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

Chapter 603: Tianyuan is newly appointed, and celebrities are waiting for their seats

"Ahhh, no no!

"How could I possibly find you scary, Rui Zhao!"

After realizing it was a false alarm, Ni Jue saw who was coming and replied against his will:
"I, I just won the game of chess in a thrilling way, so I'm a little scared!"

“Ah…Is that so?”

After hearing this explanation, Queen Zhaotian relaxed her expression and smiled sweetly:
"But... in the end, you win, brother!

"Brother Ni, congratulations on defending your title of celebrity once again!"

——Yes, the last game of the celebrity tournament has just ended.

Although Ni Jue took a big lead at the beginning with his flying knives, the course of the game was quite bumpy afterwards.

In the middle game shaping and fighting, Ni Jue's level was obviously not as good as before, allowing Bian Lele to seize the opportunity to continuously close the situation, directly turning it into a fine chess game of half a point!
In fact, this is not the first time such a situation has occurred in this celebrity battle.

The previous two games went in roughly the same direction, with the reigning master winning one and losing one in the end, and the game was dragged into the final deciding game.

Fortunately, the goddess of victory finally stood on Ni Jue's side.

At the end of the game, Ni Jue, playing with white, narrowly won by a quarter of a point, successfully defending the title of [Celebrity] once again and achieving the achievement of "Celebrity Six Consecutive Championships"!
Ah...it's a good thing it's Lele, the old man!
If it were Little Lei, Little Bear, or Monkey King who came instead... I don't think they would be able to hold on!
Facing the congratulations from his junior sister, Ni Jue said something in his heart, then tried to put on a smile and said:

"Thank you, Rui Zhao!
“Congratulations on entering the finals, it was a beautiful game!

"Your fast chess... I'm afraid even an average 9th dan player can't handle it!"

"Ah, Brother Ni, you watched it right after the game!"

Rui Zhao, realizing that Ni Jue had already watched his last game in the qualifiers, seemed a little embarrassed:
“Not really!
"It's just that I just happened to have done some research on the layout and preparation of Taochen Jiudan in today's game!"

“No need to be so modest!”

The famous Tian Yuan responded with a smile, then his eyes fixed and he asked his junior sister:

"Oh, by the way, Rui Zhao...

"What do you think of my performance in this celebrity match?"

"……Eh?"

"Just tell it like it is."

Seeing that the expression of the junior sister was obviously frozen, Ni Jue added another sentence.

Rui Zhao pursed his lips after hearing this, and after a moment of silence, he still expressed his opinion truthfully:

"Brother Ni, you seem... a little weaker than last year.

"B-but it's okay!

"With the previous library of flying knives as a foundation, it should be enough to defend the title!"

Hearing Rui Zhao's words, Ni Jue blinked, then couldn't help but smile and said:
"Okay, I'll take your advice!
"Hey, that's right!
"If you are eliminated this time, can you stay here and accompany me to practice to keep in shape?
"It just so happens that I haven't played chess with you for a long time, so I'll take this opportunity to play to my heart's content!
“Ah… of course.

"If you can win in the end, it would be best if you can challenge me for the title directly!"

"Yeah! No problem, brother!"

Hearing this "joke", Rui Zhao nodded naturally in agreement, completely unaware of the slight hint of other meaning in Ni Jue's tone.

In her opinion, although Ni Jue's level is indeed much lower than last year, with the bonus of flying knives, she is still confident of defending the title.

Now that her senior brother asked her to help with sparring, he must be fully prepared to defend his other title with all his strength. Empress Zhaotian, who had been taken care of by Ni Jue since she came to this world, naturally agreed.

however……

Things did not develop as Rui Zhao expected...

On April 4, the Tianyuan Tournament Challenger Finals ended.

Lei Qi finally defeated Sun Yi and became the challenger for the [Tianyuan] title for the second consecutive year!
Moreover, what is the same in this Tianyuan Tournament is not just the two sides - the same one-sided situation as last year's Tianyuan Tournament was staged again in this year's three-game match!

But this time, the one-sided direction has changed...

On April 4, the second match of the three-game Tianyuan tournament ended at Tianyi Pavilion in Tongli Town.

Challenger Lei Qi quickly took the initiative from the start and forced Ni Jue to resign in just 153 moves.

In addition to the first set he won without any difficulty the day before yesterday, China's "future No. 1" officially obtained his second domestic title after the "National Player".

...

...

"Dai Jiudan, why doesn't Senior Brother Ni use his sword? There are obviously suitable and powerful flying knives that can be used in both games!

"Although... I may not necessarily win against Lei Qi Jiudan by using the sword, but it is too difficult to defend the title without using the sword!"

At 4:9 p.m. on April , in the Tianyi Pavilion viewing room in Tongli Town.

Queen Zhaotian, who had just witnessed her senior brother's disastrous defeat in the Tianyuan battle, couldn't help feeling depressed and puzzled.

In this Tianyuan Tournament, Dangshi Zhaojun drew Dai Gongzhineng in the first round. Facing the test of this "coach" who had guided her for a long time during the Spring Festival, Dangshi Zhaojun, whose slow chess was still quite far from the top-tier, ultimately failed to pass the quality inspection. Following last year's Yixian Tournament, she fell again in the first round of the title match.

However, after losing the game, Rui Zhao was not too depressed and quickly started practicing with Ni Jue.

Dai Gongzhineng, who lost to Tang Guansheng in the round of 16, quickly joined in and participated in the review discussion. The three of them were "fully prepared" for this three-game Tianyuan tournament.

But in the two games of chess the day before yesterday and today, Ni Jue was almost euthanized. His most proud arsenal was surrendered before it even showed its edge. This made Rui Zhao, who had been helping to prepare for the battle, a little anxious.

But at this moment, Dai Ran simply looked at Empress Zhao Tian expressionlessly and said calmly:
"Ni Jue is old and had an operation, so he can't maintain his level anymore..." "He didn't choose to exchange his spot for the Spring Orchid Cup this time, probably because he didn't want to waste it..."

Dai Ran was right: Ni Jue, who had just defended her title as the [Celebrity] and had enough points in international competitions, was not on the list of participants for the Spring Orchid Cup announced five days ago.

Although Ni Jue had never taken the initiative to use international competition points to exchange for World Championship places before, the Spring Orchid Cup was an exception.

Because there is no qualifying competition for the Spring Orchid Cup and there are many places available for domestic chess players to exchange, Ni Jue thinks that even if he does not compete, it is not too much to get a place with his level, so he usually chooses to exchange the place.

But the fact that he gave up on the exchange this time was indeed meaningful - it's just that the public's attention was focused on the wild card picks, which were not actually surprising, so this point did not cause much discussion.

However, Empress Zhaotian still couldn't understand this:
"Even if my level has declined a bit, I should at least give it a try..."

"Maybe he's worried that he'll lose even after he draws the sword, and that it's all wasted!"

Before Rui Zhao could finish, Dai Ran interrupted her and said:

"In the past few days, he and you have played slow chess on equal terms. With his current level, even if he uses his sword, he will be in great danger - he is really the 'weakest ninth dan'!"

"The weakest ninth dan" - this was what online chess fans joked about two years ago after [Yu Wei Wang Ren] nearly lost to [Yi Zhao Qi Yi].

Dai Ran said this in order to liven up the tense atmosphere, but Rui Zhao was not in the mood to smile at all.

Senior Brother Ni, you may really be fading out of the limelight...

Maybe, the next celebrity match in November this year may be his last...

This fact weighed heavily on Zhaojun's heart, leaving her, who had always been strong and optimistic, speechless for a long time, not knowing how to react.

But at this moment, Dai Ran on the side suddenly said:
"But Rui Zhao...

"In fact, you have a better way right now to help Ni Jue defend his title."

...

...

“…Let’s stop here for the replay!

"Congratulations, Lei!
"To be honest, I am very happy to hand over the title of [Tianyuan] to you!"

Twenty minutes later, in the chess room of Tianyi Pavilion.

Ni Jue, who had just finished her second title match in half a month, seemed very relaxed.

but……

Lei Qi, who was sitting opposite and had just become a Tianyuan national player, did not smile at all. Instead, he asked in a calm voice:

"Ni Jiuduan, why don't you draw your sword?

"I told you after the last game that there's no need to worry about the last Tianyuan Tournament!"

"Ah, of course it's not because of what happened last year."

Ni Jue smiled and said:
"I just feel that with my current energy and level, I can't defend two titles at the same time. So it's natural to make a choice.

“Compared to the three-time champion Tianyuan, I definitely value the six-time champion Mingren more.

"So, Xiao Lei, don't feel bad just because I didn't draw my sword.

"I will do the same to anyone who comes in front of me in this Tianyuan Tournament. And you have won the challenger status for two consecutive tournaments. You deserve to be the new Tianyuan."

But after Ni Mingren's explanation, Lei Qi still did not look relaxed or happy at all:

“But what difference does it make?

"To defend one more term of [Celebrity] is to be a champion, and to defend [Tianyuan] now is also to be a champion.

"And considering your age, it will be harder for you to keep your title as you advance in the future. Logically speaking, keeping it now is the best option..."

Ni Jue narrowed his eyes, then said nonchalantly:
"This time it's you who's here to challenge!

"I'm not sure about facing you, the No. 1 in the domestic ranking, so I'm thinking if there will be a relatively weak challenger in the next Masters Tournament, so that I can have a better chance of winning...

"And if we have to rank the two titles [Celebrity] and [Tianyuan], isn't [Celebrity] generally a little higher? It's normal for me to give priority to [Celebrity]."

Ni Jue said it well - in China, the two titles of [Celebrity] and [Tianyuan] have long been equally famous, but if we have to rank them, [Celebrity] is generally considered to be slightly higher.

The main reason is that China and Japan jointly held a competition between incumbent celebrities. The [Celebrity] is one of the "three major crowns" in Japan, and its status is obviously higher than that of [Tianyuan]. Because of the existence of the competition, the [Celebrity] on the Chinese side is slightly higher than the [Tianyuan].

However, although Ni Jue's words sounded reasonable, Lei Qi was not stupid and would not simply think that what Ni Jue said was the reason for him to give up [Tian Yuan] so easily.

At this time, he already had a guess in his mind...

Although this guess was a bit bold, the boy at this moment felt that his intuition was most likely the truth of the matter...

"Ni Jiudan, you just said that you were happy to hand over [Tianyuan] to me.

“So what about the next [celebrity]…

"You are also a candidate with expectations, right?"

"..."

Ni Jue was obviously a little surprised by this question, and even didn't know how to answer it at first.

However, after a little hesitation, the Chinese celebrity smiled, shook his head and said:
"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!"

(End of this chapter)