This was a habit she had developed since childhood, or one could say it was PTSD. When she was playing chess with Wu Yi, if the other party made a puzzled sound like this, it basically meant that she had made a particularly outrageous mistake.
It's not a psychological trick, but something has definitely gone wrong.
"No, it's nothing..."
Wu Yi shook his head slightly.
If he had made that move just now, he would have retreated the chariot two squares to align it with the red soldier while continuing to advance the side soldiers. As long as he could lure away the horse on the seventh road, he would have immediately counterattacked and killed the middle soldier and captured the two cannons at the same time.
But as the saying goes, once you make a move, you can never regret it. It is meaningless even if he reminds me now.
"Soldiers from four to five." Wu Yi supported the soldiers to close the door tightly to prevent the car that mistakenly entered the left side from going back.
"…The car is level." Sakayanagi Arisu took a breath to calm down.
"Car two level six." Wu Yi moved the right car to the left.
"One soldier equals two." Sakayanagi Arisu sent a soldier to lure away the horse.
However, how could Wu Yi be fooled by such an obvious intention? He decisively fired his cannon and called for the kill.
"Cannon five, level six."
"Knight six to seven." In order to avoid being hit by the chariot, Arisu Sakayanagi was forced to jump away.
"Seven troops advance one step forward." Wu Yi continued to advance his troops and push forward his artillery.
"Two cannons in...two." Arisu Sakayanagi's forehead began to sweat slightly.
"Cannon five level eight, eat." Wu Yi used his backhand to knock down the black cannon that was delivered to the door through the elephant.
"Two soldiers are equal to three." Sakayanagi Yuqi was equal to his soldiers.
"Cannon, eight to two." Wu Yi ignored him and pushed the cannon to attack the elephant.
"Three soldiers level four, capture the horse." Arisu Sakayanagi continued to push the horse away.
"Knight moves from seven to six, capturing the pawn." Wu Yi jumped his horse to kill the black soldier who had just replaced his horse.
"The elephant moves three steps back and one step back." Sakayanagi Arisu dropped the elephant and used the chariot to capture the soldier.
"Cannon eight level five, eat the elephant, check." Wu Yi knocked out the only remaining elephant on the black side with one cannon, and used the cannon supported by the pawn to get the check.
"..."
Faced with such a situation, Arisu Sakayanagi fell into deep thought for the first time since the beginning of the game.
Now the soldier is in the middle. If he pushes to the upper left, the horse will be knocked down. If the soldier falls, Wu Yi will be able to push the soldier and the horse and kill an elephant at the same time.
After trying every possible means, she finally had no choice but to push towards the upper right corner.
"The scholar advances from five to four."
"Seven soldiers equal six, eat the scholar." Wu Yi accepted it without mercy.
"Rook three, retreat four." Arisu Sakayanagi retreated the chariot back to defend the Chu River and Han River.
At this point in the situation, almost 90% of people would choose to move the cannon five back to three, pulling the cannon on the center line back to their side. After that, they only need to make one more move to advance their soldiers and generals to basically secure the chance of victory.
But Wu Yi refused.
"Cannon five, retreat two."
He deliberately pulled the central cannon back only two squares, placing it where the Black Rook could directly hit it.
"Rook three level five, eat the cannon." As expected, Arisu Sakayanagi was fooled and moved the rook to eat the cannon without hesitation.
"Cannon six to five." Wu Yi used the cannon to block the chariot through the middle soldier.
He just sacrificed a cannon in order to lure Sakayanagi Arisu's black rook to this position. At this time, the rook can no longer be moved, because if it is moved away, there is a veteran behind him and he will be directly checked.
Logically speaking, the Black's Rook is basically doomed at this point, but Arisu Sakayanagi is Arisu Sakayanagi after all, and she won't give up so easily. After thinking hard, she chooses to retreat with her Knight.
"Horse seven retreat five."
She pulled the horse back to the center of the cross, giving the trapped Black Rook room to move while keeping a close eye on the Red Rook.
However, it was of no use because Wu Yi's soldiers who had crossed the river were right next to her horse's feet.
"Six soldiers equal five."
With a slight stroke, the horse's foot was pinned.
"Move the chariot from five to two and capture the pawn in the middle." Sakayanagi Arisu saw the opportunity and pushed the chariot forward to capture the red side's pawn in the middle on Wu Yi's side, while pointing the sword at the cannon in the back row.
"Knight six moves forward to four." Wu Yi's horse leaped lightly on the river bank and caught the black rook which was originally in the middle position of the red side.
"Rook five, retreat two." Arisu Sakayanagi retreated the rook to catch the horse.
"Knight four moves forward two." Wu Yi moves his horse forward and steps on the cannon.
"Cannon seven and level six." Arisu Sakayanagi could only dodge a little.
"Horse two moves forward to horse four." Wu Yi moves forward and hangs his foot on the horse.
Seeing this move, Arisu Sakayanagi instinctively felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it. After thinking for a while, he retreated and used his chariot to capture the pawn to prevent future trouble.
"The Rook retreats from 5 to 2, capturing the Pawn."
What a shame, Arisu, that's the end of it.
Looking at the black chess pieces, the general, the horse, the cannon and the pawn, which were trapped in the cross-shaped palace and could not move out, Wu Yi shook his head slightly, and pushed forward the chariot to capture the horse, blocking their only way out.
"Rook six to two."
"Varied……"
After seeing this scene, Arisu Sakayanagi finally realized what was wrong.
Her horse was completely trapped in the cross-shaped square. In this state, not only could the veteran general not even stand up, the veteran general could not even stand up. The only place the veteran general could move was one square to the right, but there was a chariot watching him upwards with a fierce look.
"Horse two into three!"
Arisu Sakayanagi tried to drive the car away, but it was too late.
Wu Yi was hit by a cannon on the right and was killed on the spot.
"It's over. Cannon five to three. Checkmate."
The game had not actually reached the checkmate step, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that the veteran Sakayanagi Arisu could no longer escape.
Including the step she was about to take now, at least three more steps would be needed to keep the veteran.
She has to drop her horse and capture the rook and then jump away, so that the veteran can move to the right, and after moving out, she has to move up.
Wu Yi only needed one more step to sink the cannon to the bottom, blocking the general and leaving him with nowhere to escape.
This is what they mean by a single move behind in chess.
While the multi-purpose classroom fell into dead silence, Hashimoto, who was sitting in front of the black chessboard in the chess room, was still wondering why there was suddenly no sound in his headset.
There's nothing strange about it, after all, this game has been fully controlled by Wu Yi and Sakayanagi Arisu from the very beginning.
With the operations of these two people and his level, he could only understand the initial move of the cannon and horse to protect the soldiers, but he could not understand every move afterwards. Only when that move came into play and the foreshadowing was revealed after several or even dozens of moves, would he exclaim "Oh, so that's how it is."
The feeling was similar to when I was chasing the Wine of Eternal Life. The first dozen or so episodes were all confusing and it was only when I watched the last episode that I suddenly felt like I had an epiphany.
"Miss...Miss?"
Hashimoto Masayoshi, who was still in a state of confusion, called out softly through the headset.
However, no response came.
Just as he was about to look at the other ruthless chess-moving machine in the room—Horikita Suzune—a soft sigh finally came from the headset.
"I still lost..."
"Eh?"
Hashimoto Masayoshi was stunned for a moment.
"Wait, Miss, do you mean we have to surrender?"
But there was only silence from the other end of the headset.
In the multi-purpose classroom, Arisu Sakayanagi took a long breath and took off the headset from his ears. Under the gaze of the two invigilators, he walked down from the console and slowly came to Wu Yi's side.
Although she did lose, the girl had a satisfied smile on her face.
"Well, although I knew from the beginning that I might lose, I didn't expect to lose in this way. It was really a duel of all my heart and soul. I have used all the methods I could to win, even my luck. Ah~ I am really... exhausted."
After she finished speaking, her whole body suddenly shook, her legs went limp, and her body turned half a circle before falling backwards. Her shiny but not dazzling silver hair was lifted up, leaving a hint of fragrance in the air.
Then in the next second, Wu Yi reached out and caught her in his arms.
"Are you satisfied now?"
"……Um."
Lying quietly in the most familiar embrace, Arisu Sakayanagi nodded softly, then slowly opened his eyes with a smile, and reached out as if wanting to touch the face above.
But Wu Yi grabbed him and stopped him. He said "wait a moment" and then took off the headset again and spoke to Horikita Suzune on the other end.
"Okay, we've won, let's pack up the chessboard and leave."
Without waiting for a reply from the latter, he directly unplugged the cable connected to the headphone jack on the console, cutting off the call signal.
The silver-haired girl slowly supported her body and stood up. She twisted her waist, turned her head, stretched out her hands and put them around Wu Yi's neck. When their eyes met, the distance between them became closer and closer.
"Teacher Hoshinomiya, our work is over."
Sakagami had packed up his things and walked to the classroom door, ready to open it and leave. He turned around and saw Hoshinomiya still standing there with his hands clasped in front of his chest, watching with great interest, and he couldn't help but remind her.
“Right away…right away…”
It was obvious that Hoshinomiya didn't take Sakagami's words to heart. He responded perfunctorily but his eyes were still focused without blinking.
There was no other way, Sakagami could only raise his voice.
"Teacher Hoshinomiya!"
"Hi, here I come..."
Seeing that Sakagami was serious, Hoshinomiya shrank his head, walked to the door dejectedly and was about to go out, but suddenly seemed to remember something, turned back and added a sentence.
"My dear classmates, although the school does not prohibit such things in principle, please don't forget that this is a classroom~"
After saying that, he slipped out and closed the door behind him, leaving Wu Yi and Sakayanagi Arisu staring at each other in their seats.
"…For some reason I suddenly feel that Mr. Hoshinomiya's suggestion is not bad."
"Which one?"
Before Wu Yi could react, the white-haired girl in front of him skillfully hooked her arms around his neck and climbed up.
Their breaths blended together, and they separated as soon as their lips touched.
Arisu Sakayanagi licked his lips with his small tongue, his breathing became slightly rapid, and the look in his purple eyes became particularly seductive.
"Need I say more? Of course it's here... Uh-huh~ If you don't mind, I'd even like to record the whole process as a proof that you conquered me. Don't you think it would be a very memorable thing?"
"Well said. How do we solve the problem of safety measures?" Wu Yi squinted at her. "I'm not so crazy as to carry an umbrella with me when I go out to take an exam."
"No, then no~"
"Then Uncle Sakayanagi should come and shoot me dead."
"It will not."
Sakayanagi Arisu chuckled.
"Besides, if it doesn't work, you can always take medicine later, right?"
"Don't even think about taking medicine. It's not good for your health."
Wu Yi casually rubbed the girl's silver hair, then stood up from his seat with a little effort and walked towards the classroom door.
"Okay, it's almost time for lunch. I'm hungry after working all morning."
"That's right, then..."
"nighttime then."
"Ah."
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