Cherish the time

Chapter 113

In fact, Shindo never thought that this interview would be so big.

At the beginning, he received a contact from Weiqi Weekly, saying that he was going to do an exclusive interview about his winning streak and promotion. The person who came was also a new intern reporter from the newspaper. The whole interview process could not have been more gentle.

But in the middle of the interview, the other party received a phone call and told him that he had broken into the round-robin match of the two titles. Not only the content of the original interview had undergone a huge change, but even the length of the interview was too long. It was an hour long.

And the question that caused an uproar was actually asked casually in the hallway by the intern reporter before leaving.

Shindo Hikaru didn't think anything at the time, and just replied casually, "I think I can win."

——Who knows that it has evolved into what it is now.

Since the publication of that issue, the pressure to get in and out has suddenly increased.

No matter where he goes or what competition he participates in, there will always be chess players he doesn't know pointing behind him, with expressions of disdain, ridicule or contempt.

And when he played chess with others, occasionally his opponent would say something like "Are you Hikaru Shinto? You big talker, I'm not afraid of you." The strength is not affected by these small episodes, so although these slightly unkind attentions are unpleasant, they only stay on an unpleasant level.

In addition to these insignificant things, there are also some things that happened around Shinto that made him laugh and cry.

For example, when he was in school, there would be a group of people from the Neptune Go Club "passing by" his classroom; and when he met Kaga at Haase Road, the other party called him "Jin Fujimoto Inbo" with a cigarette in his mouth.

For example, when I went to a go shop one day, Master Natsume knocked him several times with this newspaper, saying that he was disrespectful, and his tone was so loud, it would not be surprising even if he lost.

For example, once he was stopped by Kuwahara and Amano at the entrance of the chess academy. The former said I was waiting for you in the defending match while putting pressure on him, while the latter smoothed things over with a smile.

What made him most depressed was that Xiaoguang's grandfather killed him at Xiaoguang's house that afternoon after reading this report, and wanted to fight him for [-] rounds.

"I'd like to see how powerful Xiaoguang is who can say such words!" The old man rolled up his sleeves, aggressively, "Don't let me, an old fellow, get away with it!"

Shindo followed his will very simply, forcing the old man to surrender before the sequence was over.

In such a turmoil, most people looked at Hikari Shinto with a disapproval and a mentality of watching the excitement.

But Hikari Shinto remained the same.

He played his chess, maintained his undefeated winning record, and at the same time signed up for the preliminary round of the Tianyuan Tournament.

When people saw the name Hikari Shinto from the battle table of the preliminary round of the Tianyuan Tournament, all those who were not familiar with him associated him with arrogance.

Atsushi Kurata is also one of them.

That day he had just finished the last game of the whole stage of the Chess Master Tournament. He took the weekly Go magazine of the day from the mailbox at the bottom of the apartment building and went home.

When I opened the first page, I saw the domineering interview.

When he first saw the title of the interview, he wondered what kind of newcomer could be worthy of such praise.

After reading the report on Shindo's achievements in the first half of the interview, he felt that this rookie had the strength to fight him.

But when he saw Shinto's reply about whether he could take the title, he couldn't help laughing out loud.

Kurata is a self-confident and even over-confident guy, which can be seen from the fact that he likes to sign autographs, and after signing, he also carries some strange titles such as future chess master, future celebrity, and someday Honinbo.

But even if he was as confident as he was, he didn't dare to say in the title match that he could win the title.

Not to mention the huge gap in level between the opponents faced in the round robin and the opponents they faced in the rematch, assuming they can really stand out in the round robin, then what they will face next...

It is the top player in the true sense of the entire Japanese Go world today.

No one would believe that these people would be pulled down so easily by a low-level chess player.

nobody.

After Kurata Atsuchi laughed, he threw the Go Weekly on the table, and then fell into deep thought.

"Shinto...hikari..." he muttered to himself, "...what an interesting guy!"

The arrangements for the two major round-robin matches were quickly sent to Shindo.

His first opponent in the Celebrity Round Robin was his former teacher, Morishita Shigeo Eight Dan; his first opponent in the Honinbo Round Robin was Zama Throne, and there was only one day between the two games.

In Shinto's view, the two he is about to face are opponents that should not be underestimated-in fact, all chess players who can break into the round-robin match have enough strength to aspire to the title-so Jinto also found a few A copy of the chess records of the two people to play.

After finishing the score, Zuo Wei asked him, "Are you a little nervous because you are going to be on TV?" 』

Shinto just shook his head.

Having achieved the "Grand Slam" a long time ago, he no longer feels nervous because of such a small scene... It's just a habit that he developed later.

Just like pressing the white star on the hand during the professional shogi player exam, at first it was to cheer yourself up, and then gradually, it became a ritual-like habit.

He thought for a while, and asked, "Zuo Wei, what do you think the God of Chess looks like?" 』

"Um? 』Zuo Wei was stunned for a moment.

"The God of Chess—I say the God of Go...what do you think he will be like?" 』Shinto looked a little confused.

Zuo Wei thought about it, "It should be an old man who is very good at chess. 』

"It's amazing..." Shinto repeated, "—how powerful do you think it is to be called a god?" 』

"It's so powerful...every move he makes plays an irreplaceable role in the chess game-it's enough to be called...a move of God. 』

"Hahahahaha!" Shindo was amused, "Is your so-called chess god a chess player who "every move he plays is a move of a god"?" 』

"Xiaoguang, what are you laughing at! Zuowei protested angrily, "I didn't say anything particularly strange!"Why laugh! 』

"I think," Shinto corrected his expression after laughing enough, "as long as, at least once in his life, he has made a son that can be called "the hand of God"... this person can already be called For the chess god. 』

He spoke at a slow speed, and his expression was so determined that Zuo Wei was stunned for a moment, forgetting to continue his protest.

But two seconds later, Zuowei came back to his senses, and put his fan in front of him, "No way~" He said narrowly, "According to what you said, becoming a chess master is too easy!" 』

"Is it easy? ...Not necessarily. Shinto shrugged, "But even if it's easy... what's wrong with it?" 』

"Otherwise, the Chess God...is too lonely." 』