After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

Chapter 230 229. Heaven and Hell
"Unplug the phone line. I won't answer anyone's calls.

How did these guys find my phone number?
No, you need to check the chairman's call carefully before answering it! Don't let any fish slip through the net!"

Koichi Sakamoto felt his scalp tingling as he looked at the phone ringing in the office.

There was even someone who pretended to be a congressman and had someone answer the phone outside. After he answered the phone, the other party directly revealed his identity and then scolded him.

Koichi Sakamoto didn't know how many times his family had been greeted today. He felt that he had been scolded as many times in his entire life as he had in the past two days.

I feel numb, I really feel numb.

Now, when he hears the phone ringing, Koichi Sakamoto will subconsciously take two steps back and tremble all over.

After Fang Yuan won five games in a row, public opinion that the Chinese team will eventually be the winner has begun to rise not only in China, but also in Japan.

Faced with the current results of the game, the Japanese Go community and the press have expressed deep shock, saying that "they never dreamed of it" and "cannot accept this reality."

Japan's "Go Club" magazine and the Japan Go Institute received a large number of phone calls and letters criticizing and accusing Japanese players, which directly generated huge social pressure.

The pressure has even been transmitted directly offline, and the Japanese players who had lost previous games have become the main targets of attack.

Even the entire Japanese Go community was shaken, with many famous players expressing pessimistic views.

The Go Club Magazine directly wrote: "The Japanese Go world feels like it's vibrating under its feet."

Fujii Hideaki expressed his feelings: "Mr. Fang Yuan is unexpectedly strong, and the Chinese players behind him are also very strong. The situation is not optimistic. The Chinese player Zhan Lang 9th Dan is in high spirits, but the game may be over before he can hit him.

I have said long ago that the Chinese army has arrived at our city, but few people believe it. Now we are in trouble! "

In the third match, Kobayashi, 8th dan, blamed himself and said that it was his defeat that boosted Fang Yuan's momentum, and he hoped that his colleagues who would play later would work hard.

Zhao Mingxun, a Korean chess player living in Japan who is now on the verge of taking the top spot in Japan, calmly analyzed the situation: "The situation has become delicate. The prospects of the Chinese team are very optimistic. It is not impossible for Japan to lose. The Japanese team must work harder."

When Fang Yuan won three games in a row, the Japanese Go community did not lose confidence in victory. However, when they won four and five games in a row, not only was their confidence shaken, but panic was even triggered.

Although there are still three top-notch players left, they are unable to prevent the atmosphere of worry and discouragement after failure from spreading throughout the Japanese Go community.

After all, according to Japan's original expectations, the three or four of them should have cleared the Chinese team's copy directly.

Why does it seem like the other side needs three or four people to clear the level for our side?
This? Something's wrong with this, right?
Not to mention Koichi Sakamoto, even the chairman of the Japan Shogi Association, Hasegawa, was panicking at this time. If China speed-passed him, and stepping down could not solve the problem, he would not really have to step down, right?
Compared to the widespread grief in Japan, the Chinese side is filled with loud gongs and drums, blasting firecrackers, huge crowds of people, and waving red flags.
In China, news of the China-Japan Go Challenge Tournament continued to appear in major newspapers, causing a strong response across China. The attention to Go increased sharply as the challenge tournament progressed, even reaching a level that has never been seen before and will never be seen again.

Previously, when the China-Japan Go Challenge was held in Shanghai and the big screen was being explained at the Yangtze River Theater, there were more than a thousand spectators watching the game. There were even more people who showed up, and many more people didn't have a chance to watch and could only wait for several hours outside the venue. It can be said that it was an unprecedented event.

Even after Fang Yuan came out after the game, he was surrounded by a group of chess fans, and there were flowers and applause.

It cannot be said that all these people are chess fans. In fact, most of them took to the streets out of simple patriotism.

But these people and their children may choose to play Go in the future.

This is the impact that Go hot spots can bring. You must first let others know you before others will choose you in the future.

This is the importance of a sport going viral.

However, Go should be put at the back of the circle. Its popularity is still essentially low after two times of going viral. Previously, there was a fierce battle between fans and haters on the Go blog. Lao Ke had only eight or nine fans, and even his haters were less than thirty people. The fans of the national table tennis players next door cursed at each other, and one comment could get thousands of likes.

Not to mention the Yosi incident in the football circle before, Luo Jingjing finally had a game with a favorable situation, it was simply amazing.

Even so, some people say that Go has influenced the public opinion environment in the sports circle. I can only say that everyone has some idea of ​​the influence of Go.

But this time was different. In this era, in this special environment and in this special game, Go was elevated to an unimaginable position. Even the old man repairing shoes on the street knew that Chinese Go had defeated Japan.

As the greatest contributor so far, Fang Yuan was naturally praised to an unprecedented height. He truly enjoyed the experience of being a national hero and really felt like he was thrown into the sky and couldn't get down.

Even many old leaders and comrades organized small meetings to express their concern for the chess players, based on encouragement and motivation.

Even Dean Chen Long, who had quit drinking due to illness, ignored his own health and drank to his heart's content.

Dean Chen Long has always been a relatively reserved person. Even his colleagues who have worked with him for many years rarely see him so excited.

Chen Long is naturally very excited now. He originally thought that if he could force Kenichi Mitsuba out, the Chinese team would have passed.

If we can defeat the opponent, it will be an unprecedented victory.

In fact, I didn't have any expectations of defeating the Japanese team from the beginning to the end.

As a result, now the Chinese team has forced out the opponent's top-notch players with only one player down.

Not to mention, this person is Fang Yuan, who everyone felt was in poor condition and even had no hope before the game.

Even when Fang Yuan volunteered to play as a striker, Chen Long felt that with his current condition, winning two games was already a perfect answer.

Unexpectedly, Fang Yuan directly stabbed the opponent's main force with one stick, and he hasn't stopped yet, and he might even continue to stab.

As long as Fang Yuan can defeat Sanye Kenichi, if the Chinese team continues to play in rotation like this, it may not even be the turn of main player Zhan Lang to play.

Even if he could play, the most he could do was to clean up the mess left by his senior Fujii Hideaki.

Can’t fail, really can’t fail!
For the first time, Chen Long felt that he was so close to winning the game, and he might even be able to touch it if he just stretched out his hand!

The turning point in Chinese and Japanese Go has really arrived!
After the sixth match in Japan on March 10th, the seventh match of the China-Japan competition will be held the next day.

Japan's top-notch player, Kenichi Mitsuba, is finally going to make his debut.

At this time, Fang Yuan had just won another game in Japan and arrived at the stadium early. He sat cross-legged on a chair and fanned himself with a fan.

Unlike his previous slumps, Fang Yuan, who has been on a winning streak, now feels that his condition has never been so good. Once he wins a match, Fang Yuan feels as if he can never lose.

Kenichi Mitsuba, even though I couldn't even lift my head up in the previous fight, I will definitely win this time!
With five consecutive wins, Fang Yuan can be said to be full of confidence.

What is superb? Nothing can stand in the way of my current self.

Looking at Fang Yuan who was fanning himself leisurely, Zhan Lang could not help but remind him: "Don't get too carried away." To be honest, Fang Yuan's current performance is indeed very impressive, but he is afraid that he will get too carried away and unable to come down.

Fang Yuan opened his eyes slightly after hearing this: "Don't worry, how could I underestimate the enemy.

I still remember clearly what that guy Sanye said to me before, and I will return it all to him today.

In order to win today, I will not slack off at all."

If Fang Yuan had said this before the first game, he would have been laughed at by Japanese reporters. After all, you are a defeated general who is being ridiculed, and yet you are still dreaming here.

But now the "foolish man" has become a "god", and the dream has also become reality.

Fang Yuan was praised to the sky by public opinion in both China and Japan. It even felt like he was floating in the sky when he walked.

Fang Yuan sounded as if he was saying nothing, but in fact, he already had a feeling of being high up in the clouds and fog. However, the more blindly optimistic one is, the more likely it is to breed the seeds of failure.

Zhan Lang inexplicably felt that today's game was not very optimistic.

But it was different from the previous deserted game room. Because of Fang Yuan’s winning streak, even Japan’s top players came to watch the game.

Many Japanese journalists and important figures in the chess world gathered in the game room. Although some of them had been there yesterday, they still wanted to see what kind of magic this guy in front of them could have.

He was able to kill five Japanese generals in a row, which directly changed the public opinion of the entire competition.

Looking at Fang Yuan who was sitting in his seat, the top Japanese player Takemiya Shohei who came to watch the game laughed and teased: "Mr. Fang is making rapid progress. I hope you can do your best today."

Compared to the Japanese top-notch player who didn't appear, Toya Masao, who was participating in the battle next to him, immediately said, "Don't cheer for him. If he cheers again, it will be my turn to appear."

As the deputy general of the Japanese team, Masao Toya will become the last line of defense of the Japanese team if Kenichi Mitsuba fails again today.

After all, it is impossible to think about old man Fujii Hideaki, who will end up fighting against an entire country alone.

No one would think of such unrealistic things.

"Sanye Jiudan is here."

Following the voice coming from the crowd, Kenichi Mitsuba slowly walked in from the door.

Seeing Sanye Kenichi walking in, Zhan Lang stood up and looked at him.

Although his opponent came on the field today under great pressure, any Go player would know how powerful this guy is.

Because Kenichi Mitsuha has maintained a perfect record against Chinese chess players so far, many Chinese chess players can't help but feel a sense of awe towards him.

The 33-year-old Kenichi Mitsuba is at the peak of his career as a professional chess player in this era. He became the last disciple of Kyudan Kitani at the age of 13, turned professional at the age of 15, and became a Kyudan at the age of 27. He even won seven games in a row during the Chinese visit to Japan some time ago. All the powerful Chinese chess players were defeated by him.

Except for the three-quarters victory over Wu Yuanmin, all other victories were in the middle game. To this day, the Chinese chess players who participated in that visit are still frightened of him.

It’s just that the opponent’s performance in Japan this year is not very good, and he doesn’t even have a title.

Looking at Kenichi Mitsuba who came in, Fang Yuan, who was sitting on the seat, did not stand up.

The more critical the moment, the more you have to overwhelm your opponent with your momentum and make him feel that you don't take him seriously at all.

When Sanye Kenichi walked in, he looked at Fang Yuan, who was sitting motionless and just fanning himself, and felt that he couldn't understand it no matter what he did.

Fang Yuan, who was previously defeated by him, made such rapid progress in just one year?

After all, even if he defeated five Japanese players in a row, Kenichi Mitsuba would not dare to say that he was 100% sure of doing it.

Thinking of this, looking at Fang Yuan who was standing motionless in front of the chess table, Sanye Kenichi couldn't help but feel that the other party's image was surprisingly tall and tough, and he even completely put away the idea of ​​looking down on him.

"Let's play a good game today."

"That is my wish."

After 140 moves, Fang Yuan, playing with black pieces, was already behind on the board and had no desire to fight any longer, so he had to surrender.

Looking at Fang Yuan who was easily defeated by him, Sanye Kenichi couldn't help but curl his lips.

That's it?

I got so excited for nothing.

This game was originally played at Japan's home court. After the victory, the Japanese chess players who were watching the game immediately rushed into the arena frantically and expressed their warm congratulations to Sanye Jun who stopped Fang Yuan from winning streak.

This victory seemed to be a highly effective shot of adrenaline for the dying Japanese team. The Japanese side seemed to have regained their confidence, and the fire of revenge was ignited all at once.

But no matter what, China feels that the number of remaining chess players compared to Japan is six to three, and the advantage is on our side!

But no one expected that Japan's top-notch counterattack had begun.

The eighth game returned to the Chinese team's home court. After winning another game, Kenichi Sanye was invited to meet Chinese chess fans as the winner.

At the scene, Mitsuha Kenichi said decisively: "Japanese Go has a tradition. We cannot lose this game. I will fight to the end!"

Although many people thought that Kenichi Mitsuba was talking nonsense, what no one expected was that he did it.

Compared with China's five consecutive victories, Kenichi Mitsuba responded by giving the Chinese team a six-game winning streak.

Japan's top-notch players single-handedly reversed the situation and tied the score to seven to five, reaching the Chinese team's head coach Zhan Lang.

Sometimes, heaven and hell seem to be only a thought away.

The Chinese team is in danger...

(End of this chapter)