Chapter 166: Players lead the second elimination group to the mine again...
When Mifune Nyudo finished speaking, everyone was stunned, their brains completely frozen and unable to react at all.
What, what was this head coach they had been looking for, this savior who held the power over their lives—this guy who was so far away and yet so close before their eyes...
No, even if I'm joking, isn't this a bit too big?!
How could the one person who would lead all the junior, middle, and high school tennis teams in Japan and take on the world be...
No, it really could be!
After all, even if we put everything else aside, just based on his strength, Yagi Kei was already completely ahead of everyone else, the leader in the pack.
All of a sudden, everyone who had to accept this reality felt a little depressed.
What followed was the fear of the life that was about to come.
The winning team in one round had gone through Yagi Kei's bomb ball bombing training. It was simply that they could not survive without explosions.
If he was also in charge of the training of the elimination group...
The winning team slowly turned their heads and successfully met the eliminated team, whose eyes had lost their luster and everyone was half dead.
“…”
Ha, haha, I think I finally started to understand.
After losing the Highlight Group and adding one more, the only ones left were the Overseas Returning Expedition Group, who had not received any training from either the Winner Group or the Loser Group. They stared blankly at Carslan.
Look at the teammate who looks dead on the left, look at the teammate who looks half dead on the right,
Oh, how could he die so suddenly?
Although, but... that guy is the head coach, so he should be the head coach. Why are these guys who have been with him for so many days so desperate...
As soon as Mifune Nyudo spoke with a hint of malice and a look of watching the show, his eyes swept across the expressions of everyone present.
As expected, those guys still don't realize the seriousness of the problem.
Haha, people can’t learn things even if they are taught many times, but they can learn things even if they are taught once.
Even Mifune Nyudo felt a chill run down his spine when he thought of some of the tactics used by their new head coach.
"Now that you're all here, listen carefully to the head coach's instructions—"
Mifune Nyudo scolded, "Whatever the head coach tells you to do, be smart and do it quickly. Do you hear me?"
Ever since Mifune Nyudo revealed Yagi Kei's true identity, Byodoin Phoenix, who had been silent and speechless, suddenly spoke.
"Even if it means death?"
Mifunerudo raised his eyebrows slightly and glanced at him, but then he made up his mind without hesitation.
“—Even if it means death!”
The winners and the eliminated players who knew the inside story silently added in their hearts that it was impossible to die.
It would just be worse than death...
"Alright - stop wasting time here!" Mifunerudo said angrily, pointing his finger behind him.
Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, and found that the place was already filled with a mountain of wooden rackets.
The members of the overseas expedition team looked familiar to the Victory Team, and finally they remembered the wooden racket - it was the one held by the Avengers Team who bungee jumped down from the airship above the volcano!
In other words... from now on, they will also experience everything that the Avengers have experienced...
Mifune Nyudo kept urging, "Don't take anything except the rackets. If I find any contraband—"
He didn't finish his words, but everyone had already neatened themselves up, including Byodoin and Echizen Ryomasa.
After scanning the area and making sure he had seen enough, Mifune Nyudo looked towards Yagi Kei, who had been standing in the corner on the other side without saying a word or moving since he took off his hat.
At this moment, he was as silent as a dark shadow. If he wasn't careful, he would blend into the shadows cast by the surrounding trees. He restrained his aura to such an extent - it was simply terrifying!
Sanchuan Rudao was apprehensive, but he also had to look up to him.
The player is clearing the task pop-up window in front of him.
Finally, the success rate has been maximized in the [Limited Time Mission: Challenge the U17 Expedition Team on the Overseas Expedition!]
[——Lead the current U17 team members who are about to assemble to challenge and defeat the U17 overseas expedition team with 100% confidence!
-Current mission success rate: 100% (completed)]
After submitting and receiving the rewards, a new task will be refreshed in front of the player's eyes with a "ding--" sound!
[New main quest: World Tennis Youth Tournament Grand Slam! — Coming soon!]
[Mission details: - Lead the reassembled All-Japan U17 team into the world arena, challenge and defeat all opponents in the world arena 100%, and become the world's number one!
-Current mission success rate: 59.9999%...]
as well as,
[New main quest: I want to become the world's number one tennis player!]
【Task details:——Hit
Players still have some idea about the new main quest that was refreshed previously. Isn’t this just a remake of the previous limited-time quest?
Players will become familiar with helping NPCs improve their overall strength, speed up the success rate of tasks, etc.!
Just some abuse (training) of NPCs - just a little bit of water!
As for the second item, the player clicked on it for a long time, but the task details did not refresh. Only these two simple sentences popped up without any further information.
The player touched his chin silently.
Oh, what does "defeating all opponents" mean?
Should I defeat all opponents who challenge the player, or defeat all opponents who could become players, or simply kill all those who can play tennis together...
Suddenly, everyone who was waiting in line on the ground to receive their rackets felt a chill all over their body.
They stared at each other in bewilderment, their gaze locked onto something terrifying, about to be wiped out in the next second.
But that was only for a moment. His whole body felt cold and then light. The terrifying pressure that was pressing heavily on his shoulders and heart disappeared without a trace the next second.
If it weren't for the dense goose bumps on my arms, everyone would have thought it was just an illusion.
They took a deep breath. Although they didn't say it explicitly, those who sensed it, especially Byodoin Phoenix and Echizen Ryuga, the two who had the most direct encounters with Jibaimao, definitely sensed the source of that terrifying aura.
That’s right…it’s definitely him.
Without any warning or even the slightest prelude, the murderous intent suddenly erupted.
Others don't know, but Echizen Ryuga, the master of ['Devouring & Depriving'], and Byodoin, who knows this incredible skill that was transferred from Echizen Ryuga to Yagi Kei,
But it was clear that as long as Yagi Kei wanted, no one present could escape his ['Deprivation & Devouring']. In other words—
Everyone is now his experience pack.
He is the knife and the others are the meat.
He kept squatting down to pick up the racket for one second, two seconds, three seconds...
After confirming that everything was safe, Byodoin and Echizen Ryomasa stood up as if nothing had happened and walked away separately. Their eyes occasionally met, but neither of them spoke, just quickly looked away.
Others have sensed it but are not clear about it, while others have sensed it but are still confused, suspicious, and looking around.
Mifunerudo watched everything, took a big gulp from his wine gourd, wiped his mouth boldly, and wrote down the reactions of these frightened little brats one by one.
Haha, looking at it this way, there are still a few interesting guys.
——But facing their new head coach,
Even the most boring kid will definitely shed his skin and change his bones to become completely interesting hahahahaha——
Mifunerudo burst into laughter without warning, shocking everyone who hadn't recovered from the beating.
They turned to each other blankly,
The real training hasn't started yet, but the previous shocks have not diminished at all.
Finally, I finally got my racket and packed up my things.
The black-haired boy, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly seemed to be activated, looking up at them intently. Some of the people caught in his gaze couldn't help but avoid those dark, empty eyes.
Dark, almost sinking at first glance, it's hard to find the 'black' of one's own existence...
“Empty, empty, empty, empty—!!!”
Suddenly, everyone's eardrums, which were immersed in the mental shock brought by the cat-breaking incident, were hit hard. A loud bang hit them head-on.
There was absolutely no time to react, and the entire body and soul were about to be shattered by this sudden roar at such a close distance!
After a long while, I finally came to my senses and took a closer look -
In front of everyone, a huge black hole suddenly appeared! !
Byodoin Phoenix: "..."
Ryuya Echizen: "..."
Other U17 members: “…”
Although I knew this guy was an expert with bombs, after all, the balls he casually hit were as powerful as bombs, but actually seeing him casually pull out a bomb and blow up a mountain in front of me to clear a path...
It really shocked the world.
Is this really possible? A middle school student casually pulled out a huge amount of bombs and even an atomic bomb...
Wait, an atomic bomb?
In an instant, everyone's faces turned into panic and fear, and they all retreated in unison, but after retreating for a long time, they still stood where they were. Turning around, they saw—
Mifune Nyudo——with his extremely broad chest and solid figure, he perfectly blocked everyone's escape route!
"—Where do you want to go, boys—come in!!"
Sanfunyudo swung his arm, grabbed two of them like chickens, and threw them directly into the deep black hole that had been blown open!
The lucky one who was chosen: "..."
The lucky ones who weren't chosen but seemed pretty lucky: "......!!"
Along with the screams and shrill howls echoing from the cave entrance, the desire to survive in the hearts of the few survivors was suddenly aroused to the maximum.
He swallowed hard and spoke slowly, "This cave... do we really have to go down?"
"There shouldn't be anything more terrifying in here than the explosion just now, right?"
After asking cautiously, all he got was a smile from Mifune Nyudo, and two more lucky chicks were chosen.
“——!!!”
Don't just laugh and say nothing! Speak up! Tell me there's nothing scary in there!
Finally, the eliminated group stopped retreating and slowly walked out of the crowd. They took the initiative to step forward and threw themselves into the black giant hole with their rackets in hand.
Before jumping, they took a deep, deep look at the overseas expedition team and the first round winners who were still retreating, and spoke meaningfully.
"Don't worry... We're waiting for you down below."
"Bang!"
“Bang, bang!”
“Bang, bang, bang!!”
After leaving these words in a sinister manner, the pale and lifeless people with deathly faces fell down and performed the radish jumping into the pit on the spot.
The overseas expedition team and the winners of the first round, who slowly stretched out Erkang's hand and wanted them to say more, had not yet uttered a single cry when they were directly shoveled down like a bulldozer by Mifune Nyudo who was guarding the rear!
“!!! Aaaaaaaaah help me!!!”
"My suicide note—I haven't written my suicide note yet!!!"
"——I will definitely come back!!!"
Suddenly, after Mifunerudo's shovel, the ground became much quieter, with only two or three kittens left.
For example, the Phoenix of Byodoin Temple, for example, Echizen Ryomasa,
Byodoin looked at Mifune Nyudo. The two had dealt with each other many times. Before, Byodoin had also completed the revenge training of the devil coach Mifune Nyudo and crawled out from under his hands.
Now that their eyes met, Byodoin spoke slowly, "I only have one thing to say."
Mifunerudo raised an eyebrow, grabbed the wine gourd at his waist and was about to uncork it, "Go ahead, whether you answer or not depends on my mood—"
Byodoin took a deep breath.
"Will climbing up from below bring us closer to that guy?"
He said this without any beginning or end, and did not mention anyone by name, but the three people present knew exactly what he was talking about.
Mifunerudo didn't answer immediately. He poured a large mouthful of wine into his mouth, wiped his mouth violently, and finally raised a finger reluctantly.
He shook it twice in front of the Phoenix of Byodoin Temple, looked at him for a while and then laughed to himself.
"Won't!"
“…”
"but--"
After Sanfunuru took the wine gourd, his eyes were clear, sharp, and frighteningly sharp like an eagle.
"You'll be closer to victory."
The Byodoin Phoenix jumped down without looking back. Judging from its back, it seemed that it had made some kind of decision.
Mifunerudo laughed loudly twice and turned to the unfamiliar face on the other side.
Then he will also be asked to provide some psychological counseling next time——
I looked closely and saw that the place was completely empty. Where was anyone?!
As early as the moment he asked Mifune Nyudo a question at Byodoin Temple and got the answer,
Echizen Ryoma laughed to himself.
This was never the answer he wanted.
The answer he wanted—one only he could get.
After a few words of conversation, the ground was empty, leaving only Sanchuan Rudao and one person.
He tilted his head slightly, and his figure standing under the tree, almost blending into the surrounding environment, disappeared without a trace.
"It's so good to be young—it's so good to be young—"
Mifunerudo sighed with emotion, turned around, and carried the huge rock to close the huge hole that had been blown open.
The light was swallowed up bit by bit, and finally only endless darkness was left.
Falling, falling, falling endlessly, in a trance,
Everyone's body, mind, and soul were invaded, filled, and spread by the only remaining "black" at this moment...
The enclosed and silent space that was so familiar that it frightened him was completely his 'Shura Shinto'—
“Snap!”
A cluster of sparks suddenly lit up, burning faintly, and a burning smell came into my mouth and nose.
Everyone looked up in bewilderment, opened their eyes, and saw that everyone had landed silently.
The touch of solid ground felt light and soft, almost like stepping on clouds, even a little sticky...
“…Sticky?”
The elimination team that caught the key words suddenly tensed up, their entire body tensing up, "Speak clearly!!"
It was unclear why their attitude suddenly became tense, but the change in atmosphere caused everyone to become nervous.
Toono Atsuki, who was the first to express the "slimy" feeling, said stubbornly, "It's just sticky underfoot. What could possibly be in this dark place? At worst, we can just kill whatever comes our way—!"
As he said this, Tono Atsuki was actually unsure in his heart. He suppressed his mind and sensed it.
If you don’t feel it, you don’t know it; if you feel it, you will be shocked.
Initially, it was just the sticky sensation on the soles of my feet, but it gradually spread upwards, from the soles of my feet to my ankles, calves, knees, and thighs.
No, his ankle is his weak spot, that's definitely not where he should be—
With a "thump", there was an extremely clear sound of falling in the extremely quiet darkness.
The sound instantly alerted everyone, "Who is it—what happened!?"
The Phoenix of Byodoin, who was in charge of the overall situation, strode over and grabbed the torch from the wall. Using the dim light, he shone it at the source of the "thump" sound from a safe distance.
——The figure and face lying on the ground were none other than Tono Atsukyo!
Looking more closely, he saw that most of his body was already covered by some incomprehensible transparent gelatinous substance, and he was frantically pulling at the transparent gelatinous substance that was wrapped around his ankle.
But it was obvious to the naked eye that the more he pulled away, the tighter and deeper he became entangled by the unknown entity, almost to the point where he was about to be swallowed up by it!
“W-What is this thing——where on earth did it come from!?!”
Unable to stop it, several members of the overseas expedition team came forward to help rescue Tono Atsukyo.
But as soon as they moved, they were intercepted by the Phoenix of Byodoin holding a torch.
"Byodoin—?!"
Taking a deep breath, the Byodoin Phoenix, who was listening attentively, slowly spoke, "Something is wrong. Listen carefully."
Even though he didn't understand why, Byodoin Phoenix was not someone who spoke without a purpose. When he said this, the others looked at each other in confusion, quickly followed suit and listened attentively.
The rustling, ambiguous sound was unclear at first, but as I listened, it gradually grew louder, like the gurgling sound of flowing liquid, becoming clearer as it got closer...
Wait, this means—
“——Here it comes!!”
The Phoenix of Byodoin suddenly spoke, holding up a torch to illuminate the surroundings.
But faster than his outward warning was the movement of the eliminated group who had been scattered behind them and did not follow them to stay in place after landing.
“Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—!!”
“Buzz buzz buzz buzz——!!”
“Bang bang bang bang bang bang——!!”
The sound of friction coming up one after another was so continuous that even the eardrums were about to burst due to the sudden high-speed friction sound.
At this moment, I have no idea what is going on. The terrible friction noise is disturbing my mind.
Kaji Futa and Kimijima Ikuto demanded loudly, "Hey!! What are you doing?! Didn't you hear Byodoin say something was coming!?!"
The eliminated members who were questioned didn't even have time to pay attention to them. The best courtesy they could offer was to raise their heads occasionally and smile politely and bitterly.
Although they also found their actions difficult to understand, knowing that these guys had just emerged from underground, the winners of the first round looked at each other and confirmed their thoughts at the same time.
Each of them tightly gripped their rackets and roared – "Ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-ka" – before turning around and joining in!
All of a sudden, the friction sound in the entire space became more intense!
Everyone picked up their rackets and started rubbing the ore frantically!
Faintly, it seemed as if the entire underground was shaking, and the feeling of the sky collapsing and the earth collapsing was everywhere.
It was even difficult to maintain the center of gravity and I couldn't stand steadily!
"H-They-!"
Kimijima Ikuto and Kaji Futa wanted to say something more, but turned around and looked at Byodoin Temple.
After a brief moment of thought and silent observation, he made a resolute decision—the Byodoin Phoenix also joined in!
"Hey, Byodoin—what are you doing—?!!"
"——At a time like this, doing something is better than doing nothing."
After casually saying this, Echizen Ryuya took a step forward and joined the camp without looking back.
He joined in, watched the others' movements for a while, and after roughly understanding them, he started to smash the ore with the racket.
As he continued to smash, dark spheres began to fall out in front of him one after another...
Wait, a dark black sphere?
He picked up the fallen objects and shook them twice reflexively. They were exactly the same size as a tennis ball, but their mass and density were much greater.
What exactly does this thing do?
“——empty, empty, empty, empty!!!”
Suddenly, a black line passed through the peripheral vision of the eye.
Although the speed is not very fast for them, it is barely acceptable.
More importantly, the black straight line landed with incredible precision, directly hitting the thick layer outside of Tohno Atsukyo's body, which was almost completely wrapped, with only half of his head stuck outside and not yet swallowed!
A black straight line went down, and the tightly wrapped transparent gel broke into pieces and splashed out!
The people who were still diligently and painstakingly scraping the ore were simply stunned.
Then, one by one, two by three, black spheres popped out, and one ball shattered the unknown creature, and the elimination group players...
Those who dared to grumble before have now completely shut up.
He hurried to pull back Tono Atsukyo, who was struggling to regain some consciousness, twisting and twitching like a stranded fish.
As soon as he took a step forward, the group of guys who had been diligently working on the mines looked up all at once.
“—Don’t move!”
As soon as the sound of cum came out, no one dared to move without permission.
“…W-What’s wrong?”
“Did something happen… or—is something coming over here!?”
I don't know why, but a clearer sound is spreading from behind me, the gurgling sound of liquid flowing.
Thick, long, and overwhelming.
It's even heavier and more profound than what I just heard!
Unable to control themselves, someone slowly turned around to look—
The field of vision was blurred, and the moment I saw clearly, I was horrified.
Especially when the sight stopped in mid-air, the only clear figure on the transparent gelatinous substance that was driving the overwhelming waves,
Black hair and black eyes, his figure concentrated at one point, is none other than Kei Yagi who has been missing since entering the cave!
He appeared now, and not only did he appear, he even acted as if he was driving those transparent colloids to attack forward!
“!!!”
“How, how could this happen——!!”
"That guy, shouldn't that guy be on our side? Why is he on top of that?!"
The fatal question was sent, but the sender waited for a long time but did not get a response.
He turned around in confusion and saw everyone looking at him.
"...Did I say something wrong?"
"No, I didn't say anything wrong, it's just..."
After hesitating for a while, not knowing whether it was out of pity or hesitation, he finally spoke after struggling for a while.
"It's not just about that..."
Overseas Expedition Group/Winners of One Round: “…?”
Elimination round: "Other possibilities include skeletons, ghosts, lava crabs, bone dragons, stone demons..."
Listening to them name the dishes, and even more and more, and more and more, the more my worldview was impacted.
Skeletons, ghosts, lava crabs, bone dragons, stone demons, etc., don’t you think it’s weird to mention them?!
——No matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem like a real species that exists in the real world!!
For a moment, both the overseas expedition group and the first round winners were somewhat doubtful about the physical and mental safety of the first round elimination group.
Oh...are they really normal people now?
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