81 Diver 169

Ok, there's the first chapter of V17 done. Whew. We're gonna get there. Ok it's late, I gotta sleep now.

[81 Diver 169 Translation by Kewl0210]
Cover: 81diver
Shibada Yokusaru

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Arrow: Connect this with the inside cover of volume 16![Heart]

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★This is a work of fiction. Any connection to actual persons, organizations, or events are completely unrelated.
81diver
17
Chapter 169 Won't Hand Over
Chapter 170 Prepared
Chapter 171 7 Billion People
Chapter 172 Proxy War
Chapter 173 Declaration of Victory
Chapter 174 Street Fight
Chapter 175 Live or Die
Chapter 176 100 Million Ways
Chapter 177 The Ultimate Feat of Strength
Chapter 178 Destruction

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Title: Chapter 169 Won't Hand Over

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Tani: Hey.
How 'bout a game?
Your request?
Soyo: Please play me,
Goshujin-sama.
SFX: PACHI...

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Soyo: I've lost.
I can't... take this...
Tani: Okay, which maid outfit shall it be this time?
This one...
No...

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Tani: I think this one.
Aha!
That's barely anything, is it?!
Soyo: P...
Please...

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Soyo: forgive me.

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Tani: You mean 'please forgive me'
'Goshujin-sama', right?
Soyo: Please forgive me
Goshujin-sama.

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Tani: This isn't about forgiving or not forgiving.
I'm making you stronger.

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Tani: I'm raising you to be a warrior that surpasses humanity.
SFX: PIH
Tani: Okay, so for some down time...
Sign: Resign
SFX: PIH
Screen: You Lose
SFX: JYAKO
SFX: BAN

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Chi: How could I... lose to something like this?!
Sumi: Looks like these are on a different level from the ones you can find in arcades.
Himu: The secret to those cabinets' strength is
they use "humans"
and "computers"

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Himu: to create a "combined engine".
Chi: A... A person is playing?
Himu: The beginning and mid-game where lots of moves are possible are done mainly by elite Kishoukai players.
In the end game, when the enemy's king is within range of capture,
in other words, when the enemy gyoku is possible to "mate"...
even if that is a mate with a large number of intricate moves,
it'll know. Those "long sequence shogi mates"... [quote big]

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Himu: are like a huge cannon
you fire just once.
And if you hit...
you can sink your enemy in one shot.
But if you miss,
you lose.

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Himu: And the trigger
can be pulled at times when humans cannot.
Those situations where they're scared that 'if they don't mate, they'll lose'.
But a computer can step into that territory like it's no big deal...
And it will make that mate even if it's dozens of moves away.
Using this tag-team system of opening and mid-game "Human" and "end game computer"...
these things are pretty darn good!
Chi: That's a cheap trick...
Himu: But unless you beat these cabinets...
can get your rating over 3,000, you can't play shinken on this floor.
Soyo: Guh.
Kiri: Huh?
Sumi: Ah?

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Kiri: Hachi One!
Sumi: Sugata!
Himu: WHaaa??!
That
That
can't
How did he get theeere??!

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Tani: Now why would that be?
That "extra" is on this floor.
Soyo: ..........
Suga: I don't care if you're watching or not.
Tanio...

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Suga: I won't hand "Nakashizu Soyo" over to you!!!

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Tani: I don't know how he ended up playing "shinken" on this floor.
Maybe it was this guy's doing?
Well, at any rate, it should make a good show.
He's
gonna die.