[Soul of Chess] The intrigue of the foxes

Hikari Shindo's life began to return to his daily life, he went to the club or chess academy to play Go, surf the Internet, and waited for the appointed day.

“[sai]?”

Shinto Hikari raised his head because of the familiar syllable, biting his straw and looking at the person opposite, he was happily talking about the Go master Kazuya Yoshitaka he met on the Internet.

Destiny is such a miraculous thing, he obviously didn't take any action on purpose, but still by chance, he boarded the friendship boat with this and other familiar college students.

"Shinto also plays online Go?" He Gu Yigao turned his face immediately when he heard the voice, and then quickly reported a Go website, and then asked, "Have you ever been on this website, there are many powerful Go players !"

Shinto Hikaru nodded, no, he has to log in to this website every week to give [sai] a reputation, so now everyone has mastered the rules of time, and stays obediently in front of the computer desk on weekends. Like a wolf rushing for food, it rushed forward one after another.

Seeing him nodding, He Gu Yigao's eyes immediately brightened, and hurriedly asked: "Have you ever played chess with [sai]?"

"Played." Without waiting to ask Gu Yigao about the result, he opened his mouth lightly and dropped a bomb, "Besides [sai] is my teacher, so it is impossible that he has not played chess before."

"Teacher?" the onlookers said in unison.

"Shinto, so you have a teacher!" Except Hegu Yigao who has a teacher, everyone else is envious.

"Well, but he is not a professional chess player, let alone a retired person, so even if I say his name, you don't know who it is."

He Gu Yigao put his hands together and begged: "Well, I am a fan of [sai] teacher, can you let me visit?"

"Do you know why he only plays chess online?"

He Gu Yigao suddenly had a bad feeling.

Shindo Hikaru shrugged and said helplessly, "Because he has a very serious social barrier and doesn't like to meet strangers."

It can also be regarded as an indirect explanation of the reason why this chess player chose to hide behind the Internet. Not many people know the concept of social barriers nowadays, but you can understand it by asking a psychiatrist or directly reading the book.

If you still yell and sing a naysayer after reading the book, it will only make people doubt the character of the speaker.

Although Hegu Yigao didn't understand what it was, he knew that he was really forcing others like this, so he turned to a more tactful request: "Can I ask [sai] teacher on the chessboard, in the form of online Go? "

"Yes," Shindo Hikaru nodded, "However, there have been too many invitations recently, and he is a little impatient. Let's make an appointment, and then go online around the same time. This will probably reduce a lot of nuisance."

For this condition that was not even a request, He Gu Yigao naturally agreed.

But he still has a little concern: "But, don't you need to tell your teacher?"

Jin Tengguang: "He, as long as he can play Go, he will be very happy."

"That's great."

Seeing his overjoyed expression, Shindo Hikaru couldn't help poking him: "Come back to your senses, your opponent is me this afternoon."

He Gu Yigao looked solemn, and clenched his fists: "I haven't forgotten, I will work hard this afternoon!"

Hegu Yigao at this age is far from the Hegu Jiuduan in his memory. He is impetuous and often wins or loses big in his chess games.To be more precise, it is because of his unstable mood. If he is weak, he will be weak and may even lose. When he is strong, he will be strong. When his state explodes, he can kill people who are far superior to him in chess, such as Kosuke Ochi and Shinichiro Ikaku, who are always at the top of the chess academy. .

Shinto Hikaru also had such a stage, but with Fujiwara Sato firmly pressing down on this mountain, even if he won occasionally, he would be pushed down, and he couldn't float at all.

It's a pity that the solemnity didn't last long, and he beamed again and said, "By the way, I don't have to go to class tomorrow, is Yijiao free?"

Shinichiro Ikaku had known him for many years, and he could see through his thoughts at a glance, and laughed uncontrollably: "Are you going again?"

"Where?"

Hikaru Shinto chewed and sipped the pipe: "Go to the clubhouse for a team competition."

"Eh--"

"This is not a team competition at all, okay?" Asuka Nase narrowed her eyes and glanced at the three of them, "Nindo is sure to win, and if either of you wins, it's considered a victory, okay? It's not fair at all!"

"Under normal circumstances, it's unfair, but," Wada Yoshitaka and Ikaku Shinichiro looked at each other, and they both saw the admiration and helplessness in each other's eyes, "he has to play chess with five people at the same time to achieve a draw. If you win, it doesn’t matter if you have one more point or one point less, if that’s the case, isn’t it fair?”

"Five people, draw?" Fukui Yuta yelled, "It's amazing, I want to try it too!"

Nase Asuka said excitedly, "I want to try it too."

"Me, Ikaku, Nase and Fuku, there is only one more, but unfortunately Taya is not here, Honda, do you want to join?"

"Okay."

"After the game in the afternoon is over, let's start again."

"it is good."

Shinto Hikaru glanced at Sakai Fujiwara who was circling expectantly beside him, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said in his heart: "Calm down, Kazuya is familiar with your Go."

[Hmm? 】

"So, you don't have to think about the scene in the afternoon."

a bolt from the blue!

Fujiwara Sawei hugged his thigh, weeping bitterly: 【Why... I waited so hard for such an opportunity! 】

Shinto Hikari was a little speechless: "Didn't you play happily these few days, wait for a ghost!"

[However, in a one-to-many match, it's all college students! 】

"I can't believe you haven't played a game like this before."

[Woohoo, even though I've played it before, it can't be better than this at all! 】

"Celebrity Taya."

Fujiwara Sawei raised his head abruptly, the tears on his face disappeared completely, only his eyes were shining and he began to swipe left and right: [Where is where, where is it? 】

Shinto Hikaru waved a finger in front of him, and deliberately said in a seductive tone: "How about a Toya celebrity in exchange for you?"

【really? 】

"Well, but we'll talk about it after we get back from Ginza."

【Okay, okay. 】

Shinto Hikaru looked at Sawei Fujiwara who was circling around happily again, and he thought to himself: In fact, he had planned early in the morning to fight for the chance for Sawei to play chess with Master Toya.

After all, he is truly an opponent if he is as good at chess.

As for whether there will be a situation of ascending to heaven again after the chess game is over, that is something that will not be known until after arriving in Ginza.

The five people are all students from a group of students in the chess academy, and it can be said that they belong to the small group of students with top strength. The students who left after that also stayed silently, and those who had remedial classes even called to ask for leave.

Nase Asuka's opponent in the afternoon was Kosuke Ochi. The latter seemed to have eaten dynamite, showing a compelling sharpness on the chessboard, and soon forced Nase to make a throw in the middle game.

"I admit defeat." Nase Asuka lowered her head, her slightly longer bangs covered her frustrated expression.

Unexpectedly, a cold voice suddenly came from above his head: "I hope you can give me the chance to play chess."

Eh?

Asuka Nase raised her head in surprise, but she saw Kosuke Ochi had a serious face, not at all happy after winning the game.

"I heard that the five of you are going to be with Jin Teng at the same time."

Nase Asuka was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect the news to pass through so quickly: "Uh, that, it was something agreed upon during lunch."

"I hope you can give me the opportunity."

"But……"

"What's the problem?" Ochi Kosuke frowned, "You don't want to? Then how can you..."

"That's not the problem," Nase Asuka was the most helpless towards this kind of over-serious person. "It's just an appointment. If there is a sudden change, I'm worried..."

"I'll follow up with Vine and explain the situation."

"……OK then."

Hikari Shinto had already finished the game, and stayed in the lounge, drinking orange juice bored.

"Shinto!"

"Huh?" Shinto Hikaru turned his head and looked at the two people coming side by side, "Nase and Ochi, what's wrong?"

"I will play Go with you instead of Nase later."

Shinto Hikaru looked at Nase Asuka, saw her shrugged and nodded helplessly, and immediately understood what was going on, presumably Nase couldn't beat this stubborn guy, and lost in just two or three sentences.

"Okay, wait for the others first, we will go to the chess room later."

"it is good."

Kazuya Yoshitaka, who came back from the bathroom, glanced at Ochi in surprise, but he didn't raise any objections. The other three came to the lounge one after another within half an hour. Naze, who was getting ready, came in and said hello: "The chessboard The chess pieces are ready, hurry up and start now."

Shinto Hikaru looked at Honda who came in last, and asked, "Does Honda need to take a break?"

Honda shook his head: "No, I'm fine."

In order not to disturb the chess games of other college students, Nase applied to the teacher for another smaller chess room. Although it is small, it is still spacious enough.

When you enter the room, you can see five chessboards arranged in a fan shape, and two chess boxes are neatly stacked on each chessboard.

Shinto Hikari sat in the center of the fan shape, Ikaku Shinichiro sat in the far left, and the others sat down one after another. After they all sat down, the students who intentionally left the onlookers took their seats near them, each choosing a position with a better view .

Yijiao: "Just use the rules of the team competition to decide the winner, and let me guess the ball to decide, is that okay?"

Everyone: "No problem."

The result of the division is that Shinichiro Ikaku holds white, and the rest are black and white in turn.

He Gu Yigao coughed and said, "Here, let's repeat the rules of this game."

Kosuke Ochi raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help but glance at Asuka Nase: "What rules?" Why didn't she say anything!

"It's very simple. The other Go rules remain the same, but there are special requirements for the determination of the outcome. Shindo's winning condition is that all five boards must reach a draw result, while the winning rules of other players remain unchanged." He Gu Yi Gao shrugged helplessly, "Although in a sense, we win if we lose, but our goal is professional chess players. Winning like this is disgraceful and meaningless!"

"That's right," Shinichiro Ikaku nodded, "What's more, Shindo is fighting one against five, which is extremely difficult. Under such circumstances, we should go all out to win."

Kosuke Ochi adjusted his glasses: "You don't need to tell me, I will do my best."

Yuta Fukui grinned and said, "That's what makes it interesting!"

Honda: "Yeah."

Shinto Hikaru glanced at everyone present, and smiled slightly: "Very good, let's start now."