[Comprehensive] Chess God Returns

Japanese chess academy.

"Ding!" The elevator stopped on the 8th floor.

"Mr. Kuwahara!" Editor-in-Chief Amano, who was talking about the chess game just now, greeted the person when he saw the person coming.

"Oh, it's Amano, it's been hard work. Is there an interview today?" The person in the elevator was Kuwamoto Inbo.

"Ah, yes, there are a few manuscripts to sort out." Amano said as he walked into the elevator and stood beside Kuwahara.Several other people also followed him into the elevator, but they all stood far away from the two of them. The three big men crowded into a pile, looking like they wanted to shrink into a corner.

Editor-in-Chief Amano looked at a few young people who lost their composure when they met Kuwahara Inbo, and felt a little helpless. After all, Kuwahara Inbo is famous for his inhumanity, and many people who don't know the inside story are afraid of him.However, he only sighed slightly in his heart, then turned his head to look at Kuwahara and said, "Mr. Kuwahara, you came here today because you are concerned about the Honinbo round-robin competition, right?"

"Hehe, round robin, there's nothing to pay attention to. I'm not here today for this, but to borrow something." Kuwahara shook the document bag in his hand and said with a smile.

Amano glanced at the date on the file bag for a while, only to realize that it seemed to be a game record from a long time ago, so he asked curiously: "Mr. Kuwahara, you must have borrowed a game record, it seems to be quite early information. "

"Yeah, I found it with the help of the little girl in the reference room, and I thought I lost it." Kuwahara put his hands behind his back, and his tone suddenly became a little cold, "This is all the chess records of Tayao Yukihiro, how can you find it like this?" It’s not easy to borrow in full.”

"Haha, Mr. Kuwahara, so you also study the chess records of Mr. Toya."

Amano has always felt that Kuwamoto Inbo is a well-known arrogant person in the chess world, and he rarely sees anyone he admires. Even if he is a celebrity in Toya, he has always held an attitude towards juniors.Amano heard Kuwahara talk about the decline of the current chess world more than once, and felt that there was no successor to Japanese Go. He always missed the scene when Go was prosperous in the past, and he always only liked to study ancient chess records, such as Honinbo Hidesaku's chess records.

However, because of his profound chess skills, he does have the capital of arrogance. As a veteran of the Japanese chess world, Kuwahara has firmly held the title of Honinbo for decades, which is definitely a skill.

Amano didn't expect to see that Kuwamoto Inbo borrowed other people's chess records this time, and it belonged to Toya celebrity, so he was slightly surprised, but he quickly thought of the ongoing Honinbo round-robin match, and he was relieved.

Feeling the low air pressure covering Kuwahara's whole body, Amano also felt a lot of pressure, but out of consideration for his journalism career, he still smiled and said: "Mr. Kuwahara said he doesn't care about the Honinbo competition, I think you definitely care about it, right? Otherwise, I wouldn’t have borrowed the game records of the celebrity Taya. It seems that you also think that Ogata-sensei will be the final winner, right? Indeed, Ogata-sensei is in a good state recently, and we were discussing the confrontation between him and Kurata-sensei just now It was really a beautiful win, although Kurata-sensei has made great progress, but for the time being, he is still no match for Ogata-sensei."

Amano paused for a while, looked at the game record in Kuwahara's hand, and said: "Mr. Kuwahara borrowed the game record of Toya Meiren, but I think it is not enough. You should study the previous game record of Mr. Ogata. Although the celebrity It’s the teacher of Ogata Jiudan, but the Go styles of the two are quite different, and studying the chess records of famous people will not be of great help to you in the title match against Ogata teacher in Honinbo.”

"Hahaha, Amano, are you saying that I borrowed the game record for the title match? A joke! Ogata's level is definitely not my opponent. He is too young, and he wants to take the title away from me now. He's not qualified yet." Kuwahara raised his head slightly, squinted at Amano, and said coolly, "I will always guard the title of Honinbo, and I will leave it to my grandson in the future. Before he grows up, I will Let's guard it for a few more years, hahaha!"

The elevator happened to go down to the first floor, Kuwahara walked out of the elevator slowly with his hands behind his back, and left the chess academy.

"Grandson?" Amano chewed on the word, confused.He has done an exclusive interview with Kuwahara Inbo before, but he clearly remembers that Kuwahara has no grandson, only a young granddaughter. His son and daughter-in-law died in a car accident five or six years ago. Before that, everyone was lamenting that the Go family The Kuwahara family is about to have no successors. It is strange when a grandson will appear.

Also, Mr. Kuwahara's behavior of coming to the chess academy to borrow chess records today is also very suspicious. It doesn't seem like something he would do at all. Could it be that something happened recently that he doesn't know about?It seems that I will go to Mr. Kuwahara's house for an interview in the near future. Even if it is a warm-up before the Honinbo title match, Amano has made a silent decision in his heart, vowing to reveal the answer to this mystery.

Not to mention the confusion on Amano's side, after Kuwahara left the chess academy, he went straight back to Kuwahara's house.Passing through the Japanese-style courtyard, Kuwahara saw the child sitting quietly in front of the chessboard under the eaves, slowly and carefully placing the chess pieces.

Probably hearing his footsteps, he turned his head in surprise and looked at himself expectantly.

"Cough, Zuo Wei, how are you doing today? Did your mother send you here?" Kuang Yuan only felt that the longing eyes put extra pressure on him. Fortunately, he went to the chess academy early in the morning to borrow the chess record, otherwise it would be a little bit It's not easy to explain.

"Grandpa sent me here." Zuo Wei replied, he looked behind Kuwahara eagerly, wanting to see if there was something he wanted on his hands behind his back.

"Hmph, didn't I say that Fujiwara Masaichi is not allowed to come to Kuwahara's house?" Kuwahara became angry when he heard that it was Fujiwara Masaichi.

"You are not allowed to speak ill of grandpa!" Zuo Wei pouted aggrievedly.

"He is not allowed to come in the future, otherwise the agreement between us will not count."

"No! You said it yourself. If you lose to me in chess, the conditions are up to me. I just like Go. You promised to give me Taya's game record, and you also said that you would help me find a chess opponent. , do you want to be lazy? Mr. Kuwahara."

"Call me grandpa." Kuang Yuan felt unhappy when he heard his unfamiliar address, "You took advantage of my negligence in the hospital that day, and you won't win so easily next time."

"You don't like my grandpa, and I don't want to call you grandpa, hmph." Zuo Wei turned his head and said angrily, "Besides, if you lose chess, you lose. There is nothing to quibble about, and if you ask yourself, it was really just a moment. Is it negligent?"

"That's..." Kuwahara was at a loss for words for a moment, unable to continue.It was indeed not a momentary carelessness, but that he really lost. He tried his best, but he still lost. He lost to the kid in front of him, and he still lost to the Xiu Ce style that he is most familiar with and proud of. under.

But he was very happy to lose, being defeated in his best field, not only did he not feel disappointed, but excited.Zuowei's strength only made him feel that the Go of the Kuwahara family hadn't been cut off, and that Japanese Go could still be saved, and that was enough.In Kuwahara's eyes, the conditions that Zuowei raised afterwards were trivial matters, even if Zuowei didn't say anything about these things, Kuwahara would still do them.After raising this child, Kuwahara felt that his life would not be as hopeless as before.In the past, he just stubbornly guarded the title of Honinbo, not wanting those impetuous young people to ruin this honor. Now he knows that his protection is to wait, to wait for this child who has inherited all the will of Honinbo Hidetsu.

"The chess record you want." Seeing that Zuowei was a little angry, Kuwahara had to show him the chess record first, and said, "If Fujiwara Masaichi wants to come, then just come. I'm not a stingy person."

"It's the chess record of a celebrity!" Zuo Wei excitedly took the game record and said happily.

But when he turned his head, he saw Kuwahara's old face, with a hint of expectation.Although I still don't quite understand what kind of grievances and grievances the Kuwahara family has with my own family, it can make the two old people look at each other like this for decades, and they can't bear it.Just thinking of Kuwahara's words of compromise just now, Zuowei decided to forgive him a little.

"Thank you, Kuwahara...Grandpa." Zuo Wei thanked slightly shyly.

"Hey!" Kuang Yuan was called out lightly by his grandfather, and then promised: "Who else's chess record do you want, I will help you find it in the chess academy."

"Is it really possible?" Zuowei looked at Kuwahara in surprise, and when he saw him smiling and nodding, Zuowei became really excited, "Are there any chess records for chess players from other countries?"

"It should be there. I asked the people from the Chess Academy to help, and I should be able to get it." With Kuwahara's current status in the Japanese chess world, I believe that if he is looking for it, he will definitely be able to find it.

"Then can I play chess with others?" Seeing Kuwahara's willingness to agree, Zuowei carefully said another request.

"Of course, I can also be your opponent." Kuwahara smiled amiably. Seeing Zuowei's overjoyed appearance, he couldn't help but raised his hand and stroked Zuowei's hair. s things.

"Then I can only play for a while, I have to rest, is it okay?" Because of his health, his family has strictly controlled his playing time, and playing chess with grandmasters is quite exhausting, so Zuo Because I have no confidence at all that I can complete the chess game without a break.

"It doesn't matter. I'm not in good health. Let's play slowly. It's okay to complete a chess game in a few days. Even the title match has the rule of 'sealed hands'. Let's refer to this and play slowly. In the future Those who play chess with you, let everyone abide by your rules of playing chess slowly. And as long as you have the strength, you are never afraid of too many rules. In the future, people who want to play chess with you will line up. Gao, the more they are chasing after him, hahaha!" Kuwahara laughed out loud.

When Zuo Wei thought of the scene where everyone lined up to find him to play chess, he couldn't help but start to look forward to it.