"You are also a Shogi player, aren't you?"
Standing before Ginko.
Kaito was like a towering Mount Tai. (X)
Kaito was like a towering Mount Everest. (√)
This figure was definitely fearso to Ginko.
She didn't know why Kaito would suddenly notice her and ask her, but since she was asked, would it be impolite not to answer?
"Yes, I am a Shogi player."
She didn't say much more, but soone beside Kaito very considerately explained.
This girl's na was Sora Ginko, but she was not just any female Shogi player.
After his kind explanation, Kaito learned that this girl also had a series of titles like [The Snow White of Naniwa].
Well, even if he knew, he had to pretend he just found out and then show an interested expression.
"I see... It's a pity, though. Your body won't allow you to climb to great heights."
Shaking his head regretfully, leaving behind this aningful remark, Kaito nodded to her and then left.
Hearing this, Ginko wasn't confused, but rather shocked.
Ginko understood very well what Kaito ant.
First, she suffers from leukemia to a certain extent. Although not serious, due to her weak constitution, she often can't be in the sun or heat. Because of this, there was now a fan behind her blowing on her.
Besides that, in her second year, she was diagnosed with a 50% possibility of not living past five years, but because of playing Shogi, she has lived until now.
Don't ask, that's the novel's setting.
But she also knows that her heart condition seems to be better, but no one knows when it will act up.
Ginko has always been worried about this. Now hearing Kaito's words, what does this explain?
Either be healthy, or die on the board.
And even if she died on the board, she still wouldn't be able to reach the height she pursued.
That is to say...
She would never be able to beco a Ryuo like Yaichi in her lifeti!
The reason Ginko isn't a female Shogi player is precisely because if she beca a female Shogi player, she could no longer beco a professional player and participate in orthodox competitions, let alone beco Ryuo!
Her talent was already not as strong as his, and now even her body couldn't support her efforts to catch up through diligence. What could be more despairing than this?
'Why could he see my problem at a glance...'
Ginko turned and looked at Kaito's back from the edge of the railing.
Her teacher behind her, Kiyotaki Kousuke, seed to discern sothing from it, looking at Ginko with a sowhat complicated expression.
He felt he should do sothing.
His power was ultimately limited. Besides that, even he couldn't help Ginko go further.
Then, what about choosing Kaito?
A mysterious master like Kaito, who could spot Ginko in the crowd and see her physical problems and future situation at a glance, had very likely seen Ginko's brilliance.
Perhaps, in Kaito's eyes, Ginko could go even further. It's just that, due to her physical problems, he didn't choose Ginko and left regretfully.
Through Kaito's previous words to Yaichi, it was very possible that Kaito also wanted to nurture more opponents, then let one of them defeat him.
The so-called "it's lonely at the top".
When the world's strongest Shogi player faces no opponents, how lonely and boring it is.
Such a person, upon seeing such a young youth like Yaichi beco Ryuo recently, inevitably thought of his younger self, coupled with valuing his talent, which led to today's events.
"Truly a master..."
Kousuke couldn't help but sigh. Kaito's figure kept growing in his eyes.
Perhaps, as he said, Kaito had beco a god, a god no one could defeat.
And this god longed for soone to defeat him.
It was like having no confidant on life's path, feeling very empty and uncomfortable.
"Gin... I heard everything Kaito-san said. What do you think?"
Kousuke, watching Kaito's figure completely disappear, imdiately asked the Ginko in front of him.
"Huh? Sensei..."
Ginko was a bit surprised by this. When she turned to look at Kousuke, she found him looking at her with a kind and regretful expression.
"Gin, you have done very well to reach this point under my tutelage. It's just a pity that I cannot make you better."
"Sensei, what are you saying? I don't quite understand."
Ginko panicked a little. She had already sensed a bit of his aning.
That was to let her graduate, to let her find a more suitable teacher!
"You are a clever girl, so you should know."
"Gin, I think that Kaito-san was able to find you in the crowd; he definitely saw your spark in his eyes."
"So... perhaps he has so way to let you fulfill your dream while keeping your body healthy!"
"Maybe he has thods to cure your body."
Western dicine was impossible, but what about traditional Chinese dicine?
After all, traditional Chinese dicine has many legends in China.
Many tis, illnesses that Western dicine can't cure end up being easily cured by 'real old Chinese dicine practitioners'!
What if Ginko followed Kaito back to China and found a doctor who could cure her through Kaito's connections?
Such a mysterious existence, his energy must be not to be underestimated!
"Sensei... I don't want to graduate, I..."
"Alright, Ginko! This is not for , but for you."
Kousuke interrupted Ginko's words, then sighed and turned around sowhat dejectedly.
"As your teacher, I hope you can go higher, fly farther, and at the sa ti, I also hope for your health."
"I have no other desires. Having had you and Yaichi was already enough capital to boast to others."
"So, go, if you still pursue your dream."
"Now, you have graduated from under . From now on, I can only be your forr teacher, not your current teacher."
"Ginko, if you leave regrets in life, it can be very painful, you know."
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