Infinity Starting with Hikaru no Go

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For Chen Anxia, ​​Mizuno Hiroshi was just an interlude.

After Mizuno Hiroshi left, Chen Anxia started a new game with a new challenger.

Meanwhile, in the closed live stream room of Mizuno Hiroshi, the players who hadn't left were still chatting and sending messages.

"The streamer actually lost."

"The anchor is a student of the academy, and Chen Anxia was able to beat the anchor, doesn't that mean Chen Anxia also has the level of a student of the academy?"

"Luckily I didn't go to join the fun, otherwise I would have made a wasted trip and gotten slapped in the face."

"Since all the students have lost, I'm not going to join in the fun."

"Brothers, are there any other live streams broadcasting players challenging Chen Anxia? I want to see it!"

"There really is one. The Mighty Dragon who posted about the Truth Game earlier has started a live stream. Those who are interested can check it out. The live stream room number is..."

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This mighty dragon is none other than Yasutaka Uemura.

At this time, Uemura Tairyu had arrived at the Zishui Go Club, replaced Mizuno Hiroshi, and started broadcasting the game between Chen Anxia and the players.

In Uemura Tailong's live stream, players witnessed Chen Anxia defeat one player after another.

This wouldn't have been a problem initially, but some observant players noticed something unusual and couldn't help but post in the live stream chat, "Brothers, have you noticed that Chen Anxia's previous games were all won by about one point? That doesn't seem quite right, does it?"

Now that you mention it, it really is true!

"Yes, that's definitely not normal. After all, among the players who played against Chen Anxia, ​​there were strong and weak players. How come he only won by about one point against them all?"

"Hey, hey, hey, don't tell me Chen Anxia is controlling the winning score?"

"It's scary to think about it!"

"If Chen Anxia is indeed controlling the winning points, then what is Chen Anxia's purpose?"

"Yes, although Chen Anxia is just a game NPC, she already has her own AI, so she can't do something meaningless!"

"Could this be the inherently accepted definition of this mission?"

"It shouldn't be, because in the previously leaked game records of Chen Anxia, ​​Chen Anxia won by more than three points."

"So, does that mean Chen Anxia hasn't used his true chess skills yet?"

"If Chen Anxia has never used his true chess strength, then how strong must Chen Anxia's true chess strength be?"

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Did Chen Anxia actually control the number of points he won?

Did Chen Anxia actually use his true skill level?

'If not, then how strong must Chen Anxia's true chess skills be?'

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These issues became hot topics of discussion in the live stream.

Uemura Yasutaka naturally took note of this.

Compared to the players in the live stream, Uemura Tairyu clearly knew Chen Anxia better than they did.

Therefore, Uemura Tairyu can be certain that Chen Anxia did not use his full strength in the previous match.

After all, even Akira Toya, whose Go skills were comparable to a professional first dan, was defeated by Chen Anxia, ​​let alone these players who hadn't even reached the professional level.

However, Yasutaka Uemura did not answer these questions from viewers in the live stream.

One reason is that such discussions can continuously increase the popularity of the live stream.

On the other hand, it's because Uemura Tairyu didn't know just how strong Chen Anxia's true chess skills really were.

Uemura Tairyu only knew that every time he saw Chen Anxia, ​​Chen Anxia's chess skills would show a qualitative leap.

From a complete novice to developing insightful solutions to seemingly impossible moves, then to online Go matches with Harumi Ichikawa, and finally to a game against Akira Touya...

Only three short weeks had passed, but in those three weeks, Uemura Tairyu had completely lost sight of Chen Anxia.

Of course, Chen Anxia was unaware of all this; he was simply playing game after game of instruction, absorbing the strategies of each player.

During this process, Chen Anxia's chess skills also continued to improve.

Even the four fundamental principles of Go in his mind—the principles of the universe, the Go of the Six Directions, the principles of Tengen Dozai, and the Way of Strategy—have all been given new insights to varying degrees.

The players present, being engrossed in the game and not watching Uemura Tairyu's live stream, were unaware of this anomaly.

In their view, every time the players challenged Chen Anxia, ​​they narrowly lost, which meant that Chen Anxia's chess skills were not very strong, and that they all had a chance to win.

Under these circumstances, Chen Anxia maintained a winning streak.

Fifth inning... Tenth inning... Fifteenth inning...

The player's challenge continues, but Harumi Ichikawa has already sensed that something is wrong.

Harumi Ichikawa was unaware that the people around her were all players, and she had no idea why these players would challenge Chen Anxia one after another.

Of course, this is not the most important thing.

What's truly important is that many of them displayed a chess strategy that Harumi Ichikawa couldn't decipher.

Harumi Ichikawa knew that this was a sign that these players' chess skills surpassed hers.

A series of questions kept popping into Harumi Ichikawa's mind.

'Where did this person, roughly the same age as Chen Anxia, ​​come from all these years, yet whose chess skills surpass, or even far exceed, mine?'

'Are they all students of the Japanese Go Association?'

'But if they really are students from the institute, how could they all be out together at this time? And why are they challenging Chen Anxia here one after another?'

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As these doubts arose, Harumi Ichikawa also had a feeling that Chen Anxia's chess skills were far inferior to those he displayed when he played against Kaoru Nakata not long ago.

Harumi Ichikawa knew that Chen Anxia must have done this on purpose, but she didn't know why Chen Anxia would do it.

Due to time constraints and work commitments, Harumi Ichikawa had no choice but to return to her post with these questions in mind.

Before we knew it, it was lunchtime.

Neither Chen Anxia nor the other players chose to rest; instead, they continued playing.

At this time of year, many regular members of Go clubs will choose to come and play a game of Go to satisfy their Go addiction.

Upon their arrival, they all noticed the chess game where the players were gathered and couldn't help but feel curious, so they all asked Harumi Ichikawa about it.

Harumi Ichikawa did not hide anything and told them the truth.

After learning the truth, the regular members were surprised but no longer cared and went back to playing their own games.

One of the members of the Go club was shocked upon learning the truth and exclaimed, "Chen Anxia? Is that the Chen Anxia who defeated Teacher Xiao Liang?"

Harumi Ichikawa was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this, then asked, "Defeat Akira? What do you mean?"

Seeing this, the member immediately took out the latest issue of the Weekly Chess, flipped to a page, and handed it to Harumi Ichikawa, saying, "Take a look, it's all written in the Weekly Chess."

Seeing this, Harumi Ichikawa took a game of Go and started looking at it.

After reading the article and learning that Chen Anxia had defeated Touya Akira, Ichikawa Harumi found herself not as shocked as she had imagined.

Harumi Ichikawa knew this was because she might have already known this fact deep down...

Just as Harumi Ichikawa was lost in thought, a childish voice suddenly rang out, "Excuse me, may I borrow this Go journal to take a look?"

Harumi Ichikawa and the member turned to look upon hearing this.

Upon closer inspection, Harumi Ichikawa and the member spotted a short-haired boy, about the same age as Chen Anxia, ​​grinning with a sunny smile.

If Hikaru Shindo and Sai Fujiwara were here, they would definitely recognize that this short-haired boy is Toneri, who once challenged them.

As for Toneri's request, Harumi Ichikawa first asked the owner of the chess set, and only after receiving his consent did she hand the chess set to Toneri.

After saying thank you, the person took the chess set and began to look at it.

At first, Sheren was only curious about the game of Go because he had heard Chen Anxia's name, and that's why he wanted to borrow it to watch.

However, after truly understanding the content of the article, Sheren discovered that the "Little Ryo" mentioned by Ichikawa Harumi and that member was actually Touya Akira, who had played the game of truth.

Toneri was able to roughly estimate Akira Touya's skill level through the Truth Game.

Therefore, after seeing that Chen Anxia had actually defeated Touya Akira, Shiren couldn't help but be shocked and began to observe even more closely.

Then, Sheren saw the game record of Chen Anxia and Touya Akira.

In his mind, Sheren also constructed a virtual chessboard, on which he reviewed the game between Chen Anxia and Touya Akira.

As the game was reviewed, the Tashiryu opening gradually revealed itself, which made Shiren's expression increasingly solemn and serious.

As the game unfolded, Sheren found himself unable to understand the game anymore.

Then, Akira Touya's move, "My hidden danger is your bait," shocked Toneri even more, making it hard to imagine that Akira Touya would set up such a big scheme.

Most importantly, Toneri was completely unaware of what was going on until Akira Toya revealed it himself.

The debriefing session unknowingly entered its final stage, and Chen Anxia's endgame skills gradually became apparent to the attendants.

Seemingly sensing something, the attendant couldn't help but murmur in terror, "This is...this skill is..."

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Looking at the game replay on the virtual chessboard in his mind, and watching Chen Anxia's endgame skills as the white pieces, She Ren's mind trembled.

Sheren knew that if he wasn't mistaken, then this endgame skill should come from Tianyuan Daozai, from the endgame skill that was known as the best in the world.

This fact made Sheren murmur softly.

"How did Chen Anxia come to use the endgame techniques from Tengen Dozai?"

"Could it be that Chen Anxia's character is based on Tianyuan Dao?"