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

Everyone watched him go, and apart from Akira Touya, no one dared to speak to him.

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Intuition that decides the outcome? Looking forward to the next meeting!

Snack shops outside the chess academy.

Su Ran ordered a bowl of ramen, and soon, Uchida, Waya, and Isumi arrived at the snack shop.

"Boss, one bowl of ramen and one bowl of sushi, oh, a little spicy."

He Gu walked over to Su Ran first and called out to the cashier. Soon, a reply came: "Okay, coming right away."

"Su Ran-kun, you even beat Kurata-senpai..." Isumi said with some emotion, "I wonder... what kind of ups and downs this year's professional exam will be."

"No chance, no chance."

Wagaya waved his hand, sighed, and picked up his chopsticks: "Let's hope to fight again next year."

"Ah...that's true."

Izumi sighed.

Uchida ate her ramen in silence. She could feel that the distance between Su Ran and herself was growing wider and wider. Su Ran's chess skills... were so high that she could only look up to him.

This gave this strong-willed girl a sense of urgency. She also wanted to move forward, step by step, to catch up with Su Ran and get closer to that... God's Hand realm.

Su Ran shook her head and smiled, "It's not certain yet."

Ignoring Su Ran, the crowd channeled their grief and anger into their appetite and began to eat voraciously.

"Oh right, there's even a Go newspaper here."

Wagaya glanced at the Go newspaper beside him and picked it up to read.

"Hmm... Ogata 9-dan has qualified to challenge for the Honinbo title. He will challenge Kuwamoto Honinbo in a year..."

Waya Nianchu looked on with some surprise: "Ogata-sensei, are you planning to challenge for the Honinbo title as soon as you arrive? Shouldn't you start by challenging for the lower titles?"

"Haha, maybe Professor Ogata is trying to emulate a famous person? After all, he is a student of a famous person."

Uchida blinked, seemingly lost in thought.

"Ah, right, I remember now. Meijin Touya also challenged the previous Meijin when he was a 9-dan player and directly won the Meijin title, which caused a sensation in the Go world at the time."

People saw the news in the chess world and started discussing it heatedly.

"There's also news about Kurata 5-dan here. Hmm, the Samsung Cup will be held next week, and Kurata 5-dan will be a participant..."

He Gu picked up the newspaper and started reading, while Su Ran listened quietly beside him.

"Kurata?"

Suddenly, the bearded man who had been silently eating ramen next to everyone raised his head.

He was somewhat surprised to see Kurata Atsushi's photo in the newspaper.

"What's wrong? Uncle, do you know Kurata-senpai?"

Su Ran turned his head in surprise. This uncle had been there ever since he entered the snack shop, looking down and out.

Everyone's interest was immediately piqued; they all vividly remembered every move of that game of chess.

Although Kurata 5-dan ultimately lost, Kurata Atsushi's keen sense of the game and his ability to seize opportunities amazed everyone.

On the chessboard, there are winners and losers; outside the chessboard, there are no winners or losers. That game was truly spectacular. Even though Aota 5-dan lost, no one would underestimate Aota 5-dan's strength.

Hearing Su Ran's words, the uncle got a little angry: "I'm only thirty years old. Call me brother, do you understand?"

Su Ran was somewhat taken aback, and nodded: "I'm sorry..."

Hearing Su Ran's apology, the uncle's expression softened, and he nodded: "Yes, has that kid become a chess player? I used to be his teacher."

"what!"

Even Su Ran was somewhat surprised after hearing these words.

Everyone looked at the stubble-faced, disheveled man, and a thought arose in their minds.

"Could it be...could it be that this middle-aged man with a full beard is a Go master?"

The middle-aged man nodded, then turned to look at He Gu: "Um... could I take a look at the newspaper?"

Upon hearing this, He Gu nodded and handed over the newspaper. The uncle carefully examined the black-and-white photo on the newspaper and sighed in astonishment, "This kid... he actually became a professional Go player..."

"that……"

Looking at the man who appeared to be in his forties, Isumi couldn't bring himself to say the word "brother": "I remember, Kurata, a 5-dan player, learned Go on his own, right? He only got a teacher after becoming a professional player, I heard."

The middle-aged man was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled and said, "I'm his English teacher."

"English teacher?"

The middle-aged man nodded: "Hmm... a few years ago, I was a student teacher at the middle school he attended. That guy... his name was Kurata Atsushi, right..."

Su Ran nodded, somewhat puzzled. As an English teacher, why was this middle-aged man so unkempt?

"Well... speaking of which, the reason I didn't become an English teacher is because of this kid."

The man reminisced: "Back then, in class, I saw a chubby boy wearing headphones. I thought he was listening to music and that he would disrupt the class, so I wanted to warn him."

"Then I went over and found him reading a horse racing newspaper, and I realized that he might be listening to a live horse race."

Upon hearing this, Kazuya suddenly realized, "Everyone says that Kurata-senpai was a complete delinquent during his student days, and that he liked horse racing and gambling. So it's true?"

"gamble?"

The uncle shook his head: "No, no, no, he only listens to horse races and reads horse racing newspapers, but he has never bought any."

The man paused for a moment, then continued, "Back then, well... because it was a horse race, I really wanted to listen to the live broadcast. I checked the time, and it was around 11:20, the fourth race was about to start."

Instantly, everyone burst into laughter. Even Su Ran couldn't help but laugh. No wonder this uncle couldn't be an English teacher; how could he be such a role model for a teacher?

The middle-aged man sighed and fell into recollection: "I held back at the time. When school was over, I called out to Kurata Atsushi, and he said he was in a hurry. I asked him, 'Is there something you need?'"

He said, "I'm going to Wins."

Some people were puzzled: "Wins?"

The middle-aged man nodded: "That was a betting station. I was shocked to see a middle school student betting on horses. He said it didn't matter to him and he wouldn't bet. I was curious about what he was going to do, so I went with him."

"When we got to Wins, we chatted casually, and he said he thought horse number two could win. I didn't believe him, but in the end, horse number two overtook us and actually won the championship that round!"

"Just as he said, he didn't buy it himself. He said he thought it would be more fun to guess the first place."

"Well……"

The uncle slurped his noodles as he spoke, “That day, he predicted four matches, and three of them came true. Do you know how I felt at that moment?”

Everyone listened intently.

"Yes... he's like the God of Gamblers."

"He had a big bag filled with notes on horse racing betting. He had predicted twelve races and got seven right. He had also compiled a lot of reference materials."

"Seven matches in the middle..."

The middle-aged man turned his head and looked at everyone: "Do you know what that means? So... on the second Friday after school, I went to Wins again, and sure enough, I saw him again."

"Uncle, you want to make money off Kurata Atsushi?"

Uchida quickly guessed the old man's thoughts.

The middle-aged man nodded, not minding that a cute little girl called him "uncle".

"In the first game, he didn't predict correctly, and I lost. In the second game, he predicted correctly, and I made a fortune."

"After that, he kept winning, and I kept betting, winning three games in a row."

"That kid, with his eyes closed, can predict with unparalleled accuracy how each horse will turn a corner and what its posture will be."

"He told me that horse number 3 was on the third turn, and Da Fugui's gait was still clumsy. Horse number 5 was running inwards at an angle and kept catching up..."

"Then, number 6, who had been charging ahead, stepped aside and went its own way, overtaking from the inside lane and continuing to lead the way... across the finish line!"

"So I decided to buy horse number 6. Then I heard that someone had spent 3.5 million to buy horse number 6, which made me even more determined."

"Then, Kurata suddenly grabbed me and said, 'If you want to bet on horse number 6 and win, you should give up...'"

"It... is sweating white sweat."

"In the end, I gave up on buying horse number 6. Finally, the race started, and everything was exactly as he had predicted... exactly as I had foreseen."

The older man spoke with a hint of silence: "Amazing observation skills, intuition that determines victory or defeat..."

"In the third week, my internship ended, and I went to look for Wins, but I couldn't find him anywhere..."

"After that, he never appeared again."

"I went to the school to find him, and finally found the kid. He said: 'I gave up horse racing, Go is more fun...'"

The uncle slammed his chopsticks down as he finished speaking.

"Damn it... I'm so angry! If only he hadn't learned Go, I would be a millionaire by now!"

"Speaking of which, that kid must be really good at chess, right?"

The middle-aged man sighed, "He's only been learning Go for three years, right? And he's already a fifth dan. That kind of intuition that determines victory or defeat, I'm afraid no one in the younger generation can beat him."

Immediately, everyone turned their attention to Su Ran.

After hearing the uncle's words, everyone realized that they had underestimated Kurata 5-dan. Just how strong was Su Ran, who could defeat Kurata 5-dan?

They can't understand it unless they're actually in the game!

"Intuition...that decides...the outcome?"

Su Ran recalled the move that Kurata Atsushi made during their game, a press.

"I also look forward to... our next meeting on the professional stage."

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Chapter 142 Promotion is imminent! I'm just an amateur chess player.