Chapter 49: Dropping a bomb

As the sun was approaching the horizon, the sky was ablaze with the fire of the setting sun. And as the shadow of the house and the wall infront reached the place where they were playing shogi, he realised that he had spent his whole day at Akashi's house, playing shogi with his grandfather.

"Check!!" Hiro mumbled as he captured Akashi's grandfather's king and won the game.

"Well played! It's my lost." Akashi's grandfather admitted his defeat.

It was his 9th victory. Having won 9 times, he had also lost 7 times. They had played a total of 16 games, each one more intense than the previous one. 

While they were playing shogi, Akashi had dozed off at a certain point of time. 

"It's getting late grandpa. I need to head home now." He mumbled as he stretched his body which had gotten stiff after sitting at the same place for almost 9 hours.