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

For decades, the resentment he had felt from being suppressed by Wu Qingyuan, Toya Koyo, and Su Yuan seemed to have been released in a breath of turbid air!

happy!

That was so satisfying!

Kato Masao could feel the aura emanating from Shindo Hikaru sweeping towards him like a whirlwind.

"At such a young age, he already possesses a powerful aura that rivals that of top-tier chess players..."

In the darkness, Kato Masao seemed to see the shadow of another person in Shindo Hikaru.

The person's face was obscured; he stood aloof, expressionless, as if from the distant Edo period.

No, it extends far beyond the Edo period.

His chess thinking sometimes even carries a hint of the more ancient flavor of the Heian period!

Every time the child raises his hand to pick up a chess piece, the ancient figure seems to raise his hand to pick up a chess piece as well!

At this moment, Hikaru Shindo finally reached into the Go box, picked out a Go piece, and gently placed it on the Go board.

The instant Hikaru Shindo placed his piece, Masao Kato seemed to see, in a daze, that figure from ancient times, seemingly deeply overlapping with Hikaru Shindo!

At that moment, a chilling aura rushed straight to Kato Masao's face, causing his weathered old face to tremble with emotion!

"This is……"

"The aura of Honinbo Shusaku!!!"

……

Kato Masao was shocked. After a long while, he finally suppressed all his thoughts, took a deep breath, lowered his head, examined the game for a moment, and then picked up a piece and placed it down again!

This time, however, Kato Masao's expression was more gratified than ever before.

child.

Whether you are the reincarnation of Honinbo Shusaku or simply a coincidence of your thoughts being with Shusaku, it doesn't matter.

Consider this game of chess my turn to play for you...

Let's start with the first lesson!

"Although."

"It seems I'm now in a desperate situation..."

"but!"

"But everything is still under my control!"

"You think you didn't make a mistake, but in fact, that step dozens of moves ago caused the disruption..."

"This is exactly the draw I carefully arranged for you!"

Snapped!

The chess piece is placed on the board!

Eight columns and fourteen rows, sharp!

……

Fifty-eight, utterly annihilate them! How can this game be defied and its fate altered?

"tip?"

"Is Kato Hachidan planning to... avoid Kuroko's sharp edge first, and then strike when he has accumulated enough strength?"

"It's too late! The Black Ones have already advanced this far, and they'll definitely press their advantage!"

"Then...why does the eighth dan (a type of dan) point downwards?"

Everyone was puzzled and looked at each other blankly.

Kato Masao's skillful handwork truly surprised everyone.

Right now, the black and white stones are locked in a fierce battle. Even someone who has just learned Go can see that neither side has any way out.

Only by gritting our teeth and continuing to fight can we gain a glimmer of hope!

But if you retreat into a defensive posture, it's a slow death!

Seeing Kato Masao's move, all the students under Ikegami Harada, except for Su Ran, including Touya Akira, couldn't help but look bewildered, completely unable to guess Kato Masao's intentions.

If anyone else had made this move, many people would have simply shaken their heads in disapproval. However, the fact that it was Kato Masao who made this move has left everyone somewhat uncertain.

As the top player in the Go world, he would never make such a mistake!

Therefore, this means that there is a very high probability that there is something more to this step!

"Shindo Hikaru didn't make a move immediately. It seems he's also wary of Kato-senpai's move!"

Akira Toya stared intently at Hikaru Shindo, then turned his gaze to Su Ran, as if to see if they had already made up their minds to deal with Masao Kato.

In the previous match, Hikaru Shindo's strength has been recognized by everyone.

Su Ran's strength is even slightly greater than that of Hikaru Shindo.

At this moment.

If anyone in the room could see the secret behind this move, it would only be Hikaru Shindo, who had always been evenly matched with Kato-senpai, and the unfathomable Su Ran-kun!

Unfortunately, despite staring at Su Ran for a long time, Akira Touya failed to detect anything unusual in Su Ran's expression.

His eyes remained calm.

However, the more calm and composed Su Ran was, the more terrified Akira Touya became.

That's right!

He must have foreseen the future trend from the current chaos.

but.

Just how many steps beyond could he have seen?

Ten steps?

Twenty steps or so?

Or...

I saw through it long ago...

The final chapter of the game!?

Just as Akira Toya was filled with doubt and surprise.

the other side.

Hikaru Shindo seemed stunned by Masao Kato's skillful hand gesture.

It wasn't for any other reason than that, after that fingertip landed, the white stone in Hikaru Shindo's eyes suddenly shone brightly!

This shows that, under the observation of the chessboard universe, Black is certain to win this game!

"Eight columns and ten rows, long..."

Hikaru Shindo quickly found the location indicated by the starlight on the board, took a piece from the box, and gently placed it down.

Hey!

Eight columns and ten rows, so long!

Just a second after Hikaru Shindo placed his piece, Masao Kato immediately grabbed a white piece and placed it right next to the black piece.

Eight columns and eleven rows, paste!

"Hikaru Shindo chose to press his advantage and refused to let 8-dan Kato adjust his position!"

"It seems they weren't intimidated by the white stones at all, even though the person who played the white stones is Kato-sensei, a peak eighth-dan player!"

Seeing that Hikaru Shindo still chose to press his advantage and launch a fierce attack on the white pieces, everyone's expressions tightened!

"Hei Zi doesn't want to let the tiger return to the mountain, but hasn't he also completely blocked his own escape route?"

"Yes, what if Kato 8-dan really has a backup plan? After all, Kato-senpai wouldn't play a move he knows is bad."

"However, if we think about it another way, perhaps Kato 8-dan wanted to make the black pieces have the illusion that the white pieces might have a backup plan, so that they would hesitate to act and ultimately escape unscathed?"

"However, Kato-senpai played very quickly this time, so he may have really been prepared!"

"Could this be one of Kato-senpai's tricks?"

"Ha, that's psychological warfare."

The crowd was buzzing with discussion.

"No, that won't happen." Suddenly, Ms. Ikegami spoke up.

Looking at the Go board, Harada Ikegami adjusted his reading glasses and said, "Mr. Kato would never resort to such low-level psychological warfare. Since he dares to play like this, he must have his own reasons for being confident!"

"In previous major international competitions, whenever Mr. Kato made a brilliant move that no one expected or understood, even if the opponent was Meijin Touya, they would have to carefully rethink their strategy."

"Because in the past, all the chess players who did not believe that Mr. Kato had a backup plan ended up suffering a crushing defeat!"

"Top-tier fighters like Mr. Kato and Meijin Touya would never stoop to psychological warfare!"

Harada Ikegami took a deep breath, staring at the chessboard. His reading glasses reflected a white light, making it impossible to see his eyes.

He paused for a moment before continuing, "Although, I can't figure out what Mr. Kato is thinking either."

"However, one thing is certain..."

"The following moves are the most exciting part of this game!"

……

Everyone was stunned when they heard what Mr. Ikegami said!

The previous games alone had already been incredibly exciting and deadly, and this was just the appetizer.

"So, what will the next stage of the game look like?" someone couldn't help but ask in astonishment.

However, no one answered his question.