Chapter 161: A Fan of Me

When Lee Minho stepped out of the elevator on the second floor, the chess players standing on the aisle looked over in unison.

"Come on, look it's Lee Minho."

"It's him. I went back to watch the live broadcast yesterday. His chess is superb."

"I heard that many professional chess players have watched his live replay."

"His strength should be above the master level."

"What is more than three stages, I heard that his strength is likely to be above five stages."

"Is he that strong? No wonder his time spent in the previous games was so much less than the second place."

"So it's not luck, he's really strong."

The eyes of those professional chess players seem to be hanging on Lee Minho's body.

After yesterday's battle, besides Lee Minho, there were six remaining amateur chess players.

In other words, out of 70 amateur chess players, only 7 entered the second round of the official competition.

Among the 7 people, only Lee Minho is the strongest.

The professional chess players in today's competition are one or two ranks higher than yesterday's.

In the world of chess, the strong are respected.

After watching the replay of Lee Minho's live broadcast yesterday, the attitude of these professional chess players towards Lee Minho changed from suspicion to respect.

Because they didn't expect that Lee Minho to win the first place by his own strength.

Those who questioned Lee Minho were slapped in the face.

After all, Lee Minho's game of chess yesterday was really shocking.

Such a fierce and weird style of chess has almost never been seen in the chess world.

Among the seven amateur chess players, except for Lee Minho, the rest are all teenagers.

Bai Yan is one of them.

In fact, Bai Yan has already possessed the strength of a professional chess player. Last year, he was just out of luck when he met Fang Wen.

After he finished the game, he also went back to watch Lee Minho's game.

After watching it, there was silence.

He knew that Lee Minho was very strong, after all, Lee Minho was the one who defeated Han Seungwoo.

Moreover, he knew that Lee Minho's chess wasn't the strongest before.

Because Lee Minho not only injured his arm before, but also hasn't played chess for a long time.

He couldn't imagine how strong Lee Minho would be when he recovered his true strength.

But before, he, who didn't know the truth, kept mocking Lee Minho as a weak person.

Thinking about it, he didn't even have the face to meet Lee Minho.

However, in today's game, he was unavoidable.

Because he and Lee Minho were placed in the same field again.

Moreover, it was right next to him.

When Lee Minho stepped into the arena, the originally lively arena became completely silent.

Everyone looked at Lee Minho in unison.

Under everyone's gaze, Lee Minho found his own table.

Seeing that Bai Yan was actually sitting next to him, he smiled and said.

"What a coincidence."

'He actually greeted me?'

Bai Yan's eyes dodged a little, not daring to meet Lee Minho's gaze.

He replied with a somewhat unnatural expression.

"Yes, what a coincidence."

As soon as he saw Lee Minho, Bai Yan remembered his shameful idiot behavior before.

He was embarrassed in front of Lee Minho.

Facing Bai Yan with a strange attitude, Lee Minho felt a little strange at first.

It suddenly occurred to him that ever since he saw himself beating Han Seungwoo, his attitude had been a little strange.

When facing himself, he was not as arrogant as before.

Lee Minho seemed to understand something. He glanced at Bai Yan, and couldn't help but let out a low laugh.

Then looked away.

'This little kid looks embarrassed, really cute.'

Lee Minho glanced at the nameplate on the opposite table.

It turned out to be a foreigner's name.

Not only the name, but also the nationality.

It was only then that Lee Minho remembered that many overseas chess players also participated in this competition.

Basically, they all come for the championship.

And Lee Minho's opponent, named Evan, has a Master Level.

A professional chess player from the United States.

Lee Minho doesn't know much about domestic professional chess players, let alone foreign ones.

Therefore, he didn't pay much attention to it.

Soon, Lee Minho's opponent arrived.

It was a blond, mature-looking man with good looks.

However, foreign people generally look much more mature, that is kinda old than their actual age.

After Evan sat down, he grabbed Lee Minho's hand excitedly.

"It's you? I didn't expect my opponent to be you. Hello, I'm Evan Lorisk. I'm your fan."

Evan was very excited. He liked chess since he was a child, but his talent was limited.

However, through his own efforts, he also became a professional chess player.

Colorado Chess players are famous all over the world.

He has long wanted to come to Colorado to experience it, so he has been working hard to improve.

It just so happens that the high prize money of this year's Chess Cup has attracted many professional chess players from all over the world.

His club arranged for these chess players to come and participate in the competition to gain more game experience.

It was precisely because of this that he had the opportunity to fly from the United States to Colorado.

Like other professional chess players, he actually looked down on amateur chess players.

It's just that after hearing about Lee Minho yesterday, he became curious and watched the live broadcast.

Lee Minho's fierce and weird chess style, as well as super high chess strength, conquered Evan.

He immediately became Lee Minho's fan.

"My fans?"

Lee Minho was a little surprised, he actually has fans?

"Yes, I watched your live replay last night. You are really amazing. I didn't expect that my opponent today is you."

Evan was very excited. He didn't expect that an amateur chess player would have such powerful chess skills.

When he saw Bao Zhan's frightened look after the replay, he was very curious.

Although Lee Minho's chess style is very fierce and weird. But he didn't understand why Bao Zhan showed such a frightened expression.

'I heard that after Bao Zhan participated in the competition yesterday, he was in a daze.'

There seems to be something wrong with the mental state.

As soon as Lee Minho was mentioned, he showed a terrified expression as if he had seen a ghost.

Therefore, Evan was very curious about why Bao Zhan was so afraid of Lee Minho's chess.

Unexpectedly, it happened today.

Lee Minho withdrew his hand from Evan, looked at Evan who was very excited, and said.

"Since you watched my match yesterday, aren't you afraid that you will lose to me later?"

"Not afraid."

Evan shook his head.

"It must be very interesting to be able to play chess with such a powerful player like you. So, please go all out later."

It can be seen that Evan really likes chess.

Because Lee Minho saw his love for chess in his eyes.

Lee Minho granted his wish.

"Okay."

Bai Yan at the side heard the conversation between the two, looked at the innocent Evan, couldn't help but twitched the corner of his mouth.

'This Evan really doesn't know how to live or die!

'After the game, I don't know if I can still laugh.'

Soon, the game began.

Lee Minho really fulfilled Evan's wish. Lee Minho has go all out.

Evan also finally understood why Bao Zhan was so afraid of Lee Minho.

Because Lee Minho's chess is really frightening. From the tenth move, Evan couldn't control his chess anymore.

Every move he made was not the one he wanted to play.

And every move he made was preparing for Lee Minho's next fatal blow.

He couldn't resist, like a puppet being led by a string, step by step towards the deadly trap that Lee Minho had woven.

That feeling of being out of control makes people feel suffocated and desperate.

'The fear in my heart is spreading involuntarily.'

The chess piece in Evan's hand fell from his hand on the chessboard.

His hands were trembling slightly.

After waiting for a while, he found his own voice.

"I... I lost."

Lee Minho pressed the timer and glanced at the timer. At this time, his elapsed time was only five minutes.

That's his all-out speed. Forty moves have left Evan with nowhere to go.

"Are you... okay?"

Lee Minho looked at Evan a little bit unbearably. After all, he was also his first fan.

Evan didn't answer, his head was lowered, the bangs on his forehead covered the expression on his face.

'It's over, it seems that this fan is really about to be killed by me.'

He didn't want to do this either, but he had to satisfy the demands of his fans.

Bai Yan at the side couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing, gloating.

Originally thought that Evan was frightened, but unexpectedly Evan raised his head suddenly.

Excitedly, he said.

"That's amazing, you are really amazing. It's really my honor to be able to play chess with such a powerful chess player like you."

Evan was not as sad or fearful as Lee Minho imagined.

On the contrary, he was impassioned, so excited that tears were about to come out. His face was full of admiration for Lee Minho.

"That chess player please be quiet and don't affect other chess players games."

It wasn't until the referee of the game reminded him that Evan suppressed his excitement. Then he followed Lee Minho and left the arena in a desperate manner.

Evan, who lost the game, was not only not depressed, but also smiled, which was beyond Lee Minho's expectations.

In the end, Evan pestered Lee Minho to ask for his cell phone number.

But probably because he ate too much breakfast in the morning, Lee Minho suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach.

After getting rid of Evan's entanglement, he went directly to the bathroom.

After coming out, he was just about to go to the underground parking lot. In the end, he saw several people gathered in front of him, seeming to be arguing.

Immediately afterwards, Lee Minho heard familiar words and voices.

"Yes, that's what I said. Your country's chess players, except for Han Seungwoo, are all rubbish."