After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

"Fujii Hideaki 9th Dan, if the Kansai Ki-in wins this time, I'm afraid you will be the biggest contributor.

To be honest, don't so many newspapers in Japan want you to contribute articles? Write a few more articles and praise the Chinese players. This will give you a taste of the style of our great Japanese Go.

Hahahahaha! "

Outside the laboratory before the game, Fujii Hideaki couldn't help rolling his eyes when he heard the organizer Taguchi Kiyotaka teasing him.

The other party's words were simply jumping in his face! Fujii Hideaki felt a little speechless. As an important organizer of this competition, he actually believed in such a mess!

If you have time, you should think about how to adjust the players' status! So that they can play better! Instead of making fun of yourself in front of a retired person!
Fujii Hideaki didn't know where the news came from or from some gossip magazine. Fujii Hideaki didn't even realize when it happened, but he was suddenly hailed as a gambling monster by a bunch of Japanese chess fans.

But everyone thinks that this nickname is very suitable for Fujii Hideaki, 9th dan, for two reasons.

One reason is that everyone knows that Fujii Hideaki himself likes gambling very much, and he often loses money and owes a lot of debts, and is even forced to pay back debts by various gangs.

There are even rumors that when Fujii Hideaki was competing in the Go Saint Tournament, a group of gangsters were waiting outside for him to come out to pay off his gambling debts.

If he won, the prize money of the Chess Saint Tournament would be taken away on the spot to pay off his debts. If he lost, he would be thrown directly into the Tokyo Bay pond.

The news was spread in a very detailed manner, with some people even saying that they saw a number of bald men in black suits standing outside the competition venue at the time.

It was precisely because of the huge pressure from outside that Fujii Hideaki was able to repeatedly counterattack and create myths in desperate situations on the chessboard in the Go Saint Tournament and regain the title of Go Saint.

After all, the situation outside is even more desperate.

If we lose, the outcome will be even worse!
To be honest, Fujii Hideaki said that although the incident did happen, the bonus was only transferred to the bank card later and people could not take it away on the spot.

Another thing is that people would not throw themselves into Tokyo Bay and drown just because they lose.

Fujii Hideaki felt that he was very familiar with the debt collection gangs near Tokyo, and considering his status and position, it would not be a problem to get a delay.

After all, their ultimate goal is to collect debts and prevent things from becoming bad debts.

I am about to die, and no one will pay this debt.

Fujii Hideaki still felt that he had a good reputation among the Japanese mafia, after all, they had been in contact with them for so many years.

The second point is that when Fujii Hideaki was interviewed by the news media during the first and second China-Japan competitions, he had nothing to do so he liked to make predictions.

After all, I'm old and I just like to brag.

After all, no matter where you are in BJ, as long as you get in a taxi, an older uncle will definitely chat with you all the way.

There's nothing wrong with liking to brag, that's how most people are.

But the result was that all the predictions made by Fujii Hideaki happened to be the opposite of what he predicted.

Once or twice is fine, but if it happens too often...

Not to mention the first China-Japan competition, I have already lost my temper countless times.

At the second session, Fujii Hideaki said that Japan's new players are very strong and Chinese female chess players have almost no chance of winning.

Then, Morita 2nd Dan, who was the hope of the entire Japanese village to get on stage, lost without any resistance at all, without even causing any ripples.

No Polish at all!

When China's rising star Lu Hao took the stage, Fujii Hideaki also said that he had paid special attention to China's younger generation when he visited China.

As the eldest disciple of Zhan Lang Ninth Stage, Lu Hao is very powerful and has a moderate and peaceful style. He might be able to create surprises for everyone in this competition.

Then...Ritian also suffered a crushing defeat, with no chance at all in the entire game.

When Kobayashi, 8th Dan, came on stage, Fujii Hideaki said that Kobayashi, 8th Dan, has been in average form recently, and has basically lost all the title matches. He doesn't have any expectations for him, and it would be good enough if he could win one game.

As a result, Kobayashi, 8th Dan, won five consecutive games in the challenge match and became the hero of the second Japanese Go challenge match.

Once it was a coincidence, and every time it was like this, everyone had to suspect that Fujii Hideaki had some kind of metaphysics. No one knew where this news came from, but it spread very quickly. It seemed that overnight, Fujii Hideaki was affectionately called a gambling monster by a bunch of chess fans.

In other words, there is no such term as poisonous milk now, otherwise Fujii Hideaki would definitely be called the King of Poisonous Milk.

Fujii Hideaki felt very wronged when he heard this title. He was just making an analysis based on the actual situation, and the result just had a slight deviation.

It has nothing to do with anything else. Everyone should believe in science!

However, it seemed as if the other party, Kiyotaka Taguchi's teasing, believed in something strange.

It’s a pity that the other party is a highly educated person.

"Lin Jiudan's strength is average. It will be difficult for him to defeat Fang Yuan, who is very strong in both momentum and technique."

Fujii Hideaki is still very sure of his judgment. Fang Yuan is now considered by many Japanese Go media to be a strong contender for the strongest ninth dan position under the top-notch level.

However, although Lin Hongshu is one of the few outstanding chess players in Kansai, and his strength has reached the standard ninth dan, not the kind of ninth dan that is achieved by hard work, there is still a big gap in strength between him and Fang Yuan.

Fujii Hideaki couldn't believe that he could make a wrong prediction today.

Taguchi Kiyotaka glanced at Fujii Hideaki who didn't believe in evil and silently made the sign of the cross on his chest.

Although it is now a scientific age, religion still has a strong influence on most countries in the world. The influence of religion in Japan and South Korea is also very strong, and many people believe in things related to metaphysics.

Kiyotaka Taguchi seems to be one of them. He always feels that Fujii Hideaki has some supernatural powers.

Previously, Kiyotaka Taguchi even hoped that Fujii Hideaki would write more articles praising China, but Fujii Hideaki verbally refused.

But unexpectedly, Fujii Hideaki actually wrote it this time!
It's stable! It's all stable!
However, those who believe in metaphysics are a minority after all. Most people call Fujii Hideaki a gambling monster more of a joking term.

Just like Lin Hongshu who participated in the competition from Kansai Chess Institute this time, he did not have much confidence in himself.

It's not that there is no hope of winning, there is hope, but it's very small.

The difference in strength between the nine dans is actually not that big, but sometimes a slight difference can lead to a huge mistake.

It's very difficult to win this game!

"I thought we were going to meet the guys in front, but I didn't expect Kobayashi 8th Dan to perform so well. He just poked us in the back."

Lin Hongshu couldn't help but sigh. When facing other Chinese chess players, including some ninth-dan players, Lin Hongshu didn't feel weak at all.

But Fang Yuan and Zhan Lang are more troublesome.

Lin Heye, a relative who accompanied the team to compete, did not have too many concerns: "But it's not a big problem. We have five people on the Japanese team, including you. It's hard to lose this game again."

This is also the current view of many Japanese chess fans.

How can we lose now?
Can't fail!

When Lin Hongshu heard this, he shook his head. What he was worried about was not the outcome of the Japanese team, but the reputation of the Kansai Chess Institute.

If we lose and don't win a single game, but if Japan wins, Kansai will have made no contribution at all in this game.

In the future, the Japan Shogi Association can even openly kick Kansai out of this competition and say that you are useless and your strength is too poor, so they will not allow you to participate.

This is very different from not participating in the first place.

There is no way to just sit next to each other and laugh at each other like in the first session.

Because once you smile, people can directly say, although we lost, you are not even qualified to participate in the competition!
This kind of thing will directly and seriously damage the prestige of the Kansai Chess Institute, and future confrontations will become more difficult.

"Alas... Let's do our best and leave the rest to fate!"

(End of this chapter)