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

"What's Kouhiro Touya doing here?"

Su Ran was somewhat puzzled.

Upon seeing Su Ran's arrival, Akira Touya's body trembled slightly, unable to suppress it.

Seeing his son like this, Touya Kouhiro's eyes darkened slightly behind him.

Finally, Akira Touya seemed to have made up his mind. He gritted his teeth and suddenly stood up.

He pushed back his chair, walked through the cubicle of the chess room, and came to Su Ran.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, Su Ran-jun."

Akira Touya said in a deep voice, standing in front of Su Ran, his eyes seemingly burning with a raging fire.

Su Ran nodded slightly and glanced at Touya Kouyo not far away. His deep, abyss-like eyes were also looking at Su Ran without making a sound.

"I will no longer run away from you, Su Ran. I finally understand that I can never reach that highest level without defeating you!"

Akira Touya's voice trembled as he clenched his fists.

He suddenly turned around.

"Come with me."

Upon hearing this, Su Ran nodded and followed.

Leading Su Ran into the Go room, Akira Touya pulled out a chair, sat back down, and said with a serious and earnest expression, "Let's play another game of Go, Su Ran-kun!"

The atmosphere was tense...

Su Ran was silent for a moment, then nodded and replied, "Okay."

"Let's guess first," Akira Touya said, supporting the Go box.

Su Ran's offer to give him the son last time had already deeply humiliated him. Now that he was seeking revenge, he was determined to defeat her fair and square.

"Black moves first, White moves second, so Black needs to win by six points to beat White, no problem."

Akira pushed the Go box towards Su Ran, opened the lid himself, and grabbed a handful of white stones.

"no problem."

Su Ran nodded. This is the rule in the current chess world, which is to minimize the advantage of Black moving first.

Seeing that Su Ran and Touya Akira were sitting in chairs facing each other, everyone got up and rushed into the room, gathering around the chess table.

Standing behind his son, Touya Kouyo looked down at Su Ran, his calm eyes flashing with pressure as heavy as a mountain!

"Su Ran, let me see your strength!"

"I want to know, what kind of amazing surprise will this genius, who has been kept hidden by Mr. Su for so long, bring me?"

“I started teaching Liang Go when he was two years old, and I honed his skills every day. Now, he has the strength to rival a professional 3-dan player.”

“I never allow Xiao Liang to participate in amateur competitions, because his presence will cause those children who are still growing to die prematurely.”

“He’s different from other kids, so before I met you… I couldn’t believe that someone his age could beat him!”

"Su Ran, just how good are you? Are you worthy of being taught by the Chess Saint of China? Come on, let me see!"

Akira Touya grabbed a handful of Go stones, placed them on the Go board, and then suddenly looked up at Su Ran opposite him.

Su Ran's expression remained unchanged as she reached into the chess box and took out a black piece.

"Singular".

Akira Touya slowly released his hand, and the Go pieces fell onto the board with a clatter. He counted the number of pieces with his two fingers.

"Three, five, seven."

Akira Touya nodded slightly: "Su Ran-kun, you will go first with black."

After speaking, he focused his gaze on the chessboard and quietly waited for Su Ran to make her move.

Su Ran gripped the black piece, contemplating its placement.

Hikaru Shindo and Sai Fujiwara stood behind Su Ran, observing his choice.

"Arrogant young man, will you still choose the Tengen move?"

Sai's gaze was fixed on Su Ran's hand, his eyes filled with anticipation.

"Touya Akira is challenging you with the belief that he will fight to the death."

"Give me a serious answer, Su Ran, the genius chess player from the Tang Dynasty. The child sitting across from you deserves your respect!"

Finally, in the utter silence, Su Ran picked up a black stone and brought it down heavily from thousands of feet above!

The sixteenth row, four columns.

The chess piece is placed on the chessboard, tapped gently, like the sound of metal or stone.

……

Chapter Twenty-Seven: A Divine Move? Akira Touya's Ingenious Change of Strategy!

"star?"

Sai, looking down at the moves, pondered in his eyes and murmured to himself:

"First-hand star position... In Shusaku's time, very few people would place a bet like this..."

If we're talking about Kuroko, Sai still prefers the Komoku (or Komoku) area, as it was the main battleground for the struggle during the Heian period.

"Is it because of the changing times that the difference of five and a half points..."

Upon seeing Su Ran's move, the entire room fell silent.

Akira Touya gently picked up a white stone from the Go box, but hesitated to place it.

Su Ran sat upright, quietly waiting for Akira Touya to finish his long deliberation.

Time passed second by second.

"The first move..."

A man in a suit watching glanced at his watch: "The first move alone took almost two minutes..."

"That doesn't make sense; there are many places where you could place your pieces."

"Yeah, it's quite common to place your first unit in the star position, isn't it?"

"What is Xiao Liang looking for?"

"This child is under too much pressure."

The tense atmosphere and the hushed conversations made Hikaru Shindo feel somewhat depressed.

"Hey, Touya, what's wrong? This is only the first step, isn't it? Hurry up and get down."

Upon hearing this, Sai's expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed, "Um, Hikaru..."

Apart from Akira Toya and Su Ran at the table, and Kouyou Toya behind Akira Toya, everyone suddenly looked up and stared at Hikaru Shindo with unfriendly eyes.

"Keep your voice down, you brat."

"Damn it, playing chess requires thinking!"

"If you can't wait, get out!"

Feeling the immense pressure, Hikaru Shindo couldn't help but take two steps back and shut his mouth in frustration.

Akira Toya seemed not to hear Hikaru Shindo's urging, and he fell into a long period of deep thought.

"With the first move, I have many opportunities to play: the third column, fourth row, the small eye point, the fourth column, fourth row, another star point..."

"but……"

Akira Touya's eyes gleamed, and he finally made a decision. He picked up a white stone, his wrist hovering in the air, and gently tapped the stone down with his fingers.

"But... how can I be content to stop here?"

Hey!

A crisp sound of a piece being placed rang out.

The seventeenth row, the sixth column, the small flying hook!

……

"Huh, is this where I'm going?"

"Is this Xiaoliang's choice after much deliberation? It seems like... a very ordinary move."

"Yes, I often use the second step Xiaofei hook as well. He has handed the choice back to that boy named Su Ran."

"White remains silent, 'No matter what situation you intend to lead the game to, I will play along to the end.' Is this... what Xiao Liang wanted to convey to Su Ran?"

The crowd was buzzing with discussion and whispering.

The two players in the game seemed to be completely detached from the world, as if they knew nothing about it.

"You choose, Su Ran. Whether it's a protracted struggle or a fierce battle, I'll accompany you to the end. This is my answer to you, as someone determined to become a chess master!"

Akira looked up at Su Ran, waiting for him to make his move.

"I, Akira Touya, will not lose to you this time!"

Su Ran saw Akira Touya's choice and remained silent for a moment.

He was very familiar with this pattern.

In the past few days, the thing he has learned the most from the chess manuals left by his father is this standard opening move – the inverted lotus!

He didn't even turn on the emulator before picking up the black piece and slamming it down.

"Akira Touya, do you want to challenge me? Come on, since you've already issued the challenge, how could I possibly disappoint you!"

Sixteen rows, seven columns, pointed!

……

"This……"

"This is... a sharp point?"