Small Mountain Village.
In the courtyard, under the peach tree.
Yun Xi and Li Fan play a game of chess. She has placed several pieces, following the "The Darkest Game" strategy.
She looks at Li Fan somewhat nervously and says:
"'The Darkest Game'... can you win this time?"
Li Fan responds:
"Winning is of course possible..."
"But, do you really want to see it?"
He seems reluctant to play this particular game, his words tinged with hesitation.
Yun Xi nods anxiously and replies:
"I... must see it."
Li Fan helplessly says:
"Alright, let's play then."
The moves from both sides are made swiftly.
Li Fan's pieces are getting captured one by one.
Sometimes, even though Li Fan's moves are stunningly clever, the kind that would be killing blows in ordinary challenging games, under Yun Xi's strategy, they are all devoured!
This is the terror and the insolubility of 'The Darkest Game'.
The atmosphere grows tense as the two play, and the many disciples also begin to sense it.
