The Ten-Dan Battle, founded in 1962, sponsored by Sankei Shimbun, sponsored by the Japan Chess Academy, and co-organized by the Kansai Chess Academy, is the most important title battle under the Grand Three Championships.

This year is the 32nd issue, and the current owner of the title is Hero Otake.

"Teacher Chihara on the field is like a god, and every hand is very accurate. I learned a lot from it..."

The scene of the daytime competition was being played on TV. Hiroshi Chihara glanced and recognized that the interviewee was his opponent in the preliminaries today.

"Brother, it's time to eat."

A sound came from the kitchen, and after a while, Chihara, wearing an apron, walked out, and supper was ready on the table.

She is on spring break these days, so she came to Tokyo.

There were two portraits on the Buddha's niche in the corner of the living room. Qianhara yelled the bronze bell, folded his hands together, bowed for a while before coming to the dining table.

At the beginning of January this year, the Buddhist silhouette was already built, but Chihara Hiroshi was not as particular as her.

"Brother, this is what I just learned recently, please try it!" Chihara Sabu picked up a dumpling and put it into Chihara's bowl.

Unlike China, in Japan, dumplings are not regarded as staple food, but as dishes for meals.

Hiroshi Chihara took a bite and then gave a thumbs up.

Seeing his praise, Chihara showed a satisfied smile.

The two talked about their own daily trivial matters.

Suddenly, Chihara revealed a news:

"Brother, Shirakawa Jun was admitted to Waseda University, do you know?"

Qianhara Hiroshi was stunned. He really didn't know about this, so he asked:

"When did it happen?"

"I just found the results last week," Chihara Sato guessed, "Brother, you have a very busy schedule this month. Shirakawa Jun probably doesn't want to disturb you, right?"

Hiroshi Chihara shook his head:

"I was taken care of by him at the beginning. Since he was admitted to a university in Tokyo, I should have made some statements."

As he said that, he asked casually:

"What about Samen?"

When Chihara Sato was heard of this question, he was suddenly happy and said:

"Sister Samen was admitted to the University of Tokyo. I heard that both of them took the University of Tokyo exam, but only Sister Samen was admitted."

Qianhara Hiroshi knew the relationship between the two, and couldn't help laughing. After talking about this, he suddenly remembered the schedule for next week and asked:

"Shuh, I'm going to compete in South Korea next week. Are you planning to go back or go with me?"

Chihara Sabu seemed to be a little surprised and asked:

"Can I go together?"

Hiroshi Chihara touched her head in a doting way, nodded:

"Of course, it's just a trip to Korea, but I'm going to stay there for three days. Is your vacation enough?"

"If you want to go next week..." Chihara Satoshi calculated silently, then said "Yes", "If you only stay for three days, it's enough. You only need to go back to Osaka directly."

"Okay, I'll go and talk to the chess institute. The signing and license should be completed soon."

...

When I heard that Chihara Satoshi would also go to Korea, Reno Morino was so envious:

"Damn it, it's too long for me to go out for a test, so I can't even go out to play!"

Then, she seemed to have thought of something, so she said to Chihara with a shameless face:

"Master, I'm sure I'll win anyway. It shouldn't matter how many days I'm missing, right?"

Hiroshi Chihara showed a "kind" smile, and just when she thought Chihara agreed, she heard him say:

"Didn't I say it last time? If you lose a game, don't say it's my disciple. Do you think I'm joking?"

The corners of Morino Rino's mouth twitched slightly:

"Master, aren't you kidding?"

"Haha, you can try it."

...

The Toyo Securities Cup is sponsored by South Korea's Toyo Securities Company and hosted by the South Korean Chess Institute. The rules are similar to the Fujitsu Cup in Japan, with 24 participants.

The quarterfinals of the last competition did not need to participate in the first round. The remaining 16 players competed for 8, and then participated in the second round with the other 8.

This time I go to Korea, I only need to participate in the first two rounds.

...

Korean Chess Academy, routine board meeting—

"Everyone, Chihara Hiroshi will also participate in this Toyo Securities Cup!" The director in charge of the preparation of this Toyo Securities Cup said with a serious expression.

As soon as the words were finished, others were talking:

"Hishi Chihara, it's not surprising that he comes to participate."

"I heard that he had just obtained the 'celebrity' recently and obtained the challenge of chess jihad war. He is really strong!"

"Hehe, isn't this a good thing? Doesn't it just mean that the Toyo Securities Cup is very heavy?"

...

Hearing these words, the director who had just started the topic could no longer hold back and said loudly:

"Everyone, this is not a good thing!"

Seeing that everyone's eyes were gathering on him, he continued:

"This year's Toyo Securities Cup is the fifth, and the first four champions are all our Korean chess players! If Chihara Hiroshi won this year's championship, what would the people think of us? Haven't you ever thought about this?"

Suddenly, the venue became quiet.

South Korea has a small land area. Once such a world competition is held, whether you pay attention to Go or not, you will definitely pay great attention during that period.

If the championship is lost, let alone the nationals, the spits of the media can overwhelm them.

"But... he is Hiroshi Chihara after all?" A director said hesitantly.

The manager snorted coldly:

"Does the people care who the opponent is? They just need the results!"

"But this time the schedule is only in the second round and does not involve the competition for the championship..."

"I mean, we have to prevent problems before they happen!"

...

At the Japan Chess Academy, when Chihara Hiroshi walked out of the game room, he met Shiraori who was waiting for him.

"Teacher Qianyuan, hurry up, go back and clean up!"

Hiroshi Chihara was stunned for a moment and asked:

"What's wrong?"

Shiraori's tone was very anxious:

"The Chess Academy just received a notice that the Toyo Securities Cup was held one day in advance, and we must rush to South Korea immediately!"

Hiroshi Chihara, without asking why, immediately got into the car arranged by the chess institute and rushed to home.

Shiraori, who was sitting in the passenger seat, cursed softly:

"We were notified so late, and we didn't give us a reason a day in advance. We were just a bunch of bastards!"

Originally, they were planning to go to South Korea tomorrow to raise their energy and have a formal competition the day after tomorrow, but this sudden notice completely disrupted their original arrangement.

However, Chihara Hiroshi was worried about being stolen. After all, he had promised to take her to Korea with him before:

“Have you booked the ticket tonight?”

"Yes," Shiratsuru turned his head, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Fortunately there are two air tickets left. It's just eight o'clock tonight, we must be faster!"

Since the start of today's game was in the afternoon, it was already evening after the game was finished.

Upon hearing this, Chihara Hiroshi had no choice but to ask:
Chapter completed!