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Chapter 43 The Difficulty of Becoming a Professional Chess Player

"Soul of Chess", a juvenile manga, is this a manga serialized by my brother?
Mei Higashino looked at Sakai Fujiwara, very curious in her heart.

Opening the comics, she read while listening to her good sister's explanation.

"The one who looks pretty like a girl is Taya Ryo. Ever since he lost to Shinto Hikaru, he has been brooding about it. And he has developed a bond of rivalry with his peers who won him. Yearning for attachment In the body of Hikari Shinto, Fujiwara Sakai's chess skills."

Mei Higashino gradually understood the cause and effect.

He looked at Hikari Shinto, and after visiting the Go conference, because there were children younger than him who were playing chess seriously, he also looked forward to it.

This made Ryo Taya very curious, how does this Go genius in front of him view Go?
In the comics, there are overcast clouds, and it looks like it will rain heavily.

"Are you planning to become a professional chess player?" Taya asked.

Shinto Hikaru never thought about this, and he only started to know Go when he accompanied Fujiwara Sakai.

"how about you?"

Facing Shinto Hikaru's rhetorical question, Taya Ryo nodded very seriously, "Yes."

Seeing his resolute look, Shinto Hikari was stunned.

I was just playing around, and never considered such a serious matter in the future.

Taya Ryo is so mature and has a clear goal.

Shinto Hikari was at a loss for words for a while, and turned to ask about the chess player's income.

Seeing Ryo Taya's reply, Mei Higashino yelled "Hey!", unexpectedly, Go players can earn so much money.

Base salary and other benefits are not considered.

Only counting the title match, the celebrity battle is 3600w yen, and the chess holy war is 4200w yen.

There are a total of eight title battles, and the total winning amount is 1 million yen.

It was ridiculously high. Knowing these market conditions, Higashino realized that one of the reasons for the decline of Go in the Japanese world in later generations is also related to the huge amount of money in domestic games.

As long as they compete in the country, they already have nothing to worry about, and there is no need to compete with China and South Korea.

Knowing that the amount was so large, Shinto Hikaru laughed, and he joked with Fujiwara Sawai in his heart.

"Zuo Wei, with your strength, it must be easy to win the celebrity battle, right?"

Zuo Wei was speechless: "You actually play chess just to make money..."

Shindo Hikaru: "I just thought about it."

Ta Yaliang heard his words, and asked curiously: "Just thinking about it?"

"Uh," Shindo Hikaru said shyly, "I just want to be a professional chess player, and it would be nice to get one or two titles."

Ta Yaliang suspected that he heard it wrong, "Just want to be a professional chess player? And get one or two titles at random?"

"What a joke! What you said is insulting professional chess players!"

Taya roared hoarsely, with anger radiating from his brows.

"Uh, I..." Shinto Hikaru took two steps back, not understanding why Taya Ryo was so angry.

Ryo Taya regards Go as his life. The players he knows, as well as himself who is called a genius, are all pure and want to reach the realm of "God's Hand".

Because of his love for Go, he was extremely angry.

"You don't deserve to be a chess player at all!"

"As a chess player! How can you say such vulgar words!"

Thunder and lightning flashed in the sky, and heavy rain poured down.

Taya Ryo's words, accompanied by rain, were particularly shocking.

"Just want to be a professional chess player? Do you know how high a chess player's peak is?"

"After patience, hard work, bitterness, penance, and even the pain of despair are overcome, there are still people who cannot reach that height!"

"I keep seeing such chess players around my father, but you!"

Shinto Hikaru stared at him blankly.

Ta Yaliang continued to confess, "I am also struggling with this awareness. I have been like this since I was a child. I have played chess for countless hours every day. No matter how hard it is, I have persisted."

Despite the rain falling on his body, Ta Yaliang gritted his teeth, feeling extremely unwilling.

"Why would I lose to this kind of person!"

Mei Higashino felt educated.

She was lax in her voice actor training because she was praised by the teacher.

Toya Ryo in the manga, his purity and determination moved Mei Higashino.

"Is this what Big Brother thinks? That's why it's serialized? I want to learn from him."

……

In the Go club, Xiaochun stared at the comics and was stunned.

He felt the same, and couldn't help but shed tears.

According to Taya Ryo, the person who overcame negative emotions and still failed to become a professional chess player is Xiaochun.

I love Go and have been learning since I was a child.

When I came to a foreign land, I spent countless difficult years, constantly memorizing chess records and playing chess with my peers.

Work hard, cry all the time, never let up.

One fixed-stage race, two times, three times...

Being surpassed by the juniors behind him, sadness and unwillingness eroded his heart.

Eight times later, still failed.

I can only embark on a job far away from Go.

Even so, he will participate in the fixed-stage competition every year.

Hold the belief that you must succeed!
"Niao Akino, that's a really good drawing...this brat!" Wiping away his tears, he began to look forward to this year's scheduled competition.

……

"Yoshihara-so", Higashino Higashino is receiving guests.

Sitting at the other end of the Go board is Akira Yamazaki, who was sent by the Go Academy to assist in the serialization of "Soul of Go".

She covered her mouth with a folding fan and looked at the chess game proudly.

The other party is hopeless, and there is no turning back.

"What, the writer whose comics made me cry has only this level of Go."

Higashino lowered his head and looked at the chess game seriously.

After 3 minutes, he put down the chess piece dejectedly, "I lost."

From the beginning to the middle game, he was already cornered by the second-tier players.

It's true that there is a specialization in the art industry. As an amateur, I shouldn't have the idea of ​​winning.

"Mr. Yamazaki, there is such a big gap in our chess strength," Higashino complained, "You should play guide chess."

"Hmph, you didn't pay any money," Akira Yamazaki gathered up the chess pieces, "you can play chess with professional chess players, so you can go if you are satisfied."

Higashino is reluctant to pay a lot of money for playing chess, and prostitution is the happiest thing.

I don't care about the experience.

"Mr. Yamazaki," Higashino said nonchalantly, "I heard that you only beat an old man and a child in the latest competition, and lost the rest of the competition. Is that true?"

"Eh?" Akira Yamazaki paused his hand, and answered after a while, "It's all because I played too many chess games with you, a stinky chess player!"

"Yeah," Higashino nodded, "so you can only bully a child like me."

He ignored Yamazaki's gnashing of teeth, checked the time, and took out his cell phone.

Sure enough, not long after, Sasaki called.

"Tori Akino-sensei, the quick report result is No.3!"

(End of this chapter)