The day after the exhibition match, the World Championship officially began.

"Well, the grouping I remember was."

"32 countries, divided into 8 groups, and then 3 round-robin matches, and the top 2 qualify."

"So which group will we be in this time?"

After breakfast, a group of people gathered excitedly in the hall, sitting on the soft sofa and talking.

"Oh, Akaji, Tezuka, how's it going!"

Seeing that the two people who went out walked back, all of them looked up.

"Well, as a seeded team, there are not many places where there can be changes."

Last year's defeat to France and maintaining a good standings during the year resulted in a rather superior result.

Compared with Neon, which is ranked 23rd in the main drama, Neon at this time is on the stage as a seeded team.

The seeded teams will be placed at the top of Groups A and H, which is why Yukimura was not allowed to go to the venue again.

Because I don't have to smoke at all

"This time we're in Group D."

"The opponents are South Africa, Mexico, Greece."

"Huh"

Akaji and Tezuka also spoke out in turn when they saw a group of people who were in a hurry.

"South Africa is ranked 15th, Mexico is 24th, and Greece is 10th"

"At the moment, it looks like we're still the strongest team."

"It's not a difficult group to break through."

Sadaharu Kan flipped through the information of the three teams, and then explained.

"The most important thing to pay attention to is the Greek team."

"They have a leading player known as "Omniscient". ”

"I believe some of you also know the specific performance."

Liu Lian Er also appropriately provided the corresponding information at this time.

"Is it omniscient? But he hasn't fought us in the future, has he? ”

"I've heard that it's a kind of power to control the whole situation."

"Interesting, I really want to fight him."

That description usually refers to "God," right? No matter what, it can't be stronger than Yukimura. ”

Although the other party's name sounds terrible, it does not scare his own.

Anyway, they're a bunch of ghosts and demons on their side.

"The game starts in the afternoon."

"This is the group stage."

"If you set up the formation, little girl, you can watch it."

The three boats glanced at the group stage roster, then threw it to Momoi, who was sitting not far away, and left.

That chic and casual appearance is a bit hard to imagine that he will be a head coach.

"The group stage is all arbitrarily arranged? That's too reassuring, isn't it? ”

"How much power is in place?"

"Coach Momoi, please let me play."

In just a moment, the high school students and junior high school students reacted, and then gathered around Momoi and were excited.

"Ahem."

"You should stop in moderation!"

"That's right."

Vulcan and Aomine directly intercepted the crowd in a very serious way, and then coughed and said in a straight voice.

"It's useless to please me."

"I only choose the players based on the situation of the opponent and the condition of my own players."

"It's not the kind of coach who messes around."

Looking at the group stage list on the table, Momoi took the notebook handed by Sadaharu Kan and Liu Lianji, turned his head to look at the noisy crowd and said.

"The first one was against South Africa."

"What is the overall strength of South Africa?"

Yukimura sat diagonally across from Momoi, looking at the dense notebook and asked curiously.

"Well, it looks like there are great players, but judging from the data."

"It won't be too much of a problem."

"Their main player is Shaboca Galpe, and his skill is the Sunshine Diamond, which claims to be able to penetrate all defenses."

Hearing this, Momoi flipped through the book, and then spoke.

"Oh?"

"Piercing."

"All"

"Defense?"

When a few people next to him heard Momoi's description, they immediately raised their eyebrows and became interested.

"That's right, let me try his catties."

"Isn't this supposed to be given to me? I want to see how he plays through all the defenses. ”

"Wait, you should let me do that, I'm good at defense, too."

The sound of the argument began to come out continuously, like a child grabbing candy to eat, and the noise was red.

"In future accounts, South Africa was also defeated by Germany, so it is not possible to get a good idea of what their actual combat strength was."

"When you meet us this time, it can be regarded as a deck of cards."

Speaking of this, Sadaharu Kan still cautiously reminded that although it is unlikely that such a thing as a rollover will happen, it is always right to be careful.

"Xiaobai, are you asleep?"

Turning his head to look at Bai Jin, who was sitting next to him and had not reacted, Momoi was very strange.

"Huh?"

"I don't think it matters who goes in, right?"

"There is a gap between the world-class players."

"Except for those powerful countries on the surface, there is nothing to care about."

Although it sounded like no one in his eyes, Bai Jin only told the truth according to the original situation.

Leaving aside how many people have future memories, it's impossible for every player to get them anyway.

The guys who are not ahead in the main drama, do they still want to rely on this to turn over?

What's more, they have so many excellent players here, no matter how they line up, they won't be far behind.

"By the way, although I think you should know, I still have to remind you that there are only seven players in each game in the group stage, including three national high school students."

"And the players who have played in the tournament will not be able to play again in the subsequent group stage, are you sure you still have to fight?"

"Oops! And this kind of rule. ”

"I almost forgot!!"

"Because we have very few repeaters on the field, we almost ignore that rule."

Hearing Momoi's reminder, some people realized it later, and their faces were very bad.

The rule that you can only play once in the group stage is too unfriendly to the individual.

This means that once they pick the wrong opponent and play a guy who is not very satisfied, the initial group stage is completely completed.

"I still looked like I wanted to play just now, but now I changed my face?"

"You guys, that's so easy to understand."

Sighing, Momoi looked at the group of people who had turned off the fire and said helplessly.

Compared with the calmness of the high school students, this group of peers is still a little out of the way.

"I'll pick the seven players before noon, so."

"Be prepared."

"Tsk"

…………

"Now let's start the first game of Group D, Neon vs. South Africa."

"I didn't expect that I would be able to fight for the first time."

"Let's fight well."

"Miyuki and Apricot should be watching."

Straightening out their uniforms and standing on the court, Chitose and Tachibana looked up at the surrounding audience and then communicated.

"Chitose, do a good job!"

"Of course I will."

The fighting spirit of the two is unprecedentedly high, with both the nostalgia of being a lion ace duo and the excitement of fighting together as teammates.

"Look, my brother is on the field!!"

"Great, Miyuki."

"Thank you, Sister Xing."

"It's okay, you can take that photo and record their handsome moments."

"Hmmm! I will! ”

In the stands, the family members who came to the scene with the other students of Neon also looked forward to the performance of the people they cared about with ardent expectations.

"This must be taken seriously."

Chitose also saw where her sister was from the court, smiled contentedly, and then looked at her opponent.

"Chitose Chitose and Tachibana against South Africa's Dlamini Mandela and Nkosi Chadole!"

"Let's go!"

"Huh?"

South Africa's Dlamini Mandela was about to serve when he caught a glimpse of a cyan glow.

“！！”

When he came back to his senses, he looked up sharply, only to find that his opponent had already exuded a familiar glow.

"Reserved Light ?!!"

He and his teammate Nkosi were stunned, a little at a loss.

"What's wrong? Serve quickly. ”

Posing, Chitose shouted strangely as he watched his opponent not serve for a long time.

"Isn't that damnable."

"How so?"

Trembling and pinching the ball, Dlamini and Nkosi were in a bad mood all at once.

They never expected that they would meet an opponent who would use the light of reserve in their first doubles.

"Roar!"

When he was shocked, he heard a whistling again, and turned his head to look, only to see a huge lion's head emerging from behind Tachibana.

"Wild Alternate Dimension!!"

Before the game even started, the two members of the South African team were already sweating.

The trembling arms betrayed the uneasiness in their hearts, and even a sense of horror that they did not dare to look directly at their opponents.

Come on

It's just that at the beginning of the group stage, your neon team came up with such heavyweight players in doubles?

It's a reserved light and a wild dimension

Are you so extravagant?

What does this make them fight?

"Hey, what's the deal with these two guys?"

"Isn't it also the Neon team's secret weapon?"

"They are all middle school students"

"What?!"

The South African team has long been in chaos.

"You're saying they're just middle school students?"

"What are you kidding?!"

When he heard that his opponent was only playing two unknown national students, even Shapoca Golpe, who was the main player of South Africa, couldn't help but shout.

"Bang!!"

“15-0！”

In the middle of talking and laughing, the ball that had just been sent off the field was hit back.

"Ugh"

"Ahh

There was no time to react, and Dlamini and Nkosi could only stand in the middle of the pitch in a daze.

"Bang!"

“30-0！！”

"Bang!!"

“40-0！！”

"Bang!!"

“1-0！”

Winning the game cleanly, Chitose and Tachibana only felt strange.

"This feeling of being able to score points with your hands is not real at all."

Tachibana Tachibana opened his mouth to communicate with Chitose while playing the serve.

“15-0！”

"yes."

“30-0！！”

"You can easily score points just by serving and receiving"

“40-0！”

"It's almost impossible on our side."

“2-0！！”

In the blink of an eye, they have already snatched two games, and regardless of the stunned opponent, the two look so leisurely.

But it's no wonder that the two of them would have such thoughts.

In the neon with many masters, most of the confrontations between each other at the same level are extremely difficult.

In a situation like this, where you can score points with just a slap and a wave of your hand, there is only a huge gap in strength in front of the span.

And this phenomenon is rarely seen except at the level of ministers.

They didn't expect the high school and middle school students sent by the South African team to be so vulnerable this time.

"It seems that the two of them have drawn a very weak opponent."

"Can this also play the Worlds?"

"Sure enough, there is a big gap between the upper and lower limits, between the teams."

The outcome of the game could already be predicted, and a group of people didn't worry about anything at all.

Although there are also fragments of "abusing vegetables" in my own memory, I always think that there should be a few dark horse players of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

But now it seems that they are thinking too much.

"Bang!!"

“3-0！”

"That's amazing, those two Neon Guys."

"Are they really middle school students?"

The audience's cries came one after another, and for those who came into contact with Chitose and Tachibana for the first time, they were undoubtedly full of mystery.

And when the Neon team can throw these two people to play the vanguard without changing their faces, it is really curious.

You must know that the junior high school players who have mastered the reserved light and the wild different dimension, no matter how they are placed in other teams, they can be regarded as ace stars.

"Bang!!"

“4-0！”

"Whew"

"Hah"

Compared with the two who have begun to gasp for breath in the South African team, Chitose and Tachibana have a casual attitude.

"I'm sorry, it won't take long."

Looking at the opponent who was squatting on one knee, Tachibana swung his racket and hit back.

…………

"The game is over, and this one is won by the Neon team."

"Score."

“6-0！！”

“6-0！！”

Leaving no room for the opponent to struggle at all, he almost maintained a seamless and wild alternate dimension throughout the game, and the extreme crushing of two consecutive sets created their strong results.

"Yay!!"

"That guy really didn't disgrace us."

"Chitose is so handsome."

In the stands, the Ice Emperor and the players who failed to be selected from the Four Heavenly Treasure Temple watched this scene and were happy in unison.

"It's really, it's much easier than I imagined."

"The level of the opponent doesn't look good."

Walking back into the group, Chitose and Tachibana didn't even sweat much, and their easy posture made them somewhat dissatisfied.

"Do you regret it?"

"No, that's not really, it's nice to be able to play in the Worlds."

Faced with the inquiries of his teammates, Chitose didn't find too much pickiness, but felt sorry that he didn't meet an evenly matched opponent.

Unlike Tachibana, he knows that he comes in as a substitute, and the number of games he can play must be scarce.

Now that he can play a beautiful record on his debut, he will retire successfully, and there is nothing to worry about.

"Now the second doubles match is about to start, please enter the two players!!"

It didn't take long for the referee to announce the start of the next game, and players from both sides began to enter the field again.

"Huh? Do I have anything on my face? ”

"What special hobby do you have for staring at people like that?"

"Hmm"

With a hard swallow, the two new South African players looked at their opponents cautiously.

After making sure that there was no reserved light or extradimensional power coming out this time, they were relieved.

(Well, it seems that not every player is that strong.)

"We're going to win this time!"

With such momentum, they mustered their courage.

"Hey, I feel like I'm underestimated for some reason, Irie senior."

"So, teach them a lesson, Kite-kun."

"That's exactly what I mean."

(End of chapter)