Net King: Starting from Li Hai as a substitute

Chapter 52 The competition is in progress (please read it!)

After Hyokui arrived at the venue, all sixteen participating schools had arrived, and the drawing of lots could begin.

According to the lottery rules, the sixteen teams were divided into four groups. The champion of Kanagawa Prefecture, the champion and runner-up of the Tokyo Metropolitan Competition, and the champion of Chiba Prefecture were the seed teams of each group.

The draw results are as follows:

Group A: Lihai University Affiliated High School, Green River Middle School...

Group B: Hyotei Academy, Youth Academy...

Group C: Yamabuki Middle School, Chengcheng Shonan...

Group D: Hexagon Junior High School, Xiche Middle School...

In Group A where Rikkai University is located, only Midorikawa Middle School can be regarded as an opponent that needs to be taken seriously.

After all, this school is considered a traditional powerhouse in the Kanto region. It has dominated Saitama County for many years and is a frequent participant in national competitions.

In the other groups, except for the old enemies of Hyokui and Seigaku in Group B, the seed teams of Group C and D, Yamabuki and Rokkaku, are both at a weak level in terms of strength within the group.

After the lottery was drawn, all the major schools were gearing up and full of fighting spirit, even the schools that were drawn to compete with the overlord of Kanto like Rikkai University.

After all, as long as he wins two schools and reaches the Kanto semi-finals, it means he has won the ticket to the national competition.

We have come to this point, and no school wants to give up.

But although I don’t want to give up, the reality is hard.

……

boom!
"Game, Mori, 6-0, No. [-] singles won by Tatekai Dai Mori Jusaburo."

"The High School Affiliated to Lihai University versus Jiaoyang Middle School, Lihai University won 3-0!"

Kyoyo Junior High School, the Tochigi Prefecture champion team, could not survive even an hour in front of Rikkai University's full lineup.

In two doubles matches and one singles match, Jiaoyang Middle School failed to win even a single game and lost all games with a score of 6-0.

When the referee's decision came down, everyone in the tennis club of Jiaoyang Middle School showed a disappointed expression, and the emotional ones even shed tears.

A year of hard work ended in the top [-] of the Kanto Competition, only one step away from the national competition. How regretful and unwilling this is.

"Fight again next year..."

The main candidates of Jiaoyang encouraged and comforted each other.

But those third-year seniors know in their hearts that they have no next year, and their tennis careers in junior high school and beyond may be over.

When they reach the busy academic period of high school and their tennis talents are only average, how can they still spare a lot of time to practice tennis every day like they do now?

In the future, it may be difficult to have an experience like this where everyone is united and working hard for the same goal.

When everyone in Lihai saw this scene, especially when they saw the regretful expressions on Jiaoyang's main candidates, their original joy of winning the game was reduced a bit.

In competitive sports, the weak eat the strong, and if you are not careful, you will face failure.

If you want to avoid this regret, you must become stronger and keep winning!

"Everyone, don't slack off in the next competition and keep working hard!" Yukimura said seriously.

"Yes! Ever victorious! Li Hai Da!" Everyone shouted in unison.

Three days later, Rikkai University once again swept Midorikawa Middle School with a score of 3-0 in the semi-finals, taking the lead in getting the ticket to the national competition.

However, this time they did not keep opponents clean in all three games like they did against Jiaoyang. Instead, they lost several games in each game.Especially in the No. [-] doubles match between Izumi Amamiya and Yanagi, Midorikawa Middle School knew that its overall strength was not good, so they changed the formation and placed their strongest national-level doubles team in the No. [-] doubles position, hoping that they could win with their strength. This wins at least one game.

As their tacit understanding and cooperation were not as good as each other's, Amamiya Izumi and Liu once fell into a tough battle, fighting their opponents until 5-5. However, in the end they defeated each other relying on the data collected throughout the game and their strong personal strength.

But this round of competition with Midorikawa Middle School can be said to be a good wake-up call for Rikkai Dai - he must guard against the "Tianji horse racing" strategy that his opponents may adopt in the future.

Moreover, everyone in Lihai can feel that as the competition continues to advance, the opponents they face are getting stronger and stronger, so they are increasingly afraid to relax.

At the same time, both Yamabuki and Rokkaku defeated their opponents with a score of 3-0 to advance to the semi-finals and get tickets to the national competition.

Only the semi-finals of Group B's Seigaku and Hyokui are still in a fierce battle.

Currently, the two sides played two doubles and one singles, with Qingxue leading 2-1.

Doubles No. 6 Ao Gakugan and Yamato faced off against Hyokui Kondo and Shido. Ao Gakushu won 4-[-].

Doubles number one Aogaku Oishi and Miura faced off against Hyotei Ninzu and Mukahi, Hyotei won 6-2.

In the singles No. 6 Aigaku Fujisuke played against Hyotei Umino Hiroshi, Aigaku won 1-[-].

Next up is the No. [-] singles match. Hyotei sends Jirou Akutagawa, while Seigaku’s Tezuka walks onto the court with a racket.

"Tezuka actually came on at No. [-] singles!"

The expressions of everyone in Hyotei suddenly fell. After all, the scene where their chief Atobe was crushed and defeated by Tezuka 6-1 a month ago is still vivid in their minds.

With Tezuka's terrifying strength, how could Jirou be his opponent.

"Let Yamato play doubles, and then let Fuji and Tezuka play in singles No. [-] and No. [-] respectively. This time, Qinggaku really made a trick!"

Atobe looked at Tezuka on the field with a gloomy expression.

In fact, when Fuji played as the No. [-] singles player, coaches Atobe and Sakaki had already guessed Seigaku's tactics this time, but their playing list had already been handed in, and the order of playing could not be changed temporarily.

Ice Emperor, send it!

After 15 minutes, Tezuka easily defeated Jilang 6-0.

Qingxue used Tian Ji's horse racing tactics to defeat Ice Emperor 3-1 and got a ticket to enter the national competition.

Hyotei was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Kanto Competition. According to past practice, Hyotei has missed the national competition.

However, just after Hyokui was eliminated, the organizers of the Kanto Competition suddenly announced a message:
After the finals of the Kanto Competition, the conference will hold another round of revival matches, in which all eliminated schools can participate. The school that wins in the end can still qualify to participate in the national competition.

As for why the organizers of the competition did this, I can only say that everyone who understands understands it, and those who don’t understand can’t explain it. After all, it’s good that you know it. The water here is very deep and involves many things.

The Ice Emperor is also considered a frequent visitor to the resurrection competition in the original work.

In the Tokyo Metropolitan Competition, Hyotei met Fudomine, the black legion led by Tachibana Yoshihei. Due to insufficient intelligence, he underestimated his opponent and was directly carried away 3-0 after sending half a regular selection and half a substitute. In the end, Hyotei passed through the resurrection match. Successfully qualified for the Kanto Competition.

In the Kanto Competition, Hyotei drew Seigaku in the first round, and was directly eliminated by Seigaku 3-2 after the extra round. Then he qualified for another national competition through the resurrection match.

Ice Emperor, the king of the resurrection competition!

……

After Seigaku and Hyotei decided the winner, the schedule for the semi-finals of the Kanto Competition was also announced.

Seigaku VS Rokkaku, Tatekai Dai VS Yamabuki.

(End of this chapter)