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

Chapter 365 The Signs of Freedom

My name is Kuroki Teruto.

Go professional 9-dan player!

A Grand Slam of Go titles in Japan!

The only Japanese Go player to win the World Cup in the last decade!
The hope of Go in Japan!

He was known as the noble young master of Go in Japan.

But now, why have I inexplicably become a bet?
Even on the second day, Kuroki Teruto still felt a bit bewildered. What on earth happened? How did your two arguments drag me into it?

"You don't need to prove anything, just play chess normally."

Looking at Yi Zheng, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground and seemed very uncomfortable, constantly changing his posture like a child with ADHD, Kuroki Teruto sighed helplessly.

Young people like Yi Zheng are too impulsive; they have to prove something and refute anything they disagree with.

Kuroki Teruto felt there was absolutely no need for this, as it would only waste his time. People can't understand each other, and if he's willing to believe his things, then let him believe them.

There is an old Chinese saying: "Learning without thinking is futile; thinking without learning is dangerous." Our elders learned too little but thought too much.

Kuroki Teruto himself was too lazy to communicate with some of the older generation, since it was simply impossible to communicate with them. He couldn't take their words to heart at all, and doing so would only pollute his database.

Anyway, just say whatever they say, oh right, right!

They couldn't even detect their own impatience and sarcastic tone, and even felt that they were very respectful to their teacher.

However, since he was able to get away with it this way, Kuroki Teruto naturally didn't want to have any further conflicts with them.

After all, Japanese society places great emphasis on age hierarchy and seniority.

There's a classic saying that goes, "You don't need anyone else; your seniors will bully you."

Therefore, in Kuroki Teruto's view, there was no need for Yi Zheng to argue with these people about right and wrong. He could just wait and let them die, since they didn't have many years left to live anyway.

Kuroki Teruto was more worried that Yi Zheng's suggestion to use the Foolish Form to defeat him would be a self-inflicted trap that would lead to failure, and such a victory was not what Kuroki Teruto wanted.

If your opponent is fighting with one hand tied, what is there to be proud of even if you win?

"So don't have any mental burden or pressure, don't care what others say, just give it your all in the game!"

Upon hearing this, Yi Zheng smiled and said, "Don't worry! Since you want to see my full strength, I won't let you down."

Kuroki Teruto nodded. For him, it was better to lose standing up than to let his victory be tainted in any way. No player could accept a victory gained due to off-field factors with a clear conscience.

With a heavy heart, Teruto Kuroki began the game.

In the second game, the players switched colors immediately, with Teruto Kuroki playing black and making the first move.

Kuroki Teruto employed the classic Chinese opening. Although Yi Zheng has repeatedly stated publicly that the Chinese opening is gradually becoming obsolete, this opening can still be seen in professional Go, as its advantages are indeed obvious.

Yi Zheng, playing white, once again opted for the simplest two-star formation, which seems to have become his standard move for white.

"Yi Zheng didn't just go up to deal with the Chinese style. Didn't he say before that the simplest way to deal with the Chinese style is to just go up and destroy it?" Looking at Kuroki Teruto using the Chinese style on the top, Jiang Mobai couldn't help but shake his head, because this was simply the perfect position for Yi Zheng to use the Chinese style and the point 3.

However, Yi Zheng did not use any of them. Instead, he only used the 3-3 point after hanging in the corner, which is completely different from his classic 3-3 point theory.

"That's why I said I understand it less and less. Kuroki Teruto is now using a strategy that AlphaGo used online before. We used to subconsciously just switch sides, but now we just switch sides."

I feel like I can play any situation without moving my pieces right now; Go is just so difficult!

Chu Tianjiao felt increasingly confused. Even though his strength was still among the world's best, it really felt like he was outdated.

I don’t understand. I don’t understand.

Yun Linglei shook his head: "It's good that you don't understand! If you understood it, there would be a problem. Just believe it and that's all."

Yi Zheng's realm has long since been broken through. At first, the sharp sword was unintentional, then the soft sword was unpredictable, then the heavy sword was without edge, and now even grass, trees, bamboo and stones are sharp swords, and even flowers and flying leaves can hurt people.

"It's one thing for them to undress haphazardly, but we absolutely cannot do that. They're efficient at undressing, while we'd just die on the spot."

People often say that Go is about freedom, but how many people are truly free in Go? At least in Yun Linglei's opinion, only AlphaGo deserves this praise, and now perhaps Yi Zheng should be added to the list.

Yun Linglei did try to imitate and learn from AlphaGo, but he found that in most cases, he would end up doing a poor imitation. At most, you can only learn some of its superficial aspects; trying to learn everything will only harm yourself.

But Yi Zheng clearly learned everything, so how did he end up harming others?

However, Yun Linglei is now completely indifferent. So be it. There's no place for remnants of the old era like us anymore.

Just believe unconditionally and that's it. If you don't understand, that's your problem, not Yi Zheng's.

In this game, Kuroki Teruto did not follow the traditional methods at all. In fact, compared to others, Kuroki Teruto was the most superstitious about AlphaGo.

After all, only Kuroki Teruto was the one who was hurt the most by him at that time, but the deeper the hurt, the more fascinated Kuroki Teruto became with AlphaGo, and he had secretly trained with the game records countless times.

"I've just shifted my focus to the top left. Yi Zheng's style will most likely be to attack from the middle, but even so, I'm not afraid of a battle like that."

Kuroki Teruto knew Yi Zheng's style well, which is why he didn't choose a balanced approach; he wanted to lure Yi Zheng into a trap.

He didn't believe that Yi Zheng could break out of the trap he had set.

However, to everyone's surprise, including Kuroki Teruto's expectations, Yi Zheng did indeed infiltrate in a certain way, but the place he infiltrated was completely different from what everyone had expected.

It wasn't the empty space on the left; Yi Zheng directly hooked it into the top left corner with the small eye and small flying hook!

"I rely on!"

The Chinese team members off the field were already scratching their heads in frustration. Yi Zheng had mentioned a method to break the Chinese style of play, and the theory was actually somewhat acceptable.

However, regardless of the circumstances, let alone the fact that Kuroki Teruto now has a large flying piece to cooperate with, even without this piece, using a small-eye small-flying piece to deal with the Chinese style is not a wise choice, right?
Even Kuroki Teruto felt a bit provoked. Yi Zheng's move was really disrespectful to him!

P.S.: I felt the match I chose wasn't quite right when I was writing it, so I deleted it and rewrote it. Sorry for being a little late.

(End of this chapter)