The Game of Go

He revered neither gods nor spirits, and knelt to neither heaven nor earth. He bowed only to that one person.

The hand that wielded a sword to kill would, in the silent depths of night, gently undress that person.

He would live for that person and die for that person.

Even if he was merely a pawn in that person's hand, one to be discarded at any moment.

But in the eyes of the player,

all the other pieces were doomed to die. She alone would survive.

The player x the pawn (secret guard)

Theme: If you do not fail spring, spring will not fail you.