After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

"Now please invite the Chinese and Japanese commanders to come on stage to perform the guessing ceremony."

After hearing this, Zhan Lang, who had been sitting in his seat and didn't want to move at all, had to stand up and go to the stage. After all, this was one of his obligations as the captain of the Chinese team and he had to fulfill his responsibilities.

Looking at Zhan Lang walking onto the stage, Fujii Hideaki, the Japanese commander, also stood up and walked forward.

The two sides met on the stage, looking at each other but not saying much.

Fujii Hideaki looked at Zhan Lang with a complicated expression. A few years ago, this child was just a young man with potential and hope in his eyes.

At that time, he just thought that Zhan Lang would pose a huge threat to the next generation, but this threat was not uncontrollable. He had good potential, and if he was well trained, Zhan Lang would even become a detonator for Japanese Go.

But now the explosion point of this detonator is a bit too powerful. Not only did it blow up the next generation before, but now it even blew up itself.

Zhan Lang has now become the number one player in China, and even the main player of China in this China-Japan competition, standing in the same position as himself.

And now I am standing in this position, having spent my entire life, while the other party is only eighteen years old.

The most important thing is that Zhan Lang defeated himself in the China-Japan Tianyuan Competition a few months ago and won the first China-Japan competition.

This game was regarded by many as a disgrace to Japanese Go and an indelible stain on Japanese Go in the past fifty years.

Fujii Hideaki's life in Japan was not easy after this incident. All kinds of attacks came one after another, and many people insulted him.

No one cares about Fujii Hideaki's past contributions, and no one cares about his achievements in Go. Everyone only knows one thing: he lost and was embarrassed, so he was attacked.

Of course, Fujii Hideaki didn’t think that this had anything to do with Zhan Lang. He just lost because he was not as skilled as the other person. He couldn’t blame Zhan Lang for winning over him.

And the most important thing is that there were major problems on Zhan Lang's side. Zhan Lang defeated me under such pressure. I really have nothing to say.

Fujii Hideaki did not feel that he could criticize his opponent in any way regarding the content of the game.

However, even though he thought this rationally, Fujii Hideaki's inner feelings were still very complicated.

People are always like this. It is impossible to always use rationality to convince their inner emotions.

Zhan Lang didn't think much about it. This match depended on whether he could get to the end and defeat Fuji Yi Xiu Ming again on the field.

If I win against Fujii Hideaki again, it will mean that China will defeat Japan again.

Looking at the hand that Zhan Lang stretched out to him, Fujii Hideaki came back to his senses and remembered that this was the guessing ceremony at the opening ceremony of the China-Japan Go Challenge Tournament.

I was actually distracted just now.

Fujii Hideaki laughed at himself inwardly and suddenly felt that he seemed to be getting really old.

It seems that there are only a few official competitions that I have participated in these two days, and this competition is more symbolic.

As the two main players shook hands, the media below kept taking pictures to record this moment.

"Let me introduce the rules and schedule of this competition to you."

Looking at the Chinese and Japanese players who were already standing on the stage, the etiquette lady next to him began to read out the document in her hand: "The China-Japan Go Challenge Tournament is composed of eight players from both sides of China and Japan. Each team has a head coach. The final winner is decided in the form of a challenge. The order of the players' appearance is arranged in advance (the head coach will be the last to appear). They take turns to play black and white, and play in order. The winner sits in the challenge, and the loser sends players to compete in turn until one side's "head coach" is defeated.

The rules of the game are that Black will have a five and a half point handicap first, and the time limit is three hours for each side.

To put it simply, unlike the later Three Kingdoms Go Tournament Nongshim Cup, after each country has determined its players, they can adjust their own order of appearance based on the situation at the time of the game and their own personnel.

For example, South Korea has always believed that Ko would be the main player in the Nongshim Cup in early 2024, but unexpectedly he would be the third player to be on the field, and they hurriedly replaced their name in the news reports.

As it turned out, it was reported that the third Chinese player to compete was last year's LG and Samsung double world champion Lao Ke, who won two world championships at once.

Unlike the China-Japan Go Challenge and the Nongshim Cup, both sides have already submitted their rosters and order of appearance, so they can only play according to this order and cannot make on-site adjustments. This also avoids more strategic games.

When the order of appearance is fixed, the player who plays black or white is only determined in the first guess, and then the two countries take turns exchanging black and white until the end of the game.

After the etiquette lady finished reading out the rules, she continued to read out the list of participants: "The Japanese participants and the order of competition are: Kashima Torajiro 5th dan, Kobayashi 8th dan, Iwasaki Takizo 9th dan, Igarashi Kei 9th dan, Ishida Shotaro 9th dan, Mitsuha Kenichi 9th dan, Toya Masao 9th dan, Fujii Hideaki 9th dan."

"Chinese participants and competition procedures: Li Yiran 6th dan, Fang Yuan 9th dan, Zheng Chengyan 7th dan, Zhang Wenyu 7th dan, Cao Xuan 8th dan, Wei Yang 8th dan, Wu Yuanmin 9th dan, Zhan Lang 9th dan."

Fujii Hideaki was not surprised to hear the order of the Chinese side's participation, because he had already obtained the list in advance, and the announcement was just a formality.

"The rules and schedule of the game have been read out. Please ask the captains of both sides to guess the first place for the two countries."

Hearing this, the contestants below brought up the table, chessboard and chess pieces that had been prepared long ago and placed them between the two of them.

"nervous?"

Hearing what Fujii Hideaki said, Zhan Lang smiled and said, "There's nothing to be nervous about. I just want to win another game against you in this match."

“That might be a bit difficult.”

Fujii Hideaki didn't say much, just shook his head.

He shared the same view as most people that it would be difficult for the Chinese team to get in front of his nominal captain.

There is a high probability that I won't take any action at all.

Although Zhan Lang is very strong, the other members of the Chinese team are too weak. Fang Yuan is in this state now. It is impossible for Zhan Lang to perform well in the ring with these burdens.

Fujii Hideaki glanced at Zhan Lang who was standing opposite him, and grabbed a handful of food from the box next to him.

Zhan Lang took out a piece and placed it on the chessboard without any hesitation.

Seeing Zhan Lang guessing the single number without hesitation, Fujii Hideaki placed all the chess pieces in his hand on the chessboard, and then the staff began to clean up.

"Two, four, six... nine, an odd number! The Chinese team guessed it right. In the first game tomorrow, the Chinese team will play black first!"

PS: It’s the middle of the month… Are there any monthly tickets? (Explicit
(End of this chapter)