After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

Because the closing ceremony was held in Japan, the loser, there was no cheerful atmosphere throughout the ceremony. The atmosphere was extremely solemn from the beginning to the end. The chairman of the Japan Chess Association who attended the banquet was criticized by several bigwigs who came to attend, but given his status, he could only nod and bow by the side, expressing that he had failed everyone's expectations.

In the end, even the routine speech session turned into a criticism meeting. After all, everyone had to vent their pent-up anger from the two failures somewhere.

Mr. An Yong was the first to speak on stage to express his dissatisfaction: "Japan calls itself the kingdom of Go, and believes that its 9-dan players are more than 20 times that of China, and that the gap between the two sides is as big as the difference between heaven and earth. It has repeatedly declared that it is natural for Japanese Go to defeat Chinese Go, and there is no surprise! From the first competition to the end of the first competition, and even after the failure of the first competition, when the second competition came, Japanese Go was promoted to everyone in this way!
But the final result is that the Chinese team has won two consecutive matches! Is this really an accident?! I think the reason is that the Chinese players have narrowed the gap between the two countries through continuous efforts and progress, but more importantly! The slackness and lack of effort of the Japanese players are the unshirkable reasons!
The arrogance of the Japanese Go Association officials has contributed to the continued spread of this trend and even became the biggest driving force behind Japan's failure!
I think Japanese Go must not lose again in the third Go Challenge! Is it true that Japanese Go cannot beat Chinese Go? Has Japanese Go been completely surpassed by China? If you have already admitted this, I have nothing to say! But I think no one here wants to admit this yet? !
The failure in the first session was explained as underestimation of the enemy, the failure in the second session was explained as insufficient preparation, so what excuses will be given for the third defeat?

Therefore, all the Japanese players who are participating in the third round of the competition, you must win even if you risk your life! Unless you are willing to call China the Kingdom of Go, then risk your life!"

Masao Toya was appointed as the head coach of the third tournament and had to give a speech on stage: "Mr. Yasunaga's words made me feel ashamed. I felt extremely ashamed for not winning two consecutive tournaments, but the chess institute finally chose me as the head coach of the third tournament. This made me feel pressured but also inspired me a lot!
But I believe that every Japanese player who participates in the competition is betting on his or her honor as a Go player and even his or her life! As the leader! I promise all players and Go fans here that we will go all out to win the third victory! Bring honor back to Japanese Go! "

When Takemiya Masahei heard this, he couldn't help but gasp and said to Zhan Lang beside him: "What Toya Masao said now carries a lot of weight. According to the old Bushido rules, if you say something like this but can't do it, you have to commit seppuku!"

Of course, even in the Showa era, seppuku is now outdated, but there is no need to just bow out and get away with it like in Reiwa for the time being. The cost of saying such things and not being able to fulfill them is still quite high.

As the main player of the second ring match, Katsuya Takenouchi naturally had to go on stage. Even if it was a public execution, he had to say a few words.

Katsuya Takenouchi did not pass on the blame, but instead put all the responsibility on himself: "All Japanese contestants tried their best in this competition! No one is wrong, the responsibility for this defeat is all on me! I didn't play the last game well! It led to the final defeat of the Japanese team.

I think if I have the opportunity to play against Mr. Zhan Lang again in the future, I must play at a level not lower than his! Here I would like to express my sincerest apologies to all chess players and chess fans who have paid attention to this competition, Red Bean Mud Smith Competition! "

"At the same time, I want to cheer for the Japanese team headed by Toya Kyudan in the third tournament. I hope they can win the third tournament!"

As Katsuya Takenouchi spoke, his voice became choked up, and it was even obvious that the forty-year-old Takenouchi was about to cry as he spoke on the stage.

The arrogant words he spoke at the opening ceremony many years ago have now become bullets hitting him between the eyebrows.

As the sponsor, President Sekimoto also went on stage to speak at the end. His face was not very good. The original purpose of holding this competition was to expand the Chinese market, and the market effect was indeed achieved, but the result was beyond everyone's expectations.

After all, as a Go enthusiast, Sekimoto had strong confidence in Japanese Go. He was even worried that the game would be one-sided, China would not be able to withstand the blow, and the publicity effect would be counterproductive.

But after these two years, I am the one who can't bear the blow.

I've never seen fortunes change like this, thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, and it's not even thirty years!

Guan Ben adjusted his mentality and took the microphone to speak: "When I first organized this competition, I was worried that it would be one-sided, resulting in a lack of attention to this competition. But after two competitions, the Chinese team's consecutive victories made me worry about our Japanese team. Just like a chess fan asked, can the Japanese team still win? Is it possible for the Japanese team to win the third competition? This is an unknown, but we will know the result soon!
Since the competition has received unexpectedly strong responses both in Japan and China, we deliberately put the closing ceremony of the second competition together with the opening ceremony of the third competition, which also shows our company's determination to continue holding this competition!"

The Japanese team couldn't win a single victory, and Sekimoto felt like he would never be able to close his eyes even after he died.

Not to mention that if the Japanese team fails to win and is always suppressed by China, and the China-Japan Go Tournament becomes a turning point in the Go of the two countries, then the symbolic significance of this game for the decline of Japanese Go will be terrible!

Seki had no intention or mental preparation to become a sinner in the history of Japanese Go.

Now he can only hope that the Japanese Go players can show some strength.

Hao Qiang also delivered a speech as a representative of the Chinese side. As a Chinese official, he naturally could not blame Japanese Go like the Japanese official before him. Instead, he had to appease the Japanese: "The China-Japan Go Challenge has set off a Go craze in China. The players from both sides of the two challenges all took the stage to face off against each other. It can be said that the two countries' Go players have met their match! The generals have met the talents! The game is exciting! I hope such games can continue!"

Although Hao Qiang spoke very softly, and even to some extent was trying to save the reputation of Japanese Go, there were still many Japanese Go players with fragile hearts who felt their defenses broken when they heard this.

What does it mean to meet a worthy opponent and a talented general?
It should have been a one-sided massacre on our part! How did it suddenly turn out like this?!

Isn't Chinese Go supposed to be a soft persimmon that we can step on without even being able to say anything?

But what Zhan Lang said after he took the stage as China's main general really broke everyone's defenses.

"Everyone, look at me! I have an announcement to make!"

"I! Am the world's number one Go player!"

PS: I really didn't expect Da Zhuang to lose four games in a row. Before the round-robin competition, everyone thought that it was a gift to her. Almost no one expected things to develop like this.

The ones who can really win the championship now should be Red Fish and Hammer Girl, but because Hammer Girl has defeated Red Fish, she has a greater chance of winning.

But none of this matters anymore, folks! All eyes are on the Lan Ke Cup and Ying Shi Cup! The World Series is coming! A World Series in every sense of the word!
(End of this chapter)