Bird Soul: Unparalleled National Warriors at the Beginning.

Chapter 406 Finals Agreement with the Achiga Girls
There will be a day of rest after the third round of the national competition. After this round, the top twelve in the country will be decided.

"Is it the last-place elimination system?"

"Yes, this year's third round is quite special. Sixteen teams will decide the top twelve, and each group will only eliminate the last one. But don't take it lightly because you only eliminate the last one. There will be no weak teams among the top sixteen teams in the country. Every team we will face next will be a truly strong team."

"I'm a little curious, how will we decide the eight teams that will participate in the semi-finals from the twelve teams?"

"It's still the same as the second round, the point difference with the previous place. The top two teams in the three groups will advance, and the remaining third place will compete with the point difference with the second place. The team with the largest gap will still be eliminated, and finally the eight teams in the semi-finals will be decided."

"That means starting from the third round, four teams will be eliminated in each subsequent round."

"That's fine, so we have to get serious next."

"In today's third round, what position do you want to play, Senior Nan Yan?"

When Takei Hisa and Sometani Mako were explaining the rules of the competition before the semi-finals to everyone, Saki couldn't help but ask Minamihiko.

Now Qingcheng can be said to have placed Nan Yan in a very high tactical position. As long as Nan Yan wants to play in any position, he can basically play in any position.

Not only Qingcheng discovered the advantages of the substitute rule, but many teams in the national competition also placed their strongest players on the bench.

Of course, Shiraitotai’s strongest player is still the pioneer.

“Me…?”

Nan Yan came back to his senses and said in a deep voice, "I won't play in the third round. The first two rounds went too fast, and Xiaohe and Saki didn't play.

It just so happens that I was planning to go with Sasano to check out the registration status for the World Youth Championship, so I won’t be playing in the third round.

Of course, if necessary, I will come back at any time."

Actually, I had made an appointment with Sasano to go yesterday afternoon, but all the staff at Lulaodu were holding a graduation dinner for Sasano Berry, who is already in her third year, so we postponed it to today.

"Alright."

Takeijiu nodded slightly.

Originally, she wanted to let Xiaohe and Saki play in the first and second rounds to practice, but she didn't expect that plans could not keep up with changes. Unexpected opponents appeared in these two rounds, resulting in neither of them having a chance to play.

The opponents we will encounter next are no ordinary ones. If we delay any longer, we will have no chance to train our troops.

It’s a good thing that Nan Yan doesn’t appear in the third round.

After all, others also need experience and feel the atmosphere of the national competition. Otherwise, when it comes to the semi-finals and finals, the strength of the opponents will be extraordinary and there will be no opportunity for experience and adjustment.

Besides, if something really happens, it won’t be too late to call Nan Yan back to save the situation.

"Don't worry, leave the rest to us!"

Yuki said, clenching his fists.

She didn’t feel that she had performed well in the first round, so she had to perform really well in this round!

Although it was her first time attending the national competition, Yuki felt great, as if she had endless luck. She needed a strong enemy to serve as her whetstone!
"Well, the vice general match is in the afternoon. Can I go and watch it with Senior Nan Yan in the morning?"

Haramura raised his hand cautiously.

Although he knew there was a competition in the afternoon, Nan Yan went with a girl, and she was a very cute girl.

"That's fine, but Xiaohe has to come back as soon as possible at noon."

Takei Hisahisa approved.

Sometani Mako couldn't help but glance at Kutei and thought, you really dote on them. This is a national competition, are you going to make arrangements without any sense of urgency like you usually do?

Then Jiudi also showed his confident side: "Just go with peace of mind, maybe before Xiaohe comes back, I will have already defeated the opponent in the core battle!"

Hearing what Jiudi said, Sometani Mako couldn't help laughing: "Come on, the third round has one of the four seeds, the Yongshui woman, I don't have such confidence."

However, Sometani knew that although Takei Hisahisa said it easily, among all the people in Kiyosumi, she was the one who was under the most pressure.

After all, she was the only third-year student present.

She won't get a second chance to compete in the national competition.

If he doesn't win the championship this year, it may become a permanent regret for Takei Hisashi.

Therefore, they have reasons not to lose!

"Well, I'll be back as soon as possible."

Haramura Kazu nodded deeply.

She can still distinguish between the important and the unimportant, but she doesn't have any competition in the morning, so she only needs to use the morning to check the registration situation for the World Youth Championship, which won't delay her for too long.

Saki originally wanted to go and take a look with senior Nan Yan, after all, she didn't have any competition in the morning.

But when she thought that she might meet her sister in that venue, the girl recalled her sister's voice, smile and appearance when she was a child, as well as every detail of her childhood life with Xiaoyu, and her pupils trembled slightly.

She is not ready to recognize her sister yet!
So Saki's lips moved slightly, but in the end she did not say that she wanted to register for the World Youth Championship with Nanyan and Xiaohe.

For the past.

She still has a haze.

Xiaohe glanced at Saki who was somewhat silent. Although Saki seldom mentioned her sister Miyanaga Teru in front of them, she also knew that the relationship between the girl and her sister was somewhat complicated.

So I didn't invite Saki to go to the venue in the other half of the zone.

At the same time, the sound of the broadcast gradually became louder.

"The East Division competition is now starting. The first to enter is Himematsu High School, representing Minami-Taisaka. They are a strong team from Kansai and are a regular in the semifinals. They have often been in the top eight teams in the past. Two years ago, they were one of the top four seeds in the national competition.

However, due to the strong rise of the Yongshui women in recent years, this team is currently relegated from the seeded teams.

But their overall strength is beyond doubt, and they are still at the top level in the country..."

Hearing the announcement, Takei Hisahisa clapped his hands and said, "Okay, I'll leave it to Yuki from now on."

After introducing each team, the third round of vanguard battle is about to begin.

"Yes, sir!"

Even though Yuki is a small girl, he is not at all nervous even on the stage of the national competition.

She even couldn't wait to compete against the players in the national competition.
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After Yuki stepped onto the stage for the competition, Minamihiko and Kohei also met Sasano Berry at the agreed location.

Seeing the girl with delicate makeup and obviously well-dressed, Haramura looked at her with a bit of scrutiny. Fortunately, he followed her!

"Sorry, I'm a little late." Sasano Berry looked at the time and was a few minutes later than the agreed time.

This was not because of any delay in putting on makeup or anything like that, but because when she came out of the stadium, she was harassed by a reporter from Mahjong Weekly, so Sasano Berry had to take some time to complete the interview before she hurried over.

But I didn't expect to be late.

Being late for the first meeting gives a bad impression.

"We can't do this next time."

Haramura said in a low voice.

But I soon felt that what I said was inappropriate, and there probably won’t be a next time!

"I'm sorry." Sasanoberry bowed.

"Just go ahead, Xiaohe has a game in the afternoon."

Nan Yan didn't care too much about it. It's not that he had no sense of time, but he was not too strict with time. Coming a few minutes earlier or later didn't make any difference to him, as long as he didn't deliberately delay for an hour and a half.

In his previous life, Nan Yan had made an appointment to meet a girl. After waiting at the intersection for more than half an hour, he heard Wei Xin say "My period has come".

Later, Nan Yan realized that some people just like to take advantage of your affection for them and use unreasonable ways to "test" you. In short, they do things without any bottom line.

Moreover, girls who like to act like this usually have an above-average appearance.

However, if Sasanome was only a few minutes late, Nan Yan wouldn't care too much.

The three of them then came to another competition venue not far away.

In the national competition, the games of each half are played in different venues, and players from different half basically do not meet each other.

According to Sasano Berry, the registration for last year's World Youth Championship was also held at this venue.

"Unlike the individual competitions in national competitions, the World Youth Championships adopts a nomination system. It does not mean that players can participate by simply signing up, but requires nominations from professional players.

In the commentary room and press room of the national competition, there are many active and retired professional players. It is not so easy to enter the World Youth Championship. Compared with individual competitions that test absolute strength, the qualification for the World Youth Championship requires a kind of qualifications.

Therefore, when nominating professional players, more emphasis is placed on the players' previous competition experience and results, just like the national champion Miyanaga Teru, the second place in the individual competition Arakawa Kiss, and the Linhai women's player Que Minghua. Because they have rich competition experience and luxurious results, it is better to say that they were directly invited rather than nominated.

The prerequisite must be the results of the national competition. No matter how magnificent your achievements are in the county competition, these professional players will basically not pay much attention to you, so don't expect professional players to nominate you because of your achievements in the county competition.

But I think, with Nan Mengyan’s excellent performance in the first and second rounds, there shouldn’t be any problem.”

As they walked into the stadium, Sasanoberry explained. "Does the result of the county competition not count?" Haramura Kazu couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, we won't consider the results of the county-level tournaments." Sasano Berry nodded. "After all, there have been many seeded players who performed well in their own region but were swept away by other teams in the national tournament. There are too many such people. In the future, the World Youth Championship will assume that the results of the county-level tournaments will not count."

Nan Yan expressed his understanding.

Every division has its own Blaster player, who is an expert in internal battles but a layman in external battles.

Therefore, the rule of not considering the results of one's own region is an extremely correct decision.

Competitions of national and even global nature will severely torture the shock waves of each region.

"I see. So I probably won't be nominated."

After learning this information, Haramura Kazu's expression did not change much.

Her current experience in national competitions is limited to winning the junior high school national championship. Compared with players like Miyanaga Teru who have been directly invited to the World Youth Championships, this achievement is like a firefly and is too dim.

However, all nomination qualifications for the World Youth Championship should be given after the national championship. After all, strong players will emerge in both the national championship and the individual competition.

So even if you are not qualified for nomination now, you can still be nominated if you perform well in subsequent individual and team competitions.

As the three of them walked down the stairs, Sasano Berry couldn't help but observe the girl out of the corner of her eye.

Although she is also a very famous contestant in this national competition like herself, this girl seems to have more capital to be liked than herself. When she goes down the stairs, the plumpness under her JK school uniform that almost resists the gravity is trembling, and the bouncing and surging visual effect has a very eye-catching effect.

Even though she is a girl, his attention is always attracted by young girls. This is purely force majeure.

"By the way, Haramura-san, can you see your toes when you walk?"

Sasano couldn't help but ask.

"Ok?"

Haramura and Lu looked a little naive, somewhat surprised why the other party would ask such a strange question.

But out of politeness, the girl still looked down and then politely replied: "I'm sorry, I can't see anything at all."

Sasanoberry lowered her head slightly and saw a small section of her toes exposed at the edge of her plump breasts. She suddenly felt like crying.

It seems that I can never compare to others in terms of figure.

Not only that, Haramura Kazu's performance in competitions is also much better than hers.

This made Sasanomeberry feel a little inferior.

"Actually, I can see it too. There's no need to feel inferior."

Nan Yan raised his hand slightly and said lightly.

If you compare this with Xiao Hehe, you're just asking for trouble.

"You're a boy, it's different!"

Sasanoberry puffed up slightly.

Just like you guys, don’t you also care about length?
The girl, who had been dazed, now realized what the two were discussing, and her face suddenly turned a light blush.

"Nan Yan-senpai, Sasano-san, please stop talking!"

Haramura had a cute annoyed look on his face.

In fact, in the club, Yuki always made fun of her development and even created many strange idioms on his own, such as "white breasts with slight flaws" and "jewel-like figure". Every time Xiaohe heard it, he couldn't help but say a few words to her.

It's fine if Yuki is a weirdo, but why are seniors Sasano and Minamihiko also...

"Actually, I envy you because it's just right."

Haramura glanced at Sasano and said judgementally with a blushing face.

My size is actually a bit inconvenient, and it is easy to attract strange looks, but a shape like Sasano is more normal.

Besides, senior Nan Yan also likes girls like Saki and Xiao Yi, so figure cannot highlight one's competitiveness.

"No, no, no, I think bigger is better."

Sasanoberry still insisted on her opinion.

The aesthetic taste of a girl who comes from a rural background can be described as simple and unpretentious.

After all, in my hometown, girls with this body shape are generally easy to give birth to.

Then the two girls had a heated argument over their own ideas.

This made Nan Yan, who was caught in the middle, not know what expression to make, because at this time no matter which side's argument he supported, he would be despised by the other side, so it was better to remain silent.

"Xiaohe?"

Just after the three of them walked down the stairs.

On the other side of the corridor, a group of girls came towards us.

After seeing Haramura Kazu, the girls stopped immediately.

The girl who walked down from above had a beautiful figure like ice and a fairy-like temperament, which deeply moved the heart of Gao Yawennai who was walking in front.

The girl who used to be their childhood sweetheart has now become the target of pursuit by all of them in Achiga.

The reason why they re-formed the Achiga Mahjong Club was to be able to meet their childhood sweethearts again on the stage of this national competition!

Hearing someone's soft call, the girl paused and looked sideways.

Suddenly, everyone on both sides remained silent for a few seconds.

"Wenno, Chong and Sister Xuan..."

Haramura's eyes moved slightly, and he scanned the girls one by one, only to find that they were all his childhood playmates in Achiga.

After arriving in Nagano, she became partners with Yuki because Yuki's body shape and appearance were very similar to that of Chong when he was a child.

But now Xiao Chong has become dignified and pretty, and is no longer that small girl.

When they saw Nan Mengyan nodding slightly at all of them beside Xiaohe, all the members of Achiga felt a fear that made them want to retreat for some reason.

The invisible feeling of oppression made them stop and they dared not to come any closer.

That's right.

The current Xiaohe is so far away from them that it is impossible for them to play and have fun with Yuancunhe like they did when they were children.

But if they still want to get close to her, they have to defeat the man next to her!

But can they really do it?
You know, none of them have been able to win even one game against the big devil in front of them so far!

As if he had made some kind of decision, Gao Yawen clenched his fists.

“And! We will definitely advance to the finals!
So join us and you in reaching the finals, and we'll see you at the end of the national competition!"

The girl's words shocked Sasano Berry.

You have to know that Achiga and Kiyosumi are both new teams, and this newly formed team actually said that they want to join hands with Kiyosumi to enter the national finals!
Even the four seeded teams don't dare to make such a guarantee.

Although in previous competitions, there are many cases of dark horses defeating seeded teams, there are usually only a few strong teams that can enter the finals.

Even last year's dark horse Longmenfu only made it to the semifinals.

Haramura took a step forward and said with a firm look: "Although I can't make this promise with you, I will do my best."

"Well, see you in the finals!"

After making the agreement, Gao Yawen turned and left.

Just like in RPG games, the hero has to save his beloved princess from the devil, she also has to defeat the devil in this national competition!
The other girls also understood Wen's thoughts.

The one standing in front of them now is the demon king named 'Nan Mengyan'.

And no matter what, they have to face this demon king.

Entering the finals means that the real challenge has officially begun.

Watching the girls from Achiga leave, Sasanoberry finally couldn't help but say, "They want to make it to the finals just after entering the national competition. Aren't the players on this team setting their goals too high?"

Goals that are too high will eventually be shattered by reality.

However, Nan Yan said calmly:

“This team, and us, Qingcheng, will go to the finals together.

We will meet in the finals!"

(End of this chapter)