Net King: Black Glory

Chapter 735 Fate
Zongyan felt no guilt in his heart for crippling Echizen Ryuya.

After all, the feud between the two has been settled since the first contact.

It has been irreconcilable since the first time Echizen Ryuya used his devouring ability on him.

Even before the World Championship, when Echizen Ryuga returned to Neon and took Echizen Ryoma away, he was ruthless when he went to the Neon Expedition to find trouble.

As well as the greed when he and Zong Yan looked at each other, Zong Yan could clearly feel his deep malice towards him.

It was a malice that wanted to destroy and devour itself...

During the Four Nations Tournament, it was a pity that Munehiko was not strong enough to destroy Echizen Ryuya.

Even because it was a best-of-three-set match, Munehiko, who was obviously at a disadvantage at that time, was likely to lose to Echizen Ryuya if he continued to play.

However, Munehiko also knew Mifune's worries.

After defeating Echizen Ryuya this time, it may not be long before he will be targeted by Echizen Nanjiro. Souhiko himself may have become a mortal enemy of the Echizen family.

But Zongyan didn't care. After absorbing everything from Echizen Ryuya, he could already feel his all-round improvement.

Even as he joked before the game.

Now that he is strong enough, he will be fearless...

The post-match handshakes between the two sides ended. Feeling the constant surge of power in his body, Zongyan walked off the court with a solemn expression under the horrified eyes of the American players.

As he digested Echizen Ryuya's strength and path, the indifferent and ruthless aura of Zong Yan began to gradually dissipate.

By the time of the post-game celebration dinner, Zongyan had returned to his usual self.

He even sat with Atobe and Yukimura and talked and laughed.

But changing people's hearts is indeed not that easy.

Although Zong Yan himself returned to his usual attitude, there were still many people in the U17 who looked at Zong Yan with a hint of fear in their eyes.

Of course there are those who are fearful and there are those who are fearless.

The representative among them is Akutsu. Regarding the strength shown by Zongyan at the last moment, Akutsu began to pester Zongyan and wanted to play with him as soon as the game ended.

Regarding Aku Tsujin's appearance, no one in the U17 laughed at him, and even more secretly praised him as a man.

After all, after Saeki Munuhiko showed his monster-like terror, there are not many people who can still be the same as before.

Zongyan did not correct the fear of these people, but accepted it as a matter of course.

The strong is king, as a matter of course.

after dinner…

Munehiko led Akutsu to knock on the door of Onijujiro and Tokugawa Kazuya's room.

"It's Zongyan, come in quickly, what can you do?"

The person who opened the door was Tokugawa Kazuya. Looking at the person standing outside the door was Sohiko, and he quickly let him and Akutsu into the house.

"I came to see Oni-senpai. When I had dinner with everyone today, I heard Coach Kurobe say that he went to have a check-up, so I came to ask."

Munehiko patted Tokugawa's shoulder lightly, and then led Akutsu directly into the room.

After entering the room, he looked at Oni Jujiro: "Oni-senpai, is there no big problem?"

"A little injury, no big deal."

Hearing that Zongyan was coming, Oni Jujiro had already stood up and shook his head, but Zongyan still saw the bitterness on his face and saw him continue.

"But in the next game, Coach Mifune won't allow me to play alone..."

Before coming here, Souhiko had already learned about Oni Jujiro's injury from Kurobe. Compared with the original work where his arm was directly broken, the injury now must be very minor.

After all, Reinhardt's character is not a destructive one.

In the end, after he walked out of another path under the passive guidance of the ghost, he exerted his ultimate power and only slightly injured the ghost's wrist.

After Munehiko exchanged greetings with Onijujiro for a few words, he pulled Akutsu in front of him:

"There is one more thing to do here this time. Starting from tomorrow, let us take turns to play a real game with Akutsu."

After Zongyan finished speaking, he also looked at Tokugawa Kazuya. He took turns speaking, including Tokugawa.

In response to Munuhiko's request, Onijujiro and Tokugawa didn't ask why, and nodded directly:

"can."

They also knew very well about Akutsu's strength, and during the training camp, Akutsu had always been dissatisfied with the Kiiki and Byodoin.

But they also know very well how terrifying this guy's talent is.

This time in the group stage, Munehiko suggested not arranging for Akutsu to play. Yukimura was treated the same as him. This was also to prevent the Neon team from being exposed too much.

After the group stage, the knockout rounds will be held three days later, so the Neon team has enough time to adjust.

But before making adjustments, the most important thing to know is who they will face in the next knockout round.

This time the grouping will not be drawn, but will be automatically grouped by the organizers based on the results of the previous group stage.

Just like the national competition, they can also see at a glance the opponents they will face next. And when it comes to the knockout rounds, the rules and requirements of the competition will also change.

Compared with the one-game match in the group stage, the knockout round is a truly world-class competition. The competition has also become a best-of-three-set system. Physical distribution will also be a big problem for junior high school students.

At the same time, after the knockout rounds begin, there is no rule that one person can only play once.

In other words, you may face the opponent's leader in every game.

Big4 teams don't need to divide their main lineup into several groups to play.

This is also when the gap between ordinary teams and BIG4 widens. Only in the knockout rounds will the Big4 show their strongest strength.

Late at night, when Zongyan and others returned from the game, the coaching staff gathered everyone in the conference room in the hotel.

Mifune Irido first praised everyone for their wonderful performance in the group stage and discussed the upcoming competition.

"I really don't know who our next opponent will be. I didn't even play in the group stage. I'm really unwilling."

Yukimura, who was sitting with Sanada and Nioh, said with a faint smile.

He is completely different now than before. After seeing the performance of Fuji, Atobe, Sanada, and Munehiko in the World Championship, his desire to win is extremely strong.

"Yukimura, you haven't played yet. I played against Serbia, but I lost. I don't know if I will have a chance to play again."

Shiraishi, who was sitting on the left side of Yukimura, was stroking his hair, a little annoyed with his original performance.

However, these people were still included in the squad for the game, while some were not even included in the squad.

For example, Akutsu and Nioh Masaharu.

Even when the group stage roster came out, he almost flipped the table.

If he is not allowed to play, his accumulated passion will have nowhere to vent.

At this time, they were discussing the list for the knockout round. Akutsu couldn't bear it anymore and viciously threatened Mifune, Munuhiko, and Byodoin.

"Hey, old man, Zongyan, if you don't let me play in the knockout round, then I will go back to Neon."

"Don't worry, we will definitely arrange for you to play."

Seeing that both Mifune and Byodoin ignored Akutsu, Souhiko had no choice but to promise.

Akutsu's current strength has reached the top of the batch of junior high school students.

Ever since he saw the competition between Byodoin Phoenix, Oni Jujiro and Munehiko in the training camp, he has been training continuously.

Moreover, under the intentional teachings of Byodo-in, I gradually realized the omniscience.

After all, he is Akutsu, a genius who can win games from Amadeus even without Munuhiko.

Mifune and Byodoin also knew Akutsu's strength. How could they not use such a strong combat power.

While everyone was talking and talking, the door was pushed open again.

Saito walked in with three major intelligence agents, Mitsuya Akuto, Yanagi Renji and Inui Sadaharu.

"Our opponent in the top 16 has come out?"

Seeing the serious expressions on several people's faces, Zong Yan asked nonchalantly.

Saito nodded, his expression not very good, which made Zongyan a little strange.

Logically speaking, if they qualify first in their group, they should be a strong team that cannot get into the Big 4.

After all, the first place team in the group stage will most likely encounter the second place team in another group.

"Okay, no need to guess, our opponent in the first knockout match is the Swiss team."

Mifune glanced at the list of matches, frowned and spoke loudly.

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. The Swiss team was ranked second in the world!

This is simply a tough nut to crack.

Zong Yan also reacted instantly. In the first round of the group stage, they had said that the Swiss team was defeated by Australia.

If not, wouldn’t it mean that the Australian team qualified first in the group?
As several people from the intelligence team told the specific situation of the game, it was indeed as Zongyan thought. Without the Neon team, Australia had been winning consecutively, and the Swiss team was second in the group.

For a moment, a somewhat solemn atmosphere rose in the conference room, everyone became quiet, and the air pressure in the conference room became somewhat low.

Upon noticing this scene, Zong Yan said with a smile:

"Haha, why are you frowning? Isn't it a good thing that our opponents in the knockout rounds are getting stronger?"

"Step by step, we defeat all the strong teams and then win the championship. That is the most valuable thing! Isn't it?"

After Zongyan finished speaking, he glanced around at everyone, and then his eyes fell on Byodoin and Mifune.

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ps: "Please give me a monthly ticket~"

(End of this chapter)