The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University

Chapter 267 The Ultimate Death Group
Inside the five-star hotel, on the lounge floor of the American team.

"I didn't expect that the team that qualified as the top team from the group of death would be the team representing Ryoma's hometown."

When Reinhardt put down the list of all national teams that advanced to the knockout stage, he spoke to Ryoma Echizen who was sitting aside in a trance.

"Now all media are competing to report on this dark horse team of this tournament. Longma, do you regret joining us?"

Chico, who had a good relationship with Echizen Ryoma, patted him on the shoulder and said jokingly.

Hearing these words, Ryoma Echizen said decisively without a trace of hesitation in his eyes: "You think too much. Joining the American team is my personal decision."

"Besides, there are guys over there that I want to defeat. How could I possibly think of going back there?"

Unlike the original timeline, today's Ryoma Echizen has already completely strengthened his belief when he left the training camp, and he will carry out his actions in the American team.

"Chico is just joking with you, don't take it seriously." Reinhardt smiled with narrowed eyes.

"Nothing much. Speaking of which, the elimination round will begin in three days. Hasn't our opponent in the finals been revealed yet?"

Echizen Ryoma didn't take this matter to heart, but asked about the knockout round.

"Regarding this, the results should be out soon. I have sent a doctor to draw lots."

When this matter was mentioned, Reinhardt immediately responded seriously.

Now is the second day after the end of the group qualifiers, and the sixteen teams that have entered the finals will proceed to the group draw for the next round of knockouts.

The grouping results will be announced immediately after the draw.

While Reinhardt and others were waiting for the group results, in another hotel, all members of the Japanese team gathered in the rest area again, waiting for the draw results.

The waiting process is torturous. Everyone knows that starting from the knockout rounds, every game may be a fierce battle.

What everyone hopes most now is that the opponents in the first one or two rounds will not be the BIG4.

Ding

The sound of the elevator door opening was heard, and several coaches led by Mifune Nyudo, Oishi Shuichiro, Inui Sadaharu and others all walked out of the elevator door with solemn expressions.

"how is the situation?"

When they arrived in front of the main force, Byodoin Phoenix asked first in a deep voice.

"call--"

After Mifune Nyudo exhaled, he handed a document in his hand to Byodoin and said, "The groups are listed here, you can take a look for yourselves."

After taking the document, Byodoin Phoenix took a glance at it and her eyes widened.

Yuuki Maya, who was standing nearby, did not lean over to look, but directly asked, "How about it, who will be our next opponent?"

Without responding to his question, Byodoin Phoenix directly handed him the document and said with an indescribable look in her eyes: "Take a look for yourself..."

Looking at the appearance of Byodoin, even though she knew that the original grouping situation was not optimistic, Maya Yuuki still felt a little uneasy in her heart.

Because even in the original timeline, when they were in the same half as the German team, Byodoin did not show such an expression.

Therefore, even though he hasn't looked at the group yet, he already has expectations in his mind.

I'm afraid that this grouping, which is completely different from what he remembered, is even more excessive than the original one.

随后接过文件，他的视线看向其中。先是上半区的队伍，1号德国队、2号南非队、3号加拿大队、4号墨西哥队、5号英格兰队、6号丹麦队、7中国队、8号俄罗斯队。

When he saw the champion German team appear in the upper half, Maya Yuuki was very surprised, because he did not expect that it would only change the original qualifying situation. After becoming the number one seed in Group B, the Japanese team changed its fate of meeting the German team in the semi-finals in advance.

“It looks like this is a good fortune, but why does Byodoin have such an ugly expression… wait?!”

Just when Maya Yuuki was still thinking that not meeting the German team in the semi-finals was a good situation, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

Because in the upper half, he did not see the other three BIG4 teams besides Germany, nor did he see the United States.

He quickly moved his gaze to the battle table in the lower half. At this moment, even he, who was usually calm, was stunned.

9号阿拉梅诺玛、10号瑞士队、11号美国队、 12号比利时队、13号西班牙队、 14号葡萄牙队、15号日本队、16号法国队。

The bottom half of the draw alone includes five of the top ten seeded teams in the U17 World Cup. (Belgium is seeded No. 8)
What’s even more terrifying is that given their position, if they want to fight their way out of the lower half, they will face encirclement from the BIG4 team.

Round of 16 against France.

The quarterfinals will be against Spain.

The semi-finals will be against Switzerland or the United States.

If we make it to the finals, we will definitely face the champion German team.

No wonder Byodoin's expression was so complicated and ugly, because looking at this grouping, it was definitely a historical ultimate death grouping for them.

"Can I ask who drew the lot? It couldn't be... it was you, Oishi."

After putting down the documents in her hand, Maya Yuuki looked silently in the direction of the coaching staff, especially at Oishi Shuichiro who was standing next to several coaches.

"Ahem...hahaha...it was Coach Mifune who asked me to go up."

Oishi Shuichiro was so embarrassed that he felt ashamed. He looked around with a guilty expression and cold sweat ran down his face.

His action also made some junior high school students who knew about Oishi's luck in drawing lots suddenly understand something. They immediately gathered around Yuki and rushed to look at the documents after taking them.

"No way? Is this really our grouping table?!"

"Or, let's go home now. This is too..."

"Oishi, why don't you commit seppuku to apologize?"

"..."

After seeing the groups, none of the junior high school students remained calm.

Even Yukimura Seiichi, who usually had a calm expression, was stunned for a long time after seeing it.

On the other hand, the situation for high school students is not much better.

Whether it was Maori or Tanejima Shuji and others, their expressions froze when they thought that every battle ahead would be a tough one.

After a long while, seeing that the atmosphere in the group continued to be low, Yuuki Maya spoke calmly, "It's already come to this point, there's no point in saying anything more, everyone, don't think too much, and focus on preparing for the game in two days."

"The road to becoming a world champion is one that is full of obstacles."

(End of this chapter)