Chapter 42 - This One Has Won, Not Playing Anymore~

【No way, I can't stand how smug and triumphant the streamer looks!】

【Someone! Anyone will do, hurry and take this streamer down a peg!】

【I'm going to find those Go-playing streamers right now!】

【Move aside! I don't believe the streamer is this strong, let me try!】

【…】

The viewers in the stream chat were filled with righteous indignation. One by one, they either started calling for reinforcements or personally stepped up to issue a challenge.

For a time, the bullet comments in the stream grew more and more numerous, and the number of people watching the stream also continued to increase.

In the period that followed, the people challenging Long Yue were an endless stream, all sharing a grim determination as if they had sworn to see her lose and make a fool of herself.

Long Yue was calm and composed, completely unafraid. No matter who the opponent was, she accepted the challenge of every single person who entered the room to challenge her.

Soon, one challenger after another returned in defeat, scurrying out of the game room in disgrace.

With almost no exceptions, regardless of whether they were amateur Go enthusiasts or high-dan professional Go players, all of them were crushed and lost to her!

“Next~”

After effortlessly dispatching another person, Long Yue called out to the stream in a relaxed and carefree manner while cracking melon seeds she had gotten from Lin Fan's hands.

This time, however, after several minutes of waiting, no one else entered the game room.

“Ohya? Could it be that no one dares to challenge This Empress anymore?”

“Sigh~ In the end, you are but mere mortals. How can you compare to This Empress? Losing to This Empress is only to be expected~”

“To dare challenge This Empress, for mortals, is a display of courage worthy of praise, hohoho~”

Seeing that no one was entering the game room after so long, Long Yue couldn't help but cover her small mouth in delight, letting out a series of quiet chuckles that seemed like praise but sounded more like mockery.

【What a smug Empress…】

【Could this be the legendary 'upstart's arrogance'?】

【The streamer isn't some world-class Go master in disguise, is she!?】

【Is there really no one who can put a stop to the streamer's arrogant air?】

【…】

Just as the people in the stream were fuming and calling for a hero to come and vanquish the Empress, the very first netizen, the one named ‘Demon Sovereign Next Door’, stood out.

【Your Majesty the Empress, I'll give it a try.】

Seeing this message and this familiar ID, Long Yue turned her head to look at Lin Fan with annoyance. Immediately after, she gave a disdainful smile and, pretending not to know him, said to the stream:

“Fine, This Empress accepts your challenge, Demon Sovereign~!”

“Just don't lose too quickly and spoil This Empress's fun, that's all~”

Lin Fan revealed a meaningful smile, sat down at the computer, and opened a new game room.

【Your Majesty the Empress, I've already set up the room. Come on in.】

“Hmph, you even went to the trouble of making a new game room. Fine. No matter where we play, the outcome won't change.”

Long Yue was flushed with success and didn't take Lin Fan seriously in the slightest. Without a second thought, she entered the game room using the number he had provided.

She refused to believe that no matter how skilled the Demon Sovereign was at Go, he could possibly be better than that bunch of old geezers from the Immortal Go Sect.

As long as she won against the Demon Sovereign, it would count as a victory over him. Even if it was only in terms of Go skill, a win was still a win!

In the past, her clashes with the Demon Sovereign had never resulted in a clear winner or loser. Perhaps after winning this time, she could seize the chance to thoroughly mock him!

At this thought, the corners of Long Yue's mouth couldn't help but secretly curve upwards.

In any case, no matter how she looked at it, this Go match was a game she was guaranteed to win.

She felt she could already start thinking about what she'd say to mock the Demon Sovereign later~

After Long Yue entered the game room, the viewers in the stream chat quickly noticed something was amiss.

【This game room isn't right...】

【Shh! Don't say anything!】

【What's not right about it? It's perfectly right, okay!】

【...】

“Hm?”

Long Yue noticed the stream's bullet comments, but before she could figure out what was wrong, Lin Fan had already started the game.

As soon as the game began, Lin Fan didn't hesitate for a moment, continuously placing four black stones in a straight vertical line.

What kind of opening is this?

Long Yue's delicate brows furrowed slightly. She stared dubiously at the board on the screen, her expression exceptionally serious and cautious.

This was the longest she had spent thinking since she started playing today. In her previous matches against others, she had always placed her stones without hesitation. Facing the Demon Sovereign, she was certain there had to be a trick!

Yet no matter how long she stared at it, she still couldn't see anything amiss.

After thinking for a long time, she could only come to one conclusion:

The Demon Sovereign doesn't know how to play Go at all!

Hmph! This victory is mine!

Long Yue smiled confidently. Casting aside her reservations, she proceeded to place a stone according to her own line of thought.

The moment her stone landed, the corners of Lin Fan's mouth couldn't help but curve slightly.

【This Sovereign has won~!】

Having said that, he placed a fifth black stone in line with the four already on the board.

The stone landed, five black stones formed a single line, and the screen immediately displayed a "Black Side Wins!" pop-up.

“Wh-What?! How is that possible?!”

Long Yue's expression was one of utter shock. In disbelief, she leaned over the desk, pressing her face close to the computer screen.

What on earth had she missed just now? How could the game, which had only just begun, already end in the Demon Sovereign's victory?!

That was only the fifth move!

“Demon Sovereign! You cheated! What did you do behind my back!”

Refusing to accept it, Long Yue yelled towards the bedroom, questioning Lin Fan.

Lin Fan gave an innocent shrug.

“Empress, This Sovereign did not cheat. I merely changed the Go match to a Gomoku match, that's all. The name of the game was on the room listing.”

“Gomoku…?”

Hearing of a type of Go she had never heard of before, Long Yue looked bewildered. She turned her head to look at the game room's name and only then did she abruptly realize that the initial Go room had long since been changed to a Gomoku room, and she hadn't noticed at all!

The people in the stream had noticed, but no one told her!

“Allow me to explain the rules of Gomoku for you, Empress. Whichever side first connects five of their pieces in a line is considered the winner. Isn't it very simple?”

As he spoke, Lin Fan gave Long Yue a comical and teasing smile.

“Five pieces connected in a line…?”

Upon learning the rules of Gomoku, Long Yue was dumbstruck, her face filled with disbelief.

How could there be such a simple way of playing Go in this world?!

And she had actually lost to the Demon Sovereign under such low-level game rules...

Who on earth invented these rules!

This isn't Go at all!

From entering the Gomoku room to losing the match, the game had lasted less than five minutes, and those five minutes included the majority of her thinking time...

Seeing Long Yue, who had been slaying all opponents, finally get her comeuppance at Lin Fan's hands, the crowd in the stream couldn't help but be overjoyed.

【Hahaha, to think that Her Majesty the Empress, so highly skilled in Go, would turn out to not know how to play Gomoku.】

【You should have said so earlier, I would have challenged the Empress with Gomoku too.】

【As expected of the Demon Sovereign! When he makes a move, it's a completely different story.】

【Sure enough, it has to be the Demon Sovereign to deal with the Empress.】

【The Demon Sovereign's methods are so dirty! But I love it!】

【…】

Long Yue's face flushed red with anger. With her cheeks puffed out, she glared fiercely at Lin Fan, clearly not accepting the result.

“Demon Sovereign! Let's have a rematch!”

“Nope. This Sovereign has won, not playing anymore~”

Lin Fan gave a teasing smile and, with the posture of a victor, leisurely got up from the computer desk and walked away.

Long Yue's small mouth fell open in disbelief.

Who wins one round and then quits!

He won't even give her a chance for revenge!

How shameless!

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