The Draw for the Final Kanto Tournament of Their Last Year

"Next time, we'll only see each other again at the National Tournament!"

"See you at the National Tournament, everyone from Fudomine!"

"Big brother, let's have another match in the National Tournament!"

Shitenhoji Fudomine, concluding this training camp. ╰☆☆ Claws☆☆╮

This training camp greatly helped improve everyone's strength, and the name of Aoi Kintaro, the Prodigy First Year from Shitenhoji, was also etched into the minds of the second-year students from Fudomine.

In particular, the struggle shown by Ibu Shinji and Kamio Akira when facing Kintaro, who were being groomed by Muneyoshi and Tachibana Kippei, greatly displeased them.

However, even under these circumstances, Kintaro's performance improved as he adapted.

He was like a sponge, desperately absorbing tennis match experience from everyone.

It seemed to be his instinct, always done without him even realizing it.

It can be said that Aoi Kintaro is the one who benefited the most from this training camp.

Don't worry too much about failure. Now that you have a goal, just keep striving towards it!

Saeki Muneyoshi patted Ibu Shinji on the shoulder. He had played against Kintaro three times during this training camp, and had lost all three matches.

His signature skills were completely useless against Kintaro, who had Child's Heart.

Aoi Kintaro's wild intuition allows him to ignore all pretense, unless it's someone like Yukimura Seiichi who Annihilate Five Senses, it won't work.

Shinji's Nightmare Mask also made him realize that Kintaro truly had no inner fears. 💛🐜 💋♟

Aside from the deadly hand that Shiraishi always used to terrify him, he had nothing to fear.

At the same time, his amazing physique allowed him to easily evade Shinji's paralysis.

Kintaro is a perfect match for Shinji Ten.

This is also why Shinji is watching Shitenhoji's departing figure with deep longing, and why he is so attached to Kintaro.

However, what hurt Shinji even more than his obsession was that Kintaro's gaze was always on Muneyoshi and Tachibana Kippei, and he didn't pay much attention to him at all...

Muneyoshi certainly noticed this as well, but he didn't point it out; it was good to give him some motivation.

June flew by, and the monthly intra-school ranking tournament of Fudomine came to an end.

The annual Kanto Tournament has begun.

Fudomine, Seigaku, Rikkai Dai, Rokkaku, Hyotei Academy... as well as Yamabuki and St. Rudolph, who fought their way up from the Loser's Bracket, all gathered at Fudomine.

Because of their good results over the past few years, Tokyo Metropolis has secured five spots in this year's Kanto Tournament, which is why St. Rudolph was able to qualify.

"The promise we all made back then was actually fulfilled by that guy Saeki Muneyoshi. It's really annoying, isn't it, Kabaji?"

Two figures in gray and white uniforms stood in front of the Fudomine school gate. Atobe looked at the people coming and going, his displeasure undisguised.

When they went to Kanagawa to participate in the Kanto lottery, Saeki Muneyoshi looked at the gate of Rikkai Dai and said that he wanted to move the lottery venue to Fudomine.

How could Atobe, who was accustomed to being the center of attention, give up after being heard by Seigaku and Hyoutei about such an appearance.

He immediately joined Tezuka in making a promise to bring the Kanto lottery, and even the national lottery, to their school.

Unexpectedly, only Saeki Muneyoshi led Fudomine to fulfill this promise in the end.

Upon arriving at Fudomine, the proud Atobe instinctively recalled the events of that time.

Kabaji Munehiro, who was accompanying him, simply responded and stood there blankly, watching the passing crowd without any expression.

At that moment, Atobe saw a group of figures dressed in burgundy clothes arriving at the entrance of Fudomine School.

"Kabaji, let's go inside."

"Yes!"

"This year, Tokyo has five spots, so Kanagawa Prefecture, which used to have three spots, will have one less, right?"

Inside the Fudomine auditorium, watching the crowd begin to gather, Kamio and Tachibana Kippei discussed this issue, and he asked with some curiosity.

Sitting to the side, Muneyoshi interjected, "As long as the champions of the Kanto Tournament and even the National Tournament remain with Fudomine, Tokyo Metropolis will have five spots from now on."

Adhering to the principle of sitting rather than standing whenever possible, Muneyoshi leaned lazily back in his seat.

Tachibana An had planned this lottery competition, as well as the subsequent National Tournament lottery, so all he had to do was go through the final procedures.

It has to be said that he really enjoyed the comfort of doing nothing. Seeing that Kamio Akira's expression seemed quite serious, Muneyoshi continued:

"The overall level of the prefectural tournaments in other prefectures is not high to begin with. You don't see a situation like Tokyo Metropolis, where hundreds of schools participate, whether in the Kansai or Chubu regions."

Saeki Muneyoshi glanced sideways at Kamio Akira and smiled:

"Alright, Kamio, Tachibana and I aren't trying to put pressure on you. If nothing unexpected happens, you and Shinji will be the ones carrying the load in Fudomine. You'd better stand up straight."

"Yes, Minister!"

"Go and get ready, the Kanto lottery is about to begin."

Saeki Muneyoshi stood up, glanced at the busy staff on the stage, and smiled at Tachibana Kippei beside him, "Tachibana, do you think Seigaku and Rikkai Dai face off this time?"

Muneyoshi's words made Tachibana Kippei's eyes light up, but upon closer thought, the possibility of this happening was extremely high!

Last year, Fudomine was a dark horse and lost Metropolitan Tournament, resulting in them experiencing the most difficult tournament of all Fudomine.

And this year, as the number one seed, their draw has certainly been much better.

As this year's losers, Seigaku will likely experience a similar fate to Fudomine last year.

"There's a high chance that Seigaku will be drawn into a different half of the bracket than us. If we are indeed drawn into the same half as Rikkai Dai, then we'll meet at the latest in the Semifinals, and in the worst-case scenario, we might even meet in the first round."

Saeki Muneyoshi smiled knowingly, a mischievous glint in his eyes.

"Rikkai University sent Renji Yanagi and Masaharu Niou, while Yamabuki sent Masami Higashikata and Kiyosumi Sengoku. Atobe from Hyotei University is also here."

How could Inoue Mamoru be absent from such an occasion? He was snapping photos at the entrance of the auditorium when he spotted several figures in burgundy clothes following behind Atobe.

"Hey, isn't that the first-year new club president from Rokkaku Middle School?"

Inoue Mamoru was only slightly taken aback, but not surprised. After all, since Muneyoshi's class entered the university, apart from himself not playing in the first year due to special reasons.

The other strong schools mostly have first-year students serving as department heads, and the players they produce are all incredibly strong.

At this moment, Inoue Mamoru felt a glimmer of hope upon seeing that Rokkaku Middle School also had a first-year student captain.

Driven by his anticipation, Inoue Mamoru snapped an Amene Hikaru photo of Aoi Kentaro's face, along with Amanori Hikaru and Saeki Kojiro standing beside him.

After glancing at the crowd outside, Inoue Mamoru estimated that most people had arrived and then entered the auditorium.

Seeing his assistant, Shiba Saori, frantically taking pictures of several handsome contestants, Inoue Mamoru's face immediately showed a series of black lines.

Needless to say, this is definitely another instance of Shiba Saori being a fangirl.

Inoue Mamoru walked up with a sullen face.

"Ah Zhi, didn't I tell you to shoot some footage? What are you shooting?"

"Ah! Inoue-senpai!"

Just as she was getting into the swing of things, Shiba Saori was suddenly startled. When she saw Inoue Mamoru's dark face, she gave an awkward smile, but after realizing what was happening, her eyes darted around.

"Inoue-senpai, I'm just shooting footage. Look, the Fudomine, Hyotei Academy, and Seigaku guys are teaming up again... Yukimura and Sanada from Rikkai Dai didn't come this time, otherwise I think it would have been even more exciting!"

"..."

Seeing Shiba Saori still trying to argue even after he caught her, Inoue Mamoru was speechless.

However, following the direction Shiba Saori pointed, he did see several people huddled together, and the atmosphere seemed quite strained.

"A-Zhi, you're right, no one from Rikkai Dai came. Otherwise, it would have been even more exciting..."

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