The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

"Haha, just kidding, you'll definitely win!"

"Huh? Why?"

“Because I heard that the people of Yongyue City are very weak!! So there must be people even weaker than you!! {I can’t believe there are kids even weaker than you}” Ji Yingting covered her mouth and added softly.

"Hmm, that makes sense! But hoping for a weak opponent doesn't seem like a good mindset, sigh!... Wait a minute, Sakuraba-senpai, were you just making fun of me?!"

"Huh?" Ji Yingting shook her head in confusion, denying it, "I didn't badmouth you. You've always been weak, haven't you?"

"Yes... I'm weak, I've always been weak."

Xin Yufei lowered her head, her two delicate hands intertwined as she played with her black hair.

Her black hair had grown quite long without her noticing, and it was already barely reaching her shoulders.

"Although you are weak, but..."

Ji Yingting quietly placed her hand on her black bangs and gently rubbed them as she spoke slowly.

You are very strong today.

"Huh?" Xin Yufei raised her head, her gray pupils slowly widening. What she saw was Ji Yingting's incredibly beautiful pale purple starry eyes beneath her green willow eyebrows.

Her pale purple starry eyes were crystal clear, as if they could see the whole world. Her voice was very gentle, and her little hand stroking my hair was very warm.

“You are strong today, so from today onwards you will always be strong,” Ji Yingting said, stroking her hair.

Am I strong today?

Xin Yufei was stunned. Her vision was only focused on Ji Yingting's wisp of green hair, which was being blown by the breeze outside the car window.

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"Next, please have the team leaders from each school come up to the stage to draw lots."

The long and tedious opening ceremony finally came to an end, and a young man dressed fairly formally stood on the stage to announce it.

"Sakuraba, do you need me to draw a gacha for you?"

Wang Xi turned around and asked.

"Okay, thank you for your help."

Ji Yingting nodded in agreement, saying that even if she wanted to go up and draw lots, she wouldn't be able to see the number plates!

"Splash, splash, splash, splash"

At the same time, more than thirty people, including the main leaders of various middle schools, left their seats.

Wang Xi stood up relatively late, leaving only three people behind her. As she walked onto the stage, she slowly reached her arm into the basket.

"There are only four number plates left anyway, I can just pick one randomly, right?" Wang Xi thought to herself, her arm groping haphazardly inside the basket.

A few seconds later, she casually picked up the number plate that was on top of the stack.

"Let me see, hmm, number 33."

After receiving the number plate, Wang Xi immediately handed it to the young man in charge of recording.

"Minghai Middle School is number 33, and their first match is against Jinyuan Middle School, number 34."

The young man nodded, turned around, and wrote the three characters "Ming Hai Ji" below number 33 on the large blackboard.

The first round of the draw was over, and as Wang Xi and the last few people walked off the stage, the entire blackboard on the stage with the game schedule written on it was clearly displayed to everyone.

"Tch, our first opponent is Minghai Ji? One of last year's quarterfinalists?"

Not far behind Ji Yingting and the others, a short, ugly monkey with bared teeth snorted coldly in displeasure.

"So, Commander, do you want to use that move?"

"Hmph, anyway, it would be too embarrassing to be eliminated in the first round."

"So what if they were in the top eight last year? Their roster is completely different from last year's!"

Chapter 32: Imitation Chess

Her underwear seemed to be stuck in the seam of her skirt! Ji Yingting finally managed to pull her underwear off with great difficulty.

"Hey, how long does one person have to use the timer?"

Holding up her short skirt, Ji Yingting sat down and gently patted Lin Hao's shoulder on her right.

"Huh? It's 45 minutes?"

Lin Hao replied, somewhat flattered.

"OK, thanks"

Ji Yingting narrowed her eyes slightly, revealing only a sliver of pale purple pupils between her brows.

It would be too strange to ask the other party to verbally give her location in such a public place... Therefore, Ji Yingting decided not to let her opponents know that she was blind throughout the entire junior high school league match.

Just let people from other middle schools think of her as someone with squinty eyes.

Minghai Ji's first opponent was Jinyuan Middle School. Soon after, her five opponents, all wearing khaki school uniforms, took their seats.

"Oh? Minghai Ji's commander is a great beauty, but is there something wrong with her eyes? Can't she open them?"

A very ugly dwarf sat down opposite Ji Yingting. He was stunned for a few seconds before slowly coming back to his senses.

"Commander, you must be careful!! Long, green hair, a goddess-like face, and terrifying squinty eyes!! Her strength must be incredible!! Upon closer inspection, she's practically the stats of those great demon kings from anime!"

Slightly different from the commander, the member sitting in the deputy commander's position was a cute boy who was also somewhat short but had a very delicate appearance. He put his hand next to the commander's ear and whispered a reminder.

"you shut up!"

After being reprimanded by his commander, the handsome young man turned around with a somewhat aggrieved expression and began to carefully observe his opponent, a seemingly unremarkable man with a buzz cut.

"Lieutenant General, Lieutenant General!"

"Hmm? Zhongjian, is there anything you need to report to me?"

Just then, he suddenly felt someone nudging him with their arm.

"What I want to say is, whether it's the big boss or the main character, we're just random players who're guaranteed to be eliminated in the first round, so we don't need to care at all!"

The passerby sitting in the middle of the row said with distress.

"Shut up!" he shouted, mimicking the general's tone.

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"Hey, what's going on over there? What's all the noise about? If you cause any more trouble, get out."

As the patrolling referee approached, the students from Jinyuan Middle School immediately shut their mouths and waited patiently for the match to begin.

Being warned once is fine, but it would be embarrassing to be kicked out of the venue by the referee.

Soon, Ji Yingting guessed black first, and in order, Lin Hao, Wang Xi, Xin Yufei, Zhao Xiao, and others guessed white, black, and black respectively.

"Hmm, he really is rather unattractive."

Ji Yingting narrowed her purple starry eyes slightly and reached out to take the black chess piece box from the chessboard.

But even putting aside his appearance, why was he always grinning so lewdly?

Ji Yingting was somewhat puzzled. Her opponent seemed to be overjoyed, as if a happy event had suddenly occurred to his home. His small eyes rolled as he stared at the chessboard, and a sinister smile occasionally appeared on his lips.

This lewd posture made her slightly uneasy, and a greenish-blue ahoge (cowlick) stood up from her hair.

【Star position】Pat.

"It would be better if this round ended quickly..." she prayed silently.

Ji Yingting held a black piece in her right hand and gently placed it onto the chessboard.

Pat, pat, pat, pat.

Um? ?

After a few moves, Ji Yingting suddenly froze.

Is this... "Imitation Chess"?

Ji Yingting slowly lowered his right hand, which he was about to raise. Although there were only six pieces on the chessboard for the time being, it was too early to judge whether he was playing a copy chess game.

However... her opponent didn't think at all. As soon as she made a move, he would follow her and move to the opposite corner of the black board.

Therefore, Ji Yingting judged based on the speed at which the opponent placed their pieces.

pat, pat.

To verify her guess, Ji Yingting rubbed her light green hair and then casually placed a chess piece down.

Sure enough, the opponent also made a quick move, and the white and black pieces on the board became completely symmetrical.

Are you sure you want to play imitation chess with me...?

"How interesting," Ji Yingting covered her mouth and chuckled softly, her willow-leaf eyebrows furrowing tightly as her pale purple starry eyes gradually closed.

She laughed, not because the other person's imitation game was childish, but because she felt a sense of nostalgia.

Many professional chess players play imitation games... However, once they feel that their opponent has made a bad move, they will immediately change their approach to turn the situation into an advantage, which is also a kind of opening strategy.

Because of the current komi (komi), it's theoretically impossible for Black to win in a mimicry game; one tengen (center point) isn't worth 7 points.

Imitation chess, as the name suggests, is about imitating someone else's moves and playing perfectly symmetrical moves. After the implementation of the komi system, if White plays imitation chess, it is very difficult for Black to win if Black cannot solve the puzzle.

"However... playing imitation chess is a cowardly act... because doing so is tantamount to admitting that your opponent is stronger than you, isn't it?"

She murmured to herself in a voice no one could hear.

In the starry sky, a pale green moonlight slowly emerged, like a green longbow about to be drawn into a crescent shape.

Ji Yingting instantly opened her pale green moonlight eyes, her long turquoise hair cascading down under the night sky, dancing beautifully and scattering stardust.

boom!!

The captain of Jinyuan Middle School slowly widened his small eyes. Under his incredulous expression, a shooting star accompanied by a gorgeous beam of moonlight descended from the starry sky.

"Hey, hey, hey, am I seeing things?"

His expression was somewhat dazed as he stared at the black stone, unable to look away.