NOVEL WEB Chapter 60 6 consecutive championships & trials
Qingxue had already lost four games, so he didn't care much about the singles in the last game. Before Echizen Ryoma came on the field, the seniors just told him to be careful not to get hurt. They no longer had any expectations for the outcome of the one-on-one match.
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"The final singles match will now be held. Tatekai Otennomiya Arashi will play against Aogaku Echizen Ryoma. The match will begin now."
"boom--"
As the referee announced the start of the game, Amangong Lan, who got the right to serve, served directly.
The yellow tennis ball turned into a dancing butterfly and flew towards the half of the court where Echizen Ryoma was. Looking at so many butterflies, Echizen couldn't tell which one was the hidden tennis ball, so he batted the ball back towards a butterfly based on his feeling.
When the racket just touched the butterfly, the tennis ball fell next to his left foot, and the butterfly disappeared of course.
"Isn't my skill very good? Little prince~" Amamiya Lan made a wink towards Echizen.
"..." Echizen pulled down the brim of his hat, expressing that he didn't want to communicate with this person who had no sense of boundaries.
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When it was Echizen Ryoma's turn to serve, he turned slightly sideways, threw the tennis ball high in his hand, and then jumped up slightly.
"boom--"
The tennis ball flew towards Amamiya Lan with a slightly strong spin.
"The speed is too slow and the strength is too light!"
Amamiya Lan took a small step back, then swung the tennis ball as it bounced toward his face.
"boom--"
"The rotation is too weak!"
"Wha...what?!" Echizen Ryoma's eyes widened, how could this happen? He pursed his lips unconsciously. Although he has encountered opponents who can break the off-spin serve in the past, he has never seen it so easily!
"Don't be in a daze, little guy! Hurry up and serve!"
Next, Echizen Ryoma continued to use various skills he had learned, but they seemed to be of no use to Amamiya Arashi.
Looking at Amamiya Arashi who seems to have not changed at all, and then looking at himself who is now tired and out of breath, even Echizen Ryoma, who dares to face any challenge, cannot help but fall into depression.
Looking at the lost Echizen Ryoma, Amamiya Arashi felt slightly uneasy about his conscience. Although he didn't like Seigaku's tennis club very much, some people were actually quite good. What's more, Echizen Nanjiro did him a big favor last time... as a human being. You can't be so ungrateful...
"If you give up now, don't think about defeating your dad in the future!"
"?!" Echizen raised his head hesitantly and looked at Amamiya Lan, "Do you know the old man?"
"Ahem, well, senior helped me a little bit last time."
"Have you ever fought with the old man? Are you stronger or is he stronger?" Echizen Ryoma thought of Echizen Nanjiro who was miserably taking care of the backyard after returning home one day, and then looked at Amamiya Arashi curiously.
"..." Echizen Ryoma is so obsessed with his father! Amangong Lan smiled and said: "I had a fight last time, but I was no match for my senior~"
Echizen Ryoma:→_→
It depends on whether I believe it or not!
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The two chatted briefly for a while, and Echizen Ryoma slowly adjusted his mood.
After seeing that the little one was back to normal, Tiangong Lan started to show off his fancy skills again.
Once Amamiya Lan's racket comes into contact with the tennis ball. The yellow ball will change into various shapes.
Sometimes the court is affected and turns into the universe, and the tennis balls turn into meteorites and fall around Echizen. Sometimes there is a phoenix burning with blazing fire hovering on the court.
In conjunction with Tiangong Lan's movements, sometimes a shower of flowers would fall from the sky.
These magical scenes can't help but make people admire and feel that the title of "Magician" of Tiangong Lan is very correct and vivid.
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Jirou, who Hyotei came to watch with Atobe, was still sleeping. However, after being awakened by Amamiya Arashi's 'performance', he had been lying on the railing excitedly looking at Amamiya Arashi. From time to time, he also waved his hands to cheer him up. He looks like a fanatic.
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In the end, when the game ended with 6-0 without any suspense, Ryoma Echizen's mind seemed to still be immersed in Amamiya Arashi's grand 'performance'. It wasn't until the final post-match etiquette that Echizen Ryoma said proudly, "Thank you for your advice" and then said a harsh word.
After finishing the game, Amamiya Arashi returned to Tachibana's team, and next they needed to attend the award ceremony.
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Everyone at Rikkai stood on the championship podium, looking at the familiar trophy. Yukimura's eyes were shining brightly in the sun. The runner-up standing next to him was Aigaku, and the third runner-up was Hyokuto who narrowly defeated Yamabuki.
At the moment when he lifted the Kanto Competition trophy, Yukimura seemed to hear the breaking sound of chains coming from inside his body, as if an invisible shackles had been released, and as if his destined destiny had been changed.
By winning the Kanto Competition for 16 consecutive years, Yukimura and the others have successfully fulfilled their promise to their seniors. Then there is only one thing left - Rikkai University's third consecutive national championship!
When they stood on the podium, Yukimura and the others saw former Kumokawa-senpai, Morihisa-senpai, my cousins, and even Mori-senpai.
Yukimura, who was standing in the middle, wanted to lift the trophy so that the seniors in the audience could see it. However, Amamiya Arashi directly lifted him up after muttering to Sanada and the others.
Yukimura Seiichi:……
Amangong Lan! ! ! And Sanada and Yanagi, just wait for me!
Yukimura was already so angry that he didn't want to call their names, and he almost couldn't maintain the smile that often hung on his face.
The surrounding audience fell into silence immediately, and then the whole audience burst into laughter.
Some schools that thought Rikkai University was the big devil didn't expect that in private, all the members of Rikkai University's tennis club were so interesting.
"Amamiya Arashi!" After hearing the laughter from around him, Yukimura couldn't maintain the expression on his face.
"Ahem, I'm doing this for your own good. You can raise it higher so that the seniors can see it!" Amamiya Lan's eyes looked left and right, avoiding Yukimura's position.
"Ouch - Seiichi, calm down!" Amamiya Arashi held his head with his hands and looked pitifully at Yukimura's hand, which held the trophy high and knocked it on his head.
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The four of them, Morihisa, sat in the Rikkai rest area and happily looked at the noisy juniors.
"Hey - they are really messy. Let me see if there is water. I am dying of thirst." Maori put his hand into Amamiya Lan's tennis bag. He had rushed here from the U17 training base, so It was a hot day and he was sweating all over.
Seeing that Mori's personality had not changed even after entering high school, Morijiu shook his head and handed over the drink at hand.
"Huh - I feel good!" Maoli took the drink and drank it in one breath.
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On the day after the competition, magazines of all sizes on the market began to praise Tachibana, who had won the championship again, instead of just praising Qingxue, the 'dark horse', as before.
A few days later, Rikkai University and his team, who had just finished their exams and were thinking about how to train during the summer vacation before the national competition, received an invitation letter from the Kanto Tennis Association.
The so-called training camp in the Kanto region held by the Middle School Tennis Association every year is not taken seriously by most schools because it is scheduled between the Kanto competition and the national competition. However, this year it is said that they have received a challenge from the West Coast Youth Tennis Team of the United States, and an open competition will be held around the end of July. Therefore, open invitations were issued to the top schools in the Kanto Competition.
Although it is an invitation letter, it is somewhat compulsory to participate.
As the champion of the Kanto Competition, all members of Rikkai University must have received the invitation, but the members of Rikkai University did not really want to participate in this so-called intensive training.
"Although I received the invitation, it's better for me to refuse?" Yukimura held the invitation letter with some distress. "I always feel that this so-called intensive training is of no use to us."
"Indeed~ According to previous years' experience, this is a waste of time!" Amangong Lan was lying on the table bored, "Besides, that American team is just a commercial team~"
"But since the Tennis Association has sent out such a compulsory invitation, if we reject it, it may have some impact..." Liu frowned slightly.
"I'll call the training camp first." Yukimura decided, "By the way, there's Kirihara too. How is his study going lately? And his final exam results?"
Liu sighed deeply: "This kid...!"
"Haha, even you have this expression~" Yukimura looked at Yanagi teasingly.
"Ever since Kirihara failed that time, we all started tutoring him. Not just me, everyone's temper has become a lot more irritable. Especially during tutoring..." Liu said with a melancholy, "The other subjects can barely do it. You can pass the test, but Kirihara’s English..."
"Thank you for your hard work..." Yukimura looked at Yanagi sympathetically. After all, Yanagi was the only one who tutored Kirihara! As for the other person, of course it was Sanada. As for others, they can only help occasionally, otherwise they may be driven crazy.
"Renji, it's really hard!" Amamiya Lan said with a confused expression. He thought that when it was his turn to help with tutoring, he realized how poor Kirihara's foundation was, or that he had no foundation at all.
Fortunately, Kirihara successfully passed the final exam this semester and does not need to make up the exam at the beginning of next semester. It is really gratifying!
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The final exams are held at similar times in each high school.
After the school that was the last to start final exams also completed this task, matters related to the Kanto Youth Trials organized to compete with the United States West Coast Representative Team were officially put on the agenda.
Yukimura, who really had no interest in this trial, also took the time to call the Tennis Association a few days ago to ask if he could not participate.
However, due to Rikkai University's outstanding performance in the Kanto Competition and previous national competitions, and the fact that half of Rikkai University's members are national-level experts. So of course, when faced with the coming powerful enemies, the Tennis Association will not easily give up inviting them.
Then, with the excellent words of the Tennis Association staff, Yukimura agreed to the invitation expressionlessly. Li Hai University finally needed all members to participate in this youth selection competition.
Yukimura finally reluctantly told the members of the tennis club the news.
The next day, all members of Lihai University took the bus to the training location.
As soon as the Rikkai members stepped off the bus, they heard a whirring sound coming from the side.
"Wow! Look, Oishi - this place is so spectacular!" Eiji Kikumaru was lying on the glass window of the bus with an excited expression, looking at the gate of the youth training base, holding on to his partner with one hand.
Shuichiro Oishi, who was hooked by his neck, also nodded, indicating that he recognized Kikumaru's statement.
And the eyes of other members of Qingxue also showed a trace of exclamation...
Members of the surrounding schools who were invited all year round couldn't help but whisper, but thinking about Qingxue's previous results, they stopped discussing it.
In addition to Tatekai Dai, Hyotei and Seigaku also participated, while Yamabuki only showed up for about half of the main candidates. As for other schools, the number of people who come is between one and three.
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Everyone came to the gathering place and lined up according to the school. Kikumaru looked left and right, counting them one by one: "The cities of Shonan are Kajimon, Wakato, and Kamijo..."
After that, there are three people from Fudomine: Tachibana Yoshihei, Kamio and Ibu, followed by Rokkachu, Yamabuki, Saint Rudolf, and all the main candidates of Hyotei.
On Tatekai's side, the leader is Yukimura, and behind him are Amamiya Arashi, Sanada, Yanagi... in order of strength.
At this moment, the coaches walked out, with Hyotei's coach Sakaki in the middle, followed by Seigaku's Ryuzaki and Jojo Shonan's Hanamura.
Coach Sakaki is because Hyotei has always been among the top three in Kanto, and Hyotei Academy is a frequent visitor to the semi-finals of national competitions; Coach Ryuzaki is because Seigaku entered the Kanto finals this year, and he once taught Echizen Nan. Jiro; Coach Hanamura is because Kanagawa's Jojosei Shonan Tennis Club, which was originally not popular, reached the quarterfinals of the Kanto Competition after her training. In addition, coach Yamabuki was not suitable for the training camp due to his age, so he finally chose her. .
Among the three, Coach Ryuzaki has the greatest qualifications. However, since Qinghao only had good results this year, the Tennis Association did not choose her to be the head coach in the end, but gave the position of head coach to a stable and stable coach. Coach Sakaki.
Three coaches came out and brought the tennis club members from each school into the training location.
Afterwards, Coach Sakaki stepped forward to speak. Although everyone basically knew that the purpose of this training camp was to select suitable members to form a temporary team to face the tennis team from the West Coast of the United States, he still said it again.
Then he directly began to announce the rules of this training.
Different from the past, this training directly divided the personnel into three groups. The first and second groups both had eight members, and the remaining people stayed in the third group.
After the rankings are determined, members of the third group can challenge the previous group, and so on. Everyone has three challenge opportunities every day. After the challenged person wins three times in a row on the same day, he or she can decide whether to reject the extra challenge according to his or her own will.
In addition, until the last day of training, the members of the first group that day will be the final candidates to face the American team.