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

At least, it's a significant improvement compared to that initial small-scale attack.

Upon seeing this move, Su Ran couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

really.

Even for a top-tier Go master like Sai, every move he makes is under the simulator's control.

This step is exactly the same as the calculation result given by the simulator just now.

……

After carefully studying the move for a moment, Akira Touya then placed a stone in the small square of the third row and fourth column.

As Akira Touya made this move, everyone present was taken aback.

"Small eye? Xiao Liang actually played a small eye move too? What... what kind of move is that?"

"That's right. There are still two star points on the board that haven't been occupied. Even if Akira doesn't want to engage in close combat with Hikaru Shindo too early, he should at least occupy the star point in the fourth column and sixteenth row, right?"

"I have to say, Xiao Liang's subordinates are indeed a bit too conservative..."

Just as everyone was wondering, Sai, hidden inside Hikaru Shindo's body, suddenly felt excited:

"Touya Akira is indeed a talented kid; he actually saw through my feint earlier to lure the enemy in!"

Upon hearing Sai's words, Hikaru Shindo was momentarily confused:

"Luring the enemy deep into our territory? A feint? Sai, are you talking about Go? It sounds like you're talking about war."

"Xiao Guang, the game of chess is like a battlefield. You can think of playing chess as a battle."

Sai patiently explained:

"The first move I made was actually a deliberate attempt to lure Akira Touya into committing his forces to fight me in the lower right corner. This way, I could take advantage of being one step ahead and slowly whittle down his forces."

"However, Akira Touya is also very clever. Instead of rashly attacking my advantageous area, he patiently built his own defensive line in the upper left corner."

"So, he's ceding the right to attack to me..."

After a pause, Sai took a deep breath and muttered to himself:

"Akira Touya, is this your way of testing me?"

"Are you testing me, testing whether I dare to launch an attack on your camp?"

Thinking of this, Sai's eyes narrowed, and he became like a drawn sword, revealing his formidable strength to Akira Touya.

"Xiao Guang, help me place a piece in the third row, sixteenth column."

"clatter!"

Under Sai's command, Hikaru Shindo quickly placed the Kuroko in the third row, sixteenth column.

"Kuroko... jumped?"

As this move was made, another gasp of surprise erupted from the crowd.

No one expected that the Black team, which had finally managed to level the situation, would choose to split its forces and advance recklessly before it could even establish a firm foothold in its own territory!

This is a huge taboo!

"Good! Black is starting to exert its strength! With this unstoppable momentum, it seems that it really won't be the hundredth move. On the ninety-ninth move, White will surely be doomed!"

Just when everyone was lamenting this "bad move," Su Ran actually cheered for it.

"Kid, do you even know anything about chess? That move was clearly reckless, and you're praising it?"

"If you're really that good, then predict Xiao Liang's next move. What kind of real skill is it to just talk nonsense here?"

"Exactly, if you can't predict it, then stop making things worse, okay?"

After hearing this, Su Ran thought about it seriously for a moment before nodding:

"Okay, I have nothing to do anyway, so I might as well make a prediction."

As he spoke, he was about to speak directly and reveal Akira Touya's next move.

"Wait! If you say that, Xiao Liang might actually place his piece in the direction you predicted, just to save face for you."

Before Su Ran could speak, a middle-aged man who looked extremely shrewd stopped him:

"Here's what we'll do. I have paper and a pen here. You can write down Xiaoliang's next move on the paper. After Xiaoliang makes his move, we can verify whether your prediction is correct. This is the fairest way."

Upon hearing this, Su Ran also thought it was a good idea and nodded in agreement.

He took the paper and pen and quickly started writing on the paper.

He had just run through the game in the simulator, so even with a terrible memory, there couldn't be any mistakes.

The brush moves naturally and swiftly.

"The little guy is quite the actor. I bet his prediction will be wrong."

"Hehe, let this kid pretend a little longer. At least for now, I don't have to listen to his nonsense analysis, and my ears are much quieter."

……

Ignoring the comments of others, Su Ran was completely immersed in the world of memories of the chess game...

Meanwhile, facing Sai's unsheathed sword, Akira Touya also fell into deep thought:

Have they penetrated my heartland?

"Hikaru Shindo, do you really not understand Go, or are you... extremely confident?"

He gently stroked the chess piece with his right hand.

After much deliberation, Akira Touya finally made his choice:

Third row, fifteenth column—block!

"Blocked?"

As Akira Touya placed his piece, everyone present frowned slightly.

"Is Xiaoliang going to choose to fight Hikaru Shindo in the upper right corner with this move?"

"There's nothing wrong with posting battles, but why did Xiao Liang abandon his already secured position in the top left corner and move the decisive battleground to the top right corner? That's a bit too risky..."

"No, that's not right. It wasn't that Akira wanted to choose the top right corner; it was Hikaru Shindo who forced him here!"

"Hiss... So, Akira was forced into a defensive position by Hikaru Shindo? Couldn't he have pulled the battlefield back to the top left corner?"

"It's not difficult to pull the battle back to the upper left corner, but once we withdraw from the struggle for the upper right corner, Hikaru Shindo will quickly erode this area, and then we will be able to launch a three-pronged attack to forcibly encircle and annihilate Akira's camp in the upper left corner."

"In other words, neither of them can escape from the upper right corner now, and they have to decide the winner here..."

"clatter!"

Just as everyone was analyzing the situation, Hikaru Shindo quickly placed another piece.

Fourth row, sixteenth column, charge!

With Hikaru Shindo's move, the two white stones that Akira Touya had placed in the upper right corner to defend were instantly cut in two.

"Um……"

As Akira Touya looked at the black stone that pierced his heart like a sharp knife, he couldn't help but frown.

After thinking for a long time, hesitantly placed another piece.

The air gradually solidified.

The situation has reached a point of near-death; whoever makes the first mistake will lose everything.

However, just the moment Akira Touya placed his piece...

"clatter!"

Then another crisp sound rang out.

Without even thinking, Hikaru Shindo made another move to the right of Akira Touya's move!

"Rapid chess!"

As this move was made, the spectator with the higher skill level in the game immediately let out a gasp.

"you!"

Akira Touya suddenly looked up, and in his eyes as he looked at Hikaru Shindo, it was as if a flame was burning within them.

Are you trying to induce me to make a mistake through this oppressive method?

Since you want war, then...

Let's fight!

Thinking this, Akira Toya followed Hikaru Shindo's attack and quickly placed a stone to the left of Kuroko.

"clatter!"

White, fifth row, sixteenth column, sandwich!

"clatter!"

Black, fifth row, fifteenth column, cut!

"clatter!"

"clatter!"

"clatter!"

……

With a series of crisp sounds of pieces being placed, both sides quickly placed more than seventy pieces each in the upper right corner.

While everyone was holding their breath and paying close attention to the battle,

Su Ran finally put down her pen and paper and ended her deduction.

While stretching, he addressed the crowd:

"Hey, I've written down Akira Touya's strategy. Weren't you all clamoring to see it? Now you can!"

Upon hearing this, the onlookers burst into laughter.

"Haha, the game has already gone through more than seventy moves, and you've only just deduced the first move? With that, you dare to say you're a very strong player?"