<h4>Chapter 295 Qualifier finals XII </h4>


    There in the stand, at a certain distance away from him, his eyes halted at one ce as he located a familiar face.


    Noticing that familiar face, for split second he was taken aback, ''Is it her? Why is she waving at me like that?''


    That familiar person while wearing a bright smile on her face was excitedly waving her hands towards him.


    Although he knew her, right now he had absolutely no intention on looking amicable with her. Thus as soon as hended his eyes on her, he immediately tried to roll his eyes away from her, trying to pretend that he didn''t see her.


    However before he could even roll his eyes away from her, Kim Tae-ri who was excitedly waving her hands towards him yelled in her cheerful voice, "I know you''ve already seen me. So don''t you dare take your eyes away from me Takahashi Hiro."


    Some fans who were present around her, upon hearing her words immediately turned towards her. The way she spoke, it made it seem like she was familiar with Hiro.


    And the mere fact that she was familiar with Hiro, immediately attracted their attention as it piqued their interest and curiosity.


    "She''s pretty. Is she his girlfriend?" One of the onlooker questioned upon seeing her acting so friendly with Hiro.


    "But she''s wearing Korean jersey"


    Some were intrigued, some were sceptical while some were fuming upon seeing this interesting scene taking ce infront of them.


    Hiro however tried his utmost best to pretend as if he had not seen her. However she was just too persistent.


    "I know that you''ve already seen me. So don''t pretend like you don''t know me now. If you continue to do so then I''ll be forced to announce our rtionship status livestream" Making a pitiful face, she spoke as if she and he were in some sort of special rtion.


    It was evident to Hiro that she was trying to make him feel uneasy and get on his nerves to gain his attention.


    Even so, for some while Hiro continued to ignore her. But as he got closer to the tunnel, he could no longer ignore her.


    Thus he gave in to her persistence. Hiro then let out a short sigh before turning to look towards her.


    Raising his hands up, he waved at her while pretending to be surprised, "Oh you''re here as well?"


    Finally getting the attention of Hiro, Kim Tae-ri was ted. But the words Hiro spoke made her eyes twitch.


    "Why wouldn''t I be here? My brother ys for the national team" She spoke while maintaining the smile on her face.


    Although she was a tad bit irritated by Hiro''s behaviour towards her, she still didn''t show it on her face.


    "Ahh right, then best of luck" casually answering such Hiro stepped inside the tunnel without waiting for her reply.


    Hiro''s goofy actions got on her nerves as she felt ignored and snubbed. The smile on her face froze and her eyes twicthed uncontrobly as her face turned red with anger.


    She couldn''t even bring herself to utter a single word. She was tongue-tied.


    She had never been treated like this. Usually it would be her who would treat others this way. But now while standing on the receiving end, she simply couldn''t stand such treatment and control her rage. Her pride simply didn''t allow her to endure such humiliation like this.


    Unable to hold back herself, she tried to appease her foul mood by pouring her frustration towards Hiro at first.


    But he simply had vanished from her sight. Thus she then tried to direct that frustration on her phone. But as she was about to raise her hands to swing the phone she was holding in her hands, she paused midway realising the worth of her phone, ''No it''s too expensive''


    She then tried to kick the metallic bar infront of her to vent her anger. However once again, she paused midway, ''I shouldn''t.. I''ll only hurt myself''


    The onlookers who were present beside her, upon seeing her acting so crazily, felt a little terrified and tried to avoid her.


    And as she turned around, she found those people present around her looking at her with eyes full of difort. Then only did she realise how weird she was acting infront of this many people.


    ''Ahh!! I should have been careful of my surrounding. Now what will this people think of me? They''ll think of me as some kind of weirdo'' she cried out inwardly, totally embarrassed, ''I''ll make you pay someday Takahashi Hiro. Because of you I''m in this kind of embarrassing situation''


    However instead of running away, she owned her actions and began to apologise to the people present around her for her act of conduct, "I''m really sorry for my actions. I should have been mindful of my surroundings"


    Outwardly she was apologising to the people around her but inwardly she was cursing Hiro. She was really determined to make Hiro pay for causing her such inconvenience.


    Inside the locker room for yers of Japan, Hiro and the rest were seated at their seat. Some half naked while some with their face covered by a wet towel, most of them were resting their tired body, awaiting coach Haruki and others.


    A sharp contrast to Japanese locker room, loud growling noises could be heard in the South Korean locker room.


    "What is the defense doing? They''re literally breaking the defense line one after the other" one of the yer of South Korea furiously yelled as he med the defenders for causing this misery.


    "Huh?? So you fail to score and then me on us? Then what about the attackers? You all don''t even fall back when they''re pressing. Not to mention, you can''t even prate their defense" Kim Il-sung rebuked as he shot disdainful gaze towards Park Seung-gyu and others.


    It was evident that he had some beef with Park Seung-gyu. And he only needed a reason to express his unsatisfaction.