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

Chapter 367 Foolish Triangle Break

"Want to switch places with me?"

Yi Zheng looked at Kuroki Teruto, who had been thinking for nearly twenty minutes before making his choice, and immediately judged his intention: to capture the four white stones in the middle of his pieces, at the cost of making his own corner pieces live.

Perhaps in Kuroki Teruto's view, he had already made a great sacrifice, and Yi Zheng couldn't possibly disagree, could he? What more could he want?

But what Yi Zheng wanted to say was: "Isn't that enough? This is just the beginning!"

Yi Zheng said that death is death, how can one be brought back to life! This goes against the laws of nature!

So I'll still give you the above, but I'll keep the rest.

Faced with Yi Zheng's intentions, Kuroki Teruto had no choice but to follow along, but as he walked, he felt as if he was walking very smoothly.

I even feel like I've made up for it pretty much. Although I can't do anything about Yi Zheng, we should still be in a 2-point situation.

Thinking this way, Kuroki Teruto took the initiative and went to the upper right corner to make a move, intending to establish a winning position.

but……

"They've left the main battlefield. Kuroki Teruto has done quite well, but too much has been left behind in certain areas."

Yi Zheng has a chance to catch his breath, but all of his attacks are preemptive moves, making subsequent attacks from below much more difficult...

No, it's Yi Zheng who will definitely infiltrate.

Looking at the situation on the chessboard, Master Ke couldn't help but shake his head. Kuroki Teruto played well, but Yi Zheng was simply outmatched.

Yi Zheng seems to have improved a bit more. Since winning the Chess Saint title, his performance in these games seems to be getting stronger and stronger.

"But... Yi Zheng's style is starting to change now."

As Ke Lao observed Yi Zheng's moves, he seemed to be pondering something. He keenly noticed Yi Zheng's change, as if he wanted to change his style or embrace something new.

It's too early to say whether it's good or bad, but it seems that Yi Zheng has indeed reached a point where he should seek change.

Move 44, White, invade!
Just as Ke Lao had predicted, Yi Zheng seized the opportunity when Kuroki Teruto momentarily left the main battlefield and delivered a fatal blow.

However, Kuroki Teruto doesn't feel that he's that bad right now. Asking Kuroki Teruto to improve his moves is a pipe dream for him. He thinks that if he were to make up for himself like this, he'd be out of a job!
Kuroki Teruto still held the same idea: to fight!
"Kuroki Teruto has surrounded Yi Zheng?"

"No! It's Yi Zheng who has surrounded Kuroki Teruto!"

As the battle unfolded on the chessboard, a heated debate broke out in the research room.

If you don't look closely, it seems that Kuroki Teruto has completely surrounded Yi Zheng, and it seems that he has achieved his initial strategic goal.

However, the problem is that the white stones that were trapped inside are now alive, while the encirclement formed by Kuroki Teruto has left various weaknesses, making it seem as if the outside is now all easily captured.

"What's going on? Why does it suddenly feel like Kuroki Teruto is losing? It's like White has surrounded the entire board all morning?"

Looking at the changes that were taking place on the left side of the chessboard, the people in the research room couldn't help but exchange bewildered glances.

After a recent exchange, the empty board on the right is almost entirely dominated by white stones, and now it's a difficult situation for Teruto Kuroki.

Kuroki Teruto had to break in and find a way to secure the isolated group of White stones, but this was a very difficult task given White's massive formation.

"Kuroki Teruto had planned to set up a clever trap below, but Yi Zheng didn't fall for it."

"That's not related to that. The problem is, where did things go wrong?" "I can't see it. It just seemed like things were going normally, and then it turned into a situation where White had the advantage, because it seemed like no matter how you played, White's advantage was inevitable?!"

"I don't see anything wrong with Kuroki Teruto?"

"You can't say the biggest problem is in the earlier parts, can you? That shouldn't be the case! I don't see anything wrong with it!"

"What the hell!"

"How did Go become like this?!"

Regarding the changes on the right, the elite Dongying Go Academy couldn't help but start arguing, because no one understood why it had turned out this way.

The more important problem is that it's impossible to pinpoint where Kuroki Teruto went wrong; it seems that simply continuing down this path will inevitably give him an advantage.

So weird!

The Japanese Go players present had almost never encountered anything like this in their lives, but they witnessed it today.

Kuroki Teruto's sense of victory and defeat is far stronger than that of other Japanese Go players. What they can see from the outside, Kuroki Teruto, as a player in the game, naturally cannot fail to see.

Although he didn't know exactly what went wrong, now was not the time to think about that!
We must fight back!

Seeing Kuroki Teruto launch a counterattack, Yi Zheng remained expressionless. The more he counterattacked, the more tragically he would die in his own formation!
Kuroki Teruto knew his situation was bad, but he had to keep going, and even considered fighting on two fronts to see if he could restrain Yi Zheng.

"No, that's not right!"

Suddenly, Kuroki Teruto seemed to realize something. Looking up at the situation on the chessboard, he suddenly saw Yi Zheng sitting opposite him.

Wrong! I was wrong from the very beginning! My direction was flawed!
Yi Zheng said he would use foolishness to overcome himself! It doesn't mean he would play foolish moves, but rather that he would force himself to play foolish moves and then be able to overcome himself!

Damn it! Yi Zheng, how could you be so mean!
But now, Kuroki Teruto has no other choice; Yi Zheng's entangling attacks are simply too ruthless! Even if the Tang-surnamed God King came, he would only face certain death.

Takenouchi Katsuya's face darkened as he looked at the chessboard, realizing what Yi Zheng was up to.

He saw that step coming too!
A foolish triangular shape!
This is to force Kuroki Teruto to take this step!
The shape of this step can be described as extremely ugly, but if we don't take this step, we won't even have a chance for a last-ditch effort.

Katsuya Takenouchi was at a loss for words. He didn't know whether he should expect Teruto Kuroki to take this step or not.

Not betting means certain defeat.

There's still a chance of winning, but that contradicts my own theory...

But Kuroki Teruto, inside the Go room, couldn't care less about that now; ugly shapes were ugly, after all!

Move 111, Black, makes a foolish triangular cut!

Seeing Kuroki Teruto take this step, Yi Zheng finally smiled. He was quite curious to see what kind of expression Takenouchi 9-dan had in the research lab.

However, it's already imaginable.

"However, there is one more piece of news I have to tell you."

I was just kidding! Even if you were to get out, you'd still die!

(End of this chapter)