After killing the ghost, I went to play tennis

As a result of the warm-up match, the Japanese team won 2-1. This result shocked everyone's jaws, but most people didn't think it meant anything. After all, there was a huge difference between the one-set system and the three-set system. Did you use all your strength?

The same goes for their representative players. Except for some people who were happy, most of them remained vigilant. Even though the coach of Sanchuan announced that there was no arrangement after the practice match, everyone basically chose to get in the car and go back to the hotel. Anyway, the hotel facilities are not bad. Nice to be able to rest and practice at the same time.

The time in the car was not wasted, and everyone also learned about the current ranking status with supplementary materials.

Japan ranked 31rd from the previous 23st, but because it tends to rise faster from the rear, the reference value of such data is limited. Of course, the most notable ones are the top four in the world, Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain, It hasn't changed in successive years.

As for the U.S. team that Echizen was in, they also had an outstanding player, Reinhardt, who planned to hit the semi-finals.

"Are the top four so powerful?" Kirihara stretched out his arms and was the first to ask after listening to the exchange of several senior high school students.

Mitsuya did not hide it either, "You have seen the strength of the German team today, but in the official game, there will be two professional players returning to the team."

"Amadeus, the main player of the Swiss team, is also a professional player, known as a genius."

"Camus of the French team is also a strong man. Some people call him a revolutionary, and there are rumors that the future of tennis will change because of him."

"Medanore of the Spanish team temporarily withdrew from everyone's vision due to injury, otherwise he would not be under Borg, but there is no news about his strength after returning to the team."

In the car, everyone's mood became more realistic as the information was displayed bit by bit. What they were about to face was the best players in the world.

"It's really... exciting." Che Kazama nodded his chin, and Yukimura also looked at the teammates around him, "Know the players who are about to face, and focus on the difficult targets in the future. I believe we will not Disappointed for future games."

Byodoin also nodded, giving Yukimura, the middle school student leader, a lot of face, he spoke lazily, but the unruliness in his tone couldn't be lingered.

"So, in the days to come, let them see our strength!"

"Yes!"

After the bus arrived, Senior Taneshima who came by boat finally joined everyone.

"Hi!"

The serious and turbulent atmosphere created by Byodoin Temple and Yukimura dissipated a lot because of the appearance of Taneshima. Omagari looked at Shuji Taneshima, who was still wearing a coat with one sleeve hanging down, and couldn’t wear a coat well, and complained. , "It took too long, but fortunately I didn't miss the official game afterwards."

Kimishima directly asked if he should arrange a private jet, but Taneshima rejected it, "I'm afraid of airplanes, so it doesn't matter what kind of airplane it is."

Oishi smiled innocently beside him, "I didn't expect Kimishima-senpai to be somewhat similar to Atobe."

At this time, Atobe got soaked because of an argument with someone on the coast of Australia: Ah!

Looking at him, Tono laughed unhappily, "Did the ship not sink?"

Tanejima accepted Tohno's "tsundere" very well, and waved at him in the mood, "Yes, yes."

Tono, who was choked back, made a cut, and stepped into the hall first. Everyone had nothing to talk about here, so they followed in. Inside was the coaching staff who were waiting for them.

After sitting together, the coaching staff and the three members of the data team stood together, "Have a brief meeting, mainly about the distribution of the U17 World Cup group stage and the change of the game rules."

After hearing the important content, everyone sat upright one by one.

"The 32 countries and regions are divided into 8 groups, and each group will have 4 round-robin knockout matches. In each game, there will be three singles matches and two doubles matches. A total of seven players will compete."

Speaking of this, Mitsuya paused, "But this conference also stipulates that among the 7 contestants to participate, there must be 3 junior high school students, and each of the 3 preliminaries can only play once in the 21 preliminaries, so the appearance There are [-] contestants, anyway, this will be a battle between junior high school students and high school students."

Hearing this, everyone understood that someone was doomed not to appear in the first three games. Although they were a little disappointed, there was nothing they could do.

But after seeing the list of groups, everyone didn't care about the 21st and 28th people. They even regretted it and asked Dashi to draw lots.

"Switzerland, Greece, Australia, what kind of luck is this!"

"Oishi, you can compare with Atobe!"

"First Germany, then Switzerland, we have met half of the world's fourth."

Most of the middle school students complained, and the high school student Kimishima was the first to express the connotation, "If the top two teams enter the tiebreaker, even if they lose in the knockout round, they can still get No.2. "

The ghost also understood what he meant, "As long as you can guarantee the promotion quota, you may not win all three games."

Kazama Che and Yukimura exchanged a look, so in the next three games, how the team is organized and how the junior high school students are used will be the key.

On the day of the competition, the bus carrying everyone came to the competition venue. Coach Mifune announced the list of participants. The leader of the team called the Matsu team was Shuji Tanejima, and the rest were Ochi, Tokugawa and Tono. , Shiraishi, Dashi and Kirihara.As for the rest, those who do not participate in the competition will watch the live broadcast in the specially prepared preparation area.

Tohno pointed at Kirihara in the small meeting before and said that they should play against Switzerland so that all their junior high school students can play. I don’t know if Coach Mifune noticed this and specially arranged for Tohno and Kirihara to play doubles, but Kirihara The trembling at that time seemed to have really pleased Tohno, making him laugh a few times.

They cheered those people up and separated at the entrance. Taneshima led a few people into the arena, and Byodoin led them to a specially prepared room.Because of this, Byodoin also missed the speeches of Tanejima "It doesn't matter if you lose the first game" and Tono "Just leave a mess for Byodoin and the ghosts".

Kazama Che: I really want to see the expression of Senior Byodoin after hearing this!

Byodoin Phoenix: ...

Before the game, in the viewing room, everyone watched the scene of the Greek team staying in for commentary.

"Wow, the people in the Greek team actually have big beards. Are they really under 17?"

"Although it is said that Europeans generally develop early, it is too early."

"It seems that only Sanada, Oni-senpai, and Byodoin-senpai are their peers hahahahaha."

"Instead, I think it looks like a sculpture, the kind in the art classroom, the kind that Yukimura can draw."

"No, it's more like the one in a ghost story. In a quiet art classroom, a statue in the darkness, with red eyes, suddenly appeared in front of you—behind you!"

"Hey, Piyo, what's wrong with you, Piyo."

"Okay, all of you, calm down a little bit." Kazama Che shook his head, "The competition is about to start."

In fact, Kazama Che also knew that everyone was just talking, and no one would be distracted when it was time for the competition.And after the game started, there was really no room for everyone to joke around.

This game was not easy. Oishi seemed very nervous when he first played. Even if the radio equipment did not put all the conversations back, everyone could see that he had been apologizing. At the beginning, he almost relied on the smarter Mach to serve to score. , but Oishi's performance later also proved that he can be selected as a representative team of 14 junior high school students, and he does have his own strength and potential.

Even though he was attacked again and again, he still insisted on staying on the field, successfully made progress, and became the second spiritual assassin.

The doubles one match was only a short period of violence, but the doubles two was full of blood from the very beginning.

Tohno's punishment method and Kirihara's demonization made the two people have obvious advantages at the beginning. Although everyone in Li Haida could see that Kirihara did not directly attack the opponent, but was more of a self-defense ball, but Tohno Camp The created atmosphere still affected him, making him look much more excited than usual.

"Is Kirihara okay?" In the spectator area, knowing that Li Haida had been paying close attention to Kirihara's mental state, Fuji looked at Che Kazama.

The other party shook his head, "We are not on the sidelines, so we can't judge whether his mental power fluctuations are normal or not. However, judging from Chi Ye's current movement habits, he seems to be very satisfied with his state."

"But no matter whether he can control it or not, I believe he will grow after this game." Yukimura pointed to the opposite side where the camera scanned, "Look, Zeus, the leader of the Greek team."

Several people looked in the direction pointed by Yukimura, and the person named after the king of gods did not change his expression even in the face of unfavorable situations.

Kazama Che understood in an instant, that person had confidence, and the two on the field still had cards.

As expected, Tono's opponents revealed the identity of the descendants of Stefano, their executioner. Even if they didn't understand the previous situation, they couldn't capture Tono's subtle expressions through the screen, but his increasingly strange The behavior has already revealed something, not to mention that Tono directly knocked down Kirihara later, and started the battle by himself.

However, Tohno's game did not go well. He also became bruised and bruised because of the opponent's "Broken Knee" and "Monday's Kite". Finally, after playing "Jie Mi", he handed over everything to Kirihara.

After seeing such a scene, the child who was usually protected continued the game without saying a word, and finally ended the doubles 6 match 4-[-].

Everyone in Lihai who was watching the live broadcast was in a complicated mood, especially Marui. Tohno probably attacked Kirihara at the beginning because he saw that there would be no good scene when he met the descendant of the creator of the punishment law. He asked Kirihara to withdraw in advance and acted alone The opponent's goal, Kirihara's ability to hit from 4-4 to 6-4, is also related to Tono's "intervention" with all his strength.

Although he often has a violent and arrogant appearance, he truly protects the younger generation.

"Senior is really..."

Marui sighed with a wry smile, and ran out with members of the medical team to pick up their two doubles players.

In the third match, Shiraishi, who was originally scheduled, broke into a cold sweat the moment he looked at the opponent's main player, Zeus. The feeling of being completely seen through made him unable to even move.

After seeing Shiraishi's appearance, Tanejima laughed and had a game of finger-guessing with him, diverted Shiraishi's attention, and used the right to make an emergency substitution by himself, and walked onto the field. The previous cynicism seemed reliable at this time Extremely.However, the game did not show any advantage due to the substitution. The player was like his name Zeus, as if he knew everything. Even if it was Tanejima, the score was ruthless to 5-0. Of course, 0 is the Japanese team.

On the sidelines, Tanejima seldom sweated profusely, sitting on the sidelines thinking, but soon, he returned to the game.Changing to his left hand, Tanejima opened up a new moment, continued to attack, and finally ended the game 7-5.

Just when everyone, including the other party, was amazed at how he did it, Taneshima just exposed the cap of the mineral water bottle in his hand.

Such a whimsical idea amazed Zeus on the opposite side, and also gained something from Shiraishi, who has always adhered to the tennis bible.

In the end, the game ended 3-0, the Japanese team won, and the next game is about to face Australia.