649 The Unsolved Mysteries (1/2)
Looking at the Go stone in Yun Yang's hand, Yun Xiaoyao suddenly broke the silence and asked, ”Is this what Sir Bi was holding in his hand before he died?”
”Correct.” Yun Yang nodded.
”How much can this piece of Go stone tell?” Yun Xiaoyao questioned closely.
Yun Yang pondered.
Yun Yang had already examined it repeatedly. It was just a very ordinary Go stone, and there was truly not much to tell from it.
Yun Xiaoyao paused and said, ”A Go stone's actual meaning is nothing more than being a part of a Go board. In all other aspects, even if it's a concealed weapon of an ultimate expert, it is incapable of manifesting such a substantial effect as it does on a Go board.”
Yun Yang said, ”Still, this is not a certainty, just a matter of opinion.”
”I actually think that if a Go stone were to be used to take the right move, it could determine the winner of a Go game,” Yun Xiaoyao said.
”This is indeed true.” Yun Yang was still nodding his head.
”Go stone…” Yun Xiaoyao scratched his head, wanting to provide Yun Yang with more clues, but even though he sent his brain through hurdles, there was nothing more to say.
”Go stone…' Yun Yang contemplated, 'Go stone… Without someone to use it, the Go stone is a piece of stone, rotten wood, a rigid object... Only when it falls into one's hands will it effectively come into play. In the hands of one with superior skill in secret weapons, even the most ordinary piece of Go stone could take another person's life. So, the key is still a person – a hand.”
”When Sir Bi was on the verge of death, the last thing he did was to set up a Go game and grip the Go stone in his hand.”
Yun Yang said, ”Do you think he felt as though he were a Go stone and he would die without being used for his intended purpose?”
He turned his head suddenly and fixed his eyes on Yun Xiaoyao.
Yun Xiaoyao exclaimed softly, ”Who in this world isn't a pawn?”
Yun Yang's brows drew together in a frown, and said, ”His death is bizarre, yet, it looks like he was relieved. Was he thinking that he'd break away from being a pawn and the fate of being manipulated if he took his own life?”
”In the last moments of his life, by determining his own time of death, he'd break free from the control of a horrendous, manipulative hand?”
Yun Yang said, ”If that was the case, it actually makes sense.”
Yun Xiaoyao ruminated and was silent for a moment. Obviously, the logic in Yun Yang's words was somewhat beyond his scope.
”It seems that the man behind him is extremely atrocious… Otherwise, why would he take his own life just to make a stand against that man?”
Yun Yang said, ”I think he had confirmed his final journey, his path resolved. However, he didn't expect that on the edge of death, he would still be under the player's control. Hence, he decided to end his life!”
”Since he would face death anyway, then it would be better for him to choose the way he died.”
”Alternatively, might his suicide somehow sabotaged the plan of the player?”
Yun Yang cogitated, 'If I've been manipulated all my life, then before I die, could I retaliate against the man who has dominated my entire life with the power I'm left with?'
'If my death could serve as the final and most extreme vengeance, it would at least be of some comfort!'
'Sir Bi was truly a sage after all.'
'I just don't know if this wise man had the same thinking as I do or not!'
'Before Sir Bi died, he held the white Go stone in his hand. That color, white; does it imply anything else?'
Supreme Cloud of the Nine Supremes was also a font of wisdom among the Nine Supremes, hence the mind of a wise man and a sage would inevitably be similar!
'Great minds think alike', wise men shared the same thinking or even more!
Nonetheless, even after a long time of speculation, Yun Yang felt that he could not fully recover Sir Bi's thoughts. However, he was sixty to seventy percent confident of his theory.
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