Cherish the time

Chapter 156

After defeating Kuwahara 4-1-1, Shinto got his wish and won the Honinbo title.

According to the usual practice, the new Honinbo will imitate the rules of the ancient gate and give himself an alias.

The suggestions given by Qiyuan were "Xiu Mitsu", "Guang Ce" and "Zhi Mitsu", but Shinto did not hesitate to fill in the word "Sa Mitsu".

This is an unruly practice. Although there are precedents for Zhao Zhixun, Lin Haifeng and others, these people are not Japanese chess players, and they have no reference value for Shinto.

Nihon Kiin originally planned to reject his naming, but due to Shinto's own attitude is very firm, it means that without this alias, even the position of Honinbo can be given up.

So Nihon Kiin had no choice but to accept his proposal to change his name, and released "Honinbo Samitsu" as his alias together with the final news that Honinbo's title changed hands.

As soon as the news came out, not to mention Japan, the world of Go all over the world was boiling.

The world was shocked when Lee Chang-ho took away the title of "highest position" from Cao Xun-hyun. He was 15 years old at that time.

It has not been ten years since that incident, and the "Lee Chang-ho era" recognized by the world is also in its golden period...

Just at this time, a 13-year-old Honinbo appeared in Japan!

——Japanese Go is about to rise!

On this day, such thoughts flashed through the minds of many chess players from different countries at the same time.

Among them, a very small number of people paid attention to the title "Honinbo Samitsu".

"Sakou..."

Dutch chess player Nico Nijenhuis, known as Mercy.W on the online platform, is one of them.

But Shindo Hikari's life has not changed much because of this.

——except that the principal of Neptune personally came to persuade him to continue studying in high school.

Shindo Mitsuko knew nothing about Go, and had no idea about Shinto winning the title of Honinbo, so much so that when the principal proposed that Xiaoguang go straight to high school and be enrolled in Class A. As a reward of 20 yen, the request was only for Xiaoguang to be a consultant in the Go club. She covered her mouth in surprise and asked, "...Are you... kidding?"

Of course, this matter had to be abandoned under Shinto's intervention in the end.

However, when the principal left, he still insisted that as long as Xiaoguang was willing, they would accept him into Neptune's high school at any time.

Not long after this incident, Shindo won the title again with a score of 4-1, and took the title of celebrity that belonged to Yukihiro Toya into his bag, and the limelight was like no other for a while.

At this time, his qualifiers for the Tianyuan Tournament had also entered the final stage, and he was about to fight Taya Yukihiro again.

Shindo Hikari seemed to still think it was not enough, and signed up for the Throne Tournament, Kisho Tournament and Gosai Tournament successively.

During the period, Nippon Chess Institute also asked him whether he would like to participate in international competitions, but Shinto replied that he would not consider it within the past two years, obviously intending to win the Grand Slam first with all his heart.

Amid such annoying fame and busyness, Hikari Shindo's 14th birthday came.

That day was the second round of Taya Ryo's three-dan throne tournament, and his opponent was Seiji Ogata's nine-dan.

Because he was busy with the chess game, Shindo hadn't watched Xiaoliang's game for more than a month.

It just happened to be a coincidence today that he and He Gu came to the broadcasting room of the Chess Academy.

They opened the door while chatting about Mingming's affairs, and then found that everyone in the broadcast room was staring at their direction.

"...Good morning, everyone." He Gu was taken aback for a moment, but Shinto pressed He Gu's back with his hand very naturally, and bowed to greet the people present.

"Good morning, Honinbo Samitsu." Awara waved at him cheerfully, "Happy birthday! ——I heard from Ogata that today is your birthday, right?"

"...Yes, thank you." Shinto nodded in thanks, without delving into why Ogata would remember his birthday.

"Haha, happy birthday, Shinto Celebrity!" Amano held the unlit pipe to his mouth, and it seemed that he had relapsed his addiction.

"Thank you, Mr. Amano."

"Happy birthday." The rest of the chess players sent their wishes to him one by one.

After exchanging pleasantries, Shinto and Hetani were finally able to sit beside Awara.

"Little Hikari, if you don't make a name for yourself, it's a blockbuster," Awara shook his head and said with emotion, "At a recent seminar, Mr. Taya even said that you would become the champion of the championship."

The concepts of the Grand Slam and the Grand Slam are slightly different. The Grand Slam refers to holding all the titles at the same time, while the Grand Slam only needs to win all the titles at least once.

——Although it seems easy to say, since Japan implemented the "seven major news tournament" competition system in 1977, Zhao Zhixun is the only chess player who has won a grand slam in history.

"Is that so?" Shinto nodded thoughtfully, "...then we can't live up to Uncle Taya's expectations."

"Hey!" Lu Yuan was startled by his words, and accidentally yelled a little louder, then lowered his voice and asked next to his ear, "Are you serious?"

"There's no way," Shinto smiled at him, "I have no other choice..."

Just as Lu Yuan wanted to ask him what he meant by this sentence, the clock on the broadcast TV jumped to nine o'clock, and the game officially started.

After seeing each other in a month, Taya's chess skills have become a little more exquisite. This exquisiteness is not only reflected in the flexibility of his judgment of the situation and the choice of formulas, but also in the improvement of his overall consciousness.

Now Ta Ya has a little bit of aura in his moves, and the offensive and defensive transitions of the whole game are seamless, without any sense of stagnation.

Seeing Toya Ryo like this, the corners of Shinto's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a rather warm smile.

Lu Yuan, who was sitting beside him, felt a deep sense of disobedience when he saw his expression.

——What's the matter with you, a kid in his teens, smiling so consolingly?

The result of this battle between the brothers was like the battles that had happened many times before, and ended with Ogata's victory.

Ogata still showed a very calm look, as if he didn't feel threatened from the other party at all.

But Hikari Shinto, who had watched the whole game, knew very well how much pressure Xiaoliang's 1-hand hit 3 put on him.

He suddenly remembered that at this time in his previous life, he had just entered the main stage of the professional chess player examination, and Xiao Liang had just signed up for the qualifiers of the Honinbo Tournament.

At that time, Xiao Liang... definitely didn't have the strength he has now.

The moment he realized this fact, a feeling of anticipation that he had forgotten for a long time suddenly surged in Shindo's heart.

...Maybe in this life, he still has a chance to play against Xiao Liang in a close match?