His seat was almost taken by Darryl the night before in the Governor General’s residence, which made Geoff unhappy. Geoff could not help but mock Darryl since he met Darryl again and was going against him.
‘Who gave you the courage to join the competition as a mere servant?’
‘F*ck… I’ve not started to quibble with you, yet you are on about it.’ Darryl frowned and was furious. He secretly communicated with Pang Tong in the Pagoda, “Pang Tong, I’m relying on you later. We don’t have to stay a low profile for this game. I want Geoff to lose terribly!”
‘You’re just a young master from a family, yet you dare talk like this to me. You must be looking to be abused.’
“Don’t worry, Master!” Pang Tong confidently replied.
The referee signaled for the competition to start at that moment!
Geoff looked at Darryl with a face full of confidence and pride before saying, “Dude, when you lose later you, have to bow respectfully the next time you see me. Do you understand?”
Geoff looked at Darryl condescendingly when he said that.
‘Just a servant yet has no whatsoever manners! How rude!’
“Sure!” Darryl did not even think twice as he smiled and nodded. “You have to call me ‘Grandpa’ after the competition when you lose then…”
Geoff was livid and coldly said to Darryl, “You… Okay! Sure! I’ll bet with you!”
The competition then officially began!
Go was divided into black stones and white stones with Geoff taking black and Darryl white.
The one who took white stones would usually be the first according to the rules.
Darryl picked up a white Go stone at that moment, but he did not place it on the chessboard. He smiled at Geoff and said, “Mister Jefferson, why don’t you start first. I’ll allow you nine moves as a head start…”
‘What?’ Geoff was suddenly stunned upon hearing his words as his face turned blue with an extremely ugly expression.
A head start of nine moves was usually given by masters to their freshly accepted new disciples. This was a frequently used education method when teaching Go. Beginners had a hard time learning the knowledge of Go after all.
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