One copy a day [comprehensive]

When Xiaozhi got home, he put down the bucket and went into the house with the chessboard in his arms, looking for his parents, and told his parents that he had a Go board and wanted to learn how to play Reversi!Xiaozhi's father and Xiaozhi's mother, who were boiling water and cooking, looked around in amazement at the expensive chessboard. They didn't know that Go was a magical thing, but Xiaozhi's expectant eyes were too bright. Nodded: "Just learn, isn't it just backgammon?"

Xiaozhi's family are all native Okinawans.Okinawa has another name that has been used for thousands of years-Ryukyu. Their culture originated from China, but after being forcibly occupied by Japan, it became a border island of Japan.In the eyes of other people in the interior of Japan, Okinawa represents the countryside, while in the eyes of Okinawans, the inland people represent arrogance and aloofness.Xiaozhi is only ten years old this year, and he is already an indispensable labor force in the family. He is involved in all the housework on weekdays and field work during the busy farming season.Xiaozhi’s grandfather teaches in the city. Occasionally on weekends, Xiaozhi would bring a large bag of souvenirs and walk for miles to visit his grandfather’s house. When I came to my grandpa's house, I had to sit in front of the TV and watch it all day.

Seeing the bewildered looks of his parents, Xiaozhi knew that his parents didn't know what he was talking about. This is the countryside. If you want to learn Go, it's more reliable to ask for a big city, right?Thinking of this, Xiaozhi walked back to his room with the chessboard in his arms, carefully placed the chessboard on the tatami, and stroked the lines on the chessboard with some dark fingers almost reverently.His current pocket money should be enough to buy a pair of chess pieces, right?Ah, I also need to buy an introductory book of Go, so that I can study hard.

Children who have never been exposed to Go think that they can learn to play Go with just an introductory book.

"—Do you want to play Go?—"

Xiaozhi looked around blankly, did anyone speak just now?

"—Do you want to play Go?—"

The voice reappeared, and Xiaozhi opened his eyes wide in surprise. Right in front of him, the air was pushed away like water ripples, and a clean and slender hand protruded from it, with light-white fingers pointing at the center of the chessboard exuding a faint fragrance.The child is fearless and innocent. He looked at the miraculous scene in front of him curiously, opened his mouth and asked, "Who are you?"

The source of the voice was indifferent, still saying: "You just need to answer, do you want to play Go?"

"I think so. But not yet." Xiaozhi replied obediently.

In an instant, the ripples in the air in front of him became bigger and gradually spread. A man in ancient black clothes appeared in front of Xiaozhi's eyes. With a slight smile, Xiaozhi was stunned, he had never seen such a gorgeous person, he only felt that the man's eyes looking down on him were as beautiful as the night sky full of stars, and even the voice he heard in his ears was amazing. become illusory.

The man said: "From today, it will be your first step into the world of Go!"

Xiaozhi's father and Xiaozhi's mother found out that his son was unusual. After helping the farm work every day, the son would go back to the room silently and close the door. I don't know what a person is doing inside. Even if they lie on the door, they can't hear the inside Any movement, every time Xiaozhi's mother finds an excuse to bring milk in, she can always see Xiaozhi taking the pebbles picked up from the creek at the door and placing them on the chessboard one by one.This frightened Xiaozhi's parents. They took the time to find out what playing Go was. After learning that it was a leisure puzzle activity, Xiaozhi's parents fell silent. Xiaozhi's "self-entertainment" made them feel even more sad.

From spring to winter, for a whole year, Xiao Zhi learned the knowledge of Go under the guidance of Chen En.Chen En belongs to Fujiwara's chessboard, and all his knowledge of Go comes from Fujiwara. He has personally experienced countless fights by Fujiwara Sakai, which made him comprehend almost the same Go concept as the master of the chessboard. Teach these to this boy who is like a blank sheet of paper.

If Xiaozhi wants to play Go, he cannot stay in the country forever.And how can he, an insubstantial spirit of the chessboard, be able to dominate the chess world and complete the hand of a god?Perhaps, this child is the only opportunity.

On a sunny weekend, Xiaozhi's father and Xiaozhi's mother sent Xiaozhi to the home of his grandfather who was teaching in the city. "Father, Xiaozhi will get rid of your care." The tearful Xiaozhi's father waved the sweat scarf hanging on his shoulder to bid farewell to the black lined grandfather.

Grandpa Takeshita turned around, looked at Xiaozhi who was holding a chessboard in his arms, standing blankly at the door, and beckoned, "Come in, grandpa will take you to buy a set of chess pieces tomorrow." Passing the chessboard in the grandson's hand, the weight of the pear-wood chessboard made the corners of the old man's mouth twitch, and his eyes turned around Xiaozhi's thin arms and legs, which lacked muscles, and he couldn't help muttering, "You can't judge by appearance, you can't judge by appearance... "

The 11-year-old Xiaozhi was directly promoted to a junior high school in the city, which happened to be very close to the elementary school where his grandfather taught, so it was convenient for him to go home.

In the new school, Xiaozhi came into contact with a lot of things that he had only heard of in the past, but Xiaozhi, who had already been preconceived by Go, devoted himself to Go. On the day when the freshmen entered school, they saw the recruitment message of the Go Club, and they were so excited. He ran to the Go Club, and at the same time, there were two other students who joined the Go Club with him.The Go club of this school is on the top floor of the laboratory building, and there is also an unpopular carving club in this building.

The club occupies a large area, a large classroom of nearly 100 square meters, and there are quite a few people, but Xiaozhi just feels that it is different here.Standing at the entrance of the Weiqi club, there are seniors and sisters inside, some are playing chess, some are chatting, some are playing, Xiaozhi scratched his head, feeling uncomfortable, he couldn't tell what was wrong, he just felt that The people playing chess here are different from what he saw on TV, not their looks, but their aura, but Xiaozhi has not yet comprehended such a profound thing, so he can only look at the station for help. Chen En, who was behind him, had trouble in his watery eyes.

Chen En put his hands in his sleeves, and with his long and narrow phoenix eyes, he looked at the so-called community territory, which was so smoky and disorganized, with a half-smile, and noticed that a man and a woman were playing chess near the door. The corners of his mouth curled up, are the members of the Go club actually playing backgammon?It seems that the "Go Club" of this school is a good place with a high degree of freedom!He raised his hand to light up Xiaozhi's head-touching skills, looked down at Xiaozhi's eyes that lit up for a moment, and said with a smile, "It's okay, just treat this as a practice place between classes."

But even such a loose Go club is composed of a few members who play Go, such as the president!The president of the Go club is a senior in the third grade. Seeing that new blood has been recruited today, he immediately expressed that he wants to test the strength of the new members.When everyone in the Go Club gathered around as if they wanted to watch the excitement, the third-year president proudly wrote about his previous Go pride, and said that he had been admitted to the Go Academy in Okinawa. Soon to become a legendary college student!

Sitting on the hard bench, Xiaozhi was not used to being surrounded by so many people watching a show, so he moved his butt uncomfortably, interrupting the president who was still chatting casually on the opposite side: "Well, senior, we can Have you started yet?"

"!!!" The president who was interrupted blushed, staring at the skinny and dark new member who was wearing clothes that wanted to eat people, but under the eyes of everyone, the president still took a deep breath and tried to show a smile. On the chess box next to the chessboard, put the chessboard on it and take out an indeterminate number of chess pieces, "Since you are looking forward to it so much, brother, let's guess the pieces right away!"

Guess?

Xiaozhi was confused for a while before he realized that in the game shown on TV, the children's game starts with guessing. It seems that they want to guess odd or even numbers?Xiaozhi was a little uncertain, he had never played chess with anyone other than Chen En, so he whispered: "... Shan?"

The president let go of his hand confidently, and divided the chess pieces into two, "Single. You choose."

Xiaozhi blinked his eyes, and hugged the box containing the white pieces on the chessboard.

Heizi goes first.The president of the third grade slapped the chess piece on the small eye in the lower right corner of the chessboard very imposingly. This is a regular opening.

Xiaozhi holds white stones. When playing chess with Chen En, the opponent usually holds black stones. He is used to using white stones.

Small eye in the upper left corner.

The game started quickly, and Chen En didn't need any special guidance at this stage. Xiao Zhi naturally used "sharp", a classic show-style opening that can be seen at a glance by an experienced chess player, and a game that is played under the new official rules at this stage. An ancient opening move that almost no one plays anymore.

Half an hour later, the third-grade president gave up halfway. The president held his stomach and yelled that he was just going to the bathroom, not because he was inferior to others.Although he said that, no one here really cares. The people who gathered around to watch the excitement at most glanced at Xiaozhi, a freshman, and muttered a few words, and then quickly dispersed to do their own things. There were only two The same new first-year student was still not around Xiaozhi, watching in amazement Xiaozhi quietly put the pieces on the chessboard back into the box one by one, "You are so good, even the president has been defeated by you! You will take the exam later." Are you a student?"

After packing up the chess pieces, Xiao Zhi placed the box on both sides, and sitting opposite him was a man in Tang suit that no one could see except him. He heard Chen En's pleasant voice in his ears, and took out a black piece from the opposite box and placed it in the small eye in the lower left corner. Going up, he said to the two children of the same age who were chattering beside him: "What is a college student? I want to play that kind of Go like the children competing on TV."

"???" The two children watched Xiaozhi play Go with the air, feeling dizzy and confused. What is that kind of Go? Is there any difference in Go?

In Xiaozhi's eyes, the Go games played by the people in the Go Club are different from the Go games played by the children on TV. Although he can't tell what the difference is, he wants to play Go like the ones on TV. Serious and focused, like doing a very sacred thing... like having your own beliefs!