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

[You spent two minutes thinking about your second move before finally placing it in the third row, sixth column, choosing a small knight's move to approach the corner, preparing to launch an attack on the white stones! Although this move makes no sense, it increased your ingenuity rate by one percent.]

[Your opponent thinks you're crazy, but just to be safe, he chose to place his bet in the 16th column, 16th row, on another star position.]

[You spent another two minutes thinking about your third move, and then surprisingly placed it in the 19th row and 19th column. This move wasn't exactly stupid, but it was certainly inexplicable. However, your ingenuity rate increased by one percent.]

[With only thirty moves in the opening, you've already stalled for an hour with long deliberations. Although your cleverness rate is 30%, you've undoubtedly entered a dead end in this game. No one expected this outcome.]

[As expected, by the thirty-third move, all your potential for producing pieces had been cut off by your opponent, and you were powerless to turn the tide.]

The game is over. Unfortunately, you lost by eight points.

[Should we retain the current ingenuity rate (33%) and re-run the simulation?]

Huh?

The cleverness factor can actually be preserved?!

Su Ran was overjoyed; she hadn't realized that blue skills had such benefits!

As expected, this is a high-level skill that requires 100 points... The effect is amazing!

Without any hesitation, Su Ran immediately shouted, "Keep the current ingenuity rate and continue the simulation!"

[At the start of this game, you deliberately restrained your wild ideas and refrained from making any rash moves. After thinking for two minutes, you chose a commonly used star position pattern, but your opponent seemed to have a good grasp of this pattern.]

[The opening 27 moves were very smooth, without much drama, and your clever moves successfully secured a 60% success rate! You thought the time was right and began to attack with a knuckle attack, trying to capture some of your opponent's forgotten pieces on the left flank! But after placing your piece, you realized that your opponent's expression was unusually calm, as if they had already anticipated your move... You sensed something was terribly wrong!]

……

[You have indeed fallen into the opponent's ambush. By the forty-ninth move, the opponent has revealed their true intentions. All those seemingly insignificant pieces have now become tightly connected, forming an inescapable net around you. You have no way to escape!]

[On move 61, you resign, trailing by 12 points.]

[Should we retain the current ingenuity rate and continue to the next simulation?]

The second simulation also ended in failure.

The good news is that after two fierce battles, his ingenuity rate finally reached the maximum.

Moreover, the second time he persisted for more than thirty moves longer than the first time.

I think so.

As long as the simulation continues, we will eventually find an opportunity to defeat Akira Touya.

After giving herself a pep talk and taking a short rest, Su Ran continued to simulate the scenario in her mind.

Time passed second by second.

at last!

After another simulation, Su Ran suddenly opened her eyes!

"Akira Touya, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting!"

"clatter!"

A crisp sound rang out as the chess piece landed.

Su Ran switched back to the real world and finally made his first move.

As time passes, the flow rate returns to normal.

In an instant!

All eyes were now focused on the chessboard!

however.

After everyone saw where Su Ran placed her piece.

A loud chorus of boos erupted from inside the chess room!

……

Chapter Twelve: The Best Choice! A Boy Born for Go!

"Tengen!? The first move was actually made at Tengen?"

"Oh my god, am I seeing things?"

"Nonsense! Who plays chess like that? Even a complete novice wouldn't play like that, would they?"

"What kind of strategy is this? Making the first move here, is he deliberately letting Xiao Liang win?"

As Su Ran made her move, not only were the onlookers greatly surprised.

Even Akira Touya raised his eyes immediately.

Besides surprise, his eyes were filled with anger.

"Su Ran-jun, are you... deliberately belittling me?"

Meeting Akira Touya's sharp gaze, Su Ran showed no intention of explaining, but simply pointed to the chessboard and said calmly:

"It's your turn to log off."

Completely ignored by Su Ran, Akira Touya's anger intensified.

But out of respect for the game, he held back for the time being.

People of China, since you are so arrogant, then...

Let me teach you a lesson!

Do you truly have something to rely on, or are you just putting on a show?

The truth... will be revealed soon!

"clatter!"

With that thought in mind, Akira Touya finally placed his first piece on the Go board:

Sixteenth row, fourth column, star!

After seeing his opponent's move, Su Ran nodded in agreement.

Akira Touya, as expected of a young man aiming to be the best Go player in Yingzhou, takes every game extremely seriously.

It seems that the word "slackness" can never be seen in him.

And this is precisely the quality that every top chess player must possess.

Akira Touya, do you want to see my strength clearly so you can catch up with me?

Since that's the case, let's do it!

Thinking of this, Su Ran placed another piece:

"clatter!"

Row 15, Column 4, Top!

Wow!

As Su Ran made this move, the entire chess room erupted in another uproar.

"Reached? Reached the top?"

"What kind of tactic is this? They didn't build up their own base at all, but went straight for the enemy's formation!?"

"The first move, Tianyuan, is one thing; I've heard that someone did indeed make that move hundreds of years ago during the Ming Dynasty in China... But the second move, which involves going deep into enemy territory alone, is truly inconceivable."

“That’s right. If I hadn’t seen his chess moves before, I would have doubted that this kid knew nothing about chess.”

"Let's wait and see. I always feel that there must be a deeper meaning behind the radicalism of this young man from China."

The chatter of the crowd did not affect the two players who were playing chess in the slightest.

Although this approach of immediately confronting each other with swords seemed somewhat condescending, Akira Touya was completely unaffected by Su Ran's attitude.

At this moment, all he wanted was to defeat his opponent, or...

We were defeated by the opponent!

"clatter!"

Sixteenth column, fourth row, star!

Faced with Su Ran's advance, Touya Akira ignored it and instead occupied another star position in the upper right corner.

At this point, the situation is quite unfavorable for Black.

However, Sai inside Hikaru Shindo's body showed a thoughtful expression after seeing Su Ran's two moves.

"Sai, why is everyone saying that the boy from Shenzhou doesn't understand Go? I feel like every move he makes seems to have a deep purpose, but I can't understand his intentions at all. This feeling is so frustrating!"

He listened to Hikaru Shindo's question.

Sai's eyes lit up:

"Xiao Guang, did you notice too?"

“That’s right. Su Ran’s first move seems to be completely random, but in fact, during our peaceful period, there were already chess manuals from the Tang Dynasty that used the Tianyuan position as the opening move.”

"But what puzzles me is that his second move, the push, was indeed a bit too aggressive. I've never seen such a move before... However, we can't conclude that Su Ran doesn't understand Go just based on these two moves. After all, if one side is certain that they have the upper hand, how they start the game doesn't really matter."

"Moreover, I also feel that Su Ran's move seems to have a hidden move, but unfortunately, in just two moves, it's really hard to guess his intention... By the way, Xiao Guang, don't you not understand Go? Why do you feel that Su Ran's move is very meaningful?"

When Sai asked him this, Hikaru Shindo honestly replied:

"I don't know either. I really don't understand Go, but for some reason, I always feel that the Go board is like a universe."

“Each line on the chessboard is like the orbit of a galaxy, and each chess piece is like a star moving along that orbit.”

“On the orbit, some stars are brighter than others. And the two moves Su Ran just made were exactly among the brightest stars in my eyes…”

Upon hearing Hikaru Shindo's explanation, Sai was greatly surprised:

"Is the chessboard the universe? Are each chess piece a star?"

"Why, in Hikaru's eyes, does Go exist with such a grand worldview?"

"Could it be that Hikaru... is a Go player who was born to play Go?"

Just as Sai was filled with doubt and surprise, Su Ran placed another piece: