Northern suburbs of Paris.

Charles de Gaulle Airport.

The flight to New York took off.

From leaving the plane, transferring tickets to re-entering the security checkpoint, until the end of visa and passport inspection, Daya didn't say a word for a whole hour.

Until he got on the plane and sat down in his seat, he was still silent.

Helen sat across from him, looking at him helplessly.

This is a state-class cabin, and there are very few people in this class, and it seems deserted.

The stewardess brought some delicate snacks, which Helen had specially prepared for Daya.

Helen picked up a small piece of coconut milk cake, smiled at Daya, and motioned for him to have a snack.

Oriya snorted, don't look away.

Helen smiled, picked up a piece casually, fed it to her mouth, nodded and said, "It's delicious." ”

"When you're hungry, whatever you eat will be delicious." Saya sniffed the snacks and wrinkled his nose.

Helen said, "Hey, do you want to eat or not?" ”

Oya said, "Don't eat it." ”

"Don't eat...... So, let's play chess, shall we? ”

"Playing chess? At your level? Don't. ”

As soon as he mentioned playing chess, Daya suddenly felt a little angry in his heart, remembering what happened two days ago.

He looked left and right, and there were no airplane staff nearby, so he unbuckled his seat belt, got up and turned to an empty seat in the other row next to him, and closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

Helen's eyes widened, her lips trembled slightly.

Miss, I flattered you so much, you dare to refuse?

"Beautiful young lady, can I play a game of chess with you?"

Suddenly, there was a tall young man in front of him, with red hair and yellow eyes, about twenty-five or six years old, dressed in Gap casual clothes, but also quite chic.

Helen glanced at him in disgust, and was about to refuse, but glanced at the big arrow behind him who was pretending to be dead, and immediately changed her mind: "Ah, please take a seat." ”

The young man unceremoniously sat down in the seat that belonged to Daya, and introduced himself: "My name is Petrof, you can call me Peter." ”

Helen was annoyed in her heart, and thought, "Even you, a half-grown boy, dare to call me the same nickname as Uncle Peter?" ”

Among the five hegemons in Europe, Helen respects Peter the most. The five European hegemons have been friends for more than ten years, and their mutual righteousness is very deep. But after Helen Jim's death, only Peter firmly supported the matter of whether to let Helen replace the top five. Kim was opposed, while Freda and Bol were undecided, both of whom felt that Helen, although a disciple of Jim, was too young, not yet a first-class chess player, nor a talented player, and that her future achievements in chess were limited. In the end, it was Peter who persuaded Freda and Pol to get Helen to join the ranks of the Five.

"Oh, Peter doesn't sound good, you're so handsome, I'll call you Junyou."

Petrov was overjoyed: "Ah, thank you, Miss. May I ask Miss Beauty, can I ask your name? ”

"My name is Helen."

"Oh, the most beautiful and moving Greek queen of the Trojan era?"

Helen laughed, "You're really good at talking. ”

One was intentional and the other was deliberate, and the two of them immediately became hot.

Petrov asked, "I have heard that Miss Helen is proficient in chess, and I admire it, I wonder if I can ask for a game?" ”

Helen was even more annoyed in her heart: "Stupid X, you dare to eavesdrop on this girl." ”

"Ah, of course."

"I don't know what chess you like to play?"

Helen looked at him and smiled, "Junyou, you don't know what chess I want to play, why do you want to play against me?" ”

Petrov smiled: "It seems that you love to play Go." ”

Helen was even more surprised: "How did you guess? ”

"You're stupid! The word "game" is originally unique to Chinese Go. Later, Daya suddenly interjected coldly.

Helen said, "I didn't talk to you. Ah, Junyou, you can also play Go? ”

Petrov said: "Ah, the contemptible man is good at six internationally popular chess games. "Slanted his gaze, "Go and chess are my favorites." ”

Helen clapped her hands and said, "I can't see that you are so talented." ”

Daya's heart was shocked: "Could it be that he is the 'Eight Hands'?" ”

When he was a young man studying chess, he spent a lot of time studying the chess skills of many masters in the international chess world, and his vision was also at the top level. There is a prodigy in the European chess world, who is proficient in a variety of chess styles, and once participated in eight world-class chess competitions in different categories at the same time, and won good rankings in all of them. Although he didn't often hang out in the Go world, Oya had heard of this person for a long time. So after a shock, I immediately thought of it.

He thought to himself, "How could it be so coincidental that you met him here?" Seeing that Helen was about to open the chess set on the seat, she couldn't help but say, "Don't play with him, you can't play with him." ”

Helen glared at him and quickly pressed the button. The computer chessboard slowly stretched out between her and Petrov.

Saya turned his head helplessly.

A person on his right hand whispered: "Brother, you can't be so fierce to your girlfriend, you can run." ”

Daya said angrily: "You want to take care of it? ”

The man sighed and said, "Women, they are all unreliable. Only my little angel, you will always follow me. Isn't it, angel? ”

"Meow!"

Daya was startled by this sudden cat meow, and looked at the sound, and on the lap of the person next to him, there was a very small black and white cat, this cat looked very cute, and its eyes were pure and fixed, staring at its owner.

Daya almost didn't laugh, the cat was too small, the young man's hands were already thin and small, but the cat was held by his two hands, and his whole body was almost invisible.

"Is this your cat?"

"No, my angel, my love."

"Huh?" Daya looked at the obviously congenitally malnourished flower cat, and secretly guessed that the boy must have been emotionally stimulated, so he regarded the kitten as his companion.

The kitten glanced at Oya, not seeming to be much interested, and turned to look at his master.

"Why did you bring it out at such a young age?"

"I was constantly on the move, and there was no one at home to take care of her. Anyway, she's small, so it's easy to go anywhere. ”

"Her name is Angel?"

"Yes. She is my angel. The boy looked up and glanced at Daya.

Daya was stunned by the young man's sharp gaze, and his eyes flashed with lightning.

The boy was also stunned, and then lowered his head again to look at his kitten.

Oya thought to himself, "His eyes are so weird! Glaring at the boy, he could barely sit in his chair and almost stood up.

The boy caressed his kitten lovingly, and the kitten looked at him innocently, looking very coquettish.

Daya inadvertently raised his head, and suddenly found a stewardess walking towards this side, and bumped her elbow to the young man: "Hide the cat." ”

The teenager is probably reminded so often that he doesn't move his head, so he immediately understands and looks at the kitten. The kitten slowly lies down. The suit next to his hand suddenly opened a corner, covering the boy's hands, and the kitten naturally disappeared under the clothes.

Daya noticed that when the boy was looking at the kitten, some strange light flashed in his eyes, which made him feel sleepy next to him.

He hurriedly straightened his waist to dispel the feeling of burnout.

Da Ya was secretly surprised, he didn't dare to slack off in his heart, his eyes were half-closed, and he slowly began to use an ancient technique quietly to condense the essence in the collective, so that his spirit was as solid as a rock.

As the beautiful stewardess walked by, she glanced attentively at Helen and Petrof, then at the chessboard, and said with a smile: "They are all masters!" He walked past them.

The young man breathed a sigh of relief and said slowly, "Thank you." ”

At this time, the big arrow had already finished his luck, his posture returned to normal, and he said lightly: "You're welcome! But do you often worry so much, how do you live? ”

The young man smiled bitterly: "The angel couldn't get on the plane, but I hypnotized the airport police officer and got in." ”

Oya sighed, "It turns out that you can even hypnotize." For the sake of your little angel, you are really diligent. ”

The boy said, "No, I don't learn hypnosis to hypnotize others. ”

He whispered something again, then stood up and glanced at the chessboard in the distance: "I can't imagine that your girlfriend is so powerful, and she is still on par with Peter after playing for so long." ”

Oya also glanced at it: "No. First, she's not my girlfriend; Second, she now has the upper hand. ”

The young man was stunned for a moment: "So powerful? ”

Daya glanced at it again and whispered, "Your friend is actually very strong, but he is letting Helen go, so he will do it." ”

The young man frowned: "How can you let you play chess?" ”

Daya smiled and taunted him, "Haven't you ever soaked a girl?" Playing chess is just a way to deepen your feelings, it doesn't matter if you lose chess, it is the most important thing to be able to soak in a beautiful girl. ”

The boy straightened his face, lowered his head and stopped talking.

Oya's voice was not small, and Helen and Petrof, who were in the game, heard it. Helen raised her eyes and asked, "Junyou, did you let me?" ”

Petrov said: "How so? Miss Helen, you are so powerful, I tried my best to keep the situation from collapsing. ”

Helen smiled and said sweetly, "That's my fault for you." ”

Petrov said: "It doesn't matter. Well, this gentleman is ......"

Helen chimed into Petrov's ear and said, "He's an expert in chess, a self-righteous guy. But my uncle insisted that he follow me. ”

Petrov looked at Helen's white and red face, and realized: "Ah, let me teach Miss Helen a lesson for him." ”

Helen said excitedly: "Okay, good, it's better to humiliate him, make him feel bored, and drive him back." ”

Petrov nodded, stood up, and said, "Miss Helen, your chess skills are so superb, I am convinced that I lost." ”

Daya looked coldly at the farcical scene on the other side, and said to the boy, "Your friend is a gentleman! ”

The young man stared at his kitten like an idiot for a long time, and whispered: "The chessboard is the battlefield, and the gentlemen on the battlefield should be damned!" Damn it, his eyes flashed with a strange light again, like a hurricane of frost suddenly blowing on the Siberian wilderness in the bitter winter, and it was extremely cold.

Daya saw it so clearly this time, and his iron-like nerves couldn't help but tremble.

"This kid is as angry as ice."

Suddenly he knew who the young man was.

Petrov turned, took two steps, and stood in front of Oya.

"Can I ask you?"

Daya knew that it was nothing more than Helen's farce, but he had to brace himself and prepare for the provocation.

He was about to speak, when a person suddenly stood up in the front row, a lean middle-aged man.

He reprimanded, "Peter, stop playing. ”

Petrov said: "Vasilyev, don't worry about you, I want justice for Miss Helen." ”

Vasilyev said: "When are you still playing?" You have to play can, don't interfere with Ivan. ”

Petrov looked at the young man beside Daya: "Ivan, is it in your way?" If it's not convenient, I'll ask this gentleman to play somewhere else. ”

The young man said lightly, "Waffle, you don't have to worry about it. Peter, of course it doesn't hurt that you're here to challenge this gentleman. Should you first ask for the name of your opponent? This is the way to seek the Tao with dedication! ”

Petrov was stunned: "Thank you for the reminder." Sir, I'm Grandmaster Petrov from Russia. ”

Daya stood up and said, "Chinese, Daya is a new student, an unknown person." ”

The middle-aged man named Vasilyev was taken aback: "You are ...... The Mr. Oya who followed Mr. Zhou Mu to travel around the world? "Grab it and stretch out your hands," I'm Vasilyev of Russia. ”

Daya stretched out his hand to shake his hand and said, "I know, Mr. Vasilyev, the famous chess grandmaster and the official chief critic of the World Chess Federation. I have admired the daimyo for a long time. Glancing at the young man, "It's really disrespectful, this one must be ......"

The boy nodded and said, "I am." Please sit down, everyone, and don't get in the way of others. ”

Although there are not many people in the state-class cabin, all of them have great status, and such a few people huddle together, noisy, and it is really unsightly.

Daya gestured to Petrov and Vasilyev and sat down first.

Vasilyev turned his seat, lowered the back of the seat to the height of his elbows, and then flattened it back, right in front of Oya's eyes. Then he took out a large 16-carat magazine-sized display screen, spread it into two, put it on the back of the chair, found the Go column in the "Mind Game" program list, and confirmed, and immediately, an orange Go board appeared on the display.

"Mr. Oya, Peter, you can use this."

Daya smiled: "Several of them are celebrities in the chess world, so we don't play chess, right?" ”

Everyone was taken aback, and Vasilyev asked: "Mr. Oya, are you talking about European elephants or Asian elephants?" ”

Daya smiled: "How is the European elephant?" ”

Vasilyev was even more surprised, and looked at Daya with great interest. Petrov glanced at him disdainfully: "Will you go down to Europe?" ”

There are two types of internationally popular chess, one is called European chess and the other is called Asian chess. In fact, it is what everyone often called chess and Chinese chess in the last century. When Vasilyev saw that Oya offered to play chess, he thought that maybe he was proficient in Asian chess. I didn't expect him to play European chess.

Daya smiled, "A little." ”

Petrov said: "You are a disciple of Zhou Xuan Jiudan, I'm afraid you feel embarrassed to play Go." But when you play European chess, there are all the top 10 players in the world, and that's too much to bully you. So, let's go down to the elephants, shall we? ”

Daya looked at him and thought, "That's good, it's fair to speak, and it's not bad." ”

He was drugged by Helen the night before, and he should have slept for a day and a night, but he has been trained since he was a child, and his physique is not as good as ordinary people, so he has already shown signs of waking up in the middle of the night.

Muller lost Zhou Mian and Song Bingyin at the Achiller Club, and although he was terrified, he was able to maintain his composure. He had a relationship with Summers, and when he thought about it, he expected that he would be inseparable from Summers. So I'm busy going home.,I'm going to talk to my sister and Daya about countermeasures.。 Helen was gone, and only the half-asleep Daya lay on the bed. Asked about his sister's whereabouts, where did Daya know? Daya asked him where Zhou Lu and Song Bingyin had gone, but Mueller was also hesitant and didn't know what to say.

After going back and forth, the two of them were anxious, and there was a fierce quarrel, and then they fought. Although Muller is strong and strong, his feet are sufficient, but Daya also has the skill of self-defense, and his fingers are sharp and clawed, and this tear has left many bruises on each other's bodies, and after each of them is in unbearable pain, both sides have come to their senses, and their anger can be regarded as venting.

The two of you look at me, I look at you, they both feel embarrassed, they massage each other, and they are busy, during this time, the two sides make up with each other, sort things out a little, and then immediately use their relationships to inquire around.

Muller is a super-first-class sports star, has a wide range of friends, has many friends, and is one of the world's gambling kings, with a good reputation and big face in many special types of circles, and they teamed up to piece together the news they got, and finally targeted Summers, because during the listening, they accidentally learned that Summers turned out to be Rome's Little Joe.

Daya was well aware of the enormity and terror of Romacho's power, and now that his mentor was unpredictable, it was not appropriate to act rashly, so he stopped Mueller's idea of calling the police. He believes that the TV station run by Summers is about to report on the match between Zhou and Xiao Zi recently, and in any case, it is impossible for her to do anything to Zhou Xiao before the game. It is better to use static braking and observe the development of the situation.

Müller was persuaded by him, and the two of them gave out all their eyes and ears, and then waited patiently. In the evening, Helen led Freda and the other three European tyrants back home, and the two met one after another, and the cause and effect were fully understood.

Although Daya was annoyed by the rudeness of the four tyrants, it was not enough to scold them to solve the problem, and he immediately set off for Paris. The four tyrants were ashamed, but they felt very sorry for Zhou Mu and Daya, and decided to send Helen to accompany Daya.

Ota was so anxious that he agreed without grinding the card.

The two set off all the way, Helen always had nothing to say, but Daya ignored it, and after arriving in Paris, he happened to connect with Zhou and Song, who had just been freed, and then he was completely relieved.

As soon as Daya's heart was relieved, he didn't care much about Helen's previous mistakes, so although his face was still cold and indifferent, there was no hostility and resentment in his heart.

At this time, he saw that although this Peterof was a little cunning, he was also erudite, handsome and free-spirited, and thought that he would pursue Helen and not disgrace her, and the idea of winning and fighting fiercely and snatching the upper hand suddenly weakened, and after thinking about it, he said: "Otherwise, we will go down to a new elephant." ”

Petrov and the other three were stunned, and Helen came over at some point and asked, "What is a new elephant?" ”

Oya casually touched Vasilyev's display screen a few times, showing the chessboard of European chess, and asked the other party: "Mr. Waffle, does your chessboard have a function similar to 'innovation'?" ”

Vasiliev should say: "Yes, you look at the 'reconstruction' column. ”

Da Ya sighed, tinkered a few times, called up a lot of chess pieces, and said with a smile: "It's done." ”

And they looked over the plate, but they saw that the two sides were facing each other, and the queen was like a chariot behind him, and the eight great masters were in front of him.

Vasiliev said: "Isn't this still a European elephant? ”

Petrov said, "No, Waffle, if you look closely, there are two more sub-elephant cannons." ”

Vasilyev fixed his eyes, and sure enough, in the queue of eight soldiers on both sides, in front of the left and right horses, the bags had been dropped, and the European soldiers were replaced with Asian artillery.

Vasiliev rubbed his eyes and said, "What kind of chess is this?" ”

Helen shook her head again and again: "How can you play this kind of strange chess?" ”

"This is a new form of chess!" Daya smiled.

Petrov's face was overjoyed, and he kept shaking Vasilyev: "Waffle, have you seen it, have you seen this kind of chess?" ”

Vasilyev muttered: "I see it, but my brain is confused." He glanced back at the boy.

"Haha, you only study European elephants, so you are naturally confused. Ivan, do you see that? Did you know? ”

The young Ivan looked at the chessboard, his eyes glazed over, and he didn't say a word.

Seeing that he was so excited that he was incoherent and forgot about himself, Helen was a little angry and said, "Junyou, why are you so crazy?" Don't shake this uncle apart. ”

Petrov laughed: "Miss Helen, you won't understand this. Mr. Oya, how about we move on to the next game now? ”

Oya readily agreed: "Okay. ”

Helen snorted. However, she also saw that Daya was in a good mood now, and she refused to let go of the opportunity to repair it, and joked: "I'll be the referee." ”

Petrov said, "That's great, Helen Lau has you." ”

Saya raised his eyebrows and agreed.

Helen took out a coin, tossed it in the air, and held it down with both hands to let the two guess the pros and cons.

Petrov had good luck and made a white guess.

Petrov asked Daya a few more questions about the rules such as how the cannon walked, and they were all experts in the inside, and it was clear that the two sides would start the game.

What made Helen very unhappy was that after walking more than a dozen steps, the big arrow had already fallen behind.

She thought to herself, "I thought you would definitely win if you studied this kind of chess." I don't think you're as good as this 'muleman'. ”

She didn't know that this new type of chess was created by Daya after ending his gambling career, and suddenly had an idea one day, combining the characteristics of European elephants and Asian elephants. He himself just thought about it casually, and occasionally he got a little tired of playing Go, so he took it out to study a few moves and had fun at will. Today, if I hadn't met a few top players in the chess world, all of whom knew the goods, I wouldn't have taken them out to offer treasures.

This new chess has broken down the boundaries between Europe and Asia, and has completely integrated them. Although the big arrow can be called its "biological father", it has never been cultivated with hard work, and it is naturally impossible to use it handy.

Petrov was chattering as he went, looking very happy.

Vasilyev also looked more and more energetic on the side, and kept smacking his lips as the situation went up and down: "Good chess!" Wonderful! Amazing! ”

Oya didn't expect that Petrov would be a first-class master of using cannons. This kind of long-range sub-elephant soldier was skillfully used by him, galloping across the chessboard, sometimes murderous and awe-inspiring, peeping from afar, so that the enemy had to be heavily guarded; From time to time, a bounce flew in, and there was a loud bang, and the tiger's mouth was like probing for something. With the unique rear and elephant rapid reaction forces of the European elephant, the entire formation is like a divine dragon, advancing and retreating with a degree of flexibility and contraction.

Daya took a breath and gradually felt that he couldn't resist it, although he had a deep study of chess, but after all, he preferred Go, and his understanding of Go was more profound, so he saw that the "new elephant" he invented was played by his opponent and was handy, although he was helpless and annoyed, but he was also a little surprised.

"I can't imagine that such two kinds of chess together can be so interesting."

At the last moment when Petrov broke his horse and cut down the elephant and was about to force the Black King to commit suicide, Vasilyev suddenly stretched out his hand and turned off the power on the monitor.

"Alright, that's the end of the game. It's my turn to play. He snatched the monitor, turned his head, raised the back of his chair, and ignored the crowd.

Oya said: "Mr. Petrov, you are such a good gunner, I lost. ”

Petrov laughed: "Mr. Oya, you are a good elephant!" I call myself the 'eight-armed chess king', but I never imagined that the combination of European and Asian elephants would be so charming, as beautiful as Miss Helen. ”

Helen said angrily: "What kind of mess, this kind of thing, can also be compared to me? He glared at Oya and turned away.

Petrov didn't expect the horse's fart to be slapped crookedly, and his face suddenly lost color, and he hurriedly chased after him, apologizing repeatedly.

Oriya shrugged, sat down again, and closed his eyes.

Ivan's voice came from the side: "Mr. Oya." ”

Oya snorted.

"You already know who I am, do you?" Ivan asked softly.

In Daya's complicated mind, such a document immediately flashed: "Russian Ivanov: A prodigy with an IQ of 180, a European chess genius, and proficient in Asian chess, he is now the No. 2 top player in the World Chess Federation and a former chess world champion. In the past three years, Ivanov has lost to the Slavs four times in a row in the championship challenge, and most people in the chess world think that he is not capable of doing his best. But he was still defeated and unyielding. Several chess masters have been touched by his spirit and are currently trying their best to help him. Such as the world's No. 5 player Vasilyev, No. 10 player Petrov, etc. ”

"Yes, although I haven't watched the live broadcast carefully, there can be no one else around Petrov and Vasilyev except Ivanov."

"Do you think I'm too self-sufficient?"

"No, I respect humans who never succumb to computers."

"But it's been three years, and I've failed...... I may never reclaim the glorious title that belongs to me again. ”

Oya opened his eyes and glanced at Ivanov, who was bowing his head and talking slowly.

Ivanov's pair of slender eyes looked intently at his hands, affectionately and gently softened his little companion.

"Dimitrov, George, Michael Young, they all left me, some of them, and some of them changed careers to do other jobs, because they were all disappointed, completely disappointed in chess, and felt that I could never win, that humanity would never win again!"

Daya knew that the people he was talking about were all famous superstars, and even ten years ago, he had worshiped chess masters.

"It only took two hundred years for a computer chess player to take away the world championship, and I was also disappointed and scared......"

"Will the Ice Fury be afraid?"

"Yes. I'm afraid! I fear another failure, a human disgrace. ”

"Are you discouraged?"

"Yes, I'm discouraged......"

"Then why do you still want to go to New York and challenge the 'Slavs'?"

"Because I'm a warrior!" Ivanov's movements suddenly stopped completely in an instant, his eyes were awe-inspiring, and his body was in a state of contemplative sculpture, and then slowly loosened, "I can only fight to the death in front of my opponent, and I can't escape." ”

"Now that you have this awareness, what are you afraid of?"

Ivanov frowned, and suddenly asked: "Do you think I can win the 'Slavs' with this new elephant?" ”

He looked at Daya, "I know what Peter and Watson were thinking, and I'm interested. The 'Slavs' are well versed in all kinds of chess in the world, and if I proposed a new elephant as a tournament item, it would have agreed. ”

Daya thought for a moment and said frankly, "You can win this year, but after next year, you won't be able to win again." ”

"Hehe, you're right." Ivanov laughed.

Very chic smile, but also very helpless, very desolate.

"Yes, even if you are surprised this time and you can win it by luck, as long as you give the 'Slavs' a little time, not a year, maybe only a month, a week? It will find a way to defeat me again, and defeat all human chess players. Computers, in the end, we humans can't match! No matter what kind of genius...... In front of it, they all look so small......" Ivanov sighed deeply.

"Have you ever played Go?" The dreary atmosphere made Daya feel useless, and he digressed from the subject.

Ivan's eyes flashed, and he shook his head slightly: "My life has been dedicated to the study of chess. ”

"Why, the touch class can be bypassed!"

"Being the number one in the chess world is the lifelong dream of my parents."

"You've done it, three years ago, haven't you?"

Ivan smiled bitterly, began to concentrate on stroking his little flower cat again, and stopped talking.

Oya glanced at the other party's white and withered hands, stood up, pretended to wash his hands, and left his seat.

From afar, he looked at Ivanov, who was thin and helpless, but his eyes were determined, and sighed deeply in his heart.

He sympathized with Ivanov's situation, and he did not know how to help Ivanov in a desperate situation.

"This is a tragic and great last giant, who does not need any cheap sympathy and help. He is who he is, Ivanov! ”

As she pondered, Helen came over again.

"I found Sister Song, they are in Soho District."

Da Ya sighed, turned around, and saw Helen's radiant face, and was stunned: "It's so beautiful!" Looking behind her, Petrov was nowhere to be found.

"What are you looking at?" Helen said angrily. She made up her boss's determination, and she specially groomed herself before she came over, hoping to rebuild with Daya, Miss Ben, what a lot of face this has given you, this self-righteous guy, you still dare to look around!

"Oh, it's almost New York!" Daya knew Helen's temper well, and hurriedly smiled and snorted.