Persona: Devil Summoner

Yes, today is the match time for Dongxiang 123. Although she did not invite Jiang Tianwei to come, he still came on his own initiative.

The situation they both anticipated was exactly the same, that is, even though the turmoil surrounding Togo Ichiraku had calmed down, that was only "relative to the outside world." After all, people outside didn't care much about shogi matters.

So the news of one, two, or three things does not directly translate into monetary value, so the reporters just don't care.

It’s different now. The news and broadcasts of shogi competitions are definitely only watched by shogi enthusiasts. For this small circle, Togo Ichiro is a “big celebrity”!

Both she and Jiang Tianwei had anticipated this situation, and in order not to cause trouble for Jiang Tianwei, Yi Er San chose to go to the scene alone. And Jiang Tianwei was also very aware of her isolated and helpless state, so he followed her without hesitation.

If Jiang Tianwei was single, this would also be a good story.

But unfortunately, he is not.

So before leaving, Fang Zexia insisted that he take her sister with him regardless of anything. In her words, it should be like a honeymoon trip!

Jiang Tianwei thought to himself that there was no such thing as a honeymoon trip with his sister, and complained that no one would go to a shogi venue for their honeymoon, but at the same time he made an appointment with Yoshizawa Sumire with a disapproving tone.

Yoshizawa Sumire didn't have much to do during the summer vacation. Her life was very monotonous. Apart from eating, sleeping, attending classes and exercising, there was nothing else to do every day. Moreover, she had just accepted Jiang Tianwei's confession a few days ago. She was in high spirits. When she heard Jiang Tianwei's invitation, she quickly agreed, even if it was to watch a game of shogi that she didn't understand at all.

In this way, Jiang Tianwei and the two girls stayed in the waiting room of the hall, bored, sitting around a table and playing poker.

It must be said that playing poker in a shogi venue is a very provocative act. However, such a provocative act was not noticed by anyone... Because everyone's eyes were fixed on the electronic screen hanging on the wall, which was broadcasting the whole process of Dongxiang Yiersan playing chess with a chess player that Jiang Tianwei did not know.

These people are either shogi fans or news anchors, and they are all waiting to see Togo Ichi-San make a fool of himself! As the saying goes, when a wall falls, everyone pushes it. Now shogi fans are eagerly watching the first game after the "fake princess" was exposed.

Although Jiang Tianwei didn't know much about the game, he could guess from their whispers and their irrepressible joy that the battle of One, Two, and Three would be very difficult.

Moreover, Togo Ichiraku was obviously nervous, or rather, he was thinking too much, because he didn't say that weird second-year words at all. The Togo Ichiraku on the screen bit his lips, frowned, and there was anxiety flashing in his narrow eyes. His forehead was covered with sweat, and the situation did not look optimistic.

Chess competitions inherently require players to have a cool head, and emotions are one of the factors that can most disrupt a player's level. Now it can almost be said that the entire shogi world is expecting something to happen to her, and this pressure makes it difficult for her to concentrate on the game.

In addition, one of them is a student in his prime, and he has to spend at least half of his energy studying and preparing for the exam every day, right? The other is a professional chess player who makes a living by playing shogi, and all his work every day is studying shogi. There is already a gap in experience between the two, and now Yi Er San's emotional anxiety has further magnified this experience gap...

“······Throw the dice.”

The voice of Togo Ichi-san came from the screen. She closed her eyes, tilted her head back weakly, and her long black hair flowed behind her like a waterfall.

Touzi is what people often call "surrender".

There are two kinds of attitudes towards surrender. One is that one should not give up until the last moment, and one should fight to the last moment and never surrender! This is often called the "war faction". The other is, of course, that one should be a hero if he knows the current situation is correct, and surrender in order to save more lives when the situation is irreversible. This is often called the "surrender faction".

Dongxiang Yiersan is the latter.

She has always regarded her chessboard as her kingdom. As the only queen of the kingdom, she does not like to waste the lives of her subordinates meaninglessly. If there is still a chance of winning, she will of course continue to struggle, but once she is sure that there is no chance of turning the tables, she will choose to surrender.

As a chess player, failure is not terrible.

But today, for the first time, she felt unwilling. As a professional chess player, she wanted to fight with all her might and fight to the last soldier... However, the gap in experience and the collapse of her mentality made it impossible for her to find a turning point. Seeing her chess pieces being devoured one by one, she felt heartbroken.

As she watched, she was in a trance, as if the chess pieces on the board were all her companions in the Phantom Thieves, who had lost their lives for no reason because of her wrong command... The shadows of the Phantom Thieves, in a trance, all turned into costumes that looked like they had walked down from the stage of a Peking Opera...

Thinking of this, she closed her eyes, gave up the fight, and decisively chose to surrender.

"See? The fake chess princess lost!"

Unlike the despair of the people in the room, the crowd outside was all relieved. The reporters didn't care. Whether they won or lost, they had something to write about and could write a report anyway.

Faintly one could hear someone in the crowd muttering: "She's been able to hold out for so long, this fake chess princess is quite capable..." However, this tiny voice soon died away because of the cold stares of the people around her.

Unexpectedly, after losing this time, Togo Ichi-san felt a sense of relief. In order to show her seriousness about the game, she changed into a gray kimono. With her relieved expression and the sweat on her forehead, she looked like a lotus emerging from water, just like the embodiment of the concept of Yamato Nadeshiko.

Click, click, click. As soon as Togo Ichi-san walked out of the chess room, she was blinded by the flashes. Many microphones were pointed at her face, vying to interview her, as if she was the winner.

Of course, the questions asked are not so polite. This is one of the reasons why journalists are often called "paparazzi", because sometimes their questions are really too bullying.

Asking about mood and feelings is a standard question.

It's a bit too much to ask about love history and lovers.

Asking her when she started working in the adult industry is pure bullying.

Everyone was waiting for her to speak, no matter if she really wanted to say something shocking or if her normal answers were taken out of context. Anyway, everyone was ready to squeeze out her surplus value in journalism.

Dongxiang Yiersan also knew their nature, so she didn't say anything. She lowered her head and walked out of the crowd. Suddenly, she noticed from the corner of her eye that Jiang Tianwei and two others were playing poker around a table. In an instant, her expression changed!

(Why is he here?!).

Journalists are such a sensitive profession! As soon as they saw her expression change, they followed her gaze and immediately locked onto Jiang Tianwei who was playing cards over there. Several sensitive reporters immediately ran over and surrounded Jiang Tianwei.

The questions, of course, were all about the gossip about Dongxiang Yiersan. They asked him about his relationship with Yiersan, whether they were lovers, whether they had a more forbidden relationship, and if there were no colleagues around, they would not have gone too far. These people wanted to tell Jiang Tianwei directly: I'll give you a benefit, so you should do your best to slander Yiersan!

Jiang Tianwei was mentally prepared for this. It could be said that he came here just for this.

"I, I am a disciple of Mr. Togo, and I am here today to expose the conspiracy of the shogi cheater on the opposite side!"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 485: Can you transform by going to the toilet?

Question: What should you do if you are caught up in a public opinion storm?

Considering the cost and effectiveness, the best way is to create a more "controversial" public opinion.

The 123 fake chess scandal is still going on. You cannot jump out to speak for 123 at this time, otherwise you will definitely be regarded as an accomplice of 123 and then be targeted by public opinion...

So, he didn't mention One, Two, Three, but turned the topic to One, Two, Three's opponent.

The person who played against Yi Er San was carefully selected by Togo Mama. Not only was she experienced in shogi, but she also had a very good record. In Togo Mama's original script, Yi Er San was defeated by this master, and then she took the opportunity to promote Yi Er San as a woman who was incapable but still indomitable, to gain sympathy.

In this scenario, the opponent must be a famous shogi player. Of course, for a famous player, the most important thing is reputation. Hearing that he was slandered as a shogi cheater? How could he tolerate this! His face immediately turned red and he said angrily: "Who are you! Are you a shogi player of that rank! How dare you slander my reputation like this!"

"Me? I'm neither a chess player nor do I have any rank. I don't even know how to play shogi. I just learned a few moves from Mr. Togo. But even for me, it would be easy to defeat you."

Fang Ze Jin was surprised to hear Jiang Tianwei say this, because she had never heard that Jiang Tianwei could play chess. However, Fang Ze Xia immediately understood that this boy's "histrionic personality" was about to start to play tricks again.

I don't know if it's the same for all Phantom Thieves leaders, but Jiang Tianwei and Amamiya Ren are particularly consistent in that they both like exaggerated performances.

The difference is that Amamiya Ren is very reserved in real life, but very arrogant and cool in the palace. But Jiang Tianwei is just the opposite, he loves performing very much in real life, but he often chooses a steady and cautious approach in the palace.

When the media heard Jiang Tianwei's outrageous remarks, they were all excited. The Japanese are naturally fond of this kind of immature routine. The routine in which the master loses and the disciple is indignant and avenges the master is simply too righteous!

Only Togo Ichiraku knew his "apprentice" very well. He knew how much he was capable of. How could a person who didn't even know the basic rules of chess have such strength?

What Jiang Tianwei wanted was for everyone's attention to be focused on him. He said quite proudly: "Before this competition, Mr. Dongxiang had been troubled by public opinion. There were reporters squatting at his doorstep every day, which made Mr. Dongxiang exhausted. Today he dragged his tired body to fight. Even if you win, it would be unfair."

When Jiang Tianwei said this, although none of the reporters said anything, they all knew in their hearts that what he said was true. After all, they had been there themselves!

"Moreover, some people even threw stones at Ms. Togo's glass windows in order to disturb her rest, and some even broke them!"

Jiang Tianwei casually blamed someone else for instigating the girl to smash the glass windows.

The opponent's shogi master became more and more angry as he listened, frowning and anxiously said: "What does that have to do with me!"

"Here is an agreement contract. The content of the agreement is to let my teacher, Ms. Dongxiang, deliberately lose to this chess player."

Jiang Tianwei held a stack of A4 printing paper in his hand. When the master heard him say this, his face turned green! He knew too well that the contract was real! After all, in Dongxiang's mother's plan, although she had already decided to let her lose to the master, she couldn't let her daughter lose too badly.

Therefore, the content of this agreement is essentially to let this professional chess player quietly let go.

However, everything depends on the perspective of interpretation. He realized that this kid was going to interpret this agreement as "one, two, three, deliberately losing to the other party."

“That, that is…”

He wanted to explain himself anxiously, but he was too impatient at the moment. In addition, he was a chess player, not a debater. His mind was full of thoughts and he couldn't summarize them into a fluent sentence. After thinking over and over, he just kept uttering meaningless words like this, that, this, and that.

The media all rushed to take pictures of the document in Jiang Tianwei's hand, but he simply stuffed the document into his arms.

"Documents are not something that can be taken seriously. Someone will definitely think that I just wrote something and sent it out as evidence. So, I challenge you here."

Jiang Tianwei pointed his finger in the air at the shogi master.

"I have never studied shogi before, but I have been taught shogi by Mr. Togo. If I can beat you, it naturally means that my teacher is more skilled than you."

When the shogi master heard this, he felt relieved. If this kid took the opportunity to blackmail him, it would be bad.

But, if he just wants to compete with me? Then I will be afraid of him?! He just saw Dongxiang Yiersan's chess moves, so there is no need to worry. It is impossible for him to defeat me.

If even the master can't defeat me, what can this disciple do?

The people watching the excitement around them started to make a noise. According to the formal procedures, Jiang Tianwei was not qualified to play against this chess player. Even with his rank, he could not enter the chess room! Jiang Tianwei knew this and did it on purpose. How could he still have a contract in his hand? That kind of thing was destroyed when Dongxiang's mother reformed. He only had a stack of white paper in his hand.

But now, things have come to this point and the atmosphere has become so tense that the Shogi Association is too embarrassed to talk about any rules and regulations and can only bite the bullet and allow this special competition.

"I'm going to the bathroom, Master, you should also adjust your mentality. If you lose later and say something out of anger or bad mood, I will not acknowledge you."

The master stamped his feet repeatedly after being provoked by this remark: "Who do you think I am? If you lose, this matter will not be let go!"

Jiang Tianwei shrugged, looking nonchalant. Dongxiang Yiersan anxiously approached him and said, "You, why are you here? You can't win!"

"It's okay. Just leave it to me."

Jiang Tianwei smiled carefreely and walked towards the toilet...

The break lasted about ten minutes. Jiang Tianwei looked relaxed, while the chess master looked determined to fight. It was obvious that he was going to beat Jiang Tianwei to a pulp.

In fact, from the perspective of a master, it is really sad. As a shogi master, he was inexplicably involved in this reputation dispute...

The master showed his grace and let Jiang Tianwei play first. Jiang Tianwei was not polite and made a move.

In fact, just like chess beginners all know the "cannon in the front and jump the horse", Japanese shogi also has a similar opening idea, but Jiang Tianwei's approach does not belong to any common opening. It is obvious that he is a rookie who has never even read a chess record. The master was relieved at the time.

The entire game lasted for half an hour.

"How, how is this possible?! What the hell!"

The shogi master, who originally looked ready to fight and confident of victory, now had an expression of disbelief written all over his face.

Anyone who knows a little about shogi knows that Jiang Tianwei won this game, and it was a complete victory. A very thorough victory!

Everyone was shocked, whether it was the grandmaster, the surrounding shogi enthusiasts, or the reporters. Because Jiang Tianwei not only played very quickly, but also played at a very high level. Most importantly, he didn't seem to be thinking at all. He even chatted with the staff while playing chess...

The most surprised person here was none other than Togo Ichiraku.

Because she knew Jiang Tianwei's shogi level too well. How come he suddenly improved so much? !

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 486 Technology changes destiny!

High-end strategies often only require simple actions.

For example, the empty city plan.

Zhuge Kongming, who devised the plan, just sat on the city wall and played the piano? But the effect was obvious.

Some people may think that Jiang Tianwei's shogi level has improved by leaps and bounds. Did he secretly integrate some shogi demon in the toilet?

It's really not that troublesome.

While this scheme does involve toilets, it's not that troublesome.

This idea came from a chess animation he had watched before. In one episode, the protagonist, who was very talented in chess, challenged an average opponent, but was in a difficult battle because the opponent always used the excuse of going to the toilet to search for chess moves on his laptop in the toilet and then challenged the protagonist.

In the end, the friends saw through the plan and destroyed the other person's computer by pouring water on it, which led to their loss.

Now, Jiang Tianwei replicates this approach.

The first step is to let Sumire Yoshizawa stay in the toilet. Now that technology is advanced, there is no need for computers, and mobile phones can also be used. Moreover, with the development of technology, there are many chess AIs.

The second step is to let Fang Zexia, a little ghost that no one can see, help pass on information. As a ghost, she can pass through walls without restraint and then summarize the information on both sides.

The third step is to wait until the shogi master is defeated by the AI.

Look at what happens when the world's top Go master challenges an AI player... Moreover, this player can only be considered a shogi legend, not the world's best shogi player...

Fang Zexia told her sister the shogi master's attacking moves, and then let the AI ​​operate Jiang Tianwei's pieces to counterattack, and then brought the brilliant moves that the AI ​​came up with back to Jiang Tianwei.

This master's loss was not unfair. He did not lose to Jiang Tianwei, but to Al.

The core of this plan is this little ghost that no one can see.

So, the words that the shogi master just exclaimed involuntarily, "What a ghost", actually very accurately summarizes the reason for his own failure. He failed because he saw a ghost!

The crowd outside the arena was boiling with excitement, because no one could see the little ghost, and they just thought that Jiang Tianwei was just good enough. This kind of story of an unknown young man defeating a well-known and ruthless character was always a great success, and those who had not been optimistic about Jiang Tianwei before could not help but look at him differently.

Japan is a country that respects the strong, which can be seen from Japan's attitude towards foreign invaders during the Black Ship Incident. Although Jiang Tianwei just acted very arrogant, everyone still recognized his strength when they saw his strength.

The reporters looked at each other in bewilderment, and finally all their attention was focused on the staff of the Shogi Association. The staff felt like they had a thorn in their side, and they were sweating all over. If outsiders didn't understand, wouldn't they, the insiders, understand it?

In order to prevent players from thinking too long, chess games have a set thinking time limit for the entire game. In other words, it is impossible to think about a single move for 24 hours. However, Jiang Tianwei seemed to be not thinking about each move at all. Not only did he make moves very quickly, but he was also very accurate. Each move seemed to be a brilliant move that could only be made after he had mastered all the chess moves.

If you just look at the chess records, it's like watching an AI playing chess! But, you say he is an AI, he is sitting there with flesh and blood, and from his behavior, you can't tell that he is an AI at all.

To be honest, the news that the top Go players lost to AI has made participants in the game more or less discouraged, and they are afraid that the next game to be challenged by AI will be the sport they have studied. An unprecedented sense of crisis lingers in their hearts. Although no one says it, deep down, everyone is thinking, "Is it my turn to play against AI? Is this true..."