The following day, Smith gets ready in the morning, and passes by Rei in the shogi hall making copies of past game records of Kai Shimada and Gotō. This leads Smith to conclude that he lacks the vision of beating Gotō in the semifinal match and facing Shimada himself. During the match, Smith plans to use the Pinwheel as a counterattack against the Bear-in-the-hole Static Rook that Gotō usually uses. It is revealed that this is the second time that Smith played against Gotō, in which Smith lost the first time...