Ke Xuezhuo's son-in-law

Chapter 554 Defeat after defeat

After the first game, there would be fifteen minutes of rest and adjustment time. Fujiwara also took advantage of this period to go to the players' lounge and lie down on the tatami with his limbs spread out, relaxing to his heart's content.

In the lounge, Fujiwara Hoshikai was lying on the tatami, replaying the chess game just now in his mind. He closed his eyes and tried to focus away from the emotion of defeat. He analyzed his mistakes - he failed to clear the opponent's corner in time, which resulted in the weakness of the border failing to be reinforced in time, and under Masato Yamato's strong offensive pressure, he failed to effectively mobilize Pegasus and Golden General. These are all It was a chain reaction caused by the two infantrymen lost at the beginning. He knew he had to be more careful in the next game and not make any more mistakes.

Fifteen minutes seemed to fly by in a blink of an eye, and Fujiwara and Masato Yamato returned to the game room again. The referee announced the start of the game, and the two began their thinking and layout again.

In this game, Fujiwara continued to play white, while Masato Yamato still played black. Masato Yamato started the same as the previous game, with his infantry moving forward steadily, trying to detect the opponent's weaknesses. However, Fujiwara appeared calmer, his approach slow and firm, obviously building a solid defense line.

At this time, the hosts began their comments: "It seems that Fujiwara player paid more attention to defense in this game," the male host said, "He seemed to have learned a lesson from the previous game, and he was not in a hurry this time. Attacking, but consolidating one’s own camp.”

The female host added: "Yes, this strategy of Fujiwara player may make Masato Yamato, who likes offensive chess style, uncomfortable. But as long as he can remain patient, there is still a chance to find a breakthrough."

The two sides launched a series of subtle offense and defense in the middle game. Yamato Masato's silver generals moved back and forth in front of Fujiwara's defense line, trying to find a breakthrough, while Fujiwara's gold generals held on to the fortress, ready to counterattack at any time.

The commentator's voice became excited: "This is an exquisite tactical switch! Yamato Masato's Kakuyuki is threatening Fujiwara's Tamaki. Fujiwara needs to respond quickly, otherwise the situation may quickly deteriorate."

Fujiwara sat quietly for a moment, feeling calm inside. He adjusted his flying car and golden general, trying to block the route threatened by the angle. But Yamato Masato's offensive was like a rolling torrent, rising one after another.

With Masato Yamato's every step of pressing, Fujiwara's situation became more and more passive. His jade will be forced to roam the board, looking for a place to take refuge. Yamato Masato's infantry and silver generals began to surround Fujiwara's tama generals, and the situation was critical.

"The Fujiwara player is in a very difficult situation," the hostess said. "His generals have almost no safe footing. Yamato Masato's attack is too well prepared."

Yamato Masato's layout ability was once again demonstrated in this game. Although he was dissatisfied with Fujiwara's defensive strategy, his chess style was flexible and changeable and he was always able to find the opponent's weaknesses. As time passed, he pushed Fujiwara step by step towards the impasse. Yamato Masato's chess style is the type that seeks a sure kill in a steady manner. He is not in a hurry to attack, but patiently builds the situation and waits for his opponent's negligence.

Fujiwara felt the pressure doubled. Although his defense was solid, he gradually felt that his options and space were dwindling in the face of Yamato Masato's ingenious strategy. Although his Pegasus and Golden General maintained their formation, every move Yamato Masato made was silently eroding his position. Fujiwara knew that if he could not find a chance to counterattack, the situation would be unfavorable to him.

The host began to make a more in-depth analysis of the situation: "It seems now that the Yamato player's patience and superb layout ability helped him take advantage of the situation," the male host said, "not only did he gradually consume the opponent's defense , still waiting for a decisive moment."

The female host continued: "The Fujiwara player seems to be in trouble. He needs to find a way to change the dynamics of the situation, otherwise it will be difficult to come back."

Finally, after several confrontations, Yamato Masato's silver general successfully tricked Fujiwara's speedster into revealing his position. At this moment, Yamato Masato’s eyes flashed with light. He quickly mobilized his corner and carried out a precise strike. Cracks appeared in Fujiwara's defense. Faced with the imminent checkmate, Fujiwara did not force his pieces to surrender.

After the game, the two players bowed to each other and waited for the referee to confirm before getting up and going back to rest.

In a high-end medical ward in Mihua City, a tall man wearing a knitted hat put his hands in his pockets and looked out the window calmly. On the hospital bed behind him, a girl with a bandage on her left leg uncomfortably pulled at the side of her body. A man with a similar face to her.

"I'm sorry, Hideyoshi-nii, for making you worry."

If it weren't for her own fault, the contestant who should be competing for the title at this time should be her brother. Feeling that she was dragging her brother down, Sera Masumi smiled awkwardly, and then became choked up.

"Oh, it's okay. In fact, whether I go or not in this throne battle has little impact on me. And no matter who wins this title battle, I can challenge it. It doesn't matter, you are not dragging me down."

According to the rules of the Shogi Challenge, players who have not participated in the final preliminaries cannot directly compete with the champion. However, according to the rules of the title battle, other owners of the eight major titles can directly bypass the preliminaries and directly challenge the owner of the target title. , of course the price is to give up your original title even if you lose, you have to win.

"Really?" Sera Masaki asked in disbelief with tears in her eyes.

"Of course it's true." Haneda Hideyoshi smiled softly, took out a handkerchief to wipe away his sister's tears, and comforted him again, "It's great that you are okay, and Brother Shuichi is here, you don't have to worry about anything else. Just settle down and cultivate yourself."

Listening to the discussion between his younger brothers and sisters, Akai Shuichi frowned with his back to the two of them. It was not that he was worried about his sister's mood, but that he was a little tired from the recent series of events.

The first thing to bear the brunt is the disappearance of my mother. The mother who had been staying with her little sister in the UK actually took some strange medicine and became smaller.
  Such a strange thing as rejuvenation is indeed too unnatural. If he had not stayed in that organization for a period of time, he would definitely not be able to accept such a thing. Although he has never been in contact with the core level of the organization, he has always known that the organization has been recruiting various medical and biological experts and researchers from around the world for something.

At first, he thought it was some kind of enhanced biological virus, but he didn't expect it to be something like this that can make people smaller.
  However, their experiments may be in the early stages, so they need to take risks and use drugs to conduct a large number of human experiments, so the people they target will always disappear inexplicably.
  Thinking of Akai Shuichi, he turned back to look at his sister on the bed and asked coldly:

"Is the Kudo Shinichi you are talking about the kid we met ten years ago?"

"Well, yes, that's him."

(End of this chapter)