NOVEL WEB Chapter 70 National Competition.
The next day's game was quite boring for Tachibana. Kirihara in singles three, Niou Yagyu in doubles two, and Sanada in singles two each ended the game with Yukimura's most satisfying score - six to zero. Not surprisingly, Rikkai University won the previous three games and advanced to the next round.
On the other side, Shitenhoji won the singles match against Kintaro Santoyama 6-4, the doubles match between Hikaru Nizaizen and Kenya Shinozu was defeated 6-7, the singles match between Gin Ishida and Akutsu was defeated 5-7, and the doubles match was Koharu Kaneko. & Ichiji Yuji won 6-3, and finally decided to advance to the semi-finals in the singles match. Shiraishi Kuranosuke of Tentenhoji defeated Yamabuki's Sengoku Seijun 6-3.
So the last one to advance to the next round was Shitenhoji, which won three to two.
After the match between Rikkai University and Shitenhoji Temple ended, the match between Seigaku and Hyotei on another venue had just begun.
In the three singles matches, Seigaku sent Takeshi Momojo, while Hyotei sent Yushi Ninzu.
Although Ninzu was still a little careless in the beginning of the game, after training together with Rikkai Dai, the strength of Hyotei's members has improved.
After seeing Qingxue, Momojo had already pulled the score to 4-0, and Renzu didn't intend to continue playing. He took off the weights on his wrists and started playing seriously.
In the following games, except for serving, Takeshi Momoro never touched a tennis ball again. In the end, Ice Emperor won the three singles match 6-4.
Next is the doubles match. Hyotei's side is sent by Mugahigatake and Hijiruo, while Seigaku's side is sent by Inui Sadaharu and Kaitang Kaoru.
The doubles matches between the two schools are not conventional. Amangong Lan, who was watching the match from the sidelines, was thoughtful.
Then he turned to look at Liu "Renji, do you think it's Seigaku's two who are more powerful or Hyokui's? It seems that both sides have a third-year and a second-year configuration~"
"In doubles, data tennis plays a big role." Liu said matter-of-factly: "However, several members of Hyotei have also made great progress. If Sadaharu and Kaoru Kaido are still at the level of the Kanto Competition, then their winning rate It won’t be too high.”
Qingxue... this is the protagonist group, how can the improvement speed be slow! But there is one thing to say. In the original work, you can say that the members of Seigaku are working hard. In fact, Hyotei Tatekai is also very hard-working, especially Tatekai, who is called the king of scrolls. And in terms of training facilities and the like, the Hyotei Tennis Club has a young master who 'renovates' the school as soon as he enters the school. As the head, he is definitely better than Qingxue. As for the coach, Qingxue feels like they are all the same. Like... So how did Hyokui become a professional escort? So it’s definitely the protagonist’s halo! Tiangong Lan complained silently in his heart.
While the two were chatting, the doubles match also started. Hijiruo and Miyagi Yueto, who had greatly improved their strength, fought back and forth with Qingxue's Qian and Haitang. With the efforts of the four people, Hyokui and Qingxue's The score is also constantly rising.
During the game, Qingxue's Gan initially focused on collecting data, while Haitang used his own curveball to test the opponent's strength. Hijiruo and Hiyukito tried their best to defend while seizing the opportunity to counterattack.
With both sides trying their best, the game also came to a tiebreaker. In the tie-break, Qingxue led by two goals with a slight advantage and won the tie-break.
The final result of the Doubles 2 match was that Qingxue narrowly defeated Hyokuei 7-6.
At this point, the score between Hyokui and Seigaku was a one-to-one draw.
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"When both sides are about the same strength, the side with more data on the other side does have a better chance of winning..." But Qingxue's luck is really good! Tiangong Lan silently cursed in his heart.
"The strength of the Qingxue members has improved a lot~" Liu said meaningfully, "It seems that this game is still quite suspenseful."
"If we play Qingxue in the finals, Renji, you won't accidentally lose to the sea urchin head below, right?" Amamiya Lan asked jokingly.
"The unfinished match between Sadaharu and I has been resolved..." Liu, who had not yet finished speaking, saw Amamiya Lan's surprised eyes and was slightly speechless: "What makes you think I will let go? The previous Kanto Didn’t I win the competition?”
Amamiya Lan had nothing to say. He couldn't say that he was afraid that Tachibana would become a stepping stone in the "plot" again! Although things have changed a lot now because of him, who knows if the 'plot' will be brought back again...
Just when Amangong Lan was racking his brains to fool him, the next game also started, so Liu let Amangong Lan go for the time being and planned to ask more questions later when he had time. Anyway, he was not in a hurry... Amangong Lan couldn't run away either. No?
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What is now going on is a two-match singles match. Hyotei is sending out Takahiro Kagachi, while Seigaku is sending out Minister Tezuka Kunimitsu.
Atobe stared at the field when he saw Tezuka appear.
Before the game started, Atobe challenged Tezuka. He hoped that he could compete with Tezuka in his prime, so after the game that day, Atobe told Tezuka that he would wait for him in the singles. But I didn't expect that Tezuka would actually appear in the second singles. It's not that Atobe thinks there's anything wrong with playing the second position in singles, it's just that he didn't expect Tezuka to make this choice...
Everyone else was also surprised to see Tezuka playing second singles.
"It seems that Tezuka trusts the other members! I don't know whether it will be Echizen Ryoma or Fuji Shusuke who will be the singles leader~" Yukimura looked at the two people on the court and felt that the game was getting more and more interesting. Of course, Seigaku's The magnitude of the progress is also interesting.
"Hmph, you're so lax!" Sanada's intuition told him that the first singles match was probably played by Echizen, who was said to have defeated Tezuka. As for Echizen's strength, he was still at the time of the Kanto Tournament. As for Atobe, Sanada, who did not completely believe the news, was quite dissatisfied.
After all, by default, the strongest player or director of each tennis club has always been in charge of singles. Moreover, according to the news, Echizen only won by a narrow margin, and Echizen Ryoma also won this match. If he won by a big score Or if he wins a few more games, Sanada probably won't be so angry.
"Actually... isn't this Qingxue's private matter?" Why does the deputy minister care so much? Kirihara, who had been tricked many times by the shady seniors in school, had grown up a little. At least he knew that some things were not good enough to ask questions in public, otherwise he would be lectured by the angry deputy minister.
Nioh on the side hugged Kirihara with a smile, "Kombu, do you think Sanada looks like the heroine on TV who is angry when her boyfriend's status is replaced by others~" Since Nioh said this close to Kirihara's ear, he said this Only Kirihara heard it.
With Nioh's words echoing in his mind, Kirihara carefully compared his sister's expressions when she saw the heroine in the bloody drama with Sanada's, and then tried to put Sanada's face on the heroine's body... Thinking of this, Kirihara's eyes suddenly flashed. Suddenly, I felt that I would no longer be able to accompany my sister to watch those bloody dramas about "self-improvement".
Fortunately, Kirihara didn't shout out what Nioh said, otherwise he might not have a good time in the next month.
After finally recovering, Kirihara no longer wanted to watch the game. He just wanted to shut up for a while, but he didn't dare to close his eyes. He was afraid that when he closed his eyes, the heroine with Sanada's face would point at the male partner angrily and say, "What are you doing?" Can you steal his position~ His tone is still full of twists and turns... Kirihara shook his head, trying to throw these things out of his mind, hey~ It's really scary!
On Seigaku's side, Horio and his two followers were confident that Tezuka would win the game when he saw Tezuka on the field. After seeing that Hyōtei sent Kagachi, he became even more certain that Tezuka would win. .
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The chatter in the audience was completely unexpected from the game on the field.
Although Tezuka and Kagachi were fighting back and forth on the court, everyone on the court keenly noticed that their movements were exactly the same.
'Hmph~' Atobe, who saw this scene and knew Kaji very well, thought to himself, 'Kaji is not an ordinary opponent~ Let me see how far you can go with a perfect victory. mound. ’
On Seigaku's side, many people wondered why Tezuka didn't use Zero to score when he had so many opportunities. Fuji, who saw the mystery, looked serious: "It's not that Tezuka doesn't want to fight, but... he can't fight!"
"What?!" Qing Xuezhong.
Momoro on the side said in confusion, "Senior Fuji, why do you say... you can't fight?"
"In front of Kajichi, who can learn the opponent's moves after seeing them once..."
"That's -" Oishi interrupted Fuji after seeing Tezuka using domain skills. "In Tezuka's domain, only Tezuka can do such a magical skill!" Oishi, who has always admired Tezuka, said with emotion. .
At this time, Atobe, who was watching the game, snapped his fingers, and Kaji, who was on the field, didn't know if he sensed something, but also used the "Tezuka Domain", which surprised the Seigaku members who were watching.
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"Hey Kitsune" Marui poked Nioh with his arm, "Look, he is more powerful than your phantom~" As a teammate, Marui definitely thinks Nioh is more powerful, but now he wants to see Nioh angry. , although he felt that the possibility of success was unlikely, but he might as well give it a try. Anyway, idle time is idle~
"..." Nioh, who saw Marui's little thoughts, looked helpless. He just stole the cake one, two, three, four... times, and Benta was getting more and more stingy!
The benevolent king looked up to the sky with melancholy. Then he managed to pull himself together and said, "He is completely different from me! He is imitating, and he uses whatever the other person uses. I can directly transform into someone else and use their moves... Even though I can do this too, But I don’t have the talent to know it at a glance.”
Sigh, if I had this kind of talent, wouldn't I be able to fight those few if I added Phantom? Niou suddenly became energetic, and then he lay down again after thinking that this was unrealistic.
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The game on the court continued. Kachikachi used a zero slice to hit the ball back. At the moment it passed the net, Tezuka seized the opportunity and used a smash to score a point before Kakarachi could react. After that, Tezuka used the "limit of hard-earned understanding" and relied on redoubled strength to hit Kakari's ball. Tezuka pulled the score to 5-0. As long as he wins one more game, the game will be over. At this time, the same white light as Tezuka's appeared on Kavachi's body on the opposite side, and at the same time, Kavachi kept muttering, 'The winner will be the Hyokui'.
Atobe off the court seemed to be unsurprised that he could replicate Tezuka's hard-earned understanding.
In the next game, Huaji hit the ball back with double force again, and Huaji kept scoring like this. When the score reached 6 to 5, the sky suddenly became covered with dark clouds, and soon it started to rain. heavy rain.
The moment the dark clouds suddenly appeared, the members of Rikkai who were sitting in the audience quickly took out the umbrellas in their bags and covered Yukimura's head. Although Yukimura's illness had been cured for a long time, they still subconsciously took care of him. Yukimura. In order to appease everyone, Yukimura chose to accept everyone's subconscious care and looked for opportunities to take care of him back. The already deep friendship between the people of Rikkai became even deeper.
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On the field, perhaps due to the sudden rain, the birch floor was affected by sudden unfavorable factors such as the wet field, the racket that easily fell off the hand, and the soaked ball. The next few times, the ball was hit out of bounds. Tezuka, who was not affected, seized the opportunity and played two consecutive games, winning the second singles match with a score of 7-6.
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Seeing Tezuka winning the game, everyone in Qingxue was very excited, which meant that they were one step closer to promotion.
"Now we have two wins and one loss. As long as we win one more game, we will be able to advance." He held on to his slippery glasses and said in a slightly excited tone.
"But, depending on the weather, it's not certain whether the game will continue~" Fuji on the side said hesitantly, "Besides, the referee team is also in a mess!"
Watching the rain getting heavier, people in the audience began to leave.
At this time, a loud voice came from the tennis court, "For the next game, hurry up and enter!"
Everyone in Seigaku looked up and saw Ryo Shinto and Houchotaro standing in the field. The burning fighting spirit of the two people seemed to be unable to be extinguished by the heavy rain. The two high-spirited people stood on the court in the heavy rain.
Just as Eiji Kikumaru and Shuichiro Oishi were about to take the field, the announcement came over the radio that the organizing committee had decided to temporarily terminate the competition and continue tomorrow. After learning of the decision, other school members in the audience left.
At Atobe's signal, Ryo Shinto and Houchotaro who were standing on the court also put away their rackets.
At the moment when Hyotei and everyone walked out of the stadium, Echizen Ryoma stopped Atobe at the gate, saying that there was no need to wait until tomorrow, the winner could be decided now, while Atobe pulled the brim of Ryoma's hat and left a sentence: He is really a newbie who can talk nonsense, so he left with the Hyokui members.
Looking at the empty stadium and the continuous heavy rain, coach Ryuzaki also brought the members of Qingxue back to the school.