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After dinner, the chess players bid farewell to Meng Huo at the entrance of the restaurant.

After watching the cherry blossom company's car disappear into the street, a chess player frowned and asked, "Teacher He Xi has done us such a great favor. We just help him provide guidance on the game of Go, okay?"

He felt that this return was too low.

Muto shook his head: "He doesn't accept other gifts, what can we do... It doesn't matter, we can help him draw the manga first. If "Soul of Chess" is successful in the future, we will thank him further, and we must not Let others look down on you!"

Chess players also have the pride of chess players. These chess players don't know anything about the Meng family, but they know very well that He Xi's new comics are something that many people can't get after spending huge sums of money. He Xi chose to help the Go industry. No matter how you look at it, they have taken advantage of it, so they have to express it.

This is not a question of whether He Xi accepts it personally, but also the image of the entire Weiqi world. If you do nothing, it will be too indifferent in the eyes of outsiders. But there is no rush at this stage, it is enough for the chess players to provide He Xi with guidance on the content of the comics.

But what they didn't expect was that the guidance meeting would arrive so soon. On the third day after Meng Huo came to Tokyo, he asked the chess players for help.

In fact, Meng Huo started working on the new manga after the carnival ended. He also brought the original manuscript to Tokyo and asked Sakura Company to vacate a space for drawing manga. Meng Huo made "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" during the day, but whenever he was free, he took time out to draw.

At night, he would also draw new comics in the gaps between drawing old ones, and he did not hesitate to use his spiritual power. So on the third day in Tokyo, Meng Huo found that he was almost drawing the first game. This is a very crucial game, and it can even be said to be the game that leads to the subsequent plot of the entire comic.

"Hmm... I'm in trouble..."

When preparing for this game, Meng Huo suddenly found that it was a bit troublesome. It seemed that he was a little too confident. He felt that his eyesight could draw Go cartoons. But did not notice a detail - the age.

Although the first game won't be difficult, it is the first time that ancient soul has made a move in this world. In other words, his way of playing chess should retain the ancient style, and this point, I don't know enough about Go Obviously, Meng Huo couldn't draw well.

"First draw according to the original book. Let them see..."

Meng Huo thought about it, then drew the game in the original book, and called Muto. Mu Teng came to visit Meng Huo in person that night, and Meng Huo didn't show him other manuscripts, but only gave him the chess records of the game. Going to hear his opinion.

"This, this is..." Muto was stunned the first time he saw the chess record,

He specially brought a pair of glasses, and then looked at the chess record carefully: "The style of this chess record is very strange? Teacher He Xi, how did you get it?"

"I draw whatever I want."

Meng Huo said euphemistically that the history of this world is different, and he doesn't know whether the ancient chess skills described in "Soul of Chess" are different from this world. So I can only draw casually, because the techniques used in this chess record are probably fictitious in Muto's eyes.

And he guessed right on this point, Muto felt that the one-man style of the chess record was quite strange. He thought about it several times, but he didn't find such a style in history.

But it's just the style of playing chess. The playing method and rules of Go have not changed much from ancient times to the present. Although the style of this game record is a bit unfamiliar, it is still a successful game record, and the level is not simple...

"Is this the guide chess?"

Muto asked cautiously.

"Hmm." Meng Huo nodded. The game reflected in this game record was played by two people with completely unequal strengths. One of them was an ancient chess player, and he did not show his full strength on the chessboard. Instead, he deals with another person in a way similar to guiding chess-that is, he releases water.

"..." Muto was dumbfounded. He looked at the chess record, and then looked up at Meng Huo, his eyes became very surprised - "This chess record is really what He Xi thought?"

He doesn't believe it. The style of chess records is different, but this does not hinder its level. In this chess record, the level of the losing side is also quite high, already close to the professional level, and the winning side needn't mention it. He can't see the specific level after putting water on the chessboard, but his chess skills after the watering are also professional. that's it.

If the chess record comes from Meng Huo, it means that he has at least a professional level of chess-is it possible?

Muto didn't believe it. He Xi clearly said that he had never learned Go before. No matter how talented he was, he couldn't rise to the professional level within a week, right? This has never been seen in history, and it can be seen that the source of the chess record is very problematic.

"The style is so strange, maybe some folk master gave it to him..."

After much deliberation, Muto had no choice but to find an excuse. The masters are among the folks, and such a strange style of chess records seems to be a chess skill inherited by some folks. Maybe He Xi didn't want to say it out, but that's the only way to explain it.

"So, is this game record okay?"

Meng Huo felt a lump in his heart when he saw that Wu Teng had not spoken for a long time, so he asked.

"I want to hear the background of the two players in the game."

After Mu Teng put down the game record, Meng Huo told him that one of the two players was ancient and the other was modern. Of course, he re-selected the background of an ancient chess player according to the history of this world.

"So that's how it is." Muto understood, and then sighed: "I don't think so, teacher, your setting is too rough, the identity and background of that ancient chess player are not rigorous at all, and it doesn't match the style of chess——so Well, how about we help reset his identity?"

Chess players know more about the history of Go, and it is no longer a problem to shape the soul of an ancient chess player belonging to this world.

Meng Huo agreed after thinking about it. He was indeed not as good as these people in this aspect of information. After Muto received his reply, he left immediately, and then returned to the chess academy to inform other chess players, and began to take countermeasures.

Overnight, top chess players from all over China found suitable targets, and the next day, Mu Teng handed over the substitute to Meng Huo.

There are four candidates in total, which shows how efficient these chess players are. However, the first person who was the most recommended surprised Meng Huo: "Honinbo Shuce!?" He was dumbfounded and felt unbelievable.

"Yes, Honinbo Shusaku." Muto replied: "This is the most powerful chess player in the history of the Far Eastern Region, and he is also a grandmaster in the history of Chinese Go..."

He explained to Meng Huo that this person, this Honinbo Shuce, was actually the Honinbo Shuce whom Meng Huo had heard about in his previous life. However, due to the difference in the history of Go, his way of playing chess is different from his previous life, but his achievements are greater than his previous life.

Because he is also a master-level figure in the Huaxia Go industry, and the game records and style of chess are well preserved, so it is not difficult to draw.

Meng Huo was very complicated in his heart. Listening to Muto's words, he was indeed a little complicated. Muto introduced Honinbo Hidetsu to him because he was the most outstanding chess player born in the Far East, but Muto was not recommended by people from the Far East because he was also a Chinese.

The extreme east of this world has been defined as Jiangnan or Suhua and other Chinese regions since ancient times, so in their eyes, Honinbo Shusaku has the same status as chess players in other regions, and there is no purpose in recommending him.

China has a vast land and abundant resources. Every time Meng Huo opens a new comic, no matter whether the name is the name of the Far East, the home region, or the strange names of the Far East, Xixia, and a few other regions, readers will have no objection.

Because they are all Chinese, they don't care about their first and last names. However, Meng Huo still couldn't let go, perhaps because the memories of the past have been haunting him, and he always has some grudges in his heart.

"I'm so stupid that I can..."

Meng Huo patted his head. He knew that his grievances were completely unnecessary. If he wanted to integrate into this world, he couldn't mind these things. It's not fair to other people, and he's done it before.

"No problem, just choose him."

So he calmed down and made a decision. Honinbo Shuce is also good, because in the original, the ancient soul in "Soul of Chess" was a part of him... Meng Huo decided to accept this character and move over the original one.

"In the end Zuowei is still Zuowei..."

Meng Huo smiled wryly in his heart, Zuo Wei in "Soul of Chess" is still Zuo Wei, but other characters still have to change. The background of Xiaoguang and Xiaoliang must be in China, not because of his selfishness, but because it is necessary.

If "Soul of Chess" is to go beyond the original, it cannot be limited to the Far East, which would make readers feel too stingy, and it must have a wider stage—its stage is the entire China.

With such a huge stage, Meng Huo is confident that the world of "Soul of Chess" under his hands will be more profound and moving. The world of Go in one region is not as shocking as the entire continent. Even if Huaxia Go is in decline, its size is unmatched by the Far East.

The "Soul of Chess" in the previous life was very successful, but the world depicted was too small. There were only those chess players in the Far East, and there were only those few chess halls. Now Meng Huo wants to expand the world view of the manga, more chess players, more chess halls, more intense competition...

The possibilities for this manga are endless—maybe it could really rival Detective Conan.

Meng Huo suddenly discovered that "Soul of Chess" might become his new comic with the biggest changes and completely surpassing the original. He fully has this possibility. Of course, how to expand the world view while maintaining the charm and success of the original story is also a huge challenge.

However, he was tired of playing without challenges.

"I can outdo myself with this comic—"

Thinking of this, Meng Huo's fighting spirit suddenly ignited. (to be continued)