Voluue (1/2)
”Master's OO…is so hard…”
Three months after I, 16 years old, becairl as ether
”Hooo…it's really hard…”
The nine-year-old disciple is seated beforeher cheeks to thelike a puppy
She's a cute, angelic girl
Faced with such purity, innocence of a girl who could be considered a really young girl, uilty, but I had no intention to back off
This stubbornness is basically violence
”Nn…”
My first disciple-Ai Hinatsuru, lets out a war me in
She proceeds with a bold technique that was atypical of an elementary school kid
But this action is really…
”…Is this okay? Ai?”
I see ain
Ai-
Nods silently, shi+vering a little…
A little tentative, I finally make up my mind to accept that invitation
”Here I go…”
”Y-yes…!”
I reach out towards the deepest part of my disciple's zone
And right when ers are about to touch there-
”Ah! Th-this is no good after all!!”
Ai shouted, her body quivering on its own
She's rather flustered as she let me reach into an unexpected place That reaction ood
”Master, that…wait…”
”No can do”
I coldly stop her I can't wait for this kind of thing
”There's no such thing as 'wait' in professional Shogi”
”Hii…!” Ai gives e of tears
It's no wonder she's showing such a reaction when she let me fork on both the O-Sho and the Rook at the same time
April, in Osaka
It was the season where the Sakuras have already bloomed In Osaka Park, and started to scatter Whenever the warround like snow
The visitors viewing the flowers around us look surprised,
”…What are they doing?”
”…Shogi? At this place?”
”That cute little girl's able to play Shogi too…”
”Anyway, did they bring that all the way here? That chessboard looks very heavy…”
”Hey, isn't that the pro player Yaichi Kuzuryuu?”
Soi fans have realized my identity, and aim their cellphones at me
Ai and I are under the nificent Sakura Tree at the Nishi+noi, so Ai's fluttering hair has some Sakura petals on
I sweep away the petals that have landed on the chessboard, and point at the chess clock at the side of the chessboard, pro my disciple to take action
”Hey, ti to run out if you don't hurry, you know?”
”Uumuuuuu…!”
And then she continues to attack hard in a manner different from a typical elementary school kid, but unable to withstand the attacks of the Ryuuou as she was in an overwhele, and could only admit defeat[1]
”…I lost”
She looks really regretful, saying that
And then, she points atand the many defensive pieces around it
”You're too much, Master! Really cruel! How a so much?”
”Didn't I tell you? You're not gonna beaton equal terms”