Chapter 66 Invitation to stay together
After the Japan-US Open, the young tennis players invited by the Tennis Association to participate in the training camp also returned to their respective schools. Schools that were qualified to participate in the national competition also started a new round of training to prepare for the national competition in the near future.
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The day after returning to Kanagawa from Kanto, Tatekai gathered the members of the tennis club and planned to conduct another main selection before the national competition.
Although the candidates for the main selection have not changed, the strength of the members who participated in the youth training has improved to some extent, and the improvement of Urayama and Hoshino, the quasi-main selection who stayed in the school, is also quite obvious. Seeing that the strength of the two quasi-primary members who stayed in the school without the guidance of seniors and worked hard to train without slacking off has significantly improved, some members who were angry at the main candidates' choice to focus on training Urayama and Hoshino also put aside their own concerns. Preconceptions, and convinced by the performance of the two.
After the trials, Yukimura plans to convene the main and semi-main candidates of the tennis club and hold a brief meeting to arrange the training content before the start of the national competition.
When Amamiya Lan took the time to finish the extra training for Niou and walked to the conference room, he happened to hear the discussion between Yukimura and Yanagi outside the door.
‘Squeak~’
"What are you talking about?" Tiangong Lan opened the door to the conference room and walked in. "I seemed to hear a faint sound before I opened the door."
"Atobe just called and said that he wanted to have a sleepover with us. The location is on a mountain at his home." Liu explained the content of their discussion, "I was thinking that after a while there will be a national competition. This Wouldn’t it be a good idea to train together with a rival school at this time? After all, when we train together, it is easy for the opponent to obtain our data..."
"Ranagi is right, but I still hope to have a training session with Hyotei." Yukimura rubbed his forehead, his tone still gentle, "I want Kirihara and Atobe to play a coaching match."
"At the training camp..." Amamiya Arashi fell silent without saying a few words. Although Kirihara challenged Atobe in the training camp, they were not playing a coaching match at that time. Kirihara was directly beaten by Atobe. Crushed. With this in mind, Tiangong Lan spoke again: "Then let's go. As for the data... Even if they get our detailed data, as long as they can't crush us, it's useless, right? Besides, I don't think I will be beaten by them. Crush~" Tiangong Lan raised his eyebrows and smiled: "We are the kings of the sea!"
"You're right," Liu smiled slightly and closed the notebook in his hand, "It's not just you. I believe that with Jingshi's strength, no matter how detailed the information they have, they will not be crushed."
"Don't forget about yourself, Renji." Yukimura smiled, "As one of the five national masters of Rikkai University, don't underestimate yourself~"
"That's right, Renji's data tennis is also very good. Now he can directly build a data world." Amamiya Lan praised: "As expected of you!"
"Since you two don't have any opinions on this matter now, let's wait until the others come and see what they mean." Liu, who was slightly red under his ears, quickly changed the subject, being praised for his greatness by someone much better than him. , I always feel a little ashamed...
Amamiya Arashi and Yukimura looked at each other and changed the topic after noticing Yanagi's shyness.
After a while, the door to the conference room was opened again. After being punished by Sanada, Kirihara and Niou, who could barely stand by Yagyu, walked in first. Behind them were Sanada and a few people who had just watched Kirihara's penalty run outside.
After everyone arrived, Yukimura explained Atobe's invitation and his and Yanagi's concerns, and then added some things that the three of them had discussed.
After listening to what Yukimura said, Sanada said it was okay. He had no objection whether he agreed to Atobe's invitation or not. No matter where he was, he would work hard to prepare for the country.
The few people except Sanada didn't have any objections. Among them, Niou thought that if he stayed with Hyotei, he might be able to further improve his authenticity of Hyotei's member "Phantom".
After seeing that everyone had no objections, Yukimura used the phone in the conference room to convey the news to Atobe that they had agreed to stay together.
Under the vigorous arrangements of Hyotei coach Sakaki, they got the news that tomorrow morning Hyotei's school bus would go to Tatekai University to pick them up and take them to Atobe's house. At the same time, Hyotei will be responsible for all expenses incurred by Rikkai members during their stay together.
After knowing this, Yukimura asked his club members to bring a change of clothes, and also specifically informed Kirihara to remember to bring his textbooks and homework.
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The next morning, with the things that Bingjing helped pack, Amangong Lan set out slowly from home. After all, he lived near Lihai University, so he was not afraid of being late even if he went out late.
However, Amamiya Arashi's thoughts were shattered when he saw a dozen people at the gate of Rikkai University and Hyotei's school bus. He glanced at the watch on his wrist to make sure he was not late, and then looked up at the sun. In the direction of rising, he then looked towards Kirihara, whose luggage was being checked by Sanada at the school gate...
I...am not late...? And the sun today... doesn't rise from the west either! So this Kirihara is fake! ? Is this still about ten minutes from what we said yesterday? ! Tiangong Lan felt a lot of ups and downs in his heart, but he still walked over with a natural expression on his face, and greeted everyone in a slightly weird tone: "Hey, everyone is here so early~"
"Senior Tiangong! Are you late..." Xiao Kelp, who had packed up his luggage, ran to Tiangong Lan and laughed, pointing at Hyokui's school bus with one hand, "Senior, you are too slow, look over there, Hyokui's school bus I don’t even know how long it’s been since the car arrived!”
"There are still several minutes before the agreed time!" Amamiya Arashi rubbed Kirihara's hair and showed Kirihara the watch on his wrist.
Looking at Kirihara, whose cheeks were puffed up because his hair was messed up, Yukimura chuckled, and then said, "Okay, since everyone is here, let's get in the car first!"
After everyone was seated in the car, the bus started slowly and took the teenagers to the Atobe family's villa in the mountains.
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At the mountain villa of the Atobe family, the teenagers who had been pulled over by Atobe for a few days of special training just after the Japan-US Open were looking forward to the arrival of the members of the Rikkai University Tennis Club. After all, for them, they were different from those from other schools. It's better to play against each other than to play with Atobu every day.
Ever since he learned that the members of Rikkai University were wearing weights during matches, and coupled with the amazing training volume of Rikkai University during the training... Atobe is now becoming more and more dissatisfied with the members of his own tennis club, which are relatively small. That’s a lot of training. This time I invited Li Hai University to train together. I guess in addition to wanting to know their strength, I also wanted to 'see' how they train specifically... right? Yushi Ninzu couldn't help but think in his mind while he and his friends were sitting on the sofa on the first floor of the villa, waiting for everyone from Tatekai to arrive.
"Xiaolan and Bunta... great, I can see them two again soon!" Jirou Akutagawa, who is obsessed with Marui's superb tennis skills and Amamiya Arashi's brilliant skills, stands on tiptoe at the door from time to time and pokes his head. He kept thinking: "But why haven't they arrived yet~ When will they come... Atobe~ Will they really come~"
"The news from the housekeeper is that they will be here soon!" Atobe Keigo crossed his legs and took a sip of the tea brought by the maid, then put it on the table, "Also, I said they would come, Then you will definitely come! Hey, Huachi?"
"...Yes..." Kaji sat blankly beside Atobe Keigo and answered Atobe.
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After a while, a bus drove up from the foot of the mountain and stopped in the open space in front of the villa.
Seeing the bus coming, Jirou Akutagawa, who had been looking forward to it, rushed out first. Seeing Jirou's reckless actions, Atobe helplessly held his forehead, put down his crossed legs, and walked out of the villa gracefully. Hua followed Atobe. After walking out of the villa, at Atobe's signal, he directly picked up Jirou Akutagawa.
"Welcome to my uncle's villa!" Atobe spoke elegantly, expressing his welcome to the members of Lihai University, "I believe that we will get along very happily during the next stay together."
"Of course," Yukimura, who is a minister, responded to Atobe, "Thank you Atobe for the invitation."
"This is the hypocritical smile of the heir to a wealthy family~" Amangong Lan hid aside and looked at the standard smile on Atobe's face and Niou whispered, "Look, the curvature of the corner of Xiaojing's mouth..."
"Cough..." Atobe walked behind Tian Gonglan at some point and coughed heavily.
"Ah ha ha ha..." Tiangong Lan smiled awkwardly and changed the subject with difficulty, "Long time no see... Xiao Jing~"
"If I remember correctly, we met at the venue where the Japan-US Open was held two days ago." Atobe rolled his eyes and at the same time doubted the mind of the heir to the Amamiya family.
"I feel like Amamiya and Atobe are familiar with each other..." Niou put his chin on Yagyu's shoulder, "Hirushi, what do you think?"
"I think... you might be right." Yagyu adjusted his glasses.
"What? Have Amamiya-senpai and Minister Hyōte known each other before?" Kirihara, who pricked up his ears but accidentally overheard Nioh and Yagyu's 'whisper', was too surprised.
"Ha~ I met this kid in Country Y~" Atobe gave Amamiya Arashi a hard look, and then gritted his teeth, "This kid told me that he was not interested in tennis..."
No, when we first met, I was busy practicing magic. At that time, I must have said that I was not interested in tennis. After all, at that time, I was indeed more interested in magic than tennis... Amamiya Lan complained in his heart, besides At that time, the plot of Net King hadn’t even started yet~
However, after looking at the angry Atobe, Tian Gonglan smiled begging for forgiveness, and then expressed his apology to him. Under Tiangong Lan's deliberate 'entanglement', Atobe quickly let go of his anger.
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After entering the villa, Atobe first asked the members of Tatekai University to choose the rooms they would stay in for the next few days. After they finished sorting, he arranged for someone to take them to visit the villa, and then gathered upstairs. Down.
Members of the two schools sat opposite each other and looked at each other. However, a "cotton sheep" got mixed up in the middle of Tatekai University. Jirou Akutagawa, who liked Marui and Amamiya Arashi, acted coquettishly and got together with the two. Even Atobe's threatening eyes could not stop his decision.
After the attempt to stop Jirou Akutagawa was ineffective, Atobe dropped the matter and turned around to discuss the training content during the stay with Coach Sakaki, Yukimura, who also served as the coach of Rikkai University, and the military counselor Yanagi who was responsible for arranging training sheets.
The four of them felt that it might take a long time to discuss, so they directly told everyone sitting on the sofa that they could rest in the morning and that the specific training would start after lunch.
After receiving permission, everyone left the hall on the first floor in twos and threes. Niou and Amamiya Arashi planned to go to the room to catch up on their sleep. Qi Principle took Urayama and Hoshino, both second graders, to play on the game console. Yagyu planned to find a suitable place to read the novel he brought.
Sanada was challenged by Hyōtei's Hiyoshi Waka, and agreed to the challenge without Yukimura's objection. After hearing the news, Marui took Kuwahara to watch the game. Seeing Marui and Amamiya Arashi separated, and Amamiya Arashi planning to rest, Jirou put aside the entanglement of who to follow and walked directly on the other side of Marui.
Hyotei's Ryo Shinto took his partner Hochotaro to find a place for additional training.
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Time flies by, and in a blink of an eye it’s time to have lunch. Amamiya Arashi, who was woken up by Kirihara, walked down the stairs with sleepy eyes and yawned.
The difference from the morning was that at this time, Hyotei and the members of Tatekai University were all smiling and getting along well with each other, which made Amamiya Arashi, who had been catching up on sleep all morning, very curious. However, he didn't ask any questions and went directly to the vacant seat next to Yukimura and sat down.
"Hey~ It's not bad!" Looking at the plates of beautiful dishes brought by the maids, Tian Gonglan didn't want to destroy this 'beauty' if she hadn't felt too hungry when she just woke up, and took a casual taste After that, Tiangong Lan’s eyes lit up, “Xiao Jing~ Where did you hire this cook?”
"Ha--dispel your inner thoughts, this chef will not change jobs!" Atobe, who saw what Amangong Lan wanted to do at a glance, said directly.
"Actually... Is there a possibility... I have no intention of poaching?" Tiangong Lan tried to muddle through.
"What do you think?" Atobe asked.
"..." Tiangong Lan had nothing to say. He remembered his frantic search for a cook when he was in Country Y, and he suddenly had nothing to say.
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With Atobe and Amamiya Lan chatting and bickering from time to time, everyone ended the delicious lunch.
At this time, Liu Renji also opened the notebook he carried with him and slowly recounted the results of the discussion and resolution of the four of them all morning.
Of course, in order to give everyone a buffer, at least the training this afternoon will be relatively simple.
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