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

Chapter 219: No More Flow

"You said... you can't use 'flow' anymore?"

At 8:31 pm on August st, in Cai Shuang’s room at the Berman International Hotel in Bianzhou City.

After a quick chess game for sparring purposes, Cai Shuang looked at his junior fellow apprentice in surprise.

Although Lei Qi won this fast game, it was a reluctant victory. Cai Shuang himself clearly felt that he had several chances.

Judging from the situation on the board, the strength displayed by both sides is probably on par with each other!

Since the beginning of this year, he had been suppressed in most of his practice with Lei Qi, and this situation was very rare today.

Lei Qi just held his chin with one hand, his expression was serious, and his voice sounded extremely low.

“…Yes, Brother.

"To be honest, after the Chess Saint Tournament, I couldn't quite concentrate.

"I feel... a little confused."

Hearing this, Cai Shuang was stunned, and then immediately said:

"Lei Qi, I know you are unhappy about some of the teacher's recent decisions.

"But the Weiqi League competition is related to the honor of the honorary group, you can't be angry!"

Lei Qi was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly felt a little tired. He sighed and said:

"Brother...am I so unremarkable in your eyes?"

"what?"

Cai Shuang then realized that what he said was a bit too much, and quickly tried to smooth it over:

"That... I, that's not what I meant. But... that's it..."

Seeing that his senior brother was a little flustered, Lei Qi decisively took over the conversation:

“It’s okay, I guess it will take some time to adjust… it’ll be fine once I’m adjusted.

"The national team competition will start the day after tomorrow, and I will try my best to adapt to the situation.

"If that doesn't work, I'll tell the team to let Lao Li be the permanent captain.

"In the main general battle, I can't win most of the main generals now, but I should be able to guarantee a certain winning rate for other positions."

The "Old Li" that Lei Qi mentioned is Li Tingyan, the South Korean foreign aid invited by the Dajing team.

Lee Jung-yeon is a four-time world champion and one of the top three chess players in South Korea. He is undoubtedly a strong foreign aid.

The reason why he is called "Lao Li" is because he was born in November 93 and is about to turn 11. He is also a veteran. In the past two seasons, he has been the main player of the Dajing team in most cases.

As for the remaining "minor cases", they mainly occur when the team is playing away from home and the opponent designates the foreign player as the main player first (the home team has the right to determine the main player first).

According to the battle principle of [avoidance of foreign aids] in Weiqi, the foreign aids of both sides cannot meet. At this time, Cai Shuang, who was not even a ninth-dan at the time, had to be the main general.

As for Lei Qi, in the first three seasons he was only a mid-level player of the fifth or sixth dan. The fact that he could play on the stage was a sign that the team was focusing on training him, and it was impossible for him to become the main general.

However, this situation finally changed last year.

In the second half of last year, the chess skills of Cai Shuang and Lei Qi both improved. Lei Qi won two national championships in a row. He was named 7th dan, and his strength had already entered the top ten in the country.

Cai Shuang's strength also improved steadily, and he officially entered the ninth dan.

So in the Weiqi League playoffs at the beginning of this year, the Dajing team changed its previous weak situation of being in the middle to the bottom and made it into the semi-finals. In the end, they were defeated by the Zhejiang-Hangzhou team led by three world champions, Xiong Siyi, Shangguan Sheng and Ni Jue. It can be said that they lost with honor.

During the off-season of the Weiqi League in the first half of this year, Lei Qi's chess skills were further strengthened, and he was crowned the world champion and promoted to the ninth dan. The Dajing team with four main players in the "nine-nine-nine-seven" configuration also began to look forward to further progress and even win the championship!
But after the start of the new season, Lei Qi, as the team's main player, lost two games in a row. The Dajing team also lost to the opponent unfortunately because of the defeat of the main player, casting a shadow on the journey of the new season.

Cai Shuang frowned and said quickly:

“Well, you should adjust your condition first.

"If... you really feel bad, you can tell me. At worst, we can go and talk to the teacher about this together. It's not good for you to be angry..."

"Brother, I really don't have any."

When Lei Qi interrupted Cai Shuang, there was a barely perceptible sense of sadness in his tone.

"I have talked about everything that needs to be discussed with Teacher Shang, and I have also realized my mistakes. There is no need to discuss anything with the teacher again." "Uh, that... Senior Brother, if you have nothing else, I will go back and rest. It is late today."

After hearing what Lei Qi said, Cai Shuang didn't know what to say and could only send his junior brother out of his room.

Lei Qi left Cai Shuang's room without staying for long and went straight to his own room.

But at this moment, the young man had a myriad of thoughts in his mind.

Even my senior brother... suspects that I'm angry?

Oh, there is no way! It's like being in a melon field and a plum tree...

Lei Qi took a deep breath and a bitter smile appeared on his face.

...Anyway, let’s first figure out how to win the game.

After all... this is the best way to fight back against all doubts.

...

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[In the round of 16 of the National Masters Tournament, Lei Qi lost to Ji Qiujuan again, and his real-time rating is expected to have dropped to third place]

At 8 pm on August 3rd, Dajing City Hua Xia Go Association.

Shang Chaotian, who was preparing for a meeting in the conference room, couldn't help but frown when he saw the latest news about the National Team Competition.

Cai Shuang had already told Lei Qi about his inability to use "Flow" on the 31st - of course, even if Shang Chaotian was not told, the chairman of the Chess Association, who realized that something was wrong with the students' grades, would know the actual situation as soon as he watched the live broadcast.

It can be said that this matter made Shang Chaotian quite troubled.

If Lei Qi was simply in a bad state and had lost a lot recently, Shang Chaotian would not be too worried.

After all, it is inevitable for Go players to have ups and downs in their performance. It will be fine after a while.

But, Lei Qi can no longer use "Flow"...this is a more troublesome matter.

During the phone call that day, Cai Shuang expressed his concern that his junior was angry, but Shang Chaotian immediately denied it and told his oldest student not to overthink it.

This is because based on Lei Qi's past performance, he still has a strong sense of responsibility and collective honor, and would not do anything extreme like using team competitions to vent his anger.

On the other hand, Shang Chaotian, who had also participated in various team competitions, also knew that mutual suspicion among team members was definitely not a good thing - especially between brothers.

However... although he said this, Shang Chaotian's inner mental state has been very complicated in the past few days.

In fact, in a sense, he actually hoped that Lei Qi was really angry!
Because if he was just gambling out of anger, then if he lost too much, his performance and income would drop, and Lei Qi, who had really suffered losses, would not be able to continue gambling.

After all, people may always be at odds with their teachers, but they cannot always be at odds with their grades, reputation, status, and income.

The scary thing is, if Lei Qi wasn't angry, then...

Just as Shang Chaotian was getting more and more headache, the voice of his assistant beside him pulled Shang Chaotian out of his thoughts:
"...Brother Tian, ​​everyone is here. Let's get started."

"Ah good!"

Shang Chaotian responded casually.

“Uh, everyone, be quiet… let’s just have a short meeting now.

“Today’s meeting mainly focused on two topics.

"The first one is about the selection of players for this year's 'Lakeside Cup' Women's Go Tournament, which was officially announced a few days ago.

“Because the competition will start in mid-October, this matter needs to be finalized as soon as possible to facilitate the adjustment of the schedule of subsequent events.

"The second one is about the application for [Emergency Relief Clauses] submitted by the Women's Weiqi League Dongjiang Team yesterday morning."

Emergency…relief clause?
Upon hearing this, many of the executive committee members attending the meeting were stunned.

Because they had never heard of this clause before.

The background setting of the early stage of this volume is still being explained, and it is expected that the plot related to the [New First Dan Tournament] will be entered the day after tomorrow.

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(End of this chapter)