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

Chapter 514 Do your best

"idiot!
"Seo, you've really brought shame to us Japanese men this time!
"It is a disgrace for a dignified 8th dan player and Honinbo title challenger to make a fatal mistake when Ichijo-kun has already demonstrated how to target Rui Zhao!"

October 10st, in the capital of Japan, Toyo City, Toyo Chess Institute.

Although the entire Japanese Chess Institute is now immersed in the joy of the country's number one player having just won Japan's only world championship in nearly twenty years, Sato Tadao's scolding voice can still be heard in the vice-president's office.

In theory, as a senior executive of the chess academy, Sato Tadao should not have lost his temper at such a joyous occasion.

But no way.

Firstly, Rui Zhao, the chess player, is too sensitive to Japan - he is the person who almost ruined Japanese Go!
Sato Tadao still remembers the shaking feeling in his hands when he watched the quarterfinals of the Yingyi Cup. It is unacceptable that a high-level chess player from his country has once again won the title of "Queen of Fermented Bean Curd".

Secondly, Seo's identity is a little special to him...

"Red Bean Paste Smith Marseille! Mr. Sato!"

Seeing that the teacher was still angry, Koji Seo hurriedly bowed deeply again, but this again caused Sato's dissatisfaction.

"I've told you! Don't call me teacher in the chess academy! Don't you understand?"

"Ah... Smithmassy! Smithmassy!

"I'm so sorry, Vice Chairman!"

Actually... this time, Seo Koji also had a lot of grievances that he couldn't express.

As a young and emerging chess player of 23 years old (this age is considered very young in Japan), Koji Seo has performed well recently. In the first half of the year, he took advantage of the sharp drop in the prize money of the Honinbo tournament and the reduction in the attention paid to many top players to win a challenger seat.

Although he was eventually defeated easily by Takuya Ichijo 3-0 in the five-game Honinbo match, he was still promoted to 8th dan with the status of "Honinbo Challenger" and won the qualification to participate in the Nongshim Cup qualifiers in July, which seemed to be a bit like the successor to Reiwa Sanhachi... No, Reiwa Three Birds.

In this time's Miaojia Bailing Cup comprehensive preliminaries, Koji Seo lived up to expectations. Even though there were no top 30 players in the world in this group, he defeated Peng Wendong in the final group final and became the only Japanese chess player to enter the tournament besides the two seeds Takuya Ichijo and Hiroaki Shindo. He was very proud of himself for a while.

By the way, the remaining one of the three top players in Japan, Xiao Naofu, has not yet recovered after losing to Zhaotian, and he was eliminated in the second round of the comprehensive qualifying group this time.

It was precisely this series of recent achievements that made Koji Seo feel a little proud for a moment.

When he was drawn against Rui Zhao, who had lost eight consecutive games to high-level male chess players, in the first round, Koji Seo was secretly delighted at having drawn a good lot, thinking that the "stupid beauty" opposite him was just in good form at the moment and had sneaked into the quarterfinals in the Yingyi Cup, but her true colors were exposed when he took a little aim at her.

He was very confident in his endgame, and felt that this time he could easily win by imitating Takuya Ichijo's targeted method, so he roughly reviewed the quarterfinal match in which Takuya Ichijo defeated Rui Zhao in the Yingyi Cup, and did not learn much about the rest of Rui Zhao's domestic competitions.

But what he never expected was that this top Chinese player would be so difficult to deal with!

Facing Seo Koji, whose chess skills were obviously weaker than Takuya Ichijo, Rui Zhao showed no courtesy at all and used tough tactics in the middle game, catching Seo off guard!
Although Seo is a leader among the new generation of Japanese chess players, he still managed to maintain his momentum through long thinking, doing his best to simplify and maintain the situation, and finally entered the competition for the endgame with a close disadvantage.

But this time, Seo, who spent too much time in the middle game, discovered...

The complicated endgame is a test for more than just Rui Zhao!
Although Seo played well in the endgame, he spent much more time than Rui Zhao in the middle game. As the countdown continued, Seo's performance was not very good. In the end, he failed to make up for the loss and was defeated.

Although the result of this first round match was uneventful in China because the great chess master Lin made the front-page headlines, it caused an uproar in the Japanese chess world for a while.

Many Japanese chess fans have already suffered from "Zhao Tianhou PTSD". It's okay for a female chess player to lose to Rui Zhao because of her lack of strength, but if a male chess player with a high level loses, it will naturally cause public outrage and the Internet will be inflamed. Only Xiao Naofu felt a lot of comfort in his heart, and felt that he was not alone in his path - this way he could appear less conspicuous.

That is to say, the Japanese chess master defeated Dai Gongzhi in the second round, which immediately attracted the public's attention and prevented the incident from escalating.

Therefore, after losing the game, Koji Seo only dared to apologize to his teacher over the phone first. He had to wait until such a happy occasion to apologize in person. Unexpectedly, he still got scolded.

“…Um, um, the Vice Chairman!”

Seo defended himself:

"Although my performance was not good this time, I personally think that Rui Zhao is really strong! He is a serious high-level chess player!

"She is just like the Ice Queen. We can absolutely not regard her as a female chess player..."

"Baga! What's the use of this!"

Sato Tadao said angrily:

"Of course I know what level this Rui Zhao is at, but who among the public and the media outside the circle cares about the facts?!

"They would just say 'The chess players from the Dongying Chess Institute can't even beat women'!
"If Ichijo-kun hadn't won the championship this time, the external pressure you would have endured wouldn't have been much better than last time with Ueno-kun!"

"This...you, you are right!
"Smith-Massey! Smith-Massey!"

Seo was speechless and could only apologize repeatedly.

But at this moment, an old and kind voice came from outside:
"Zhongnan, don't be so harsh on your students!
"After all...it didn't cause much of an impact!"

Hearing this voice, the two people in the office were stunned at the same time, and then a white-haired old man walked in, appearing very natural and calm.

"Chairman!" ×2
The teacher and the student said at the same time:
The chairman of the Dongying Chess Institute, Yahiko Kobayashi, smiled and nodded as a greeting, then reached out and gently patted Seo Koji on the back:

"Seo, you need to reflect on your loss to Rui Zhao, but what you should reflect on is not the so-called "losing to a female chess player is too embarrassing", but your own arrogance.

“I watched your chess game and it was obvious that you were not fully prepared and did not really take seriously this opponent who had defeated Ueno-kun.

"It is true that you are the best young chess player in our chess academy since the 'Three Birds of Reiwa'. However, Ichijo-kun, who just won the world championship, said modestly in the post-match interview that he thought that luck played a big role in this world championship. He will continue to train tirelessly in the future and strive to win another world championship with a truly undisputed performance.

"Seo-kun, you should also learn more about this mentality."

After hearing this, Seo quickly responded:

"Understood, Chairman!
"In fact, after fighting with Rui Zhao this time... I knew she would be difficult to deal with."

Kobayashi Yahiko nodded, then looked at Sato Tadao:

"Zhongnan, don't be too harsh on the players who lost to Rui Zhao 7th Dan.

"To be honest, we should be happy to see Rui Zhao 7th Dan continue to improve."

Sato Tadao narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this:
"Chairman, are you saying...?"

“This shows that we are on the right path now.”

Kobayashi Yahiko's voice remained unchanged:
“Female chess players…

“There should be a real chance to become a leader of a country.”

“This... is within my expectations.

"Otherwise, I would not have supported the proposal to focus on training Uesaka-kun." Sato Tadao replied:

"But like I said, the key is how to convince the public and chess fans about this..."

"We don't have to worry about that."

Kobayashi Yahiko waved his hand and interrupted:

"There is a Chinese idiom that goes 'If you don't make a sound, you'll be amazing once you do.'

"And we should also have a bit of the magnanimity of the final victor of the Warring States Period, and slowly...

"Just wait for it to chirp."

...

...

"Ni Jue, have you lost weight recently?"

On the evening of April 10, at Ni Jue’s home in Qiantang City.

Xiao Mingran looked at her husband who had just packed his luggage, and asked with some heartache.

Tomorrow, Ni Jue will go to Zhenze City to participate in this year's Changqi Cup competition, so he packed his bags tonight.

"Hey, is there any?"

Ni Jue asked subconsciously, but she remembered that she seemed to have tied her belt a little tighter than before, so she quickly added:
"...Ah! Then I'll just eat more often!"

However, Xiao Mingran shook his head and said:
"Ni Jue, this time you fought... too hard?

"Although you participated in many competitions in the past, except for the two competitions where you were able to directly enter the finals, you were quite relaxed and looked very healthy.

"But in the past six months, I've seen you become haggard!
"Don't forget, we plan to have a baby next year!"

"it's okay no problem!"

The famous Tian Yuan quickly comforted his wife:
“I’ll just try this once!

"After this fight, regardless of success or failure, I will immediately take care of my body and prepare for pregnancy, okay?"

But Xiao Mingran's frown did not relax:
"Then... we still have to keep fighting like this until after the New Year?
"Ni Jue, I see that you can't sleep for more than six hours a day recently. Apart from eating and sleeping, you spend all your time playing Go...

"Really, do you have to work that hard?"

Ni Jue pursed her lips and remained silent for a few seconds, then slowly nodded.

It has to be said that Ni Jue was a little unsure whether he could defeat Young Master Liu in the Nongshim Cup.

In the Miao Family Bailing Cup that just ended a few days ago, Ni Jue lost to Ji Qiujuan and was eliminated in the round of 16.

This was not too surprising to him - under normal circumstances, his current level would be roughly at the top 16 of the World Championships. He has achieved this result in all four World Championships so far this year.

In fact, it is not easy for a player like him, who turned 30 last month, to maintain such a result in the world championship without using his unique skills.

But the current result still puts a lot of pressure on Ni Jue:
A player who is only at the top 16 of the World Championships, plus a flying knife...

Can it really end the winning streak of the contemporary Nongshim God in the ring matches?
After asking herself, Ni Jue felt that:

It cannot be said that there is no chance.

...But it's hard to say how high the chances are.

perhaps……

It's a fifty-fifty split!
"Life is a rare opportunity to fight!"

Ni Jue sighed and said:
"Wife, this game of chess I'm preparing for... might be the most important game of chess in my life!"

Xiao Mingran was stunned when she heard her husband's emotional sigh - he could clearly hear her husband's eagerness and determination.

Ni Jue continued:
"Our domestic chess community has not won an international championship for more than a year, and we really need a good fight to boost morale!

"This time, Old Dai did his best to complete his 'mission' of stopping Liu Shixian at the World Championships, but it's a pity that the youngsters failed to catch up...

"He was not too concerned about being eliminated, but these days he feels really bad about not being able to eliminate the Japanese chess player who won the championship.

“And Junior Sister brought me a very delicate flying knife a few days ago, saying that she hoped it could help me.

“Although I also took the opportunity to teach her many knife-making techniques, overall... I undoubtedly benefited more.

"I was bragging to Old Dai, and I owed a favor to Junior Sister! Xiao Lei also sacrificed a lot for me!

"As for me, I will naturally give it my all in this game, leaving myself no room for regret.

“Although it’s hard to say whether we can win or not, as the saying goes, ‘do your best and leave the rest to fate’, we must at least do our best.

"Otherwise, if I don't try my best and end up losing, I feel like I will regret it for the rest of my life."

After hearing this, Xiao Mingran fell silent.

She always knew that although her husband was not sociable, he was always considerate and humorous in front of her.

What I said today is so serious, it really means something.

"...I understand. I won't hold you back."

Xiao Mingran nodded:
"...But you have to promise me that your health is the most important thing and don't force it, understand?
"You are my only dear husband!"

Hearing this, Ni Jue blinked first, then moved his muscles to put on a smile and said:

"of course.

"Once this game of chess is over, I'll go get a thorough physical examination and we'll prepare to have a baby!"

(End of this chapter)