Fujiwara no Sai had been a Go player in the Heian period. After being falsely accused by his opponent, he had taken his own life. His obsession with pursuing the Divine Hand had bound him to a Go board, and he had later been awakened by Honinbo Shusaku and Hikaru Shindo.
His Go skills had reached the pinnacle.
However, as a spirit in an ordinary world like this one, only Hikaru Shindo could usually see him.
Although Hikaru had helped Fujiwara no Sai indulge his passion for Go again, Hikaru had also fallen in love with the game himself. To avoid making the difference between Sai's skill and his own too obvious in their everyday lives, Sai had been playing less and less often.
Hikaru had come to this café to use its computer to get online, so Sai could satisfy his craving for Go.
But who could have imagined that the Dragon Country genius Go player he'd been talking about all along would be sitting here drinking coffee—and that he seemed to have spotted Fujiwara no Sai at a glance, waiting here for the two of them?
Hikaru was both happy and at a loss to discover that someone else could see Sai. After all, he was still just a middle schooler, and now he seemed a little tongue-tied.
Meanwhile, Tao Yu had already set up the Go board and lifted the lid off the bowl of stones. He pointed to the seat opposite him.
"Sit down."
Fortunately, Hikaru had always been a typical "brat," much less earnest than the well-behaved Akira Toya.
He could see Fujiwara no Sai himself, and now another person had appeared who could see Sai too. Rather than being put off, Hikaru felt a sense of kinship—and a little excitement.
He tossed his schoolbag