The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

The pale green moonlight pupils were like fireflies on a moonlit night, incomparably beautiful.

"Hitomi, what's wrong with her... Sakuraba-nee, is she having so much trouble falling?"

Luo Zhuyu and Hua Shenxi both looked toward An Ruotong's position. With a flick of her blood-red sleeves, her entire body seemed to be burning with red flames, colliding wildly with the storm surrounding Ji Yingting.

"What is this, a chess move?" Ji Bingyuan, who had just put away the chess pieces, stared blankly at the scene.

"The chess position is completely liberated..."

A woman with long blue hair looked at the chess game on the big screen and spoke calmly. She was Chu Kuangxi, the dean of the Yongyue City Professional Chess Academy. For the chess players on the moon, this was still a hidden piece of information. Her deep blue eyes were slightly serious.

Splash...

Nine jade-green fox tails seemed to slowly extend from behind Ji Yingting, and her right hand transformed into a jade-green cat paw, holding a white chess piece as it slowly fell.

“An Ruotong, you have indeed become very strong, I acknowledge that you are my opponent… but I will win this game.”

"..."

"You think the Crane's Leg Stretch is an absolute first move... You've got the order of finishing moves wrong."

With her pale green, moonlit eyes narrowed, Ji Yingting spoke softly.

Reverse collection:

When considering a reverse attack, one should first analyze the distribution of the remaining endgame pieces and calculate the value of the first endgame piece. If the score of the reverse attack is greater than the value of the first endgame piece, then the reverse attack is advantageous; otherwise, it is disadvantageous.

Endgame for both sides:

Regardless of where either side plays, it's a finishing move that's considered a "double-sided finishing move," and it's the lowest-value finishing move.

Endgame with the second move:

The endgame move by the second player means that, apart from the benefit of the move itself, even if the opponent does not respond, there is no second benefit for the second player to play. Therefore, the opponent can choose not to respond and the second player can resign.

First move endgame:

The first move in the endgame means that, in addition to the benefit of the move itself, if the opponent does not respond, it also has the means to gain a greater benefit in the next move, so the opponent has no choice but to respond.

The crane stretching its leg was indeed a winning move in the endgame, in most cases... However, Ji Yingting simply put down the white piece in her hand.

She gently closed her pale purple eyes. If she had responded to the Crane's Leg Stretch move, I would have lost two points as the second player, and the second-line clamp on the right half of the board would also have been a forcing endgame move for me.

Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip.

If I ignore the crane's outstretched leg and instead choose to use the second route to attack, and she chooses to respond, I will gain three and a half points first.

If I don't respond to the Crane God Leg move, I will lose another six and a half points with her next 22 small knuckles. If she doesn't respond to the second-line clamp, she will lose more than eight points with my next second-line small jump... Therefore, I definitely have the initiative with the second-line clamp.

Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip.

The timer continued to chime, and Ji Yingting's long, light green hair swayed gently in the air.

If I play the second-line clamp first, and then respond with the Crane's Leg Spread, I will gain three points as the second player, putting me at a five-and-a-half-point disadvantage. I don't have much time left...

Drip, drip, drip, drip~~~~~~~~

With a long echo, many people narrowed their eyes slightly. This sound indicated that Ji Yingting had less than three seconds left. If she did not make a move immediately, she would lose due to timeout.

*Snap!* In an instant, a jade-green cat paw gripped a white chess piece and slammed it onto the chessboard. Ji Yingting quickly tapped the timer.

Um!!??

Many chess players watching the game were stunned at the same time, and Ji Hongying closed her eyes and pondered deeply, taking a deep breath.

Cui Jinlie looked at Ji Yingting's move and muttered to himself indifferently.

"In those brief thirty seconds, her mind processed at least fifty moves of variations and incredibly detailed endgame calculations. She's a truly terrifying woman..."

"That way, your lead has gone from five and a half points to two and a half points..."

Ji Yingting gently tossed her long, bluish-green hair and pointed at An Ruotong with her jade-colored cat paw.

"..." An Ruotong's expression turned slightly somber. Looking into Ji Yingting's pale green moonlight eyes, a slight wavering began to creep into her heart.

"Impossible, I can't possibly lose..." Her blood-red eyes swirled, and she swiftly placed a black piece down. She still had the advantage... she still had the advantage!! The endgame was beginning; if she just persevered and played these last few dozen moves, she would win! She would achieve victory!!

Tears streamed from her blood-red eyes as An Ruotong placed a black chess piece.

She... really did her best, giving it her all.

She is very strong, that's a fact, and she does indeed have a few points of advantage.

You see, many players have gained an advantage over Ji Yingting in the opening and middle game, but... only she has managed to fight until the endgame and still maintain that lead! Only An Ruotong has done it!!

"I want to win, I really want to win!! Not just for Hongying-nee and Sakuraba-nee, but for myself too!"

Is it really that difficult to win a game of chess?

Pat, pat, pat, pat.

"If you're really at your wit's end, just smile at her..."

Suddenly, a strange voice appeared in An Ruotong's mind, spoken by a little girl with long purple hair.

At this point, An Ruotong couldn't remember who had said those words to her, but... her heart seemed to have been redeemed, and her blurred vision gradually returned to normal.

“Sakuraba-nee-san…”

Suddenly, An Ruotong's long black hair lifted slightly, and she smiled gently at Ji Yingting.

boom!!!!

In that instant, time seemed to stand still, and Ji Yingting's pale green moonlight eyes suddenly became blank.

Unseen by anyone, a purple shadow was swelling from An Ruotong's body, growing wildly.

"That's right, that's exactly it... smiles are contagious."

Standing not far behind An Ruotong, a girl with long purple hair murmured softly.

Although she hadn't expected An Ruotong's chess skills to be so strong, and that she was only forced to do this by Ji Yingting at the last moment, it didn't matter anymore, the outcome was already decided.

“My chess move, Devil’s Smile, is just a legendary chess move,” Ji Wanying chuckled softly.

"!!!!!!"

In an instant, a fiery red inferno enveloped Ji Yingting. Before her stood An Ruotong's smile, like a terrifying inner demon, and immense fear filled Ji Yingting's heart.

The darkness I feared most, the loneliness I dreaded most, all flooded my mind, leaving me feeling helpless, cowardly, delusional, and insignificant.

Sorrow, pity... all that remained in Ji Yingting's eyes was endless darkness, and the starry sky gradually faded away.

"Ah..." Ji Yingting murmured softly as her slender hands gently covered the top of her green head.

I'm so sad, so painful, so heartbroken, I just want to... die.

"Ugh..." Ji Yingting's cherry-like lips were tightly closed, and immense despair filled her heart.

At the same time, Shang Gongying's orange eyes widened suddenly. She could feel her chess moves being peeled away from Ji Yingting little by little. The nine jade-green fox tails disappeared instantly, and the cat, whose chess moves had been unleashed, began to shrink little by little...

She shrank from the size of the Nine-Tailed Jade Shield Cat to the size of the Ice Shield War Cat, then back to the size of the Ice Cat Devouring the Moon, and then to the size of the Frosty Forgiveness Cat... Finally, even the ice on the cat's body disappeared little by little, turning into her most original chess position, the Forgiveness Cat.

Is there something wrong with the Go player Ji Yingting?

Seeing Ji Yingting slumped over the table with her hands covering her head, the staff almost wanted to come over and stop the match.

However... the next moment, something shocking happened!!

Suddenly, Ji Yingting's long, bluish-green hair began to shorten little by little, and her body gradually shrank...

The dark blue sleeves of the robe were too large for her arms, and her beautiful face made her look like a child of about seven years old. The size of the clothes she was wearing was completely beyond her own body size.

Ji Yingting... in just a few seconds, she actually transformed from a fifteen-year-old teenage girl into a toddler of about seven years old?

The chess players stared blankly at this scene. Did she possess a chess formation similar to the King's Throne Liu Tianmen, capable of making them younger?

The young girl, Ji Yingting, was only a little over 1.3 meters tall. Her pale purple eyes were tightly closed, and her small body, almost wrapped in a dark blue Taoist robe, struggled weakly.

"Phew, it worked?" An Ruotong stared blankly at the scene. Ji Yingting had actually turned into a little girl. How could she play chess like this?

Drip, drip, drip, drip.

The timer was almost finished ringing... The seemingly unattainable victory had actually been within my grasp?

"Don't worry, this change will only last for a month... Of course, she might not have a chance to participate in the Scorpio Cup."

"No chance to participate in the Scorpio Cup?" An Ruotong was secretly delighted. Perhaps this was a very cruel thing for Ji Yingting.

But in fact, it was Ji Hongying's best plan. As long as Ji Yingting was kept out of Ji Xuehuang's sight for the time being, everything would be fine once Hongying obtained Ji Xuehuang's position as the Chess Saint.

"Waaah!" The little girl Ji Yingting, transformed into a young girl, cried out softly. It seemed as if a heart appeared in the eyes of all the chess players present, and they frantically took pictures of the little girl Ji Yingting.

"So cute!!" Her fair and tender face, and her waist-length light green hair, made her stunningly beautiful face appear even more beautiful. She was so sad because the clothes were too big, and she was about to be crushed... she was suffocating, sob sob sob.

"I'm sorry, Sakuraba-nee... I'm going to deliver the final blow now."

An Ruotong suppressed her pity for Ji Yingting, and countless fiery red arms fell wildly from the sky, heading straight for the green cat that was only the size of a planet.

However, at that moment, something unexpected happened...

Then, Xiao Ji Yingting finally peeked out from under her big clothes. The cute little girl with long, light green hair gently picked up a white chess piece and quickly placed it down.

Boom!! As the smoke cleared, An Ruotong's blood-red eyes widened in shock. She saw that a thousand fiery red arms had been easily blocked by a single finger of the cyan-green cat. The barrier created by that single cyan-green finger had blocked an attack from a chess formation that was a thousand times more numerous and tens of thousands of times larger than her!

Forgive Cat used a tiny little finger to create a huge turquoise shield that blocked out the entire starry sky.

A pair of pale purple starry eyes slowly opened, and the young girl Ji Yingting shook her long, light green hair as she looked at her opponent.

.....................

I... was originally a monster, both in my past life and this one.

I could have easily defeated the King, but seeing how old he was and how hard he was trying, I felt sorry for him, so I gave him two games. Otherwise, I would have been the King long ago, and I wouldn't have had to wait until the fifth round to be killed by the earthquake.

A leopard can't change its spots, and little Ji Yingting grew up day by day.

I... just learned to hide, because the original me was a real monster.

Her long, light green hair was blown by the breeze. Because she couldn't reach the chessboard, Xiao Ji Yingting gently stood up from the sofa.

Growing up means returning to the ordinary, returning to the masses, no longer being special.

Growing up means becoming an ordinary person, even if I am not ordinary in the eyes of others.

The me I was as a child was the real me, my true nature, my origin, my... fear.

Today... you have the good fortune to summon a monster, Miss An Ruotong.