Chapter 191: Players vs. Swiss Team - Alexander...
U-17 World Cup Group B first match,
The result of the match between Japan and Greece has come out.
A complete crushing victory with a score of 3:0.
At the end of the match, the crowd was filled with the chants and cheers for Yagi Kei 'KEN', and the atmosphere was filled with unparalleled enthusiasm.
The winners of the first match, the U-17 Japanese team, left the field after the team formation.
Their opponents, the U-17 Greek national team, were not in such good shape.
Even after the game, Zeus Iliopoulos did not wake up quickly until he was rescued by the medical staff of the U-17 World Cup and carried on a stretcher and taken off the field.
The Greek team members, who were following closely and extremely worried, were unable to concentrate on communicating with the Japanese players for a while, and all followed the stretcher.
Zeus Iliopoulos's awakening lasted until the third hour after the regular game ended.
The moment they woke up, the entire U-17 Greek team breathed a sigh of relief.
But undoubtedly, they were too early to rest assured.
Zeus Iliopoulos sat on the hospital bed and slowly stretched out his hand to shake hands again, trying again uncertainly.
“…”
"Your Highness Hercules, where is my racket?"
Seeing Zeus seemed to be testing something, although he didn't know why, Taranta Hercules still found the racket that Zeus Iliopoulos used when he played against Yagi Kei.
When he left the stage, he hurriedly remembered to put it away.
But I didn't look at it carefully, and the other teammates didn't pay attention either.
Now that Zeus had said this, everyone looked over.
The racket handed to Zeus had a complete handle, frame, and shaft, with no visible changes.
But then I looked towards the center again—
Empty!
The strings that should have been tightly woven and held under great tension were broken cleanly from the tiny holes where the strings were passed through, and all the strings disappeared without a trace!
“This, this is…”
Without holding back, the Stephanopoulos brothers spoke first.
Vulcan Laerce glanced at the expression on Zeus Iliopoulos's face, then returned his gaze to the racket in his hand.
"Was it erased? The rotation and friction were too strong, and the tension at the moment the ball hit the strings was pulled to the maximum... I want to achieve the possibility of this step."
Vulkan paused, and finally said a definitive sentence,
"What a scary Japanese person...a junior high school student."
Zeus Iliopoulos listened to his teammates talking, but did not say anything directly.
He just stared at the racket quietly, from the racket handle all the way to the empty strings, and finally his eyes fell on his slender palm holding the racket.
"...Do you remember the public performance warm-up match between the Japanese team and the German team?"
He suddenly spoke, and Papadopulos paused and considered, "Is it... Volker and Frankensteiner from the German team?"
Knowing that Zeus would never do something without a purpose, the Greek team waited for him to continue.
"You saw the state of Volker and the German team's junior high school player, Frankensteiner, after the match. Your Highness Hermes, didn't you?"
Zeus pointed out this, and Hermes Kunellis, who had been sitting with his arms crossed and remained silent, blinked.
He said briefly, "Well, Volker seems to have been affected and did not play directly in today's German team's group match."
"That junior high school student seems to have been replaced and left the German team's bench."
“…”
“…”
The rest of the Greek team looked at each other in bewilderment.
In the open exhibition match between the Japanese team and the German team, everyone only knew the final result of the match, but did not know the players' condition after the match.
Hearing Hermes' words so suddenly, I suddenly felt a little uneasy for some reason.
Especially when their eyes fell on Zeus, who was leaning against the bed, his face a little pale but still looking at them, who had caused these topics,
My heart beats faster for no reason.
With his Adam's apple rolling, Apollo Stephanopoulos couldn't help but take a step forward, "Lord Zeus...what are you saying now——"
"...Sorry, everyone,"
With a look to appease Apollo Stephanopoulos, Zeus Iliopoulos took a deep breath.
Reaching out, I took the racket I had brought from the court to the bedside, and looked down slightly.
He was quite helpless. "I have probably guessed why Walker didn't play."
“……?”
Zeus Iliopoulos: "After all, I seem to have forgotten how to hold a racket and swing it..."
“——”
"--cheers!!"
"Congratulations on our first victory in the U-17 World Cup group stage! We'll advance to the next round!!"
"——It's great that we don't have to go home right from the start!!"
"Looking at it this way—even the countries and athletes ranked high in the world aren't as strong as we imagined!"
“Ahahahahaha…”
"It's not that those countries and athletes aren't strong—it's clearly our head coach—who's too strong!!"
U-17 Japan National Team, Public Lounge,
The U-17 Japanese national team members, led by the "Bamboo Team", gathered together.
"So, tomorrow's opponent has almost been revealed, right?"
"Let me see, let me see—we're in Group B, right? So will it be Australia or Switzerland?!"
"Australia, ranked 18th in the world, is definitely better, right? Switzerland is ranked 2nd in the world..."
"—The strong wield their swords against the stronger. Even the world's number one coach of the German team has competed with him. What does the world's number two mean to him—"
"Hey, who replaced the drink with wine? Hurry up and drag this guy away! Shut up! Don't make any flags!!"
The common room was in chaos, with people jumping around and making a lot of noise.
"——Boom!" Suddenly there was a loud noise.
As if the pause button had been pressed, everyone who had been silent all turned around and looked back.
Pushing open the door to the lounge, they strode in—it was the coaching staff of the U-17 Japanese national team.
Led by Mifune Nyudo, Kurobe Yukifu and Saito Mitsuhiro followed closely behind.
"——Quiet down, boys!" Mifune Nyudo waved his briefcase while filling his wine gourd.
"Your next opponent has arrived—!"
“——!!”
Suddenly, the mood was tense and tense.
Their eyes intertwined, their minds shifted, and solemnity was written on everyone's face.
Unlike the boast he made just now, when the next opponent was revealed, even the most worried Toyama Kintaro couldn't smile.
"Australia, ranked 18th in the world, or Switzerland, ranked 2nd in the world..."
"——you guys are lucky!"
Sanfunurudao slammed the wine gourd on the table and flipped the file board. The black words on the paper jumped into everyone's eyes.
"The next opponent is Australia (18)!"
“——!!”
I can’t tell whether I should be thankful or regretful, but I didn’t have to play non-stop to face the world’s second-ranked Swiss team... Was it lucky? I think so.
"Looking at it this way... our luck in the lottery is really a bit tricky..."
"Not only will we face Germany, the world's number one team, in the open exhibition match, but we'll also face Switzerland, the world's number two team, in the group stage..."
“…”
"Why do I always feel that there will definitely be bigger challenges waiting for us in the future..."
"Haha, the French team? That's interesting."
Knowing the opponent in the second group stage of the U-17 World Cup, my emotions seemed to have been calmed down.
Everyone in the U-17 team was thinking about who would be sent out to play tomorrow and who would officially play.
"...So, where's the head coach?"
Suddenly, a question was asked,
All of a sudden, everyone looked at each other in confusion as if they were being strangled.
Looking at each other, looking at each other, speaking with difficulty,
"Didn't you see Yagi-kun...?"
"Since the beginning, Coach Yagi seems to be gone?"
"Let's recall again. Lord Yagi should have come back with us, right?"
"——We came back together, it seems, but the time since we came back..."
The voice gradually became lower and lower, and finally there was a tacit silence.
The cat is gone.
This is even more terrifying than tomorrow's match against the world's second-ranked Swiss team! !
"Then let's put it this way—Kirhara Akaya-kun! Use your keen sense of smell and superior mobility! Go find Yagi-kun!"
"Hey, hey...don't treat Chiye as a human search device!"
"Then—I'm leaving Toyama-kun over there in my care to you!!"
"——Even if it's not Akaya, don't pull Xiao Jin!!"
When the cat disappeared, everyone was in chaos.
The slightly calmer Byodoin Phoenix sat and brainstormed, constantly recalling all the places that Jibaimao might have visited on the way back to the hotel from the stadium.
"...We took the same bus back, so we didn't leave midway. So we're definitely still within the hotel area."
The Phoenix of Byodoin swept his eyes over everyone present.
"Should we send out a search now, or wait for him to return?"
——I have no idea what that kid will do. Who on earth can lure him away at this moment? ! !
“——Ah, you’re here.”
Passing by the wide-open doorway, Echizen Ryoma, who was drinking a can of Ponta with one hand in his pocket and another in his hand, glanced at the group of people who were feeling depressed and as if the sky was about to fall.
"Why don't you guys go down?"
“……?”
When Echizen Ryoma's voice came out, everyone looked up in confusion.
The good-tempered Fuji Shusuke narrowed his eyes and asked, "What are you going down for, Ryoma? We are looking for Yagi-san now, he seems to be missing."
"Hmm?"
Echizen Ryoma took a sip of Ponta, his eyes shifted, then turned back again, with a look of confusion that didn't seem fake.
"Isn't he down there?"
“…”
“……?”
A pair of big hands stretched out, half of the body pressed firmly on the back of Echizen Ryoma at the door.
"——I told you to hurry down, or you'll miss the exciting part, little one~"
The impatient Echizen Ryoma tried to dodge, but failed.
Echizen Ryoma, who was eating an orange, turned around with a smile and looked at the people in the room who were panicking because Jibaimao was missing.
He pointed his finger and said, "The head coach you're looking for is right down there."
He also thought about it and gave a friendly reminder, "Besides, I was invited to a challenge by a special visitor."
“——?!”
Once the words were spoken, no one could hold them back.
——Who on earth is so blind as to dare to challenge Jibai Cat directly? ?
Are you so pessimistic that you won't celebrate tomorrow?!
"Echizen Ryuga-kun, may I ask who challenged Yagi-san?"
Before leaving, Shiraishi Kuranosuke did not forget to ask,
As soon as he spoke, the four major school presidents of the junior high school all stopped in their tracks. Yukimura Seiichi, Sanada Genichirō, Tezuka Kunimitsu, and Atobe Keigo all looked over at him.
Echizen Ryuya touched his chin, and a playful smile curved up at the corners of his eyes.
"Challenger—"
"You should have heard of him,"
"The captain of the Swiss team—professional athlete, Alexander Amadeus."
“…”
Players,
At this moment, the new UR-Alexander Amadeus (Switzerland) suddenly appeared in front of him, and they looked at each other with dead eyes.
Although no one knows what happened, the new UR appeared in the non-combat map.
And it was right in the path that players had to take when they were patrolling the trash cans in the new map.
“…”
“…”
When the player was caught, he had a trash can lid in his left hand, a trash can in his right hand, and a freshly made JJ Cola on his head.
Alexander Amadeus, holding his tennis racket, silently looked at Kei Yagi, the Japanese player who had witnessed the entire game and paid special attention to him.
“…”
The words that I wanted to say were on the tip of my tongue, but after seeing the specific situation, I got stuck and couldn't say them.
The players stared at the new UR with dead eyes for a while, but did not react.
Human-machine?
The player scratched his head and continued to search the trash can with full concentration.
Players should not forget their original business of making a fortune if they are busy with tasks.
This, this, and this—any trash can, players will not let go!
Alexander Amadeus, who witnessed everything,
I thought about many scenarios of meeting and dealing with Yagi Kei, who showed his extraordinary strength on the court.
The only thing he hadn't thought of was that at this moment he was rooted to the spot like a statue.
The two eyes watched the black-haired boy move like a flea, jumping and spinning frantically among the trash cans——
Three hundred and sixty degrees, seven hundred and twenty degrees, windmill... No, this degree should be turbocharged,
She could even come back halfway, stand in front of him, raise her head and hands,
A pot of cactus came directly towards him——
Alexander Amadeus finally couldn't help but retreat to save his life.
This cactus... is really a cactus, very lush, especially with its many thorns.
Alexander Amadeus just wanted to prove some conjectures, but he didn't want to turn into a hedgehog on the spot.
A-ed the UR NPC and found that he had confiscated the small garbage.
The player thought about it.
I don’t like it, haha, it’s a bit interesting.
Turning around, he continued to rummage through the trash can.
Alexander Amadeus, who was left behind, was having trouble keeping up with the pace.
Looking at the black-haired figure, "You..."
Player flashes,
This time, the cat brought people a plate of freshly baked stargazing pie!
Alexander Amadeus was completely silent now.
Looking at the black mushroom head with hands raised high, even on tiptoe, which would cover his face if it were any higher,
He lowered his gaze and met the gaze of the stargazing group of those who were staring at the sky and dying with their eyes wide open.
The other party clearly had an attitude of 'I won't withdraw unless you accept it'.
Alexander Amadeus made sufficient mental preparations and finally accepted it.
“…Thank you.”
Alexander Amadeus Favorability +1
Player: ...?
The first time I saw an NPC give the player +1 favorability,
Interesting... Is this the UR NPC?
I finished the small garbage and searched the trash can.
The player turns around and is about to leave——
Alexander Amadeus saw his intention and immediately stopped hesitating.
"I'll fight you, right here."
The moment the words fell, a system pop-up window suddenly popped up in front of the player.
[New main quest: I want to become the world's number one tennis player!]
[Mission details:——Defeat all opponents. ]
[Limited Time Mission: Defeat professional player—Alexander Amadeus!]
'Swish, swish, swish' pop-up windows popped up one after another,
[Professional player Alexander Amadeus (Switzerland) is challenging you, please accept! ]
——It is not an option, but something that must be accepted.
It is rare to see such a decisive pop-up window from the game system.
It seems that the UR NPC opposite is a part of the main quest that must be defeated.
——You came just in time,
The player just ['Deprive & Devour'] the previous UR NPC - Zeus Ilioboros. The stats and skill upgrades have not yet been tested.
Now that UR NPC-Alexander Amadeus has appeared, it is undoubtedly the right time to help players test their strength!
Alexander Amadeus, following his instincts,
In the U-17 World Cup Group B, I witnessed the entire D3 singles match between Japan and Greece.
The black-haired boy who left a deep impression on him, Yagi Kei,
When the performance of Jurgen Barisavich Volker in the U-17 warm-up performance open match was shown to everyone,
Alexander Amadeus knew that there would be a battle between him and him.
Because of 'black' and 'dark'.
Yagi Kei played as a member of the U-17 Japanese national team [Bamboo Team] against the Greek team.
After that, whether it was against the Australian team or the Swiss team, there was no chance to play.
And this—that is why Alexander Amadeus is here.
“…”
"good."
Without much hesitation, without any extra hesitation,
The player agreed without hesitation and equipped the weapon [Tennis Racket] from his backpack.
Enter combat mode in one step and teleport into the court.
From Alexander Amadeus's perspective, the silent, expressionless black-haired boy opposite him remained silent about his challenge.
He took out the racket from his back and headed straight for the court.
Move quickly, pay attention to efficiency and speed, and do not drag your feet after agreeing.
It immediately caught the attention of Alexander Amadeus.
As Jibaimao and Alexander Amadeus, the captain of the U-17 Swiss national team, entered the field,
The rest of the U-17 team also rushed over.
I heard the noise and ran straight to the court, and took a closer look -
As expected!
A net separated the court, and standing on both sides were the professional players of the Swiss team who had been looking for the cat and the tall and thin Alexander Amadeus, who had long arms and legs!
"...I'm really that depressed..."
As soon as Yamato Yudai said this, he felt several eyes looking at him at once.
Only then did I realize that besides the U-17 Japanese team, there were also players from the U-17 Swiss team who had entered the stadium at some point.
Henry Nobel III and Peter Lambiel, carrying their golf bags, glanced at the Japanese players who were speaking not far away.
Their attention was not on this group of guys, but more on the actions of the team's leader, Alexander Amadeus.
——If everything goes well, we will face Japan in the third match of Group B.
Now I have to fight alone,
What on earth was Alexander Amadeus thinking?
Henry Nobel and Peter Lambiel could not understand each other.
Likewise, the U-17 players couldn't understand it.
He actually came alone to challenge Jibai Cat. Although he is a professional player...but what is he trying to achieve?
"...Should we go forward and stop it?"
Irie Kanata adjusted his glasses and turned to the Phoenix of Byodoin Temple.
With his arms folded, Byodoin stared straight into the court without blinking.
Everyone present knew the demolition tennis ball and destructive power of Jibaimao, and they all kept a safe distance.
"Stop him?"
This rhetorical question completely silenced everyone.
The person who can stop Yagi Kei...maybe, does not exist in this world yet.
"All we can do now is watch,"
Byodoin Phoenix said bluntly, "And,"
Irie Kanata repeated, "And?"
"Be ready to contact the medical team for rescue at any time."
“…”
"……Understood."
The conversation on the sidelines ended with a few words.
On the field, the battle is about to begin.
The referee was a temporary passerby, Shuji Taneshima, although his expression at the moment looked more like crying than smiling.
However, this battle is about to begin——!
"——GAME, Yagi Kei, serve first!"
After getting the serve, the player took out a tennis ball from his pocket.
Almost the moment he took the ball, the U-17 players looked over nervously.
Take a closer look - it's just an ordinary tennis ball!
"Great, great, I almost thought it was a bomb ball..."
"Fortunately, the head coach has some humanity now... although not much, haha."
"...Isn't it because, whether it's a normal ball or a normal ball, in Yagi-kun's hands, there's no difference in how it's played?"
“…”
“…”
"Amen."
I have already offered a heartfelt prayer for my opponent, Alexander Amadeus, who is standing on the other side of the net.
The atmosphere suddenly changed.
The air pressure was low and heavy, and in a trance, something big was about to come -
A ball thrown upwards, and the changes in movements that followed, Yagi Kei - started serving!
【CLICK】
[——'A comprehensive encyclopedia of heaven and earth, omnipresent, all-seeing, omnipotent. You have it, I have it, you can do it, I can do it, and everything else is possible.' + 'Olympia, the omniscient and almighty God']
[Congratulations! Success!]
The tennis ball thrown into the air suddenly changes in the blink of an eye.
It was no longer a yellow sphere, but rather a faintly translucent object, like a crystal hexahedron, suddenly emitting a fragmented and reflected light.
Countless figures flashed in it, countless racket swinging movements were in it, just staring at that ball - but it seemed as if there was endless knowledge, rushing directly into the eyes and instilling into the brain!
Magnificent, vast and incomparable shock!
“T-This is…?”
"This move is——"
Even for the U-17 players, this was a completely unfamiliar goal.
"It's not a 'butterfly ball', nor a 'force ball'... nor a 'magic ball',"
Kirihara Akaya counted on his fingers and stared closely at Yagi Kei who was serving.
"...A brand new move. What on earth is this..."
"That's the trick."
Echizen Ryuga's voice sounded, neither soft nor gentle.
They looked at him blankly, but when they saw the expression on Echizen Ryuya's face, they were touched by a slight but not serious point.
——I remembered it.
Why was Echizen Ryuga the first to see through it?
This move was the one that ended the fight when Echizen Ryuga, who had challenged Jibaimao without knowing the consequences, was completely defeated.
"——It's the 'Universe, All-Seeing, All-Knowing, All-Powerful, All-Encyclopedia, All-Encompassing, All-Powerful, All-You-Can-Do, All-Issuing, All-Powerful' planet!!"
Toyama Kintaro happily said the full name, and Kirihara Akaya, who failed to recognize it immediately, clenched his fist in frustration.
"No... Although it's that ball, it's stronger and more terrifying than the last time it appeared. The momentum..."
Pushing up their glasses, Yanagi Renji and Inui Sadaharu spoke.
"And... the feeling of this serve,"
Squinting his eyes slightly, he placed his slender fingertips on his brow bone and, with his observation ability at its maximum, pointed out the problem with certainty.
"That Greek fellow, Zeus Iliopoulos,"
Shiraishi Kuranosuke, who resonated the most, focused on feeling it.
He simply stared at the ball that was about to be launched, and felt as if his entire body was being grasped, absorbed, and contained by the crystal-clear polyhedron...
The whole person couldn't help but follow the figures, swinging the racket, following the attack, and making gestures...
"—Wake up, junior high student!"
A loud shout suddenly woke up everyone who was almost immersed in it!
Kijujiro's eyes swept across their faces, "Stay true to your heart and don't let yourself be carried away."
I realized it later that my back was covered in cold sweat. Even in just a few seconds, I was already affected to such an extent that I almost lost myself in the ball.
My understanding of Kei Yagi's strength has reached a new level!
"...What is the current level of Yagi-kun's strength?"
No one can answer,
Alexander Amadeus, standing across from the net, was the one who felt the most profoundly at the moment.
Endless virtual figures, an endless ocean of knowledge, magnificent and vast,
As the racket hit the ball, the crystal polyhedron drew a trail of brilliant light and rushed straight towards his face.
One figure, two figures, three figures... dozens, hundreds, thousands, almost endless.
Countless swing positions, each with a different way of holding the racket, each with a completely different way of serving!
It was just a ball in front of me.
But in the field of vision, it is overwhelming, up and down, left and right, in all directions,
Full, omnipresent, everywhere!
Alexander Amadeus tightened his grip on the racket,
——Here it comes!
A ball that cannot be accurately found, cannot be found, but must be hit back, must be hit back.
Now——it has successfully arrived before his eyes!
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