Chapter 318: Rejecting the Youth Selection, Keeping the U17 Appointment

As expected, it's the timeline from the anime.

Kamishiro Aki still felt a bit of anticipation.

He then looked at the invitation letter.

The result was not an invitation for him to become a player.

But an invitation for him to become a coach.

Hmm...

So it turned out to be this situation.

Behind the invitation letter was the candidate list for this youth selection tournament.

As the champion of the Kanto tournament, all of Hyotei could participate.

Next was Seigaku.

The name Tezuka Kunimitsu was on the list!

This time, he was actually participating as a player!

A bit interesting, but that's all.

If Kamishiro Aki couldn't play in the match, he couldn't earn points.

Without being able to earn points, Kamishiro Aki felt there was no point in him participating in this youth "463" selection tournament.

After all, there were Tezuka Kunimitsu, Atobe Keigo, and Sanada Genichiro.

No fear of losing to the people from Eagle's Nest.

No, they definitely wouldn't lose.

But if he wanted to refuse the invitation to the youth selection tournament, it wouldn't be easy.

Unless there was a better reason.

Just then, Kamishiro Aki received another invitation letter.

And this invitation letter was far more important than the youth selection tournament!

This was the invitation letter for the U17 trial match!

The opponent was Oni Jujiro!

Good heavens!

It seems he has been under observation by the U17 side all along.

However, it's hard not to attract attention.

He won every match, and directly accepted Atobe Keigo's offer to become Hyotei's new emperor.

That news must have spread long ago.

However, this made Kamishiro Aki somewhat puzzled.

Tezuka Kunimitsu had already received an invitation to the German professional tennis youth training program.

So why hadn't he received one yet?

Could it really be that he was missing the title of national champion?

But thinking carefully, that didn't make sense either; Tezuka Kunimitsu hadn't won the national championship trophy either!

On the other hand, Rikkaidai, which had won two consecutive national championships, hadn't had anyone receive an invitation to a professional youth training program.

Yukimura Seiichi should be considered a very strong player, but he still hadn't received a professional invitation letter.

So, Kamishiro Aki drew a conclusion.

That was that Tezuka Kunimitsu had connections.

Similarly, the reason Echizen Ryoma went to Eagle's Nest later was because of his brother's introduction.

Therefore, if Kamishiro Aki wanted to play professionally,

he absolutely had to participate in this U17 trial match.

After making up his mind, Kamishiro Aki decided to participate in the U17 trial match.

As for the youth selection tournament side, let Tezuka Kunimitsu and the others show their strength.

Five days later, the youth selection tournament officially began.

Everyone gathered at the training location.

Seigaku sent four people.

They were Tezuka Kunimitsu, Fuji Syusuke, Echizen Ryoma, and Inui Sadaharu.

These were selected based on the school's ranking tournament.

St. Rudolph sent two people.

They were Sengoku Kiyosumi and Aguri Jin!

It must be said, when everyone learned that Aguri Jin had come here, they were all very surprised.

After all, he had previously said that tennis wasn't fun.

Actually, he only came because he wanted to defeat Kamishiro Aki.

Rikkaidai also sent four people: Sanada Genichiro, Kirihara Akaya, Yan Renji, and Niou Masaharu.

Originally, Yukimura Seiichi was supposed to come.

But after Yukimura Seiichi's surgery, his body had not fully recovered.

So he did not participate.

He now needs to rest and gather his strength to prepare for the National Tournament.

The other schools included Rokkaku, St. Rudolph, and Jundao Xiangnan.

Those who came were all top-ranked players.

Then there was the coaching staff.

There were four in total: Sakaki Taro, Ryuuzaki Sumire, Hanamura Aoi, and Bando Mikiya.

Originally, Kamishiro Aki was included, but after Kamishiro Aki declined the invitation, the organizers decided to have the more experienced Bando Mikiya join the coaching staff.

At this moment, Sakaki Taro addressed all the players.

"I am the head coach of this training camp."

"The Youth Selection Training Camp begins now!"

"That is all!"

Indeed, Sakaki Taro was the head coach of this training camp.

Because Hyotei was the champion of the Guandong Tournament.

At this moment, Aguni Jin noticed that Kamishiro Aki was not present at the scene.

So he looked at Sakaki Taro and asked.

"Why didn't Kamishiro Aki come? Is he afraid?"

Upon hearing this, everyone realized that Kamishiro Aki was not at the scene.

Seeing this, Sakaki Taro did not intend to hide it anymore.

He simply said.

"Kamishiro Aki has now accepted a trial match for the U17."

"It happens to conflict with the timing of our Youth Selection Tournament."

Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked!

He actually received an invitation to a U17 trial match!

Has Daiqiu Already become that strong?

Knowing that Kamishiro Aki was not there, Aguni Jin wanted to turn and leave.

But Sengoku Kiyosumi stopped him.

"Aguni, I know you came here to defeat Kamishiro Aki."