Chapter 9, The Opening Battle (1)
Two days have passed in a foreign country, and the organizers have officially sent news that the team competition of the Wanguo University Competition will be officially drawn in three days, and the lottery ceremony will be broadcast live throughout the whole process, and 25 teams have been invited, in addition to the lottery ceremony, there will be an opening session and a press conference after the ceremony.
It is said that many important local and international figures and local and world-level stars participated, which made Tang Yao a little nervous, because this time the battle of the Great Competition of Ten Thousand Nations was not only far better than the domestic Ancient Illusionist Fighting Conference, but also in order to create history, this time the organizer Yin Yang Liao invested a lot of money, just in various cities to build the competition venue spent a lot of money, and in the later stage of the publicity and momentum spared no effort, the slogan is to create the greatest Great Competition in history.
Of course, no one can give a definitive conclusion whether it is the greatest or not, but this time the team competition is indeed impressive, and even Tang Yao can see promotional advertisements on the street, convenience stores have posters of the Wan Guo Da Bi, and advertisements for the Wan Guo Da Bi are often broadcast on TV, which is unimaginable in the domestic competition.
After all, there are still not many people who know about this special profession of illusionist among the common people in China, and they have not done much publicity.
"Wouldn't there be a lot of ordinary people coming to join in the fun when they publicize it like this, so wouldn't everyone know about the illusionist profession?" Tang Yao asked.
"In foreign countries, there are not many people who know illusionists, and when I used to study abroad, I was often asked by my classmates if I was an illusionist, and after admitting it, I also helped some classmates, but in China, the illusionist industry was misunderstood by many people, thinking that it was a feudal superstition, so I acted in a relatively low-key manner, but even so, in fact, there are not a few people who know, otherwise an organization like your Hall of Bones that specializes in receiving illusionists' lists would not have anything to eat?" Shangguan Fumeng answered Tang Yao's question.
Tang Yao nodded and said, "I just didn't expect the scale of the Wanguo Dabi to be so large, it seems that the number of people watching the battle this time is probably more than 100,000, right?" ”
"Hehe, more than that." At this time, Fang Chao said, "The on-site tickets for the opening game alone have been sold out, probably more than 20,000 tickets have been sold, and the number of people watching the live broadcast online will be two or three hundred thousand, and it may even break one million, you must know that this is a worldwide competition, although it is not as good as the Olympics or the World Cup, but the world-class competition is world-class, you can't accept it." ”
"I don't know which two teams are in the opening game, is the format out?" Tang Yao asked.
"The first round is a points competition, where the 25 teams are divided into five groups, and each group of five teams plays a group match, which is similar to the World Cup, where a win is worth a point, and the top two teams in the group win and enter the knockout round." Fang Chao said.
Tang Yao nodded, he wasn't worried about the game, what he was worried about was that the old army said that someone was making a trick in private, he looked around and asked, "Brother Jun, we've been here for a few days, why did he see the head and the tail?" ”
Apparently no one knew where the old army went, and at this time the old army was coming out of the subway station and stopped at the designated smoking spot under the bridge, smoking in this country is not just anywhere, either the business allows smoking, or there is a designated smoking point at home, outdoors.
If you just take a cigarette in your mouth, there will be an uncle wearing an armband riding a bicycle to catch up, and he will not scold, but will hold a plastic cup with water in his hand, and let you throw the cigarette in it and extinguish it, and if you don't cooperate, you will call the police.
Brother Jun stopped, took out the cigarette case and was about to light a cigarette, at this time a hand reached over and lit his cigarette with a lighter, he glanced up, it was a handsome uncle who was about the same age as him, with black hair tied into a ball head, wearing a black T-shirt, a neatly trimmed beard, and a silver GOROS necklace around his neck.
The old soldier seemed to know him, lit a cigarette and said, "I thought you would ask me to go to a better place, but I didn't expect it to be so casual." ”
The uncle on the other side laughed and said in standard-sounding Chinese: "Even if I ask you to have a drink, will you go, you should want to kill me, after all, I robbed you of your individual battle championship fifteen years ago." ”
There was a trace of obvious unhappiness in the old army's eyes, and he said after spitting out the smoke ring: "Fifteen years have passed, I am not so stingy, besides, how did you win my heart has not counted, and now you are also very good, you have already sat in the position of the deputy leader of Yin Yang Liao, and I am still a wandering illusionist, compared to you." ”
This handsome uncle who appeared in front of the old army is now the deputy leader of the Yin Yang Liao, fifteen years ago he and the old army participated in the same Wan Guo Competition, and finally won the championship of the individual battle, and therefore was regarded as a genius and hero by the country's illusionist circle, since then relying on his own talent and hard work, step by step up to become stronger, and now he has become the deputy leader of the Yin Yang Liao, almost the top figure in the country's illusionist circle.
"I'm still very self-aware, fifteen years ago I used my peak state to beat you in the worst state, I could see that you were very tired when you first played, it can be said that I took a big advantage at that time, but even so I almost died to win the final championship, I admit that you are better than me, but the championship is still mine in the end, this is probably Amaterasu's care for me."
"......Shh ”
"No, I'm here to repay your favor, as the deputy leader of this Yinyangliao, and also the person in charge of the organizer of this Wanguo University team battle, I can let the team you lead play against anyone who wants to fight, but there is only one chance, you can choose a weak team to fight, so as to ensure that you can win the first round of knockout after qualifying from the group."
The expression on the old soldier's face became even more unhappy, and then he took a step forward and grabbed Kujo Shirou's collar, his action aroused the vigilance of the other strangers around him, and everyone retreated for fear that they would fight, and the old soldier asked, "Are you underestimating me?" ”
"I didn't mean that."
"You'd better not mean that, because I or the little guys I lead don't need you to repay at all, and I'm not afraid to tell you that in front of the team I brought this time, the whole world, whether it's your country or any other region, the young illusionists can't be our opponents, just like my team and I swept the team competition fifteen years ago, the scene from fifteen years ago will be repeated, and it will be even worse than fifteen years ago, if you don't believe it, then you can arrange for my team to play the opening gameThen you will know about this young team I lead...... No, to be precise, what a terrible young genius that kid named Tang Yao is, fifteen years ago, I was called the future tyrant by your Yin Yang Liao, and this title can now be given to Tang Yao. ”
After speaking, the old soldier let go of his hand, took a step back, snuffed out the cigarette butt, and then said: "Kujo Bingwei is the junior of your clan, you can go back and tell him that the current Tang Yao is completely different from the Tang Yao who fought with him at that time, this kid's growth rate is something I have never seen before, he had better surrender, otherwise he will be repaired very badly in the arena." ”
Kujo Shirou tidied up his collar, then nodded respectfully to the old army, then turned around and got into the car not far away and left, while the old army turned his head and took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Tang Yao: You will fight the opening battle, prepare for the battle.
Tang Yao was inexplicable after receiving the news, and when the old army came back, he didn't ask anything, and the old army told him that they would definitely fight this team battle of the Great Competition, and he told Tang Yao to win and teach the opponent a hard lesson.
"You listen to me, this first battle is the first battle for you to stand on the world stage, I have only one request for you, you must fight me beautifully, not only to win but also to abuse the opponent." After the old soldier finished speaking, he went back to his room and never came out again.