The Failed Knight of Full-Time Master

Chapter 636 Facing Japan
Regarding the World Invitational Tournament, I plan to write less and give a brief overview, focusing primarily on the protagonist's perspective.

[If you mind the World Invitational Tournament storyline, please skip these chapters.]

To be honest, An Ning never dreamed that she would become famous abroad.

Before the World Invitational Tournament even officially opened, Anning's fan clubs overseas had already started organizing events.

They even dug up the meaning of the name Anning.

The meanings of the IDs "Silver Light on the Screen" and "Growth of All Things" have also been deciphered by Anning's overseas fan club.

Furthermore, the number of views for Anning's compilation of all his previous matches has also jumped to the top of the list of Honor of Kings videos overseas.

"To be honest, with her good looks, her playing style that's very similar to foreign styles, and her rather bumpy personal history, it would be strange if An Ning didn't become popular."

Bai Shu, from the data analysis team, also commented.

After all, abroad, no one is more persuasive than Bai Shu.

"However, this is also a good thing, as it is quite helpful for expanding the overseas market of the domestic Glory League."

Lin Xia, who had disappeared for a long time, reappeared in front of everyone.

"Keep up the good work, our first match is about to begin."

Lin Xia also addressed the members of the Chinese team.

"of course."

The Chinese team player also spoke up.

……

The first round of group stage matches officially began on July 17.

China's Group C opponents include Russia, Japan, and the United States.

The United States' overall strength is somewhat inferior to that of England, with which it has a long-standing relationship.

Russia, on the other hand, is still quite strong.

As for Japan, they are the weakest of the four teams.

In Asia, Japan is considered a top-five contender, but on a global scale, the Japanese team is somewhat weaker.

It's fair to say that Japan is among the bottom five of these sixteen teams.

Therefore, the two qualifying spots will most likely be decided among Russia, China, and the United States.

China's first-round opponent is Japan.

Regardless of the difference in strength between the two sides, just the fact that the opponent is Japan means this match will undoubtedly attract a lot of attention in China.

During the World Invitational Tournament, all the home venues of domestic teams were opened to the public, and all the commentators came to these teams' venues to provide live commentary.

As for the price of the tickets, it was basically just the cost price.

Many of the Japanese team's athletes were familiar faces from previous Asian Games events.

Aki Suzuki, Shohei Aoyama, Kenichi Nakamura.

Before the match began, the players from both teams met.

"How many people did you change?"

Looking at the composition of the opposing team, Ye Xiu also spoke.

"We need change so that we can keep up with the world's top tier!"

Shohei Aoyama, captain of the Japanese team, said this.

"This is the World Invitational Tournament. In the future, when it becomes the official World Championship, more countries will participate. If we don't start to change, we will be left behind by others."

The so-called newcomer on the other side was also a gunner.

She is the same profession as Suzuki Aki, the older gunner in their team.

But to be honest, having two gunners in one team, even though they are not the same age, shows how pathetic the team is.

The Japanese league... it will take some time to develop.

Although the Japanese team made changes, their individual matches and ring matches still haven't made much progress.

The Chinese team qualified through a draw.

Of course, Priest Zhang Xinjie will not draw lots for the singles tournament.

The final five participants in the individual and ring matches are:

Zhang Jiale, Sun Xiang, Huang Shaotian, Zhou Zekai, Tang Hao, and An Ning. It's fair to say they were truly unlucky.

They selected almost all the best one-on-one players on the Chinese team.

"Their luck is truly incredible."

When Ye Xiu saw this list, he couldn't hold back any longer.

With this personnel arrangement, even if you were to pick all the players from the domestic professional leagues other than them to form a roster for the match, you would still lose.

This personnel arrangement resulted in the Japanese team players being completely suppressed by the Chinese team players before they could even demonstrate their abilities.

All three veteran Japanese players chose to compete in the individual events.

Perhaps they also knew that their side wouldn't have a significant advantage in the ring matches, which is why they chose to appear in the individual matches.

But even in individual competitions, the Chinese team was equally flawless.

Japan suffered a crushing 3-0 defeat.

As for the health losses of both sides, it can only be said that the health lost by the Japanese team in the three matches was not enough to replace any of the individual players on the Chinese team.

Subsequently, An Ning also witnessed the performance of the newcomers on the Japanese team.

First up is Adachi Kokoro, the future gunner for the Japanese team.

I heard that this player is a rising star who has been ranked number one in the Japanese arena for many years, and was also named the best newcomer in the Japanese professional league.

But... An Ning always felt that this girl was a bit unreliable.

For some reason, the moment An Ning saw the other person, she noticed that he was staring at Zhou Zekai.

"This Xiaohong is completely focused on Zhou Zekai, could it be..."

And this match is against Zhou Zekai again.

"You're right, this Anda Xiaohong is infatuated with Zhou Zekai."

At this moment, Chu Yunxiu also spoke from the side.

"How did you get it?"

An Ning asked, also puzzled.

An Ning was also guessing and couldn't be sure that the other party really had their eye on Zhou Zekai.

But Chu Yunxiu was able to determine the answer immediately.

"Because the way she looked at Zhou Zekai was the same way those foreign girls looked at you the other day, the way fans look at their idols."

Chu Yunxiu rolled her eyes.

She felt that Anning seemed to have become stupid.

Such a simple principle, yet you don't understand it.

As the person involved that day, An Ning herself had seen many such looks.

Now, surprisingly, they haven't even realized it.

"Forehead……"

An Ning felt somewhat embarrassed.

Through Chu Yunxiu's eyes, An Ning saw the mockery in them.

Fortunately, the match had already begun by then.

As soon as the match started, Zhou Zekai didn't stop and launched a fierce attack on Anda Xiaohong.

The concept of chivalry and tenderness is completely foreign to Zhou Zekai.

On the other hand, Anda Koko was stunned for a moment before she began to counterattack after being hit by the attack.

To be fair, Adachi Kokoro's skill level is actually a bit higher than her predecessor, Suzuki Aki.

In China, they could find a mid-to-lower tier team to be their core player.

She truly deserves the title of Japan's top new generation leader.

If Zhou Zekai had held back a little, this match might have turned out to be quite exciting.

However, Zhou Zekai is quite "straightforward" in this regard.

But Anning herself felt that "pure" was a more accurate description of this.

(End of this chapter)