I want to be the protagonist when my presence is low

Saturday, Earth Day

Izumi Kinomoto got up early again

Izumi Kinomoto found that since entering high school, he slept until noon on weekends less and less.

This time, the reason why Kinomoto got up so early was to catch the first train from Chiba to Tokyo.

Since the title he chose to challenge, Quei Nakamura, belonged to the Tokyo Chess Research Association, he had to go there to register.

In order to avoid crowding around the train with the big guys who go to work, Kinomoto Izumi chose to take the first train in the morning.

Fortunately, Chiba and Tokyo are not very far apart, and it only takes about half an hour to get to Tokyo Station by JR line.

After getting off the train, Izumi Kinomoto boarded a bus that runs directly to the Tokyo Chess Research Association, and soon arrived at his destination.

Since it was still early, the seminar did not open, so Kinomoto Izumi could only squat on the steps in front of the door and play with his mobile phone boredly.

During the waiting period, many people came one after another, and seeing that the door had not yet opened, just like Kinomoto Izumi, waiting in front of the door, some people began to chat.

“Aren’t you Tanaka-kun, who just rose to the ninth dan last month? Do you also want to participate in this year’s battle for the title? ”

“Yes, if you want to try your luck, even if you fail, you can exercise your chess skills!”

“Since you decide to participate, be careful!”

“What do you say?”

“Although the ‘elephant’ title holder Nakamura is in the lower ranks of all the titlers, he has an extremely bad personality and often taunts his opponents with words, so his reputation is not very good, and some chess players have given up chess because of this!”

“Really?” The man, known as “Tanaka-kun”, looked a little hesitant after hearing this.

Not long after he was promoted to the ninth dan, his foundation and savings were obviously insufficient, and it was obviously a little unwise to choose such a title as an opponent.

But soon he shook his head and threw out some timid thoughts in his heart.

A chess player, the most afraid is to be timid before fighting, and there are so many “peers” around, whether he can get the opportunity to challenge the title is another matter, what do you want to do so much!

“This Nakamura Kui you are talking about, is he powerful?” At this time, after hearing the conversation between the two, another man also added.

“It’s not a question of whether it’s powerful or not, he’s the kind of…”

“……”

Izumi Kinomoto listened to the chats of the uncles in front of him with relish, and could see that these were all here to participate in this battle for the title.

It seems that I am not the only one who has the idea that “persimmons still have to be pinched softly”!

As for the problem they were discussing, the “elephant” title, Nakamura Que was bad, Izumi Kinomoto had known about it when she had read the information that Ai Hayasaka had given her.

This kind of person, even if the strength is strong, Kinomoto Izumi is also shameful.

Not only words hurt people, but also play small actions during the game, such as deliberately creating some noise to interfere with the opponent’s thinking when the opponent is thinking.

There are also often loopholes in the rules.

Although it has not been long since he became a famous player, his reputation has already spread in the chess world.

Unlike the good names of other titles, Nakamura is more of his notoriety.

At eight o’clock, the staff opened the door of the seminar on time, they had already expected that there would be chess players to register for this year’s battle of titles, so the arrangement was also orderly.

After presenting the relevant documents, filling out a form, the staff entered their information, and then said some precautions, and the registration was completed.

In early October, the staff will send them a specific battle list and schedule.

After doing this, Izumi took the train back to Chiba, and spent the rest of Saturday studying chess scores.

As the battle for the title approached, Izumi Kinomoto spent more and more time on the chess score, and even silently studied the chess score during class.

As for writing novels, he left them aside, and things must always have a priority.

Kinomoto Xun understands his brother very well, and these days he takes the initiative to take care of the big and small affairs in the family, and rarely bothers his brother unless necessary.

In her impression, it had been a long, long time since the last time her brother worked so hard.

On Sunday, Izumi Kinomoto came to Megumi Kato’s home as promised, during which he asked Kato about something.

So far, there is only one chess player who has come to challenge Kiichi Kato, who is a “scholar”, which is a world away from the bustle in front of the Tokyo Research Association yesterday.

This also indirectly shows how strong Kato Kiichi is.

The same is to get the title, a strong opponent and a relatively weak opponent, the vast majority of people will choose the latter.

Faced with Izumi Kinomoto’s question, Kiichi Kato knew that he was participating in the battle for the first time, so he answered them one by one for him in detail.

At the same time, he also told Kinomoto Izumi many details that the staff did not mention and some of his own personal experiences.

After that, the two began to play against each other.

Although with the help of the Shinomiya Kaguya chess score, Kinomoto’s chess power has steadily increased, but it is still not enough to face a veteran title like Kato Takichi, and it is a proper wave of five consecutive knees.

However, in the process of playing chess with Kato Gui, Kinomoto Izumi experimented with many ideas, which can be regarded as a full harvest.

The rest of the time is spent against Izumi Kinomoto and Sora Silver.

Originally, I thought that the power of Empty Silver had not changed much from before, but after the actual match, Izumi Kinomoto found that Empty Silver’s defensive chess had improved a lot.

In the past, he was just imitating the shape of Kato Guiichi’s defensive chess, but now he gradually has a trace of god, and there is also some of his own understanding, rather than blindly applying, which can be said to be the most critical step in forming his own chess style.

Although the progress of the empty silver is obvious, it is still not enough to see in front of Kinomoto Izumi.

After a wave of five consecutive defeats, Izumi Kinomoto reaped a five-game winning streak on Kugainko.

“Hmph, count you as good this time, I will definitely not lose next time!” Although it was a fiasco, Empty Silver was as imposing as a victor, and after that, he whispered, “Thank you!” ”

“What do you say, say it louder, I can’t hear it!” Kinomoto Izumi thought of teasing Empty Silver, deliberately pretending not to hear it, and said.

“I didn’t say anything!” After “snorting”, Izumi Kinomoto left Izumi alone at the chess table and ran to the living room to help Minako Kato serve the meal.

“Haha!” Kinomoto Izumi couldn’t help but smile as he looked at the departing sailor suit girl, and followed him to the living room.

After returning home from dinner, Izumi Kinomoto studied chess again until late at night, and this weekend came to an end.