After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

Chapter 182 181. From today on, quit...

"The champion of the New Sports Cup is born."

"New Sports Cup? What's that?"

Torajiro Kashima, who was concentrating on reading a book, showed a puzzled expression when he heard this. He had never heard of this competition?

Could it be some other sports event? But what does it have to do with me?
Please don't disturb me, I just want to play Go in peace!

I will devote my whole heart and soul to the God of Go!
Nothing else can bother me!

I want to achieve a state where nothing else matters to me!
Seeing Kashima Torajiro lowering his head and concentrating on playing the score, Fujii Hideaki took a sip of the wine he brought back from China and said with a smile: "It's the Chinese national competition, the Chinese Go National Competition."

After hearing this, Torajiro Kashima finally raised his head again.

"China's National Go Tournament? Who is the champion?"

Since Fujii Hideaki came over to tell me this news, it means that this champion is no ordinary person.

At least not the kind of person you would expect.

Looking at Kashima Torajiro's curious expression, Fujii Hideaki deliberately kept it a secret: "The champions of the previous three sessions were all Fang Yuan."

"So, in that case, the champion of this session is not Fangyuan Jiudan?"

Hearing the old man Fujii Hideaki's suspense, Kashima Torajiro said calmly, "It's someone I'm very familiar with, and someone I didn't expect."

Otherwise, 9th Dan Fujii Hideaki would not have come here specially to inform him, and he would not have pretended to be mysterious now.

After all, it is difficult for the champion of the Chinese national competition to have any connection with Japan, especially with himself.

Just like the Korean title tournament, the Korean Go title tournament has been held for who knows how many years, but no one cares about it at all, and no one thinks that this title is so powerful.

It's called a title match, but in the eyes of Japanese professional chess players it's just bullshit, just a self-entertainment for the tiny country of South Korea.

There would be no Japanese professional chess player who would pay attention to the competitions in the wild land of South Korea, and no one would know that there is a Korean who has been making it to the finals and is challenging the title of Korea's number one player, Cho Myung-hoon.

Even if they knew, no one would care. Everyone would just think it was just a bunch of losers fighting each other.

Maybe the reason he was keeping the secret was because Fujii Hideaki didn't reveal the answer. Kashima Torajiro felt a little speechless. He really didn't know what to say about this old man.

If you're not spending your days in debauchery, you're just being mysterious and you're not setting a good example at all!

Fujii Hideaki, the bad example, has an unshirkable responsibility for the reason why I went astray!
But even if people complain, since Fujii Hideaki doesn't say anything, Kashima Torajiro can only guess it himself.

After all, the other party obviously just wants to guess it himself.

"In that case, it's Zhan Lang."

Eliminate all the impossible answers, and the only answer left, no matter how outrageous it is, can only be the truth.

Zhan Lang won the national championship in China.

Only in this way is this Chinese champion worthy of attention.

At the same time, only in this way could Fujii Hideaki, 9th Dan, come to inform me as soon as he received the news.

Inform yourself of this...bad news!
That’s right, this is bad news for Torajiro Kashima!

Although Torajiro Kashima did not attend the last China-Japan exchange competition, he still went to find the dejected members of the exchange group after the Japanese exchange group came back to have a discussion.

At least we need to understand the specific circumstances of the game at that time, as well as the game records left behind.

Torajiro Kashima is still very concerned about Zhanlang.

After all, the other party is stronger than me, so I still have to work hard to catch up with him.

After learning that Zhan Lang had actually defeated the two 9th dan players who came from the Japanese delegation for exchanges, Kashima Torajiro was completely shocked.

After all, he really didn't expect that Zhan Lang could actually defeat the Japanese ninth dan?

Moreover, the strength of these two ninth-dan players is not very weak in Japan, and they are not the kind of water-based ninth-dan players who have reached their status by aging.

To some extent, Zhan Lang, who has won consecutive victories over these two, has actually reached a certain level. Even if he has not reached the true ninth level of strength, he is probably not far off.

He is at least at the level of the strongest seven or eight, and is a genius with unlimited potential who may be able to break into the ninth realm at any time.

It is said that the leaders of the Japan Chess Association are quite angry and plan to send stronger chess players to save face during the China-Japan exchange next year.

However, it is difficult to command several top-notch players, otherwise they would all want to shoot the top-notch players directly.

After all, if the top-notch players go there, the competition will be stable, and if the top-notch players come, Japanese Go will be peaceful.

"Is the game decided in one round?"

Although Zhan Lang's strength has been overestimated, Kashima Torajiro still finds it hard to imagine that Zhan Lang has won the national championship in China.

After all, China has frequent exchanges with Japan and is still considered to be the only country other than Japan that "can play Go".

Moreover, China still has several 9th ​​dan players, especially the number one Fang Yuan, who is considered by the Japanese Go community to have strong 9th dan strength. He has defeated Japanese 9th dan players many times in exchange competitions.

But if you want to win a game, it is still possible.

Torajiro Kashima felt that if he was in good shape, he might be able to beat the ninth dan.

If that were all, then perhaps my level wasn't completely surpassed by the opponent's.

But if it were another case...

"No, it was a five-game match, and we won by 3 to 1."

Hearing this, Kashima Torajiro fell into silence.

The worst situation still happened. Zhan Lang defeated the number one Chinese player in the most difficult competition and won the championship.

The value of a chess match is completely different from a single-elimination match.

Two chess players compete for multiple games to determine the winner, which is a comprehensive test for the players.

Competition mentality, state adjustment, strength, and so on.

Even delaying the game time and various other means may affect the results.

If a person can defeat his opponent in a game of Go, it at least proves that his overall strength during that period is higher than that of his opponent.

The comprehensive strength of Go is not just about the chess skills. The calmness, confidence and mentality in the face of adversity in the game are all part of the comprehensive strength.

It doesn't mean that if you are better at chess than your opponent, you will win 100%. Chess skill alone is only a part of overall strength.

Otherwise, there would be no Zhao Si and Lian Bu Si.

And the fact that Zhan Lang was able to defeat Fang Yuan, currently the number one player in China, in a five-game match proves that Zhan Lang's overall strength has reached a terrifying level.

At least he must have reached a true ninth level, or at least a strong eight, and could break through to the ninth level at any time!
In comparison, I have been left far behind by him.

Thinking of this, Torajiro Kashima couldn't help but take a deep breath, trying to suppress his pounding heartbeat.

Was it excitement or fear? His best result so far was only the top 16 in the celebrity tournament. Even if the competition pressure in Japan was stronger than in China, his result was still far inferior to Zhan Lang's.

Fujii Hideaki looked at Kashima Torajiro, whose mentality was obviously fluctuating, and could only sigh.

The last time, after hearing that Zhanlang had defeated two Japanese 9th dans, Torajiro Kashima looked in the mirror and sighed!

I have damaged my body due to alcohol and sex, and have become so haggard. From today on!
Stop drinking! Of course, stop having sex for a while too.

Torajiro Kashima didn't simply want to quit smoking, but his main purpose was that he was short of money.

After entering the professional world, it is not so easy to compete and it is not so easy to get the prize money.

Moreover, as the Japanese economy continues to overheat, the whole of Japan is now in a state of full swing. Countless women have "awakened", and even the prices of special places have risen sharply.

Not only did the prices go up, but the service attitude of these people also declined significantly.

It’s okay that the attitude is bad, but the quality has also gone down because those with better quality have all changed.

There is no way. Once the economy improves and people have money, there will be more and more bootlickers.

With so many people offering support, who would still want to do this business?
Being coaxed by others and getting money, is there such a good thing in the world?

The bootlickers are destroying the market!

Torajiro Kashima completely forgot that after two drinks, all his money had been taken away from him.

Therefore, Torajiro Kashima now quits drinking and sex, and concentrates on studying chess with several top-notch players, waiting for continuous accumulation, and finally making a big splash and soaring to the sky!
Who would have thought that the other party would actually shout first.

Directly won the Chinese national championship.

"Is the gap in strength getting bigger and bigger?"

Seeing Kashima Torajiro who had begun to question him, Fujii Hideaki sighed helplessly: "Don't think like that, after reaching a certain level of strength, it will be very difficult to make further progress.

Once he reaches the bottleneck period, it is a good time for you to catch up.

You are all still young, and you have a long way to go in the future. Don’t worry about the gains and losses of the moment.”

The gap in strength is not the most frightening thing. The most frightening thing is losing confidence.

Torajiro Kashima is already the most talented teenager of the next generation in Japan. If he loses the confidence to compete with Zhan Lang, then Japan will really be doomed in ten years.

Mainly based on Fujii Hideaki's analysis, the next generation of Japan does not have much depth, and there are only a handful of talented youngsters.

Otherwise, if the next generation can gather six top-notch ones, Fujii Hideaki will not be worried at all. They can easily kill Zhan Lang with them.

However, in the absence of sufficient talent reserves, we can only hope that Torajiro Kashima can give some support and hold up the sky of Japanese Go alone.

Hold on until Japan has talented people who can take over.

“It’s okay, even if there is a gap in strength, it’s not a terrible thing.

Since eight hours of Go study a day is not enough, I will study ten hours, twelve hours! Apart from eight hours a day for eating and sleeping, I can devote all the rest of the time to Go!
I will give up all my drinking and sex and devote my whole body and soul to Go!"

At this time, Torajiro Kashima slammed the table very passionately, as if he had made up his mind.

From today on, there is only Go in my life!

Women only affect the speed at which I play chess!

Alcohol only numbs my chess playing nerves!

From today!

Reboot!

Quit drinking!

When Fujii Hideaki saw that Kashima Torajiro seemed to have made up his mind, he couldn't help but nodded. As long as he could maintain such determination, what could not be accomplished?

I originally wanted to take Kashima Torajiro to the old place tonight, but seeing how determined he is, I decided not to disturb him.

"Okay, starting today we will train you like a devil, and I will let you enjoy the highest level of Go training in Japan.

I'll go find Takenouchi and the others, and ask them to take time out to train you and improve you in all aspects."

Torajiro Kashima's talent, coupled with his top-notch teaching and the current frequency of Japanese Go competitions.

Apart from talent, these are conditions that Zhan Lang does not possess.

Even if Kashima Torajiro's talent is slightly lower than Zhan Lang's, with these conditions, the gap between the two sides will be difficult to widen.

Fujii Hideaki believes that under such conditions, as long as Kashima Torajiro is determined, at least in the future, Kashima Torajiro can compete with Zhanlang.

"I will go and communicate and coordinate immediately."

Thinking of this, Fujii Hideaki got up and left. Since Kashima Torajiro was determined, they had to follow up with the other work.

Seeing Fujii Hideaki leaving, Kashima Torajiro couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Torajiro Kashima was unwilling to accept this. At least he didn't believe that he was much worse than Zhan Lang.

At least he thought that he had wasted a lot of his time in the past and not put all of it into Go.

Just like when Torajiro Kashima first came into contact with Go, he was just put there by his parents as a ward, and he did not stand out early as reported by the media.

Because at the beginning, Torajiro Kashima never focused on Go. He just muddled through for a few years. When his parents seemed to be considering changing to other directions, Torajiro Kashima was afraid that it would be difficult to get along, so he studied hard for two months before suddenly standing out.

Even after he went from amateur to professional, Torajiro Kashima still had this attitude.

Anyway, my one-day effort is equivalent to others’ one-week effort, so why should I work so hard?

Anyway, I can be a top-notch student if I just do it casually. If I work a little harder, I can even reach a good position.

This continued until Zhan Lang appeared and became a detonator for Kashima Torajiro.

Torajiro Kashima discovered that there was someone with better talent than himself, and the most outrageous thing was that this person was so stubborn.

Driven by the previous roll, Torajiro Kashima also had to work hard.

"Quit drinking and sex!"

Kashima Torajiro silently said in his heart, alcohol and sex are harmful to the body! How much time have I wasted on this!
I have to make up for it from now on!

When Torajiro Kashima was about to re-write the score, he saw Fujii Hideaki leaving without taking the wine bottle, and he couldn't help swallowing.

Since I'm going to quit drinking anyway, I might as well take one last sip.

After I finished drinking it, I didn’t drink it for the next year…or even a month!

Thinking of this, Torajiro Kashima couldn't help but reach out his hand and silently took a sip of the liquid.

Usually, the degree is just like that.

"I'm about to go into seclusion, why don't I go look for Sayuri again?

What if she becomes a good person after I get out of prison? "

With Japan's current economy, it is very difficult to find someone who is both pretty and nice to speak.

"Or maybe we can go again tonight..."

"A gambling father, a sick mother, a younger brother who is in school, a broken home... If I don't help her, who will?"

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