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Volume Twelve -- Sho-dan First Match
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Round 97 -- The Awaiting Pros
- From Waya, Hikaru found out that Isumi had quitted Insei.
- Hikaru was excited when the thoughts of playing against the Pros.
- Sai feared the Hikaru would not let him play Go again.
- Meanwhile, Touya Meijin was playing against Zama in Ouza League.
- Kuwabara Honinbo found out that Hikaru had became Pro.
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Round 98 -- Sho-dan First Match
- Hikaru once against showed his ignorance about the Pro league and made the people in Go Center to doubt that he is a Pro.
- Hikaru and Sai looked at the Go newspaper. Touya Meijin had won his fifth title.
- The reporter interviewed Meijin. Meijin said he want to participate the first Sho-dan Match, but he wanted a specific person.
- Hikaru received a phone call that his first Sho-dan match will be against Meijin.
- Sai asked Hikaru to let him play instead.
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Round 99 -- Let Me Play!
- Hikaru told Sai that the first Sho-dan match, he will be given 5 1/2 handicaps. Therefore if Sai plays, he will definitely win.
- Sai asked Hikaru when he will let him play. Hikaru replied that Sai had eternal time, so he shouldn't be worried about that.
- Waya and Ochi were shocked to see Kuwabara and Ogata were watching Hikaru's First Sho-dan match. Akira too came to watch.
- The match was going to begin, Hikaru was shocked to see Sai on his seat.
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Round 100 -- Hikaru's Thoughts
- Hikaru was in dilemma whether he should let Sai play.
- Kuwabara and Ogata were having a bet on the match. Kuwabara's money was on Hikaru.
- Hikaru was thinking how to let Sai play without anyone's notice. Hikaru suggested a 15 handicaps match and Sai agreed boldly.
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Round 101 -- The Invisible Match
- Everyone was shocked to find out that Meijin chose to play against Hikaru specifically.
- The match ended up very messy and disorganized. Only Meijin and Kuwabara noticed the hidden truth beneath the game.
- Kuwabara told Akira that Hikaru played with many handicaps.
- Hikaru (Sai) lost but Meijin expected another match in the future.
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Round 102 -- Expecting Another Match
- Meijin said that he would want another match without handicaps in the future. Sai too had the same wish.
- Akira told Kuwabara about Hikaru. Kuwabara found out that Akira caused Hikaru to step into the Go world.
- Hikaru brought Sai to Amateur Go Festival. Sai, knowing that Hikaru was trying to cheer him up, decided not to ask Hikaru to let him play Go too often.
- Meanwhile, 2 guys were selling Go boards made out of fake wood.
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Round 103 -- A Fake Signature
- Hikaru and Sai had a lot of fun watching amateur playing Go ^^;;
- They came across the fake Go boards and Sai immediately noticed that they were fake.
- The 2 guys even tried to sell a Go board with fake Shusaku signature on it. Sai blew up when he saw it.
- One of them, Gokiso which is a Pro, bullied a beginner in a Go match. He asked Hikaru to continue the match. If Hikaru could not turn the table, Hikaru must leave.
- Sai agreed immediately and told Hikaru to tell Gokiso not to sell the fake Go board if he wins.
- Hikaru let Sai play the match.
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Round 104 -- Kurata 6-dan
- Kurata 6-dan happened to be teaching Go in the Amateur Go Festival.
- While giving his fans his autographs, he proudly announced that he will be the next Meijin, Honinbo, etc ^^;;
- Kurata went to see Hikaru when he heard how Hikaru (Sai) managed to turn over the table against a Pro.
- Hikaru told Kurata about the fake Go boards and Shusaku signature. Kurata helped to stop them from doing it.
- Kurata even gave Hikaru a fan with his autograph. Hikaru wasn't buying it and wrote his name on the fan instead.
- A weird day Hikaru had, but at least Sai is happy ^_^
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