Cherish the time

Taya followed up with a son, and the two sides became calamity here.

Ogata subconsciously stopped his hand reaching out to touch the chess piece, stared at the chessboard and began to think for a long time.

In the eyes of the onlookers, Ogata was in the absolute upper hand at this time, when it was supposed to be a strong attack, but somehow stopped at this juncture.

This unreasonable sudden stop gave everyone a sense of suffocation, and made people feel like they were holding their breath in their chests.

Wang Xing and Li Changhao looked at the board carefully for a while, and then exchanged eyes in a tacit understanding.

Both of them saw the astonishment in each other's eyes.

Both of these two are excellent chess players at the top of the country, and their attainments in Go are unmatched by the graduate students and low-level chess players present.

After they sorted out the process of this chess game in their minds, they immediately understood what the intention of Taya's move was, and how delicate, sharp and appropriate the move was.

Because of his acquaintance with Ogata Seiji, Wang Xing did not mistake them for Korean chess players.

He thought about the entry list of the Japanese team this time, and asked the translator standing aside in a low voice, "[Is this Japan's Toya Ryo Erdan]?"

Liu Feng, an overseas Chinese who acted as a Chinese-Korean translator during the competition, glanced at Li Jiuduan who was standing on the other side in a flustered look, and replied a little embarrassedly, "[Sorry...I'm not very clear about this]..." Jiu Duan translated Wang Xing's question in his puzzled eyes.

"(Oh)?" After listening to the translation, Li Jiuduan's interest suddenly increased, "(Is he the proud son of Taya Xingyang)?" He looked up and down Taya Ryo Then he muttered with some doubts, "...(This should be a boy, right)?"

Liu Feng was very sensible and didn't translate the last sentence to Wang Xing.

When the two of them were discussing Taya Ryo in a low voice, Ogata, who was in the game, finally understood Taya's intention.

He actually planned to retreat to advance, at the cost of giving up a small number of sacrifices, to preserve the remaining large field.

This is very close to Ogata's previous moves, and it can be regarded as a pretty beautiful counterattack—if it can be successful.

And now.

Ogata, who saw through Taya's intentions, cut off Taya's life without hesitation, and severely cut off the glimmer of life that Ryo Taya had finally found!

Takaya frowned.

Being forced to such a point, the previous way of life has become a way of death.

But the more so, the more clearly he realized this fact in his heart.

——If Xiao Guang took over after that move, this game of chess would never have ended like this.

He subconsciously wanted to use his peripheral vision to glance at the direction where Shinto was, but was blocked by a large crowd of people, so he could only return his attention to the chessboard, calculating if there was any new way out.

But no matter how he thinks, he can only restore the gap between the two eyes at most, but cannot change the final outcome.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Then he lowered his head.

"I lost."

——In the final analysis...it is still that his strength is not enough.

Seeing Taya lower his head, Ogata realized that his left hand was covered in cold sweat, which was very sticky and uncomfortable.

"...Thank you for your advice." He nodded, calmly rubbed his palms on the tablecloth covered tabletop, then took out the glasses cloth from the inner pocket of his suit, took off his glasses and wiped them carefully .

The environment of language barrier and habitual movements relaxed his vigilance, which made him confide in his heart naturally: "Xiao Liang, you are not as good as me."

What he said was just an ordinary sigh, and he didn't expect to hear the other party's reply.

Unexpectedly, Taya replied very seriously, "I know."

It was just three short words, but Ogata heard quite profound meaning from them.

So he didn't speak anymore, just put back the cleaned glasses, and turned his head to look at the table where Shinto was.

Because of the end of the chess game, some of the onlookers had dispersed in twos and threes. The originally crowded aisle immediately became much emptier, and Li and Wang, who had been hidden in the crowd, became more conspicuous.

Therefore, Xu Fang took a casual look and saw Li Changhao and Wang Xing who had been standing by the chess table early in the morning. They both smiled and met his gaze very gently.

Ogata Seiji immediately pulled away his chair and stood up, bowing slightly to say hello to the two.

His action was very conspicuous, and Taya Ryo subconsciously followed him to get up and say hello.

He Gu, who was confused about the situation, followed suit.

After Wang Xing and Li Changhao took the initiative to shake hands with the three of them one by one, a group of chess players who did not understand the language looked at each other in a dilemma.

Fortunately, when Hegu pulled Han Qianhui back from Gao Yongxia's side, the situation improved slightly, but because Liu Feng didn't understand Japanese, and Han Qianhui didn't understand Chinese, this made the communication between China and Japan difficult. It is necessary to use Korean as a transit to proceed reluctantly.

But for chess players, this is enough.

Wang Xing first introduced to them one by one the three Chinese players participating in this competition, namely Chen Xiaodong [-]th dan, Lu Li [-]rd dan and Zhao Shichu.

Just when Ogata was about to introduce the Japanese team members this time, Hikari Shinto, Hong Xiuying, and Gao Yongxia walked over together.

Jinto and Xiuying failed to recognize Li Changhao and Wang Xing with their backs facing them, but Gao Yongxia recognized the teacher's familiar back.

He felt a little ashamed of the teacher's usual trust and teaching to him, and this shred of shame made him bow his head slightly when he called out the word "teacher".

Lee Chang-ho loves and understands his proud apprentice very much. Looking at his slightly dodging eyes, he knows that he probably hit a wall with the Japanese team today, so that he was a little frustrated.

But he didn't say anything, just turned half of his body and nodded at the three of them with a smile, beckoning them to hurry over.

Seeing this scene, Shinto didn't show any special surprise, he just tilted his head to confirm with Xiuying while speeding up his pace, "(That's Li Jiudan)."

"(Yes)." Xiuying's answer was also very brief - as one of Gao Yongxia's rare friends, he was no stranger to Li Jiuduan, so he didn't have the kind of extreme behavior that would appear on ordinary graduate students.

After the three of them saluted and formally joined the conversation, Obi continued the introduction work that he hadn't been able to complete before.

"This is Shinto Hikari's third dan, Toya Ryo's second dan and Watani Yoshitaka's first dan. They are all participating in an international competition for the first time, and I will have to ask for some advice on the field."

"[To each other, let us make progress together.]" Wang Xing agreed casually, and then looked at Shinto standing between Taya and Ogata, "[Speaking of which, you are Shinto Hikari]? "

"[I am determined to be the team leader just to see you]."

“[Can you find time to play a game with me if you can]?”

The author has something to say: the bracketed words are Korean.

What is enclosed by [] is Mandarin.

It’s Japanese without any symbols~

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