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

"I lost."

Su Yuan conceded defeat, sighing, "As expected of the Master of Touya, you left me with no room to breathe."

Touya Kouyo remained unperturbed by praise or criticism, nodding slightly: "Mr. Su is too modest. Your playing style is fluid and graceful, and you have matured a lot compared to three years ago. It's just a pity..."

A hint of wistful reminiscence flickered in his eyes:

“Your brother has suddenly encountered a great calamity; otherwise, there would surely have been a chance to break this game of chess today…”

He lowered his eyes and gazed at the chessboard before him:

"The 'inverted lotus' opening is ultimately a bit of a disadvantage for Black. Although it's playable, it's still too aggressive against top-tier players."

It's unclear whether these words were spoken to Su Yuan or were meant to instruct Touya Akira.

"Indeed, if my elder brother had come in person, the outcome of this game would have been uncertain by the middle stage..."

Su Yuan's face was equally dejected, not because he was inferior in skill, but because he was more concerned about whether the only person in the world who could rival the Chess Saint of Yingzhou would ever wake up again...

For these top players, winning or losing is not the most important thing.

The pursuit they have dedicated their lives to is whether or not they can witness an exceptionally ingenious game of chess.

Now, the elder brother has fallen into a coma.

Undoubtedly, the chances of them all glimpsing the Great Dao have become even slimmer.

of course.

To the three players on the field, this game was still quite exciting.

The initial struggle, the mid-game battle, the intrigue and scheming in the endgame...

"However, Mr. Su's previous playing style has always been more about using stillness to control movement. Why did he choose to use the inverted lotus technique to fight me with komi in this game?"

Touya Kouyo was somewhat puzzled, not understanding why Su Yuan would use his own weakness to attack the opponent's strength. He glanced at the chessboard and said, "Just like that big knight's move with an 18/8 ratio, it was very eye-catching. Was it an innovation?"

Su Yuan smiled.

"This move was not something I had planned."

oh!?

Tadashi Kouhiro's eyes flashed: "Could it be that your brother had planned this before?"

No.

Su Yuan shook his head: "It's the one you just mentioned, my nephew, Su Ran."

"This move was something that kid suddenly did to me when I was playing against him just now."

Su Yuan smiled.

"To be honest, I think that kid has a very strong sense of chess. Some of his ideas even surprised me!"

Su Yuan said with some pride, "It's not like he came up with an eighteen-fold method, which I then learned and used to demonstrate it to you."

"Too bad, it's still no match for you, Mr. Touya!"

Su Yuan savored the game, feeling a pang of regret. He vaguely felt that there should have been more ingenious variations in this move, but he had only just "stole" it from his nephew and hadn't been able to bring out the subsequent moves.

Unfortunately, there's no going back.

and this.

That is precisely the charm of Go.

"Really? Your brother's child?"

Tadashi Kouhiro remained expressionless and exclaimed, "A very bold idea! To use the black pieces in two star positions to encircle and annihilate the white pieces, while secretly setting up an ambush on the white pieces' escape route."

Following Su Ran's train of thought, Touya Kouyo placed another piece on the chessboard, then pointed it out to Su Yuan:

"Mr. Su, do you think that if we change our move here, wouldn't it pose a fatal threat to Bai Zi?"

Ok?

Su Yuan stared intently, and the next moment, he gasped in shock:

"Mr. Touya, do you mean that my nephew's move, which was 80% likely to happen, wasn't a sudden whim... that he had already considered all the possible consequences before placing that piece?"

That's possible.

Touya Yukihiro rubbed his chin:

"Perhaps, one day in the future, he will really become a top-class chess player like his father."

Touya, a 10th Dan, gave his evaluation of Su Ran.

Akira Touya listened to their conversation, but he seemed to be frozen in place, with only the name "Su Ran" echoing in his mind.

"Like the legendary chess master Su Yuan... a top-tier expert!"

“Su Ran, he…”

Is it really that strong?

……

A week later.

The comments made by Touya Kouyo about Su Ran's chess skills have been echoing in Touya Akira's mind for the past few days.

To verify his father's assessment, Akira Touya spent an entire week searching for Su Ran's whereabouts.

In order to meet him, Akira Toya would go to the Shisui Go Club every day until 9 p.m., hoping to meet Su Ran again in the place where he first met him.

He wanted to play another game of chess with Su Ran.

however.

A week passed in the blink of an eye.

He never saw Su Ran again.

of course.

What he didn't know was.

The reason Su Ran hasn't come to the Go club to play Go these past few days is mainly because of the Go manual her second uncle sent her.

This is him now.

I have truly developed a strong interest in Go.

Aside from attending school during the day, his greatest pleasure now is studying chess scores at the hospital in the evenings.

After a week of dedicated study...

He also received a very big surprise.

That is--

His Go talent was greatly enhanced as he gained more knowledge from studying Go game records.

After a week of hard work.

His talent, which originally only had 53 points, has rapidly increased to 60 points!

In total, it's equivalent to defeating seventy 1-dan players!

but.

Starting yesterday, the method of improving talent from chess scores stopped working.

Perhaps his talent has reached the 60 mark, and he can only continue to improve through the honing of his skills in actual combat...

"How about we try our luck at the Go club again today? If we can run into Sai, we can at least get three or four points of talent."

There are many masters in the world of Hikaru no Go, among whom the more famous ones are Touya Meijin, Kuwabara Honinbo, Ogata Seiji, and so on.

Of all these people, apart from Hikaru Shindo whose whereabouts were traceable, Su Ran really didn't know how to run into the others.

Online Go is a good method.

However, the computer's matchmaking system may not always allow him to find skilled opponents.

therefore.

After considering all the options, it's still more worthwhile to deliberately "crash" Hikaru Shindo every Sunday.

At least.

In Su Ran's memory, Hikaru Shindo had promised that Sai would go to the Go club every weekend for the next month.

As for my father, there's no need to worry about him for now.

After my second uncle came last time, he brought him 500,000 Shenzhou coins, which would be worth a full ten million Yingzhou coins.

With the money, he simply hired a caregiver to look after his father.

This way, I have more free time.

And that is precisely why.

He rushed to the Zishui Go Club right after lunch.

At the same time.

Inside the Zishui Go Club.

The young and beautiful proprietress was engrossed in reading "Selected Chess Games by Touya Yukiyo," occasionally letting out a gasp of surprise.

"Wow, you can even do it like that!"

Inside the Go room, someone laughed and said, "Touya Meijin, huh? You can never beat someone like that, can you?"

"Yes, Touya Meijin, it feels like every move he makes is a masterpiece that ordinary people can hardly match."

"It may be harsh to say this, but I really want to see a game where Meijin Touya is defeated. Since that epic battle with Mr. Su Yuan three years ago, Meijin Touya hasn't lost for three years, right?"

"Yes, it's such a pity. I heard that Mr. Su Yuan's condition is very serious, and he hasn't woken up yet."

The crowd was buzzing with discussion.

Suddenly, the glass door was pushed open.

"Welcome! Would you like to play chess?"