[Soul of Chess] What if

"What?!" Ah Guang gasped, unable to believe what he had just heard.

Ah Guang knew that it was not unfounded for his father to say this.However, during the conversation between Dad and Mr. Ogata just now, I have been sitting by the side and listening. Why didn't I realize this at all?

Perhaps seeing his confusion, Masao looked at Aguang gently and reminded: "Xiaoguang, think about it carefully, how did Mr. Ogata answer after I pointed out that this game plan had a negative impact on sai? With what expression did you say it?"

Hearing what his father said, Aguang propped his chin and thought about it seriously: Hmm... Mr. Ogata seemed a little surprised when he heard his father say that this competition had a negative impact on sai, as if he was completely unaware of this situation.Later, during the process of his father's explanation, he had been listening very carefully, and after realizing that there were indeed flaws in his work, he admitted the mistake very sincerely, and said with a good attitude that he would convey his father's opinion to the director when he went back.

The whole process seems to be ok...

After thinking to no avail, Ah Guang looked at Zhengfu as if asking for help.

"It seems that this is still difficult for you now."

Masao sighed helplessly, and then patiently helped Hikaru analyze: "Mr. Ogata looked surprised when I said that the game had a negative impact on Sai, and asked me why I said that, as if I hadn't expected it beforehand. It’s going to look like this.”

"Does he really not know, or is he just pretending not to know? Because I don't know which kind of situation it is, I decided to test it out."

"Trying?" Ah Guang repeated in confusion.In his opinion, Dad and the others are obviously just having a normal conversation.

"That's right." Masao affirmed, "Although the incident happened suddenly, fortunately I collected some useful information in a hurry, such as the rule that 'the game fee for chess players is set according to the results of the game' is one of the systems for reforming the Chess Academy. .Because of this, the plan was able to proceed smoothly."

When he said "one", Dad's tone was a little more emphatic.Ah Guang didn't react at first, but when he came back, he couldn't help but let out an "ah".

So it is!No wonder Dad said things like that.Ah Guang only felt that the fog that had been shrouding his heart before had gradually dissipated a lot.

"It doesn't have any negative impact on Sai? How do you say that?"

Hearing Mr. Ogata's question, my father replied thoughtfully: "Well... Let's take the rule of 'the chess player's game fee is set according to the game result' as an example. To be honest, I don't really know anything about Go. How do you understand, but since they are called 'professional chess players', chess players should make a living by playing chess. If the sai cup is held smoothly, this rule alone will make many chess players' incomes compared to before less, and that's not going to be a happy thing for anyone."

"That's right." Mr. Ogata didn't deny this fact, but he didn't seem to think that the matter would be as serious as what his father said, "There will definitely be dissatisfaction when you find that your income has decreased, but I think At most, they are just complaining, and it shouldn't really affect Sai."

"Indeed." Dad also agreed, and he added, "I mean, if there is only one rule."

It was this sentence that made Mr. Ogata's calm expression stagnate for a moment, and what his father said next made the smile on his face stiff.

Dad said this: "You just said that this competition is the last hope for the Chess Academy to get rid of the crisis. If so, there should be many clauses with special significance in the competition rules besides that one. Already admitted."

Seeing that Mr. Ogata was a little confused, he reminded him kindly: "Just now when I asked whether that rule reformed one of the systems of the Kiin, you replied 'it is'."

"Uh... yes, I said so." Mr. Ogata replied with a somewhat embarrassed expression.

Dad glanced at the other party and continued: "Although in order to avoid prematurely intensifying some people's resistance, those rules are cleverly disguised, and it is difficult for ordinary people to notice. However, those systems actually exist. Once implemented, the interests of some people will indeed be reduced little by little.”

"Although people may not realize it at first, one day they will realize this fact, and at that time, the dissatisfaction that has been accumulated in the bottom of their hearts and the anger that they have been deceived will erupt like a volcano. Come out. No one can bear the impact like that."

"...It shouldn't be that serious, right?" Mr. Ogata was still struggling for the last time.

"I think it should be so serious." Dad said with certainty, "All the attempts made by Qiyuan before have all ended in failure. This shows how powerful those people are. So I think they are because of this. The power of the negative emotions suppressed by the game is even more astonishing. The one who needs to be forced to bear these is Sai.”

"Although they also know in their hearts that such a large-scale event should not be held by Sai alone, the anger accumulated in their hearts is like a blocked flood that urgently needs an outlet to vent. At this time, Sai will be the most suitable object, because the title of the competition is named after him."

"In their view, since the name of the game is the Sai Cup, Sai should also be one of the insiders of the game, and he is not completely innocent. Thinking about how hard he has worked so hard to get to where he is now, and Sai has become the leader without much effort. After nine dans, and now they are still uniting with the high-level chess academy to try to deprive themselves of their own interests, the resulting humiliation and resentment will make them even more irrational. This is one of the negative effects on sai I mentioned."

Mr. Ogata did not refute this statement.Maybe he didn't have time to react, or maybe he acquiesced.And Dad's voice continued: "I don't care what sai will look like in the end after being baptized by people's groundless accusations. In the end, it's good that the chess academy has been reformed smoothly. At least sai still has a chance of turning over. However, if it still fails this time Then Sai will not only bear such a heavy burden in vain, but will even completely lose his place in the Go world. And this is another negative impact on Sai.”

After Aguang looked back with all his thoughtful eyes, Masao, who had been sitting there quietly, asked, "Xiaoguang, before answering the question of whether Mr. Ogata knew that this competition would have a negative impact on Sai Before that, please think about these questions. First of all, is the Sai Cup just a simple competition?"

"No." Without the slightest hesitation, Ah Guang gave the answer.

"Yes, Mr. Ogata has already admitted that this competition is actually held to test the effect of the new system as a pilot." Masao affirmed, "Next question, is this the first time the Chess Academy has tried reform?"

Didn't Mr. Ogata say this in the conversation just now, why did Dad ask such a question?Although it was a bit strange, Aguang still answered the question: "No. Mr. Ogata said that Qiyuan has made many attempts before."

"What were the results of those attempts?"

"It all failed."

"Why did it fail?"

"Uh..." Aguang said while recalling what Mr. Ogata said before, "Because those systems involved the interests of many old chess players, in order not to damage their own interests, those people strongly opposed the reform. Because of those People are not only old and high-ranking, but also have a large number of people. Under the leadership of those people, the new system cannot be implemented at all, so the previous attempts of the Chess Academy failed in the end.”

After listening to Ah Guang's answer, Zheng Fu nodded approvingly: "Then, if those people find out that this competition is not a simple competition, but an innovative system that will constantly infringe on their own interests, will they sit still and wait for death?"

"……Won't."

"That's right. After realizing the truth of the game, he tried his best to obstruct it, just like he did every reform of the Chess Academy before." After a pause, Masao looked at A Guang seriously, "Even you can foresee this In the end, do you think Ogata-san didn't consider such a situation?"

Aang was silent.

It's not that he doesn't know the answer, but that Dad is right. Mr. Ogata should have known that this attempt would also be opposed by those people.However, during the conversation just now, Mr. Ogata acted as if he hadn't expected such a result at all.

It turned out that it was just a disguise, but I naively thought that Mr. Ogata was really unaware of this situation.From this point of view, he was really too weak.

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It should be updated yesterday, woo woo (っ╥╯﹏╰╥c)

The memory part is expected to end in the next chapter, continue to work hard~~