The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University

"Let's go too and take a look at the B area stadium first." Yuuki Maya said to Marui and Kirihara.

The two nodded in understanding, and then they followed Maya Yuuki on both sides, one on the left and one on the right, and moved towards the direction of the B area court together.

Genichirō Sanada looked at the backs of the three people leaving, pondered for a moment, then looked hesitantly at a sign pointing to Area D.

After a long time, as if he had made a decision, Genichirō Sanada picked up his tennis bag and walked alone in the direction indicated by the sign.

As for Niou and the others, they also followed Yanagi Renji.

……

Although the competition on the first day was not that fierce, after all, they were all teams in the finals, so their level was naturally guaranteed.

Many matches on the first day were not decided until the fifth round, with many scores ending in 3 to 2.

The same is true for Kanto's two top four schools, Rokkaku Junior High School and Seigaku.

In the first round, Rokkaku Junior High School met the representative of Hokkaido, Tsubakigawa Academy.

It is also a regular participant in the national conference, with a strength similar to that of Liujiao Middle School. The two sides fought until the fifth game to decide the winner. Liujiao Middle School finally scored a crucial point in the singles and successfully advanced to the next round.

As for the battle situation of Qingxue, it is not much better than that of Rokkakuchu.

The situation was slightly similar to the first round of the Kanto Tournament. In the first three rounds, Seigaku maintained a lead with two wins and one loss, but lost without any suspense in the subsequent doubles match, allowing the opponent to tie the game 2-2.

In the end, it was Kunimitsu Tezuka who made the final move, winning the singles match with a score of 6-1 and advancing to the next round without any trouble.

However, Qingxue, who won the game, was not happy about advancing, because just the first round of the game made them feel more pressure than in the Kanto Conference.

You know, the overall strength of Qingxue has increased rapidly in the past month, and it is much stronger than during the Kanto Conference.

But now, their opponent is just a weak team that has never made it to the top 16 in the national conference, and they are forced to give their all.

And Seigaku's next opponent is this year's Kansai champion and last year's national top four team, Shitenhoji.

This dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Qingxue students who had originally hoped to make a difference at the national conference.

It also made them realize how cruel the competition in the national conference is. Without absolute strength, the ranking you get depends entirely on the attitude of the strong teams.

The first day of competition is over.

All of a sudden, only 24 teams were left out of the 16 teams, and some of the eliminated teams might have just entered the game and were already preparing to go home.

However, these schools don’t need to be too sad, because after the second day of competition, eight more teams will be eliminated.

The match between Hyotei Academy, which had a bye in the first round, and Shizile Middle School, which also had a bye in the first round, was the focus of the second day's competition.

Due to schedule reasons, this match was held in the morning, and Rikkai University's match today was in the afternoon, so Yuuki Maya and others were able to come and watch.

The second round of matches will also be played in full for 5 games, because even if you are a school with a bye, the first game you play is also the first round according to the regulations, so you have to play a full five games.

It's just that it's hard for the unseeded teams that won the first round. Compared to the seeded teams that are well-rested and only need to win one BO5, those unseeded teams need to win two BO5s to successfully advance to the quarterfinals.

However, this match is one of the few in which both teams did not play on the first day. Both sides have rested for a day, and it is foreseeable that it will be an exciting match.

In fact, the competition order of the second year's national conference was double-double-single-single-single, but considering that most people's stereotype is single-double-single-double-single, I simply followed the third year's competition system.

Chapter 91: Hyotei is out, and the dad from Rokugaon pays unexpected attention (there will be another update in the evening)

Amid the waiting of many spectators and contestants from other participating schools that were not competing, the match between Hyotei and Shishiro officially began.

I don’t know if it was because Keigo Atobe used his money power, but the hundred-man support group of Hyotei who was nowhere to be seen yesterday appeared again in the audience seats outside the stadium today.

They all shouted the slogan "Hyotei will win" in unison, which really shocked the small number of non-Kanto teams that came to the national conference for the first time.

Immediately afterwards, the referee blew the whistle, and both sides lined up and returned to their preparation areas.

A few minutes later, the third singles match began. Hyotei sent out Takahiro Kabaji, while the opponent sent out a third-year player.

The first game was extremely intense, with the score reaching 4-4 ​​at one point.

Then, in the surprised eyes of the people around him, Takahiro Kabaji showed his talent for imitation, perfectly replicating his opponent's best skills and disrupting the opponent's rhythm of the game.

In the first game, Hyotei won the first game with a score of 7 to 5.

Just when Keigo Atobe and others thought that they would take advantage of the victory to pursue the enemy, the situation was completely beyond their expectations.

In doubles match two, the combination of Houchotaro and Taki Oginosuke sent by Hyotei was quickly defeated in less than half an hour.

In this game, Hou Changtaro, who was a freshman, made several mistakes in his powerful serve, and it seemed that he had difficulty adapting to the high-intensity game pressure.

Taki Oginosuke did not perform at all and was completely defeated by the unknown doubles team of Shishiraku, and lost the game with a big score of 2 to 6.

In the third singles match, Hyotei played against Jiro Akutagawa, while Shishigaku sent out Chitose Chisato, one of the two heroes of Kyushu whose names were known throughout the country.

As the second-in-command of their respective schools, it was only natural that the two sides would have a fairly evenly matched match.

However, this time, Bingdi lost faster.

In less than twenty minutes, Akutagawa Jiro was sweating and gasping for breath, while Chitose Chisato on the opposite side remained calm and breathing steadily, without using much strength at all.

In the third game, Lion Music ended with a score of 6-0 and led with a total score of 2-1.

Immediately following the fourth doubles match, Hyotei sent out their ace doubles combination, Takehito Mukai and Yuushi Oshizuka.

Hyotei thought they could win the game, but it was not until Keigo Atobe came on the field that they secured the victory.

But what no one expected was that as soon as Shizile's doubles team came on the court, the whole audience exclaimed.

Because one of the members of their doubles team has blonde hair that looks like a lion.

This is the other of the two heroes of Kyushu, Tachibana Yoshihei.

After seeing Tachibana Jiping's appearance, everyone in Hyotei looked very unhappy, obviously knowing that they were tricked.

As expected, even though Taketo Mukai and Yuushi Oshitari put up a desperate fight, they were powerless against the force of the storm of balls from Yoshihira Tachibana.

The total score was 3 to 1. After Lion Music got the first three points, the result of this game was decided. Even if they had to play a fifth game later, it didn't matter to Lion Music.

In the end, even though Keigo Atobe came on the court with a sullen face, it was of no avail even if they won the last game with a crushing score of 6-0.

Hyotei eventually lost to Shizile Junior High School with a total score of 2 to 3 and was eliminated in the top of the national tournament.

After losing the game, the Hyotei fan club immediately became silent, and many of Hyotei's players closed their eyes in pain or hung their heads in dejection.

……

Hyotei lost the game in the morning and left at noon, without even staying for lunch.

In the afternoon, Rikkai University's match was scheduled as the first game, and its opponent was Rokkaku Junior High School, which advanced from the previous round.

Although they are both teams from the Kanto region, they have rarely played against each other, especially at the national conference, which is their first time.

Before the game started, the teams in the hexagon were already in a gloomy mood.

They knew better than anyone that they had no chance of winning this game.

"Dad, have you really not thought of a solution?" Saeki Torajiro squatted down and looked at his father who was sitting cross-legged in the coach's seat, drinking a cup of tea calmly with hopeful eyes.

"Saeki, even if I had it, you can't do it." The old man said calmly after taking a sip of the tea in his hand.

He had already made his words very clear, and the only thing missing was to print the six words "The gap in strength is too big" on his clothes for the group of children to see.

"Okay Saeki, there's nothing we can do if we can't win. Stop making things difficult for Dad."

Amane Mitsuru, who was standing by, patted Saeki Torajiro on the back and comforted him in a relaxed manner.

It's their bad luck that they have to face Rikkai University in the second round. If they were in another school, they would still have the courage to risk their lives.

But this is Rikkai University, and they were defeated in last year's Kanto Conference.

Not to mention this year, Hyotei, who beat them in the Kanto semi-finals, was directly shut out in the final. The gap between the two sides is so huge that it's not even on the same level just to think about it.

While the people in the six corners were still trying to find a solution one after another, the old man sitting in the coach's seat suddenly opened his eyes wide.

A gleam of light flashed from his cloudy eyes, and his gaze was directed at the location of Yuuki Maya in the Rikkai University team.

With his keen perception, he detected a sharp gaze falling on his back. Yuuki Maya, who was originally doing nothing, suddenly turned around and looked in the direction of the hexagon.

His eyes met with his father's. The other party didn't seem surprised that Yuuki Maya suddenly turned back. Instead, he smiled slightly and nodded slightly at him with an admiring look.

This action of his father made Yuuki Maya a little confused, as he didn't remember any intersection between him and the other party.

However, he immediately thought that the other party had mastered the Shura Shinto's method of opening the door, and perhaps he saw something in him.

Thinking of this, an idea flashed through Maya Yuuki's mind. It seemed that after the game, he could ask the other party indirectly for information related to Shura Shinto.

In fact, he had wanted to do this as early as the Kanto Conference, but because the two teams did not meet at this year's conference, he had to give up at that time.

"The second round of the national tournament, the match between Rikkai University Affiliated Middle School and Rokkaku Middle School is about to begin."

"Please prepare the third singles of both teams."

The broadcast from Area A sounded, and the referee and linesman had already taken their positions at the edge of the field.

Around the stadium, except for the teams that were competing, all the other schools that had not yet competed or had advanced were already gathered here.

No one would choose to miss the defending champion's first game of the year.

They all wanted to get a glimpse of Rikkai University's current strength from this game.

Especially now that the news of Rikkai University's president's absence and the reason have already spread throughout the entire junior high school tennis community, those teams aiming to win the championship are even more eager to know how much strength Rikkai University still has compared to last year.

The competition began under the watchful eyes of the crowd.

There will be another update in the evening (if I can't finish it, I'll put it tomorrow.)

The matches with Rokukaku will not be described in detail. The matches described in detail will start from the semi-finals.

Chapter 92: Easily defeat Rokkaku, Dad's invitation, Qingxue is out

Fifty minutes later.

"Game, Rikkai University won, the score was 6 to 0."

"The total score is 5-0. The winner of this game is Rikkai University Affiliated Junior High School."

As the referee announced the score, the first round of Rikkai University's match ended.

With 5 6-0 scores, the defending champion showed its due dominance, and all the players acted in a relaxed manner. People watching the game could see at a glance that they did not try their best, and it was even unknown whether they showed % of their strength.

"Thanks for your hard work--"

After both teams lined up in front of the net and saluted after the game, they prepared to go home.

In addition to the unwilling expressions on the faces of the players of Liujiao Middle School, there were more emotions of relief, as if they were finally freed.

Kisarazu Ryo took off his sweat-soaked hat and let out a long sigh: "I have tried my best, and I have done my best."

Torajiro Saeki didn't say anything, but his face showed a look of pain, and it was obvious that he was not as relieved as the others after losing.

"Okay, Saeki, don't be so sad. If we are not as skilled as others, let's go back and practice more. We can try to get some ground back next time."

Amane Mitsuru hugged Saeki Torajiro's neck. He knew very well how the other party felt, but he still needed to give him some guidance since they had a good relationship.

"I know. Don't worry, I'm not that fragile." Saeki Torajiro sighed, knowing that he could not continue to be so decadent.

Liujiao Middle School, under the leadership of Dad, implements the "Happy Tennis" concept, so he can't always be sad.

Here, the old man sitting in the coach's seat left his seat with the help of Heiba ​​Harufu. After his feet landed firmly on the ground, he waved to Heiba ​​Harufu, and the latter bent down with understanding.

After the old man whispered a few words in Hei Yu's ear, the latter was stunned at first, then nodded immediately, then stood up and left, walking towards the direction of the Rikkai University team.

On the other side, Yuuki Maya was chatting with Yanagi Renji about some situations in the upcoming game. The two were chatting enthusiastically when suddenly a voice came over.

"Hello, are you free now?" Behind Yuuki Maya, Kuroba Harufu walked slowly towards him.

"Are you talking to me?" Yuuki Maya pointed at herself and said uncertainly.

"Yes, our father has something to tell you." Heiyu Chunfeng nodded and conveyed his meaning.

Upon hearing this, Yuuki Maya looked a little surprised. He was just thinking about how to find the other party, but now the other party took the initiative to find him.

After calming down and nodding slightly, he said to Sanada and Yanagi Renji beside him: "Sanada, Yanagi, I'll be back soon."

The two nodded, signaling him to hurry up and they would wait for him here.

With some doubts, Yuuki Maya followed Kuroba Harukaze and walked into the team of Rokkaku.

Under the guidance of Kuroba Harukaze, Yuuki Maya came to his father and asked as soon as he stood still: "I heard that you have something to ask me?"