On the day of the Kanto Contest draw, Tezuka and Oishi arrived at the location early, and a sign was erected in front of the door that read "The XX National High School Kanto Contest Lottery Meeting".

"This is it, Dashi." Tezuka said to Shuiichiro Oishi, who was looking for the way together;

"yes, you were here last year, Tezuka." Oishi sighed. "What will be the result?"

"Whatever the outcome, we're going to give it our all." Both of them wore white linings in their school uniforms, and they looked very refreshing.

Li Ke assisted them in training as usual at the tennis training ground, Yu Qian accurately calculated the current shortcomings of the members and what they needed to make up for, and a man in a suit and leather shoes walked into the tennis training ground: "Miss Tang, this is the dress that the young master of the trace department has prepared for you." ”

"The housekeeper is dressed so formally, I don't let people pick me up about this thing, I'm a little unreasonable." Rico quipped;

"Miss is just casual!" The butler looked at Li Ke and took it: "In addition, the young master of the trace department asked me to inform you that the master may announce your name change at the ball, and I want you to deal with it." ”

"Okay, I got it!" Rico got up seriously with the dress in her arms, and went to the lounge with the dress box, and the housekeeper left the tennis court after seeing it off.

After putting away the dress, Rico took out her mobile phone and dialed the person on the other end to inform the person on the other end: "Let's go ahead as planned!" He hung up. Then wait for the show, my cruel grandfather! ”

The schools that drew lots filled the entire venue one after another, and the people on the stage were reading the names of the schools from time to time, asking school representatives to come to the stage to draw lots. There is a board on the stage with a picture of the elimination system of the Kanto Tournament, and the numbers drawn by the representatives of each school are marked in Arabic alphabetical order, and after each draw, the name of the school is written on the corresponding number, and after the draw, you can clearly see who the opponent of the first game is.

When the draw was carried out, "Lihai High School was last year's champion, and it should be the No. 1 by default, and the Youth Academy drew No. 16, and then let's see who is the first opponent of Qingxue." Oishi nervously watched all this.

Suddenly, with a voice: "Ice Emperor Academy, No. 15", the audience suddenly became lively.

"It's amazing, as soon as it comes up, it's the Ice Emperor who was the quasi-winner of last year's Kanto Tournament and the top four Qingxue are playing against each other."

"The losing side can't go to the national competition!"

"Ice Emperor!" Oishi was surprised.

Tezuka reported the relevant information to the coach, "The first game is against the Ice Emperor, let's start special training tomorrow!" The coach hung up the phone, opened the training manual at hand and continued to think about how to intensify the training.

On the training ground of the tennis club, everyone is training in an orderly manner.

"You guys have to work harder, like I said, the grouping of the Kanto Tournament has been decided, and this time it's a stop with the Ice Emperor, the team that beat us last year. The one they lost to Fudomine at the Tokyo Tournament didn't send out a few main selections, and the Kanto tournament was the strongest lineup. Not only do they have 200 members, but the team is also quite thick, and those who lose will be immediately replaced from the main selection, which is the policy of the Ice Emperor coach. All in all, it was a big game. This competition against the Ice Emperor must go all out. The coach clasped his arms and lectured.

Tezuka checked the status of each member of the ministry on the side, looked around from time to time, and found that there was no one missing; He took out his phone from his pocket and sent a text message; "Where did you go?"

At this time, Rico, who was making an appointment to meet her cousin, was waiting for Keigo Jibu in the café, and saw the mobile phone on the desktop light up: "Where did you go?" - From Kunimitsu Tezuka. ”

Rico took a picture of the surroundings with her mobile phone and sent a text message: "I passed by a café on my last date, and I was hungry for a long time, so I didn't call you, sorry." ”

"Hmph, it's good that you know." Tezuka turned back, the corners of his mouth raised, and an imperceptible smile appeared on his face.

It didn't take long for Keigo Keibe and Birch to push the door of the café and walk in. Birch was carrying two tennis bags.

"You're really good at calling people!" When Rico saw this scene, she couldn't help but be sarcastic.

"My cousin offered me coffee for the first time, and I definitely wanted to come over gracefully." After walking over to Rico and sitting down, he raised his arm upward, snapped his fingers, and called the waiter: "Bring me two cups of your best coffee!" ”

"What a precious tongue." Rico teased.

The birch on the side habitually replied "yes", almost making the trace face collapse: "Birch, don't answer the stubble!" "Seeing Rico clutching her stomach and laughing, she regained her graceful appearance." Say, what's the matter? It's rare to come to me! ”

When Rico heard this, she suddenly remembered the purpose of looking for him, and took out a copy of the information of the German tennis player's rehabilitation training institution from her bag: "Soon the Ice Emperor is going to compete with Qingxue, judging from Tezuka's current elbow, as long as you delay time, you will definitely win, and when the game is over, you will take this information to the coach of the Qingxue Tennis Department, and she will give it to Tezuka." ”

The trace department took this information and flipped through it: "You have done so much for him, what is your relationship?" Is it really in love? ”

Rico rolled her eyes, "What do you have in your head all day?" ”

Jibu saw that his sister was a little annoyed and angry, "Okay, okay! I'll take this information, I'll ask him this question in the ring, and if he loses as you expected, I'll think he's not qualified to be my future cousin-in-law. But why don't you give it to him yourself? ”

"Now he has a heavy burden on his shoulders, and if I try to persuade him, he will only use this excuse to prevaricate me; When he loses the game, I will try to persuade him, but he will only think that he is useless and worry about me. So it's best for you to come forward. Rico was helpless with Minister Tezuka, who was carrying the burden on her at any time, so she could only dial the mobile phone number she had never contacted to help.

"Good!" Jibu happily agreed, "Maybe they are all ministers, and I have similar burdens to him, and I can understand his current mood." The tone changed: "Did you try on the dress that the housekeeper sent you?" ”

"I tried, and it was good." Rico remembered the scene when she tried on the dress, showing the advantages of her figure to the fullest, and blushed, "How do you know that I am suitable for that style of dress." ”

"There are pictures of my aunt everywhere in the house, dancing, playing the piano, and all kinds of dress photos, and then I have inspiration, and sure enough, Uncle Ben has a good eye." Keigo Keibe proudly said what inspired him.

"And a picture of my mother?" Rico sounded a little surprised.

"Grandma put it on the table, saying it's like she's still alive."

"The Si people are gone, and they are still pretending to be pitiful, pretending to be sorry for anyone." Rico's eyes darkened. "It's done, I'll go first!" With that, he stood up, went to the front desk to pay, and left.

"How can she mention her aunt, her mood has changed, the detectives she is looking for have not found any relevant information, what happened in those years." Holding his chin in his hand, he said distressedly; "Birch, let's go back after coffee!"

"Okay."

After the bell rang for the end of class, a few pedestrians passed by in the corridor outside the third-grade classroom, and Rico handed Fuji Shusuke a book: "This is it!" ”

"Thank you." Fuji smiled and said, "The others didn't bring it, and I thought that only Echizen you had it." As he spoke, he took the book and flipped it over: "Anyway, haven't you and the coach decided on the order of the players who will fight against the Ice Emperor?" ”

"The coach and Tezuka are also very distressed." Rico replied.

"Anyway, the guy who knocked Yuta down is a guy named Jiro! Maybe, I'd like to fight him. "The second brother controls the upper body.

"Fuji still cares so much about his brother! Perhaps? I'll go first. With that, Rico was going back to the classroom.

"Tezuka's arm isn't completely healed yet, can he face the upper trace?"

Rico paused: "I don't know? Let's go for each one! ”

The bell rang, and the two returned to their classrooms.

Rico sat in her seat and thought, "I'm going to go into the wolf's den tomorrow night, isn't it too lonely for me to go alone, should I send a text message to Tezuka?" Thinking like this, I can also take into account that it is now in class, so the mobile phone rings in the classroom.

When the teacher turned around and was about to get angry, Tezuka pressed the ringtone, put the phone back in the desk, and stood up quietly to apologize to the teachers and classmates in the class: "I'm sorry, because there is something at home that I am afraid that I won't hear after the call, so I set the ringtone, and ask the teacher to continue the class." ”

"Ah, it's okay, it's okay! Tezuka actually has a mistake, so pay attention next time. The teacher was timid when he saw that the outstanding students in the class had obediently stood up and spoken.

"Thank you, teacher." Tezuka bowed, then sat down.

Rico, who was sitting next to the seat, thought that it was rare to see Tezuka's embarrassment, and the teacher could let him, a good student, go to the punishment station, and Tezuka sat down in his seat unharmed, with a lost face. This table happened to be seen by the teacher, "Echizen, what kind of strange expression, students like you who don't listen well should go outside and stand outside." ”

Rico was speechless for a moment, stood up, took the textbook, and glared viciously at Tezuka, as if to say; "The teacher obviously couldn't get out of the fire, and when he saw me, I became a punching bag." Then he walked out and leaned against the wall to listen to the lecture.

The corners of Tezuka's mouth were raised, and he was in a happy mood, and in the second half of the class, the mood in the air seemed to be much lighter.

When the bell rang, Rico returned to the classroom and collapsed on her desk in frustration.