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Chapter 179 Chinese Chess Player
July 1997.

It has been a month since the last chapter of "Great Go Revolution" was updated.

Along with the serialization of the last chapter of the manga, the first and only volume of "Go Revolution" has also been released.

Yang Sen is a professional second-dan player of the Chinese Go team who went to Nihon Ki-in to study.

After a year of study, I am going back to China.

Before leaving, he was queuing up to buy the booklet of "The Great Revolution of Go".

"Wow, so many people!"

Although the Japanese Go world has become rigid, the Go atmosphere in this country still makes him quite envious.

The average income of Chinese people at this time is very low, and the families that can support their children to learn Go are even a minority among the minority.

So he has never seen the number of people who are so keen on Go.

He has been queuing for 5 minutes, and he still hasn't arrived.

With his proficiency in Japanese, he listened to the conversations of the Japanese in the front row.

"Why? Mr. Akino Tori isn't holding the signing event anymore?"

"It's really a pity, I really want to see him."

"That's right! What a pity!"

Bird Akino Mirai, Yang Sen often heard this strange name, especially in the chess academy, not only the students, but even professional chess players often mentioned it.

Niao Qiuye is not a nine-dan chess player in the future, but a literary creator. I heard that his works are related to Go, which made Yang Sen curious.

After he watched the game between Higashino and Odagiri, his curiosity grew even higher.

An author with the strength of a professional chess player, the works created by him can withstand the pursuit of millions of people, it should be a masterpiece, so you have to read it!
Afterwards, Yang Sen specially bought the DVD of "Soul of Chess" at the second-hand shop.

A total of 56 episodes of "Soul of Chess" cost him more than 3 yen.

Fortunately, he has a lot of money, otherwise he would not be able to afford it.

He didn't sleep all night after that, his eyes were red and swollen the next day, and he lost energy.

In this way, Yang Sen became a fan of Bird Akino Mirai.

After watching the animation, it took him more than half a year to slowly finish reading the manga.

Now before returning to China, I have finished watching the somewhat unrealistic short work "The Great Revolution of Go".

But it was still very interesting, especially at the climax of the story, which made him feel the excitement of blood rushing straight to his forehead.

In order to keep it as a memory, he specially came to buy the booklet.

After the recollection, finally lined up to him.

A volume of [-] yen, the plastic-packed "Great Go Revolution", he likes it all.

"Thank you for your purchase."

After paying the fee, Yang Sen carefully put the booklet in his backpack and left the team, looking at the sky, he should go home.

……

In this vast world, the influence of "Soul of Chess" is expanding rapidly, especially in Southeast Asia, the Chinese cultural circle.

The "Soul of Chess" cartoon, which ended in 1995, was quickly introduced to the Hong Kong market after more than a year.

But in BJ, the National Youth Go Team, a kid named Gu Li couldn't see this cartoon.

He was born in 83, but he became a professional chess player in 95. He is a true child genius.

""Soul of Chess" is really interesting, I want to play "God's Hand" too! "

The Hong Kong exchange student in front of him is not Gu Li's opponent at all. He has played chess several times and won all of them. Now he is teaching the opponent how to play chess.

But now, he could only stare at the other party and tell the story of "Soul of Chess".

"On the chessboard, Hikari Shinto discovered the soul of a shogi player in the Heian period—Fujiwara Sakai. Under the influence of the opponent, he became a professional shogi player."

Gu Li has almost memorized it, but he hasn't watched the cartoon "Soul of Chess".

He became more and more curious.

Can Shindo Hikari compare to himself?

At this moment, someone pushed the door open. It was Gu Li who hadn't seen him for a long time, Yang Sen, a brother who went to Japan for training.

……

Here at Yang Sen, he finally saw the long-awaited "Soul of Chess".

Although it's in Japanese.

He didn't understand, but compared with the plot introduced by his Hong Kong friend and Yang Sen's explanation, he understood it ignorantly.

Although the expectations for this work have been raised, Gu Li was still very excited when he actually watched it, especially when the comic said "God's Hand".

"Pursue the realm of God's hand!"

The 14-year-old Gu Li is in the second stage of middle school. Although he is very strong, he is much more innocent than ordinary children because he spends all his time playing Go.

So I yelled loudly.

Seeing Gu Li's enthusiastic expression, Yang Sen took out the booklet that was still in plastic packaging, handed it to him and said, "Do you want to read this? This is the last story."

Gu Li took it and looked at the pamphlet curiously.

But he doesn't speak Japanese, so he looked at the cover blankly.

"Oh," Yang Sen suddenly realized, and he said, "This is the story of Hikari Shinto, who has reached middle age, 20 years after Sato Fujiwara disappeared."

"Wait?" Gu Li looked at Sakai Fujiwara who was very excited on TV. He was very excited because Xiao Guang could see him.

About to start a new life of his own.

"You said he would disappear?" Gu Li asked in disbelief.

"Yeah." Yang Sen nodded, and seeing Gu Li's eyes that wanted to eat people, he nodded embarrassingly: "Hmm..."

Now that it's been spoiled, let's add more spoilers.

Gu Li called the Hong Kong kid and told him the story of Zuo Wei's disappearance that he hadn't seen either.

Seeing the other party's stunned look, Gu Li's mood improved a bit.

Yang Sen began to tell them the follow-up plot.Jin Tengguang was admitted to the Chess Academy and became a student.Later, he passed the professional Go exam and became a first-level Go player.

Satoshi Fujiwara's game against Yukihiro Toya.

The "Hand of God" is beginning to show, and Hikari Shinto begins his first step in pursuing the "Hand of God".

After that, Sawei Fujiwara disappeared, Hikaru Fujiwara's mental journey, and finally accepted all this, and inherited Sawei Fujiwara's chess style, and improved on the road of a professional chess player.

Under Yang Sen's wonderful explanation, the two children cried out. The plot behind "Soul of Chess" was too cruel, which made Gu Li, who had not yet been nurtured, deeply saddened.

"The next plot of "Soul of Chess" will be a separate volume of this volume." Yang Sen pointed to "Great Change of Go" and said.

"This is Mr. Bird Akino's vision for the future, a duel between artificial intelligence and professional chess players. Unfortunately..." He shook his head, and was about to reveal it, but Gu Li covered his mouth in time.

"Tell me slowly! Don't just talk about the ending!"

"Yeah." Under Gu Li's cannibalistic gaze, Yang Sen nodded repeatedly, expressing that he understood.

He tore off the plastic cover, looked at the exquisite paper that was different from the jump comic magazine, his eyes showed nostalgia, and he spoke slowly with a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)