"The teacher said in advance that although Mr. Wang Xiu is an amateur chess player and has only been learning chess for two months, his chess skills are not weak, at least he can be ranked in Group A. Although he is more than ten years older than you, his potential in Go is not weaker than any of you. No, he can even be said to be a genius. Who can make progress so fast in two months? Of course, this also includes the reason why Mr. Wang Xiu is an adult and can concentrate on learning things, so he is so much faster than you."

"Although Mr. Wang Xiu is nominally a teacher, he is actually here in the chess academy just like you to study in order to make progress. I hope everyone can give him some advice in the chess academy. Do you understand?"

"Yes! Teacher Shinoda."

When he heard that Wang Xiu's chess power was able to go to Group A, two little kids, Waka and Fukui, were immediately interested and were ready to challenge Wang Xiu.

Therefore, for a time, the second group of students with lower chess skills did not have many people who were interested in challenging them, but the first group of students, with a total of 24 people, most of them were ready to try the chess skills of this foreign Chinese.

It's like a group of young lions longing for their prey.

As students of the chess academy, these children cannot participate in any amateur chess competition. They can only go to the Go club to find adults who have different levels of skills to play chess as hobbies. Most of them have not gained much, nor have much joy of victory, except for increasing their combat experience.

Speaking of which, as a student of the Chess Academy, he has his own certain glory and level, so he rarely loses in places like the Go club.

Now, a person who is also an amateur chess player who has only been learning chess for two months is a certain legendary person and has been personally admitted by Mr. Shinoda to have at least the ability to chess in Group A appears in their vision.

How could this group of young lions not be excited?

In the Chess Academy, the students of the Academy are divided into one and two groups, with about 50 people, with about 25 people in each group. Every month, there will be a game between Group A and Group B, each with at least 24 games, ranking according to the winning rate. The bottom ten in Group A will drop to Group B, and the top ten in Group B will also go to Group A.

Wang Xiu pinched the game table and searched for his opponent.

Matsumoto VS Wang Xiu.

It is worth mentioning that all the students in the match table did not write the full name, but only wrote the surname, and only Wang Xiu printed the full name on it.

This is not surprising. The names of two characters are rare in Japan. Most of them have four characters or even five characters. Three characters like Mitsuki Kamika and Ryo Taya are considered a minority.

Matsumoto Ichiro ranked last month, ranked 25th in Group B. He said that he was the last place.

Yes, although Teacher Shinoda recognized that Wang Xiu had the ability of Group A, he did not put him in the circular positioning competition in Group A, but instead asked him to arrange it from the last place in Group B.

This is not a stigma or discrimination, but it is like this for anyone, whether it is Taya Ryo or later Katoshiki. Everything depends only on the achievements, not on the fame.

A young man with a short haired face with some bitter color came to Wang Xiu, and on the opposite side of the chessboard, naturally knelt on his knees on his Japanese knees, half-bearing and saying hello:

"Please give me some advice."

"Please give me some advice." Wang Xiu responded, but for a moment, his face was also a little bitter. He reached out to say hello to Teacher Shinoda who was supervising the side.

"Teacher Shinoda, I'm not very comfortable with the right sitting position in Japan. Can I use the cross-legged position?"

Sitting is to kneel. In modern times, it is a kneeling ceremony that belongs to Japan. Japan is the only nation that continues the ancient ritual of kneeling to this day. The strict etiquette is unimaginable to people in other countries. Many people do not know that this kneeling ceremony originated from the ancient Chinese period, but China has long been abandoned today, but Japan is still following it. The profound meaning of it is difficult for people to understand.

Some brainless angry youths would say that this is a proof of the deep servitude of Japan's slavery. Some people say that this is another kind of yang inheritance of Japan's unique ninja way. Some people say that this is an alternative manifestation of worshipping the strong...

But no matter what, this kind of kneeling etiquette has its advantages and disadvantages. Outsiders can only judge from their own perspective. It is not something that ordinary people can understand deeply. If you really want to say it in detail, there are many things that Wang Xiu has studied a little, but later he shook his head and gave up. The Japanese are the characteristics of Japanese people. You don’t have to think too much. Just know that you are not used to it and don’t want to adapt.

Of course, it is actually because Wang Xiu doesn't want to use this kind of kneeling ceremony, kneeling on the sky, kneeling on the ground, kneeling on the ancestors and parents, and he doesn't kneel anything other than that. Even if this kind of kneeling is not a real kneeling ceremony but a kneeling ceremony, he still doesn't want to.

"Of course this is OK. Teacher Wang Xiu is from Chinese after all, so it's OK." Teacher Shinoda nodded and replied, feeling the special thing in front of him for the first time.

Shinoda has also seen many Chinese people who come to Japan, some are guests, many of whom will follow the customs, some of whom will settle down in Japan, or even deliberately welcome and learn kneeling ceremony to please, or even if they really don’t want to, they rarely say it directly like this.

Wang Xiu said it directly, which is indeed different from ordinary Chinese people. It is really different from Japanese people and from ordinary Chinese people. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why Taya Ryo would recommend him to come here for further study.

This is a special person.

...

It was another morning, and Wang Xiu walked into the chess academy with a smile.

"Oh, it's Teacher Wang Xiu, good morning."

"Good morning, Teacher Wang Xiu."

"Good morning."

"Good morning, Teacher Wang Xiu."

"Yeah, good morning everyone." Wang Xiu responded warmly to every student who greeted him.

A week has passed, and the Go ranking match officially ended yesterday. Wang Xiu's strength has been recognized. In the 25 games in Group B, Wang Xiu officially confirmed as the first place in Group B with a record of 25 games, and entered Group A without any surprise.

In these 25 games, Wang Xiu did not use the mental battle in each game, but defeated all the students in Group B with his own hard strength, and strongly declared his chess power, and was definitely qualified to let the students call him teacher.

Yes, even the top ten students in Group A believe that they are stronger than Group B, but none of them have the confidence to win in 25 games!

Especially in the top five in Group B, some students even specifically restrain one of the top ten students in Group A, just like He Gu and A Fu. He Gu is ranked in the top six in Group A, but he often loses to A Fu, who is ranked behind Group A, just like Tian Ke.
Chapter completed!