwabara has always ignored us students."

Kuwamoto Geninbo did indeed look curious, as if he had discovered something strange.

"You've become a graduate student."

Akira Touya looked up, about to answer, but then saw that Honinbo Kuwabara was looking in Su Ran's direction, and he immediately swallowed his words.

Su Ran also felt Sang Yuan's gaze on her, and was a little confused, but still answered politely, "Well, I was lucky and passed the academy student assessment by chance."

Kuwahara smiled and said, "Luck? Is this the humility that Shenzhou has always valued? I saw that game of chess set up by my villager, and I don't think it was luck at all."

"Moreover, as Mr. Su Yuan's son, I don't believe you are really the kind of child who knows nothing about chess, as he usually says."

“Mr. Su Yuan… he’s a man of great wisdom. He’s been hiding your talent all this time. I think he must have had his reasons for doing so…”

Upon hearing this, Su Ran didn't know what to say, so she remained silent.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Kuwahara chuckled to himself, walked to the elevator door, and pressed the elevator button.

"The tide of the new era is truly something to look forward to, the day you become a professional Go player."

After saying that, the elevator arrived, and Kuwahara Honinbo stepped into it, smiling as she looked at Su Ran.

"Goodbye."

Then, just as the elevator doors were about to close, he seemed to finally see Akira Touya and said with a strange smile, "Goodbye, Akira. You look much more handsome than your father did when he was young. As for that little guy, Yukiyo, I never thought that he, who always had a snotty nose, would become a celebrity one day."

After Kuwamoto Geninbo left, Kazuya finally breathed a sigh of relief, then immediately turned to look at Su Ran.

"Hey, is Mr. Su Yuan really your father? I always thought everyone was spreading rumors... I never imagined that you, like Touya, also have such an illustrious background."

Izumi also looked at Su Ran.

Su Ran shook her head, her face full of helplessness: "Am I from a very prominent family? I don't think so..."

"Tch! I suddenly feel that you're even more repulsive than Touya right now. Honestly, you're such a show-off."

Wagaya glanced at Su Ran with disdain: "Honestly, I've never seen Mr. Kuwabara care about anyone like this before. It's all thanks to your father's abilities..."

"Watani!"

Isumi awkwardly interrupted Kazuya, shaking his head and saying, "We're all friends, there's no need to say such things. Besides, Su Ran-kun and Touya's strength is obvious to all. They... are definitely not spoiled brats who don't know how to make progress under the shadow of their fathers!"

"When you have the same strength as Su Ran, Mr. Kuwabara will naturally think more highly of you."

makes sense.

Wagashi nodded reluctantly, realizing that what he had just said was a bit too much, and quickly stopped talking.

Fortunately, Su Ran and Touya Akira both had good tempers and didn't take Wagaya's complaints seriously. After a moment of silence, they tacitly ignored what had just been said.

"Speaking of which, even if Su Ran-kun beat Mr. Honmura, wasn't Kuwabara-senpai's attitude just now a bit too enthusiastic?"

After holding back for a moment, Isumi couldn't suppress her curiosity and asked the question.

Upon hearing this...

Su Ran frowned, somewhat unsure of the true nature of Kuwamoto Honinbo.

……

Chapter 130 I want to know just how strong Mr. Kuwabara is!

Kuwamoto Honinbo went down to the first floor, stepped out of the elevator, and took out a cigarette from his pocket.

"Mr. Kuwabara, today is your new 1-dan tournament."

When the hostess saw Kuwamoto Honinbo, she immediately stood up and greeted him.

"Oh, right, that... boy named Yayu?"

Kuwamoto Honinbo thought for a moment and finally remembered the name of the first-dan player he was going to play against today.

"Haha." The host laughed a little awkwardly, "So, are you confident? In the new 1-dan league, the 1-dan player and Mr. Kuwabara will definitely bring us a wonderful game, right?"

"Oh, I don't have much confidence."

Kuwabara smiled with narrowed eyes: "This kind of competition is just a formality. We always need to give the junior players some confidence. Let's just lose to him by half a point this time."

"Haha, Mr. Kuwabara is joking."

The host was well aware of the background of Kuwamoto Geninbo.

“You always say that, but every time you completely shatter the opponent’s confidence. And when the first-dan players admit defeat, you’ll say, ‘Ah, is it over?’ as if you won the game in your sleep.”

"Hahaha, I've been exposed."

Kuwamoto Honinbo wasn't embarrassed at all. He smiled as always, took out a lighter, lit a cigarette, and took a puff.

"How did the Meijin team fare in the last new rank league?"

The hostess paused for a moment, then immediately replied, "Oh, the famous one. The kid he played against last time probably suffered a crushing defeat because he was too nervous in the Yugen Room, or maybe he was intimidated by the famous one's aura. He doesn't seem to have recovered yet."

"Haha, that child is so pitiful."

Upon hearing this, Kuwamoto Honinbo laughed heartily and took another puff of his cigarette.

The teacher, sweating profusely, silently thought to himself, "You're not much better."

"Well, I'll go take a picture with that first-dan kid first, see you at the match this afternoon."

Kuwamoto Honinbo turned to the side and bid farewell to the hostess.

"Okay, Mr. Kuwabara."

The teacher nodded slightly.

……

In the morning's matches, Akira Touya and Ran Su won their second consecutive match, moving up to 15th and 16th place in Class 2.

During the replay of the game, everyone started discussing it.

"Hey... they've won again... at this rate, in just two days, do you think they might be promoted to the top class next week?"

"If they keep winning, they might actually be promoted to the top class next week. That's a speed that no one can match."

"Oh no, did they steal a spot from the Young Lions tournament? That's one of the few opportunities to play against first-dan professional players."

"If a young lion can defeat a first-dan opponent, it will be a great help to their mentality, right?"

"Who knows... With their abilities, it's very possible that even those at the bottom of the class will feel a bit pressured?"

Ignoring the murmurs of the crowd, Akira Toya walked over to Su Ran and sat down.

"I still couldn't beat you..." Akira Touya's tone clearly carried a hint of disappointment.

"There will be a chance."

Su Ran smiled and continued setting up the chess pieces, reviewing and summarizing the game.

After a while, Kazuya and Isumi also came over. Kazuya whispered, "Su Ran-kun, shall we go to the Youxuan Chamber at noon? You've never been there before, have you?"

Isumi glanced at Akira Touya beside Su Ran and said, "Touya, are you coming?"

"Oh, thank you, sure."

Akira Touya hesitated for a moment, also very curious about the legendary Yugen Room, and nodded in polite response.