81 Diver 172

We're finally at this battle with Jones Lee's introduction. Whew.

[81diver 172 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Title: Chapter 172
Proxy War

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Narr: From the point this game of shogi
had started
it was already...
No.
It had only been
"10 hours"...
And the board
was still
in the opening...
Even

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Narr: in professional competition
the longest "available time"
is in the "Meijin Championship"
which is "9 hours".
9 hours
9 hours
a total of 18 hours.
One game of shogi
with meals, breaks,
and
sleep
interposed
results in 2 days of play.
"Meijin"
..are

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Narr: the highest elites among pro shogi player......
In the pyramid of the pro shogi world
This part.
In that place is
the strongest 10 players in the whole shogi world...
Pyramid: A Class
【10 People】
B Class Group 1
【13 People】
B Class Group 2
【240 People】
C Class Group 1 【31 People】
C Class Group 2 【44 People】
Narr: the "A Class Players"...
Only people in this "A Class" can gain the right to challenge the "Meijin".
In other words, in order to become a "Meijin", first you muss rise to this "A Class".
And

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Narr: These "A Class Players" duke it out with one another
and at the end of a grand round-robin... one of them...
just one, the "strongest"
of the strongest.
That person, the "strongest in class A" is the one who takes on the literal "strongest"!!!
The Meijin!
The Pro shogi competition of the "strongest" VS the "strongest"...
is the "Meijin Championship". [quote uses that Kishoukai type font.]

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Narr: The "Meijin Championship" where the limits of pro techniques are on full display...
And the one that wins this match
becomes the "god" of pros.
The "Meijin".
Background: Meijin
Narr: Now then...
here, they have about "6 times" the available time in the Meijin Championship!!!
No breaks,
no sleep,
no
food.
In this one game...

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Narr: of "100 Hour" shogi
what will happen?
Suga: 12 hours have passed, huh?
But
I've still got a long ways to go.
My...
'personal record for non-stop shogi play' is...
from when I was training with Nikogami-san...
"26 hours"!!!!
Narr: And before long...

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Narr: "26 hours" had passed.
Sugata had already reached his "limit".
What the hell
is with...
this opponent...?
He's not moving the tiniest bit.
Is...
Is this...

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Suga: shogi?
Lee: It's shogi.
You have less stamina than one pro wrestler, right?
I've got the stamina of 10 pro wrestlers.
Suga: ......

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Lee: If I win this game
as a reward
I get an "oil field".
Suga: ............
He said that...
with a totally straight face.
Lee: We're not playing around here. People die doing this.
And then there's the main part of this game...
I don't know what it is they're betting,
but between those two "passengers"

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Lee: Something even more incredible
is being bet.
Suga: What is he...
Wha...
It...
it's getting hard for me...
to think...
Lee: This is pretty much a
proxy war between two nations.
Suga: ............
...............
What
the fuck...

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Suga: is he saying?
Narr: 40 hours have passed.
SFX: HYUUU HIIII HYUUU
Suga: My breathing...
is weird.
SFX: HYUUU HIII HYUUU
Suga: It...
It feels like my...
"thoughts"
are just gonna stop.

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SFX: BACHIIH
Lee: Where's that spirit you had in the beginning?

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SFX: BACHIN