Chapter 27 The Powerful Ice Emperor
April passed by quietly.
It's another sunny day, and Yuya Uesugi has already spent a month in the Hyotei tennis club.
Since returning from the last training camp, the starting players have not slacked off and are still training every day according to the plan provided by Coach Sakaki.
Especially Hyotei's second team. After seeing the huge change in the overall mental outlook of the first team, they felt an invisible pressure and their training level was not inferior to that of the first team.
Today is particularly important for the transformed Hyotei tennis club because the first test is about to come.
Today is the day when the regional competition will begin!
And after that, there were the Metropolitan Competition, Kanto Competition and National Competition one after another.
The next game will be the best proof to test whether this year 's team will lose the glory of Hyotei last year.
Everyone in the tennis club understands this, and no one wants to let down at this time.
Even Tetsuya has been practicing with Ueyama Yu every day recently. Knowing that there are so many masters in the country, Tetsuya naturally doesn't want to lose a second time.
The atmosphere in the tennis club is rather solemn today.
After the starting players of the first and second teams arrived, Taro Sakaki slowly walked in from outside the court.
His expression was calm, and his eyes were peaceful as he looked at everyone who was ready. He didn't say much, but just nodded with satisfaction.
"Set off."
Coach Sakaki waved his hand, and the members of Team One and Team Two filed out.
Although there were only a dozen people in the first and second teams combined, when they walked out of the stadium and joined other members, the number of people instantly expanded to more than 200. It was as mighty as an army going to war.
This is the Ice Emperor of today, united and majestic.
In order to bring so many members, Atobe specially got five large buses to take everyone there.
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Higashi Ayase Park near Hyotei. This is the venue for the Tokyo Johto Regional Tournament. Many teams have already arrived here.
According to the rules of the regional competition, only the champion and runner-up of each regional competition can advance to the next round of the metropolitan competition.
Except for Hyotei, which is the number one seed in the East City region, most of the other schools are aiming for the second place this time.
Although they all heard that there seemed to be many freshmen in Hyotei's main selection this year, Hyotei's strong image over the years still made them dare not neglect it in the slightest.
Chi~
Five buses stopped in a row at the entrance of the park.
Crash...
More than 200 members of the Hyotei Tennis Club have arrived!
The gray and white Ice Emperor team quickly poured into the park, forcing the teams that were originally watching at the gate to voluntarily make way.
“Is this a national-level team?”
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"It looks so imposing and powerful..."
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"As expected of the number one seed in the Tokyo region~"
The crowd was buzzing with discussions; the momentum of Bingdi's appearance really put a lot of pressure on them.
Compared with other schools, even the organizers of the Johto Division were more polite to Taro Sakaki, who was in charge of the Hyotei tennis club.
However, Hyotei's domineering appearance did not make other schools dissatisfied. Instead, they felt that it was natural. Respecting the strong is indeed a consistent tradition of Japan.
Shangshan You watched all this silently. It was obvious that Hyotei's long-term dominance had been deeply rooted in people's hearts.
"The strong always have more convenience and recognition, especially in sports competitions."
Uesugi Yu was not at all surprised by this. This influence not only shows the strength of a strong team, but also radiates the spiritual culture of the school.
After the draw, Hyotei was the third to appear.
Taro Sakaki directly arranged Oshitari, Jiro Akutagawa, and Nobuo Kaida as the three singles players, and two groups of second teams as doubles players.
Such a lineup is already very luxurious for the regional competition.
The opponent in the first round of Hyotei's match was just an unknown player. He might have heard that there were major changes in the Hyotei tennis team, so he was eager to fight and held a glimmer of hope. He thought that defeating one or two Hyotei first-years would be enough for them to brag about for a long time.
The newcomers of Hyotei who are making their debut will naturally not give them such an opportunity.
The result is self-evident.
6-0 in 5 games!
The scene was a one-sided massacre, and the opponent was beaten so hard that he had no temper at all.
Because the first game had to be played in full, Hyotei also showed other schools what dominance is.
Oshitari and his men used their strength to show these guys that even though Hyotei's new generation has many first-year students, they can still beat them.
After Ice Emperor won the first game, the cheerleaders outside Ice Emperor also gave a powerful cheer.
"Victory belongs only to Ice Emperor!"
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"Victory belongs only to Ice Emperor!"
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This made people from other schools who came to observe the game even more frightened.
"I always feel that this year's Ice Emperor is even more terrifying."
Many people who were trying to find out the news brought this fact back to their own tennis clubs, causing silence...
As a result, Hyotei's opponents in the second round gave up, and even their contestants did not show up...
"It's a bit boring. As expected, the regional competition is basically not difficult. At most, it can only provide training for the newcomers of the second team." Shangshan You felt like dozing off while watching such a game.
Uesugi Yu looked around and found that there were no familiar faces there, so he watched the next few games.
After making sure that there was basically nothing worth seeing, he stood up and said to Atobe, "Atobe, I'll go around and call me if there's anything else!"
Atobe glanced at Coach Sakaki who was sitting calmly in the coaching seat, and since there didn't seem to be any problems, he nodded.
To be honest, Atobe himself felt that the regional competition was too low-level. Even if only the second team was sent to a competition of this level, it would be enough to sweep the whole place.
Or maybe he had set his expectations too high before. It was only after listening to Shangshan You talk about all kinds of terrifying opponents that he became so serious.
In the next few round-robin matches, Taro Sakaki seemed to have fully realized the level of this regional competition and only sent out the second team's starting lineup.
Hyotei's opponents either gave up or were swept.
Yu Kamishima was so bored that he walked around the entire tennis park. He found that the games of other groups were also of poor quality.
Finally, he was so happy to have some free time that he just lay under a tree and started fishing.
"Sei Gakuen? Tezuka? We should meet again during the Metropolitan Games!"
As he looked through the gaps between the leaves, Uesugi Yuu's thoughts suddenly drifted away, and he thought about the Qingxue he might meet in the next competition.
" It seems like I'm going to fight him. I wonder if his hand..."
Just as he was wondering whether Tezuka had changed at all in response to his hint, a figure spoke up and interrupted his thoughts.
"Hello, classmate. Do you know where the Hyotei competition venue is?"
A somewhat feminine voice came, Shang Shanyou lazily propped himself up, pointed to the left and said: "Go straight ahead and turn left, the stadium with the most people is it."
"Thank you!"
The visitor curled the hair beside his ear with his fingers and thanked him softly. Then he hurried in the direction Shang Shanyou pointed.
"Huh!"
Looking at the familiar movement, Shangshanyou let out a cry of surprise.
He propped himself up and sat directly against the tree, looking at the figure that had walked away.
"That's...St. Rudolph's?"
Uesugi Yuu thought of a somewhat annoying guy in the original work.
"Oh, forget it! He's just an insignificant person anyway." After thinking about it, Shangshan You gave up the idea of chasing after him.
Just a guy who can only use small tricks.
