The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

"Sakuraba-nee, are you alright?" An Ruotong asked curiously, seeing that the girl with the light green twin ponytails seemed to have come to her senses.

What happened to her? This is clearly during a competition.

The first two members of the Su family were not strong and had been easily defeated by Zhu Huangfu... but she was also somewhat tired.

Facing Su Nuoyue, a professional fifth-dan player, let Ji Yingting play; the match will end quickly.

"Oh..." Ji Yingting responded softly. The surrounding noise became loud again, and she stood up from the sofa.

Ji Yingting, a professional beginner, will face Su Nuoyue, the leader of the Su family, as the captain of the group "You Are All the Best Sisters".

They lost two games in a row, but this was of course within the Su family's expectations. After two rounds of play, Zhu Huangfu, the second player, also chose to give up.

Swaying her long, light green twin ponytails, Ji Yingting slowly walked into the dark corridor and into the battle hall.

“Ji Yingting…”

At this moment, everyone watching the live broadcast could clearly sense that something was wrong with her; her steps were unsteady, as if she had just gone blind...

Quietly walking to the chess table, Ji Yingting took a deep breath.

wow...

The moment she opened her pale purple starry eyes, a starry chessboard appeared before her, along with the referees on both sides.

However... she always felt like she couldn't breathe properly, and the sight of a chessboard would make her feel extremely tired.

Soon, her rival arrived...

A cute girl with long, snow-white hair and a cinnabar mark between her eyebrows had strange bandages wrapped around her legs and hands.

Su Nuoyue wore a snow-white Taoist robe with light blue cloud patterns, and the Su family's emblem was also engraved on the back.

"Hmm, what's up with this guy?"

Su Nuoyue was confident in facing Ji Yingting, but when she saw the green-haired girl sitting opposite her, she was somewhat stunned...

Is she spacing out? Out of it?

Of course, Su Nuoyue wasn't angry, because Ji Yingting's blank stare was clearly not because he looked down on her.

It's like the bizarre situation of a student in a high school classroom who knows that his mother will die in the hospital that day, but still has to attend classes all day... even from morning reading to evening self-study.

"Well, that's better too."

Su Nuoyue said calmly, her right hand, bound by black bandages, extended from her snow-white Taoist robe and picked up a black chess piece.

The chess piece in her hand landed with a thud on the star point in the upper right corner.

Um……?

Hearing that familiar clicking sound, Ji Yingting barely managed to perk up a bit, her pale purple starry eyes narrowing into slits.

A slender, jade-like hand emerged from the snow-blue sleeve and casually picked up a white chess piece.

"Ji Yingting, what happened?"

Sitting in the spectator stands, Shang Gongying, a girl with long orange hair, was slightly taken aback.

Ji Yingting's move... has changed.

She had changed so much since the time she played chess with Ji Yingting during her professional exam.

Her moves became more casual, less graceful than before...

Of course, her chess skills are still very strong and have not diminished because of her gloomy state.

Because for a professional Go player, true strength lies not in skill or position, but in... instinct.

By observing how your opponent places their pieces, you can know how to respond; by observing a particular board pattern, you can understand how to counter it.

Ji Yingting... remains as strong as ever, especially when she plays white, she still manages to suppress Su Nuoyue, who plays black...

The planning phase ended quickly, but Ji Yingting was still in a bad state, unwilling to think things through for long, and even lacking the will to do so.

Of course, despite White's obvious advantage, the situation was very chaotic, as if Su Nuoyue had deliberately disrupted it.

"Ji Yingting has become stronger... much stronger than she was in the professional exam."

Shang Gongying felt relieved, but then frowned.

Because, whether Shang Gongying was overthinking it or not, she always felt that there was something wrong with Ji Yingting.

"Ji Yingting... although you are very strong, let's stop here."

Sitting opposite Ji Yingting, the girl with long, snow-white hair frowned slightly.

Being ten points behind in the strategic layout is a gap that is difficult to close for many people, and it was the same for her...

However, the current situation is complex and chaotic, which is also the kind of situation she excels at.

She...will win.

She will beat Ji Yingting!!!

Chapter 419: Plucking Stars and Moving the Moon

What kind of family is the Su family?

The Su family is very secretive and low-key, probably because of their chess skills; they rarely show their prowess in major competitions.

The rankings are very conservative, and the main focus is on participating in hand-to-hand combat.

Perhaps Xin Yufei's grandmother was a member of the Su family, but a member of a different surname with a weaker blood relationship.

But no one knows the reason for her disappearance... After all, none of the Su family's chess players had ever heard of such a thing as disappearing.

What kind of professional Go player is Su Nuoyue?

She wasn't a very composed professional chess player. Just like the Su family was very low-key, she could openly go and talk to Chu Bobo.

That's because she doesn't deliberately do anything high-profile or low-profile. If I had to say something, she's just an ordinary person, a plain and ordinary professional Go player.

She... looks a lot like that person, that, professional 9th ​​dan Su Wang.

To act spontaneously and follow one's heart—perhaps this is the true essence of ordinariness.

"call……"

A puff of white mist gently escaped from the white-haired girl's small mouth as she picked up a black chess piece.

"A Mutant Chess Move: Reaching for the Stars and Moving the Moon"

In Ji Yingting's listless, pale purple starry eyes, her chess moves didn't produce any earth-shattering noise or effect, but rather quietly... disappeared.

Um……?

In an instant, Ji Yingting's pale purple starry eyes widened slightly.

The black chess piece in Su Nuoyue's hand vanished from her sight in the next instant.

Unlike Xin Yufei's cunning move, her strategy didn't affect all the pieces, but... it was enough to affect just one piece, to completely influence it.

She... made that black chess piece disappear completely.

Before it even hit the ground, it vanished in the brief moment it was still in her hand.

*Thud...!*

With a crisp sound, she pulled back her arm, which was bound by black bandages, and a confident smile appeared on her cherry-like lips.

Ji Yingting's light green twin ponytails trembled, and she took her right hand out of the chess box, gradually regaining her composure.

What... exactly did she mean?

That move was definitely made; it wasn't a bluff like forfeiting, but a real move.

After a few seconds of stunned silence, Ji Yingting glanced around at the female referee sitting to her right with her pale purple starry eyes.

She didn't show much surprise.

So... to outsiders, Su Nuoyue's move was just an ordinary move, but she just couldn't see it.

If it's a forfeit or the ball lands in a strange spot, the referee's expression should change slightly...

Since becoming a professional Go player, the visible range of the Starry Sky Go board has increased considerably. At least, Ji Yingting can now see the players or referees watching the game.

Ji Tuntao also mentioned this a while ago...

She had lost to Su Nuoyue before, so finding a way to break Su Nuoyue's strange chess moves was the most important thing.

Ji Yingting held a strand of greenish-blue hair in her mouth. Although she was in very poor condition, she was not in a hurry.

Although she couldn't see Su Nuoyue's black chess piece at all, in reality... the placement of that piece was traceable.

Despite the chaotic nature of the game and the numerous possible moves, Ji Yingting discerned something from the female referee's calm expression...

Su Nuoyue's move was quite conventional, at least in line with the playing patterns of professional Go players. It was very likely not an unreasonable move intended to make two consecutive moves.

"Long period of contemplation... Sakuraba-nee is actually deep in thought even when faced with a very ordinary move."

Sitting backstage, An Ruotong, a red-eyed girl with long black hair, revealed a solemn expression.

This phenomenon is similar to that of many chess players who have played against Su Nuoyue. What exactly is going on with this guy's chess moves?

"call……"

Ji Yingting let out a soft breath. Although she really didn't want to play, the first thing she needed to do was to figure out the general range of Su Nuoyue's move.

Even if the guess is wrong, the loss must be controlled to a certain extent.

After a few seconds of stunned silence, Ji Yingting slowly closed her pale purple starry eyes.

Five minutes, ten minutes, half an hour...

Amidst the strange anticipation of many players, Ji Yingting broke the record for the longest single-move thinking time in this Sansheng Cup.

Because the Sansheng Cup is not a long tournament, a player only has one hour to think, which is even shorter than a professional exam.

Of course, the professional Go players watching the game were not surprised by Ji Yingting's long deliberation.

After all, as a professional Go player, Su Nuoyue's Go skills are no secret to many.

However... dealing with Su Nuoyue will also give them a lot of headaches.