[Mainnet King] It’s not too much to use magic to play ball, right?

In the next period of time, the pedestrians in the back mountain cycled through mountain climbing training three times a day, multi-person fights in irregular venues, chases in the forest, and night training.

Finally one day, the junior high school students and high school students were about to reach the top of the mountain. When the high school students were one position ahead, Kirihara, Echizen and Toyama behind them suddenly accelerated their speed and rushed towards the top of the mountain.

The three of them reached the top of the mountain at the same time, but Echizen hit the tennis ball that was about to land first.

With a sound of "swish", the tennis ball was knocked away by Echizen, and the coach Mifune on the opposite side stretched out his right hand and easily caught the tennis ball.

Echizen, who was the first to complete the task, collapsed to the ground from exhaustion, while Toyama stood energetically on the top of the mountain, waving his racket and shouting: "Whoever hits it first wins!"

The junior high school students at the foot of the mountain also cheered happily.

Kirihara, who also came to the top of the mountain, held his knees with both hands and thought about a question in his little head - wasn't it the dwarf who hit the ball? What's going on with this guy?

Echizen couldn't help but rolled his eyes and complained: "I was the one who hit the ball, right?"

……

After the teenagers cheered, they followed Coach Mifune to a strange place.

"All in one file."

After hearing what Coach Mifune said, the teenagers thought that the coach wanted everyone to line up in order to distribute gifts. Therefore, although some people had doubts in their hearts, they did not bring it up and just followed what Coach Mifune said.

Among them, Toyama shouted "I want to be the first to receive the gift" and was at the front of the line, while Echizen and Kirihara were in the third and fourth positions respectively...

"Now, you need to run on this straight road with all your strength." Mifune pointed to the road and said to them, "There must be no relaxation in the middle, and there must be no stopping!"

"W-what?!"

"You actually want us to run?"

"Didn't you say reward? What kind of reward is this!"

……

After hearing Mifune's words, the junior high school students talked a lot, their faces full of anger.

"The ball will fall down and hinder your progress on the way, so the one at the front has to hit the ball back." Coach Mifune paid no attention to the dissatisfaction of the junior high school students and went on to talk about the rules.

"Is that me?" Yuan Shan, who was standing at the front, pointed at himself and asked.

As if he didn't hear it, Mifune Irido ignored Toyama and continued what he said before, "After successfully counterattacking, go to the end and replace the next person as the vanguard. As long as one of them stops or misses the ball... you must , come back here and start over. Understand it!" After saying that, he folded his arms, turned around and faced everyone and asked.

"Please, please wait a moment, is this the reward?" Momoro, who had not yet understood what the coach meant, looked at the coach in confusion.

Toyama, who was first in line, seemed to remember something and asked, "What about my takoyaki?"

"..." I never said anything about takoyaki! Mifune was silent for a moment, then pretended to be angry and shouted: "That's too long-winded! Just run away if I tell you to! Where does all this nonsense come from!"

"So, just hit the ball until it runs the entire distance!" Echizen closed his eyes and refined the key points of this 'training'.

"Then what if we finish it!" Kirihara asked curiously before running away.

"Then keep moving forward and don't come back." Mifune answered after being silent for a while.

Then he gathered his emotions and shouted: "Everyone is on your place...get ready, run!"

Following the coach's order, the junior high school students lined up and started running.

"Hey!" When the last person, Sanada, was about to start running, Coach Mifune threw him a key, then waved and left.

Sanada squeezed the key in his hand and ran towards the team.

……

Perhaps because of the humid weather, there was a light layer of mist hanging over the woods.

The junior high school students were moving at full speed in the fog, and from time to time tennis balls flew out from nowhere. And they also hit the ball back with confidence. According to what the coach said, after hitting back once, he would be replaced by the next one. In this way, each of the dozen or so teenagers probably hit back at least six or seven times.

When they were about to run to their destination, they faced the biggest challenge - eight tennis balls flying out at the same time.

And this time, the person who needs to hit these eight balls at the same time is - Echizen Ryoma.

"Well, you can't hit back eight balls now, right?" Toyama's tone was full of worry and uncertainty.

Echizen also had the same worries about this. When he practiced the night before, the most he hit was only seven balls...

However, with the encouragement and affirmation of his seniors, as well as Echizen's own courage and belief, he successfully broke through the limit and hit back the eighth ball.

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Several people who ran to the 'finish line' fell to the ground, but they still refused to admit defeat.

"Look, it looks like we've passed the test..."

"Huh~huh~ it's very, very easy!"

"Hey - Huh~ Running, running is not enough at all! Huh~ Huh~"

"S-Speaking of which, those balls just now...the power of each ball was no joke!"

"Those balls...who hit them?"

The junior high school students realized something was wrong and began to think.

"Ah?" Dashi suddenly discovered something, pointed in a certain direction and said: "Everyone, look where you are!"

Looking in the direction Dashi pointed, high school students in black were standing there.

"So those balls are..."

"It turns out that they have also received the results of special training!"

“It seems so based on the results.”

"However, if it weren't for them, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to complete these special trainings so hard!"

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The high school students in black stood there and stared at the junior high school students. After a long time, Sasabe, the leader, said with a complex expression: "You, don't come back again! Hurry up! Charge forward!"

Understanding the meaning of the high school students' words, the junior high school students stood up one by one and ran in the other direction.

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Watching the junior high school students go away, Sasabe smiled with relief, and then the fire ignited in his eyes again, "Although we are still used as a stepping stone by these junior high school students, we will not give up! Let's continue the next training. !coach!"

The high school students following Sasabe smiled at each other and looked expectantly at Coach Mifune who was hiding behind a tree.

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