The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

Private Go academies [Many older, high-ranking amateur Go players serve as academies, recruiting students. These academies make up the majority in the Go world; it's relatively rare for professional Go players to open private academies.]

Chapter 331: The Strongest Receptionist

"Awoo..."

As the sun set, a girl in a blue and white school uniform, carrying a small backpack, yawned and pushed open her bedroom door.

The long-haired girl's hair color was somewhat strange; the left side was completely white, while the right side was completely black.

Her desk was covered with chess-related materials, but... now there were several Go magazines scattered on her bed.

On the chessboard, there was also a Go magazine called "Selected Excellent Go Games", as well as the game records that had been set up yesterday.

Two months ago, in the "Seven Star Cup" match, Luo Youjun (Black) was a professional 8-dan player, while Shui Tingyue (White) was a professional 9-dan player.

"White won by two and a half points," Bai Chang'an said in a low voice, somewhat surprised, after finishing the game record that hadn't been completed yesterday.

In this game, Black had the advantage throughout the early and middle stages.

And then... this is the last one, right?

To learn Go... she hasn't touched a chess piece for several months.

Although she has been called a super prodigy in the chess world in recent years... she will probably be able to step into the professional arena soon.

However, without realizing it, she hadn't been to the chess academy for a long time, and instead had been studying Go game records.

She once switched to learning chess just to escape that person, to escape her...

Splash...

She turned to the last page of the magazine, and at the same time... a gust of wind rushed in from outside the window, violently whipping up the girl's long black and white hair.

[Professional Assessment: Shang Gongying vs. Ji Yingting...]

Professional assessment...

Upon seeing these four words, Bai Chang'an was slightly taken aback, his eyes widening.

Becoming a professional Go player—was that person's long-held goal?

Her older sister... Bai Yongye.

That person was different from me from birth... Her innate talent was something I couldn't understand.

Can I really beat my sister through hard work?

She... just doesn't know why she wants to relearn Go, or what she wants to gain from it?

However, she felt like she had heard the name Ji Yingting somewhere before.

She picked up a chess piece with her fingers and began... studying the game records.

Snap, snap, snap, snap...

One by one, the chess pieces were placed on the chessboard, but... after placing a few pieces, she couldn't place any more.

Her slender fingers trembled slightly, and the petite girl shook incessantly, her long black and white hair swaying back and forth.

The previous game records were too far below her skill level to make her feel this way.

And now, the chess game she is setting up... the two of them were also amateur chess players not long ago, just like her.

A strong feeling of palpitations washed over her, as if a pair of enormous arms were gripping her heart, which pounded incessantly.

This... is Go.

Tick, tick, tick.

A few glistening tears slid down her cheeks... without her noticing.

She seemed to understand what the senior student named Xin Yufei had said to her that day.

Is this the answer she's been searching for all along?

In the starry sky, it was as if a chessboard was displayed before him, with the figures of two girls sitting on either side.

Her orange eyes shone brightly, and her dark hair obscured the moon.

In that instant, their chess scores... gave Bai Chang'an a strange sense of dread.

For a chess player capable of producing such a game record.

Talent? Hard work? It's all so ridiculous...

"I was too obsessed with surpassing my older sister; in my eyes, there has always only been her."

Bai Chang'an wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and muttered to himself.

But in their eyes, there was only the chessboard, nothing else.

Although it has no color, it is filled with invisible light.

It is said that when a chess player is chasing someone stronger than himself, he should not ignore the players catching up from below.

However... all they could see was the chessboard, nothing more.

He learned Go because he wanted to prove that his talent was greater than his sister's.

They learn Go simply to... play the game.

A true Go player, someone who loves Go and plays for the sake of playing Go, doesn't need to pay attention to others...

Because they can reach the pinnacle of the chess world without even realizing it.

She had always disliked Go because of her older sister.

She no longer pays attention to chess and has been staying at home for two months with Go game records laid out before her, like a walking corpse.

I don't know my goal, I don't know why, I don't know whether I should continue to persist, and I don't know why I persist.

When was the last promotion tournament?

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

"Okay, shall we go in now?"

Standing in front of the gate, the taciturn girl with long, beige hair made a gesture as if to push the door open.

"Does anyone know we're coming?"

Ji Yingting covered her cherry-like mouth and asked softly.

"Know"

"Then let's go in."

Snapped!

Zhu Huangfu pushed open the door of the semi-professional dojo and walked into a very magnificent hall.

"Oh~~"

Ji Yingting let out a comfortable "oh," the environment here was quite nice, and the air conditioning was just right.

She stayed in the hospital for so long, but because the hospital said they needed to take care of other patients, they weren't allowed to turn on the air conditioning.

It's probably just to save money, right? It's so hot in the summer.

"Hmm? Are you... students here to register?"

The young woman sitting at the front desk was momentarily stunned when she saw three strangers walk in.

She hadn't seen these students before; they were probably... here to register.

"Yeah, hehehe, that's right!"

Before Zhu Huangfu and Ji Yingting could speak, An Ruotong tossed her long black hair, raised her little hand, and ran to the front desk.

Do you have any letters of recommendation?

"Have"

"That's strange~~"

The young woman with hair sitting at the front desk gave her a strange look a few times.

She didn't seem to know these players. Generally speaking, she had heard of the more skilled amateur players in Yongyue City.

"Give me a letter of recommendation"

“Okay!” An Ruotong, with her long black hair, obediently handed over her letter of recommendation and blinked her blood-red eyes.

There really are some. Could they be some unknown players from private chess academies? I wonder how good they are.

The young woman with tea hesitated for a moment, then put the letter of recommendation away, without questioning its contents.

After all, generally speaking, if An Ruotong can produce it, that's enough.

What puzzled her was that she wouldn't know any of the top chess players who had letters of recommendation.

She's known as the best receptionist with a keen eye for talent, often going to amateur competition venues to scout for talent for the dojo.

Anyway, since it's a chess player I don't know, I'll just hand the envelope to the dean to take a look.

"Come with me, I need to contact the instructors at the dojo to arrange a test for you."

A young woman with long, brown hair came out from behind the front desk and gestured for the three of them to follow her.

"What kind of crazy idea are you hatching?"

Ji Yingting patted An Ruotong's head, somewhat puzzled, and asked softly.

"It's nothing, it's nothing. I just wanted to see what kind of Go skills the teachers who teach at the dojo possess."

She gently stuck out her little tongue and licked her lips, then narrowed her blood-red eyes and spoke.

“Boring…” The girl with long, beige hair, walking to the side, slightly turned her head away.

Chapter 332: Puppet