Bird Soul: Unparalleled National Warriors at the Beginning.

Chapter 517 Champion
"This guy is really ruthless. With only more than 20,000 points, he directly defeated the middle-class team and won the victory. He couldn't even beat the top team in the national competition, let alone our Nagano Prefecture team."

In front of the TV in the hospital, seeing Nan Yan win the championship with a sweeping momentum, Ikeda Miao was still happy for him in his heart.

But while I was happy, I also felt a little secretly pleased.

Wow, it turns out they were playing against the national champions before. No wonder the county competition was so difficult.

It seems that being defeated by Nan Yan is not such a shameful thing.

After all, no matter who it is, even the strongest teams in the country will be beaten by a few big punches, let alone them.

"I won the championship. It's incredible."

Miyoko also nodded slightly. Although she felt that Kiyosumi would win the championship, when she actually saw the championship being won, she was still a little dazed and didn't feel it was real.

I thought I would have to go through some setbacks, but I didn't expect to win so smoothly. It even seemed much easier than the final in Nagano Prefecture.

All I can say is that Nan Yan is much stronger now than he was in the qualifying finals.

If it were him back then, he might still feel a lot of pressure, but now for Nan Yan, winning the championship is effortless.

"..."

Takei Hisahisa, who was lying on the hospital bed, was naturally happy to see this scene.

However, as all the team members arrived at the podium, she, the team leader, was the only one who missed the entire final. No matter how strong Takei Hisa was inside, she felt a little lonely.

This championship is entirely due to my teammates, and I don’t seem to have helped them much.

Although the championship was indeed won, when people talk about this game in the future, no one will probably remember that Qingcheng had a minister, right?
Thinking of this, Jiudi couldn't help but smile bitterly.

At this time, the camera also turned to the interview session with the champion.

As the contestant who defeated Bai Shitai and Lin Hai single-handedly, Nan Yan naturally received the most attention and discussion.

Now many fans who are not from the Kiyosumi team are already wailing about why Nan Menghiko is only in the second year. If he is still in the old team next year, the strong third-year players such as Miyanaga Teru of Shiraitodai, Tsuji Gakiuchi of Rinkai, the Chisatoyama duo, and Atago Hirooki of Himematsu will all graduate next year, and the old powerhouses in the national competition will face a vacuum of strength.

On the other hand, Kiyosumi High School, whose overall strength has not been greatly reduced, will probably dominate the country for the entire next year.

Thinking of this, many fans of the top teams put on masks of pain.

"Although Nan Mengyan is a sophomore this year and has never participated in a major competition before, this should be your first time participating in a national competition. The first time you participated in a national competition, the entire team won the national championship under your leadership. Do you have any special thoughts and feelings?

As the strongest player in Qingcheng and even the strongest player in the country, after winning this championship, are there any players in the future individual competitions and individual competitions that you pay special attention to?"

After getting the interview opportunity, reporter Junko Nishida fired a lot of questions like a machine gun.

She was so regretful!

When she was in Nagano Prefecture, she was only busy interviewing Haramura Kazuya of Kiyosumi and paid little attention to Minamihiko. After all, she felt that most casual mahjong enthusiasts would definitely prefer Haramura Kazuya.

But who could have imagined that Qingcheng's only boy would be able to shine in the subsequent competitions.

So after finally getting the opportunity for an interview, Junko Nishida took decisive action and asked a series of questions.

“I didn’t feel too much after winning the championship. It felt similar to winning the county championship. From the beginning of the competition, I thought Qingcheng’s overall strength was stronger than the other three teams, so it was reasonable for them to win the championship.

Even if I don't win this game completely, my teammates will definitely live up to expectations.

The champion will not run away."

Nan Yan answered the first question first.

In fact, he felt that winning the national championship was about the same difficulty as winning the county championship, or even a little more difficult.

On the one hand, it might be because he was still relatively weak at the time, so he did not have a complete sense of confidence in winning the game.

On the other hand, it may be that he is more offensive now. Compared with the previous style of play where he could only defend and counterattack, he is now more proactive and will not sit and wait for death when he encounters bad luck.

Overall, the difficulty is about the same.

It can even be said that winning the championship this time is easier than last time.

But in order to secure the glory of the championship, he chose to break through in the midfield battle.

However, in the previous county-level vanguard battle, even with the presence of war criminals like Mutsuki Tsuyama, he did not win directly. It can only be said that he is indeed stronger now than before.

"As for the individual competition, I am a little dissatisfied."

But when it came to the second question, Nan Yan suddenly changed the subject.

The reporters also keenly caught the change in Nan Yan's tone, and felt that something important was about to be said by the champion, so they all pointed their cameras at Nan Mengyan.

They all knew that Nan Yan was going to say something very shocking. This is exactly the keen sense of the media and journalists for public opinion and hot spots, and it is also a necessary quality for their profession.

“Well, according to the individual competition system, the number of players from each county who can enter the national competition is very limited, and the number of places each county has varies due to differences in strength.

For example, Nagano Prefecture has three places in the main competition and two places in the exhibition competition, a total of only five players can participate in the national competition. However, because the number of places is too small, players like me also need to squeeze out the places in the exhibition competition to qualify. On the contrary, some very strong players are shut out because of the competition system.

I have to say this is a great pity.”

This message was broadcast live across the country.

Many people were stunned by these words.

What the hell?

Nan Mengyan, who performed so well in the national team competition, almost crushing all the national and world youth championship players to win the first place, actually had to compete for a spot in the exhibition match in the individual competition selection in Nagano Prefecture.

Two very important pieces of information can be extracted from here.

One is that Nagano Prefecture has a lot of individually strong players, and it can be said that it is worthy of being the county where the championship team is located. After all, it is impossible to win the championship by playing against a bunch of trash, and Nanhiko even has to play exhibition games. Therefore, there is more than one person in Nagano Prefecture who is stronger than Nanhiko!
The second key information is that some players with equally strong abilities were blocked from the competition system, which is a pity.

"In other words, you think there are many players with potential who are unable to participate in this national competition, is that what you mean?" a reporter asked.

"Yes, I do have some unwelcome requests on that point."

Nan Yan nodded and said, "Our Qingcheng's team leader, Takei Hisahisa, ranked fourth in the individual competition, and is just one step away from qualifying for the national competition.

This is not to say that the top three from Nagano Prefecture are not strong, but I think that she failed to get a spot because the competition rules stipulated that only the top three would be selected, and she was not popular enough to play in the exhibition match like me. It was a pity that she failed to get a spot in the end.

Based on my understanding of our minister's ability, she is definitely much stronger than most of the players who can participate in the individual competition in the national competition. If such a powerful player cannot participate in the individual competition, then even if the final result of this individual competition comes out, I will never approve it!"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar inside and outside the venue.

Nan Mengyan, the ACE of the team championship team, actually forced the official to temporarily modify the rules in this way!
This young man is a little too arrogant!

"I see. From the beginning, he wanted to use this method to force the officials to change the rules so that Qingcheng's captain could also participate in the individual competition. He decisively defeated his opponent in the core battle of the team competition to prove his own value and tell the audience that their Qingcheng's captain has the corresponding strength."

The old president laughed, "This kid must have won the championship in the most violent and safest way just for this vinegar.

Well, actually the competition system this year was supposed to be revised, so let's just do as he wishes. After all, he is the ACE of the championship team, so we can allow him some leniency.

Moreover, the selection system for the individual competition does have some problems. After all, some players who are not strong enough but popular are able to enter the individual competition through the exhibition match quota, while some players who are strong but are limited by regional quotas are unable to participate.

Therefore, the changes to the individual competition system are indeed what everyone wants.

Moreover, I believe that the audience is also looking forward to seeing whether Qingcheng’s minister has the ability to do so.”

In fact, this was not just his idea. Although as the president, modifying such a harmless rule was just a matter of a word, blatantly changing the rules would also cause distrust among the audience.

But for the sake of Senior Ichikawa's enjoyment, it's okay for the old president to change the rules a little.

If Qingcheng's minister demonstrates the corresponding strength and convinces the audience, then everyone will be convinced of the change in the competition system.

in contrast.

If Qingcheng's minister performs poorly, it will be Nan Yan's own fault.

This is a double-edged sword, and Nan Yan should be very clear about it.

However, it is indeed difficult to convince everyone with Minister Qingcheng's performance in the team competition. However, his confidence shows that this is not the minister's true strength.

"But quotas are something you can't just give out."

The old president went on to make arrangements, “It just so happens that I plan to have some of last year’s graduates participate in this year’s individual competition, so an individual competition qualification competition will be held tomorrow.

Participants include players like Kiyosumi's Minister, who have a high quota in the individual competition in their county and have participated in the national team competition, as well as players who did not participate in the individual competition but got a good ranking and performed outstandingly in the team competition. They are eligible to register only if they have at least entered the semi-finals.

This way, no strong player will be left out of the individual competition."

We will have a qualifying match tomorrow, which is almost back-to-back, and there will not be more time to prepare for the individual competition. This will be fairer to other players.

But the problem is that Minister Kiyosumi seems to be ill and is still in the hospital and did not attend the award ceremony.

Nan Yan played as a substitute throughout the entire mid-level battle.

So tomorrow’s qualifying match cannot be considered a back-to-back match.

"That is to say, the fourth place in the Nagano Prefecture individual competition tomorrow may meet the fourth place in the national competition."

Kaino Ryoko spoke softly.

There is no doubt that Yusa Reina, who is ranked fourth in the country, will participate in this qualifying battle. It would be interesting if she couldn't even win the qualifying battle against Minister Kiyosumi.

"Don't bother Senior Jie Neng with his concern."

Yusa Reina gritted her teeth and said, could this ring be against her?
But even if we really meet Minister Kiyosumi, it won’t be a big problem.

She believed that Nan Mengyan, with the prestige of the champion, was forcing the authorities to help their third-year minister Qingcheng realize his dream.

After all, if the minister doesn't participate in the competition, he will have no chance next year, so Nan Mengyan has to do this.

But she took a quick look at Minister Kiyosumi's card game. In the third round, this minister was even beaten badly by Himematsu's Atago Yoshinoya. He was ranked fourth in Nagano Prefecture, but the gap with the top three was probably huge.

Just like the gap between her and the top three in the country...

The so-called fourth place in Nagano Prefecture, to put it bluntly, is just the last one in the finals!
So the strength of that minister is just so-so. In tomorrow's qualifying match, she will defeat Minister Qingcheng to prove that she is the fourth strongest in the country!

She might not be able to defeat Nan Mengyan, but can't she defeat Qingcheng, a small minister?
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"I didn't expect that Nan Yan would do this for Takei-san."

Fukuro Mihoko was deeply moved when she saw that Minamihiko used the momentum of his victory to help Takei Hisahisa qualify for the national individual competition for the sake of their club leader Kiyosumi.

If her own members did this, she, as the club leader, would burst into tears right away.

But this also shows that Nan Yan is indeed a boy who values ​​friendship.

"Woo woo woo, even though this guy is abominable, he did a great job."

Miyoko was deeply moved, but did not cry.

But Ikeda Miao started crying.

On the one hand, she was moved, but on the other hand, she felt a little bit of self-blame and guilt. After all, if Mihoko had not been able to participate in the individual competition of the national competition, she didn't seem to have the ability like Minamihiko to do this for the captain.

This made Ikeda Miao feel very ashamed.

Miyoko thought Ikeda was just crying because he was moved, so she just reached out and touched Ikeda's head without saying anything more.

Seeing all this, Takei Hisahisa pursed his lips slightly, feeling mixed emotions.

As a minister, she did not contribute her own strength to the championship.

However, Nan Yan risked being questioned by the world and threatened by online violence, and helped her qualify for the national individual competition as a champion. He went to such lengths to make sure that her youth would not be left with regrets.

For Jiudi, the only way for her to reply to Nan Yan is to burn herself out in the upcoming individual battle!

In the next individual battle, she will show her peak moment!

I couldn't help but clench my fists.

But suddenly a painful feeling like an electric shock surged from the dislocated arm.

“Ah—it hurts, it hurts!!”

Takei Hisahisa immediately let out a scream, with tears streaming down his eyes.

I really am not handsome for more than one second!
(End of this chapter)