The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University

Chapter 242 "Stable Performance"

Of course, Yuuki Maya had her reasons for choosing Oishi Shuichiro.

His purpose was to see if he could rely on Oishi's luck to draw the German team.

After all, the world line he is in now is different from the original one. If someone else were to draw the lot, they might not win.

But if it was Oishi, he believed the probability would be 100%.

Afterwards, although the others did not understand Maya Yuuki's intention, the junior high school students today were unprecedentedly united, and everyone still smiled and encouraged Oishi to go out and see the world tomorrow.

Seeing this, Yuuki Maya smiled secretly in her heart.

Even though Fuji, Yukimura and others are encouraging Oishi now, I'm afraid no one will laugh after Oishi draws the lots.

The next day, at the U17 World Cup opening ceremony venue.

Maya Yuuki and Shuichiro Oishi, who were already wearing suits, sat in the seats arranged by the organizers, waiting for the exhibition match draw ceremony to begin.

Dashi, sitting uncomfortably in his seat, looked around with extreme nervousness.

On the other hand, Yuuki Maya supported her chin with one hand and looked around boredly.

"Oishi, if you are so nervous, you can go to the bathroom first." Maya Yuuki looked speechlessly at Oishi who was fidgeting beside him and gave his advice.

"Yes...yes, I'll go right away!"

Daishi jumped up like a spring, stumbled past Yuuki Maya, and walked quickly towards the passage behind like a headless fly.

After taking a look at Oishi who was leaving, Maya Yuuki looked in a certain direction and saw a familiar person.

It was someone he had met once before, the captain of the Greek team, Zeus.

Because the Greek team's seats were in front of his left, Zeus did not notice Maya Yuuki.

At this moment, the other party was sitting there and accepting a live interview from an unknown media outlet.

After seeing each other again after two years, Yuuki Maya compared the other person with then and found that apart from the height, other aspects seemed to have not changed much.

With a pursed mouth, Maya Yuuki was secretly looking forward to it. She wondered if she would have the chance to have a real competition with her opponent in this world competition.

About ten minutes later, Dashi hurried back to his seat.

"Yuuki, I just saw Tezuka. He's become a player of the German team!"

Seeing Oishi's panic, Yuuki Maya, who already knew everything, said calmly: "Isn't this good news? With Tezuka's strength, this is not a difficult task."

Seeing how calm Yuki Maya was, Oishi gradually regained his composure.

It is just as Yuki said, Tezuka has always been pursuing the path of becoming a professional player, and this result now seems to be exactly what he wants.

"Okay, focus, the draw has begun." Maya Yuuki shifted her gaze and looked at the stage in front of the venue.

At the same time, the lights in the venue began to dim, and all the lights were focused on the main stage.

The noisy conversation at the scene suddenly disappeared, and everyone's attention was focused there.

"British team, number ten."

"Brazil, number 20."

"Swiss team, number 19."

"Australia, number three"

"..."

Under the guidance of the host, representatives from various countries walked onto the stage one after another and drew colored balls marked with numbers under the gaze of the audience and cameras.

"Germany, number eight."

When Tezuka Kunimitsu appeared on the stage, he drew the ball with number 8 written on it expressionlessly. When the German team finished drawing lots, many teams that had not yet drawn lots began to subconsciously get nervous.

There is no other reason. As the champion of the U17 World Cup for nine consecutive times, the strength of the German team can be said to be unique among all teams.

Anyone who meets this German team in the draw will be extremely unlucky.

So, who will be the lucky one?
"The next one is JP!"

When the host called out the next country to draw lots, Yuuki Maya turned to look at Oishi and said, "I leave it to you, Oishi."

"Nani?! Am I going?"

Dashi looked at the other person in horror, and the latter nodded affirmatively.

For a moment, Dashi, who was in a dilemma, could only straighten his body, walk stiffly onto the stage, and press the button for the draw.

The lottery machine started to turn, and a colored ball came out of the pipe and fell into a transparent plastic basin.

The camera zoomed in and the colored balls were projected onto the big screen on the stage.

"Seven!"

The host loudly read out the number displayed on the ball. At the same time, the big screen split into two and the flags of the two teams appeared on it.

On one side is Germany, on the other side is neon.

When the results came out, the atmosphere in the conference hall suddenly changed.

Accident, luck, gloating, etc...

At this moment, the teams from other countries seemed to have seen that their opponents were about to be defeated by the German team before the start of the main competition.

In the audience, seeing this scene, Maya Yuuki nodded with satisfaction.

As expected of you, Oishi. This is the bond between the president and vice president of Seigaku. Do you have such a bond?

However, after stepping down, Oishi sat back down next to Yuuki Maya with a livid face and said in despair: "It's over... We got the German team!"

Seeing this, Yuuki Maya really wanted to tell the other party honestly that his luck had always been like this.

However, considering the guilt in the client's heart, he kindly did not say it out loud, but comforted him instead: "It's okay, Dashi, this is just an exhibition match, and this is also an opportunity..."

"It is used to test how big the gap is between us and the champion of the world championship."

After hearing this, Oishi's sense of guilt was slightly reduced.

……

After a long time, the draw for the exhibition match was completed.

The host talked about topics related to the World Cup for another half an hour, and the opening ceremony came to an end.

After the opening ceremony, each team left one after another. Yuuki Maya and Oishi also quickly left the venue and returned to the hotel to reunite with the main group.

When everyone knew that their opponent in the exhibition match tomorrow was the German team, not only the middle school students, but even the high school students and coaches were mostly unable to hold back.

As expected, Oishi Shuichiro received unanimous "friendly" reception from the junior high school students.

As for the coaches, they knew that the result was irreversible, so they did not feel helpless. They immediately called key personnel to the conference room to plan for the game in advance.

Facing the German team in the exhibition match was something that was beyond their consideration.

When the coaches left, the middle school students stopped torturing Oishi and, led by Yanagi Renji and Inui Sadaharu, who was a data analyst, watched the DVD recordings of the German team's previous games that they had obtained from other channels.

As the place to watch the video, they all chose Oishi's room.

(End of this chapter)