The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

"Ignoring the opponent's move": A Go term. In the context of a game of Go, temporarily ignoring the opponent's moves to gain the initiative and then relinquishing that initiative elsewhere is called "ignoring the opponent's move." It generally aims to gain the upper hand. "Ignoring the opponent's move" may result in losses in a local situation; a comprehensive understanding of the entire game is necessary to determine its merits.

"Take it easy... Is she trying to leave the difficult situation to me? Don't even think about it. Since you're not going to take care of it, I won't waste my time here. Anyway, this is a more difficult situation for you to handle. You'll come back to fix it sooner or later."

Biwo smiled faintly. In his eyes, Ji Yingting was making completely unreasonable moves. He could feel that he had gradually gained control of the game.

However... a two-space high approach? That's a rare move. In online Go, many online players like to use a two-space high approach to break the Kobayashi style with its high and low combinations.

With a snap, I placed my piece without hesitation, the small point.

"You... you actually agreed?" Ji Yingting chuckled softly, raising her head and squinting her purple starry eyes as she spoke to Biwohe.

"Hmm?" Looking at Ji Yingting's soft laugh, Biwo felt the hairs on his body stand on end... Oh no.

The Sakura Empire's players really enjoy being led by the nose, huh? Well then... I'll just play around with you a little.

Ji Yingting twirled a strand of her light green hair with her left hand, while her right hand gently placed a black stone into the upper right corner of the chessboard. [Double, Flying Swallow]

"Actually... I've always treated this game as a demonstration game."

Author's Note:

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P.S.: I learned a new phrase today: "Even a hungry eel will eventually find abalone."

Chapter 100: Fallen Girl Ji Yingting

Ji Yingting twirled a strand of her light green hair with her left hand, while her right hand gently placed a black stone into the upper right corner of the chessboard. [Double, Flying Swallow]

That's right... This was a demonstration game, because Ji Yingting never intended to play seriously with him from the beginning.

Because what is considered a regular professional 9th ​​dan in Sakura Empire is equivalent to a professional 1st dan in Eastern Empire.

This doesn't mean that the professional Go players of the Sakura Empire are actually weak, but rather that their professional 9-dan players only have a 50% win rate against the professional 1-dan players of the Eastern Empire.

Because the Sakura Empire's players were too focused on beautiful board positions; in that era, they were still pursuing outdated and comfortable playing styles.

With a "thud," Ji Yingting placed a black piece in her right hand, and Bi Wo's brows immediately furrowed.

"Uh... a pointed top? Is she serious?" An Ruotong was slightly taken aback. The shape of this move seemed very deliberate. Although this green-haired woman made many unreasonable moves, this Japanese 9-dan didn't seem that powerful.

"If it were me, at least I wouldn't be so passive in the corner battles," An Ruotong thought, tossing her long black hair.

"Hehe, isn't there a saying... 'When the chess pieces meet in trouble, little Jianjian is the best'?" Ji Hongying interjected from behind her.

An Ruotong pursed her lips speechlessly, "A pointed tip and a pointed apex are completely different, okay?"

Biwohe's gray pupils narrowed slightly. He could feel a deep sense of powerlessness, not because the green-haired woman in front of him was so powerful, but because she knew his weaknesses very well.

Ji Yingting gently rubbed her long, light green hair. Her two long, white legs were crossed under the light green bathrobe. Compared to the Sakura Go player opposite her, who was frowning and deep in thought, she was much more relaxed.

In her past life, she had played against countless Sakura Empire Go players in international competitions. That was during a period of decline for Sakura Empire Go, but she never expected that after so many years... they still hadn't improved.

Haha, let's study it for another few hundred years. You can't improve your chess skills without learning the basic moves.

Ji Yingting chuckled softly. The next second, under the gaze of everyone around her, she absentmindedly placed a black chess piece onto the chessboard with her slender hand holding the piece.

With a crisp thud, a silence fell over the surrounding area.

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However, at that very moment, time seemed to freeze, and An Ruotong's blood-red eyes widened slightly.

"Ah!! What are you doing!?" An Ruotong suddenly screamed. She could even come up with a move like the "Foolish" move. Actually, it didn't really matter if the move was ugly.

The key point is... she made a fatal move! She was throwing her life away!! This group of black stones could have easily jumped out, but Ji Yingting insisted on making a foolish move just to annoy both sides. Didn't she see that white could use a flying shield to kill black stones?

Huh? What is she doing?

The person who had been on edge was suddenly stunned.

“She…” An Ruotong’s expression suddenly became anxious. This was a mistake that even a beginner in Go should not make… She turned to look at Ji Hongying.

Suddenly, Ji Hongying's right hand, which was kneading her fiery red hair, stopped. She raised the crimson sleeve of her bathrobe with her left hand, gently covering her cherry-like mouth, and her fiery red eyes widened in disbelief.

Has my sister gone mad? Ji Hongying was caught off guard and shocked.

Wait a minute!! Even you're shocked?!

An Ruotong shook her head helplessly, giving up her last glimmer of hope. She was certain that Ji Yingting had made a mistake, but thankfully they had already won two games.

"What happened? Did this little girl make a mistake? Is it serious?" a passerby who didn't understand Go asked in a panic.

"Um... to be precise, she didn't make a wrong move, but rather... how should I put it, she deliberately gave this group of stones to the opponent to capture... what a pity, it was originally a pretty good position."

"We can't understand the games played by professional Go players, maybe she's thinking very deeply?"

"No... this is something even a beginner could see..."

...Ji Yingting's long, bluish-green hair was blown around by the air conditioner, and a few drops of sweat, barely visible to the naked eye, slowly trickled down her fair cheeks.

"Aa ...

Oh no, oh no, this is so embarrassing! I'm doomed! I'm the only one who lost, it's so shameful... Oh no, oh no!

With her light green bangs covering her eyebrows, Ji Yingting's expression was somewhat stiff. She twisted her neck, not daring to look at the strange reactions of the people around her.

"Hey, what exactly do you want? Explain yourself!" After Biwo and Feizhao captured the black pieces, An Ruotong angrily asked Ji Yingting.

"Hoo," Ji Yingting opened her cherry-like mouth and gently exhaled a breath of stale air.

Gently opening her pale purple starry eyes, Ji Yingting stretched out her two arms and placed them on either side of her two large, bluish-green buns, covered by her light green bathrobe.

Just as An Ruotong thought Ji Yingting was about to explain something, Ji Yingting suddenly covered his head with both hands.

"Waaaaaah! I made a mistake! I made the wrong move!!!!!!!!! Aaaaaaaahh ...

Ji Yingting covered her head with both hands, shaking her long, bluish-green hair, and shouted loudly, making bizarre noises: "Waaaaah, waaaaah, waaaaah, wrong move, waaaaah, yamete!"

"Ugh, can't you take this game of chess seriously?!" An Ruotong angrily grabbed Ji Yingting's long, light green hair with both hands.

"Pfft!" Seeing Ji Yingting's reaction, which was comparable to that of a strange creature, Ji Hongying burst out laughing.

Biwo and I stared silently at the crazed Ji Yingting. This woman... how could she make such a basic mistake? Did she really not think for even a second when she was playing chess with me? Damn it, bastard.

Fortunately... I was able to swallow her large group of stones whole, giving White a 30-point advantage including komi, and I won.

"Okay, okay, it's just a small mistake... Let go of my hair, I can continue playing this game."

Suddenly, Ji Yingting stopped screaming and shook her head uncomfortably.

"Is this a minor mistake? How dare you say that! Don't you even look at how badly Black is at a disadvantage?"

An Ruotong's face grew even angrier as she forcefully punished Ji Yingting's green hair.

With her long, bluish-green hair being pulled forcefully by An Ruotong, Ji Yingting let out another sigh of helplessness, her pale purple starry eyes gradually turning green.

"Phew, I'm serious... I can win this game."

She sighed softly, and the breath she exhaled gradually turned into a cloud of icy blue mist.

In the next instant, a snoring sound comparable to thunder came from Ji Yingting's soul, and the violent breathing sound, like thunder, gradually became more intense.

Biwohe slowly widened his gray eagle eyes, only to see an enormous turquoise cat open its mouth and spew out a hazy icy mist. Its turquoise fur was visibly covered with a layer of ice crystal armor.

[PS: I finally got my computer working, and I held down the power button for half a minute before finally finishing this chapter. The second update will probably be very late.]

Chapter 101: Fusion of Chess Moves - Frosty Forgiveness Cat

A snoring sound comparable to thunder came from Ji Yingting's soul, and the violent breathing, like thunder, gradually became more intense.

Biwohe slowly widened his gray eagle eyes, only to see an enormous turquoise cat open its mouth and spew out a hazy icy mist. Its turquoise fur was visibly covered with a layer of ice crystal armor.

The green cat opened her large mouth, and her teeth, which weren't exactly sharp, were gradually covered with a layer of icy blue gears. The crouching cat exuded an icy chill.

As Ji Yingting's pale green pupils widened, the cat covered in ice-blue armor also instantly opened its two pale purple star-like eyes.

The cat's entire body was covered in ice crystals, and its crouching form resembled an ice tyrannosaurus beast.

With a whoosh, an icy mist, like exhaling smoke, covered the entire chessboard. Ji Yingting slowly raised her right hand, which was holding a black chess piece. Her long, emerald-green hair was scattered wildly, as if she were in a fairyland.

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It's so cold... Is this... this thing... still within the scope of the chess game??

Bi Wo was trembling all over. He had never witnessed a fusion chess formation before, and his body trembled slightly under the gaze of Ji Yingting's pale green pupils.

The Forgive Cat has completed its evolution; an ice-blue crystal crown has appeared on its head, completely covering its green head.

【Fusion Chess Strategy - Frozen Forgiveness Cat】

With a whoosh, the icy blue behemoth slowly lowered its body, and a gust of air like an icefall swept across Biwohe's face. All he felt was endless cold and fear of Ji Yingting's chess moves.

Crack! Crack! A layer of ice gradually covered Ji Yingting's raised right arm. Boom!

With a loud bang, Ji Yingting grabbed a beam of blue light and slammed it into the chessboard. The black chess piece split in two from the middle, but still stood steadily on the board.

An Ruotong's blood-red pupils widened. "She has chess skills? Damn it... why didn't she use them when facing me?! Is she looking down on me?"

Her face showed resentment, and her hands clenched tightly at her sides. "But... even if she has a strong position, a 30-point advantage is still too huge."

A misty haze filled the air, and Ji Yingting's right hand, which had placed the piece, was wrapped in a layer of icy frost.

"Hoo," Ji Yingting exhaled a faint cloud of ice from her small mouth, her green willow eyebrows furrowing slightly.

In that instant, countless diagrams of changes flashed through her mind. No, she couldn't win by relying solely on calculations.

Because she could only see the chessboard in both lifetimes, Ji Yingting, who had been imagining things every day, possessed a calculation ability far beyond that of ordinary people, but at this moment she chose to give up calculation.

That's right... playing chess solely based on intuition, because... a divine move cannot be predicted...

The new fusion strategy, "Frosty Forgive Cat," not only amplifies its own strength but also weakens the opponent's.

This is... a chill at the soul level. The icy mist constantly exhaled from the cat's mouth gradually climbed up his body, and rings of icy clouds enveloped him.

Boom! Ji Yingting slammed a chess piece down, causing the chessboard to shake violently several times before trembling.

No one in the room made a sound. Even those who didn't understand Go could tell that the girl with long, light green bun hair was serious.