After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

"I lost……"

Ninth Dan Taiya Masao couldn't help shaking his head as he looked at the chess game in front of him. He was now completely desperate and there was no need to play any further.

According to conservative estimates, he was at least seventy points behind Zhan Lang.

What concept?
The idea is that half of the chessboard above has been eaten by that bastard Zhan Lang!
In the desperate situation, Toya Masao made a desperate attempt to die in the lower left corner, but Zhan Lang didn't give him any face at all. You dare to take the lower left corner? I will accept it with a smile.

After all, as mentioned before, a huge chain of disasters has been formed on both sides, and Zhan Lang must get one of the lower left and upper right. Since Toya Masao chose the lower left, then the big dragon on the upper right, no, the two big dragons on the top will be directly killed by Zhan Lang.

Zhan Lang only made a slight move, and the two big dragons in the entire upper area were all killed. In this situation, Toya Masao, the 9th dan, had no way to hold on any longer.

It is possible to end it, but if it continues like this, no one can accept it.

No shame!
If half of the chessboard is destroyed, no one can stand it.

To put it bluntly, by the endgame stage, the advantage of one close point is already huge, let alone seventy points, which is already garbage time that cannot be more garbage.

After resigning himself to defeat, 9th Dan Toya Masao leaned weakly on the chair. He seemed to understand the expressions of his brothers on the opposite side when he slayed the dragon before.

It feels great to slay a dragon, but the person being slain is not so happy.

As a natural killer, I was beaten dizzy by the little guy Zhan Lang twice. It's really sad.

Is it because I have killed too many dragons in recent years, and now God has sent a guy down to punish me?

You could send a Japanese or a foreigner. If they keep killing people like this, how can you still call yourself the killer?

Thinking of this, Toya Masao, 9th Dan, stroked his forehead. In this state, how could he win the China-Japan Go Tournament in the future?

Ninth Dan Toya Masao didn't care too much about Fang Yuan. After all, Zhan Lang was the mountain that he hadn't been able to overcome in the two tournaments.

Moreover, I failed to get over it twice. If I can’t get over it this time, I will have to try for the third time.

No matter what, three times the limit, we must win the battle!
9th Dan Toya Masao could only cheer himself up in his heart. No matter what, it should be time to release the guaranteed bonus, right?
"Concession."

Zhan Lang looked at the 9th Dan Toya Masao who admitted defeat and nodded. This game could be said to be quite enjoyable.

Starting from the rice knife at the beginning, Toya Masao, the ninth dan, chose the simplest way to deal with the complicated flying knife, but he still tried to go a little too far and improve his efficiency afterwards, but instead revealed a flaw and was directly killed by himself.

Although Toya Masao fought hard later, the situation was always under the control of Zhan Lang.

In a sense, Toya Masao's counterattack after reaching the ninth dan position was also quite strong. If it was replaced by someone with weaker power, there might really be problems, but this kind of force was just right for Zhan Lang to warm up.

After such an intense round of 16 match, Zhan Lang felt that he was gradually getting into the game.

Well, let the storm come even harder!

"Let's replay it."

Ninth Dan Taiya Masao couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. Although he knew roughly where his problem was, he still decided to talk about it.

Moreover, reviewing the game is also a good opportunity to understand the other party's thinking, especially since Zhan Lang knows a little Japanese, so everyone can communicate a little.

For example, what exactly does Zhan Lang think about this and what his ideas are. If you want to defeat your opponent, it is always good to know more about it.

Zhan Lang and his team finished relatively early, because although Toya Masao, the 9th Dan, took a long time, he even entered the countdown early.

However, the time spent on the battle wave was relatively short, and only about half of the three-hour retention time was used, so the time taken by both sides combined was still relatively short.

However, the time taken by Zhan Lang is relatively long to some extent.

Later, in some chess players' games with a time limit of two hours, their opponents had used up all the time and were penalized, but he only took half an hour. This is really fast.

Don’t worry about whether you can win or not, just decide how fast it will be.

When reviewing the game, 9th Dan Toya Masao also wanted to ask if there was any good way to contact Zhan Lang in the upper left corner.

Zhan Lang couldn't help but shook his head and gave some of his own ideas. Although the battle line was lengthened, there was no major change to the situation.

But there was nothing he could do. Tatsuya Masao had been beaten so badly by him before, and now he was already in a desperate situation. It would be good enough for him to escape from the Wujiang River. How could he still think of counterattacking?

After Zhan Lang chatted with Toya Masao for a few more words, he got up and left. Several games had already ended, but several were still in progress.

The chess player from the Kansai Chess Institute that Fang Yuan drew ended the game early with his strength.

South Korea's Xu Zhixi was lucky enough to be directly drawn as a Go player from Europe.

To be honest, the opponents of the players from other countries in the world except China, Japan and South Korea in the world championships can no longer be described as recommended, they are just going through the motions.

Or to some extent, whoever plays against them is just playing as a guide.

After all, according to their level, most of them can't even reach the professional level, and even some of them who barely have a professional rank are all water professions.

Even if Eagles had been drawn in the past two years, they could have avoided being eliminated in the first round of the World Series.

It’s not possible now. Without training for a long time, Yingzi’s level is probably comparable to these people. If they really meet, he might break the lower limit record of the World Series.

There is no way. The popularity of Go in the world is still very low even after decades, and there are very few enthusiasts. Not to mention making a living as a professional, most countries do not have the conditions for this.

Even before hosting the Asian Games Go competition, China still needs to hold some other competitions to help players from other countries score points to qualify for the competition.

In fact, even chess, which is the most popular game in Europe and the United States, still has a very low popularity rate in the world. The reason for its second spring is that people were bored at home wearing masks and discovered this game, and it became popular on the Internet with live broadcasts.

But because there was no big explosion, it soon disappeared.

Even if a Chinese won the first world chess championship, not many people cared, even though the prize money was higher than that of all the world Go championships.

Most people don’t even know that this year a talented young Indian will challenge China for the position of world chess champion.

After all, compared with most sports, chess is neither intuitive enough nor as intense as other sports, so it is difficult for most people to like it.

After all, everyone still prefers something that can directly stimulate their hormones.

In a sense, the format of Saudi e-sports competitions may inspire players and spectators.

Whether it's the strong severely humiliating the weak or the weak turning the tables and slapping the strong, this is the plot that the audience is happy to see.

Just like in his pre-match speech, instead of Lao Ke saying "this is the opponent I take more seriously", everyone would rather see him say things like "blood splatters five steps away" and "only 50% of a 100% chance".

After all, whether he succeeds in showing off his power or fails and everyone gets slapped in the face, everyone is happy to see it.

The audience wins twice, so why not?

However, this form is probably a bit shocking for Go, and Zhan Lang didn't even dare to put forward such an opinion.

When he has accumulated enough capital to organize his own competition, Zhan Lang might come up with something according to his own ideas.

After Zhan Lang patrolled the field, he felt that there was nothing to see.

Although the popularity of Japanese Go in China has begun to reverse slowly, people no longer think that Japanese Go is out of reach.

Even after three rounds of competition, many people in China believe that Chinese Go is at least on the same level as Japanese Go, and we even have the world's number one! Japanese Go is no longer as good as Chinese Go.

But in fact, China's overall strength is indeed very weak compared to Japan.

It can be clearly seen in this world competition that, except for the two Japanese players who were eliminated by himself and Fang Yuan, the other five Japanese players have basically all advanced based on the current situation.

Given the strength of several Korean players, if they don't meet players from Kansai Chess Institute, they will most likely be eliminated directly.

However, in addition to Cao Xu, another Korean player who came to participate in the competition but was not known to Zhan Lang was also easily eliminated when he met Guan Xi.

All we can say is that things are not so convenient in South Korea right now, as it may not be able to gather all the players who can participate in the world championships.

The Chinese side was not much better. Wu Yuanmin, the 9th dan, met Lin Xiaofeng, who was from China and was living in Japan, and had almost no room for resistance.

Even though they are both ninth dan, there are differences in strength, and some of the differences are quite large.

Not to mention Japan, who was restricted in the face of the top-notch opponents, and was clearly at a considerable disadvantage, but he didn't even put up a fierce resistance.

Zhan Lang felt that the massage that Toya Masao gave him at least made him feel better after the pain. But when it came to the top-notch opponent he was facing, even the massage he received from Ritian was complained about by the other party.

Didn't you eat? That's all you have? Scalp massage?!
Zhan Lang had already seen Zhao Chikun on the opposite side yawn and glance at his watch, waiting for his opponent to surrender.

Five of the seven Japanese players who participated in the competition advanced to the quarterfinals, and even after the quarterfinals, they will have to occupy three of the top four. This is the current strength of Japan.

So terrifying.

Zhan Lang picked up a bottle of mineral water and started drinking it. Xu Zhixi watched Zhan Lang go out and followed him out.

I originally wanted to chat with Zhan Lang about something, but due to the language barrier, the two of us could only stare at each other.

There was no way around it. Xu Zhixi, the ninth dan, could only speak Korean, and neither Japanese nor Chinese. When fighting with their team's top coach Lao Cao, they had to use Japanese as a medium to communicate.

Xu Zhixi could only helplessly wait for Cao Mingxun to come out and interpret for him. When he went to see just now, Cao was almost dead.

But it is obvious that Lao Cao does not intend to come out until he has laid down everything he has. He must try to see if he can squeeze something out of his opponent.

He believed that his opponent would always have some problems, and once a problem occurred, that would be his time to win.

But what was a pity was that he was not facing an old man, but Wu Gong Zhengping who was slightly younger than him. No matter how hard he tried, it would not be of much use.

However, Wu Gong was still frowning, not because the situation was bad, nor because he was not used to Cao Mingxun's chaotic fighting style on the chessboard.

It was because Cao Mingxun took off his shoes and sat cross-legged on the chair halfway down.

Although Takemiya Masahira smelled a strange smell, he didn't know what to say.

After all, when competing in Japan, people often take off their shoes and sit cross-legged, which is a very normal thing.

Especially since Cho Myung-hoon was originally a Korean player who studied in Japan, it is normal for him to have some Japanese competition habits.

Wu Gong didn't feel that there was anything wrong with the other party's behavior. He even felt that it was very normal. He just felt that the other party should wash his feet properly.

Damn! This smell is so strong! Takemiya Masahiro even felt a little nauseous.

As a result, Wu Gong had some minor problems in his calculations under the influence of this smell, and Cao Mingxun even took advantage of him. Cao Mingxun seemed to feel that some of his intentions had been successful, but he felt that this level was not enough.

So he went a step further and took off his socks and placed them directly on the table.

Originally, they were still at a distance on the opposite side, and although there was a faint smell coming over, Takemiya Masahira could still barely accept it.

Now Cao Mingxun directly put his smelly socks on the table. The strong smell made Wu Gong Zhengping even feel unable to open his eyes in an instant.

The sour smell made it impossible for Takemiya Masahira to move his head closer to look at the chessboard. Otherwise, he really felt that he would vomit if he smelled the smell up close.

nausea!

It's disgusting!
Although he felt disgusted by his opponent's behavior, Takemiya Masahiro was too lazy to say anything.

Because in his opinion, he was basically going to win, the situation was set, and Cao Mingxun was surrounding him. The error of the entire chessboard was more than fifteen points, and there was no point in continuing.

What follows is garbage time. Normally in this situation, the opponent will surrender after a little more effort.

It won't be long before Cao Mingxun surrenders. Just be patient and it will be over soon.

Isn't it just a little smelly? Just bear with it!
But to Takemiya Masahira's surprise, the situation on the chessboard was such that anyone could see that the game had entered garbage time.

There was no point in Cao Mingxun struggling any further, but Cao Mingxun showed no intention of surrendering, and he didn't even try to find a place to surrender. He was still making his moves step by step, as if silently waiting for an opportunity.

If you didn't know, you would think the situation was very tense and even that Cao Mingxun had a slight advantage.

But Cao Mingxun was not in a hurry to surrender. Wu Gong Zhengping really couldn't help it. After all, the smell was too strong. Wu Gong Zhengping was really choked by the smell and shed tears.

"Chief Referee, please ask my opponent to remove these socks! The smell is really affecting my game!"

Hearing Wu Gong Zhengping's voice, which sounded a bit furious, Cao Mingxun showed a surprised expression.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this sock being placed here?"

Looking at Cao Mingxun's innocent expression, Wu Gong Zhengping felt that the veins on his head were about to stand up.

No?

How dare you ask me why I moved my socks? The smell is so strong? You can't stand it! I can't stand it?!
“It smells too bad!”

"Really? All right then? I don't think I smell anything."

When Cao Mingxun heard this, he didn't say much. He took the socks in his hand and smelled them a little, indicating that there seemed to be nothing wrong with his socks.

However, Cao Mingxun did not argue with Takemiya Masahei. After all, the referee had come to remind him, and this was in Japan, so he still had to restrain himself.

Cho Myung-hoon, who was being complained about, threw the socks in his hand directly onto the ground near Takemiya Masahiro.

If you don't put it on the table, I can just throw it on the floor.

Seeing the socks thrown directly next to his feet, Takemiya Masahiro really wanted to ask, did you do it on purpose or was it an accident?
I'm afraid he did it carelessly on purpose!
Takemiya Masahira was certain that this guy Cao Mingxun did it 100% on purpose!

There is absolutely no possibility that it was not intentional!
He actually did these disgusting things to me during the competition!

To be honest, the Japanese side usually use some unconventional tactics when competing, but these are things that everyone has become accustomed to.

For example, when Lin Xiaofeng was competing, he would often play with his fan so loudly that many people wanted to throw the fan away.

Smokers are not very friendly to non-smokers. Some people even deliberately turn on the air conditioner at a very low temperature. The two sides quarreled over whether to turn on the air conditioner or at what temperature.

However, it was the first time that Masahira Takemiya had seen a biological weapon attack!

This is really disgusting!

After experiencing this incident, Wu Gong Zhengping felt that he would not be able to eat dinner at night! Now he felt that there was a taste of glutinous lemon tea in his mouth!
too disgusting!

Takemiya Masahei looked at the socks thrown at his feet, kicked them aside with his shoes.

After all, when Cao Mingxun threw it at his feet, he could still smell it, so the farther he kicked it, the better.

Looking at the socks that were kicked away, Cao Mingxun didn't care much. After all, this was within his expectations.

So Cao Mingxun silently took his feet off the chair where he was sitting cross-legged, and then stretched them towards the other person under the table.

The feet, which had been covered under the legs for five or six hours and fully fermented, were suddenly released to come into contact with the air.

The smell that emanated at that moment made Takemiya Masahiro suddenly feel nauseous and he almost vomited.

Seeing Cao Mingxun's attitude as if nothing had happened, Wu Gong Zhengping now wanted to pull up the chessboard and hit Cao Mingxun hard on the head.

An outside trick, right?
The outcome of a chess game isn’t on the chessboard, right?

Have you ever heard the story of the Chinese chess master?
However, Takemiya Masahira still endured it. After all, Cao Mingxun did not violate the rules in a sense.

You can't just chop off someone's feet, can you?

The rules do not require that players cannot place socks on the table, nor do they prohibit players from going barefoot.

Despite the disgusting smell, Takemiya Masahiro got excited and said, "You won't admit defeat, right?"

If you don't admit defeat, I will kill you even more miserably!
Seeing Wu Gong Zhengping who was excited, Cao Mingxun couldn't help but nodded.

That's right, that's it!
If I don't get carried away by your huge advantage, I won't have any chance of winning.

Only if you are like this now, I can have a chance of winning!
Unfortunately, Cao Mingxun did not get the result he wanted in the end.

The difference in strength plus the previous advantage made it possible for even though Takemiya Masahira lost his temper in the end, he was still able to defeat Cao Mingxun.

At the end of the game, Cao Mingxun was even nearly thirty points behind Wu Gong Zhengping, but Cao Mingxun still patiently completed all the official pieces.

Cao Mingxun ended the game only after Wu Gong Zhengping collected all the official pieces and called the referee to decide the winner.

After confirming the result of the match, Wu Gong Zhengping suppressed his physical and psychological nausea and said to Cao Mingxun: "You really lost all your master's people!"

Although Cho Myung-hoon is Korean, he had been studying in Japan as a Go player, and his master was also a Japanese Go master.

To some extent, Cao Mingxun and Takemiya Masahira, a group of top-notch Japanese masters, are of the same generation. If they really take action, Takemiya Masahira will have to call Cao Mingxun his uncle.

But Takemiya Masahira had no intention of shouting at all now, he just felt very disgusted.

How could Japanese Go produce such a scum? ! He really brought shame to the Japanese Go community!
When Cao Mingxun heard this, he didn't say much, but just shook his head.

This is a world competition, and Cao Mingxun feels that no matter what, he must give his utmost effort. Even if he cannot win the world championship, he must get the best result.

Xu Zhixi is basically guaranteed to advance against European and American players. If he can also advance to the quarterfinals, then there will be two Korean players in the quarterfinals.

The Korean Go community at this time is actually very similar to that of China a few years ago. No one thinks that Korean Go can be compared with that of Japan or China.

Cho Myung-hoon also urgently needs to win internationally to prove the competitiveness of Korean Go and boost morale in South Korea.

It would be best if he could achieve great success in one fell swoop like Zhan Lang did, and trigger a Go craze in South Korea.

In this way, Korean Go will have a chance to compete with China and Japan.

Otherwise, it would be really difficult.

However, Cao Mingxun does not have any stage for the Japan-Korea Go Challenge. The biggest stage is this world championship.

If I can win the world championship, I will definitely be able to mobilize the enthusiasm of the entire South Korea!

So no matter what, no matter how many people look down on him, Cao Mingxun feels that he must win the world championship!
As long as he gets it, Cao Mingxun doesn't care even if there are some flaws in the process.

He believes that people in the future will only remember that he won the championship, and will not remember the twists and turns that went into winning it.

The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. It is just that simple.

However, Cao Mingxun did not actually have high hopes for himself. He just hoped that he could blaze a good trail first, make South Korea pay more attention to Go, obtain resources, and then it would depend on his apprentice.

Cao Mingxun can already clearly feel the powerful impact of his apprentice. He believes that in a few years, his apprentice will be able to give the world a little Korean shock.

And I am just paving the way for his sudden appearance in advance!
"What a pity, it's still a one-round tour."

Cao Mingxun couldn't help but shook his head. In fact, he felt that he was not much different from the top-notch players in Japan. In fact, his chaotic style of play could even have some restraining effect on these conservatives in Japan.

But unfortunately, in the first round, he met Masahira Takemiya, one of the most powerful players in Japan. It can only be said that he was unlucky.

With Cho Myung-hoon ending the game after dragging it to the last minute, the first round of the Fujitsu Cup's round of 16 matches came to an end, and the top eight teams all emerged.

Zhan Lang and Fang Yuan from China, Xu Zhixi from South Korea, Takemiya Shohei, Mitsuha Kenichi, Lin Xiaofeng, Zhao Chikun from Japan and Lin Hongshu from Kansai together formed the top eight lineup of the first world championship.

In a sense, this is indeed the top force in the Go world today.

The lots are re-drawn for each round of the world championships. After the draw, Zhan Lang found that he was facing Zhao Chikun, a top-notch Korean player living in Japan, and also a top-notch player whom he had never met in the China-Japan Go Challenge.

Japan's six super warriors have already faced four on the ring, leaving only two foreigners who have not been seen.

Because Lin Xiaofeng is from Taiwan, China, he is often responsible for some reception work when Zhan Lang and his friends come to Japan.

So we all have contact with each other privately. Although we have never competed in a formal competition, we have played against each other several times in private.

However, Zhao Chikun, who is of Korean descent, had met Zhan Lang and the others before, but they were not too familiar with each other, and they had not even had a private conversation.

Fang Yuan, as a veteran of the Chinese team, has played against him before, but he still maintains the record of being defeated whenever he meets top-notch players in the past few years.

After drawing the lots, Zhao Chikun smiled and shook hands with Zhan Lang and took a photo together.

"I regret not being able to play in the China-Japan Go Tournament, but I finally have a chance this time."

"I am very happy too. I have always wanted to see the roots of Go."

PS: Don't say anything, I predict that Ichiriki will be the best tomorrow! I don't believe that Ichiriki can't win a single game! He is the Go Saint, Honinbo, Tengen, Agama Toyama, NHK, Imperial Police Toshie, Ichiriki!
Then for the other game, I feel that Xu Xian also has a chance to win, and both sides will enter a 1-1 match point!
The final will start in August, and after two games the remaining three will be played in October. I don’t understand why it is arranged like this... It is indeed a bit torturous, and there is a high possibility of a comeback from 2-0 down.

(End of this chapter)