"Time is up."

Inoue glanced at the clock on the wall and stood up solemnly.

"Let's go, Shiba Saori."

Shiba Saori immediately stood up with a solemn expression.

"I know! Senior!"

Under the curious eyes of their colleagues, the two left the office in a hurry.

"Hey, are these two going to discover some big news?"

"How is that possible? We are just a monthly tennis magazine, not entertainment."

"I heard that Inoue seems to have a player he wants to interview no matter what."

"Who is it, Echizen Nanjiro?"

Inoue and Shiba Saori took the elevator to the underground garage with solemn expressions.

"Aji, remember, no matter what, we have to interview Mr. Bantian today no matter what!"

"I understand, senior!"

Shiba Saori looked determined. This was the first time she had seen such an uncooperative interviewer since she started working.

It’s decided, I, Shiba Saori, must interview you!

The two of them walked quickly to the car.

"Ah! Senior, let me drive."

"Really? That's all thanks to you!"

"No, this is what I should do!"

Three minutes later, there was a harsh sound of braking in the underground garage. Then Shiba Saori, who had a crimson complexion, got out of the car in despair, and changed places with Inoue, whose face was ashen with a hint of paleness and fear.

...

After all, the lottery ceremony was a very formal event. Soji Hata and Akutsu did not wear Yamabuki's sports uniforms. Instead, they wore formal clothes, a crisp white shirt and crisp trousers.

Souji Hata is dressed like a nobleman in this outfit, while Akutsu is, um, a thug in a suit?

This year's Yamabuki is undoubtedly very impressive. In addition, Hata Souji recently defeated Tezuka Kunimitsu, so Yamabuki is also in the limelight for a while.

When the two arrived at the venue, they immediately attracted the attention of many schools.

"Is that Yamabuki's new minister, Mr. Hata?"

"The guy next to me seems to be a new guy that Yamabuki hired just this year."

"Tsk, that face looks really dangerous."

"God bless me, I don't want to meet Yamabuki this year."

Listening to the comments around him and ignoring the eyes that were full of emotions on him, Souji Hata and Akutsu calmly found an open place to sit down.

There is no place for the weak beside the strong. This saying actually makes sense.

Anyway, until the lottery ceremony started, there was still no one around Hatada Souji and the others.

Also receiving this treatment are Qingxue, Hyotei, and Rikkai Dai.

The people working around Fudomine are slightly denser than Hatada Souji and others.

It seems that people are more afraid of the established and strong teams than the dark horses!

In order to ensure the excitement of the competition, and also to ensure that some schools will not be eliminated early due to luck.

The organizing committee of the competition listed several schools as seed schools based on the competition results. These schools will not meet in the early stages of the competition, ensuring that no school will be squeezed into the list of participating in the national competition because of good luck.

Yamabuki's name is clearly on the list.

Then, the organizing committee started organizing and called other schools to come forward to draw lots.

"Kanagawa Aihara No. 1 Middle School, No. 12!"

"Gardenia Jiaoyang Middle School..."

Listening to the organizing committee members one by one calling out the representatives of participating schools to draw lots, Akutsu's patience quickly ran out.

"I said, what's the point of participating in this kind of thing!"

Akutsu leaned back on his chair impatiently and said arrogantly.

"It's just a school of miscellaneous fish. It can be dealt with in a few seconds."

Regarding this, Soji Hata was noncommittal and said with a slight smile: "Akutsu-senpai, don't worry, maybe there will be an interesting school for us!"

"snort!"

Ajiujin snorted and said nothing.

"Next, Tokyo Hyotei Academy!"

Hearing the shouts from the staff, Atobe Keigo walked onto the stage with proud steps and a flamboyant posture.

Some people in the school have begun to pray silently, praying that they will never encounter the Ice King.

Then Atobe put his hand into the lottery box.

Some people in the school held their breath nervously.

However, Atobe randomly selected one from the lottery box without any hesitation. He held the note between his two fingers and raised it above his head in a coquettish manner.

Akutsu curled his lips in displeasure when he saw this.

"This guy is really a bitch!"

Mr. Bantian smiled and said nothing.

"Dong dong dong dong dong!"

Compared to the two who were calm, other schools, even Fudomine, felt anxious at this time.

Because of the Kanto Tournament, Hyotei will not be careless in the slightest and send out the second team to let Fudomine steal the victory from under his hands. The situation of Hyotei who goes all out will never happen again.

Very strong.

Finally, after seemingly enjoying enough of everyone's attention, Atobe's lips curved into a slightly contemptuous smile, and he slowly opened the note in his hand.

"Tokyo Hyotei Academy!"

After the staff member opened the note handed over by Atobe, his pupils shrank slightly and his tone paused.

Then he became a little more excited than before.

"number 8!"

number 8!

Everyone looked at the order table recording the rankings of the matches, wondering who was so unlucky that they met the runner-up of last year's Kanto Competition, Hyotei Academy in the first game!

I saw it written clearly on the battle table.

No. 7 - Yamabuki Academy!

Mountain blow?

Mountain blow!

The first opponent in the Hyotei Kanto Tournament is Yamabuki?!!!!

This news was really explosive. For a moment, the entire venue could clearly hear gasps.

Oishi was quite frightened and said with empathy: "I didn't expect that Hyokui and Yamabuki would meet in the first game. It was really a fight between a dragon and a tiger."

Tezuka Kunimitsu nodded calmly and looked towards Souji Hatada and Akutsu.

"That's it."

At this time, Souji Hata and Akutsu, who were originally sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, became the focus of the audience.

All kinds of looks were directed at the two of them.

gloating, anticipating, sympathizing, excited, and curious.

In response to this, the two of them smiled calmly, while the other looked unconcerned, even a little fierce.

Akutsu: Hyokui, what does it have to do with me?

At this time, Inoue happened to enter the venue through the back door with Shiba Saori, and immediately heard the explosive news.

I was a little surprised for a while.

"This is incredible. I never expected that Yamabuki and Hyotei would meet in the first round of the Kanto Competition because of Fudomine, the dark horse."

Listening to Inoue talking to himself, Shiba Saori, who was slightly out of the realm of novices, spoke up: "Senior, doesn't that mean that one of the schools in Yamabuki and Hyotei is definitely out of the national competition!"

Inoue felt a little emotional for a moment.

"Yeah, I didn't expect the situation to be so intense this year."
To be continued...