Go: The live broadcast queen launched a gorgeous rebellion against the dog

Time quickly came to March 27th, 3 PM, Dongjiang City, Huaxia.

Outside the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, the skyline of the Dongjiang River is clearly visible in the afternoon sunlight.

Inside the general manager's office of Jian'an Brokerage Company, Ai Jian'an sat upright behind a large desk, with three huge monitors placed side by side in front of her—one displaying real-time updates of global social media sentiment monitoring data, another showing the live broadcast of the first round of the "Sanshuang Cup" World Go Masters Tournament, and the third displaying a dense array of emails and internal communication windows.

Ai Jian'an's sharp gaze swept across the public opinion monitoring data stream on the left screen. After a moment, the corners of her mouth curved upwards into a very faint arc, as if she had confirmed something.

……oops!

It seems like there's been a significant decrease in online troll activity in North America these past two days!

Miss Ai nodded slightly, her expression immediately becoming composed.

Not only has the frequency of those overwhelming, clearly biased negative topic tags decreased significantly, but organized and rhythmic smear comments and reposts have also almost disappeared!
Although the discussion about the "greatest athlete of all time" remains heated, the malicious and targeted "noise" that tries to steer the tide has almost disappeared!
The entire public opinion field seemed to have been swept away by an invisible force, and suddenly the sun shone brightly!
This is undoubtedly a positive sign!

Ai Jianan picked up the coffee cup on the table and took a small sip. The warm liquid slid down her throat, bringing a sense of relief.

In her view, driven by the continuous superhuman performance of her star performer Rui Zhao, the other side in this protracted war of public opinion has clearly shown signs of running out of tricks!

Even if DeepBrain simply plays dead and continues to cower and refuse to fight...

Based solely on the unprecedented and dominant performance of Wang Zhaojun in the history of competitive sports, and her significant influence as a woman to be crowned the "best athlete in history," it is very likely that Go will be brought into the Olympic Games!

However, if Deepbrain were to actually engage in the match, they would have to rely on Rui Zhao's performance, given that they no longer had the chance to utilize Rui Zhao's knife collection. This would be a real headache for them.

After all, most people don't understand Go and can only see the final result.

The absurd statement that "human Go is meaningless if they can't beat AI" was spread so widely by the opposing side's online trolls. If Rui Zhao really loses to AI—even if it's just a narrow defeat—it will undoubtedly provide the opposing side with room to stir up trouble!

Therefore, in Ai Jian'an's view, the best outcome would be if the other side could give up earlier!
Thinking of this, Ai Jianan's mood brightened up a bit.

She took a deep breath, as if to temporarily put aside her worries, and turned her chair to look at the monitor next to her—which clearly displayed several live games from the first round of the Sanshuang Cup.

In a good mood, she sipped her coffee, browsing the match results with interest while muttering to herself:
"Hmm... Xiao Lei is facing off against European and American chess players?"
"That's considered an extremely lucky draw... it's completely random!"

"Li-chan... Little witch... Chu Jun... Sun Wukong..."

"Both of them are doing well!"

She looked at the real-time win rate curve and a satisfied smile appeared on her face:

"Nie Yunyi... looks like he's going to make it into the top 16 too!"
"Tsk tsk tsk! I wonder if he and Kogami will run into each other this time... um..."

"Considering that this child seems to have become much more sensible lately, if he were to encounter Li-chan again... I still hope he can get his revenge!"

"As for Zeng Gou... he's out of luck this time!"
"Running into Young Master Liu in the first round, looks like I'm out of the running... Wait, what?!"

Then, her gaze continued to slide down, finally settling on a name—Lin Ruixin.

A hint of surprise flashed in Ai Jian'an's eyes! She leaned forward slightly, zoomed in on Lin Ruixin's game, and carefully examined the situation on the chessboard and the real-time win rate curve.

"Lin Dazui... are you in such good shape lately?"

Ai Jianan muttered to herself, her tone carrying a tone that was both "unexpected and yet somehow reasonable":

"He won all his qualifying matches, not to mention..."

"They swept Park Geun-hye again in the first round of this tournament?!"

...

...

"...Um..."

"You haven't been feeling so good lately!"

The following day, March 28, at 3 p.m. local time, in the Go room of Samsang Training Institute in Gyeongdo Province, South Korea.

Seeing his opponent resign, the strongest South Korean Go player, who had just won, couldn't help but make a quiet assessment.

Upon hearing this reminder from his opponent, Lei Qi, who was facing his old rival in the round of 16, stiffened slightly but didn't say much—he himself had to admit that the quality of his moves in today's game wasn't ideal.

However, even though Xiao Lei, a 9-dan player, admitted defeat, Liu Shixian continued to attack:

"I felt you didn't play very well in that challenge match against Rui Zhao a few days ago, and you weren't really in form in today's game either..."

"Didn't you tell me to wait at the Sanshuang Cup back in Dongjiang? And this is what you did?"

"...??!"

The 9th Dan Lei, who had already resigned himself to his fate, suddenly widened his eyes and almost blurted out:
"You...how did you hear that?! Weren't you already out of the breakfast restaurant?!"

"……Um?!
"You actually said that later!"

Liu Shixian raised his eyebrows slightly, then a bright smile of "I knew it" bloomed on his face:

"See! So I was right before—you're very easy to guess!"

"It's really amazing that you still dare to keep getting so close to her... I'm afraid you'll accidentally let it slip in front of her one day."

"..."

Lei Qi, who had almost let it slip earlier, was now completely speechless!
Although he didn't say anything, Xiao Lei, a ninth-dan player, couldn't help but curse the other person in his heart again.

He was truly at odds with this old rival—even though his chess skills had completely surpassed his opponent's.

What's even more frustrating is that I've just lost to my opponent and I don't even have the resources to retaliate!
There's no way around it; you just can't play Go without practicing.

After the Tianyuan Tournament, Huaxia's new Tianyuan player spent more than a week working with Li Jingzhe on the AI ​​blind spot issue, which naturally led to some delays in his daily training, resulting in some fluctuations in his performance.

As a result, he encountered the strongest Go player in South Korea in the second round of the Sanshuang Cup, so it was not surprising that he lost.

For chess players, there are no off-board reasons to justify their actions.
We lost... that's it!
He took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, and then honestly admitted:
"Recently... my form hasn't been good, so this game was indeed just so-so..."

Upon hearing this, Liu Shixian's playful expression faded somewhat, and he lowered his voice to ask:
"Is it because you're helping Rui Zhao that you're diverting your attention?"

"...Wait, no?!"
"How did you know that?!"

Xiao Lei, who was guessed correctly again, was completely stunned. He even subconsciously wanted to ask the other party if there was a bug next to him!
But before he could even speak, he saw the other person's "you guessed right again" expression—which made him swallow back the words he was about to say, and his expression froze on the spot, twisted in pain.

But as the saying goes, "The tree may wish to be still, but the wind will not cease," and the curious young master Liu was still chasing after him!
"...What exactly happened?"

Seeing that the "self-destructing landmine" in front of him had fallen silent, Liu Shixian immediately turned around and asked:

"If you need my help... just let me know!"

"No need for that."

After a moment's hesitation, Lei Qi didn't reveal another word.

On one hand, just working with "Chung Hwa Cheol-shin," the famous simp from Socheon-oh's high school days, already made him very uncomfortable! He certainly didn't want to add another one like Young Master Yoo, who was extremely popular among female Go fans in South Korea...

Just imagining that scene is indescribable!

On the other hand... it's important to understand that North America's infiltration of South Korea is multifaceted.

Even though Liu Shixian does seem to be a reliable person, it's safest not to reveal our plans for North America to him.

Seeing Lei Qi's unwillingness to talk and his clear refusal, Liu Shixian blinked, seemingly understanding the other party's reasons to some extent.

So he didn't press further, but simply nodded and casually changed the subject:

"...Alright! Let's start the debriefing!"

"In short, if you need anything, just let me know anytime!"

"Ah."

Lei Qi responded with a sound of agreement.

Just as he adjusted his posture and prepared to refocus his attention on the chessboard, he seemed to suddenly remember something and abruptly stopped moving!
After hesitating for two seconds, the captain of the Beijing team raised his head and said somewhat hesitantly:
"...Wait a minute!"

"If that's the case... there might actually be something I need your help with!"

"Hmm? Please speak!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Shixian's gaze immediately became focused and serious:
"For that goddess... I will do everything in my power to achieve it."

"..."

Although the first half of the opponent's sentence made Xiao Lei, a 9-dan player, want to complain, Lei Qi, who had already gained an advantage from his opponent multiple times today, managed to control himself. After taking a deep breath, he honestly confessed:
"If you run into Lin Ruixin... don't let him cause trouble for Rui Zhao."

“I’m a little worried that others might not be able to stop him.”

After saying that, Lei Qi glanced at the nearby empty chessboard not far away.

Liu Shixian was taken aback, but immediately understood what the other party meant.

Just half an hour ago, Kosaka, who lost to Lin Ruixin in this round, was still sitting there sulking, unwilling to leave for a long time. (End of this chapter)