[Soul of Chess] What if

At around ten o'clock in the morning, Ah Guang pushed open the glass door of the internet cafe as usual.

"Good morning, Shinto-kun. :)"

Seeing Ah Guang coming in, the eldest sister standing at the counter greeted him with a smile.

Ah Guang also responded happily: "Good morning, sister Sangu! *^____^*"

Since the end of the Summer Go Tournament, Aguang often comes here to play Go online.During the school's summer vacation, he came here to report almost every day.

Even so, Ah Guang didn't have to worry about not having enough pocket money at all.

Because, as long as Sangu’s sister is at work, Aguang can surf the Internet for free until she leaves work~(*^﹏^*)

Of course, the reason why Ah Guang can enjoy such a discount is inseparable from San Gu's contribution.

It was the day after the Go tournament ended.

As soon as school was over that day, Aguang came to the physics and chemistry classroom where the Go Club was located, and pleaded guilty to Tsutsui-senpai and Mitani.

"Shinto, you don't have to act like this..." Seeing Hikaru's posture, Tsutsui couldn't help but cry, "This can't put the responsibility on you. After all, if the opponent is Ryo Taya, there is nothing to do except admit defeat." There is another way."

Until now, Tsutsui is still a little surprised: "I never thought that someone as good as Ryo Taya would join Neptune's Go club, and even participate in the competition as the master general! The more I think about it, the more incredible I feel."

"...that is to say..." Ah Guang agreed with some embarrassment.

Of course Hikari knew that Taya did this to play against Sawei, but he couldn't tell Tsutsui-senpai this.

"Although that Toya Ryo is indeed very powerful, it's really embarrassing for you to run away during the game~" Mitani said coolly from the side.

"Uh... -_-||"

Seeing Hikaru's ashamed expression, Tsutsui hurriedly said: "If it wasn't for Shinto's continuous efforts, maybe I wouldn't be able to participate in the competition at all. I will start preparing for the entrance exam next semester, so maybe I won't be able to participate in the competition It's..."

"Shindo, thank you very much!" Tsutsui looked at Hikari and sincerely thanked him.

Seeing this, Ah Guang waved his hands again and again: "It's nothing..."

"By the way, the summer vacation is coming, what about the Go club?" Tsutsui asked while laying out the chessboard, "I'm going to attend summer lectures, so I'll be a little busy."

"In my case, I should go online..." Ah Guang said hesitantly.

I seem to have spent the last spring break in an Internet cafe...

But saving money is really hard... 〒_〒

Now Ah Guang can only silently pray that his grandfather will give him more pocket money during the summer vacation.

Hmm... If Mitsuko's mother is willing to give herself some pocket money, that would be great. ≥﹏≤

"Internet access?" I didn't expect Shinto to be able to access the Internet, Tsutsui asked curiously, "Do you have a computer at home?"

"No."

"Then do you go to an Internet cafe to surf the Internet?"

"Well, yes." Shinto replied honestly.

"If you go for the whole vacation, it should cost a lot of money, right? Can you afford it?" Tsutsui said with some concern.

"That's right... I guess I can't go there every day..."

When Mr. Tsutsui said this, Hikaru realized that no matter how much pocket money he had, he couldn’t let Zuowei play online Go all summer...

"What do you usually do online, isn't it reading comics?" San Gu, who had been listening to their conversation, finally spoke.

"That's not it! I just play Go online." A Guang immediately defended.

"Oh? You can actually play Go on the Internet?" Tsutsui's tone sounded a bit surprised.

Seeing that everyone didn't know much about online Go, Ah Guang happily introduced: "Yes! You can play chess with people from all over the world on the Internet~"

"Hey~ I didn't expect you to be quite advanced~" Sangu slightly raised his eyebrows.

After a pause, Sangu continued: "Actually...my sister's part-time job can access the Internet."

"?"

Ah Guang looked at San Gu suspiciously, not understanding why he suddenly said this.

"If you want to go online, I can tell my sister, so you don't have to spend money."

"Is it really possible?" Ah Guang's eyes lit up when he heard that it was free.

Sangu smiled slightly: "Yes. Then I will tell my sister when I go back today."

After the excitement, Ah Guang asked a little uneasy: "Will this cause trouble for your sister?"

"Don't worry~" Sangu looked unbearable, "The product promotion is going on there now, but the guests who go there usually just read books and drink tea, and few people surf the Internet on the computer screen. You go It can also increase a little popularity~”

In this way, after that, A Guang started to surf the Internet here.

Although Sangu said it very easily, but in order not to bring bad influence to Sangu's sister, Ah Guang has been keeping his mouth shut about his free Internet access.

Sister Sangu is very kind, she has been bothering me for so many days, she is not at all unhappy, and she often invites herself to drink juice~∩__∩

After a few simple conversations, Ah Guang sat down on a seat in the store familiarly.

After a while, the computer desktop appeared on the screen.

After he moved the mouse a few times and typed a few times on the keyboard, the chess player named Sai appeared on the stage of the World Go Network again.

When sai's name appeared on the list, Go lovers from all over the world squatting in front of the screen couldn't help cheering a little.

Because, that's sai!

That sai who has not lost to anyone so far!

I don’t know what kind of chess game Sai will bring today~

Ah~ I feel very satisfied just thinking about it~*^____^*

Of course, it would be even better if I could play a game with sai in person~(>﹏<)

It's a pity that this month's serial number has been sold out.If you want to play against Sai, you have to wait until next month.well……

but!Every time a new round of scrambling for the serial number of the sai game starts, tens of thousands of people will participate!

Therefore, it is not so easy to grab ㄟ(▔,▔)ㄏ

Can I just watch the battle in silence?

All the people who didn't get the serial number were full of unwillingness.

Even so, they will continue to watch sai's game as usual.

After all, you can learn a lot just by watching the battle from the sidelines.

What?What is the serial number you asked about?

Well, that's a long story.

Some of the regular watchers are good at computers.These people spontaneously set up a website called "God of Go" for sai, the strongest chess player lurking on the Internet, a few months ago.

At first glance, the name "God of Go" seems a bit exaggerated.

However, if you think about it carefully, you will find that this name is really appropriate!

Suddenly appearing in the online world, he possesses extremely powerful chess skills that convince everyone, and no one knows the slightest information about him.

Isn't such an existence a god?

On this website, there are not only collected and organized game records of sai, but also various information about sai.

For example, the rules of sai surfing the Internet, the length of time each time surfing the Internet, the characteristics of chess moves, identity speculation, etc.

After the game spectators know about this website, they often come up to exchange the information they know. Those who have played games against Sai will also organize their game records against Sai and then share them with others.

As the number of participants increased, the situation about sai gradually became clearer.

For example, sai began to appear in the afternoon of February 2th.His opponent in the first game was Li Linxin, a Chinese amateur chess player with the account number "L·L".

Li Linxin, this name is no stranger to international amateur chess players.

Because, he has been selected as the representative of his country for many years to participate in the International Amateur Go Cup, and has won No.1 in the competition many times.

Li's strength is considered top-notch among amateur players.Even so, facing Sai's formidable chess strength, he conceded in the middle of the game without playing many moves.

I didn't expect sai to appear so early!

After learning of this time, everyone was surprised.

Since sai appeared a long time ago, why didn't everyone notice such existence at first?It's incredible!

Later, after sorting out the time and pattern of sai surfing the Internet, people didn't know the reason.

Sai's online time is usually in the weekend afternoon, and he often stays online all afternoon.

Of course, there are special times.

From mid to late March, sai is online almost every day, all day long.However, until the end of March, except for March 3th, in the other days, Sai was only online for two hours a day.

After entering April, sai returned to being only online every weekend afternoon.

从6月上旬的某一天开始，工作日里sai竟然也开始在线了，时间通常是下午4:00至晚上7:00。

From the end of July to now, sai is online almost every day like it was in March.

Because sai did not appear frequently at the beginning, and it was still a new name, only those who have played against him and have a certain strength will know sai's chess strength and start to pay attention to him consciously.

And those who don't understand sai's strength will not take the initiative to pay attention to a newcomer.

No wonder it took so long for sai to become an internet sensation.

After carefully observing and sorting out the time and rules of Sai's Internet access, some interested people have vague guesses about Sai's identity.

The country of sai is marked with JPN.

Assuming this is true, the two periods when sai was able to start playing chess during the day and lasted for several weeks happened to be when the school's students were on spring break and summer vacation!

Could it be that sai is a teacher working in the school?

It can't be a student, right?

The true face of Sai is important, but more importantly, it is still possible to play against Sai in person.

However, there are too many people who want to play against sai.And it was found that every time Sai was sent a game request, Sai would only agree to one of them, and he refused the others.

In order to improve efficiency and prevent sai from wasting time spent on unnecessary things on the Internet, so that as many people as possible have the opportunity to play against sai, several people with more prestige on the Internet proposed to play against sai in order The idea of ​​playing chess.

As soon as such a proposal appeared, it won the support of countless people.It is this proposal, with the joint efforts of everyone, that has evolved into the current game against sai based on the serial number.

On the first day of every month, before sai appears on the Internet, all those who want to play against sai will reply to a name on the website within a fixed time, "It's another lunar solstice, you, get ready Is it?" post.

According to the order of replies, sort out the list of players who played against sai this month and make it public.Then, according to their serial numbers, people put forward the requirements of playing chess to sai one by one.If sai refuses, it will be automatically replaced by the next one.

When the next month comes, the serial number of the previous month will be invalid. If you want to play against sai, you have to squat in front of the computer screen at the beginning of the month again.

And that's where the serial number came from.

Of course, it is impossible for Ah Guang to know this.

He just felt that every time he went online, there didn't seem to be so many people sending chess game requests, and he didn't have to reject them one by one.This saved him a lot of trouble.

In addition, the person who sent the game request is obviously much better.

Although a little strange.However, no matter what, as long as Zuowei can play chess happily.

Therefore, Ah Guang didn't care too much.

The author has something to say:

With the strength of all husbands, the world is invincible.The ancients do not deceive me... um.