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

Although they didn't know much about Go, they all had some idea of ​​how difficult it was to achieve a draw.

you could put it that way.

If you were to add up all the famous Go games from ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad, the number of draws would never exceed one move.

And now.

Right in front of them, under their own eyes.

Kato, an 8-dan player, personally demonstrated his superb control over the game, delivering a brilliant handicap draw!

This is ten thousand times more difficult than a normal draw in a game!

but.

Even with such a high level of difficulty!

Masao Kato, however, still managed to do it!

This……

Is that the terrifying dominance of an eighth-dan peak Go player?

In a short time.

All the students, watching Kato Masao's aging body gradually receding into the distance, felt an overwhelming sense of admiration and reverence!

but.

Among these dozen or so admiring gazes, there were two exceptions.

At this moment.

Looking at the chessboard that hadn't been properly tidied up yet, Su Ran couldn't help but focus her gaze on two points on the board.

"There."

"Just place the pieces there."

"Whether it's black or white, they..."

Su Ran's eyes gleamed brightly, and she murmured a sigh in a whisper that no one could hear:

"Everyone has a chance to win!!!"

the other side.

Beside Su Ran, a deep, unsettling gaze was fixed intently on his profile.

Seeing Su Ran lower her head and ponder.

Akira Touya couldn't help but follow Su Ran's gaze and look towards the chessboard in front of him, where the game had already ended.

next moment.

The two points that Su Ran was looking at were clearly reflected in Touya Akira's eyes through the corners of his eyes.

In a short time.

Akira Touya froze in place.

"Black, eighth column, fifth row, cut!"

"White, sixth column, third row, push!"

"This plate..."

"This game of chess..."

Akira Touya looked up in horror, his whole body trembling as he stared at Su Ran. His heart felt as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer, and his face turned deathly pale.

"So both the black and white sides still have..."

"A chance to win!"

……

Has the skill of the sixty-two-towered Akira greatly increased? A move that breaks the deadlock!

Following Su Ran's chess thinking, we deduced...

The further down the line the calculation went, the heavier the horror in Akira Touya's eyes became.

In order to thoroughly calculate the game, he disregarded any sense of impoliteness and went directly to the chessboard under the astonished gazes of the crowd.

A flame seemed to flicker in Akira Touya's eyes. He raised his wrist high, picked up a white stone, and then slammed it down onto the board!

Hey!

Sixth column, third row, charge!

"Hiss! Akira Touya, what is this...?"

"What is he doing? Reviewing the game?"

"No, it's not a review; he didn't even tidy up the pieces... Judging from his appearance, it seems he wants to..."

"Continue the game that we just finished!"

A student with high chess skills looked on with surprise and doubt, and asked uncertainly.

"An unfinished game of chess?"

Another student asked curiously, "Didn't Kato 8-dan say that the game was over? And Ikegami-sensei also said that there was no more room to place stones on the board, so how come..."

No.

There are places to place a piece.

Harada Ikegami stared in horror at Akira Touya's actions, instinctively adjusting his reading glasses:

"That's only in Mr. Kato's eyes that there's nowhere to place a piece on the board. If it were someone with a higher skill level, perhaps..."

At this point, Harada Ikegami stared intently at the attack that Akira Touya had delivered, swallowed hard, and said:

"There is another solution!"

what! ?

After hearing Mr. Ikegami's explanation, all the students looked at Akira Touya in shock, wondering if he actually possessed that kind of strength.

That kind of game, even Kato, an 8-dan professional, couldn't figure out the solution—

Formidable strength!

"Does Akira Touya... really intend to continue the game?"

"However, no matter how you look at it, the black and white pieces are in a wonderful balance in this game, and ordinary moves simply cannot break this balance!"

"Both sides were exhausted because they went too deep into the enemy's territory. Hikaru Shindo's last move, connecting, not only cut off his own escape route, but also cut off Kato 8-dan's retreat route. I really can't think of any other solution to this game."

"Can this... really continue?"

"In any case, Akira Touya dared to express his own opinions after witnessing the wonderful match between Kato 8-dan and Hikaru Shindo. That courage alone is already remarkable!"

"As expected of the son of Meijin Touya, it seems that talent alone is not enough to succeed on the road to becoming a top Go player; courage... is also an important part."

The crowd looked at Akira Touya with either admiration or skepticism.

Now, the black and white stones are locked in a tight entanglement. Faced with this seemingly unsolvable situation, does Akira Touya really have a way to break the deadlock?

As everyone's attention focused on him, someone quickly noticed the move he had just made on the chessboard.

With this move, White directly penetrated deeper into Black's territory, even bolder and more fearless than Kato Masao's previous pressing move!

If we say...

Kato Masao's previous move was a deliberate step into Kuroko's encirclement, but he still had a backup plan.

Then.

At this moment, Akira Touya's charge was made with a death wish, leaving no room for retreat—

A move that leads to certain death!

"This……"

"This is……"

Upon seeing this move, everyone's pupils constricted slightly, and expressions of emotion appeared on their faces. They all involuntarily leaned towards the chessboard, staring at it in utter shock.

A lone white piece, all alone, plunges straight into the black formation!

Surrounded by countless black pieces, though I face a million enemies, I will still go forth alone!

That's right, it was a white piece that broke into the black formation's base!

"rush……"

Standing behind Akira Toya, Harada Ikegami couldn't help but swallow hard. He pushed up his reading glasses, and a bead of cold sweat rolled down his face, a stark contrast to his usual composure.

The students around him were all dumbfounded, staring in disbelief at the white stone that Akira Touya had just placed on the chessboard, which was still shining brightly!

Six columns, three rows, charge!

"If it were Mr. Kato, after that press, a block would have been an inevitable move. However, Akira Touya didn't play the block; instead, he chose to push..."

As if possessed, Harada Ikegami muttered to himself, "If we're going to continue the attack, it seems like this is the only way."

"But... how many people can foresee this move?"

"It's unbelievable. How did they come up with this move? It's... beyond what a human could come up with."

At this moment, Sai, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't help but speak after seeing this step forward, rushing into Fujimitsu's arms to offer some advice:

"Hikaru, Akira Touya seems to have made great progress lately!"

"Given his previous skill level, he would never have thought of attacking downwards, because the black stones you're playing have already forced that group of white stones into a corner. Once that group of white stones is cornered, the white stones will undoubtedly lose!"

"Therefore, a normal player would only be able to temporarily avoid the attack by using a block to escape or a jump to defend when making this move."

"But...but..."

Sai's voice trembled slightly: "But Akira Touya chose to sacrifice a piece to attack the corner of the black stone! He sacrificed a single piece to attack! Just one piece!"

"In a normal game, such an attack would not cause any trouble for your black stones at all!"