Chapter 444:

Iori and Lulu's exhibition collab

En Passant Grandmaster

Once Minoo was untied, she quickly ran off to the buses as Daria contacted the arbiters.

"What!? Minoo Rasulova of Uzbekistan was kidnapped and replaced by an imposter!?" Miga gasped.

"Correct, I imagine that Nyoan girl is still in the vicinity, so make sure to catch her," Daria nodded.

Mimoko meanwhile sat in a nearby chair, scowling as she digested all the information she had just been given regarding Kuon. "Nanya-chan- No, Kuon. If what okaa-chan said was true, you truly are the worst of the worst. And I was actually feeling sorry for you too."

"And how about loser gets their head shaved. You know, standard shit," Iori's voice giggled.

Mimoko scowled and turned to notice Iori conversing with a dark-skinned girl with her pink hair tied up in quadtails.

"And what are you up to now?"

"Mimo-chan! This here's Lulu-chan. She's from the Dominican Republic and came here to spectate. She's also a subscriber of mine," Iori grinned.

"Oh, so you're doing a collab then? Well have fun."

"You don't wanna watch? Hair's on the line."

"And how good is Lulu-chan?"

"I just registered! Never played, but they call me Night-bright-might. Why, cuz I know every star in the solar system!" Lulu happily huffed.

Lulu Dos was a rookie content creator and fan of Iori hailing from the Dominican Republic. While she was an astronomy major, she barely knew a thing about chess, and was only getting into it now. Despite that, when face-to-face with her favorite streamer, she immediately challenged her to a match, with all her hair on the line despite the heavy odds against her. Iori was more than down for shaving a fan's head, which is why she accepted the proposal.

Once everything was set up, Iori opened the game by moving her pawn to a3, while Lulu moved her pawn to e5. Iori's next play was pawn to h3, attempting to play the Creepy Crawly Formation. However, Lulu didn't oblige and move her pawn to d4, instead choosing to move her king to e7.

"Pft! Lol, guess that's a creepy crawly king, alright," Iori giggled as she moved her pawn to e4.

"Imma Bongcloudin' masta!" Lulu boasted as she moved her pawn to f5.

"Bright future ahead of you," Iori smirked as she moved her pawn to d4.

Mimoko let out a groan as Lulu confidently moved her pawn to g5. "By "bright future", she means you'll have a head that shines brighter than the sun."

"But I already shine bright! I'm Bright-night-might!"

"In check," Iori added as she captured the pawn at g5 with her bishop.

"OH NO!" Lulu cried as she moved her knight to f6.

"Oh YES! One bald head commin' up!" Iori grinned as she captured the pawn at e5 with her d-pawn.

"I've never been bald though!" Lulu cried as she captured the pawn at e4 with her f-pawn.

"Then CHECK out the video of me n' Cece gettin' the most humiliating shave a girl can get. We balled our eyes out like crazy," Iori snickered as she captured the knight at f6 with her bishop.

"You were faking most of it," Mimoko growled as Lulu moved her king to e6.

"WAS NOT! Maybe you're the one that needs to CHECK the footage again!" Iori retorted as she moved her queen to g4.

"I filmed it all, and was privy to all behind the scenes discussions, remember?" Mimoko scowled as Lulu trembled and moved her king to d5.

"Then CHECK your memory banks again, cuz when I was smooth, I cried about losing my trademark image!" Iori shouted as she moved her knight to c3.

"And you were also head over horny at the prospect of Tanabe-kun finding you more attractive without any hair!" Mimoko shouted back as Lulu nervously moved her king to c5.

"Horny? You got all horny at Streama festivalen when you became Miss Bald Existence or whatever that Bald wacko called you!" Iori retorted as she captured the pawn at e4 with her queen.

"Ngh! I told you never to bring that up again!" Mimoko fumed as her face went red with embarrassment, all while Lulu nervously moved her pawn to d6 in the background.

"Heh? Mimo-chan, you're face is red. Better CHECK your reflection in the mirror!" Iori snickered as she moved her queen to b4.

"Ah- Ah... Um... Iori-chan?" Lulu nervously asked.

"Oh, don't mind us. This is normal. Anyway, King c6 is your only move."

"Oh, thanks," Lulu nodded as she moved her king to c6.

"And checkmate! Mimo-chan, you'll do the honors of shaving her bald with me," Iori grinned as she moved her queen to b5, winning the game.

Mimoko let out a sigh. "So are we shaving her ourselves?"

"No shit, that's what makes it special!" Iori smiled as she puled out a pair of hair clippers from her purse.

"I hate that you always carry those around."

Lulu meanwhile, didn't seem too upset about losing, and was even giggling as she wrapped herself in a towel. To her, getting all her hair shaved off by her favorite streamer was a dream come true. And a premium shave she got. Her pink locks were mercilessly buzzed as far down as the clippers could go, along with her eyebrows. Then came three rounds of shaving cream and razor before the hot wax and eyelash plucking. Finally, the depilatory cream and pocket laser were employed before the final head oiling and grand reveal of Lulu's smooth, bald, and very bright state.

"KYAAAAH! I LOOK LIKE A FREAK! C- Could you tattoo your autograph on my head too?" Lulu blushed.

Mimoko groaned as Iori gleefully agreed. "Sire thing, but you got a tattoo gun on ya?"

"You bet!" Lulu smiled as she pulled a tattoo gun out of her purse.

"Perfect. "Iori-chan's bright slut" sound about good?"

"Fuck me, girlfriend!"

Iori nodded and tilted Lulu's head forward before inking the words on the back of her head. Once that was done, she passed the tattoo gun to Mimoko.

"No-"

"Come on, you're a famous celebrity too."

Mimoko let out a sigh and inked her autograph on Lulu's head. Lulu beamed from ear to ear as she thanked the two and skipped away with her phone in hand.

"Always nice to meet a fan and shave their head, ain't it?" Iori grinned.

"You had me in agreement up until 'and shave their head'. Still, I guess maybe I was a bit too harsh with you."

"Nah! Banter was perfect. Now let's hit up the cafeteria while it's still early. Don't wanna have to trek into the snob space for food."

Mimoko sighed, but smiled as she agreed and followed Iori to the cafeteria.

The full game:

White: Iori Ishikiridokoro (2444) Black: Lulu Dos (unrated)

1. a3 e5

2. h3 Ke7

3. e4 f5

4. d4 g5

5. Bxg5+ Nf6

6. dxe5 fxe4