NOVEL WEB Chapter 132 Sudden selection?
'I desire victory more than anyone else...but if I am defeated, I will feel happy in my heart...' Tokugawa's words swirled in Echizen's mind, and Echizen couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you like this, Tokugawa-senpai?" ?”
In fact, as early as the first glance, he could see or feel that Tokugawa should be the same kind of person as him now, so... he would be so persistent in wanting to defeat the opponent. This was not just because the opponent easily defeated him. Having defeated oneself, there is also the obsession that there can only be one winner among the same kind.
Sure enough, Tokugawa's answer was as Echizen expected, "Of course I am the same."
"Although I won't be reconciled to being defeated, I will be very excited." Tokugawa continued, "Because...it will be even more enjoyable to defeat the opponent next time."
"Oh~ In this case, today I can try a double pleasure!" Echizen challenged Tokugawa.
Instantly, Tokugawa's eyes became sharp, "Do you want to go back?" Tokugawa's words were no longer as gentle as before, and his expression became colder.
"Then I have to defeat you first!" Echizen was not frightened by Tokugawa's eyes and expression, and still persisted in provoking him.
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On the second court, the doubles team composed of Kikumaru and Oishi defeated the opposite doubles team composed of two members of the second court. The victorious Oishi and Kikumaru happily high-fived themselves and their partners for their tacit understanding and strength.
However, the 'happy enemies' Momojo and Haitang on the side shouted speechlessly, "Why do you want to form a doubles with your opponent!" Although they understood emotionally why Oishi was a member of the No. 2 court, but he wanted to be a member of the No. 3 court. Victory contributed their own strength, but intellectually, they were still speechless. Therefore, the expressions on their faces were exactly the same.
On the court, others were still playing the game in full swing, and Echizen on Court No. 1 also succeeded in irritating Tokugawa and competed with the opponent again for ten goals.
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"It seems that it is a good idea to let junior high school students come here to participate in the training camp...and the effect is beyond imagination!" In the monitoring room, Coach Saito looked at the heated competitions going on in each of the monitored stadiums, with a smile on his face. He showed a satisfied smile.
"It's hard to say..." Coach Kurobe put his hands on the table with a serious expression on his face, "They...should be back too, right?"
"They...well..." As they spoke, Coach Saito and Coach Takuzhi kept recalling the members of the first army on the expedition: Byodoin, Watanabe, Omagari, Kimijima, Tono, Ochi, Mori and others.
"We can't predict what will happen next!" Coach Kurobe said this with a smile.
Subsequently, at the instruction of the coaching staff, the staff announced the new order through the loudspeaker.
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"Notify now...all members, today's training is over, and everyone needs to arrive at the main stadium to receive new instructions..."
"Hey! The game isn't over yet!" Toyama shouted immediately when he heard the announcement. He and Shiraishi haven't decided the winner yet!
However, the staff on the other side of the broadcast could not hear what he was saying. They just followed the instructions of the coaching staff and turned off the loudspeaker after making the announcement.
"Are you notifying me? It looks like Senior Mori and the others are coming back!" Yukimura, who was sitting in the audience seat, was thoughtful.
After hearing Yukimura's conjecture, Amamiya Arashi, Liu, and Nioh all agreed. After all, they couldn't think of any other reason besides this.
Tokugawa, who was still playing a ten-ball match with Echizen on the other side, stopped continuing the moment he heard the announcement and let the ball fall on the field. Originally, Echizen did not intend to pay attention to the notice from the coaching staff, but after seeing When Tokugawa performed, he realized that maybe this notice had another meaning, so he went to the main stadium with the other party.
On the second court, attentive members such as Fuji Shusuke, Shiraishi Kuranosuke and others were already thinking about the intentions of the coaching staff. However, those who were not as well-informed as Yukimura and others could not think of anything. In desperation, they had to decide Follow the instructions to go to the main stadium first.
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In the stands of the main stadium, Coach Kurobe, Coach Saito and Coach Takuzhi were waiting for the players to arrive here early.
"Twenty contestants will be announced tomorrow morning from nearly 150 candidate members for intensive selection training.
"As soon as he saw the high school students and junior high school students gathered together, Coach Kurobe got down to business.
Hearing Coach Kurobe's words, Oni, Irie, Tanejima and Tokugawa, who had understood the cause and effect early on, had a flash of understanding in their eyes, and their faces remained calm.
Yukimura, Amamiya Arashi and others further speculated based on the coaches' words that the twenty selected members might next face off against the returning expeditionary force.
However, the other members who didn't know what was going on looked at each other in confusion, thinking about the coaching staff's intentions.
Regarding the different reactions of the members below, the coaches did not provide any explanation, but continued: "These selected members will go to special stadiums for intensive training."
"A dedicated stadium? It looks like... this training camp is almost over!" Fuji Shusuke rubbed his chin and looked at Shiraishi beside him, and the two came to the same conclusion.
"Then, let's disband." After talking about the business, the coaches left directly. "Thank you for your hard work!"
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"Now, now~ Ahead, who do you think will be chosen!" As soon as the coach left, Kintaro Toyama couldn't wait to communicate with Echizen beside him.
Echizen closed his eyes, his expression was as proud as ever, and his words were also very confident: "I will definitely be chosen."
"I will definitely be chosen," Yuan Shan said not to be outdone.
While the two were having fun, others had already left the stadium in groups.
"Seniors, don't you plan to go back?" Houchotaro, who was walking at the end of the team, turned around and found that Oni Jujiro and others had not left the main stadium, so he asked doubtfully.
Irie smiled mysteriously, then blinked and said, "We still have some things to discuss."
"Hmph~" Hearing Irie's words, Oniya planned to say something to make these guys mentally prepared, so he said in a bad tone, "You'd better all be mentally prepared..."
"Are you mentally prepared...?" After hearing Gui's words, the junior high school students stopped as they were about to leave the stadium, and turned to look at the four people in front of them.
"This training camp will become even more cruel starting tomorrow..." Looking at the junior high school student who stopped, Gui didn't mind telling some insignificant news.
"Compared with the training in the future, those in the past are just a warm-up... Maybe the 'hell' you have experienced will be easier than the future." Kazuya Tokugawa answered and continued.
Irie also said, "We don't intend to scare you, but we will really get serious next time!"
"..." After hearing the words of the three people, the junior high school students couldn't help but feel their hearts sinking.
"Are you serious? I'm quite looking forward to it~" Yukimura, who was wearing a coat, smiled as usual, with no trace of worry on his face at all.
Amangong Lan, Liu and Niou who stood behind him also spoke indifferently.
"We should have started a long time ago...Don't you think it's too slow to delay it until now?"
"No matter what it is, Tachikami is never afraid of a challenge."
"I hope these so-called 'real figures' can be interesting! puri~"
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Although I understood that these guys were confident, I thought that others did not have the same power as them, so the ghost continued to speak, "You don't understand the real horror of this training..." As he spoke, the ghost's eyes wandered. We passed Yukimura, Amamiya Arashi, Yanagi, and Niou.
"What's really... terrifying?" Sanada looked at the ghost in confusion.
"Forget it, forget it," Tanegashima suddenly jumped out and interrupted Oni Jujiro who was about to continue speaking, "There are some things that you will know tomorrow, right?"
After looking at Tanegashima, Oni left directly with Irie and Tokugawa. Afterwards, Zaneshima waved his hand back a few times and left with the three people in front of him.
Seeing that the seniors had all left, the junior high school students no longer stayed at the main court and went to the cafeteria in groups, preparing to enjoy delicious food.
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