When the referee's voice sounded, Ping Shanzhi lowered his arms feebly.
Originally, Ping Zenzhi thought this year was the year when their Shitenhoji Temple would rise.
Who would have thought it would end like this.
The Kansai Tournament was narrowly defeated by Makinoten Academy due to consecutive losses in doubles.
The national competition was crushed by Higa Junior High School again.
Although there are some regrets, Ping Shanzhi himself has tried his best.
Fortunately, next year he believes that Tiantianbao Temple will become stronger after he leaves.
When these first-year students grow up this year and Hara Tetsuya joins them, Ping Zenzhi believes that next year's Shitenhoji Temple may not be able to make further progress.
Taira Zenyuki, who returned to the team, shook his head helplessly after seeing the unstoppable disappointment in Kenya Shinozu's eyes.
The bitter taste of failure is indeed not pleasant.
"From now on, Shitenbao Temple will rely on you, Xiaobaishi, Qianye."
Taira Zenzuki patted Kenzu Ninzu on the shoulder and said.
"Why are you looking so sad? Don't forget what the purpose of our Tentenbao Temple Tennis Club is."
Yuan Zhe also smiled and rubbed Ren Zu's head. He hated seeing others like this.
"That's right! Happy tennis! The funny one is king!"
Ping Shanzhi clapped his hands and said with a smile.
With the efforts of him and Hara Tetsuya, these first-year students were able to temporarily forget the negative emotions of losing.
...
"Oh oh oh!"
"Higa! Higa!"
On the field, An Shijin and others were receiving their own cheers.
Starting from the national competition, they are making history every step of the way.
Now they have defeated Shitenbao Temple and have advanced to the semi-finals.
To be among the top four in the country, such an honor was something that Akai and other third-year students could not even imagine before this spring.
And all these changes were brought about by An Shijin and Mu Shu.
Hanamura Aoi looked at Amuro and Kite who were surrounded by everyone and smiled.
This kind of atmosphere is really good.
Soon, the games in each stadium came to an end.
The top four teams in this national competition are officially announced.
They are from Higa Junior High School in Okinawa Prefecture, Rikkai University High School in Kanagawa Prefecture, Makinotoshi Academy in Hyogo Prefecture, and Shishigakuen in Kumamoto Prefecture.
Among them, there is one school in Kanto, one in Kansai, and two in Kyushu.
This reminds people of the prosperity of the Kansai region in the past few years.
At that time, basically two schools in the Kansai region reached the semi-finals of the national competition.
"Is it possible that this year will be the year when Kyushu dominates?"
Many people have such thoughts in their minds.
...
the next day.
In the office of Higa Junior High School Tennis Club, everyone was sitting around.
Since the semi-finals and finals were moved to next week, most people chose to go back to their schools first.
"Our opponent in the next round is Muzhiteng Academy. They are the winners of two consecutive national competitions, and their strength cannot be underestimated."
Aoi Kamura posted an interview photo on the small blackboard behind her when she led the Byodoin team to win the championship again last year. It can be said that Mu Zhiteng's name is extremely loud.
"so smart!"
Ping Guchang and others all became serious.
Mu Zhiteng's reputation as the winner of two consecutive national competitions makes these young people dare not look down on each other.
However, they were not too afraid, after all, Amuro and Kite were still there.
Even if the sky falls, there will be tall people holding it up, so they won't be afraid.
"You don't need to worry too much. Mu Zhiteng's strength has been greatly reduced this year after the elite seniors of the previous class entered school. They will not be our opponents now."
An Shijin said with a smile.
His words also made everyone in Higa Kingdom feel more at ease. Since Amuro said this, there must be no problem.
Then Hanamura Aoi asked Mutou to take everyone to the training center to train and maintain her own condition.
And she wanted to discuss with Amuro the lineup for the match against Mu Zhiteng.
"Amuro, is what you just said true?"
After everyone left, Huacun Aoi said with a faint smile.
An Shijin naturally knew what Huacun Kui was asking.
"Yeah. This year's Mu Zhiteng is indeed much weaker in singles, but their doubles still maintains a pretty good standard."
An Shijin nodded.
Before this, An Shijin had collected information on the Kansai finals between Mu Zhiteng and Tiantianboji.
Currently, Mu Zhiteng's singles position, except for the unbreakable iron man, does not have national-level strength.
But their doubles skills are not bad, it should be the legacy left by Byodoin to Mu Zhiteng.
The two then had a discussion about the final roster and finalized the roster for this semi-final.
...
Time soon came to the start of the semi-finals.
Whether it was the game between Makinoten Academy and Higa Junior High School or the game between Rikkai University High School and Shishigakuen, they attracted a large number of people.
No matter which game the semi-finals are, they are very attractive, but the audience also has to make a choice.
In comparison, last year's national champion versus this year's new overlord of Kyushu is naturally more attractive.
So when An Shijin and others arrived at today's competition venue, it was already packed with people.
The two venues for the semi-finals are all indoors. Without a good stage, how can we highlight the atmosphere of a national competition?
"There seem to be a lot of people today..."
To be honest, such a scene made Hiraguba, a show-loving guy, a little nervous.
When I looked up, there were people all around, and noise seemed to be the main theme of the scene.
"That's natural, today is the semifinals!"
An Shijin didn't feel much.
He is a competition-type player, so naturally he won't feel nervous because of the large number of spectators.
“Now, please invite today’s participating teams to enter!”
Soon, the loud broadcasting room at the scene drowned out the noisy sound.
After hearing the sound, the two teams began to enter.
The coaches of both teams sat down on the sidelines, and then the players lined up in a long formation in front of the net and looked at each other.
"Hey! Your good luck at Higa Junior High School ends here!"
"You will definitely lose if you meet us, Mu Zhiteng!"
This arrogant provocation made everyone in Higa Kingdom frown.
An Shijin followed the voice and immediately understood.
It turns out to be this guy Kadowaki Satoru.
An Shijin waved his hands to signal everyone not to get angry, Kadowaki Satoru was not worthy of their attention.
"Shut up, Kadowaki."
Fuwa Tetsujin immediately scolded Kadowaki Satoru for his behavior, which was not allowed in Mu Zhiteng.
Mu Zhiteng, led by Byodo-in, is a disciplined iron-blooded force, and Fuwa Tetsujin, as the successor of Byodo-in, will naturally inherit this fine tradition.
It's just a pity that Mu Zhiteng's glorious tradition after never breaking the iron man will completely disappear.
"Feel sorry."
Then Bupo Tetsujin looked at Amuro, and he could only see a trace of a spring-like smile in the first grader's eyes.
"It doesn't matter, I hope we can have a wonderful game today."
Of course, An Shijin would not take Kadowaki Satoru seriously, all he cared about was Fu Tetsujin.
The two sides shook hands and left quickly, and the game was about to begin.