SWNOVELXO Chapter 178 The team of junior high school students
At this time, Coach Mifune's face was full of excitement. Although he was still dissatisfied with Coach Kurobe and others for sticking to the 'useless' rules and driving away the Echizen brothers, the four they showed could The shock brought to him by the junior high school tennis player who opened a different dimension diluted his dissatisfaction.
"Great! Now, maybe there is hope of entering the top four directly. If you are lucky, you might even get the top three..." Mifune's excited words rang in the monitoring room.
The three coaches watched quietly as Mifune Irido picked up the gourd of sake and drank heavily after he finished speaking. They knew that because of the losses in previous years, Mifune Iridō was under great pressure. Looking at it now He could finally breathe a sigh of relief when he reached the point of hope.
After a long time, Mifune's excitement cooled down and he paid attention to the school of the four of them. He recalled that Kaitou, who had done quite well in the back mountain before, and an older-looking junior high school student were also wearing the same uniform, so he asked.
After receiving the answer from Kurobe and others that "these people come from the same school," Mifune proposed to focus on this school.
After hearing Mifune's words, several people laughed in unison.
They told Coach Mifune that they had had the same idea and proposal before, but they were just about to implement it.
Afterwards, they also told Coach Mifune about Rikkai Okanto’s record of winning the championship for sixteen consecutive years and the national competition for three consecutive years.
Although for them, the competition for junior high school students is just a trivial matter, for junior high school students, such results are outstanding.
After hearing what a few people said, Mifune followed suit with a few compliments, and then he looked down at the list again.
The specific list is as follows:
High school students:
No.1: Byodoin Phoenix
No.2: Tanejima Shuji
No.3:Duck·Watanabe
No.4: Tokugawa Kazuya
No.5: Oni Jujiro
No.6: Daqu Ryuji
No.7: Kimijima Ikuto
No.8:Tono Atsukyo
No.9: Yuezhi Moonlight
No.10: Mori Juzaburo
No.11: Irie Sodo
Junior high school students:
No.1: Yukimura Seiichi
No.2:Tiangong Lan
No.3:Ryu Renji
No.4: Nioh Masaharu
No.5: Atobe Keigo
No.6: Shiraishi Kuranosuke
No.7: Genichiro Sanada
No.8:Fuji Zhousuke
No.9:Aku Tsujin
No.10: Marui Bunta
No.11: Kintaro Toyama
No.12: Kirihara Akaya
No.13: Shuichiro Oishi
No.14:Kite Eishiro
Support staff:
Mitsuya Akuto (high school student)
Inui Sadaharu (junior high school student)
Watching the First Month of the Month (junior high school student)
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Seeing that there were many more junior high school students than high school students, Mifune was a little silent.
Probably seeing something, Kurobe took a sip of coffee and explained calmly, "Although the number of places in the competition is not as many as the people on our list, it is not a big problem. These people we arranged are not expected to Everyone can play.”
"The fourteen contestants on the junior high school side and the two supporting staff behind them are actually mostly to let them experience the atmosphere of foreign competitions. After all, after graduating from high school next year, Todoyoin and others will need to choose U-17 The current junior high school students are the ones who are taking the lead. Generally speaking, the first and second batches of high school students are really not as good as them." After talking about it, Kurobe couldn't help but diss the tennis players of the first and second grade students. Although they work hard, compared with those junior high school students, they still lack some talent.
After hearing Kurobe's words, Coach Mifune said nothing more and silently expressed his approval of the list he arranged.
After seeing that Mifune Irido, as the head coach, had no objections, Kurobe and the others breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had solved a difficult task.
Hearing the obvious gasping sounds of the three people, Mifune began to ask about the arrangements of the leader again.
As for the team leader, at first Kurobe and others actually wanted No. 1 Byodoin in the high school group to take over directly. But then I gave up this idea after seeing that the four people who knew different dimensions were junior high school students from the same school. He felt that maybe one-on-one, Byodo-in could deal with them, but one-on-four... it was a bit uncertain, and there was no doubt about which side Taneshima and Mori would help in the first army.
Therefore, after discussion, the three people decided to choose a team leader for the high school group and the junior high school group. Both sides have the same rights, regardless of their superiority.
Before the Rikkai quartet showed their strength at the different-dimensional level, they planned to let Atobe be the team leader. After all, Atobe himself is indeed a charismatic person. Although Yukimura is not weaker than Atobe when he is not showing another dimension, his appearance that looks too 'weak' made Takuchi, a physical trainer, vote against it.
But now...when there is another dimension, everything is easy to say. Coupled with this situation, except Yukimura, probably no one else can convince all the junior high school students.
"So the leader of both teams has No.1, is that right?" Mifune looked at Kurobe.
Coach Kurobe crossed his fingers, put his arms on the table, and nodded solemnly.
Then Coach Mifune looked at the two people beside him.
Coach Saito and Coach Takuhi also nodded quickly when Mifune looked over.
So, after there were no other questions, Coach Mifune stood up and walked out of the monitoring room.
Mifune, who walked to the court, held a large loudspeaker and organized the junior high school students and high school students to stand on both sides, and then began to speak.
"Everyone listen up!"
"As the International Tennis Association's purpose of cultivating new players..."
“This year’s U-17 World Championship makes a special exception, allowing junior high school students from all countries to participate!”
Having said this, Mifune deliberately paused for a while, leaving time for everyone below to think and react.
"So, we can play against teams from other countries, right?!" Toyama, who was thinking about the competition, clenched his fists excitedly and shouted loudly. Ichiji Yuji and Golden Koharu did not forget to "perform" at this time, and the two hugged each other "excitedly". Shiraishi was thinking about the criteria for selecting people.
Behind, among the members of the Rikkai group standing together, a few thoughtful people such as Yukimura, Amamiya Arashi, Liu and others all had expressions of anticipation on their faces. Kirihara's face was full of worry. He still knew his own strength. Among so many junior high school students, there were at least six or seven who could beat him. He didn't know if he could be selected.
Among the Seigaku members beside him, Kikumaru was also excitedly hugging Oishi's neck. Fuji also had a smile on his face. Momotoshi Takeshi and Kaitang Kaoru said noisily that they would definitely be selected.
Among the Hyotei members, Atobe was thinking about the selection criteria like Shiraishi, but at this time, the scene of losing to Ochi Gekko appeared in his mind unconsciously. In an instant, Atobe's face turned dark. But as a qualified heir to a consortium, he quickly adjusted his expression.
Yushi Ninzu, who is also a Hyotei player, did not think too much. He believed that his minister would definitely be selected. As for himself, to be honest, he didn't have much hope.
Renzu adjusted his glasses without prescription, and then glanced sympathetically at Xiang Ri beside him. He felt that Xiang Riyue probably had no hope. However, he did not say it directly at this time.
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When Mifune felt that time was almost up, he coughed and signaled everyone to quiet down.
And everyone who wanted to know the result fell silent as he wished.
"During this period...I and the three coaches within the U-17 base have been paying attention to everyone..."
"Whether it's your usual training or competition, or the progress you've shown..."
"In the end, after discussions with Coach Kurobe, Coach Saito, and Coach Takuze, we decided on the final candidates for the junior high school team that will compete with other countries around the world!"
Mifune's hoarse but loud voice rang out on the court.
After hearing Mifune's words, especially the last sentence that the list had been decided, everyone immediately turned their attention to Mifune.
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