[Soul of Chess] What if

madman.

Shindo said so brightly in his eyes.

Such a reaction was completely within Ogata's expectations, after all, no one would think that the person who did such an act would really care about Kiin.

It is precisely because he knows this that he feels lonely occasionally... Ogata sighed softly in his heart.He withdrew his gaze from looking at the other party, propped his forehead with his hands, and quietly stared at the scenery outside the window in a daze.

When he managed to come back to his senses, even though he still maintained his original posture, he could still feel the presence of the person opposite him.

"...Why didn't you leave? The door is clearly over there." After a moment of silence, he asked aloud.

Hearing my inquiry, the other party's breathing was obviously stagnant, presumably he didn't realize that he could take the opportunity to escape.This made Ogata feel a little funny.

"I'm just a little tired from playing chess just now, and I just want to rest for a while." The other party replied bluntly.

Such an answer full of loopholes was obviously made up out of desperation.The other party probably also realized that his forced calm could be exposed at a glance, so he couldn't help but have a hint of annoyance in his tone.

It seems that he was pushed... Ogata lowered his eyes slightly.

No wonder.First being brought here without explanation, then being targeted everywhere on the chessboard, and then being threatened for no reason, there should not be many people who can still maintain calm after so much trouble.

"It's hard to understand... You care so much about it, but you still want to destroy it with your own hands." For some reason, he really wants to talk about it now, even if the other party doesn't care what he said, "But instead of watching it It was destroyed beyond recognition by people, it would be better to end it with my own hands when it still retains the last trace of soul..."

"Um, sorry. Said something inexplicable."

Realizing his slip of the tongue, Ogata covered his mouth with his hands, but saw the other party looking at him in puzzlement: "'was destroyed beyond recognition'? What does this sentence mean? Is someone trying to harm the chess academy?"

"You can say that."

Ogata wanted to answer in a perfunctory way, but perhaps because those eyes were too clear, he couldn't help explaining half-confidantly: "You should feel it, there are very few people who know people around you. Go. Going on like this, maybe it won’t be long before Go will completely become history.”

Although these words suddenly sounded a bit exaggerated, but after thinking about it a little bit, Aguang had to admit that Mr. Ogata was right.

Because before getting to know Zuo Wei, Go was very far away for me.Apart from Grandpa, there is no other person around who is keen on Go.

Although he also met many people who liked Go in the process of learning Go, the audience of Go is still quite small in general, and there are very few people who really love Go. According to this development trend, Go It is very likely that it will be completely reduced to history as Mr. Ogata said.

"If Go is really turned into history because of this reason, there is nothing to do. After all, Go has always been a bit high-sounding among many intellectual games. However, it is not the case."

Just when Aguang was wondering why Mr. Ogata said that, he heard the other party ask: "You should still have the memory of the chess master Hideyuki being officially expelled from the chess academy a few months ago, right?"

After he mentioned it, Aguang felt that he seemed to understand a little bit why Mr. Ogata wanted to destroy the chess academy.

On December 12 last year, the Chess Academy decided to expel Mr. Hideyuki and deprive him of the nine-dan rank he had obtained in the Chess Academy.

The reason why he made such a severe decision is because Mr. Hideyuki violated the regulations of the Go Academy and insisted on independently issuing chess ranking certificates to amateur Go enthusiasts at half the fee than the Go Academy.

As soon as the news was announced, it immediately caused a huge shock in the chess world.After all, this is the first time that the Chess Academy has been punished since its establishment. The object of the punishment is Mr. Xiuxing, who has achieved brilliant achievements in the chess world and was awarded the honorary title of Chess Master. All major newspapers have reported this news in a prominent position. Because of this, it is not the management of the Chess Academy. Ah Guang at the lower level can also roughly understand the whole process of the matter.

According to the statement of the Kiyuan and the newspaper reports, the reason why the Kiyuan is so opposed to Mr. Hideyuki issuing rank certificates in his own name is because the income from certificate fees is its main source of income, and it can even be said to be the foundation of its operations.

This is no wonder, because although it is an amateur rank certificate, the price is quite high.It will cost 31500 yen for the first stage alone, and it will be even more expensive for the sixth stage, which will cost 210000 yen.After one year, the Chess Academy can have a rather generous income!

However, due to various reasons, such an expensive certificate does not prove the value of chess skills, at best it can only decorate the room.This is also the reason why public opinion is quite disapproving of this move by the Chess Academy.

"As reported in the newspaper, the amateur certificate is the main source of income for the chess academy." Mr. Ogata said leaning back in his chair.

"Not only that, the Chess Academy also charges 20% to 30% of the fund management fee from the Go tournament every year, and the players also need to hand over 20% of the game prize money to the Chess Academy. In addition to these, the Chess Academy also has other income such as publishing and distribution. If you add it all up, the Chess Academy can generate a huge amount of income every year."

Hikaru stared dumbfounded at the opposite Mr. Ogata who revealed the inside story of Kiin's management with his usual expression.After he digested the information with great difficulty, he felt a little puzzled: Since the Chess Academy can earn quite a lot of income every year, why does it owe huge debts?

He then asked the question in his heart.Unexpectedly, after hearing his own question, Mr. Ogata showed a sarcasm smile: "Ah, that's exactly what I'm going to say next."

The author has something to say:

Sure enough, I don’t want a chess idiot like Mr. Ogata to be misunderstood... ○○（＞＜）○○