Capítulo 1773: Chapter 1008: Investigation

Fujiwara Saway was originally a Go player from the Heian period. Falsely accused by his opponent, he took his own life. Due to his obsession with attaining the divine move, his spirit lingered on the Go board, and he was successively awakened by Honinbo Shusaku and Shindo Hikaru.

His Go skills had reached the pinnacle.

However, as a spiritual body in the ordinary world, only Shindo Hikaru could usually see his silhouette.

Although with Shindo Hikaru’s hands, Fujiwara Saway indulged his Go addiction, since Shindo Hikaru himself also fell in love with Go, to avoid Saway’s skills being too overpowering, Hikaru started playing less frequently.

This time, Shindo Hikaru came to this café to use the computers to let Saway satisfy his Go cravings online.

Who would have thought that the genius Go player from Dragon Country, whom they always talked about, was actually here drinking coffee, and even seemed to see Fujiwara Saway, waiting for the both of them?

Discovering for the first time that someone else could see Saway, Shindo Hikaru felt both happy and a bit lost. After all, he was just a middle school student, appearing somewhat shy and timid.

Meanwhile, Tao Yu had already unfolded a Go board and lifted the lid of the Go stone container, gesturing to the seat in front.

“Sit down.”

Fortunately, Shindo Hikaru’s nature was that of a typical ‘troublemaker,’ much more carefree than the obedient Tashima Ryosuke.

He himself could see Fujiwara Saway, and now another person appeared, which resonated with him and made him a bit excited.

Throwing his school bag aside, Shindo Hikaru looked around briefly, then with a slightly excited expression, quietly asked,

“Big brother Ye Fan, can you see Saway?”

“Yes.”

Tao Yu’s tone was calm. Though due to the anchor of legends, he didn’t want to bring too many extraordinary concepts to this world, Shindo Hikaru, who was already accompanied by a ghost, should have better acceptance abilities.

Grabbing a handful of Go stones, Tao Yu signaled Shindo Hikaru to guess the color while calmly saying,

“In your world, there aren’t many people who can see spiritual bodies, but it’s not exactly a rare ability.”

Tao Yu’s words made Shindo Hikaru’s eyes widen slightly, even Saway showed a curious expression.

“Our world? From what you’re saying, big brother Ye, are you not from our world?”

Shindo Hikaru guessed two stones while also turning curious.

“Your world is like this, which isn’t surprising, right?”

Children have strong adaptability. For someone of Shindo Hikaru’s age, who is still in the process of understanding the world, their mind is full of wild imaginations, a typical age for adolescent fantasies.

Coupled with the authorities consistently downplaying the crisis and urgency, he was motivated, shaking his fists excitedly.

“Are you an alien? No wonder your Go style is completely different, is this alien Go theory? It’s really amazing…”

Shindo Hikaru’s chatter made Tao Yu find it amusing.

“Let’s just say it’s an alien Go theory…”

Tao Yu played the first move, casually placing a stone on the board.

Fujiwara Saway’s Go skills were strong, but normally even AI couldn’t be beaten, and in front of those players experienced with AI, he would struggle.

AI’s application to Go mainly depends on deep learning algorithm models, which can’t exhaustively compute all moves.

However, for the current Tao Yu, he could genuinely forcefully crack every change in Go, every move truly within his plan, even coming up with a genuine optimal solution!

If two versions of Tao Yu were to play against each other, and the black stones’ komi isn’t met, once the first move lands on the optimal position, the opponent can immediately resign, and vice versa!

Despite such a disparity, Tao Yu guided Fujiwara Saway, allowing him to unleash his ultimate state and strength in the duel.

Yet, when reaching the endgame, he still lost to Tao Yu by half a point.

“Half a point again…”

Staring at the board before him, Fujiwara Saway was stunned.

Not only this game, but every previous game of Tao Yu’s ended with a half-point advantage!

The difference was that the initial professional players beaten for fame couldn’t see the disparity, only feeling Tao Yu’s play was peculiar, challenging him again.

However, after beating contemporary Chess Saints and other renowned players by half a point, they subtly felt the genius’s play was unfathomably peculiar.

Now Fujiwara Saway had the same feeling!

He even had a sense that the other was conducting a guidance match, every step to draw out his strongest strike!

Playing to his heart’s content but losing thoroughly…

“Your skills are truly unfathomable…”

Fujiwara Saway sighed, the genuine divine move!

“The divine move, indeed, is here…”

After clearing the board, Tao Yu casually picked up a stone, placing it near Tengen’s vicinity.

This stone seemed completely ordinary, neither part of a typical strategy nor uniquely on Tengen, yet this position and its corresponding mirror position on Tengen could derive a guaranteed winning opening in all possible variations.

If others were to place a stone bizarrely here, even the budding Shindo Hikaru would scoff.

However, as it was Tao Yu, who just defeated Fujiwara Saway, both were instantly entranced.

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