After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

Chapter 143 142. Zhan Lang, you...

"Kashima Torajiro 1st dan, is Sato Toshito 7th dan not out yet?
As far as we know, it seems that all four matches have been completed? Why hasn't Sato Toshito 7th Dan come out yet? "

Several reporters looked at Torajiro Kashima who came out and couldn't help but ask a question.

These reporters are waiting for Sato Toshito to come out and ask questions, and then to reveal a big news.

This will be the headline news on the front page of Japanese Go tomorrow. If the person involved doesn’t come out, who should I interview?

No matter whether Sato Toshito's reaction after coming out was shame or indifference, reporters would always find something to write about it.

If you are ashamed, it means that Japanese Go has been humiliated, and Sato Toshito, 7th Dan, is crying with his face covered. Is the end of the world coming?
If Sato Toshito could not bear the humiliation and committed suicide by seppuku, it would be even more epic news.

At that time, one can even ask whether the Japanese Go community is too harsh on players and even does not care about their mental health.

As for what will happen to Sato Toshito himself, what does that have to do with me? Am I the only one reporting this? Am I the only one saying this?
As a journalist, I am just doing my job and my journalistic achievements are enough.

Looking at a group of reporters holding microphones as if they were ready to attack someone, Torajiro Kashima couldn't help but frown.

For the winners, these microphones are flowers full of aesthetic education, but for the losers, they are knives that cause secondary harm.

Fortunately, everyone realized in advance that reporters might be blocking the door outside, so the other people took Sato Toshito and slipped out through the back door.

Otherwise, Sato Toshito would need someone to support him when walking, and no one knows what would happen when facing these reporters.

It is estimated that this will cause Sato Toshito, who is already in a bad state, to completely collapse.

After all, killing people and destroying their hearts has always been the strong point of these reporters.

"I'm sorry, Sato Toshito 7th Dan has just left. If you have any questions, just ask me."

Torajiro Kashima thought that he had nothing worth digging out about himself, so he volunteered to deal with the reporters when he was inside just now.

No matter what, one of the Japanese chess players has to accept the interview from the reporters. Otherwise, if all five of them sneak out through the back door, who knows how these people will frame themselves.

At least if you come, they can only modify the original meaning of what you said. If you don’t come, they can just do whatever they want.

Moreover, he was the first to appear on the stage, and had the lowest rank among the five players who left. Even if he had to take the blame, his was the smallest blame, and the reporters could not blame him too much.

If you ask me other things, you want to dig into my private life and I have a lot to tell you. I can even tell you where I went last night and which frivolous old senior treated me.

Anyway, my main point is shamelessness.

You journalists use your pens as swords to kill people and break their hearts, but my face is indestructible, what can you do to me? !
"Just now, the Chinese player Zhanlang said that he didn't have much confidence before the competition, but after defeating you in the first game, he instantly felt confident of winning. What do you think about this?"

Hearing this, Torajiro Kashima was stunned for a moment, then looked at the reporters around him blankly, and then looked up at the ceiling.

What the hell?

what happened?

Why do I suddenly feel like I'm taking the biggest blame?

Why did the surrounding environment start to rotate?

Baba... No, Zhan Lang, you bastard!
……

“Red Bean Smi Masai!”

Inside the office of the Japan Shogi Association, Torajiro Kashima prostrated himself and apologized to Director Koichi Sakamoto, who was sitting on the main seat with a dejected look on his face.

This is Japan's highest etiquette of apology.

In ancient times, it was used to express humility to noble people. In modern times, it is generally used to express the deepest apology or sincere request.

When performing the ceremony, first kneel on the ground with your knees together, head and chest out, and place your hands on your thighs in an upright sitting posture; then place your hands in an inward-facing "X" shape and place them forward on the ground, lean forward, and lift your upper body until your forehead hits the ground.

It was Sato Toshito who was supposed to sit down, and Kashima Torajiro only needed to stand by and bow.

But because of what Zhan Lang said during the interview, the person sitting in the doge has now become Torajiro Kashima, and the person bowing has become Toshito Sato.

The words 'Kashima Torajiro gave me the confidence to continue winning' made Kashima Torajiro the biggest war criminal of this competition in the Japanese news media.

As the first Japanese chess player to play, he not only failed to play like a Japanese chess player, but was instead looked down upon by his opponent and even gave him confidence.

What a shame! Kashima Torajiro said sadly that his favorite top star secretly looked at him strangely while drinking.

Seeing Kashima Torajiro sitting in the dogeza and several other people bowing, Sakamoto Hiroshi waved his hand helplessly and asked them to stand up.

What else is there to say now? We have received a lot of letters from Go fans complaining about why Japanese Go has become like this, and why they can't even beat a small Chinese player and let the other side win consecutive games and take the championship.

How can Japanese Go develop with you insects around? Get out of office now!
Before the competition, the Japan Shogi Association actually evaluated the overall strength of the competition.

Most people probably think that Zhan Lang can get a ranking around third or fourth, which should be considered a good performance.

But it is not impossible to break into the top two. After all, many chess players believe that the Chinese chess player Zhan Lang plays with great momentum and can easily turn the tables in adversity.

Therefore, the Japan Chess Association directly gave up the idea of ​​the top two players entering the finals to decide the champion and runner-up.

To prevent any unexpected situations, give the Chinese chess player Zhan Lang some room for error.

But the reality is that there is really no margin for error, but there is no margin for error on my side...

"Don't talk about this now. It's useless. We should think about when we can beat him in the next match..."

"We have so few opportunities to play against each other that it will be hard to meet next time."

Sato Toshito couldn't help but sigh when he heard this. In this situation, it would be difficult to find an opportunity to take revenge even if he wanted to.

Unless Zhan Lang is willing to transfer to my side, maybe we can meet him in professional competitions in the future.

Sakamoto Koichi wanted to say something, but after thinking it over, he turned to comforting: "You don't have to worry too much, Zhan Lang will be going back to China soon, and there won't be many competitions in China after he returns.

His actual strength is not much stronger than yours, and may even be a little weaker than some of you, but you just didn't grasp him in this competition.

What you need to do is to continue to train yourself in the official professional Go competitions in Japan and constantly improve your Go skills. Japanese Go provides you with an environment where you are far superior to others.

There is almost another year left, and we will definitely organize exchanges between the Chinese and Japanese Go delegations. This time we will go to China. I hope you can defeat Zhan Lang in the exchange match next year.

The Li Lai exchange war is a strategic blow to Chinese Go from Japanese Go. I hope you won’t let us down again next time.”

"must!"

As I watched the few people leaving, the door on the other side of the office opened and a man walked out.

"I thought you were going to scold them."

Fujii Hideaki, who came out from the other room, looked at Sakamoto Koichi, who was sitting on the chair and felt depressed, and said something.

"What's the point of scolding them? It's just transferring the pressure from chess fans to them. It's useless.

It would be better for them to digest it here, and hope that they can learn from their mistakes and be braver next time."

"So if you ask me, it's time for Japanese Go to reform. We old veterans are taking up too many resources, and newcomers are getting too few opportunities to practice.

In a way, the news chess game is too friendly to us old-timers and too unfriendly to newcomers. "

As the biggest beneficiary of the Go Saint Tournament, one of the news chess tournaments, Fujii Hideaki couldn't help but say something.

Although he lived a very comfortable life thanks to this competition, he even relied on it to pay off a lot of his debts.

However, this competition is indeed too friendly to people like us, both in terms of competition system and time, but it is too difficult for newcomers to stand out.

Don’t say that strong people never complain about their environment.

Unless there is a newcomer who can reach the strength of nearly ninth level at a certain level, but how is this possible?

"Fujii Hideaki 9th Dan, it's no use telling me this, you should just look for someone else."

Change not only infringes upon some established interests, but if it does not bring about changes for the better or even produces some negative effects in the process, it is likely to collapse halfway and cause the person who recommended it to be infamous forever.

In today's environment where everyone can make money and enjoy honor without doing anything, who is willing to take this risk?
"It seems that the medicine used by the demon is not strong enough."

Looking at the newspaper headlines on Koichi Sakamoto's desk, Fujii Hideaki couldn't help but sigh.

I thought Zhan Lang’s medicine was strong enough, but I couldn’t let these people ignore the risks and continue installing it.

(End of this chapter)