[comprehensive] untouchable opponent

"Shinto, are you here?!"

Shindo Hikaru, who had just entered the Zishui Go Salon, was shaken by Miss Shihe's excited voice. He was still not used to such a warm welcome for the first time, "Shi, Miss Shihe? Are you okay?"

"What kind of eyes do you have?" Miss Shihe put away her smile and rolled her eyes at him, then asked again, "Shinto, is there any good chess player among Xiaoliang's opponents recently? When I came to the clubhouse for a few days, I played music with a serious face, didn’t move or speak, and didn’t even bother to take a sip of water.”

"No?" Shinto Mitsuko thought for a while, and said with certainty, "Recently, Taya's opponents are similar to mine. They are all new beginners or low-level chess players. Same."

"That's weird..." Miss Shihe said to herself.

Shinto Hikari was a little curious by what she said, so he greeted her and walked to the compartment where Toya Ryo was.

Ta Yaliang was looking at the chessboard with a serious face, but he didn't notice his arrival.Shinto Hikaru didn't call him either, but walked over and looked down at the game on the chessboard.

At first glance, Shinto Hikari knew that the one holding the black was Taya Ryo, and the one holding the white...

Bai Zi's moves were sharp, and soon after the start, the whole game was provoked, especially in the middle game.

This chess style... this chess style...

"Taya..."

Taya Ryo was awakened from his contemplation, and when he looked up, he saw Shinto Hikaru sitting opposite him.He blinked, "...Shito, are you here?"

Shinto Hikaru looked at the chessboard, then raised his head to look at Ryo Taya, and asked with some doubts, "Taya, when did you play chess with 'Scorching Sun'? She has been offline recently."

"Scorching sun?" Ta Yaliang repeated the strange-sounding name that came out of Tengguang's mouth, and asked in a daze, "Who is that?"

"You don't know the hot sun?" Jin Tengguang felt a little strange, but thinking that it might be because of the pronunciation of the name, he said again, "Isn't this game played by you and hot sun on the Internet? She probably because of the forum incident recently , has not appeared on the Internet for half a month." Wouldn't it disappear inexplicably again?

"...Internet?" Ta Yaliang was even more at a loss, "I haven't played chess on the Internet for a long time, this game..."

In the middle of speaking, he suddenly stopped, looked down at the chessboard, and then at Hikari Shindo who was on the opposite side.He remembered that Liyuan Qianxia had asked him to keep this game of chess a secret that day, but now this game was seen by Shinto... For a moment, Ta Yaliang didn't know what to do.

This time, Shindo Hikaru quickly grasped the meaning of his words, "You mean you didn't play this game of chess with the scorching sun on the Internet? Who is the opponent? Where did you play against her?"

Taya Ryo, who is not good at lying, pursed his lips into a straight line, "..."

His reaction made Hikari's heart beat faster: If it wasn't on the Internet, could it be in reality?is it possible?

In the blink of an eye, Shinto Hikaru suddenly remembered that there was a time when Ta Yaliang told him that he had met a very powerful opponent, and he played a rematch with him. The style of chess in that game was almost the same as that of Xia Jiaoyang.

"Is it the person who played against you at the Akihabara amateur chess player exchange meeting last time? Have you met her again?"

Taya blinked, "..."

Last time he said that the person was a girl about their age, and she was not Chinese. Shinto Hikari knew that Xia Jiaoyang was not in this time and space at all, and later found her on the Internet, so he didn't pay much attention.

Thinking about it now, the first name that popped up in his mind was Liyuan Qianxia.He remembered that when he met Liyuan Qianxia here before, she and Taya seemed to have just played chess.

"...Could it be Liyuan-san?" Shinto Hikari asked hesitantly, and felt that it was unlikely, since he had seen her match with Ogata-sensei before, and the style and strength of chess were completely different.

Ta Yaliang froze all over, and the calmness on his face could hardly be stretched.Does this... count as breaking his promise?

Seeing that he neither admitted nor denied, and his expression was still so unnatural, Shinto Hikaru couldn't help asking again eagerly, "Taya, is your opponent in this game of chess Li Yuan-san? Tell me quickly!"

Under his urgent questioning, Ta Yaliang finally couldn't hold it anymore, he swallowed carefully, nodded, "Mmm..."

Shinto guessed it himself, so he shouldn't be entirely to blame, right?Takaya thought a little guilty.

Hikaru Shinto, who got the answer in the affirmative, opened his eyes wide and didn't recover for a long time, his mind was in a mess.

Liyuan Qianxia... Xia Jiaoyang...

It may be a coincidence that two different people have similar chess styles, but what if they are exactly the same?

……

More than half a month has passed, and nothing has happened. The turmoil on the Internet should have subsided, right?Liyuan Qianxia hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help but click the mouse to log in to the World Go website.

The screen was quiet, and no game window popped up, and Liyuan Qianxia breathed a sigh of relief.She clicked into the forum and glanced at the posts floating on the front page, none of them were about "Scorching Sun".

She searched for the word "scorching sun" in the keyword search again, wanting to see the follow-up of the incident, but she didn't find a single piece of information?What's happening here?Have those posts been deleted?

Liyuan Qianxia was a little puzzled, she subconsciously checked the online list, the id number hikaru was online, she sent a message: "Shinto, are you there?"

Hikaru: "Yes." The other party replied quickly.

Liyuan Qianxia asked him, "How did things develop last time? Why didn't I find a single post about me in the forum?"

hikaru: "After you went offline last time, the posts about you in the forum were deleted. It is said that it was a hacker. Later, someone posted a post about you again, and the computers of those people were hacked, so no one dared to Let's talk about you blatantly."

hacker?Liyuan Qianxia couldn't help but laugh, she thought it must have been done by Tezuka's academic friend Sadaharu, right?This time I really owe him a big favor, I have to find an opportunity to thank him!

Liyuan Qianxia was completely relieved now, and she said to Shinto Hikari in a good mood, "Let's play the next game." The person on the computer side didn't reply for a long time, isn't it there?

After a long time, another sentence appeared in the dialog box, "Xia, are you really 36 years old?"

Liyuan Qianxia was a little confused why he raised this question again, "What's wrong with being 36 years old? I can't play chess with you at 36 years old?"

hikaru: "I didn't mean that!"

hikaru: "Xia, I saw a game today, there is a person who plays chess exactly like you..."

Liyuan Qianxia's heart skipped a beat, and she replied calmly, "Is it normal for two people to have similar techniques?"

Hikaru: "Even your strength is comparable to yours..."

Liyuan Qianxia was silent, she was almost sure that Shinto Hikari must have seen the match between her and Taya Ryo, so she guessed something.

The mood is actually very calm, even a feeling of relief?

When she first arrived in this world, she occupied other people's bodies, strange environment, strange people, strange language, everything made her feel insecure.Shindo Hikaru is the only one who knows her secret, so she hides her chess power and doesn't want to expose it in front of him.

But Go has become an indispensable part of her life. She is eager to play against the masters. The circle of professional chess players is neither small nor big. In fact, it is a matter of time, right?

After a few encounters, the young man was innocent and straightforward, even if he knew the secret, wouldn't it be unacceptable?

After thinking about it several times, Liyuan Qianxia made up her mind and was about to reply, when the screen suddenly went black, and Tezuka's mother's exclamation came from outside...

power cut!

The corner of Liyuan Qianxia's mouth twitched: Forget it, let's talk about it another day!

On the other side, Shindo Hikaru rubbed his head frantically, "Ahhh, why is there a power outage at this time——"

"Xiaoguang, what's wrong?" Kondo's mother shouted outside the door.

"Ah, it's okay!" Hikari Shinto replied loudly, crawled on the bed in the dark and rolled around twice, muttering, "Is it right or not..."