"Pengfei, your opponent for the Top Eight Promotion Event is that "Gifted Boy" Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+," Zhizhong Gu smiled .

Pengfei Cui curled his lip with scorn . "I know him . j.a.panese media has been puffing him up as being a bright young star, and they give him t.i.tles like The Youngest Men's Singles Champion, The Youngest Youth World Champions.h.i.+ps Champion, The Youngest Open Top Eight Player, etc . Was his mother a National Ping-Pong Team player?"

Zhizhong Gu nodded . "Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+'s parents changed their family name from Zhang to Harimoto after they immigrated to j.a.pan . His mother and I used to be teammates, but at that time, his mother was not outstanding in our team . After she retired, she went back her hometown, and we lost contact since then . Later, I heard she immigrated to a foreign country . It was not until years ago, when the media reported Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+'s news, that I discovered that my previous teammate went to j.a.pan . "

"Don't look down upon your opponent simply because of his young age . His playing style and yours are alike, both fierce . Moreover, j.a.pan focuses on cultivating him, and these years he has partic.i.p.ated in many international events, and has gained much experience," Zhizhong Gu said, then took out a file and browsed it, before continuing, "Not long ago, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ defeated j.a.panese Big Brother Hasegawa Xiuyos.h.i.+ with a 4:2 score . Current him is in a nice condition . Although he is only fifteen, and is not a threat to us now, in four or five years, he might become our vigorous opponent . "

Pausing here, cruelty flashed in Zhizhong Gu's eyes, and he lowered his voice, "Therefore, in tomorrow's contest, I want you to win, and I want you to win big . Smash him, destroy his confidence . Bring him fear and horror, and make us national team players a terrifying threat in his eyes! I want you to be his nightmare!

"Don't worry, I'm quite good at this!" Pengfei Cui also smiled . He was a player with a distinct personality, and apparently, he felt no guilt about whacking a kid .

"In addition, change your old slow-start weakness," said Zhizhong Gu . "I have instructed Dai Li to warm you up in advance tomorrow, so that you can get into status quickly . "

. . .

Athlete Lounge .

Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+'s hands began to tremble involuntarily, his heart was beating with extreme excitement . Although Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ gained much fame, most of it was puffed up by the media . It was like an unknown star, if he appeared on media coverage everyday, then one day he must be well-known by the public .

Another example was, when some actors didn't have any presentable movie, nor did they have any valuable awards, or might even have a "box office flop" . But after they walked the red carpet in a bizarre outfit several times while at foreign film festivals, foreigners who knew nothing about this guy before, would then label him an international movie star .

Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ was in such a situation . He attended some international compet.i.tions with the t.i.tle "The Youngest Partic.i.p.ant", although he was always whacked by those adult players, until finally, he gained fame for himself . Of course, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ did have some competence . He was born in a sport family, both his parents played sports, especially his mother, who used to be a Chinese National Ping-Pong Team player . Hence, among foreign peers, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ was indeed the most outstanding one .

Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ was famous when he was young, but he had never fought with the world's best players . Here, the "world's best players" didn't mean "j.a.pan's No . 1", "Germany's No . 1", "Korea's No . 1", nor ordinary international tour champions, but champions in World Champions.h.i.+ps, World Cup, Olympics, and other heavyweight tournaments . Champions.h.i.+ps of these important tournaments were always undertaken by China National Ping-Pong Team .

In other words, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ had not fought against any major force in the national team . But today, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ was going to face his first ever h.e.l.l-Difficulty copy in his career, in which his opponent was the Dark Lord Pengfei Cui .

Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ was aware of the fact that, even though Pengfie Cui was affected by his injury and was not was compet.i.tive as he used to be, he was still undefeated . He would surely fail in the h.e.l.l-Difficulty challenge .

I must win Pengfei Cui at least one round1! Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ told himself .

Winning a round was not only the goal that Coach Kimura Juichi set for Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+, but was also Harimoto's own goal for himself . Kimura Juichi considered that winning a round could inspire Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+'s growth, and thus, would enhance his confidence . But Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ hoped that he could rectify his name by this victory .

Comparing with the other athletes, in regards to youth and fame, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ did receive much doubt, scorn, and even unprovoked abuse . There were too many people who thought that Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ was just a flash in the pan . But all those unfair treatments became his driving force .

Thinking about Pengfei Cui, a sense of complex feeling raised in Haimoto Hisas.h.i.+'s heart . He had already heard about Pengfei Cui at the time when he had just entered into primary school .

Later, when Pengfei Cui became the World No . 1, he regarded Pengfei Cui as his idol, even mimicking Pengfei Cui's playing style on purpose . Now at this moment, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ finally got the chance to challenge Pengfei Cui face to face .

I have observed all the records of Pengfei Cui's compet.i.tions, I know that his slow-start weakness is my chance, and I must catch it!I will win at least one round, or even two rounds! Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ thought confidently .

Pengfei Cui always started slow in compet.i.tions, which was well-known around the world . When he was fighting top ping-pong players, a 3:1 score often occurred, and he usually failed the first round in the game, while rallying to come back and whack his opponents in the rest three rounds .

Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ felt that, if he did fail in a 3:1 situation, then it at least proved that he did have something, and that he had reached the world top level, rather than being boosted by the media without merit . While Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ was full of bright hope, in another lounge, Pengfei Cui was doing Warming Up Square Dance, with background music . . .

. . .

As the Austria Open went into the Top Eight Promotion session, the amount of people in the audience had obviously increased, now filling the auditorium . Pengfei Cui walked onto the field, and from his appearance, he looked just the same as in previous games, eyelids drooped as usual, as if he was still asleep .

Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ observed this, and smelled the odor of "hope" . The game started, Pengfei Cui serving a ball first .

For the first ball, I should utilize Pengfei Cui's slow-start characteristic to grab one point! Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ had already made his strategy in his mind .

Chapter 307 Young and FrivolousTranslator Nyoi Bo Studio Editor Nyoi Bo Studio Pengfei, your opponent for the Top Eight Promotion Event is that Gifted Boy Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+, Zhizhong Gu smiled . Pengfei Cui curled his lip with scorn . I know him . j.a.panese media has been puffing him up as being a bright young star, and they give him t.i.tles like The Youngest Men s Singles Champion, The Youngest Youth World Champions.h.i.+ps Champion, The Youngest Open Top Eight Player, etc . Was his mother a National Ping Pong Team player Zhizhong Gu nodded . Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ s parents changed their family name from Zhang to Harimoto after they immigrated to j.a.pan . His mother and I used to be teammates, but at that time, his mother was not outstanding in our team . After she retired, she went back her hometown, and we lost contact since then . Later, I heard she immigrated to a foreign country . It was not until years ago, when the media reported Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ s news, that I discovered that my previous teammate went to j.a.pan . Don t look down upon your opponent simply because of his young age . His playing style and yours are alike, both fierce . Moreover, j.a.pan focuses on cultivating him, and these years he has partic.i.p.ated in many international events, and has gained much experience, Zhizhong Gu said, then took out a file and browsed it, before continuing, Not long ago, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ defeated j.a.panese Big Brother Hasegawa Xiuyos.h.i.+ with a 4 2 score . Current him is in a nice condition . Although he is only fifteen, and is not a threat to us now, in four or five years, he might become our vigorous opponent . Pausing here, cruelty flashed in Zhizhong Gu s eyes, and he lowered his voice, Therefore, in tomorrow s contest, I want you to win, and I want you to win big . Smash him, destroy his confidence . Bring him fear and horror, and make us national team players a terrifying threat in his eyes I want you to be his nightmare Don t worry, I m quite good at this Pengfei Cui also smiled . He was a player with a distinct personality, and apparently, he felt no guilt about whacking a kid . In addition, change your old slow start weakness, said Zhizhong Gu . I have instructed Dai Li to warm you up in advance tomorrow, so that you can get into status quickly . . . . Athlete Lounge . Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ s hands began to tremble involuntarily, his heart was beating with extreme excitement . Although Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ gained much fame, most of it was puffed up by the media . It was like an unknown star, if he appeared on media coverage everyday, then one day he must be well known by the public . Another example was, when some actors didn t have any presentable movie, nor did they have any valuable awards, or might even have a box office flop . But after they walked the red carpet in a bizarre outfit several times while at foreign film festivals, foreigners who knew nothing about this guy before, would then label him an international movie star . Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ was in such a situation . He attended some international compet.i.tions with the t.i.tle The Youngest Partic.i.p.ant , although he was always whacked by those adult players, until finally, he gained fame for himself . Of course, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ did have some competence . He was born in a sport family, both his parents played sports, especially his mother, who used to be a Chinese National Ping Pong Team player . Hence, among foreign peers, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ was indeed the most outstanding one . Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ was famous when he was young, but he had never fought with the world s best players . Here, the world s best players didn t mean j.a.pan s No . 1 , Germany s No . 1 , Korea s No . 1 , nor ordinary international tour champions, but champions in World Champions.h.i.+ps, World Cup, Olympics, and other heavyweight tournaments . Champions.h.i.+ps of these important tournaments were always undertaken by China National Ping Pong Team . In other words, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ had not fought against any major force in the national team . But today, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ was going to face his first ever h.e.l.l Difficulty copy in his career, in which his opponent was the Dark Lord Pengfei Cui . Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ was aware of the fact that, even though Pengfie Cui was affected by his injury and was not was compet.i.tive as he used to be, he was still undefeated . He would surely fail in the h.e.l.l Difficulty challenge . I must win Pengfei Cui at least one round1 Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ told himself . Winning a round was not only the goal that Coach Kimura Juichi set for Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+, but was also Harimoto s own goal for himself . Kimura Juichi considered that winning a round could inspire Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ s growth, and thus, would enhance his confidence . But Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ hoped that he could rectify his name by this victory . Comparing with the other athletes, in regards to youth and fame, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ did receive much doubt, scorn, and even unprovoked abuse . There were too many people who thought that Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ was just a flash in the pan . But all those unfair treatments became his driving force . Thinking about Pengfei Cui, a sense of complex feeling raised in Haimoto Hisas.h.i.+ s heart . He had already heard about Pengfei Cui at the time when he had just entered into primary school . Later, when Pengfei Cui became the World No . 1, he regarded Pengfei Cui as his idol, even mimicking Pengfei Cui s playing style on purpose . Now at this moment, Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ finally got the chance to challenge Pengfei Cui face to face . I have observed all the records of Pengfei Cui s compet.i.tions, I know that his slow start weakness is my chance, and I must catch it I will win at least one round, or even two rounds Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ thought confidently . Pengfei Cui always started slow in compet.i.tions, which was well known around the world . When he was fighting top ping pong players, a 3 1 score often occurred, and he usually failed the first round in the game, while rallying to come back and whack his opponents in the rest three rounds . Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ felt that, if he did fail in a 3 1 situation, then it at least proved that he did have something, and that he had reached the world top level, rather than being boosted by the media without merit . While Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ was full of bright hope, in another lounge, Pengfei Cui was doing Warming Up Square Dance, with background music . . . . . . As the Austria Open went into the Top Eight Promotion session, the amount of people in the audience had obviously increased, now filling the auditorium . Pengfei Cui walked onto the field, and from his appearance, he looked just the same as in previous games, eyelids drooped as usual, as if he was still asleep . Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ observed this, and smelled the odor of hope . The game started, Pengfei Cui serving a ball first . For the first ball, I should utilize Pengfei Cui s slow start characteristic to grab one point Harimoto Hisas.h.i.+ had already made his strategy in his mind .