[comprehensive] between square inches

It was a wonderful week in Switzerland. It was the first time for Siming to get in touch with nature so closely. The green lawn, the snow-covered mountain peaks, and the antelope peeking at people from afar...everything made people linger and forget to leave.

After the school trip ended, Siming once again resumed his regular life of going to class and working part-time.After October ended, the school ushered in a cultural festival again. The students in Group C set up a haunted house. After Siming participated in the classroom decoration, he was dragged to the Go Club by Senior Takeda who came to Group C to find someone.

As a second-year star member, Siming was asked to stay in the Go club as a signboard, and to practice simple life-and-death exercises with everyone who came to challenge the Go club.

[At this time, I have to be thankful that not many people like Ice Emperor like Go! 】The young man from Chiba looked at Siming lying on the table leisurely, and sighed with sympathy when compared with the tennis court surrounded by people on the adjacent playground.

indeed.Siming raised his head and looked at the tennis club on the third floor and the third floor, feeling sorry for him.

"Hey, Chiba-san, can we play directly?"

"Senior Ninja."

The Go Club booth, which hadn't been visited by anyone for a long time, attracted a group of girls because of the young master's presence.What is this wolf doing here?Siming slandered secretly, but still nodded towards Ren Zu.

Siming grabbed a handful of chess pieces from the chess box and signaled Renzu to guess the pieces, and Renzu put a chess piece on the board.

"Odd number, Ninzu-senpai holds black. Please." Siming pushed the chess box to Ninzuzu's hand. "Please advise me a lot."

"Please give me your advice." After a casual response, he settled down on the star position.

From the perspective of chess strength, Siming was a little surprised by Renzu's start.He heard Hiyoshi say that Ninzuzu knew some Go before, but he thought it was just a little basic.After playing against him, I found that the opponent even surpassed some members of the Go club in terms of chess strength.

Especially in the closing stage, in terms of official calculations, Ninzu has a strength that does not belong to Doi-senpai.

"Oh, it looks like I still lost."

In the final preparation, including Heizi's stickers, Siming had two and a half more eyes than Renzu.

"Thank you for the advice."

"Thank you for your advice. Chiba-san, your Go is really good." Standing up, he asked Yamamoto Hayato, who was standing blankly by the side, "If you lose, there will be no prizes, right?"

"Ah,... no, there is still one." Yamamoto frantically dug out a Q-version chess player's keychain from the pile of prizes beside him, "Encouragement prize, thank you for coming."

Probably Shinozu came to make a start, and then a few more interested students came one after another, but not many directly proposed the game like Shinozu, just doing simple life-and-death chess.

After sitting for a whole morning, Siming got up and stretched, decided to change places with Horie, and ran into the social office to meet Xiaolao.

"Chiba, someone wants to play."

He was feeling a little sleepy when he was called again.

"Eh? Someone wants to play again? Isn't it!" Siming rubbed his eyes, and walked out of the club office slowly. In front of the booth of the Go club, there stood a boy with short brown hair, his eyes narrowed slightly, and from a distance he looked like a boy with short brown hair. Closed, the slender figure stood beside Yushi Ninzu, and he was not at all overwhelmed by Ninzu's demeanor.

"Senior Renzu." Siming nodded to Renzu, then looked at the strange boy.

"This is Liu Lian from Lihai University in the second and third grades. I heard that our Go club can play chess, so I came here because of my reputation." Ren Zu introduced to Siming kindly, "Mr. Liu is very famous in Lihai University and has won Over the title of Lihai's "Living Dictionary"..."

Siming slightly raised his head and looked at Liu Lian-er in front of him. Ah, I heard Riji say that this person is like the hedgehog-headed senior from Qingxue. He is a statistic player. The kind of chess players who are good at calculation.

"Senior Liu, please. Guess first?"

Liu nodded slightly, sat down, reached out and took out two chess pieces and placed them on the board.

It was the first time Siming saw such an active person, so he also sat down on his seat and grabbed a handful, "It's an odd number, Senior Liu, it seems that I'm holding the black."

The other party nodded again.

"Please advise."

"Please advise."

After saluting, Siming walked away with a small eye.

At the beginning of the game, both sides are testing each other, black and white have little contact with each other, and at the same time they are developing their own ground.After about twenty moves, Liu began to attack the black chess.

What surprised Siming was that, unlike the elegant and gentle appearance of his opponent, Liu's chess was extremely aggressive, full of murderous intent, and his speed was also relatively fast, estimated to be as fast as ten seconds per move.

Such an aggressive style of chess.

Under Liu's strong attack, the mid-game fight started, and the smoke was everywhere. After entering the social office, a few third-graders who were still helping in the class in the morning also walked behind Siming to watch the battle.

"This person's chess skills are pretty good." Bupo whispered to Nagase who was frowning.

"You forgot. When we were in the first grade, in the Lihai Big Go Club that we met in the winter competition, Liu Lianer was the second player in it."

"Ah, I remembered. I thought that after he concentrates on tennis now, his chess skills will decline."

"Shhh, Chiba is still in the game, don't disturb him." Doi put his hand over his mouth and made a gesture in a low voice, and they pushed a little distance away, "I think Chiba can win."

Even if it is Li Haida's "living dictionary", it can only lose against Chiba, a Go genius.Doi and the others thought so.

Half an hour later, the fight in the middle game was coming to an end. A few first-year students watching the battle thought it could go on, but Liu gave in.

"Thank you for the advice."

"Thank you for the advice."

Without saying much, Liu took his prize and left the Weiqi Club's booth, understanding Siming's hard work, and several seniors finally agreed to let Siming go to enjoy the atmosphere of the cultural festival.

"It's no wonder that Bingdi was able to reach the semi-finals of the summer competition this year. The sophomore's chess skills are quite strong. If they hadn't met Aquaman in the semi-finals, their results would have been even better." The strength of the players in the third grade of the emperor is very clear, "This year's winter competition, the pressure on the Go club will be great."

"Really?" Yukimura turned his head and looked in the direction of the Go club, "Just go back and train them with Liu Duoduo."

With the end of the cultural festival and debate competition, the final exam was ushered in by the students who were full of complaints.

"It seems that you are really a good student, aren't you worried at all?" Shibazaki Cang teased while reviewing the game with Siming.

"It's okay. It's enough to work hard at ordinary times."

After finishing work, Shibazaki handed him a letter.

"This is?" Siming took it suspiciously.

"You're going to take the exam next month, right? This is a letter of recommendation, so that your senior doesn't have to think of other ways. Although I'm not very famous, I can be regarded as a professional chess player anyway." Shibazaki smiled and stretched out his hand Holding Siming's shoulders, "Behave well, and don't be too nervous, Mr. Xiaotian is still a good person."

"Ah."

Exam students need a lot of registration fees, and after working part-time for the past few months, it is still not enough.Mr. Shibazaki generously advanced Siming's salary for the next few months to cover the registration fee.

In order not to let Yamei worry about the cost, Siming did not mention the exam to her, because on the day of the exam, a guardian would be required to accompany her, so Siming suggested to Riji to borrow his parents to fill in the scene.

As a result, it was his grandfather, Riji Zhikang, who came to pick Siming up for the exam that day.

Looking at Grandpa Riji who had the same straight face as Riji, Siming was a little nervous.Although this kind of face was seen a lot in the previous life, it was my own grandfather, and now I was a little scared to meet such a cold old man unexpectedly.

"Don't be too nervous, it's not easy to be a college student at your level."

"Cough. Just play to your own level."

Siming nodded and accepted the encouragement of the two.It seems that those old men with cold faces are actually quite kind.Thinking of his grandfather who always pretended to be strict, Siming slowly relaxed his tense nerves.

After the three of them entered the chess academy, someone was already waiting at the front desk. After confirming Siming's identity, he immediately took him to the examination place.The exam place was on the second floor. When they walked to the door, a student happened to come out. His face was not very good. The parents who accompanied him kept comforting him. He probably failed the exam.Mr. Sagara, who guided them, introduced Siming to the tutor who walked out of the door, and the other party welcomed the three of them in.

The chess room for the exam is not big, a few square meters square, in a standard Japanese style.There is a wooden chessboard in the center of the room, and the tutor of the college student sits with his back to the door.Siming walked to the opposite side of the student tutor, saw the other party's sitting posture, and felt a little lucky. Fortunately, he would occasionally ask everyone to sit upright during Go club activities, otherwise he would never be able to persist.Hiji and his grandfather sat down beside them.

The tutor of the college students, surnamed Shinoda, is a kind-looking middle-aged uncle who wears glasses.After introducing myself, I asked Siming for an application form.

Siming handed over the application form and the game record to Shinoda.After taking it, Xiaotian flipped through it briefly, and asked Siming a few questions, "Then, shall we play the next game now?"

Siming nodded, and according to Teacher Xiaotian, Siming placed three handicap on the chessboard.

In the previous matches, Siming had only met one professional player, Shibazaki Ao. The level of this mentor was relatively higher than Shibazaki Ao, and he was even more difficult to deal with.But Siming was not in a hurry.He is very sure that he only needs to play at his own level in this game, and he doesn't have to worry about winning or losing.

His eyes were fixed on the chessboard, and all kinds of chess games he had seen flashed in his mind. Siming had to think about which game and which move to use several times before placing the chess pieces.

Shinoda looked at the child in front of him and nodded secretly.Chiba Koichi's recommender is Shibazaki [-]nd Dan, who is average in chess, but Shibazaki [-]nd Dan seems to be a disciple of Ogata [-]th Dan, and the kid's own strength is also very good.A kid in his teens has only been in contact with Go for more than a year according to his resume. Judging from the game records he handed over, he usually plays with his classmates from his chess club. The chess players did not panic in the slightest, and steadily opened up their territory.

Before this, several children had taken the exam, but without exception, they all showed a little nervousness and a desire to express themselves. It is really good that this child can do this.

"I lost." Siming surrendered in the middle of the game very calmly. He remembered that when he first learned Go, his grandfather once said to himself, face his own winning or losing calmly, and admit defeat when it is time to admit defeat. Only in this way can we fully understand our own strength.

Shinoda pointed to one of the stones, "This move is not very good, Xiao Fei should be more suitable. After this, the move is good, but the timing is not very good. If it can be played when the white piece is here It's better to use..."

Siming listened carefully to the instructor's explanation, and occasionally asked for new moves when he came up with new moves. Shinoda was not impatient. According to Siming, he laid them out one by one, pointing out the advantages and disadvantages.

Riji Zhikang followed beside him and listened clearly, but after listening to a few words, Riji was completely at a loss.It's just that he promised to watch Chiba complete the college entrance examination, so it's not easy to propose to leave now.Fortunately, as a child of an ancient martial arts family, Hiyoshi is very patient, so he just sat aside and watched.

"Ah, there are probably still candidates down here. Let's go here first. Come to class next month." Shinoda smiled and said to Siming, he likes this student very much. "Out of this Japanese room, go east to the central game room. Everyone may still be playing games now. You can go and have a look..." He is sure that this child will become like the fourth dan Shinto in time. Such a chess player.

"Okay, thank you teacher." Siming got up and bowed to Shinoda, and left the Japanese room. There seemed to be another child waiting for the exam outside the door. It seems that there are many people in Japan who love Go.

Because Shinoda was in charge of the next candidates, Mr. Sagara, who had guided Siming before, took Siming and the others to see the opposite room in the middle. "This is the central meeting room. There is everyone's ranking on the blackboard here. When you come next month, I will send you your match list." Siming nodded.

Mr. Sagara pointed to the left corner of the classroom, "Several students there are in a group. If you can win the top six in the group of college students, you can enter the vocational exam without the initial exam. Chiba-kun, come on."

"Thank you!"

"You can go in and have a look. Those few are already replaying, and the others are still in the game. If you are afraid of being disturbed, you can go and see the replay."

"Okay, thank you Mr. Sagara."

"You still want to look here?" Riji asked Siming with his head tilted.

Siming shook his head, "No, let's go back first, Kanako is still waiting for me at home." Then he turned to Grandpa Riji, "Grandpa Riji, thank you very much this time."