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

The entire room fell silent.

The chess fans surrounding the area were all dumbfounded!

"He...he...he jumped!"

"Jump...why? Why choose to jump here?"

"Is he crazy?"

"The black pieces clearly have the advantage! Why are they jumping? I don't understand!"

"Such a large area of ​​black spots, doesn't he want them anymore?"

"This young man from China has finally made a mistake. Take him down, Xiao Liang!"

Upon seeing Su Ran finally make his move, Akira Touya couldn't help but lean forward slightly and stand up a little.

"Jump!! Jump! Seven out of fifteen, jump!"

Akira Touya muttered to himself, unable to believe his eyes, but Su Ran had indeed placed a black stone at position 7/15.

"He's responding to me; the hater jumped in response to my sharp finger!"

The black pieces on the crisscrossing chessboard resembled stars in the Milky Way.

"Jump……"

Touya Kouhiro remained silent, gently lowering his eyes.

"Mr. Su Yuan said this child is a genius, and it really is."

"Jump, a wild and imaginative idea."

"The chess world today may need this kind of fresh vitality..."

He understood Su Ran's move.

"But, if we make this move, won't we face a fierce attack from Xiao Liang? Su Ran, are you confident enough to take such a risky step? Are you a gambler, or do you have victory in your grasp?"

No one expected Su Ran to take this step, including Fujiwara Sai.

"Seven out of fifteen, shall we jump?"

Sai gripped his folding fan tightly, his expression serious, his brows slightly furrowed.

……

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Encirclement from All Sides! That terrifying, abyssal computing power!

"It's unbelievable that he actually placed his twentieth move on the 7th of 15 jumps."

"There are clearly better moves. If we continue to surround and suppress the white pieces, we can at least secure a win, if not a quick one."

"To jump... how much courage does that take?"

Hikaru Shindo was somewhat confused and asked, "Sai, is it not okay to jump down like this?"

"can."

Sai nodded slightly, saying succinctly, "But there's no need."

"Unnecessary?"

Sai explained, "No one would play Go like that, Hikaru. Look, just now, the white stone's point was intended to encircle the large black group, but black chose to jump instead..."

"In other words, this whole patch of black stones has lost its vitality."

Hikaru Shindo nodded.

He knew what "liberties" meant. In the Go training class, the teacher had explained that each Go stone has four directions that can extend outwards, which are the liberties of that stone.

If a piece is surrounded by enemies on all four points, then the piece has no liberties and is dead.

Then, the player needs to remove the piece from the board.

In Go, this process is called capturing.

"Then Sai, why didn't Su Ran-kun want such a large black area? He could have easily escaped Akira Touya's counterattack just now, right?"

Sai smiled and said, "Hikaru, you've only been learning Go for a week, and you've already noticed?"

“That’s right, Hikaru.”

Sai stood behind Su Ran, his deep gaze sweeping across the smoke-filled battlefield.

"If Hei Zi is willing to sacrifice so much effort, he must have something in mind."

"What is it that makes Kuroko willing to pay the price of losing a key town to still settle here?"

"And what is it that allows the black pieces, having lost half their territory, to still have the confidence to stand on equal footing with the white pieces? Hikaru, can you figure it out?"

Hikaru Shindo thought for a moment, but had no clue what to do, and shook his head dejectedly.

"speed!"

Sai's expression was serious, and his words were firm and resolute!

"Xiao Guang, speed is a very important thing. Go is like a battlefield. Xiao Guang, there is a military book in the Tang Dynasty called 'The Art of War' by Sun Tzu."

In his chapter on military strategy, it says: "Its speed is like the wind, its stillness like the forest, its attack like fire, its immovability like a mountain, its unknowability like the shadows, and its movement like thunder."

"The so-called sacrifice of a pawn to gain momentum, that momentum is the speed of the pawn's strength!"

Hikaru Shindo seemed to understand, but didn't quite, and nodded.

"This young man from China named Su Ran gave up a promising black piece in order to gain speed in the top right corner. Was it really worth it?"

Sai looked down at the entire Go board with his eyes lowered.

"Young man from the land of China, I can't wait to play a game of chess with you."

"Your wildly imaginative ideas... are really quite interesting!"

After a while, Akira Touya finally calmed down.

With trembling hands, he picked up a white chess piece from the chess box.

"Su Ran-jun... since you've delivered this promising black ball right to my doorstep, if I don't dare to take it, wouldn't I just become a laughingstock?"

A strange light shone in Akira Touya's eyes. His wrist hovered in the air, his fingers drooped slightly, and the white stone fell!

Snapped.

A crisp sound.

"Come on, let's compete in speed and strength, and in power and influence!"

The earth is arranged in sixteen rows and nine columns!

Xiao Fei!

Despite the pressure emanating from Akira Touya, Su Ran remained calm and gently placed her piece.

Fifteen rows and eleven columns, split into two.

……

"His talent is too obvious..."

"I haven't seen such a wonderful game of chess in many years."

"I'm not even daring to breathe anymore, this inexplicable pressure..."

"Who do you think is better or worse right now, Mr. Gu Dian?"

"It's hard to say. Black has the advantage, while White has more pieces... All I can say is that this is a thrilling and intense battle, and no one dares to make any definitive judgments until the very last moment."

"Overall, White has a slight advantage, right? After all, White has a lot more pieces."

Mr. Gu Tian, ​​who was watching the game from the sidelines, nodded. The player with the highest skill level among the Go fans watching the game was said to be an amateur 9-dan.

Seeing Mr. Gu Dian nod, the chess fans breathed a sigh of relief.

"I knew Xiao Liang would win."

"Last time, I must have underestimated them, right?"

"I can also see that the white pieces are now firmly in their positions, as immovable as a mountain. As long as they maintain their advantage of having more pieces, they will definitely win."

Mr. Gu Dian remained silent and offered no rebuttal.

"They're right. As long as we hold our ground, the white pieces are practically invincible. The black pieces' move was just too risky."

"But what's going on? The black pieces are relentlessly attacking, almost seizing every opportunity. The white pieces clearly have the advantage, but at this moment, they can only be forced to defend, and are in a state of chaos!"

"Heizi is leaving no room for maneuver; it seems he has victory in his grasp."

"Mr. Furuta fell into deep thought during this game of chess."

He admitted that the two twelve-year-old boys sitting in the chair were likely far superior to him in terms of chess skills!

……

"Xiao Guang".

Sai spoke softly, "You should watch this game carefully."

Hikaru Shindo was a little confused: "Eh, me?"

Sai nodded seriously, and seeing Su Ran place another black stone, he explained to Hikaru Shindo, "In this game, both sides are innovating and seeking change. They are only trying to play the most exciting game!"

"What an exciting feeling..."

Sai closed his eyes, filled with emotion: "Many years ago, countless masters challenged me. They, like these two young men, were full of brilliant ideas, all for the sake of playing the most exciting game!"

……

At this moment, the crowd began to stir.

"That boy named Su Ran has broken down, and he has started a new round of attacks!"

"Yes, just now they were fighting in the left star position, and now they've placed pieces in the fourth and fifth rows, cutting off his attacks. His attacks are relentless."

"They're giving Xiao Liang almost no room to breathe..."

"Stay calm, Xiao Liang, give him a warning look."