At the Go Centre
Page 102. Frame 1. Balloon 1. Hikaru: Lower right corner star.
102.2.1. F/X: (Stone) Click.
102.3.1. F/X: (Stone) Click.
102.4.1. F/X: (Stone) Click.
103.1.1. Photographer (stepping outside): Phew.
103.2.1. Photographer: Gee, I'm exhausted.
103.2.2. Amano: It's the first time anything like this has ever happened.
103.3.1. Amano: It didn't look as though he were nervous. Touya-kun's here, right? Let's ask him what he thinks of that first play.
103.4.1. F/X: (Door) Rattle.
103.5.1. Amano: !
104.1.1. Amano: Ogata-sensei!
104.1.2. Amano: And even Kuwabara-sensei!
104.2.1. Kuwabara: He sure ate a lot of his time. It wasn't that the start of the game was delayed, was it?
104.2.2. Kuwabara: Amano-san.
104.3.1. Amano: Er, no.
104.4.1. F/X: (Door) Slam.
104.4.2. Amano: Shindou-kun really astonished me, he did. He took twenty minutes to make his first move.
105.1.1. Amano: And are you here today to observe Shindou-kun, Kuwabara-sensei?
105.1.2. Kuwabara: That's right.
105.1.3. Kuwabara: I support the brat. I've known ever since I first bumped into him.
105.2.1. Amano: What?
105.2.2. Amano: Since you bumped into him? Was that all you really needed to judge his ability?
105.3.1. Ogata: That's all it took.
105.3.2. Ogata: I understand it's his "intuition".
105.4.1. Amano: Intuition?
105.4.2. Kuwabara: You know, Ogata-kun, you keep mocking my intuition, you're never going to beat me.
105.5.1. Amano: Even if it's just intuition, it's quite something for him to have caught Kuwabara-sensei's eye. And not just Kuwabara-sensei, but apparently Ogata-sensei's too.
105.5.2. Amano: And as for Master Touya, he designated Shindou-kun as his opponent this round.
106.1.1. Kuwabara: Ha-ha! Designated him!
106.2.1. Waya: Designated...
106.3.1. Ochi: Waya, just who is this...
106.3.2. Waya: Shut up, already!
106.3.3. Ogata: He must have gotten interested in him because Akira-kun considered him a rival.
106.4.1. Amano: A rival? Touya-kun?
106.4.2. F/X: (Lighter) Click.
106.5.1. Touya: Well...
106.6.1. Kuwabara: No, no, the Master has got to be interested in the brat himself, it's got nothing to do with his son.
106.6.2. Kuwabara: That man has a working sense of intuition, just like me.
107.1.1. Amano: By the way, what's that 10,000-yen note for?
107.2.1. Touya: Shindou, he's -
107.3.1. Touya: He's launched into battle! And they're still playing the opening!
108.1.1. Sai: 13-14, cap.
108.5.1. Sai: 13-17, crawl.
108.5.2. Sai: If I don't start fighting quickly, I have no chance of winning.
109.1.1. Sai: Draw him into a complex battle and bring victory to the one who best reads the situation.
109.3.1. Sai: Deliberately build openings that will make him want to attack.
109.4.1. Sai: And when he launches an all-out bid for victory
109.5.1. Sai: That's where black's escape will be born.
110.2.1. Sai: And yet he doesn't come out fighting the way you'd expect him to.
110.2.2. Sai: He is being exceptionally vigilant.
110.4.1. Sai: But if this sequence continues
110.4.2. Sai: who win will be completely up in the air.
110.5.1. Sai: 18-9, press.
111.1.1. Amano: What does Shindou-kun think he's doing?
111.1.2. Amano: It's not constructive, it's rash. It looks just plain reckless.
111.2.1. Waya: This play goes too far too, don't you think?
111.2.2. Ochi: And it's got bad shape.
111.2.3. Amano: Touya-kun, he's nowhere near a rival of yours yet.
111.3.1. Touya: ...
111.4.1. Amano: If he loses this stone, black's finished.
112.1.1. Ogata: That stone sure makes you want to take it.
112.2.1. Touya: But father didn't take it.
112.3.1. Amano: Hmm.
112.4.1. Amano: Well that's probably because he thought it wouldn't look good if he beat him too easily, right?
112.4.2. Kuwabara: What do you think, Ogata-kun?
112.5.1. Ogata: I think Black misplayed, but what does Master Touya think...?
112.6.1. Kuwabara: He's a man with a strong sense of intuition.
113.4.1. Master Touya (thinking): This place... it certainly looks as though Black could cave in here. And yet if I read far into the future...
113.4.2. Master Touya (thinking): It looks quite risky.
113.5.1. Master Touya (thinking): Perhaps it's better not to jump at my opponent's bait.
114.1.1. Master Touya (thinking): This one play, it has the appearance of rough Go
114.3.1. Master Touya (thinking): but it has unexpected depth...
114.4.1. Master Touya (thinking): and that's not all...
114.5.1. Master Touya (thinking): I wonder why.
114.6.1. Master Touya (thinking): This boy is a new pro. He's a 14-year-old boy.
114.6.2. Master Touya (thinking): And yet.
115.1.1. Master Touya (thinking): What is this I feel?
115.3.1. Master Touya (thinking): This sense of overbearing domination?
116.1.1. Ogata: The battle started in one corner and has spread across the whole board.
116.2.1. Ogata: Shindou (Black) must have planned to fight White by seeking confusion in an expanded battlefield.
116.2.2. Kuwabara: Even though his loss was certain.
116.3.1. Amano: The outcome was blindingly obvious: the total annihilation of Black! Annihilation!
116.3.2. Amano: It might have seemed like a good idea to a defenceless young man, but it was just too reckless! There's no way it could work against the Master!
116.4.1. Touya (thinking): Shindou...
117.3.1. Amano: See, he's resigned!
118.1.1. Amano: That's just the way I thought the curtain would fall. Shindou-kun must be crushed.
118.2.1. Ochi: Waya.
118.2.2. F/X: (Go stone box lid) Click.
118.2.3. Waya: Hey, they're starting the post mortem.
118.3.1. F/X: (Chairs) Rattle, rattle.
118.4.1. F/X: (Chairs) Rattle, rattle. (Door) Slam.
119.2.1. Ogata: So we'll halt trading on Shindou's stock, shall we?
119.3.1. Kuwabara: Oh no, this was fascinating Go.
119.4.1. Kuwabara: Doncha think, Ogata-kun?
119.5.1. Kuwabara: If they play again, I'll be sure to bet on the brat again!
120.1.1. F/X: (Door) Click.
120.1.2. Ogata: Akira-kun.
120.2.1. Touya: Oh, I'll be right there.
120.3.1. F/X: (Door) Slam.
120.3.2. Touya: Kuwabara-sensei.
120.4.1. Kuwabara: Mm? That game just now? Well you see,
120.4.2. Kuwabara: It makes sense if you imagine that that guy was playing with a huge self-imposed handicap.
121.1.1. Touya: ?
121.1.2. Touya: Shindou handicapped himself?
121.2.1. Touya: With my father the Master as his opponent?!
121.2.2. Touya: That's insane!
121.2.3. Kuwabara: Ha, ha, ha!
121.3.1. Kuwabara: Now I have no idea why he would do such a thing.
121.3.2. Kuwabara: But isn't he an interesting little brat?
122.2.1. Sai: I guess that's as far as it goes.
122.3.1. Hikaru: ...
122.5.1. Master Touya: I wish we could have played without the handicap.
123.1.1. Hikaru (thinking): What?!
123.2.1. Master Touya: I have no idea why you played the way you did.
123.2.2. Master Touya: But even so, you couldn't quite hide whatever it is that you have.
123.4.1. Master Touya: I look forward to the next time we play.