The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

"This is both a constraint and a salvation."

Ke Jiurui's voice became much lower, and her chess moves, like all the other Ke family chess players, originally lacked a specific shape.

but……

She picked up a white piece; now, things are different.

Mom, did you already know?

I know that one day I will become different.

I've come to...hate you.

I hate you for giving birth to such a weak child like me, yet leaving alone.

"Chess Strategy - Lord of the Hidden Spring"

A few tears slid down Ke Jiurui's cheeks, instantly turning into a thick, black liquid.

Even though shackled and imprisoned in the abyss, they still yearn to soar to the heavens...

boom!!!!!!!!!!!

Black waves surged forth, Qitian's single horn almost pierced through all the light in the world, and a creature, thousands of meters long and scarred, and many times larger than the Jade Shield Cat, reigned over Ji Yingting's head.

A black light streaked across the starry sky, and a single horn pierced through the green cat's eye in an instant.

Clutching her bleeding eyes, Ji Yingting stared blankly at the sky.

With her cherry-like lips agape, bewildered and unable to comprehend, Ji Yingting had never seen such a magnificent presence before!

It was a black Pegasus soaring above the clouds...

Chapter 487: The Way of the Blind, The Witch Opens Her Eyes

Black waves surged forth, Qitian's single horn almost pierced through all the light in the world, and a creature, thousands of meters long and scarred, and many times larger than the Jade Shield Cat, reigned over Ji Yingting's head.

It was a black Pegasus soaring above the clouds...

With each rotation, a chain shattered on the black-haired girl, who picked up a white chess piece with lifeless eyes and snapped it.

He actually managed to press Black's pieces six times on the fifth line, a move that was completely unrestrained...

Crack! With a piercing sound that almost shattered eardrums, the shield instantly crumbled, and a jet-black horn pierced through from a thousand meters away, dangling the cat's eye in mid-air.

"Ke Jiurui..."

Ji Yingting raised her sleeve to cover the bloodstains at the corner of her mouth. In her vague memory, Ke Jiurui was definitely not such a chess player.

Qingmao, panting, reconstituted a jade shield. Facing the black-haired girl with her long hair standing on end like a ghost, Ji Yingting silently picked up a chess piece and placed it on the chessboard.

........

"I never expected that this child could evolve to such a level; it's truly an unexpected result. It's been a long time since a new first-dan player has won the championship in the second division."

The hoarse, nasal voice sounded almost inhuman as the red-eyed woman with long red hair sat in the spectator room, waving a feather fan and speaking softly.

"Of course, senior... someone as strong as you probably wouldn't care about the feelings of weaklings like us, right?"

Besides her, a silent blonde girl sat in the empty hall, her fiery phoenix robe trailing to the ground, her arrogant phoenix eyes slanting upwards.

"I'm thinking, even a new first dan can play such exciting games, the professional Go world... is finally about to undergo a major purge."

"It's just exhilarating, isn't it, Senior Feng Kuangyu?"

“Humble, weak, and pitiful fellows should rightfully be eliminated. Little Fire Fan, I allow you to enter the top four. But... if you want to take another step forward, it means stepping into the forbidden zone of death.” With golden eyes that exuded authority without anger, Feng Kuangyu stood up from his seat, dragging his Taoist robe.

"Of course, I don't need you to remind me of that, senior. After all... I'm always mentally prepared to face the Chess Saint."

Watching Feng Kuangyu's departing figure, the red-haired girl let out a soft hum.

However, when her gaze returned to the screen, her blood-red eyes suddenly widened.

"That guy..."

"boom!!!!"

The wind howled wildly, and a pair of pitch-black wind wings suddenly sprouted from Ke Jiurui's back.

Finally, even the last shackle broke, and her body struggled completely out of the swamp.

Black bangs covered her eyes, and tears kept dripping from the corners of her eyes.

An unprecedented decline has occurred, with no member of the Ke family able to secure a single victory in professional competitions.

Ke Jiurui could only watch helplessly as Xia Tianran became a professional Go player, taking the professional exams year after year.

During that long wait, or perhaps, it was destined from the day of birth.

Ke Jiurui was as if she were tied to a small wooden chair in a dark and sunless room.

I don't know when it started, but Xia Tianran has already reached professional fifth dan...

I've forgotten when it started, but my chess games are no longer about winning, but about losing in a less embarrassing way.

With her black bangs falling across her face, Ke Jiurui stroked the pair of scarred horns on the Pegasus's head and whispered.

“Everyone here is so talented, more so than me, but… when you look down on me, why can’t you help the family win even one victory?”

"I'm tired, even though it's the home my mother was so proud of."

"I'm tired of it all; even the abyss below won't take me in."

"I gave you all a chance. I was so looking forward to your victory, but I'm so disappointed."

"But if I'm not even given the chance to willingly plunge into that boundless darkness, if no one can soar to the heavens... then you shall witness it with your own eyes, and then pray."

"The second one..."

"Ji Yingting, watch out!!"

The black-haired woman sitting on the referee's bench exclaimed in surprise, "In the starry sky..."

A black beam of light shot out from the unicorn's horn, and with a crack, the blue cat's second pupil, its pale purple eye, vanished as a speck of light.

"You've lost both eyes in the game, so you can't play anymore, right? Sakuraba," Ke Jiurui asked coldly.

Tick, tick, tick...

Two lines of bloody tears slid down from her closed eyes. Ji Yingting remained silent for a while, but a faint smile appeared on her lips.

"Hehehe, hehehe~ Very good, really very good... You are the first player to discover the weakness in my game."

"What's so funny? The outcome is already decided. Even if I could still see you, I couldn't win the game..." Ke Jiurui frowned slightly.

As the middle game was nearing its end, the player playing white was leading by a full ten and a half points.

Despite Ji Yingting's amazing chess skills, and facing a situation where he was completely overwhelmed after playing against three opponents, although it was very difficult, finally... the championship still belonged to the Ke family.

The championship she won with her own hands, the trophy she forbade anyone to touch...

"Hehehe~ It's really funny, boohoo, because... it hurts so much! My eyes have never felt such intense pain before. Such a clear, such a wonderful feeling, hehehe~"

Just by covering her eyes, Ji Yingting's own arms were covered in blood, mixed with tears. Her crying and laughing at the same time shocked everyone present.

"Has something happened? Should we stop the match?"

The recorder said in a trembling voice, but the referee shook her head and sighed softly as she looked at the girl with long, light green hair in front of her.

Ji Yingting... Just as Xing Quan said, once liberated, there's no turning back!

"Then, laugh all you want now, you madman."

Ke Jiurui snorted coldly and quickly picked up a white chess piece.

Even if Ji Yingting can no longer see the chessboard, we cannot let our guard down when facing a chess player like her. There's always a chance things might go wrong if we wait too long. We should finish her off before the middle game ends.

In the center of the board, White's cosmic flow is almost a winning position, making it hard to believe that this was a situation played with equal moves.

"Ji Yingting has stopped making moves. Is she going to think things through for a long time? Her previous behavior seemed strange. She has a history of suspension, which is worrying. Should we check her mental health before the match?"

"…………"

"Ji Yingting, are you curious about the chessboard and chess pieces?"

"Hmm, it feels kind of familiar."

The young girl with long, bluish-green hair sat helplessly at the chess table, touching the black and white chess pieces. For Xiao Ji Yingting, who had not yet regained her memories of her past life, she really couldn't imagine what Go was all about.

Without sight, one cannot imagine what it's like to play Go when one cannot see.

That day, she saw...

I saw it with my own eyes: a stunningly beautiful girl with long, light green hair, wearing a school uniform and facing a chessboard. Every glance and smile of hers was filled with indescribable beauty, even though I was blind.

But what if one day, just hypothetically speaking...

"Really? You can't see anymore? Just like me, you're in pain, you're heartbroken... There's no need to try anymore, okay? Get some rest."

Ji Yingting said softly, silently wiping away the blood and tears from the corners of her eyes, and trying to touch the soft fur in the darkness.

"Meow……"

The blue cat, its pupils pierced, gradually turned into nothingness, scattering into countless stars.

The cat's emotions resonated throughout the starry sky—its resentment, its despair…

From now on, I will no longer be able to protect her.

Those pierced eyes, that shattered jade shield, and the moonlight above the starry sky.

The chess move known as "Blue Cat Swallows the Moon" finally brought the moon back out, and the beautiful thing that hung in my heart could never be the same again.

Ji Yingting placed her small hands flat on her chest. This suffocating pain, this sorrow that wanted to tear everything apart, this was... even with tears streaming down her face, she still couldn't stop pursuing the top.

at last……

Her light green willow-leaf eyebrows were set against her eyelids, their curved angles slowly rising.

Ji Yingting's eyes, which had been closed all day, finally opened a crack.

"I command you, respond to me."

In an instant, space seemed to freeze. Even though it was a tiny, barely perceptible crack, her eyes... no longer shed tears of blood.