Net King: Black Glory

Chapter 159 BIG4 France

After the neon team and the Croatian team saluted each other, they began to exit in an orderly manner.

Back in the lounge, Mifune Irmichi stood up from the sofa to greet the triumphant crowd.

"Good job, Saeki-boy!"

Mifune watched today's game on the TV screen in the lounge.

He was quite satisfied with the performance of the Neon players today, especially Munuhiko Saeki's performance in the three singles.

This allowed him to really see the future of Neon.

"But don't be proud if you win. Croatia's world ranking is only a few places higher than ours. Our real opponent is France, our opponent in the next round!"

As soon as the words changed, Mifune's face changed and he saw that several people's faces were already showing joy. Mifune's expression changed and he poured a basin of cold water on them.

"If we can't beat the French team next, then we won't be able to qualify, and it doesn't make any sense to win more in the group stage in these two days."

"Yes!"

Hearing the words of Sanchuan's entry into Taoism, everyone's expression turned back and they shouted in unison.

"Ah."

Only then did Mifune nodded in satisfaction, and then walked out of the lounge.

Seeing the head coach leaving, everyone heaved a sigh of relief. At this time, Kurobe stood up at the right time, clapped his hands and said:

"Everyone, no matter what, we have won today. To celebrate, we have prepared a sumptuous dinner for everyone. After we go back, wash up and we will have a party!"

"Ooh!"

"Great!"

"Win the game and have a big meal!"

Kurobe's words ignited everyone's enthusiasm!

……

After a night of laughter, everyone fell asleep. In the party just now, in order to further enhance the enthusiasm of the players, the coaching staff also organized a series of programs...

It was because of Saeki Sohiko's status as a junior high school student, and because he defeated the Croatian general, that made him popular in a small area.

It's a pity that it didn't attract much attention, after all, Neon and Croatia are both the same.

In the eyes of most people, they are all "point-giving boys" who are ranked after 25th.

Zong Yan doesn't have much opinion on this. The world does not revolve around him.

After all, those protagonists who showed their strength a little and made countless people worship them were just imaginary scenes in the storybook.

In reality, these spectators have all gone to watch the BIG4 games, and not many people pay attention to the rookies of the lower-ranked teams.

……

Because the next few days will be competitions of other groups, Zong Yan and others are maintaining regular training in the hotel gym.

Although this kind of life is not bad, it is unbearable for young guys like them after a long time.

After discussing with the coaching staff, Kurobe also relaxed the ban on going out, allowing everyone to stroll around the hotel and the stadium.

Get acquainted with the romantic style of France.

This policy was further supported by the team members.

In the next few days, Zongyan and others first visited Paris together, and then went to watch the games of German, Spanish, Swedish and other teams.

Especially the game between the German team and the Czech team ranked ninth in the world.

It seems that the powerful Czech team has no ability to resist when facing the king of Germany.

For the glory of nine consecutive victories, the German team simply did not give it a chance this time.

After watching the game, many people looked worried, obviously frightened by the German team.

Seeing this scene, Mifune couldn't help but feel angry.

"Are you scared now, you idiots? Are you thinking too far ahead about Germany now? Go back and have a good rest!"

"Tomorrow! Take down France first, do you hear me?!"

The loud roar of Sanchuan's entrance directly pulled everyone back from their depressed mood.

……

After returning to his room, Zong Yan leaned on the sofa.

In this World Championship journey, except for the first round, he has played against the Indian Tianzhu team. As a substitute, he has not had his turn to play.

In the second round against Croatia, as a singles three against the opponent's main player.

He has been reflecting on the harvest of this game these days. This is his first official game, even though he is only a low-ranking leader.

But it was enough for Zong Yan to remember.

And following this game, he also had a clearer understanding of his own strength.

At the same time, he also learned in the game and learned the advantages of the opponent's leader, which made him start to connect strength, skills and mental strength with the dark path.

He can feel his own strength change when different paths are combined, which makes him look forward to the next game even more.

"Tomorrow against France...do I still have a chance to make a move?"

He was a little unsure about how Mifune Idōkai would arrange his appearance.

"Forget it, no matter what, let's prepare for tomorrow's game with peace of mind! And the most important thing is that Byodoin is not allowed to go out tomorrow!!"

Although I don't know the specific situation of this World Championship, what Zongyan can know is that it was because Byodoin was seriously injured before the match that he failed in the final match.

In the original work, this year's Neon team failed.

Now that he has come, he must avoid such things! "Tomorrow I will be following Byodoin, and I can't let him do anything wrong!"

Byodoin in another room suddenly felt a chill, and couldn't help turning up the air conditioner in his room a little.

And everyone else in the Neon team was a little excited and couldn't sleep.

Tomorrow they will play against BIG4. This feeling is unprecedented!
……

The next day.

The third elimination round of the group stage has officially begun.

The highlight of today's game is the French representative team in Group C against the dark horse Neon representative team.

As the only dark horse Neon team in this world championship, and the BIG4 team supported by local fans, they attracted a large number of spectators to watch the game.

Seeing the local team participating in the game for the first time in the group stage, the people of Paris sent their blessings, and the atmosphere in the stadium became more enthusiastic.

After Zong Yan and others came to the scene, they were a little surprised to see this crowd of people.

What surprised me was not the large number of people, but that today's Roland Garros stadium in Paris is almost all fans of the French team.

However, they understood the reason after thinking about it.

After all, it is your own team and the organizer, so there is nothing you can do about it being so popular.

In fact, there are two groups of matches today, and the other group is also a strong duel. America, ranked seventh in the world, will face England, ranked sixth in the world.

The father is kind and the son is filial piety.

It's a pity that the heat was completely taken away by them.

"Is this the momentum of BIG4? It's really amazing!"

Seeing that almost everyone was wearing the same clothes as the French team, Zong Yan couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion.

"Why, did this scare you? Zong Yan boy!"

"Then you might as well just pack up and go back now!"

Byodoin glanced around with disdain and growled at Munuhiko.

For some reason, Byodoin felt that there was something wrong with Saeki Sohiko today. After he came out of the hotel, he kept pestering him, even sitting with him in the car.

Along the way, he was inseparable, which made Byodoin very uncomfortable, so the words rushed a little.

He also had the intention of keeping Saeki Munuhiko away.

"What are you talking about, Byodoin-senpai!"

"Such a team, with so many spectators cheering for them, and now we beat them down in front of them. That feeling makes me almost tremble with excitement just thinking about it, don't you?"

Zongyan pretended not to understand the subtext in Byodoin's words, but squinted his eyes and smiled, and said lightly.

"Hmph! What you said is quite reasonable!"

Byodoin glanced at Zongyan domineeringly, and was very satisfied to see that what he said was indeed from the heart.

But when he saw that the other party was still following him closely, he frowned again.

"What's wrong, stay away from me!"

"Senior Byodoin, we haven't had a good communication since we parted ways at the temple. Please give me some guidance today."

Munehiko Saeki ignored the threat from Byodoin and remained steadfast.

The constant quarrels and gags between the two of them, as well as what Saeki Zongyan said just now, relieved a lot of the pressure in the hearts of everyone in Nihong.

Behind them were Irie and Oni, and Osamu Taneshima, who had just recovered from a serious illness but was still very pale, formed a group of two or three.

Seeing the constant bickering between Saeki Sohiko and Byodoin, Irie moved the mirror frame and said with a smile:

"Saeki-kun seems to be able to get along with anyone. I didn't expect the relationship with Byodoin to be so good."

"Humph!"

Gui Leng snorted and didn't say much, but he could also feel that with Saeki Sohiko's presence, their relationship with Byodoin and his gang had eased a lot.

Come to the game lounge.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Mifune Irido said loudly: "Now announce the lineup for today."

"Doubles two, Kazuna Washio, Kyo Suzuki."

"Double against one, Domoto Shingo, Irie Sudo."

"Singles three, Oni Jujiro."

"Two singles, Munehiko Saeki."

"Singles one, Byodoin Phoenix."

"General, Byodoin Phoenix."

"Today's substitute, Natsume Ryuichi."

After announcing today's match list, he took one last look at Byodoin, and Mifune said in a deep voice.

"The French team is not comparable to those we have encountered before. We must keep our spirits up and not have any luck or mistakes. Do you hear me clearly?"

"Yes!"

When everyone heard this, they stood up instantly.

"Go!"

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ps: "Please vote for me. I slept all day yesterday. I woke up at five o'clock today feeling better."

(End of this chapter)