Net King: Starting from Li Hai as a substitute

Chapter 61 The Opening of the National Competition

Hyogo Prefecture in the Kansai region is home to Makinofuji Middle School, the national leader, and the venue for this year's national competition.

Lusen Stadium, the draw for this national competition is held here.

"Osaka's Shitenhoji Temple, Kyushu's Shishi Raku, Kyoto's Maikozaka... they are all well-known and strong schools in the country!"

Liu looked around the venue and couldn't help but sigh.

Amamiya Izumi also observed carefully and found many familiar faces.

Taira Zenyuki and Shiraishi Kuranosuke from Tentenboji Temple, Tachibana Taira and Chitose Chisato from Shishigaku Middle School...

"It seems that only Makinoto's people are missing." Amamiya Izumi said.

Sanada snorted coldly when he heard this: "National hegemon? He really knows how to stage things!"

"After all, Makinotou is the national hegemon who has completed two consecutive national championships, so it's right to have a little arrogance." Amamiya Izumi said with a smile: "But if they don't win the national championship this year, their current position will change. It will be embarrassing if you become them."

Originally, this lottery meeting was attended by Yukimura, Yanagi and Amamiya Izumi as usual.

However, after Yukimura followed Izumi Amamiya's advice and went to the hospital for a check-up, he discovered that he actually had a physical problem.

The doctor said that Yukimura is suffering from Guillain-Barre syndrome. If this disease worsens to a certain extent, it may cause him to lose most of his exercise ability. Moreover, Neon's current medical level is not developed enough. If he wants to cure this disease, he must go to Only abroad.

But fortunately, Yukimura is still in the incubation stage of Guillain-Barré syndrome and does not need surgical treatment. He only needs to rest for a period of time through drug treatment and engage in as few high-intensity games as possible.

However, from the regional competition to the Kanto Tournament, Yukimura, the number one singles player, never had a chance to play because Rikkai was too strong.

When it comes to the national competition, there are only 32 schools in total. Even if Rikkai University reaches the finals, it will have to play five rounds at most, and there will not be many games that require Yukimura to play.

Because in front of the current Rikkai University, there are very few schools that can compete with it for five games.

After a while, Muzhidou and the others, led by Iron Man, finally entered the venue.

"Oh? All the main candidates participated in the lottery meeting. Fuha, this guy has learned the essence from Byodoin in terms of showing off." The current minister of Shitenhoji Temple, Taira Zenyuki, pressed his green camouflage hat with a bit of ridicule in his tone. .

As far as Makinofuji barely managed to win this year's Kansai finals and Tentenboji after five fierce battles, they have obviously lost the dominant level of strength they had in the past two years.

Under such circumstances, Makinotou actually chose to be the last one to arrive and sent all the main candidates to participate in the draw. Zenyuki Taira didn't know whether to use the word confidence or arrogance to describe them.

Then the draw began directly.

The lottery rules for the national competition are similar to those for other regional competitions. All participating schools are divided into four groups. The top four are determined within each of the four groups, and the champion is finally determined. Group A: Makinofuji Middle School, Rokkaku Junior High School, Hyotei Academy...

Group B: Tiantianbao Temple, Youth Academy, Liuliqiu Middle School...

Group C: Rikkai University High School, Maikozaka Middle School, Kuroshio Middle School...

Group D: Shiraku Junior High School, Yamabuki Middle School, Kabuto Middle School...

"Our opponent in the first round is Kuroshio Middle School in Wakayama area. If we continue to win, our opponent in the quarterfinals may be Maikozaka Middle School in Kyoto." Izumi Amamiya said with a smile: "It seems that our luck is pretty good. Since After their third-year seniors graduated, Maikozaka Middle School's strength has declined significantly this year. Only doubles is still passable, and singles is no match for us."

Liu Ye nodded: "It's really lucky that I didn't meet the strongest schools in advance."

In the national competition, for teams at the championship seed level, what worries them the most is meeting opponents of similar strength in advance.

Because if you encounter such an opponent, players are prone to excessive physical exertion or even injuries in high-intensity games. If the team's lineup is incomplete, even if they win, it will be difficult to perform in subsequent games. Go further.

Therefore, Li Hai's fortune calculation this time was very good.

The next day, the national competition officially began.

In the first and second rounds, Rikkai University won Kuroshio Middle School and Tsubakigawa Academy with records of 5-0 and 3-0 respectively, easily advancing to the top eight in the country.

Then in the semi-finals, Rikkai University faced off against Maikozaka Middle School.

This powerful Kansai school that once had two of the nation's top players, Shuji Tanejima and Kanata Irie, has shown a declining trend in just one year.

In front of Rikkai, they struggled in every game and won several small games, but in the end they failed to win and were directly carried away 3-0.

This is also the first time in the past three years that Maikozaka Middle School has failed to break into the national semifinals.

As for other groups.

In Group A, Makinofuji first killed Rokkaku and then Hyokuei with a record of 3-1, directly locking in a place in the top four. Poor Atobe, as the number one singles player, didn't even get a chance to play.

Group B was dominated by Shitenhoji. It was not until the quarter-finals that they encountered Qingxue. Qingxue's doubles was a little weaker than Hyokui. Both doubles were lost to Shitenboji. However, Qingxue The singles match was really impressive. First, Fuji defeated Tetsuya Hara 7-6, and then Tezuka defeated Kuranosuke Shiraishi 6-2, who was still wearing a gold wristband. However, in the end, no one else in Seigaku could deal with Zenyuki Taira. In the end, Seigaku 3 -2 lost to Shitenbao Temple.

The quarterfinals of Group D can be said to be the most exciting match among the four groups. Shishi Raku Junior High School played against Yamabuki. Both sides won a doubles match first. In the singles, Sengoku lost to Tachibana Kippei and Akutsu defeated Shishi Le Middle School had a third-grade main selection, and the two sides tied 2-2, but at the critical moment, no one was able to play the No. 3 singles of Yamabuki. In the end, Shishi Le Middle School defeated Yamabuki 2-[-] and advanced to the semi-finals.

In the end, this year's top four national teams are Makinofuji, Shitenhoji, Rikkai University and Shishi Raku.

National semi-finals, Makinofuji VS Tatekai University, Shitenhoji VS Lion Raku Junior High School!
(End of this chapter)