With the vigorous publicity and operation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a piece of news ranked first on the hot search list without any surprise.
"Master Gu returns to the world and aims at the World Cup!"
Gu Ci felt that the title was a bit hit and miss, but netizens who got up early were in an uproar.
"Master Gu actually wants to compete?"
"Confirmed, the news was released by the association, it cannot be fake, Master Gu really wants to play in the World Cup!"
"Okay! I can see my husband again!"
"Wait a minute, what's going on with the roster of Master Gu's team? Why don't I recognize anyone?"
"Damn it, Xia Zhi, Fukada Yongxin, Su Xiaoyan... aren't these the top three bosses in our grade?"
"What does it mean upstairs? This is a student team?"
"Yes, student, I'm only a sophomore this year."
"Oh haha, Master Gu is in trouble, a one-day trip to the qualifiers is scheduled..."
The International Competition Committee has clearly stated that once confirmed, participants, including the coaching staff and card maker team, cannot be changed.
In other words, like the last instant champion, it is okay to change teams before the qualifiers start, but not after the qualifiers start.
A day trip is really a day trip.
There was no news at all before, and most people thought that Gu Ci would not participate in this World Cup. However, they did not expect that on the day when the qualifiers started, Master Gu suddenly became a hot search topic, and they did not expect that Master Gu would lead
A team of students... or a team of sophomores.
How to fight this?
"Didn't someone say that Master Gu is working as a coach at Xinglan Academy? Maybe he wants to take his students to see the world."
"Forget it, it's all Master Gu's own choice. Even if you want to change teams now, it's too late."
"I just feel it's a pity. If Master Gu joins a strong team, maybe the championship of this World Cup will be ours."
Netizens sighed and were not optimistic about this.
It’s not that I’m targeting anyone, the gap between the student team and the national team is there, it’s obvious that the latter deserves better cards.
The student team has little experience, and a set of epic legends cannot produce any effect. Isn’t that a waste of resources?
"Xia Zhi, they look down on you."
Gu Ci was having breakfast at home and reading the news.
Xia Zhi corrected: "They are questioning your vision, Brother Gu Ci."
Gu Ci said: "If you question my vision, isn't it also looking down on you?"
Xia Zhi didn't care. He scooped a spoonful of porridge and put it into his mouth: "If you don't like it, just look down on it. Brother Gu Ci can look down on it."
"I don't look down on you either." Gu Ci said deliberately, "Unless you kiss me."
Xingwu suddenly stopped using his chopsticks and looked directly at Gu Ci.
Is this guy getting more and more courageous and dares to flirt with Xia Zhi in front of him?
Gu Ci was not afraid of Xing Wu's gaze at all. He even raised his eyebrows and asked provocatively: "You can kiss me if you can?"
Look at the calculation... Xingwu spat lightly: "It's a beautiful idea."
"Sister Xingwu, Brother Gu Ci asked me to kiss you. I didn't want to..." Xia Zhi said seriously and quickly pecked the side of Gu Ci's face.
"Hmph." Xingwu stepped on Gu Ci's instep without ceremony.
Gu Ci took a breath: "Hiss..."
So hard!
Star Dance continues to eat.
Gu Ci rubbed his feet, full of resentment: "Forget it if we don't kiss, you still step on me."
Xing Wu raised her eyelids and looked at him: "Why do I want to kiss you?"
"Xia Zhi should have won the card game yesterday, right?" Gu Ci argued, "Shouldn't you kiss me if you lost?"
Gu Ci is still very confident about Xia Zhi's European emperor's physique.
A beautiful day starts with a good morning kiss. Although it's a little late, it's better than never.
We need to help the two girls develop this good habit as early as possible.
Before Xingwu could answer, Xia Zhi already felt guilty after hearing this question.
When she helped Gu Ci take away Xingwu's sweet kiss last night, she never thought that Gu Ci would remember it this morning.
The girl quickly winked at Xing Wu: Draw! Draw! Tell Brother Gu Ci that we are tied!
Xing Wu suddenly laughed, and the corner of his mouth raised a nice curve: "Xia Zhi won, but she told me not to kiss you, just kiss her. I kissed her, so I don't owe you anything."
Gu Ci: "?"
Slowly turned his head to look at Xia Zhi.
But he saw that the girl had pouted her little mouth, with a look of grievance on her face. She hugged his arm and complained loudly against Xing Wu's evil behavior last night: "Brother Gu Ci, you don't know how bad Sister Xing Wu is. She took advantage of me
I wasn't paying attention, but he hit my chest..."
The topic was successfully changed by Xia Zhi.
Gu Ci opened his eyes wide and looked at Xingwu, his lips slightly opened, as if he was overly surprised and couldn't hold back a single word for a long time.
Xingwu's cheeks turned red and he said calmly: "They are all girls. Is there anything wrong with touching them?"
Xia Zhicha shook Gu Ci's arm angrily: "Brother Gu Ci, look at Sister Xingwu, she bullies me!"
Gu Ci finally choked out the words, which sounded like a question: "How could you do this to Xia Zhi?"
Xingwu hummed: "Isn't she my sister? Does a sister need a reason to bully her sister?"
Gu Ci said protectively: "But she is also my sister. Before you bullied her, did you ask me for my opinion?"
Xingwu had a tough attitude: "Then I'm telling you now, I will bully her tonight. What do you want to do?"
Gu Ci said seriously: "Please be sure to ask me to come with you!"
Star Dance: "..."
Xia Zhi: "???"
What do you mean? Bullying yourself together?
The girl didn't know what she thought of, her pretty face flushed, and she threw away Gu Ci's arm, "Brother Gu Ci, forget it!"
Gu Ci suppressed a smile and reached out to rub the girl's head. He knew that the girl would not be really angry.
His palms stroked the girl's fine black hair.
Xia Zhi could feel the warmth and tenderness between Gu Ci's palms. It was warm and comfortable, flowing into her heart like melted chocolate.
Xia Zhi likes this, but Brother Gu Ci just said that he would bully her with Sister Xingwu. If she turns into a well-behaved kitten when she is touched by Brother Gu Ci, wouldn't it mean that she is tacitly agreed that she can be crushed by them?
Rounded?
How can that work!
Xia Zhi felt that she had to express a firm attitude of resistance.
So she turned her head and looked at Gu Ci.
When Gu Ci was about to look at her.
"snort!"
He turned his head all of a sudden and immersed himself in eating.
Hey, you little girl, you have learned how to be arrogant, right?
Gu Ci couldn't help but touch the girl's head again.
Looking at this scene, Xingwu felt a warm feeling in her heart, but the warmth was also a little sour.
Although she has gotten used to it a lot in the past two months, after all, the person she likes the most, how can she not be jealous at all?
In a daze, Xingwu saw Gu Ci also reaching out to him. The sunlight shone on the back of his hand, making people feel that this hand was inexplicably warm.
Xingwu didn't hide, she lowered her head slightly, letting Gu Ci rub her head like coaxing Xia Zhi, and wordlessly picked up the spoon and ate the porridge in small sips.
The strange thing is that although it is preserved egg and lean meat porridge, Xing Wu feels it is a bit sweet, and when he eats it, he feels happy.
She unconsciously curled up the corners of her mouth...well, it seems like she's not sore anymore.
…
After breakfast.
Star Dance didn't return to Kari.
Anyway, Gu Ci had already seen that her injury was healed, so she was more generous and stopped pretending.
Xingwu put on simple casual clothes and went out with Gu Cixiazhi.
The three of them hailed a taxi on the street and headed to the Star Card Master's Club closest to Xinglan Academy.
The rules of the World Cup qualifying matches are relatively simple and the occasion is not as formal as the knockout matches.
Counting the county level, every large club in hundreds of cities across the country is a venue for the qualifiers.
After registering your name, tell the referee that you are ready, and the fight will start directly. There is no inking process such as drawing lots.
In principle, after a team selects a club, it must play against all teams registered in this club.
There are only two exceptions.
In the first case, your team's number of defeats reaches three times.
It should be noted that this number of defeats is accumulated throughout the entire qualifiers and is not limited to the club's schedule.
When you lose three games, when do you go home and farm?
As a big country in the East, the country has three places to qualify for the knockout rounds.
Losing three games means that there are at least three teams that are better than you, so this spot will definitely not fall to you.
The second situation is not much different from the first situation. It also means that the total number of defeats reaches three times, but it is the number of defeats of the opponent.
They were eliminated before they fought you, so you naturally don't need to fight them again.
So if you are lucky, you can play a lot less games.
But if you want to take advantage of the loopholes, you can't.
The qualifying round is not a knockout round, and there is no bye. If a team is knocked out, the referee team will immediately assign you another team until the teams that have not been beaten are finished.
Good luck is reflected in finishing the club's competition, and maybe having an extra day or two to prepare for the next round of municipal competition.
After the municipal level, there are also the provincial and national levels.
There is no doubt that qualifying for the World Cup is long and grueling.
Mainly because I was tired. I had to fight basically every day for more than a month or two, and probably more than once or twice.
There is almost no rest time.
This is very similar to the original Star Oriental Card Creator Competition.
They are all squeezing the star card master's potential, endurance, and perseverance.
If you want to stand out from the vast number of participating teams and get a spot in the knockout rounds, you really need to have very strong overall strength.
…
Come to the club.
"Coach Gu!"
Lei Meng and the students were already waiting at the door.
Gu Ci smiled and nodded: "You seem to be in good spirits."
Xu Tuantuan chuckled: "How can Coach Gu be so energetic? Do you think so?"
"Yeah, we can't compare to Coach Gu." All the students started cheering.
After leaving the school, everyone's identities are no longer teachers and students. The little guys are more courageous because Gu Ci and Lei Meng are easy to talk to. Their eyes are switching between Xing Wu and Xia Zhi, and they all smile.
It's all full of gossip.
They have seen this beautiful big sister, the great star card master hidden in Coach Gu!
The point is not the big star card master, it’s hidden in Coach Gu, hehe...
What is the most important thing?
Classmate Xia Zhi is here too!
The three of them came together!
We have been together in school for so long, who still doesn’t know the little secret between Xia Zhi and Coach Gu?
However, the beautiful elder sister and Xia Zhi look harmonious, which is very thought-provoking.
Coach Gu seems to be a bit awesome...
"I think you guys haven't trained for a few days, and your skin is itchy." Gu Ci hummed, "Even the coach dares to tease you, after the game is over, you all go back to run laps for me."
"No, no, no, no, Coach Gu, we were wrong!" Xu Tuantuan covered his eyes, "We didn't see anything, we don't know anything!"
Students: "Ah, yes, yes!"
Gu Ci glared at the little fat man: "You are the only one who talks too much."
Xingwu took the initiative to explain: "I am Xia Zhi's sister, and I came here to watch her play."
All the students said "Hey": "So she is Xia Zhi's sister?"
In one sentence, the relationship with Gu Ci was cleared.
Xingwu is used to being arrogant and doesn't care much about other people's opinions.
But Xia Zhi is different. A girl is still a student, and these little guys are her classmates. If they continue to guess, Xia Zhi will be very embarrassed.
If something like mistress comes up, how will Xia Zhi get along with them in the future?
Xingwu thought of this when she went out. She couldn't stay in Kari forever. The three of them would always appear together, so it was better to settle the superficial relationship as soon as possible.
On this occasion, let's temporarily lend Gu Ci to Xia Zhi to prevent the girl from being gossiped about.
Xia Zhi is actually not as fragile as Xing Wu thought. She chose to stay on her own, so she was naturally prepared to face gossip. However, Xing Wu's words made Xia Zhi feel like she was being held in the palm of her hand.
A feeling of protection.
Brother Gu Ci pampers himself, and Sister Xingwu also pampers herself.
So happy.
The girl blinked, looked at Gu Ci, then looked at Xing Wu, then stood on tiptoes and whispered in Xing Wu's ear: "Sister Xing Wu, tell you quietly, I like you so much."
"Hey." Xingwu curled his lips and took his sister's hand: "Let's go, sign up."
Looking at the backs of the two girls holding hands, Gu Ci couldn't help but sigh: "That's great."
Lei bumped his shoulder: "Is this what you said on the phone last night, Xia Zhi's sister?"
Gu Ci nodded: "That's right."
Lei Meng touched his chin and smacked his lips and said, "Tsk, no wonder Xia Zhi is so talented. It turns out it's hereditary."
"Yes, hereditary." Gu Ci was in a happy mood and put his arm around Lei Meng's shoulders, "Let's go, sign up."
Su Xiaoyan and others followed behind.
The registration method is not complicated, just one form per person, fill it out and submit it.
Passing through the club's reception hall is a square, stadium-style building.
The layout inside is like a football stadium, but it is much larger than a football field and can accommodate six groups of teams dueling at the same time.
There are already many people sitting in the auditorium, but they are not spectators, they are all teams who came to participate in the qualifiers and are waiting to play.
"You have ten minutes to prepare."
The staff at the arena handed Gu Ci a hand card, number 88.
It's quite auspicious, Gu Ci thought to himself. Is it Director Jia's idea to mark it with cards?
Xia Zhi grabbed Gu Ci's wrist to see what number it was, but when she saw it clearly, her face turned red and she lowered her head silently.
After Gu Ci finished announcing the players for the first ten rounds, Xia Zhicai tugged at the corner of Gu Ci's clothes and asked in a low voice, "Brother Gu Ci, why am I included in every round?"
"He who is able will work harder." Gu Ci said seriously, "Fight hard, your brother Gu Ci will not want to lose a game."