The Daily Life of Saiki Kusuo in Zoldyck

"How about saving time and placing the piece in a maximum of 10 seconds?" Kuroro said.

Are you in such a hurry?

Chapter 188 The Hot Chess Piece Incident

However, there are people who are in an even greater hurry.

"If we're going to do a speed race, how about 6 seconds?" Illumi said casually.

Ilmini, do you still remember that you were going to lose?

"Four seconds at most, it's just a way to stall for time anyway?" Kuroro fiddled with the Gungi Go piece that had just come into his hands.

What are they competing in? The outcome isn't determined by who dares to say they have the shortest time.

"Okay, it's just for fun anyway." Illumi seemed indifferent, but he was actually weighing the pros and cons in his mind.

You two have already started competing, haven't you? You're both very competitive!

Kuroro and Illumi sat down in the center of the arena, with the chessboard placed in the very center. They began to set up their pieces, and as they did so, Kusuo Saiki could already hear the two men's calculating thoughts as they played their moves.

"So, the military discipline match in court 0... the poor guy on the left, move aside, begin!"

The sound of two chess pieces falling immediately followed.

黑暗生物裁判实时播报道：“第一步，7-9-1，兵！第二步2-4-5，帅！”

It even tells you the moves in the game; it's strange that it takes care of blind people.

However, what the dark creature didn't realize was what would happen after the brief opening of a rapid chess game between two powerful players who only had a maximum of 4 seconds to play.

“4-7-5帅，5-7-1骑马！4-7-4弓！314小将358中将646骑马468筒528忍……”

Even the dark creatures rarely let out an inner roar.

Did the two of them really have time to think? Almost immediately after one player made their move, the other would follow suit, and both of them were incredibly fast—they're people who regularly practice their hand speed! The average time they used, according to Kusuo Saiki, was…

0.78 seconds! What kind of moves are you two making?! Are the pieces too hot to handle?!

However, this time gradually lengthened after the two quickly placed their pieces, requiring two or three seconds to think. But both of them had a very accurate grasp of the time, and neither of them made a move in more than four seconds.

In all of this, there are bound to be moves that were made before we had fully thought them out, but which we had no choice but to make.

Although Kusuo Saiki could not see the positions of the pieces, he automatically arranged their positions in his mind simply by hearing the moves.

An ominous premonition arose within Illumi, due to his experience fighting against his grandfather…

The game was still in progress, but before Kusuo Saiki could understand the next move from Illumi's thoughts, Chrollo suddenly scattered the pieces.

This guy loses so fast, he admits defeat just as quickly.

What's the point of losing if I mess up my own game? My points just disappear like that? I shouldn't have been standing here in the first place.

"It's fine if the points are given to Ilmini, how about we do it again? That was a routine we've been using for a while, wasn't it?"

It turns out that Illumi became a member of the group and no longer cared about where the points went.

Illumi admitted, "Hmm, can't it be used?"

"Of course you can use it. Since you really know military discipline, let's extend the time to 6 seconds this time."

If you have a winning strategy, then use it.

In the new game, Kuroro played much more seriously, his pace fluctuating between fast and slow in six seconds, while Illumi's rhythm became slower and slower.

Kusuo Saiki heard a resolute voice.

He looked up into the distance and saw two thermally scanned figures, one large and one small, on a bleacher stand.

Who is it? The voice sounds somewhat familiar.

The pieces scattered once more, and Illumi said, "I've lost."

That ended so quickly!

With one win and one loss, the situation was reversed again.

Just when Saiki Kusuo thought they were going to have another match to determine the real winner, Kuroro suddenly said, "Swordsman, would you like to try?"

I can't see what we're playing.

"You decide the moves, I'll make them." Kuroro flicked the chess piece, then caught it again, and Saiki Kusuo overheard his calculations.

I'm not confident in my thinking speed. I never said I could use Gungi, and how could Illumi possibly accept such an insane timeframe...?

"There isn't enough time. If we want to play chess, we can only limit the time for each move to three seconds."

Illumi brought it up himself.

Meanwhile, Illumi's inner thoughts:

Well, Hisoka himself is standing right next to us, nothing else will come up.

Kuroro agreed: "Three seconds it is. We knights think very quickly."

Is this something you can make up? How would you face this impression after the hero is resurrected?

However, as a superpowered individual, accepting the condition of three seconds is a bit too much of a bullying to non-superpowered individuals.

Kusuo Saiki suggested.

With five seconds, although Illumi would have more time to think, Kusuo Saiki decided to finish each move in 0.78 seconds, leaving the extra 0.22 seconds for Chrollo to place his pieces.

The time for 51 and 33 is the same when added together.

Illumi recalled the moves from the first game in his mind:

“Okay, you need to report your moves, right?” Illumi picked up a chess piece, already in the starting position, ready to seize the initiative.

“Okay, let’s begin right away,” Kuroro said.

"But why is the swordsman blindfolded? Is he injured? 7-9-1, soldier."

Kusuo Saiki answered immediately, walked over, sat down next to the chessboard, and hugged his legs.

While playing chess, Kuroro said, "The eyes that can't see the light for now will be fine soon."

Illumi was puzzled: "Assassinated? 4-7-5, handsome."

Kusuo Saiki: You were indeed killed by my eyes, weren't you?

Kuroro made his move cleanly and decisively, teasingly saying, "Sometimes, when you've done all sorts of bad things, you might get some kind of lucky retribution."

Kusuo Saiki: That's yourself.

Illumi feigned sudden realization: "4-7-4 bow, sometimes our family also has bad luck when we go out, we keep running into a lot of people seeking revenge, even though our photos are very valuable, worth nearly 1 million."

A Zoldyck photo worth as much as a hunter's license.

Kusuo Saiki answered instantly as always.

"3-5-8 Lieutenant General"

"...4-6-8, tube."

A subtle sound came from the chessboard, the sound of a chess piece touching the surface. Kusuo Saiki saw through his thermal senses that Kuroro was holding a chess piece, but only touching it on the edge of the chessboard.

What's wrong? Do you have a problem with your own moves?

"Not only is the thinking time too short... Swordsman, are you playing our first game?"

They've been discovered, just as expected.

Kusuo Saiki crossed his arms and remained silent. When there are no pieces on the board, the possible moves of the pieces are the most numerous.

There are too many possibilities. No matter how many moves you make at the beginning, there will never be a way to eliminate the opponent. Thinking about which move to make at the very beginning is like a superpowered person fishing in the ocean. They can catch anything. There are no requirements for the process. All they care about is winning at the end.

There are countless chess positions, and everyone knows them all. Simply put, if you let him play the opening himself, he'd suffer from decision paralysis.

Kuroro was puzzled, but five seconds was a very short time, and he still placed his piece after a little over four seconds.

Hey hey, don't let my appearance fool you, I can be really competitive sometimes. Even if I win, the ones who attract the most attention are the heroes, not me.

Illumi placed the piece he had already planned:

No, that's not true. I have a very good memory; I can remember exactly where you left off.

The next move is, of course, answered instantly.

As time progressed, Illumi deliberately changed his strategy at a certain point, and everything changed.

Saiki Kusuo finally took a serious look at the myriad of chess moves, spending a full 0.42 seconds thinking, leaving 0.36 seconds for transmitting his voice.

Kuroro listened to Saiki Kusuo's moves and placed one piece after another. He was the one playing the game, the closest to the move, yet he couldn't accurately predict what Saiki Kusuo intended to do.

What is the purpose of each move? What changes and possibilities does it bring? It's like a net built without rules, unrelated to any experience or vested interests. The gaze seems to always be on the distant future. Although it is a person playing chess step by step, the pieces seem to be moving as a whole. Because the main purpose is not obvious, each piece is lurking in the shadows, and each can be used by him at a particularly unexpected time. Losing an important piece is not a big deal. A few moves away, the opponent will pay the same or even more painful price.

Kuroro was increasingly shocked. He knew how powerful Saiki Kusuo was, but his impression of him had always been limited to his abilities and research. He never expected this.

Unexpectedly, given the right circumstances, he could very well become the world-renowned Spider King... no, the Demon King who controls the entire Hunter world!

Kusuo Saiki: Neither of them! Why do you have the same idea as Kousuke? Two villainous mindsets!

As the game went on, Illumi found himself increasingly struggling. His established strategies crumbled on their own, and the moves the knight made without a second thought seemed to contain traps he had planned dozens of moves in advance, yet he couldn't see through them. He couldn't understand them within five seconds, and even after ten or twenty seconds, he still might not be able to figure them out.

Was it because the hero's usual brilliance was overshadowed by Kuroro that no one noticed? Turns out, this guy is incredibly cunning...

If we could recruit Zoldyck, we would definitely be a butler who would shock the entire Zoldyck community, no, the entire world!

Kusuo Saiki: He's already a Zoldyck! And why is he just a butler?!

Five seconds later, Illumi put down the chess piece in his hand.

"I lost. I didn't expect the swordsman to be so powerful. Is it a new ability?"

Anyone who wants to train specifically for military etiquette... okay, I have wheat, excuse me.

"Can I take over and continue?" Kuroro asked.

Does he really want to lose that badly? He knows I have a telepathic connection to him.

Kuroro: "Such a brilliant game, I wonder if he can still surprise me before his final victory."

The referee above has been holding up the timer; there should only be two minutes left...

The three looked up, and the referee's timer showed a countdown of 27 minutes and 49 seconds.