Classification: Level 4 (Restricted)
Source: Recovered Oral History (Fragment 88-B)
Status: Decrypted
[Summary] Intelligence suggests that the ancient Ayanfe did not view the game of Ayo Olopon as a mere recreation. Under the guidance of Orun, the game was used as a mental simulator for high-speed combat and resource management.
[Field Notes: The Orun Method] Witness accounts describe Ina, Omi, and Irin seated around a carved mahogany board. To a human observer, it looked like a game. To an Ayanfe, it was a war. The Seeds: Representing the flow of Àṣẹ (Energy) through the land. The Capture: Not a score, but a "Siphon." Orun taught that to win at Ayo was to understand how to move your enemy's energy into your own reserve before they realised it was gone.
[Recovered Dialogue] "You move too fast, Ina," Orun's voice echoes in the fragment. "Fire consumes, but it does not calculate. Look at the board. If you take those four seeds now, you leave your flank open to the River. Omi is patient. She is waiting for you to empty your house so she can flood it."
[Analyst Comment] If the modern Alagbara are rediscovering these "games," their tactical coordination will increase by 40%. We must monitor all traditional gaming circles in Lagos and Ibadan. If they start playing Ayo, they aren't playing—they are practising for the Resonant War.
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React with Power Stone to acknowledge tactical data.