69novels Chapter 144 Goalkeeper of Stadium No. 5
Chapter 144 Goalkeeper of Stadium No. 5
Chapter 144 Goalkeeper of Stadium Number Five
Swing the racket ten thousand times.
Having traversed countless mountains and crossed treacherous ravines.
The losers have finally entered the legendary trial grounds.
The training is rigorous, requiring 10,000 swings a day, resulting in inhumanly strong arms.
Harboring a burning hatred and belief in crushing the elite trash of the concentration camp, every defeated soldier gritted their teeth and endured the high-intensity training.
This was especially true for Echizen Ryoma, who witnessed Natsume Tsukiya defeat Oni Jujiro. This feeling of being subservient to others far surpassed the hardship of training.
Defeating Natsume Tsukiya became Echizen Ryoma's only belief at this moment.
The night was very quiet.
The dormitory lights had long been turned off, with only a faint moonlight filtering through the window screens and falling onto the floor.
However, none of the middle school students who stayed overnight were able to fall asleep.
They rolled their eyes, knowing that neither of them was asleep, but they had nothing to say to each other.
The dormitory wasn't hot, but everyone felt a slight restlessness in their hearts.
The name Natsume Tsukiya flashed through everyone's mind at this moment.
Junior high school students—
Previously, there was a chasm between them and Natsume Tsukiya, but now that chasm seems to have become an insurmountable barrier.
Zero-sealing Oni Jujiro: If Natsume Tsuki was considered a demigod before, then the current Natsume Tsuki has become an insurmountable true god.
Who wouldn't want to defeat Natsume Tsukiya?
Although everyone often looks down on Natsume Tsuki, he is stubborn and refuses to admit defeat.
But at some point, Natsume Tsuki also became a benchmark.
A benchmark that everyone wants to beat.
This kind of role model is different from those of Kunimitsu Tei, Genichiro Sanada, and Seiichi Yukimura in the past. In the past, those below them took these people as role models, but they were not willing to admit defeat to each other and did not say that they needed to defeat each other to move forward.
And Natsume Tsukiya became someone everyone had to defeat.
It seemed that only by defeating Natsume Tsukiya could their strength be truly recognized—it was a restless night.
Falling asleep is more like a weak excuse; every heart that wants to become stronger is accumulating energy.
The next day.
After breakfast, the training gradually increased in intensity.
After completing the second day of training.
Kurobe's voice came over the loudspeaker: "After discussion by the coaching staff, it has been decided that Natsume Tsukiya, a second-year student at Hyotei Academy, will not be required to participate in the regular junior high school training!"
The middle school students scattered around the field all looked up and gazed in the direction where Natsume Tsukiya was.
"No need to participate in training?!"
A slight look of astonishment appeared on each of their faces.
Marui Bunta, blowing out bubble gum, said, "Why can't this kind of good thing happen to me? I'm almost dying from training these past few days."
Knowing that physical strength was Marui Bunta's weakness, Yukimura Seiichi laughed and said, "You might overcome that after you finish training."
"Forget it," Marui Bunta said. "I just want to rest now."
Kikumaru Eiji chuckled and said, "That guy is really lucky."
Fuji Syusuke: "Good luck is not necessarily the case, but with his strength, he doesn't need to participate."
Eishiro Kite pushed up his glasses: "So-called training is just about improving strength. For that kind of person, training won't increase strength; it's just a waste of energy."
Akutsu said, "Hmph, that guy, he's here on vacation."
千岁千里: "It's really enviable."
Kippei Tachibana: "However, Chitose, I heard from Anzu that Natsume has a way to cure eyes, so it's still very necessary for you to have a showdown with him."
A glint flashed in Qian Sui Qian Li's eyes as she turned her head: "How could Xiao Xing have such news?"
Kippei Tachibana: "It was Niizuma Takami who told her that the eye issue should be resolved during this training camp. If you can't bring yourself to ask, I'll do it."
"That's not necessary." Chitose Senri raised her head and looked at Natsume Tsukiya.
Atobe Keigo: "You're really lucky!"
Natsume Tsuki shrugged: "There's nothing I can do. We're born to enjoy life. Are we going to overdo it like you guys?"
"What is excessive exercise?" Yuushi Oshitari asked.
"Excessive exercise is harmful to health."
Natsume Tsukiya raised an eyebrow, put his hands in his pockets, and walked off the field, looking incredibly pleased with himself.
A group of middle school students frowned in confusion: "What on earth is that guy talking about?"
Is excessive exercise harmful to health?
"Then what about his workout yesterday?"
"That's right, Natsume Tsukiya's exercise level is several times that of us."
Natsume Tsuki also heard these comments and remained noncommittal. He did have a lot of exercise, but he had the transmigrator's mechanism.
He is a god in this world!!
Can you compare to God?
It's incomparable.
He put his hands behind his head and walked off the field.
Shinzawa Bokan delivered Kansai watermelons.
Under the scorching sun.
All the junior and senior high school students are training hard, and it's no easier than for those in the losers' bracket.
Meanwhile, Natsume Tsukiya, with a large pair of black glasses perched on his nose, waved a slice of tender red watermelon in front of everyone.
The sight of the food made a group of middle school students burst into a tirade: "Natsume Tsukiya, are you even human?!"
"You bastard, you really deserve a beating."
"Leave here immediately."
Such remarks.
After several days, it tormented the group of junior high school students to no end.
That noon.
Kurobe's voice came over the loudspeaker again: "Natsume Tsukiya will temporarily replace Oni Jujiro as the goalkeeper of Stadium 5 until the end of the training camp. By the way, everyone with ability who wants to prove themselves must pass the test of the goalkeeper of Stadium 5."
The entire audience erupted in uproar.
Yukimura Seiichi frowned slightly and said, "The goalkeeper of Stadium Number Five, does that mean everyone who wants to enter Stadium Number Five has to defeat Natsume Tsukiya?"
Then the announcement came over the loudspeaker again, saying, "So far, in any normal training camp, Natsume Tsuki is the only one who has defeated Oni Jujiro. No one has ever defeated an Oni before him!"
This statement shocked everyone.
It's important to know that before Kurobe's speech today, even though many people knew that Natsume Tsukiya had shut out Oni Jujiro, the high school students were still skeptical because they hadn't witnessed it firsthand.
At least I can't fully accept this from the bottom of my heart.
As for the Kurobe faction, that's the official explanation.
"I never imagined it was actually true."
"Who exactly is that guy?"
"A clean sheet, a clean sheet, from a middle school student."
"If I remember correctly, Oni Jujiro's strength is actually that of the fifth position in the first team."
"Damn it, we're already in our final year of high school, and we're still not as good as that eighth grader kid?"
Some are angry at their own lack of ambition, some feel envious, and some feel unworthy of their position.
Regardless of the situation for Natsume Tsuki.
In short, it is an undeniable fact that since Oni Jujiro became the goalkeeper, no one has been able to advance from him on their own merits.
The junior high school students were stunned.
Teya Kunimitsu, Yukimura Seiichi, and others also frowned.
Kurobe continued, "The stadium exchange matches are mainly team-based. The initial rule was that if you beat the goalkeeper of stadium number five, you would advance to stadium number five or higher. However, in all the previous selections, no one has been able to defeat Oni Jujiro and advance to stadium number five or higher. Therefore, a team competition was added, in which the captain of a stadium challenges another stadium. A team that wins three out of five matches can move to a higher-level stadium."
The people below started whispering and discussing amongst themselves.
Kurobe continued, "However, by my standards, only those who can defeat the goalkeeper of Stadium No. 5 can barely be called strong. The rest enter through the so-called team competition, which is only done because no one on the team has the right to do it. I hope everyone understands what I mean."
The entire room fell silent.
Executive coach Takuya Ryuji looked towards the field; he understood perfectly what Kurobe meant.
The U17 winners' bracket is nothing to Mifune Nyudo.
Team competition and goalkeeper seem like two simple terms.
In fact, they are two different philosophies.
This is also the reason for forming the loser's bracket black army.
The Black Legion places more emphasis on individual development.
The White Legion, on the other hand, has various rules and selection processes based on compromise.
Because there was really no one else to choose from.
This is why the white must accept the black's challenge. Even if you, the white, are promoted and the black legion returns, you still have to accept the challenge. If you lose, you're out.
Mifune Nyudo looked down on the Kurobe's rules, believing that the strong should advance and the weak should be eliminated.
I'd rather have nothing than some useless things.
However, this training camp eventually had to be aligned with international standards, and according to the principle of individual challenges, there would be no one available, especially when facing the strongest opponent at the time, Oni Jujiro.
Therefore, making the necessary changes is unavoidable.
Similarly, all of these people are trash in Byodoin Phoenix's eyes because they all bypassed Oni Jujiro.
To Byodoin Phoenix, talking about being the world's best when you can't even beat a goalkeeper is just a joke.
Byodoin Phoenix did not enter the first team through the gatekeeper battle.
However, he defeated Oni Jujiro head-on when he returned from the loser's bracket.
After defeating Oni Jujiro, the so-called goalkeeper of the fifth stadium was officially appointed.
Kurobe was really looking forward to seeing this person appear.
He expects Kunimitsu Tei, Seiichi Yukimura, Genichiro Sanada, and others to take action, at least in the future, he hopes that these people will propose a one-on-one fight against Jujiro Oni.
But he didn't expect that Natsume Tsukiya had already defeated Oni Jujiro, and even shut him out.
Faced with such a person, the Kurobe changed many of its rules.
The Black Legion, an invincible force returned from hell, will likely never again possess such power.
At least this time, the Black Legion won't be stronger.
Kurobe always believed that only the one who is never defeated can be called the strongest, and Natsume Tsuki also fit his philosophy.
Kurobe continued, addressing everyone, "This year, whether you're a junior high or high school student, we allow you to advance to pitch number five or higher through individual challenges. There will be no restrictions on individual challenges. If you can't get past the goalkeeper to the next pitch, don't call yourself the best in the world. That's all."
"By challenging Natsume Tsukiya?"
Kuranosuke Shiraishi muttered, "This must be a joke."
Chitose Senri also remarked, "How many of these people can rival Oni Jujiro?"
Eiji Kikumaru frowned: "What the coach said is infuriating. What does he mean? Does failing Natsume Tsuki mean we can't aim for world number one?"
Fuji Syusuke laughed and said, "That seems to be the case. After all, even Momo didn't last more than a few moves against the demon."
Sengoku Kiyosumi said, "That guy is really terrifying. He can even shut out that kind of monster. I'd better just participate in the team competition."
Executive coach Ryuji Takumi said, "Individual challenges are just one option, not suitable for everyone. The coach will arrange everyone's challenge matches reasonably and will not force anyone to be paired with Natsume Tsukiya, so everyone should just focus on training their own. By participating in the team competition, you can still make it into the national team roster."
These words were a relief to many people.
However, for someone who always considers themselves number one, the harm is not great, but the insult is extremely strong.
Especially people like Kunimitsu Tei and Seiichi Yukimura.
With the invitation letter from Germany in hand, these words put Guo Guang in a dilemma.
Retreat implies an attempt to escape.
If they advance, will they be shut out again?
If Natsume Tsuki hadn't shut out Oni Jujiro, then no coach would have specifically emphasized it.
Because all the coaches tacitly agree on one fact: no one can defeat Oni Jujiro.
Therefore, there is no need to mention it.
The coach might arrange for one or two people like Takeshi Momoshiro who want to challenge Oni Jujiro to fight, but most people will be arranged to fight other people to ensure that there are always people available for each training camp.
However, Natsume Tsukiya arrived and immediately drew his sword, killing the gatekeeper of hell.
The impact and shock of this is unimaginable to others.
Only a coach like Kurobe, who can see all the data, knows just how amazing this is!
Middle school and high school students would only think that Natsume Tsuki is also amazing after seeing this.
However, what Kurobe saw was not one person shutting out another, but rather the breaking of a certain rule, a rule that they deeply believed no one could achieve.
Therefore, both Kurobe and Takumi Ryuji cared about this matter and specifically raised it, clarifying the difference between the group and the individual.
This led to Guoguang's awkward situation.
On one side is what is known as the strongest invitation, and on the other is a goalkeeper who cannot pass through.
Therefore, he felt awkward about his own position.
Is he truly strong, or is he just pretending?
If he's truly strong, then would you dare to challenge Natsume Tsukiya?
If he's a fake, then the German invitation letter he has is genuine.
The two rules are clearly different in meaning to everyone.
Some people felt a surge of challenge, but immediately the figures of Oni Jujiro, Mitsui, and the right-hand man of the No. 2 court, Weitaro, would appear.
They had never seen Oni Jujiro, but they had witnessed his battle with Ueto Uetari.
This urge to prove himself was quickly suppressed.
at the same time.
The rough-around-the-edges man, Mifune Nyudo, also received a message from the Kurobe and others. In short, if you want to prove that the Black Legion is stronger than the White Elite, then you can try to challenge the newest temporary goalkeeper, Natsume Tsukiya!
Mifune Nyudo tore the letter to shreds, conveying his words to the losers in his own words.
The main purpose is to convey the behavior that a truly strong person should exhibit.