Chapter 117: First and Second Updates: Players embark on the U17 adventure! ...
“Beep!”
"S2 Singles Match 2—Yukimura Seiichi vs. Fuji Shusuke, final score! 6:2!"
The moment the whistle blew, the whole place was boiling.
"Rikkai University vs. Seigaku—Final score: 3-0!"
"The winner of the All-Japan Junior High School Tennis Tournament Finals is—"
“——Rikkai University!!”
The overwhelming roar of the crowd, the flying ribbons and salutes, everyone and every spectator were celebrating the birth of the only winner of the day.
Separated by a net, Yukimura Seiichi and Fuji Shusuke stood opposite each other in completely different states.
Yukimura, wearing his coat again, smiled, while Fuji Shusuke, with his eyes blank, gripping his racket tightly, his fingers trembling, appeared to be in a state of subtle distraction.
The players on the Qingxue field side watched in vain as the score officially reached the decisive 3-0.
it's over,
It's completely over.
The summer of Seigaku, everyone's summer, the summer of the third graders... at this moment, it officially came to an end.
I don't know who lost control first, the sobbing, crying, and the rustling sound of wiping faces were heard.
Everyone is trying to restrain themselves from making any more noise to affect others around them, but everyone is already immersed in sadness that is difficult to escape.
The ambitions of a few days ago, the spark that ignited the battle of revenge, all became the cornerstones for Rikkai University to reach the pinnacle.
On one side, I can’t hide my sadness, on the other side, I can’t express my joy.
The frenzy engulfed the entire Rikkai University. The cheers of the supporters and the shouts of the audience...
And a complete victory that is truly achieved.
Achieved——
Rikkai University 16+3, 16 consecutive championships in Kanto, 3 consecutive wins in the country,
Yukimura raised his head slightly and exhaled.
The efforts of the predecessors were finally continued in his hands, and now there is finally an explanation.
He felt more relaxed than ever. On the other side of the net, Fuji Shusuke stumbled, suddenly woke up from silence, and finally regained consciousness.
Deprived of his five senses and plunged into darkness, even the 'genius' Fuji Shusuke found it difficult to decipher and escape.
After struggling for so long, he finally managed to break free, but defeat was already inevitable.
Fuji Shusuke didn't turn around to see Qingxue's expression,
Yukimura noticed and smiled slightly, holding out his hand to him, "It was a great match, Fuji-kun."
“…”
Fuji opened his eyes, met Yukimura's gaze, and finally slowly took the hand that was extended towards him.
“…Yes, it was an exciting game.”
"Thank you for your advice."
Yukimura smiled, turned and left.
What greeted him there was the excited and enthusiastic Rikkai University.
Fuji Shusuke slowly raised his head and closed his eyes.
It's over, summer.
“——”
"——Bushi Yukimura!!"
"Yukimura!!"
Kirihara Akaya was about to pounce on Yukimura just as he was leaving the field, but was stopped by the quick-eyed and quick-handed Marui.
Yukimura calmly dodged a possible collision with a nimble maneuver, then turned his attention to the Rikkai University rest area, which was still missing two...three people.
"... Genichirō and Renji, haven't they returned yet?"
When he asked this question, the people of Rikkai, who were immersed in the excitement and enthusiasm of the previous second, instantly cooled down, and the words on their lips became inexplicably bitter.
"Not yet..."
They looked at each other, speechless.
Although you win, if you don’t get your cat back safely, it’s not a happy win.
Yukimura took a deep breath and was about to say something comforting.
Kirihara Akaya, who had just been stopped by Marui Bunta, suddenly had his eyes light up and pointed his hand at Yukimura's back.
“They’re back—they’re back!!”
Hearing this, everyone was shocked and turned around to look, some even praying as they turned their heads.
Please don’t let anything happen… Please don’t let anything happen…
The moment he turned around and saw clearly, Jibaimao, carrying a dirty gourd that he had picked up from somewhere, did a double jump and a backflip and flew past everyone.
It drew a perfect arc over Yukimura Seiichi's head.
Now, those who witnessed this scene wanted to raise their hands and shout "Manhun! Manhun!"
Following closely behind were Genichirō Sanada and Renji Yanagi, whose mobility was not as flexible. They could only swing their legs in vain, almost leaving afterimages.
After seeing Yukimura Seiichi's fate, his expression was first overjoyed, then uncertain, as if he thought of something indescribable and became silent. He then looked at each other and ran over slowly with heavy steps.
Yukimura Seiichi's eyelids twitched for some reason. He had this feeling that something seemed to be happening, but he wasn't sure what it was.
This is not good...
"Genichirō, Renji..."
"We're back, Jing City!"
Yukimura asked tentatively, "Did anything happen while you were chasing Kei?"
“…”
Sanada and Yanagi stared at each other in silence, wanting to speak but hesitant. Finally, Sanada Genichirō pressed his hat against his will and said, "No, nothing."
Yukimura: "..."
No, with that expression, it's obvious what happened!?
I know my childhood sweetheart so well that I know that if he really doesn't want to talk, there's no way to get him to talk.
Yukimura Seiichi took a different approach and turned to Yanagi Renji, who was more sober and rational.
"Renji, did Kei do anything just now?"
Yanagi Renji: "..."
Yagi's words didn't seem to do anything.
If we have to say what to do, it should be Sanada...
Glancing at the silent and tight-lipped Sanada Genichirō from the corner of his eye, Liu slowly chose the truth and said honestly,
"N-No, Seiichi, Yagi...didn't do anything."
Yukimura felt relieved when he heard this.
Great, since the cat didn't do anything then it's not a big deal.
Feeling relieved, Yukimura Seiichi completely forgot about the possibility that the two guys in front of him might have done something else.
After all, compared with the younger generation, it seems that no matter how big the mess we make is, it is not a big deal!
Yukimura was completely relieved.
Seeing that they seemed to have passed Yukimura's level, Sanada and Yanagi slowly shifted their gazes.
The other people at Rikkai University who didn't understand what was going on also focused more on Jibaimao.
Looking at the younger generation running around carrying a gourd that they had gotten from nowhere,
Although I don't understand why he's carrying this, but among all the strange things that Jibaimao carries, this one is not bad. After all, a giant cauliflower and a giant pumpkin can easily cause a sensation and cause damage. It's just a gourd——
Everyone accepted it very well, and even looked at Jibaimao with loving eyes, full of relief.
"You're so lively...Kyu,"
"Yes, yes, it's been a long time since I saw the young master so happy..."
"Ha ha……"
Amidst laughter and cheers, all the members of Rikkai University successfully attended the national competition award ceremony.
Kei Yagi, carrying the wine gourd, was also successfully lifted up along with the trophy. Inoue Mamoru seized the opportunity and took a photo of it, which was successfully published in the newspaper.
Rikkai University is defending its national championship title for the third year—and their monster junior, Kei Yagi, is attracting attention both at home and abroad!
[Ding!]
【Activity Mission·Defending Glory
Please lead Rikkai University to become the undisputed champion in the national competition! (1/1) (Completed)!
[New map U17 is now officially open! ]
[New map U17 (Back Mountain) is now officially open! ]
[After entering Map U17 (Back Mountain), the [Mining] section will automatically open! ]
【Save successfully! 】
After the national competition ended, Rikkai University, which had achieved good results, generously gave its members a holiday.
Everyone finally got the precious opportunity to move freely.
Genichirō Sanada participated in the "National My Rhinoceros Beetle is the Strongest Cup".
Yukimura Seiichi finally had time to attend his favorite artist's exhibition.
Liu Nannan went on a long trip and made an appointment with Gan Zhenzhi from Qingxue to exchange data.
Marui Bunta is taking care of his younger brother at home, and he calls Jack Sawahara every now and then, who works hard at the family barbecue restaurant as soon as he gets home.
Kirihara Akaya was also immersed in the online battle game with Niou Masaharu and couldn't extricate himself. The two of them also tried to pull Yagyu Hiroshi along.
Everyone's life seems to have returned to normal, no tennis balls, no bombs, no juice, no chicken and cat...
“…”
"...So, what is the purpose of everyone gathering here?"
Yukimura, who was wearing casual clothes, had his eyes twitching and asked slowly.
Good question, good question. This is the question that everyone else gathered at the gate of Rikkai University also wants to ask.
Genichirō Sanada, carrying a carefully selected giant rhinoceros beetle, Renji Yanagi, holding a stack of data notebooks, Bunta Marui, with a younger brother hanging on his left, another younger brother hanging on his right, and yet another younger brother crawling on his shoulder, and Jack Kuwabara, holding a takeout box.
Kirihara Akaya, who had brought an extra pair of PSPs, scratched his head and exchanged glances with Niou Masaharu and Yagyu Hiroshi, who also had PSPs.
In the end, he just laughed it off and said, "I just... I just walked here by accident, haha..."
That's really a coincidence. After all, it takes some walking to walk from Kirihara Akaya's house to Rikkai University.
But looking at what everyone was holding and hugging, everyone knew why they were here.
Yukimura sighed helplessly, "...Looking at it this way, everyone really has a good understanding."
—In terms of being worried about a certain little cat living alone in the Rikkai University dormitory.
After all, everyone has a home to return to, but the younger generation never seemed to plan to leave the Rikkai University dormitory.
When Akaya left that day, he invited her to go to his house, but it seems she was rejected...
The road to the student dormitory was a bit far, and everyone's thoughts changed.
It's been three days since the national competition ended, and I don't know how the junior is doing...
"Oh——Uncle, excuse me! Is Kei here? We're here to play with him——!"
Breaking the silence, Kirihara Akaya asked the staff guarding the school, and everyone followed suit.
But who knew that the faculty and staff were stunned.
"Eh... Yagi-san, he went out the day before yesterday, didn't he?"
“…”
“…”
“…?!!”
"Wait, you mean... the day before yesterday?"
Yukimura was the first to regain his composure and grasp the key information. "Does that mean... you haven't been back in the past two days?"
"Yeah, yeah, he didn't come back. Look, the trash cans are full!"
The bewildered crowd looked in the direction the finger was pointing—
Sure enough, the trash can was full!
There is no sign of being turned over at all!!
I was a little skeptical at first, but after taking this look, I have to believe it now!
This youngster will never let go of any full trash can!
This situation can only mean that he has truly left Rikkai University—!
But besides Rikkai University, where else can the juniors go...
"It's okay! I have Kei's contact information!!"
Kirihara Akaya immediately raised his hand, took out his cell phone from his bag and quickly dialed,
This was a new phone that everyone bought for the junior three days ago with the prize money from the national competition. Kirihara Akari was the first one to add his contact information.
In the tense waiting, everyone watched Kirihara Akaya dial the number, and the sound of "beep..." rang out.
One second, two seconds, three seconds... thirty seconds...
After a long while, Kirihara Akaya took down his phone and looked up blankly, "Eh...it says here that there's no signal on Kei's end..."
He sent another text message out of disbelief, and after waiting for a while, all the messages showed as unread.
“…”
"...No signal?"
Yanagi Renji quickly moved, and with two rustling sounds, the confused crowd watched him take out a set of equipment from his bag and turn on his computer.
Liu explained while piecing together the pieces, "This is the tracking device I left on Yagi last time. I asked him to install it in my phone when I bought it, so now we can use GPS to locate Kei—"
"Ka Kuyi—Senior Liu!" Kirihara Akaya was overjoyed and hurried over to the laptop screen to look at it.
Everyone looked at each other and slowly felt relieved.
You're so reliable, Liu. This way, we don't have to worry about the whereabouts of the younger generation...
"……etc,"
Liu frowned, realizing that things were not simple.
"What's wrong? What's wrong, Senior Liu?"
"What happened, Liu?"
Liu rarely expressed uncertainty. He hesitated at this moment, thinking of the other end of the computer monitoring.
The hearts that had just slowly relaxed suddenly rose to their throats again.
Liu tapped the keyboard a few times, aiming and aiming again, and finally, as if giving up, he turned the screen towards the crowd.
"In the end, we can only confirm that it's roughly here. More precise location information... seems to be blocked by more powerful equipment."
Everyone looked over at the destination of the positioning, the place that was shown as a circle on the satellite map, and finally it could be confirmed -
"In...the mountains?"
Liu: "Yes, it seems to be a mountain."
"In that case, the lack of signal seems to make sense..."
"But why did Kei go to the mountains?"
The smart Kirihara Akaya also asked a crucial question,
“…”
"Could it be that he was kidnapped?" The three younger brothers hanging on Marui Bunta asked in unison.
"Yeah, yeah—Mom said if we go out on this day, we'll definitely be kidnapped by some weird guy and taken to the mountains!"
The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional.
The Rikkai people looked at each other with increasingly serious expressions, and slowly fell into emotion.
"So - brother, why don't you call the police?" Marui's younger brother No. 3 pointed out.
“…”
“…”
After a long while, Marui said weakly, "Let's take another look... let's take another look..."
"Eh...why?"
Silence is the Rikkai University of today.
How should I tell these innocent children that what they are worried about is not the safety of their offspring, but the safety of the humans who might be sharing the same area with the cat?
No one should be able to kidnap the chicken and the cat.
But who knows... the person who kidnapped the person might be a complete loser!
“——”
In stark contrast to the worried Rikkai people,
Players, at this moment, are on a long journey through the map.
【Task 6: Newly arrived
Everyone is curious about you, a stranger. After all, the first impression is very important.
Please say hello to the residents of Netlu Valley (U17)! (0/99)
With the opening of the new map, the greeting mission is back again.
But that's not the point. The point is - why can't players enter this new map?!
After much trouble, I found the new map area (U17) according to the map mark, but I couldn't find the entrance except for the greeting mission.
Players can only wander around outside the U17 map. Based on their understanding of the game, this must be due to the lack of a guide or NPC.
No matter which new map you go to before, there will be a guide NPC appearing at the new map point.
But this time the U17 map is missing this part.
So players can only wander around the entrance of the new map for the time being. Could it be that the mission time has not yet arrived?
The player stared at the two new map points in the pop-up bar, U17 and U17 (back mountain),
Wait... Since the normal U17 doesn't work, can't we try another map first?
The player put a bomb at the entrance of U17 as a mark, turned around and ran towards the new map U17 (back mountain).
Mining, mining——Players are coming!!
Just as Yagi Kei was running along for a while, the gate of the U17 training base slowly opened.
Among those who stayed behind in the training camp and did not go with the team, Yamato Daisuke from the third field applied for a hard-earned spot.
I walked out of the door with a smile, and just when I was about to sigh that I could finally go out and relax, I took a step and "clicked" and stepped on something hard.
Yamato Daisuke: "...?"
Hey, what is this...?
He was confused, slowly lowered his head, and took a closer look. The more he looked, the more his eyelids twitched. He didn't know why he felt frightened and panicked.
The moment I saw the thing clearly, my heart almost jumped out of my throat.
No, no—why is there a mine here?!
--ah? ! !
The player noticed something and a pop-up window appeared in front of him, indicating that the marker had been touched.
Could it be that the guiding NPC appeared?
Logically speaking, we should now turn back to find the guide NPC and start the guidance task of officially entering the new map.
However, the player looked at the [Mining] section that popped up automatically as soon as he entered the map U17 (back mountain).
For some reason, the [Standard Pickaxe: One of my grandfather's old tools, useful for mining, a good helper for small farmers!] in my backpack automatically jumped into my hand.
His body also started to knock on the ores all over the ground with a clanging sound completely out of control.
——If you are a player, go down to the ninety-ninth floor!
Five layers and one archive, five layers and one archive,
Guide the NPC and wait for the player - the player will come to you after completing this level!
Copper mines, iron mines, and coal are all in our pocket!
Five layers and five layers, the next five layers,
[Ding!]
"This area has been invaded!"
As soon as the window popped up, the player immersed in mining immediately spun around, put away his pickaxe, changed his hand into a tennis racket, and began to fight with the bat monsters and slime monsters that appeared from the shadows.
I then gave myself a spicy eel rice to increase my speed.
Haha, it’s a little monster, come and taste the power of the players!
Jibai Cat turned around and hit the slime and bat monster with a tennis racket continuously.
When fighting against numerical monsters, this time there is no special NPC called Smiling Tiger to help players use weapons and numerical protection red locks. Players can use their power without restraint.
Backup hidden energy, start start all start!!
More than 500 meters in a straight line,
Mifunerudo, who lost his wine flask, was standing silently on the top of the mountain behind him, gazing into the distance.
The hawks circling in the sky were whistling around him,
Mifune Nyudo always felt as if he had forgotten something. The day he woke up, he was lying on a stretcher with a slap mark on his face.
The wine flask I carried with me was also lost, but no matter how hard I searched my memory, I found nothing.
He even suspected that his foreign rivals had learned of his identity as the U17 head coach and attacked him.
But this attack was too weak. It only knocked him unconscious and took away his wine jug.
Could it be... Is this some new type of warning?
It seems that the next selection plan will be moved up. Even if it is a warning, he will definitely not -
“BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!”
Suddenly there was an earthquake!
Mifunerudo, who was standing on the top of the mountain, took a step back quickly to avoid sliding down.
His heart tightened, and he reflexively reached out to touch the wine jug that he should have carried with him, but it was empty!
Mifune said: "..."
It was like a house leaking and it rained all night. He looked grim and immediately ordered the loser group members behind him to steal some wine for him.
As soon as he turned around, “BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!”
There was another earth-shaking tremor. This time it was not an illusion. Facing the eyes that were filled with fear and panic,
Mifunerudo saw that it was not only himself that was shaking, but also the sky and the earth...
Wait, why is the whole mountain shaking?!
No, it wasn't just shaking, it was up and down, left and right, the whole mountain... seemed to be pulsating at a peculiar rhythm! !
The entire mountain reflected in my eyes seemed to have grown two legs and stood up from the ground, shaking non-stop.
Mifune said: "..."
Members of the loser group: “…”
Is this world magical?!
The real instigator, the culprit, Jibaimao, carried his hand-rubbed bullets and flung them away in piles in an extremely coquettish manner.
The powerful Gui bomb cleaned out the entire mine, blowing it up completely without leaving a single one behind!
The player was satisfied and saved the file and left.
It's getting late, so we'll stop digging here for now.
Guide NPC——The player is coming to attack you!
At this moment, Yamato Yudai stepped on a marked mine, and went from panic at first to hopelessness in life.
Then I went around looking for help but all I got was "Ahahaha Yamato you're playing tricks again" and "Hurry up, hurry up, umm, if you step on a landmine and get blown up, you don't have to come back haha".
Yamato Yudai: "..."
He was serious. These days, no one believes the truth.
Yamato Yuda Despair Edition, at this moment, has silently stepped on a landmine bomb, while scratching the ground with his hands to write an 800-word suicide note,
He eloquently confessed all the embarrassing things he had done since elementary school, including that it was he who stole Irie Kanata's ice cream, not Tsuyoshi. Tsuyoshi was innocent, and asked Tsuyoshi to forgive him for the fact that he was blown away...
As I was scratching my face, tears started to fall from the corners of my eyes.
Yamato Yudai thought that he no longer had anything he couldn't let go of, except for that junior from junior high school, Tezuka Kunimitsu...
If he were lucky enough to see her again, he would definitely...
There were two rustling sounds, and Yamato, who was immersed in sadness, immediately restrained his emotions and looked sharply.
Walking through the forest and brushing the leaves, a figure emerged from the shadows not far away.
Yamato Yudai: "!"
Black-haired, short, with a young and unfamiliar face, he looks like... a primary school student who has strayed into this place by mistake!
Wait, is this a place where elementary school students can appear in the middle of nowhere?!
Yamato remembered that he was still stepping on a landmine: "Hey, little brother, it's a bit dangerous here, you'd better stay away from it. How did you get here? Where is your guardian..."
The player navigated straight to the entrance of U17 map with a leaf on his head, and saw the guiding NPC, and was overjoyed.
I ran to the guiding NPC happily, and noticed that the marker I had inserted was still there, so I took it back.
Yamato spoke with a dry mouth but received no answer. He looked at the black-haired elementary school student with dead eyes and expressionless face running towards him.
Stop and stare at him for a while.
Yamato Yudai: “…Yes?”
The other party bent down at lightning speed and snatched the mine under his feet!
Yamato Yudai: "?!!!!!!"
"No, no, little brother, that's mine—no, that's not mine—!!"
Yamato was truly shocked. His speech was in disarray and he didn't even know what he wanted to say. All he could think about was the red-glowing mine bomb about to explode.
He screamed at the top of his lungs: "Hurry, throw it away—it's going to explode! Aa ...
Player: What is the NPC chattering about?
The NPC was too noisy and even tried to grab the player's hand to take the marker away.
Seeing that he had to lose, the player made an A.
——Go away!
Facing Yamato Yudai's bewildered, panic-stricken look, which revealed a doubt about reality, the black-haired, mushroom-headed elementary school student acted in unison and threw the ball directly towards the gate of the U17 base in front of him.
“BOOM ...
Amidst a deafening roar, a mushroom cloud suddenly appeared, covering the entire sky.
“…”
“…”
Smoke filled, high danger alert,
Amidst the sirens, the gate of the U17 base appeared before them again, and was slowly blown away, leaving not a single tile behind.
Yamato Yuda, who was almost deaf, opened and closed his mouth, looked at the door, and then looked at the person who was calmly stepping on the door and about to go in.
Hey, that, this, elementary school students, mushroom cloud...
Is he still alive now?
Or is this world magical?
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