I really don’t want to play Go!

Chapter 387 Hello, Yu Shaoguo

"The national team tournament is over!"

After a long silence, the referee finally looked away from the chessboard, suppressing a myriad of complex emotions, and announced the result of the national champion tournament: "The new national champion will be—"

The referee paused, then continued, enunciating each word clearly: "Yu Shao!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Changdong's face turned even paler, but he remained fixed on the chessboard in front of him, refusing to look away for even a moment.

After winning the first match in the national team tournament, the phrase "I am above you" still echoed in my ears.

However, he was almost completely outmatched in the second game and was defeated. He initially thought it was due to his carelessness, so he resolved to go all out in the third game.

However, in this third game, he didn't even get to make a move against his opponent. There wasn't a single battle throughout the entire game. He had immense power but no opportunity to use it, and he suffered a miserable defeat!

This... was even harder for him to accept than losing the second game to Yu Shao. His right fist clenched involuntarily, his nails digging into his palm, but he was completely unaware of it.

"In the end, Coach Jiang Changdong failed to defend his title and lost his national team title."

Looking at Jiang Changdong's current appearance, the music notator couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy: "But what's even more unbelievable is that the person who took the national champion title from Teacher Jiang Changdong was only seventeen years old."

The female music notary couldn't help but steal a glance at Yu Shao, her heart filled with mixed emotions, her gaze extremely complex, silently thinking: "A seventeen-year-old national champion..."

Although it seems very incongruous to associate seventeen years old with the words "national champion," after witnessing these three games, she had no thoughts of mismatch whatsoever.

She was completely convinced.

Looking back at these three games, only the first one was the peak showdown she had envisioned, a fierce battle that ultimately decided the winner. The remaining two games...

Every game was unexpected and completely beyond her imagination. She won two games, and Yu Shao's decisive and ruthless moves still shock her to this day.

She thought the second game was her peak, but the third game completely overturned her expectations!
She was unable to express her emotions in any words; all she felt was silence and a profound shock that touched the very depths of her soul.

Subduing the enemy without fighting, overwhelming them with power, going with the flow, surrounding them without killing them, coiling around them like a giant python...

She could hardly believe that this game was created by Yu Shao, and even more so by a seventeen-year-old boy.

Calm and composed, thoughtful and deliberate, insightful and with a broad perspective... these are not words to describe a seventeen-year-old boy. At seventeen, one should be ambitious and enterprising.

This game of chess did not even involve a single direct confrontation, and ended in an unprecedentedly uneventful manner. However, although the content of the game was unremarkable, the sound of the pieces being placed still deeply resonated with her to this day!
"Every year, the title fights attract a lot of attention, every year they are exciting, and every year they are unforgettable..."

"Because in this tournament that symbolizes the highest honor in Go, every move is the culmination of the life's work of two top players, destined to make all Go players in the world bow down!"

The female notary stared at the chessboard not far away, lost in thought: "But, such an uneventful game has never happened before."

"The National Players Tournament is destined to be held every year, maybe for ten years, maybe twenty years, or even a hundred years."

"However, no matter what other famous games are played in the title matches in the future, as long as the national champion tournament is mentioned, these three games will probably never be forgotten, right?"

Although it was a question, she was absolutely certain at that moment.

Years later, the world will have changed, things will have changed, and the young people who watch this game today may be gray-haired by then, but they will definitely remember this national champion match.

They might sit in wicker chairs and, with a nostalgic tone, tell the story of this national champions' match to younger generations who have just started learning Go.

Many things will be buried by the dust of time, but these three games of chess will be remembered forever and frozen in time.

That's how Go is...

For a hundred years, a thousand years, two thousand years, the tradition continues uninterrupted.

After hearing the referee announce the result of the game, Yu Shao slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, and finally reached out to start tidying up the chess pieces on the board.

After Yu Shao finished collecting all the black pieces from the chessboard, closed the chess box, and was about to get up and leave, Jiang Changdong, who had remained silent throughout, finally spoke up—

"You didn't use your full strength?"

Yu Shao was taken aback and looked at Jiang Changdong opposite him.

Jiang Changdong had raised his head at some point, his teeth clenched, and he seemed somewhat agitated. He asked again, "In the first game, you didn't use your full strength?"

The two judges and the music notator standing nearby couldn't help but look at Jiang Changdong. Seeing that Jiang Changdong was somewhat agitated, they were slightly taken aback.

For Jiang Changdong, he was more concerned about whether Yu Shao had gone all out in the first game than about losing the national champion title. It seemed that this matter was more important than the final outcome of the national champion title.

Upon hearing this question, Yu Shao fell silent for a moment.

Didn't you give it your all?

No, he played that game very seriously. Although there were some regrets, every move he made was exactly what he wanted to make.

After a moment, Yu Shao shook his head and said truthfully, "No, I did my best."

Upon receiving this answer, Jiang Changdong froze, staring intently at Yu Shao's face, seemingly trying to find evidence that Yu Shao was lying, but he couldn't find any.

Jiang Changdong opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but when the words reached his lips, he didn't know what to say.

Seeing that Jiang Changdong did not continue speaking, Yu Shao finally turned around, pushed open the door, and left the game room.

After leaving the chess room, Yu Shao walked a short distance down the corridor of the chess academy before suddenly stopping.

Not far ahead, a large group of people were surging towards the game room, many of whom were familiar faces to Yu Shao.

"Yu Shao! Yu Shao!"

Wu Zhixuan waved to Yu Shao from a great distance, her pretty face filled with excitement.

She took two steps in the blink of an eye, rushing to Yu Shao and stopping in front of him. Then, standing ramrod straight, she gave Yu Shao a respectful salute, saying, "Hello, Master Yu Shao!"

"You've got it."

Yu Shao couldn't help but chuckle and said with a smile, "Thank you."

"That's really amazing!"

Wu Zhixuan clenched her little pink fists, looking like a little fangirl, and said, "I watched it all in the broadcast room. It was amazing! By the end, I was so excited that I wanted to say something, but I couldn't utter a single word!"

"It's not that exaggerated."

Yu Shao shook his head and smiled.

Just then, a familiar voice rang out: "What Wu Zhixuan, a fourth-degree black belt, said is true; she really did say that back then."

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Yu Shao was startled and turned to look at the source of the sound, where he immediately saw Zheng Qin in the crowd.

Zheng Qin smiled at Yu Shao and continued, "Not only her, but me too, it's hard to imagine... that you would make such a move."

"real……"

Zheng Qin shook his head and said, "I was shocked."

In the crowd, Le Haoqiang looked at Yu Shao with a complicated expression, finally extending his hand and giving Yu Shao a thumbs up, saying, "I'm impressed, Yu Shao. I hope I can play such good games in the future." "Yes, yes."

Yu Shao smiled upon hearing this and asked, "I heard you're almost in the main tournament of the Celebrity Tournament?"

Upon hearing this, Le Haoqiang's face fell. He glanced resentfully at Zheng Qin beside him and said, "We lost to Zheng Qin a while ago, and there's no room for error. We have to keep winning to advance."

Upon hearing this, Yu Shao looked at Zheng Qin with some surprise. He remembered that Zheng Qin's chess skills should not have been as strong as Le Hao's.

"What kind of look is that?"

Zheng Qin was somewhat dissatisfied and said, "You've certainly made great strides and are now a national champion, but we won't stop here, okay?"

"Okay, looks like you've already secured your spot in the main tournament of the Celebrity Tournament?"

Yu Shao asked with a smile, "Are you ready to challenge Kong Ziming?"

"Cough cough."

Zheng Qin coughed twice and said, "It's not certain yet that I'll make it. My next opponent is Teacher Chen Shan. If I win, I'll advance to the main tournament..."

As Zheng Qin finished speaking, his voice became somewhat weak, clearly lacking confidence, which immediately caused the people around him to burst into laughter and tease him:
"Zheng Qin, you've been a professional Go player for two years now, how come you don't even have the confidence to enter the main tournament of a title match? Look at Yu Shao, he's been a professional Go player for only a year and he's already won a title!"

"Exactly, you're slow to get going, and you're not fast enough to catch up."

"Even if you make it to the title match main draw in two years, that's still a bit slow..."

At that moment, another clear, cold voice rang out from the crowd.

"Yu Shao, congratulations on winning the national team title."

Upon hearing this, Yu Shao immediately looked at Xu Zijin in the crowd.

Xu Zijing looked at Yu Shao with clear, bright eyes and continued, "I learned a lot from today's game of chess... It was very impressive."

Yu Shao smiled, nodded to Xu Zijing, and said, "Thank you."

Xu Zijin thought for a moment, and was about to say something to congratulate him, when he was interrupted by a group of Go reporters who swarmed over.

"Yu Shao, as a national champion at the age of seventeen, what would you like to say?"

"Master Yu Shaoguo, I am a reporter from Xinjiang Media, the largest Go newspaper in China. Would it be convenient for us to do a Go interview? We have a project called 'Go Players of the New Era,' and we would like to know your views on carrying on the legacy of the times."

"Master Yu Shaoguo, your performance in today's game has deeply impressed me. You have always been known for your aggressive and antagonistic style, so why did you choose this approach in the last game, and even create such a famous game where the flow of the game is smooth and you don't compete for the initiative?"

A large group of reporters rushed to ask questions, but one reporter couldn't get to the front despite trying for a long time. Finally, he had to stand at the back of the crowd and shout his question—

"Mr. Yu Shao, I'm a reporter from Riyue Chess Talk. Now that you've won the national championship title and joined the ranks of top-tier players, with the world championships starting one after another in the second half of the year, are you confident about the world championships?"

In order to build a relationship with Yu Shao, gain his favor, and get the first interview opportunity, he directly changed his address from "National Champion Yu Shao" to "Teacher Yu Shao".

Although he is over forty years old and more than a generation older than Yu Shao, he still considers himself a student.

However, this is normal in Go. Anyone who is more skilled than you can be called your teacher. However, most people, out of politeness, will only call you by your name and rank.

Now, facing Yu Shao, who has already won the national team title, he is willing to lose face!

His voice had barely begun when he was interrupted by other reporters.

"Professor Yu Shao, you have won the national championship title at such a young age. You are undoubtedly an idol and a goal for many young chess players. Is there anything you would like to say to other young chess players?"

A large group of reporters, like wolves eyeing meat, bombarded him with questions, leaving Yu Shao unsure which to answer first.

Just then, another voice rang out from behind the crowd.

"Yu Shao".

The voice wasn't loud and should have been immediately drowned out by the reporter's question. However, a reporter glanced behind him out of the corner of his eye and was slightly taken aback. He swallowed the words he was about to say.

Another reporter next to this reporter looked at the situation with some confusion, glanced behind him, and then also shut his mouth.

And so, one, two, three...

As more and more reporters saw the newcomer, they stopped asking questions and, suppressing their excitement, voluntarily made way for him with shining eyes.

The person who came was none other than Su Yiming.

Su Yiming has now reached the final stage of the Grand Chess Tournament and is about to challenge Grand Chess Master Fu Shunan. He is also a highly anticipated prodigy!
Without Yu Shao, Su Yiming's achievements would have been enough to shake the chess world and amaze everyone. But unfortunately, Yu Shao was there, leading to many online sayings like "Why was Su Yiming born if Yu Shao was already here?"

Although Su Yiming had never beaten Yu Shao in previous competitions, in terms of sheer number of fans, Su Yiming was actually no less than Yu Shao!

Many people online became fans of Su Yiming precisely because they were inspired by the determination and fighting spirit he displayed when he was in dire straits during those few games of defeat.

Compared to the issues they just raised, they felt that the conversation between Su Yiming and Yu Shao after Yu Shao won the national team title might be an even bigger selling point!

Su Yiming weaved through the crowd and quickly arrived in front of Yu Shao, where Ran Hong finally stopped.

Yu Shao looked at Su Yiming with a calm gaze.

"I watched the entire game of chess in the broadcast room just now."

As Su Yiming spoke, he couldn't help but think of the game of chess he had just played, and suddenly fell silent.

He felt a deep, heartfelt shock as he reflected on how he had finally come to understand Yu Shao's intention to subdue the enemy without fighting.

After a moment of silence, Su Yiming suddenly smiled and finally spoke again, sincerely praising, "This game of chess was truly... too beautiful."

Yu Shao remained silent, watching Su Yiming quietly. He knew Su Yiming still had something to say, so he waited for Su Yiming to finish.

"Do you remember our promise?"

Sure enough, Su Yiming quickly asked.

"remember."

Yu Shao nodded.

"Next up is my Grand Chess Player Tournament."

Su Yiming's smile gradually faded, and his expression became serious. He looked directly at Yu Shao and said, "As long as I win the Grand Chess Player title, it will be... our game!"

"I will win the Grand Chess Tournament!"

"Having witnessed today's game, I'm even more excited for this match!"

"Even if it's just to have this battle, I will definitely win the title of Grand Chess Player!"

Upon hearing this conversation, the reporter standing nearby was first taken aback, then his eyes widened in surprise!
　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)