your questions regarding the game rules (improving the interpretation).

For the skd and other similarly gifted individuals, I will remind you that the head moderators and judges of almost all tournaments (Pit and Dirty), when analyzing this situation, stated that everything was within the rules...

if you disagree with a judge's decision, it can be appealed, even if the judge is a member of the AC.
From the tournament rules:
2. A tournament participant has the right to:
c) appeal to the Tournament Judge and/or the AC in case of disagreement with the Organizer's decision on any given matter;
From the AC regulations:
In the event that one of the AC members is directly related to the issue at hand (is an interested party), they shall not participate in the discussion or the rendering of a decision regarding this proceeding.
Since I am contesting the decision of the AC members, who also serve as tournament judges, in this case, the decision was reviewed by the other 5 AC members. And in such a case, I would like to receive a reasoned decision.

Gomunguls's arguments are quite justified. Perhaps 5 cells did not matter within the context of this specific match. But if there had been a Dragon Utopia instead of the hive, and Dark, by saving move points, reached it, and then reached the opponent's main, would those 5 cells be insignificant in that case?
Considering the situation within the framework of the rules—even one cell should be significant.