Chapter 240: Devil's Schedule

Everyone had arrived, and the drawing ceremony was about to begin.

It wasn't the team representatives who did the drawing; they were just witnesses.

The Winter Cup tournament was also divided into upper and lower halves.

As the champion and runner-up of the Inter-High, Kirisaki Daiichi and Rakuzan didn't need to worry about the draw and were directly placed in different halves.

On a tactical board, the nameplates of Kirisaki Daiichi and Rakuzan were placed in the first positions of the upper and lower halves.

Then, in front of all the participating teams, the person in charge reached into a sealed box, felt around for a while, and then took out a team's nameplate.

The purpose of the Winter Cup was to select talent, and there were no particularly high requirements for the record.

Even if your team's record is at the bottom and you are eliminated in the first round, as long as the players perform well enough, they will still be selected and cultivated as reserve talent.

Just like the U17 in Prince of Tennis, as long as you have some talent, you will be stuffed in to practice, and finally, the survival of the fittest will be carried out.

Therefore, in this draw, except for Kirisaki Daiichi and Rakuzan being arranged in different halves in advance, all teams were decided by drawing lots.

This led to the fact that in one half, there were actually 3 teams from the same region.

Under the astonished gaze of everyone.

Shutoku and Seirin were both drawn into the same half as Kirisaki Daiichi.

"This..."

Aida Riko was numb; what kind of heaven-defying luck was this?

They had finally broken out of the Tokyo area, only to be divided together in the tournament?

This was the rhythm of having another regional qualifier!

And looking at the schedule, if Seirin kept winning, they would meet Kirisaki Daiichi after the second round!

Because the number of teams was unequal, after the first round, only 25 teams would remain.

From this point on, there would be byes in the Winter Cup.

And those teams that got a bye would automatically enter the round of 16. (The original work is like this, not my arrangement)

Regardless of whether Seirin would be the lucky one to get a bye, Seirin would have to face Kirisaki Daiichi or Shutoku in the quarterfinals.

Why say that?

Because Shutoku drew Kirisaki Daiichi in the first round, and they would decide a winner with Kirisaki Daiichi in the first round.

Of course, that's assuming Seirin can get that far.

Before entering the quarterfinals, assuming Seirin passes the first round, they would have to face Yosen in the second round.

When this bracket came out, the scene was in an uproar.

Everyone didn't expect the Winter Cup to be so exciting from the start.

Kirisaki Daiichi plays Shutoku, Yosen plays Seirin.

"Looks like your luck isn't good." Akashi also shook his head when he saw the matchup.

"You should say this to Midorima." Tiandao was as confident as ever; he wouldn't lose to anyone.

For the Winter Cup, Kirisaki Daiichi was determined to win.

The drawing ceremony ended quickly.

The national representatives walked out of the conference room with different expressions.

Aida Riko walked through the crowd with a heavy heart.

This schedule was simply devilish for them.

In their half, there were three teams with members of the Generation of Miracles.

The only good news was that Shutoku and Kirisaki Daiichi would decide a winner in the first round.

So Seirin only needed to defeat Yosen or the winner of Kirisaki Daiichi and Shutoku to make it to the finals.

Aida Riko no longer cared about teams outside the Generation of Miracles.

She now had such confidence.

"See you at the Winter Cup, Tiandao."

Otsubo Taisuke came to the scene today as a representative of Shutoku.

When the bracket came out, he was already prepared for a bloody battle.

"Hmm, see you at the Winter Cup."

The two sides didn't have much communication; although they had the experience of joint training and were friends, they were enemies now, so there was no need to be polite to each other.

Tiandao was about to leave with Haizaki when Akashi walked over.

He said to Haizaki, "I have some things I want to talk to you about."

Haizaki looked at the other party; his attitude was very sincere, no longer as overbearing as before.

And so, he went out alone with Akashi.

Tiandao didn't follow; he walked to the vending machine to buy a bottle of water and just waited.

About ten minutes later, Haizaki and Akashi walked over.

Haizaki's expression was somewhat subtle; even he himself couldn't describe his current mood in words.

Akashi had actually bowed his head and apologized to him.

What was this?

He had come to take revenge on him, but he apologized to him in advance, and so sincerely...

"You can accept the apology, but the grudge still needs to be repaid." Tiandao saw his hesitation and told him to keep his original intention.

"You knew it all along?"

"I could guess it. Let's go, let's go back."

Haizaki gave an annoyed "Tsk."

Tiandao was right; he accepted the apology, but the grudge still had to be repaid.

Akashi's apology could at most offset the words he had said back then.

But the grudge from the Inter-High was not over yet!

If he didn't finish Akashi, his thoughts wouldn't be clear!

"What? We have to play Yosen in the second round, and Kirisaki Daiichi or Shutoku in the third round?"

When Aida Riko brought the news back to the basketball club.

The next second, everyone in Seirin exploded.

"What kind of luck is this? Three teams from the same region are divided into one half!"

Hyuga Junpei was speechless about this draw.

The most important thing was that they were divided into the same half as Kirisaki Daiichi.

This team brought them too many unpleasant memories.

Before Tiandao came, they were scarred by the Bad Boys Legion, and their main center Kiyoshi Teppei had been recuperating for a year.

After Tiandao came, the entire team was almost scattered.

Kiyoshi Teppei said somewhat naturally, "Isn't this quite good? Seeing Seeing Kagami should really want to challenge Tiandao again, right?"

Seeing Seeing Kagami, who had been a bit uneasy, saw his eyes light up again after hearing him say this.

"That's right, such a schedule couldn't be better!"

He was full of fighting spirit and swore to avenge the Inter-High.

Having defeated Touou and drawn with Shutoku, Seirin's confidence had greatly increased.

They were going to challenge Kirisaki Daiichi again.

"I'm happy you guys are so confident, but don't get it mixed up; if we want to see Kirisaki Daiichi, we must first solve Yosen."

Aida Riko was not as optimistic as them.

She had already seen Yosen's strength at the Inter-High.

With 3 tall players in the interior plus the strong outside line of Himuro Tatsuya, she didn't have many clues for a while.

Hearing the name Yosen, Seeing Seeing Kagami couldn't help but think of his brother.

He had already escaped once before, and this time he decided to face it bravely.

Because there was someone he wanted to defeat even more waiting for him.

Tiandao's imposing figure appeared above Seeing Seeing Kagami's head again, and he said to himself, "This time, I won't hold back, Tatsuya!"