Chapter 26: Goal—New Shogi Competition!

Ruri's mouth curled slightly, thinking that her stupid brother was indeed just playing around.

He didn't even know how to fight for the first move.

You have to know that the winning percentage of the first move is higher than the second move!

But no matter what, he was her brother, so she decided to let him win a bit, let him move a few more steps, and have fun.

Ruri moved a pawn (fu) casually.

"Okay, then I won't be polite."

The moment Natsume Chikage saw his sister move to this position, he almost didn't think at all, his fingers tapped lightly, and a bishop (kaku) slid into a seemingly ordinary position.

Ruri saw her brother move without thinking, smiled slightly, and continued her "guiding chess" thinking, her moves appearing quite casual.

However, after only a dozen moves, the relaxed smile on Ruri's face gradually solidified, her eyes became slightly solemn, and her sitting posture became much more upright.

She only felt that she had let him win enough, and it was time to get serious, otherwise, she would really let her brother win!

However, Natsume Chikage's response was still calm, without any waves, his gaze piercing through the chess game, as if he had already seen the final direction.

As the chess pieces continued to fall.

The initiative on the chessboard quietly changed hands, Ruri followed it, and her face changed slightly—a net had been laid around her king (gyoku) before she knew it!

No matter how she moved, she couldn't escape the fate of being "checkmated".

"Eh... when was I checkmated?"

Ruri looked at her checkmated king, and her little mouth puffed up slightly.

"Doesn't count, doesn't count! I let you win this game, let's do it again!" She muttered while quickly resetting the chess pieces, "This time I'm going to be serious!"

"Yes, let's do it again." Natsume Chikage also saw that his sister had let him win, and this game couldn't show her full strength, so doing it again was fine.

In the second game, Ruri put away all her contempt and brought out the concentration she had used to deal with her father.

She chose her best "static rook" formation at the beginning, with fierce attacks, attempting to win quickly.

However, Natsume Chikage's defense looked full of loopholes, but no matter how fierce Ruri's attack was, he could always quietly bury fatal foreshadowing in the gaps of Ruri's formation.

Finally, after a seemingly plain exchange, Natsume Chikage's "rook" inserted diagonally, cooperating with the "knight" and "silver general" that had been lying in ambush, instantly forming a checkmate situation! ===== CHAPTER 27 =====