I, Rick, the strongest human

"Ah... I didn't expect it to be this game..."

From the initial defeat, so far, Rick has not won even a single victory...

chess!

"When it comes to games, I've never been afraid of anyone... especially this game!"

"is it?"

Rick still had a strange smile on his face, that kind of smile that seemed to predict everything and control everything.

"Wait...you won't foul again this time!"

Seeming to have thought of something, Sombra's tone was rarely flustered.

"Hey, hey! It's the last game anyway, can't you have fun!"

"Did I say it wouldn't be fun?"

Facing the questioning, Rick, who had already been prepared, just spoke plainly.

"Chess, no matter how you look at it, if it's you, you should definitely win."

"This kind of talk... what! Don't change the subject for me!"

The black figure scratched his hair in distress and said helplessly.

"Besides...you must win or something...only if the opponent is you, it is already 'impossible'!"

Looking at the two chess pieces symbolizing the "king", one black and one white, held in the opponent's palm, Soi Ying fell into silence.

"No matter what, this game is up to me to decide?"

The silver-haired boy seemed to be showing off something, but also seemed to be declaring something.

"The winner decides the next game... This is the most primitive rule!"

That's right, this is the oldest, most primitive, and most basic rule——

The "dinosaurs" who were once the overlords of the earth, as the victors, of course dominate the planet under their feet, whether it is the environment or other life on it.

Rules are formulated by them, enforced by them, and dominated by them, which is so "dominant" and "no rules".

If you want to say why, then there is only one answer——

Because, they are winners.

Yes, the strong never have the power to dominate the weak, but the winner can dominate the loser.

There is only one reason why human beings can sit on the world and enjoy the resources of a planet——

Humans are the winners.

It was the one who defeated all other animals, eliminated them, and survived tenaciously until now——

Winner!

"It's really... completely irrefutable..."

This was the rule set by the two of them before the game started, Soi Ying was speechless and could only nod his head.

"After all, this is an agreement between the two of us!"

Rick smiled, and that seemingly ordinary smile seemed to contain some deep meaning.

"Sa...then, the game begins—!"

Just like the organizer, the silver-haired boy who was the winner stood up and shouted at the black shadow on the ground.

"Games start--"

"Swear to the promise——"×2

……

"Well, don't worry, it's just ordinary chess."

"Such words... are even more worrying!"

"Anyway, the game is about to begin!"

"Ah, really... what an idiot I am for agreeing to such a rule!"

Because she has absolute confidence in herself, she didn't think she would fail, and she agreed to the condition of "the winner decides the game" at that time.

It's just that she didn't expect that she would fall into such a situation now...

"Okay, okay, anyway, you should take a look at your chess pieces first!"

As if implying something, Rick suddenly reminded.

"Chess pieces... what—!"

Hei Ying cast his eyes on the chessboard in front of the two, and made an incomprehensible sound.

"This is... what the hell!"

On her side of the game, there was only one black pawn representing the king, standing alone on the board.On the opposite side is a row of chess pieces.

"Hey! This is cheating!"

The black shadow patted the chessboard in front of her and said dissatisfiedly.

"It's not cheating—"

Rick held up a finger, smiled and shook his head.

"The rules are like this. Although it is a chessboard, it uses the rules of 'shogi'—"

"As long as you capture the opponent's pieces, you can choose to place the opponent's pieces on your own board in the next round."

"Except for this one rule, everything else is no different from chess."

"but--"

Sombra wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Rick.

"Shogi has a 'handicap' system. At the beginning of the game, I permanently remove some of my pieces. I just place them according to the rules."

"Although it will be difficult to move if you discard all the pieces from the beginning, but if it's you... it should be fine, right?"

"..."

Hearing this, she already understood the meaning of the other party's words.

The role she wants to play is the "God of War" who was defeated by Rick.

From the beginning, they abandoned the existence of other races, in other words, they were fighting alone from the beginning.

Before the game even started, she had already lost.

"Ahh... I didn't think of this!"

The black shadow made a sound in annoyance

He should have understood from the very beginning when he held two chess pieces in his hand that his "king" was already in the opponent's hand before the game started, and he was "checkmate" before the game started——

"But even so, I won't lose!"

Facing this desperate situation, the black shadow shouted, and pushed the pawn symbolizing the "king" forward, directly eating a "pawn" on Rick's side.

"If you go this way...it's okay!"

It was obviously a move that violated the rules, but Rick nodded seriously.

"As long as there is no 'obstacle' on the path, it is fine to capture any chess piece."

Because, this is the absolute power dominated by the God of War.

"That's really...an interesting rule!"

One side is fighting alone, with only one chess piece, but can take it at will.

There are sixteen chess pieces on one side, but the rules must be followed.

This is the first time I have come into contact with this kind of game where even the rules are "unfair" and even the beginning is "unfair".

"Is it fair or unfair? Ahh~ It's really hard to judge!"

……

In this way, after the two played chess for 10 minutes.

"Although I was shocked at first, it seems that I will win this time, okay?"

"Ah, maybe."

On today's chessboard, only one pawn, two castles, one king and one queen remain on Rick's side.

The king was surrounded by the postures of front, back, left and right respectively.

The remaining chess pieces are all covered on the opponent's chessboard.

"Hmph... If this is the case, we can't turn the tables!"

The black shadow stretched out his hand and pushed a chess piece representing a pawn forward, the target - the castle!

"General—"

But these words did not come from her mouth, but from Rick's mouth.

Move White's king to where the pawn is and capture it.

This is not your turn!

Before she could say this, Rick preempted her.

"War, how can you come and go, you and I will have a round?"

The silver-haired boy smiled, but there was an imperceptible indifference on his face.

"Also, the right to eat at will...you are not the only one who owns it!"

After capturing the piece representing the pawn, the black king is completely exposed to the white king.

"It's about to die..."

Soi Ying smiled wryly. Although according to the rules, her king can directly eat the opponent's king, but...

"The black chess is not the opponent of the white chess, even if it rushes forward, it will only be counter-killed."

Rick nodded and said what the other party was thinking.

"So... I lost from the beginning?"

Although he already knew this, Soi Ying still seemed a little bit shocked when he got the answer.

"Losing from the beginning... What kind of bad game is this!"

Facing the black figure gradually emerging, Rick replied without thinking.

"Yeah, this is indeed a rubbish game. You don't need to finish playing, or even start to get the result."

"Because, that's what—"

"A game called life."

Chapter 44 The essence of the game

"Haha—although it's the same method as cheating, but in the end, I still lost!"

The black shadow lowered its head, looking a little dejected.

"But... next time! I won't lose to you again!"

In just a split second, the black shadow returned to her original appearance, raised her head, and said energetically.

"Next time? Didn't I say it? This is the last game between us!"

The silver-haired boy shook his head and said it in a regretful tone.

"Hey (ノω

As if seeing through something, the black shadow made an unknown sound.

"Oh, of course—"