Chapter 41:

The cruelest of wins

En Passant Grandmaster


Mimoko watched as Okisato stared at Utami. "Why are you staring!? Move her to c1 and promote her to a queen and it's mate!" she angrily thought.

"Tanabe-san, why are you hesitating? Promote me to a queen and we win! I couldn't ask for a better, more fitting way to best this bastard of a brother!" Utami angrily thought.

To everyone's surprise, Okisato instead captured the pawn at e6 with his rook.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?" Mimoko shouted as she managed to free her mouth from Svetlana's grasp.

"Inoue-senpai? Wow, you really are a piece of shit, student council president."

"Huh? You're the one trying to prolong the game-"

"Enoki-san would have died if I promoted her, yes?"

Mimoko and Utami went pale with horror as a sinister smirk appeared on Kazuya's face. "My, what makes you level accusations like that?"

"I had my suspicions from the beginning, but your recent moves truly confirmed that you wanted me to mate you by promoting Enoki-san's pawn to a queen."

"No, why would Utami die if she's promoted into a queen? Would that not be a fitting way to beat me?"

"No, she's imprisoned in a pawn. The pawn itself would be destroyed and replaced with a new queen. I imagine you've confirmed all this for yourself, which is why you originally planned to face off against Inoue-senpai as she would have likely promoted Enoki-san without hesitation."

Kazuya began to chuckle. "Not bad. Yes, after I heard what Nyoan was able to do, I did some experimenting and found that those imprisoned in pawns will die if their pawn is promoted, since the pawn itself is technically removed from play. Only if the pawn itself remains on the playing field at the game's conclusion does the prisoner inside it live. Oh the look on that guy's face when he mated me and his girlfriend exploded to bits, why not see the replay?" Kazuya sneered as a screen appeared.

On the screen, footage played of a young man moving the pawn his girlfriend was imprisoned in to the 1st rank. Immediately after the man chose to promote her to a queen, the piece exploded and the girl's blood and guts rained down as a queen stood where it had been. Despite winning, the young man fell to his knees and cried as Kazuya handed him a fat stack of cash.

"My, what a sore winner. He got 1 million yen from me," Kazuya sneered as the screen vanished and he moved his king to g2.

"You really are a piece of shit. If you weren't trying to frame us, I'd have had a more gruesome death be your punishment," Okisato glared as he moved his pawn to d4.

"Oh? You caught on to that too? Well, unfortunately for you, I can still make things end the way I want it to," Kazuya sneered as he moved his king to f2.

"No, your defeat is merely delayed. I won't let you threaten Enoki-san ever again, either," Okisato glared as he moved his pawn to d3.

"And how do you plan to do that?" Kazuya sneered as he moved his king to g3.

"I have plenty of material to work with," Okisato glared as he moved his bishop to c6.

"Think I'll allow it!?" Kazuya laughed as he moved his king to h4.

"Well you're making troublesome moves," Okisato glared as he moved his pawn to g5.

Kazuya immediately captured the pawn at g5 with his king as Okisato moved his king to f7. He then moved his king to f5, prompting Okisato to move his bishop to e5, forcing Kazuya's king to g5. Okisato then moved his pawn to h6, forcing Kazuya's king to h4. He then advanced his pawn to d2, while Kazuya advanced his pawn to h3.

As soon as Okisato moved his bishop to g6, Mimoko began to scowl. "He better not screw this up with a stalemate," she thought as Kazuya moved his pawn to g5.

Okisato began to grin as he moved his pawn to d1 and promoted it to a queen. "Looks like you'll be mated by a queen after all."

"If it's a stalemate, Svetlana will just chuck Utami off the roof," Kazuya glared as he moved his king to g3.

"You're not getting the chance, check!" Okisato laughed as he moved his queen to g1.

"WHAT A FOOL!" Kazuya maniacally shouted as he moved his king to f3.

"You referring to yourself?" Okisato glared as he moved his rook to e3.

"No! You just stalemated yourself! All because you had to protect the deadweight in the pawn!" Kazuya shouted as he moved his king to f4.

"Yeah sure. Checkmate," Okisato nodded as he captured the pawn at g5 with his h-pawn, winning the game.

"Huh?" HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHH!? I- I lost!? But no, that means... I'M GONNA DIE! T- THIS IS JUST LIKE HOW YOU KILLED THE PRINCIPAL!" Kazuya stuttered as the board vanished and Utami was freed.

"UTAMI-CHAN!" Mimoko cried as Svetlana released her, allowing her to run over to Utami and began untying her.

Kazuya, meanwhile, walked back towards the ledge. "NO! MY BODY'S MOVING ON IT'S OWN! I'M NOT SUICIDAL! THE CHESS CLUB IS FORCING ME TO KILL MYSELF AGAINST MY WILL!" he cried as he toppled over the edge.

Svetlana ran to the ledge and stared down in horror as Kazuya fell. All while filming everything with her smartphone.

"Ha, those fools don't realize my death will be what spells their doom. It's a shame I couldn't take Utami with me, but this will be fine. Shion-sama, it is now up to you. A great man plants a tree knowing he will never live to see the day when he can bask in its shade, and that is what I'm doing. Make me a fine martyr-"

FWOOSH!

Kazuya's eyes went wide with shock as he found himself slowly and safely descending. "No, is this... AN AIRBAG?"

Sure enough, a giant airbag had been placed on the ground below the roof.

"Looks like I saw through your second plan too," Okisato smirked as Svetlana angrily turned to face him.

She immediately brandished her sledgehammer and charged for Okisato.

"УМРИ, КУСОК ДЕРЬМА![DIE YOU PIECE OF SHIT]!" she shouted as she brought the sledgehammer down on Okisato's head.

However, a turquoise glow suddenly emanated from him, which caused the sledgehammer to bounce off him and Svetlana to stumble back towards the edge of the roof and fall off, landing on the airbag as well.

Before she and Kazuya could react, the policewoman that had pulled aside Maida before, suddenly pounced on the two and cuffed them, grabbing them by their hair and slamming them face-first into the ground. "Your asses are under arrest for kidnapping," she snarled as she violently cuffed the two.

Crowds of students and teachers stared in bewilderment at the spectacle unfolding before them, however things only got crazier as a caravan of black SUVs and a limousine pulled into the school.

Buff foreign men in military attire quickly exited the SUVs, and lined up before the door to the limousine. One of them opened the door and a large man with a reddish beard clad in military attire stepped out wielding a pointed staff.

Okisato began to scowl as he recognized the man immediately. "Shit, now things might get really bad."


The full game:

White: Kazuya Enoki (1599) Black: Okisato Tanabe (2525)

1. e4 c5

2. d4 cxd4

3. Qxd4 Nc6

4. Qd5 Nf6

5. Qb3 Qb6

6. Qxb6 axb6

7. Nc3 e6

8. Be3 Bb4

9. O-O-O Bxc3

10. bxc3 Nxe4

11. Bxb6 Rxa2

12. Be2 Nxc3

13. Kd2 Nxd1

14. Bxd1 d5

15. Nf3 O-O

16. Re1 Bd7

17. Be2 Rc8

18. Rb1 Ra4

19. Bd4 Rb4

20. Rxb4 Nxb4

21. Ne5 Rxc2+

22. Kd1 Ba4

23. Ke1 Nc6

24. Nxc6 bxc6

25. f4 Rc4

26. Kd2 Rxd4+

27. Ke3 c5

28. Kf2 Rd2

29. g4 c4

30. Ke3 c3

31. Kf2 Bb5

32. f5 Rxe2+

33. Kf1 c2

34. fxe6 Rxe6+

35. Kg2 d4

36. Kf2 d3

37. Kg3 Bc6

38. Kh4 g5+

39. Kxg5 Kf7

40. Kf5 Be4+

41. Kg5 h6+

42. Kh4 d2

43. h3 Bg6

44. g5 d1=Q

45. Kg3 Qg1+

46. Kf3 Re3+

47. Kf4 hxg5#

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