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Akira Touya felt incredibly conflicted, knowing that his opponent was someone he simply couldn't defeat.

Tension, fear, anticipation, and courage.

Hikaru, who is now striving to become a professional Go player, shares the same feelings that Akira Touya had back then.

He picked up the chess set, his whole body trembling.

When the lid accidentally fell off, Hikaru Shindo found himself unable to lift it when he went to pick it up.

Looking at his hands, Xiao Guang understood how Xiao Liang had felt back then.

The other person is pursuing Sai, and I am pursuing him, so we feel the same way.

The joy of playing against an opponent you respect!

However, Hikaru waited with great anticipation for a long time, only to be stood up by Akira Touya.

Akira Toriyama: "???"

He had been looking forward to this for so long, but he never expected that this match wouldn't happen!

Suddenly, I felt an urge to punch Higashino Hibiki.

To be honest, this plot is indeed a bit infuriating.

However, what happened next changed his mood, and he began to look forward to it again.

It turns out that Touya Kouhiro was hospitalized, which prevented Touya Akira from participating in the competition.

Hikaru Shindo visited Touya Kouhiro, who was now out of danger. His disciple Ogata brought a computer so that he could play Go online to pass the time.

After spending a long time organizing his thoughts, Xiao Guang asked Touya Kouhiro and Sai to have a fair fight online.

Touya Kouhiro is not interested in playing chess with people who do not reveal their names or hide their identities.

If Sai could come to the scene, I would play as many games with him as I wanted.

Sai was extremely excited. He shouted at Touya Kouhiro, "I'm right here! Get the board and pieces ready, I'm right here!"

He was already full of imposing presence, but unfortunately, Touya Kouhiro couldn't see him.

Seeing Sai's expression, Hikaru roused himself and earnestly made a request to Touya Kouyo.

"Just next time! Let's play Go online with him! Because that guy... can only play Go online..."

Xiao Guang's attitude was so sincere that Touya Kouhiro finally agreed.

He even said, "If I lose, I will retire from being a professional Go player!"

He looked down on Sai, who only dominated online, but he couldn't underestimate others. In the following week, he began to learn how to play Go online.

Sai was very much looking forward to it. After possessing Hikaru, he learned about Touya Kouyo.

Knowing that the other person is also pursuing the "Divine Move," such a fair duel will reveal who is closer to the realm of the "Divine Move"!

Such a battle of the century is about to begin.

……

Chess Academy.

"Damn it! It's stopped updating!"

"What kind of showdown was this?!"

"I can't wait!"

The Go academy was filled with lamentations. Shinoda, a 4-dan player, touched his dark circles and couldn't help but shout angrily.

"The Go preliminary rounds will start in two months! How can you guys still have time to read comics! Get back to playing Go! Whoever loses has to play an extra game!"

……

Go club.

After the receptionist finished recounting the latest episode's plot, the middle-aged and elderly people below couldn't help but shout loudly.

"That brat named Higashino is going too far!"

"I want to know what happens next."

"Who will win in the end?!"

Koharu's hand holding the Go pieces trembled slightly. He had resolved to stop reading the manga and focus on playing Go, but he still couldn't help wanting to know what would happen next in "Hikaru no Go".

"I should have given Akino a good beating back then!"

He muttered to himself.

……

Hibiki Higashino hung up on Akira Toriyama.

They rarely communicated, and I never expected that this time the call was just to scold me.

Put yourself in his shoes; his comics never stopped at important points.

That's really going too far.

Oda touched his chest, still shaken. "Luckily, I was just an assistant and knew what would happen next."

“Yes,” Yoshii nodded, “The readers who have to wait another week, how pitiful.”

The assistants were muttering amongst themselves, while Higashino glared at them angrily.

They both lowered their heads and pretended to draw.

Just then, there was a knock on the door. Higashino went out to open it and saw someone standing at the door with a pencil sharpener, which startled him.

"Ah, hello, I'm an NHK staff member. I visited you last time."

Higashino Hibiki breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, it wasn't a resentful reader.

I've read a lot of news reports about readers rushing up to stab authors with knives during book signings.

There's a saying: "If you have a clear conscience, you have nothing to fear."

It seems he himself knows that what he did was not ethical.

"No, it should be in Chinese."

Seeing that Higashino Hibiki didn't speak, the staff member realized what was going on, took out a dictionary, the plastic cover of which had just been torn off, so it seemed that the knife was for that.

He consulted a dictionary and awkwardly said, word by word, "Hello, I am Tanaka from NHK."

Higashino Hibiki is impressed; he works way too hard.

With that level of focus, what couldn't you do better?

He looked at Tanaka and blurted out in Japanese, "Why do you want to be an NHK toll collector?"

Tanaka was taken aback. "You can speak Japanese?"

He put down the dictionary in his hand and said dejectedly, "I'm so easily fooled."

“I’m asking you a question,” Hibiki Higashino said. “Your mother in the countryside would be very disappointed if she knew you were doing this.”

"I'm sorry..." Tanaka lowered his head, "I'm sorry because I can't find any other jobs."

"Hmm," Higashino Hibiki nodded, "It's good that you know you were wrong. You can go now."

"Yes, I apologize for bothering you today."

Tanaka limped away, and Higashino breathed a sigh of relief, finally managing to fool them again.

……

On Tuesday, Sasaki called.

Higashino Hibiki found it strange, because the preliminary results did not affect the final status of the work, so he told Sasaki that he did not need to be informed of the ranking.

Is something wrong today?

Hibiki Higashino: "Hello, this is Akino Tori. How can I help you?"

Sasaki said, "I think I have to inform you of the preliminary results this time."

Higashino Hibiki's heart pounded. "Could it be..."

He had a conjecture that greatly excited him.

“Not bad, the preliminary rankings for Hikaru no Go…” Sasaki paused.

Higashino swallowed hard, extremely anxious.

"It's number one!"

"Oh!" Higashino Hibiki cheered!

After countless days and nights and countless efforts, we finally achieved first place in the preliminary report.

Even a man as composed as him could not contain his joy at this moment!

"Congratulations, Mr. Toriaki," Sasaki said with a smile.

Seeing Hibiki Higashino suddenly become excited, Yoshii was surprised. Akimiya and Oda checked the time, seemed to have thought of something, and also became excited.

"Is it number one?" Oda asked.

Hibiki Higashino smiled and nodded.

"And what about Dragon Ball?" Oda asked again.

Before Higashino could ask, Sasaki said, "Dragon Ball is second, and Rurouni Kenshin is third."

He heard the jubilation on the other end of the phone and smiled.

No matter how mature they are, they are still children.

Hibiki Higashino told Oda about the results of Dragon Ball, and then told Sasaki, "However, this is just a preliminary report. My goal is for the main series to be number one!"

Xiao Zheng is number one! He's the real number one!

"Okay, good luck, Akino Tori." Sasaki hung up the phone.

Oda is still confused, thinking, "I've actually surpassed Dragon Ball."

Yoshii sighed helplessly, "No, you're just an assistant..."