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

"Come, come, let me see if your deduction is correct."

At that moment, Akira Touya and Hikaru Shindo's game had reached a stalemate, and Akira Touya was deep in thought about his next move.

A middle-aged man, who was extremely bored, picked up Su Ran's calculations and began to read them.

"Huh? This...this is..."

The middle-aged man's expression changed immediately upon seeing the contents of the paper.

"Mr. Jingxia, what's wrong?"

Seeing that the middle-aged man named Jingxia looked strange, a bystander who was on good terms with him immediately cast an inquiring look at him.

"No, this is impossible... How could a teenager deduce the course of a chess game to such an extent? I... I must have misread it!"

He completely ignored the concerned looks from his friends.

While carefully examining the results calculated by Su Ran, Jing Xia eagerly compared them with the chessboard in front of him.

The more he looked, the more alarmed he became.

"Mr. Jingxia, what happened?"

"Ohara-kun, you should see it for yourself..."

As he spoke, Inoshita handed the piece of paper to Ohara, let out a long sigh, and slumped onto the sofa as if all his strength had been drained.

What's going on?

After glancing at the well again with a puzzled look, Ohara finally turned his gaze to Su Ran's prediction:

"White's first move: third row, fifteenth column, block!"

"Black's first move: fourth row, sixteenth column, push!"

"White's second move: fifth row, sixteenth column, clamp!"

"Black's second move: fifth row, fifteenth column, cut!"

"White's third move:..."

"Black's third move:..."

"White's fourth move:..."

"Black's fourth move:..."

"White's ninety-ninth move: Ninth row, eleventh column, maneuver!"

"Black's ninety-ninth move: Ninth row, thirteenth column, endgame!"

As he finished reading, Xiaoyuan's hands suddenly trembled, and the piece of cardboard in his hand fell to the ground with a "thud".

Just as he swallowed hard and was about to say something,

Suddenly, a series of exclamations erupted from inside the chess room:

"Oh no! White's maneuver has failed! Black is about to capture the large dragon!"

"Nine, ninety-nine moves, the middle game is over?"

"White...White has lost..."

……

Chapter Nine: May I have a game of chess with you?

On the chessboard, Akira Touya stared blankly at the battle unfolding before him.

a long time.

Only then did he dejectedly put down the chess piece in his hand:

"I lost."

The situation has evolved to this point.

Black's offensive was like a tightening giant net, locking away all of White's chances of survival.

No matter how proud Akira Touya was, he had to accept reality at this moment.

"Oh, what a pity. If Xiao Liang had successfully broken through just now, he could have formed a counter-encirclement against Black, and maybe he would have won this game in the end."

"Yes, it seemed like White always had a chance, but in the last few moves, Black actually made some very clever moves... It was really unexpected!"

"All I can say is that Xiao Liang was a bit careless this round..."

As Akira Touya resigned, the crowd watching in the game room immediately began to discuss the matter.

Everyone believed that White was only one move behind, which led to the narrow defeat.

However, after listening to everyone's discussion...

The two middle-aged men who had previously witnessed Su Ran's battle simulation simultaneously trembled and exclaimed in unison:

"No, that's not right! Xiao Liang wasn't careless at all; he lost from the third move onwards! The entire game was actually under Black's control!"

Ok?

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their puzzled gazes toward the two of them.

"Ohara, Inoue, have you two had too much to drink again? Although White was at a slight disadvantage in the previous situation, it always had a chance until the very end."

"Yes, Xiao Liang was just careless. If he had been more cautious, it would have been hard to say who would have won in the end."

"That's right. Black only played a few beautiful moves in the last few moves. In the early stages, Black was even restrained by White and unable to make any moves. Everyone isn't blind. There's no reason why they couldn't see even the simplest situation."

Faced with such rebuttals from everyone, Ohara and Inoue gave a helpless bitter smile, knowing that further explanation would be futile at this point.

So he picked up the piece of paper that Su Ran had used to deduce the battle situation and handed it to everyone:

"Gentlemen, this is the battle scenario that the young man from China just predicted. You can come and judge it with us after you have seen it."

Hearing this, everyone was even more puzzled, but they still politely accepted the piece of paper.

Take turns looking at them.

A moment later, a series of gasps of astonishment erupted from the entire chess room:

"This, this, how is this possible?"

"Too powerful, far too powerful... This is simply beyond the scope of human comprehension!"

"So, from the very beginning of the game, every move Xiaoliang made was within Black's calculations? That's a bit too exaggerated, isn't it?"

"It's not just Black's calculating ability that's terrifying; this young man from China can deduce the entire outcome after just one glance at the opening moves. Just how terrifying must his chess skills be..."

At this point, the person who had spoken suddenly stopped, because he no longer knew what words could describe his feelings at that moment.

If I had to describe it, there's probably only one word that can capture this feeling:

Awe!

And similar to him.

After their initial astonishment, everyone who had seen Su Ran's deduction results gradually stopped discussing and began to look at Su Ran with horrified eyes.

For a moment, the entire chess room fell into an eerie silence.

Even Akira Touya, who had been immersed in a sense of defeat since the end of the match, seemed to sense the strangeness around him and raised his eyes in a daze.

Soon, he keenly realized that what had caused everyone to fall silent was actually a seemingly insignificant piece of paper.

He couldn't help but feel surprised and suspicious.

Instinctively, I looked towards that piece of paper.

Just one glance.

His gaze never left that piece of paper.

He was completely stunned on the spot...

"Xiao Guang, why don't you take a look at that piece of paper? I have a feeling that what's on it is going to be quite interesting."

Inside Hikaru Shindo, Sai, the top Go player of the Heian period, noticed Akira Touya's unusual behavior and became curious about the piece of paper. He urged Hikaru to see its contents.

"Well, I really don't know what's wrong with you chess enthusiasts, that you can be so shocked by a piece of paper..."

Despite complaining, Hikaru Shindo still leaned over and looked at the piece of paper.

After a moment, he couldn't help but sigh in disappointment:

"Hey, I thought there was something amazing on this piece of paper, but it's just a game record. Sai, you must have written game records like this before, right? Sai, Sai?"

He called out Sai's name several times in his mind, but still received no response. As he grew increasingly suspicious, Hikaru Shindo couldn't help but examine the "chess manual" more closely once again.

"White's first move: third row, fifteenth column, block!"

"Black's first move: fourth row, sixteenth column, push!"

"White's second move: fifth row, sixteenth column, clamp!"

"Black's second move: fifth row, fifteenth column, cut!"

……

After reviewing the entire game record, Hikaru Shindo suddenly realized what was going on and mentally shouted to Sai:

“I understand, Sai.”

"This game record is a replay of the game I just played with Akira Touya. No wonder it looked so familiar..."

He paused, then scratched his head and said:

"But what's so strange about that? Is it that hard to review a game record? For people like you who play chess regularly, it shouldn't be a big deal, right?"

Hearing this, Sai within him seemed to finally come to his senses and rushed into Fujimitsu to explain:

"Xiao Guang, this young man from China isn't reviewing the game!"

"He's making a prediction!"

“From the very first move, he was predicting my thought process for every move I made, the motivation behind each of my moves, and even…”

"Even predicting my subtle mindset during each of my strategic moves!"