After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

Chapter 130 129. Talents from the Three Kingdoms Gather
"I was actually allowed to go abroad alone as a minor. I am really impressed!"

At the Japanese airport, Zhan Lang sat alone at the arrival point, waiting boredly for someone to pick him up.

In order to save some money, the Chinese Go national team refused to allow anyone to accompany them abroad and let them go out alone.

Am I not considered a minor when I am 1.85 meters tall, weigh 150 kilograms, and can do military boxing?

Don’t you need someone to take care of you?

I'm so angry, how can this world ever be better?

"Hello, are you Zhan Lang?"

After Zhan Lang bought a cup of coffee from a vending machine at the airport alone, someone suddenly patted him on the back and greeted him in Chinese.

Zhan Lang turned his head in surprise when he heard this. After all, this was Japan, and it was quite rare to hear Chinese.

When Zhan Lang turned around, he saw a man who was about the same age as him standing behind him. The other person was followed by a middle-aged man who was probably in his forties.

“As soon as I saw the back, I thought it must be you.

I said I was not mistaken, I saw you in the last competition, I am Wang Linjie from Formosa, the player from Formosa participating in the Talent Cup this time."

"Oh, hello, hello."

Looking at the fellow islander who took the initiative to extend his hand to shake hands with him, Zhan Lang said politely: "It's you, long time no see."

Wang Linjie looked at the polite Zhan Lang and said with a smile: "Normally speaking, you should not have much impression of me. After all, I lost to Kashima Torajiro in the first round of the amateur competition and was eliminated, hahahaha.

Are you the only one here? Didn't the Chinese national Go team send a leader to accompany you? "

"No, I came here by myself. I'm the only one in the competition anyway."

"That really doesn't respect you. A talent like you, they let you out alone. You can't even do the logistics work properly."

Hearing this, the leader of the Baodao team next to Wang Linjie seemed a little indignant and said something.

Although there seems to be nothing wrong with what he said.

But Zhan Lang always felt that he heard a strong hint of green tea in the other party's words.

Pretty girls like Sister Ye Qing are green tea, but for an old man with a beard like you... the taste is a bit too strong.

"Little Zhan Lang, if you have any ideas, you might consider..."

"hehe."

Before the other party could finish speaking, Zhan Lang waved his hands awkwardly.

I know exactly what the other person wants to say.

Seeing Zhan Lang alone this time, the leader of Baodao naturally had to show off his traditional skills.

"Hasn't the Korean team arrived yet?"

According to the arrangements made by the Japanese side, the other three parties arrived at the airport at about the same time on the same day, and were then taken to the hotel together, and then the competition was arranged.

As for the two people from Baodao, Zhan Lang was too lazy to talk too much with them. After all, Zhan Lang had nothing to say about his impression of Baodao.

Compared with the green frogs that had no idea about the mainland and had never heard of anything like Wuhu in the countryside, at least these guys now still consider themselves Chinese and can even fantasize about counterattacks.

After several decades, this characteristic has become a rare and precious quality on the island.

Wang Linjie pointed to the side and said, "The Korean players are in there, but there is nothing to worry about in the Korean Go community. There are no players worth paying attention to.

Even the one sent to participate in the competition this time was a child who was just over ten years old. What level can such a child reach? South Korea really has no one left. "

Looking in the direction of the other person's finger, Zhan Lang saw a middle-aged man standing next to him with a child.

The other child was very young. Zhan Lang estimated that he was not much older than the three disciples he had, and might even be about the same age.

"The middle-aged man next to him is Cho Myung-hoon, the famous number one Korean Go player. He has been studying Go in Japan.

Moreover, he has a very high seniority in the Japanese chess world. If we talk purely from the perspective of seniority, he can even be considered Liu Chao's uncle.

However, his strength is average, and can be barely considered as high-level strength.

The guy next to him seemed to be his new apprentice, a ten-year-old kid who I don’t know if he got in through the back door or some other means, but he actually participated in a competition on the same level as us.

Of course, it is also possible that there is simply no one left in Korea to play Go, so they have to use these kids to participate.”

Wang Linjie seemed to be more familiar with the situation and enthusiastically introduced it to Zhan Lang.

Hearing this, Zhan Lang nodded. No matter from which angle you look at it, South Korea seems to be at the bottom of the discrimination chain among the three East Asian countries.

When it comes to Go, Japan at least acknowledges that China is the birthplace of Go and that there are a number of impressive Go players in China.

As for South Korea, the Japanese Go community probably didn't take him seriously at all.

Is there anyone who plays Korean Go?
Even the Korean quota for this competition was obtained by Cao Mingxun who found someone to persuade the Japan Chess Institute out of courtesy.

Anyway, since we are going to invite a foreign chess player, we might as well make it a little bigger and invite two more. We can also declare it to be a world competition, which at least sounds better.

Anyway, there is already a world amateur competition, so holding a world talent competition will not only better reflect the inclusiveness and greatness of the Japanese Go community.

All we need to do is invite two more people.

However, Korean Go, which no one cared about or paid attention to, became a violent whirlwind that swept the world of Go in the next decade or so.

"Shi Qing, this is your first time competing abroad, so don't put too much pressure on yourself.

You are facing the most talented young people in China and Japan, and they are generally more than five years older than you, or even six or seven years older.

So it is an objective fact that they are stronger than you. It doesn’t matter even if you lose all the games this time. The most important thing is to gain experience.

As long as you can gain experience from the game and make yourself stronger, you will soon be able to surpass these so-called genius chess players.

Believe me, you are the most talented chess player in the world and you were born for Go."

At this time, Cao Mingxun, who was standing by, was still doing ideological work for his apprentice.

Li Shiqing was a disciple accepted by Cao Mingxun in South Korea three years ago. Just from their first meeting, Li Shiqing gave Cao Mingxun the impression that he was incredibly talented.

Even after studying in Japan, known as the Kingdom of Go, for so many years, Cao Mingxun had never seen a child with this level of talent.

Not only does he learn quickly, but he also has his own ideas and style.

It is simply a treasure bestowed by God on Korean Go and the true future of Korean Go.

Cao Mingxun feels that he may not be as good as the top players in China and Japan, but his apprentice may become the most dazzling star in the world of Go in ten years.

It is not impossible to lead Korean Go to break through the dark clouds that hang over our heads all day long and even become the world's number one.

But now Korean Go is in a similar predicament as Chinese Go, or perhaps even worse.

In order to get his apprentice competition opportunities and let him witness the strength of China and Japan, Cao Mingxun often took him back and forth between China and Japan, hoping that he could grow and improve faster.

But such opportunities are still too few.

"Are those the other two foreign contestants over there?"

Li Shiqing seemed to notice that someone was observing him. A calmness that was not in line with his age appeared on his face, and he saw contempt in the other person's expression.

As the youngest contestant this time, it seemed that no one took Li Shiqing seriously.

“Yes, the chess players in Formosa are average, and I think you have a chance of winning.

But that Chinese chess player performed very well in amateur competitions in the past few months, especially..."

If it was just his performance in amateur competitions, it would be okay, and he could only be said to have stood out among players twice his age.

But Cao Mingxun couldn't help but think of the rumors from some time ago, that Zhan Lang and Lin Hongshu, the ninth dan, had a famous game of four disaster cycles.

You know, Lin Hongshu is already one of the pillars of Kansai TV.

Cao Mingxun also had to admit that from the perspective of strength, he might not be as good as the other party.

Being able to fight with the opponent in a four-calamity cycle, Zhan Lang's strength, or to some extent his performance, is truly surprising.

Cao Mingxun even maliciously speculated at one point whether Zhan Lang and the Lin family had reached some kind of agreement, and that the Lin family was using their own people as a stepping stone to help Zhan Lang become famous in Japan.

But unfortunately, there seemed to be no related movement afterwards, forcing Cao Mingxun to give up his speculation.

China has also produced a talented young man...

"I'll try my best to win."

"Well, don't worry. In a few years, I believe you will be able to defeat them."

When Cao Mingxun heard this, he smiled and touched his apprentice's head. In his opinion, his apprentice only lacked time.

PS: The third update is doubled for the previous night's update.

(End of this chapter)