The clash of titans in online Go did not have much impact on the professional Go world. After all, not many professional players liked playing Go online yet. By contrast, the amateur Go community was in even greater turmoil.
What the entire Go world cared about most right now was the selection of professional players!
With one match every day, the round-robin tournament would last more than a month.
Even the elites who had emerged from the preliminary open trials found it hard to bear such a prolonged competition and the drain on their energy.
So aside from competing in Go skill, competing in condition was especially important as well.
In the original work, Iguchi, the top Academy student, clearly possessed professional-level strength, yet repeatedly failed the examinations. This was largely one of the reasons.
And coincidentally, Xu Yue's first opponent was one of the five participating Reincarnators.
The matchups had been announced in advance, and that Reincarnator had clearly known early on that Xu Yue would be his opponent.
After Xu Yue arrived, the man first set his cane aside, then said with a cold expression,
"Kid, if you surrender early, perhaps we can lend a hand with your Penguin Merchant Guild matters. Even if we cannot reveal anything about the Punishment mission outside, the influence and resources of those of us here alone can save you a great deal of trouble."
From the day he learned that Xu Yue was his opponent, he had continuously simulated games against him, as well as verbal confrontations.
In the end, he had chosen a thoroughly considered optimal plan!
"I trust that when you saw I was your opponent, you also gave the matter some thought. So show me your sincerity."
The Japanese Reincarnator kept talking, only for Xu Yue to silently