I would like to play a game (P, IO, Sanada,Naoki)

Sanada was truly on the ropes, Naoki was a really great Shogi player, it made the game interesting but also caused Sanada to play defense for most of the game. He needed to stop the dragon from doing anymore damage at least this turn. He could only think about one way to cause Naoki to pause in this predicament. While being a risk for Sanada it would also be a risk for Naoki unless he retreated to a safer distance.

Taking another sip of his tea he also pulled out a cigarette lighting it before exhaling the smoke back into the air with his head tilted away from Naoki. "I don't like how this is going" he would say moving his hand to his silver general from a3 to b3. It was the only way to do anything even if all it did was get a retreat out of the man. Nothing was changing in the mans chakra either, he was really good at hiding his thoughts.

Naoki could clearly see and hear Sanada struggling under the pressure. He had to admit, it was his style to get a couple pieces behind the enemy lines and wreck havoc without really moving the rest of his army until he does as much damage as possible, then only to make a global kind of move and simply overwhelm the opponent. And that is what was happening here, of course Shogi, with its so called drops, made it a bit less effective as every cut down piece of his own could be later revived on the enemy side.
And so, Sanada made a move that forced him to either lose some figures and pull them back. But, the man would not just decline without feeling satisfied with the amount of damage his raid has caused. So, connecting a couple dots in his mind he saw an opening which would force a trade off. "How this is going, or where?" Saying that he would drop the second, captured bishop at D2. "Check" The Jounin could see only three moves to counter this, one completely stupid and two that he counted on.

"Ha both" Sanada would say inhaling on his cigarette looking at the border with stern look on his face, which didn't fit his care free nature. Hearing Naoki say "Check" was not a good feeling as he watched his side fall ever so quickly to Naoki's constant attacks. He had given him the initiative ever since he opened his bishop up for capture in an attempt to confuse his opponent. His moves now were clearly already made for him with each one guaranteeing a lost piece under his command.

There would be exchanges made but clearly the heavier loss would be on Sanada. Picking up his king he to move from check he moved the piece from a5 to b6, it was a pathetic move sending his king on the run but he needed to be moved. Letting out a huge sigh and scratching his head he would exhale his smoke one more time "Why don't you say we call it a break here and give me time to lick my wounds huh" he would say. Maybe some time away from the board would would give him fresh eyes when he returned.

Naoki would observe as his opponent navigated the king out of the harm's way, as expected. But then he called for a break. He would think for a bit, sure why the hell not. "Yes, I believe a break is in order. Maybe you will get some inspiration. Actually..." He would slow down for a bit as he got a fairly fascinating idea that he wanted to write down and inspect for possible use. "...How about we continue this tomorrow, here at the same time? Plenty of time to think of everything..." He was getting carried away as he spoke. The match was interesting, but it was at a crossroads once this last move ends in a couple turns. If agreed, Naoki would stand up, with a final glance memorize the position of every piece on the board and after grabbing his books flicker the hell out, but now before saying "Well then, see you tomorrow!" He would rush to the library first off, there was a book relating his little project called 'Chakra and Life' that he really needed for reference right now. After getting it he would head home and plunge into research again.

2649 w.
[Exit
+13 stats
+26 JP
+13 Sunflies]

Sanada was thankful that Naoki agreed to calling it a quits for right now and they would pick up tomorrow. He needed the break on his mind and it would allow him to make better moves hopefully in the future. "Same time same place, sounds good to me haha" Sanada patted the back of his head looking at the man memorize the settings of the pieces. "Yeah see you tomorrow" he would say as Naoki vanished again just like he had arrived. "Well I guess all I have to do is clean up and get some rest myself" he would say as he began picking up the snacks but not before lighting another cig and taking a drag.The sun was setting and they had played for quite a bit of time hopefully tomorrow he would be ready for the start of their game again. Looking at the board one more time he tried to see what he could do to halt the advance before deciding to leave it for tomorrow.

(Exit)
(TWC 2406 +12 stats and 24jp

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