[After a moment of giving that some consideration, Hifumi has to nod.]

You have a point. It's a common tactic to beguile your opponent into thinking you're harmless. Picking up on that is impressive.

[And she's just totally given Futaba an out she didn't actually mean to, but there you go. Blind acceptance because hey that's something she can probably use in a shogi strategy at some point.]

I think if you just move away it'll lose interest in you.