Chapter 188: Players lead U17 vs. Xi...
U-17 World Cup Group Stage · Group B First D1 Doubles 1,
JAPAN VS HELLENCE REPUBLIC,
Shuji Taneshima and Kuranosuke Shiraishi faced off against the Stephanopoulos brothers, and ultimately won a complete victory with a total score of 6:0!
After winning both games at the start, the audience's shouts of "JAPAN" reached a peak.
The home advantage gradually shifted to the U-17 Japanese team, and the support for the U-17 Greek team, ranked 10th in the world, gradually declined.
——Now, we have arrived at the crucial match point!
D3 Singles 3 - It is a crucial step for both the Japanese and Greek teams.
Once the Japanese team wins this game, the outcome of the first match of Group B of the U-17 World Cup will be completely determined.
Once the Greek team gets a comeback, the outcome will be uncertain.
——Everyone in the audience was looking forward to this sentence,
Is it the final game that will kill Greece, or is it a ray of hope to save the situation?
Apollos Stephanopoulos and Orion Stephanopoulos supported each other and barely made it back to the waiting area for the U-17 Greek national team.
Tarrant Hercules and Papadopoulos Evantros were already there waiting to pick them up at any time.
Looking at the two people supporting each other and coming back, Vulcan Larxiu's expression was not good.
There are only three players left in the U-17 Greek national team.
Preparing for the third singles match, Vulcan Larsius took a deep breath, turned his head and looked directly at the leader of the U-17 Greek team who made all the decisions.
Zeus Iliopoulos,
"—Lord Zeus, let me represent Greece this round..."
"Vulkan,"
Zeus Iliopoulos's cobalt blue eyes fell on Vulcan Laerce's face.
"I'll do it."
In the U-17 World Cup group stage, the rules allow for the temporary replacement of seven players.
U-17 Greek National Team - D3 Singles Three Players Replacement,
Vulcan Laerce is officially replaced by Zeus Iliopoulos!
As soon as Zeus appeared, the atmosphere in the entire arena and the audience changed.
Zeus Iliopoulos is worthy of being the soul leader of the Greek team.
From the moment he stepped onto the court, his aura was fully open, and everyone felt an unparalleled pressure.
This oppressive force is not fierce and aggressive, but rather a vast and boundless enveloping and omnipotent force.
The moment I sensed him, the moment I realized him—
Suddenly I realized how insignificant I was!
This feeling undoubtedly greatly impacted everyone's worldview.
Not only the spectators in the stands, but also the members of the U-17 Japanese national team waiting area were affected.
Ochi Gekko, Kirihara Akaya, Taneshima Shuji, and Shiraishi Kuranosuke have all gone to battle.
The only remaining contestants are Yamato Yudai, Tokugawa Kazuya, and—
Let’s not talk about the hidden third person for now.
Facing the U-17 Greek national team member, Zeus Iliopoulos, who stepped onto the field,
Yamato Yu took a step back, he couldn't help hugging his arms.
Even though he had gone through the devilish training and his strength had been improved in all aspects, it did not mean that his strength level had been raised to the level where he could compete with Zeus Iliopoulos.
His expression was extremely ugly, and he looked to the side reflexively.
Tokugawa Kazuya's expression remained unchanged, seemingly unaffected by it.
But when I looked down,
Tokugawa Kazuya held the racket tightly in his hand.
You read that right—even Tokugawa Kazuya had to list Zeus Iliopoulos as a major enemy.
This level of pressure and deterrence is in no way inferior to that of Jurgen Paris Savage Volk in that battle.
Zeus of the Greek team... was definitely underestimated!
Sensing the gaze coming from Yamato Yudai beside him, Tokugawa Kazuya quickly glanced at him. Yamato Yudai was definitely no match for Zeus.
If you can't even stand steadily, it's even more impossible to confront him head-on.
So now, the only one left is him——
The person who brought victory back to Yagi,
“…”
"Yo,"
There was a crisp and clear "click" sound as the things landed on the ground, and the two feet stepped on the ground together, accompanied by the sound of "rustling" as the things were packed up.
In the waiting area of the U-17 Japanese national team, everyone was stunned by the appearance of Zeus Iliopoulos, a member of the U-17 Greek national team, and felt a sense of emptiness in their hearts.
It was as if the dark clouds and haze were gently brushed away by a big hand, leaving behind a breath of relief.
The pressure on Yamato Yudai and Tokugawa Kazuya increased dramatically, and when they looked up, they found the two black figures standing in front of them.
Yagi Kei walked down from the coaching booth from the perspective of a bystander.
Walked in front of them.
Realizing something, not only Yamato Yuda and Tokugawa Kazuya, but others also opened their eyes wide,
"Could it be..."
"Could it be..."
"Could it be..."
The black-haired boy glanced at Tokugawa Kazuya, who was clenching his racket, and Yamato Yudai, who had retreated to a point where he was showing a fear of being oppressed.
When I looked up again, I saw that both NPCs had fresh negative debuffs on their heads!
[Intimidating][Fearful][Abnormal State][Weakened][Mental Strength Decreased][Physical Strength Decreased]...
Good guy——
Before the game even started, the two cards in the player's hand were cut into pieces.
SSR Tokugawa Kazuya and SR Yamato Yudai's status levels have both been reduced to half their normal values.
Looking at the opponent walking onto the court, about to enter combat mode——
Wow!
There was a burst of golden light, the light effect overflowed, and I took another look at the title.
[UR-Zeus Iliopoulos]!
...SSR and SR, whose stats have been cut in half, can't defeat them even if they fight with their heads.
The player flipped through the cards available for battle again, and indeed there were no other options.
——It seems that only the players can do it themselves!
The black-haired boy who walked down from the coaching seat, his every move not only affected the people in the waiting area of the Japanese team, but also the Greek area and the audience seats.
The Greek team also witnessed the doubles team of Kei Yagi and Kazuya Tokugawa play against Jurgen Parisavitch Volker in yesterday's open warm-up exhibition match.
In the latter stages of the match, it was a one-on-one duel between the junior high school student from the Japanese team and Volker.
As a spectator who watched the whole process, Zeus gradually had a general understanding of Yagi Kei.
Looking at the Japanese team's movements at this moment, I probably guessed that it was the same as the Greek team.
They also have to make temporary player substitutions.
The audience is looking forward to it——
The packed show included some viewers who came specifically to see the "junior high school student who won against Volker."
They all wanted to see who this middle school student, who was said to be able to compete with the world-famous professional player Jurgen Barisavich Volker, was.
He must be a man of great strength, immense skill, with a gust of wind in his gait, majestic and imposing, possessing an unparalleled aura of dominance—
"Change, I'll go in."
A black mushroom head,
Refreshed on the JAPAN VS HELLENCE REPUBLIC - D3 singles three court!
"...strong and broad?"
"...infinitely powerful?"
"...However, this doesn't seem to be relevant, does it?"
It's nothing, the black mushroom head is completely different from the image that everyone imagines of someone who can defeat Jurgen Barisavich Volker.
No sane person would have thought... that such a short, immature guy could defeat that Walker...
—That’s Jurgen Barisavich Volk!!
Although the audience had some complaints, for Zeus Iliopoulos,
He will not underestimate the player standing opposite him.
After all, the consequences of underestimating him are already clear—
Yagi Kei stood on the court, very calm.
The uneasy ones were the U-17 Japanese team.
They... actually reached the point where Head Coach Yagi had to come on the field.
This, this is completely their powerlessness——
If they were a little stronger, a little more powerful, and could crush these opponents a little more——
Cat, just sit in the coach's seat and accept the victory.
The fanatical cult of the Chibi Cat, led by Yamato Yudai, began to repent.
Tokugawa Kazuya actually joined in very seriously.
Tanejima Shuji, who watched and witnessed everything, often felt ashamed because he was out of tune with them.
And the equally out-of-place Yuezhi Yueguang.
The Jibaimao religion is expanding at an unparalleled rate.
Today, we have successfully recruited Shiraishi Kuranosuke,
The number of toxic fans of Jibaimao has greatly increased!
But I, the cat, know nothing about this.
What players care about is only the dungeon boss that is entering combat mode.
[UR-Zeus Iliopoulos]!
As soon as I entered combat mode, system pop-ups kept ringing!
[——Ding!]
[Under the pressure of UR-Zeus Iliopoulos's aura! ]
[Ding!]
[Under the influence of UR-Zeus Iliopoulos's 'Light of Omniscience and Omnipotence'! ]
The player looked down and saw that he had been hit by several debuffs before the game even started.
It’s like a special NPC has returned!
Unable to stop, the player silently glanced at the direction of the special NPC outside the field.
Fortunately, fortunately, there is a certain distance,
The special NPC can no longer lock onto the player this time——
Yukimura Seiichi, who was suddenly glanced at by the cat that was supposed to be fighting on the field, said: "^^?"
Hey...what happened?
Yukimura Seiichi was left standing there, puzzled.
JAPAN VS HELLENCE REPUBLIC——D3, the final deciding match point,
Yagi Kei VS Zeus Iliopoulos——
The competition officially begins!
——Once again, the Greek team got the serve!
Zeus Iliopoulos served first.
He picked up the racket, held the tennis ball in one hand, looked at the black-haired figure opposite him, and slightly bent his eyes.
"...Then, get ready to catch the ball."
Zeus spoke, and direct action followed.
His serve looks incredibly simple, natural, and without any unnecessary frills.
Just like a plain ball——
“—Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!”
The ball rubbed the air, flew out, and directly flipped over the net, heading straight for the black-haired figure on the other side of the net.
At first glance, players were a little uncomfortable with the lack of those messy animation CGs.
Could it be... finally a normal NPC has arrived? !
With an inexplicably excited heart and trembling hands, Jibaimao picked up the racket and walked forward and hit an A!
The moment of successful counterattack,
Ding!
[UR-Zeus Iliopoulos is using 'Situation Manipulation' on you!]
Chicken and cat: "...?"
What, what?
I was just praising NPC for not doing those fancy things.
It comes again in less than three seconds?
The player calmed down and clicked on the pop-up window prompting "Situation Control".
['Situation Manipulation': A special state imposed by Zeus Iliopoulos on the opponent standing across from him.
This leads to a serious misperception of the situation, a significant reduction in mental strength, and unconsciously causes serious loss of points.
Is this... a mental attack?
The player took a quick look and analyzed it.
So the impact on players is...
Need to put a question mark,
But before that—Gate A!
The black-haired boy held the racket in one hand, took a step forward, and swung the racket directly at the ball that Zeus Iliopoulos was about to hit over the net!
“Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack—!”
There was only the sound of the ball rubbing against the racket, followed by an overwhelming sound of impact.
Before Zeus Iliopoulos's eyes, a small yellow ball suddenly sped out, accelerating at a terrifying speed and spinning straight towards his face!
In the previous match between Kei Yagi and Jurgen Barisavich Volker,
Zeus Iliopoulos had already understood the characteristic of Yagi Kei's return ball that would double the value of the original ball.
He was ready—
Gripping the racket tightly, Zeus moved quickly. He wasn't tall, and even though he was a high school student, he looked no different from a junior high school student.
But the mysterious, omniscient, and almighty aura surrounding him elevated his image and gave anyone who looked directly at him an incomparable pressure.
This kind of pressure is not fake, it comes from the real him——
The power of being down to earth!
Zeus Iliopoulos, swinging his racket, struck back with a roar—
“Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack—!”
Having reached the top of the Greek tennis world in his first year of high school, Zeus Iliopoulos is considered an absolute genius and elite in Greece.
He has never encountered setbacks or challenges in his tennis career, let alone opponents who can defeat him.
The only characters that really caught his attention were those active in the World Championship.
With the victory of Greece on his shoulders, Zeus Iliopoulos would not underestimate any opponent.
Yagi Kei's return shot was met with an all-out effort from Zeus Iliopoulos!
But even so, we were unable to fight back immediately!
The racket hit the net, making a terrifying, heart-pounding friction sound. The racket struggled against the ball for a long time, but still failed to hit it back in the first place.
This ball was difficult to pull and hard to get rid of. Only after absorbing all the friction and rotation did Zeus move his arms and wrists and hit it back!
The yellow ball was given even more terrifying force and friction, and it rushed straight towards the black-haired figure on the other side of the net.
The shrill whistles were overwhelming, and the audience couldn't help but marvel at it.
But - for the players!
This ball is just an ordinary one that can be solved with a normal attack!
——Gate A!
The player attacked smoothly, and the attack was launched without any delay.
It made the pulling of Zeus Iliopoulos on the opposite side look like a joke.
But only those who have actually fought against Jibaimao know how difficult it is to deal with his counterattack!
"……here we go,"
At the end of the audience, a sudden voice came out.
Hidden in the darkness were shadows, with several pairs of eyes staring intently at the court and the two figures fighting on the court.
"This time he faces Zeus from the Greek team,"
"Looking at it this way, even the Greek team's omniscience wouldn't be able to get any good out of that guy."
“…”
"Q.P., why aren't you talking?"
After being called by name and having his existence pointed out, Q·P finally stepped out of the shadows a little, his face exposed to the sunlight.
Pale, the first intuitive feeling is pale,
No one knew what he had gone through, but this product of the German team's 'elite education' now appeared in front of everyone looking extremely decadent and weak.
Behind the audience, the voices that spoke were surprisingly from the German players who came to watch the match.
“…It’s terrifying.”
"Zeus will definitely not be able to handle a guy like that."
The conversation ended with Bismarck saying,
But the battle on the court continues.
After Zeus had returned his serve for three or four rounds, he completely understood why Jurgen Barisavich Volk had fallen to the middle school student on the opposite side.
The power, rotation, and friction of each return shot increased exponentially, and it was even a one-to-one replica of the path he hit.
Being the first in perception brings the fear of being completely surpassed and completely ahead.
It was as if the person standing on the other side of the net was not 'Keu Yagi', but a stronger version of himself!
Now, he is completely fighting against himself!
Zeus Iliopoulos figured this out instantly, and when he looked at Yagi Kei across the net, his expression had changed.
But even so——he definitely didn't want to fail.
Whether it is yourself or a serious enemy,
For the victory of Greece—
Zeus Iliopoulos swung his racket again and attacked directly. He had made sufficient preparations.
Use both hands on this first ball pull!
In the waiting area of the U-17 Greek national team, Taranta Hercules noticed this.
"Lord Zeus..."
Hermes Kunellis spoke directly, "Trust Zeus, this is not his true strength."
He blurted out, “Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang——!!”
The referee blew the whistle immediately.
“15:0!”
——Another identical start, and the same first score.
The Greek team played against the Japanese team. From doubles 2 to singles 3, there was not a single game in which they were ahead.
Suddenly, the audience booed loudly.
But there were also a small number of spectators who were holding back their emotions and waiting for a turnaround, and they were still chanting Greece's name.
More - already filled with the sound of 'JAPAN'!
Looking around, the entire stadium seems to have become the home court of Jibai Cat!
The player scores by hitting back with a flat A.
Facing the negative status ['Situation Control'] that keeps popping up, I keep checking and resisting with my mental strength.
Hit a ball back and resist, hit a ball back and resist,
While resisting, the player silently looked up at the battle BOSS on the other side of the net.
Seriously consider the possibility of killing the dungeon BOSS directly,
I suddenly saw Jibaimao reaching back to take something out of the other dimension.
Having experienced this countless times before, the U-17 players, who were almost suffering from PTSD after being bullied by the cat, especially Yukimura Seiichi,
He took a big step forward, pressed against the railing and sprinted forward.
"--Can't--!!"
"You can't take out those..."
The sound came from far away, and Zeus Iliopoulos, who was holding the racket, had not yet understood the content and meaning of the sound.
But then, the next second,
The black-haired figure on the other side of the net was like a cat whose scruff was suddenly pinched, unable to move.
Zeus was still a little confused, but his instinctive intuition had already given him a further response.
An extremely peaceful and secure feeling came over me, and I felt extremely safe.
It was as if some extremely terrifying threat had been avoided.
Zeus was puzzled, and the audience who heard the distant call were also puzzled. However, the U-17 players who lived with Jibaimao day and night understood it very clearly.
——Thanks to Yukimura Seiichi's voice,
Otherwise, who knows what that Yagi Kei kid will come up with! !
The player slowly retracted his claws reaching for the backpack, but his plan to take out the bomb ball failed.
Special NPCs are simply too sharp and everywhere.
With a "click", the player was given a red lock debuff.
There was not a trace of hesitation, not a trace of doubt, not a trace of guard.
The player's weapons were suddenly reduced to just a tennis ball!
Back to the starting point, players still have to continue playing tennis.
You cannot clear the opposing copy BOSS with one click.
What a pity!
The cat's claws, which were eager to try, were forcibly held back by the breeder.
Zeus Iliopoulos, who had no idea that he had escaped death, was still holding his racket and organizing his serve.
This time, a change also took place in him.
It is no longer just an ordinary serve like before, holding the ball in one hand and the racket in the other.
Zeus Iliopoulos swings his racket, jumps, and spikes the ball—
The movements are simple but extremely fast.
Even the ball shot out from the racket was like thunder, faster than lightning, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
“Th-That’s——”
The waiting area of the U-17 Greek team was buzzing with discussion, especially about the goal scored by Zeus Iliopoulos.
"...To think that Master Zeus could perform this 'Thundering Serve', that kid on the other side..."
Ordinary ones are rare after all, while skill CGs like this are common.
But for players - no matter how fancy the moves are, just start with basic attacks!
——Gate A!
As fast as lightning, as swift as thunder,
Zeus Iliopoulos's 'Thunderbolt' flew directly towards Yagi Kei, and almost hit his limbs.
The racket hit him without any warning, from an almost weird angle.
The flexibility of his limbs was close to 100%, but it was just such a light blow——
“Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack!!”
Sharp friction whistling sound,
And—"Ku-Ku-Ku-Ku-Dong-Dong!"
One goal directly destroyed the field at Zeus Iliopoulos' feet.
The power of one blow,
Shocked the whole audience.
This is the true strength of Kei Yagi, a player of the U-17 Japanese national team!
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