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

Chapter Fifty-Five: The Most Brutal Battle! A Match Where Life and Death Are Unpredictable!

Inside the chess room.

Akira Touya stared intently at Hikaru Shindo, his mind flashing back to the scenes of their previous battle.

"He must have foreseen this move!"

"And Kato-senpai couldn't possibly have missed the fact that Kuroko had the 'pounce' counter-move! Since senpai has left the town, it means he has other methods to counter the pounce!"

"Has Hikaru Shindo... also foreseen a more profound move?"

Sometimes, the game of chess doesn't just happen on the chessboard!

Conversely, the real game of chess takes place where no one can see it!

In the minds of both players, they had already made more than a dozen moves!

On this chessboard, which no one but the two players can see, lies a world of deceit, intrigue, and scheming!

Back to the game of chess.

Akira Touya and his classmates didn't make much noise, and it couldn't disturb the two players in the middle of the game.

After a long period of stagnation, the cosmos in his mind finally gave Hikaru Shindo guidance once again.

There?

Hikaru Shindo stared at a point on the Go board, then reached into the Go box, the cold touch of the Go piece traveling from his fingertips into his heart.

Hikaru Shindo picked up a black stone and looked at the Go board.

Then.

Under everyone's gaze, Hikaru Shindo's wrist was raised high, his hand seemingly descending from the Milky Way!

Snapped!

The chess piece is placed!

But this move was not the "pounce" that Akira Touya had suggested.

Instead—eight columns and ten rows, charge!

As the chess piece fell, a dazzling light shot into the sky!

……

"It broke off?"

Upon seeing this move, Akira Touya couldn't help but gasp, a look of shock appearing on his face.

The others were also stunned.

"Ok?"

Kato Masao's expression finally changed slightly as he looked down at the chessboard.

Soon, everyone recovered from their shock and started discussing it.

"It's broken through, didn't Hikaru Shindo notice that move was a poker move?"

"It seems we really didn't notice... But that's normal, since if Akira Touya hadn't reminded us, we probably wouldn't have even dreamed of that move, right?"

"As expected, among our younger generation, Akira Touya's Go skills are still the most profound! This Hikaru Shindo who suddenly appeared, although he was fortunate enough to be noticed by 8-dan Kato, in terms of Go talent alone... he is really far inferior to Akira Touya!"

"What a pity. I was hoping to see how Kato 8-dan would react if Shindo Hikaru made that move... But now it seems that due to the huge difference in skill between the two, Kato 8-dan won't give Shindo Hikaru the chance to make that move at all!"

Some students shook their heads with regret, muttering to themselves.

"However, since the decision to break through has been made, the situation is now developing exactly as Kato 8-dan hoped."

Someone asked, "Aren't you curious about what ingenious killing technique Kato-senpai used to painstakingly guide the game into a situation where each side attacks one flank?"

"That's true." Upon hearing this, the person next to him nodded in agreement.

Hikaru Shindo's charge was a move to engage in a fierce battle with Masao Kato, with each side attacking one of his flanks!

The situation where each side attacks one flank is always the most dangerous and intense. The contest between the two sides is not just about chess skills, but also about insight!

In this situation, it is necessary to quickly weigh the pros and cons. Even seasoned professional chess players find it difficult to make a completely correct judgment in a short period of time.

In this battle of attacking each other's flanks, speed is especially important; whoever captures the opponent's position first wins!

However, we cannot focus solely on speed, which could lead to isolated advances, while simultaneously maintaining the main force's progress.

Therefore, this is a situation that most chess players would never want to see!

Hikaru Shindo's decisive move was precisely this kind of path.

Therefore, the only explanation is that Hikaru Shindo did not discover the only move that could save him from certain death—the move that could be played!

Listening to the discussions around him, Akira Touya remained silent, his gaze fixed intently on the Go board.

"That's not how it is!"

"That's absolutely not true!"

Akira Toya gritted his teeth, staring at Hikaru Shindo sitting opposite Masao Kato.

"Are you kidding me!"

"There's absolutely no way that Hikaru Shindo didn't notice the 'filler' move!"

Akira Touya's mind flashed back to the last time he played against Hikaru Shindo, and Hikaru's earth-shattering jump!

In that game, he managed to hold on until move 99 under Hikaru Shindo's onslaught.

But he only realized it after the game was over.

original.

The method of death, so precise down to the ninety-ninth move, was something the opponent had already arranged for him when he jumped on the eighteenth move!

Hikaru Shindo...

And Su Ran...

they.

They all possess the formidable skill to manipulate themselves with ease!

The reason why Akira Touya was able to see this "filling" move in this game was because he suddenly remembered Hikaru Shindo's jump move last time!

That move was nothing short of divine – the jump!

And at this very moment.

The "pounce" in this game was far less difficult to detect than the "jump" in that game!

If the poking move in this game was a good move, then the jumping move in that game was a move of divine skill!

With a single move, he controlled the entire game's trajectory. Before encountering Hikaru Shindo and Su Ran, Akira Touya wouldn't have dared to even consider such an absurd and bizarre idea!

That's no ordinary chess strategy design.

Instead.

A complete and utter domination from every aspect, from the very beginning of the game—

A powerful move!

"How could someone capable of that leap not see the presence of this dive!?"

Hikaru Shindo naturally couldn't hear Akira Touya's inner question, and even if he had, he wouldn't have answered it.

However, this move was indeed one of the many choices given by the chessboard universe after it had been operating, among the points where Shindo Hikaru's eyes shone the brightest.

Although a downward lunge can also illuminate the starlight in that area, it is far inferior to this breakthrough!

therefore.

Even though he knew that Kato Masao wanted to create a situation where each side attacked one flank, Shindo Hikaru still chose to trust his intuition and made the decision to break through without hesitation!

Without a doubt, since Kato Masao deliberately led the black stones into a counterattack, then at this point in the game, Kato Masao must have had a response that he had been keeping hidden for a long time!

A player with exceptional chess sense will face off against a 9-dan professional in the most direct confrontation yet!

"Come on, Kato-sensei!"

Hikaru Shindo raised his head and looked at Masao Kato. For the first time, he felt a surge of honor that a true Go player should have!

"Isn't this... exactly the situation you wanted?"

"And my intuition tells me that this is the shape it has been longing for!"

Kato Masao stared at Shindo Hikaru's move that cut through the defenses on the Go board, and remained silent for a moment.

Although he did want to steer the game into an offensive phase, he never expected it to go so smoothly.

Before this step, he had actually seen the step that Akira Touya had mentioned, and he already had a plan in mind!

However, Shindo Mitsuo walked right into the lion's den, actively cooperating with him to break through the enemy's isolated forces and penetrate deep into Kuroko's territory, which was completely unexpected.

It's like striking with all your might, only to land on a piece of light, fluffy cotton.

It instantly gave him a sense of bewilderment, as if he had no strength left to use!

but.

In any case, the game did indeed develop into the situation he had anticipated.

at last.

Kato Masao reached into the Go box again and picked out a Go piece!

The chess pieces clicked as they went into the chess box.

Then, Kato Masao's withered hand, which was holding the chess piece, slammed down from mid-air!

Eight columns and thirteen rows, so long!

As soon as the white piece was placed, it was like a hungry tiger, opening its blood-red maw and revealing its incredibly sharp fangs, ready to bite the black piece's sinews and bones!

A fierce battle with life and death uncertainties has finally begun!

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