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Chapter 168 The Anticipated "Soul of Chess"

A hotel in Shibuya.

The employees of "Future Society" sat in a box, because they were all like-minded classmates, so the atmosphere was very good, and they were all chatting shoulder to shoulder.

"I didn't expect the results of "Funny Manga Hiyori" to be so good!"

"The audience rating is actually 9%! I've always been worried, because the characters we draw are not as exquisite as Li Fan."

"Stupid, of course the style is different! We win by plot."

"It is so popular with the audience that it is indeed the script of Mr. Akino Tori."

They laughed and felt that the future was bright.

The service staff came in and out, and it was strange to hear the chatting content of these people.

Students are not like students, and employees are not like employees.

Sitting at the main seat is a girl, wearing a black coat, tasting delicious food in silence, not fulfilling the responsibility of leadership, like a little transparent.

"Hi, this is your mapo tofu, please use it slowly."

"Thank you." Asahina's eyes lit up, and she thanked earnestly.

"You are welcome." The waiter took two steps back, knelt on the ground, lowered his head, and closed the stretch door.

Asahina watched her leave, raised his chopsticks, and picked up a piece of red tofu.

Just as she was bringing the tofu to her lips with great anticipation, Gao Xueji suddenly asked, "Will Mr. Bird Akino attend the celebration banquet?"

Asahina could only stop her chopsticks, she shook her head, "I have contacted, Higashino-kun needs to work."

Gao Xueji nodded disappointedly, "Oh."

Asahina waited for a while, and found that she didn't ask any more, so he continued to send mapo tofu to his mouth.

"Isn't Jump going to be closed next week?" Amano asked beside him.

Asahina was helpless, she sighed silently, "I don't know either."

"Well," Amano nodded thoughtfully.

No one bothered her anymore, Asahina smelled the spicy aroma of mapo tofu, and narrowed her happy eyes.

"Is it about "Niyori"? Or, Mr. Akino Tori has a new idea?" Ozawa held his glasses, looking like I would work hard.

Asahina's eyes widened, she put down the chopsticks in her hand, and looked at them quietly.

……

Higashino Hibiki's teacher's dormitory.

"Tori Akino-sensei," Oda came to the studio with a droopy face, "isn't this a week off?"

He finally stopped posting outlets, and planned to take advantage of the holiday to go out for a stroll, worship the gods, and give himself inspiration.

He also has an extravagant wish, if he can get a girlfriend who is as tall as a model, that would be great.

Oda, who was thinking about this, was called to the studio again unexpectedly.

The person in front of him was working so hard that he couldn't rest for a moment.Oda curled his lips, as bored as a student who heard about vacation tuition.

Higashino was also very helpless, Akemi Akimiya, who had no pandas to see, insisted on coming back and continuing to draw manga.

Higashino can only start ahead of time, with a plan that has been running in his brain for a long time.

"I'm going to draw a short manga," Higashino replied, "When "Soul of Chess" was serialized, there were some foreshadowings that were not recovered, and I wanted to draw them all in the short story."

""Soul of Go"?" Oda became interested. "Soul of Go" is the first serial manga he came into contact with. "What are you going to draw?"

Higashino took out the storyboard and handed it to him.

Oda took it over. These storyboards have a total of about 10 pages and [-] chapters.

He glanced at Dongye Xiang, not knowing when the other party finished it.

Anyway, when he was working, he didn't see it.

It seemed that he stayed up all night again, Oda shook his head.

The name of the short comic of "Soul of Chess" is "The Great Revolution of Go", and Oda became interested. What kind of story is it?It can be called a big change.

So with curiosity, he began to look.

On top of the storyboard, there are several pictures of people.

"Eh?" Oda was taken aback, but didn't say anything, and continued to read.

Twenty minutes later, he finally finished reading the short story "Soul of Chess".

"The style is the same as before," Oda said with admiration: "The tense and exciting chess game, the ups and downs of the plot, and the final climax. Although the character design of the protagonist has changed, the core is still the same."

"If there is no problem, let's start working." Higashino rubbed his wrist and said with a smile.

……

Nihon Ki-in, after the new year, the students are back again.

Shinoda Sidan was sitting in the courtyard. At this time, the cherry blossom tree had only branches, but he didn't care. He sat quietly, closing his eyes and resting his mind.

He suddenly heard the noisy sound coming from the classroom of Qiyuan, and couldn't help frowning.

Shinoda Sidan stood up and walked in, "It's not good to practice chess, the chatter is so loud, I can hear it in the corridor."

"Teacher, Odagiri Erdan is here!"

He heard screams of excitement.

Shinoda looked over, and it was indeed Odagiri.

He was holding a bunch of folding fans with the signatures of top chess players, Hero Otake, Masaki Takemiya and others on the folding fans.

Odagiri is handing out to the students one by one.

Shinoda has sharp eyes, and on these folding fans, he also saw the name of Akino Tori.

No wonder the students shouted excitedly.

However, Bird Akino's calligraphy signature, when put together with top chess players, seems too overwhelmed.

Frizzy like the branches of a cherry tree.

"Odagiri [-]nd paragraph." Immediately, Shinoda smiled.

Odagiri is the student he admitted exceptionally, and what he values ​​is the future of the other party.Sure enough, his talent is fully displayed, and he is undoubtedly a new star in the Go world.

He would always mention Odagiri when he was teaching, so that the students could learn from him.

"Ms. Shinoda, I'm back." Odagiri smiled.

They did not disturb the students to continue their studies and went to the office.

Odagiri looked around, "Where did the teacher hide the manga magazine?"

Shinoda was stunned for a moment, then coughed twice in embarrassment, "You all know?"

"Of course, it's just that everyone didn't say it," Odagiri replied, "I used to see teachers secretly reading manga, but we didn't dare to say it."

He looked around, but he really didn't find the jump.

Shinoda lifted the bench and placed it next to Odagiri. After drinking two glasses of water, he sat down at the desk and handed Odagiri a cup.

He said: "I don't read comics now. After all, the only thing I am interested in is "Soul of Chess."

Odagiri nodded, "Actually, I am the same. Mr. Akino's new manga is more popular, but I have no interest in basketball manga."

The former him would have liked it very much.

After growing into a professional chess player, he gave up most of his personal interests and hobbies, and concentrated on Go, and only then did he have the current chess strength.

Shinoda nodded four paragraphs, he pondered for a while, and asked: "Tori Akino-sensei will publish a short story about "Soul of Chess". There seems to be such a rumor. I don't know when it will be."

"The teacher said it was at the beginning of the year," Odagiri replied, "I've been looking forward to it."

"I will also pay attention." Shinoda said with a smile.

The two of them moved the chessboard and started to play chess, and it turned out that Odagiri won.

He was still a student two years ago, but now that the opponent has easily defeated him, Xiao Tian didn't know whether it was more gratification or more bitterness in his heart.

……

countryside.

"Today we're going to talk about the most basic knowledge of Go," said Xiaochun standing on the podium, his voice still thick and loud, "Robbing."

He spoke at the top, and the students in the hall listened very carefully. They were all children of 5 or 6 years old, and they came to enlighten Go.

After more than a year, Xiaochun has adapted to his new life. Without the annoyance of the Tokyo metropolis, his heart calmed down, and he communicated better with the students.

After half an hour, the class ended and the students went out to exercise.

Xiaochun was drinking water on the desk, half of her body leaned out from the classroom door, tall and thin.

"Mr. Xiaochun, come and play some basketball. Teacher Gutian and the others are here, and you are the only one left."

The opponent is the new Go teacher Lin Yifu, who is only 24 years old.The average age of the teachers in the rural Weiqi Academy has been lowered.

Xiaochun quickly put down the cup, "Here we come."

The basketball court in the countryside has two basketball hoops on the concrete floor. It can't be said to be cutting corners, but it can also be said to be perfunctory.

But that's how it is in the countryside, just make do with it.

When I came to the basketball court, the other teachers were indeed there, and they were warming up and looking for the touch with the basketball on the court.

There are many little radish heads watching the excitement.

Xiaochun couldn't help smiling, this was a scene he couldn't see in Tokyo.

"Mr. Xiaochun," Lin Yifu patted him on the back, "Take off your coat, or your down jacket will be scratched, and Mrs. Ni will scold you again."

Xiaochun's expression turned ugly, "I'm not afraid of her."

Even so, he obediently took off his coat and put it aside.

……

After a hearty game, Lin Yifu wiped his sweat, he let out a long sigh of relief and relaxed.

"Fortunately, there are people playing basketball in the countryside, otherwise I really don't know what to do."

Xiaochun picked up his coat and patted the dust, "You really like playing basketball."

"Well," Lin Yifu nodded, "I watched "Slam Dunk"."

He said excitedly: "You don't know how popular basketball is in Tokyo now. There are not enough hoops, so I can only play half-court basketball."

"Is it the influence of "Slam Dunk"?" Xiaochun was speechless.

Lin Yifu nodded, "Yes."

"Little Dongye is outrageous." Xiaochun said with emotion.

After finishing "Soul of Chess", his career has reached a new level.

And just like "Soul of Chess", it has influenced many people to like basketball.

It's almost like a horrible meme, "infecting" what's in your brain to everyone who knows it.

"Dongye?" Lin Yifu was puzzled.

"Oh, it's Mirai Akino." Xiaochun explained.

The two walked back to the office and heard their conversation. The old teacher Gu Tian pointed at Xiaochun and said with a smile: "You are a newcomer, don't you know? About Teacher Xiaochun's past."

Xiaochun clutched his forehead, and here he is again, this old teacher, always likes to tell his own story, to see the surprised expressions of others.

Under the wrinkled and gentle face, there are some small wickedness hidden,
"Excuse me?" Lin Yifu was very interested and asked closer.

"Have you watched "Soul of Chess"?" the old teacher asked.

"Of course, we chess players, of course, have seen "Soul of Chess."

"That's easy," Gu Tian pointed at Xiaochun, "This teacher Xiaochun is the prototype of Tsubaki in "Soul of Chess."

"Hey!" Lin Yifu was startled.

Gu Tian was very satisfied with his reaction, "So it's not incomprehensible that he knows the original author."

Lin Yifu asked Xiaochun, "So do you really have those experiences? Lost to Shindo Hikaru."

"It's not Shinto Hikaru," Koharu sighed, "It's Odagiri Nidan."

"Odagiri [-]nd dan!" Lin Yifu yelled: "The first-level chess player who won all the big hand games last autumn!"

"Yeah, that kid did a great job." Xiaochun said with relief.

He had been watching the game back then.

He is also the one who calls out "Hand of God".

"What a big man!" Lin Yifu lowered his body and walked around Xiaochun, looking admiringly.

Xiaochun was helpless, "Mr. Lin, you really like to joke. I can't even pass the professional chess player exam, what kind of big shot am I?"

Lin Yifu ignored him, and excitedly asked, "Do you have Teacher Akino's signature?"

Xiaochun grinned, "I'm not interested in that kind of thing."

He still keeps the Go notes he made with Higashi Higashino back then, so it's normal to look down on signatures.

"That's really a pity." Lin Yifu was dejected.

But soon, he became cheerful again.

"Mr. Xiaochun, Mr. Akino Bird, will there be any creations about "Soul of Chess"? I have been looking forward to it for a long time!"

"Maybe there will be." Xiaochun sighed, and he also wanted to see where Shinto Hikari would go.

"Soul of Chess."

He sighed.

……

December 1997, 1.

"Weekly Shonen Jump" is released.

Higashino looked at the cover. The front page of this issue is a comic called "Strange Detective Agency".

The style of painting is very strange, but it is rough and shoddy, but it has an unexpected style, which makes people remember it at a glance and is hard to forget.

The writer's name is Morichi Yamamura.

"Before I knew it, Mr. Yamamura's new work came out," Higashino sighed, "I don't know what kind of story it is."

Higashi Higashino still has a deep memory of his last "Sun Killing Incident".

It can only be said that the cut in half is very funny, and it is very regrettable.

Higashino is very pleased that the other party can make persistent efforts.

He was worried that Yamamura would leave the manga world and go back to continue writing novels.

Turning to jump, the first comic is "Strange Detective Agency".

The content of about fifty pages is very satisfying.

The protagonist has a real estate in Tokyo, the first floor is rented out, it is a bar, and there are all hostesses.The main character also frequents.

The second floor is his detective agency, which provides many services.

The protagonist will take over the job even if the customers who accompany the wine girl play tricks and don't pay.

Different from Wei Guangzheng's male protagonist in the previous comic, the male protagonist of "Strange Detective Agency" has a flexible bottom line.

On this day, a couple came from the countryside of Kanagawa.They encountered strange things and heard about the protagonist's fame on the Internet, so they worked tirelessly to find him.

The protagonist is very strange, but seeing the harvest of 10 yen, he followed to investigate.

(End of this chapter)