The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

The little boy squinted his dark eyes and said in confusion, "I'm puzzled. I reached out and forcefully put the white chess piece into the chessboard, into the mouth of the black piece."

"It's not that it's impossible, but that if we play it this way, the black pieces will capture it," the middle-aged man said gently and carefully. He casually placed a black piece and then took out the white piece that was surrounded by four black pieces and put it in the cover.

"Lin Huan, do you see that? Go is a game like this. If you make a wrong move, your opponent will capture you, and if you're captured, you lose the game."

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No... Dad, you're wrong. Even if you eat that piece, I can't possibly lose the game now.

Moreover, if I could go back to that time, I would still make that move, that move that filled the black piece's mouth.

Because... I want to make that move... I think it's very interesting, do you understand? Dad... his long, light green hair swayed gently.

Why do I want to download... it's simply because I want to download, I just want to download here... it's fun, and I don't need anyone's approval.

Beep be ...

Ji Yingting's timer had entered the countdown phase, but... suddenly, her right hand gently picked up a white chess piece from the chess box.

An hour and a half... After a full hour and a half of deliberation, Ji Yingting finally picked up the chess piece again in the last five seconds!

“We’re going to be late, aren’t we…” Quan Shihui gently lifted her black bangs.

Hmm? She's smiling?

Quan Shihui suddenly widened her dark red eyes. The green-haired girl sitting opposite her, Ji Yingting, actually smiled a clear smile. Cute... very cute.

But it was more like a monster! The smile that came from Ji Yingting's lips was that of a monster... A chill ran through her heart.

Boom! A thunderstorm had been raging outside the window for a long time. Amidst the flashes of lightning and thunder, a huge bolt of lightning rang in their ears.

The white light from the lightning strike momentarily blinded everyone. Quan Shihui unconsciously covered his eyes with his hands.

The pink-haired girl who was sitting on the sidelines watching the game blinked and then suddenly frowned. What... is Ji Yingting finally going to make a move?

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Ji Yingting chuckled softly, her pale green moonlight eyes gradually narrowing into a thin slit. Two delicate, white fingers gripped the white chess piece tightly and slowly lifted it into the air, where a flash of emerald light appeared.

No… the dazzling blue light wasn't in her hand, but rather it covered the white chess piece—the blue chess piece!

The next second, the white chess piece she was holding in her right hand finally landed on the chessboard under the watchful eyes of the other two players…

Is that dark flower... truly flawless?

Is Black's massive, solid position truly indestructible?

pat...

The referee with long pink hair suddenly widened her pink eyes, staring incredulously at the white chess piece that Ji Yingting had just placed. "…………Nonsense!"

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A silent stillness... After several tens of seconds of stunned silence, Quan Shihui finally realized that he had not seen wrong... Ji Yingting really had left this place.

Is she serious?

Ji Yingting's move placed the piece between the two black pieces to the lower left of the black flower.

Is this the strongest move?

No, this is the most interesting move.

Chapter 209: Post-mortem

Splash splash ...

A light drizzle was falling outside the window, and Ji Qinghe got up and drew the curtains.

Group A is on the first floor, while Group B is in the basement of the chess academy. However, all the games over there have already ended... It's almost time for our game to end here, but Xiao Su Su said there's still one game left to play.

With an assistant... Ji Qinghe can now relax a bit on the sofa outside the venue.

Of course... in professional exams, the players themselves are responsible for counting the pieces. They are not beginners who have just learned Go, so they don't need the referee to help them set up the board.

"Ok?"

The next second, a stunningly beautiful girl with long, light green hair walked out of the venue, playing with her hair strands, which startled Ji Qinghe, who was sitting outside in a daze.

"Sakuraba? Does that mean she just finished? She was the last one down?"

Upon entering the venue, Ji Qinghe saw two women sitting quietly in front of a chessboard with black chess pieces that had not yet been put away.

Her black bangs covered her eyebrows... Quan Shihui kept her head down without saying a word, her teeth were clenched, her lips trembled slightly, and her hands unconsciously clenched.

"And the result?" Ji Qinghe asked, puzzled.

“White has won by one and a half points,” Ye Sulin, the referee’s assistant with long pink hair, said in a low voice. Although her pink eyes were fixed on the chessboard, they were slightly vacant.

Half a fist was placed at the junction of her chin and small mouth, and her pupils suddenly contracted.

"I see... White's move wasn't just to block Black's eye, but also to force Black into a foolish shape... It has thickness, but no shape, so the flower's effect can't be realized."

But how did she calculate such complex changes? One wrong move and she would be doomed. She... she really dared to make that move! How could she dare?

Ye Sulin muttered to herself, while the girl with long black Hime-style hair silently stood up, her black kimono cascading down the edge of the sofa to the floor.

With a whoosh, because Ji Yingting had already finished cleaning up the white chess pieces, the remaining black pieces on the chessboard were also easy to clean up. She held the black pieces in both hands and poured them into the chess box with a whoosh.

As if something urgent had happened, Quan Shihui immediately ran outside after regaining his senses.

"Su Lin, what happened to them?" Ji Qinghe frowned in confusion. With Ying Ting's strength, she shouldn't have taken this long to win, and she only won by one and a half points.

"God, the hand of God"...

"Ok?"

Hearing the pink-haired girl talking to herself, Ji Qinghe's eyes widened suddenly.

"No... I should say it's the craziest move, that would be more fitting for this game, hehe." She shook her long pink hair, a strange smile appearing on her cute face.

"Ah, Sister Qinghe, when did you come in... Shall we go out for dinner?"

Ji Qinghe sat down opposite Ye Sulin, showing no intention of leaving. "Wait... Sulin, how's the game going?"

"What a pity... Two people who had maintained an undefeated record were defeated today, and now only four people remain on a five-game winning streak."

"Ah, that's not what I was asking... I meant, what was the situation with this game? Could you review it?"

Um... a debriefing?

Ye Sulin was stunned for a moment. She scratched her long pink hair in distress. This matter was really not easy.

Reviewing a game... such a simple thing is only 1+1 difficulty for professional Go players... even having them review a game again a month later is not a big problem for them.

However, this was after they had read the entire game record once; they had to start from the first move.

If we start looking from the middle game... even the player with the best memory might not be able to completely set up the board.

“However… their initial board positions left a deep impression on me. Let’s give it a try,” Ye Sulin said with slight hesitation. Fortunately, Ji Yingting had thought about it for more than an hour beforehand.

While Ji Yingting was pondering the game, she was also trying to find a way out for the white pieces, but she couldn't see any way to win... so she still had a deep impression of the initial shape of the pieces.

With a white chess box in her left hand and a black chess box in her right, Ye Sulin began to place the chess pieces on the chessboard with a series of clattering sounds.

pat, pat, pat.

"Oh right, Qinghe-jie, I don't know the order."

"Hmm, it's okay... we can just set it up roughly," Ji Qinghe said, shaking his long, light green hair to indicate that he didn't care.

pat, pat.

"Huh, that's strange, is that how it is? Oh... I remember now!" Soon... Ye Sulin set up the chessboard that she had first seen with 90% accuracy, and after a few minor modifications, she finally perfectly recreated the chessboard that Ji Yingting had played against Quan Shihui.

Um! ? ?

At the same instant, Ji Qinghe's eyes widened suddenly, his green eyes narrowing slightly in disbelief.

"This...is this the shape Black has in the middle of the board? You're not kidding, are you?"

"No... I was shocked when I first saw it too. I really don't know how they played like that. Could it be that White lost a piece and it fell right into Black's jaws?"

"Losing a piece? That's unlikely." Ji Qinghe slowly shook his head. Many of the people who take the professional exam are about to become professional Go players. How could they possibly lose a piece?

They all deeply respected Go and their opponents, and would only pick up a Go stone with their hands when they were truly ready to place it.

However, amateur beginners are different; many of them have a bit of a handy habit.

Some players with poor sportsmanship like to dart around in the air, move their pieces randomly on the board, or make a rustling noise by putting their hands into the chess box.

"And then...you said White won by one and a half points? The player playing Black should have been on a winning streak before this game, right? What's White's next move?"

Even if Sakuraba's hidden skill is very strong... it's hard to imagine that she could ultimately win by one and a half points.

"White...she moved here!!"

With a gentle touch of his right hand, Ye Sulin picked up a white chess piece and placed it with a smile on the spot where Ji Yingting had previously placed a piece—a slightly dusty intersection.

As for why she was laughing... it was because she had already foreseen Ji Qinghe's shocked expression, just like the expressions on her and Quan Shihui's faces when they first saw Ji Yingting's move.

"Please wait a moment... Ji Yingting"

Shortly after Ji Yingting left the venue, Quan Shihui suddenly rushed over and called her name.

"Hmm? Is there something you need?"

Chapter 210: The Persistent Little Sister

"Beep be ...

Above the sky, a huge oval-shaped airship was spewing out white smoke as it moved forward at an incredible speed.

"How much longer until we arrive?" Sitting on the outside, the girl with long, light green hair gently tossed her green hair and asked, blinking her purple pupils slightly.

"No matter what the reason... I won't forgive you if you delay my dinner." Ji Yingting couldn't help but reach out and touch her little belly.

Honestly... why did I agree to what she said? I only ate a few bites of fries at noon.