Chapter 44: Liubo

Tengu's eyes darkened. "Doesn't Your Highness think it's unfair?"

"Don't you dare to fight?" The whisper seems to be a smile but not a smile.

Whispering's gaze met that of the tengu. One side looked serious, and the other side did not think so.

If it has been exported, there is no reason to take back the water that has been spilled. Tengu sighed, and could only take out a pair of Liubo chess with a bitter face, and took a seat.

Harukan was still struggling with the cooking, and when she saw the confrontation between Tengu and Whisper, she couldn't understand why Tengu's face suddenly changed. "Whispering ......"

"Qingyan, what about these six games, the next game will take a few hours, and the next game will be close to a day. Why don't you take Bai Xuan to the shrine to rest first. ”

A whisper interrupted the question that Qing Yan didn't ask.

"Yes."

The tengu didn't care about it.

Whisper quietly glanced at Qingyan and Bai Xuan, suggesting that they go in to find traces of the print.

If she really loses to the Tengu, she has to get the stamp and find a way to turn around and slip away, at least the thief won't go empty.

Phew, you can't go home empty-handed.

Seeing Qing Yan and Bai Xuan leaving, Tengu and Qing Yan each took out their six chess pieces and began to set up the formation.

Liubo chess is a kind of chess in ancient times in country Z, which can be traced back to before the Spring and Autumn Period, and can be said to be the originator of all chess, but it has been completely lost in modern times. The game is simple: six pieces on each side, one of which is called a xiao, which is a king, and the other five pawns are called san. The two sides play against each other on a game engraved with a curved path according to the way of throwing. Both the san and the owl arranged their troops in various ways, and finally the owl died as a chess defeat.

Compared with the Go, Xiangqi, and Shogi derived from it, Liubo Chess is a complete march and killing chess. What is particular about the connection from end to end, one line and one movement, the arrangement of troops, and the connection of moves.

But it's one thing to know how to play, it's another thing to be able to play well, and it's another thing to be able to win or not.

For Tengu, although Liubo chess flourished for a while, it did not last long, and his skills have long been lost, and even he only knows how to play, and is not good at attacking the arts.

However, for Whispering, Liubo Chess is recognized as the originator of all chess games and is the earliest game of the art of war. It came into being, full of the principle of basic marching, and itself corresponds to the way of cause and effect. In the art of war, what cause is cast will also cause what effect, and there is a fixed number between a line and a move, which is vividly played in the six games, and is a characteristic that other chess, Go, etc. do not have.

Despite his extraordinary intelligence, the gap between the two sides is like that of a professional player with a computer and an amateur player who is very smart. Even though both sides know all the rules and formulas, the level of chess is very different.

Tengu put away the expression on his face, carefully tracing the chess game, arranging his troops, and acting with innate arrogance.

Bai Xuan and Qing Yan searched for prints all over the world in the shrine, and even the tiles on the beams and roof were not spared. And the tengu and whispering outside are also fighting hotly, and it is rare to distinguish the winner from the loser.

Whisper wiped the sweat from her forehead with her sleeve. The ground where she was kneeling showed signs of wetness, and her legs were already numb, but her seriousness with chess made her lose sight of time.

"My lord, you've lost again." Whispering put away the chopstick. "Do you want another plate?"

"Since the three rounds are set, it is natural to be full." Tengu had already lost two sets, but he was not afraid to fight, but was even more excited. "Or are you running out of energy?"

The high-intensity use ability hadn't been exhausted for most of the day, and Tengu was a little surprised as he looked at Whisper.

"Chess is a joy in the world, so why not play?"

Whispering took a breath, changed her posture and stood up to stretch her muscles, took the water handed by the tengu, and put away her abilities. "Let's talk about it, let's go down, don't regret what you promised."

Tengu casually pointed to a nearby tree, "What you want is there, take it yourself later, don't delay the game of chess." ”

"That's nature." Whispering walked over to the tree and reached out to touch the trunk.

"It's not the tree, it's something buried under it." Tengu said.

Whispering crouched down, just about to take it, but as if she thought of something, she showed a wicked smile.

"You're missing me a plate." Tengu looked at the whisper absent-mindedly, and itched her back to the chessboard.

"I'm going to use my real skills this time."

"Then I'll finally be able to win."

This time, the style of chess changed, and the tengu, who had long been familiar with and playing, was aggressive, and the whisper was strictly guarded.

"Sister Whispering......" Bai Xuan walked out of the shrine with her mouth open, indicating that she had not found anything.

"Whisper, are you okay?" Qingyan was startled by the whispering face.

The whispers in her impression, whether they are gentle and quiet, or flamboyant and presumptuous, are all radiant and knowing, and she has never seen her so weak and pale face leaning on the pillar.

"It's fine, it's just that you're using too many abilities for a short period of time." Whispering doesn't care too much, still immersed in the fight with the tengu.

Without the cheating of the ability, this kind of chess against the opponent is extremely rare.

Although the 'Möbius Ring' is not offensive in any way, as a skill that can see cause and effect and interfere with it, its cost is actually very staggering. So if it's not necessary, Whisper has always rarely used abilities, and even if they do, it's just a peek at the opponent's ability name, and the rest is analyzed by itself. However, in Liubo Chess, in order to cope with the various changes brought about by Tengu's large amount of knowledge, Whisper has to understand the calculations and observations of each chess piece and each basket in detail, and has to calculate the consequences of each move she makes.

"All those who fight are better than strange, and His Highness is really a man of this way." Tengu sighed as he played chess.

It is said that chess is like a person, and what kind of character has what kind of chess style.

The whisper that no longer uses the ability has changed the atmospheric style of controlling the eight directions just now, although the thinking of each move is no longer so meticulous, but it has repeatedly made strange moves and renovated tricks. The traps and conspiracies between the advancements are one by one, which makes people unguardable.

At the beginning, it seemed that the surprise attack of the whisper was not successful, and even suffered some small losses. But he unconsciously discovered that these small traps turned out to be just the surface, and below this was the deadly trap that really ate the whole game. Falling into the trap, Tengu struggled to lose two sons in a row to turn defeat into victory.

"Your Highness doesn't have to give up."

Tengu sighed that if it weren't for the idea of quietly giving up his original son in exchange for his life, he would not have been constrained like this.

"If you don't cut off your arm, how can adults be willing to gamble." Whisper raised eyebrows.

Tengu's eyelids jumped, this woman was not only bad enough, but also cruel enough to herself.