Go: Is the portable old man the nine-time champion?

Chapter 148 Dao Heart Broken
"We ordinary people are truly happy today! We ordinary people are truly happy today!"

"Can you change the song? I've been listening to you hum the whole way."

"Then I'll play you a folk song from Yunnan! A dance party is a great place... but there's no woman I like there..."

"Stop! Stop!"

Listening to Dou Honglang becoming increasingly unrestrained, Gu Zhengyu quickly stopped him, as it's not appropriate to sing these kinds of folk songs in front of children in Yunnan.

Last time this guy sang something like "Give Me a Pinch on Your Hips," which was clearly a restricted song. Who knows what kind of weird song he'll sing this time.

The members of the Capital Bank team were currently traveling from Tokyo International Airport in a van to the hotel where the World Go League Division B closing ceremony was being held.

This year's World Go League Division B has come to a close, with the final closing ceremony held in Tokyo.

Because the second division league uses a home-and-away system, the teams cannot gather together except for the opening and closing ceremonies.

However, many teams will not participate in the closing ceremony, because the closing ceremony is mainly for awarding prizes. Teams that did not win prizes are sometimes unwilling to come and create a lively atmosphere. Of course, some locals will come to freeload a meal.

The Capital Bank team came because they finished eighth this year, which means they'll receive a bonus, and Yi Zheng was nominated for Best Newcomer, so they're naturally here to get a piece of the pie.

However, as soon as the group arrived at the hotel and got out of the car, they saw a row of burly men in suits standing at the hotel entrance.

How should I put it? Yi Zheng felt that these people looked somewhat familiar.

Seems to be?
"Easy to conquer."

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Yi Zheng knew who it was.

Seriously, buddy? Why do you always come to see me every time I come to Tokyo? We're good friends, but it doesn't have to be this lovey-dovey.

Seeing Kuroki Ryuji suddenly appear from the side, Yi Zheng felt a little helpless. "Don't you have any matches? I remember there are quite a few opportunities to compete in Japan. How come you always have time whenever I come?"

However, Yi Zheng quickly noticed that something was wrong. Kuroki Ryuji's expression was noticeably serious, unlike the happy look he had shown the previous times.

Seeing Kuroki Ryuji's expression, Yi Zheng also became slightly more serious: "What's wrong?"

"I need your help with something. Can you come with me?"

"Row."

Yi Zheng nodded upon hearing this and agreed without hesitation. He said goodbye to his teammates and got back into Kuroki Ryuji's car.

Since the closing ceremony is tomorrow, Yi Zheng is free to do as he pleases today and doesn't need to worry about reporting anything.

However, seeing Yi Zheng leave with Kuroki Ryuji, the other teammates couldn't help but shake their heads. Why does it always seem like this?
Is there some kind of bromance between this Japanese kid and Yi Zheng?

Once in the car, Yi Zheng noticed Kuroki Ryuji looking preoccupied and asked directly, "What's wrong?"

Yi Zheng found it strange that Kuroki Ryuji asked him for help. The reason was simple: theoretically speaking, given the Kuroki family's strength in Japan, Yi Zheng couldn't help them at all with their problems.

It can't be that some incestuous offspring of a so-called unbroken lineage has taken a liking to their daughter, right? Yi Zheng would say that coming to me is useless.

So everything that can be obtained is related to Go, but what can be obtained from Go?

"My brother played three games against AlphaGo a while ago."

"I know."

Yi Zheng nodded. "I was one of the people involved. I even personally acted as your brother's human arm. How could I not know?" Kuroki Ryuji wasn't surprised to hear this. After all, the whole world should know about AlphaGo's feats back then, so how could Yi Zheng not know?

"After that game, my brother seemed to be possessed. He had huge doubts about the changes in the Heavenly Demon Great Transformation, and even his performance this year has dropped significantly. His world rating has dropped to fifth."

Kuroki Ryuji sighed helplessly as he spoke. Ever since his match against AlphaGo, Kuroki Teruto had been in a state of frenzy.

Although he still participated in the competitions as usual, he often locked himself in the research room, constantly setting up chess pieces, and was even found asleep in the research room several times.

Previously, Kuroki Teruto lost three of his titles at once, which was unimaginable in the past.

Kuroki Ryuji felt that some of his older brothers had entered a dead end, but he was completely helpless.

To some extent, regardless of whether the Heavenly Demon Transformation was right or wrong, it was not unacceptable to Kuroki Teruto, or the problem was already solved the moment he knew about it.

The problem now is that you don't know if you're right or wrong, and being confused is the most terrifying thing for a person.

This is the situation for Teruto Kuroki. Because of AlphaGo, he now has doubts about the Tenma Taika, but he doesn't know whether it's right or wrong.

Or what is right and what is wrong.

After all, without the appearance of a mechanical deity, it might have taken hundreds of years for the three complex patterns to be gradually broken down and eliminated.

How could Kuroki Teruto accomplish the work of several generations by himself? He's bound to run into a dead end if he tries to solve this problem.

In Kuroki Ryuji's view, unless he could find the legendary AlphaGo, which might be of some help to his older brother, this one had only appeared online and had disappeared for a long time since then, making it impossible to contact him.

Mr. Ke: Why is that? It's so hard to guess!

So Kuroki Ryuji didn't have any good ideas until he discovered that Yi Zheng had recently come to Tokyo again. As the one who had created the new transformation of the Heavenly Demon Great Transformation, Kuroki Ryuji felt that Yi Zheng could also help his older brother.

Don't ask, just believe!

Upon hearing Kuroki Ryuji's words, Yi Zheng fell into deep thought.

Was Elder Ke really that ruthless back then? Surely not? Did he really shatter Kuroki Teruto's Dao Heart?
"Why are you looking at me? He insisted on playing against me, okay? I can only call it self-defense! Besides, you were the one who made the move, I was just providing the coordinates for the move, and you're the one who's to blame for everything."

When Ke Lao saw Yi Zheng glancing at him, he immediately said, "Yi Zheng played the game, what does it have to do with me?"
"So this is why you contacted me?"

"Yes, I didn't know what to do either, so I thought maybe you could help."

Ryuji Kuroki couldn't help but laugh as he said this. Reason told him that this was impossible, but his emotions led him to desperately try anything.

Upon hearing this, Yi Zheng shook his head and sighed.

Seeing Yi Zheng like this, Kuroki Ryuji also sighed, knowing that he was making a completely unreasonable demand of him.

It's already quite impressive that Yi Zheng was able to research a new transformation of the Heavenly Demon Great Transformation. Now, he's demanding that others explain this transformation clearly, which is beyond unreasonable.

"You guys are really lucky. Right now, besides me, I don't think anyone else can solve this problem."

Yi Zheng sighed not because he couldn't solve the problem, but because he had to clean up the mess that Old Ke had made.

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(End of this chapter)