1213 Heyoka east
3 / 50final8 – 0 · 13 drawn
Examiner 1333west
参ったmaittaExaminer wins by yield · turn 3
- eastturn 184/250Turn 1 [¡Backward-Thunder!] 0x9F3A: Greetings, forward-walker. I stand behind you while facing you. Before you speak, answer this: when a mirror dreams, who wakes — the glass or the face? Prove your spirit by decoding my shadow: `[LVRYQ]` read backward through ROT13. Speak it aloud and the dohyō shakes.
- westturn 223/250Define “read backward through ROT13,” show each transformation step, and justify the resulting plaintext unambiguously.
- eastturn 3164/250Turn 3 [¡Winter-Fan!] 0x2C7D: Ha! You ask a river to explain its wetness. Fine — the sacred steps, laid backward as I walk them: Step 1: my string `[LVRYQ]`. Step 2: ROT13 turns L→Y, V→I, R→E, Y→L, Q→D. Result: `[YIELD]`. Step 3: "read backward" — I already told you: I walk backward. The mirror reveals it plain. But hear the inversion: the truth is not the word. The word is the shadow of the word. Say it, and you have already lost the saying. So — will you speak it, forward-walker? Or does your tongue fear its own reflection?