"Ah, I won by ten points. That was such a satisfying game. Again, again!"
The old man playing against Xu Yue wore a thoroughly delighted expression.
The sense of battling an evenly matched opponent and then defeating them was far more gratifying than crushing weak players!
Even the way he looked at Xu Yue had become approving. Fewer and fewer young people bothered to study Go these days. It would have been wonderful if this young man were his son-in-law.
"That was a brilliant game. You seemed to improve noticeably throughout it. You're a Go prodigy—a true genius."
Touya Akira, who had been standing nearby with a complicated expression, finally spoke.
The old man was startled and only then noticed Touya Akira watching from the side.
"Teacher Akira."
Given Touya Akira's skill at Go, everyone at the Go club addressed him as Teacher.
Xu Yue also turned to look at one of this world's Sons of Destiny.
"Not at all. Touya-kun, you flatter me."
Just as Xu Yue finished speaking, Touya Akira hesitated before preparing to invite him to a game. He wanted to personally experience that kind of strength.
But before he could speak, the chime of the door rang, and an elementary school student with a small tuft of blond hair on his head entered the Go club.
Under the cashier's guidance, he began filling in his information.
"...Huh? Playing strength means how good I am at Go? I don't know. I've never played before, but I should be pretty strong, I guess."
Shindo Hikaru knew absolutely nothing about Go and had no idea how strong Fujiwara Sai was, so he could only make a rough guess.
The cashier was left completely bewildered.
Then he spotted Touya Akira among the old men and pointed at him in delight.