After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

Chapter 142 141. I'm so sorry

"The dragon was killed..."

Sato Toshito looked at the situation on the chessboard, his face as pale as death.

After Zhan Lang turned the situation around on the right, he not only firmly grasped the advantage in the back, but even killed his own dragon in the middle.

How should I put it? This game was indeed a big win, but it was completely different from what I had imagined at the beginning.

It was a big win for the other side.

It was a humiliating defeat for Japanese Go.

Sato Toshito seemed to have heard the chess fans outside shouting "rnm" and "return your money".

After this round, the World Talent Cup competition actually ended early.

Sato Toshito will definitely win six games and lose two in the end, while Zhan Lang will win all eight games and directly lock in the championship in advance.

Not only that, if Kashima Torajiro wins tomorrow, he will also have six wins and two losses and has previously defeated Sato Toshito, and his points are higher than Sato Toshito. In this case, Sato Toshito will drop to third place.

Not only did Sato Toshito not win the championship, he might not even win the runner-up position and will only be the third place.

This time it was really sent.

As the participant with the highest rank and the oldest age in the competition, Sato Toshito could be said to have achieved the worst result imaginable before the competition.

Zhan Lang looked at Sato Toshito, whose face looked as pale as death, and didn't want to review the game with him at all.

One reason is that Zhan Lang estimated that Sato Toshito really was not in the mood to review the situation with him right now, so he should not disturb him who was in depression.

Another thing is that Zhan Lang just wants to go back to his room and fall asleep. He is too tired. He will never participate in this kind of competition in the future.

Eight consecutive days of competition, is this a schedule that anyone can come up with?
After Zhan Lang left, Sato Toshito didn't move at all, just stared at the chessboard stupidly.

The most important thing in life is not failure, but the feeling that you have a sure win, and that something is already yours, but in the end it is gone.

It's like you have a crush on a girl, and that girl seems to have expressed her affection for you. You feel that she will become your girlfriend in the end, but in the end you see her walking out of a hotel with a yellow-haired guy on the street.

At that moment, even though she is not actually your girlfriend, you just feel like you have been cheated on.

It was just like Takumi saw Natsuki running under Mercedes.

Life is often like this. What you think is hope is actually despair that makes you fall deeper.

On the other hand, unlike Sato Toshito who was sitting in a daze in the venue, Zhan Lang on the other side was in a miserable situation.

As soon as I went out, I was stopped by several reporters and couldn't get out.

This was a great shame for Japanese Go, but for journalists it was explosive news.

Sales may even increase significantly, after all, everyone is cursing in the hope of seeing others cursing.

Several reporters tore up their original manuscripts and waited for the interview after Zhan Lang came out to rewrite them. They even thought of the words to curse.

"Hello, I am a chess player from China."

Looking at the Japanese reporter who could speak Chinese, Zhan Lang couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

After all, there are very few people who can speak Chinese in Japan now. We can only say that this person was specially found by the Japan Chess Association.

I guess he did it so that he could interview Zhan Lang about how he felt about getting second place after winning, and then he could defeat Zhan Lang hard.

But unexpectedly, he shot himself in the foot.

"Hello."

"Can I take a few minutes of your time for a simple interview? After all, you are the first player to win today, and we have been watching your game in the viewing room the entire time."

"alright."

Zhan Lang felt helpless when he heard that, but since he participated in the competition and was given prize money, besides participating in the competition, accepting interviews was also one of his obligations.

Otherwise, if you do nothing but come to the next competition, why would people pay you?
“Excuse me, you have achieved eight consecutive victories in this competition, which can be said to be an extremely shocking result.

Before the race, did you expect to achieve such a result? "

“It’s OK. Before I came here, I felt that I wouldn’t lose much because I feel that my chess skills have improved significantly in the past few months, but I didn’t expect to win all the games.

After all, I don't know much about the overall strength of Japanese chess players, and I lack the experience of playing against them. In this case, there is no way for me to better judge the gap between me and other Japanese chess players.

However, after I won the first game against Torajiro Kashima again, combined with his recent achievements and evaluations in the Japanese Go community, I developed confidence that I should be able to keep winning.

Especially after I won several games against Japanese players, I gained more confidence and felt that I should be able to win all the games.”

Zhan Lang was indeed telling the truth. He was not very confident before coming here.

After all, Japan has sent out all its elite troops this time. Zhan Lang only looks at the opponent's relative record and dare not say that he can definitely win the opponent in a normal confrontation.

Not to mention this kind of round-robin tournament, even if facing someone weaker than you, losing once or twice is indeed normal.

The main reason was that Kashima Torajiro played too soft in the middle, and Zhan Lang immediately felt confident.

If Torajiro Kashima, who was playing in the game, heard this, he would want to strangle Zhan Lang to death. You can pretend to be cool if you want, but why are you using me as an example?
If you say this, won't I become the culprit? Will I be the one to take the biggest blame?
"What do you think of today's game?" "Anyway, I feel that my play was... average. Anyway, the start was not very good, and the strategy chosen by the opponent was actually quite wise.

I did perform at my best in the middle game, and it got better in the end. Anyway, I always say that a win is a satisfying game."

"Before the match, Sato Toshito 7th Dan said that you were the challenger. Now that you have succeeded, what do you feel?"

When Zhan Lang heard this, he felt as if he was thinking of something strange. The DNA in his body seemed to move uncontrollably. He couldn't help but blurt out, "It's really pleasing, Sato Toshito 7th Dan. I probably will never forget you in my life."

……

In the game room, the last game ended between Li Shiqing and Wang Linjie.

Looking at Li Shiqing who won by half a point in the end, Wang Linjie felt like his eyes were about to pop out.

I clearly felt that I was better in the mid-game, but when it came to the endgame, I was slowly overtaken by my opponent and finally won by half a point.

Luck, definitely luck!

But even if it was luck, he was the only one in the whole game who didn't win a single game.

the last one.

Li Shiqing glanced at Wang Linjie who was sitting opposite him. Compared with the other two Chinese, this guy was too weak. How could he appear in this competition?

After all the games were over, Sato Toshito was still sitting there stupidly, as if he had not yet come to his senses.

When the other Japanese players saw this scene, they couldn't help but go over and pat Sato Toshito on the shoulder.

Although Sato Toshito lost, the others couldn't say much, after all, they had lost everything too.

"It's all our fault. We didn't put too much pressure on Zhan Lang in the early stages, which led to him being able to perform at such a high level in this round."

But now the situation is like this, and all that’s left is for everyone to share the blame.

No one wants to take the blame, or at least want to take less of it, but it is unlikely to put all the blame on one person.

However, as the last one to appear, Sato Toshito will have to bear the biggest blame no matter what, unless the team has another focal person who can help him block it.

For example, many people said that the Lao Ke is the best choice as the main player in the Nongshim Cup, so that they can find someone to take the blame if they lose. The size and length of the Lao Ke are just right, which can attract firepower and protect other players.

Winning over the black fans can also be said to be because other people exhausted Shen Zi's physical strength, so Lao Ke won the game and continued to deny Lao Ke's strength.

Besides, Lao Ke is so rich. If someone wins, he can give him a little bit of the prize money, thus robbing the rich to help the poor.

Regardless of winning or losing, it is a happy situation for everyone.

Therefore, Lao Ke’s greatest contribution to Chinese Go is that he swallowed up most of the public pressure on other Chinese players.

Lao Ke entered the game with his own strength and won half a step over heaven. Although he seemed extremely arrogant, he actually created a stable growth environment for Chinese chess players.

Lao Ke is great, no need to say more.

Kashima Torajiro, you were too lazy to join in the blame-sharing meeting among others, and you were completely unaware that you had been backstabbed and had already taken the biggest blame of the entire game. Instead, you asked a question.

"How is it? Zhan Lang's strength."

Hearing this, Sato Toshito leaned back and looked up at the ceiling: “He is really strong, and I feel like he hasn’t used his full strength yet.

I even felt like I was in the middle and he could still win.”

"I didn't expect he would make you say something like that."

Torajiro Kashima was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but he didn't expect Sato Toshito to say such decadent words.

After all, before the game, Sato Toshito said confidently that Zhan Lang was now just a challenger to him.

As a result, after the game of chess, Zhan Lang not only won.

And now it seems that Zhan Lang has planted a seed of fear in Sato Toshito's heart.

With this seed in place, Sato Toshito's subsequent matches with Zhan Lang are likely to fall into a vicious cycle. The more afraid he is, the more he will lose, and the more he loses, the more afraid he will be, and in the end he will really not be able to win.

Looking at the surprised expressions of others, Sato Toshito could only smile helplessly: "I enjoyed it, but Zhan Lang didn't use his full strength on me. I'm sorry about that."

I knew before the game that this was an unfair game, but in a Go game there is no such thing as fair or unfair except on the board.

This is the format of the competition.

Just like when you are sick or have a cold during a competition, and you are not in good shape and lose, you can’t blame anyone but yourself.

But even the exhausted Zhan Lang still defeated himself.

What if it is Zhan Lang in his prime?
I'm sorry for not letting you use your full strength!

PS: The Yingshi Cup starts on the 20th, but we have to wait a little longer to determine the real top 16 of the tournament. So far, the previous champions of the Yingshi Cup were eliminated directly in the first game, without exception. It depends on whether Shen Zi can break the curse this time. I hope that this crow's mouth will stop complaining before the game.

Before the New Year, Shen Zi expressed his hope to remain undefeated in this year's World Series. Flag has already been eliminated in the first round of the Chunlan Cup, please be informed.

(End of this chapter)