[Soul of Chess] What if

There is an old saying: "If you fight, you have courage. If you work hard at one stroke, you will lose your strength, and then you will be exhausted." The same is true for Go.

Although there was an hour's break before the start of the extra match, the fierce battle from the prologue to the end of the last game consumed a lot of energy on both sides, and these consumptions could not be recovered in just one hour.Therefore, when the game started again, the faces of the teenagers sitting on both sides of the chessboard were a little tired.

From the previous matches, it can be seen that the strength gap between the two is not that big, so the next match is not so much a battle of talents, but a contest of willpower between the two.That is, whoever can maintain the aggressive state until the end is the winner.

But in this contest, it was Ah Guang who lost first.

"ended……"

Hearing the low voices of emotions from the onlookers, Ah Guang also slumped his shoulders as if he had lost his strength, and he was also a little sleepy when he cleaned up the chessboard.

"It's finally over... I didn't expect to have such strong fighting spirit in the second round. I really lost to him." A Guang twitched the corner of his mouth, and said to Zuo Wei with tears in his eyes.

Zuowei agreed with this very much: "Yeah, yes. But Taya has always had a strong desire to win. Didn't Aguang already know this?"

Ah Guang recalled it for a while, um... I seem to have seen Taya's high-spirited appearance many times, but...

"At that time, the person who played chess with Taya was Zuowei you!" Aguang frowned and said unconvinced, "Although I watched the game from the sidelines, the feeling of watching the game is completely different from experiencing it personally."

"That seems to make sense..."

"right?"

"However, I miscalculated such a simple official because of exhaustion. It seems that Ah Guang's usual training should be strengthened." After finishing speaking, Zuo Wei nodded.

"What...what? Training needs to be strengthened?" Before Ah Guang could digest this information, Zuo Wei's next words made Ah Guang's face turn pale all of a sudden.

"In order for Aguang to be able to calmly face the game no matter what situation he encounters in the future, I will play a game of chess with Aguang every day from tomorrow." Zuo Wei then added, "Of course, I will take the I will go all out in the state when I come out of the official game.”

"Eh--?!"

Ah Guang couldn't believe what he heard at all: "Score first? And still go all out? Then I will be in a state of being hanged and beaten!"

Zoe doesn't think so.He sighed, and looked helplessly at the shocked Aguang: "Aguang, you are too exaggerated, your current strength can be said to be on par with Taya, so the situation you said will not happen of."

"But in the end I still lost." Ah Guang defended in a low voice.

Hearing what Ah Guang said, Zuo Wei bent down and slowly approached Ah Guang's face: "Ah Guang, if you hadn't made a mistake in your calculation and made a big mistake, how could you have lost so early, and even lost Wumu? Half?"

Alas--!Zuo Wei became so scary, what should I do? !Ah Guang tearfully ran and moved back desperately.

"So it's decided, and it will be implemented from tomorrow." Zuo Wei made a final decision.

Seeing that Zuo Wei's attitude was so resolute, and knowing that there was no room for maneuver in this matter, Ah Guang had no choice but to give up his resistance, but he still couldn't help but want to bargain: "That... Zuo Wei, can you not make a distinction for the time being? You Think about it, let’s not talk about Taya, even Taya’s father can’t beat you in the first place.”

"I didn't say that Ah Guang must beat me, I just wanted Ah Guang to get used to the rhythm of the game in this way."

"But……"

"And didn't Aguang promise me that he would study Go seriously and strive to become a qualified opponent sooner? This is obviously a way to realize this wish earlier, but Aguang has been pushing back and forth. Could it be that Aguang's previous promise Are they all lies?"

Ah Guang originally wanted to fight for it again, but seeing Zuo Wei blinking and looking at him pitifully, he swallowed back what he wanted to say.

That's obviously an excuse you deliberately made up because you don't want to cause me any more trouble.So, you are the one who lied, Zuo Wei.

"Okay, I promise you." Finally, Ah Guang compromised.

"Shinto, you..."

Seeing that Shinto had been silent since the end of the game, and seemed a little depressed, Taya couldn't help but want to say something.

Although there is still a certain gap between Shindo's strength and when he first met, but it only took more than a year to recover to this level, and it will not take long for his strength to fully recover.

There is still a month or so before the professional exam will start, and before Shinto officially enters the world of professional chess players in April next year, I have to do my best to continue to move forward...

However, just as Taya opened his mouth, someone stepped forward and patted Shinto on the shoulder first.

It was the person I met during the exam last year and when I went to the chess academy to find Shinto.

"Don't be so depressed, it's already very good to be able to persist here, and this is the first extra match since the Rising Stars Competition was held, it will probably be recorded in the history books~" the boy said carelessly.

Another person who looked calmer also said: "Well. Although there were mistakes, this game was played very well. It is already rare to be able to display such strength in such a tired state. "

"Yeah, you know I last year..." A chubby boy also leaned over.

Looking at the person surrounded in the middle, Taya stood up quietly, and left here.

The previous game had already consumed a lot of time, and then there was an extra match. After the awards ceremony finally ended, it was already very late.

So when Ah Guang walked out of the subway station, he saw that the street lights on the street had been turned on.

"It's already so late..." Ah Guang sighed and quickened his pace.

When I got home, my parents had already had dinner.Seeing Aguang coming in, Mitsuko put the plate containing curry rice into the microwave oven, and when Aguang came to the dining table, she saw that the heated food had already been placed on the table.

Ah Guang, who was already so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back, immediately sat down, picked up a spoon and ate voraciously.He was enjoying his meal when he saw his father coming out of the bathroom. After seeing Ah Guang, his father said, "Xiao Guang, come to the study after eating."

Hearing what his father said, Ah Guang immediately understood that the matter had a result.He responded quickly, and then speeded up his meal.

Just as Ah Guang expected, it was indeed the "sai cup" that the Chess Institute gave an answer.But it is not good news.

"Mr. Ogata contacted me today." After putting away the tableware, Aguang entered the study and heard his father say this as soon as he sat down.

"The meaning of Qiyuan is that we hope that the game can be named after Sai." Masao conveyed it in simple words while observing Aguang's expression, "As compensation, Qiyuan promises to satisfy Sai's wishes as much as possible within the scope of its ability." various needs."

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Next, Aguang will start to enlarge his moves, please be mentally prepared in advance.

Having said that, this should actually be updated yesterday... I'm really sorry everyone!

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