In the evening, when Araki Kazuo returned home, he received a call from the newspaper, inviting him to write a comment about yesterday's Yingshi Cup.

At present, despite the poor economic situation, the Go atmosphere in Japan has not declined much, and there are still a large number of followers. Therefore, the newspaper is also very concerned about the matter in the chess world.

Araki Kazuo agreed very happily.

It is difficult for a professional chess player like him to survive by relying solely on salary and game fees, so helping the newspaper to write some Go current affairs articles is also one of his channels for getting extra money.

Putting down the microphone, Araki Kazuo was a little absent-minded:

The newspaper called him, obviously not asking him to write an ordinary introduction article, but asked him to analyze the empty corner point.

However, the familiarity in my heart always lingers.

Until during the meal, Mrs. Araki saw him in this way and couldn't help asking why.

After listening, his wife guessed:

"Husband, could it be the competition you explained before?"

"How is it possible? Don't you know the competitions I took? They are all amateur events or low-level professional events commentary-"

Suddenly, the voice came to an abrupt end, and Kazuo Araki remembered the competition held by Osaka TV last month—

Hiroshi Chihara!

As early as a month ago, he saw this empty handed, but although he was a little surprised at the time, he didn't take it seriously.

Obviously, Chihara Hiroshi used this trick much earlier than Zhao Zhixun!

Who learned whom - this is an urgent question.

Although Chihara Hiroshi was early, Zhao Zhixun, as the highest level of chess player in Japan, would be unreasonable if he learned Chihara Hiroshi's move.

Kazuo Araki thought of something again:

Hiroshi Chihara is participating in the competition in Tokyo. Will he have had any contact with Zhao Jixun by chance?

He couldn't help but have some headaches:

Only when the article is well written will the newspaper continue to make an appointment with him and the manuscript fee will be increased.

Therefore, he intuitively realized that there must be a story here, but due to the information blockage, he did not know the reason for the whole thing.

If he was just an ordinary media person, he would definitely write his guesses in without thinking—

Regardless of whether he is authentic or not, in short, you will make enough money first and then talk about the gimmicks!

But he is also a professional chess player affiliated with the Kansai Chess Academy. If you write like this, let alone the Japanese chess Academy on Zhao Zhixun's side, even the Kansai Chess Academy will never protect him.

People still have to be shameless... Araki Kazuo thought for a while, and called the newspaper's editorial department and requested a one-day extension.

Although the other party complained, he still agreed.

The next day, most of the media in Japan had topics about the new fixed style of the Yingshi Cup.

After all, the economy has been bad in the past two years. In the news reports, there are also crimes in various places. Finally, a pretty positive news came out, and I didn’t know where it was blew up. It seemed that the situation reversed in an instant, and Japanese Go returned to its glory before the 1990s.

However, in the afternoon, the Japanese Chess Academy issued an emergency statement on behalf of Zhao Zhixun:

The new Sansan style was not created by Zhao Zhixun, but came from a chess player called "Honinbo 26th Generation" on the Go website.

Because the media had hyped too much before, this statement immediately triggered a group of people who were paying attention to Go in Japan, and also made IGS famous. Amateurs with conditions flocked in, causing the IGS server to be paralyzed...

...

Araki and Tomoshi sat proudly on the chair in the study.

The editorial department had called him just now, thanking him for his foresight, but he did not fall into the situation where he was slapped in the face like his peers, and was also urging the manuscript.

Holding a pen in his hand, Kazuo Araki already had an idea:

Why should he worry about who comes first and whom? Just objectively state the facts, isn’t it enough? Anyway, Osaka TV’s game records are still there, and he has not lie.

Thinking of this, he started writing, and lines of words appeared on the manuscript...

...

Hiroshi Chihara and Takayasu Mizawa rushed to Meiji University.

Today is the sixth day of the quarterfinals, and neither of them have very good results, especially Takayasu Misawa, who has almost been eliminated.

Although Chihara Hiroshi still maintains the second place, three people, including him, are in the second place.

The competition is extremely fierce!

Moreover, his opponent today is Eiichi Yamamoto, the champion of last year!

He had lost once before, and today's game will undoubtedly be very difficult!

As soon as he entered the stadium, his steps couldn't help but pause:

Compared to usual, there are more reporters today, all around the referee team, as if asking for information.

Chihara Hiroshi continued to move forward and found his own position, but found an old man already sitting in his seat.

"Senior Yamamoto, good morning." Chihara Hiroshi took the initiative to say hello, pulled out the chair, and sat in his seat.

As soon as Yamamoto opened his eyes, he replied with a smile.

"Come here so early, don't you take a little longer?"

It's only about 7:30 now, and the game starts at 9:00. Generally speaking, most people enter the game around 8:30. Therefore, in the current arena, except for the event working group and the group of reporters, there are only a few chess players who have arrived.

"If you can't sleep, it's better to come here early and prepare in advance."

Only by keeping the second place can you qualify for qualifying. With Chihara Hiroshi's current points in Group B, the situation is very serious.

Yamamoto Hideichi said with a smile:

"You are still young, and going to bed early and getting up early is a good thing, so don't deliberately compress your sleep time. When you reach my age, you will know how happy it is to have a good sleep."

The two were chatting.

Yamamoto Eiichi told some Japanese jokes from time to time. Although the scene was once awkward, it relieved Hiroshi Chihara's tension to a certain extent.

"Thank you, Senior Yamamoto."

"It's okay, I'm also relaxing my mood! As long as you don't dislike me, the old man, is too nagging!" Yamamoto Eiichi was very kind to this junior from Osaka, and he made a unique hearty laughter from Kansai people.

After an hour, most of the players had already entered the venue.

Hiroshi Chihara noticed:

The group of reporters did not go to Group A, but came to Group B.

Is it because of Senior Hideichi Yamamoto?

He withdrew his gaze and guessed in his heart.

Sure enough, the reporters came out of the blocking line five meters away and pointed the camera at the chess table they were in, but they were all orderly and did not make any noise.

Yamamoto Eiichi was a little strange:

After all, even in the championship battle of the amateur Honinbo in previous years, I have never seen such a big scene!

At the same time, I was a little happy:
Chapter completed!