The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University

Chapter 241 Arrival in Australia, elites gather for the World Cup
The plane slowly landed at the airport. When everyone walked out of the cabin, they found that the cold air that had come with winter had disappeared, replaced by warm air.

"This is a seaside resort near the venue of this year's World Cup. All the members of the team rested here before the game started."

After getting off the plane, Mifune Nyudo gave a brief explanation and then led everyone to meet up with the high school students who had arrived earlier.

After a while, they arrived at the hotel and reunited with the main group. Now all the members of the U17 team were present except Shuji Tanejima who was still on the boat.

There are still a few days before the actual World Cup starts, and the coaching staff chose to gather here. The purpose is naturally not to do any emergency training, but to allow the players to relax their tense mood appropriately.

When the junior high school students met the high school students again, the atmosphere began to become tense again.

Because during the training camp, the two sides were ultimately opposing groups, but now they have suddenly become teammates who need to work together, and it is difficult for them to adapt for a while.

This point is obviously also within the consideration of the coaches, so there is this vacation, the purpose of which is to ease or even eliminate the gap between the two sides during this period of time.

"Are you alright, Byodoin?"

Maya Yuuki walked out from the crowd of junior high school students, and under everyone's gaze, she came in front of Byodoin Phoenix and asked.

As the words fell, the atmosphere of the entire team froze.

The two men faced each other again, and everyone present, including the coaching staff, couldn't help but feel nervous, fearing that something unexpected might happen.

"Humph, I won't be defeated so easily."

After staring at Yuuki Maya for a long time, Byodoin unexpectedly stretched out his hand and shook hands with Yuuki, saying, "You won that game, but this time, let the world recognize our strength again."

Byodoin admitted its defeat without any excuse. After Maya Yuuki made eye contact with the other party, she raised her hand and shook hands with him, accepting the other party's kindness.

The coaches who saw this scene secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The two ace players were able to shake hands and make peace for the sake of the overall situation. This was the best result.

As expected, after the two shook hands, the sense of exclusion between the junior high school group and the high school group eased a lot at that moment.

"Kimijima, take them to the rest room first." Byodoin Phoenix gave the order after retracting her hand.

Then he glanced at the coaching staff and continued to Yuuki Maya, "You will have to go to the coach's room with me later. As the No. 1, your opinions are also something the coaches need to take seriously."

"No problem, see you later." Yuuki Maya nodded.

Then, everyone dispersed.

……

The rest time passed by in the blink of an eye.

As the opening time of the U17 World Cup approaches, the participating teams from all over the world are gathering in Australia one by one.

Maya Yuuki and others had already left the resort the day before and arrived at the city where the competition was held.

At this moment, in the conference room of the hotel, coaches such as Mifune Nyudo were meeting and discussing with Yuuki Maya, Byodoin Phoenix and others.

"Like in previous years, there will still be exhibition matches before the main competition begins. If you have any ideas, you can tell me."

Mifune Nyudo said casually after handing them a stack of documents.

"The so-called exhibition match is more of a warm-up match before the official competition rather than a match for sponsors and the media."

"Winning the warm-up match can boost the morale of the entire team, otherwise it may backfire."

After crossing his arms, Byodoin Phoenix expressed his personal understanding of this exhibition match expressionlessly. "In fact, our idea is to hide Yuuki Maya's information before encountering an important match. This will be very beneficial to our subsequent schedule."

After taking a sip of tea, Kurobe Yukio expressed his plan.

"Yes, this tournament system is extremely favorable to us. Being a junior high school student in Yuki can relieve us of the pressure in singles, allowing us to make a big splash in doubles."

Saito Shigeto followed up by saying that in his opinion this year's competition system was tailor-made for them.

"It doesn't really matter whether I play in exhibition matches or not, but I won't hide in official matches. That's not my style."

"If you want to win the championship, you must be prepared to face all difficulties. Hiding your weaknesses will only wear down your spirit."

Maya Yuuki decisively rejected the coaching staff's proposal. He did not think this was a good idea.

"Yuki is right. A strong person must face the challenges of the world head-on. Our strength this year is enough to challenge everything."

It was rare for Byodoin to stand on the side of Yuuki Maya at this moment and oppose the coaching staff's proposal.

"Tsk, there's really nothing I can do about you guys..."

After scratching his head in pain, Mifune Nyudo realized that there was probably no room for negotiation on this matter.

"Since both of you think so, let's leave this proposal at that. However, please confirm here the candidates for the draw for tomorrow's exhibition match."

"Which one of you two is going?"

Seeing Mifune Nyudo's question, Yuki and Byodoin looked at each other, and Byodoin spoke first: "I've been there last time, so let him go."

Mifune looked at Yuki after hearing this. Yuki pondered for a moment and nodded, saying, "Then I'll go."

"Okay, but you need to bring one more person with you. You can decide who this person is."

After hearing these words, Maya Yuuki was already thinking silently in her heart about who to take with her.

After this topic was settled, the meeting was almost over, and Yuki and Byodoin stood up and left the meeting room.

Byodoin went to the high school student floor, while Yuki naturally returned to the junior high school student floor.

As soon as she stepped into the junior high school students' floor, Maya Yuuki saw a group of junior high school students gathered in the public lounge area and talked among themselves.

At this moment, they are using the news on their mobile phones to learn about the situation of the various countries participating in the competition.

When they noticed Maya Yuuki coming, everyone naturally stopped what they were doing to greet her.

Afterwards, Yuki told everyone about the exhibition match.

However, at this moment, Yuuki Maya looked at someone among the junior high school students and made a decision in her heart.

"Oishi, why don't you come with me to draw lots this time?" Yuuki Maya decided with a slight smile.

When Oishi Hideichiro was named, he was stunned. He raised his finger and pointed at himself, then said uncertainly:

"Oh... is it me?"

(End of this chapter)