"Juban chess in the new era! Ke Zhiguang VS Shixin! ”

"That...... Who is Stone Heart? How is he qualified to play Juban chess with Kojimitsu? ”

"You can't really be the owner of a bridal shop, right?"

"I heard that he is still a monk......

After the news of Shike Shiban Chess was announced, the chess world ushered in another round of shock, and everyone was puzzled: "Who is Shixin?" ”

Juban chess is the highest standard chess game since the concept of Go, which was only played in ancient times, to compete for the highest throne of power, whichever side wins six games first, which side wins, if the game is 5 to five, shake hands and make peace, regardless of victory or defeat.

Hanno Xuan is the glory after the Juban chess era, and since then, Go has gradually become commercialized, competition-oriented, and fast-food style of competition, so that the audience can enjoy watching it.

Juban chess, not so much a game, is more of a ceremony, the game can only decide who wins, the ceremony can decide who is stronger!

So, who is Shi Xin who is qualified to carry out such a ritual with Ke Zhiguang, who is now standing at the pinnacle of the chess world?

Then the nine-dan group held a press conference, revealing Shi Xin's identity, saying that he was a monk who lived in seclusion in Youxuan Temple, with boundless chess power, and he was the first in the world, and now Ke Zhiguang finally has the strength to challenge him.

That's right, Ke Zhiguang is the challenger.

Hearing this, the media's brains snapped and their eyes widened.

It's like everyone in the world knows that the eleven aircraft carriers of the Lighthouse Country are the peak of Blue Star's combat power, but at this time, a small African country suddenly appeared and said what it was, so he snapped his fingers and twelve aircraft carriers fell from the sky.

The mechanical séance is such a picture.

Only people with a certain status in the chess world know that this god has existed since the beginning, but he has always been the ceiling, so high that people ignore its existence.

In early April, the spring rain poured down the cherry blossoms from the branches, and the steps leading to the summit were sprinkled with rain-soaked petals.

At the foot of the mountain, hundreds of umbrellas are standing, and everyone is waiting in the rain for the start of the game.

It didn't take long for a black car to stop under the red carpet of the steps, and Ke Zhiguang's figure stepped out of it, standing upright under the camera, and Harushima Deer was also led down by the hand.

"Come on! Ke Zhiguang, go and take your victory! ”

"Tell everyone that you are the king of the world!"

"Kill the heart of stone! Help him get better! ”

The voices of friends rang out in the crowd, and they waved their arms high, giving the impression that it was not a chess battle, but a concert entrance.

Saito took a step forward and came to Kojimitsu: "Have you already decided to fight this battle?" ”

Ke Zhiguang spread his shoulders helplessly: "That's right, it's been decided." ”

"Presumably, it shouldn't just be because of Mr. Hanno's last instruction, you should have been prepared for this a long time ago."

"In fact, as early as more than half a month ago, I was not completely prepared, and I felt that time would always wait for me, and everything would not change until I made a decision." Ke Zhiguang said with an awe-inspiring gaze, looking at the top of the mountain from afar...... This is the Yugenji Temple.

"However, it wasn't until the moment Hanno-sensei passed away that I realized that time is always moving and doesn't stop for anyone...... Have you ever wondered why Mr. Hanno's last message to me was only a simple sentence to start a war with Shixin? ”

"Oh? Tell me about it? Saito was a little interested.

"Perhaps, I think I've grown up, not just the kind of growth that is in charge of myself, but has grown into a new towering giant tree." Speaking of this, Ke Zhiguang turned his head and looked at Harushima Deer, with a smile in his eyes, and Harushima Deer also smiled subconsciously.

However, the smile lasted for a moment, and Harushima suddenly felt that something was wrong: "Look at what I'm doing!" ”

"Ah, I'm sorry, not to imply that you haven't grown up yet."

"You've made it clear that you're going to do it!"

Kojimitsu turned his head again, looked at Saito and said, "Therefore, he only needs to leave a word of entrustment and instructions...... Guidance, to be exact, is enough, it's like a mission. ”

"I see, it's a mission to defeat Shixin and become a veritable number one...... Something truly remarkable, and it's worth getting you moving and pushing the last door open. Saito laughed.

He turned and retreated into the crowd, making way to the top of the mountain.

"Come on, let's all follow you!" Saito shouted.

In unison with the echo of everyone, Ke Zhiguang stepped up the steps covered with rain and falling cherry blossoms, each step seemed to be stepping on the wheel of fate, and the rain and rain ethereal dew fell from the front.

The whole team moved, and spontaneously followed behind Ke Zhiguang, forming a team of 100 people, driving mightily to the top of the mountain.

The footsteps of hundreds of people walked in the rain, and thousands of drops of rain converged into the sound of rushing war drums, and everyone moved forward under its inspiration.

It wasn't until everyone who was supposed to leave had left that people realized that there was so little media left at the foot of the mountain...... It's no wonder, after all, the recent public attention has been on the stock market and housing prices, and if it were in the past, such a ten-game chess duel could attract more than 100 million sponsorships.

But now this is an ordinary and pure juban game, no matter what the final score is, there will be no prize money, only the title and aura of the winner.

This feeling is like going back to the childhood chess days, under the arrangement of the teacher, playing against the designated classmates, not for anything else, but for one win.

Looking at the rain dripping under the umbrella, Ke Zhiguang's recent memories also rolled like raindrops, if the game with the night god Kunikyo marks the end of the story in a substantive sense, then the game with Harushima Deer means the formation of a personal emotional line, and the game of this stone heart is more like a sublimation of the theme.

Return to the most authentic and simple Go!

Ascending the final steps, the gates of Yugenji Temple have been opened in front of you, and a path to the final competition venue has been opened.

The last door opens, and the space made of hundreds of green tatami mats unfolds.

Cool rain poured in from the balcony, and in the center of the room, Stone Center was seated, its figure leaning like a mountain in front of it.

Still not angry and majestic, solemn, as if it is really a bronze Buddha standing there.

The tidal wave overflowed the entire space, and every beam of rain outside the balcony did not seem to come from the sky, but from him.

Most of the members of the Kudan team are already in place, and they are the referees of today's game, and although the outside world is not very interested in this game, the importance of it is well known within the chess community.

There will never be a game of this specification again, and this juban chess is already doomed to be left behind before it has even officially started.

"Please sit down and watch quietly the ten games of chess with Ke Zhiguang." Shi Xin spoke, and the majestic and solemn voice was like an ancient bell, making everyone move.

Kojimitsu also let go of Harushima Ka's hand and asked her to sit aside.

After adjusting his breathing, Ke Zhiguang stepped forward and sat opposite the stone heart, and the momentum of the two of them staggered across the chessboard, making everyone around feel a lot of pressure.

After looking at each other for a long time, Ke Zhiguang put his hand into the internal test pocket of his jacket, handed out the book of "Ten Rounds of Danghu", which had been borrowed for a long time, and put it in the center of the chessboard.

"After nearly two years, I can finally return the book." Ke Zhiguang said.

"It's been two years, and time has passed so fast." Shi Xin put his five fingers on the book, feeling the folds on it, which were originally absent and were born in the past two years.

Two years, which happened to be the flag that Ke Zhiguang had unintentionally set at that time, felt that it would not be possible to defeat this ceiling-level monk without spending two years.

Now, it's time for this flag to be recycled.

"It's customary to say something before the game." Ke Zhiguang said.

"Please."

Ke Zhiguang thought for a while: "Are you doing well lately?" ”

Obviously, this question was somewhat unexpected by Shi Xin, and he asked, "This question is too broad, please be more detailed." ”

"It's just that after the death of Hanno-sensei, I learned that you and I were going to have a fateful Juban chess, what do you think about this?" Ke Zhiguang lengthened his lines.

Shi Xin's expression was silent for a moment: "Not long ago, the Star Array disappeared. ”

"The star array is gone?" Ke Zhiguang looked out the window in surprise...... Although it was daytime, he still subconsciously looked out the window of this room, wanting to find the bright moon that always radiated a bright light.

But in broad daylight, it doesn't show its head, and it's not clear if it's still there.

"Before he passed away, Mr. Hanno talked to me about many things about the outside world, and he wanted me to go out and have a better look." Shi Xin said.

Ke Zhiguang nodded, and said in his heart Actually, I quite hope you can go out, although you are a monk, but you are really handsome......

"I don't know when my state of mind began to loosen, but the star array apparently noticed this before I did, and it began to constantly hint at me that it would untie me as soon as I nodded...... At that time, my chess will be known to everyone. Shi Xin said.

"But the price is that it's gone, right?"

"Exactly...... I couldn't make this decision, but on the other hand, I was also more and more eager for the outside world, especially after the death of Hanno-sensei. ”

Shi Xin's desire for the outside world obviously does not mean simply getting out of this temple, but the outside world in a deeper sense.

For him, only when his chess touches the outside world can he really come to the outside world.

"Just when I didn't know how to make a decision, the Star Array helped me make it..... It chose to disappear automatically, and from now on, the side I played against would not have to suffer from losing the memory of the game. ”

"That's right."

Ke Zhiguang looked at the spring rain outside the balcony and was sad for a moment.

Many people have not been able to keep this spring, such as the Night God Guojing, such as Mr. Banye, or Zen who has been following the Night God Kingdom, and the star array of Stone Heart, as if everyone and everything has turned into a bunch of falling flowers in the spring rain, sinking into the dirt, waiting for the reincarnation of the next life cycle.

Ke Zhiguang asked again: "In this case, then you don't seem to have the need to play ten games with me immediately, you are already free, if I were you, I would go on a trip around the world or something, and then make plans afterwards." ”

"The matter of travel, of course, is in my arrangement, but I have to wait until after these ten chess." Stone Heart's voice hardened again, "What about you?" What are your plans for after this juban? ”

"Then I don't need to ask, I've already done almost all the glory in Japan, I've even finished high school, and I'm just waiting to get my diploma...... Next, it's time for me to think about returning to China. ”

"Back to China?" Shi Xin asked.

"That's right, the next world will become very exciting, whether it is the political pattern, economic development, or technological changes, after you have seen all this, you will feel that the Night God Kingdom wants to live forever, and it is actually very reasonable to want to see the world better." Ke Zhiguang said unhurriedly, "The chess world will be more exciting, in China, there will be generations of outstanding chess players, according to the different times, they are divided into dragon generation, tiger generation, and leopard generation, South Korea will also have a lot of fierce people, I look forward to playing with them." ”

"Will there be large-scale chess battles between different countries?"

"Of course, with the collapse of Japan's bubble economy, the prize money for title battles will be reduced a lot, the wages of chess players will be reduced a lot, and the chess players will lose their jobs one after another, but instead there will be a rise of world-class Go competitions, and there will even be an Olympic Games in the chess world that is held once every four years, and the number of world champions is the only criterion for measuring the historical status of chess players, and the stage will become bigger."

"I will also plant a small sapling that symbolizes chess luck, and this time the fortune it brings is more pure and abundant, ensuring that there will be no strange four-legged winged dragons, and some will only be the oriental dragons that symbolize auspiciousness."

"Maybe the General Administration of Sports will also send me the title of a chess saint, and then I can take this title and openly name my dojo the chess saint dojo, and recruit disciples from all over the world, if you have a child at that time, you can also send him to my door to study."

Listening to Ke Zhiguang's description, a moment of longing appeared on Shi Xin's expression, as if he had seen such an era appear in front of him.

"One last word...... I'm not a god, I'm not a Buddha, I'm just a god blocking and killing a god, and a Buddha blocking and killing a Buddha. Ke Zhiguang finally spoke, as if declaring war.

Shi Xin also nodded and sighed, like an epiphany.

"And who will lead the next era will depend on this game of chess." Shi Xin's eyebrows suddenly became fierce, "In the chess world, the most free person is called a chess saint, right?" ”

"Exactly."

Under the dialogue, the mood and atmosphere have been rendered to the best, and the eyes of both sides are tense, and the belief that they want to defeat each other and take charge of the next era has been firmly engraved in their hearts.

"It's time, game, it's on!" On the referee's bench, the nine dan spoke.

After guessing first, Shi Xin's black chess pieces fell from the top of the nebula, shattering the layers of cloud barriers and landing on the chessboard!

The battle of the ages has completely begun.