hotmtlnovel Chapter 145 One sentence changed everything
Chapter 145 One sentence changed everything
Chapter 145 One sentence changed everything
"Kids, are you scared?"
"Don't you even have the resolve to crush that scum?"
"True strength never lets the rules spare it; we crush all conventions..."
"My orders are absolute. Anyone who cannot obey, jump off this building right now! I don't need cowards. I want you to be brave and defeat those coffee-drinking bastards!!"
A two-meter-tall man dressed in a cloth shirt and with a wild appearance, Ichimikazuchi Nyudo tore up the letter and angrily shouted at the group of junior and senior high school students who had failed.
His booming voice ignited a surge of passion in everyone: "Crush them!"
"Crush them."
"Charge!"
Everyone was even more motivated, charging desperately towards the summit.
Mifune Nyudo took a big gulp of wine. He was very satisfied. The strongest players in the U17 training camp all came from his training.
This made him proud.
This means that his training philosophy is superior to those equipment and instruments.
A great sense of accomplishment.
In the elite training camp, all the training is also in full swing.
"Logically speaking, with fifty junior high school students, at least 25 should remain after being paired up for each other."
A voice came over the loudspeaker: "However, there are only 22 people here now. Excluding the goalkeeper, there are 21 people left. The coaching staff has decided to change the rules and divide the 21 people into three groups for a preliminary challenge match."
Everyone in the room whispered among themselves: "Three groups, seven people per group?"
"So, what kind of challenges will there be?"
"What will happen if we fail?"
"Seven people? That's interesting."
Everyone looked at each other, figuring out how to form teams. Everyone had people they wanted to team up with, and others they didn't want to work with.
For example, many people are worried about teaming up with Eishiro Kite, who has a fierce look in his eyes.
"All three groups share the same goal."
The voice on the loudspeaker seemed to wait for the middle school students to finish their discussion before speaking: "Starting from your current positions, randomly choose courts 16 through 6. Your goal is to defeat the player on court 6, and then individually challenge everyone on court 5 except the goalkeeper. The losers will be eliminated, and the winners will form a new group of seven to challenge courts 1 through 5. Do you understand?"
Kurobe's voice was cold and carried an undeniable authority, seemingly quite different from before.
Things are indeed different now.
Under the previous rules, the coaching staff would evaluate each person based on training data to select suitable opponents.
As a data analyst, Sato's report contains data on every player in every court. The junior high school students' data is matched with similar players in courts 1-16, thus determining who will challenge and who will be challenged.
The choice is not made by every participant in the training camp.
But now, the coaching staff has decided to make a change.
As Sato said, men's tennis has been stuck in elite training for far too long.
It's time to push the boundaries.
High school students also have their own understanding.
Eiji Kikumaru: "Does that mean we'll first advance as a team, and then have the individual knockout matches against Court 5?"
"Simply put, it's best three out of five games."
Fuji Syusuke said, "For each match on courts 6-16, you only need to win three games to be considered a winner."
Kuranosuke Shiraishi: "But when we get to Court 5, we have to split up. If each person wants to stay, they have to win their own game and can no longer rely on the team."
"Then why don't we just challenge Court Six directly?" said Eishiro Kite.
"Replenish!"
Kurobe's voice came through: "Being able to choose any court means you can't skip three levels in a row."
Why didn't you say so earlier?
"In my opinion, it's better to fight them one match at a time."
"That's right. In that case, why not take it one match at a time? That would be fair."
"That makes a lot of sense. If someone chooses the wrong player but still wins, how do you determine if they were a better fit than someone else?"
"I already said I wanted to face off against number five, so court number five should be the final testing ground."
"That's just how the rules are."
Kurobe said, "Now we will announce the group assignments."
Who will I be paired with?
Amidst the commotion, Kurobe announced directly: "Seishun Academy, Tezuka Kunimitsu, Fuji Syusuke, Kikumaru Eiji, Rikkai University Affiliated Junior High School, Yukimura Seiichi, Niou Masaharu, Yanagi Renji..."
"Wow, they're all experts."
"Group Two, Hyotei Academy: Keigo Atobe, Yuushi Oshitari, Ryo Mido, Chotaro Ootori, Takahiro Kabaji..."
"Group 3: Kippei Tachibana, Jin Akutsu, Senri Chitose, Kiyosumi Sengoku, Eishiro Kite..."
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What bad luck to be in a group with this guy.
Akutsu glanced at Eishiro Kite with disdain.
Eishiro Kite angrily retorted, "What are you talking about?"
"You brat, who are you glaring at?" Akutsu glared back defiantly.
Eishiro Kite: "Want to fight?"
The two argued incessantly.
Ryo Mido said, "It's really strange that we, Hyotei, were assigned to the same group."
Yuushi Oshitari pushed up his glasses: "Wouldn't that be great? If Hyotei could defeat all our opponents and make it into the national team, wouldn't that be even better?"
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Mukahi Gakuto: "Shinobu, you really dare to think and say things."
Atobe Keigo laughed and said, "That's very much in line with my role: leading Hyotei to the World Championship!"
Yuushi Oshitari gave Keigo Atobe a thumbs-up: "Look, I'm not the only one who's gone mad!"
The people around them heard it all.
First came shock, then anger.
Eiji Kikumaru said, "You guys want to take all the spots by yourself? Too bad, see you next week!"
Yukimura Seiichi: "How could I, as a member of Rikkai University, allow such a thing to happen?"
Shiraishi Kuranosuke: "You'd better not underestimate our Shitenhoji Temple."
Keigo Atobe: "Whether it's small or not is hard to say. It's not impossible for us Hyotei to represent all the junior high school students in the country to change the world. In that case, we can create a great era, a golden age for Hyotei. I don't think anyone would object to that."
Seeing his arrogant demeanor, everyone felt ashamed; it seemed this guy had taken his fantasies seriously.
The coaching staff were very satisfied with the bold words they heard from Atobe Keigo over the microphone.
Sato said, "It seems to fit your expectations, Kurobe."
Kurobe: "A team that came out of the loser's bracket revival tournament, faced Rikkai University and Seishun Gakuen twice, and shut them out both times. I want to see just how far they can go."
Takumi Ryuji: "However, this time, Hyotei had too many people participating in the training camp, exceeding seven people, otherwise we would have been able to observe them comprehensively."
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Kurobe: "We'll only see the light of day once we get to Stadium Number Five."
Sato: "Don't forget, there's also the Black Legion. Those people go through life-or-death trials every day; they are a force that should not be underestimated."
Kurobe: "Then we'll just have to wait until they get back."
"Now, choose the course you want to challenge, and then submit your application form to me."
Kurobe said, "The match can begin immediately, but training cannot stop."
These words immediately left everyone bewildered.
"What? Training can't stop yet?"
"Damn it, can the competition only take place after training?"
"But with the training volume increasing every day, there's no way we can win."
"It seems we were too optimistic."
Each team quickly selected its captain and filled out the application form.
Because the rules of the competition have been changed, defeated teams are no longer sent back to the original court; only teams that fail to win a challenge will return to their original court.
Kurobe added another condition, saying, "Oh, right, I forgot to tell you all, this training camp isn't just for junior high students, but also for high school students. The junior high students need to complete the challenge within their own timeframes as soon as possible to give the high school students some time."
This is truly a tragic end.
After training each day.
The challenge is about to begin.
Of the three teams, the one led by Guoguang Shoujia chose to start their challenge on court number 15.
Atobe Keigo's team, contrary to common sense, chose court number sixteen.
Akutsu's team chose stadium number 14.
After a massive amount of training, their remaining physical strength prevented them from daring to challenge higher courts.
"Bang!"
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"Bang!"
The three groups started fighting simultaneously.
All the people on the courts were high school students.
They certainly couldn't let those brats get too arrogant.
They all rose up in retaliation.
"You guys, don't be so arrogant."
Seeing the disdain in the eyes of the junior high students, the high school students were very angry.
It's important to know that they didn't participate in any training. According to the coaching staff, their training consisted of battling against these middle school kids.
There's only one goal: to return all the balls that junior high kids hit at us, or we'll have to practice even harder.
The intensity of the competition was unimaginable.
I don't know whose idea it was, but they used a match to ignite the fighting spirit of both sides, which meant shifting the conflict to a showdown between high school and junior high school students.
In short, it's very useful.
Even Sato was applauding and cheering, saying, "The data doesn't lie; their potential seems to have increased."
"I never expected that such a small change would have such an effect," Kurobe exclaimed.
Takumi Ryuji: "I heard it's because we switched from fighting inanimate objects to fighting living things?"
Sato: "That gatekeeper said that fighting inanimate objects is like whipping yourself, accumulating pain, while fighting living objects is like releasing pain by transferring it to the opponent. There is a fundamental difference between the two."
Kurobe: "Is this why the Black Legion separates the high school and junior high school groups?"
The three of them looked through the monitor at the boys outside the fence, who were leisurely eating melon seeds and watching the fight, and all showed incredulous expressions.
"Clatter!"
They were all so exhausted that they lay down on the spot.
Looking down from the steps, the scene was a mess, with people lying haphazardly everywhere.
Although it was unbearable, a sense of fulfillment permeated the air.
Both sides were exhausted.
However, the three groups of junior high school students still achieved their respective victories.
Eiji Kikumaru: "This is too difficult. Why is it so difficult? I remember when I first came here, that guy said that courts below number 10 are just average."
Fuji Syusuke: "The amount of training we did before was probably close to our limit."
That day, after extreme training, came a desperate sparring match.
The opponent wasn't a machine, so the more they fought, the stronger they became.
As a result, everyone was completely exhausted after taking a shower.
I fell asleep.
The next day was another day of agonizing training filled with crying and screaming.
Mifune Nyudo frowned upon seeing this.
For some reason, the Kurobe guys replaced the rackets of those elite players with heavy rackets made of heavy iron.
The elite group was the ones who defeated the Black Legion.
Nowadays, the speed of progress under this kind of training is astonishing.
Data monitoring, real-world practice in high school and junior high, and excessive physical training combined keep them under high pressure every day.
Moreover, and more importantly, high school students study them every day.
Every match is analyzed afterward.
Therefore, we have no choice but to become stronger.
On the third day, some inexplicable ball-serving machines were added to the court.
Nobody knows when those machines will suddenly pop out a ball.
According to the coaching staff's rules, if a ball is hit, the player must swing the racket ten times.
Some people used those heavy rackets thousands of times a day, until they were exhausted to the point of despair.
Whenever they start to adapt, the coaching staff increases the training intensity.
As a result, these junior high school students couldn't feel their own progress at all.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The smiles disappeared from everyone's faces.
There was only one thing on his mind: he was hoping it would get dark soon.
You can go to sleep as soon as it gets dark.
In fact, everyone knows that sleeping is something that should only happen after training is complete.
After a period of grueling ordeal, the three teams finally arrived at Stadium No. 6.
The three teams agreed to challenge Court No. 6 on the same day.
But you can only play one game a day.
So it was divided into three days.
The group led by Kunimitsu Teya entered Court 5 via Court 6.
Atobe Keigo and Akutsu's group also entered the fifth court.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Eiji Kikumaru: "Are we still going to train against Field 5?"
"I think we should."
"I don't know, but anyway, I feel really uncomfortable."
"What's there to be afraid of? I really enjoy it. I'd love to have more training."
"boast!"
Kikumaru Eiji glanced at him and said, "However, I seem to have noticed something."
Fuji Syusuke: "I've noticed that too."
Kuranosuke Shiraishi: "Even Eishiro Kite can hit seven balls at once now. This kind of training is absolutely exhilarating."
Everyone fell silent.
You have to understand, they simply haven't had the energy to care about this kind of thing these days.
In the process of returning those tennis balls, he actually developed the skill of hitting multiple balls?
This was truly an unexpected bonus.
"Tezuka, it's your turn."
Kikumaru Eiji said.
Shou Jia Guoguang nodded.
He became the first person to challenge Court 5.
He wasn't challenging the goalkeeper, of course, but the ordinary players.
If you can beat the average player on the No. 5 court, you can replace him.