After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

“If you ask me, there’s no need for Zhan Lang to go with us. I’m sure I can win both games this time!
Fighting against the waves is really a waste of budget. We might as well spend the money on a good meal when we come back to celebrate our victory."

Fang Yuan, who had just boarded the plane, looked at Zhan Lang sitting next to him, and said something confidently to Hao Qiang who was sitting in the front row, fanning himself with the fan in his hand.

It's enough for me to go to Japan to compete this time. Why do I have to go there to add an insurance policy for the possibility of failure of my theory? Why bother?
In the last competition in China, Fang Yuan lived up to expectations and defeated Kobayashi, 8th Dan, who had won five consecutive games, and stopped the Chinese team's losing streak.

And Fang Yuan's victory once again ignited the enthusiasm of many chess fans! Everyone hopes that Fang Yuan can play to his strength in the last session, and it would be best if he can win five consecutive games again.

No, expectations are more than that.

Chen Long, as the official spokesperson of Chinese Go, even said in an interview with the media that this time Japan's five consecutive victories belonged to Japan.

So we also hope that China can achieve a six-game winning streak and become China’s Kenichi Mitsuba.

The meaning of Chen Long's words was very clear. He hoped that Fang Yuan could win six games in a row, clear the arena at one time, and let Zhan Lang be the one holding the whip.

Because such words would be a slap in the face to Japan.

You always say you want to be the one holding the whip? You just need to sit on the stage and not come out.

It turns out that the person holding the whip is China, and China's head coach Zhan Lang is the military supervisor who does not need to appear on the scene.

You said that you didn't do it, but China did it.

This makes the Japanese people's own remarks contradict themselves, which makes people feel more comfortable.

Although Fang Yuan said it was difficult, his reason told him that this situation was unlikely to happen. It would be a miracle if he could achieve this.

But the emotional feelings in his heart made him even more excited, and he was looking forward to the interview that Dean Chen Long mentioned coming true.

However, Fang Yuan felt that he had at least started with three consecutive wins, especially the third game, Fang Yuan felt that he must win.

Because Fang Yuan’s opponent in the third game is Kenichi Mitsuba, who defeated him in the previous game and ended his winning streak!

In the last session, Fang Yuan was at his most powerful, but was easily defeated by the opponent, which even made Fang Yuan doubt himself for a while.

I even had the thought that Japan's top-notch team is really invincible?

It was not until Zhan Lang won three consecutive games and cleared the table with one shot from the top-notch Japanese players that Fang Yuan felt that the top-notch Japanese players seemed to be in the same situation and that he should be able to win.

But ideas are ideas, and reality is reality.

Fang Yuan felt that only by truly defeating the opponent could he break the demon in his heart!

Therefore, this trip to Japan is also a competition for Fang Yuan to defeat himself.

As for the opponent in the second game?

If Fang Yuan remembers correctly, it was Lin Hongshu, the 9th dan, who represented the Kansai Go Institute in this China-Japan Go Challenge Tournament.

To be honest, Fang Yuan didn't take the other person too seriously in his heart. Although it was a little difficult, it was not a big problem.

After all, my sights are always on the top-notch ones!

Now only the top-notch ones can be my opponents!
The other party is just a small obstacle you have to jump over on the road.

Therefore, Fang Yuan has always believed that there is no need to follow Zhan Lang on this trip to Japan, because this is the second game and there is no way he can lose.

The only thing he was worried about was whether he would win or lose the battle with Kenichi Mitsuba.

But this has nothing to do with Zhan Lang's appearance.

Looking at Fang Yuan who was full of confidence, Zhan Lang who was sitting next to him couldn't help but shook his head.

It is a good thing for Fang Yuan to be confident, but being too confident and looking down on the opponent can easily lead to being killed. For example, Lao Ke was once directly beaten by someone else, and he was even late before the game, not believing that his opponent could beat him.

Although he was indeed stronger than his opponent, and the difference in strength between the two sides could be seen at the beginning of the game, he underestimated his opponent and made a big mistake, and he never had a chance to turn things around.

Zhan Lang is now worried that Fang Yuan will repeat this tragedy.

After all, the gap in strength between Lin Hongshu and Fang Yuan is far less than the gap in strength between the two people at the beginning.

Not to mention the countless examples of people failing in Go, let alone a game between nine-dan players.

And the biggest problem is, if Wan Fangyuan fails in this round and I am not in Japan, the Chinese team will have no one for the next game. It can't be considered an automatic forfeit, right?
If there is no match, will the Japanese team automatically win?
So no matter what, China must consider the worst-case scenario and absolutely no unexpected situations can occur.

If this is considered a forfeit, no matter how many games the Chinese team can win in the future, it will be a highlight in the China-Japan Go Challenge.

That is extremely embarrassing.

Therefore, the official attitude is that no matter whether Zhan Lang can play or not, he must go on this trip.

It is absolutely not okay to underestimate the enemy!

This time, the Chinese team played on Japan Airlines' airline, which had Japanese newspapers on it.

As the former Chinese Go number one who has had long-term exchanges with Japan, Fang Yuan's Japanese is at least at an entry-level level, so he has no problem understanding the newspaper.

Looking at the big headline on the Go version of the Asahi Shimbun, Fang Yuan couldn't help but smile.

After all, in the last game against Fang Yuan, China and Japan had completely different attitudes.

The Chinese media's attitude is very conservative, because everyone has always believed that if Wu Jiudan won, the China-Japan score of 4 to 6 might still have a chance to turn around. After all, the current gap is not particularly large.

But now the score is 4 to 7, and the Chinese team has to rely on Fang Yuan and Zhan Lang to resist the fierce five-man Japanese team, which is really too difficult.

China's current media is still very conservative, after all, it has not yet gained a deep understanding of journalism.

Fangyuan’s victory made them feel that it was just a flash in the pan to some extent, and the Chinese side did not dare to open the champagne.

But Japan has always liked to exaggerate all kinds of atmospheres, whether it is in newspapers or news.

After Fang Yuan won the game, a wave of "The Wolf is Coming" immediately swept across Japanese newspapers.

The Asahi Shimbun even published a front-page headline titled "Is the Chinese team sounding the clarion call for a counterattack?"

He even personally invited the previous head coach, Fujii Hideaki, to write an article specifically describing Fang Yuan, with the title "Rivals of Japanese Go".

After all, Fang Yuan’s performance in the last session was indeed quite good. The five consecutive wins put a lot of pressure on the Japanese team at the beginning.

Even if Fangyuan is predicted to win three or four games in a row, it would not be too surprising.

Everyone likes to hear good words, let alone words of praise from your competitors.

Although Fang Yuan kept reminding himself not to be carried away, he couldn't help but feel a little dizzy when looking at the Japanese newspaper in front of him.

This time the advantage is mine!
Fang Yuan even made a joke on the plane, saying that the Japanese team had more people than us, 5 to 2.

But in the ring match, one man is able to stand against ten thousand men. As long as I win three games in a row, the advantage will be on our side immediately!
Anyway, the number is two to five!
The advantage is mine!

PS: I wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival! I wonder if you like sweet or salty rice dumplings, or Kung Pao Chicken with Red Bean Paste.

(End of this chapter)