"Honinbo..."
Staring at the special report in Go Weekly, Inoue Ieyasu—who had just been brutally crushed again, completely losing his chance at the other league tournaments—was filled with shock.
Xu Yue had successfully challenged for and obtained the Honinbo title!
Of the current seven major titles, Meijin Touya held four alone, leaving only Honinbo, Oza, and Kisei.
And without question, among those remaining three, Honinbo and Kisei were also top-tier titles nearly on par with Meijin.
Inoue Ieyasu had already spent a fortune on his way here, only to suffer defeat and leave dejectedly. His mentality had been badly shaken.
Yet when he turned around, he found that Xu Yue had already successfully challenged Honinbo.
He had become the youngest titleholder in history!
And it was a prestigious title like Honinbo!
Inoue Ieyasu's heart filled with jealousy.
He knew Xu Yue was far stronger than him. Even though he himself was one of the top figures among Veteran Intruders, he probably could not withstand three exchanges against Xu Yue.
After all, Xu Yue had defeated the Crown Prince and the Imperial Crown Prince.
So Xu Yue's state had definitely been better than his.
But the fact that Xu Yue had not been a professional Go player from birth showed that he had no Go foundation, or at least not much of one.
He had relied entirely on decisively paying to improve his state at the beginning, then forcibly learning through talent beyond ordinary people.
Now that he saw Xu Yue had already claimed a title and could successfully withdraw after achieving his goal, Inoue Ieyasu could not help feeling some regret.
Yeah, so what if restoring his state cost S-rank resources?
If he had decisively restored it at the beginning, why would he have needed to burn so much on