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Chapter 172 Buying a Car and "Alpha Dog"

Today is a day to celebrate.

After more than two months of hard work, Hibiki Higashino finally got a Japanese driver's license!
After learning that he was going to buy a car, Higashino Ichiro was very excited.

He wants to make suggestions for Higashino Hibiki, but also to fulfill his long-standing dream.

Higashino Ichiro liked to study cars since he was a child, and he naturally drove a taxi when he grew up.

This is both life and fun.

He can't be absent when Higashino buys a car.

Therefore, Higashino could only bid farewell to Akemi Akimiya, seeing her lost eyes, Higashino was having a hard time, who made this Higashino Ichiro, a rare initiative?

I can only wrong Akemi Akimiya first.

Not long after, Higashino Ichiro arrived at Musashino Art University in a taxi.

The weather in February, his clothes are very thin, showing strong muscles.

Higashino Shio was sitting in the back row, looking at Musashino curiously.

She is an out-and-out housewife, and the farthest place she has traveled in her life is Hokkaido.

On weekdays, he wanders around the streets, and Shio Higashino has not been to Musashino yet.

Higashino Xiang said respectfully: "Dad, Mom, long time no see."

Higashino Ichiro nodded.

Higashino Xi smiled: "You have become stronger recently, it seems that life is not bad."

"After all, the work is easy."

Higashino was about to sit in the co-pilot, but was stopped by Ichiro Higashino, "I have something to tell you."

Under Higashino Xi's curious eyes, he pulled Higashino Hibiki aside, and asked in a low voice, "...are you unhappy recently?"

Higashino Hibiki was curious why he asked that, and suddenly remembered that during the second meeting of the New Year, he took a taxi back to the dormitory and complained a few words.

The taxi driver knew his father, so he probably told Ichiro Higashino.

Looking at Ichiro Higashino's worried eyes at this time, Higashino said distressedly: "It's just a little depressed at night, I'm fine, there's nothing to worry about."

People are prone to impulsiveness at night, spending money on games, or listening to music on NetEase Cloud, all of which are when the night is quiet and the brain is pumped.

Feeling that life is not easy is Higashino's time to suppress the clouds.

"It's really nothing? If it doesn't work, just take a break."

Higashino Hibiki said repeatedly that there was no problem at all, so Higashino Ichiro let him go.

The two returned to the taxi, Higashino Xi complained: "The two of you left me here, are you going to whisper something?"

Higashino Ichiro didn't panic at all, and said solemnly: "Didn't he get his driver's license? I asked a few questions and answered them all. Not bad."

Higashino Hibiki looked at him in surprise, he lied so smoothly, it was not at all like his usual honesty.

Higashino Xi didn't ask, Higashino Ichiro said to Higashino Hibiki: "Come on, let me see your practice."

"Of course there is no problem." Higashino sat in the driver's seat.

After adjusting the seat, he skillfully stepped on the clutch and accelerator, and started on the road with ease.

Higashino Shio in the back seat was very nervous, clutching the armrest tightly.

She thought that novices would be in trouble when they were on the road, but Higashino drove very steadily and kept the speed at more than 50.Cope with complex road conditions very well.

Higashino Shio involuntarily let go of the armrest.

Higashino Ichiro was surprised, "You look like you just got your driver's license."

Higashino Hibiki nodded, "Thank you for the compliment."

Under the guidance of Higashino Ichiro, he soon arrived at the Toyota 4s store.

His suggestion to Higashino is the tenth-generation Toyota Crown S150, a [-] product.

Entering the 4S store, Higashino Shio sat on the sofa and waited quietly. Higashino Ichiro walked quickly to the front of Toyota Crown Ten, and excitedly introduced Higashino.

The salesman looked at this scene and smiled slightly, there was no need for him to move his mouth.

He has seen a lot and understands this situation. The customer came here specially for this car, so the transaction is stable.

He poured three cups of tea and put them in front of Higashino Xi, "Please take it slowly."

"Thank you." Higashino Shio said awkwardly.

Then the salesperson came to Ichiro Higashino and Hibiki Higashino, waiting patiently.

……

Higashino is actually not interested in the Toyota Crown in front of him.

Because he didn't like the shape of this car, it was a square shape, which didn't match the style of future cars.

Of course, this is nothing, he doesn't care about appearance, as long as the car drives well and there are no major problems.

He is a pragmatist.

But the Toyota Crown is a special car for Shueisha. After buying this car and driving to Shueisha in the future, he was worried that he would be taken as a driver.

However, Higashino Ichiro was very excited. He introduced the car endlessly, sat on it, tried the seats and dials, and looked at Higashino with anticipation.

He is very satisfied personally.

"How much does it cost to get the full amount?"

Higashino asked the salesman on the side.

The salesman answered: "Toyota Crown S150 is worth 450 million yen, including the cost of landing, it is around 530 million yen."

"When can I pick up the car?"

"It will be ready in three days."

"Well," Higashino looked at Ichiro Higashino, and then said to the salesman, "Swipe your card."

When signing the contract, Higashino excused himself to be busy and entrusted everything to Ichiro Higashino.

"Let's transfer the ownership later." He said.

Higashino Ichiro said, "Alright, be careful on the road."

"Yes," Higashino Higashi and Higashino Xi bid farewell, and hurriedly opened the door and left.

After returning from the sale, seeing that Higashino Hibiki was gone, he said to Higashino Ichiro with a smile, "Your son is really filial."

"Yeah." Higashino Ichiro nodded.

Then he came to his senses, looked at the place where Higashino Hibiki disappeared and murmured: "It's really awkward, just say no to this kind of thing..."

……

Higashino returned to the studio.

"Higashino-kun," Akemi Akimiya saw him and asked curiously, "Did you choose the car so quickly?"

Higashino shook his head. He walked over and held Akemi Akimi's hand, "I think your advice is still indispensable, so I gave up at the end."

"Hey!" Qiugong Mingmei covered her face, feeling red.

She couldn't help herself, she put her arms around Higashihiro's neck, and raised her head.

"Well……"

Not long after, the lips parted.

Akemi Akimiya had a naive expression, and her eyes were blurred, which made Higashino unable to help herself.

But she was always thinking about buying a car, took Higashino Hibiki's hand and ran outside the door, and then remembered that they are now a teacher-student relationship, so she pushed Higashino Hibiki twice to let him walk in front, 5 minutes later, he was setting off.

Higashino Hibiki was very upset, but agreed.

After meeting at the school gate, Akemi Akimiya drove her own car and went to the nearby Mercedes-Benz 4S shop with Higashino Hibiki.

The final choice is the dream of many people in this era, the Mercedes-Benz s600, except for the high price, there are no other problems.

After becoming the owner of this car, Higashino suddenly became in a trance.

Back then, I discussed AE86 and Mercedes-Benz, Fujiwara Takumi and Natsuki with my friends.

He also became rich.

"Can I also find a "Natsuki"? Higashino Hibiki said to Akemi Akimiya meanly.

"Hit you." Akemi Akimiya waved her fist.

Of course she also knew "Initial D" serialized in "Weekly Shonen Magazine" in [-].

Xia Shu once chose the "father" who drove a Mercedes-Benz, but he regretted it only when he met Takumi who had an ae86.

"Or I'd better buy an ae86." She said worriedly to Higashino.

"Haha, sorry," Higashino raised his hand, "I was joking."

He was a little surprised, Akemi Akimiya, who used to be indifferent, and Akemi Akemi, who trusted him very much, is now a little worried about gains and losses.

In terms of love, from the previous strong side, it has gradually become weaker.

He squeezed his chin and began to think about what happened.

"Then it's better to buy a Mercedes-Benz," Akemi Akimiya retreated.

……

Before you know it, it's spring break again.

Asahina Yuko contacted Hibiki Higashino and said that he would recruit an employee to be responsible for the duties of the manager.

Higashino let her play to her heart's content.

The manager quickly negotiated with the disc distributor, and when the seventh episode of "Funny Manga Day" was aired, the first six episodes were released on DVD.

It contains Higashino's script signature, post-production video, and some deleted content from the animation.

A week later, sales of dvd discs reached 7800, reaching the second-phase line, that is, below the best-selling level.

For other cartoons, it is considered to make money.

But for "Nihe", it was a big profit.Complete with less and broad.

Higashino didn't want any of the 1300 million yen in revenue from the disc, and kept it in the company for dinner and employee benefits.

Besides, the seniors are about to graduate, and they need to be given subsidies, as well as the rent and decoration of the company's residence.

This amount of money is considered small.

Fortunately, it didn't take long before there was peripheral licensing income with toy factories and clothing manufacturers.

The painting style of "Rihe" is ugly and cool, so it is very attractive.

In short, "Future Society" is booming.

In terms of comics, "The Great Change of Go" has come to the fifth chapter.

The identity of "Master" has been exposed. He is the artificial intelligence "Alpha Dog" developed by the team of Demis Hassabis and Yang Hai, a subsidiary of Google.

"ai!" Odagiri was taken aback.

It never occurred to him that the "Master", a different type of chess player, is actually just a machine!
He has guessed the soul of the future, the middle-aged genius who came into contact with Go, or which master it is.

He never considered it from this angle!
"What an exaggeration!"

Odagiri started to learn Go in junior high school, and then Odagiri, who was a scumbag with mediocre grades, couldn't believe it. Machines can really beat, can humans be the top intelligent Go players?
"I didn't understand it, but I was shocked."

……

"So the weird moves designed by Akino Akino in the future are what he thinks is Go in the eyes of AI?" Shinoda Sidan pinched his chin in thought.

in the comics.

Demis Hassabis claimed that when he was young, he had watched "ai" and "sai" online Go games.

In that chess game, he realized his limitations in Go, so he wanted to defeat "sai" through the computer.

Seeing this episode, Shinoda was taken aback for a moment. He dug out "Soul of Chess", and sure enough, he found this character in the plot where "sai" killed everyone.

This is the foreshadowing that Bird Akino Mirai planted in 1994, and it was actually drawn in a short story in 1997.

"It's amazing."

He recalled the talk with his friends in 1994.

It was also about AI and Go at that time.

Whether there will be a situation where AI chess skills surpass professional chess players was not discussed at the time.

After all, Go is very complicated, with so many possibilities, it cannot be compared with chess.

"By [-], Tori Akino still had this idea in the future."

Xiaotian thought of Yang Hai again, this is the chess player who taught Yijiao at the Chinese Chess Academy, and he seemed unpredictable at the beginning.

According to the content at that time, Yang Hai configured the computer and claimed that the future of Go is here.

It is also a foreshadowing of Bird Akino's future.

Judging from the recent plot, Yang Hai did not give up on this idea. In 2016, he completed the path of pursuit that year.

"ai ah."

Perhaps after 20 years, human technological creations will explore a new path for Go.

The middle-aged Shinoda Shidan is not depressed, but looks forward to the arrival of this era.

But unlike him who is open-minded, many professional chess players sneered at "Alpha Dog" in the live broadcast and on the Internet.

"Go has 19 vertical and 19 horizontal, 361 intersections, and has endless possibilities. I don't think that one day artificial intelligence will surpass our brains."

　Thank you for being a fairy friend, 666 points for rewarding.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)