The Asian Champions Invitational held in Tokyo, Japan, is essentially a track and field themed celebrity competition, inviting track and field star athletes from various Asian countries to participate. It can also be regarded as an advance rehearsal for next year's Tokyo Olympics.

Those who came to the competition on the same plane with Su Zhe were all star athletes of the track and field team. Except for a few members like him who came to the competition with a mission, most of the remaining athletes were in a very relaxed state. It seemed that they came to Tokyo for leisure rather than participating in the competition.

Su Zhe was a little confused about the state of the crowd.

"What's wrong?" Ye Jun, who was sitting on Su Zhe's left, saw his confusion and asked with a smile. Su Zhe's purpose of participating in this competition was to devote himself to the men's 100m battle and strive to break 10.10 seconds, winning a place for his country in the men's 100m event at the World Championships. Therefore, the Athletics Administration Center did not arrange for him to participate in the 110m hurdles event, but sent Ye Jun as the representative of the 110m hurdles.

Su Zhe hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "Nothing much, I just felt that everyone seemed to be very relaxed..."

Hearing this, Ye Jun immediately understood what Su Zhe meant, so he said with a smile: "Do you think everyone's state doesn't look like they are going out for a competition?"

Seeing Su Zhe nod, Ye Jun patted his shoulder and said, "Ah, it's not easy. I finally see that you look like a new person."

Facing the stunned Su Zhe, Ye Jun continued to smile and said, "I know what you are thinking. When you participate in a competition, you should put your best effort into it. As an athlete, how can you not have the determination to win? Right?"

Ye Jun smiled and shook his head at Su Zhe, saying, "This is a common mentality problem for newcomers. I thought Coach Su had analyzed it with you." After a pause, Ye Jun continued, "It is right to take every game seriously, but it does not mean that you should treat every game as the most important one and go all out and be mentally tense."

"As you know, athletes' performance will fluctuate with their individual training cycles. No matter how talented you are, you will not be able to withstand the period of low performance. In order to ensure that our competitive performance can reach its peak in important competitions, the coach will constantly adjust our training goals during our daily periodic training."

"Now that we've come to this, you see, we've just gone through a series of strong competitions, including the National Championships and the World Championships Challenge. The next one for most of us is the World Championships in a month. In comparison, this invitational tournament is really more like a chance to relax, to practice and find our form. The human body and mind can get tired. If we put our best into this tournament, we might lose out on the more important events that follow."

Ye Jun's words reminded Su Zhe of the slightly ambiguous meaning his father had been saying to him recently.

In fact, Su Yinsheng had been constantly instilling similar ideas in him during this period, but he himself did not fully understand the meaning. He only thought that his anxious state of mind was being alleviated and that the adjustment of his mentality had achieved certain results...

Thinking of this, Su Zhe couldn't help rubbing his forehead again. He originally thought that he already had the desire to win and the enterprising spirit that an athlete must have, but now it seems that he still has a long way to go to become a fully qualified athlete.

When the plane landed, it was 9:33 p.m. Tokyo local time.

Su Zhe followed the members of the participating group all the way to the airport exit.

The airport is still very busy at this time. Many people are dragging their suitcases out of the airport hall, looking around, waiting for friends, relatives or partners to pick them up.

Following the track and field team all the way, Su Zhe did not have any worries in this regard. The reception of the Japan Athletics Association was also very thoughtful. The personnel responsible for welcoming the Chinese track and field team had already been waiting at the airport exit. There were also two young men who looked like athletes following on both sides. One of them was even responsible for holding a sign that read "Warmly welcome the Chinese track and field team."

The person in charge of welcoming the Chinese track and field team is Yusuke Haneda, an official from the Japan Athletics Association. The two young men following behind him are two well-known Japanese local athletes specially dispatched by the Japan Athletics Association to assist in the welcoming ceremony in order to show the importance of the Chinese track and field team.

They are Shiraishi Shota, who is ranked third in the Japanese men's 100-meter sprint, and Takeshita Hiroaki, who is ranked sixth, and are also participants in this competition.

Because this event is of great significance to whether or not Su Zhe can win a place in the 100m World Championships, he naturally learned about the Japanese athletes who might participate in this event when he was in China.

Of the two, Shiraishi Shota's best result this season is 10.03 seconds. Not only has he already secured a place in the World Championships, he has also met the qualifying criteria for next year's Tokyo Olympics. He is very likely to represent the Japanese team in the men's 100m event next year.

Hiroaki Takeshita, who ranks sixth in Japan, has a best result of 10.12 this season and a personal best of 10.09. He is also a strong athlete who has already broken the 10.10 mark.

However, among Japanese men's 100m athletes, the number of athletes who achieved a time of less than 10.10 seconds during the standard assessment period for the World Championships has exceeded the maximum number of World Championships quotas. Therefore, Takeshita Hiroaki has missed the qualification to participate in this year's World Championships.

Of the two, Shiraishi Shota seems to be a person who is not very idle. Although he looks to be over 180cm tall, he unexpectedly has a baby face and his canine teeth are exposed when he smiles.

He was in charge of holding up the sign welcoming the Chinese athletes. At this moment, the staff of both sides were communicating and handing over the sign. Shiraishi Shota smiled and held up the sign in his hand, waving to the members of the track and field team, looking quite friendly.

Takeshita Hiroaki, who was traveling with him, was much calmer and more restrained, exuding a polite but distant demeanor. He stood next to Shiraishi Shota and did not say much.

Just as Su Zhe was standing there chatting with Ye Jun, a voice full of surprise appeared beside Su Zhe - the person who spoke was Shiraishi Shota from the Japanese team.

The tall, baby-faced girl was looking at Su Zhe with a look of surprise as if he was looking at a beautiful doll, and from time to time he uttered some Japanese words that Su Zhe could not understand. He seemed to want to communicate with Su Zhe but was anxiously unable to do so.

The tall, baby-faced man, Shiraishi Shota, was in depression at the moment because of the language barrier. He turned to look at Takeshita Hiroaki beside him, as if he wanted to seek comfort from his companion.

Shiraishi Shouta: "Takeshita-kun, did you see that? He is so beautiful... delicate, cold, fair, fragile... I simply want to use all the beautiful words I can master to describe him!"

"I felt like I saw a beautiful fairy... How could such a beautiful person exist? I regretted it. I should have learned some Chinese before today so that I could personally convey these words of praise to him!"

In response to Shiraishi Shota's agitated state, Takeshita Hiroaki signaled him to calm down first.

"Shiraishi-kun, he is a track and field athlete from China and a participant in this invitational tournament... He is not a fragile fairy."

Unfortunately, such exhortation had no effect on Shiraishi Shota, and instead he became even more encouraged.

"Ah! You're right, he is a strong man who came to participate in the invitational tournament! Such a powerful and beautiful life..." Shiraishi Shota said, with real stars in his eyes.

"Why would such a perfect person be born in this world? A beautiful fairy from the Chinese Empire... I feel like he has taken my heart away..."

Shiraishi Shota's words made Takeshita fall into silence, and he finally decided to ignore his good friend.

After a brief communication and verification between the Chinese and Japanese staff, Su Zhe and his team began to follow Haneda Yusuke who led the way to the location of the reception car.

On the rest of the way, Shiraishi Shota didn't try to say anything, but occasionally looked in Su Zhe's direction with a dreamy expression.

When we arrived at the hotel arranged by the organizer and settled in, it was already 23:00 Japan time.

After simply packing up, Su Zhe lay down on the bed and began to rest - sleep is one of the most important habits for athletes. Since he resumed training, Su Zhe has almost always fallen asleep at this time.

This time period is 22:00 in China, which is the peak time for netizens to be active.

The photo that Jiang Hanning sent to Su Zhe in the morning had already spread all over the Internet.

Yes, the official Weibo of the School of Literature at S University, where Su Zhe is studying, posted the photo of the red banner on the school's official Weibo account without hesitation during the day today, along with a link to the live broadcast of Su Zhe's game and a personal photo of Su Zhe.

It's not surprising that the Faculty of Arts is so happy. After all, as a student with more yin than yang, they never expected a talent like Su Zhe to appear among the students. But suddenly, the student who was originally just a marginal figure in the entertainment circle suddenly caused a public opinion storm, entered the sports circle, and even won a qualification to participate in the World Track and Field Championships? ? ?

For the college, this is like a godsend, so of course they have to publicize it well!

After seeing this Weibo post, the official Weibo account of S University, out of support for the students and the college, forwarded the Weibo post without hesitation and congratulated the good news.

If everything ended here, there might not be any follow-up. However, the bored students at S University who had just started school found this Weibo post and took a closer look - hey, that Su Zhe who has been very famous recently, is he from our school/college?

As a result, a wave of attention, reposts and comments came in, and Su Zhe was once again at the end of the hot search list.