Infinity Starting with Hikaru no Go

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"A game destined to be recorded in the history of Go!"

"The Dao Ce School will reappear in the world!"

"The prelude to a golden age!"

After that, apart from Kaga Tetsuo and Kurozuki Ryoko, everyone else showed a similar reaction to Washiya Yoshitaka.

This is understandable, because the content of this article is indeed quite shocking.

Furthermore, the article also includes the game records of Chen Anxia and Touya Akira.

In the game record, Chen Anxia's Daoce style has already revealed a glimpse of its ferocity.

A similar scene is playing out repeatedly in the Go world of Japan.

Even Hikaru Shindo and Sai Fujiwara saw the article.

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Yase Elementary School.

After Hikaru Shindo and Sai Fujiwara defeated another challenger, they discovered a set of Go stones that the challenger had forgotten to take with him.

Although Hikaru Shindo wanted to return all the Go stones to the challenger, he didn't know the challenger at all, so he had to give up and wait for the challenger to come back and find him.

Out of curiosity, Hikaru Shindo opened a Go board and started looking at it.

Upon looking at it, Hikaru Shindo discovered that all the articles published in Go magazine were about things that had happened in the Go world in the past.

Among these messages is the upcoming start of the Chess Saint Cup Challenge.

The Kisei Cup Challenge is not a competition to directly challenge Touya Meijin, who holds the Kisei title, but rather a competition to determine who will qualify to challenge Touya Meijin.

Naturally, only by winning the Kisei Challenge can one qualify to challenge the Meijin Toya.

Even Shintaro Ichiyanagi, a former holder of the Kisei title, had to go through a challenge match and win the final victory before he could challenge Meijin Touya.

If all goes well, and if Shintaro Ichiyanagi wins the final match, he will be able to challenge Meijin Toya in the Kisei tournament two weeks later.

After learning about the Kisei Cup Challenge, Fujiwara Sai couldn't help but say, "The Kisei Cup Challenge, which is full of top players, reminds me of the castle games during Shusaku's era."

As he spoke, Fujiwara Sai couldn't help but look at Shindo Mitsuru and said, "Hituru, I want to watch the Kisei Cup challenge match, and I want to watch the final Kisei match even more."

Having already developed an interest in Go, Hikaru Shindo was naturally also interested in the Kisei Cup challenge and the ultimate Kisei Cup.

However, due to the timing conflict, Hikaru Shindo couldn't help but reply, "The Kisei Cup Challenge is mostly held when I'm in class."

As he spoke, Hikaru Shindo glanced at the time recorded on the board and continued, "However, the final of the Kisei Cup and the Kisei Tournament are being held next weekend, so I should have time to go see them."

Upon hearing this, Fujiwara Sai couldn't help but look forward to the weekend.

As Fujiwara Sai waited expectantly, Hikaru Shindo continued to look through a list of Go stones.

Soon, Hikaru Shindo saw the article written by Yasutaka Uemura.

Hikaru Shindo initially seemed indifferent, but after seeing the article's title, he couldn't help but be startled, and his expression immediately became serious.

Fujiwara Sai noticed the change in Shindo Hikaru's expression and couldn't help but look at the Go board around him.

Upon seeing this, Fujiwara Sai's pupils contracted sharply, and his expression began to tremble.

Fujiwara no Sai's reaction was not because of Chen Anxia's game against Touya Akira, nor because of any competition for the title of the best among the younger generation, but because he saw the Dosaku school.

Not only Fujiwara no Sai, but also Hikaru Shindo, who knew Chen Anxia's 'true' Go skills, was not surprised that Chen Anxia was able to defeat Akira Toya.

What caught Hikaru Shindo's eye was Dosaku's style.

Since Honinbo Dosaku and Honinbo Shusaku differ by only one character, it's inevitable that Hikaru Shindo would make the connection.

However, unlike Fujiwara no Sai, Shindo Hikaru had never heard of Honinbo Dosaku before.

It can only be said that Hikaru Shindo's exposure to Go was still too short.

Therefore, Hikaru Shindo, who was unfamiliar with Honinbo Dosaku, wanted to ask Fujiwara no Sai if he knew Honinbo Dosaku.

After that, Hikaru Shindo noticed the change in Fujiwara no Sai's expression.

Instinctively, Hikaru Shindo believed that Fujiwara no Sai's change in expression was related to Honinbo Dosaku and the Dosaku school.

Hikaru Shindo couldn't help but ask, "Sai, do you know Honinbo Dosaku?"

Upon hearing this, Fujiwara no Sai replied solemnly, "Honinbo Dosaku was a Go player who lived more than a hundred years earlier than Torajiro."

"In the era of Torajiro, Honinbo Dosaku had already been crowned the Kisei, and his Kisei skills were superb. The game records he left behind are treasures collected by all the great Kisei players."

"Because of Torajiro, I was also fortunate enough to study some of the game records left by Honinbo Dosaku."

"And among those chess records, there are incredibly powerful and illogical moves that even I find astonishing."

"These incredibly strong and illogical moves even made me question whether Honinbo Dosaku was ever really playing seriously..."

Fujiwara Sai's words shocked Hikaru Shindo.

It should be noted that Fujiwara no Sai is a Go spirit that has survived from the Heian period to the present day. He once transformed into Honinbo Shusaku and dominated the Go world for an era. His Go skills are unfathomable.

However, Fujiwara no Sai's words were so shocking that they could not help but shock Hikaru Shindo.

At the same time, Hikaru Shindo also felt a deep curiosity about the character Honinbo Dosaku.

Hikaru Shindo knew that the exchange of information resources was not so advanced in either the Heian period, where Fujiwara no Sai lived, or the era of Honinbo Shusaku.

Therefore, even Fujiwara no Sai, who had the help of Honinbo Shusaku, only studied some of the game records left by Honinbo Dosaku.

However, the times are different now. In the present era, it is very likely that a collection of Honinbo Dosaku's game records will exist.

Hikaru Shindo had already planned to go to the bookstore after school to see if he could find it.

Hikaru Shindo believed that Fujiwara no Sai would also want to see other game records of Honinbo Dosaku.

As he made his decision, Hikaru Shindo became curious about something and looked at Sai Fujiwara, asking, "Sai, if you were to play against Honinbo Dosaku, could you defeat him?"

Upon hearing this, Fujiwara no Sai did not answer immediately, but remained silent for a while, as if lost in memories.

Then, Fujiwara Sai sighed and said, "Torajiro also asked me this question before."

"My answer is that I don't know, because I have studied too few game records to know Honinbo Dosaku's true strength."

"If I could, I would really like to play a game of Go with Honinbo Dosaku..."

Upon seeing this, Hikaru Shindo became even more curious about Honinbo Dosaku.

Then, as if he had just thought of something, Hikaru Shindo couldn't help but ask, "If Honinbo Dosaku was so strong, why did the Dosaku school he founded disappear?"

Upon hearing this question, Fujiwara Sai couldn't help but sigh and say, "Actually, in Torajiro's time, the Dosaku school was already almost lost."

"As for the reason, I don't know either. I've only heard it mentioned by a successor of Honinbo Dosaku..."

"There is only one Honinbo Dosaku in this world!"

On the other side, at the Zishui Go Club.

Today, Chen Anxia arrived here early, waiting for the players' challenge.

That's right, Chen Anxia's challenge to the player is today.

The location was the Zishui Go Club.

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Zishui Go Club.

Harumi Ichikawa has become somewhat immune to Chen Anxia.

In Harumi Ichikawa's opinion, Chen Anxia's early arrival likely meant he had arranged to play chess with someone again.

As for who it was, Harumi Ichikawa was genuinely interested.

At this time, Harumi Ichikawa had not yet watched the latest episode of Ichigo, and was unaware that Anxia Chen had defeated Akira Toya.

However, based on Harumi Ichikawa's understanding of Chen Anxia, ​​including Akira Toya and Meijin Toya's evaluation of Chen Anxia, ​​Harumi Ichikawa knew that Chen Anxia definitely possessed a Go skill comparable to or even surpassing Akira Toya.

Therefore, Harumi Ichikawa was very curious about who would be playing against Chen Anxia. Could it be a professional Go player?

Time passed slowly, and perhaps because Chen Anxia arrived too early, so much time had passed, yet no one had come to play chess with him.

Chen Anxia sat alone in a conspicuous spot, playing chess by himself, his expression unchanged as time passed and he remained solitary.

Before we knew it, another ten minutes had passed.

Finally, someone walked into the Zishui Go Club.

This person was undoubtedly a gamer named Hiroshi Mizuno.

As Mizuno Hiroshi walked into the Zishui Go Club, he muttered to himself, "Zishui Go Club, this must be it?"

As he spoke, Hiroshi Mizuno began to search with his eyes.

Soon, Mizuno Hiroshi spotted Chen Anxia sitting alone in a conspicuous spot, and his eyes lit up.

Without the slightest hesitation, Mizuno Hiroshi walked directly towards Chen Anxia.

Harumi Ichikawa noticed this scene, and as she looked at Hiroshi Mizuno, her brows furrowed slightly.

Because Hiroshi Mizuno looks very young, Harumi Ichikawa thinks he's only slightly older than Anxia Chen.

This made Harumi Ichikawa murmur to herself.

'Is this child the opponent Chen Anxia has been waiting for?'

'Is there anything special about him? Is he going to be another Chen Anxia or Hikaru Shindo type...?'

While Harumi Ichikawa was lost in thought, Hiroshi Mizuno approached Chen Anxia and said, "Chen Anxia, ​​I've come as promised. Let's play a game of Go!"

Chen Anxia, ​​who was playing chess alone, paused for a moment upon hearing this, then looked at Mizuno Hiroshi and said with a smile, "Of course."

As he spoke, Chen Anxia began to arrange the chessboard.

Then, Chen Anxia and Mizuno Hiroshi began the guessing game.

Out of curiosity, Harumi Ichikawa went over to watch the game.