Net King: Black Glory

Chapter 40

The regional preliminaries are over, and the official start of the metropolitan competition is approaching.

Teams that have qualified for the national competition are all entering into fierce preparations.

Compared with the regional preliminaries, the scale of the Metropolitan Competition is even more astonishing. A total of [-] schools in the entire Tokyo Metropolitan area participated in it, competing for tickets to the Kanto Competition.

The Tokyo metropolitan area is also worthy of being the area with the most serious infighting in the Neon Sports Academy.

Among them are not only Kanagawa, which is famous for its neon sports, but also Hyotei in the east of the city and Yamabuki in the north of the city, and now Seigaku in the west of the city.

The so-called metropolitan competition, also called the metropolitan competition, is just the name of the Tokyo metropolitan area. In other areas, it is generally called a regional competition or a prefectural competition.

In the entire Tokyo area, in the final Kanto competition, only five schools could be shortlisted.

Except for the final four that directly entered the Kanto competition, the remaining teams that entered the top eight will have two rounds of play-offs to compete for the last place in the Kanto competition.

Time passed quietly in the blink of an eye.

Saturday, June [-]th.

The morning sun has just risen, but the Ariake Tennis Forest Park in central Tokyo is already immersed in a noisy atmosphere.

Today is the first day of the knockout rounds of the Dou Competition.

The first round of knockout matches will officially start at nine o'clock.

On this grand occasion, tennis talents from all walks of life compete to show off their talents.

Mamoru Inoue, the 'most professional' among the tennis kings and an elite reporter for Professional Tennis Monthly who loves tennis and writing, naturally arrived at the venue early.

With his assistant Kishida, he wandered around the entire Ariake Tennis Forest Park.

As for why she is not Miss Shiba Saori, of course someone else is still in college and has not graduated. She will only start employment internships after two years.

But the job I do is still almost the same, that is, holding the camera in my hand, clicking and clicking, and collecting various materials.

"This is St. Rudolph College, right?"

"Looking at the beginning of the month."

Inoue found a curly-haired boy in pure white uniforms among a group of people in black and white uniforms.

Pressed the shutter and took a photo.

According to the news he visited, the reason why St. Rudolf Academy was able to enter the Metropolitan Competition as the second runner-up in the east part of the city was precisely because of the new manager and coach Kansuki.

He brought more advanced concepts and scientific training methods to St. Rudolph.

The earth-shaking changes that have taken place in this church college, which has only been established for only three years, cannot be underestimated at all.

Moreover, Inoue, who has a very clear grasp of tennis first-hand information, clearly knows that today's first-year students should not be underestimated at all.

Especially with the living examples of Seigaku, Hyōtei, and Rikkai Dai.

Inoue Mamoru's keen sense of smell told him that this first grade was also worthy of attention!

After wandering around for a while.

Inoue Mamoru came to the shade of the aisle outside No. [-] Field and saw everyone in Yamabuki.

Under the leadership of Ban Lao, Yamabuki has always been a strong team in the north of the city, and is also a frequent visitor to the Kanto Competition and even the National Competition.

And this year, Yamabuki also entered a first-year genius, Qianshi Qingchun.

Mamoru Inoue also clicked a few photos of Qingchun Qianshi, and he would never miss these materials again.

However, after searching for a few times, Mamoru Inoue did not find the figures of Heidei and Aigaku.

……

Of course, the regular candidates of Qingxue will not miss the capital meeting. They have already assembled early, wearing blue and white team uniforms.The scent is outstanding.

Several people stood upright at the door of Qingxue, and their extraordinary momentum attracted a lot of attention.

"Is there any other extra training for the tennis club this Saturday?"

"Hey, you don't know that, today is the opening day of the capital competition, and they are going to participate in the capital competition."

"It turns out that today is the capital competition!"

"Hey, those guys in the tennis club, have they achieved any results in major competitions? What a fuss!"

Everyone in Qingxue ignored the comments and ridicules from other associations, and when the bus arrived, they took the bus and headed towards the arena of the Capital Conference.

On the bus, everyone was not surprised to recall that other clubs were not optimistic about them.

After all, Qingxue has not produced results for a long time, and sports events, before and after they have achieved results, can be described as a world of difference.

Seeing this, Tezuka didn't say a word. Appropriate pressure will have a good effect.

Yamato Yudai wanted to lighten the atmosphere.

However, seeing that although everyone was nervous, their eyebrows and eyes were full of solemnity, and there was no nervousness or timidity, so they understood Tezuka's intentions, so they didn't say much.

Arriving at the venue, everyone from Qingxue saw dozens of tennis teams from the school after getting off the bus. The team uniforms of various colors complemented each other in the crowd, making it very lively.

"Wow! Is this the arena of the Metropolitan Convention? There are so many people!"

Kikumaru Eiji's eyes shone and he was very excited. He had a lively personality, and everyone was not surprised.

The rest of the people also looked around curiously, even Tezuka and Akutsu were also looking around.

After all, it was the first time for them to participate in this level of competition, and the atmosphere they felt must be very different from the last qualifier.

"Okay, let's go! It's time to sign up!"

Yamato Yuda's gentle voice sounded in everyone's ears, pulling everyone's mind back.

Several people from Qingxue were walking on the way to the registration point, and other schools around them also gathered their eyes, looking at this team, which was almost all first graders.

"Which school is this? Why are they all in the first grade!"

"It looks like it should be from Qingxue. The previous rumors are indeed true. Qingxue has undergone major changes. Except for the former minister and Yuda, the other main candidates have been replaced by first-year students."

"Yes, there are a lot of first-year students participating this year. Whether it's Hyotei, Yamabuki or Seigaku, there are quite a few first-year students participating."

"Hmph, Qingxue is asking for trouble. The first grade is only worthy of picking up the ball. It seems that if you draw Qingxue, you must have won the jackpot!"

……

Tezuka and the others didn't care about the strange gazes of others, and went straight to the registration point.

"Hi, Youth Academy is here to report, this is our personnel list."

Tezuka handed over the official list of participants to the person in charge of registration.

"Okay, hey, are there so many first-year students in Qingxue this year?"

The registrar did not dare to neglect and immediately took the list. After scanning it, he was very curious.

But Tezuka didn't answer, and the expression on his face didn't change at all.

At this time, Mamoru Inoue, who was collecting materials on the other side, saw the people of Qinggaku and stepped forward.

"おはようございます, everyone in Seigaku, good morning."

"How's it going? The first round of eliminations is about to begin. How are you doing today?"

Seeing Mamoru Inoue who raised his camera and started taking pictures after saying hello, several people in Seigaku laughed easily.

The optimist Eiji Kikumaru even extended his right hand and made a 'V' sign of victory.

And said very happily and lively: "Good morning, Mr. Inoue! No problem, everyone is fine."

"Competing in such an arena, I feel that my whole body is full of electricity!"

The active kittens exaggerated a relaxed and joyful atmosphere, sweeping away the tension in everyone's hearts.

At this moment.

Ten buses parked at the entrance of the venue.

tread... tread... tread...

There was a sound of dense footsteps, and a team wearing gray and white coats appeared in front of everyone.

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ps: "Don't worry, everyone, it's just an excessive chapter. After all, it would be too boring to write about all competitions. Besides, except for some more important and important competitions, I generally won't describe these schools in particular. Also, please vote~"

(End of this chapter)