"What? Do you think I'm still not good enough to win three rounds of chess?" Bai Song was very interested.
Xiaokui's expression was solemn: "Master Kira is second only to the chess master. Although he is old, his chess ability has not weakened at all and has almost no flaws. I have played more than ten games of chess with Master Kira. , I have never won once. Now you can’t even beat me. This third round of chess is still not optimistic, so you must be prepared.”
"Hahaha..." Bai Song suddenly laughed heartily, "Did you really not notice it?"
"What did you find?" Xiaokui asked blankly.
"During these seven days of training, I am not the only one who has improved."
Xiaokui was stunned. The girl seemed to realize something and stared with bright eyes.
Bai Song explained: "Don't you even notice? Our gap is narrowing, but the gap in the layout stage is also narrowing. I am practicing the middle game, and you are also practicing the layout. My layout advantage is already very small, And you have mastered the formula I mentioned. You don’t think that you can’t even play a Minamoto Kira now, do you? In fact, the outcome of this three-game chess match has already been determined. The reason why I am so persistent in practicing chess is to win. You become a completely new chess player, and without even realizing it, you’ve already transformed.”
"Yes...really?" Xiaokui looked at her fingers subconsciously.
Playing chess non-stop these past few days has left traces of the chess pieces on her little hands.
Xiaokui thought for a while, feeling that her chess skills had improved somewhat, and then muttered: "Thank you so much."
"Don't be so hasty to thank me. I have my own purpose in training your chess skills."
"Um?"
Unexpectedly, Bai Song suddenly said such a sentence, and even Mu Zhi on the side listened curiously.
"You have been expelled from the Chess Academy, and in Japan, people who have been expelled from the Chess Academy cannot participate in all Go activities. Without the support of the Chess Academy, how can professional chess players like you live? Do you really have to rely on my support? What if? What if I returned to the Tang Dynasty? Have you ever thought about this problem? "
"..." Xiaokui fell silent, and Mu Zhi also fell into deep thought.
Mu Zhi thought for a while and sighed: "Being removed from the chess academy, apart from making some money from some underground chess games, we have little chance of survival. Once discovered, we will be stigmatized and will be shamed for the rest of our lives. If it hadn't been like this , Xiaokui can’t fall into the okiya either.”
"But what does this have to do with training my chess skills?"
"The chess academy cannot represent Go, nor can it represent Japan! The rules are not decided by a chess academy! If we want Go to have a longer-term development, how many people in the world are not welcomed by the chess academy but are full of love for Go? Xiaokui, I want you to do something for the people in the world who love Go."
"Do something...can I...what can I do?"
"What's your real name?"
"Honinbo Wasabi."
"Let's name it after you and open our own Honinbo Go Dojo separate from the Japanese chess academy."
"Honinbo...Go Dojo..." Xiaokui murmured. When she first heard the name, she still didn't understand it.
Bai Song was thinking about other things, looking at Xiaokui's slim figure, delicate facial features, and black hair like a waterfall. If she were dressed as a man and put on a Taoist uniform, she might be somewhat similar to Zuo Weizhen.
Honinbo, a surname that should have been recorded in the history of Go hundreds of years later, was pushed to the forefront of history by the Bai Song Dynasty. The future development will definitely be very interesting.
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand it now. The purpose of this Go dojo is to bring together another group of chess players who are not favored by the chess academy to form a chess academy that is different from the chess academy, has no restrictions and no rules, and is only for those who love Go. A chess place. As long as there are enough people, a chess academy can compete with each other. I want you to overthrow the existing rules and create a new era of chess."
"Overturning the existing rules? Are you going against the Qi Yuan?" Mu Zhi swallowed, feeling a little weird, "Why are we going against the Qi Yuan? Have we not become traitors to Japan?"
"Is what the Chess Academy is doing to you and the people around the world who love Go appropriate? Because you almost lost your life after losing a game of chess, and your granddaughter fell into the dust. Is this the Chess Academy that you want to protect?"
Xiaokui frowned. The little girl couldn't hide her resentment towards Qi Yuan. She clenched her fists: "Yes, what Qi Yuan did is not what we want to see at all. Since the young master said it, then Xiao Kui Aoi just listen to the young master."
"Wait!" Mu Zhi asked cautiously and doubtfully, "Master, why are you doing this? What is your purpose?"
"My purpose is not important, and you can get the respect and compensation you deserve later."
"Grandpa, the Chess Academy is not worth your maintenance."
Mu Zhi has been in the Japanese Chess Academy for decades and has inseparable emotions.
Mu Zhi felt a little repulsed because of one thing that would turn him against Qi Yuan.
Mu Zhi pondered for a moment and said in a low voice: "This matter is of great importance. We still need to think about it. Master, it's getting late. It's better to think about the third round of chess now."
"Yes! The chess game has begun!" Xiaokui was startled and shouted.
Looking at the sky, I guess it will be noon in a quarter of an hour. If I don't rush there now, I will miss the chess game.
"No need to rush, let's go there slowly."
"Aren't you in a hurry?"
The grandfather and grandson remembered to dance, but Bai Song looked indifferent.
No matter how others urged him, Bai Song always remained calm and unhurried.
If you miss the time, you will be directly judged as a loser. I really don’t understand what Bai Song is thinking.
…
Noon has arrived, and everyone in the chess academy is talking about it. After all, the Tang Dynasty chess player did not show up.
In the first game of the third round of chess, did the Datang chess player escape or for some other reason?
The chess game that everyone has been waiting for for a long time has this result, which makes people a little depressed.
But no matter what the reason, there has to be a result.
Just as the referee was about to announce the result, a shout came from outside the chess academy: "It's coming, it's coming!"
A man squeezed through the crowd and entered the chess courtyard, and ran in in a panic under the gaze of countless eyes.
"Here he is? The Tang chess player is finally here?"
"It's really him!"
"What should I do? I came, but it's already too late."
"It didn't take long, just a cup of tea..."
"I don't know how to judge?"
The discussion was louder now, and something unexpected happened in the first game.
Bai Songke ignored the noise around him and went directly into the chess room where the competition was held. He stood at the door and looked innocently at Master Kira and several referees who had been waiting for a long time.
"Sorry, I'm late. How will this first game be judged? If you can forgive me for being late, I feel very strongly that if you have to follow the rules, I have no regrets. No matter what the result is, I will accept it willingly."
