REVOLUSWEETS
6. Signal Competition (II)

At 16:30 WIB, the two arrived in front of the sports hall. Kaira was picked up by Ghifary after school and drove him to a place where he often practiced chess. A sports hall rented by his club. Kaira visits the Chess Club she frequents and they call her, Chessper.

"Abang you're still single, Kai? I am the same as Sabi." Agatha, a pretty girl pigtailed with a pink hoodie worn.

"Astaghfirullah, haram brother." Ghifary who felt tempted answered him with a joke.

Agatha replied with the same vibe, "Waduh, the haram-haram is more seductive, Bang."

"Minimal can be creed before becoming my companion. Yeah right?" Ghifary's eyebrows shot up with the corners of his lips drawn.

"Don't take me from my Lord!" Agatha hugged herself and said dramatically.

"Haha. Not the same as you. Di." Ghifary laughs. She turns to Kaira who also laughs, the man starts saying goodbye, "Gue stays, Kai. Assalamu'alaikum."

"Okay, Bang."

"Since try!" Merlin patted Agatha on the shoulder, not forgetting that he was also laughing.

Ghifary paused for a moment. I saw a girl near a barn. If not mistaken, the girl's name is Yemima, who she says dislikes Kaira's whereabouts. Ghifary blinked for a while, when he opened his eyes, the girl's gaze was also on him.

Yemima who felt someone saw him also looked at a figure not far from him. It turned out that the man she saw was Ghifary, Kaira's older brother. Seeing Ghifary who never changed his eyes, making Yemima approached the man.

"Lo know, in your religion there is a ban on staring at the opposite sex?" Right 1 meter in front of him, Yemima asked the circus.

"It is forbidden to look at it with lust and to blink when looking at the opposite sex" Ghifary replied.

"Oh yeah? Sure, there's no lust when you see me?" Yemima raised an eyebrow.

Without hesitation, Ghifary shook his head. "No. I was just wondering why you could hate that much as my sister."

"That's nothing to do with you." Yemima answered softly. He looked back at Ghifary. "And yeah, didn't you just blink look at me?"

"When?" Ghifary Eyebrows.

"Before this conversation begins."

Ghifary. Remembering before Yemima approached her. A memory he captured that made Ghifary take his eyes off Yemima. "Astaghfirullah's. I'm going back."

Yemima frowned confusedly. The man himself said, The man himself forgot. "Snack."

And yet, inside this building. Three girls who had just entered the building looked around the room. Some tables and chairs are arranged in such a way. At each table there is a chess board and also 2 people who are playing. Some of them have finished, there is only one table that is still intact with the players.

"Sir Ayano is playing?" ask Kaira while looking at one of those tables.

"Yes, same coach." Merlin nodded.

"From fifteen minutes ago," replied Agatha.

Kaira. He looked at his two friends who were 2 years older than him. "Not finished?"

Merlin laughed a little. "Their duration is thinning. Attack each other, eat each other, but also survive. Kak Ayano same coach has a different talent thin. Ayano's sister remains the king, the castle, the same bishop, while the coach has the king, the bishop, the same queen."

"According to you, who won?" ask Agatha while grinning.

Kaira shut up for a moment. Watching Ayano and the coach playing together. "From the side of the bantam. I think, coach. But let's see how Kak Ayano used the bishop as his fortress."

In order not to disturb the concentration between the coach and Ayano, they chose to observe from afar. Within seconds, Kaira began to capture the movement and target that was targeted by the coach and Ayano.

Kaira widened her smile. Nothing can shake his feelings other than the chess game that has been attached to him for a long time. "Sir Ayano is crazy. He's not after the king, but the queen. Bishop or his fortress is defeated if the queen's opponent, but one of the pieces threatens the king so that the queen does not dare to eat one of the pieces, but Kak Ayano forget one thing. He'll lose again."

"What's that one thing?" Merlin frowned confused at the pace of Kaira's thoughts. Kaira without chess is like a boneless piece of meat. It seemed, when Kaira began to theorize that their brains had disappeared.

"Remember, the goal of chess is to checkmate, not to eat most of the pieces." Kaira grinned.

"Sir Ayano ate the coach's bishop. Now, the power of one queen is equivalent to that of the bishop and the fortress that Kak Ayano has. Rather than targeting the king, Ayano's sister preferred to target the queen."

Kaira shook her head to see Ayano's movements that did not match her expectations. In fact, for athletes and sportsmen, although as great as they are, when they are pursued by time, their mentality will start to be disturbed and start giving mistakes that result in giving a gap to the opponent.

"Human predomination of one thing can be a boomerang for him. Because if greed were to prevail, everything would be dark."

With one pull, the coach eats the castle, then locks the king's movements by calling check. Surely, the bishop who was in the reach of the queen, then eaten when Ayano preferred to save the king.

Just like a lion. The king will remain in place as long as his queen seeks prey for the family. Similarly in chess, the queen can do anything. In fact, his movements were freer than that of a sitting king by maintaining his throne.

When the queen moves, at that time the opposing king gets entangled.

"Checkmate!"

Kaira smiled as she heard the coach say the word. "Sir Ayano was negligent with her initial goal. He focused on killing all the opposing soldiers without thinking about how to capture the king."

Merlin and Agatha who were beside him just nodded their heads without understanding Kaira's possible speech, only understood by the girl herself.

"Well, Kaira. I hear you, are you that good at predicting the end of my life?" Ayano, a Japanese man who lives in Indonesia for student exchange during High School. Even so, he chose to stay here after meeting Kaira playing chess.

Ayano and Kaira are 2 years different. Ayano graduated 2 years ago and studied in Indonesia. He also continues to fill his days by playing chess in order to beat Kaira who played chess since childhood. Even so, Ayano who just played in the 12th grade, deserves a thumbs up because it almost matches the talent of the coach and also Kaira.

Agatha, Merlin, and Yemima were friends with Ayano in High School. Even so, when they graduate they start towards their respective goals.

"Do I have to explain?" The 18-year-old girl laughed.

"Enough. I saw Kak Ayano as a coach playing dizzy. Moreover, Denger Kaira theorized." Agatha snorted lazily.

"Then, if you're in my position. What are you gonna do when the other side has their vip soldiers?" Ayano asked with a sneer.

Kaira shakes her head. "Even if possible, by themselves they'll give me a pawn."

"Well, that's a political soul." Ayano laughs.

"The coach is after the king, we must also pursue the opposing king. While, the opponent still has not locked the king. After all, strategies can change at any time. The same strategy cannot be used at one time. Chasing after the opposing queen who is after the king is just a pseudo-movement that can bring down the kingdom itself." Kaira smiled confidently.

Ayano who heard that also smiled as she raised an eyebrow, then laughed.

"You understand now, Ayano?" His coach who had just fought Ayano was smiling faintly.

"Understand me, coach," Ayano replied as she returned a smile.

"Kaira," called her coach Rose, the hijab-wearing woman with a charming smile on her lips.

"Assalamu'alaikum, ma'am," Kaira greeted and reached out to shake hands.

Madam Roses, the hijab woman stood up from her seat and returned Kaira's greeting with a smile. "Wa'alaikumussalam Warahmatullahi Westarakatuh. Come on, we'll eat."

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"One ... two ..." Yemima counted some items for him to store into the warehouse.

I don't know since when he decided to prefer to input objects belonging to the building in the warehouse. In recent months, Yemima has also rarely been seen playing chess and has been busy with things he shouldn't have to keep counting. Yemima also often pays attention to the cleanliness of the training room. He was even willing to come early in order to clean the room.

"Sister Yemim."

Yemima paused his activities. He turned his head to look at the only hijab girl other than the coach who was some distance behind him. "What?"

"Sister Yemim doesn't like me?" Kaira asked directly. Because he knew, the 20-year-old girl Kaira was talking to, was not an easy person to talk to. While Kaira who easily adapt to various situations, can compensate.

Yemima remained silent for a while, then replied, "It's normal."

In fact, ever since Kaira came here when she was in 10th grade, everything changed. The talent and skill that Yemima possesses is as if it were just a dust chip when compared to Kaira's skill in chess. Just this time, Yemima felt that someone had caught up with her so quickly. No, rather, since a long time ago, Yemima was indeed nothing.

"But, why does Brother Yemim always avoid Kaira?"

Yemima let out a heavy sigh. He looked at Kaira who was also staring at him. "Instead, I'm ordinary here. Am I avoiding you now?"

Kaira shook her head. "No, but I feel like Yemim—."

The girl with the sign of the cross answered haughtily, "Lo realized, don't I like you?"

"Huh?" Kaira had guessed. The girl in front of him was very difficult to talk to.

"Why are you still in front of me?"

Kaira scratched her nape. "Gue just ..."

"Even if you're not here, I'm going beyond my limits to become a professional chess player. Know?!"

Kaira shut up for a second. Yemima's words that he thought had meaning. Before long, Kaira who understood that, chuckled. "In my religion, there is no hostility. But if I compete, my religion has no prohibition. I assume it's a signal that we're competing. Either now, or later. We're gonna risk each other's egos going forward."

"Hm. And I'll be the winner." Yemima nodded, after which he stuffed some items into the warehouse and chose to enter the building.

Kaira just laughed. Finally, the misunderstanding that occurred for almost 3 years began to be resolved. However, this does not stop so easily. Not only Yemima was his opponent, but also Ayano who began to show talent and also against both coaches.

Yeah ...

Kaira hope, his mediocre brain isn't damaged.

"Yemima and Kaira are up, how?"

The name of the owner who just entered the building is called. The two masters stared at each other. While some of his club friends cheered for the two girls to compete against each other chess.

"I mind." Yemima held out his hand.

"Why?" ask Miss Rose.

Yemima looked at Kaira who looked confused. The girl then looked at the coach. "I intend to beat him in an official match and for that, before I actually compete in a real match, I will never fight Kaira beyond that."

The war flag has been raised. 18:30 is the time when they proclaim it.

"Seriously lo, Yem?" Merlin surprised.

Although Kaira was somewhat surprised at the signal of competition being given blatantly, Kaira still replied, "I agree. Neither I nor Brother Yemima have any coercion in this matter. Whatever happens, I also hope not to get involved with Kak Yemima while practicing."

Agatha held the girl's shoulder. "Rho? You are really!"

Cheers began to sound.

Ayano, who was at the end of the room carrying a mineral bottle she wanted to drink, started to stand up. The man laughed amusedly. "Haha. It's going to be an incredible competition. Let's see who will be the lead this time. Between Kaira or Yemima?"

Ayano lifted her bottle. While grinning, Ayano tilted her head. "Cheers?"

Hearing the support from any side, Kaira and Yemima just chuckled.

Madam Rose was silent as she looked at the two girls. Then smile thinly. The woman turned her head towards her husband who was also the coach at this club. "Who do you support?"

The husband of Miss Rose simply replied, "I support the promising and the more promising ones ..."

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