The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

"Huh!? Jingliuzhai's entry form actually has three fifth-dan players and two fourth-dan players. Will their school produce another professional Go player this year?!" Huang Xiya picked up the entry forms that were being handed out one by one and asked loudly incredulously.

Upon hearing this news, not only Minghaiji Middle School, but also Bailu Middle School and Ziyuan Middle School, which had nearby dining tables, were slightly taken aback.

"Don't joke around..." Ji Yingting took a sip of tea and said in a low voice, "With their strength, they can't even get into Group B of the semi-professional dojo."

"Huh? Is that how it is? I suddenly feel a little more confident." Xiao Hongye chuckled for a while.

"The semi-professional dojo, is that the place Xin Yufei went to?"

"What is a semi-professional dojo? Does an amateur 5th dan only qualify you as a beginner?"

Since her eyes recovered, Ji Yingting's mood and appetite have greatly increased. She didn't say anything more and focused on enjoying her food.

She had no idea that... at this very moment, the monthly magazine of Go World and the excerpt from her championship interview had spread throughout the entire professional Go world.

"I hope Throne Liu will welcome me?"

Liu Family Dojo:

Seated on a luxurious sofa, the beautiful woman with flowing black hair tore the newspaper to shreds with a loud crash.

"I wasn't wrong, the entire Ji family is equally arrogant... If you can climb up here, then go ahead and try."

"Tell me, when does the final of the Chess Saint Tournament begin?"

"Master, it should be next month!! Once the final Chess Saint Tournament is over, a new round of title selection will begin!"

A woman with long, snow-white hair and white eyebrows responded softly. Lü Kuangmei sat obediently on a small chair next to her. After the Three Life Cup ended, she, who had also performed exceptionally well in the group stage, successfully advanced to the second professional rank, and was even just one step away from the third rank.

The black-haired woman frowned slightly. "The top four are Luo Huangwu and others. Ji Feiliu will definitely lose in the top four, but it's hard to say what will happen in the battle between Luo Huangwu and Yin Huoshan. It's a pity... no matter how strong they are, they can't possibly beat Feng Kuangyu! Even though they are both professional ninth dan players, they are not even in the same league."

As soon as she finished speaking, the woman gathered up her sleeves.

Under the gaze of those dark eyes, an invisible current of energy rose up like a storm from the ground, and the entire Liu Clan Dojo became much quieter under the woman's arrogant aura.

"Of course, no matter how much the positions of the other titles are shaken, I will not lose, absolutely not!!!"

.........

Since there are a total of six teams in this training camp, the draw for the practice matches has become more formal.

First match: Bailu Middle School vs. Ruoying Middle School.

The second match was between Minghai Ji Middle School and Jingliuzhai Middle School.

The third match was between Beaver Middle School and Ziyuan Middle School.

The first match is against Jingliuzhai... I wonder if it will damage the members' confidence. They probably won't even win a single game. Lin Hao clenched the game table with a helpless expression.

If possible, he would actually prefer to play against the weaker Bailu Middle School and Ziyuan Middle School in the first game.

"It doesn't matter, we'll run into each other sooner or later anyway, and... you'd be hard-pressed to beat anyone, right?"

"Sakuraba-senpai, you really don't hold back when you speak," Lin Hao said with a wry smile. Wasn't this asking him, the president of the Minghai Princess Go Club, to admit that they were weak?

Ji Yingting pondered for a moment, "Of course, the level of competition in Yongyue City is weak to begin with. If we can improve our chess skills during this training camp, winning the championship is not impossible~?"

"Yes, that's true. Everyone should get a good rest tonight. The training match starts at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

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"The food at this hotel is really delicious; it was definitely worth the trip to Huangyue City."

"It's alright. Speaking of which, these people are all very weak, pitifully weak, right? President... even if we need to hold a training camp, can't we find professional Go players?"

In the empty corridor, several boys in dark school uniforms were talking, while an unusually obese boy was carrying a bag of leftovers to eat as a late-night snack.

Ok?

The skinny boy at the very back had dark green eyes, which were covered by dark green watermelon-shaped bangs.

"Professional chess player? If you say something so idiotic again, I won't hesitate to slap you across the face in public. Do you think you can aspire to be a professional chess player?" His cold gaze turned to the people behind him, and they immediately dared not say another word.

"Vice President, I'm sorry..."

"Alright, alright, everyone, cheer up! Let's just treat this as a fun trip!" said the bookish young man with short black hair with a light laugh.

His face, framed by silver-rimmed glasses, appeared kind and gentle, yet possessed a maturity far beyond his years. Zhou Hansheng, president of the Go club at Jingliuzhai Middle School, is an amateur 5-dan player.

"Luo Xinglu, you too, we should all get along harmoniously."

"Yes, I will try my best to control myself."

"Since the club president has spoken personally," said the young man named Luo Xinglu in a cold voice.

Suddenly... everyone at Jingliuzhai Middle School stopped walking.

Tap tap tap, a few pink figures appeared from around the corner ahead. The girls from Wakana Girls' Middle School walked towards us. At the front was a beautiful girl with long, peach-colored hair. She passed by with a smile on her face.

"President Zhou, President Luo, I hope you have a great trip!"

"Eavesdropping on other people's conversations is nothing to brag about," Zhou Hansheng said, adjusting his glasses.

Waka Sakura Girls: Two are 5-dan, three are 4-dan, and the club president is Guan Caiyan, an amateur 5-dan.

However... after the two groups completely crossed paths, Luo Xinglu's dark green eyes narrowed slightly.

Is the pink-haired girl at the back of the Waka Sakura Girls' Club, a substitute, someone I've never seen or heard of before?

In her eyes... there seemed to be an ice-blue butterfly pattern painted on them.

Chapter 493: 1V5?? Ji Yingting/Jingliuzhai

A contestant I've never seen or heard of before, the pink-haired girl at the very back of the Ruoying Girls' Club—is she a substitute? Her pupils were painted with an ice-blue butterfly pattern, and her unusual aura caused Luo Xinglu's eyes to narrow slightly.

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Zhou Hansheng reminded everyone, "Tomorrow's first-round opponent is Minghai Ji. To be honest... apart from Ruoying Girls' School, I don't think the other schools have any particularly strong players. Everyone should rest well and just treat this trip as a vacation."

"Thank you, President."

After the group dispersed, he gently patted Luo Xinglu on the shoulder. "Don't worry about it, everyone was just joking. Also, I heard there's an internet cafe on the seventh floor of the hotel..."

"........."

cybercafe?

The boy with the dark green watermelon-shaped haircut squinted. Good... With an internet cafe, he could log into the Go platform. He took the elevator to the internet cafe on the seventh floor.

Luo Xinglu is a 9-dan member of [Hongsha Go]. As a form of training, he plays three games of Go on the platform every night.

but……

"I've recently started to vaguely sense that I'm reaching my limit."

Luo Xinglu's cold expression was slightly bitter. Even as a ninth-dan player, he still couldn't reach the level he wanted in online chess.

He dreamed of entering the family chess academy, and he also longed to play against professional chess players.

but……

How could such favor, which even he couldn't obtain, be uttered as a joke by those weaklings?

Does this mean we really have to join a semi-professional dojo? But wouldn't that be admitting that the Luo family's teaching level is inferior to that of an official organization? It would bring shame to the family and to my mother!

Without becoming a professional Go player, one cannot enter the family Go academy. This has been a long-standing rule of the Luo family, and it is also the reason why a few elite members of the Luo family can maintain their peak performance.

They had no time to teach the weak, no time to pity the insignificant. Whenever Luo Xinglu saw her mother's gentle gaze, her heart felt like it was being torn apart.

My cousin, who is two years younger than me, has become a professional Go player despite the immense pressure... I, on the other hand, only became an amateur 5-dan at the beginning of the year by relying on self-study.

All three games were won in the middle game, taking only one and a half hours.

"That's about it... I hope tomorrow's opponent will be a little stronger." Luo Xinglu closed his computer in disappointment. However... when he stood up, he noticed a girl with long, light blonde hair staring at him curiously.

The girl shrugged; her small stature meant she had to stand on tiptoe to even see the computer screen.

She was wearing a blue and white school uniform, with what appeared to be a water splash pattern in the center of the shirt. Was this the uniform of Beaver Middle School? Luo Xinglu was slightly taken aback.

Beaver Middle School, the long-time champion of the Araragi City Junior High School League...

Of course, in the city of Mingyue, the beaver's strength would be quite average.

"What's matter?"

The blonde girl tilted her head and pointed at the screen, "Big brother, that move in the bottom right corner just now—if Black had used a shoulder-kick, your big group would have been wiped out!"

"........."

Bottom right corner?

Luo Xinglu abruptly turned his gaze back to the computer screen. In the lower left corner of the chessboard was a large avalanche-shaped outer curve joseki, with super complex variations that occupied half of the entire chessboard. The lower right corner naturally became the battlefield for both black and white.

After reconstructing the game record to the middle game and pondering for three minutes, Luo Xinglu's eyes suddenly widened.

She was absolutely right. Although the situation had been under his control the whole time, if Black had actually played the shoulder hit... that would have been a mistake he hadn't anticipated at all, and all his early advantage would have vanished. He could have even resigned on the spot.

Just as Luo Xinglu was about to say something, another senior student wearing the Beaver Middle School uniform ran over from a distance.

"Little Qin, it's so late, aren't you going home yet? Hurry up, let your sister take you home to sleep..."

"Ah! Okay, see you tomorrow, big brother!"

The blonde girl was picked up and waved helplessly at Luo Xinglu.

"........."

"........."

"This is a fast game, I spent a full three minutes calculating it just now..." Luo Xinglu muttered to himself in disbelief.

For example, if someone is next to you counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 while you are memorizing questions, it's impossible for anyone to remember the questions.

With the number of pieces increasing wildly and the game changing rapidly, how exactly did she calculate that particular move?

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

"Ha~"

In the early morning, Ji Yingting slowly rolled out of bed, her long, bluish-green hair a mess from sleeping. Since the Three Lives Cup ended, she had become increasingly lazy.

After taking a shower, she changed into a brand new Minghai Ji school uniform: an ice-white uniform with an ice-blue ruffled skirt, white over-the-knee stockings, and light blue cloth boots.

Ji Yingting winked at herself in the mirror. Did she feel like she had turned back into a middle school student?